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Prowl (ES)

2023-06-26T19:18:34Z

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:''Prowl is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:prowl es.JPG|thumb|upright=1.33|Retro prick.]]

'''Prowl''' is an Autobot that went to [[Earth]] during the Great War.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
In a exaggerated retelling from [[Alex Malto]], Prowl used his gun to destroy the [[space bridge]] alongside [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime,]] [[Ironhide (ES)|Ironhide,]] [[Ratchet (ES)|Ratchet,]] [[Cliffjumper (ES)|Cliffjumper,]] [[Gears (ES)|Gears,]] and [[Jazz (ES)|Jazz]]. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}}

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Crowmax

2023-05-17T01:59:12Z

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:''Crowmax is a [[Beastformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:BF-art CrowmaxBurstsun.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|''CROOOOW!'']]

A ruthless opportunist, '''Crowmax''' (クローマックス ''Kurōmakkusu'') is at the head of a massive and efficient supply transportation network operating across [[Beast (planet)|planet Beast]], including the passenger airline Crow Airline. It is said he can get you just about anything within twenty-four hours. He put this vast network to work for [[Alligatron]] during his insurrection, but following the end of the Great War, he has resumed normal business operations, as well as serving as the Emperor of [[Yutoranta|Nupal]] and advisor to the country's King, [[Black Jaguar]].

Crowmax is capable of achieving an airspeed of Mach 3, matching his rival [[Flykick]], but his inability to make sharp turns at high speed continues to put him at a disadvantage. His [[MVP Weapon]], the Big Hook (ビッグフック ''Biggu Fukku'', and stop giggling) has incredible lifting power when charged, enabling him to easily carry incredible weights as long as part of the lifted object is inside the hook.

==Fiction==
===''Legends'' comic===
Crowmax was part of the final battle between the Beastformers and the [[Laser Beast]]s for Beast in [[2023]]. He witnessed [[White Leo]] and [[Tigerburn]] become crystalline statues, ending the war. {{Storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1}}

In [[2038]], the then-peaceful Beast was invaded by [[Galvatron II]]'s [[Decepticon]]s. Crowmax was part of the joint Beastformer-Laser Beast alliance that fought against the invaders. {{Storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}}

===''TransTech''===
Crowmax was one of countless "offworlders" residing in [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

==Toys==
===Transformers: Beastformers===
[[File:BF-toy Crowmax.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Wiseguy.]]
*'''Burstsun Special Set''' (Multi-pack, 1987)
**''ID number'': '''72'''
**''Accessories'': Scythe

: Released in the third series of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Beastformers]]'' toys, Crowmax is an anthropomorphic crow in aqua robotic armor. The [[rubsign|Battle Emblem]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.

: During this line, Crowmax was only available in the Burstsun Special Set (バーストサンスペシャルセット ''Bāsutosan Supesharu Setto'') multipack. This [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] set contains 10 figures out of a potential 14. Thankfully, these were not randomly-packed, and came in two distinct lineups.

:The first version has [[White Leo#Toys|White Leo]] with an exclusive "Burstsun" Battle Emblem, [[Black Jaguar#Toys|Black Jaguar]], [[Būpink#Toys|Būpink]], [[Dog Hunter#Toys|Dog Hunter]], [[Dream Eater#Toys|Dream Eater]], [[Muskhorn#Toys|Muskhorn]], [[Pangol#Toys|Pangol]], [[Slo#Toys|Slo]], [[White Cow#Toys|White Cow]], and [[Udan#Toys|Udan]].

:The second version has [[Alligatron#burstsun|Ghost Alligatron]], Black Jaguar, Būpink, Crowmax, [[Earthhog#Toys|Earthhog]], [[Mingo Kid#Toys|Mingo Kid]], Pangol, Slo, White Cow, and Udan.

===Beastformers===
*'''Crowmax''' (Beastformer, 1988)
**''ID number:'' '''72'''
**''Accessories'': "Big Hook" MVP Weapon

: Re-released in the ''Transformers''-less ''Beastformers'' sequel series, Crowmax was given a straight re-release with new packaging and a new, more filled-out bio card with corrected coloring. This new card also gave his weapon, now branded an "[[MVP Weapon]]", the name "Big Hook".

: He was sold in the second assortment of individually-packed Beastformers, with a peg-hole in the top flap, and a sticker on the bottom with his name and role on it. This series did not have any kind of "rare card" random pack-in promotion.

: Late in the run, the "mood ring" styled rubsigns were replaced with new rubsigns that revealed full-color Fire/Wood/Water images on black backdrops. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro ''Battle Beast'' version of the line.)

==Notes==
[[Image:CrowmaxPoster.jpg|right|upright=.67|thumb|"I'm ''different''!"]]
* Crowmax's 1987 art incorrectly gives him a silver-colored weapon. His retouched 1988 bio card corrects this error, gives him more toy-accurate colors, as well as replaces his black-ink feathers with very dark gray.
* His "Burstsun Special Set" art (seen at the top of this article) ''also'' incorrectly renders him with a silver weapon, but it does that for ''everyone'' whose actual toy-weapons are purple.
* His 1988 bio card gives him the nickname "Mack" (マック ''makku'').

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Crooked Crow'''

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Prowl (Animated)

2023-05-14T06:01:59Z

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:''Prowl is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Animated continuity family]].''
[[Image:Animated_Prowl_character_model.jpg|right|230px|thumb|True warriors must move like water. NINJA water.]]

Some people are team players, and some... well, aren't. '''Prowl''' falls into the latter category. A loner at heart, he has little interest in teamwork, something [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] finds extremely frustrating. Prowl feels cooperation with the [[Bumblebee (Animated)|loud]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|unsubtle]] Autobots around him would cramp his style: a keen [[Cyber-Ninja Corps|Cyber-Ninja]] prowess with elements of [[Circuit-Su]]<ref>Prowl's on-package [[bio]]</ref> and [[Metallikato]].<ref name="TEG">"[[The Elite Guard]]"</ref>

Seemingly bound up in his martial-arts philosophy is his deep, deep fascination with [[Earth]]'s natural environment. His quarters on [[Earth]] is missing most of its ceiling, allowing him a permanent window into nature. In fact, he seems to have a deeper appreciation of his new surroundings than the [[human]]s who grew up with them. The phrase "stop and smell the roses" is a life truth for Prowl, and he can spend hours motionless, watching the organic world play out around him.

When called to battle, Prowl uses an array of throwing weapons, such as cutting discs, that he can hurl with high accuracy. While useful as projectiles, these weapons tend to be far more damaging at close range and will occasionally bounce off their target with little damage if thrown from too great a distance. He can project [[hologram]]s of himself, using them to misdirect his enemies. He also has a jetpack, granting him limited flight.

Prowl is probably the most skilled fighter of his comrades, but this might not be saying much, as they were a mere [[space bridge]] repair crew before finding themselves suddenly defending the [[AllSpark]] against the resurgent [[Decepticon]]s.<ref>"[[Transform and Roll Out]]"</ref> In fact, [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]], witnessing him in action, remarked that Prowl must not have ''finished'' his cyber ninja training.<ref name="TEG">"[[The Elite Guard]]"</ref> The true story is more complex: having failed to protect the infant protoforms,<ref>"[[Five Servos of Doom]]"</ref> Prowl ended his studies in disgrace, seeking to commune with the Allspark. His quest for redemption and inner peace has ended in failure...so far.

{{bigquote|Stillness... then ''strike''.|Prowl getting past motion detectors|"[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Jeff Glen Bennett]] (English), [[Kōji Yusa]] (Japanese)|[[Lutz Schnell]] (German), [[Louis van Beek]] (Dutch), [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Junseok Song]] (Korean), [[Fritz Gianvitto]] (Portuguese), [[Rodrigo de la Paz]] (Latin-American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Mario Gutiérrez]] (Latin-American Spanish, season 3), [[Suso Álvarez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Joonas Suominen]] (Finnish), [[Vincent Violette]] (French)}}

[[Image:TFA Five Servos Yoketron vs Prowl.JPG|thumb|left|300px|This looks ''way'' more exciting in motion.]]

Prowl tried to avoid being drafted into fighting in the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], but was apprehended by [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] and taken to [[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]]'s [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo|dojo]]. Seeing potential in the young 'bot, Yoketron offered to teach Prowl in exchange for dropping the charges against him. Despite some initial difficulties, Prowl soon became an accomplished martial artist, and eventually Yoketron deemed him worthy of a place in the [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]. After receiving the shurikens that would become his signature weapons, Yoketron showed Prowl a hidden room in the dojo, accessible only via the advanced [[processor-over-matter]] technique. This room contained the [[protoform]]s the Cyber-Ninja Corps had sworn to protect, a last-ditch reserve of potential soldiers should [[Project Omega]] fail. However, Prowl proved unable to operate the door, and Yoketron thus sent him on an optics quest to master the skill and become a true Cyber-Ninja.

Prowl continued to struggle with the technique, however, and on returning to the dojo he discovered that an [[Lockdown (Animated)|unknown assailant]] had ransacked the dojo, stolen the protoforms, and mortally wounded Yoketron. Prowl attempted to save his master's life by transferring Yoketron's [[spark]] into the last remaining protoform, but only managed to make his master unhappy by sacrificing a little of the future to save the past. Assured by Yoketron that he would understand some day, Prowl watched his sensei's spark expire and mourned his loss. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

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Determined to find a way to finish his training, Prowl eventually left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] entirely aboard his own personal [[Dawn Treader|starship]] and secluded himself in deep space for at least a million stellar cycles in the hopes of communing with the [[AllSpark]]. While meditating on a remote asteroid, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[space bridge]] repair crew stumbled across the Cyber-Ninja. [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] promised to work around him, but an [[energon cube]] set by [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] fell into the cavern and accidentally destroyed Prowl's ship. Stranded, Prowl grudgingly accepted Optimus Prime's offer to take him back to Cybertron after completing their tour of the sector, but fumed that his path had taken so many twists and turns that he didn't even know where he was... a sentiment to which Optimus Prime could relate. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

As the impromptu fifth member of Optimus Prime's repair crew aboard the starship ''[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Orion]]'', Prowl showed a lack of interest in both teamwork and in Optimus Prime's motivational speeches. While performing some routine maintenance on a malfunctioning space bridge, the team abruptly discovered the AllSpark itself, the life-giving artifact which had been hidden offworld during the Great War. However, the presence of the AllSpark ''also'' attracted the attentions of a group of [[Decepticon]]s led by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Determined to seize the artifact for himself, Megatron boarded the ''Orion'' and fought the Autobots inside, with Prowl responsible for cutting off one of Megatron's arms. The ship careened through the active space bridge and rematerialized over the planet [[Earth]]; though Prime managed to eject Megatron—wounded due to [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'s sabotage—from their vessel, they were unable to stop the ship from crash-landing beneath [[Lake Erie]] and entered [[stasis pod]]s to survive.

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Fifty years later, a glob of nanotechnological matter found its way into the vessel, which triggered the ship's autonomus systems and brought its Autobot crew back online. The Autobots decided to help the locals defend themselves from the nanotech monster wreaking havoc in nearby [[Detroit]], but mistook cars and trucks for the native life-forms and reformatted themselves into suitable disguises. The Autobots successfully took down the monster, but Prowl's refusal to work with the team led to him taking on the creature by himself and getting absorbed for his troubles. Gravely wounded, the Autobots rushed him back to their ship where Ratchet unsuccessfully tried to operate on him—it's likely that he might have died had [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] not discovered the power of her [[AllSpark Key]] and used it to miraculously save his life.

Over the next few days, the Autobots settled into life on Earth, became local celebrities, and set up shop in an [[Autobot Earth Base|abandoned factory]] while Prowl discovered he had a particular fondness for the planet's organic fauna. During the team's next major battle against [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], Prowl showed that he had become a much better team player after working with Bumblebee and Sari to save [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Professor Sumdac]] and [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] from the airborne Decepticon, using his thrusters to slow a falling train car. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|Dispatches}}

[[File:HomeIsWhereTheSparkIs-Prowl.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

Prowl watched a local [[Skippy|cat]] stalk a bird and found it fascinating, but was aggravated when he was interrupted by human fans. Returning to base, he hid out in his Japanese-themed room, only to be interrupted by Prime and Bumblebee. Even worse, Sari threw a slumber party, pushing Prowl to the edge with the commotion. Ironically, when [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] took over the factory, Prowl was able to show Bumblebee the value of stillness in battle, something the pair would work on later in a game of Twister. {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

Prowl joined Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead in an attempt to learn about Earth customs by watching television. They eventually stumbled upon a program wherein [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]] pitted the bio-enhanced [[Colossus Rhodes]] against Bumblebee, and the other four Autobots had to come to Bumblebee's rescue after Rhodes lost control of his augmentations. Prowl managed to take down Rhodes by throwing a couple of shurikens at the pistons that triggered Rhodes's enhancements and later helped rescue Professor Sumdac after Black had become the mutated "Meltdown". Finding Sumdac Tower in defense mode upon their arrival, Prowl, Bulkhead and Ratchet were pitted against Colossus Rhodes once more. Prowl tried to take Rhodes out as he had before, only to learn that Rhodes's one weakness had been reinforced since their last encounter. The battle was eventually won when Prowl noticed that a nearby church bell's toll was interfering with Rhodes's upgrades. Using this to their advantage, the Autobots managed to defeat the villain. Through some quick thinking, the Autobots then overpowered Meltdown by using the same force-field that had kept the Autobots from reaching him beforehand. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

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''Bumblebee and Prowl inadvertently exposed the [[Wraith]]'s modus operandi on live television when they captured the Angry Archer. Later, when a news broadcast showed the Wraith using his holographic equipment to pass off as a ghostly figure, Bumblebee asked why the fellow couldn't just "scan a new altmode". Prowl explained that, even if the Wraith could, it would make little difference; the vigilante relied on mystery to aid him in his crime-fighting career. Since he and Bumblebee had stripped away the mystery, a change of appearance would hardly make a difference.''

''Later, when Bumblebee apprehended Colossus Rhodes, Prowl helped sign autographs for the grateful Detroiters. Later still, when the Autobots saw "Bumblebee" attack Michigan Stadium, Prowl helped clear the little Autobot's name by halting what was really a plot by the jealous Wraith. Prowl attempted to capture the Wraith as he made his getaway, only to realize he had been fooled by one of the masked vigilante's many holographic projections. Thankfully, Optimus Prime grabbed the real Wrait, who was shipped off the an asylum for treatment.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 2|Attention Surplus Disorder}}

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''Prowl joined the rest of the Autobots in investigating a theft at Sumdac's laboratories. They discovered that the crime in question had been committed by an industrial saboteur going by the name of "[[Stiletto (Animated)|Stiletto]]". She soon attempted to collapse Detroit's Ambassador Bridge, prompting the Autobots to leap into action. During the confrontation, Prowl used his holographic abilities to blindside Stiletto. Stiletto managed to recover quickly from Prowl's trickery. She then used trickery of her own to dupe Bumblebee into exploding a truck's payload of gasoline, rendering Prowl unconscious for the remainder of the battle. The Autobots nonetheless managed to capture Stiletto, and Prowl was later patched up at Autobot headquarters.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3|Stiletto}}

''Prowl and the other Autobots had to calm Bulkhead down when Porter C. Powell began to market Bulkhead's altmode as a vehicle for the masses, and further rubbed salt in the wound by using highly-doctored footage to have Bulkhead "promote" the vehicle. Thankfully, Sari and Bulkhead proved that the vehicle wasn't safe for the everyday citizen. Prowl later watched an announcement on television declaring that the "Bulkhead" line was being recalled.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}

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In an attempt to get [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to be less bumbling and destructive after an embarrassing incident at the [[Dino Drive]] park, Prowl tried to teach Bulkhead how to move with ninja-lke grace. His unsuccessful attempts to teach Bulkhead only undermined the green Autobot's confidence, and Prowl was taken out of commission when the park's rebuilt animatronics malfunctioned and Bulkhead fell on him. Finally, when these newly minted [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] escaped from a Sumdac lab and ran amok, Prowl realized that Bulkhead's destructive approach had its place and encouraged him to do what he did best. After the capture of the Dinobots, Prowl sensed [[spark]]s within the trio and, unwilling to let them be destroyed, secretly hid them on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|a small island]] before they were melted down. As he explained to Bulkhead, "Just because something's big and lumbering and destructive, doesn't mean you give up on it." {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

When [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], a bounty hunter from Ratchet's past, appeared on Earth to abduct Optimus, Prowl and the other Autobots intervened. Though Prowl got passed the defenses of [[Death's Head (Animated)|Lockdown's ship]], and got the drop on the bounty hunter with his ninja skills, Lockdown managed to shut down Prowl by using one of his trophies: Ratchet's old [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP generator]]. Thankfully, Ratchet was immune to the device, and rescued Optimus while the other Autobots were indisposed. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

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Prowl was put on a training assignment to help Bumblebee and Bulkhead learn how to better blend in with their environment. Bumblebee's impatience put an early end to the exercise, and the yellow 'bot ran afoul of [[Nanosec]], a criminal that had nearly gotten away from him the day before. Prowl was unable to stop the speedy villain when he joined in trying to apprehend him. Later, the Autobots caught news of Nanosec robbing Sumdac Laboratories and pursued him across town until Nanosec's high-tech suit accelerated his aging until he collapsed from fatigue. With his boosters, Prowl aided Bumblebee as the yellow Autobot hurled Nanosec's stolen [[Destronium]] supply into Earth's upper atmosphere, where it exploded harmlessly. Prowl asked Bumblebee if he would like to race him back to base, but Bumblebee declined, having gotten enough high-speed chases for the day. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}

Prowl and the other Autobots attended Sari's eighth birthday party. Though he wound up entertaining Sari's guests, Sari herself was left behind with Bulkhead. A few days after the event, Sari's birthday present [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] gained sentience and became a Decepticon, taking control of Detroits robots in an attempt to subjugate the city's human population. Prowl teamed up with Ratchet to fight back against the hostile robots, but between their sheer numbers and Soundwave interfering with their communications, the pair were soon overwhelmed until Bulkhead took out Soundwave and returned the malfucntioning robots to normal. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

When the Decepticons [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] arrived on Earth, the Autobots were quickly bested by the duo, and Optimus Prime decided that the AllSpark was no longer safe on the planet. When Prowl and the others headed off to fix their ship at the bottom of lake Erie, they encountered Blitzwing and Lugnut once more and fought them underwater, where their enemies couldn't use their flight powers. Optimus kicked up dirt from the bottom of the lake as cover, which Prowl used to great advantage to sneak up on and attack Blitzwing before the Autobots retreated back to their ship... which had been armed by Ratchet and Sari while Prowl and the others had bought them time. The Decepticons were blown away, and Prowl returned to their Earth base for repairs. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

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Reasoning correctly that the Decepticons would target Sari to get at the AllSpark Key, Prowl took to instructing her in the art of "ninja nerve blows". It was shortly after one of these sessions that his decision to save the Dinobots seemingly came back to haunt him when the gargantuan robots kidnapped the girl. He headed to their island home with Bulkhead in tow, the suspicious [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] shadowing them somewhat clumsily the whole way. However, the police captain was not prepared for the environmental hazards of the secluded island and had to be rescued by the pair of Autobots. Together, the three of them discovered that the Dinobots had been coerced into kidnapping Sari by [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]], whose corrosive touch they had come to fear. Forced along with Fanzone to fight the mad geneticist's [[Fusion creature|creations]] in a gladiatorial arena, Prowl began to develop a bond with the captain, who in turn came to trust Prowl. {{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}}

After his latest rescue mission ended in destructive disaster, Bulkhead attempted to pick up painting, to prove he could create as well as destroy. Prowl showed some appreciation for Bulkhead's new hobby, admiring his friend's capability of creating an image whole-cloth from his imagination... until he learned that the painting he was contemplating was, in fact, a still life depicting an "accident" Bulkhead had with Ratchet's blowtorch. Later, [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]], aka "The Headmaster" stole Bulkhead's body and used it to hold the entire city at ransom by threatening to overload the city's [[Sidney Biggles-Jones Memorial Solar Fusion Plant|power plant]]. Unable to overpower the Headmaster or prevent the power plant from overloading Sari the Autobots instead quickly built and animated a makeshift robot that took the fatal trip into the plant's core and halted the chain reaction from within. The city safe once more, Prowl and the other Autobots attended the successful opening of Bulkhead's art show. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

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When the Autobots detected a non-sentient Cybertronian energy signature form the woods outside of Detroit, Optimus sent Prowl, Bumblebee, and Sari to investigate on an impromptu "camping trip". Though Prowl felt at home in the middle of nature, his two companions weren't as well-adjusted to the change of scenery: Sari had an idealized vision of what camping was based on movies, and Bumblebee simply couldn't cope without technology. Prowl attempted to teach the other two the value of disconnecting one's self from the technological, only for the lesson to be cut short when a monstrous colony of mutant [[space barnacle]]s attacked. Prowl's attempt to fight the creature proved ineffective and he was eventually infected by the alien creatures, pursuing and eventually turning Bumblebee into a monster as well. By this time, however, Sari had found the boiler room within one of her father's mines and turned the scalding water on the Autobots to eradicate the aliens and restore them to normal. Returning to base, the Autobots came to the agreement that nature and technology could work in harmony to achieve greater things than either could on its own. {{storylink|Nature Calls}}

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When Decepticon energy signals were detected, the Autobots quickly realized that they were outnumbered. Bulkhead mentioned that the Dinobots might be able to help, not aware that Prowl hadn't told Optimus they had moved them to Dinobot Island. Prime was furious and ordered the two to take him there at once. After searching the island, the Autobots found the Dinobots. Prime's introduction was less than friendly, and Prowl was forced to smooth things over with Grimlock. They were unwilling to help, so the Autobots left, unsure of their next move. When Bumblebee contacted Prime, saying that Starscream was at Sumdac Tower, he ordered him to stand down. When they arrived at the tower, they saw Bumblebee fighting Starscream. Prime dryly noted that disobeying orders was becoming a habit, but Prowl wasn't too insulted.

He was too busy being shocked by Megatron bursting through Sumdac Tower. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

Quickly regaining their composure, the Autobots attacked, only for Megatron to defeat all three of them himself. After the battle, Sumdac revealed his role in Megatron's resurrection, explaining that he had built his robotics empire by reverse-engineering Cybertronian technology; although Prowl and the other Autobots were furious at learning this, Prime reminded them that they had other priorities. Using residual AllSpark Key energy in Sumdac's lab, the Autobots repaired themselves, and Prime apologized for his harsh words. Although Ratchet and Sari had gotten the ''Orion'' flightworthy, the ship was shot down over Dinobot Island, where the Autobots made their last stand. During the subsequent battle, Prowl noticed that [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing's]] multiple personalities were connected to his [[alternate mode]]s. To cause his hotheaded side to emerge and transform into a tank, Prowl suggested that Bumblebee use his greatest strength—his obnoxious personality. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

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Though the Autobots managed to drive off the Decepticons, the cost proved high: not only had the AllSpark been lost, its essence shattered into a thousand crystalline fragments, and not only had Isaac Sumdac disappeared, kidnapped by the Decepticons as the villains went into hiding, but the destructive battle meant that humanity now viewed the team as potential menaces, despite their best efforts to repair the damage. Eventually, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and several members of the Autobot [[Elite Guard]] touched down in the city, and Prowl joined the rest of the team in meeting them aboard the ''[[Sigma Supreme]]''. Unable to detect the energy signatures of the hidden Decepticons, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] doubted the veractity of Prime's tale, and tensions nearly boiled over until the two Autobot teams worked together to quell a flood of police robots at a malfunctioning Sumdac plant. During the fight, Prowl was awed by Jazz's superior cyber-ninja skills. Prowl helped Jazz and Optimus infiltrate the plant while the others kept the drones busy, and together they removed the AllSpark shard that had caused the disaster—proving that Prime's story had some truth to it after all. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

Shortly afterwards, Sari was kicked out of her home by [[Porter C. Powell]]. Bumblebee and Bulkhead attempted to cheer up their friend after she moved in to live with the Autobots, but they botched every attempt they made. Prowl eventually felt the need to intervene, and advised the pair to simply listen to Sari. It turned out to be sound advice. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}} Prowl later helped stop a runaway train powered by an AllSpark fragment. When Starscream stopped by again, Prowl was tasked with keeping civilians out of harm's way while Sentinel, Optimus and Jazz took down the AllSpark-powered Decepticon. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} Prowl helped clear trash from the city of Detroit during a garbage dispute in an effort to mend strained Autobot/human relations. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}} Later, he helped search for an AllSpark fragment, only for the mission to be interrupted by a group of illegal street racers, the Street Demons, zooming by. When one of the racers caused two others to crash, Prowl stopped to help [[Ming-Li]] out of her wrecked vehicle. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}

[[Image:Samprowl.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Got to get back... Back to the past. Samurai <s>Jack</s> <s>Jazz</s> Prowl.]]

As the Autobots helped fix an overpass as part of their ongoing repair efforts, the group spotted Blitzwing and Lugnut trying to sneak off with some construction supplies and had to stay late to fix it after failing to capture the duo. That night, Bulkhead returned home with two new 'bots in tow: [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]], two former construction vehicles brought to life by a pair of AllSpark fragments. Prowl tried his best to keep Sari away from the crass duo, and her encounter with the Constructibots left her without her signature pigtails. Though these new "Constructibots" were insufferable to begin with, they became an actual threat when they allied themselves with Megatron. Now calling themselves the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicon]]s, the duo attempted to snatch away the Autobots' AllSpark fragments for their new boss, but Bulkhead was able to drive off the pair. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

While responding to a report of rampages on Dinobot Island, Prowl and Bulkhead were given Ratchet's EMP generator and stasis cuffs to detain the Dinobots. Discovering that Grimlock had a metal shard wedged in his foot, Prowl used the generator to dull Grimlock's sensors and remove the shard. However, they then received a call from [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] that Starscream had escaped. Heading to the Autobots' crashed ship, Prowl used [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Teletran-1]] to scan for Starscream, discovering him on the Moon. When Bulkhead refused to go on the mission, deeming it a suicide run, Prowl stole a shuttle and went off by himself. Locating Starscream on the Moon, he managed to place stasis cuffs on the Decepticon, but [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] appeared to take Starscream off Prowl's hands. During their fight, Starscream escaped and destroyed Prowl's shuttle. Stowing away on Lockdown's ship, Prowl suggested an alliance to capture him and Lockdown gave him a set of armor that would assist him in the hunt. Together, the pair cornered [[Clone number 3370318|what appeared to be Starscream]], but Lockdown revealed that he was working for Megatron. Prowl would not allow "Starscream" to be taken, but Lockdown tied Prowl up and left.

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The other Autobots arrived and chewed out Prowl for his actions, but Prowl insisted that they retrieve Starscream first. During their pursuit, a [[Clone number 2716057|second Starscream]] somehow showed up and offered an alliance against Megatron. Prowl took down Starscream, but in his actions, he destroyed a bird's nest. Realizing that the modifications he had were going to his head, he resolved to abandon them... once they got Starscream. Prowl initially flubbed an attempt to spy on the meet between Megatron and Lockdown and quickly found himself outgunned until the other Autobots arrived with the second Starscream. During the standoff that followed, the two Starscreams revealed that they had bombs inside them. Prowl used the armor he had been given to send them into the sky, saving Detroit from destruction. Lockdown then contacted Prowl, offering him a partnership, but Prowl declined and returned Ratchet's EMP generator. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

Prowl took part in a pursuit to catch Nanosec after the super-speedy villain got a second wind, but the chase came to an end when Bumblebee mysteriously slowed down to a stop. After the other Autobots returned to base for repairs, Bumblebee alerted the rest of his team that [[Swindle (Animated)|a Decepticon]] had built a machine that could freeze any electronic machine within its range, just as he had been earlier that day. Prowl and the others sped out to take on the threat. They were all affected by the device's power before they could reach their destination, and were only able to take on Swindle once Sari had deactivated his weapon. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

Prowl and the other Autobots gathered to listen in on an all-points bulletin from Ultra Magnus, alerting them that the criminal [[Wasp]] had escaped from prison. Later, Bumblebee told the rest of his team that he had stumbled upon a Decepticon transmission, and they reported his findings to the head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]], [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

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Due to his inability to stay quiet, Prowl placed a bet on Bumblebee—that he couldn't go 10 cycles without talking. Should he keep to this, Prowl would fork over a case of axel grease. Bumblebee kept on slipping up, though Prowl was gracious enough to give him multiple shots at winning the bet. Prime took Prowl and Bumblebee with him to Dinobot Island to investigate Meltdown's prison break. The pair's bet was put on hold after both Prowl and Bumblebee were off-lined by Blackarachnia's cyber venom. After the day was saved, Prime used the antidote on the bots, and Bumblebee pointed out he'd been quiet for ages! Prowl dryly noted it took Bumblebee being comatose to achieve this, but the yellow bot didn't care—he just wanted his grease! {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}

Prowl had been helping Sari train through an obstacle course when he learned from Optimus that the Constructobots had resurfaced. The Autobots looked high and low throughout Detroit for Mixmaster and Scrapper, but without Sari's key to track their AllSpark signatures, the search proved fruitless. Then, Blitzwing dropped out of the sky and took on the whole crew. Pinned down by the Decepticon the Autobots learned that Sari was dealing with the Constructobots on her own back at headquarters, but couldn't get back to help her until Blitzwing abruptly ditched the battle. Although the Autobots raced home, they found that Sari had taken care of the intruders all by herself. {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

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When Bulkhead was kidnapped, Bumblebee brought the Autobot intelligence agent [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] to the plant, who revealed that Megatron was building a space bridge to conquer Cybertron from within. As Sari and Ratchet went to repair the ship, Prowl went with the others to rescue Bulkhead and shut down the space bridge. However, they were incapacitated by the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]]... just in time for Starscream and [[Starscream clone (Animated)|his clones]] to attack. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Escaping the Constructicons, Prowl was able to lock stasis cuffs on [[Ramjet (Animated)|a lying clone]], but was soon occupied with [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]]. When Prowl managed to disengage long enough to check on an injured Prime, [[Sunstorm (Animated)|a fawning clone]] managed to place stasis cuffs on him. Once he came back online, Prowl once again tried the processor-over-matter technique to disable his stasis cuffs, a gamble that ultimately paid off, and Prowl was able to throw a shuriken at Prime's stasis cuffs as he was being thrown through the space bridge. Unfortunately, power problems with the bridge arose, causing Megatron to add Starscream's AllSpark infused head to the mix. This caused a power overload which sucked up Megatron and Starscream, and nearly sucked up the Autobots as well. Fortunately, Ratchet had gone to the ''Orion'' and brought his old friend [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] back online; their transformed ship allowed himself to be sucked into the malfunctioning space-bridge, overloading and destroying the structure. Although the Autobots managed to rescue Professor Sumdac and reunited him with his daughter, Sari discovered that the skin of her right arm had been torn, revealing robotic circuitry underneath! {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

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Hearing of Professor Sumdac's sketchy explanation of Sari's origins, Prowl infiltrated Sumdac's lab, scanned the professor and accessed his computer data. He later revealed his conclusions: Sari had begun her existence as a Cybertronian protoform. When a [[Rock Lord]] was TransWarped to Earth with Bumblebee inside, Prowl was surprised that Ratchet was taking his EMP generator into battle again. They barely got a chance to face the thing when Sari upgraded herself with her key and smashed the Rock Lord into bits. Unfortunately her upgrades went out of control and she wounded Bumblebee. While Ratchet tended to Bumblebee, Prime, Bulkhead and Prowl attempted to remove Sari's key from her. Prowl's ninja moves allowed him to extract the key and he rushed it back to Ratchet, only to find its charge had been expended.

After all that excitement was done, the Autobots were surprised when Omega Supreme, now under Megatron's control, transwarped into view and attacked them. Optimus and Prowl infiltrated the giant's leg, and Prowl headed for Omega's spark chamber while Optimus went to keep Megatron distracted. Prowl jacked in to Omega's memory, and was able to successfully encourage Omega Supreme to reject Megatron's control and reassert his own. The victory was short-lived, as Starscream took the opportunity to take over and eject both Prowl and Optimus from Omega Supreme. The problem was later solved via the application of a [[plasma dynamic thruster]], which sent Omega Supreme and his two prisoners randomly transwarping across the galaxy. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

With Professor Sumdac back on their side, the Autobots set about tracking down what remained of the Earthbound Decepticons. The first one they ran into was Lugnut. Optimus and Prowl managed to get stasis cuff onto him while the others kept him distracted. Of course, then they had the problem of getting him out of the crater, but while they were doing that, Bulkhead got into some trouble with the Constructicons and they were forced to go help. Prowl warned Bumblebee not to make any sparks because there was oil everywhere, but otherwise stood around watching everyone else win the fight. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}} Prowl's keen ninja senses somehow failed to detect when [[Wasp]] switched identities with Bumblebee. He and Bulkhead hunted the city for the now fugitive "Wasp" and found him attacking a [[Hot Dog Bot]]. He managed to convince the pair he was Bumblebee, but they were attacked by [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]. Prowl eventually clarified Bulkhead's garbled explanation to Optimus and Sentinel, after which they returned to the plant to unsuccessfully try to catch the real Wasp. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

[[Image:TFA Five Servos processor over matter.JPG|300px|right|thumb|Everyone knows ninjas have magical powers like that.]]

Assisting Optimus and the Elite Guard in hunting down a Decepticon, Prowl was as stunned as anyone else when Sentinel Prime apparently caught their quarry all by himself—and it was only the most recent of several solo captures Sentinel had made. He then learned that Optimus had spotted a silhouette wearing a unique helmet that evening. Going over the helmets in the data banks with Optimus, Prowl was amazed when his commander identified Yoketron's old helmet as the one he'd seen. As Prowl unsuccessfully tried to solve the mystery, Sentinel continued to capture Decepticons, but realized that all of the Decepticons were missing their unique weapons and modifications, despite Sentinel showing him Lugnut's power-punch mods in storage. Prowl still suspected something was up, however, and his theories were borne out when he overheard Sentinel talking via communicator to an unknown party.

Alerting Jazz, Prowl set out after Sentinel and discovered he'd been working with none other than Lockdown, who was wearing Yoketron's helmet. However, even as Prowl watched, Lockdown and the Starscream clone he'd just captured double-crossed Sentinel, and Lockdown revealed he'd been a student of Yoketron's too. Realizing who'd killed his sensei and destroyed the protoforms, Prowl attacked Lockdown and demanded the helmet. Lockdown complied, but the helmet had been rigged to spring a trap, and Prowl found himself bound tight and hauled aboard Lockdown's ship, there to have his mods removed and added to a duplicate of the power armor sidecar Lockdown had once lent him. However, Prowl was able to master the processor-over-matter technique to free himself, don the armor and battle Lockdown back outside. They landed by the Starscream clone just in time to have a scoreboard fall on them, but Prowl's processor-over-matter saved them from injury. The clone was captured, though Lockdown got away, and with a line to Cybertron finally open, Prime reported to [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] that Prowl was responsible for capturing all the Decepticons they had on the ship. Back in his quarters, Prowl graciously accepted Jazz's compliment that Yoketron would approve of the helmet's new owner, vowing to do all he could to be worthy of it. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

Prowl turned out with the other Autobots to see off Sentinel and his team as they left Earth for Cybertron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}}

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At [[Christmas]], Prowl theorized that [[Santa Claus]] could use holograms to deliver billions of presents in one night. He joined the other Autobots in drinking [[oilnog]], unaware that their drink had been spiked by Soundwave, who took the opportunity to trap the five 'bots in a virtual reality world of his own making. In this simulation, the Autobots awoke on Christmas to discover that they'd somehow turned into humans. Only Prowl seemed at ease with the change, taking the opportunity to experience life from a different perspective as the Autobots made their way to Sumdac Tower, playing with a [[Nancy Witwicky|baby]] and trying vegetarian food at a [[Burger Bot]] restaurant. The peace was interrupted by a Decepticon attack, and the Autobots helped rescue people from a damaged building. Prowl dashed inside to rescue [[Gary]], exiting the building with a spectacular leap that ''should'' have been impossible. After an abortive attempt to fight the Decepticons in their new human forms, Prowl suggested they proceed to Sumdac Tower by bus.

They reached the tower, only to see the planet Cybertron move into view and blast it. As Megatron and a host of Decepticons landed, Prowl and Optimus began to come to the realization that none of what they were experiencing was real. When Megatron picked up Prowl, the Autobot was able to slice Megatron's arm off with one blow and resist being stepped on by Blitzwing. Prowl proceeded to float in the air, menacing Starscream before phasing through his foe's head. After the Decepticons evaporated, the Autobots found they were able to return to their robot forms just by willing it. At that point, a giant [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] scooped them up, while in the real world, Soundwave planned to reprogram them into Decepticons. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

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After Soundwave's reprogramming was interrupted, Prowl used processor over matter to escape the virtual world. Soundwave promptly caught him trying to free Optimus and put him back into the simulation, turning them back into humans and forcing them to pursue Soundwave's virtual avatar in nearby vehicles that matched their alternate modes. They had great difficulty adapting to driving and Prowl inadvertently did wheelies on his police cycle. The five Autobots were cornered by Soundwave, who began reprogramming them. Prowl was successful in using processor-over-mater to resist Soundwave's control, and when Soundwave used the Autobots in the real world to attack Sari and the group of "[[Substitute Autobot]]s" she'd gathered, he carefully made sure no one was harmed. As Soundwave focused on getting Optimus to offline Sari, Prowl took the opportunity to knock [[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]] out of the Decepticon's hands, breaking his control. Soundwave responded by having Ratbat grab Prowl, lift him into the air and drop him into a building. After Optimus managed to defeat Soundwave, the Autobots reassembled, and Prowl reflected on how much they'd learned about what it meant to be organic. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

[[Image:EndgamePart2-Prowlsmiles.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Prowl turns that frown (and his sunglasses) upside down.]]

When Omega Supreme's energy signature was detected on the Moon, Optimus decided that he needed an upgrade to keep up with Megatron. Prowl offered his boosters for Ratchet to study, and also offered to go to the Moon to check things out. Jazz insisted he stay on Earth and try to complete his cyber-ninja training. The pair retired to some woods, where Prowl was able to reconstitute an AllSpark fragment through meditation. After returning to base, they watch Ratchet repair Optimus after the testing of Prime's boosters, and Prowl encouraged his leader to take up the [[Magnus Hammer]]. As the Autobots discovered when they rushed outside, Megatron had created three clones of Omega Supreme, and they were on their way to Detroit. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

With the three [[Lugnut Supreme]]s bearing in on the city, Optimus had serious doubts over whether he could take them. Prowl reassured him, saying that he'd be behind Optimus every step of the way. The two took to the sky, but despite their best efforts, the Lugnut Supremes couldn't be taken individually. When Prowl suggested looking for a way to remove them all at the same time, Prime used his Magnus Hammer to carry them away to Dinobot Island with a whirlwind. This destroyed one and disabled flight capabilities for the remaining two, but still they advanced.

Prime ordered Prowl and Jazz to help evacuate the city's humans towards Sumdac Tower, since its force shields should make it a safe place. After this was accomplished, Prowl and Jazz tried to stop the Lugnut Supremes with their melee weapons, but they were ineffectual. Prime radioed Prowl, telling him that the only way to stop them from destroying the city was to gather the power of the AllSpark. Prowl took Jazz back with him to the tower, which had just lost its force shield. As the two cyber-ninjas meditated, fragments of the AllSpark were telekinetically gathered from all corners of the city, thanks to their mastery of [[Processor-over-matter]]. Starscream was an unwitting casualty of this, as the Decepticon had flown too close, and the AllSpark fragment that kept him alive was yanked from his skull.

[[Image:EndgamePart2-lastminutesave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Who's that playing "Unchained Melody"?]]

But Prowl and Jazz couldn't muster enough AllSpark fragments to serve their needs. Some of it was missing! With the Lugnut Supremes now threatening to blow up the city and everything else in a 100-mile radius, Prowl made a tough choice. He levitated himself up towards their growing AllSpark fragment collection and relinquished his own [[spark]], despite Jazz's protests. With one last serene smile, Prowl was lost momentarily in a flash of light. His uncolored body fell into Jazz's arms as the light dimmed.

[[File:EndgamePartII-CorpsemasterProwl.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Inaction Master Prowl, available at stores near you.]]

This last, desperate act enveloped the final Lugnut Supreme in an AllSpark-powered shell, capturing both Optimus Prime and Megatron inside. Prowl appeared once more, as an AllSpark ghost, to carry Prime away to safety.

With Megatron seemingly destroyed, Jazz carried the dead body of Prowl to the others. But before the Autobots could begin to mourn, Megatron reappeared, though heavily damaged. Prime fought the Decepticon leader with renewed vigor in the knowledge that this battle cost the life of his friend, but he stopped just short of killing the villain. Megatron and the other Decepticons were taken in captivity back to Cybertron, along with Prowl's body. Bumblebee, Jazz, Ratchet, and Bulkhead were Prowl's pallbearers, and the crowds of Cybertron cheered their victory. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}
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===''Be the Hero'' books===
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====''Prime Suspect''====
When the police began pursuing [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] for breaking and entering, Prowl protected [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] and [[You|another kid]] who had been caught up in things, using his holograms to distract the cops. The trail led the Autobots to [[HomeTech]]'s laboratory, where the two kids were sent in to find the security footage of Prime apparently breaking in, which later necessitated a rescue by Prowl and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]. The Autobots continued to follow the clues to HomeTech's main warehouse, where they fought [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], the real mastermind behind the theft. {{storylink|Prime Suspect (Animated)|Prime Suspect}}

====''Quest for the AllSpark''====
Prowl chose [[Texas]] to conceal a fake [[AllSpark]] when [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] took control of [[Detroit]]'s robot workforce in an attempt to locate the artifact. He returned to Detroit in time to join [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] as they went to help Optimus and [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] fight [[Crush-A]]. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}

====''Web of Deception''====
Prowl saved Sari and her friend from drowning after their [[Sumdac Aquaskimmer Mk 1|Aquaskimmer]] was destroyed on the surface of Lake Erie. He, Bumblebee and Bulkhead subsequently found that the Autobot ship was offline and Optimus missing. Once everything was working again, Ratchet's scans located [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]'s ship parked on the lake bed nearby, sending Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Prowl and the two young humans on a mission to investigate. While fighting the bounty hunter, they discovered the involvement of [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], who wanted revenge on Prime. After the clash, Prowl found he had to use [[Circuit-Su]] mediation to realign his inner processes before he could continue, however the delay led to Sari's young friend locating Blackarachnia and her eventual defeat. {{storylink|Web of Deception}}

====''Time-Quake''====
When strange time distortions began occurring across Detroit, the Autobots split up with special scanners to try and track down the cause of the problem. Prowl traced the signal to a disused warehouse on the Detroit River, arriving at around the same time as Bulkhead and a random [[You|human]]. Within, Prowl narrowly rescued the human when the floor collapsed, and in the basement the trio found a time machine. After Bulkhead and the human were plunged back in time, Prowl remained at the warehouse, but it was several days before the pair returned, having jaunted around history. Meanwhile, the other Autobots had tracked down the culprit behind the strange machine. Prowl and Bulkhead joined them at said culprit's hideout, but the foe was able to keep the Autobots at bay, forcing the human to go in to wrap things up. {{storylink|Time-Quake}}

===Titan Magazines===
When [[Quake-Maker]] attacked Detroit with, yep, earthquakes, Prowl was there saving people from falling rubble before the villain temporarily buried him. Once he got out, he found himself following the orders of new arrival [[Afterburn]] and helped beat Quake-Maker. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 1#Burnout|Burnout}}

On his day off, Prowl went to a [[basketball]] game with Bulkhead, Sari and Afterburn. The speed, grace and tactics of the game thrilled him, leaving him with the belief they could learn much from basketball. Unfortunately he had to duck out of the game to stop the supervillain [[Crossroads]], who was causing robotic systems across Detroit. Working out with Sari that this was a diversionary tactic so Crossroads could reach [[Sumdac Tower]], Prowl and the others headed for the building, and Prowl disabled the villain's robot-controlling gauntlets with well-aimed shurikens. And he spouted basketball terms while doing this for... well, we dunno.

He stood in front of Afterburn while saying they should all keep their eyes out for the enemy. Surely a coincidental posing! {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 3|Crossroads!}}

[[Image:Prowl_CRUNK!.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Take that, ''Shattered Glass'' Bumblebee!]]

When Bumblebee was boasting about his incredible speed, Prowl pointed out that he was also reckless and a dangerous driver. Why, if Bumblebee had to follow rules when he drove, Prowl could whip him! This throwing of the gauntlet led to the two Autobots having a race at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]], with Bulkhead joining in for the heck of it. With his superior reflexes and ''driving over'' his opponent, Prowl shot into the lead, smugly noting that reckless actions get you into trouble...

...and then, not looking where he was going, ran into a Decepticon trap. With Lugnut planning to use him as a piñata, only Bumblebee's arrival saved him, and reckless action saw the two escape. If that wasn't embarrassing enough for Prowl, Bumblebee beat him in the rest of the race and ''Bulkhead'' won the whole thing... ! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
Prowl shared his weight loss secrets with a [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] from another universe. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''The Cool'' comic===
Witnessing the mysterious Allspark being uncovered, Prowl along with the rest of Optimus Prime's crew fled through a space bridge gate in order to keep the artifact out of Decepticon clutches. Unfortunately, Megatron was able to board their ship and left Prowl defeated on the floor, leaving Optimus to deal with the Decepticon leader by himself. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3}}

Prowl was among the Autobots who traveled to the [[Earth]] city of [[Detroit]] in order to protect the [[AllSpark]] from the Decepticons. When [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] attacked, Prowl joined in the fray, pitting his skills against Blackarachnia. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 1}}

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The Autobots were unable to prevent Starscream from seizing the AllSpark, however, and Prowl was helpless to defend himself from Starscream's AllSpark-powered aerial attacks. When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] died stopping Starscream, and was subsequently revived by the power of [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]]'s [[AllSpark Key|key]], Prowl was there to greet him. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 2}}

Prowl later took part in defending [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]] from a Decepticon raid. He expressed displeasure at [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]'s aerial bombardments, observing that their weapons didn't have the range to counterattack. Once the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s saved the day, however, Prowl saw them off along with the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 3}}

Prowl was present at [[Sumdac Systems]] headquarters when Megatron was revived in a new body. He fared poorly in battle, as Megatron swatted him away with a single blast of his [[fusion cannon]]. Prowl survived the fight and later greeted the [[Elite Guard]] when they arrived on Earth. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 5}}

Later, Prowl joined up with Lockdown, donning a set of power-boosting armor in order to take down [[Clone number 3370318|Clone #3370318]] (whom he mistook for the real Starscream). When Prowl learned that Lockdown would be selling "Starscream" to Megatron rather than Ultra Magnus, he attempted to stop his ex-partner, only to be subdued and rendered unconscious. Prowl eventually came to, joining the rest of the Autobots as [[Clone number 2716057|Clone #2716057]] attacked. Prowl defeated the clone, but destroyed an entire city park in the process. Prowl then recalled a lesson from his [[Cyber-Ninja Corps|Cyber-Ninja]] master, [[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]], regarding power and choices. Realizing there was one Starscream too many, Prowl and the Autobots then rushed to a warehouse where Lockdown was meeting Megatron. The ''real'' Starscream had rigged the clones to explode and kill everyone. Using his head, Prowl attached his armor's rocket packs to the clones and sent them flying; harmlessly detonating in the sky. Prowl then discarded his armor, vowing to the memory of Yoketron that he would start his training over from scratch. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 6}}

Prowl then joined in the battle for the Decepticon [[space bridge#Animated cartoon|Space Bridge]]. He registered horror at the sight of Optimus Prime being blasted by [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}} When the battle for the Space Bridge had ended, Prowl joined the other Autobots in bidding farewell to [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]], who sacrificed himself in the fight. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

At Autobot HQ, Prowl performed a full body-scan on Sari and determined that she was originally a Transformer [[protoform]] that scanned Professor Sumdac's DNA, creating an entirely new lifeform. Suddenly, the Autobots were attacked by Starscream in Omega Supreme's body! Prowl encouraged Bulkhead to keep the fiend busy until Optimus could return from wherever it is that he went. Once Optimus ''did'' return and vanquished the Decepticon, Prowl was put in charge of finding Starscream's leftovers and pulling them out of Omega Supreme. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}

Prior to the final confrontation against the Decepticons, Prowl stood heroically alongside his fellow Autobots. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1}}

When Optimus was nearly killed during his epic showdown with Megatron, Prowl joined the rest of the Autobots in looking on in horror. However, when the Autobots returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] victorious, Prowl was nowhere to be seen. His fate remains a mystery. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}

===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling a white Prowl was a member of the [[White Order]]. At their base on the [[White Planet]], he notified his commander [[White Gallant Convoy]] of the conflict between [[G1 World|extradimensional]] warriors [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Super Megatron]] on the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]]. When he suggested they intervene, Gallant directed him to stand down and let the [[Blue Order]] do their work. The matter resolved, the pair kept watching and marveled at Star Convoy's heroics for a time. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 2}}

Later, the Warrior was nearby when Gallant found out he'd made a real bad call as the [[Primus Vanguard]]'s [[Primus#The old universe|eponymous supreme leader]] warned him of the fall of the Blue Order and the threat of the now-supercharged Ultra Megatron Omega.

Later still, the Warrior supported Gallant in battle when the similarly dimension-hopping [[Seacon (BW)|pirate]] [[Halfshell]] attacked looking to plunder the Order's holy [[Matrix Saber]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Animated: The Game''===
[[Image:TFAnimated Game Prowl.jpg|thumb|right|120px]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jeff Glen Bennett]] (English)}}
Prowl set up the Autobots' headquarters into an obstacle course for [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to practice their skills on. When Ratchet picked up a Decepticon signal, Optimus dispatched Prowl to investigate. Taking to the roads, Prowl located a [[Decepticon Transmitter Drone]] and shot it down. After Ratchet modified the drone to return home, it escaped from the Autobot base and Prowl chased after it but failed to catch up with it. He later tracked down and captured [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], after the bounty hunter gave Bumblebee some trouble. He joined Bumblebee at the Decepticon mine base, and offered [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] a lift back to headquarters. Following the safe return from Cybertron of Optimus, Bumblebee and Bulkhead, he expressed incredulity that Optimus had turned down the chance to join the [[Elite Guard]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}
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===''Transformers Animated: Action Packs''===
{{note|Prowl is featured as a playable game card. He is a black card, has a value of 6 points, and has the following power: "x2 if any Starscream is in play".}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}
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==Toys==
===''Animated''===
====Legends Class====
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[[Image:Legends animated prowl.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Even as a legend he keeps the epic transformation.]]
*'''Rescue Ratchet''' (Animated 3-pack, 2008)

: A [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] Prowl toy came packaged with this version of [[Ratchet (Animated)#Rescue|Ratchet]], as well as a Legends [[Starscream (Animated)#Legends Class|Starscream]]. It features a slightly different deco from the ''Universe'' release of the mold, including a silver chevron and a silver Autobot sigil.

: Other than the various Legends Prowls below, this mold would have also been used to make [[EZ Collection]] [[Turbo Cycle (G1)|Turbo Cycle]], but that toy was cancelled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/AniLegendsProwl/prowl.htm Prowl (Rescue Ratchet 3-pack) at TFU.info]

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[[Image:AniLegendsProwlClearSmoke.jpg|thumb|300px|Clear smoke? Future Detroit's air filtration systems are truly amazing!]]
*'''Prowl Clear Smoke Ver.''' (EZ Collection, 2010)

: A redeco of Legends Prowl in smokey translucent black, with some opaque grey parts. He was only available at Apita stores in Japan, given away for free to customers who purchased Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] or [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]].

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*'''EZ Collection Limited Clear Version''' (EZ Collection, 2010)

:The "EZ Collection Limited Clear Version" set included a redeco of Legends Prowl in mostly translucent black with some opaque parts. The set was given away at Family Mart stores in Japan as part of their raffle token promotion. Unlike Prowl Clear Smoke Version, this version of Prowl is painted to resemble his normal coloration, only clear. The "EZ Collection Limited Clear Version" set was prize D, and included four different translucent EZ Collection figures, the other three being Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and Starscream.

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[[Image:AniEZEliteGuardProwl.jpg|thumb|300px|This needs Saba badly.]]
*'''Prowl Elite Guard Version''' (EZ Collection, 2010)

:A white, black, and gold redeco of Legends Prowl, Prowl Elite Guard Version shares its overall deco with the Tokyo Toy Show exclusive Deluxe Class figure. It was only available blindpacked in TakaraTomy's EZ Collection Volume 4.

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====Deluxe Class====
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[[Image:Prowl anim toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|No, you're not seeing things, both of his wheels are part of his robot mode, and it's still symmetrical.]]
*'''Prowl''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Takara ID number:'' '''TA-05'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 bladed mecha stars, traffic light "chain" weapon
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Alex Kubalsky]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Prowl transforms into a black and gold police "superbike" of made-up model. Two of his hubcaps are removable, and they both can reconfigure into three-bladed "mecha stars" which he can hold in robot mode. The mecha stars have a pseudo-[[Automorph Technology|automorph feature]]; pulling out on one blade simultaneously opens the other two. He also comes with a traffic light "chain" weapon which he can hold in robot mode, but it cannot be stowed in superbike mode. Unfortunately, it also has a tendency to break his thumbs off if held by the handle. As advertised on the back of the box, his rear bike mode lights can flip forward to form "flash blasters".

:Partly due to his lithe proportions, as well as both the waist ball joint and double-jointed knees required for his transformation, Prowl is ''extremely'' [[Articulation|poseable]].

:The Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] release features a glossy, shiny paint job for the entire front of his bike, painting his headlights, and having an almost [[Vacuum metallizing|vac-metal]]-like finish for his headlights and gold parts. The Autobot [[insignia]] on his abdomen/vehicle front is now in full color, bordered in white.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Prowl/prowl.htm Prowl at TFU.info]

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*'''Battle in Space''' (Deluxe 2-pack, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 bladed mecha stars, traffic light "chain" weapon

: This Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] two-pack features an unchanged Deluxe Prowl and an unchanged Battle Damaged Deluxe [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] from the ''Battle Begins'' two-pack. The bundle was a 2008 [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] release in 2008.

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[[Image:Samuraiprowldeluxe.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Bludgeon redeco in 5...4...3...]]
[[Image:Samuraiprowlsplitwheels.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Yours won't do this.]]
*'''Samurai Prowl''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Takara ID number:'' '''TA-34'''
**''Accessories'': Sidecar/battle armor, wheel/"sword", 2 bladed mecha stars
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the sixth wave of ''Animated'' Deluxe Class toys, this [[redeco]] and heavy [[retool]] of Prowl includes an all-new sidecar which transforms into the "samurai" armor that appeared in "[[A Fistful of Energon]]". Roughly 80% of the original robot mode is retooled, leaving only parts such as the biceps, interior of the arms, and the lower legs untouched. Among other deco changes, his gold is paler, and all of his translucent plastic is now teal. The robot mode "wings" are now designed to fold upwards, and a pair of slots were added to accommodate the body of the samurai armor. A new, smaller head with a translucent plastic visor replaces the original head so that the samurai helmet can fit, and either of the new pegs on his forearms can be used to mount the new wheel/blade weapon. Additionally, he gains thigh [[Swivel joint|swivel]]s, making him even ''more'' posable.

:A change was made to the wheel/sword weapon between the photography and final production stages. The Hasbro stock photography shows that the wheel was originally able to split down the middle, with each half pegging onto a forearm. However, this is not possible on the production version. The two halves are screwed together, and there's no hint of a second connection piece when disassembled. It's probable that the divided pieces constituted [[For safety reasons|a choking hazard]]. This modification, on the other hand, allows the sidecar to actually roll.

:Prowl's bladed ninja stars don't really seem to be intended to be removed from his legs, but with a bit of force, you can still pry them out of there. They have, however, been remolded so they're now fused together and no longer able to open, but they are exchangeable with the stars from the original Deluxe Prowl. While not being included, he can also still hold the chain traffic light from the original version.

:Prowl loses a lot of his original maneuverability when you put his Samurai armor on, and also becomes a little more tricky to balance, but that's the price you pay for the ability to blind your enemies with overexposure to pure awesomeness and teal translucent plastic.

:The Japanese TakaraTomy release is virtually identical to the Hasbro version, with the only notable change to the Japanese version being the use of a white and red Autobot symbol on his torso rather than a non-outlined silver one.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/SamuraiProwl/prowl.htm Samurai Prowl at TFU.info]

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*'''Darkness Showdown: Prowl / Blitzwing''' (Multi-pack, [[April 24]] 2010)
**''Accessories:'' 2 bladed mecha stars, traffic light "chain" weapon

: In the Takara ''Animated'' line, Prowl was also available in a "Darkness Showdown" (暗闇の対決, ''kurayami no taiketsu'', also called "Battle in the Dark" on English on the box-back) two-pack with [[Blitzwing (Animated)#Toys|Blitzwing]]. Released in the second wave of ''Animated'' product, both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:Ani-toy Prowl EliteGuardDx.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Now he's a different kind of assassin.]]
*'''Prowl Elite Guard Ver.''' (Deluxe, [[July 15]]-[[July 18|18]] 2010)
**''Accessories:'' 2 bladed mecha stars, traffic light "chain" weapon

: Available [[exclusive]]ly at [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2010, "Prowl Elite Guard Ver." is a redeco of the original Deluxe-class Prowl toy in a pseudo-policey white, black and gold color scheme, with a head deco inspired by [[Prowl (G1)|"Generation 1" Prowl]], silver-chromed headlamps, and of course the [[Elite Guard]] symbol on his windshield/chest. Yes, even the traffic light "chain" weapon is redecoed in white.

: The packaging is unchanged from the original retail release, bar a sticker on the front of the bubble. It is currently unknown how many of this toy were produced.

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*'''Battle in the Dark: Prowl VS Blitzwing''' (Two-pack, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' 2 bladed mecha stars, traffic light "chain" weapon

: This Japanese two-pack contains the TakaraTomy versions of the original Deluxe Class Prowl, as well as Voyager Class [[Blitzwing (Animated)#BITD|Blitzwing]].
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[Image:Legends animated prowl.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Itty-bitty ninja.]]
*'''Prowl''' (Legends, 2008)
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)}}

:A slight repaint of the Legends Prowl included with the Rescue Ratchet 3 pack was available in the Universe 2008 line as well as Legends versions of Starscream (also included in the 3 pack), Optimus and Bumblebee. He was also available as part of a ''Universe'' three-pack with the three aforementioned slightly repainted Legends figures.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/AniLegendsProwl/prowl.htm More information on ''Universe'' Prowl at TFU.info]''
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===''EZ Collection''===
*'''Prowl''' (EZ Collection, 2010)
**''ID Number'': '''EZ-19'''
:In Japan, The ''Universe'' Animated Prowl toy was re-released as part of the 3rd volume of EZ Collection, in blindpacked packaging.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Deluxe-Class-Aniprowl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|In order to become one with the Allspark, Prowl had to sacrifice his lithe thighs, and some of his [[chin]].]]
*'''Animated Universe Prowl''' (Deluxe Class, [[2023]])
**''Accessories'': 2 Bladed Mecha Stars
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CoJwohOubg1/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D Design notes on ''Legacy'' Prowl] from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Sam Smith]]</ref>}}<ref>[[January 31]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l33J9hIaQm8 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Delaney Norris]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Ben MacCrae]].</ref>

:Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy#Evolution (2023)|Legacy: Evolution]]'' Deluxes, "Animated Universe Prowl" is a ''Generations''-styled version of the character that transforms into a police motorcycle in 20 steps. He comes with two Mecha Stars, dubbed as "[[Evo-Fusion]]" technology. Like his original toy, they can be stored in his motorcycle wheels, but now open by twisting the outside instead of by a single blade. Both hands are sculpted to hold the stars by their blades, while his right hand can additionally hold other 5mm accessories.

:Hilariously, his head can be seen peeking out from his front window in vehicle mode due to his transformation; he even has a fuel gauge and a speedometer molded into the back of his head.

:Notably, this is the first mainline Animated toy since the show's cancellation in 2009.
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CoJwohOubg1/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Prowl from Sam Smith]''

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==Merchandise==
[[File:TFA-Board-Game-Prowl-figurine.jpg|upright=0.5|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Animated Game Collection''' (2008)

: Released as part of the board game set, this Prowl is a (very) show-accurate mini-figure figure based on his animation model.

: Prowl is also sold with Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Optimus Prime minifigures, and of course: 3 board games (''Transformers Animated'' Game, Checkers, and Tic Tac Toe), and a 100-piece puzzle.
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==Notes==
[[File:Animated_Prowl_season_3_character_model.jpg|thumb|Hhm, [[Drift (AOE)|foreshadowing]]?]]
*Prowl's eyes are a reference to ''{{w|2000 AD (comic)|2000 AD}}''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s {{w|ABC Warriors}},<ref>[https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&postID=8564559979841180115 Comment section for "Back from Botcon" entry in Derrick Wyatt's blog]</ref> specifically to the character Joe Pineapples.
*Prowl's general robot mode design, down to his khaki legs, tall boots, and helmet-shaped head, is meant to evoke a {{w|California Highway Patrol}} motorcycle cop, circa ''{{w|CHiPs}}''. Eat your heart out, {{w|Erik Estrada}}.<ref name="Hey">[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/09/hey-everybody-its-prowl.html Derrick Wyatt explains Prowl's design in his personal blog]</ref>
*Despite his alternate mode being the smallest among the core cast, [[Size changing|Prowl's robot mode is about the same height as Ratchet's, and much taller than Bumblebee's]].
*Since he was in the AllSpark energy and able to save Optimus Prime after he relinquished his spark he seems to have fused with it much like [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Vector Sigma]]. It also seems possible that his spark, rather than truly being extinguished has fused with the AllSpark since he did appear as a spark ghost.
*Amazingly, Hasbro hadn't originally intended to make a Samurai Prowl toy until one of their team saw the episode.<ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html Derrick J. Wyatt Q&A... answers!]</ref> The on-show introduction of the samurai armor certainly wasn't your typical [[To sell toys|marketing vehicle]], considering Prowl's speech about how he didn't need the armor after all and everybody crediting him with a wise choice when he abandoned and destroyed it. This leads to some mildly amusing backtracking once Hasbro finally produced the toy, with a [[Five Servos of Doom|new episode]] airing that just happened to feature a second, identical set of armor that Prowl could now wear because he <s>had a new toy out</s> had grown as a person and could now handle the responsibility.
*Prowl's retractable [[mouthplate]] was inspired by [[Snake-Eyes]] from [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]].<ref>[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/09/hey-everybody-its-prowl.html Response to comments in "Hey Everybody, It's Prowl!" article on Derrick Wyatt's blog]</ref>
*Prowl shares his [[body-type]] with fellow Autobots [[Horsepower (Animated)|Horsepower]] and [[Sparkride (Animated)|Sparkride]].
*In the ''Transformers Animated'' profile shorts, Prowl is introduced to the audience by Bulkhead in "[[Meet Prowl]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Prowl''' (プロール ''Purōru'')
*''Russian:'' '''Syshhik''' (Сыщик, "Detective")
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==References==
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Ian Flynn

2023-05-08T09:10:14Z

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'''Ian Flynn''' (born [[May 31]], [[1982]]) is an American freelance comic book writer. He is best known for his work on the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series, and currently stands as the franchise's most prolific writer. Flynn originally wrote ''Sonic'' fan comics before becoming the lead writer on Archie Comics' ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series in 2006 after submitting unsolicited proposals. He remained head writer until the comics' cancellation in 2017, along with writing for the series' multiple spinoff books, and has been the primary writer for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''Sonic'' series since its inception, later joined by [[Evan Stanley]]. He also wrote two episodes of the ''Sonic Boom'' animated series, tie-in comics released alongside games such as ''Sonic Forces'', and ultimately the games themselves with ''Sonic Frontiers'' and ''Sonic Origins''.

Outside of ''Sonic'', Flynn was the head writer on Archie's ''Mega Man'', ''New Crusaders'', and ''Cosmo the Mighty Martian'' books, and has contributed to series such as ''Archie'', ''ARMS'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', and ''[[My Little Pony]]: Feats of Friendship''. He is also the Narrative Director for game developer Aether Studios, co-created the webcomic ''Drogune'' with [[Adam Bryce Thomas]], and co-hosts the BumbleKast podcast.

He is way past cool.

==Writing==
*''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise!]]'' [[Shine Like a Diamond|#1b]], [[Inspiring|#2a]], [[Strength in Numbers|#4a]]
*''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron]]'' [[Stunt Flying|#2a]], [[The Mightiest Dinobot|#4a]]

==External links==
*{{w|Ian Flynn}} on Wikipedia
*[https://bumbleking.com/ Official website]
*[https://twitter.com/ianflynnbkc Ian Flynn on Twitter]
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Ian Flynn

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'''Ian Flynn''' (born [[May 31]], [[1982]]) is an American freelance comic book writer. He is best known for his work on the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series, and currently stands as the franchise's most prolific writer. Flynn originally wrote ''Sonic'' fan comics before becoming the lead writer on Archie Comics' ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series in 2006 after submitting unsolicited proposals. He remained head writer until the comics' cancellation in 2017, along with writing for the series' multiple spinoff books, and has been the primary writer for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''Sonic'' series since its inception, later joined by [[Evan Stanley]]. He also wrote two episodes of the ''Sonic Boom'' animated series, tie-in comics released alongside games such as ''Sonic Forces'', and ultimately the games themselves with ''Sonic Frontiers'' and ''Sonic Origins''.

Outside of ''Sonic'', Flynn was the head writer on Archie's ''Mega Man'', ''New Crusaders'', and ''Cosmo the Mighty Martian'' books, and has contributed to series such as ''Archie'', ''ARMS'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', and ''[[My Little Pony]]: Feats of Friendship''. He is also the Narrative Director for game developer Aether Studios, co-created the webcomic ''Drogune'' with [[Adam Bryce Thomas]], and co-hosts the BumbleKast podcast.

He is way past cool.

==Writing==
*''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise!]]'' [[Shine Like a Diamond|#1b]], [[Inspiring|#2a]], [[Strength in Numbers|#4a]]
*''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron]]'' [[Stunt Flying|#2a]], [[The Mightiest Dinobot|#4a]]

==External links==
*{{w|Ian Flynn}} on Wikipedia
*[https://bumbleking.com/ Official website]
*[https://twitter.com/ianflynnbkc Ian Flynn on Twitter]

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Ian Flynn

2023-05-08T09:08:03Z

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'''Ian Flynn''' (born [[May 31]], [[1982]]) is an American freelance comic book writer. He is best known for his work on the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series, and currently stands as the franchise's most prolific writer. Flynn originally wrote ''Sonic'' fan comics before becoming the lead writer on Archie Comics' ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series in 2006 after submitting unsolicited proposals. He remained head writer until the comics' cancellation in 2017, along with writing for the series' multiple spinoff books, and has been the primary writer for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''Sonic'' series since its inception, later joined by [[Evan Stanley]]. He also wrote two episodes of the ''Sonic Boom'' animated series, tie-in comics released alongside games such as ''Sonic Forces'', and ultimately the games themselves with ''Sonic Frontiers'' and ''Sonic Origins''.

Outside of ''Sonic'', Flynn was the head writer on Archie's ''Mega Man'', ''New Crusaders'', and ''Cosmo the Mighty Martian'' books, and has contributed to series such as ''Archie'', ''ARMS'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', and ''[[My Little Pony]]: Feats of Friendship''. He is also the Narrative Director for game developer Aether Studios, co-created the webcomic ''Drogune'' with [[Adam Bryce Thomas]], and co-hosts the BumbleKast podcast.

He is way past cool.

==Writing==
*''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise!]]'' [[Shine Like a Diamond|#1b]], [[Inspiring|#2a]], [[Strength in Numbers|#4a]]
*''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron]]'' [[Stunt Flying|#2a]], [[The Mightiest Dinobot|#4a]]

==External links==
*{{w|Ian Flynn}} on Wikipedia
*[https://bumbleking.com/ Official website]
*[https://twitter.com/ianflynnbkc Ian Flynn on Twitter]

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Tarantulas (ES)

2023-05-05T09:55:38Z

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:''Tarantulas is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:MissedConnection-Tarantulas.jpg|right|thumb|300px|As a scientist I just wish I could appreciate more things like cabins... bicycles...]]

'''Tarantulas''' pretty much just wants to be left alone. This scientifically-minded spider-bot spends his days in a lab underneath a cemetery just trying to get by. He's thoroughly sick of all the fighting and just wants to live peacefully on Earth. He's surprisingly kind and caring, especially when it comes to [[protoform]]s.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Alfie Allen]] (English)|[[Raúl Anaya]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Léo Rabelo]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Alexis Victor]] (French)}}

[[File:MissedConnection-TarantulasNightshade.jpg|left|thumb|300px|ES Tarantulas: Flirting 
BW Tarantulas: Harassment]]

After the war, Tarantulas set up shop underneath the old [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]] cemetery, guarded by a hologram guard that told any intruders to leave. When [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] showed up one day, he was ready to fight the young bot, but stopped when he realized Nightshade was an unaffiliated protoform, and told them to just leave.

Unexpectedly, Nightshade offered to help the scientist in his endeavors: to create a solid hologram avatar that Tarantulas could use to start a new life among humans. Tarantulas bonded with his assistant, and even offered them some important life advice regarding [[Alternate mode|alt-modes]]. Once the avatar projector was completed, however, Nightshade decided they wanted to go back to their family. Tarantulas, not understanding how close Nightshade was to their family, offered them the chance to go with him and start anew. After all, there was no way this peace was going to last. When Nightshade refused, Tarantulas decided to take matters into his own feelers.

[[File:MissedConnection-Tarantulasspider.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He's just your friendly(ish) neighborhood Spider-Con.]]

Tarantulas attacked the Malto household, and abducted Nightshade's adoptive parents [[Dot Malto|Dot]] and [[Alex Malto|Alex]]. He planned to use a [[G.H.O.S.T.]]-created device to erase their memories of Nightshade, so the young bot would be free to accompany him, insisting that Nightshade would thank him one day. Unfortunately for him, [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] arrived with Nightshade's [[Terran]] siblings to rescue Dot and Alex. A battle ensued, ending when Nightshade scanned a nearby statue of an owl and used their new alt-mode to defeat the scientist.

Bumblebee was about to arrest the spider-bot, but Nightshade convinced him to give Tarantulas a second chance. By this point, G.H.O.S.T. was closing in on the bots, so Tarantulas apologized for the misunderstanding and offered to use himself as a decoy so the Maltos could escape, leaving his projector behind as he led their pursuers away. {{storylink|Missed Connection}}

==Notes==
* Taranulas's design is primarily based on his original [[Tarantulas (BW)|''Beast Wars'' counterpart]]'s [[Transmetal]] form, although he certainly takes some cues from his [[Tarantulas_(BW)#2005_IDW_continuity|IDW counterpart]], who was likewise designed by [[Nick Roche]], particularly his proportions.
* [[Mae Catt]], who wrote "Missed Connections", stated that the decision to use him as Nightshade's counterpart in the episode was heavily influenced by his portrayal in ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers|Sins of the Wreckers]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers|Requiem of the Wreckers]]'', both written by his character designer [[Nick Roche]].<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/MaeCatt/status/1631772264109838337|quote=More Earthspark episodes have dropped, including some written and story edited by me! As for Ep. 113, I wanted to give a special shout out to @NickRoche, whose impeccable comics featuring the Wreckers inspired me to pitch Tarantulas as that ep's foil to Nightshade.|name=Mae Catt|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=03|day=03}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]

MorBot

2023-01-30T12:32:26Z

Spin-Out: I am so, so sorry.

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:''The MorBot is a robot from the [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|''Rescue Bots'' portion]] of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:ReignOfMorocco MorBot robot mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Our favorite episode of ''Rescue Bots'' is the one where the MorBot said "IT'S MORBIN' TIME!" and Morbed all over [[Rescue Force Sigma-17|those guys]].]]
The '''MorBot''' is an invention of [[Doctor Morocco]]. Constructed of the most advanced technology, it is positively bristling with <s>deadly weapons</s> hi-tech rescuing gear, including a <s>giant cannon</s> industrial-strength fire extinguisher and rocket boots. It even has the ability to [[transformation|convert]] into <s>an armored assault tank</s> a rescue vehicle. It's sure to be a great asset to any <s>terrorist</s> rescue organization.

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Maurice LaMarche]] (English), [[Steve Blum]] (Heatwave clone, English), [[D.C. Douglas]] (Chase clone, English), [[Imari Williams]] (Boulder clone, English), [[Parvesh Cheena]] (Blades clone, English), [[Jonny Rees]] ([[Morocco virus]]/MorBot 2.0, English)}}

In 1939, following the arrival of the time-travelling [[Autobot]]s from the future, Morocco had the robots' abilities studied, but when the tests yielded little information, he strung the robots up with electromagnets and prepared to vivisect them. The arrival of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] from the future stymied his plans, but even as the robots and children escaped back to their future, Morocco discovered that they had accidentally left a [[Dither|small robot]] behind. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} Before he could examine it, however, the Rescue Bots returned to 1939, retrieving Dither. It is still possible, however, from the little information he may have been able to gather, he was still able to enginner a Morbot by [[2012]]. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

[[File:ReignOfMorocco MorBot vehicle mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|[[MECH]] should have just asked Doctor Morocco how to build a [[Transformer]].]]
After causing [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] to be fired as [[Griffin Rock]]'s lead scientist, Morocco sabotaged a road roller, allowing his MorBot to swoop in and save the day ahead of the [[Rescue Bot]]s. The MorBot made short work of the roller, impressing [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]], who agreed to let the MorBot enter into a competition with [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burn's]] team. Morocco engineered a fire at the dock, which the MorBot extinguished by diving into the sea and causing a giant wave. After the MorBot stopped both a runaway toy rocket and Doc Greene's [[solar car]], the latter just before it would have squashed the mayor, Luskey was only too happy to promote Morocco to lead scientist. {{storylink|The Other Doctor}}

The MorBot continued to rescue people, halting [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]]'s runaway flight and retrieving [[Mister Pettypaws]] from a tree, though its rescue methods left something to be desired. It also guarded the laboratory, and pursued [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] when they tried to spy on Morocco. After Cody and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] sneaked into the lab, they were spotted by Morocco, who sent the MorBot after them. Though carelessly knocking a grenade and causing an explosion, the MorBot pursued its quarry into Morocco's blimp. It was prevented from reaching the two children by a large door, and by the time it broke through, Cody had landed the blimp. The MorBot jumped out to attack them, only to be surrounded by the Rescue Bots, who forcibly disassembled it. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

Appearently Morocco had built another MorBot, which stood aboard the bridge of Morocco's main sub, the ''[[Nemo]]'', but rather than reactive it, Morocco had other plans. {{Storylink|Double Villainy}} Doctor Morocco learned about the true nature of [[Griffin Rock]]'s "rescue robots" when he sneaked into the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]], {{storylink|Changes}} and used the details he downloaded about the team and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to construct his next batch of MoroccoBots, fully functional [[Rescue Bot clones|duplicates]] of the Rescue Bots!

[[File:RB-DoubleVillainy-RBclones-EMP.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Time to get Morbed, Rescue Bots.]]
After returning to an empty firehouse from a rescue before everyone else, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] was lured down into the bunker's caverns, captured by Morocco and replaced with a clone. After wiping Blades' memory, Morocco used the other duplicates to convince Blades of their mission, purportedly given to him by Optimus Prime, and of the "evil" Burns family. Subsequently, the Blades clone drew the other bots to a supposed cave-in and they were switched as well. Although the duplicates were able to fulfill the duties of the Bots they'd replaced, their human partners grew suspicious due to their brusk, literal and unfriendly demeanor. To test their suspicions, the Burnses brought their "partners" to the [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] area at [[Griffin Crest]], and without any objection, the robots entered, were zapped and shut down. Upon further inspection, Graham was able to identify their true nature. {{Storylink|Double Villainy}}

[[File:Upgrades Morocco Trex.jpg|thumb|left|300px|''MorBot 2: More Bots, More Problems'']]
Doc Greene was studying the MorBot which the Rescue Bots had disassembled, keeping its head on a table in his lab, much to Frankie's discomfort. Some mutant army ants were later able to reconnect the head's power supply, enabling the MorBot to reactivate and break Morocco out of jail. During his escape, the MorBot was devoured by the army ants. {{storylink|Bugs in the System}}

[[File:Tramsformations MorBot vehicle.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''2 Fast 2 MorBot'']]
The 3D printed [[Morocco virus]] was able to build a new, more advanced MorBot using items stolen from the Griffin Rock laboratory. He used the MorBot 2.0 to steal tech associated with the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]], only for it to be blown up by a boobytrapped [[GroundBridge]]. {{storylink|Upgrades}} It was soon repaired by the Scrubbers Morocco now controlled, and he uploaded himself into it, effectively becoming the MorBot himself. This fusion of Morocco and MorBot ended up plunging into an undersea abyss after Morocco attempted to abduct Cody as his human partner. {{storylink|Transformations}}

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====Alternate timeline====
[[Image:BotToTheFuture Morocco and MorBots.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Decepticon|Decepti]]... errr, nevermind.]]
Using technology from the robot, [[Dither]], which had been left behind in 1939 by the time-traveling Rescue Bots, Morocco eventually created an army of "MorBot" automatons and took over [[Griffin Rock]], redubbing it "Moropolis". When a team of [[Autobot]]s returned from [[1939]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] began trashing the Morbots, eventually wiping out all of them except the larger red MorBot that Morocco was driving. The evil scientist drove the last MorBot after the rogue group as they headed for the [[Temporal Station]] they were using. He was too late to stop them however, and crashed the MorBot into the time machine. The Autobots returned to 1939 to retrieve Dither and erased the timeline. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}
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==Toys==
[[File:RescueBots 2packBumblebeeMorBot.jpg|thumb|thumb|upright=1.67|The first toy to sell one Morbillion figures.]]
===''Rescue Bots''===
*'''Bumblebee and MorBot''' (2-pack, 2014)
: Only available in a two-pack with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] based on his motorcycle Rescan figure, MorBot is a non-transforming minifigure with no articulation.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Other/MorBot/morbot.htm More information on MorBot at TFU.info]''

*'''Tunnel Rescue Drill''' (multi-pack, 2015)

: A MorBot came packaged with [[Graham Burns]] and the [[Tunnel Forger|Tunnel Rescue Drill]]. It is identical to the previous 2-pack release.

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[[File:Morbot rescan rb2016.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|MorBot than you can handle.]]
====Rescan Series====
*'''MorBot''' (Rescan figure, 2016)

: Part of the eleventh wave of ''Rescue Bots'' Rescan figures, the MorBot transforms into a futuristic formula 1 race car when his spoiler is flipped up. He is an extensive [[retool]] of fellow race-car-bot [[Blurr (Prime)#Toys|Blurr]], with most of the visible parts changed.

:This figure has the distinction of being the first transformable bad guy toy in the ''Rescue Bots'' line, and is the only MorBot sold independent from a playset or multi-pack.

:Due to the show's storyline, this figure also doubles as the [[Morocco virus]].

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[[File:Rescue_Bots_Flip_Racers_MorBot.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Stand back! I'm beginning to Morb!]]

====Flip Racers====
*'''Chomp & Chase Raceway''' (Playset, 2017)

:Released as part of the "[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#ChompChase|Chomp & Chase Raceway]]" playset, Flip Racer MorBot transforms automatically from car to robot when the vehicle mode is lifted up and placed on its end. The right fist is sculpted to be a cannon.

*'''Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer''' (Playset, 2017)

: A [[Walmart]] exclusive, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#FlipRaceTrack|Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer]] includes bonus Flip Racers [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave the Fire-Bot]] and MorBot figures.

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==Notes==
*It is unclear how exactly Morocco was able to engineer a man-made Transformer, as it was established in ''Prime'' (which is set in the same continuity) when [[MECH]] tried to build a Transformer, they required [[Energon]] and a [[Transformation cog]]. The MorBots seem to make do without either, unless he managed to gain access to Cybertronian "[[Vehicon (Prime)|technology]]" through [[Project Iacon|other]] [[MECH|means]] (Morocco ''has'' been alive for more than a century), as do the fake Rescue Bots Morocco builds in "[[Double Villainy]]".
*Furthermore, unlike [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]], the MorBots seem to be (partially) autonomous, with their leader in the alternate timeline even able to speak, but none of the "main" timeline MorBots were fully sentient until the [[Morocco virus]] uploaded his mind into the "MorBot 2.0" in the final episode.

===Foreign names===
*''Italian:'' '''MoRobot'''

[[Category:Man-made Transformers]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots technology]]
[[Category:Robots]]

I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)

2023-01-05T00:31:02Z

Spin-Out: /* Notes */

{{disambig2|the ''Robot Heroes'' storybook from IDW|the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' storybook|I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)}}

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Robot Heroes (comic)|The Transformers: Robot Heroes]]''
|next=
|title="I Am Optimus Prime"
|image=Robot Heroes I am Optimus Prime cover.jpg
|caption=I'm Japanese.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|ISBN=ISBN 1600104401 
ISBN 978-1600104404
|date=[[June 10]], [[2009]]
|written by=[[Chris Ryall]]
|illustrated by=[[Joe & Rob Sharp]]
|pagecount=32pp
|continuity=[[Robot Heroes (comic)|Robot Heroes]]
}}

'''The cute heroic Autobots fight against the cute evil Decepticons!'''

==Synopsis==
Optimus Prime narrates his story: In deep space, there is a planet called Cybertron, where he was created. He leads the Autobots and holds the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which was created and given by [[Primus]]. Optimus and his friends go search for [[Energon]], traveling to the planet [[Earth]]. They land on Earth, hide their ship underwater and take on disguises.

[[Image:IDW I am Optimus Prime battle.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The Autobot family photo album left much to be desired.]]
The evil Decepticons also want the Energon for themselves. Optimus Prime and Megatron, the Decepticon leader, were once friends, but now Megatron wants to rule the Galaxy. The Decepticons follow the Autobots on their warship, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. He brings along his own army and battles the Autobots. The Autobots are victorious with the help of their new [[human|human allies]]. They know their enemies will return, but they'll be waiting to defend the Earth from the evil Decepticons. Optimus then concludes that they are proud to be Autobots, to be Transformers.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (4)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (7)
*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]] (8)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (9)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (2)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (6)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (12)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (13)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (14)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (15)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (16)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (17)

|c4=
*[[Primus]] (5, silhouette)
*human allies (18)
}}

==Notes==
* According to [[Marcelo Matere]], who did a page test for the book but wasn't ultimately chosen to illustrate the book, the ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' branding was applied to the book later into its production. <ref>http://fav.me/d25w23e</ref> That would explain why Drift and Ratchet are present even though they didn't get ''Robot Heroes'' toys.
* Primus is stated to be the first Transformer who gave the Matrix of Leadership to Optimus Prime, rather than it being handed down through the Prime lineage. Such an idea would be somewhat revisited in the [[Aligned continuity family]], where Optimus/Orion Pax got the Matrix straight from the [[Core]] of Cybertron, with previous Primes being "imposters".
** The idea of Primus simply being "the first Transformer" rather than being the creator god of Transformers would be coincidentally used later on for his [[Rung (G1)|IDW incarnation]].
* Bumblebee's robot form is based on his Generation 1 form, except he transforms into a vehicle mode quite similar to movie [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s, complete with racing stripes.
* Optimus Prime's vehicle mode is his original form, only now with a long nose.
* Soundwave is described as transforming into a boom-box, yet his alternate mode is still his original micro-cassette recorder form.
* When asked on Twitter, author Chris Ryall confirmed the Autobots' three human allies as being based on [[Verity Carlo]], [[Hunter O'Nion]], and [[Jimmy Pink]], though his "art direction" did not extend to saying which human male was supposed to be which.<ref>https://twitter.com/chris_ryall/status/433379960032473089</ref> Maybe Jimmy Pink is the one in the pink shirt...?
* Drift's colors change abruptly from a blue base with yellow highlights to a gray base with red highlights.
* Drift defeats Starscream by shoving him over a tripwire held by the humans, sending him falling comically into a lake. This is adorably awesome.

===Errors===
* The Autobots' ship is said to be deep underwater—except that it's clearly shown in the side of a mountain on the next page.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 storybooks]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]

Lugnut (Animated)

2022-12-30T05:30:50Z

Spin-Out: /* Toys */

{{factions|decepticon|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Lugnut}}
:''Lugnut is a glorious [[Decepticon]] from the [[Animated continuity family]].''

[[Image:LugnutPromoModel.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The secret (GLORIOUS!) love child of Shockwave and Omega Supreme.]]
If mighty [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] were to command '''Lugnut''' to jump, the powerful Decepticon would be in the upper atmosphere long before his master could specify how high. In Lugnut's optics, bold, heroic Megatron embodies the Decepticon cause, and his devotion is total. It's easy to misinterpret Lugnut’s blind zeal for a lack of overall processing power, but this is not the case. Although he isn't much of a thinker or planner, Lugnut does not care, for wise Megatron is brilliant enough for a thousand Decepticons. His master makes the plans, and Lugnut carries them out. However, that blind loyalty is his weakness. Although innovative on the battlefield, he does little thinking about anything else.

Besides his compulsion to serve Megatron, the only other driving force in his programming is to destroy the Autobots. Renowned throughout Cybertron as one of the most destructive fighters for the Decepticon cause, Lugnut has no time or patience for contemplation or strategy when he could just as easily level an entire Autobot battalion with a single [[Punch of Kill Everything|explosive punch]]. He knows that his unparalleled strength, endurance, and seemingly limitless missile payload is enough to serve glorious, bold, fresh-scented, bright and shiny MEGATRON! Autobots that know him know the only way to survive a fight with him is to stay clear of his path.

He will only keep company with Decepticons who are as loyal to the grand and imperious Megatron as he is. Traitors and disgraces such as [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] are not worthy of mention, let alone being in the presence of the glorious Megatron. Granted, even magnanimous Megatron himself can get a little tired of Lugnut's praises, but he keeps it to himself, lest Lugnut should lose faith in mighty Megatron.

He is also [[Strika (Animated)|Strika's]] "consort", whatever that means.

{{bigquote|I believe only two things: The Decepticons will rule Cybertron, and Megatron will rule the Decepticons!|Lugnut, Megatron loyalist|"[[Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{Idw-tfa}}
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English), [[Kentarō Itō]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Uwe Jellinek]] (German), [[Pietro Ubaldi]] (Italian), [[Antônio Moreno]] (Portuguese, "[[Transform and Roll Out|Transform and Roll Out, Part 2]]" only), [[Carlos Campanile]] (Portuguese, seasons 1 and 2), [[José Carlos Guerra]] (Portuguese, season 3), [[Marco Antonio Espina]] (Latin-American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Leonardo Salas]] (Latin-American Spanish, season 3), [[Julio Lorenzo]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Bruno Lähteenmäki]] (Finnish), [[Bruno Magne]] (French)}}

[[Image:LugnutsPrayer LostandFound.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Thank the GLORIOUS Megatron I finally found my contact lens!]]
''During the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], Lugnut destroyed [[Iota Supreme]] and [[Wedge Major]] as the former was in the middle of repairing himself following the [[Battle for Omnitron]].'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} At some point in the past, Lugnut got a call from [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]], who had infiltrated [[Autobot boot camp]], and allowed him to report to Megatron. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

Many, many years later, Lugnut was on board the [[Nemesis (Animated)|''Nemesis'']] with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] when they discovered the [[AllSpark]]. Doubting that it was near, Starscream insulted Megatron (out of the latter's presence, of course) as a fool who was chasing a ghost. Furious, Lugnut leapt in and roared at the "traitor" about how Megatron would lead the Decepticons to a new age. Blackarachnia mocked him, asking if the speech was memorized or just hardwired into his one-track processor. Blitzwing indirectly defended Lugnut by insulting Blackarachnia, but soon burst into song, prompting all the Decepticons to argue until the entry of Megatron silenced them. Later, when it became clear the ''Nemesis'' was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Lugnut showed uncharacteristic intelligence by fleeing in an escape pod. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

''Lugnut and Blitzwing, upon leaving the warship, returned to [[New Kaon]]. Lugnut, refusing to believe that Megatron was offline, destroyed a statue Blitzwing had made in memory of their fallen leader. Blitzwing was not pleased.'' {{storylink|Dispatches}}

[[File:Everythingmustgo-LugnutTripleCrusherCannon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|right|Delivered directly from Talos IV to serve the Almighty Megatron!]]
''After finding out Blitzwing had made arrangements with a [[Lockdown (Animated)|bounty hunter]] in order to locate and exact revenge on the Autobots, Lugnut was furious. His fury (along with Blitzwing's responding fury) were taken advantage of by an [[Swindle (Animated)|unscrupulous arms dealer]] seeking to make a profit off the two in a never-ending escalating arms race. Things ended poorly for said arms dealer, however, once Lugnut and Blitzwing caught on to the fact they were both being played. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 5}} (Although odds are, if Lugnut had known just [[Punch of Kill Everything|what Blitzwing had offered Lockdown]], he may not have been so forgiving).'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4}}

''When the Allspark gave off the radiation burst during Prime and Starscream's battle, the signal served as a beacon, the Decepticons on New Kaon picking up the signal. Lugnut took this as evidence his leader was still online.'' {{storylink|Dispatches|The Arrival issue 1}}

After arriving on [[Earth|Earth's]] [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Lugnut and Blitzwing discovered the ''Nemesis'', near where Blitzwing mentioned that [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] had last reported. Lugnut did not care for the bounty hunter or his mission, for he still believed that Megatron was alive. Heading to Earth, the two crash landed at a construction site, where Lugnut interrogated a crane on Megatron's whereabouts with little success. After randomly destroying everything in sight, Lugnut and Blitzwing had a battle with the Autobots. [[Image:Lugnutfist.JPG|left|175px|thumb|[[Ryō Horikawa|FALCON PUNCH!]]]]Utilizing his back-mounted missile arsenal, Lugnut easily outgunned the Autobots himself, and was able to throw [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] around like he was nothing. When he demanded to know where Megatron was, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] mentioned that he was reduced to a "fireball somewhere over [[Cleveland (city)|Cleveland]]". Screaming "Megatron lives", Lugnut knocked out the Autobots with his [[Punch of Kill Everything]] (at which Blitzwing said he had told Lugnut "a thousand times" to warn him before using), which convinced Megatron that Lugnut could be trusted. He contacted only Lugnut, who, in his eagerness, dragged a confused Blitzwing away from the fight. Blitzwing thought that Lugnut had finally overheated his motherboard and headbutted him, who responded in kind and sent Blitzwing plummeting straight smack dab in the middle of a military base. When they heard police cars approaching, Blitzwing suggested that they lay low to determine their strengths, but Lugnut planned to slaughter them ''en masse''. An annoyed Megatron promptly ordered him to shut up and get a disguise.

That evening Megatron contacted Lugnut, uploading a sample of the [[AllSpark Key]]'s energy signature, and instructed him to use it to find the AllSpark itself, which would restore Megatron. Heading for [[Lake Erie]], the two Decepticons tracked down the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Autobots' ship]]. Once they'd followed the Autobots below its surface, Lugnut showed remarkable intelligence by being reluctant to enter the underwater smokescreen [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] had created, although he still entered to follow Blitzwing. Obscured by kicked-up dust, his targeting systems still found a body in the haze. Pleased that his targeting sensors had not failed him, he fired – on Blitzwing. The Autobots seemed to have the upper hand when Lugnut again displayed unexpected smarts by transforming and using his jet thrusters to blow away the obscuring dirt. Unfortunately for him and Blitzwing, just as they were going destroy the Autobots, [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] brought the weapon systems of the Autobots' ship online. The two Decepticons were blasted to the shores of Lake Erie in several pieces, severing Megatron's radio link with Lugnut and thus leaving the poor lunk to believe that his master had forsaken him. The next morning, Starscream appeared and promised to repair them – if they swore loyalty to him. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

[[Image:Megatron Rising Starscream on Lugnut.JPG|right|175px|thumb|Keep trying, Lugnut. Keep trying.]]
For reasons beyond understanding, Lugnut agreed to Starscream's request, or at least paid lip service to him, but was quick to remind the upstart that they served him not by choice. However, when Megatron contacted him, Lugnut immediately repledged himself to Megatron. The Decepticon leader told Lugnut to locate the AllSpark Key and bring it to him. Taking it from Ratchet, they flew to [[Sumdac Tower]], where Lugnut blabbed the whole Decepticon thing to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], forcing him to kneel to Megatron. Now that he knew Lugnut wasn't totally bonkers (like him), Blitzwing used the Key to help Megatron repair his body and restore him. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[Image:TFA Megatron Rising Lugnut boom.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Looks like Team Decepticon is blasting off again!]]
As Megatron proceeded to beat up the Autobots, Blitzwing and Lugnut decided not to intervene, but to keep an eye on Professor Sumdac. When Megatron called his loyal troops to him, Lugnut prostrated himself before his master, where he briefly found himself humiliated by Starscream, but then got to look on as Megatron made an example of the schemer. The Decepticons took to the air, locating and attacking the Autobots' ship as it travelled from the lake to the Tower, then from the Tower to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], where it was shot down. Bulkhead leapt into the air and onto Lugnut, and the two landed in the forest. Although Lugnut was the physically stronger of the pair and tossed Bulkhead around like a beach ball, his zeal let him down. He prepared to use his explosive punch...and Bulkhead slammed the ignition point with his wrecking ball, causing a powerful explosion that defeated the brute. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

After the battle with Bulkhead, Lugnut helped the Decepticons set up a base in a mine, even though his left arm kept falling off. Not realizing that the mine's carbon deposits shielded their energy signatures from Autobot detection, Lugnut did not understand why they had to hide. He was even more confused by Megatron's plan to conquer Cybertron, but this didn't prevent him from hitting a doubting Blitzwing. Things became clearer to Lugnut when Megatron said that they would use [[space bridge]] technology, one of the two reasons they lost the Great War, to reach and conquer Cybertron. First, they needed Isaac Sumdac, who had been captured by Megatron, in order to reverse-engineer the missing pieces of the space bridge data Megatron had copied. When a servant-bot in Sumdac's enclosure malfunctioned, Lugnut accused the professor of sabotaging Megatron's plans. However, he backed down at the behest of Megatron, who learned the servant-bot had acted as it did because it had a fragment of the AllSpark in its circuits. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

[[Image:Lugnutkick.JPG|right|200px|thumb|The dancing lessons weren't going that well!]]
Lugnut and Blitzwing were sent by Megatron to steal a tachyon generator from the [[Elite Guard]]'s [[Sigma Supreme|ship]]. Lugnut was able to acquire the generator, when Starscream appeared and tried to destroy Megatron. After the Decepticon leader offlined him, Lugnut confirmed that Starscream was dead. After all, there was no spark in his spark chamber, so he had to be dead. Despite this, Starscream kept coming back and trying to kill Megatron, and Lugnut spent the rest of the night repeatedly throwing his corpse into a river. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

[[Image:GarbageInGarbageOut-Wreck-GarandLugnutwithaxe.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Stop! Hammertime!]]
When Lugnut later detected an AllSpark fragment, Megatron sent him to retrieve it, partially to be rid of his sycophantic subject for a while. Discovering it in a garbage truck, Lugnut believed it was being transported by a human. He was thus surprised when the truck transformed into a robot named [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]]. The simple-minded robot soon confused poor Lugnut with his habit of mirroring what was being said to him, so Lugnut came to believe that Wreck-Gar was a Decepticon like him. Pleased that the new Transformer was a Decepticon, Lugnut celebrated the discovery with a resounding cry of "All hail Megatron!" Wreck-Gar followed suit...then asked who Megatron was.

When the Autobots arrived and verbally accosted Wreck-Gar, Lugnut came out of hiding and prepared to use his bomb punch on Ratchet. Wreck-Gar then responded to the threatened use of the Punch of Kill Everything with the [[universal greeting]]...and a high-five. Despite the premature detonation, Lugnut was left unharmed, but grew increasingly impatient with Wreck-Gar's lack of comprehension. Attempting to attack the Autobots, he took off in plane mode with Wreck-Gar still on his back. However, when Wreck-Gar caused his [[Atomic mace|tail/mace]] to become infected with matter-eating microbots, Lugnut panicked and demanded that Wreck-Gar get the microbots off him. The obliging robot responded by simply unscrewing Lugnut's tail assembly, leaving Lugnut rather unsteady in the air. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

Later on, Lugnut was sent with Blitzwing to recover parts for Megatron's new space bridge, and the two began stealing caches of construction materials. During one such raid, the Autobots became involved, and Lugnut's singlemindedness meant that he practically ignored Bumblebee's stinger attack, not even slowing down until a pipe fell in his path and sent him falling. He then departed in his bomber mode to unload the material. Sometime later, he and Blitzwing began moving two huge containers of heavy supplies, and Lugnut was most offended when Blitzwing noted how Megatron was curiously absent when they were moving such heavy equipment. Soon afterward, they encountered the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]]. Lugnut was suspicious of these newly created machines, but Blitzwing convinced him to allow them to do the heavy lifting until they reached base, at which point they would eliminate the two newcomers. At base, Blitzwing kept them distracted so Lugnut could activate his rocket punch, but at the last second, Megatron told him to stop. Unfortunately, this caused poor Lugnut to lose balance, fall into a cave and detonate his weapon in his own face. Ever the trooper, he tersely acknowledged he was still all right. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

When Lockdown announced he had captured Starscream, whose head Megatron had set a bounty on, Lugnut was among the Decepticons who accompanied Megatron to collect the traitor and apprehended Prowl when he tried to intervene. However, when the Autobots arrived with ''another'' Starscream, it was revealed that both Starscreams were actually [[Clone number 3370318|booby-trapped]] [[Clone number 2716057|sparkless clones]]. Lugnut followed Megatron in escaping forcibly through the ceiling. However, when Prowl used the upgrades given to him by Lockdown to send the clones into the air, the bombs exploded, not too far from the fleeing Decepticons {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

Soon after the space bridge was near completion, the Autobots found the Decepticons' hideout and attempted to stop them. Lugnut and Blitzwing attacked the Autobots invading their underground base, but they ended up getting stasis-cuffed by [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]]. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Lugnut was soon freed by the Constructicons and cheered when Megatron announced they'd be invading Cybertron via space bridge, but was interrupted by the invading Autobot ship. When given the task of stopping [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]], Lugnut remarked that the large Autobot's size was no match for their leader's glory. This inspired [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] to attack Omega's legs. Lugnut attempted to stop Omega Supreme by firing his entire missile supply at the enormous Autobot. Instead, he was blown away by Omega's lasers. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

[[Image:Three'saCrowdLugnutPrime.jpg|left|thumb|200px|{{w|I've fallen and I can't get up!}}]]
Lugnut survived the battle, and later was found by the Autobots after Professor Sumdac disabled the Decepticon signal dampers. He attacked, demanding the whereabouts of Megatron and creating the world's biggest pothole in the road. After a brief battle, the Autobots managed to [[Stasis cuffs|cuff]] him, but found he was too heavy for them to pull out. When Bulkhead sent a distress call, Prime decided Lugnut wasn't going anywhere and went to rescue Bulkhead. Upon returning, however, they found the pit empty and Lugnut out of scanner range. He had been freed by [[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet]], who wholeheartedly promised Lugnut he'd never reveal his humiliating defeat to Megatron. What a guy. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}}

At some later point, Lugnut was captured by Lockdown and given to [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] in exchange for Energon and parts. As a safety precaution, Sentinel had his [[Punch of Kill Everything|POKE]] removed. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} Along with the other captured Decepticons, Lugnut was transported back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}}

When the Autobots became trapped in [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave's]] virtual reality, Lugnut was among the Decepticons who invaded and attack Detroit.{{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

[[Image:TFAni Decepticon Air Lugnut Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|200px|It is an honor to serve as mighty Megatron's {{w|Garfield}} window sticker. Inside or outside of the ship.]]
The Decepticons' capture did not last long, however, as Sentinel Prime steered the Elite Guard's ship into a stormy nebula, creating a chain reaction which freed Swindle from his transformation lock. When Lugnut ordered him to release the others in the name of the glorious Megatron, Swindle was happy to oblige on behalf of his best customer. The freed Decepticons then made short work of the "Elite" Autobots, but not before Sentinel had sent an SOS to Optimus Prime. When Optimus arrived, he led the Decepticons on a run-around, eventually freeing the captured Autobots. Their attempt to escape led Lugnut to [[Punch of Kill Everything|POKE]] a hole in the ship, venting everyone in the room into space, where the Autobots were more limited than the flying Decepticons. Lugnut ordered his comrades to Transform and Rise Up, and they attacked, but ultimately Lugnut was thrown clear of the battle when Optimus used Sentinel as a bludgeon to knock him away... leading to Lugnut being picked up by the glorious Megatron in Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

[[Image:TFA-ThisIsWhyIHateMachines-LugnutRagesStarscreamPlots.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Let the butt-kissing contest begin!]]
Brought inside Omega Supreme, Lugnut recovered a transwarp cell, allowing Megatron to regain control of the ship. Lugnut was quick to point Megatron's numerous achievements to a moaning Starscream, explaining how they now both had the freedom to come and go as they pleased and had regained the ability to transform Omega. However, Lugnut was annoyed when Shockwave joined their crew, which wasn't helped by Megatron referring to Shockwave as "my most loyal servant". Lugnut's inner rage was noted by an amused Starscream. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

As Shockwave tried to recover the Omega activation codes from Arcee, Starscream egged Lugnut about Shockwave being Megatron's new lapdog. Lugnut easily fell for it, starting an epic butt-kissing, ego-pissing contest between the two purple giants while Starscream sneaked back to the ''Nemesis''. Megatron eventually got the two separated and sent them to start building three [[Lugnut Supreme|clones of Omega Supreme]]. Shockwave later tore the activation codes from Arcee, and when Starscream tried to interfere again, Lugnut loyally leapt to his master's aid—just as Megatron was planning. Lugnut became the template for the three new Decepticon war machines and almost wagged his tail at being chosen for such an honor. Shockwave then discovered that there was a missing security patch, requiring Lugnut to be wired into Omega Supreme for the "Lugnuts Supreme" to be operational, so Lugnut had to remain on the Moon while the purple ships themselves flew to Earth with Megatron aboard. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

[[File:StunticonJob-LugnutMegatronPrison.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|"Hey Megatron..." "What is it?" "We're in prison, Megatron." "I see that, Lugnut."]]
Lugnut guided the Omega Supreme clones to Earth, where he continued to congratulate his great and glorious leader. Megatron was a little...impatient...with this and asked Shockwave if there was a way the Supremes could be controlled without Lugnut's worshipping. Shockwave took great pleasure in informing his commander there was no other way (showing that he still held his little rivalry with Luggy). After taking a pounding from Prime (armed with the Magnus Hammer), the Lugnut Supremes crash-landed on Dinobot Island. Megatron ordered Lugnut to return them back to the Moon, but Lugnut regretfully informed him the clones were too damaged to fly. The Autobots eventually managed to regain control of Omega Supreme, who then chucked Lugnut off his control chair and out the back of the giant robot, causing him to go bouncing away along the Moon's surface. The Autobots then captured Lugnut and took him back to Cybertron alongside Megatron and Shockwave so they could face justice for their crimes.
{{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

''Lugnut and his fellow Decepticons were imprisoned in [[Trypticon Prison]], where [[Team Stunticon]] tried and failed to break them out.'' {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}
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===''Animated'' shorts===
As [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] heckled [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] during a rousing speech, Lugnut looked on in utter horror until Megatron eventually dispatched Starscream straight through a wall. The sight of such brutality caused Lugnut to wince. {{storylink|Starscream Heckles Megatron}}

After the defeat of the Autobots, Lugnut hailed Starscream as the supreme Decepticon leader...or, at least, the imagined version in Starscream's dream did. The real Lugnut was none too pleased about Starscream falling asleep in the middle of the Decepticons' staff meeting. {{storylink|Starscream's Fantasy}}

Later, Lugnut used his [[Punch of Kill Everything]] to create gigantic craters in a forest. As it turns out, he was helping [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] build a new Decepticon swimming pool, but the lunatic couldn't settle on where it should be located, forcing Lugnut to explode things over and over ''and over''. {{storylink|Explosive Fist}}

Lugnut found himself befuddled when Blitzwing began repeatedly spinning a tiny medallion in his face while humming. Eventually, he got fed up enough that he conked Blitzwing on the head, seemingly freeing him from his trance. {{storylink|Logo (Animated)|Logo}}

===Titan ''Animated'' comic===
[[Image:Lugnut_stick.JPG|right|150px|thumb|A stick?! What happened to your mace?!]]

Lugnut was part of Megatron's assault on the Autobot base and got beaten very quickly off panel. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Megatron's Revenge}}

He later went along with [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]'s plan of isolating and terminating a lone Autobot. He was ''very'' eager to be the one who got to break the captive, including ''ripping a stalactite off a cave roof'' so he could use it as a stick to [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]'s piñata. (He did wonder if it was too small a stick, though.) Unfortunately for Lugnut, the tracer used to track [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] was whacked onto his "robo-butt" (no, really, Lugnut said that) and this, along with him mega-bombing a cave roof, led to the Decepticon's defeat.

[[Image:Lugnut robobutt.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Sometimes the captions write themselves.]]

Lugnut also admitted to Blitzwing that he's scared of the dark. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}

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===''The Cool'' comic===
Lugnut was part of Megatron's band of Decepticons, chasing down the Autobots who had rediscovered the long-lost Allspark. He displayed exhasparation when Megatron along with the Autobots disappeared through a Space Bridge gate. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3|The Cool Extra #3}}

Lugnut joined [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] in an assault on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]] for nefarious purposes unknown. As Soundwave kept the Autobots occupied with his sonic attacks, Lugnut dropped a payload of bombs on them, remarking that all who crawl beneath him are his inferiors. Suddenly, he was knocked out of the sky by a blow from [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], who continued to battle him on the ground. As the rest of the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s showed up, Lugnut realized they were outnumbered and ordered a retreat. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 3}}

[[Image:TheCoolSwoopFightsLugnut01.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]

Later, in [[Detroit]], as [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] found himself on the losing end of a battle with [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]], Lugnut ordered [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] to retreat, as getting captured would negatively impact their mission for their glorious [[Emperor of Destruction]]. Lugnut then took off, leaving Blackout to his fate. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 4}}

Lugnut was present at [[Sumdac Systems]] headquarters for the revival of Megatron. When [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] offered to destroy the Autobots, Lugnut berated him for attempting to horn in on Megatron's good time. Then [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] swooped in and landed on his head. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 5}}

Lugnut later joined the other Decepticons in intercepting the rogue Starscream from the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]. When the "Starscream" they were given turned out to be a bomb, Lugnut and the other Decepticons fled into the sky, only to be caught in the explosion ''anyway'' after [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] launched the clones at them with his rocket packs. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 6}}

During the battle for the Decepticon [[space bridge]], Lugnut attempted to keep [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] from interfering with Megatron's battle against Optimus Prime. The speedsters proved too much for him, however, and after confusing him with their dashing about and interrupting his [[Punch of Kill Everything]], they slapped a pair of stasis cuffs on him. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}}
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===''TransTech''===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English)}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Bee in the City 2: Electric Bugaloo}}}}

==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English)}}
[[Image:TFAnimated Game Lugnut.jpg|thumb|left|111px]]
When [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] was preparing to have his men attack Cybertron, Lugnut contacted his leader to report that the Decepticon forces were standing ready to invade the planet on his command, thanks to his "infinite wisdom and magnificent leadership". {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}
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===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Lugnut is featured as a playable game card. He is a purple card, has a value of 10 points, and has the following power: "-2 to any Bulkhead in play."}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}

==Toys==
===''Animated''===
====Voyager Class====
[[Image:Lugnut animated toy.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Made tiny in name of the glorious Hasbro toy race! ''(Hasbro version pictued)'']]
[[Image:Takara Lugnut animated toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Gloriously shiny! ''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Lugnut''' (Voyager Class, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-15'''
**''Accessories'': Tail assembly/power mace
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' Voyager Class toys, Luggy transforms into a big ol' retro-futuristic bomber plane that includes features from many historic designs, including the {{w|B-25 Mitchell}} and the {{w|Heinkel He 111}}. He also suffers from [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] syndrome, as his robot mode is '''tiny''' compared to most Voyagers. A good portion of his vehicle mode transforms into his big-ass "power mace", almost as big as Lugnut himself. He features three [[Autotransformation|Autotransform]] [[gimmick]]s in his head, mace, and hands. The mace connects with a special tab into Lugnut's hand and activates its gimmick: tapping the bottom of the mace on the ground while he holds it causes the engine pods to pop open. Pushing down the area on his back where the mace is stored flips his head up and splits his cockpit halves to the sides of his chest. The small purple tabs on his lower arms open and close his claws in unison. Pushing the mace into one of the hands causes it to close around the mace.

: The mace can also be activated with any Mini-Con figure.

: The figure's paint deco shown in promotional photography and the boxart depicts Lugnut's teal areas with highly metallic, almost silver coloration and a slightly lighter shade of purple. The final figure, however, has a darker purple with an much more show-accurate flat teal with no trace of the metallic coloring.

: There have been reports of his cockpit halves not closing properly in vehicle mode due to an overly tightened screw inside his torso. It cannot be corrected without dismantling the figure. The head automorph area also tends to flop slightly, not staying in place in vehicle mode. It is unknown if later releases remedied this.

: [[TakaraTomy]]'s release of Lugnut was [[redeco]]ed with most of the flat purple replaced by a shinier metallic purple. His red eye appears to be brighter as well. Also, the ''Animated'' gold sigils were replaced by G1 ones, as on all Japanese ''Animated'' toys.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Lugnut/lugnut.htm More information on Lugnut at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Atomiclugnutvoyager.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Now I'm radioactive! That can't be GLORIOUS!"]]
*'''Atomic Lugnut''' (Voyager Class, 2009)
**''Accessories'': Tail assembly/power mace
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the sixth wave of ''Animated'' Voyagers, Atomic Lugnut is a [[redeco]] of the Voyager Class mold in a color scheme inspired by World War II era B-29s. He's gonna bomb you. He retains all of his previous [[gimmick]]ry.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/AtomicLugnut/lugnut.htm More information on Atomic Lugnut at TFU.info]''
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====McDonald's====
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[[Image:Ani-toy LugnutMcD.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He stands up straight to look good for his master.]]
*'''Lugnut''' (McDonald's Happy Meal Toy)
**''McNumber'': '''6'''

:A simple version of Lugnut with a very simple transformation sequence. Like most of the McDonald's ''Animated'' toys, he gave up a show-accurate robot mode for a show-accurate vehicle mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/McLugnut/lugnut.htm More information on McDonald's Lugnut at TFU.info]''

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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy LugnutKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gloriously Adorable.]]
*'''Lugnut''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 75'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick (or plate, 2015 releases only), shock-prod staff

:As part of the second wave of [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Lugnut is a Kreon that can be rebuilt into a purple bomber plane. He reuses [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Mirage]]'s helmet and shares the majority of his extra parts with wavemate [[Powerglide (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Powerglide]]. His weapon was originally wielded by [[Knock Out (Prime)#Kre-O|Knock Out]].

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

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OLugnut/lugnut.htm More information on Lugnut at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-toy LugnutKreon2015.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Aglorable.]]
*'''Lugnut''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, shock-prod staff

:In 2016, Collection 2 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Lugnut's [[paint operation]]s have also been altered, giving him gray chest-windows instead of black, as well as changing his [[insignia|faction symbol]] from a black outline to a white-outlined purple. Lugnut also has a parts change, replacing the clip-on domes with newer clip-on turbines.

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.
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==Notes==
* Lugnut's name derives from an earlier stage in his development; at one point he was going to be more Frankenstein's Monster-esque, with giant bolts (or "nuts") sticking out from his neck. While this concept was effectively discarded, the character kept "Lugnut" for his final name... but it works well enough on its own, as he ''is'' a big lug and a bit of a nut.
* Of the five main ''Animated'' Decepticons, Lugnut is the only one without a "counterpart" from a prior series.
* According to the Decepticon character descriptions sent out in the initial [[Cartoon Network]] press release for ''Transformers Animated'', Lugnut "carries a payload of mega-bombs and can spew liquid napalm with laser-like accuracy". Alas, his napalm-spewing ability hasn't shown up anywhere. The bio on the Latin America [[McDonald's]] website used this character description as well when promoting his toy.
* [[Derrick J. Wyatt|Derrick Wyatt]] and [[Marty Isenberg]] admitted at [[BotCon 2008]] that they didn't know that Lugnut's toy had the battle mace, as it was a [[Hasbro]] creation. Once they learned of its existence, they slipped it into season 2, and it makes its only appearance in "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]".
* At Botcon 2008, Marty Isenberg took a liking to the term [[Punch of Kill Everything]] used in the fandom to refer to Lugnut's attack, and said he would find a way to work it in. Sure enough, in the comic [[The Arrival issue 4|''The Arrival'' #4]] penned by Isenberg, Lugnut's attack was named as such.
* The four small red dots (two to either side) on Lugnut's head, according to the series' creators, are secondary optics.<ref>[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/tfa-s3-chin-on.html#c6948917618130667236 Derrick J Wyatt, in response to a question on his blog]: "I've always thought of Lugnut as having five eyes. One main, and four smaller peripheral vision eyes. Although the other eyes are probably pretty dim, as Lugnut is pretty singularly focused."</ref> This means Lugnut actually has ''five'' eyes, rather than the one he appears to have at a casual glance.
* According to his on-package bio, Lugnut is known as the '[[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Krusher'.
* In the Japanese dub of ''Animated'', Lugnut has a [[TVTropes:Main/VerbalTic|verbal tic]] where he adds the syllable "ttsu" (ッツ) to the ends of most of his sentences. In the intro voiceover for "[[Three's a Crowd]]", he explains that he simply does this "because [I'm] Lugnut", as in Japanese, his name is pronounced "raguna'''ttsu'''".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Lugnut''' (ラグナッツ ''Ragunattsu'')
*Mandarin: '''Luōmǔ'''（螺母 "lugnut")

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Animated Decepticons]]
[[Category:Gladiators]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:TransTech Decepticons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]

Megumi Toyoguchi

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Spin-Out:

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'''Megumi Toyoguchi''' (豊口めぐみ ''Toyoguchi Megumi'', born [[January 2]], [[1978]]) is a Japanese voice actress who is currently employed by 81produce. Most of her roles lie in anime, where some of the more well-known ones include Winry Rockbell in the first ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' anime, Tomoko Higashikata in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', Hikari (Dawn) in ''Pokémon'', Aqua in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' franchise, Revy in ''Black Lagoon'', Meg in Burst Angel, Melody Honey in ''Arcade Gamer Fubuki'' and Klan Klang in ''Macross Frontier''.

In the world of dubbing, some of her roles include Ellie in the ''Ice Age'' franchise, Rosetta in Disney's ''Tinkerbell'' animated film franchise, Flora in the ''Babar'' franchise, Cristal on ''The Boondocks'', and Nya-Nya the Catgirl in ''Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo''.

==Roles==
===''Animated''===
*[[Professor Princess]]

==External links==
*[http://www.81produce.co.jp/list.cgi?lady+3575133264130 Official profile] at 81produce
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=794 Megumi Toyoguchi] at Anime News Network

[[Category:Japanese voice actors|Toyoguchi, Megumi]]

Jun Fukuyama

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Spin-Out:

'''Jun Fukuyama''' (福山潤 ''Fukuyama Jun'') is a Japanese voice actor born [[November 26]], [[1978]]. He is best known for his role as Lelouch Vi Britannia/Lamperouge on ''Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'', and in 2007 won the first Voice Actor Award for the best actor in a leading role for his portrayal of Lelouch. He has done other voice roles including Koro-sensei in ''Assassination Classroom'', Yumichika Ayasegawa and Mizuiro Kojima on ''Bleach'', Kimihiro Watanuki in ''xxxHolic'', the Onion Knight in the ''Dissidia Final Fantasy'' series, Roy in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series and ''Fire Emblem Heroes'', and Joker in the ''Persona'' franchise and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

==Voice roles==
===''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]''===
* [[Baru]] (''[[Arms Micron Theater]]'')
* [[Jack Darby]]

==External links==
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=337 Jun Fukuyama at the Anime News Network]

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[[Category:Japanese voice actors]]

Atari Hitotonari

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Spin-Out: /* Fiction */

{{disambig2|the Kiss Players character|the publisher of the ''Armada''-based ''Transformers'' PS2 game|Atari, Inc.}}
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:''Atari Hitotonari is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Atari.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]

'''Atari Hitotonari''' (人隣当梨'' Hitotonari Atari'') is submissive, passive, immature even for her young age, and quite weak both in terms of physical strength and constitution, being prone to fits of motion sickness. As you can see, she's not off to a good start as far as defining characteristics go...so what's she good for? Well, she is fairly bright (she's second in her class), and she hates to see others suffer, an emotion mostly borne from the fact that she is so terrified of being hurt herself that she doesn't want to see anyone else feel pain either. In fact, she so deplores hurting other beings that she is a strict vegetarian, though she does like to gorge herself on doughnuts and other sweet desserts.

Atari's most important feature is that she is a hugely powerful [[Kiss Player]]. It was this ability that led her to join the [[Earth Defense Command]] and take part in its effort to eliminate the threat that [[Transformer]]s pose to all on Earth.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Kiss Players''====
{{voiceactor|[[Satomi Akesaka]] (Japanese)}}

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When the [[Decepticon]] leader [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] crash-landed on [[Earth]] in the year 2005, his impact utterly obliterated the city of [[Tokyo]] and shattered [[Transformer]]-human relations. The [[Earth Defense Command]] reverse-engineered Galvatron's corpse to create man-made Transformers named "[[Autorooper]]s", and forced all Transformers off of Earth, keeping them from returning to the planet by surrounding it with an [[anti-electron]] field. {{storylink|Kiss Players issue 1|Kiss Players #1}} Galvatron's cells scattered from the crash, and created what came to be known [[Kiss Player]]s, humans with the power to fuse with Transformers, by infecting them. Atari was one of those humans and came to possess the highest potential of a Kiss Player.

In 2006, EDC Commander [[Hitoshizuku Amaō]], who sought to resurrect [[Shizuku Amaō|her daughter]] who had died in the impact, through a fusion between a powerful Kiss Player with an Autorooper, found out about Atari's Kiss Player's abilities. He asked Atari's parents to hand her over and, when they refused, had them killed. {{storylink|I, You, and the Spinning Earth}} The murder was covered up as a Transformer-related accident, leaving the young girl alone, despondent, and resentful toward the giant robots. While alone one day, her mind consumed with the tragedy that had recently destroyed her life, she tumbled from the narrow wall on which she was walking. This proved to be as much as she could take, and she cried aloud that she wished to die, so she could be with her parents in the next world. But Atari did not expect that someone would answer her, when a voice emanated from a nearby car that inquired if that was what she truly wished. As the terrified Atari watched, the car transformed into a robot form: It was, in actuality, a [[Legion]], one of many monstrous creatures created when Galvatron's cells were dispersed into the atmosphere upon his impact and bonded with other animals and machines.

Faced with the very real possibility of death, Atari realized that she truly wished to live, and in answer to her prayers, an E.D.C. Autorooper appeared, barrelling into the Legion and smashing it aside. Before it could finish the creature off, however, the Autorooper dropped to its knees and disgorged E.D.C. member [[Shaoshao Li]], one of the organizations' "Kiss Player" operatives (humans who had been infused with Galvatron's cells and given the power to bond with other organisms containing them), right on top of her. As the Legion righted itself to continue its attack, the Autorooper instructed Atari to kiss it or she would die, but Atari hesitated, and the Legion tore the Autorooper's arm off. Realizing that inaction would only cause others pain in addition to herself, Atari kissed the Autorooper and discovered that she too was a Kiss Player as she merged with the robot, repairing its injuries and allowing it to decapitate their mutual enemy messily. Shocked by what she had done, Atari vomited and passed out.

Having observed the battle, E.D.C. commander [[Hitoshizuku Amaō]] took custody of the girl and brought her to E.D.C. headquarters. She awoke in an unfamiliar room, where she was greeted [[Ringo Chikuma]] of the [[Ne Squad]], who proceeded to unveil her sociopathic tendencies by biting Atari in order to "taste" her abilities. {{storylink|Kiss Players issue 1|Kiss Players #1}}

Atari subsequently formally joined the E.D.C. and was partnered with Shaoshao's Autorooper Ne-04, which left her cursed to live in the absent Shaoshao's impressive shadow. She bemoaned the fact that she had wound up partnered with a robot with a car mode when she was prone to car sickness, but she resolved to do her best to protect the Earth from Transformers. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 3|Kiss Players #3}} She was disappointed that a robot had been the recipient of her first kiss and was thoroughly embarrassed by the whole kiss-fusion process, {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 6|Kiss Players #6}} but she had great respect for her Ne Squad teammates {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 15|Kiss Players #15}} and fought Legions alongside them. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 12|Kiss Players #12}}

Atari had a particularly unlucky experience when she ate an omelet that contained a minuscule Legion creature. The tiny monster immediately began causing havoc in her stomach, so Atari kissed her Autorooper, inexplicably causing it to shrink so that it could enter her body and fend the Legion off. Atari was not exactly in favor of the plan, but in typical fashion, acquiesced after only the weakest of protestations. As the battle played out in her guts, she grew even more embarrassed when the Autorooper discovered the remains of various desserts she had snuck out to eat the night before. The Autorooper eventually destroyed the Legion by hurling it into her digestive fluid, and then talked Atari into sticking her finger down her throat and vomiting him up. She wasn't happy. {{storylink|Atari-chan's Critical Moment?!}} Atari wondered about the surprising shrinkage of her Autorooper, and read in a book that some Transformers simply possessed that power. Atari was later horrified when the shrunken Autorooper crawled inside her shirt while she was daydreaming about desserts. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 21|Kiss Players #21}}

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While visiting the bathroom one day, Atari suddenly found herself possessed by the ghost of the Decepticon Air Commander [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who had learned of the power of Kiss Players from the memories of [[Teletraan 15]]. Starscream burst from the bathroom in control of Atari's body and immediately began threatening the other Kiss Players, but found that none of them were taking him seriously...because he'd forgotten to pull up Atari's underwear. {{storylink|Starscream? Volume 3}} Starscream kept his hold on Atari, and through her, tracked down his old ally [[Doctor Arkeville]], who converted a jet fighter into a new body for him. Atari kissed the jet and transferred Starscream's ghost and herself into it, but it was almost immediately destroyed by the E.D.C.'s forces. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 27|Kiss Players #27}}

When the E.D.C. were put in charge of transporting the dead body of [[Autobot]] leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] into [[Tokyo]], Atari was among the troops providing an escort. Soon, a commando unit led by [[Marissa Faireborn]] attempted to reclaim Prime's body, and Atari was rendered helpless when Marissa sliced her clothes off with a knife, fused with the resurrected Prime and ran away. {{storylink|Kiss Players issue 2|Kiss Players #2}}

Life within the E.D.C. progressively proved harder and harder for Atari, as Ringo continued to subject her to repeated acts of whim-driven cruelty, {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 30|Kiss Players #30}} and the mysterious disappearance of Shaoshao weighed heavily on her mind. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 18|Kiss Players #18}} In civilian life, she found a friend in Marissa Faireborn, but this only lasted until the two girls each discovered who the other truly was and sadly accepted that their positions made them enemies. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 13|Kiss Players #13}} Nevertheless, Marissa and Optimus Prime proceeded to save Atari from Legion threats several times, but this only made Atari worry that Marissa must be a better kisser that her, if her robot partner was stronger. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 9|Kiss Players #9}}

Depressed over the fact that she had yet to achieve a second successful fusion with her Autorooper since that first fateful day, Atari was moping around E.D.C. headquarters when her Autorooper surprised her by silently raising its palm and offering her a flower. Angry and miserable, Atari smacked the flower from the robot's hand and ran away. Atari's fellow E.D.C. Kiss Player, [[Kayu Michikusa]], observed the clash and followed Atari out of the base, catching up to her on a hill overlooking the city and presenting her with a flower chain made using the bloom the Autorooper had picked. Having experienced an all-too-rare act of genuine friendship, Atari's spirits began to rise. Sadly, it didn't last long, as she returned to base still wearing the flower chain and immediately caught Ringo's sadistic eye. The deranged girl began eating the flowers and tried to share them with Atari by kissing them into her mouth. Atari was literally saved by the bell as an alarm went off, signalling a Legion attack, and Ringo scampered away to respond.

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Her status quo of perpetual misery restored, Atari composed herself and followed, discovering the source of the crisis: Optimus Prime and Marissa were leading an army of Legions down on E.D.C. headquarters! Before the Ne Squad could attack, a further surprise occurred: the Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] arrived on the scene, now Kiss Player partners with the missing Shaoshao! The E.D.C.'s Kiss Players fused with their Autoroopers, save for Atari, and plunged into the middle of the battle, but were sent flying by a swing of Prime's sword. Fearing for the safety of her friends, Atari made an impassioned plea to her Autorooper to help her save them, and at last, the robot responded to her and transformed to robot mode, kneeling so it could be kissed. Atari did so, and finally, the pair fused together once again and sprang into action, turning back the Autobots and Legions. {{storylink|Kiss Players issue 3|Kiss Players #3}} Realizing that she felt a sense of humanity within her Autorooper, Atari no longer believed that it was just a machine. Rather, she fully believed that both she and her Autorooper had become true partners. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 24|Kiss Players #24}}

Her friendship with Kayu growing, Atari made plans to go on a trip with the girl. But as one relationship improved, another deteriorated, as Ringo's torture sessions grew worse and worse. Atari's pleas to Kayu for help fell on deaf ears, and so Atari spitefully broke off the trip. The next day, however, Atari discovered that Kayu had been transferred to another squad, {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 33|Kiss Players #33}} and she soon realized that Kayu had previously been subject to Ringo's "attentions" before Atari came along. This discussion was cut short by a sudden emergency: Kayu's Autorooper was running amok. Atari believed that she could hear Kayu's voice coming from within the robot, but Ringo sprang into action and mercilessly gunned it down despite Atari's pleas. Overcome with emotion, Atari blacked out...and when she awoke, she could hear Ringo screaming...and her Autorooper's hands were stained with blood. In losing control of herself and her Autorooper, it appeared, Atari had taken revenge for herself and her friend. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 36|Kiss Players #36}}

When Optimus Prime staged another attack on E.D.C. headquarters, backed by a phalanx of Legion, Atari fused with her Autorooper to join the fight. When her fusion time expired, she discovered Marissa and Shaoshao in the middle of the battlefield, having just finally set aside the differences that had caused them to fight up until now. Together, the three girls vowed to uncover the mysteries lying at the heart of the E.D.C. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 37|Kiss Players #37}} Venturing into the [[Genital System]] facility beneath the E.D.C. building, the girls and their robot partners discovered the remains of Galvatron, before a door came slamming down, separating Atari from the rest of the group. Commander Amaō appeared before her and explained the full extent of her plans regarding the resurrection of her daughter, and had originally selected Shaoshao for the process. Amaō began her plan, but Atari fought against the fusion process, remembering her friendless childhood and how far she had come. Fusing with her Autorooper, she seized Galvatron's body and blasted off into the air, causing the complex to collapse and kill Amaō. All of Galvatron's cells from the girls, their partners, the Legions and the Autoroopers were absorbed back into Galvatron's body, and Atari flung the reconstituted Decepticon leader into space. Before her own powers faded, she looked down upon the Earth, and smiled in happiness. {{storylink|I, You, and the Spinning Earth}}

[[File:15gogo sparkbots appear.jpg|left|215px|thumb|On the Kiss Players' side of the reality barrier, that's probably one heck of a light show.]]

Following the deactivation of the anti-electron field, the Autobots returned to Earth in early 2007, but Transformer-human relations were still in tatters. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] came up with the idea of a Transformer-human singing group to try and repair relations and spread goodwill between the two races, and to that end, Atari joined with Marissa, Shaoshao, and [[Mini-Cassette|cassette Transformers]] [[Glit (KP)|Glit]], [[Sundor]], and [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] to form this group, the "[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]".

[[File:Atari meets optimus primal.jpg|115px|thumb|Oh, that reminds me to ask; Why universe hate Atari?]]

While on their world goodwill tour, the Kiss Players arrived in North America to perform at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]], but just before the concert began, three mysterious glowing orbs appeared before the band and telepathically spoke to them. Introducing themselves as the [[Sparkbot]]s [[Star Dust]], [[Angela]], and [[Zangetsu]], they instructed the three girls to kiss them. When they did so, the girls and Brave Maximus were suddenly whisked off through time, rematerializing at [[Sherman Dam]] in the year 1985, where they witnessed Optimus Prime's historic battle with Megatron atop the structure. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 39|Kiss Players #39}} The Sparkbots explained to the Kiss Players that the "[[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]]" had been scattered throughout space and time, and that their mission was to recover its fragments by kissing Autobot leaders from different time periods, starting with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 40|Kiss Players #40}}

The Kiss Players adventures through the timestream soon led them to the year 2011, where they fell into the clutches of the [[Quintesson]]s. Even the power of {{w|Moe (slang)|moe}}, despite transforming Atari into a hamster-girl in a swimsuit who called the judge "big brother" and asked his permission to use the potty, was not enough to spare them from the Quintesson judge's verdict of "not guilty." Fortunately, Optimus Prime and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]] came to their accidental rescue, and the Kiss Players' voyage continued. {{storylink|Kiss Players Picture Story Show}}

Following this hair-raising experience, Atari was sent on her first solo mission to recover an AllSpark fragment, alongside Star Dust. Appearing in the vicinity of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] later in the year 2011, Atari watched as the planet [[Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears|exploded]], then kissed the Autobot leader of the era, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], as he emerged from the conflagration. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 42|Kiss Players #42}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 1}}

Atari delighted in her next mission, when she was taken into the past and found herself surrounded by animals. She never expected that one of the animals was a Transformer: [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]! Atari and Star Dust proceeded to hop through time to see Optimus Primal's various forms to his body in the war against the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]], although she was initially hesitant to do so until Star Dust explained that this was not the Optimus ''Prime'' with whom she was familiar. When the task was done, however, he Allspark fragment recovered was suddenly seized by an invisible force and stolen away. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 45|Kiss Players #45}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}} These thefts continued as the Kiss Players tried to gather more fragments, forcing the girls to give chase across the timestream, only for Brave Maximus to crash into the "[[Wall of Time]]", scattering the team across the multiverse. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 47|Kiss Players #47}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 3}}

Atari found herself in the parallel reality of the [[Aurex 103.10 Alpha|MD World]], on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s moon at the height of the Transformers' war for the [[Mini-Con]]s. Encountering native Mini-Con [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]], Atari found she could understand the little robot's beeping and booping, and she learned that he had become [[Alliance|separated from his partner]]. As the moon trembled beneath Atari's feet, they realized that they were standing on the body of [[Unicron]], but before they could do anything to help Blackout, the invisible force returned to bring Atari back to her home universe. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 48|Kiss Players #48}} The "force", it transpired, was [[Primus]], god of the Transformers, who had gathered the other Kiss Players. Primus explained that he had been responsible for stealing the Allspark fragments away—because they were actually portions of Unicron's shattered [[Angolmois Energy|lifeforce]], and the Sparkbots were his servants, trying to resurrect him! {{Storylink|Sparkbots Volume 4}} Thankfully, Primus was able to trap Unicron's lifeforce within the Earth, but he would not answer the Kiss Players' questions about their own future. As his last act before he transformed into a [[Vector Sigma|golden sphere]], Primus returned the Kiss Players to the present day of 2007, mere moments after they had left on their adventure. Realizing that their future was not defined by Primus or any god, Shaoshao and Marissa made vows for the future, while Atari remained unsure of what she would do next, but realized at last the importance of truly living. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 51|Kiss Players #51}} {{Storylink|Sparkbots Volume 5}}

====Train Wars====
Atari eventually ended up being a student of [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Doctor Fujiyama]], and assisted him in creating two sets of [[Trainbot]]s. When one, [[Shouki|Mach]], asked her what purpose he had in life, Atari simply told him to think about it and decide on his choices for himself. After three finalized Trainbots were activated, their facility was invaded by the escaped [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], but Mach was able to save his [[human]] creators, noting to Atari that he had made his choice. Once Nightbird's actions were foiled, Atari congratulated Mach on his choice of saving his comrades. {{storylink|The Train Wars: The Origin}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:Artemis Moon Atari Legends.jpg|thumb|If we had a nickel for every time Atari showed up without something degrading happening to her, we'd have one nickel.]]

Atari was one of the many women brought to the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]] by [[Tigatron]] using the [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] in an attempt to get women who liked him better than [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. It did not work out, as all of the women brought over eventually swooned over Springer. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}}

By [[2039]], Atari had become involved in robotics, working alongside [[Chip Chase]] as part of [[Project Gaia]] that also involved the discovery and use of [[Angolmois Energy]]. With the help of technology from the [[Transformer]]s, Atari developed a series of androids, the latest of which was [[Artemis]], and also the lupine [[Moon (BW)|Moon]]. Atari was alarmed when, at their unveiling, Artemis immediately set to bonking Moon with her hammer. Despite the android's frequent bursts of cartoon violence, Atari continued working on the two. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

====''Generations Selects Special Comic''====
By [[2050]], Professor Hitotonari had helped in the manufacture of the [[Selector]]s, a new breed of Transformer created to serve humanity. However, she grew uneasy with the use of Angolmois Energy after some robots had negative reactions to it and relayed her misgivings to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] when he visited [[Neo Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

Atari, Shaoshao and Marissa were shocked that the Technobots were siding with the Selectors as they rebelled outside. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO_Shaoshao_Atari.jpg|thumb|left|100px|And a penny for this cameo, we guess.]]
Atari and [[Shaoshao Li|Shaoshao]] were among the humans who witnessed [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]'s demand for all the blocks of [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!}}
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==Toys==
===''Kiss Players''===
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*'''Atari X Autorooper''' (2006)
{{toydesigner|[[Yuki Ohshima]] (concept artist)}}

:Like all the ''Kiss Players'' girls, Atari's figures were pre-posed PVC figurines, unlike Marissa and Shaoshao, she got ''two'' figures, and in different sizes. Her first figure, sculpted by series designer [[Yuki Ohshima]], was the unusual one, much larger than a standard ''Kiss Players'' figure and depicting Atari apparently recoiling from something. It came packaged with a tiny transforming Autorooper figure, representing the character after he had been shrunk, and a CD containing episodes 6-10 of the ''Kiss Players'' radio drama, as well as the exclusive audio adventure, "[[Atari-chan's Critical Moment?!]]"

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[[File:Atari small figure.jpg|thumb|I, You, and the Spinning... spinning... spinning... uuurk!]]
*'''Autorooper X Atari''' (2006)
:''Accessories'': Interchangeable arms
{{toydesigner|[[Yuki Ohshima]] (concept artist)}}

:Atari's second figure was at the standard size for ''Kiss Players'' figurines and came packaged with the larger, 1:24 scale transforming Autorooper figure. She can sit in either the Autorooper's driver's seat or on his shoulder, but not a lot else, although she ''does'' come with a pair of alternate arms clutching a barf bag. She even has (what we hope is) a little bit of barf sculpted on her chin. Released on the week that followed the broadcast of the cliffhanger ending to the first year of the ''Kiss Players'' radio drama, the set included a CD containing episodes 21-30 of the series and the exclusive chapter that concluded the year's storyline, "[[I, You, and the Spinning Earth]]".

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*'''Atari-scream''' (2007)

: A [[redeco]] of the first Atari PVC figurine, "Atari-scream" places Atari in a black uniform with a [[Decepticon]] insignia on her armband instead of the E.D.C.'s logo. Only available as an online-order exclusive from ''[[Dengeki Hobby]]'' magazine, the figure represents Atari while she was possessed by Starscream's ghost.
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==Notes==
*According to series writer [[Yuki Ohshima]], Atari was originally going to be an elementary school student (ages 6 to 11). However, [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] objected, pointing out that an elementary school student would not be legally eligible for a driver's license.<ref>''[[Kiss Players/15 Go! Go!|Transformers: Kiss Players/Transformers: Information Administration Teletraan 15 Go! Go!]]'' design notes for Atari × Autorooper</ref> Yes, you read that correctly.

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:''Drift is an [[Autobot]] and former [[Decepticon]] from the [[live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AoEDrift CG.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|250px|The samurai to Crosshairs' [[John DiMaggio|Scotsman]].]]
'''Drift''' is a commando of few words and many ancient blades. While he is not trying to hide his past as a [[Decepticon]], he would much rather just let his swords do the talking. His strength lies in both his mastery over his collection of swords and his composure in battle. Despite the dark times upon the Autobots, Drift remains calm, dignified, and thoughtful,<ref>''Age of Extinction: Generations'' Deluxe Class Autobot Drift packaging bio</ref> often taking time to practice his swordsmanship and spout haikus about whatever's going on.

Leaving the Decepticons didn't automatically fix everything for Drift, as he is still prone to manic bouts of aggression if he's startled or otherwise spooked. This makes him quick to try to stab whatever's the problem to death. Luckily, he’s taken up meditation to complement his swordsmanship and hopefully curb this lingering rage. After all, he considers his Decepticon self to be as dead as [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].

Teaming up with the rowdiest Autobots around may not be the best start, but luckily Drift gets to serve directly under [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], who he refers to as his ''sensei''. Knowing there is hope whenever the Autobot leader is around, Drift will follow Optimus to the bitter end. He doesn't think much of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s attempts to be Autobot leader, though, due to his youth and lack of warrior discipline. He is sometimes partnered with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]].

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==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The five movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Age of Extinction'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Watanabe]] (English), [[Kiyomitsu Mizūchi]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Yaohan]] (Chinese), [[Jorge Badillo]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Luis Grau]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Andrea Lavagnino]] (Italian), [[Hercules Fernando]] (Portuguese), [[Guillaume Orsat]] (European French), [[Éric Gaudry]] (Canadian French), [[Yu Fang]] (German), [[Sefa Zengin]] (Turkish)}}
[[File:AOE-DriftHelicopterMode.jpg|thumb|left|280px|Good luck figuring out what kind of helicopter he is.]]
Drift was among the Autobots who had gone into hiding on Earth after humanity turned against the Autobots. To his disgruntlement, Bumblebee took de facto command of the Autobots in the absence of Optimus Prime. Drift was overjoyed at the return of his ''sensei'', declaring there was hope after all. Though [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] cursed the humans as a "bunch of backstabbing weasels", Drift took pity on the humans, sadly reciting a haiku regarding the humans' betrayal. The haiku didn't sit right with Hound, and the two nearly came to blows before their attention was turned to the arrival of [[Cade Yeager]] and his family. Later that night, Drift sadly reported that they were the last five Autobots, and informed Optimus of Bumblebee's stint as leader during his absence. He couldn't resist expressing his distaste of Bumblebee's leadership and immaturity aloud, claiming that the younger Autobot brought shame upon the group. The two bots quickly came to blows with Drift gaining the upper hand over the "smartass". Holding Bumblebee at sword-point, Drift claimed to see right through Bumblebee's "puppy dog eyes" act, mocking him when such an act was beneath him. The mood soon was dampened further when Cade had Drift (in his Bugatti vehicle mode) project footage of [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]]'s demises.

[[File:AOE-HoundFightingDrift.jpg|350px|right|thumb|"Drift, you keep up those damn fortune cookie sayings, you'll be ''drifting'' into unconsciousness pretty quick after I get my paws on ya!"]]
Drift took part in Cade's mission to infiltrate [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]], providing some valuable intel to the human prior to the operation. Drift joined in the subsequent assault on the facility when the news came of Ratchet's brutal demise and dismemberment. Drift used his helicopter mode to lift Bumblebee through the upper levels of the building to rescue Cade from [[Harold Attinger]]. The Autobots soon fled once again, and Drift was unable to intervene in the battle between Optimus and [[Megatron (Movie)|Galvatron]] when the drone's missile fire separated the Autobots from their leader. When [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] captured Optimus and [[Tessa Yeager]], Drift infiltrated the bounty hunter's ship in Chicago with the rest of the group. Now behind enemy lines, Drift advocated stealth and a lack of violence, but immediately hacked an alien captive of Lockdown's to death when it startled him. Drift reported that Lockdown's dark matter drives were firing up, signaling they had about ten minutes before the ship departed Earth (nine minutes, worse case scenario). Drift went to free his ''sensei'' with Hound and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]], and remained aboard the commandeered ship of Lockdown's with him and Hound.

[[Image:AOE-CrosshairsAndDriftLetThemFight.jpg|310px|left|thumb|You've been waiting for months for the DVD to release just to write a "Let them fight" caption for this scene. Admit it.]]
When the Autobots regrouped following the escape from Lockdown's ship, Optimus announced they would be leaving Earth and abandoning humanity to their fate. Drift voiced no opposition to his leader's orders, but intercepted a transmission from [[Joshua Joyce]], informing the team that Joyce was moving KSI's drones to their facilities in China. After Cade warned Joyce of the danger Galvatron presented, Drift assured Cade that their vessel could quickly race them across the globe. It was a spaceship, after all. Optimus edited his orders: while the Autobots would stay to retrieve the [[Seed]] and stop Galvatron, they would leave Earth forever immediately afterwards.

[[Image:AOEDriftVsSentries.jpg|250px|right|thumb|"Why don't you just throw the swor-*dies*"]]
Drift later remained with Optimus and Crosshairs when their ship was shot down by the rogue Galvatron's Decepticons over Hong Kong. Crashing in a nearby valley, Optimus revealed his trump card: the ancient [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]]. While Optimus beat some authority into [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]], Drift followed Crosshairs' lead and evacuated to the sidelines to stay out of the crossfire. Though he was baffled by Grimlock's saurian alternate mode, having expected "a giant car", Drift was impressed to see his ''sensei'' take dominance over the Dinobots. Though Crosshairs grumbled about Optimus' dynamic leadership, Drift simply smiled and knew it was innate in their leader. Following Optimus's lead, Drift quickly mounted [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] and together they fought off many of Galvatron's army in Hong Kong, losing one of his swords in the process while fighting two [[KSI Sentry|KSI Sentries]]. Drift later helped escort the Yeager family and Joyce away from the city, but Lockdown intervened and nearly captured them all. Optimus, Bumblebee, and the Yeagers soon defeated Lockdown, and Drift was assigned by his ''sensei'' to watch over the Yeager family while he left Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Watanabe]] (English), [[Kiyomitsu Mizūchi]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Yaohan]] (Chinese), [[Jorge Badillo]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Luis Grau]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Guillaume Orsat]] (European French), [[Éric Gaudry]] (Canadian French), [[Yu Fang]] (German), [[Andrea Lavagnino]] (Italian), [[Hercules Fernando]] (Portuguese)}}

[[File:TLK-history-Drift.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.33]]
Drift was active on Earth as early as the 1860s,<ref>The left {{w|File:Verbeck picture.jpg|black and white group photo}} that was used and heavily modified was taken in 1867. The right one was taken around this time too by English-Italian photographer {{w|Felice Beato}}. Since no official in-universe date was given with the photographs in the film itself, the real-world dates are all we have to go on.</ref> working alongside [[Samurai Transformer|another Samurai 'bot]] and a group of samurai in [[Japan]].

[[File:TLKDriftNoFear.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Three years have passed... and yet, I do not age.]]
In the years since Optimus left Earth, Drift took refuge at Cade's [[Junkyard (TLK)|scrap yard]] with the other Autobots. He had also taken on a new vehicle mode and updated his color scheme. Despite the stagnant situation, his spare time was spent practicing with his sword and doing meditative balancing feats, which were occasionally upset by the [[Mini Dinobot|Mini-Dinobots]], especially [[Pterry]]. He showed an equal amount of disdain as his comrades when the unscrupulous [[Daytrader]] showed up, even agreeing with Hound's suggestion to frag him. He was then left quite uncomfortable by Daytrader's description of what he intended to do with some hot oil.

Soon, the Decepticons and [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]] discovered their refuge and he fled with Bumblebee, Crosshairs, Cade, [[Jimmy (TLK)|Jimmy]], [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]], [[Izabella]], and [[Sqweeks]] to a nearby town where a trap had been set up. Upon their arrival, he discovered the TRF tracking device placed on Bumblebee and masterfully disabled it with his sword. During the battle, he and Crosshairs tag teamed the much larger [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]], with him cutting off their enemy's leg before swiftly decapitating his "fat head". Drift then took on the remainder of the Decepticons with the others, throwing his sword at his former boss [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and helping force him, [[Nitro Zeus]], and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] into a retreat. Afterwards, he and the other Autobots returned to the scrap yard after Cade and Bumblebee left for [[United Kingdom|England]].

[[File:TLKDriftLastScene.jpg|left|upright=1.33|thumb|Yeah, guys, I'm gonna just sit out this movie I guess.]]
Later, when Cybertron had approached Earth and loomed in the sky, the Autobots saw that Daytrader had finally delivered on his promise of a ship, arriving with the same Knight ship Lockdown had used. Drift was quite happy and declared that he would pilot it. He flew the Autobots to Stonehenge where they joined the humans and [[Guardian Knight]]s as the returned Optimus rallied them to defend Earth. En route to Cybertron, he and the other Autobots were unimpressed with the knights, though Drift commented that they were "mean looking". He then cleared his allies for take off and wished them luck as he remained on board to pilot the knight ship. After the final battle was won, he and the other Autobots took the ship and returned home to Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===
[[File:Htryd-chapter-3-drift-random-buttons.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|"Now my cornered friend, let me practice my Dinobot attacks on you"...]]
Drift and [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] had cornered [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] inside a barn, but alas, Drift had to learn how to attack with his Dinobot steed. Due to a lack of accurate instructions, Drift activated pretty much every button on Slug, activating everything but the weaponry. Some time later, Drift finally struck gold and activated the heavy weaponry... only to be immediately fried, much to his and Slug's disappointment. {{storylink|How to Ride Your Dinobot Chapter 3: How to Fight|How to Fight}}
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===Titan movie comics===
[[Image:Knucklehead is knuckledead.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"This guy has been brutally killed but I don't ''think'' it was us this time."]]
Five years before the battle of [[Chicago]],<ref>''Dark of the Moon'' has no explicit date but as Sam has graduated, it's set in 2012 at the earliest</ref> Drift led a three-Con team on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with his friend [[Knucklehead]] and so-not-a-friend [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] as his subordinates. His task was to capture an Autobot stronghold, which—to Knucklehead's glee—he planned to do by storming it, in attempt to minimise bloodshed. Lockdown sneered at him for being soft and advocated bombing the place flat, which Drift pointed out was ''why'' [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] put them in charge: so they'd have something left to rule. The three sneaked up the wall, surprised the Autobot guards, and with martial arts skill they disabled every one without a shot being fired. However, Lockdown tried to execute prisoners and when Drift stopped him, Lockdown gleefully took the opportunity to label Drift a traitor and try to whack him. Knucklehead backed up his friend and the two of them sent Lockdown falling into the fort's molten moat, swearing revenge on them both; Drift knew that he could never take revenge as long as Megatron was in charge. He then let the prisoners retreat with their wounded and was told that he'd make a fine Autobot.

By the time of Chicago, Drift had indeed switched sides and he was annoyed to be cleaning up ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' debris on the Moon instead of tracking down remaining Decepticons. Optimus was bemused that Drift was so eager to fight his former allies. While grousing that the ''Ark'' was their last memories of Cybertron laid waste, the samurai was horrified to find Knucklehead's corpse: recently killed by Lockdown without Megatron to stop him. Drift made a grave for his friend and Prime told him that they'd stand against Lockdown together. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Space and Time}}

===''How to Ride a Dinobot!'' comic===
When Optimus Prime insisted the Autobots learn how to ride Dinobots, Drift and Crosshairs quickly managed to get atop of their steeds. Warning them not to get cocky, Optimus suggested a combat drill between the two of them. Drift charged [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] towards Crosshairs and [[Scorn]] with full force...only for the Dinobots to halt at the last moment and launch their riders into each other. But when Grimlock detected Decepticons nearby, Slug allowed Drift to ride him once again as they headed out into battle. {{Storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}

===Toy bios===
Drift’s mastery of combat tactics lets him adapt his alternate form to land or air-based battles. They also enable him maintain total control over his circuits even while under heavy enemy fire. Whereas other Autobots are pushed toward overload, Drift soldiers on with steely tactical precision.<ref>''Age of Extinction: Generations'' Voyager Class Autobot Drift packaging bio</ref>

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Sky Lynx (Energon Wars)|Sky Lynx]] menaced [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] and Drift in [[Tyran 614.19 Kappa]]. He could be difficult to best if [[you]] hadn't yet unlocked their Epic-level ranged weapons. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/12}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Age of Extinction'' mobile game===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (mobile game)|Age of Extinction}}}}

===''Energon Rally''===
Drift ran across an Autobot construction site on Cybertron, collecting as much Energon as he could before his shields gave out from bumping into obstacles. {{storylink|Energon Rally}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
====Console====
{{voiceactor|[[Chris Jai Alex]] (English)}}
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}}}

====3DS====
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}}}

===''Transformers Ultimate Allstars''===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Lost Age Limited Event}} {{storylink|Lost Age Limited Event II}}}}

===''Transformers'' (Hasbro Arcade)===
[[File:HasbroArcade Transformers.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|BEEF BEEF BEEF BEEF BEEF]]
Drift chased a Decepticon ship while trying to avoid getting hit by obstacles. {{storylink|Transformers (Hasbro Arcade)|Transformers}}
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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Drift-Forged to Fight.jpg|thumb|300px|That's not a Bugatti...]]
Drift was one of the Autobots pulled from [[Tyran|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. He eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of him running around!
As a Warrior, He Focuses when building a combo meter, enhancing his Precision, Critical Damage, and Bleeds from his sword attacks.
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}

{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight|A Question of Loyalty - Once a Decepticon...}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight|A Question of Loyalty - AWOL}}
When Drift heard that Hot Rod had arrived on New Quintessa, he sought out vengeance for forsaking him in a time of need. He considered him a traitor. ''G1'' Optimus Prime and the Commander defeated him and brought him back to base.
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight|A Question of Loyalty - Autobot Traitors}}
{{charstubgames|Story}}
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==Toys==
===''Age of Extinction''===
====''Robots in Disguise''====
{{anchor|One Step Changers}}
[[File:AOERIDtoy-OneStepDrift.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|(''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
[[File:Takara-lost-age-series-one-step-drift.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(''TakaraTomy version pictured'')]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''LA06'''
**''TakaraTomy Release Date'': [[2014]]-[[July 19|07-19]]

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]] Robots in Disguise'' One Step Changers toys, "Autobot Drift" is a simplified toy that transforms into a blue 2013 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse. He transforms by being folded inside-out/outside-in, very much like a switchblade. His sword blades are molded onto his arms, and his hands are compatible with [[5 mm post]]s.

:He's quite addictive to transform.

:Initial prototype photos shown in the ''Age of Exitnction'' Guide Book shows that Drift features an alternate dark grey plastic colors instead of blue as shown in the final product.

:The Japanese release of Drift, released as part of the ''Lost Age Series'' subline, features additional paint details in robot mode, including blue paint on his fake hood, lower arms and shoulder armour, silver on his crotch, and gold on his face and crest.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/OSCDrift/drift.htm More information on One Step Changers Drift at TFU.info]''

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[[File:AOE-One-Step-Collection.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Transformers: Age of Extinction Collection''' (One-Step Changer six-pack, 2014)

:The "Transformers: Age of Extinction Collection" set includes an unchanged One-Step Changer Drift, packed with an equally unchanged Grimlock, Lockdown, Bumblebee, Slug, and the included One-Step Silver Knight Optimus Prime toy.

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[[Image:AoE flip and change Drift.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Remember, remember, the 30th of September, And the ''AoE'' Blu-ray release...]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Flip & Change, 2014)

:Part of the second wave of Flip & Change assortment, this Drift toy is a simplified version of his (spoiler-less screen-accurate) 2013 Bugatti Veyron that can auto-transform from vehicle to robot by pulling out the arms first, and then flip the figure over itself. He features articulation on his arms, and features 5mm compatible hands.

:Drift shares a transformation scheme similar to his fellow Flip & Changers, Bumblebee and Lockdown.

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[[File:AOE PowerBattlers Drift.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Now I see. You deny your weapon its purpose! It yearns to bathe in the blood of your enemies... but you hold it back!]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Power Battlers, 2014)

:Part of the second wave of Power Battlers, Strafe features a simple transformation from a blue 2013 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse into a robot. In robot mode, squeezing Drift's legs together causes him to rotate at the waist for a "Sword Slash!" attack.

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[[File:AoE 1-step Helicopter Drift.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (One Step Changers, 2014)

:Part of the third wave of ''Age of Extinction: Robots in Disguise'' One Step Changers toys, Helicopter Drift is a simplified toy that transforms into an (again, screen-inaccurate) attack helicopter in one step.

*'''Final Battle 4-Figure Set''' (Multi-pack, 2014-[[October 18|10-18]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA-SP'''
:The Japanese release of the toy, with no notable changes, is bundled with 1-Step Sliver Knight Optimus, Galvatron, and Slug.

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[[Image:AoE dino sparker Drift and Slug.jpg|thumb|right||300px|"How do you start a ''Triceratops''?"]]
*'''Autobot Drift & Dinobot Slug''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)

:Dino Sparkers Drift is a static, non-transforming, non-articulated minifigure wielding a sword and riding a gradient painted [[Slug (AOE)#Dino Sparkers|Slu]]g that you can pull back and go. This toy features a [[sparking gimmick]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/DSDrift/drift.htm More information on Dino Sparker Drift at TFU.info]''

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====''Generations''====
{{anchor|Deluxe Class toys}}
[[File:AOEGenerationstoy-DeluxeDrift.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You remind me of someone... a man I met in a half-remembered dream. He was possessed of some radical notions." ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AD23'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' 2014-[[July 19|07-19]]
**''Accessories:'' Two daggers, two swords
{{toydesigner|[[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''Age of Extinction: [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this figure of Drift features a more complex transformation and a much more [[Articulation|articulated]] and proportionate robot mode. He comes with two daggers and two swords, all of which he can wield via 5mm post. All four of his weapons can store on his roof/back in various ways in robot mode, while in vehicle mode his daggers store beneath the roof and his swords store on the underside of the car.

:A variant of Drift that apparently ships with [[wave]] 2.5 (which also includes [[Lockdown (ROTF)#Generations|Lockdown]]) adds black [[paint operation]]s to the front vents. The two versions can be distinguished by the manufacturing date codes stamped into their packaging cardbacks.<ref name="delvariant">[http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/09/age-of-extinction-drift-variant/ Age of Extinction Drift Variant] at The Allspark.</ref>

[[File:Takara-movie-advanced-drift.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
:The Takara ''[[Movie Advanced Series]]'' gives a more accurate appearance, with the same painted vents as the later Hasbro variant, a darker chest and extra paint details.

:The Hasbro version of this toy has also been [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Drift (G1)|Generation 1 Drift]] in the [[Angry Birds Transformers (comic)|IDW ''Angry Birds Transformers'' comic series]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Drift/drift.htm More information on Deluxe Drift at TFU.info]''

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[[File:AutobotsUnitedPlatinumDrift.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Not so screen-accurate as you'd expect.]]
*'''Autobots United 5 Pack''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Two daggers, two swords

: ''Platinum Edition'' Drift is an extensively repainted version of the Deluxe class figure above, featuring screen-accurate details...although they did not replace the vehicle shell's blue parts. The swords and daggers are now molded in grey plastic.

:Drift was released as a BBTS shared exclusive "Autobots United" set along with screen-accurate redecos of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#AutobotsUnited|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#AutobotsUnited|Bumblebee]], [[Crosshairs (AOE)#AutobotsUnited|Crosshairs]], and [[Hound (Movie)#AutobotsUnited|Hound]].

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[[File:AoE_voyager_Drift.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|To impress a chick, ''helicopter Drift'' (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
[[File:TakaraMovieAdvancedHelicopterDrift.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Friendship ain't about trust. Friendship is about nunchuks. (''TakaraTomy version pictured'')]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''TakaraTomy name'': '''Sky Drift'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AD30'''
**''TakaraTomy Release Date'': [[2017]]-[[September 10|09-10]]
**''Accessories:'' Two missile pods, two swords

:Part of the second wave of ''Age of Extinction: Generations'' Voyager Class toys, this Drift is a retool of Voyager [[Skyhammer (DOTM)|Skyhammer]], transforming into a made-up (but screen-inaccurate) assault helicopter that resembles a cross between a {{w|Eurocopter Tiger}} and a {{w|Mil Mi-24}}. He features a new head and includes Skyhammer's original missile pods as well as two new swords that can combine with each other to form a larger sword. The pods can attach to [[5 mm post|5mm peg-holes]] on his hands, one on each of his forearms, a pair under each of his wings, a port on the backs/insides of each of his shoulder cockpit halves, and a port underneath his cockpit. He features a very minor retool in which the "cones" on his engine intakes in vehicle mode have been enlarged.

:The original version of this mold was also used to make [[BotCon 2013]] [[Sandstorm (MW)|Sandstorm]].

:The TakaraTomy release of the toy, called "Sky Drift", is part of the ''Movie Advanced Series'' lineup and features slightly changed paint applications: his gold feet are painted black.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/VoyagerDrift/drift.htm More information on Voyager Drift at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
{{anchor|DinobotCharge}}
[[File:KreO-Toy AoE Kreon Drift.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Let them build!]]
*'''Dinobot Charge''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A6949'''
**''Pieces'': '''66'''
**''Kreons'': Drift, [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicon]].
**''Accessories'': 2 katana

: [[Kreon]] Drift comes with a buildable [[Slug (AOE)#Kre-O|Slug]], who he can ride to run down poor Vehicons. He features a new samurai helmet that also smartly doubles as a robo-triceratops head.

:Although stock photos of Drift showed him having a gold waist, hands and leg tampographs, the actual product has much more film-accurate blue instead.

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[[File:Kre-O-Custom-Kreon-AOE-Drift.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If I can't turn into a helicopter, I can at least have a helicopter back pack!]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Custom Kreon, 2014)
**''Set Number'': '''A7839'''
**''Accessories'': Rack, 2 katana, 2 shuriken, 2 sai, torso-armor/rotor-blade

: Part of the first assortment of ''Age of Extinction'' [[Custom Kreon]]s, this version of Drift is cast in metal-flake plastics, and replaces the blues with gold. He comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. His "normal" helmet and shuriken are [[chrome]]d, plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the ''Kre-O Battleship'' aliens), a single pare hand, and a helicopter-rotor backpack. The helicopter blades cannot spin freely while Drift wears his helmet, as they ''just'' brush up against the back of the helmet.

:Please note that in some samples, the chromed shuriken cannot be pegged onto the hard plastic posts due to small nub marks left in the center of the hole.

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[[File:Kre-o-silver-knight-autobots-drift.jpg|100px|thumb|More like silver Samurai, am I right?]]
*'''Silver Knight Autobots''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A8602'''
**''Kreons'': Drift, Optimus Prime, Hound, Crosshairs, Bumblebee.
**''Accessories'': 2 katana

: Silver Knight Drift is cast in metallic silver and pewter, with a slightly-brighter blue. Where all the other Kreons in the set got new melee weapons, Drift sticks with his trusty katana.

: This five-pack of Kreons was not released in the US or Canada, only seeing release in various Asian markets.

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*'''Autobot Drift''' (Kreon Triple Changer, <s>2015</s>)
**''Accessories'': 2 swords, Slipstream & Jetstorm Kreons

:Kreon Triple Changer Autobot Drift mooshes all the incarnations of Drift into one form! This built-up Kreon transforms from robot to sportscar to helicopter, ''without'' needing to be disassmebled. His general appearance is based on [[Drift (G1)|Generation 1 Drift]], his altmodes come from ''Age of Extinction'' Drift, and of course his micro-Kreon Mini-Con partners [[Slipstream (RID)#Kre-O|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)#Kre-O|Jetstorm]] hail from [[Drift (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Drift]].

:Drift (along with [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#KreonTripleChanger|Blitzwing]]) was shown at [[Toy Fair 2015]], but no accounts of it seeing release in any market have ever surfaced.
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[[File:KreO-toy Drift Beach.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Weird Al Yankodrift]]
*'''"Beach Drift"''' (<s>2015</s>)
**''Set number'': '''B4024'''
**''Accessories'': Beach towel

:This unnamed polybag kit features Drift in a gloriously gaudy Hawaiian shirt and shorts, shark-tooth necklace, and killer shades. He also comes with a beach towel to chill out on. He uses the 2015 style revamped Kreon body, which is pretty much incompatible with older-style Kreons below the neck.

:How and where this kit was to be released is unknown. A few bagged samples have appeared on eBay.

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===''Construct-Bots''===
[[File:ConstructBots AoE dino-rider Drift.jpg|thumb|300px|How the tiny have fallen.]]
* '''Drift''' (Dinobot Rider, 2014)
: Drift is part of the first wave of the Dinobot Riders and as such is designed to ride any of the Dinobot figures of the same line. He transforms into a small car that could resemble a Bugatti Veyron if you've got macular degeneration. He includes a small sword. His nominal Dinobot partner is [[Slug (AOE)#Construct-Bots|Slug]].

: Most of his parts were used to make [[Stinger (AOE)#Construct-Bots|Stinger]]. Like most Construct Bots figures, Drift's rubber ball joints can harden over time, which prevents smooth posing.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/CBDRDrift/drift.htm More information on Dinobot Rider Drift at TFU.ibnfo]''

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[[File:TF-AOE-Construct-Bots-Drift.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Drift with Roughneck''' (Dinobot Warrior, 2014)

: Part of the first wave of Dinobot Warriors, Drift is inspired by the ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'' character, and transforms from robot to car-like thing. Drift includes a large sword as well as his ankylosaurian buddy, [[Roughneck]] who transforms into body armor and a crossbow and arrow pack. The stock photos show his legs missing the armor.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/CBDWDrift/drift.htm More information on Dinobot Warrior Drift at TFU.info]''
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===''Hero Mashers''===
[[File:HM-toy Drift.jpg|thumb|300px|right|True Samurai need no proportions.]]
* '''Drift''' (Action Figure, 2014)
**''Pieces:'' '''10'''
**''Accessories'': Longsword, shortsword

: Part of the first wave of ''Transformers [[Hero Mashers]]'' basic Action Figures, Drift is a non-transforming action figure with ratchet-joints, about six inches tall. He has multiple peg-holes all over that can be used to mount any ''Hero Mashers'' accessory. Curiously, his hands are in a sorta-[[Spider-Man]] pose. As a first-wave figure, he has extra ankle articulation that is not present in later waves (a cut that was made to all ''Hero Mashers'' lines, not just the ''Transformers''-branded ones).

: He is designed with a removable head, forearms, thighs, and lower legs, all of which use the same clip-peg/hole joint. This means his pieces can be swapped around in any order, as well as swapped with any other ''Hero Mashers'' figure... which includes figures from [[Marvel Comics]], ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'', and ''[[Jurassic Park|Jurassic World]]'', meaning you can make some pretty freaky combinations.

: Interestingly, some of Drift's torso detailing appears to be based directly on the [[Bludgeon (G1)|Generation 1 Bludgeon]] design first seen in ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]''. A [[:File:Hero Mashers Drift Bludgeon.jpg|preliminary image of the toy]] (with some different molding) was shown with Bludgeon's colors.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/HMDrift/drift.htm More information on ''Hero Mashers'' Drift at TFU.info]''
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===''The Last Knight''===
====''Tiny Turbo Changers''====
[[File:TLK-toy TTC Drift.jpg|thumb|300px|right|]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2017)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Bag Code'': '''N'''

:Released in the second series of ''The Last Knight'' Tiny Turbo Changers, Drift is made of soft plastic and changes from a tiny robot mode to a small unlicensed approximation of his Mercedes-AMG GT R mode from the 5th live-action film, though he's cast in all red plastic so his car mode is red and not black like in the movie. His wheels are molded in place and cannot roll and hands can accommodate 3mm post weapons.
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====''Turbo Changers''====
[[File:TF-TLK-Turbo-Changer-Drift.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (One-Step Turbo Changer, 2017)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TLK-27'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': 2017-[[September 16|09-16]]

:Released as part of the third wave of Turbo Changers, this Drift is an all-new mold, whose transformation scheme consists of flipping the center of the rear of the vehicle to convert into robot mode. He is also a shellformer due to his transformation scheme.
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====''Allspark Tech''====
[[File:TF-TLK-Allspark-Tech-Drift.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Allspark Tech, 2017)

:''Allspark Tech'' Drift transforms from a ''Rescue Bots''-styled robot into a car that somewhat resembles a Mercedes-AMG GT R and back. His chest also features a cavity for the electronic Allspark Cube, which gives him different sound effects for his robot and vehicle modes.
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====Legion Class====
[[File:TF-TLK-Legion-Class-Drift.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Chicken Legs.]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Legion Class, 2017)

:Originally a solicited-but-cancelled toy leaked in 2014, Drift ''finally'' gets his own Legion Class figure. He transforms from a pocket-sized robot into a small unlicensed approximation of a 2017 Mercedes-AMG GT R. He also features 3mm compatible holes on his pair of hands and his vehicle roof (although loose).

:Due to loose connections on the tab, his front vehicle bumper tab is easily undone with a press of a finger. Otherwise, his pair of legs is fairly well articulated, although it was used for transformation. However, he has some slight issues on standing up if his legs are not properly adjusted or straightened.
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====''Premier Edition''====
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[[File:TF-TLK-Deluxe-Drift.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Char Aznable's Drift Commander Type: Three Times Faster than the original Drift.]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Deluxe, 2017)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TLK-10'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': 2017-[[July 15|07-15]]
**''Accessories:'' Two daggers, two swords

:''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]] Premier Edition'' Drift is a redeco and ''heavy'' retool of the first Deluxe Class toy with new external car panels and the torso/head with some parts reused from the original Deluxe Class toy, and he transforms from robot into a 2017 Mercedes-AMG GT R. The figure itself is turned upside down within the vehicle shell, as the front of the car now forms the feet/legs, while the back end now forms his robot chest. This also comes at the cost of him having a ''faux'' chest.

:In Asia, Drift and the rest of the Wave 2 Deluxes (though limited in numbers) were later sold at Popular Book stores in Malaysia, at a discounted price of RM89.90 ($21), though the price was later cut down to RM69.90 ($16) as part of the "Must Buy!" offers. TakaraTomy's stock photo of the robot mode figure was later used as a cutout "battle figure" included with ''[[TV Magazine]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#TVMagazineEZ|Burning Megatron]].
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====''Turbo Change Series''====
*'''Autobot Drift'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TC-11'''
**''TakaraTomy Release Date'': [[2018]]-[[July 21|7-21]]

:The first ''Turbo Change Series'' Drift is a rerelease of the [[Drift (AOE)#Robots in Disguise|first ''Age of Extinction'' One-Step Changer toy]].
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[[File:TF-TLK-Turbo-Change-Series-TC-13-Drift.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Battle Command Optimus Prime - Strongest Directive Set''' (2018)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TC-13'''
**''TakaraTomy Release Date'': [[2018]]-[[October 27|10-27]]

:Released as part of the re-issued Optimus Prime set, this ''Turbo Change Series'' Drift is a redeco of the [[Drift (AOE)#One Step Changer Heli|second ''Age of Extinction'' One-Step Changer toy]] inspired by his appearance in ''The Last Knight''.
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===''Movie Edition''===
[[File:TTC-toy Movie-Edition-Drift.jpg|thumb|300px|right|]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Tiny Turbo Changers, 2018)
**''Series:'' '''3'''
**''Bag code:'' '''N'''
:[[Tiny Turbo Changers]] Series 3 Drift is a redeco of the series 2 Drift figure in blue, to represent the colors he had in ''Age of Extinction''.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-MV5-Deluxe-Drift.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Autobot Drift & Dinobot 'Tops, Dinobot Pterry, Dinobot Sharp T''' (Multi-pack, [[2019]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Last Knight'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''36'''
**''TakaraTomy name'': '''Autobot Drift with Mini Dinobots'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-EX'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': March 2019
**''Accessories'': [[Sharp-T#Toys|Dinobot Sharp-T]] figure, [['Tops#Toys|Dinobot Tops]] figure, [[Pterry#Toys|Dinobot Pterry]] figure, 2 daggers, 2 swords, large sword, "[[Junkyard (TLK)|Junkyard]] Meditation" backdrop

:''[[Studio Series]]'' Drift is an extensive redeco (and a new head retool) of his previous Deluxe class figure in more [[show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] colors akin to his portrayal in ''The Last Knight''. In addition to his swords and daggers from previous releases of the mold, he comes with small figures of the [[Mini Dinobot|Baby Dinobot]]s, one larger sword, and a cardboard backdrop depicting the [[Junkyard (TLK)|junkyard]] from ''The Last Knight'', particularly the spot where Drift does his meditative feats.

:The set was originally available through [[Entertainment Earth]], but was subsequently also offered by other online retailers. In Japan, the set was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive. When ordered at Entertainment Earth, Drift came with 2 enamel pins: one of his robot mode and the other of the ''Studio Series'' logo.

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[[File:Studio Series Helicopter Drift.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
* '''Autobot Drift''' (Deluxe Class, 2019)
**''Movie'': '''''Age of Extinction'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''45'''
**''TakaraTomy name'': '''Sky Drift'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-38'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[August 31]], 2019
**''Accessories'': 2 swords, tail rotor, 2 missile pods, "Autobot Reunion" backdrop

:The general retail ''Studio Series'' Deluxe Class Drift figure is an extensive [[retool]] of [[Dropkick (Movie)#Studio Series|the helicopter Dropkick figure]], sharing the lower legs, feet and wing pylons but having completely new components from the waist-up. Drift transforms into his briefly-seen helicopter mode from ''Age of Extinction''. He comes with a detachable tail rotor accessory that is mounted on the tail of the helicopter in vehicle mode or on his forearms or back in robot mode, and 2 missile pods that can attach to various parts via 5 mm posts.

:He also comes with completely new molded swords (but no daggers), which can be attached to his main propellor rotor assembly to form helicopter blades in vehicle mode, or on his hips on either side in robot mode. The main rotor assembly folds up to resemble his (unremovable) back-mounted daggers in robot mode. Lastly, he also comes with a cardboard backdrop display depicting the Autobot meetup in ''Age of Extinction''.
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==Merchandise==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====RPMs - ''Robot Powered Machines''====
[[Image:RPMDoubleSidersDrift.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Double Siders'''
**''Number'': ?

:''[[Robot Powered Machines]]'' Mini-Vehicle Autobot Drift is a small, non-transforming, [[die-cast]] car based on [[Drift (G1)|his mainstream counterpart]]'s vehicle mode. His robot mode is sculpted underneath the vehicle, and his wheels use through-axle construction that lets the toy zip around at high speeds on smooth surfaces. Thanks to his oversized tires, he can slide along rightside-up or upside-down.

:The intended ''RPM'' release of "Double Siders" Drift never came out. Though it was going to be recycled into ''Speed Stars'', the ''RPM'' version had more paint operations, including having his name printed on his hood and bumper. The only image of the toy comes from a downloadable poster that was on the official ''Transformers'' website of Turkey.

: This mold was also used to make ''Speed Stars'' [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Breakdown]].

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[[Image:RPMSpeedStarDriftUnknown.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (2010)
**''Series'': '''Allspark'''
**''Number'': '''04'''

:"Allspark" Drift was presumably a redeco of "Double Siders" Drift. Though listed on the back of the Asian market release of ''RPM'' "Allspark" [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], it has never officially been depicted. However, an otherwise unknown redeco of the Drift mold with blue detailing was displayed at [[Toy Fair 2010]], amongst a mix of cancelled ''RPM'' and planned ''Speed Stars'' vehicles. It is possible that this mystery redeco was the aborted "Allspark" Drift.

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===''Speed Stars''===
[[Image:SpeedStars_DoubleSiders_Drift.jpg|thumb|200px|...And then Michael Bay was like "Screw it, let's make him a main character"]]
*'''Drift''' (Mini-Vehicle, 2011?)
**''Series:'' '''Double Siders'''
**''Number:'' ?

: A redeco of the unreleased ''RPM'' "Double Siders" Drift, ''[[Speed Stars]]'' Drift is a small non-transforming [[die-cast]] car. He features notably fewer paint operations than the ''RPM'' version.

:Like its ''RPM'' predecessor, ''Speed Stars'' Drift was never released.

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===''Age of Extinction''===
====''Titan Heroes''====
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[[File:TitanHeroesDrift.jpg|thumb|200px|Yes, we all want to ignore its existence.]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Titan Heroes, 2014)
:Autobot Drift is a non-transforming, screen-accurate (robot-mode wise) yet terribly molded and painted Titan Heroes figure. Like all Titan Heroes figures, It features very little articulation. Due to him having painted human eyes instead of the usual blue robot optics, he is ''creepy as hell''.

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===''Pop!''===
[[File:AOE Funko Pop Drift.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Practices balance with the tip of his head.]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (2014)
**''ID number:'' '''103'''

:Released as part of the ''Pop! Movies'' segment, [[Funko Pop!|Funko]]'s ''Pop!'' Drift is a super deformed vinyl figure based on his appearance in ''Age of Extinction''.

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===Prime 1 Studio===
[[File:Prime 1 Studio Museum Masterline AOE Drift.jpg|upright=1.11|thumb]]
*'''Drift''' (2015)
**''Movie:'' '''''Age of Extinction'''''
**''ID number:'' '''MMTFM-06'''
**''Accessories'': Base, 2 sword-holding hands

:Limited to 750 pieces, [[Prime 1 Studio]]'s ''Museum Masterline'' Drift is a huge non-transforming sculpture based on his ''Age of Extinction'' appearance. The statue is made of polystone along with other materials and features light-up LED eyes.

:He comes with a pair of alternate hands holding his swords.

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[[File:Prime 1 Studio Museum Masterline TLK Drift.jpg|upright=1.11|thumb]]
*'''Drift''' (2019)
**''Movie:'' '''''The Last Knight'''''
**''ID number:'' '''MMTFM-22'''
**''Accessories'': Base, 2 sword-holding hands

:Limited to 300 pieces, this version of ''Museum Masterline'' Drift is based on his ''The Last Knight'' appearance and also features light-up LED eyes.

:He also comes with a pair of alternate hands holding his swords.

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===''The Last Knight''===
====Simba Smoby====
[[File:TF-TLK-1-64-Simba-Smoby-Drift-Robot.jpg|upright=1.11|thumb|Now with lack of creepy-looking eyes.]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Die-cast Figurine, 2017)

:This Drift is a 1/64 non-transforming robot mode figurine, and like the [[MetaColle]] figures, he was made partially out of Die-cast metal.

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[[File:TF-TLK-1-64-Simba-Smoby-Drift-car.jpg|upright=1.44|thumb]]
*'''Autobot Drift''' (Die-cast cars, 2017)

:This Drift is a 1/64 non-transforming but screen-accurate vehicle mode based on his alternate mode seen in the film. He features through-axle construction, allowing for super-speedy racing on smooth surfaces, and his car mode is compatible with many tracks and playsets from ''Hot Wheels'' and ''Matchbox''.

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==Notes==
* Not counting [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]]'s battle mode, Drift is the first [[Triple Changer]] seen on-screen in the live action films, transforming from a helicopter to a sports car at will. Sadly, the complexity the movie aesthetic gives him means that none of his toys have three modes. Drift is only seen transforming into his new Mercedes alternate mode in ''The Last Knight'', leaving it unknown if he still possesses a third mode.
* While the original [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] and other incarnations of the character have had Japanese motifs, this Drift's appearance is heavily based upon that of a samurai, to an ''absurdly'' stereotypical degree.
** Unfortunately, he has a ''literal golden face'', which did ''not'' go unnoticed by some critics; one of said critics was [[Shane McCarthy]], the creator of the original Drift, who rather understandably deemed this version of the character to be a racist stereotype.
*** Earlier concept art of Drift revealed he would have had a silver face like the majority of live-action Transformers. Why they went with a golden face in the movie is unknown, but seriously, what the actual ''Hell'', [[Michael Bay|Mike]].
*In ''Rise of the Dark Spark'', Drift's alternate mode appears to be comically large – the sports car is of comparable size to ''tanks'' found in the environment!
* Drift also holds the distinction of being the only new character in ''Age of Extinction'' besides the Dinobots to not be called by name, though briefly during the scene where Galvatron chases the Autobots, he is identified on KSI's satellite feed. ''The Last Knight'' later properly identified him on-screen.
* Drift, along with Hound, sports one of the most drastic changes to an ''Age of Extinction'' Autobot, switching the Bugatti Veyron for a Mercedes AMG GT R in ''The Last Knight''.
* His Mercedes alt-mode reflects his original planned color for ''Age of Extinction''.
** Before ''The Last Knight'' was released, people noticed that Drift's mostly black vehicle mode somehow turned into a predominantly red robot mode, to the point where black vehicle parts became red kibble. This seems to have been addressed in the film proper, but the toys kept this oddity.
* Drift was the only new ''Age of Extinction'' Autobot to have an on-screen transformation in his debut film, though he only appeared in helicopter mode whenever he does.
*In a surprising attention to detail and continuity, after throwing one of his swords at a drone in the fourth film, Drift is still missing the blade at the conclusion of ''Age of Extinction'' and ''The Last Knight''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Drift''' (ドリフト ''Dorifuto'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shuǎiwěi''' (Taiwan, 甩尾, "Drift"), '''Piāoyí''' (China, 漂移, "Drift")

==References==
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[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Hero Mashers Autobots]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]
[[Category:RPMs]]
[[Category:Studio Series Autobots]]
[[Category:Speed Stars]]
[[Category:The Last Knight Autobots]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]

Troy Baker

2022-07-24T21:26:04Z

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[[Image:TroyBaker_VoiceActor.jpg‎|100x|right|thumb|You can't go through life expecting [[Superman]] or [[Travis Willingham|anyone]] else who can save him.]]

'''Troy Edward Baker''' (born [[April 1]], [[1976]]) is an American voice actor and musician. Some of his most notable animation roles include Greed in ''Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood'', Pain and Captain Yamato in ''Naruto Shippuden'', Excalibur in ''Soul Eater'', and [[Batman]] in various films and games. He also does extensive work in video games, with roles including Snow Villiers in ''Final Fantasy XIII'', Yuri Lowell from ''Tales of Vesperia'', Kanji Tatsumi from ''Persona 4'', and Joel in ''The Last of Us''.

Baker is also a musician, having released several albums both as part of a band and as a solo act. He also prevously co-hosted Retro Replay, a gaming webseries, alongside fellow voice actor [[Nolan North]].

==Voice Roles==
===''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''===
{{collist|3|
*[[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]]
*[[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]
*[[Scattershot (WFC)|Protector]]
*[[Heavy Soldier|Autobot Heavy Soldier]]
*[[Soldier (WFC)|Defender]]
*Autobot Soldier
*Additional voices}}

===''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]''===
*[[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]
*Jetfire
*[[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]]

===''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark]]''===
{{collist|3|
*Jazz
*Jetfire
*Kickback}}

===[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (2015)]]===
* [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]
* [[Arnold]]
* [[Vector Prime]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1684869/ Troy Baker] at the Internet Movie Database
*[https://twitter.com/TroyBakerVA Troy Baker] on Twitter
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHjMiPcRj8&t=52s Jazz explains why Michael Bay is the new Orson Welles]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=29218 Troy Baker at the Anime News Network]

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[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Activision]]
[[Category: Hasbro Studios]]

Troy Baker

2022-06-26T04:45:13Z

Spin-Out:

[[Image:TroyBaker_VoiceActor.jpg‎|100x|right|thumb|You can't go through life expecting [[Superman]] or [[Travis Willingham|anyone]] else who can save him.]]

'''Troy Edward Baker''' (born [[April 1]], [[1976]]) is an American voice actor and musician. Some of his most notable animation roles include Greed in ''Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood'', Pain and Captain Yamato in ''Naruto Shippuden'', Excalibur in ''Soul Eater'', and [[Batman]] in various films and games. He also does extensive work in video games, with roles including Snow Villiers in ''Final Fantasy XIII'', Kanji Tatsumi from ''Persona 4'', and Joel in ''The Last of Us''.

Baker is also a musician, having released several albums both as part of a band and as a solo act. He also prevously co-hosted Retro Replay, a gaming webseries, alongside fellow voice actor [[Nolan North]].

==Voice Roles==
===''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''===
{{collist|3|
*[[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]]
*[[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]
*[[Scattershot (WFC)|Protector]]
*[[Heavy Soldier|Autobot Heavy Soldier]]
*[[Soldier (WFC)|Defender]]
*Autobot Soldier
*Additional voices}}

===''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]''===
*[[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]
*Jetfire
*[[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]]

===''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark]]''===
{{collist|3|
*Jazz
*Jetfire
*Kickback}}

===[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (2015)]]===
* [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]
* [[Arnold]]
* [[Vector Prime]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1684869/ Troy Baker] at the Internet Movie Database
*[https://twitter.com/TroyBakerVA Troy Baker] on Twitter
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHjMiPcRj8&t=52s Jazz explains why Michael Bay is the new Orson Welles]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=29218 Troy Baker at the Anime News Network]

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[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Activision]]
[[Category: Hasbro Studios]]

Erica Lindbeck

2022-06-26T04:42:59Z

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'''Erica Lindbeck''' (born [[May 29]], [[1992]]) is an American voice actress. She is best known as the current voice of Barbie, and has also voiced roles such as [[Ms. Marvel|Captain Marvel]] in various [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] productions, Cassie Cage in ''Mortal Kombat 11'', Black Cat in the 2018 ''[[Spider-Man]]'' video game, Kaori Miyazono in ''Your Lie in April'', Blaze the Cat in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' franchise from 2019 onwards, and Futaba Sakura in ''Persona 5''.

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] (Season 3)

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6949652/ Erica Lindbeck at the IMDB]
* [http://www.ericalindbeck.com Erica Lindbeck's Website]
* [https://twitter.com/ericalindbeck/ Erica Lindbeck on Twitter]

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[[Category: English voice actors]]
[[Category: Hasbro Studios]]

D.C. Douglas

2022-06-26T04:28:03Z

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[[Image:DC-Douglas.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Seven minutes. Seven minutes is all I can spare to play with you.]]
'''D.C. Douglas''' (born on [[February 2]], [[1966]]) is an American actor, voice actor, writer and director. In addition to his extensive film and television credits, his voice credits include [[Umbrella Corporation|Albert Wesker]] in the ''Resident Evil'' series, Raven in the ''Tekken'' series, Yoshikage Kira in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable'', Legion in the ''Mass Effect'' series, Suguru Kamoshida in ''Persona 5'', X Drake in ''One Piece'', Shoot McMahon in ''Hunter × Hunter'', and Colonel Rawls in the final season of ''Regular Show''.

He totally got eaten by a shark in ''Sharknado 2''.

==Voice Roles==
===''Transformers: Rescue Bots''===
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]]
*[[Frankie Greene]] ("[[Switcheroo]]" only)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]]
*[[Ernie (RB)|Ernie]]

====Incidentals====
*Ferry Rider ([[The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock]])
*Townsfolk ([[The Griffin Rock Express]])
*Lifeguard ([[Back to Virtual Reality]])

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2013]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235006/ D.C. Douglas at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://www.dcdouglas.com D.C. Douglas film and television clips]

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[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

Kospego (myth)

2022-05-21T20:12:23Z

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{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' mythical being|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' criminal organization|Kospego (group)}}

The '''Kospego''' is a mythical creature said to live in the woods near [[Crown City]]. An elk-like creature, it walks on two legs and is believed to have the strength of a thousand humans.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] was mistaken for the Kospego by [[Arnold]], and took advantage of the human by ordering him to built an altar — in reality a [[space bridge]]. Arnold roped other humans into helping him, until two more legendary creatures appeared and claimed they had come to punish the Kospego. Arnold and the other minions gave up on the Kospego and decided to worship "[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswingo]]" and "[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumbeego]]" instead. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}}

==Notes==
*The Japanese name for the Kospego, "Shikapyon" (シカピョン), is a portmanteau of "shika" (鹿), which means "deer" or "elk", and "pyonpyon" (ぴょんぴょん), a mimetic adverb which means "hopping" or "repeatedly jumping" (as deer and elk are known to do).
*The Kospego is ''very'' loosely based on the Algonquian myth of the {{w|Wendigo}}. However, it's based more on the popular modern depiction of a half-deer half-human beast; the original Wnedigo form Algonquian folklore was a gaunt, corpse-like cannibalistic giant with a literal frozen heart.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shikapyon''' (シカピョン)
*''French:'' '''Cospego'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kospego''' (科斯佩戈 ''Kēsīpèigē'')

[[Category:Earth culture]]
[[Category:Monsters]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015)]]

As the Kospego Commands!

2022-05-21T20:10:42Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 6
|image=AsTheKospegoCommands the Kospego.jpg
|caption=Get up, Bambi! You must get up!
|prev=W.W.O.D.?
|next=Collect 'Em All
|title="As the Kospego Commands!"
|airdate=[[March 7]], [[2015]] (Australia/NZ) [[April 25]], [[2015]] (USA)
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Michael Ryan]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
}}

'''Sideswipe's loyalty to the team comes into question as he and Bumblebee track down a Cybertronian crime boss.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:AsTheKospegoCommands Arnold's shopping list.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Altogether with those moose calls! "AUGH AUGH AUGH!!!"]]
[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] manages to avoid a falling stack of [[stasis pod]]s just in the nick of time, only to almost be flattened by another pod which [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] catches. Bumblebee asks why [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] isn't helping him, but it turns out Sideswipe has given an excuse so he can slack off and listen to music. Bumblebee's attempt to tell Sideswipe off is sidetracked when Bumblebee starts listening to the music himself, but he gets his point across. [[Denny Clay|Denny]] announces a customer has arrived, and the bots disguise themselves as a vehicle pulls up. The teens who hop out announce they've come on behalf of the [[Kospego]], a local legendary creature. The Kospego has demanded [[Arnold]] and his friends acquire for it a number of components. When Arnold rattles off the list of components needed, Bumblebee recognizes what they're needed for and asks Russell not to let them have the generator they need. Arnold is unhappy when he finds he can't get a generator, as the only other place to get one would be the [[Crown River Dam|dam]].

[[File:AsTheKospegoCommands Strongarm Decepticon hunter.jpg|thumb|right|250px|THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOOO!!!]]
As the Kospego's minions drive off, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] returns from searching the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' crash site with a strange device she's found, which Fixit identifies as a [[Decepticon Hunter]] — a multi-purpose weapon that adapts to its wielder's desires. After Strongarm attempts to make it turn into a protoblaster unsuccessfully, taking out Denny's vintage refrigerator collection in the process, Bumblebee reveals he believes the Kospego is a Decepticon aiming to build a [[space bridge]]. Though the other Autobots are excited at the prospect of returning to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bumblebee doubts that the space bridge will be stable, and will more likely produce a black hole that could destroy Earth. Fixit checks the database and finds the likely Decepticon is [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]]. The Autobots set out for the dam to make sure the Kospego's minions don't steal the generator.

[[File:AsTheKospegoCommands Sideswingo and Bumbeego.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Dear God, I hope it's not mating season for these damn beasts."]]
Leaving [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] and Sideswipe to guard the generator, Bumblebee and Strongarm begin searching the area. Sideswipe naturally grows bored and decides to go scout the perimeter, or more precisely go listen to music somewhere quiet. Bumblebee and Strongarm find him boogieing, and while Bumblebee reprimands him, they hear Grimlock being confronted by someone over the comms. They return to find the generator gone and Grimlock flattened. Bumblebee pointedly blames Sideswipe for leaving his post. When Grimlock proves unable to get back to [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]] under his own steam — he seems to have forgotten he can't fly — Bumblebee orders Strongarm to help him. Bumblebee and Sideswipe meanwhile go looking and soon find the space bridge Arnold and his pals are building. Needing to get the humans away from the site, Sideswipe comes up with a plan — he and Bumblebee disguise themselves with tree branches and pretend to be the legendary creatures "Sideswingo" and "Bumbeego". Once they act menacingly and Sideswipe breaks a tree, Arnold and his friends flee.

[[File:AsTheKospegoCommands Thunderhoof space bridge.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Little does Thunderhoof know, he's actually going to be sucked into a Brony convention if he falls in.]]
As the two Autobots inspect the space bridge, Thunderhoof himself arrives and is unimpressed that his workers have been scared off. He offers to cut a deal with the pair and let them have some of his criminal empire if they help him return to Cybertron, but Bumblebee is naturally uncompromising, though Sideswipe actually seems to consider it a good idea. While Bumblebee fights the Decepticon, Sideswipe stands back, and when Thunderhoof has Bumblebee on the ground, Sideswipe announces he wants to help with the space bridge. He convinces Thunderhoof not to stomp Bumblebee and instead they fire up the space bridge, which seems to work until it turns an ominous purple color and start sucking things in. Thunderhoof decides to test it out by sending a reluctant Sideswipe through first, but Sideswipe uses the Decepticon Hunter as a mace, knocking Thunderhoof off balance and towards the space bridge. Thunderhoof stops himself on the threshold, but Bumblebee releases some girders which knock Thunderhoof in and he disappears. The two Autobots realize they can stop the black hole with an explosion and throw the generator into the space bridge. There's a explosion, and the whole space bridge is history. The Autobots pick themselves up and wonder what happened to Thunderhoof.

Elsewhere in the woods, Thunderhoof rematerializes to discover he's still on Earth, and decides to set up a new empire here instead. He's interrupted by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], who invites him to a team up. Also, Arnold and his friends are searching in the forest fruitlessly for Sideswingo and Bumbeego.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (3)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] (7)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (11)

|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (4)
*[[Russell Clay]] (5)
*[[Arnold]] (6)
*[[Morton]] (10)

}}

==Quotes==
"Oh Fixit, we don't have any elephants." 
"Oh...Then what have I been cleaning?!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Fixit'''

"The music on this planet is pretty great. The melodies are complex and the lyrics frequently have multiple meanings." 
"I like the UNZA UNZA parts."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Sideswipe'''

"I need stuff and yous gonna get it for me. Or else I'm gonna break some junk, and by junk I mean yous."
:—'''Thunderhoof''' gives his first command to his followers.

'''Bumblebee:''' Autobots! 
'''Sideswipe:''' Here comes another stinker. 
'''Strongarm:''' Nope, this time he nails it. 
'''Bumblebee:''' Let's rev, rock and rumble! [sees Sideswipe and Strongarm's faces] Oh really? I kinda liked that one.
:—Bumblebee tries out another motto.

"Since when can't I fly?"
:—'''Grimlock''' (whilst dizzy) thinks he can fly. Poor, poor Grimlock.

'''Grimlock:''' Hey, are my arms and legs still attached? 
'''Strongarm:''' Did you see what hit you? 
'''Grimlock:''' All I saw were horns coming at me. You know that feeling when someone throws you through a mountain? 
'''Strongarm:''' No. 
'''Bumblebee:''' Yes. 
'''Grimlock:''' Well, it was like that, only painful-er.
:—A Groggy Grimlock explains to Strongarm and Bumblebee what happened.

"There are other legendary creatures of, great, legendary-ness that walk the forest. Such as me Sideswingo." 
"And me, Bumbeego."
:—'''Sideswipe''' and '''Bumblebee'''

"Why do legendary creatures hate trees so much?!"
:—'''Arnold'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Autobots are established as not possessing any [[elephant]]s.
* The Decepticon hunter looks exactly like one of the capture tools the Autobots used in "[[Pilot (Part 2)]]". While it could just be that that tool was also a Decepticon hunter, Fixit makes a big deal in this episode over how Strongarm managed to find one.
* The Decepticons were previously able to use stolen Earth technology to build a space bridge in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]''.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': Underbite, Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock
* ''On probation'': Grimlock
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop (possibly unknown to Bee), Thunderhoof
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''

===Transformers references===
*Grimlock wonders why he cannot [[Flight|fly]]. Oddly, Grimlock was one of the very few Autobots to fly in the Generation 1 cartoon.

===Real-world references===
*The Kospego's name is similar to a real world mythical creature, the [[w:Wendigo|Wendigo]]. Its depiction as a deer-like humanoid, however, owes more to modern pop cultural interpretations of the creature, rather than the original Algonquian mythology of a cannibalistic, corpse-like giant with a frozen heart.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Strongarm mentions The Dam, but she wasn't present when Arnold mentioned it before leaving a moment earlier.
*When Steeljaw slashes Thunderhoof's Decepticon insignia, the claw marks are in a different direction to the motion of Steeljaw's arm.

===Trivia===
*The first thirteen episodes of the series, this included, first premiered in Mandarin on Chinese streaming video site M1905.

===Foreign localization===
'''Chinese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kospego de Yuànwàng Qīngdān'''" (科斯佩戈的愿望清单, "Wish List of Kospego")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 31]], [[2014]]

'''Danish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kospegos vilje'''" ("The Will of Kospego")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Finnish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kospego käskee'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sous les ordres du Cospego'''" ("Under the Orders of Cospego")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 16]], [[2015]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der Kospego'''" ("The Kospego")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 27]], 2015

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kospego parancsol'''" ("Kospego Commands")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 23]], 2015

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Come vuole Kospego'''" ("As Kospego wants")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 16]], 2015

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Densetsu no Yōkai Shikapyon, Arawaru!?'''" (伝説の妖怪シカピョン、あらわる!?, "The Legendary Spirit Shikapyon, Revealed!?")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 19]], 2015
::*The Japanese name for the Kospego, "Shikapyon" (シカピョン), is a portmanteau of "shika" (鹿), which means "deer" or "elk", and "pyonpyon" (ぴょんぴょん), a mimetic adverb which means "hopping" or "repeatedly jumping" (as deer and elk are known to do).

'''Norwegian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Som Kospegoen befaler!'''" ("As the Kospego Commands!")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Polish''':
:*''Title:'' "'''Według rozkazów Kospego'''" ("In compliance with Kospego's orders")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 23]], 2015

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 9]], 2015

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prikaz Kospego'''" (Приказ Коспиго, "Kospego's Order")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 5]], 2015

'''Swedish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kospegons vilja'''" ("The Will of the Kospego")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

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

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

Yoshikazu Iwanami

2022-05-21T08:41:54Z

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[[image:IwanamiYoshikazuTFPrimeTVSpecial.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A one-man 4Kids Entertainment.]]

'''Yoshikazu Iwanami''' (岩浪美和 ''Iwanami Yoshikazu'', born [[May 19]], [[1962]]) is a Japanese voice director and story editor. He is responsible for the radically altered Japanese edits of all imported Western ''Transformers'' cartoons from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' thru ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' and continuing with ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]''.

Some other American cartoons Iwanami has been head of localization on include the '80s ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' ([[TV Tokyo]] version), [[Saban]]'s ''[[X-Men]]'' (TV Tokyo version), ''Biker Mice from Mars'', the '60s ''Dick Tracy Show'' (during its 1991 rebroadcast) and the '90s ''[[Iron Man]]'' cartoon.

He also has directed a fair share of theatrical movies including the first ''[[X-Men]]'' movie, ''[[Batman| Batman Begins]]'', ''The Dark Knight'', ''Malcolm X'', ''Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho'', The ''Eddie Murphy Nutty Professor'', ''Spy Kids'', ''Scooby-Doo'', ''Training Day'', ''The Exorcist - Director's Cut Edition'', ''The Matrix'' series, ''Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life'', ''V For Vendetta'', ''Jason X'', ''3000 Miles To Graceland'', ''What A Girl Wants'', ''[[Dwayne Johnson|The Scorpion King]]'', ''10,000 BC.'', ''The Perfect Storm'', ''Shanghai Noon'', ''South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'' and ''[[Spider-Man|Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]''.

In terms of anime, Iwanami is also quite accomplished having done the sound direction for many iconic anime including ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', ''Sword Art Online'', ''Psycho-Pass'', ''Konosuba'', ''Kill La Kill'', ''Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt'', ''Baccano!'', ''Ah! My Goddess'', ''The Slayers'' and numerous ''Fate'' anime series. However he did also do the infamous sound direction for the ''Berserk (2016)'' anime.

==Director of Japanese dubbing and script localization==

*''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)#Beast Wars: Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Beast Wars]]''
*''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)#Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals|Beast Wars Metals]]''
*''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Beast Wars Returns]]''
*''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)#Japanese release|Animated]]''
*''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)#Japanese release|Prime]]''
*''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)#Japanese release|Cyberverse]]''

==Director of audiography==

*''[[Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!]]''
*''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Legends of the Microns]]''
*''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Super Link]]''

==Notes==

*Iwanami is particularly fond of adlibbing and has employed it in many of his dubs. In addition to extensive adlibbing in all of his ''Transformers'' localizations, the TV Tokyo versions of ''X-Men'' and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (which he directed) were also notorious for their adlibbing. The [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Convobat)|''Legends'' Convobat comic]], via a [[Transformers: Convobat Amazon Showdown|fictional ''Beast Wars'' film]], actually poked fun of the constant adlibbing of the "actors" as a reference to Iwanami's dubbing style.
*Iwanami appeared for a special extended interview (conducted by [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]]) in the "[[Transformers: Prime Perfect Transformation Late Night 2-Hour Special]]" to discuss his long-time history with the ''Transformers'' franchise. Some of the cast are then treated to a compare/contrast experience as they watch the original English version of "[[Predatory]]" (a slasher movie parody) alongside the Iwanami-localized Japanese version of the episode (a Pepe Le Pew parody) and proceed to comment with bewilderment over how different the two versions of the same episode are.

==Links==

*{{w|lang=ja|岩浪美和|Iwanami Yoshikazu at Japanese Wikipedia}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iwanami, Yoshikazu}}
[[Category:Voice directors]]

Power Jaguar

2022-05-21T08:22:36Z

Spin-Out:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Power Jaguar is a [[Beastformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:BF-art PowerJaguarTFCard.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|HE JOCK IT MADE OF STEEL / EATS SUSHI FROM A PAIL / POWER JAGUAR ? POWER JAGUAR ! / HE MOTHER NEVER REALLY LOVE HIM]]

Young and inexperienced but full to bursting with enthusiasm for justice, '''Power Jaguar''' (パワージャガー ''Pawā Jagā'') puts his all into everything he does. A former student of [[Platinum Tiger]], he roared onto the scene during the Great War for [[Beast (planet)|planet Beast]], quickly impressing and befriending fellow big cats [[White Leo]] and [[Golder]], rising the the rank of Deputy Chief of the land attack forces. Though a powerful fighter, capable of head-butting even giant boulders into gravel with ease, his real standout skill is his incredible speed and agility. He can tear through difficult mountain terrain, dense woods or soggy swamp as easily as if he was streaking through an open field.

Following the war, he became King of his homeland [[Yutoranta|Arxan]], and his energies were funneled into an unusual outlet for the young warrior: invention. Without bad beasts to fight, his need to help drove him to come up with new ideas for the betterment of his people. Though he can be a little flighty, bouncing from one project to the next, his skill is unquestionable, especially when working with his subordinate Emperor, the eager and creative architect [[Beavop]]. Jaguar's [[MVP Weapon]], the Jag Spear (ジャッグスピア ''Jaggu Supia'') can fire an ether beam that breaks objects down at the molecular level, restructuring them into whatever shape Jaguar chooses. Using this weapon to provide Beavop with easily-manipulated raw materials, the pair are capable of amazing construction feats.

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==Toys==
===Transformers: Beastformers===
[[File:BF-toy PowerJaguar.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Meet the Jaguar (''sweet horn stings play'')]]
*'''Power Jaguar''' (Beastformer, 1987)
**''ID number:'' '''31'''
**''Pack'': '''D'''
**''Accessories:'' Spear

: Part of the second series of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''Beastformers'' toys, Power Jaguar is an anthopomorphic yellow jaguar in red robotic armor. Though he has raised molded "spots", they are unpainted. The [[rubsign|Battle Emblem]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.

: He was only available in the "D Pack" assortment, and came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box. He came with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop, though there was a chance his bio card would instead be replaced with the rare "[[Bewitching Serpent Seal]]" card featuring [[Cobrander]].

: In the Hasbro ''Battle Beasts'' line, he came in red armor as well as a rarer blue-armor variant (the color shown on the ''Battle Beasts'' cast poster). It is uncertain if the blue-armor version was sold in the Takara line, but it does not appear likely that it was.

==Merchandise==
===Meiji candy toys===
{{anchor|Meiji}}
* '''Ramune Beastformers Battle Card''' (1988)
**''Meiji ID number'': '''29'''

: A gold-foil "Battle Card" of Power Jaguar, featuring his painted character art from his original bio card, was available in randomly-packed sets of cards that came with ramune-flavored candy tablets, sold by candy/snack company [[Meiji]], during the post-''Transformers'' "RPG" sequel series. The back of the card features a severely truncated bio, with data for the game from the Meiji chocoball SD figures' packaging.

: Though this card shows line-art of a super-deformed Power Jaguar toy, no actual toy was ever produced.

==Notes==
* Power Jaguar's 1987 poster-checklist art not only shows him in the blue armor variant that was probably never sold in Japan, but it gives him a weird, unidentifiable lump of vaguely-weapon-shaped thing in silver, rather than his actual spear. His 1988 character art was edited to correct both mistakes.
* As he was not sold in the post-''Transformers'' sequel series and thus had no bio card, his "RPG"-era bio comes from the ''[[Hero Special 4: Beastformers]]'' book. This bio gives him the nickname "'''Jarg'''" (ジャーグ ''Jāgu'').

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Jaded Jag'''

[[Category:Beastformers Autobots]]
[[Category:Beastformers kings]]
[[Category:Toy-only Beastformers]]

Crabhit

2022-05-21T08:05:58Z

Spin-Out:

{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Crabhit is a [[Beastformer (species)|Beastformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:BF-art CrabhitMeijiCard.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Watch out, I know Crab-Maga]]

There's no other way to put it... '''Crabhit''' (クラブヒット ''Kurabuhitto'') is, well... ''crabby''. A quick-tempered and very picky perfectionist, he gets very testy very quickly, especially when it comes to simple personal opinions. It's no wonder this grump joined up with [[Alligatron]] and the other [[Decepticon]]-backed insurgents. He's skilled in underwater operations but a total load on the land, which doesn't help his attitude. He uses his [[MVP Weapon]], the Crat Scissors (クラットシザース ''Kuratto Shizāsu''), to cut clean through just about anything that gets between its pincer blades.

Following the war, he (somehow) became Emperor of [[North Snarl|Sunatoria]], serving under King [[Giader]]. It really hasn't improved his temperament at all. It ''has'' improved his combat abilities though, as he now works with Giader to compensate for his incredibly slow land speed. Crabhit lies in wait, as Giader uses his scent-manipulation ability to direct their foe into Crabhit's clutches.

{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===Beastformers===
[[File:BF-toy Crabhit.jpg|thumb|upright=2|"[[Clancy Brown|Well, if I was a robot, which I'm not, at least I'm well put together! Not some rusted-out, steam driven piece o' junk!]]"]]
*'''Crabhit''' (Beastformer, 1988)
**''ID number'': '''28'''
**''Accessories'': "Crat Scissors" MVP Weapon

: Released only in the post-''Transformers'' "RPG"-themed ''[[Beastformers (franchise)|Beastformers]]'' sequel series, Crabhit is an anthropomorphic crab in brown robotic armor. His left arm ends in an open crab-claw. The [[rubsign|Battle Emblem]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.

: The Takara version of this toy more commonly comes in a salmony-pink plastic, while the [[Hasbro]] ''Battle Beasts'' version more commonly comes in orange plastic, but both versions were ultimately available in both markets.

: As part of the first assortment of individually-boxed Beastformers in the "RPG" line, there was a chance his normal pack-in bio card would be replaced with a rare "Burstsun" holo card featuring [[White Leo]] on the front, with a Burstsun Battle Emblem sticker in a little baggie affixed to the back, for you to attach to whichever Beastformer you chose.

{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===Meiji candy toys===
{{anchor|Meiji}}
*'''Crabhit''' (Gashapon/candy-toy Beastformer, 1988)
**''Meiji ID number'': '''12'''
**''Accessories'': "Musasabeamer" weapon

: A small, super-deformed, articulation-free version of Crabhit was sold both as a [[gacha|gashapon]] capsule prize by Takara (three per capsule for 200 yen), and as a [[candy toy]] with chocolate-coated cereal-like corn puff "chocoballs" through the candy/snack company [[Meiji]] (two toys per box, for 100 yen). This stumpy lil fellow could be found in red, blue or green plastic, representing the Fire, Water and Wood elements (even though he still had a rubsign). All of the Meji Beastformers come with a ''different'' Beastformer's weapon attached to their shoulder by a snippable sprue. Crabhit came with [[Flying Attacker#Meiji|Flying Attacker]]'s "Musasabeamer" weapon, while [[Bluehorse#Meiji|Bluehorse]] came with Crabhit's "Crat Scissors".

: The interior of each chocoballs box contains super-brief bio data for two of the twenty possible beasts, as well as rules for three different styles of game: the traditional Fire/Wood/Water deal, a "flick the figures and knock your opponent over" deal, and a more involved game that requires character data from Meiji's ''other'' candy-based ''Beastformers'' merch, the Battle Cards (see below).

{{-}}
* '''Ramune Beastformers Battle Card''' (1988)
**''Meiji ID number'': '''12'''

: A gold-foil "Battle Card" of Crabhit, featuring painted character art of the kind found on early ''Transformers: Beastformers'' bio cards, was available in randomly-packed sets of cards that came with ramune-flavored candy tablets. The back of the card features a severely truncated bio, with data for the game from the Meiji chocoball SD figures' packaging.

{{-}}
==Notes==
* Crabhit is one of 22 figures that were advertised on multiple ''Transformers''-era materials but not actually released in that iteration of the line.
* His 1988 bio card give him the nickname "'''Crat'''" (クラット ''Kuratto''), and notes he was born in Crab City. Where that ''is'' exactly is not established, but presumably it's on a shoreline.

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Crusty Crab'''

[[Category:Beastformers Decepticons]]
[[Category:Beastformers emperors]]
[[Category:Toy-only Beastformers]]

Tap-dancing monkey

2022-05-17T20:21:39Z

Spin-Out:

:''The tap-dancing monkey is an internet meme from the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Tap dancing monkey.gif|thumb|right|250px|"[[Jeff Bennett|Do the monkey with me! Come on!]]"]]
'''The tap-dancing monkey''' is [[Rafael Esquivel|Raf]]'s meme of choice for trolling anyone looking for [[Transformer]] pictures on the [[Internet]].
==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:NewRecruit-Starscreammonkey.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Starscream, Decepticon memelord.]]
Raf scoured the internet for pictures of [[Team Prime]] on conspiracy sites. Finding a picture of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], he replaced it with the tap-dancing monkey. This is something he does on a regular basis. Later, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] stumbled upon the tap-dancing monkey while searching the internet for tidbits of info he could use. He chuckled evilly at it. {{storylink|New Recruit}}. Later, after Team Prime's base was sacked by the Decepticons and turned into [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], Raf did the same thing to a blurry, cryptid-esque picture of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] - just as Starscream found it, in fact. Starscream told the other Decepticons that he had found something of "great interest," but before he could show [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] the evidence, the image was replaced with the monkey.

[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] had a brief chuckle before composing himself.{{storylink|Scattered}}

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Prime characters]]

Tap-dancing monkey

2022-05-17T11:34:29Z

Spin-Out:

:''The tap-dancing monkey is an internet meme from the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Tap dancing monkey.gif|thumb|right|250px|"[[Jeff Bennett|Do the monkey with me! Come on!]]"]]
'''The tap-dancing monkey''' is [[Rafael Esquivel|Raf]]'s meme of choice for trolling anyone looking for [[Transformer]] pictures on the [[Internet]].
==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:NewRecruit-Starscreammonkey.jpg|thumb|250px|Starscream, Decepticon memelord.]]
Raf scoured the internet for pictures of [[Team Prime]] on conspiracy sites. Finding a picture of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], he replaced it with the tap-dancing monkey. This is something he does on a regular basis. Later, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] stumbled upon the tap-dancing monkey while searching the internet for tidbits of info he could use. He chuckled evilly at it. {{storylink|New Recruit}}. Later, after Team Prime's base was sacked by the Decepticons and turned into [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], Raf did the same thing to a blurry, cryptid-esque picture of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] - just as Starscream found it, in fact. Starscream told the other Decepticons that he had found something of "great interest," but before he could show [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] the evidence, the image was replaced with the monkey.

[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] had a brief chuckle before composing himself.{{storylink|Scattered}}

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Prime characters]]

Internet

2022-05-17T11:33:34Z

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[[Image:NewRecruit-Starscreammonkey.jpg|thumb|300px|So many gifs of animals, so little time.]]

The '''Internet''' is one of the greatest technological innovations of the [[human]] race. Whether that is a good thing or not is a matter of personal opinion. The good things humans do with the internet is help research for information, earn money, yadayada. There are also many other things humans do with the internet, and many, many, of them are [[Main Page|quite stupid and are a waste of time.]]

Just be careful what you put on it, as you may get attacked by a [[Legion|child molester]]...or [[Barricade (Movie)|the ultimate bad cop]].
{{quote|There are some suspicious people on the internet!|[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]]|"[[Retreat]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] is addicted to the internet, along with music and [[television]]. {{storylink|Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt's Tech Spec}} Nobody was aware of the existence of Transformers on [[Earth]], except for some people on the internet. {{storylink|Retreat}}

===''Animated''===
[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] believes everything he reads on the internet. {{storylink|Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar's Tech Spec}} [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] adopted the pseudonym "Meg A. Tron" while online and duped [[Heinz Von Furstwartz|Professor Heinz Von Furstwartz]] into building a machine to use against the Autobots. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}

===Live-action film series===
====''Bumblebee'' film====
To track [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]], [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] used [[Sector Seven]]'s resources in tandem with their own Cybertronian biology to link all of Earth's satllites and computers into a single network. Their network soon managed to track the scout to [[Brighton Falls]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

====''Transformers'' film====
[[File:Movie Sam's eBay profile.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
As part of his efforts to gain money to buy a car, [[Sam Witwicky|Samuel James Witwicky]] tried to sell his ancestor [[Archibald Witwicky]]'s expedition equipment on a online auction on [[eBay]], including his telescope, his compass, and (for some reason) his [[glasses]]. The [[Decepticon]]s [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] later tracked down Sam through his [[eBay]] page, intent on seizing the glasses, which contained the coordinates to the [[AllSpark]].

Later, when Sam met the [[Autobot]]s, [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] greeted Sam and [[Mikaela Banes]] as "little bitches". When Sam asked how Jazz could talk like that, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] explained that they had learned [[Human]] languages through the World Wide Web. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
Given the rather shaky cover up about the events at <s>[[Mission City]]</s> [[Los Angeles]], a number of people remained skeptical about whether or not giant alien robots were walking the Earth. Rather than suck the sack of mainstream media, [[Leo Spitz]] and his friends [[Sharsky]] and [[Fassbinder]] set up [[The Real Effing Deal]], a website dedicated to spreading the truth about how aliens were on Earth. [[Seymour Simmons]] did the same thing with [[GiantEffingRobots.com]], feeding more relevant information about how to fight the Transformers as [[Robo-Warrior]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
Sam's new girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]] visited him at his workplace to reveal that her boss [[Dylan Gould]] had given her a new car: [[Soundwave (ROTF)|a Mercedes-Benz SLS-AMG]]. Sam used the internet to look up a Mercedes-Benz <s>product placement</s> web page that revealed the car was so expensive that it would take him decades to earn the amount of money needed to buy it. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon}}

====''Age of Extinction'' film====
[[Tessa Yeager]] and [[Shane Dyson]] talked to each other on the Internet using Skype. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
Whilst trying to find [[Soundwave (SG)|Soundwave's]] lost [[stasis pod]] on the strange world of [[Earth]], [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] used the "interweb" and discovered there was no local military activity in the area. He had some doubts as to the reliability of this information, as this interweb system had a "dirty, dirty mouth". {{Storylink|The Desert Heat!}} [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] had far different opinions, saying that it was "full of win". {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:Crisscross Jack's profile.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Shoot, he has more followers than me!"]]
[[Silas]] and [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] used a social networking site to track down [[Jack Darby]]. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} [[Raf Esquivel]] routinely surfed the net, using his impressive hacking skills and Autobot technology to replace reports of Transformer sightings (mainly [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]) on conspiracy websites with pictures of cats {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} and the [[Tap-dancing monkey|tap-dancing monkey]]. While he was surfing, Raf stumbled on a report of [[Red Energon]]. Unbeknownst to the Autobots, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] had located the same report, having learned to tap into the Internet himself. Aside from this useful lead, he had dismissed almost the entire Internet as being useless... though he ''did'' find some entertainment value in a video of a dancing monkey. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

After the Autobot base was destroyed and the Autobots went into hiding, Raf managed to find a picture of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] online. Starscream found the same picture, but before he could draw it to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s attention, Raf replaced it with a dancing monkey, witch made [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] chuckle. {{storylink|Scattered}}

====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====
[[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] discovered one of the drawbacks of [[time travel]] - the Internet didn't exist in [[1939]]. {{Storylink|It's a Bot Time}} [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] got all his important knowledge from the Internet. {{storylink|Rescue Dog}} [[Dani Burns|Dani]] was able to use her web sleuthing skills to track down the whereabouts of [[Quint Quarry]]. {{Storylink|Big Game}}

==External links==
* {{w|Internet|The internet writes about itself.}}

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Tap-dancing monkey

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:''The tap-dancing monkey is an internet meme from the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Tap dancing monkey.gif|thumb|right|250px|"[[Jeff Bennett|Do the monkey with me! Come on!]]"]]
'''The tap-dancing monkey''' is [[Rafael Esquivel|Raf]]'s meme of choice for trolling anyone looking for [[Transformer]] pictures on the [[Internet]].
==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:NewRecruit-Starscreammonkey.jpg|thumb|250px|Starscream, Decepticon memelord.]]
Raf scoured the internet for pictures of [[Team Prime]] on conspiracy sites. Finding a picture of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], he replaced it with the tap-dancing monkey. This is something he does on a regular basis. Later, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] stumbled upon the tap-dancing monkey while searching the internet for tidbits of info he could use. He chuckled evilly at it. {{storylink|New Recruit}}. Later, after the Team Prime's base was sacked by the Decepticons and turned into [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], Raf did the same thing to a blurry, cryptid-esque picture of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] - just as Starscream found it, in fact. Starscream told the other Decepticons that he had found something of "great interest," but before he could show [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] the evidence, the image was replaced with the monkey.

[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] had a brief chuckle before composing himself.{{storylink|Scattered}}

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Tap-dancing monkey

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:''The tap-dancing monkey is an internet meme from the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Tap dancing monkey.gif|thumb|right|250px|"[[Jeff Bennett|Do the monkey with me! Come on!]]"]]
'''The tap-dancing monkey''' is Raf's meme of choice for trolling anyone looking for [[Transformer]] pictures on the [[Internet]].
==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:NewRecruit-Starscreammonkey.jpg|thumb|250px|Starscream, Decepticon memelord.]]
Raf scoured the internet for pictures of [[Team Prime]] on conspiracy sites. Finding a picture of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], he replaced it with the tap-dancing monkey. This is something he does on a regular basis. Later, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] stumbled upon the tap-dancing monkey while searching the internet for tidbits of info he could use. He chuckled evilly at it. {{storylink|New Recruit}}. Later, after the Team Prime's base was sacked by the Decepticons and turned into [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], Raf did the same thing to a blurry, cryptid-esque picture of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] - just as Starscream found it, in fact. Starscream told the other Decepticons that he had found something of "great interest," but before he could show [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] the evidence, the image was replaced with the monkey.

[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] had a brief chuckle before composing himself.{{storylink|Scattered}}

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The [[Tap-dancing monkey]] strikes again.

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Cobra Commander

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[[File:CobraCommander-150.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Oh yeah. I went there.]]

Whether he's the scion of [[Cobra-La|a bizarre ancient civilization]], a former used car salesman driven to the brink of insanity, or a renegade European scientist, '''Cobra Commander''' ''really'' hates [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. As the leader of the ruthless terrorist organization [[Cobra]], he frequently tries (and fails) to take over the world.

No matter what maniacal scheme he comes up with, be it raising an island from the sea to form his own independent nation, editing elementary school textbooks to read pro-Cobra or ''etching his face onto the moon with a laser'', G.I. Joe is there to try and stop him.

When fallen on hard times, he goes by the alias '''"Old Snake"'''. Cobra Commander's evil stretches across time; in some realities, the title is an inherited one, and other Cobra operatives such as [[Tomax and Xamot|Tomax]] or the [[Baroness]] will take up the mantle and become a new Cobra Commander.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Chris Latta]] (English), [[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese)|[[Bernd Simon]] (German), [[Éric Peter]] (European French), [[Lucas Cisneros]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Carlos Seidl]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:CC-OldSnake01.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Urban Cowboy/Terrorist]]
By the year [[2006]], the once mighty Cobra organization had apparently been defeated. Cobra Commander, now going by the alias "'''Old Snake'''", was left with little to do to pass the time but hire out his services as an independent contractor—''of terror''!

A mob boss named [[Victor Drath]] had hired Old Snake at least once in the past, and decided to hire him again to learn the secret of [[synthoid]] technology so that he might use it against the [[Autobot]]s. Snake took the job and used the synthoid technology to craft "human" bodies for [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], then somehow transferred their minds inside them. Drath planned to then destroy the Autobots' now mindless robot bodies, but Old Snake dissuaded him, noting what excellent weapons they would make.

Eventually, the Autobots managed to return to their original Cybertronian bodies and Victor Drath and his gang were arrested. However, Snake managed to escape capture.

[[File:CC-OldSnake02.jpg|thumb|They don't make lozenges like they used to, either.]]
After watching Drath and his gang get hauled away, Old Snake walked into the sunset. He mused to himself that "they just don't make terrorists like they used to", and began shouting the old Cobra battlecry to the heavens, perhaps for old times' sake.

He was, unfortunately, cut short by a coughing fit. {{storylink|Only Human|Only Human}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Finding that the fire in his belly had been reignited by his encounter with the Autobots, "Old Snake" decided to revive an old Cobra program to engineer the ultimate warrior by combining the greatest military leaders in Earth history into one being. Seeking to create a mechanical warrior rather than the organic one Cobra's last effort had produced, Old Snake located the discarded body of a deactivated Decepticon [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] to use for the project, but just as he got things underway, the [[Earth Defense Command]] disrupted the proceedings. Nevertheless, the project was success, and [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] was born—though he was not the loyal Cobra warrior Old Snake had hoped for, as EDC General [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] had inadvertently had a scan of his brainwaves added to the mix, making Serpent O.R. sympathetic to their cause. {{storylink|A Common Foe|''Wings Universe'' Serpent O.R. profile}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Having fallen in with the [[Concurrence]] by [[2021]], Old Snake infiltrated the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] disguised as [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]], the organization's chairman. As part of the Concurrence's plans to destroy the Autobots using [[plasma energy]], he ordered [[Shaoshao Li]] to bring back the plasma-mutated [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partners from the [[Legends World]], claiming the Alliance wanted to keep them out of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s hands. {{storylink|Mutant Targetmaster Birth Chapter}} The Concurrence's attempts to eliminate the real Spike were thwarted by [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]], so Old Snake declared that Goldbug had betrayed the Galactic Peace Alliance and ordered the [[Throttlebot]]s to destroy him. When he brought the team to the Legends World, however, they refused his orders, and he was forced to retreat by Spike and Goldbug (now Bumblebee). {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 54|Bonus Edition Vol. 54}}

Old Snake next struck a deal with [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], who had recovered the Targetmaster [[Caliburst (G1)|Caliburst]], granting him a [[transtector]] body in exchange for the destruction of all Transformers in the Legends World. Unfortunately for him, the Decepticon was defeated. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 55|Bonus Edition Vol. 55}} When the Autobot [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]] stole data containing evidence of Old Snake's facade, he declared them criminals and confronted them alongside [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]]. Hound grew suspicious when he couldn't back up his claims of their crimes, however, and ultimately realized he couldn't be the real Spike when he cold-bloodedly ordered the deaths of the Clones. A sonic beam from [[Fastlane]] then destroyed Old Snake's disguise and unveiled the truth, forcing him to flee. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 58|Bonus Edition Vol. 58}} Changing gears, he then brought over the rest of the Concurrence's forces to conquer the Legends World, starting by capturing [[Tera-Kura Co.]] and using synthoid technology to turn its owner, [[Megatron (BW)|Beast Megatron]], into their loyal servant. G1 Megatron managed to restore Beast Megatron to normal, however, and the Concurrence was sent fleeing by the two Megatrons. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}}

When Chairman Megatron announced he was going to leave the Legends World, President Megatron reminisced about their times together, such as when the older Megatron saved the younger from Old Snake. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Primax 1185.04 Alpha]], Cobra Commander led Cobra to the successful conquest of Earth by 1984. When the Transformers awoke and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] tried to conquer Earth as well, Cobra thwarted him at every turn with the [[M.A.S.S. Device]]. Eventually, Megatron forged an alliance with the [[Sub-Atlantica]]ns, but they betrayed and turned him over to Cobra when Cobra threatened to invade Sub-Atlantica with genetically-modified aquatic soldiers. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] subsequently took command of the Decepticon forces and abandoned Earth while Megatron, [[stasis lock]]ed into his gun alt-mode, became a trophy for Cobra Commander. The [[Alternity]] kept watch on this universe for a while due to the presence of a Cybertronian in human hands, but with multiple other areas of interest available, Cobra Commander was content to simply display Megatron as a trophy. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/13}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''====
[[File:Cobra Commander and Zartan-Blood on the Tracks.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7|WE'LL BLOW UP THE OCEAN!]]
On [[Cobra Island]], Cobra Commander berated [[Zartan]] for the careless actions of his [[Dreadnok]]s, which had revealed Cobra's interest in [[Power Station Alpha]] to G.I. Joe, and ordered him to send [[Zarana]] to retrieve the uncouth mercenaries. He feared that the incident had left him vulnerable to the manipulations of his would-be usurper, [[Serpentor]]. {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} He was right to be concerned, as he was apparently deposed soon after by Serpentor, who took command of Cobra. {{storylink|Power Struggle}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:ZaranaCommander FinalTransformations.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|No it isn't!]]

Years later, Cobra Commander was back in charge of Cobra and had killed many potential traitors on [[Cobra Island]]. This left him with a staffing issue: [[Zarana]] was now the ''de facto'' second-in-command and he had to bring [[Doctor Mindbender]] ''back'' from the dead after killing him the first time. {{storylink|Realignments}} He had a very large vocabulary and loves insulting people, ''especially'' if they were Zarana! For all his alleged smarts, he was honestly surprised to learn [[Scarlett|long-standing G.I. Joe members]] aren't really defecting but just pretending so they can spy on him. {{storylink|Final Transformations}}

While the Commander was taking over [[Destro]]'s [[Silent Castle|shape-shifting castle]], a half-scrap [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] appeared (believing it was a Transformer). {{storylink|Unfoldings!}} Cobra Commander offered him a deal. Megatron shot up his castle. Cobra Commander then offered a ''better'' deal: a new body made by Doctor [[Sidney Biggles-Jones]] in exchange for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] technology. Megatron agreed {{storylink|Realignments}} and led him to the ''Ark'', which was transferred to [[Milleville]]. The partnership, however, was pretty crap from the Commander's point of view as Megatron cared barely a jot for things like secrecy and helping out against a G.I. Joe raid. Cobra Commander complained about this but had his hands full bringing [[Doctor Mindbender]] back from the dead to work for him again and then dealing with the aforementioned Joes. {{storylink|Goin' South}} {{storylink|Sucker Punch}}

He was unknowingly betrayed by both Biggles-Jones ''and'' Megatron: she secretly infected Megatron's new [[rail gun]] with a computer virus to disable it, and he discovered it, removed it and transferred it to the Cybertronian technology he gave to Cobra. {{storylink|Final Transformations}}

Not knowing about the virus, Cobra Commander tried to transfer all that junk back to base anyway.

[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] found out about this, and couldn't let the technology fall into Cobra hands just in case they ''could'' get something out of it, so he attacked the Cobra convoy. With all the equipment destroyed, an angry Cobra Commander ordered his men to capture and dissect the Autobot as a replacement. Having taken heavy damage from Cobra Detonators and unable to keep fighting, Hot Spot chose to self-destruct rather than let his body fall into the clutches of Cobra. {{storylink|All or Nothing!}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoevsTF1 CobraCommander.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Ooooh... shiny!]]
Following directions from [[Destro]], Cobra Commander and the [[Baroness]] unearthed an [[Ark (G1)|alien spaceship]] in 2003, before Cobra had made itself known to the world. Finding the ship full of [[Transformer|giant deactivated robots]], Cobra Commander ordered his troops to haul the aliens away and re-seal the craft. Cobra's scientists soon managed to reprogram the robots to be under their control, except for the one known as [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who was merely locked into the form of a gun and held at Cobra Commander's side. Cobra revealed themselves to the world some time later, when Cobra Commander led an attack on a peace summit in [[Washington, D.C.]] using his new "[[Battle Android Trooper]]s". {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}}

After the attack, the commander returned to [[Cobra Island]], where he forced Megatron to give him information on [[energon]] and noted a breach in Cobra's network security. He also greeted Destro when the arms dealer came to check up on Cobra's progress in reverse-engineering the alien technology. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Cobra Commander was less than pleased when Destro decided to muscle in on things and take the upcoming attack on the [[SPS Research Facility]] into his own hands. He soon had other things to worry about, however, as the Battle Android Troopers broke out of Cobra's reprogramming and the commander found himself face-to-face with a very unhappy [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

[[File:Megatronddjoe.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|And what do we learn out of this? Don't F**K with MEGATRON!]]
Cobra Commander tried to defend himself using Megatron, who strictly refused to fight unless he was restored to his normal self. Realizing he had no other choice, the commander released Megatron and ran away while the [[Decepticon]] clashed with Optimus Prime. He made it to the island's shore, only to have [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] blow up his escape ship and attempt to capture him. Luckily, he was saved by [[Storm Shadow]] and his [[S.N.A.K.E.]] mech. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} The S.N.A.K.E. squad protecting Cobra Commander was then discovered and defeated by a different group of Autobots, forcing him to flee on foot while grumbling that he was going to need a new ninja. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} Eventually, he stumbled across [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], immobilized and with a grenade about to detonate in his eye socket. The robot struck a deal with Cobra Commander: If the human removed the grenade, Starscream would in turn take him off the island. The commander accepted his offer, and the two began a grudging partnership as they escaped to [[Florida]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

[[File:GIJoevsTFII 1 shutyourdamnmouth.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"With all due respect, shut your damn mouth." "And how much respect is that?" "Very little, actually."]]
Two years later, Cobra Commander had somehow turned this grudging partnership into something more pleasing for himself, as Starscream was now happily following his orders. After learning about the supercomputer [[Teletran 3]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], connected to Earth via a strange wormhole, Cobra Commander figured that the computer's [[teleportation]] technology would be invaluable to Cobra. He then traveled to [[Portugal]], where he convinced Destro to provide him with the financial support needed to hack the computer. When Cobra Commander and Destro were overseeing the process in their [[Boston]] facility the following day, they came under attack by G.I. Joe, and were suddenly sent to Cybertron when Cobra's wormhole computer malfunctioned. Cobra Commander wasted no time in ordering his troops to kill the Joes and steal Teletran 3, but was interrupted by the arrival of several Autobots and Decepticons. He mostly faded into the background after [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] called him imperious and Destro told him to shut up. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} When the whole affair was over, Cobra Commander argued with Destro some more and noticed that Starscream had fled, but he didn't really care about that. As it turned out, he had lined the jet's hull with plastic explosives, which later blew up as Starscream returned to the current Decepticon leader, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], killing them both. As a result, Cobra Commander finally brought peace back to Cybertron, a fact which probably would've annoyed the heck out of him if he had been aware. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

[[File:ArtofWar2 CobraCommander Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Oh yeah. Hitting a giant alien robot in the face with an ineffective weapon. There's no way this will end horribly.]]
Thanks to [[Zarana]] infiltrating [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]], Cobra Commander learned that US government had used Megatron's remains to create the "[[Serpentor|Serpent Organic Robot]]", a biological android imbued with the experience of the world's greatest tacticians and warriors. Cobra Commander naturally wanted Serpent O.R. on his side, and staged a massive attack on Area 52, distracting its defenses with an army of new Battle Android Troopers while he and [[Zartan]] sneaked in on a [[Buzz Boar]]. [[File:JoeTFDrKnox.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|DERP.]] After incapacitating [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], they freed Serpent O.R., only to learn that the android had retained some of Megatron's unpleasant memories of Cobra Commander, and definitely had no intention of being anyone's servant. While the commander had Zartan place a device on Serpent O.R.'s neck, they were quickly knocked out by his tentacles. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} After recovering, Cobra Commander cursed the day he found the Transformers, and was about to smash Bumblebee's face in with a lead pipe when G.I. Joe and some Autobots arrived and demanded answers. He briefly explained to them what he had come for, but was interrupted when Serpent O.R. reappeared and attacked everyone. While the Autobots and Joes were busy fighting back, Cobra Commander escaped with Zartan and Zarana. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

After returning to the Cobra [[Terrordrome]] in [[Siberia]], Cobra Commander worked with [[Knox|Doctor Knox]] to take control of Serpent O.R. using the device Zartan had planted on him. He happily claimed that with the power of a god, he wouldn't need any of his old underlings. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} The perfect chance soon came, as Serpent O.R. defeated Optimus Prime and stole the [[Matrix of Leadership]], transforming himself into the mighty "Serpentor Prime". Possessing the android's body, Cobra Commander killed two of his lieutenants, [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], while laughing at Serpent O.R. for being willing to give his power up. He soon came under attack by the Autobots and G.I. Joes he had met at Area 52, but took most of them out using Serpent O.R.'s tentacles, all the while bragging that he would conquer everything from the comfort of his lab and only regretting that he couldn't kill Megatron and Starscream personally. However, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] managed to rip his chestplate off, allowing [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] to absorb the power of the Matrix out of him. The power feedback reduced Serpentor Prime to a smoldering wreck and fried Cobra Commander's brain, leaving him an unresponsive vegetable in his control chair on Earth. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:DWTFJoe3 cobra commander matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I have the magical light ball of doom!]]
In [[1938]], Cobra Commander learned that an "ultimate weapon" was hidden on the [[Fera Islands]], and ordered [[Major Bludd]] to retrieve it. When the major returned with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and a number of [[Decepticon]]s in tow, Cobra Commander started wearing the relic on his person and allied himself with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], leader of the Decepticons. By the summer of [[1939]], Cobra and the Decepticons had conquered several [[Europe]]an nations, and the commander anticipated that the [[United States of America]] would soon make their move. [[Destro]] suggested that they withdraw a third of their forces to defend their headquarters on the Fera Islands, but Cobra Commander angrily dismissed his idea, as the US troops didn't even know where Cobra's base was located. {{storylink|The Line}}

A few hours later, a US [[G.I. Joe (team)|strike force]] airdropped near the Cobra base while Cobra Commander was busy inspecting his jewelry. After verbally assaulting Destro for practically everything he said, the commander dispatched [[Zartan]] and a squadron of [[Rattler]]s to deal with the attackers. {{storylink|Transformed}} Shortly afterwards, Megatron that the Decepticon-Cobra allliance was no longer of use to him, and tried to attack Cobra Commander. In response, the commander revealed that he could use the Matrix to harm Megatron, bringing the Decepticon leader to his knees. While he decided to spare Megatron for now, Cobra Commander warned him that if he ever rebelled again, he wouldn't be so lucky. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}}

[[File:Cobra Commander and Megatron-The Iron Fist.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Is it suicide if you use ''someone'' as the weapon?]]
As the enemy troops, now allied with the [[Autobot]]s, closed in on the Cobra [[Terrordrome]], Cobra Commander ordered Major Bludd to take the civilians and slaves in the area and use them as a human defense line. With the enemy unable to attack innocent people, the commander was free to pick them off using [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s cannon mode. As Shockwave fired on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Cobra Commander held a dramatic speech about how people once saw him as a madman just because he saw his own destiny as future ruler of the world... but now, anyone who stood against him would burn! {{storylink|Trenches}}

However, despite Cobra Commander's efforts, the enemy continued to advance. His troops were scattered, his slaves were rescued, and Shockwave broke down from overuse. When he tried to get Megatron's help, the Decepticon leader only mocked him. Shortly thereafter, Cobra Commander was caught in a rockslide caused by [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], which crushed his legs. His pleas for help were ignored by Megatron, who instead transformed into gun mode and offered Cobra Commander a quick and easy way to end it all. The commander held Megatron to his head, but ultimately threw him away, unable to kill himself. The gun was quickly picked back up by [[Baroness]], who told Cobra Commander that while he had always loved power, he had never known what to do with it. She then finished the job by executing him. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

Some fifty years later, in 1986, Cobra Commander was back in action. On his base on [[Cobra Island]], he learned that an alien craft had crashlanded near [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], and dispatched a squad to retrieve it for Cobra. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}

{{Unreleased TFGJ comic}}
Cobra Commander sent out his assassin, [[Firefly]], to track down and eliminate Snake-Eyes. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|Divided Front #3}} At some point, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] found out about a "terrible secret" buried beneath Cobra Island, and threatened Cobra Commander's life in order to gain access to it. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|Divided Front #5}}

{{note|The Cobra Commander seen in ''Divided Front'' is most likely a different person behind the mask, but as Dreamwave folded after only the first issue was published, any details remain unknown.}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Cobra Commander popped into a theatre to ask [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] if they wanted to do a cross-over. Unfortunately, the Decepticons were watching "[[w:Snakes on a Plane|Snakes on a Plane]]," and Cobra Commander's sudden appearance spooked them good. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
[[File:AAII mount rushmore.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Is that Cobra or a Pac Man ghost?]]
By the 22nd century, Cobra Commander's face (or, rather, the visage of his mask) had been added to [[Mount Rushmore]]. We ''hope'' that doesn't mean he was a President. {{Storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} His likeness was used as a [[Halloween]] costume by a child in [[Detroit]]. {{Storylink|Along Came a Spider}}
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===''Kre-O cartoon''===
[[File:Kreo cobracommander.jpg|right|thumb]]
Cobra Commander helpfully pointed viewers to Kre-O's website. {{storylink|Carnival Face Off}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreoComic7 swindle hydra oldsnake.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Old Snake and [[Hydra (Animated)|Hydra]] bought bricks from [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:FCBD Once a man.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.0]]
Once, Cobra Commander was a man. He left behind his wife and [[Billy (G.I. Joe)|son]] for reasons unknown to become a terrorist mastermind. {{storylink|FCBD Funnies}} At the end of the 20th century, he recruited [[Destro]] into the ranks of Cobra by offering him a mountain of money and bespectacled babes. In exchange, Destro provided Cobra with exclusive access to cutting-edge weapons technology. {{storylink|Stick To Your Guns}} In his long history of global snake-themed terrorism, Cobra Commander was responsible for killing the parents of G.I. Joe markswoman [[Scarlett]], and the sister of Joe commando [[Snake-Eyes]]. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} A wildly materialistic man, the Commander's private pursuits included completing a vast collection of every make of automobile known to man, which he kept in Cobra's temple base of [[Koh-Buru-Lah]].

[[File:TFvsJoe0 cobracommander and snakeyes.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1]]
This base was also home to Cobra's [[G.I.Rocket|Project Creeper]], which had just reached completion and was on the verge of being deployed when G.I. Joe arrived to crash Cobra's party. Mowing down Joes [[Zap (G.I. Joe)|Zap]], [[Short-Fuze]], and [[Shooter]], Cobra Commander boarded a [[Rattler]] piloted by the [[Baroness]] and took off to drop the plane's payload of "creeper bombs" on a major American city. Their escape was foiled when a revenge-hungry Scarlett crippled the Rattler with one of Cobra's own creeper grenades, entangling it in fast-growing vegetable matter, at which point Snake-Eyes, eager to win Scarlett's heart by claiming revenge for her, used a jetpack to land on the stricken plane. Just as Snake-Eyes sank his blade into the villain's heart, the Commander discharged his gun directly into Snake-Eyes's face. The plane was subsequently consumed in the detonation of its creeper bomb cargo, and Cobra Commander and the Baroness were believed dead by the Joes. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}}

In actuality, both survived the blast, though the Baroness was left heavily scarred, and Cobra Commander was rendered comatose, kept alive only by machines. Refashioning herself with the new identity of the "Serpentress", the Baroness worked with [[Destro]] to keep Cobra together, enshrining Cobra Commander's body and using it as a symbol to rally Cobra loyalists under her leadership. After a time, the pair grew fearful that he might one day awaken and their new positions of power would be lost to them, and resolved to use an extraterrestrial gun gifted to them by the alien god-king [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to kill the Commander for good. Upon removing his hood, however, they discovered that the body was merely one of his "Fred" body-doubles, and that the real Cobra Commander was still at large...
[[File:Pax Megatronus cobra's last supper.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|Ain't no last supper like a Cobra last supper!]]

Hey, do you think that was him who broke some prisoners out of [[Blackwater Prison]]? You do? Okay. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

That <s>unidenfitied</s> Commander went with his freed allies to the Arctic, where the mercenary [[Kwinn]] led them to the resting place of the monstrous [[Koh-Buru-Lah (creature)|Koh-Buru-Lah]], god of the Cobra cult! Lamenting that Cobra was working with the Transformers, the villain woke the beast up in the hope of turning things around. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} As an extra treat, his long-abandoned son Billy showed up with a half-dead Snake-Eyes to kill! The Commander was pleased with that, but let Koh-Buru-Lah kill Billy anyway since he had the "stink" of Transformers on him. It turned out Snake-Eyes was playing possum and sprang to life before his mask could be removed. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

After Cybertron had collided with Earth, Koh-Buru-Lah carried Cobra Commander and his retinue to the metallic planet via one of its mega-mountains. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}}

Seeking to put his house in order, Cobra Commander visited the [[Terrordrome]]s erected across Cybertron and reclaimed them one by one. When he reunited with the Baroness he convinced her to let him rule once again before both revealed their faces and made love. During the final battle for Earth's sun, Cobra Commander approached Megatron, fighting against the effects of the [[G.I.Rocket|green bombs]] and bargained the kill code in exchange for rulership over [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

After having his mask stolen by a [[U.S.7]] beast, Snake-Eyes presented the Commander with his old mask before he was confronted by Billy. Though the Commander quickly defeated his wayward son, Snake-Eyes remotely triggered the mask's plastic explosives, killing Cobra Commander. As his heir, Billy inherited the Commander's promised Mars. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{MainIDW|Cobra Commander}}
[[File:StrangeVisitors-TheNewMe.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1]]

The mantle of "Cobra Commander" has been passed down through the ages from one Commander to their successor; the head of an ancient conspiracy centuries in the making. In the aftermath of [[Surge (event)|Megatron's invasion of Earth]] and the departure of the Transformers, [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] became aware of the existence of Cobra and its leader, {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}} leading to a years-long war that saw the death of the current Commander. {{istorylink|Rattler}} The next Cobra Commander, a man named [[Krake]], would go on to conquer [[Nanzhao]], leading to the deployment of nuclear weaponry and the country's subsequent annihilation. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

Five years later, [[Tomax and Xamot|Tomax Paoli]] would oust Krake from leadership and go on to bring Cobra out of the shadows, reforming the ancient conspiracy into an outwardly legitimate security firm with humanitarian ties. Under his leadership, Cobra would keep the peace in the Eastern European nation of [[Schleteva]] during its war against [[Galibi]], but his brief reign ultimately collapsed after G.I. Joe managed to bring down Cobra from the inside. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}}

By the time [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] annexed Earth, several years later, Cobra had collapsed and its many Commanders had been largely forgotten. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

The disgraced Tomax would fall in with [[Joe Colton|Baron Ironblood]]'s new [[Iron Ring]]; despite his disgust for Tomax's weak leadership, Ironblood and [[Merklynn|Garrison Kreiger]] entrusted him and [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]] with a mission to [[San Francisco]]. Tomax would briefly don his old suit at the behest of Garrison Kreiger during a battle against the "Revolutionaries". It didn't work out too well and Tomax was taken into custody. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}}

Around the same time, the [[Baroness]] began working to properly rebuild Cobra; after escaping G.I. Joe custody with the help of several "[[Cobranarchist]]s", she assumed the title of Cobra Commander and absorbed the forces of [[V.E.N.O.M.]] into her organization in the process. She had her minions raid museums in pursuit of antediluvian artifacts, {{storylink|G.I. Joe: First Strike}} while melting the polar ice in pursuit of a similar goal. {{storylink|M.A.S.K.: First Strike}}

[[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] eventually produced a [[Last Laugh: The Life and Death of Chuckles|biopic]] based on Chuckles's final encounter with G.I. Joe's original Cobra Commander. The Seeker made a few... errors with regards to aspects of the various Commanders. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}}

All decked out in their Cobra Commander outfits, Tomax, Krake and the Baroness attended the meeting within [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] to discuss the threat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}
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===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
Cobra Commander led his troops in a battle against G.I. Joe {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}} before Optimus Prime and [[Baron Karza]] came tumbling out of a portal from [[Microspace]]. After the Baron helped Cobra defeat Optimus, he was granted co-leadership of Cobra. When the Prime's allies followed, Cobra Commander ordered his troops to fire on them before [[Rom]] towed Optimus out of the range of Cobra's control frequency. Destro then seized the [[Orbsah Gem]] prompting the Commander to declare victory for Cobra before the [[Autobot]]s arrived. {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 3|Aw Yeah Revolution! #3}}

===When Worlds Collide===
Along with Megatron, Cobra Commander stole the [[Matrix of Leadership]], being chased across various worlds by the Autobots and meeting several dastardly allies. The two, along with their legion of doom, were ready to make a stand against the Autobots and their own allies before the two kids imagining the whole thing were called away to diner. While angry at first, the sight of puppies convinced Cobra Commander to let it go. {{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Hub-CobraPaloozaMegatronAThon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Next week, [[Batman]] is coming. Prepare for his downfall.]]
While promoting repeat marathons of their television series, Cobra Commander and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] carried on an argument regarding world domination. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1|Cobra-palooza Megatron-A-Thon}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:Only Human Old Snake Card.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|He's no hero. Never was. Never will be.]]

Old Snake came to Victor Drath's assistance, using technology to trap four Autobots in synthoid bodies, and using the discarded shells in an attempt to destroy Autobot City. Though the plan was foiled, Old Snake managed to make an escape, though his attempt at his old battle cry was cut short by a coughing fit. {{storylink|Only Human (Legends)|Only Human}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
'''[[Soundwave (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Soundwave]] [[HISS tank|H.I.S.S.]]'''
[[File:Cobra Cobra-Commander EarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.00]]

Cobra Commander is the [[Cobra]] partner of Soundwave {{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}

*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 stars
*'''Ability: G.I. Joe Command''' - Follow Cobra's command! Aim at a defence and the H.I.S.S. Tank will deal some damage. Defences in the area receive 20% (2-Stars) / 30% (3-Stars) / 40% (4-Stars) more damage and get prioritized by all bots for 3.5 seconds.
**'''Cost''': 5 ability points, +3 for reuses.

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==Toys==
{{Note|This character has many other toys that are not connected to ''Transformers''. See the external link to yojoe.com for more information.}}
===''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''===
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[[File:StarscreamSkystriker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"'Evil scheme' is quite literally my middle name! It's Slovenian!"]]
*'''Starscream Sky Striker (XP-21F) with Cobra Commander''' (2011)
**''Accessories:'' Helmet, harness, parachute pack, leg straps, Megatron gun, display stand

: An [[exclusive]] release for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2011, this flight-suited Cobra Commander action figure is a combination of redecoed parts from existing ''G.I. Joe'' figures; namely, the head (and helmet) of the 2008 ''25th Anniversary'' "DVD Battles" set 5 Cobra Commander, the torso and waist of the 2009 ''Resolute'' box set [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], the upper legs of 2008's ''25th Anniversary'' [[Ace (G.I. Joe)|Capt. Ace]], and the arms, lower legs, and feet of the 2011 ''Pursuit of Cobra'' Skydive.

: Cobra Commander features a removable helmet and parachute pack, along with a tiny gun-mode [[Megatron (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Megatron]] to wield. He was available only with [[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Starscream]], a [[redeco]] of the 2011 new-mold ''G.I. Joe'' [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Sky Striker]], whose cockpit he can sit inside.

::*''[https://www.yojoe.com/action/11/cobracommander47.shtml More information on Cobra Commander (v47) at YoJoe.com]''

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[[File:Oldsnake Bat Pack TFCCPhoto.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"I can never tell you two apart!" ''"Ow!"'' "''There!'' Now you're the one with the ''fork'' stuck in your eye!!"]]
*'''Old Snake with Advanced Stealth B.A.T. Duo''' (2015)
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, backpack, 2 energon cubes, display stand

:Released exclusively to both the Transformers and G.I. Joe Collectors Club stores, '''Old Snake''' is a figure based on his appearance in the original ''Transformers'' cartoon. He is made using the same head as the above Cobra Commander (with a glued-on Collectors' Club 2013 exclusive [[Muskrat]] hat), the torso, waist, and arms of 2009's ''The Rise of Cobra'' wave one [[Storm Shadow]], and the legs of that toyline's "G.I. Joe Rescue Mission" multipack version of [[Snake-Eyes]]. He comes with ''Joe''-compatible pistol and backpack accessories, as well as two energon cubes.

:Also included in the set is a pair of [[Battle Android Trooper#TCC2015|Advanced Stealth B.A.T.]]s.

::*''[https://www.yojoe.com/action/15/oldsnake.shtml More information on Old Snake at YoJoe.com]''

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[[File:Ninja Force Cobra Commander toy.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|"We'll ''BLOW UP THE OCEAN!''"]]
*'''G.I. Joe featuring Ninja Force and Transformers''' (2017)
**''Accessories:'' Megatron gun, saber, pistol, belt, display stand

:Another exclusive to the Transformers and G.I. Joe club stores, this Cobra Commander was included as part of the "G.I. Joe featuring Ninja Force and Transformers" box set, referencing the events of the [[G.I. Joe (comic)|''Generation 2'' story arc]]. This time he's constructed from a number of figures from the ''25th Anniversary'' line – the head from 2007's single carded Cobra Commander, the legs of the Cobra Commander included in the 2007 Cobra Battle Pack #1, the torso and waist of the 2008 [[Crimson Guard]], and the legs of the 2008 comic pack Red Star – as well as the arms of the 2011 ''Renegades'' Cobra Commander. He is armed with a pistol and a snake-handled saber, as well as another gun mode Megatron.

:Also included in the box set were the ''Joe'' figures [[Scarlett#NinjaForce|Ninja Force: Scarlett]] and [[Sidney Biggles-Jones#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Dr. Sidney Biggles-Jones]], the Transformers [[Ratbat (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Ratbat]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ClubCrossover|Megatron]], a figurine of [[Blackcat (G1)#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Autobot Black Cat]], and accessories of [[Toaster#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Autobot Toaster]] and three [[Crusticon#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Crusticon]]s.

::*''[https://www.yojoe.com/action/17/cobracommander55.shtml More information on Cobra Commander (v55) at YoJoe.com]''
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==Merchandise==
===''The Loyal Subjects''===
*'''Starscream X Cobra Commander''' (2014)
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===Kidrobot===
[[File:Kidrobot GIJoe Enamel Pin Series.jpg|thumb|250px|"THE MERE ''SIGHT'' OF YOU MAKES ME WANT TO ''RETCH''!"]]
====Enamel Pin Series====
*'''Cobra Commander''' ([[November 3]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 1 in 20
:Released by [[Kidrobot]] in their Enamel Pin Series, this is a flat, enamel pin badge of Cobra Commander inspired by the art of [[Tom Scioli]]'s ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'', albeit with [[Super deformed|cutesy proportions]]. He is depicted in his hooded look, as seen on his return to the comic in "[[Pax Megatronus]]". The pin series was [[Blindpacking|blindboxed]], with some pins being rarer than others.
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====Vinyl Mini Series====
[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Cobra Commander mini.jpg|thumb|upright=1|"Oh, CRAP! I forgot my Price Style Plus Card!"]]
*'''Cobra Commander''' ([[November 14]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 2 in 24
:The same character design was reused for the Vinyl Mini Series, with Cobra Commander receiving a three-inch tall, blindboxed figurine retaining the vibrant colours and exaggerated proportions. Cobra Commander featured articulation in each shoulder.
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====Medium Figure Series====
[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Cobra Commander medium.jpg|thumb|upright=1|"SHUT IT! PIZZA CAN'T ''TALK''!"]]
*'''Cobra Commander''' ([[November 3]], [[2017]])
:This "art figure" of Cobra Commander, released in the Medium Figure Series, followed the same design, now blown up to seven inches; some painted-on details of his smaller incarnation, like his sash, boots, and epaulettes were now rendered as part of the sculpt. In addition to articulated shoulders, the Commander now also featured a turning head.

:Unlike the rest of Kidrobot's ''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe'' line, the Medium Figure Series were sold in open-faced boxes.
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[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Cobra Commander medium exclusive.jpg|thumb|upright=1|"FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC!"]]
*'''Cobra Commander''' ([[November 3]], [[2017]])
:Released at the same time as the standard version, this variant of Cobra Commander was limited to 200 pieces and exclusive to the Kidrobot online store. The Commander is now decoed in predominantly dark grey; while this scheme never actually appeared in the comic, it ''has'' been a classic palette swap for him since 1993.
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====Vinyl Keychain Series====
[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Cobra Commander keychain.jpg|thumb|upright=1|"HEY, KID! WANNA SMOKE SOME CANDY WITH ME?!"]]
*'''Cobra Commander''' ([[December 1]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 3 in 24
:Cobra Commander was also released as part of the once again blindboxed Vinyl Keychain Series, now standing at about one to two inches. He included a keychain molded into his head and, due to his small scale, did not feature any articulation.
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===''Pop!''===
[[File:Funko Pop Mystery Box Optimus Prime Cobra Commander.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"WHAT KIND OF POWER-UP IS '''MOIST BEAM''?!"]]
*'''Funko Mystery Box: Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''' (Giftset, 2021)
**''ID number:'' '''47'''

:Released as part of the ''Pop! Retro Toys'' segment and available only as part of a GameStop exclusive giftset, [[Funko Pop!|Funko]]'s ''Pop!'' Cobra Commander is a super deformed vinyl figure and comes [[Blindpacking|blindpacked]] inside a ''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''-themed lunch box alongside a ''Pop!'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Pop!|Optimus Prime]] figure, a Decepticon logo decal, a Cobra logo keychain, and a set of four pins of Cobra Commander, Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#Pop!|Megatron]] and [[Duke (G.I. Joe)#Pop!|Duke]].

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==Notes==
[[File:OnlyHumanJap1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]

*Cobra Commander has been played by several ''Transformers'' voice actors, including [[Chris Latta]], [[Michael Dobson]], [[Charlie Adler]], [[Frank Todaro]] (all of whom have played versions of [[Starscream (disambiguation)|Starscream]]), [[Scott McNeil]], [[Marc Thompson]] and [[Keith Silverstein]].
*In publicity artwork for the episode "[[Only Human]]" published in ''[[TV Magazine]]'', "Old Snake" can be seen ominously commanding several Cobra [[Rattler]]s and F.A.N.G.s. However, such vehicles do not appear in the actual episode.
*As "Old Snake", Cobra Commander appears in a [[super deformed]] [http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/japanese/pioneer/SDLDpostmovie.jpg cross-faction art piece] by [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]], packaged with [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer]]'s LaserDisc collection of ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]''.
*[http://www.joeheadquarters.com/interviews_dille.shtml When interviewed by G. I. Joe fansite Joe Headquarters,] [[Flint Dille]] was asked about the relationship between Old Snake and Cobra Commander. In his response, he explained:

:''"That was after my time, but I believe they were trying to discontinue the Cobra Commander character. One of the interesting things about working on shows in the 'toy' era was that characters would come and go based on marketing decisions. Cobra Commander had probably been around too long, so they decided to update him."''

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Snake''' (スネーク ''Sunēku''), '''Cobra Commander''' (コブラコマンダー ''Kobura Komandā'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yǎnjìngshé Zhǐhuīguān''' (眼镜蛇指挥官, "Cobra Commander")

==External links==
*[http://www.yojoe.com/action/82/cobracommander.shtml Cobra Commander at Yojoe.com]
*{{i|Cobra Commander}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Nick Roche

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[[File:Nick Roche 2012 LSCC.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Trousers lie shattered in the background.]]
'''Nick Roche''' (born [[September 5]], [[1979]] <ref>[http://nickroche.blogspot.com/2008/09/twenty-nine-club.html "The Twenty-Nine Club"]</ref>) is an Irish comic book artist and writer for [[IDW Publishing]]. He is '''awesome'''.

Nick Roche is a native of County Wexford, but currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. Having always been a massive Transformers fan, Roche's produced artwork for fan fiction, including the [[Transmasters UK|Transmasters UK (TMUK)]] group, and UK convention publications, gaining a healthy fanbase within the UK, but remaining almost entirely unknown outside of the tight-knit UK fandom.

He pitched his work to [[Dreamwave Productions]] but had no response, something he's glad about in hindsight; he notes "at the time, I'd have worked for free but it turns out everyone else at Dreamwave was doing that anyway".<ref name="Moonbase Two">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE Nick Roche interview with Moonbase Two]</ref> Nick finally got his break into Transformers when IDW Publishing acquired the Transformers license. A friend of Nick's by the name of Dave Hendrick sent IDW supremo [[Chris Ryall]] Nick's samples.

Twenty minutes later there was an email back from Chris.

Nick started on the "Chrischarger" art before being given ''Spotlight''s, then ''more'' ''Spotlight''s (and a ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'' fill-in) before being given the ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'' mini-series. He's also penciled numerous covers for the different Transformers series, including a piece for the ''[[The Transformers: Target: 2006|Target 2006]]'' reprints featuring the original team of [[Wrecker]]s, the covers for the [[Metrodome]] DVD sets of ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'', and a special comic and a piece of artwork packed with [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Generation 1'' DVD set. Nick has also worked on the new Transformers UK comic book ([[Transformers Comic issue 2|issue 2]]) and the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comic for [[Titan Books|Titan]].

If that wasn't enough, Nick drew ''and'' wrote ''[[Spotlight: Kup]]'', which also has the distinction of being the first issue in the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW G1 continuity]] written by someone other than [[Simon Furman]]. He co-wrote and drew the incredibly well-received ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' with [[James Roberts]]. He's even made the jump to TV, becoming a character designer for ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark]]''. And he also writes panto!<ref name="Moonbase Two" />

Shattered trousers are usually left in his wake.

{{quote|Look: you can't comprehend the scale of trouser destruction that will occur. The current financial crisis? Pffah! There will be people wandering around this Christmas with next to no trouser coverage. And as for the potentially countless children who will lose their sight and sense of decency from flying pant-shards...well, it doesn't bear thinking about. No gusset is safe this Christmas.|Nick on the imminent release of ''Maximum Dinobots'' #1<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=106763#106763</ref>}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
Nick was sitting at a signing table at [[Auto Assembly 2009]] when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] barged his way past [[Gregg Berger]] and [[Liam Shalloo]], complaining about his absence from ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|''All Hail Megatron'' #13 cover}} One year later, [[Auto Assembly 2010]] attendees could apparently "buy Nick's pants" at [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s charity auction and tombola. {{storylink|International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"|''The Transformers'' #9 cover}}

==Writing==
Nick's writing often tackles or addresses the concept of change within Cybertronians, both as a shapeshifting race and a culture left in stasis by millennia of war. Many of his stories have unflinching and graphic robotic violence—dismemberment, decapitation, bodily mutilation, and copious amounts of blood, among other things. Like Roberts, he also has a tendency to use characters with little or no previous media appearances—''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' featured a cast almost entirely composed of European toy-exclusives and obscure Japanese characters, while ''Sins of the Wreckers'' introduced many characters from the Beast Era as antagonists. Also, he put [[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]] into the IDWverse, because that's just how cool he is.

*''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]''
**''[[Spotlight: Kup]]''
**''[[Spotlight: Megatron]]''
*''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]'': #15 story 1: "Everything in Its Right Place"
*''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' (co-written with James Roberts)
**''[[Escape (G1)|Escape]]''
**''[[In Word and Deed]]''
*''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers]]''
*''[[Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!|The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye: Revolution]]'' (co-written with James Roberts)
*''[[Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers]]''
*''[[Transformers: Last Bot Standing]]''

==Comic book art==
Roche's art style is instantly recognizable in a comic due to his strong shapes, exaggerated proportions and bold, simple character designs. According to him, he just "makes the hands bigger and the pointy bits pointier", and he would like to draw with "[[Geoff Senior|Senior's]] energy, [[Andrew Wildman|Wildman's]] expressiveness and [[Derek Yaniger|Yaniger's]] chins!". According to Roche, he finds he does change his art style automatically depending on the story; such as upping the cartooniness for "Spotlight: Hot Rod" and toning it down for a story from [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl's]] point of view.<ref name="Moonbase Two" />

[[File:FerreroRocher.jpg|158px|thumb|A lesser-known variation on the spelling of Nick's name.]]

===IDW Publishing===
*''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]''
**''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]''
**''[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]''
**''[[Spotlight: Kup]]''
**''[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]''
**''[[Spotlight: Megatron]]''
*''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'': #1 ([[Apache]], [[Autocrusher|Autocrasher]], [[BB]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Break]], [[Big Convoy]]), #2 ([[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Guiledart]], [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]], [[Injector (BW)|Injector]], [[Lio Convoy]], [[Lio Junior]], [[Mach Kick]], [[Moon (BW)|Moon]])
*''[[The Transformers: Devastation]]'': #3
*''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots]]'' (all 5 issues)
*''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]'': #15 story 1: "Everything in Its Right Place"
*''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' (all 5 issues (#3, #4 with [[Guido Guidi]]))
**''[[Dead Men's Boots]]''
**''[[Escape (G1)|Escape]]''
**''[[In Word and Deed]]''
*''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'': #13
*''[[Infestation (IDW)|The Transformers: Infestation]]'' (both issues)
*''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime]]''
*''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'': #1, #6
*''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers]]'' (all 5 issues)
*''[[Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!|The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye: Revolution]]'' (Icon art)
*''[[Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers]]'' (with [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Brendan Cahill]])
*''[[Transformers: Last Bot Standing]]'' (with [[E.J. Su]])

===Madman Entertainment===
*''Transformers Generation 1'' Complete Collection DVD set ([[The Transformers (Madman)|pack-in comic book]] and [[Matrix of Leadership]] chamber artwork with [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Josh Burcham]])

===Titan Books===
*[[Transformers Comic issue 2|Titan ''Transformers'' comic #2]]
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===TakaraTomy===
*''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]'' "[[Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 2|Finale Part 2]]" (guest artist)

{{-}}

==DVD cover art==
===[[Metrodome]]===
*''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Transformers Takara Collection Super-God Masterforce]]''
*''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Transformers Takara Collection Victory]]''

==Convention appearances==
*[[BotCon]] ([[BotCon 2007|2007]])
*[[BotCon]] ([[BotCon 2009|2009]])
*[[Unofficial conventions|Auto Assembly]] (2009)
*[[Unofficial conventions|Auto Assembly]] (2010)

==Notes==
[[File:Derpnick.jpg|thumb|What can brown do for you?]]
*He has admitted to being "gay for [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]]".
*He is also the first Transformers celebrity to have interviewed another Transformers [[Stan Bush|celebrity]].<ref>http://c3.libsyn.com/media/20749/EP_26_-_OLDMOON_OILBASE_INTERVIEWS_STAN_BUSH.mp3?nvb=20100909170039&nva=20100910171039&sid=fd4711763d08f49953c5982d42719c75&l_sid=20749&l_eid=&l_mid=2021798&t=0155622406f16c055d36b</ref>
*On Twitter, while talking about how more than five panels average a page is a burden for artists, he strongly indicated that James Roberts' masses of detailed panels are why they hadn't worked together in years<ref>[https://twitter.com/NickRoche/status/665246818389856256 "Well, we haven't worked together in three years... make of THAT what you will... :)"] (11:16 a.m. - 13 Nov 2015)</ref> (though they are still friends).
*He also admitted he's an "asshole to myself" when he breaks that rule himself in his own scripts!<ref>[https://twitter.com/NickRoche/status/665238634531061761 "Furman aims for that [five panels]. Everyone's different. I'm an asshole to myself, to be honest!"] (10:43 a.m. - 13 Nov 2015)</ref>
*At Auto Assembly 2010 it was discovered that Nick can do an uncanny [[David Kaye]] impression. Yesssssss.
*The way Shockwave was killed in "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]" has haunted him since childhood.<ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=601856 Moonbase 2 interview], 50:26 to 51:08</ref>
*Nick's redesign of the Dinobots in ''Spotlight: Shockwave'' and ''Maximum Dinobots'' led to his having a pterosaur named for him in 2018, ''Klobiodon rochei'', by Michael O'Sullivan (one of the hosts of long-running Transformers podcast Moonbase 2).<ref>{{w|Klobiodon|Wikipedia page for ''Klobiodon rochei''}}</ref>
{{-}}

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
File:SpotlightHotRod rush.jpg|[[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] enjoys freefalling to a planet in "[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]".
File:TFGenerations12.jpg|[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s never looked this cool before or since. Cover art for ''[[The Transformers: Generations (comic)|The Transformers: Generations]]'' issue #12.
File:SpotlightHardhead HardheadsHeadshot.jpg|[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]'s got a hard head in "[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]".
File:AHM15 SpringerpunchesProwl.jpg|[[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] is [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]]'s personal punching bag in [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|''All Hail Megatron'' #15]]
</gallery>

*''[[:Category:Images by Nick Roche|Extended Nick Roche gallery]]''</center>

==External links==
*[http://nickroche.blogspot.com/ Nick Roche's blog]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugL34N9Bh_k Int-Roche-Spective @ Wexford Arts Centre]

===Interviews===
*August 2006—[http://web.archive.org/web/20070309223141/http://www.transfans.net/interviews_roche.php TransFans]
*2007—[http://web.archive.org/web/20070502181400/http://fractalmatter.com:80/main/?p=549 FractalMatter]
*August 2009—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE Moonbase 2]
*December 2009—[http://web.archive.org/web/20091228083352/http://www.oneshallstand.com/articles/wreckers.html One Shall Stand] (with James Roberts)
*January 2010—[https://tfio.proboards.com/thread/716?page=1 Transformers Ireland Online]
*March 2010—[http://www.fictionalfrontiers.podcastpeople.com/posts/38222/ Fictional Frontiers]
*August 2010—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9DPbginVXE Auto Assembly] (with James Roberts)
*August 2011—[https://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-underbase-aa2011-interviews-nick-roche-and-james-roberts The Underbase] (with James Roberts)
*May 2012—[https://irishcomicnews.dreamhosters.com/2012/05/17/the-big-interview-nick-roche-talks-in-depth-about-transformers-writing-mario-kart/ Irish Comic News]
*February 2013—[https://moonbase2.libsyn.com/the-moonbase2-interviews-nick-roche Moonbase 2]
*August 2013—[https://theunderbase.libsyn.com/the-underbase-presents-aa2013-overlord-deconstructed The Underbase] (with James Roberts)
*September 2013—[https://theunderbase.libsyn.com/the-underbase-presents-aa2013-idw-comic-panel Auto Assembly] (with James Roberts, [[Alex Milne]], and [[Andrew Griffith]])
*March 2015—[http://web.archive.org/web/20150403224447/http://www.orbitalcomics.com/orbital-in-conversation-episode-122-with-nick-roche-scott-mccloud/ Orbital Comics]
*October 2015—[https://bleedingcool.com/comics/giant-robots-ninja-turtles-monster-motors-and-more-talking-with-nick-roche/ Bleeding Cool]
*October 2015—[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/twincast-podcast-episode-129-nick-roche-talks-sins-of-the-wreckers/34136/ Seibertron Twincast / Podcast]
*November 2015—[https://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/11/transmissions-episode-137-tea-time-with-nick-roche TransMissions] ([https://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2015/11/nick-roche-interview-transcript-from-transmissions-episode-137 transcript])
*October 2016—TFcon (with [[Bob Budiansky]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGGEXw-kUSc Part 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSIHu4gxBCY Part 2])
*May 2017—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evxj40k1Iyo RetCon]
*May 2018—[https://podcastmaximus.podbean.com/e/podcast-maximus-episode-32-nick-roche-interview/ Podcast Maximus]
*June 2018—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFI_VKD4jLg The Full Force Podcast]
*July 2018—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IPFJ8HZzBo RetCon] (with James Roberts)
*August 2020—[https://geekvibesnation.com/geek-vibes-interview-idws-scarenthood-artist-and-writer-nick-roche/ Geek Vibes Nation]
*September 2020—[https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/interview-nick-roche-channels-his-parental-anxieties-into-scarenthood/ Monkeys Fighting Robots]
*March 2021—[https://www.comicbookherald.com/creannotators-39-scarenthood-interview-with-creator-nick-roche/ Comic Book Herald]

==References==
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[[Category:Writers]]

King of the Dinosaurs

2022-05-04T06:37:50Z

Spin-Out: /* Paleontological errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' ep 15
|image=KingOfTheDinosaurs-ourmessage.jpg
|caption=[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXGvC9vrYgs Goodbye, my reptile friend]
|prev=Siloed
|next=The Extinction Event
|title="King of the Dinosaurs"
|airdate=[[December 7]], 2018 (CN app/website) [[December 8]], 2018 (USA)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=[[Randolph Heard]]
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=[[Ehud Landsberg]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wvFVXQ1aMM
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Windblade and Bee uncover a buried Autobot who turns out to be an old friend.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Cyberverse - King of the Dinosaurs preview - The King is Found.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Should you or any of your team members be killed or eaten, KSI will disavow all knowledge of your actions."]]
In a construction site overlooking a [[human]] city, [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] and [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] watch doubtfully as [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]], now "reprogrammed" to "accept" Windblade's instructions as well, commandeers an excavator to dig up the mysterious Autobot Windblade learned about during their prior encounter with [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]]. All seems to be going well until Teletraan-X hits metal, revealing the frozen body of a robotic dinosaur!

After filling in the two incredulous Autobots on what a dinosaur actually ''is'', Teletraan-X explains that this Autobot has taken the form of a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', a species known as the "king of the dinosaurs"... cluing in Windblade to their [[Maccadam's|memories]] of [[Maccadam]], and his cryptic instructions to find the "king of the dinosaurs". The mystery is seemingly solved when Bumblebee retrieves a fallen crown, seemingly cementing the mystery 'bot as their long-sought quarry. When Windblade asks for the identity of the Autobot, Teletraan-X identifies him as [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]], one of the many MIA 'bots aboard the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' before its disappearance.

Furthermore, Teletraan-X is able to identify how Grimlock wound up separated from the rest of the ship; during the ''Ark's'' crash-landing, the Autobot warrior was inadvertently roused by [[Teletraan-1 (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-1]] moments before a hull breach punctured the ship. As Bumblebee's [[stasis pod]] fell from the ship, Grimlock tried to catch and retrieve it. As the ship hit Earth's atmosphere, however, Grimlock lost his grip, sending both Autobots plummeting to Earth; amidst the chaos, Teletraan-1 activated its auxiliary backup and ejected it from the ship to ensure that the ship's memory banks would survive the crash intact.

The history lesson over, the two Autobots regard Grimlock's frozen form, unsure if their friend is still alive. Teletraan-X explains that his power source is inactive, but points out that the Autobot has one percent of his [[energon]] left; to bring him back online, they'll need a ''lot'' of power... but it's a good thing that they've made camp right next to an electrical transformer.

Tapping into the city's power grid to jump-start Grimlock's systems, the jolt ''does'' successfully bring Grimlock back online. However, Grimlock reboots as a brutish, inarticulate beast, rather than their famously eloquent friend, and before anyone can do anything the robot dinosaur escapes the construction site and flees into the city to run amok. Bumblebee and Windblade give chase, but their vehicle forms are no match for Grimlock's size and power, and it's ultimately Teletraan-X who saves the day by mesmerizing Grimlock with flashing lights and a lullaby, safely leading him back to the construction site.

[[File:Cyberverse - King of the Dinosaurs - Me Grimlock Me King.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"He is learning where he fits in the food chain...and I'm not sure you want him to figure that out."]]
Back at the excavation site, Teletraan explains that to survive amongst the dinosaurs, Grimlock rerouted his cognitive processes to enhance his raw physical strength... but this means that the drone isn't sure if Grimlock will even ''remember'' his old friends from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Indeed, Grimlock speaks up, demanding to see his "friends", but not Windblade or Bumblebee: Grimlock wants to see his dinosaur friends. Nobody is sure how to broach the subject, but the decision is made for them when Grimlock demands his crown. Teletraan-X plays along and "crowns" Grimlock, causing the crown itself—revealed as a homing device—to begin flashing as Grimlock runs off into the wilderness.

As the sun rises, the three pursue Grimlock as he approaches a nearby mountainside. As the confused Autobots watch, Grimlock, still searching for his friends, bashes his way through the rock to reveal an ancient stone bunker built directly into the mountainside. When the rubble has been shifted, Grimlock enters, revealing his old home during his exile on Earth: an exact replica of the ''Ark's'' bridge, carved into the cavern. A frustrated Grimlock paces back and forth, searching for any sign of his "friends", before Teletraan-X breaks the news to Grimlock that the dinosaurs have gone extinct. A despairing Grimlock presses his head against a nearby console, and, by doing so, inadvertently activates one of his ancient video logs, the last one recorded before the final extinction of the dinosaurs, where Grimlock urges his dinosaur friends to keep up their spirits in the face of impending doom.

His memories evidently jogged by this video, Grimlock finds the strength to transform back into his robot mode. Apologizing for his rambunctious behavior, Grimlock takes the opportunity to properly introduce the team to his new headquarters.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] (4)
|c4=
*[[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]] (1)
*''[[Teletraan-1 (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-1]] (5)
*''[[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|Dinosaurs]]'' (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"Good morning everybot!" ''[Notices a hull breach]'' "Oh, I see how it is. Raised from sweet golden slumbers into the thick of dire emergency! Teletraan-1, status report — but ''please'' don't tell me the ''Ark'' is going down." 
"The ''Ark'' is going down." 
"Such a simple request. But you just had to-" 
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Teletraan-1'''

"Teletraan-1, how can I save the crew?" 
"Go to my main console and-" 
''(Grimlock loses his grip and falls.)'' 
"WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" 
"...never mind."
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Teletraan-1'''

"Review. What are your prime directives?" 
"Always maintain data backup. And... uh... oh, uh... what's the other one?" 
"Assist all crew members." 
"Right! Got it. This is pretty exciting!" 
:—'''Teletraan-1''' and '''X'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*[[Maccadam]] told Windblade and Bumblebee they needed to find the "King of the Dinosaurs" back in "[[Maccadam's]]"; Windblade learned his location in [[Siloed|the previous episode]], though it takes until this episode for the pair to learn what a dinosaur actually is.
*Since the events of "Siloed," Bumblebee has reprogrammed Teletraan-X to accept Windblade's instructions, though he still refers to her as "not crew".
*The Autobots were shown to have entered hibernation in "[[The Journey]]", and "[[Whiteout]]" established that Bumblebee's stasis pod landed in the [[Himalayas]] at some point after falling to Earth. That said, the Himalayas didn't ''exist'' during the age of the dinosaurs, so it's not clear if his stasis pod was moved at some point after crashing, or if it landed where the Himalayas would one day arise, and was subsequently pushed upwards by tectonic movement.
*Four other stasis pods are shown falling from the ''Ark''. [[Wild Wild Wheel|A possible future storyline in the making...?]]
*This episode gives us the first definite glimpse of the timeline between the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] and the present day, establishing that the ''Ark'' left Cybertron at least 66 million years ago; possibly longer depending on how much time elapsed between the events of "The Journey" and Grimlock's flashback, as seen here.

===Transformers references===
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e15-King-of-the-Dinosaurs-Swoop-wing-unearthed.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
* In many continuities, [[Grimlock (disambiguation)|Grimlock]] boasts about being "King" of the [[Dinobot (disambiguation)|Dinobot]]s.
* When Grimlock is first exposed, a mechanical pterosaur wing is exposed, referencing Grimlock's fellow dinobot [[Swoop (disambiguation)|Swoop]].
* Grimlock's adventures on Earth are remniscient of [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|his Marvel comics counterpart]]; as seen in [[Repeat Performance!|issue #8]], the Dinobots were also reactivated millions of years before the other Autobots aboard the ''Ark'' by [[Aunty|the ship's computer]] and subsequently adopted dinosaur forms based on the prehistoric creatures of the [[Savage Land]] before being buried until the present day. Similarly the idea of Grimlock wearing a crown is lifted directly from the Marvel comics, though in ''that'' universe his signature crown was a purely egotistical affectation rather than anything useful.
* Grimlock's dinosaur friends include a [[Slag (G1)|''Triceratops'']], a [[Slash (POTP)|''Velociraptor'']] (but see Errors), a [[Swoop (G1)|pterosaur]], a [[Sludge (G1)|sauropod dinosaur]], and a strangely undersized [[Scorn|''Spinosaurus'']].
** A [[Snarl (G1)|''Stegosaurus'']] is absent, but they did only live during the Jurassic era.
* The concept of Grimlock's dual nature—articulate in robot mode, savage in dinosaur mode—is a concept that's seen use before in his [[Grimlock (WFC)|''Fall of Cybertron'']] and [[Grimlock (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' counterparts]], though Teletraan-X's diagnosis that this behavior stems from his rerouting of his cerebral circuitry to enhance his physical power hews closer to the former than the latter.

===Real-world references===
[[File:Cyberverse - King of the Dinosaurs - Grimlocks Secret Base.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Just relax. It's just like taking a stroll through the woods. 65 million years ago."]]
* "Say hello to your little friend", says Bumblebee, paraphrasing ''{{w|Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface}}''.
* Whether through coincidence or design, the interlocking footprint-like decorations that adorn the entrance to Grimlock's headquarters (blink and you'll miss it!) bear a resemblance to the "Footprint alphabet" from the ''{{w|Dinotopia}}'' book series.
* The episode's title is a real life nickname of the ''T. rex'', Grimlock's dino mode.

===Trivia===
* It goes largely untouched upon here but Grimlock's backstory means that the events on Cybertron and the Ark must have happened at least 66 million years ago. It's probably best not to think about how that works with an ongoing war.

===Animation and technical errors===
*When Grimlock is awoken and says, "Good morning every bot!", his chest clips into itself, covering a portion of his Autobot symbol.
* Grimlock specifically refers, in the [[The Extinction Event|following episode]], to having a ''Velociraptor'' amongst his group of not-Dinobots, but in appearance, it looks more like a ''Utahraptor''. Perhaps he had more friends offscreen.
* Grimlock previously stated he gets groggy and slow when he wakes up from stasis. When he is woken by Teletraan I, however, he displays no ill effects.

===Paleontological errors===
* Teletraan-X wonders if Grimlock's head-bashing is a Jurassic mating ritual; ''Tyrannosaurus'', however, lived in the Cretaceous era.
* As is typical, there are location-misplaced dinosaurs, with African ''Spinosaurus'' and Asian ''Velociraptor'' among North American dinosaurs.
*Speaking of which, it's an error only as of [[Scorn#Notes|recently]], but the ''Spinosaurus'' uses the outdated, stereotypical theropod design that the species has been famously depicted in, rather than the updated, squat-limbed and more crocodile-like form it is currently understood to have had...although to give the episode some credit, ''Spinosaurus'' has undergone numerous revisions in the last decade with a still developing consensus on its anatomy.
*Said spinosaur is also criminally undersized: regardless of its skeletal construction, ''Spinosaurus'' has been the largest carnivorous theropod dinosaur discovered thus far, and it should dwarf most of the other dinos in Grimlock's group .

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le roi des dinosaures'''" ("The king of the dinosaurs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 2]], 2018

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der König der Dinosaurier'''" ("The King of Dinosaurs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 19]], 2019

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A dinók királya'''" ("The King of the Dinos")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 24]], 2019

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il Re dei Dinosauri'''" ("The King of the Dinosaurs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 8]], 2018

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyōryū no Ō, Fukkatsu!'''" (恐竜の王、復活!, "The King of Dinosaurs, Resurrected!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 27]], [[2019]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rei dos Dinossauros'''" ("King of the Dinosaurs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 15]], 2019

==Home video releases==
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[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2019 — ''Transformers Cyberverse'' — King of the Dinosaurs ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 

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Whirl (G1)

2022-05-01T07:29:33Z

Spin-Out: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

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:''Whirl is an [[Autobot]] [[Deluxe Vehicle]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Whirl boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Whirl enjoys making hand puppets in his own image.]]
[[Units of time|Vorns]] before [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] coined the phrase "Sometimes crazy works", '''Whirl''' was living it in action. Whirl believes that, logically speaking, insanity makes an extremely effective weapon. Enemies flee in terror before the absolutely insane maneuvers he pulls on the battlefield. His extreme maneuverability in helicopter mode lets him spin, bob, weave, dive, and bank like someone totally out of control. Or totally out of his mind.

Needless to say, Whirl is a rather reckless fighter and can take damage because of it. He's okay with that, because he absolutely LOVES his job... perhaps a little ''too'' much. Many of Whirl's comrades remain unsure if his wild behavior is truly an affectation, or if his increasingly-fleeting displays of rationality are actually the facade hiding a troubled psyche.

Whirl is (or was) a member of the elite [[Wrecker]]s unit.

Sometimes he is known as '''Jetstream'''.

{{quote|This is reckless suicide, plain and simple.|quote2="I ''know!'' What a great plan!|[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and Whirl|''[[Loose Ends, Part 4]]''|}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukexclusive|Whirl}}
Whirl was a member of the elite Wreckers unit under the command of [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]. Alongside [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], he accompanied his commander as Impactor argued with [[Xaaron]] over [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s trip to [[Earth]] to investigate the disappearance of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]].

[[File:Whirl copter Target 2006.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|This is one choppah you cannot get to.]]
Later, the Wreckers continued preparing for [[Operation: Volcano]], an attempt to eliminate some of the [[Decepticon]]s' [[Ten Deadliest Killers|deadliest killers]]. During the simulation, Whirl demonstrated his trademark aerial combat style to draw fire away from his teammates. As the simulation concluded, Impactor decided that without Ultra Magnus' support, the operation would basically become a suicide mission for the Wreckers. Whirl and the others agreed with him and Impactor left to tell Xaaron that the Wreckers were bowing out of Volcano. Taking some downtime, Whirl, Roadbuster, and [[Twin Twist]] went to [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] to unwind. While Roadbuster and Twin Twist were having uneasy feelings about the decision to ditch Volcano, Whirl seemed fine with it, pointing out that it was only logical and no one would say that they were in the wrong. Their discussion was interrupted when they noticed [[Fang]], a Decepticon who began bullying a [[Tusks|smaller Transformer]] in the place. Twin Twist violently intervened, realizing that as Autobots, it was their duty to always do their best to stop the Decepticons. His sudden revelation seemed to energize Whirl and Roadbuster, and after Impactor was convinced by Xaaron to go through with Operation: Volcano, the rest of the Wreckers eagerly volunteered.

[[File:Target 2006 Whirl Roadbuster Do It.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|My face is down here, Roadbuster...I think.]]
Unfortunately, Operation: Volcano failed when most of the targeted Decepticons were unknowingly ordered clear of the ambush by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. Only [[Macabre]] went ahead and attempted to assassinate Xaaron, shooting and mortally-wounding Impactor instead. Whirl and the rest of the Wreckers immediately gunned Macabre down in retaliation. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Later, Whirl was seen alongside Ultra Magnus and his fellow Wreckers on a hunt for a Decepticon spy posing as Optimus Prime. This was revealed, thanks to the efforts of [[Outback (G1)|Outback]], to be a product of Decepticon misinformation and Prime was welcomed back into the fold. {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:Whirl Triton Peace.jpg|left|upright=0.6|thumb|Hands, glorious hands!]]
In an alternate version of [[2510]], Whirl and the Wreckers led the final Autobot offensive against Decepticon held territory, bringing the war to a close. At the ceremony where he officially announced the end of the war, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] chose to make [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], leader of the Wreckers, his successor as Autobot leader and carrier of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. One Autobot named [[Triton]] objected to the idea, though: he said Springer was a fighter, not a tactician, and Ultra Magnus would be a better leader for a world at peace. Whirl took offense to Triton putting down his commanding officer, and shoved the little guy in the back, asking where was his "precious Ultra Magnus" when the Wreckers were winning the war? Triton struck back, and the situation turned from bad to worse as the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] sided with Ultra Magnus against the Wreckers. Shots were fired, battle lines were drawn, and a new war picked up where the old one left off. Tragically, it seems no one took the time to examine Triton's fallen body, and the hidden Decepticon insignia on his chest. The last act of the last Decepticon was to see that there would never truly be peace on Cybertron. {{storylink|Peace}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Whirl LooseEnds2.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Seen and done some crazy things? Pffft. Call us when you're responsible for [[Chaos Theory Part 1|sparking the Autobot/ Decepticon civil war.]]]]
Along with the other [[Wrecker]]s Whirl voted to follow [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]]'s plan to leave Cybertron to visit the other planets touched by the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] and so they hitched a ride with [[Berko]]'s [[Cosmic Carnival]] to Earth. Whirl looked on in horror as their surveillance drones showed a devastated planet, and worse still—Megatron! Before any of the Wreckers could react, the Decepticon promptly launched nuclear warheads at their shuttle, apparently destroying it. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

The Wreckers managed to make it to Earth's surface in escape pods, and Whirl was sent to survey the ruined planet. He spied an incoming horde of [[Zombie|reanimated Decepticons]] sent by Megatron and reported back to the others. The Wreckers' priority then became to get a message back to Cybertron about the situation on Earth. They eventually found the [[Deep Space Network]] located in [[Goldstone]], and put a plan into action to utilize its radio transmitter to send a distress call. Whirl joined Kup and Springer in making a break for the facility while the other Wreckers distracted Megatron's forces. They succeeded in sending their message to Cybertron, but Kup was captured in the process. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}}

The Wreckers soon encountered [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]]—formerly Spike Witwicky, one of the last vestiges of resistance on Megatron's conquered Earth. Despite some initial hostility on his part, the Wreckers were soon invited to [[Argus Base]], the human resistance's headquarters. On the way there, Whirl asked Spike how things had gotten so bad on Earth. Spike filled them in on the tale of Megatron's rise and humanity's fall. After arriving at Argus Base and convening with the leader of the resistance, [[G.B. Blackrock]], the Wreckers agreed to aid them in destroying Megatron's chief power base—the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}

Whirl embarked on a rescue mission with Springer and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] to retrieve Kup and also to divert Megatron's forces from the assault on the Ark. While Sandstorm considered the plan to be "reckless suicide", Whirl cheerfully voiced his approval of it. They soon encountered Megatron's air defenders, and experienced trouble fighting them, as the undead Decepticons apparently no longer felt any pain. While Whirl managed to fly circles around [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] for a bit, he was eventually shot down. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}}

[[File:Topspin whirl destiny.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95]]
After returning to Cybertron, Whirl was present with the other Wreckers as they attempted to defuse a tense situation between civilians on a main highway road. They failed and it erupted into a brawl. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} He later participated in an attack on [[Fort Scyk]] to root out [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s cell of Decepticon insurgents, but was flung through the air when the whole place exploded. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}}

Whirl was with the Wreckers when the entire Autobot fleet attacked the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} While the rest of the fleet was shot down or captured, the Wreckers covertly infiltrated the Hub's [[slam rail]] tube system and began wreaking havoc from within. The Wreckers traveled from point to point, seeking to destabilize the Hub by severing its planetary links with targeted nuclear explosions. Whirl and the others engaged the troops of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in a crowded slam tube and managed to blow them out into space. Eventually, the surviving Autobots managed to escape as the Hub suffered catastrophic damage. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} What became of Whirl after this point is unknown, but if he managed to return to Cybertron and survive the battle with the [[Dark Matrix]] creature, he likely [[Death|died]] of old age after [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] severed their reality's link to the [[multiverse]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
[[File:SecretsAndLies4 AbominusWhirlRacknRuin.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2]]
After [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] sought to reactivate [[Project Dreadnought]], Whirl was recruited by Impactor to be part of a [[Wrecker|new team]] to take out the [[Planetary engine|planetary turbines]]. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}}

Arriving in [[Stanix]], Whirl airlifted [[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin]] in his copter mode to scout ahead, only to find [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] defending the target. Whirl brought Rack'n'Ruin within striking distance of the [[combiner]]'s face and the conjoined duo whacked Abominus with a hammer blow hard enough to knock him down. The Wreckers then engaged the individual [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and other Decepticons until they managed to plant and detonate explosives that destroyed Project Dreadnought. From thereon, the Wreckers functioned as an autonomous unit within the Autobot army, engaging in hit-and-run raids against Straxus' forces as the war continued to rage on for years. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}

===Milton Bradley mini-comic===
Whirl was among the Autobots under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s command who launched in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to clear a path through an asteroid belt. When the Decepticons attacked the ship, Jetfire sent it crashing into [[Earth]], knocking everyone aboard offline. Four million years later, they were repaired when the ship's systems were reactivated by a volcanic eruption. {{storylink|In the Transformers}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:War and Peace 4 RoadbusterWhirl.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"RAGH, WHIRL NOT IN [[The Transformers (cartoon)|CARTOON]]! MENASOR REMOVE FROM STORY!"]]
When the Autobots split into multiple factions after the disappearance of their leaders, Whirl joined Springer's group, known as the Wreckers. During one of the group's missions, he participated in an attack against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], who sought to claim the [[Tagan Heights]] for [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and the [[Ultracon]]s. {{storylink|Escalation}} [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] joined in to battle the Decepticon combiner, but the resulting clash was so brutal that Whirl and the other Wreckers were forced to retreat to avoid becoming collateral damage. {{storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}}

Much later, during [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s rule of Cybertron, Whirl continued with the Wreckers, now a small unit of Autobots dedicated to keeping the peace wherever (and however) necessary. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] released the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] from their imprisonment in Cybertron's [[Detention Banks]], the Wreckers were sent in to deal with the escapees. Unfortunately, both Whirl and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] were crushed before [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] brought down the Stunticons' combined form, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Stormbringer issue 2|''Stormbringer'' #2]]}}
[[File:Stet WhirlPreEmpurataFlashback.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|left|Well, I'm different now. I feel I've been given a chance to start over. A new life, new identity. New purpose.]]
{{quote|Twice voted "Autobot most likely to defect".|[[Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Meet the Crew]]}}

[[File:Interiors WhirlPreEmpurataFlashback.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|HAPPY DAYS]]In the pre-war era, under the reign of [[Nominus Prime]], '''Whirl of [[Polyhex]]''' {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} was a member of the [[Aerial Corps]]. Dissatisfied with his lot, Whirl managed to accomplish what was thought impossible, defying the function he was created with and actually changing professions to become a watchmaker. And Whirl was ''good'' at what he did—so good that the [[Functionist Council]], angry that a moderate functionary had given him permission to switch jobs, decided to teach him a lesson. They had the local criminal elements demand a cut of his profits so that when he refused, the [[Heavies]] would be sent to destroy his business and leave the Council's hands 'clean'. Whirl was left destitute and roamed the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]], where he hung out with a bad crowd and started getting into fights. His combat prowess caught the attention of the [[Senate]]'s agents, who press-ganged a reluctant Whirl into their service. Whirl was made to do despicable things in the Senate's employ. When he tried to resist, he was put through the barbaric [[empurata]] ritual, costing him his original hands and effectively neutering his watchmaking skills. The Senate had, in fact, been ''arranged'' to hire him for all this by the vindictive Functionist Council. {{storylink|Interiors}} {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}

[[File:Ongoing22 WhirlbeatsMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|''I'M THE HERO I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!'']]
Whirl was eventually granted a position in the [[Rodion]] police force. When a rabble-rousing miner named [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] was brought in for brawling with other law enforcement officers, the Senate ordered Whirl to kill him, presumably to silence his increasingly loud voice of dissension. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory #1}} {{storylink|Interiors}} Failing to finish the job, Whirl was arrested by his captain [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]], so the Senate sent more men to free him, fearing his actions would be exposed. Their men attacked the Rodion police station and freed Whirl, but Orion Pax wouldn't stand for it and defeated them, shooting Whirl's leg off in the process. Whirl warned his captain that the Senate would not be happy if any further harm came to him, but Orion merely picked him up, went to the [[Grand Imperium]] in person and confronted the entire Senate with his actions. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2|Chaos Theory #2}}

[[File:Whirl Impactor Patternism.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
Due to Orion Pax's public display of Whirl's crime, the Senate had no choice but to send him to [[Garrus-1]]. After Whirl's mistreatment of Megatron in Rodion was exposed, he found himself suffering constant attacks and beatings in prison by Decepticon sympathizers. Whirl saved his one [[communicube]] call for an appropriate occasion, and found it when his former handler [[Kroma]] briefly became his cellmate. Whirl was told of an impending Senate plot involving assassination and a city-destroying bomb. He consequently used his one call to bring Orion Pax to Garrus-1, where he informed his former captain of all he had heard. While Orion initially assumed Whirl was acting out of compassion, Whirl immediately corrected him, explaining that he just wanted revenge against the Senate for mutilating, using, and abandoning him. After Orion left, Whirl was introduced to his new cellmate—[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], who promptly beat him into critical condition. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

Whirl eventually wound up in the [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Security Service, where he witnessed the full extent of what his actions had wrought, as Megatron, now convinced that violence was the only way forward, assaulted the city and slew [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], beginning the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} Orion Pax—now Optimus Prime—personally invited Whirl to join the Autobots before the Decepticons reached him: "forgiveness as a weapon of war", as Whirl put it. After "bouncing around a bit", he changed his name to "Jetstream" and became a flight instructor at the [[Iaconian Aerial Academy]]. {{storylink|Interiors}}

One of his most promising cadets at the academy was [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]], but he insisted on berating him in private, his verbal abuse eventually evolving into regular unprovoked beatings. After one particularly savage beating, "Jetstream" shoved Rotorstorm into the academy's newly installed [[CR chamber]], and by the time Rotorstorm recovered, his instructor had moved to a training facility in another province. Whirl later returned to using his original name, and attended the ceremony when Rotorstorm received the [[Novic Medal for Outstanding Valor]], applauding and cheering from the front row. {{storylink|Bullets}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4-triumphoverevil.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Category: Things That Do Not Exist.]]
Whirl eventually joined the Autobot special operations taskforce, the Wreckers. He was present with the entire team to greet [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] on the rookie's first day. {{storylink|Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers|Requiem of the Wreckers}} Whirl was with the team when they triumphed in final battle over their longtime rivals [[Squadron X]] on the planet [[Pova]], only to discover they had no jurisdiction on the planet and would be required to let the Squadron go. Refusing to accept this, Wrecker leader Impactor murdered the entire squadron while Whirl looked away in apparent shame, but took no action. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} The incident was covered up by [[Autobot High Command]], and to avoid being implicated in the crime alongside their leader, Whirl and the other Wreckers lied and told Springer that they had no idea what Impactor was planning on doing. Springer believed them and defended their inaction at Impactor's trial, also agreeing to become the new leader of the Wreckers at Whirl and the others' request. {{storylink|Zero Point}}

[[File:Spotlight Trailcutter Killmaster.jpg|thumb|upright=2|left]]

At some point during the war, Whirl established a rivalry with the wand-wielding Decepticon known as [[Killmaster]]. Both of them called each other "nemesis". Whirl never, ''ever'' beat him in a fight and always, ''always'' lied about it to other Autobots. When Killmaster was MIA and presumed dead, Whirl told people he'd killed him after breaking into a medical center where Killmaster was recharging, crushing the Decepticon's brain as he slept, and shoving his wand up his—''AHEM!'' {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}}{{storylink|Dissolution_Part_3:_A_World_Misplaced|A World Misplaced}}

[[File:Whirl copter Stormbringer4.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Is [[Obsidian (BM)|"Obsidianesque"]] a word?]]
Years later, Whirl was deployed with the other Wreckers to [[Varas Centralus]] to help [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]'s counter-insurgency team deal with the Decepticon [[infiltration protocol|infiltration team]] there, which had just activated Siege Mode. Partway into the battle, they were forced to pull out and return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when news came through of the possible resurgence of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Arriving at their homeworld, the team saved the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] from a patrol of [[Centurion droid]]s, then joined Optimus Prime in attacking [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s secret base. Whirl and Roadbuster helped Jetfire from his imprisonment, but they were too late: Bludgeon had indeed recalled Thunderwing home. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}} Whirl joined Springer and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] in attacking the mindless [[Pretender]], but their weapons were disabled when he ionized the air around them, forcing them to back off. Fortunately, a team of Decepticons led by [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] arrived to supplement the Autobot forces and the day was soon won. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

The Wreckers got a rematch with Thunderwing some time later when the denizens of the [[Dead Universe]] took control of him and stationed him on [[Corata-Vaz]] to guard one of the [[Nega-Core]]s required for their [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} Whirl fought hard alongside his teammates {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} and eventually the Wreckers were able to disable the Nega-Core when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] lost control of Thunderwing. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

During the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], when the Decepticons launched a devastating simultaneous attack against the Autobots across the galaxy—Whirl and several other Wreckers were captured by Decepticons under the command of [[Turmoil]]. [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] led an extraction team to rescue the Autobots from a Decepticon cruiser, and they were ultimately saved thanks to the efforts the former Decepticon [[Drift (G1)|Drift]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

[[File:Whirl Sparkeaterweapon Interiors.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|left|"What, ''this''? It's uhm...just his new [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Beast Hunters]] armor! Yeah, that's it."]]
Around three years later, when putting together a squad to liberate [[Garrus-9]] from the clutches of the deranged Decepticon [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], Springer ruled Whirl out of the mission on account of his recently becoming something of a liability. {{storylink|Bullets}} The mission to Garrus-9 left Springer in a comatose state, and Whirl and Roadbuster were assigned the task of watching over him and tending to his needs until he awoke. Convinced that this was never going to happen, Whirl attempted to euthanize his leader with Roadbuster's [[Sparkeater (weapon)|Sparkeater weapon]], but was caught in the act by Roadbuster and ejected from the Wreckers by the power of "the veto"—the ability of a Wrecker to have another member of the unit removed at any time. {{storylink|Interiors}} He wound up in prison for his actions, but was released and given a "final warning" by Ultra Magnus to stay out of trouble. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}}

After the war was ended and Cybertron was returned to a primordial state, Whirl and [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]] were tasked with policing a mob of [[NAIL|neutral Transformers]] that had recently returned to Cybertron. They came upon Optimus Prime being harassed by [[Tappet|one of the mob]], and promptly began bullying the smaller neutral. Optimus Prime had to pointedly lower Whirl's gun and asked to be filled in on current events. Later, the mob revolted and dragged Whirl to the ground during the ensuing riot. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

[[File:Whirl Sweeps Liars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Dear God...they're no longer mint in box!]]
Frustrated with the NAILs and having been kicked out of the Wreckers, Whirl acquired a disturbing method of stress relief: gathering up several leftover [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] carcasses, pinning them to a wall inside a shabby structure out in Cybertron's wastelands, and apparently mutilating them. Eventually deciding that he'd had his fun, Whirl doused the ruins with fuel and bid a very creepy thank you and farewell to the remains, planning to burn it all—quite possibly, himself included. Interrupted by [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]], who had misidentified the Sweeps' energy readings as those of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], Whirl immediately attacked him and set the place ablaze to cover his tracks. Their battle carried them to the [[Mitteous Plateau]], where they were discovered by [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]], [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]], and [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]], prompting Whirl to try and pin all the blame on Cyclonus before killing him so he couldn't contradict his story. Before he could, however, a huge subterranean explosion triggered by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] erupted beneath Whirl, heavily damaging him and knocking him offline. Figuring that Whirl was too dangerous to leave lying around, Ratchet had him brought along with Tailgate aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' as it left Cybertron. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}}

[[File:HangersOn Whirl Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|left|110px|Expressions, glorious expressions!]]
Whirl awoke in the medibay of the ''Lost Light'', his first instinct being to reach out and throttle the nearest person to him, which turned out to be [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]. Brought to his senses with the warning that he'd go back to prison if he didn't behave, Whirl left to skulk around the hallways, where he was found by Ultra Magnus and brought him into a meeting between [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and Cyclonus. Advised to make his peace with Cyclonus, Whirl continued to dodge all responsibility for starting the fight but nonetheless offered him a hand of "forgiveness", only to have Cyclonus respond by drawing him into a ''hug''... followed by a whispered threat that he would kill him at some point and the Autobot would never see it coming.

Later, Rodimus addressed the crew to update them on the situation. When he asked if there were any important questions, Whirl made a point to speak up and state that he was embarrassed to be among this group and that they at least needed a decent name. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}}

When a [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] was reported to be loose on board the ''Lost Light'', the crew were ordered to pair off and lock themselves into habitation suites until the creature was dealt with. Being a jerk, Whirl locked himself in without waiting for his temporary roommate [[Animus]] and ignored the other Autobot's pleas to enter, resulting in his being killed by the Sparkeater. Whirl attacked the creature, but his missiles were intercepted by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s [[force field]] to prevent the catastrophic detonation of the sparks the monster was digesting inside it. Whirl was nonplussed. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}

During a therapy session with Rung, [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]'s extra-sensitive ears overheard Whirl having a "blazing row" with...himself. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} Whirl later attempted to cheer up and advise a despondent Trailbreaker on changing his image. His advice consisted of telling Trailbreaker to change his name, always talk big of himself, and then suggested he get [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] to build him a new weapon. After one of Brainstorm's inventions malfunctioned the entire crew of the ''Lost Light'', save the newly rechristened Trail''cutter'', were temporarily frozen in place when a [[Titan Hunter|group of Decepticons]] inconveniently boarded the ship. Whirl was in the middle of watching a furious Rodimus chew Rewind out on the bridge when he was frozen, and Trailcutter was forced to use his inert body as a shield against gunfire, stealing the guns mounted on Whirl's chest to return fire. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}}

[[File:Whirl Interiors yes.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Whirl: '''1'''. {{-}} Hostage situation: '''-2'''.]]
Not long thereafter, Whirl was having a session with Rung when recent crew addition [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] had an acute psychotic episode and went on a rampage through the ship, holing up in Rung's office and immobilizing Whirl by stabbing him to the floor with a pipe. Unfazed, Whirl taunted Maximus, trying to bait him into killing him, but Maximus only grew more curious about Whirl's mental state and reputation, and threatened Rung in order to force Whirl into telling his life story. The story provided Rewind and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] enough time to position themselves outside Rung's office and distract Maximus with a projection of his tormentor, Overlord. Whirl used the distraction to tear the pipe out of his gut, unpinning himself from the floor. When a shot intended to take Maximus out went wild and hit Rung in the head instead, Whirl took the opportunity to stab the distraught Max with the pipe, ending the hostage situation after three-plus hours. {{storylink|Interiors}}

[[File:Whirl graffiti MTMTEAnnual2012.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|left|"Yeah well, I'll gonna go build my own spaceship! With blackjack! And hookers! In fact, forget the spaceship!"]]
Whirl joined Rodimus, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] in being shrunk down and sent to deal with a swarm of [[Nanocon]]s that had been revived within Ultra Magnus's body, where he showed some difficulty with his "no guns" orders. After Magnus smiled them to death, Whirl managed to leave some graffiti inside Ultra Magnus, a fact that he would proudly inform First Aid of during Tailgate's [[Act of Affiliation]] ceremony.

Later, Whirl was among the Autobots that were teleported to the surface of [[Theophany]] by representatives of the [[Galactic Council]]. After the group found [[Crystal City]] in ruins, Whirl openly mocked Drift's despair at seeing the desolation and was decked by the former Decepticon for his irreverence. The group ventured into the ruins and soon discovered an inert [[Titan (group)|Titan]], which had once been used to power the city. An abortive attempt by Chromedome to hack into the giant's [[brain module]] accidentally woke the Titan, causing it to fire an eye-blast that hit the Council's ship, ''[[The Benign Intervention]]''. Whirl was ordered to take a team to hold off the troops sent to take revenge on the Cybertronians, with Rodimus stressing to the trigger-happy bot that there should be ''no fatalities''. Whirl and the others successfully fended off their attackers until the Autobots were all teleported back to the ''Lost Light'' by the freed Titan, before the ship quantum-jumped to safety. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

[[File:Mtmte-before-and-after-whirl-weaponup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|right|You'd be angry too if you had to bust decepti-chops in high heels.]]
Whirl declined to attend Rewind's movie night when he learned the [[Proteus|subject matter]] of the film. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}} He did, however, agree to aid in Rewind's attempt to expedite Rung's mental recovery. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Rewind brought together a group who each took turns telling their parts in a story of past events from before the war. When Whirl's turn began, he became quite agitated when Ratchet brought up the tender subject of Whirl's encounter with Megatron in Rodion. He settled down and told the others of Orion Pax's visit to Garrus-1 and what they had discussed. When Whirl mentioned that Impactor was his cellmate for a while, Rewind became excited and posited that Impactor had earmarked Whirl then and there for the Wreckers. Whirl shot down that suggestion and admitted that he just got badly beaten-up and he and Impactor met again years later under different circumstances. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} Everyone took a break from storytelling, giving Swerve an opportunity to leave and bring back some booze. Whirl wouldn't let him back into the room without uttering the password—''"Whirl is a million billion times tougher than Cyclonus"''. He later had fun positioning Rung's eyebrows to make the still-unresponsive psychiatrist look cross. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

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When Rodimus led a mission to [[Temptoria]] to fight Decepticons, Whirl was only too happy to volunteer. Aboard the ''[[Leading Light]]'', he had Rewind record him limbering up, and joined in with some impromptu battle chants with the other Autobots. As they fought Decepticons, his attempt to bond with Cyclonus was rebuffed rather bluntly. He subsequently faked a door malfunction, trapping Cyclonus and Rewind with an exploding bomb. He apparently at least had the courtesy to take Rewind back to the ''Leading Light'', and when it turned out he had a compatible [[spark]], allowed First Aid to use him to jumpstart Rewind, earning him Chromedome's gratitude. {{storylink|Before & After}}

Whirl tagged along with Swerve's group when the crew of the ''Lost Light'' was granted leave on the planet [[Hedonia]]. He was granted a new human-based [[holomatter]] avatar, which he seemed to approve of based solely on the fact that it carried weapons. When the group found a Transformer-friendly bar, Whirl got Ultra Magnus black-out drunk after slipping him a drink containing weapons-grade [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]], much to everyone's chagrin. While waiting for Magnus to regain consciousness, the group played "the nemesis game", each sharing their own personal arch-enemies. Whirl named Killmaster as his, and proceeded to describe the graphic nature of how he ended their rivalry before being cut off by Rung. When Magnus began to stir, the group left Swerve to deal with him and took a trip to a nearby gift shop. Whirl opted to remain outside and continually bang his head against a display case—something he felt relieved pressure on his brain. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}}{{storylink|Signal to Noise}}

[[File:Whirlholomatter.jpg|right|thumb|Because {{w|Carl Grimes|one trigger-happy kid with a missing eye}} wasn't bad enough.]]
Sometime later, the group encountered a group of [[Ammonite]]s—a mechanical race similar to Transformers who were entangled in a long and bitter war with their hated foes, the [[Terradore]]s. Whirl and Skids engaged in a bit of a "my war is bigger than yours" contest with them, with the Ammonites outclassing them in most categories. When [[Imperius Drax]], the leader of the Terradores unexpectedly entered the same bar as them, Whirl took it upon himself to show the Ammonites a thing or two about war. He walked up to chat with Drax, things escalated, and then Whirl simply killed the guy, which resulted in the war escalating again. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

Ultra Magnus was still out cold when they returned to check on him, so Whirl hatched a plan to get him back in time for pick-up. He ferried the others to the shuttle, then they projected their holomatter avatars back to the bar to drive Magnus's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] through an organics-only section. While forcing Magnus into vehicle mode proved difficult, they eventually managed it and drove him home. Whirl admitted to the others that, difficulties aside, he had a fun time. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}}

Whirl was among those interviewed for Rewind's documentary, "Little Victories". A "Person You'd Like To Punch" theme night at [[Swerve's]] had an overwhelming majority of people who attended pick Whirl. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] allowed Whirl to vent some frustration and blow up a few asteroids in the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s path. They were interrupted by [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]], who wanted to record a message to send back to Cybertron whenever Blaster managed to repair the subspace communications channel. Whirl and Blaster would be the last Autobots to see Pipes alive, as the hapless [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] was murdered by [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] minutes later. Having escaped from his cell underneath the ''Lost Light'', Overlord was quickly discovered and dozens of Autobots threw themselves into battle with him. For Whirl's part, he only managed to be used as a club and smashed into [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] during the fight. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}} In the aftermath, Whirl attended the funeral of those who lost their lives fighting Overlord and engaged in some speculation with Swerve and Skids over what was in Brainstorm's ever-present briefcase. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

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When a search for the abducted Ultra Magnus led the ''Lost Light'' to discover the long-missing [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], Rodimus asked Whirl to be part of an advance landing party. Finding the "miracle moon" to be a hot spot seething with newborn [[spark]]s, Tailgate asked the others to define for him the difference between being "forged" and being "constructed cold". When Chromedome identified himself as someone who had been constructed cold, Whirl couldn't help but point out that he himself had been forged and "perfected" in a hot spot just like the one they were standing in. Shortly thereafter, the group was attacked by [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]]'s [[Titan Hunter]]s, forcing Whirl and the others to flee from superior numbers. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} Retreating didn't sit well with Whirl, and he invited Cyclonus to join him in a counterattack on their pursuers. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}}

Their attack was successful only in that they didn't get captured along with the others. Whirl couldn't help himself in claiming that he had killed more Decepticons than Cyclonus during the battle. On smelling the enriched Nucleon of a nearby armory close to a jail suspended over a [[smelting pool]], Whirl was eager to organise a jailbreak to free Rodimus and the others.

In company with a far more cautious Cyclonus, Whirl found that he couldn't open the armory door due to his unwieldy claws and needed Cyclonus to help him. Occupied with the door mechanism, Cyclonus inquired of Whirl why he never had his empurata features "fixed". Whirl replied that he was messed up, that he had done and would continue to do bad things. While he remained angry about his mutilations, he was insulated against the voice of his conscience. If fixed he "really would be screwed". In the spirit of ''quid pro quo'' Whirl tried to ask Cyclonus about the gashes on his face, but the reply was lost when a stealthy [[Legislator]] stabbed Cyclonus through the midriff with his sword.

[[File:Whirl Cyclonus TheDividedSelf.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|"You know what I keep thinking about, Cyclonus? You know the end of Butch Cassidy? Redford and Newman are almost out of ammunition, and the whole Bolivian army is out in front of this little hut?"{{-}} "Whirl, I'm going to make you pay for this."]]

Fortunately (or unfortunately) for Whirl, he fought Cyclonus's attacker off so that Cyclonus could remove the blade without too much injury. The pair then teamed up with other rescued prisoners, [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] and the remaining survivors of the ill-fated [[Circle of Light]], just as an army of Legislators attacked en masse. Whirl asked Cyclonus to call off his previous death threats if they made it out of the fight alive as they rushed into battle wielding [[Great Sword]]s procured from the armory. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

In the middle of the battle Whirl noticed something very unusual about Cyclonus's Great Sword, it was, in Whirl's words, "frikkin nuclear-powered", glowing with light and cutting a swathe through the attacking Legislator army. Cyclonus had a surprisingly deep connection with his sword for a novice, as only Dai Atlas could manage a similar feat with his own sword. Dai Atlas suggested to Whirl that "your friend is clearly ''devout''". Whirl was more surprised by the use of the word "friend" than the rest of Atlas's explanation.

However much headway they were making, it wasn't fast enough for Cyclonus. Cyclonus's rather obtuse comment of being "needed elsewhere" made Whirl respond cattily that he was dragging their battle out for fun, that he would just finish up himself. Dai Atlas asked Cyclonus if Whirl was being sarcastic, and Cyclonus replied that he didn't believe that even Whirl knew. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

Whirl and the surviving members of the Circle of Light continued to fight the Legislators, but they were eventually overwhelmed. Moments from being killed, Whirl was saved when Chief Justice [[Solomus|Tyrest]] called all remaining Legislators to his position. In the battle's aftermath, Whirl and Cyclonus conferred on the edge of the smelting pool. A heavily damaged and unable-to-fly Whirl asked Cyclonus if he was still willing to let bygones be bygones in regards to their mutual death threats against one another. Despite briefly entertaining a fantasy of shoving Whirl into the smelting pool, a preoccupied Cyclonus agreed and departed.

Later aboard the ''Lost Light'', Whirl would reveal that Dai Atlas had commented on the unnatural strength of Cyclonus's spark—demonstrated while Cyclonus was wielding a Great Sword. Atlas had wondered if Cyclonus had the spark of a newborn with the intense energy he was producing. Relaying this information to Cyclonus, Whirl indirectly helped save Tailgate's life, as Cyclonus consequently used his excess spark energy to revitalize his dying roommate. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

[[File:Whirl fightfightfight BlackMetal.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"Yay, now is fighty time, fighty time, blood blood blood!"]]
The ''Lost Light'' received a distress call from Orion Pax and headed to [[Gorlam Prime]]. They rescued the ''[[Skyroller]]'' from the collapsing planet's gravity well and welcomed Orion and his crew aboard. Whirl derived amusement from [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]'s outright hostility toward Cyclonus. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Later, when Orion and Rodimus were looking for volunteers to journey into the [[Dead Universe]], Hardhead took another verbal potshot at Cyclonus. Whirl was gleeful at first, but then disappointed when they didn't come to blows. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}}

After the ''Lost Light'' was by guided by to an unknown planet, the Autobots found themselves underwater and attacked by thousands of Ammonites. Whirl was among those who boarded the [[Rodpod]] to launch a counterattack. Eventually, the Autobots found the inert [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] hiding on the ocean floor. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}}

The Rodpod entered Metroplex's empty eye socket and made its way to the [[Brain module|brain]], where the group discovered it missing. The Autobots disembarked and after journeying around in Metroplex's head for a brief time, they ended up right back where they started at the Rodpod. Whirl took his frustration out on the garish vehicle, but it was soon discovered to be booby-trapped by an Ammonite. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} The Rodpod exploded, but the Autobots were shielded from the blast by a wall that had suddenly sprung up within the chamber. Ratchet worryingly noticed that Whirl had gone missing in the chaos. Whirl quickly returned, however, having captured the Ammonite that blew up the Rodpod. After some strong-arming, the Ammonite revealed that they had been ordered by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] to sabotage the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s efforts to return to Cybertron. Before the Autobots could discuss these revelations further, they were confronted by [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}}

[[File:FinisTemporis DeaderThanADuobot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|right|Whirl, paragon of sensitivity.]]
After a brief introduction, the two [[Female Transformer|female]] Autobots offered to lead the others to Metroplex's brain. Another horde of Ammonites appeared, and Ultra Magnus ordered the others to follow Nautica and Chromia. Whirl opted to stay behind and fight the Ammonites with a few others, noting that he was in his element in battle. Eventually, the Autobots were able to connect Metroplex to the ''Lost Light'', which he used as a makeshift life support system. He quantum-jumped back to Cybertron, bringing the ''Lost Light'' with him. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Unfortunately, this didn't solve the problem of the Ammonite infestation, and Whirl's group was still fighting for their lives within Metroplex as the giant Autobot squared off with the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]. The Ammonites kept combining into larger and larger forms, prompting Whirl to admit that even he was tired of fighting with them. Thankfully, through the efforts of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] and Megatron, Metroplex was given a sudden boost of power, which reactivated his internal defenses. This immediately eliminated any Ammonite invaders, with Whirl charmingly referring to them as being "deader than a [[Duobot]]". {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

[[File:Whirl Arcee DCFinale.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Arcee knows that when things aren't [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] fault, they're almost certainly Whirl's.]]
After the Necrotitan was felled, Whirl, putting aside past enmities he may have for the Decepticons, sang along to a tune alongside several of them in Swerve's bar, including [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The moment of levity was cut short, however, by the arrival of a 70 ''billion''-strong Ammonite army. Whirl was once again thrust into Ammonite-murdering duty. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Whirl joked around with [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] about accidentally causing the re-escalation amongst the Ammonites' war, and made a little remark about his role in the start of their own war. When the Ammonites all spontaneously exploded, Whirl called foul on the whole thing for ruining his fun. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

[[File:Whirl Megatron MTMTE28.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|''HUEVOS RANCHEROS!!!'']]
Whirl attended Megatron's trial, standing next to Arcee. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}}

Six months after that, Whirl was still on board the ''Lost Light'', only this time due to a series of events, the captain (or rather, co-captain) of the ship was, in fact, Megatron. Whirl began collaborating with [[Getaway]] and [[Atomizer]] to bait Megatron into attacking an Autobot so that they would have an excuse to have him re-imprisoned. {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}} Whirl first messed up Megatron's door with graffiti, and then attacked him with a crossbow before making a physical assaulted. Whirl claimed that he was tired of waiting for Megatron to make his first move, and had instead taken the initiative. However, the fight offered a shocking revelation from Megatron: the only reason Whirl had survived for so long was because Megatron had ensured it by giving an order for the Decepticons never to kill Whirl as a kind of 'gratitude' for teaching him that words were not enough—informing the ex-Wrecker that he was not as good a fighter as he, or other Autobots, believed. The enraged Whirl attempted to punch a hole in Megatron's torso, only to lose his arm through a wormhole within the ex-Decepticon. Megatron then used his revelation as leverage to get the humiliated Whirl to clean up the graffiti and left him in the engine rooms. Whirl later reported to his co-conspirators with a communicator that his attempt to bait Megatron into attacking him had failed. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}}

Whirl and his co-conspirators began planning to manipulate an Autobot into being assaulted or killed by the ex-con; once that happened, Autobot security would either arrest or kill Megatron. Getaway decided Tailgate would be the perfect patsy. {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}}

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Later on, suspected to be behind the theft of Ultra Magnus's desk tidy (which was more likely caused by the ship disappearing piece by piece), Whirl was confined to his quarters. As 'protest' for this, Whirl watched off-world cinema at Swerve's using his holomatter avatar. While braiding his hair, Whirl revealed that he was a fan of Jean-Luc Godard's works. During the subsequent alarm as portions of the ''Lost Light'' began to disappear, Whirl's holomatter disappeared. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Whether he made it to a lifepod or not, Whirl presumably disappeared along with the rest of the original crew of the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}}

Eventually, the remaining crew found the ruins of a quantum duplicate ''Lost Light'', which had been attacked by the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. The on-course ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Whirl had his arms torn off before having his head blown off by [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}}

Whirl was part of Rodimus' intrepid band of heroes chosen to chase down the rogue Brainstorm and gleefully raided Brainstorm's experimental weaponry. When asked by Magnus on why Rodimus would bring Whirl on such a high risk mission, Rodimus answered it was because Whirl would be eager to take a bullet for Orion Pax. The group travelled back to the [[Alyon]] [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]] where Whirl bluffed to the past Orion Pax that he was on day release from prison. When the larger group regrouped to compare notes, they realized that Sentinel wasn't trying to snuff out the Sparks but was experimenting on them with Whirl putting forth the idea that the [[Elite Guard]] had assumed Orion's group was trying to steal the Sparks. After the Sparks had been shielded by Trailbreaker's forcefield, Whirl joined Cyclonus in attacking the hovering weapons platform. When that mess was sorted, the group continued to follow Brainstorm but Whirl (unlike everyone else) expressed no grief that they had not prevented Trailbreaker's death. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

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Travelling further back to [[Rodion]], Whirl exchanged (rather terrible) banter with Rodimus as they overlooked the police station. After Brainstorm had escaped Cyclonus, the group followed him back a year and split up. Whirl went with Chromedome and Rewind back to the police station and interrupted their tense, romantic conversation to show off his past self's arrest of [[Crossbar]] giddily realizing this was the day Megatron would be arrested. His good mood was ruined when the [[Heavies]] arrived. Utterly trashing them, Whirl was only stopped by Chromedome as the Heavies had to live to ensure future (past?) events happened as they had. Hammer had heard everything about the future and proceeded to taunt Whirl that they had mutilated him at the order of the [[Functionist Council]]. In rage, Whirl turned the [[Sparkeater Gun]] on the third chap who'd come with them declaring him guilty by association. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 2: Stet|Stet}}

[[File:PredestinationAnExpertsGuide WhirlSavesMegatron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"Everything is Shockwave's fault, huh? Well, now everything he does is MY fault!
Your move!" ]]
The group then arrived at [[Con Facility 113]] and though Rodimus and Rung had talked down Brainstorm, Rewind killed the unborn Megatron convinced the galaxy would be a better place without him as the myriad of aliens would survive despite the Functionists remaining in power. Whirl respectfully disagreed as he felt countless aliens (they were organics anyway) dying was a price worth paying if it meant Megatron would kill the Functionists and thus inserted a [[Point One Percenter]] Spark that Brainstorm had swiped from [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] into Megatron's body, securing the timeline. Upon returning to the ''Lost Light'', Whirl joined the crew in movie night for ''[[Back to the Future|Back to the Future Part II]]'' but found it inferior to {{w|Alphaville (film)|''Alphaville''}}. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|Predestination: An Expert's Guide}}

At some point, he scrawled "WHIRL WUZ HERE" on a chair in Swerve's. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}} He was present at Rodimus's first real announcement of progress. He went to Thunderclash's pre-wake, did some crazy dancing, and returned to the ''Lost Light'' with most of the crew. {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}}

[[File:TheLopsidedTriangle WhirlOffersAdvice.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right|"Today on Doctor Whirl, I listen to a stupid idiot with dumb problems. Love should be tough, and I'm the toughest there is."]]
Later on, Cyclonus went to Whirl's room to ask for advice on Tailgate and Getaway. Whirl was astonished and amused that Cyclonus would ever ask him for advice on such a personal matter, and pointed out that saving Tailgate's life and caring about him did not make him Cyclonus' property. He also pointed out that Cyclonus hadn't really shown Tailgate he cared, while Getaway did so. Just as Cyclonus was about to leave, Whirl asked why he came to him. Cyclonus replied that he believed Whirl would tell him the truth, because Whirl didn't care about what he (or anybody) thought. Troubled, Whirl summoned Getaway and [[Atomizer]], with whom he was working to bring belated justice to Megatron. Whirl was having second thoughts about their plan to bring about Megatron's downfall if it resulted in Tailgate's murder. Getaway shot him in the head with a nudge gun, wiping Whirl's memories of the plan. Just before he passed out, Whirl projected his avatar outside Cyclonus' staring-window. Cyclonus rushed to Whirl's room to find out what was going on, only to find Whirl possessed no memory of their earlier conversation, and all of his digital clocks had been set to 1:13 - Megatron's room number. {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}}

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Later, Brainstorm's contrivance engine was due to be activated, and despite only having 15 minutes to get to their B.E.D.s, Whirl, Swerve, and Nautica loitered to get drunk off sub-space filtered engex. They then heard a knock at the bar door. Whirl answered and found a new [[protoform]] in an engex box. Since they couldn't afford to risk the extra spark being detected by Maulers, the group decided to send it back to Luna 1. After various escapades, Whirl was left 'holding the baby'. Worse, when he decided the only remaining option to protect the crew was to flush it out the airlock, he discovered it had imprinted on him, adopting claws and a singular optic. Whirl gave in to his remaining threads of compassion and soft-terminated his own spark to hide the protoform with him in his B.E.D. He later woke up in the med-bay, with Velocity telling him he was lucky to be alive. Oh, and that it wasn't a protoform he was incubating—it was an infestation of [[Scraplet]]s, manipulating him so that they could survive to kill again. But Whirl wasn't upset... he was ''proud'' of the little pests. {{storylink|Silent Light}}

Whirl invited Megatron to the regular Movie Night. Don't worry, he hadn't mellowed out, he was being a dick: the film was a war documentary and watching it would make Megatron unhappy. When Megatron was late, they passed the time by starting without him. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} Soon after, Whirl was part of a group that observed the second launch of the ''Lost Light'' via a magic window unaware that he and the others were being observed by a repentant [[Getaway]] from further in the future. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}}

As revenge for turning his back on the mutiny, Whirl was tricked into boarding the [[Rodpod]] to be turned over to the [[Galactic Council]] on [[Necroworld]]. When the group arrived they were attacked by the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and barricaded themselves in the [[Mortilus|Necrobot's]] "fortress" with Whirl glaring at Getaway when they made contact with him. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

[[File:HowBrightTheirFrailDeeds WhirlNoFuneral.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|''*sniff*'' We're not crying, we just-''*sob*'' shut up]]

No sooner had Whirl voiced his protest at simply sitting inside and dying did the attackers back off, promising to return at sunset. When the group split to explore the fortress, Nightbeat had come through by discovering a teleport chamber. Nautica, Velocity and Swerve however had discovered a chamber full of stasis pods containing organic lifeforms, lifeforms Whirl was eager to abandon. But after Megatron had made a rousing speech about understanding and companionship, Whirl decided to stay behind. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}} Thinking death was imminent, Rewind recorded final messages from each of the group to be broadcast into space, although they weren't received by anyone until three weeks later. For his part, Whirl wanted no funeral. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

As sunset approached and a forcefield had been set up, Whirl and Cyclonus finished the turrets and discussed relationships. But when Whirl tried to fire on the baddies however, it turned out the forcefield worked in both directions preventing the turrets from being used. When nightfall arrived, Whirl joined everyone for a group hug. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}} The single most important group hug ever as Tailgate's strong grip had given Velocity the idea to temporarily boost everyone to [[Outlier (group)|outlier]] levels via traumatizing someone. That someone was Skids and after his Spark unleashed a burst of energy, {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}} the new superpowered Autobots charged out to meet their fates. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}}

But when Skids died, the upgrade went with him and the group was surrounded to be saved by Megatron now having donned a [[fusion cannon]] and irritably told the crew to fall back while he confronted [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]]. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}} Whirl went off to explore the fortress and found his severed arm that had been lost to Megatron's internal space bridge portal months ago, which Ravage recognized as an indicator that Megatron had figured out how to safely mine [[antimatter]]. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

After Megatron defeated the Decepticon Justice Division, Brainstorm rebuilt the teleport chamber and Rodimus took a group to go back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Rodimus placed Cyclonus in charge of those left behind on Necroworld, and when Whirl asked why he wasn't chosen, Rodimus responded that he wouldn't trust Whirl to be "in charge of his own feet." Whirl took this jab in stride, admitting that he respected people who mouthed off to him. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

[[File:AWorldMisplaced WhirlVKillmaster.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0]]
Called down to find a closed, ''massive'', stasis pod and utterly bored, Whirl released the 'bot inside and found it was Killmaster, his old nemesis. The Decepticon immediately went on a rampage ("what a pro") and the two rivals once again engaged in combat... combat that Whirl admitted he needed help with, telling Swerve he'd never won before and screaming for him to get Tailgate. Help arrived in the form of a badly wounded Cyclonus, much to Whirl's dismay. Ten and Swerve got zapped by Killmaster's teleporting wand {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} before Cyclonus was able to lop his arm off and Whirl used the wand on ''Killmaster''. Before they went to Brainstorm to get Swerve and Ten teleported back, Whirl probed Cyclonus's cover story about his wounds and learned Tailgate had been fitting in his sleep. Cyclonus refused Whirl's advice about telling Tailgate the truth before it killed him, so Whirl—refusing Cyclonus' advice to drop it—crept into Tailgate's room to tell him "a story". {{storylink|Dissolution_Part_4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}} After telling Tailgate the truth behind Cyclonus' wounds, he accompanied the minibot back to the main room and discussed Killmaster's inventions, with Whirl commenting that the only thing Killmaster loved more than teleportation weaponry was being a master of killing. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}} He was present to greet the returning crew when [[Necroworld]] returned to its own universe. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} At some point, Whirl and Ultra Magnus watched Springer's final message before the Wreckers' leader entered the [[Timemaze]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers|Requiem of the Wreckers}} When Rodimus revealed his [[Skip|back-up plan to return to Cybertron]], Whirl asked if they could leave Swerve behind. Once the team was ready to take off, Whirl stopped Cyclonus from mutilating himself, following his and Tailgate's "breakup", and sat next to him for support. {{storylink|After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|After Megatron}}

[[File:Sardines WhirlcomfortsCyclonus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Aboard Skip, Whirl kept to himself, lying down while taking up as much space as possible. When an outraged howl of despair sounded from the captain's quarters, Whirl recognized it as Cyclonus and deduced the cause. After Cyclonus had accidentally raked Rewind with his sword, Chromedome socked Cyclonus in the jaw before Whirl broke up the fighting. When Whirl asked Cyclonus about Tailgate, Cyclonus promptly broke down in the ex-Wrecker's arms. Soon enough, the mass displacement began wearing off only for [[Ten]] to speak up and tell everyone to listen to him.{{storylink|Sardines}} What no one knew was that Ten had been possessed by the [[Omega Guardian]]s and who guided the group to the original [[Mederi]] in the year [[2018]] via the [[Warren]]. When the group arrived, they were forced to bail out, supercompressed space ravaging their bodies. Crash landing on Mederi, the moon fixed them up and presented itself as the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]] based on Cyclonus' desire to reunite with Tailgate. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metastasis}} {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

[[File:YouAreHere WhirlhasDoubts.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
Ever the grump, Whirl found little to love about heaven, only socking Ratchet for bringing them here due to his condition. With Rodimus moping about, Whirl rallied him into action by asking "What Would Megatron Do?", which rallied their leader enough for him to demand an audience with "[[Primus]]" giving Whirl the joy of watching Rodimus be struck by a bolt of divine lightning. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metastasis}} As more and more "ghosts" began to appear, Whirl was approached by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] who claimed to have solved the mystery of Rung's alternate mode. Before Nightbeat could utter this revelation, he "ascended", the method of the act rousing Whirl's suspicions. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}} With everyone else lined up to "ascend", Whirl called Ultra Magnus to inform him of his trepidations. Magnus's group soon discovered where they were causing the Afterspark to glitch and fade away leaving Whirl with the task of telling Cyclonus that Tailgate was but a facsimile. As the two lovers said they goodbyes however, it turned out Tailgate really was himself. The happy moment was then ruined by Team Rodimus reuniting with the mutineers, now mutated into ravenous [[Sparkeater (creature)|sparkeaters]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

[[File:Lustrare WhirlRedScraplets.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|Daddy's little monsters.]]
Once reinforcements had arrived, Whirl was part of the group that boarded the ''Lost Light'', being quickly caught in a red [[scraplet]] trap. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} Though [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]] managed to initially deter the predators, they soon regrouped and lunged at Whirl... for his Luna 1 scraplets had been thrown into the mix. With his tamed beasts, Whirl went to back up Rodimus, having his boys devour [[Getaway]]. The moment was again ruined when a massive tear in the [[Warren]] appeared above the moon. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}

While Whirl quarantined the scarplets in the medbay, everyone else boarded the ''Lost Light'' as they prepared to escape. When the ship launched however, it proved unable to match the rift's gravity being dragged through to the [[Benzene Cluster]], now populated by five multi-coloured copies of ancient Cybertron. As they touched down on one, the group came under attack from the [[Black Block Consortia]], now reduced to a puppet state controlled by the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]]. The being invited them all aboard his [[Worldsweeper]] where the group bore witness to the five Cybertrons being used to drill a hole between universes. From the other universe came a fleet, with a duplicate of the ''Lost Light'' flying point, who's captain called and revealed himself to be [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}} Following Megatron through was the [[Functionist Universe]]'s version of Cybertron, now transformed into a robot mode cast in the likeness of Primus. Though Megatron tried to free the group, the Architect sealed the hull breach before everyone could escape. Part of the group left behind, Whirl confronted the Architect, who was dressed like [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] and claimed to be Adaptus. Though everyone doubted this claim, the Architect verified it by revealing the other members of the [[Guiding Hand]] namely that the Necrobot had been [[Mortilus]], Tyrest was [[Solomus]], and that the Magnificence was [[Epistemus]]. Though Whirl presumed Functionist Cybertron to be Primus, Adaptus laughed off the notion... because Rung was Primus! {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

[[File:LL 24 Even Team Whirl.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.60|"This is the bravest soldier I've seen since my mirror got grease on it. I hereby order that in Whirl's honour, he be melted down and made into a statue of himself."]]

Despite Whirl's open disbelief of such a claim, Rung soon proved it to be the truth, demonstrating his self-healing abilities and revealing the truth of the [[God War]]. As the group conversed however, they failed to notice that Solomus had also regained his ancient memories which drove him to attack Adaptus. Though Adaptus proved a better fighter, Solomus was able to fell his brother, causing both to explode into inert sentio metallico (which Whirl decided was ''exactly'' how he wanted to go out). With no resistance, Rodimus teleported to the ''Lost Light'' and freed everyone, bringing them all aboard for a brainstorming session. Though Whirl was eager for Rung to unleash his divine might on the false Primus, Rung had no divine might to unleash. Soon enough however, the group came to the conclusion of having Rung create twelve duplicates of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and use their power to overload [[Vector Sigma]] via the [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]s, thereby erasing the [[Functionist Council]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Sent to [[Mesmerica]] with Ultra Magnus, Whirl functioned as his bodyguard until Magnus was caught unawares by a [[Functionary]] and knocked out his armor and into stasis. When Whirl landed to seize the Matrix, he was struck by an RPG blast and grievously wounded but, thanks to Rodimus's inspirational speech, found enough strength to open the Matrix. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

[[File:LL25 WhirlhugsCyclonus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7]]

New Cybertron, as it came to be known, was soon visited by Prowl who decided to decommission the ''Lost Light'' so its quantum engines could be used to double the planet's energon reserves but allowed the crew the luxury of a victory lap, which Whirl found boring. Before jumping back home, however, the crew decided to recreate the quantum explosion that marked the beginning of their voyage in the hopes that they could once again duplicate themselves, so that their adventures would never end. Although the crew of the ''Lost Light'' would never truly know if their experiment worked, the ''Lost Light'' crew ''did'' successfully pull the stunt off; their duplicates ''did'' materialize in an alternate universe, eager to continue their adventures.

In the primary universe, Whirl proved unable to adapt to peacetime life, and served eighty-four sentences at a dozen prisons, including [[Garrus-10]]. When Ratchet passed away, Whirl was serving another prison sentence at G-10 but, on account of being low-risk, received permission to attend the funeral and left a vial of [[innermost energon]] for his old friend. As part of Ratchet's will, Whirl was gifted the late medic's hands. As he was leaving, Cyclonus approached Whirl and offered him the opporutnity to live with him and Tailgate in [[Tetrahex]] once he'd been released. Whirl responded to this act of kindness with a great big hug and had Ratchet's hands returned to Drift. Though touched by the gesture, Whirl had finally come to understand that he wasn't broken and didn't need fixing. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-3-Whirl.jpg|100px|thumb|left]]
After being asked to by [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], the [[Autobot]]s attacked the Decepticon Base and chased away [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], who wasn't letting ''anyone'' in the base, not even Megatron. In thanks, Megatron hosted a party in the base, which Whirl attended. {{Storylink|A Reliable Warrior!? Vortex the Lookout from Hell}}
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===Legends World===
[[File:LG04 comic Roadbuster.jpg|thumb|]]
Whirl and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] were built in the [[Legends World]] by [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]], inspired by designs from a {{w|Special Armored Battalion Dorvack|certain '80s giant robot anime}}, to aid him in his plans to return the world to how it was in the '80s. In spite of Tankor's design intentions, however, [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] recognized them as Autobots from a [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|British ''Transformers'' comic]], an origin story that confused the pair. Setting out to take humans hostage to further their cause, Whirl then encountered an [[Whirl's friend|innocent little girl]] and had a change of heart about his role in life. Placing the girl in his chest canopy, he decided to fight for her sake as a hero of justice and turned on Roadbuster, only to later get admonished by the girl for being too violent. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 4|Bonus Edition Vol. 4}} [[File:LG05 comic Whirl.jpg|thumb|left]] Entrusted with Tankor's '80s Transformation Beam, Roadbuster then started turning everyone present into various '80s forms, though the weapon didn't affect Whirl since he was already from the '80s. When Tankor's resolve was broken by a speech from [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], Whirl took the chance to air-drop the rat onto the villains like a bomb, defeating Roadbuster. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}}

Waspinator later taught [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] about Whirl and Roadbuster during his ''Transformers'' lesson, again explaining that they first appeared in a British comic. The concept of British Transformers had Megatron thinking of the pair as English stereotypes, imagining Whirl as a gentleman in a top hat and monocle, and he confused himself thinking about how Whirl could enjoy a cup of tea without a mouth. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 15#Whirl and Roadbuster Now on Sale, Buzz|Whirl and Roadbuster Now on Sale, Buzz}} On [[Christmas]], Whirl and his little girl friend watched charitable Roadbuster and Tankor give away '80s toys. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}}

Running into Roadbuster again while spending time with the girl, Whirl took his new friend hostage to prevent Roadbuster from attacking, shocking his former partner with the decidedly un-heroic act. The girl was upset and took control of Whirl from the inside, forcing him to heroically pick up garbage instead. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 17#Whirl Versus Roadbuster!|Whirl Versus Roadbuster!}} For some undisclosed reason, Whirl eventually returned to Tankor and Roadbuster's side and the three went back to terrorizing the population, but it all came to an end when a dimensionally-displaced [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] defeated Tankor for good. Whirl and Roadbuster were left lost and confused about what to without their leader, so Jetfire invited them back to his [[G1 World|home dimension]], reasoning they would fit in better there. The pair accepted his offer and traveled through a [[solitarium]] portal to the year [[2004]] of his universe, where they joined the Autobots. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 7|Bonus Edition Vol. 7}}

Upon meeting the [[Jumpstarter]]s, Whirl and Roadbuster introduced themselves as "Wreckers", something Waspinator had identified them as. Overhearing this, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] thought it was a great team name and founded the Wreckers as a new Autobot unit, recruiting the duo into it. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#LG-07 Jetfire Sequel|LG-07 Jetfire Sequel}} [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] then charged the team with cleaning up around [[Mount St. Hilary]], something Whirl took well to since he had previous experience. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#G1 Wreckers Birth Story|G1 Wreckers Birth Story}} At one point he and Roadbuster explained their origins to the Jumpstarters, who would later create Legends World to begin with in order to ensure their comrades would be born. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}} In the year [[2021]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] recalled Whirl and Roadbuster's origins when he and his soldiers were reduced to heads and needed new bodies built. Using residual radiation acquired from the two Wreckers, Fortress located the Legends World and traveled there in search of the expertise used to build them. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}}

As Wreckers, Whirl and Roadbuster fought under Springer for many years. In the late [[2030]]s, they noticed their leader was starting to get fat, and Whirl accidentally hurt him by bluntly commenting that his neglect for his appearance was the reason his relationship with [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] had failed. Springer then sought to become his old macho self again, so Whirl and Roadbuster suggested he go to the Legends Universe and have their creator, Tankor (now [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]), build him a cool new body. They two came with him for a chance to revisit their old home, where Whirl was reunited with his friend and let her sit inside him again. {{storylink|LG19 Sprung Prologue}} They then returned to the G1 World where they pushed Springer into asking Arcee out. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#LG19 Springer Sequel|LG19 Springer Sequel}} Upon learning that the Legends World was under attack by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], Whirl and Roadbuster volunteered to return and defend their homeworld. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#LG65 Twin Twist Prologue|LG65 Twin Twist Prologue}} On arrival, they were pinned down by Windblade's [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]], leaving [[Twin Twist]] to take her on. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 65|Bonus Edition Vol. 65}}

After the Legends World was destroyed, Whirl ended up back in the G1 World. In [[2038]], he and Roadbuster were on [[Micro|Zone]], where he watched the [[Powered Master]]s duke it out with [[Violengiguar]] in their old bodies. {{Storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 2}}

===''The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Pursuing the AllSpark after it had been launched into space, Whirl was one of the many Autobots that found their way to Earth. There, he participated in a great battle within a human settlement against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Whirl was considered to be brave and loyal by [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], being counted among his potential recruits for the [[Wreckers]]. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 4}}

==Games==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
Whirl was one of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in a fight against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon forces, in what might possibly have been an inter-universe battle. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Whirl was involved in a chaotic kerfuffle. What outcome the battle yielded is unclear. {{storylink|By Land, Sea, or Air}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsWhirl.jpg|thumb|right|400px| Adorably crazy.]]
Whirl participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 100 units of Cybermetal, 50 units of Transmetal, and 30 exclusive cores.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1Whirl toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Shockwave's younger brother? Only in the wild world of [[Fan fiction|fanfic]]s.]]
*'''Whirl''' (Deluxe Vehicle, [[1985]])
**''Accessories'': "Null-Ray Module", "[[Paralyzo box]]", "Photon Beam Rifle", "Shell Cannon"

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Whirl transforms into a light blue Cybertronian attack helicopter, similar to a Bell {{w|AH-1 Cobra}}. In this mode, he has two wing-mounted weapons installed: a Gatling-like "Shell Cannon" and a four-tube "Photon Beam Rifle".

:In [[robot mode]], Whirl is unusual in that he appears quite different from the other Transformers in the line at the time. He has no humanoid hands; instead, his arms end in a pair of mechanical pincers. A "[[Null-ray|Null-Ray]] Module" cannon can be fitted over either pincer, while his "Paralyzo-Box" weapon slides onto the fin on his right leg. Though not strictly an accessory, his head features a swiveling antenna that is very easily detached and lost.

:There is a variation in the construction of his canopy; while most are smooth and featureless, some have raised "cage" outlines on the edges.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-deluxe-vehicles-whirl/602/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Whirl at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Whirl/whirl.htm More information on Whirl at TFU.info]''
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===''Classics''===
[[File:ClassicsWhirl toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Am I blue? Am I blue? Ain't these tears in my eye tellin' you?]]
*'''Autobot Whirl''' (Legends Class, [[2007]])
**''Accessories'': Rotor blade

:A [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Evac (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Evac]], ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Whirl transforms into a blue Eurocopter Dauphin rescue helicopter. A ''heavily'' simplified version of the [[Evac (Cybertron)#Voyager|Voyager Class Evac toy]], his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] has a back mounted (non-firing) twin missile launcher which is carried onto his robot mode, and he is also armed with a rotor blade on his left arm which can rotate, but does not spin freely.

:In terms of articulation, he has ball-jointed hips and knees and can rotate his arms, although the arms can otherwise barely move beyond pointing straight down due to his ball-jointed shoulders being blocked by plastic.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' Legends Class [[Blades (G1)#LOC|Blades]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/ClassicsWhirl/whirl.htm More information on ''Classics'' Whirl at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Whirl generations voyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Not as super-unvincible as people were hoping.]]
*'''Autobot Whirl''' (Voyager Class, [[2014]])
**''Series / Number:'' '''02 / 006'''
**''Accessories'': Null-Ray Module, Paralyzo box, Shell Cannon, Photon Beam Rifle

: ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Generations: Thrilling 30]]'' Whirl is heavily styled after his Generation 1 toy, but sports a more curved head and reverse knee "chicken legs" which evoke (but do not match) his appearance in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''. He also has a third, Gerwalk-esque mode known as a "Heloped". Just as with his original toy, he has a pair of mechanical pincers which a weapon similar to his "Null-Ray Module" cannon can be fitted over. All four of his weapons can attach via c-clips to various sculpted rods.

:Unmentioned in the instruction sheet is that his shoulder-struts can collapse into his torso for a more pleasing robot mode. Also, in robot mode, you can rotate the shoulder-struts so that the thin tabs on top face down to allow for greater shoulder poseability. When his antenna is angled 90 degrees, his monocular light piping gimmick is activated. It's also likely that the knee transformations are swapped between robot and heloped mode in the instructions, so that the robot mode has the digitigrade legs and the heloped mode has the "gerwalk"-style backwards knees, and this hypothesis is supported by the [[:File:RID26 subcvr.jpg|packaging art]]. A smaller detail of note is that Whirl's neck is on an extra hinged panel that allows the head to be raised up a few millimeters from where it normally sits.

:Some copies have been known to come with bent rotor blades, as well as to suffer from extremely tight upper knee joints, in extreme cases causing the whole knee to snap in half rather than move.

:Whirl comes with a sticker sheet, with one sticker referencing [[Wild Bill|CW-4 William S. Hardy]].

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' [[Shockwave (Cloud)#Cloud|Shockwave]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenWhirl/whirl.htm More information on ''Generations'' Whirl at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.yojoe.com/archive/actfig/whirl/ Additional information at YoJoe.com]''

===''Legends''===
[[File:Legends-toy Whirl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Whirl''' ([[November 29]], 2014)
**''ID number:'' '''LG05'''
**''Accessories'': Null-Ray Module, Paralyzo box, Shell Cannon, Photon Beam Rifle

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Whirl is a redeco of ''Generations'' Voyager Class Whirl featuring a lighter blue closer to his original toy and additional paint detail on his canopy and shoulders but dropping the black off his nape and the red stripe pattern on his rotor blades. Some of his black plastic (on his toes and head) is replaced with blue. The antenna mounted on his head when angled 45 degrees lower towards the front deactivates his monocular light piping feature. He does not have a sticker sheet, though two of his Autobot symbols and a single canopy detailing are now tampographed. He now comes with a leaflet featuring a character profile, tech specs, and the [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|''Legends'' Bonus Edition Vol. 5]] mini-comic.
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==Merchandise==
{{anchor|3DBattleCardGameMerch}}
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Whirl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Soi soi soi soi]]
*'''Whirl''' (2007)

:A 30-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Whirl "transforms" into a blue helicopter. He uses the same parts layout as [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]], and [[Stormcloud (Energon)|Vortex]].
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===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W5AutobotWhirl.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Autobot Whirl, Aerial Assault''' (2020)
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T07/T46'''
**''Stars: ''12

: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==
*Both [[Deluxe Vehicle]]s were licensed from [[Takatoku Toys]] by [[Hasbro]] for inclusion in the 1985 line, and hence were not included in the Japanese line. Whirl was originally the "Oberon Gazette" (オベロンガゼット)<ref>The Romanised spelling given on the toy packaging was "Ovelon Gazzette". Your mileage may vary.</ref> from the ''{{w|Special Armored Battalion Dorvack}}'' toyline, although the toy's dark and light blues were inverted for the ''Transformers'' release. The ''Dorvack'' anime was produced by [[Ashi Productions]], and their name appears on the [[Copyright#Copyright markings|copyright marking]] of the mold, in addition to an "AP" sticker included on Whirl's ''Transformers'' packaging.
*Whirl disappears without explanation from the main Marvel UK timeline after "[[Distant Thunder!]]," despite later appearances by the rest of the Wreckers (including fellow deluxe vehicle Roadbuster).
*Poor Whirl never got a printed ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' bio. One was written though, and finally revealed to the fans on [http://boltax.blogspot.com/2011/01/extended-bio-whirl.html ''Disciples of Boltax''] in 2011.
*Like all non-toy robot [[Kreon]]s in the ''Kre-O'' comics, Whirl is made from existing ''Kre-O'' parts. He uses [[Knock Out (Prime)#Kre-O|Knock Out]]'s helmet (in order to better emulate his appearance in the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets the Eye'' comics]]) and the Vortex rotor/harness assembly... and a yellow brick on the front of the harness, likely a sloped 1x1 brick to be the "cockpit".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Whirl''' (ホワール ''Howāru'')
*''French:'' '''Tourbillon''' (Canada, "Whirlwind")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Xuàn Rèn''' (China, 旋刃, "Turning Blades")

==References==
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[[File:Siege-OptimusPrime-CardArt.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.66|It's great to be back...again!]]
With the evergrowing [[Generation 1 continuity family]], '''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]''' continues to receive more toys—the largest number of toys in fact—for any single ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' character! The more Generation 1 Optimus Prime toys that are made, the harder it is for us here at {{SITENAME SHORT}} to keep documenting them all in a single article without it resulting in [[you]]r internet browser freezing!

For the sake of finding an easy and definitive split from the main toy article, we have opted to make this page strictly for the various ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''-branded toylines, as this appears to be the brand [[Hasbro]] will likely continue adding Generation 1 characters to for the foreseeable future.

You know you can always count on Optimus Prime being there when the next year's ''Generations'' line comes around!

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==''Generations''==
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[[File:Generationstoy-UltimateGiftSet-CombatHeroOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He hasn't found this suit in 17 years!]]
*'''Ultimate Gift Set''' (2012)
:*''Accessories:'' Sword

:''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' "'''Combat Hero Optimus Prime'''" is a metallic-blue, gunmetal, and red redeco of ''United'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#UnitedG2|Laser Optimus Prime]], having the retooled tab, and being based on the canceled ''Generation 2'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#CombatHeroOptimusPrime|Combat Hero Optimus Prime figure]], sporting a red mouthplate inspired by the official catalog image for the unreleased toy (packaged samples had featured a traditionally colored gray mouthplate). He comes packed with a (vaguely) ''Generation 2''-styled Deluxe Class [[Jazz (G1)/toys#UltimateGiftSet|Autobot Jazz]], as well as unchanged releases of ''Generations'' Legends Class [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#UltimateGiftSet|Thundercracker]] and [[Motormaster (G1)#UltimateGiftSet|Motorbreath]].

:The Ultimate Gift Set was exclusive to online retailers in the United States, but was available at general retail in Asia.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GenUGSOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Combat Hero Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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==''Thrilling 30''==
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[[File:Generationstoy-T30-LegendsOptimusPrimeRoller.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Say hello to my little friend, and Roller.]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Autobot Roller''' (Legends Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #001'''
**''Accessories'': Ion Blaster

:Part of the third wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Optimus Prime is a new mold that is roughly the same size as a ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toy. Both his truck and [[robot mode]] are based on his [[Don Figueroa]]-designed body from [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 comic series]], and features [[5 mm post|5 mm-compatible]] hands and roof. He comes with an [[Ion blaster#Legends|Ion Blaster]] which has both 5mm and 3mm posts.

: He comes with "[[Roller (G1)#Generations|Autobot Roller]]", who can transform into a six-wheel armored SUV, a robot with [[C joint|3 mm-compatible]] hands, and a weapon with a 5 mm handle. He has a 5 mm hole in vehicle mode and a 3 mm hole in weapon mode for mounting the Ion Blaster.

: Not depicted in the instructions or stock photos, Roller can attach to Prime in vehicle mode via two tabs on the vehicle front which slot into two corresponding slots on Prime's feet. Another undocumented feature is that the butt of the Ion Blaster can be inserted between the barrels of Roller's weapon mode to form a longer weapon. Also not shown in the instructions but depicted on the stock photo on the card-back is that Prime's shoulderpads can be rotated up; the intended positioning for this is notched, although you can position them at other angles.

: The stock photo of Optimus' vehicle mode is slightly mistransformed: his head slightly sticks out from the truck roof, which prevents the front windows to clamp together. This mold was also used to make ''Thrilling 30'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Generations|Nemesis Prime]], and retooled into ''Combiner Wars'' [[Huffer (G1)#Generations|Huffer]] and [[Pipes (G1)#Generations|Autobot Pipes]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/GenOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Thrilling 30'' Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Generationstoy-T30OrionPax.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And so my childhood flees forever more. Shall it return? Quoth the raven: "Nevermore."]]
*'''Orion Pax''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #002'''
**''Accessories'': Ion Blaster, Energon Axe

:Part of the fifth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, ''Thrilling 30'' Orion Pax is a new mold with a robot mode inspired by [[Guido Guidi]]'s [[:File:SpotlightBlurr-Optimus.jpg|design for the character, originally seen]] in ''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]''. Some liberties have been taken with the original concept to facilitate his truck mode, which is a new design not based on the Guidi art. He comes with his [[Ion blaster#Deluxe|Ion Blaster]] and an [[Energon-axe#Deluxe|Energon Axe]] with a transparent red-orange blade, both of which can peg onto 5 mm ports on his hands and vehicle rear sides. Although not depicted on the instructions, the Ion Blaster can also peg into the hole in the larger blade of the Energon Axe. Even though the light-piping eyes are neutered by light blue paint, the side grooves are still able to light up as the paint only focuses on the central optic.

:The American release is packed in with a copy of IDW's ''[[Omega's Conundrum|Spotlight: Orion Pax]]'', which sports a 'Hasbro Exclusive Cover' cropped from the [[Clayton Crain]] [[:File:Spotlight OrionPax cvrRI.jpg|retailer incentive cover]] for the issue. In Europe and Canada, the figure was released without the Spotlight.

:Depending on how many painted layers on the Energon axe's hilt, inserting it onto any hand may cause it to scratch off.

:Most of the first-wave Orion Pax toys released in monolingual English [[packaging]] sport a bizarre [[quality control#Packaging images and labelling|error]]: The [[package art|character art]] on the side of the cardboard insert inside the blister bubble has the character art of Orion's [[wave]]-mate [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#T30Deluxe|Megatron]] superimposed over Orion's own art. This error doesn't appear on the [[Multilingual packaging|European packaging]].

:The toy was later [[Redeco|recolored]] and [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Lio Convoy#timelinestoy|Lio Convoy]], [[Optimus Prime (SG)#NovaPrime|Nova Prime]], and [[Galva Convoy#Toys|Galva Convoy]]. The mold was designed with a pre-tooled [[Kup (G1)/toys#Generations|Kup]] alternate head that remains unused.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/PetesRoboCon/posts/569672986709925</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/GenOrionPax/orionpax.htm More information on ''Thrilling 30'' Orion Pax at TFU.info]''

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*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''01 OF 30'''

: An [[exclusive]] version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#SDCC2013|Metroplex]] was made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013. He comes with 12 small, non-transforming figurines of Orion Pax, [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#SDCC2013|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#SDCC2013|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#SDCC2013|Trailcutter]], and [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Hoist]], all in both modes. The figurines are based on their ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class toys, and similarly to [[Decoy]]s, the Autobot figurines are cast in red plastic, and the Decepticons in purple.

:The handle of Pax's Energon Axe is incredibly thin and unable to support the axe head, meaning the latter tends to droop down in the process.

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[[File:Generationstoy-T30-Metroplex-OrionPax-HKACGCON.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|... And you ''still'' end up playing the thimble in [[Monopoly]].]]
*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''05 OF 30'''

: Another exclusive version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#HKACGCON|Metroplex]] was made available at [[Hong Kong ACG-CON]] 2013. This Metroplex also has the 12 figurines of Orion Pax, [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#ACGHK2013|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Bumblebee]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Trailcutter]], and [[Hoist (G1)/toys#ACGHK2013|Hoist]], but casts the Autobot figurines in gold plastic, and the Decepticons in silver.
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===''Platinum Edition''===
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[[File:PlatinumEditiontoy-Year of the horse Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Does not contain any Neil Young.]]
*'''Year of the Horse Optimus Prime''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' [[Ion blaster#Platinum Edition|Ion blaster]], [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Platinum Edition|Matrix of Leadership]], [[Energon-axe#Platinum Edition|Energon axe]], [[Combat Deck (G1)#Platinum Edition|trailer/Battle Station]]

:Released to celebrate Chinese New Year, ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' "Year of the Horse" Optimus Prime is a redeco of MP-10 Convoy, featuring darker reds and gold-chromed parts, among other deco changes. He lacks Roller and the Spike Witwicky figurine.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/YotHOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Year of the Horse Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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==''Generations'' (Japan)==
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[[File:TTGenerationsTG24OptimusRoller.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Bumblebee''' ([[September 28]], 2013)
**''ID number:'' '''TG-24'''
**''Accessories'': Ion Blaster

: The Japanese [[Transformers: Generations (Japan)|''Generations'']] release of ''Thrilling 30'' Legends Class Optimus Prime [[redeco]]es him in an extensive metallic red paint job, save for his unpaintable parts, which made him end up having two tones of red. He comes in a [[TakaraTomy]] four-pack with [[Roller (G1)#TG24|Roller]], as well as [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#TG24|Bumblebee]] and [[Blaze Master#TG24|Blazemaster]].
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[[File:TF-Generation-JP-TG25-Orion-Pax.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Neither of them wants to own up to the fact the Great War started over an argument about getting granite counter-tops for their kitchen.]]
*'''Orion Pax VS Megatronus''' ([[October 26]], 2013)
**''ID number'': '''TG-25'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster, axe

: The Japanese [[Transformers: Generations (Japan)|''Generations'']] release of ''Thrilling 30'' Orion Pax also received a metallic paint job as well as other changes, including a translucent blue windshield and brighter orange axe with a metallic gray handle. He was only available in a two-pack with [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#TG25|Megatronus]].
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==''Age of Extinction''==
[[File:Evolution2PackClassicsOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Chrome is the right of all sentient collectors.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**'''23 OF 30'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[October 3]], 2014
**''Accessories:'' Smokestacks/laser cannon, wind vane/ion blaster

:Only available at [[Toys"R"Us]], this Optimus Prime is a redeco of the ''Classics'' figure. He features a cartoon/toy accurate deco on his truck/robot parts, and [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] upper legs & front grille to evoke his original Generation 1 toy. Like every ''Classics'' Optimus Prime mold, he still features all of his accessories. This Optimus was packaged along with the redecoed ''Age of Extinction'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Age of Extinction|Optimus Prime]]. This Optimus also uses the Movie variant of the Autobot insignia.

: The two-pack was one of the three Evolution 2-packs available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in Japan, with no changes on the figures with an exception of the packaging, which the front box features Japanese translated versions of the English text, and a sticker on the back confirming that this was a Japanese release.
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==''Combiner Wars''==
[[File:GenerationsVoyOP.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Beefcake is the right of all sentient beings.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2015)
**'''3 OF 5: [[Ultra Prime]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Two blasters (combine into large rifle)

: Part of the first wave of ''Generations: [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Voyager Class toys, this is a bigger, bulkier incarnation of Optimus Prime with a striking resemblance to Ginrai. He comes with two blasters which he holds via 5 mm post. One of the guns is based on his trademark Ion Blaster, and both weapons store on the back of his vehicle mode as a makeshift engine block. His torso mode has several details that appear to be influenced by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon|''Energon'' Optimus Prime]]'s super mode, including the head, chest, and thighs. In particular, the chest details are modeled after the [[Spark of Combination]]. He also features two pair of fake windows on his robot and gestalt chest halves. The combiner head can be used as a robot mode head if you're feeling silly.

:Optimus suffers from a design flaw that many other Voyager Class figures in the ''Combiner Wars'' line experience: the detents, or "click points", on the heavily-ratcheted outward motion of his hips (which also form the hips of his torso mode) are few in number and very far apart. As a result, Prime's legs have great difficulty assuming the natural "A-stance" formation that the angled design of his foot sculpt seems to have been meant to accommodate. Likewise, when forming the torso of Ultra Prime, the interactions of the knee-lock mechanism and the hip detents almost always force Ultra Prime's legs into either an awkwardly knock-kneed arrangement or an equally awkward, and often unstable, bow-legged posture (as seen in the image to the right) that prevents Ultra Prime from standing flat-footed. Unlike Motormaster, this version of Optimus was the only one to not receive the improved hip ratchets implemented in its future releases in some shape or form by Hasbro, though they would be used for the Battle Core redeco later in the line. However, there are third party ratchet replacements for the hips.

:Being a ''Combiner Wars'' Voyager, Prime is naturally capable of transforming into a torso mode to combine with any 4 Deluxe Class ''Combiner Wars''-style toys, though his packaging call-out has him form Ultra Prime by combining him with Deluxe Class [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Generations|Skydive]] and [[Alpha Bravo]] as the arms, and with [[Fireflight (G1)#Generations|Firefly]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)#Generations|Decepticon Drag Strip]] as the legs. He can combine with [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Sunstreaker]], [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Mirage]], [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Generations|Prowl]], and [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ironhide]] if one wishes to have an IDW-accurate Optimus Maximus.

:Unfortunately, Optimus Prime is also the weakest link of the gestalt combination, due to a number of design failures attributed to his torso mode. The square holes-and-tabs used to secure the arms together when in torso mode are too weak to remain locked in place (though a very small amount of copies can secure the arm well), and are prone to falling out of position should an attached arm be moved. The torso mode's skirt plate is also attached to the stomach rather than the pelvis, rendering the waist swivel nearly worthless due to the skirt obstructing articulation.

:Though Optimus's wave was scheduled for a first quarter 2015 release, it arrived on U.S. store shelves in late 2014.

:Optimus comes packaged with a collector's card featuring art from the initial release of the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game. The mold would be retooled several times, resulting in [[Motormaster (G1)#Combiner Wars|Motormaster]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#CWBC|Battle Core Optimus Prime]], and [[Toxitron (G1)#Generations|Wrecker Toxitron]]. The toy also served as a model for ''[[Transformers: Forged to Fight|Forged to Fight]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Transformers: Forged to Fight|Nemesis Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:CWVoyagerBattleCoreOptimusPrime.jpg||upright=2.2|thumb|A white Optimus that ''isn't'' [[Ultra Magnus (disambiguation)|Ultra Magnus]]?! What is this madness?]]
*'''Battle Core Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2015)
**'''3 of 5: [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Two blasters (combine into large rifle)

:"Battle Core Optimus Prime" is a white redeco and slight retool of the previous ''Combiner Wars'' Optimus figure. According to the Hasbro panel at [[BotCon 2015]], his new head is based on Star Convoy (see above). For some reason, his deco appears to be influenced by [[Nova Prime]].

:The figure features newly redesigned hip ratchets to make both robot and combiner mode stable, which were also installed in both TakaraTomy's [[Motormaster (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Motormaster]], [[Grand Scourge#Toys|Grand Scourge]], and a revision wave of Hasbro's Motormaster. The pegs that Legends Class Rodimus (or Blackjack) attach to have also been slightly modified to provide a tighter fit, making the latter toy much less prone to falling out.

:Battle Core Optimus Prime can combine with any Deluxe Class toys with the ''Combiner Wars''-styled joint—but, of course, he is intended to be combined with [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Sunstreaker]], [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Mirage]], [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Generations|Prowl]], and [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ironhide]] to form [[Optimus Maximus (G1)#Generations|Optimus Maximus]]. He can also combine with ''Unite Warriors'' [[Streetwise (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Streetwise]], [[Groove (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Groove]], [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Prowl]], and ''Combiner Wars'' [[Rook (CW)#Generations|Rook]] to form White Convoy Grand Prime, as seen in the [[God Neptune comic 2|''Generations Selects'' Special Comic promoting God Neptune]].

:Battle Core Optimus Prime comes packaged with a collector's card based on his packaging art. the prototype printed on the back of the box & the stock photos, and the CG model in the instructions had him possessing a single tampographed/stickered symbol on his left arm.

:He and the last three waves of ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe and Voyager figures later showed up in the U.S. at TJ Maxx at reduced prices.

:As a part of the third and fourth wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s and [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, Battle Core Optimus Prime was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2015/08/28/transformers-combiner-wars-sticker-sheet-for-wave-3-and-4-figures-300471 Protectobot and Optimus Maximus sticker promotion on TFW2005]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWBCOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Battle Core Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TFSS-5.0-Double-Pretender-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The [[Trukk not munky|debate wars]] are over.]]
*'''Double Pretender Optimus Prime''' (TFSS 5.0, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Pretender Shell, Pretender Shell Gun, Blaster

:''Combiner Wars'' Double Pretender Optimus Prime is a [[redeco]]/[[retool]] of ''Generations'' Legends Class [[Swerve (G1)#Thrilling 30|Swerve]], with a new head and [[#LaserOptimusPrime|a ''Generation 2''-inspired]] deco for his pickup truck mode. He reuses the blasters from his [[#Thrilling 30|''Thrilling 30'' Legends Class and Deluxe Class Orion Pax figures]].

:He also comes with [[Hi-Q#Combiner Wars|Hi-Q]] (a redeco of ''Thrilling 30'' [[Sky High (Micromaster)#Generations|Flanker]]) and a Pretender shell redecoed from [[Oilmaster#Timelines|Oilmaster]]'s, decorated after the original unreleased grey-and-red gorilla shell.

:This figure was only available through [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Subscription Service 5.0]] and shipped together with [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#TFSS|Double Pretender Megatron]].
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==''Cyber Series''==
[[File:Generations-Cyber-Battalion-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No, not an upsized KO.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cyber Battalion, 2015)

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#PrimeWarsTrilogyAsian|Generations: Cyber Series]]'' Cyber Battalion figures, Optimus Prime is a roughly Voyager-sized figure and transforms from a truck (which is based on the ''Generations Thrilling 30'' Legends Class Optimus Prime figure) into a robot in just 7 simple steps. The figure's transformation engineering had taken cues from the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#2010Legend|''Reveal the Shield'' Legends Class Optimus Prime]] figure, while it still retains the same ol' articulation.

:As with other earlier Cyber Series figures, Optimus Prime had a rather strange release cycle. At first, he only retailed exclusively in Asia and Latin America, with the closest to a U.S. release being in limited quantities from online retailer BigBadToyStore.com. He did, however, end up being available in the Universal Studios Theme Park, and also later as a Walgreens exclusive.

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[[File:Generations-Cyber-Commander-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Trukk with Munky arms.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cyber Commander, 2015)

:This new roughly 11-inch leader-sized mold of Optimus Prime transforms from a robot to trailer/truck combination and back, with the transformation taking cues from both the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#2010Legend|''Reveal the Shield'' Legends Class]] and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Legion Class|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Legion Class]] toys. Surprisingly, he does have a reasonable amount of articulation, including a balljointed head and hinged joints for his arms, shoulders and legs, plus lateral hinges for his feet. His head includes [[light-piping]] and, unlike other Cyber Series toys, his truck windows have ''actual'' transparent plastic rather than just being merely painted.

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[[File:Cyber-Commander-Optimus-Prime-redeco.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Trukk with Munky arms but slightly more G1.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cyber Commander, 2017)

:A redeco of of the Cyber Commander toy above, this Prime features grey plastic replacing the original blue, some deco differences on the arms, body & legs. He also features a flame tampograph on the sides of his vehicle front. He comes in an altered packaging that replaces the first version's painted [[prototype]] [[stock photography|stock photos]] with CG renders depicting the new deco, and also features a new Hasbro product code number, thus making him officially a separate product rather than a drastic running change [[variant]].

:Interestingly, the side profile of the cab transitions from red to blue with a flame-like design, obviously nodding towards his movieverse counterpart.

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[[File:TF-Heroes-and-Villains-Optimus-Prime-Megatron-2-pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Optimus Prime / Megatron''' (Heroes & Villains, 2021)

:In 2021, the ''Cyber Series'' Batallion Optimus Prime and [[Megatron_(G1)/Generations_toys#Cyber_Series|Megatron]] figure were reissued as a 2-pack exclusive to Amazon.com.
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==''Platinum Edition''==
:''See also:'' [[#Thrilling30PlatinumEdition]]
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[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-YOTG-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Don't bother asking for explanations'' ''She'll just tell you that she came'' ''In the year of the <s>cat</s> goat'']]
*'''Optimus Prime Year of the Goat Edition''' (2015)
**''Accessories:'' "Laser cannon", "saber weapon", missile launcher, 10 missiles, 5 discs, 2 rockets

:Released to celebrate the Year of the Goat, ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' "Year of the Goat" Optimus Prime is a redeco of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|''Generation 2'' Laser Optimus Prime]], featuring the same discs lacking the G2 Autobot logo found on the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Scourge (RID)#Toys|Scourge]] version of the mold, but otherwise keeping all the electronics from the original release. Like Year of the Goat Soundwave, Year of the Goat Optimus Prime features an awkward mix of orange, black, clear pink (in some parts including missiles, the discs, and even the pump!), some clear blue (the missile's tips), translucent plastic, and some hint of chrome silver (mostly his trailer parts, which happens to give the trailer somewhat of a resemblance to that of the aforementioned Scourge).
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[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-OsS-OsF-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Meanwhile, in an alternate universe, the arms are his weak points for Megatron.]]
*'''One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall''' (2-pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Smokestacks/Laser Gun, energy unit/ion blaster

:Part of Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' offerings for 2016 intended to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', this Optimus Prime is yet another redeco of the ''[[#Classics|Classics]]'' Voyager toy. Rather than the [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]] colors like the ''Age of Extinction'' 2-pack figure, the toy's deco is very similar to the ''Classics'' release, with some changes and omissions: his blue plastic is a dark metallic sheen, his knee's yellow detailing was removed, his small Autobot symbol tampograph was placed on his right shoulder, and his larger one is placed on his energy unit. His side door/arm kibble is left unpainted. According to [[Mark Weber]], this was meant to represent his abdominal area being torn in the movie's battle. (Yeah, we have no idea how it works, since the "battle damage" parts end up on his ''arms'' in robot mode.)

:Both his robot and vehicle mode [[stock photography|stock photos]] depict him slightly mistransformed.

:''Platinum Edition'' Optimus Prime was only available as part of a 2-pack with [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Platinum Edition|Megatron]], named "One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall" after Optimus Prime's famous line in the movie. In the United States and Canada, this set was officially released as an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive. It was also available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely the Philippines and Singapore; it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not). In Australia, it was sold at Myer stores, whereas in the United Kingdom, it was both sold at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores and available via Tesco's website (but never found in stores). Surprisingly, it was (and still is) a common find in Brazilian online stores.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/PlatinumOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TF-Platinum-Edition-YotR-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Also known as "Hybrid Style Convoy Hasbro Edition", but more expensive.]]
*'''Optimus Prime Year of the Rooster Edition ''' (2017)
**''Accessories'': Trailer/Combat Deck, Roller, ion blaster, gas pump, energon-axe, Autobot Matrix of Leadership, rocket pack, 8 fists (4 left, 4 right), Autobot insignia stand

:In an ''unexpected'' turn of events, ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Optimus Prime is an ''unchanged'' release of ''[[Hybrid Style]]'' [[#Hybrid_Style|Convoy]], making it the very first Hasbro release of the figure. He retains all of the original figure's accessories, and the die-cast construction.

:Ironically, despite being a redeco of a small yet complex adult collectible, the figure is marked as "for ages 8 and up". Hope you didn't lose the small parts here.

:The set was first released as an exclusive in Taipei Movie & Toy Convention 2016 in limited quantities; and later through [[Walmart]]'s Canadian website. In late March 2019, the figure finally saw distribution in the US as a BigBadToyStore exclusive.
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==''Titans Return''==
[[File:Titans Return Optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=2|An Optimus Prime... ''retooled from an [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]]?'' '''WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?''']]
*'''Autobot Apex & Powermaster Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' Two blasters, two shoulder cannons, [[Hi-Q#Generations|Apex]] Titan Master

:A heavy retool of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Generations|Ultra Magnus]], this Optimus Prime is based on the Powermaster Optimus Prime toy from 1988. Despite this, Hi-Q (now renamed 'Autobot Apex', presumably for trademark reasons) doesn't form the engine on Prime's chest; instead, he transforms into a de-faceplated version of the original Powermaster Optimus Prime cab robot head, over which a helmet slides during transformation to complete the Powermaster Prime look. In all three of Optimus Prime's modes are various pegs and seats with which Titan Master figures can interact. Like other Leader Class figures, his base mode can connect to other ''Titan Returns'' figures with base modes.

:Most notably in terms of new tooling, the panels on the undersides of Powermaster Optimus Prime's forearms feature slots under the fists, which allow the guns to tab in and be held much more stably than with Ultra Magnus. And due to the amount of empty space in the cab area in vehicle mode, Powermaster Prime can fully transform without the need to remove his head.

:Powermaster Optimus Prime also comes with a collector's card based on his packaging art.

:In an undocumented feature, because he comes with the same rifles as ''Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus'', his weapons can be combined into a huge, multi-barreled rifle. His instructions show that one of the two Titan Master seat guns can peg onto the top of his chest plate in base mode, but are unclear on exactly ''how''. The tab on the chest plate plugs into the hole where the Titan Master's feet peg in. However, in doing so the Titan Master will no longer fit. Due to the extra panels that were added to the legs, Optimus has trouble standing flat on both feet. Fortunately, this doesn't have any serious effect on the toy's stability due to the size of the feet. His gray plastic comes tinged somewhat, perhaps as a result of a [[Photodegradation|yellowed]] specimen of the original Powermaster figure (such as the one on this very page) being used as a reference. He comes with two different Autobot symbols: The ones on the shoulders are a Movie variant, while the trailer features a ''Generation 1''-styled insignia.

:[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Fortress Maximus]]'s instructions depict him as part of the [[Cybertron City (TR)|Cybertron City]] combination. Meanwhile, the "Siege on Cybertron" instructions show him as a part of the [[Nemesis Command]] combination, albeit mislabeled as [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Autobot Blaster]].

:This mold was further retooled as ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Ginrai (human)#Legends|Super Ginrai]], which was redecoed into Siege On Cybertron [[Ginrai (robot)#Titans Return|Magnus Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRPMOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Powermaster Optimus Prime at TFU.info]
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[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Voyager-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|An Optimus Prime that turns into a ''jet''? AND HE'S A DECEPTICON? '''''THE MADNESS IS SPREADING!''''']]
*'''Diac & Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Sword, Double-barreled rifle, [[Diac#Generations|Diac]] Titan Master

:This Optimus Prime is a Voyager-sized Triple Changer mold, which transforms from robot to tanker truck to plane (based on the [[Action Master]] [[Armored Convoy]] vehicle) and back. His robot mode is heavily based on ''Generation 2'' [[#LaserOptimusPrime|Laser Optimus Prime]], whilst the deco appears to draw from Star Convoy. His Titan Master partner [[Diac#Toys|Diac]] transforms into his head (but any Titan Master figure is compatible). Like all ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Voyager class figures, he has built in mechanisms to "bulk up" his noggin. In his case these are spring-loaded pylons. His robot mode also features fake truck windows.

:This iteration of the mold and its redecos exhibit a minor design flaw: there are two tabs on the plane mode's wings that prevent the truck mode's trailer from fully closing at the rear. Ostensibly, this can be rectified by setting the wings slightly askew so they can properly flatten against each other. However, this leads to some holes on each wing not being lined up with some corresponding pegs on the trailer.

:This mold was redecoed into ''Legends'' [[Scourge (RID)#Voyager|Black Convoy]] and ''Street Fighter X Transformers'' [[Ryu#Toys|Ryu]], and retooled into [[Octane#Titans Return|Octone]]. Beginning with this wave, Hasbro changed the standard packaging design for ''Titans Return'' Voyagers from "Autobot" style to "Decepticon" style regardless of character faction.

:This mold would've been redecoed as "Action Master" Optimus Prime with a redecoed Infinitus Titan Master for the BotCon 2017 "Action on Hydrus Four" set that never came to be.

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[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Chaos-on-Velocitron-Laser-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|An Optimus Prime with a picture of him burning down forests!? <big>'''''THIS IS MADLY OUTRAGEOU...'''''</big>[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|no wait.]]]]
*'''Chaos on Velocitron''' (Giftset, 2017)
**''Accessories'': [[Laser Rod (weapon)|Sword]], Double-barreled rifle, [[Refractor#Generations|Refractor]] Titan Master

:Released under the name "Laser Prime", this Optimus Prime is a redeco of the above Voyager Class figure, with its deco based on [[#Laser Optimus Prime|his ''Generation 2'' toy]]...and yes, the tanker's sticker is still him burning down forests. Unfortunately, the enormous stickers are usually poorly applied, resulting in peeling, trapped air bubbles, and misaligned placement.

:Refractor and Laser Prime were only available in a box set named "Chaos on Velocitron" that includes [[Dynamus#Generations|Dynamus]] and [[Quickswitch#Generations|Quickswitch]], [[Parsec#Generations|Parsec]] and [[Nautica (G1)#Generations|Autobot Nautica]], [[Fastlane#Generations|Fastclash]], and a [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#TRCOV|Rodimus Prime]] Titan Master head. The set was officially announced by Hasbro to be a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]], and was sold at stores in the United States, Canada, and Hasbro's Asian markets (such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong). Despite this, it later became available via [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] in the United States (but not in Canada) as well, actually sold by Amazon directly (as compared to a third-party seller).
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===Primitive Skateboarding Promotion===
[[File:TF-Generations-TR-Primitive-Skateboarding-Powermaster-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|A black Optimus that isn't [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|evil]]? And he has ''blue'' windows?! '''''THIS IS TOO MADDENING! GAHHHHHH!''''']]
*'''Optimus Prime & Shreddicus Maximus''' (Primitive Skateboarding exclusive Leader Class, 2017)
**''Accessories:'' Two blasters, two shoulder cannons, '[[Shreddicus Maximus]]' Titan Master, Skateboard, 3-piece ramp/railgun

:Released as part of a collaboration between Transformers and [https://primitiveskate.com/ Primitive Skateboarding], this figure is a black repaint of the ''Titans Return'' Powermaster Optimus Prime, with the deco somewhat resembling [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#NucleonQuest|Nucleon Quest Super Convoy]], but with some gold trims and Primitive Skateboarding markings partially designed by Primitive Skateboard founder [https://hypebeast.com/tags/paul-rodriguez Paul Rodriguez]. He also comes with a new hoverboard accessory (resembling the one [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] used in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''), which Shreddicus Maximus (or any other Titan/Prime Master) can attach to. This board is designed to attach to the included three-piece skating ramp & rail assembly, which can be folded up and rebuilt into a railgun (get it?) that other figures can wield.

: Optimus & Shreddicus were initially [[exclusive]] to [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2017, where they sold out. A small portion of the run had been held for future sales: [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] put the set up for sale for about five minutes on [[August 14]] before selling out. The remainder was available at [[HasCon 2017]]'s exclusives booth, but again they burned through the stock very quickly.
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==''Alt-Modes''==
[[File:Alt-Modes OptimusPrime.jpg|upright=1.44|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Alt-Modes, 2016)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Collection'': '''1, 2, 3'''

:''[[Alt-Modes]]'' Optimus Prime is a super deformed toy whose body transforms into a truck when the Autobot faction symbol on his head is flipped. He was [[Blindpacking|blind-boxed]] and available in all three cases of the first series.

:This mold was redecoed into ''Alt-Modes'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Alt-Modes|Nemesis Prime]] and retooled into [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Ultra Magnus]].

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[[File:Alt-Modes-toy Silver-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.44|thumb]]
*'''Silver Optimus Prime''' (Alt-Modes, 2017)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Collection'': '''1'''

:Released in the second series of ''Alt-Modes'', "Silver Optimus Prime" is, somewhat obviously, a silver redeco of the previous toy, referencing his "heat-resistant alloy" body from "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]".
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==''Masterpiece''==
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:''See also:'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP10]]
[[File:Hasbro-Generations-MP10.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2017)
**''ID Number: '''MP-10'''
**''Accessories:'' Ion Blaster, Matrix of Leadership, Energon axe

:Another Hasbro release of the [[#MP10|MP-10 mold]], which is ''basically a reissue'' of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#mp10hasbro|2010 ''Transformers'' line's ''Masterpiece'' Optimus Prime]], but with the Japanese release's ID number. Surprisingly he is NOT mistransformed on the initial official photography... until secondary stock photos had the vehicle mode ''slightly'' mistransformed. Unlike the original, Hasbro version, this version features silver paint on the interior of the trailer. This version also removes the red paint on the die cast hinge piece in his body and replaces it with blue paint. Sadly, this figure doesn't come with the Key to Vector Sigma. Due to compact packaging, the trailer is prone to scuffing.

:The figure debuted as a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2017 exclusive in the U.S., then as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United States and Canada.
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==''Power of the Primes''==
[[File:TF-Generations-PotP-Leader-Class-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Signs of steroid abuse include aggression, acne and... smokestacks?]]
*'''Evolution Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2018)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-09'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[May 25]], 2018'''
**''Accessories'': trailer/evolution armor, ion-blaster (formed by two blasters), [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix of Leadership]] frame, Matrix of Leadership core

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' "Evolution Optimus Prime" transforms from a truck with a trailer into a robot and back. The individual truck transforms into his "Orion Pax" form based on his appearance in the Generation 1 episode "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]", and he is able to form the core of Optimus Prime's robot mode. His trailer forms Prime's entire body, sharing a noticeable amount of details with MP-10 mold, most notably an almost identical head sculpt. He is the first non-''Masterpiece'' ''Generations'' G1 Optimus Prime figure to include removable [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix of Leadership]] accessory, which is stored in his chest in the 'Evolved' form. The center of his Matrix of Leadership can be replaced with any [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]]. His [[ion blaster]] can be split into two weapons for Orion Pax to use, while also store on Optimus Prime's back via visible [[5 mm post]]s of Orion Pax's hands, though this is undocumented in the instructions. The Takara version of the mold lacks the production numbers located at his right shins. Depending on the individual copy, Optimus Prime is prone to having a number of quality control issues: ranging from two left/right arms and/or legs/feet on the evolution armor, to lacking stickers on the trailer pieces. On the other hand, the trailer can also be towed by any other figure with a compatible hitch.

:Though designated for a first quarter 2018 release, Optimus's wave reached U.S. store shelves in December 2017.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed into ''Power of the Primes'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Power of the Primes|Nemesis Prime]] and later into ''Selects'' [[#Selects|Star Convoy]].
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==''War for Cybertron: Siege''==
[[File:War-For-Cybertron-Siege-Voyager-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"I traded my smokestacks for those kickin' roof lights!"]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2019)
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-S11'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-06'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[February 23]], [[2019]]
**''Hidden message code'': '''IACON'''
**''Accessories:'' "W-50 Dual-Mech Energon Strikeshield," "W-M3 RF Ion Blaster" (combines to form "Sentrystrike Ultra-Blaster")

:Part of the first wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Voyager Class figures, Optimus Prime transforms from robot to [[For safety reasons|short-smokestacked]] Cybertronian armored truck and back. For an inexpensive mass-retail release, Optimus's robot mode is very accurate to his design from the original cartoon (albeit with added details) and also features excellent poseability on par with a ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toy, resulting in a version of the character that gives collectors lots of bang for their buck. He includes two weapons compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]—the "W-50 Dual-Mech Energon Strikeshield," which is an axe that transforms into a shield, and the "W-M3 RF [[Ion blaster|Ion Blaster]]." Both weapons can combine to form the "Sentrystrike Ultra-Blaster." An argument could be made that being able to flip around Optimus's underarm kibble to form underslung gatling guns is an undocumented gimmick. Optimus Prime also features "battle damage" paint applications on several parts of his body, as well as multiple hardpoints all over himself and his weapons to accommodate "Fire Blasts" from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions.

:In vehicle mode, opening the figure's windows shows the [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Matrix of Leadership]] molded into the plastic behind the windows. Due to the transformation, the Matrix doesn't end up in the chest in robot mode. Despite being a Voyager-scale figure, the truck mode is considerably small, in scale with a Legends-sized figure. Whether through coincidence or design, it's possible to fit a ''Power of the Primes'' Matrix core (and by extension, a [[Prime Master]] or [[Titan Master]]) in his chest.

:An additional, undocumented but confirmed third "hover truck" mode exists, which is achieved by folding all of his wheels under his vehicle mode. While the back wheels don't lock in anywhere, the two front wheels actually have small tabs that plug into slots on the back of the wheel sections that aren't used for either of his other modes.<ref>[http://www.toyboxsoapbox.com/2018/11/13/transformers-siege-voyager-optimus-prime-review/ "At some convention somewhere one Hasbro rep let slip that Siege Optimus Prime also had a hidden hover truck mode."] on Toybox Soapbox</ref>

:There is a message written in [[Cybertronian language|Cybertronian letters]] on Optimus Prime's box art, which reads "LIGHT THE DARKEST HOUR."

:While Optimus greatly resembles the inner robot of ''Siege'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Ultra Magnus]], he is actually a completely different mold and therefore not compatible with the [[Magnus Armor]]. This mold was later used to make [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Nemesis Prime]]. A large number of parts of this figure were reused for the ''Earthrise'' Optimus Prime figure released in 2020. Due to this, the trailer packaged with the ''Earthrise'' figure is fully compatible with the ''Siege'' figure's truck mode.

:Care should be taken not to pull the waist transformation hinge too far back or else the partially open clip housing the pin may break.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP7V5NVghvE]</ref> Depending on the individual quality control, the roof panel (notably the rear right side) may not shut properly in vehicle mode.

:While Hasbro and TakaraTomy's releases of the toy are almost identical, the battle damage paint apps on the latter's shoulders and legs are slightly altered in size.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Alfes2010/status/1099375629361795072 Alfes2010's comparison of both Siege Optimus Prime toys]</ref>

:Though designated for release in the first quarter of 2019, Optimus's wave reached U.S. store shelves in late 2018.
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[[File:WFC-Siege-WFC-S40-Leader-Class-Galaxy-Upgrade-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|"Rooflights? Pah! Check ''this'' out!"]]
*'''Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, [[2019]])
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-S40'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-37'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November 23]], 2019
**''Hidden message code'': '''CONVOY'''
**''Accessories:'' 5 "JF-50 Twinblast [[Super Mode|Galaxy Pack]]" armor pieces, 2 "W-30 Magnetic Inducer Launchers," "JF-15 Gravity Force Laser," 2 front wheels/armguards

:Part of the second wave ''Siege'' Leader Class figures, "Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime" is an extensive retool of the same line's [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Ultra Magnus]], taking heavy design cues from [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Cybertron|''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime]] (the Japanese series name being "''Galaxy Force''," which is referenced in the name). He transforms into a heavily armed fire truck like the ''Cybertron'' figure, but with a Cybertronian aesthetic. The two "W-30 Magnetic Inducer Launchers" are unpainted blasters from ''Siege'' Ultra Magnus, and as such, mirror the detailing placed just behind ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]'s cab. Their hexagonal tips resembling ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime's Super Mode leg cannons were likely a foresight for this retooling, but are molded in black rather than grey likely due to [[gang-molding]]. Optimus Prime also features "battle damage" paint applications on several parts of his body, as well as multiple hardpoints all over himself and his weapons to accommodate "Fire Blasts" from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions.

:The core figure's robot mode is inspired by Prime's Generation 1 look, but with [[Kibble|vehicle mode details]] and coloration (including yellow eyes) based on the cab of his ''Cybertron'' counterpart. As with the original ''Cybertron'' figure, the barrel of the truck's left cannon can be detached and wielded by Prime as a rifle called the "JF-15 Gravity Force Laser." The sides of the bumper in truck mode can detach and form arm cannons based on his ''Cybertron'' counterpart's forearms. All five weapons are compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]. Because of the nature of the mold, additional shoulderpads [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|resembling halves of his truck cab]] were included to complete the Super Mode's resemblance to the template. The vehicle mode's cannons can be underslung and handheld similarly to the ''Cybertron'' figure thanks to the sliding pegs, but lack the original's gimmicks. Unlike Ultra Magnus, Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime also features flip-out support struts on the leg armor to compensate the back's weight. While they're hardly needed since the armor's bulk is heavy enough to support the weight, the pieces also prevent the leg armors from standing flat when left folded in.

:Unlike the above Voyager Class figure, this Prime is fully compatible with the [[Magnus Armor]], as is Ultra Magnus with Optimus's Super Mode gear. Also, whether intentional or not, the figure scales almost perfectly with other figures from the original Cybertron line.

:The box art of his vehicle modes is [[Stock photography#Problems with stock photos|mistransformed]], likely as a result of using CGI renders; the two shoulder pieces are shown being left on, which is genuinely impossible and in fact appear to be clipped through each other. They are instead stored inside the leg armor, which forms the back end of the trailer. Strangely, the clear blue plastic used for the cab has light bars molded in, but they are painted over in red. Presumably this is to make the inner robot appear more like G1 Optimus, but results in a less accurate vehicle mode compared to the ''Cybertron'' design. Additionally, there are existing stock photos of the figure without the wingpack and the smaller robot head flipped out.

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[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-S-35th-Voyager-Classic-Animation-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm the one you want.]]
*'''Classic Animation Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2019)
**''ID number:'' '''WFC-S65'''
**''Accessories:'' "W-50 Dual-Mech Energon Strikeshield," "W-M3 RF Ion Blaster" (combines to form "Sentrystrike Ultra-Blaster")

:Specially branded for the 35th anniversary of the ''Transformers'' brand, ''Siege'' "Classic Animation Optimus Prime" is a redeco of the Voyager Class figure above, featuring a cel-shaded paint pattern that evokes his appearance in the cartoon (though the physical result is more like that of [[Transformers: Devastation|''Devastation'']]). In addition, the grey plastics and paint operations are now replaced with white, and the tire rims' paint is omitted.

:Alongside fellow cel-shaded figure [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#S66|Megatron]] and the other "35th Anniversary" Optimus was exclusive to [[Walmart]] in the United States and Canada, and among the first figures that debuted a new, "worldwide" [[multilingual packaging]] design that merged the languages typically found on European packaging with those found on American packaging. In a bit of a snafu, though, all the English texts on his packaging are simply repeated four times, instead of being translated into French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese, or omitted in case two or more translations would be identical to each other (or to the English version).
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==''Collaborative''==
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[[File:Collaborative-MP10G-Ghostbusters-OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|400px|Where [[Starscream (G1)/toys#MP3G|he]] at?]]
*'''MP-10G Optimus Prime Ecto-35 Edition''' ([[July 19]], [[2019]])
**''Accessories'': trailer, [[Roller (G1)|Roller]], blaster, [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], [[Proton pack]], hose, ghost trap module, [[Slimer]]

:''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' Ghostbusters x Transformers ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-10G Optimus Prime Ecto-35 Edition (whew!) is a [[Ghostbusters]]-themed redeco of the MP-10 Convoy/Optimus Prime mold.

:Optimus Prime is now decoed in white, dark gray and red, with a Ghostbusters "no ghosts" logo on his right shoulder in addition to the Autobot logo on his left. The trailer is decoed similarly, with Ecto-1 style details adorning the sides, as well as green ghost splatter. Optimus's vehicle mode bumper includes an "ECTO-35" plate, which can be seen through his chest in robot mode, referencing the 35th Anniversary of both the ''Transformers'' and ''Ghostbusters'' franchises.

:He includes all his accessories, aside from [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and his axe, gaining a number of additional ones consistent with the theme. The trailer opens out into the "Ecto-Base," or can be stood upright as the "Ecto Maintenance Dock." A snap-on cover can be applied to Roller to turn him into a ghost trap, a painted opaque version of the [[Slimer]] figure included with Ectotron, and a "roof-rack accessory" using the same mold as [[Ectotron]]'s that pegs into the roof of the trailer. This final item converts into a proton pack for robot mode, pegging into the hole in his back, and a hose connects his ion blaster to the proton pack to serve as a particle thrower. In addition, the figure's packaging is shaped like a proton pack, complete with clips to enable the buyer to strap it to their back.

:Ectotron can ''sort of'' fit into Prime's trailer, but this requires the former's equipment rack to be removed from the roof, and clearance within the trailer prevents the trailer's rear tailgate from closing.

:Ecto-35 Edition Optimus Prime debuted as an exclusive at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in 2019, with additional availability at Fan Expo Canada and the [[Hasbro Pulse]] online store.

::*''[https://reflector.tfw2005.com/transformers-toys/crossovers/ghostbusters-transformers/optimus-prime-mp-10g-ecto-35/ Collaborative MP-10G Optimus Prime Ecto-35 Edition at Reflector@TFW2005]''
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==''Generations Selects''==
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Star-Convoy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|"The Hate Plague is back?" (jams the Matrix on the gun)]]
*'''Star Convoy''' ([[September 28]], 2019)
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''TT-GS01'''
**''Accessories'': [[Star Trailer]]/evolution armor, ion-blaster (formed by two blasters), [[Silver Matrix]]

:''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Star Convoy is a retool of the [[#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Leader Class mold]], featuring new lower legs, head, upper shoulders, and waist parts for both the armor and inner robot, and a new torso for the latter. The Optimus Prime inner robot is remolded to resemble his Generation 1 toy, complete with toy-accurate yellow eyes. Most of the armor's grey parts (especially the evolution armor's arms) are now remolded in red plastic to be more accurate to Star Convoy's character model, though there are a few sacrifices leaving some of the red patches on the trailer.

:The Matrix of Leadership is now replaced with the "Silver Matrix" that is a singular piece of plastic dipped in chrome. As such, it does not accommodate Prime Masters/Matrices/Enigmas. The Matrix can be held by 5 mm fist holes and can combine with the guns to form a "Big Bang Cannon". Unlike the original versions of the mold, Star Convoy's stickers, intended to be applied to his trailer, come on a sheet instead of being factory-applied.

:The star-shaped piece that clips into Star Convoy's chest is new to this version of the mold. Because it pegs into a small hole between the tops of the doors to Star Convoy's chest compartment, it introduces an additional step to access the matrix chamber. The red connector which attaches the star to the figure is misassembled, and flipped from its proper orientation. Due to this, the star is prone to not attaching securely to the chest and can easily pop out without much effort. A fix<ref>[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/generations-selects-star-convoy-super-megatron-snaptrap-figures.1172403/page-113#post-17312785]</ref> utilized by some to address the issue involves popping out the star and connector, then flipping the connector around, before reattaching both parts to the figure. Care should be taken when handling the star and transforming Star Convoy to ensure it does not bump against other parts of the figure or experience undue stress, as it is molded from clear plastic coated in gold chrome. The stem of the star is particularly fragile and has been known to break without much force being applied to it.

:Reminescent of the fact that the original [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Return of Convoy|''Return of Convoy'' Star Convoy]] figure could transform into a battle station, a "Z Base Mode" was created for the character for the ''Selects'' [[Super Megatron comic 1|Special Comic promoting Super Megatron]], and the toy (and any of the ''Power of the Primes'' Evolution Optimus Prime molds) is capable of being configured into this form.

:This toy was released exclusively through [[TakaraTomy Mall]] and, thanks to brand unification, [[Hasbro Pulse]] and other online retailers in the United States and Canada. It is the first ''Selects'' figure to be developed by TakaraTomy.
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==''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''==
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Leader-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=2|thumb|That's the news everyone's waiting for!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2020)
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-E11'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''ER-02'''
**''TakaraTomy name'': '''Optimus Prime with Trailer'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[April 25]], 2020
**''Accessories:'' [[Ion blaster#Generations|Ion Blaster]], shield/ramp, trailer/[[Combat Deck (G1)#Generations|Combat Deck]], artillery robot, [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Matrix of Leadership]]

:Released as part of the first wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' Leader Class toys, Optimus Prime is a cartoon-accurate, Voyager-sized mold with the front of the head and legs, knee flaps, feet, truck-side panels, and various inner parts reused from his ''Siege'' toy. This also means that, like the ''Siege'' toy, the truck mode is unusually small for a Voyager figure.

:For the first time for a non-''Masterpiece'' ''Generations'' toy, Optimus Prime comes with a trailer (which is also compatible with the ''Siege'' toy) that converts into a combat deck/repair bay with an artillery robot, which can be detached and used as a jetpack via a 5mm peg on the bottom. Awesome. He is also the first Voyager-sized figure with an opening chest compartment containing a removable [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Matrix of Leadership]] accessory. In an undocumented feature, the Matrix is able to accommodate "Fire Blasts" from the Battle Masters assortment or attach to similarly sized posts such as the ones inside his trailer. His transformation scheme reuses some engineering and concepts from the ''Siege'' Voyager Class figures and ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SS38|38 Optimus Prime]], with a new torso transformation. Interestingly, his rear wheels are borrowed from ''Studio Series'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SS32|32]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SS44|44 Optimus Prime]]. Part of the trailer's ramp detaches to form a shield and can connect to other ramps in the [[A.I.R. Lock System]]. Like ''Siege'' Jetfire, Optimus Prime features a hinge joint in each of his knuckles but without the flip-out post hole mechanism, instead having it facilitated by the shape of his palm and thumb. Interestingly, the placement of his front wheels in robot mode evokes the [[Studio OX]] version of his character model (though significantly larger compared to the artwork). Optimus also has molded drilled-rotor brake discs, a surprising detail for a mainline ''Transformers'' figure.

:As the front grill/wheel piece is connected with a c-clip, removing it allows the waist to turn without being hindered. Whether by coincidence or not, the Energon Strikeshield from the ''Siege'' figure can attach onto the forearm (if the hands are tucked away) with the tabs on the axe's hinged handle. Also likely coincidental, the trailer's hitch post is at exactly the right height to let it rest inside the 5mm hole on [[Roller (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Roller]] and can even be pulled along on flat surfaces with the tiny truck.

[[File:TF-WFC-ER-Prime-Comparison.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Universe .282008.29|Dodged another shot!]] (''Stock image comparison'')]]
:Confusingly, the figure had many color differences in different official promotional images. The original 3D renders depicted his colors completely show-accurate to the G1 cartoon (minus the blue codpiece, and with quite rare toy-accurate yellow eyes), the lack of striping on the forearms/side doors, and fully blue artillery robot for the trailer, while the pre-release prototype seen in New York Comic Con 2019 and the secondary stock photos had his hands and elbows molded in grey, with artillery robot being cast in grey and silver plastic similar to the rest of the trailer. According to [[John Warden]], this was due to the limitations of the mold. Even later, Takara's stock photos showed the figure with blue elbows and a blue and silver artillery robot. The retail release of the figure ultimately, for the most part, went with colors showcased in Hasbro's physical toy stock photos, but with previously yellow eyes now more cartoon-accurate blue, and with his hands, codpiece, and the back piece of his head painted in metallic blue.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIu3DkO1Sj0</ref> Early renders also displayed the figure's inner-shins as being molded in the same blue color as the rest of the legs, although the final figure presents them cast in gray and unpainted. The sample on the TakaraTomy stock photos also depict his trailer hitch as a single piece.

:Unfortunately, the change from toy accurate yellow eyes to cartoon-accurate blue clashes with the unpainted blue face, making it barely visible. The figure's head can be swapped with the head of the ''Siege'' figure (though the blue plastic is a slightly lighter shade) but it can cause some parts clash while transforming, as the back of the ''Earthrise'' head is a new, flatter part. This is also why the part is a painted red piece, so exercise some caution while tucking away/flipping out the head while transforming.

:Like all ''Earthrise'' toys, the inside of the back of Optimus's package includes an exclusive clip-and-save piece of a larger star map. Also in the box is a thin red piece of transparent plastic with which to read the star map. Optimus' piece of the map contains the labelled location of a planet called "[[Micro|MICRON]]".

:The non-converting long-barreled Ion Blaster, the Energon Axe, [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Sideswipe]]'s jetpack, and [[Roller (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Roller]] were sold separately as part of the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Centurion droid#Toys|Deluxe Centurion Drone Weaponizer Pack]], though due to a section of Optimus' back being marginally wider than the space available, some force may be required to fully attach the jetpack. The Energon Axe is also specifically molded to fit onto Optimus' right hand, with the 5mm peg sliding into the bottom side of his hand. Although it can fit on his left hand if slid through the top, this puts noticeable stress on the axe's peg due to the thumb sliding up against the housing.

:The Combat Deck, including its artillery robot and shield/ramp, was redecoed for the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Nemesis Prime's]] Spoiler Pack. The Optimus Prime mold was also used to make ''War for Cybertron Trilogy Selects'' [[Optimus Prime (SG)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Shattered Glass Optimus Prime]].

:Optimus Prime first saw release in Bangkok before its actual release date in March.
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[[File:TF-Generations-Amazon-Prime-Day-Alt-Universe-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Relive your traumatic childhood on Prime Day!]]
*'''Alternate Universe Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2020)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''ER EX-17'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[February 20]], [[2021]]'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Ion blaster#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ion Blaster]], shield/ramp, trailer/[[Combat Deck (G1)#AltUniverseOP|Combat Deck]], artillery robot, [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Matrix of Leadership]]

:"Alternate Universe Optimus Prime" is a grayscaled redeco of the figure above with a new head that evokes the battle damage and his death in ''The Transformers: The Movie''. The Matrix of Leadership is the same as the mass retail Leader, though the Ion Blaster is painted completely silver and his rear calves are painted. Another change is the number of lugnuts on the wheels of the trailer. The normal retail version has 10 lug nuts per wheel, whilst this release has none. He is packaged in a ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Selects]]''-styled box that depicts Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] grieving during his death scene reflected on a window of his damaged truck mode.
:There are reported issues where the left chest piece is unable to tab in fully due to a deformed pin, leaving a small uneven gap visible in robot mode.

:This is the only ''Earthrise'' toy to lack an ID number and map piece and isn't part of the Galactic Odyssey Collection. Coincidentally, Hasbro ID number WFC-E28 is never used in the toyline within its range of E1 to E41, lending to the possibility that WFC-E28 was intended to be his.

:Alternate Universe Optimus Prime was supposed to release as an exclusive for Amazon Prime Day 2020, though the day was pushed back several months, making the toy release much earlier. The figure first saw release in some Malaysian hobby shops ''before'' it was fully revealed on Hasbro's June 26 [[Hasbro Pulse#Fan First Friday|Fan First Friday]] stream. The figure was later released in Japan as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive as part of the 7th wave of TakaraTomy ''Selects'' toys.
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==''War for Cybertron Trilogy''==
[[File:Earthrise_Centurion_mini_OP.JPG|upright=0.5|thumb|Get me the smallest Optimus you have. No, that's too small.]]
*'''Deluxe Centurion Drone''' (Deluxe Class with accessories pack, 2020)
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-E33'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''ER EX-22'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 27]], 2021

:A minuscule figurine of Optimus Prime, about 10 millimeters tall, is included in the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' Deluxe Centurion set, which is meant to complement the [[Unicron/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Haslab Unicron]] figure.

:Despite coming in a ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]''-style box, the set is only branded as part of the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'', and doesn't include a ''Selects'' lineup number, instead having an ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' ID number. [[TakaraTomy]] released this toy as part of ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' in [[Japan]].<ref name="TT Twitter">[https://twitter.com/TF_pr/status/1285098906422931456/ "Takara Tomy Twitter announcement"]</ref>

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[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-Trilogy-Voyager-Battle-3-Pack-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[:File:Optimusprime-g2.jpg|Well]] [[Jhiaxus (G2)|gee]], [[Enerax|axe]] [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|us!]]]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Battle 3-Pack, 2020)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''WFC-11'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[February 20]], 2021
**''Accessories'': Ion Blaster, Matrix of Leadership, [[Enerax#Toys|Enerax]] and [[Sheeldron#Toys|Sheeldron]] [[Battle Master]]s

:Promoting the ''Earthrise'' chapter of the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon]], this version of Optimus Prime is a trailer-less redeco of the ''Earthrise'' Leader Class mold in darker colors more reminiscent of his [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#The Transformers|G1 figure]]. He comes with Battle Masters Enerax and Sheeldron, translucent yellow redecoes of ''Siege'' [[Pteraxadon#Toys|Pteraxadon]] and ''Earthrise'' [[Soundbarrier#Toys|Soundbarrier]] respectively, without the effects parts. In terms of deco, Optimus's blue plastic/paint operations and the unpaintable gray joints are replaced with the same darker shade of blue (which also coincidentally resembles the erroneous deco used for most of TakaraTomy's stock photos of the mold), the interiors of his opening chest windows are unpainted, the molded detail in the center of his pelvis is painted yellow, the translucent plastic is the ''slightest'' smoky green, and the eyes are a non-metallic light blue.

:The stock renders for both the robot and vehicle modes are inconsistent with the later stock photos: The forearms are still depicted as stripeless in robot mode, while the rear hip piece and the thighs are differently colored in the truck mode render.

:As with other ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' figures, Optimus Prime was exclusive to Walmart in Canada and the United States.
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[[File:WFC-Netflix-Nemesis-Prime.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Obi-Wan Kenobi|"You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Decepticons, not join them!"]]]]
*'''Spoiler Pack''' (Leader Unboxing, 2020)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''WFC-16'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 27]], 2021
**''Accessories:'' [[Dark Saber#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Dark Saber]], "W-M3 RF Ion Blaster", two forearm blasters, shield/ramp, artillery robot, trailer/[[Combat Deck (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Combat Deck]], [[Giza (POTP)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Giza]] and [[Fangtron#Toys|Fangtron]] [[Battle Master]]s, "Fire Blast", 3 [[energon cube#War for Cybertron Trilogy|energon cubes]], [[Play-Doh|compound]]
{{note|This figure of [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Nemesis Prime]] also represents a "much darker future" of Optimus Prime in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]] cartoon.}}

:Promoting the ''Earthrise'' chapter of the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon]], this ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' Leader Unboxing set contains a redeco of ''Siege'' Voyager Class [[#War for Cybertron: Siege|Optimus Prime]] as Nemesis Prime. The figure comes with ''Siege'' Optimus's "W-M3 RF Ion Blaster" (but not his "W-50 Dual-Mech Energon Strikeshield") plus a sizeable number of extras that beef up the price. These include: a redecoed trailer from ''Earthrise'' [[#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Optimus Prime]]; the Dark Saber, [[Giza (POTP)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Giza]], and large forearm blaster accessories, all from the [[#Power_of_the_Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Evolution Leader Class toy]]; [[Fangtron#Toys|Fangtron]], a [[redeco]] of ''Earthrise'' Battle Master [[Slitherfang#Toys|Slitherfang]], along with their blast effect part; and a compound through which a buyer can dig to reveal energon cubes, rereleased from ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Ultra Magnus's]] Spoiler Pack. Fangtron and the shield/Combat Deck ramp are both compatible with the [[A.I.R. Lock System]], as the former can turn into a ramp or a shield for Nemesis Prime. This toy also features a different deco compared to the above TakaraTomy Mall exclusive. Namely, he is in fact molded in very dark gray plastic as opposed to the deep black of the Takara version, and the vehicle stripes, bumper guns, and wheel rims are silver instead of teal.

:The Hasbro stock photography for the truck mode is also ''laughably'' mistransformed, with the robot mode crotch being plainly visible, an error that actually requires a considerable amount of effort to replicate with the actual toy. In addition, neither the truck windows nor panels that cover the robot mode hands are compressed fully.

:Much like previous Spoiler Pack, this set is in a windowless box designed to look like an ammo crate and features translatable [[Cybertronian language|Ancient Autobot]]. The text on the package reads "FANGTRON" and "GIZA", while the 'spoiler' text inside features a Decepticon-themed quote: "YOU MUST STAY TRUE / TO WHOM THE MATRIX HAS / CHOSEN, FOR IF YOU / DON’T, A MUCH / DARKER FUTURE AWAITS" and an Autobot-themed one: "THE DEAD UNIVERSE IS / UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU’VE / EXPERIENCED, PRIME", which are both quotes from [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] in [[Earthrise episode 5]]. The lateral side of the package also features artwork of Nemesis Prime, edited from art of ''Earthrise'' Optimus Prime. Compared to the previous Spoiler Pack, the packaging itself has no plastic insert.

:This set is a shared exclusive between online retailers and [[Walmart]] in Canada and the USA. In New Zealand, the set was sold exclusively at Toy World and Mighty Ape. Like the previous Spoiler Pack, the TakaraTomy release is packaged in a standard windowed box.
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==''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''==
[[File:TF-WFC-Kingdom-Core-Class-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|optimus prall (prime small)]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Core Class, 2020)
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K1'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD EX-03'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 20]], 2021
**''Accessories'': Ion Blaster

:Part of the first wave of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' Core Class toys, Optimus Prime is a smaller, roughly Legends-sized mold that according to his product copy and stock images is meant to be posed with larger toys of the same character, but we would be stupid not to note that he is also a good size to interact with Titan Class figures. His transformation shares engineering with the [[#Thrilling 30|''Thrilling 30'' Legends figure]], but with sculpted detailing directly based on the ''Earthrise'' mold, down to details like the ''vestigial knee flaps'' from the ''Siege'' mold. The included Ion Blaster features a 3 mm handle under a 5 mm post, dedicated to the C.O.M.B.A.T. System. He is also fairly articulated for a figure this small, having head rotation and tilting, torso rotation (which actually looks a bit unnatural), ab crunch, butterfly joints at the shoulders, and ball joints in shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees.

:Optimus Prime also had a very minor problem standing straight even with the legs standing flat.

:Unlike the actual product, the truck door section of the wrist/hand part is unpainted in the CG stock render. Curiously, his instructions depict an Energon axe that was notably left out of the final release, and was not shown in stock photos. It is currently unknown if this axe will be included with a later release of the mold.

:In Japan, Optimus Prime was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive.

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[[File:WFC-K11 Optimus Prime Packaging Stock.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2020)
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K11'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD-19'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 23]], [[2022]]
**''Accessories:'' [[Ion blaster#Generations|Ion Blaster]], shield/ramp, trailer/[[Combat Deck (G1)#Generations|Combat Deck]], artillery robot, [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Matrix of Leadership]]

:''Earthrise'' Optimus Prime featured a [[package refresh]] in the first wave of the ''Kingdom'' Leader Class toys. It featured no changes except for the gunmetal paint on the ion blaster being a ''very slightly'' lighter color.

:Much like most of the toyline, Optimus Prime comes with one of four possible holographic [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] cards for his wave, which reveals a [[Source:Golden Disk destinies|possible destiny]] of a key character, Optimus Prime being one of them.
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[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Titan-Ark-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|200px|Scaled to fit inside the Ark's cockpit or a [[Mark Maher|decent-sized soul patch]].]]
*'''Autobot Ark''' (2021)
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-K30'''

:''Kingdom'' Titan Class [[Ark (G1)#Generations|Autobot Ark]] comes with a minuscule figurine of Optimus Prime, similar to the Unicron-scaled one in the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Deluxe Centurion Drone set, designed to be in scale with the ''Ark'''s starship mode. It is cast in the same orange translucent plastic used for the Ark's windscreen, then painted over with a metallic red.
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==''Premium Finish''==
[[File:TF-Premium-Finish-PFWFC-01-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The REAL ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[#2020Netflix|Autobot Optimus Prime toy]].]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, [[October 30]], 2021)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PF WFC-01 / PFGR 01'''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''GE-01'''
**''Accessories'': "W-50 Dual-Mech Energon Strikeshield," "W-M3 RF Ion Blaster" (combines to form "Sentrystrike Ultra-Blaster")

:Part of the first wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Premium Finish|Premium Finish]]'' subline, Optimus Prime is a redeco of the [[#War_for_Cybertron:_Siege|''Siege'' Voyager Class toy]], with the same weapons and C.O.M.B.A.T. System functionality.

:In a similar deco to the ''[[3A|ThreeZero]]'' figure, Optimus Prime is redecoed to be completely accurate to his on-screen appearance in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron'' Trilogy cartoon]]; for example, the translucent blue parts are now green, an extra white stripe is added in the front of the sideways truck kibble, and the battle damage is changed.
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==''Legacy''==
[[File:Legacy Laser Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|We're gonna party like it's 1995!]]
*'''Laser Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, [[2022]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-06'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[September]], [[2022]]
**''Accessories:'' [[Energon]] sword, Energon axe, [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Legacy|Matrix of Leadership]], blaster, repair bay, trailer

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Leader Class toys, "Laser Optimus Prime" is an updated version of his [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|''Generation 2'' design]] which transforms into a mid-1990s Western Star 4964EX, with decos imitating both his original release as well as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#RTSDeluxe|his 2010 Deluxe Class remake]]. He includes an Energon sword, an Energon axe, a new Matrix of Leadership, and a trailer which can transform into a battle station (tanker deco of Optimus burning down a forest not included!). His signature shoulder pylons can open outwards to reveal missile pods, something the previous two figures couldn't accomplish.

:Most of Laser Optimus Prime's lower body, including his hips, thighs, the front of his lower legs (except for the shin vents), and feet, reuse elements from the ''Earthrise'' toy above whereas other details like his crotch, shins, back of the lower legs, tires, and the entirety of his upper body are brand-new. Like the ''Earthrise'' toy, the shins have the vestige of the ''Siege'' figure's trailer hitch on the outside.

:Unfortunately, his sword is made of a rather soft plastic, and may come bent in-package due to being held in a tight cardboard insert.

:The [[Hasbro Pulse]] listing for the figure has him at "G2 Universe Laser Optimus Prime" while the packaging itself merely labels him as "Laser Optimus Prime".
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Venom (G1)

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:''Venom is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Venom boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It may seem like he's just shaking his fist, but in reality his forehead is giving you the finger.]]
'''Venom''' (aka '''Venin'''<ref>Used for the ''Generations'' toy and the trading card, probably due to the existence of [[Venom (Marvel)|another character]].</ref>) is the official leader of the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], but he's so paranoid about one of the others trying to usurp his position that he does more damage to his own standing among them than most of the plots they might hatch against him. He trusts none of them and suspects everyone of being after his place. He won't hesitate to utilize his manipulative and destructive psychological warfare techniques on those under him to stay in power: his self-esteem is based solely around his job!

The stinger on his head is loaded with all sorts of chemicals that can mess up organic and mechanical life... as long as it doesn't get stuck in an enemy and break off.<ref>[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/extended-bios.html Extended bio at ''Disciplies of Boltax'']</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:TimeWars VenomDies.jpg|right|upright=2.1|thumb|Ow. OW.]]
Venom and his teammates in the elite [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] were sent to aid the [[Wreckers]] against the team-up of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (or at least his [[Straxus (G1)|clone]]) and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Despite the Mayhems' reputation, however, they were no match for their opponents, and Venom was slain by Galvatron shortly after the battle began. Twice. {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:LooseEnds1 Soundwave Insecticons.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"Thank god, all Venom played was Eminem in there."]]
Venom, Chop Shop and Ransack were ordered by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] to ensure the [[Skyscorcher]]s, under siege in the [[Pax Cybertronia Decommissioning Depot]] in [[Kalis]], would be "martyrs." The three Insecticons sneaked in and killed their targets, with Venom taking out [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]] and [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]] with a sinister ''WRUP'', and arming a [[Warbird (weapon)|Warbird]] missile to detonate. However, the [[Wreckers]] blew in and captured them inside a [[detention-sphere]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
[[File:Decepticons purge secrets and lies 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
Early in the [[Great War (G1)|war]] on Cybertron, Venom was part of a Decepticon assault alongside [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]], [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Octane]], [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], and the Autobot double agent [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]]. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}
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===Kid Stuff storybooks===
[[File:SlavesoftheInsecticons Venom.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey, [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]]! See you.]]
Venom and his Insecticon forces were in charge of an oil-mining operation on the Pacific Rim island of [[Buru]]. Having enslaved the natives with their special venom, they patrolled the island to make sure that no Autobots interfered with the operation. Venom refused Megatron's orders to pump faster, saying it was impossible. When Megatron arrived on his [[oil driller and transporter]] to speed up the drilling operations, Venom boarded the vessel to meet with the Decepticon leader. He freaked out Megatron by just staring at him in total silence, leaving Megatron and Soundwave to whisper and speculate what he might be thinking.

{{note|Venom's lack of dialogue results from Kid Stuff's apparent desire to not have any speaking parts in their audiobooks besides the core cast of Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave and Prowl.}}

Venom's forces were subsequently crushed underfoot by a horde of [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Ratbatwarwithin.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"The Frightful Four?? I wanted to be in the Sinister Six!"]]
8.2 million years ago, Venom participated in [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} He presumably retreated with the rest of the Decepticons when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] activated the planetary engines, devastating the city.

After the fragmentation of the Decepticon forces following Megatron's seeming destruction in a [[space bridge]] accident, Venom joined [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s [[Ultracon]]s. He accompanied Ratbat and fellow Ultracons [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] and [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] on a mission to the [[Tagan Heights]], where they unleashed the deadly [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the [[Wrecker]]s. Capturing the Wreckers' leader, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], the Ultracons were prevented from executing him when Devastator's battle with [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] raged out of control. {{storylink|Escalation}} In the chaos that ensued, Venom and his allies escaped, leaving Devastator behind. {{storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}}

Later, Venom, Chop Shop, and [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] were involved in an altercation with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Venom also accompanied his leader to the [[Autobot]]/Decepticon peace ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

[[File:VictimsoftheRevolution Venom impaled.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|[[Blaze Master|Lethal Defector.]]]]
Venom, along with Barrage, Chop Shop, and Ransack, remained on Cybertron following the departure of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]. The planet's chronic [[energon]] shortage reduced them to a vampiric existence, forcing them to capture [[Micromaster]]s and drain them of their fuel. While pursuing [[Falcon (OC)|Falcon]] and [[Flanker]] in the [[Wastelands]], they ran into the middle of a conflict between the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] and [[Race Track Patrol]]. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}}

After devouring Falcon, they soon set upon the other Micromasters, but were driven back by the timely arrival of [[Groundshaker (G1)|Groundshaker]], who left with the Hot Rod Patrol. The subsequent arrival of Shockwave prevented them from devouring the Race Track Patrol, but Shockwave did surreptitiously toss them Flanker as a snack once the others had left. {{storylink|The Gray Race}} The Insecticons subsequently abducted the Race Track Patrol and several other Micromasters from [[Little Iacon]] in an attempt to ferret out the Hot Rod Patrol and gain some new recruits in the process. Venom berated Chop Shop after the latter accidentally snatched [[Road Hugger (G1)|Road Hugger]], accusing him of trying to undermine the mission. As Venom attempted to persuade his captives to join the Decepticons, he ordered Barrage to blast [[Blaze Master]] as a show of force. Taking his captives and recruits back to Decepticon HQ, Venom passed along a communique from Shockwave (actually a disguised [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]]) to [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] and his teammates, summoning them to his quarters. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}} While attempting to stop an invasion force of Micromasters from freeing their comrades, Venom was skewered by a revived Blaze Master. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}
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===''The Battle of the Star Gate''===
When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] confronted the two [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]s on the ''[[Trigger]]'', Venom was part of his forces. When the [[Autobot]]s arrived, the [[Decepticon]]s battled them, till the Starscream of the future interrupted the battle by merging with the ''Trigger''. In the ensuing conflict, the ''Trigger'' was destroyed and the Transformers were sent falling to the [[Earth]], becoming lost. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Venom was caught up in the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]' attack on [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s forces and got knocked around by [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Venom defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. During the battle, he and Barrage were pounded on by Snarl (again!) and [[Storm Shadow]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Hunting Party (IDW)|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]}}
During the early days of the war, Venom served under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] as part of a team sent to find the lost [[Titan (group)|Titan]], [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. On the two-hundred-and-thirty-eighth day of this grueling campaign, Venom and his colleagues destroyed a [[Nibarian]] outpost because they believed it was between them and their quarry. A hunch from [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] led them further to a planet inhabited by [[Urtuskian]]s. As Venom and the other Decepticons started obliterating the primitive outpost, believing Metroplex was underneath (and also because it was fun), their team was caught up to by a team of [[Autobot]]s who had been trailing them. Venom and the other the Decepticons retreated without accomplishing their goal. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

[[File:Relunctant Specialist Venom and Chop Shop.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|"Optics, cooling units, cosmitron. So many snacks, so little time..."]]
His experience pursuing Metroplex eventually brought him and his crewmates to the attention of [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]], who recruited them to his [[Titan Hunter|Titan hunting crew]]. This found him boarding the ''[[Lost Light]]'' in search of the sloughed-off portion of Metroplex that its crew had salvaged. Finding the only operational crewman to be the newly christened [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]], he opened fire on the hapless Autobot and pursued him through the corridors until a cruel trick resulted in his head having an unpleasant interaction with a closing bulkhead door. Incapacitated for the time being, he was dragged by Trailcutter back to Lockdown. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}}

Venom was still working as part of Lockdown's crew on the "lost" [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], where they found [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and a small landing party from the ''Lost Light'' investigating a [[Point One Percenter]] [[spark]] in a giant hot spot. They immediately attacked the Autobots (and [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]) for "trespassing". {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} Chasing the "trespassers" into a huge graveyard of deactivated Titans, Venom and the rest of the Decepticons were easily able to round them all up, whereupon they were delivered into the custody of Chief Justice [[Solomus|Tyrest]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}}
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===Legends World===
[[File:Legends webcomic xmas Waspinator.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.5|Little guy on the right.]]

Venin and [[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]] were the sons of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], with whom they celebrated [[Christmas]]. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} When [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] tried to convert him into a [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] fan, Waspinator-turned-[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] refused on behalf of his kids, telling Tankor they had no idea who the [[Optimus Prime (G1)|original Optimus Prime]] was. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 17#I'm Tankor, dana!|I'm Tankor, dana!}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Insecticon leader Venom discovered that [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] had formed the [[Bee Team (G1)|Bee Team]] to strike at Decepticon bases worldwide. Luckily for the Decepticons, Venom and his colleagues managed to keep the Autobots at bay. {{storylink|The Bee Team}}

Venom was one of the Decepticons under the command of Galvatron when the latter attempted to steal an experimental space bridge from the Autobots. All combatants were sent hurtling back in time when a stray shot hit the device, and found themselves witnessing the epic battle between Primus and Unicron before Cybertron's creation. In a fit of madness, Galvatron ordered his troops to aid Unicron, despite the chaos bringer's victory meaning they would all be wiped from existence. The Autobots and Primus eventually sent Unicron into a retreat, and all time-displaced warriors were sent back to their proper place in the timestream by Primus. {{storylink|Battle of the Brothers}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1VenomToy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fear my docile, stingerless beast form!]]
*'''Venom''' (Deluxe Insecticon, [[1985]])
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Venom transforms into a robotic {{w|cicada}}. He uses the mold of the [[#Notes|Beet-Zaguna]] toy previously released in the Japanese ''Armored Insect Battalion Beetras'' toyline, with a new green and orange deco. He comes with a small blaster and an axe.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-deluxe-insecticons-venom/925/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Venom at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Venom/venom.htm More information on Venom at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Gen-toy Venin.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Unfortunately, he can only fire his gun mode off once before dying.]]
*'''Acid Storm & Venin''' (Legends Class, 2014)

:Part of the seventh wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Generations]]'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' '''Venin''' (renamed due to trademark reasons) is a [[redeco]] of [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Generations|Waspinator]], in sorta-[[Insecticon (G1)|Generation 1 Insecticon]] colors. Venin can transform into a purple insect, a robot with [[C joint|3 mm-compatible]] hands, and a gun with a [[5 mm post|5 mm handle]]. He has an [[autotransformation]] feature that folds up his wings when his gun barrel is extended.

: He was only available in a two-pack with the Legends Class [[Acid Storm (G1)#Generations|Acid Storm]]. Compared to Waspinator, many of Venin's parts are considerably softer, giving him a much less solid feel.

:Venin was originally designed with Venom's usual colors, back when Acid Storm was going to be [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Thundercracker]],<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/96686-generations-legends-targetmaster-moulds/?p=2517377 Joe Kyde's comment on allspark.com]</ref> but the colors were changed sometime between then and production, presumably to match his new partner.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenVenin/venin.htm More information on Venin at TFU.info]''
{{GenerationsLegendsWaspinatorMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W2DecepticonVenin.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Decepticon Venin, Insecticon Tyrant''' ([[2019]])
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T17/T46'''
**''Stars: ''9
:Decepticon Venin, Insecticon Tyrant is one of forty-six character cards released in Wave 2 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Rise of the Combiners.

:The artwork for the card is reused from the [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]] mobile game.
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==Notes==
[[File:1985MuralDXInsecticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*Venom, like all of the Deluxe Insecticons, was designed by [[Artmic]] and originally produced by [[Takatoku Toys]] for inclusion in their ''Armored Insect Battalion Beetras'' toyline (甲虫隊ビートラス). Decoed in black and brown, the mold first saw release under the name '''Beet-Zeguna''' (ビート・ゼグナ ''Bīto Zeguna''). Takatoku Toys went out of business a short while later in 1984, and their assets were purchased by fellow Japanese toymaker [[Bandai]]. At that time, Bandai was not very active in the U.S. market, which made the company a competitor of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]], but not of [[Hasbro]]. Due to this, Bandai had no objection to licensing various Takatoku molds to Hasbro in 1985 for sale primarily in the United States as part of their version of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|''The Transformers'' toyline]]. Nowadays, Bandai has a worthwhile interest in every market and since it only once licensed the molds, there is little likelihood that Venom and company will ever be reissued.
*Since Hasbro and Takara shared the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] as promotional material for their respective versions of the toyline, Venom and the other Deluxe Insecticons were not included in its cast to avoid giving Japanese market-competitor Bandai free publicity. The group was also omitted from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|US Marvel comics]] and barely appeared in the UK Marvel comics, making them the least "successful" of the Takatoku molds. This trend has continued in fiction since, the team's current highlight being their role in the [[2004]] Dreamwave ''[[Transformers: Micromasters|Micromasters]]'' miniseries.
*Barrage, Chop Shop, and Venom all appeared in their ''Beetras'' color schemes on Hasbro's 1985 packaging mural, along with several other toys in early or unused color schemes.
*Because of the Deluxe Insecticons' regular absence from fiction, Venom has rarely acted as leader of the whole Insecticon group. Instead, the more prominently appearing Insecticon trio usually seems to be rather communal in leadership, though [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] often gets to be in a leadership position of sorts. Venom is presumably keeping an eye on him.
*Real {{w|cicada}}s have no venom. They don't even sting. They're just noisy.
** That said, like many {{w|Hemiptera|Hemipterans}}, cicadas ''can'' give a slightly painful (but completely harmless) jab with their {{w|Rostrum (anatomy)|rostrum}} in self-defense if you handle them carelessly and scare the poor little things.
*Venom has shown no evidence in any fiction of [[Venom (Marvel)|a desire to eat your brains]].
*''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Legends Class [[Bombshell (G1)#Generations|Bombshell]] had an alternate "pretooled" head designed by Hasbro for Venom, but this tooling was never used.
*In planning for the [[BotCon 2015]] [[Waruder]] four-pack ([[Storm Rider]], [[Paralyzer]], [[Parasite]], and [[Mudfighter]]), [[Fun Publications]] considered making one of the Deluxe Class wasps a version of Venom, who has long suffered from a lack of any available molds with a cicada alt-mode. However, they shelved this plan upon learning that Hasbro also had that idea potentially on the docket. Ultimately, Hasbro did produce a mass-retail toy of Venom (under the modern trademark-friendly name "Venin"), but using the small Mini-Con-sized mold rather than the Deluxe Class mold, and in different colours available from [[Acid Storm (G1)#Generations|Acid Storm]]'s sprue.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Venom''' (ヴェノム ''Venomu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.diaclone.net/gattaioh/beet/zeg/index.html Beet-Zeguna at Diaclone.net]

[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Insecticons]]
[[Category:Legends World natives]]
[[Category:Mayhem Attack Squad]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Ultracons]]

Space Case (BotBots)

2022-04-22T01:50:25Z

Spin-Out: I did the "amogus" caption but I hought of a funnier one that isn't redundant with one on the stasis pod page

{{factions|playroomposse}}
{{disambig3|Space Case}}
:''Space Case is a member of the [[Playroom Posse]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].
[[File:BotBots-GetReady SpaceCase.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|See the bubble-headed bleach-bot who comes on at five.]]
'''Space Case''' is burning out his fuse up here alone.

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==Fiction==
===Stop motion shorts===
Space Case and [[Dr. Flaskenstein]] served as announcers for the [[Goldrush Games (event)|Goldrush Games]] on "Bot News", letting everyone know that "botbot botbotbotbot botbot botbotbotbot botbot". {{storylink|Get Ready, Get Set...}}


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==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
[[File:Space-Case-BotbotsS6.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD]]
*'''???''' (5-pack, <s>2020</s>)
**''Series'': '''<s>6</s>'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''
*'''???''' (8-pack, <s>2020</s>)
**''Series'': '''<s>6</s>'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Part of the originally-planned sixth Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Space Case transforms into a retro-styled toy rocket.

: They were ''supposed'' to be available in both the 5-pack and/or 8-pack assortment. However, we do not know what the package breakdowns for those were planned to be as the initial Series 6 that Space Case was part of never materialized. On top of that, a ''different'' Series 6 was developed for release in [[2023]], leaving their release in limbo.

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
* What limited information we have on their planned availability comes from the [[:File:BotBots_series_6_checklist.jpg|''BotBots'' Series 6 checklist]] found on Hasbro's customer service website in early 2021.

[[Category: Playroom Posse]]

Glam Glare Fancy Flare

2022-04-21T23:30:12Z

Spin-Out:

{{factions|homerangers}}
:''Glam Glare Fancy Flare is a member of the [[Home Rangers]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]]
[[File:Botbots - Glam Glare Fancy Flare art.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I love lamp!]]
'''Glam Glare Fancy Flare''' is your home decor extraordinaire! She is a master of patterns and color swatches, and will easily take your room up a few notches! She will guide your style so your space doesn't look wacky, she'd advise against lava lamps, since they're so tacky. She knows all the tricks to tie any room together, like how that sofa would look better with black imitation leather. This lamp-bot's skills are incredible, she'll leave your home looking unforgettable!

{{TOC}}

==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
[[File:Glam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.11|Bröther, may I have some lämp?]]
*'''Blind Bag Mystery Figures''' (Single pack, [[2020]])
**''Series'': '''5'''
**''ID code'': '''21'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Part of the fifth series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Glam Glare Fancy Flare changes from a table lamp to a robot in a few steps. She has a light bulb sculpted on top of her head.

: She is available in the [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] single-bot packages. She comes 1 to a case of 24, like everyone else in the assortment. The Series 5 Mystery Figures assortment was initially skipped by retailers in the US, eventually appearing in June 2021 at Dollar Tree and Five Below stores.

*'''Cardio Clique''' (5-pack, 2020)
**''Series'': '''5'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: She is available in the one of the "Cardio Clique"-themed 5-packs, along with [[H2-Ego]], [[Tranquillabeast]], [[Experi-Mental]], and a blindpacked [[Richmond Cakesmore]].

{{note|This set is a "recommended minimum buy" for a complete set of Series 5 BotBots.}}

*'''Hibotchi Heats''' (8-pack, 2020)
**''Series'': '''5'''
**''Level'': '''2 Star'''

: GGFF is also available in one of the "[[Hibotchi Heats]]"-themed 8-pack along with [[Wasabi Breath]], [[Lieutenant Lo Mein]], [[Razzle Tazzeled]], [[Snuggle Puggle]], [[Unreelz Dealz]], [[Doctor Flicker]], and a blind packed [[Poo-Shoo]].
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[[Category: Female Transformers]]
[[Category: Home Rangers]]

Camcon

2022-04-21T23:17:12Z

Spin-Out:

{{factions|retroreplays}}
:''Camcon is a member of the [[Retro Replays]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].
[[File:Camcon-art.jpg|thumb|upright=1.11|Robot roll call!]]

Got some moldy oldie electronics gathering dust in the garage? Well, take it down to '''Camcon''' (aka '''Cam "The Pawn" Corder''') and get a little cash for it! And then, he'll turn right around and sell it as-is for ''more'' cash to some unwitting bot! Refurbishment? Pffffft. Those frayed wires and rusted grills just mean it's ''vintage''.

{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
[[File:Camcon.JPG|thumb|upright=1.11|Camcon! Tom [[Servo (RB)|Servo]]! [[Crow Convoy|CROOOOW]]!]]
*'''Blind Bag Mystery Figures''' (Single pack, [[2020]])
**''Series'': '''5'''
**''ID number'': '''16'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Part of the fifth series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Camcon transforms into a hand-held videotape camera, complete with flip-out video screen.

: He is available in the single-bot [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] assortment, packed 1 in a case of 24 like everyone else in the case. The Series 5 Mystery Figures assortment was initially skipped by retailers in the US, eventually appearing in June 2021 at Dollar Tree and Five Below stores.

*'''Hibotchi Heats''' (8-pack, 2020)
**''Series'': '''5'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Camcon is also available in one of the "[[Hibotchi Heats]]"-themed 8-packs, packed in with [[Drama Sauce]], [[Experi-Mental]], [[Handy Dandy]], [[Nomaste]], [[Slurp-A-Derp]], [[Wah-Waaah the Clown]], and a blind-packed [[Pour Gold]].

{{note|This set is a "recommended minimum buy" for a complete set of Series 5 BotBots.}}

==Notes==
* "Camcon" is the name this toy is given in the pack-in checklist that comes with Series 5 ''BotBots'' toys, while "Cam 'The Pawn' Corder" comes from the ''BotBots'' website. Actually, it's "Cam 'The Paw' Corder" in his header, with "Cam 'The Paw'''''n'''''<nowiki>'</nowiki> Corder" used in the bio body. We're defaulting to the checklist since that comes with the toys and neither name is more "correct" than the other. (Well, okay, "The Paw" is ''definitely'' wrong.)
** This makes him the ''third'' Series 5 member of the Retro Replays to have a name screwup on the website, out of... four members. Oof.

[[Category: Retro Replays]]

Space Case (BotBots)

2022-04-21T23:11:09Z

Spin-Out: /* BotBots */

{{factions|playroomposse}}
{{disambig3|Space Case}}
:''Space Case is a member of the [[Playroom Posse]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].
[[File:BotBots-GetReady SpaceCase.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|See the bubble-headed bleach-bot who comes on at five.]]
'''Space Case''' is burning out his fuse up here alone.

{{TOC}}

==Fiction==
===Stop motion shorts===
Space Case and [[Dr. Flaskenstein]] served as announcers for the [[Goldrush Games (event)|Goldrush Games]] on "Bot News", letting everyone know that "botbot botbotbotbot botbot botbotbotbot botbot". {{storylink|Get Ready, Get Set...}}


{{-}}
==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
[[File:Space-Case-BotbotsS6.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|amogus]]
*'''???''' (5-pack, <s>2020</s>)
**''Series'': '''<s>6</s>'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''
*'''???''' (8-pack, <s>2020</s>)
**''Series'': '''<s>6</s>'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Part of the originally-planned sixth Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Space Case transforms into a retro-styled toy rocket.

: They were ''supposed'' to be available in both the 5-pack and/or 8-pack assortment. However, we do not know what the package breakdowns for those were planned to be as the initial Series 6 that Space Case was part of never materialized. On top of that, a ''different'' Series 6 was developed for release in [[2023]], leaving their release in limbo.

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
* What limited information we have on their planned availability comes from the [[:File:BotBots_series_6_checklist.jpg|''BotBots'' Series 6 checklist]] found on Hasbro's customer service website in early 2021.

[[Category: Playroom Posse]]

Brewdrina

2022-04-21T23:05:44Z

Spin-Out:

{{factions|magictricksters}}
:''Brewdrina is a member of the [[Magic Tricksters]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].
[[File:BotBots-toy Brewdrina checklist.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Cold, hot, fresh witches' brew! Only ten bucks a pop! Side effects include wine, women and song.]]
'''Brewdrina''' is drunk.

{{TOC}}

==Fiction==
===Stop motion shorts===
Brewdrina was among the BotBot spectators for the [[Goldrush Games (event)|Goldrush Games]], cheering on [[Aday]], [[Tricitrustops]] and [[Poo-Shoo]] in the racing event. {{storylink|Get Ready, Get Set...}}

==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
*'''???''' ("Surprise Unboxing" 6-pack, <s>2020</s>)
**''Series'': '''<s>6</s>'''
**''Level'': '''2 Star'''

: Part of the originally-planned sixth Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Brewdrina is a [[redeco]] of [[Prince Perfumius]], transforming into a "magic brew" bottle.

: They were ''supposed'' to be available exclusively in the "Surprise Unboxing" assortment, as one of six BotBots in ten mystery capsules (the other four having stickers inside). However, we do not know what the package breakdowns for those were planned to be as the initial Series 6 that Brewdrina was part of never materialized. On top of that a different Series 6 was developed for release in [[2023]], leaving Brewdrina's release in limbo.

: This mold was also used to make [[Perfumigator]].

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
* What limited information we have on their planned availability comes from the [[:File:BotBots_series_6_checklist.jpg|''BotBots'' Series 6 checklist]] found on Hasbro's customer service website in early 2021.
* Brewdrina's one-star rating is a bit odd given their only (planned) release would be in, at most, two packages.

[[Category: Magic Tricksters]]

Slogre the Emerald Ogre

2022-04-21T23:02:44Z

Spin-Out:

:''Slogre the Emerald Ogre is a member of the [[Gifted Guild]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].
[[File:BotBots-toy SlogreEmeraldOgre checklist.jpg|upright=2|thumb|WHAT?! ARE YE DOIN'?! IN MY SWAMP?!]]
'''Slogre the Emerald Ogre''' is an all-star.

==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
*'''???''' ("Surprise Unboxing" 6-pack, <s>2020</s>)
**''Series'': '''<s>6</s>'''
**''Level'': '''2 Star'''

: Part of the originally-planned sixth Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Slogre the Emerald Ogre is a [[redeco]] of [[Sugar Breath]], transforming into a smooth emerald.

: They were ''supposed'' to be available in the "Surprise Unboxing" assortment, as one of (presumably) six BotBots in ten mystery capsules (the other four having stickers inside). However, we do not know what the package breakdowns for those were planned to be as the initial Series 6 that Slogre was part of never materialized. On top of that a ''different'' Series 6 was developed for release in [[2023]], leaving Slogre's release in limbo.

:This mold was also used to make [[Milton (BotBots)|Milton]].

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==Notes==
* What limited information we have on their planned availability comes from the [[:File:BotBots_series_6_checklist.jpg|''BotBots'' Series 6 checklist]] found on Hasbro's customer service website in early 2021.

[[Category: Gifted Guild]]

Playgor Cardquest

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Spin-Out:

:''Playgor Cardquest is a member of the [[Gamer Geeks]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].
[[File:BotBots ep4a LARP - PlaygorCardquest.jpg|thumb|right|250px|You spoony bard!]]
'''Playgor Cardquest''' is a robot that loves to LARP (Live Action Role Play) and to share his love of fantasy with others. Armed with his trusty lute, he frequently breaks into song.

{{bigquote|And so the short-sighted burger left the fabled inn, other adventures doth call to him!|Playgor Cardquest to the Lost Bots|"[[Live and Let LARP]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''BotBots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brandon Hackett]] (English)|[[Serge Faliu]] (French)}}
Playgor Cardquest LARPed with the Lost Bots. Burgertron however was against the idea and thought they should be having actual adventures. However in the end, to defeat a crow which had gotten into the mall, Burgertron joined the other Lost Bots in LARPing to defeat it, which greatly pleased Playgor. {{storylink|Live and Let LARP}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Crime and Bun-ishment}} {{storylink|Scanned Out}} {{storylink|The Goldrush Games - Part the Second}}}}

[[Category:BotBots characters]]

Bankshot

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Spin-Out: /* BotBots */

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:''Bankshot is a member of the [[Arcade Renegades]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].
[[File:Bankshot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Bridesmaid of Pin•Bot.]]

'''Bankshot''' is one of the arcade's most popular machines, which she would be proud of...if not for how often she gets tilted by players trying to save that last ball heading straight for the drain. Being knocked around on the outside while her pinballs bounce around on the inside often leaves her dizzy and disoriented, to the point the poor thing sometimes forgets who she is.

==Fiction==
===''BotBots Mad Libs''===
Bankshot could teach you how to play pinball at [[Game Palace|'''''first name''''''s Game Palace]]. {{storylink|Arcade Action}}
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==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
[[File:BotBots-toys Bankshot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A [BANK SHOT]]]
*'''Arcade Renegades Surprise''' (16-pack, 2019)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Part of the third series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Bankshot transforms from pinball machine to rattled robot.

: She is available in all iterations of the "Arcade Renegades Surprise" 16-pack; all eight new-mold Bots (of which Bankshot is one) are displayed in the window portion of the packaging, with the [[redeco]]s of prior molds in the eight [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] bubbles. The blindpacked contents vary, with six known "packouts": one has the remaining eight Arcade Renegades, while the other five have four Renegades and four Bots from -inexplicably- Series 1. A tiny number printed on the back next to [[Sweet Cheat]] in the mural tells you the contents of those blindpack bubbles: the number you ''want'' is '''6''', which is the all-Renegade set.

:This mold was also used to make [[Goldpin Baller]].
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==Notes==
* Her online bio spells her name as '''Bank Shot'''.

[[Category: Arcade Renegades]]
[[Category: Female Transformers]]

Croaks

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Spin-Out:

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:''Croaks is a member of the [[Spoiled Rottens]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].

[[File:Transformers botbots croaks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He can be quite the buzzkill.]]

'''Croaks''' is such a bummer. He literally ruins everything. This one time, there were a bunch of bots going for a swim … he flushed the toilet! He just can’t help spoiling all the fun with his poisonous personality.
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==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
[[File:BotBots Croaks toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Goo-Goo Groopies''' (8-pack, 2019)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Part of the third series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Croaks is a [[redeco]] of [[Venus Frogtrap]], transforming from a small bestial robot into a rotten plant. Due to a design flaw, his stem cannot retract as far into his body as his art suggests.

: He is available in one of the "[[Goo-Goo Groopies]]" 8-packs, along with [[Bunches]], [[Calamity Keys]], [[Yule B. Bored]], and [[Lost Bots|Lost Bot]] [[Fail Polish]].

{{note|This set is a "recommended minimum buy" for a complete set of Series 3 BotBots.}}

*'''Fresh Squeezes''' (8-pack, 2019)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Croaks is also ''also'' available in one of the "[[Fresh Squeezes]]" themed 8-packs, along with [[Blabberbook]], [[Bottle O-Tears]], [[Loudsy]], [[Minnycake]], [[Sensei Spiny]], [[Trend Blend]], and Lost Bot [[Strike Four]].
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[[Category: Spoiled Rottens]]
[[Category: Plants]]

Fun Gus

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Spin-Out:

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:''Fun Gus is a member of the [[Shed Heads]] from [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]].

[[File:FunGus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Go ask [[Alice in Wonderland|Alice]], I think she'll know.]]

With a name like '''Fun Gus''', you've got to be a fun guy! Fun Gus is always the life of a party and always takes on dares, even if they are a bit risky. The [[Shed Heads]] and everyone else he parties with are always glad to have him around, even if he smells a bit.

==Fiction==
===''BotBots Official Sticker Book''===
Fun Gus had the power to get a party started! {{storylink|Transformers BotBots Official Sticker Book|BotBots Official Sticker Book}}
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==Toys==
===''BotBots''===
[[File:BotBots FunGus toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Among Us]]
*'''Blind Bag Mystery Figures''' (Single pack, [[2018]])
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''ID Code'': '''15'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Part of the first Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots (toyline)|BotBots]]'', Fun Gus converts from an inch-tall robot into a mushroom and back!

: He is available only in the [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] single-bot packages. He comes 1 to a case of 24, like everyone else in the assortment.

:This mold was also used to make [[Seawiggle]].
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==Notes==
* Fun Gus's static art has a skull sigil on his shoulder that both his toy and his group shot picture lack.

[[Category: Shed Heads]]