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Josh Keaton

2012-03-06T03:14:16Z

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[[Image:JoshKeaton.jpg|thumb|200px|Going from a Wiener to a Keaton? Kind of a lateral shift, really.]]
'''Josh Keaton''' (born '''Joshua Luis Wiener''' on [[February 8]], [[1979]]) is an American actor and voice actor. He has played a wide variety of voice roles over the years, such as [[Spider-Man]] in ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' and several video games, The [[Human Torch]] in ''[[Marvel]]: Ultimate Alliance'', Young Hercules in ''Disney's Hercules'' and ''Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep'', The Flash in ''Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths'', Valtor in the Nickelodeon version of ''Winx Club'', and Young Ocelot in ''[[Snake|Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. He currently voices Hal Jordan in ''Green Lantern: The Animated Series''.

He also has appeared in numerous live-action television series and movies, from Tim from ''General Hospital'' to Mootai/Jason from ''The Even Stevens Movie'' (starring [[Shia LaBeouf]]).

==Voice roles==
===''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]''===
* [[Jack Darby]]
* [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]
*[[MECH Navigator]] (episode 9)

==Notes==
* Did we mention that he is an actual fan of ''Transformers'' himself?

*Keaton is one of the announcers of [[The Hub]].

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2011]]

==External links==
* [http://www.joshkeaton.com/ Official John Keaton site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005079/ Josh Keaton on IMDb]

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

Maurice LaMarche

2012-03-06T03:12:40Z

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[[Image:GadgetMario.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Among many other talents, Maurice LaMarche can do [[Huffer (Animated)|the Mario]].]]
'''Maurice LaMarche''' (born [[March 30]], [[1958]]) is a Emmy Award winning, Canadian voice actor and former stand up comedian. His most famous roles are probably Brain from ''Pinky and the Brain'', Morbo, King Lrr, Kif Kroker, and many additional voices in ''Futurama'', Dizzy Devil in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Hovis the Butler in ''Catscratch'', Magneto in ''[[Marvel]]: Super hero Squad'', The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight in ''The Tick'', Mortimer Mouse in Disney's House of [[Mickey Mouse|Mouse]], Verminous Skumm and Duke Nukem in ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'', Big Bob Pataki in ''Hey Arnold!'', Toucan Sam in the Fruit Loops commercials, Egon Spengler in ''[[Susan Hoffman#Related characters|The Real Ghostbusters]]'', Calendar Man and Mr. Freeze in ''[[Batman]]: Arkham City'', Father in ''Codename: Kids Next Door'', and as the current voices of Inspector Gadget, and Yosemite Sam.

==Voice roles==
===Generation 1===
*[[Six-Gun]]

===''Transformers: Rescue Bots''===
*[[Charlie Burns]]

==Notes==
LaMarche was only in one episode of ''Transformers'', when he played [[Six-Gun]] in the episode “[[Thief in the Night]]”. In an [http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/?p=1153&page=2 interview with Quick Stop Entertainment], he describes the recording session for this episode as "the longest session of [his] life", due to [[Wally Burr]]'s "unusual directing style":

:''He line read you 72 times on each line. He just made you parrot back what he did into the microphone. And you always… in fact, that director is the reason there is now a four hour recording session rule in the SAG basic contract for animation. Because it used to be 8 hours. Now, nobody was there 8 hours, but that was the allowed minimum. {{sic}} Until this guy came along and started directing Transformers, and all of a sudden, you were there 8 hours. And the way voice actors make their money is volume. As my friend [[Rob Paulsen]] is fond of saying, “Volume baby. Volume.” So even though you’re booked for four hours, if they know you’ve got a 2:00 and you’re in there at noon, they’ll get you out for 2:00 because they know you want to get on and make another session fee. The one thing that you’ll find in our business is most of us work for scale. The idea is how many times a day do you work for scale. But this one director...would just keep you there.''<ref>[http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/?p=1153&page=2 Quick Stop Interview: Maurice LaMarche]</ref>

*The one episode Maurice worked on was the one that [[Casey Kasem]] walked out on, so situations may have been unusually hurried and tense on that day.

*He is famous for his almost-flawless [[Orson Welles]] impression.

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005606/ Maurice LaMarche at the Internet Movie Database]

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

Maurice LaMarche

2012-03-06T03:04:23Z

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[[Image:GadgetMario.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Among many other talents, Maurice LaMarche can do [[Huffer (Animated)|the Mario]].]]
'''Maurice LaMarche''' (born [[March 30]], [[1958]]) is a Emmy Award winning, Canadian voice actor and former stand up comedian. His most famous roles are probably Brain from ''Pinky and the Brain'', Morbo, King Lrr, Kif Kroker, and many additional voices in ''Futurama'', Dizzy Devil in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Hovis the Butler in ''Catscratch'', Magneto in ''[[Marvel]]: Super hero Squad'', The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight in ''The Tick'', Mortimer Mouse in Disney's House of [[Mickey Mouse|Mouse]], Verminous Skumm and Duke Nukem in ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'', Big Bob Pataki in ''Hey Arnold!'', Toucan Sam in the Fruit Loops commercials, Egon Spengler in ''[[Susan Hoffman#Related characters|The Real Ghostbusters]]'', Calendar Man and Mr. Freeze in ''[[Batman]]: Arkham City'', Father in ''Codename: Kids Next Door'', and as the current voices of Inspector Gadget, and Yosemite Sam.

LaMarche was only in one episode of ''Transformers'', when he played [[Six-Gun]] in the episode “[[Thief in the Night]]”. In an [http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/?p=1153&page=2 interview with Quick Stop Entertainment], he describes the recording session for this episode as "the longest session of [his] life", due to [[Wally Burr]]'s "unusual directing style":

:''He line read you 72 times on each line. He just made you parrot back what he did into the microphone. And you always… in fact, that director is the reason there is now a four hour recording session rule in the SAG basic contract for animation. Because it used to be 8 hours. Now, nobody was there 8 hours, but that was the allowed minimum. {{sic}} Until this guy came along and started directing Transformers, and all of a sudden, you were there 8 hours. And the way voice actors make their money is volume. As my friend [[Rob Paulsen]] is fond of saying, “Volume baby. Volume.” So even though you’re booked for four hours, if they know you’ve got a 2:00 and you’re in there at noon, they’ll get you out for 2:00 because they know you want to get on and make another session fee. The one thing that you’ll find in our business is most of us work for scale. The idea is how many times a day do you work for scale. But this one director...would just keep you there.''<ref>[http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/?p=1153&page=2 Quick Stop Interview: Maurice LaMarche]</ref>

*The one episode Maurice worked on was the one that [[Casey Kasem]] walked out on, so situations may have been unusually hurried and tense on that day.

==Voice roles==
===Generation 1===
*[[Six-Gun]]

===''Transformers: Rescue Bots''===
*[[Charlie Burns]]

==Notes==
*He is famous for his almost-flawless [[Orson Welles]] impression.

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005606/ Maurice LaMarche at the Internet Movie Database]

==References==
<references/>

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

March 30

2012-03-06T02:56:58Z

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* '''[[1957]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)| Rescue Bots]]'' creator and writer [[Brian Hohlfeld]] is born in Missouri.
* '''[[1958]] —''' [[Maurice LaMarche]] (voice of [[Six-Gun]] and [[Charlie Burns]]) is born. Yeah Baby!
* '''[[2002]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Mystery of the Ultra Magnus]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[2004]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers: Armada]]—Best Battles'' and ''Flashbacks'' DVDs are released in the US by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]].
* '''[[2011]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]'' [[Rising Storm issue 2|#2]] and ''[[Transformers Prime: A Rising Darkness]]'' TPB are released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2012]] —''' The final day of the Japanese "Early Bird Campaign", where pre-orders for [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#Powerizer|AM01 Optimus Prime]] through select venues receive the [[exclusive]] [[Arms Micron]] [[Firebolt (Prime)|Autobot Firebolt]].

Neil Kaplan

2012-03-04T08:24:18Z

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[[Image:Neil Kaplan.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[wikipedia:George Lazenby|James Bond]] was never this cool.]]

'''Neil Kaplan''' (born [[March 9]], [[1967]]) is an American voice actor. He voiced several characters on ''Digimon'', and has recently performed in a number of video games, and he's a bloody nice guy.

==Voice roles==
===''Robots in Disguise''===
* [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]]

===''Revenge of the Fallen:'' The Game===
*[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
*[[Protectobot Scout]]
*[[Protectobot Sniper]]

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2002]]

==Notes==

*Kaplan was interviewed for a special feature on [[Kid Rhino]]'s ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' Season 2 Part 1 DVD set... Despite not actually ''appearing on that show''.

==External links==
* [http://www.nekap.net/ Neil Kaplan's official website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438341/ Neil Kaplan at the Internet Movie Database]

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[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Activision]]

Jeff Glen Bennett

2012-03-04T03:59:41Z

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[[Image:JeffBennett1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He's gonna need more rope.]]
'''Jeffrey Glen Bennett''' (born [[October 2]], [[1962]]) is an American voice actor. One of the more popular voice actors out there, Jeff Bennett has been a consistent performer on various productions since the early 1990s. Some of his most notable roles include Kyle Katarn from the 2000s ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]: Jedi Knight'' games from LucasArts, Owen and Brooklyn on Disney's ''Gargoyles'', the title character from ''Johnny Bravo'', Blitz from ''Road Rovers'', Dexter's Dad from ''Dexter's Laboratory'', Strakk and Tarix in ''Bionicle: The Legend Reborn'', XPlode on ''Lego: Hero Factory'', The Joker and Captain Marvel in ''[[Batman]]: The Brave and the Bold'', and the Huntsman, Lord Bravery and Candlejack from ''Freakazoid!'' among oth

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers Animated''===
{{collist|3|
* [[Angry Archer]]
* [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]]
* [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]]
* [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]
* [[Sound Wave]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]
}}

====Incidentals====
{{collist|3|
* Condiment Bot ([[Total Meltdown]])
* Domestic Bot ([[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]])
* Driver ([[Transform and Roll Out]])
* Man ([[Megatron Rising - Part 1]])
}}

===''Transformers: Rescue Bots''===
* [[Huxley Prescott]]
* [[Mayor Luskey]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071818/ Jeff Bennett at IMDB]

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

Captain America

2012-03-03T08:33:15Z

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:''Captain America is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Captain America.jpg|right|250px|thumb|When Captain America throws his mighty shiiiiiiield, all those who chose to oppose his shield must yiiiiiiiiield...]]
'''Captain America''', real name '''Steve Rogers''', is the superhero leader of the [[Avengers]]. A legendary super-soldier, he leads his team with courage and skill, and is willing to make tough decisions in the name of liberty. He obtained his enhanced strength and stamina through an experimental bio-enhancement serum, and carries an extremely durable shield.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
Shortly after [[Donny Finkleberg]] was fired, an image of Captain America was on the wall of his publisher's reception area. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}}

===IDW comics continuity===
Captain America, in contact with [[Hill|Director Hill]], led the [[Avengers]] sent to investigate the conflict between [[Latveria]] and [[Symkaria]]. Arriving in Latveria, they found a strange [[Array|domed structure]] unlike anything found on [[Earth]]. Entering it, the Avengers were attacked by the building's defenses and [[Spider-Man]] was kidnapped, which upset [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] and [[Luke Cage]]. Captain America decided to throw some insults their way. The three remaining Avengers were subsequently joined by [[Ms. Marvel]] and the [[Falcon (superhero)|Falcon]], just in time to encounter a group of [[Autobot]]s. Unknowingly under the insidious influence of the [[Psycho-Prism]], Captain America ordered his Avengers to attack. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}}

As the two teams skirmished, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] planted an inhibitor device on Captain America, negating the Prism's effects. As the Avengers stood down, [[Doctor Doom]] joined them and vowed to help them defend his homeland against the [[Decepticon]]s, who had stolen the Psycho-Prism from him. Cap summoned [[Iron Man]] and set to attacking the Decepticon Array. The combined efforts of the Avengers and Autobots failed to make a dent in it—until the fortress's walls opened up to reveal a team of Decepticons in [[mirror response mode]]! {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}}

Captain America flew the Avengers' [[Quinjet]] into battle with the Decepticons' aerial forces, but soon found himself overwhelmed. With Iron Man's assistance, Cap, Falcon, and Ms. Marvel managed to ground the fliers, but found that their efforts had been in vain when [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and Doom announced that they had joined forces and taken Ratchet, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], Spider-Man, and Luke Cage hostage, vowing to kill them if their teammates did not surrender. Cap sided with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] in his willingness to sacrifice the hostages to prevent a Symkarian-Latverian war, but [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] proposed another solution. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}}

Outside the Array, Captain America confronted Megatron with his allies. With the hostages successfully freed and the Psycho-Prism destroyed, the Avengers and Autobots decisively beat the Decepticons, forcing them to flee. Cap received word from [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] that the Symkarians had called off their attack, and departed with Wolverine, Iron Man, and Spider-Man in the Quinjet—which seemed ''different'' somehow…. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

==Toys==
===Crossovers===
[[Image:MarvelCrossovers Captainamerica.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Captain America got re-incarnated as a Transformer after Bucky stole his job.]]
*'''Captain America''' (Marvel, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Shield

:Captain America transforms into a big, gas-guzzling, all-American Humvee with a mismatched paint job and a spare tire on the back. In robot mode, the tire becomes Cap's shield and can be affixed to either of his forearms. Pressing the star in the center causes the shield to pop open, increasing its circumference so it doesn't look dinky. In the interest of making the robot mode look more like Captain America, the Humvee's front end and roof ended up being blue while the rest of the vehicle is red. Cap's red plastic parts—including the running board steps, the rear bumper, and the tail lights, but not the windows—have been left unpainted, effectively neutering some of the intricacy of the figure's otherwise interesting design.

:This mold was to be [[retool]]ed to make the [[Punisher]], but after that toy was canceled, it was used for [[Iron Man]] instead.

==Notes==
* Advertisements recruiting for actresses for Captain America's Broadway show appeared in early issues of the Marvel Transformers comic.

* Captain America was featured on the cover of [[Heavy Traffic!|''Transformers'' #22]], celebrating Marvel Comics' 25th anniversary.

* Captain America was voiced by a few ''Transformers'' voice actors. [[David Kaye]] did the voice for Captain America in ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2'', [[Tom Kenny]] did the voice for Captain America in ''Marvel Super Hero Squad'', and [[Daran Norris]] voiced him in the 2000 ''Spider-Man'' video game.

==External links==
* [[wikia:c:marveldatabase:Captain America (Steven Rogers)|Captain America at Marvel Database]]
* [[Wikipedia:Captain America|Captain America at Wikipedia]]

[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Crossovers characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 humans]]
[[Category:Marvel properties]]
[[Category:Superheroes]]

Calvin Wimmer

2012-03-03T08:22:35Z

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'''Calvin Wimmer''' is an American film editor. He is customarily an assistant editor on motion pictures, including ''South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut'', ''Any Given Sunday'', ''The Chronicles of Riddick'', ''Speed Racer'' and of course, ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' and ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', but he has been known to lend his voice to the occasional giant unicycle.

==Voice roles==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
*[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]

==External links==

*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934464/ Calvin Wimmer at the Internet Movie Database]

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[[Category: Editors]]
[[Category: English voice actors]]
[[Category: DreamWorks]]

George Coe

2012-03-03T08:04:21Z

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[[Image:GeorgeCoe.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sir, that stolen lemur bit one of your prostitutes right in the face, and she says she can't go to hospital because she's, quote, "tripping balls."]]
'''George Coe''' (born [[1929]] in New York City) is an American actor. Among his abundant credits, he voiced [[Albert Einstein]] in ''Celebrity Deathmatch''. Hmmm! Some of his other prominent roles include Ben Cheviot in ''Max Headroom'', Jim O'Connor in ''Kramer vs. Kramer'', Senator Howard Stackhouse in ''The West Wing'', and Judge Vance on ''L.A. Law''. He was an original cast member on ''Saturday Night Live''. More recently he has taken on a number of voice acting roles, such as Woodhouse the butler on FX's ''Archer'', and in ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim''.

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011)===
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que/Wheeljack]]

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:George Coe|George Coe on Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168642/ George Coe on the IMDB]

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[[Category:DreamWorks]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]

George Coe

2012-03-03T08:03:58Z

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[[Image:GeorgeCoe.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sir, that stolen lemur bit one of your prostitutes right in the face, and she says she can't go to hospital because she's, quote, "tripping balls."]]
'''George Coe''' (born [[1929]] in New York City) is an American actor. Among his abundant credits, he voiced [[Albert Einstein]] in ''Celebrity Deathmatch''. Hmmm! Some of his other prominent roles include Ben Cheviot in ''Max Headroom'', Jim O'Connor in ''Kramer vs. Kramer'', Senator Howard Stackhouse in ''The West Wing'', and Judge Vance on ''L.A. Law''. He was an original cast member on ''Saturday Night Live''. More recently he has taken on a number of voice acting roles, such as Woodhouse the butler on ''Archer'' and in ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim''.

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011)===
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que/Wheeljack]]

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:George Coe|George Coe on Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168642/ George Coe on the IMDB]

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[[Category:DreamWorks]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]

User talk:DrSpengler

2012-03-03T07:55:47Z

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=="Call 1-800-doctorb. The B is for Bargain!"==
''Voice actor:'' [[Maurice LaMarche]]

There wasn't a "." in "DrSpengler" so it wouldn't technically qualify as a proper "Dr." abbreviation. Just me keeping myname the way it's been for 7 years. ;(

But it's okay.

This isn't gonna change the name I use to log in, is it? --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 00:58, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm doesn't look like it will. Alright, no big deal. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 01:01, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

He he he... I'm making mischief! (You can move it back if you like.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 01:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

==Monzo's thingy==
I realize these Japanese entries are basically stubs at this point, Speng, but you may want to copy the base code out of a pre-existing profile and use that... like, the first instance of a name in a profile is always bolded, the divisions for Fiction and Toy, etc. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 05:32, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

==Um==
Image:Scrash.jpg - ...what? --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 05:19, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Christ, I didn't think anybody was EVER gonna notice that. Oh, and that's an advertisement at a pizza joint here in Springfield that's been boggling the minds of pizza-lovers since the late 80's. I'm sure if the guys at TV Magazine ever got around to drawing Scrash they would've made him a little black girl. Almost positive, in fact.--[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 05:25, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

==Images==
Hey, Spengler, I wouldn't give a shit if I couldn't see Derik freaking out over it in Recent changes, but be sure to add <nowiki>{{hastak}}</nowiki> to all of the images owned by Takara and Hasbro you upload and the specific company and date (the last part I'm not so sure about, but whatever), like on [[:Image:PredakingTVMag1.jpg]]. Thanks. Thumbs up to your manga edits. [[User:Singularity|Singularity]] 06:32, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

:It doesnt' actually bother me that much. I was bad at it when I first started too. (the wiki still has a bunch of un-credited images from it's early days before we cracked down on adding copyright info, we fix 'em as we see 'em)

:Spengler just had a LOT, so I fixed what I could find. I think I hit about 80% of 'em, and I'm willing to call it a day.

:Go forth and sin no more my son. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 06:37, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Not a problem. I was used to uploading pics in the regular Wikipedia, which had a drop-down bar on the uploading screen which allowed you to select specific copyright options. So when I found no such thing on this wiki I figured "Oh, guess it doesn't matter?" But yeah, not a problem. I'll start adjusting all my pics from now on. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 06:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

: Thank you! o^.^o -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 07:03, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, just went through my entire "User Contributions" list and added the copyright info to every single picture I've posted on this wiki, so we should be square. Thanks for getting so many of em for me.--[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 07:16, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

==Notes==
:Ah, Speng? You don't have to add a series title after a profile's name if the name has never been used by another character. That's why people move some of the pages you make, like Predaking, Tigerhawk, etc - there aren't any other guys with those names, so the tagging is redundant.

:Also, the point of the italics at the opening section... it's supposed to be a one-sentence thing about what continuity they're in (like "so-and-so is a (faction) during the (whatever)"). The descrptive part after that (where the name gets bolded) is not italicized.

:When all else fails, default to [http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Sunstreaker Sunstreaker] or [http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Hot_Rod Hot Rod] for formatting - they're our formatting example boys.

:(And, er... this is just a personal point of view, but we don't require ''everything'' to be jokey/sarcastic. Feel free to be informative without mirth.)

:I apologize if I'm being blunt about this, but I felt the points worth mentioning. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:48, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

*No prob. It's taking me longer to get the hang of this than I tought. The (BWG1OCUC) crap is half me not thinking about it/half me thinking there was someone in another story with the same name. I'll hold back on those more often.

And the jokes, well, I'm just naturally a jokey kinda guy and one of the things Sipher stressed to me in the PM he sent requesting my help was "Just make em funny". If I've gone past the territoy of "funny" and into "obnoxious" I'll give it a rest, no sweat. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 22:52, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm faintly apalled that someoen other than me recognized lyrics to a rap song that onyl appeared ont he B-side of a movie soundtrack from the late 80's. -20:56, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

*I'm one of the four people on the planet who actually owned a copy of the Ghostbusters II soundtrack. You are in an exclusive club, Mister! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 21:05, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

:Then I'm probably the only person to reques this song on the radio, only to learn at a tender age that they only play singles. (This is probably a precursor to my only listenign to alternative radio that plays b-side tracks today, actually.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 21:55, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

==Seiyu==
I'm happy someone else is interested in seiyu. Most of the Transformers actors were listed individually in the [http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4813010946/ Transformers: Generations] book. Some of the Laserdiscs and DVD sets also had cast info. Although sometimes some info condradicts other sources. The [http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4861760364/ First Series Complete] lists many of The Rebirth dub actors (which I haven't been putting in here for the most part, so not to confuse people). The [http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4902314282/ Micron Legend Year Book] lists virtually ''every'' character and voice from the series.

As for dubs of American movies, you might try [http://www.tora-2.com/index.html tora-2.com]. I got a few hits for the [http://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%83S%81%5B%83X%83g%83o%83X%83%5E%81%5B%83Y&hl=ja&btnG=Google+%8C%9F%8D%F5&domains=tora-2.com&sitesearch=tora-2.com DVD version of Ghostbusters] there.

If you want, I could try posting my giant (Japanese language) seiyu list on one of our talk pages or something. [[User:Evan1975|Evan1975]] 03:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

:...Speng is going voice actors? Sweet. 'cuz I dont' think I'll ever get back to [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/598c878dfd2f833c/9d29f063307b01fa?lnk=st&q=&rnum=2#9d29f063307b01fa this].

:(The link at the bottom also contaisn goodness) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh hey, you read Japanese, dont' you Speng? Which way am I supposed to read Doug's list relative to [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/598c878dfd2f833c/9d29f063307b01fa?lnk=st&q=&rnum=2#9d29f063307b01fa these pages?]
The way I'm doing it now makes Rhinox a pretty girl, and that doesn't seem right somehow. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 01:20, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

==Matrices==
Hey, Speng? Did you see [[Talk:Matrix_of_Leadership#Fire_Convoy|this discussion]] we had on Japanese Matrices? Given that both Lio Convoy and Fire Convoy specifically had an "Energon Matrix", I'm wondering if that's what Primal and Big Convoy were also supposed to have... I don't have any good Neo-specific books, though, and Big Convoy's instructions only call his device a "Matrix" (with no qualifiers). I DO have a book that's basically Cine-Manga of the BW2nd movie... maybe that would specify what Primal's is.

(Also, I continue to doubt the existence of the "Hyper Convoy" thing beyond it being something Star Upper once called himself.)

What do you think about all this? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 02:25, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Personally, the name "Leadership Matrix" never really sat well with me, as it was just sorta "made-up" as a means to differentiate it from the Matrix of Leadership. I wouldn't object to Leadership Matrix being changed to "Energon Matrix", since that's the name that's most commonly seen.

As for Hyper Convoy, that I really know little on, as I haven't had the pleasure of reading the Neo manga. I wrote the article-itself based on what I was told happened in the Neo manga. I honestly don't recall a single use of the term in any of the BW animation, though my memory of some of that show is a bit sketchy. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 02:39, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

==BWII Ships==
The Predacon ship in Beast Wars II has the incredibly unfortunate title of "Galvaburg II" - as in Hindenburg, one assumes. Which really makes one wonder what happened to the "Galvaburg I", and why Galvatron would decide to use that name ''again''.

The Maximal ship is the "Yukikaze", which I think literally means "snow wind" - however, since the name is rendered in katakana and not kanji, it doesn't get translated for the article title (a la Majin Zarak not being Demon Zarak). --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 22:04, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

== Speakin' of translating Manga ==

I've got a BW2 roleplaying book that has a bunch of BW2 omake (and a short left-to-right manga) in it. woulds you be interested in translating? (I've become more interested in documenting the omake since learning that FMA integrated a bunch of the manga's omake in the anime-- they may be AU-- but they're still cannon.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:36, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

:...a ...roleplaying... book? Like a sourcebook for a system or like a gamebook or what? I'm totally interested in this, as a retired RPG fag. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 03:45, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

If the kanji has furigana, and it's big-enough for me to see, then sure, I can give it a go. You can e-mail me the scans (or put em on photobucket, whichever). --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 04:44, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

:If this is what I think it is, it's not a role-playing book in the sense of being an RPG stats book, but rather the book about ''how to play with your toys'' that I bought at BotCon. Like, "LioConvoy is captured under the desk! Pick a Cybertron with high stats to defeat Starscream and BB (assuming you own them)!" --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 23:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

*Good gravy... --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 23:35, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
::Japanese kids aren't expected to be very creative, I guess. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 23:51, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

....Wow. I kind of want a copy of it EVEN MORE now. That sounds in-fucking SANE. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 02:49, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

==Nemesis==
Hey, Speng. Just watched a boatload of BW2nd clips on youtube, and I noticed that... Galvatron's Nemesis appears to devour both Jupiter and Saturn. Sucked 'em up like a vaccuum cleaner. I don't have any context for when these events happened, but they definitely seem worthy of adding to the Nemesis's fiction section. Do you know where the info would go? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 13:42, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

*I believe it happened at the point where the Nemesis was looming menacingly over everyone's heads, figuratively, as Galvatron had summoned it to Gaia. It took, like, a thousand episodes to freaking GET THERE. But yeah, that IS significant. heck, there's even a screencap of the thing sucking Saturn at the [[Nemesis (BWII)]] article. I'll add it into the summary. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 16:56, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

==PD Type and G2 Manga Brat==

Hey speng, what were [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/superdeformed.php?dgallery_show=deformed/SDComicTrans01.jpg these] packed in with? Theyr'e (c) 1990, which is why I asks. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:35, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

*Looking at my copy of Generations it would appear to be "gum pack toys". Tiny super deformed toys bearing the likeness of the PD Type comic characters came in tiny packs with gum, the manga and a character bio "interview". I did a quick article on it here: [[Transformers PD Type]]. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 05:02, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

And here's an archive of the comics online (untranslated, of course): [http://www.ne.jp/asahi/transformer/dinobase/etc/pdtf/pdtf_index.htm Kabay]. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 05:03, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

:You are cool, and punctual.
:What's [http://www.emopanda.com/JP.rar this kid's] name? I want to give him a page. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:59, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

*Looks like his name is "Junpei". No last name that I could find. "The Earth is in Danger" is actually next on my list to translate. Now that I've scanned over it more thoroughly looking for that punk's name, maybe I'll get to work on it this week... --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 05:44, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

==I'ma Questionin' Yer Thinkin'==
What's your source for the trivia over on [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]' Japanese name? I know it's from somewhere given that you put it in, I just want to know where.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 04:26, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

:If Nevermore said it, I'd take his word for it considering how meticulously he researches... everything. So the article's probably fine.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 04:56, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

::Doug Dlin also has said so as well. There is also a Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle UFO character called '''The Adams''' (Ski Adams in the U.S.) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinnikuman_Nisei_characters].

==Capitalisation Question==
Hey man, thanks for the punctuation clean-up on my new [[Scale]] article; much appreciated. Just one question though, is it actually a rule that one has to decap all the Unicron "He"s and "Him"s? It is the appropriate usage for a god, after all... Let me know, ta, [[User:PacifistPrime|PacifistPrime]].

*Hmm I think you might have me confused with someone else. I don't recall doing that. Sorry. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 00:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

== Translatin' request ==

[[Talk:Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (manga)|here]] -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:36, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Insert formula here

==Primitives?==

Do we need to tag all of those characters as such? It's pretty continuity-specific, which bugs me though maybe also applies to some existing tags. But it also is a really arbitrary descriptor. The "Primitives" in COTP were basically just the TFs with animal altmodes, and as such this category would include only those Transformers who existed at the time AND were included in the episode. This makes for quite a few characters who SHOULD fit in the category but arbitrarily won't, and even more so makes for a category that... basically means nothing.

Are we also going to make "Cars", "Trucks", "Helicoptors", and "Tanks" categories? --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 05:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
:The difference here is that "Primitives" is a specifically-named group. Also, I believe all the Transformers Spengler put in the category actually do belong there, unlike the person who originally made the page and threw in characters from UT and BW. - [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 05:35, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

What he said. "Primitives" doesn't apply to every animal Transformer, but just the ones that were summoned by the Oracle in "COTP". --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 11:59, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

:Well, like I said, then, that's a category that only applies to one very specific storyline in one particular continuity. Do we need a category like that? Is there a precedent; some other category that's similar that's been done already? --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 13:32, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

:As I said on Category talk:Primitives the first time around, I think making a category for the primitives is unnecessary. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 15:36, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

== Title Translations Por Favor ==
<nowiki>
[[Beast Wars 2 Guidebook]],
[[Beast Wars Neo Guidebook]],
[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers Guidebook]],
[[Masterforce Guidebook]]</nowiki>

I'd like a more 'proper' title on these guys if you could (especially sicne I own another MAsterforce guidebook) feel free to move the page if you can come up with one. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 09:04, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

==About the Metros images==

I dunno your level of Photoshoppery, but would it be possible for you to cut the "main" images of the guys from their backgrounds onto solid white? I would, but I'm in the middle of another art project and really shouldn't even be letting myself get as distracted with wikiwork as I am now. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:08, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

:I'm not particularly good, but I'll try my hand at one of em. Hopefully I won't make it look any worse. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 20:11, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

:Well, I did [[Metrotank]], but ugh, I'm not very good at this. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 20:18, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

== source for Japanese G2 instruction manga images ==

Where did you get the images of the manga printed on the G2 instructions? If you still have the unedited ones as well as the actual instructions I'd like to host them on my site.

Also, do you know how to get in contact with Rik Ruff? he's the only one I know who ever had Car Robots instruction scans. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

== Foreign titles ==

Per your post on my talk page, I have ceased my deletions. I thought I was following the example set on the Revenge of the Fallen talk page. There Walky, had stated that foreign titles shouldn't be listed if they were simply a direct translation. I thought that was the consensus and was simply trying to catch examples that had fallen through the cracks. Apparently I was wrong, and I apologize for acting prematurely. Perhaps it is time to examine this policy. I will, of course, follow any decision made. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:30, 26 June 2009 (EDT)
:That's fine. We've been discussing it in a thread over at the Allspark forums and a few good points have been brought up. For instance, if we remove all the Japanese titles that translate to being the same as the English one, but leave the Japanese titles for episodes where they translate differently, we'll end up looking like we have an incomplete record of foreign episode titles, rather than just omitting ones that aren't different enough. We could try and adjust things, like moving foreign titles down from the top of each article and into their own section, or perhaps something else. It's a decision that's not quite so cut and dry, certainly. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 15:24, 26 June 2009 (EDT)
::If I may be pardoned for butting in, I'd say a good rule of thumb for this English-centric wiki would be that foreign-language titles should always included for completeness when the original title isn't in English, as this technically makes the English translation the foreign title. When the original language for the title is English, foreign titles can be omitted if they are essentially straight translations.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:19, 26 June 2009 (EDT)
:::But what Speng was saying-- that means you don't know if the title was omitted because it's never been translated, or simply because it's the same. Simple absence makes it impossible to know if this represents "work to be done" or "work already done." -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:22, 26 June 2009 (EDT)
::::What about adding a list of languages that the episode has appeared in with the different titles noted there? For example if an episode had appeared in French, Russian, and Japanese the sentence might read "Translated into French, Russian (Title Unknown), and Japanese (Different Title). A footnote would indicate that the French title was a direct, literal translation. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:34, 26 June 2009 (EDT)
:::::Personally, I just think it's "neat" info to have on the wiki. Even if "Krieg der Dinobots" directly translates into "War of the Dinobots", I like the idea of having the foreign spelling available for reference just for the sake of having such information. It's even nicer in Japanese, since we get to have the Japanese characters present for reference. I wouldn't mind compromising with an "International titles/names" section down with the notes, if having the redundant titles up at the top of the page bugs people. I just don't like the idea of losing information, even if its trivial. I don't want to lose "Krieg der Dinobots" even if it means "War of the Dinobots". So far as Germany is concerned, the title is "Krieg der Dinobots", not "War of the Dinobots". I can't think of any other place that would keep such a comprehensive list of foreign spellings of names and titles, and it gives us one more thing to flaunt. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 17:37, 26 June 2009 (EDT)
::::::I don't see how it even IS information. If the title in a foreign language is simply a direct translation, then effectively it is the SAME title. The spelling in that other language is irrelevant, and (to me) uninteresting. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 23:30, 27 June 2009 (EDT)
:::::::It would BE info for those that are interested in the linguistics of things. I'm with Spengs on keeping the info, not just for posterity's sake, but for completion of the Wiki. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 23:57, 27 June 2009 (EDT)

==Thank you==
You, sir, are a [[Primus|God]] among men for translating the [[Asterisk Story|Binaltech Asterisk]] stuff for [[Blaster (G1)|Broadblast]] and updating his article. I've been trying to get that stuff translated for two years. I'd like to award you 5 [[Robot Point]]s in recognition of your achievements.
[[User:G1MarvelBlaster|G1MarvelBlaster]] 14:47, 22 October 2009 (EDT)
:Just figured I oughta get that info documented before it disappears from the internet and we lose it forever ala Rise of the Chevy Autobots text stories. But glad you enjoyed em! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 22:19, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

==Beast Wars II and Neo logos==
Think either you or the others could dig up clean logos of both series so we can put them into their navigation templates? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 02:44, 23 October 2009 (EDT)

:Depends on how big you want em, I suppose. There's a BWII one [http://tfarchive.com/cartoons/info/profiles_beast_wars_2.gif Here] and a BWNeo one [http://tfarchive.com/cartoons/info/profiles_beast_wars_neo.gif Here] (and a BWReturns one [http://tfarchive.com/cartoons/info/profiles_beast_wars_returns.gif Here]), but they're only 120x65, which is kinda small. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 11:33, 23 October 2009 (EDT)

::Ay... Any scans of magazine articles or books with their logos? Heck, even the VHS covers. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 17:12, 23 October 2009 (EDT)
:::Well, I suppose you could always use the intro screencaps from Bigbot, but you'd have to chop the watermark off the bottom ([http://bigbot.com/beast_wars_2/pictures/cartoon_tv_show/Transformers_BeastWars_2.jpg BWII], [http://www.bigbot.com/beast_wars_neo/bwneo.jpg BWNeo]). Given their quality, you might be better off just making your own screencap from a You Tube video, though. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 17:34, 23 October 2009 (EDT)

==Kanji?==
Hey, Speng. Do you have the original Japanese name for [[Energy Planet X]]? Just for completeness. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:29, 9 November 2009 (EST)
:Here ya go: エネルギー惑星X (enerugii wakusei X). --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 11:31, 9 November 2009 (EST)
::Thanks. I wasn't sure if they were using English words or Kanji. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:37, 9 November 2009 (EST)

==BWR dates==
Have we got a broadcast schedule for the Beast Wars Returns episodes? Any of them? The DVD release? If you don't feel like dealing with the calendar, I'll do it, just throw me the info. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:31, 18 December 2009 (EST)
:Jim just hit me up with the same question a few minutes ago. I checked Japanese Wikipedia and another Japanese Beast Wars info site, [http://www.ne.jp/asahi/transformer/dinobase/e_index.htm DinoBASE], and they both only gave me the month and year the series began airing on TAKARAND and Cartoon Network Japan, but no proper airdate listings. It's possible that the Japanese DVDs may include the information in liner notes or what have you, but you'll have to hook up with someone who owns them (Buster Darkwings at the Allspark does, I believe). But I dunno if those DVDs actually ''have'' that info. Sorry. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 16:37, 18 December 2009 (EST)
::If you sift through the lists there are some dates given for each episode [http://anime_list.at.infoseek.co.jp/list/2004/11.html here] (just progress the month/year to get to the rest), but I'm not sure how accurate they are. --[[User:Jon T|Jon T]] 08:38, 19 December 2009 (EST)
:::Many thanks. I went through each month, matched the titles with the ones here to make sure the Japanese episode order was the same as the Western one and posted all the airdates on Sipher's talk page. The month listings matched up with when I know the show premiered in Japan and the airdates were consistent with each other, so the site's listings look legit to me. Thanks again! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 09:20, 19 December 2009 (EST)

== Zone catalogues ==

A question for you, my good man. [http://tfarchive.com/comics/gallery.php?g2_itemId=14997 This page here] has something about Deathsaurus on it. I wonder, could you give it a bit of an ol' translate to confirm a suspicion I have - that ''this'' might have been the source of the comment in the [[Generation_1_cartoon_timeline_(Japan)|Kiss Players timeline]] that Deathy came back to life after ''Victory''. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:27, 1 February 2010 (EST)

:Sure thing. It might have to wait until I get home from work so I can use a program to zoom in on the itty bitty text, though. I vaguely recall that it was just a recap of Victory, leading into Zone, but now I'm not entirely certain. I'll let you know tonight. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''

Alright. Holy crap. This is it, McFeely! I totally glossed over the page as nothing but a recap of Victory when it was a completely original story AND the one mentioned in the Kiss Player timeline (how freakin obscure can you get?). While the word "resurrected" isn't used, Deathsaurus is indeed referred to as the "Dark Emperor" ("Ankokutaitei"). And while Energon Z is not mentioned specifically, Deathsaurus DOES lead an attack on the Micro Zone which, presumably, contained Energon Z as it did in the Zone OVA.

Here are my complete translations of the page:

1. "Darkness Emperor Deathsaurus lead his underlings in an offensive against the Micro Zone." 

2. "Terrible! Emergency dispatch! Go, Micro Transformer Team!" 

3. "At this rate, the Micro Zone will be destroyed!" 

4. "Micro Transformers and Destrons have an incredible battle. But the Micro Transformers put forth a tremendous effort and the Destrons are driven away." 

5. "The Micro Transformer Team earns a tremendous victory. After this, the combined power of everyone in the Micro Zone continue to defend! You can do it!" 

:Oh-ho yes! The team of McFeely and Spengler is unstoppable! *dramatic pose* - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 07:36, 2 February 2010 (EST)

== Fast Action Beast Wars! ==

Time for another McFeely-Spengler double-headed crazy Japanese mystery solver! [http://snakas.web.infoseek.co.jp/07movie/fab_optimus.html Here's an article about Fast Action Battlers Prime] at Autobase Aichi, which includes information about what the heck ''Beast Wars'' has to do with all of this. The section of text which follows the large collection of images of Prime seems to explain what the deal was (something to do with the BW Telemocha series, I think), and then there's a section further down about the back of the package that seems to say a little more about it. We can crack this! And by "we", I do mean "you". :) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:54, 25 February 2010 (EST)
:Well, it's the next best thing to having the action Japanese packaging to investigate. But to be fair, who the Hell would want to import some FABs from Japan just to get the box? There's a lotta text there, so this may take me a bit, but I'll endeavor to see if there's anything good in there. The section "日本での展開" (Development in Japan) seems to have all the Beast Wars info in it. Let's see if there's anything good...--[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 18:22, 25 February 2010 (EST)
::Didn't take me as long as I thought, though you might be disappointed in hearing that there isn't really any "fiction" to go with this, at least not of any real substance.
Apparently, beginning with the Telemocha release of TM-11 Tigatron, they decided to cross-promote the Beast Wars Telemocha series with the FAB series, in print ads and on toy packaging. It sounds like this was done to give the toys some additional play value and to encourage kids, hungry for the Movie toys, to pick up those weird animal Transformers from ten years ago that they'd never heard of. The "fiction" was just a single packaging blurb, reproduced (or perhaps summarized) in the last sentence of that paragraph. It reads: "The story is that on the stage of the Beast Wars (Planet Energoa), a mysterious army of vehicles (Movie characters) have crossed from beyond space-time and attacked, beginning a battle between animals and vehicles."
So yeah, no "text stories" or anything like that. Just a packaging blurb to get kids who were crazy for the Movie to look into some repaints of ten year-old toys. We can probably take that bit off the front page's "wishlist", now. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 18:42, 25 February 2010 (EST)
:::Curious. So do you render 競演 as "cross-promotion", then?--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:48, 25 February 2010 (EST)
::::Wha? "Kyouen"? The part about the contest? No...that's not the part I was talking about, so much. The article says that the two series shared various advertising in catalogs and such, and a magazine contest, but I didn't see anything describing lengthy text stories which is what we're looking for. The storyline as the article describes it is the same as it was described in the KP Timeline and nothing new. "Cross promotion" was my word for it, not a translation, but isn't that what this is? Telemocha and the FAB lines promoting one another by crossing over? If there's anything about deeper fiction in there that I missed, by all means, let me know since you're more fluent than I am. But I don't think I misinterpreted it that badly...? --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 18:59, 25 February 2010 (EST)

It might be lame, but it's another win for the Spengler-McFeely team. :D - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 19:07, 25 February 2010 (EST)

:::::I wasn't asking if there was any lengthy text; I visited the page myself and figured out much the same thing you did. The only term used that puzzled me was 競演, which my dictionary sources render as "recital contest". This doesn't make any sense to me, and I couldn't find any alternate interpretations right off before you posted your response. Your use of "cross-promote" seemed to match the same point in context where the original uses 競演, though it seems I misinterpreted you on that point. (If anyone here has the DVD that came with TM-11 Tigatron, maybe they can describe the segment with the BW and FAB characters interacting (or post it to YouTube or something), since that's also supposed to be 競演, and we can get a better idea of what the term means in this context.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 19:09, 25 February 2010 (EST)
::::::''Ohhhhhh.'' I wasn't sure what you were getting at for some reason so I kinda got all worried that I might have catastrophically misinterpreted something. ''Phew''. I got that as "recital contest", too, but interpretted it as just being a part of a contest in a print magazine. The bit about the TM-11 Tigatron DVD seemed to just point toward the toys cohabiting a diorama in an advertisement, though if there's anything cool in there aside from toys standing around together, I would also like to see it. Storywise, though, I don't think there was anything more to the crossover aside from some pakaging and catalog background, though. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 19:13, 25 February 2010 (EST)
:::::::Sorry, guess I picked my words poorly.
:::::::''just being a part of a contest in a print magazine''
:::::::I considered that, but I couldn't resolve that interpretation with the fact that there's a diorama story of a recital contest (or whatever it is) included on that DVD.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:06, 25 February 2010 (EST)
::::::::[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLIYvk76sNc This] is all I could find on YouTube. I'd check my TM-12 or TM-13 DVDs for anything more but they're in another town. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 09:55, 26 February 2010 (EST)
::::::::As for "recital contest", [[Wikipedia:Discography_of_the_Devil_May_Cry_series#Devil May Cry 4 Original Soundtrack|Wikipedia]] translates it as "play opposite". Take that as you will. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 10:00, 26 February 2010 (EST)
:::::::::I have every TM release except the Ultra 2-pack and TM-13 Motorarm, and am more than willing to post any recordings from them that you might need. Since it looks like you need TM-11 and 12, I'll go ahead and do those for now.--[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 14:21, 26 February 2010 (EST)
::Hey, that'd be great. I'm hoping that there's more to it than the video Interro posted, which was just two separate commercials for FABs and the Telemocha toys. I didn't notice any "diorama" to speak of, so I'm hoping there's more. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 14:25, 26 February 2010 (EST)
:::There is indeed more to it. There is a diorama, though I'm not sure I would describe it as a recital. Anyway here are the two videos: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiWA291oYn0 TM11] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzBCVv-bXIE TM12]
:::They're currently set to private non-YouTube user so you should be able to see it as long as you're one of the first 25 to click the link. Which there's no reason you shouldn't be. But if there is an issue with seeing the video, let me know. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 17:56, 26 February 2010 (EST)
::::Hmmm, I must not have been one of the first 25. I tried viewing it while logged in and logged out of my You Tube account, and both times it wouldn't let me see it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 18:18, 26 February 2010 (EST)
:::::Whoops. My fault, I didn't have it set-up right. Needed to check the "Limited URL" check box and get the special link. Try [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=PiWA291oYn0&sharing_token=E-xWvrcpHagjzkYLdkqp5w] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=TzBCVv-bXIE&sharing_token=efwutVSJFsou9kOQSrDNMA] --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 18:43, 26 February 2010 (EST)
::::::Hmmm. I'm getting "invalid secret token", now. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 19:30, 26 February 2010 (EST)
:::::::Ok, neglected to save the changes to the videos. I updated the links in my last edit and confirmed that they work. Sorry for the inconvience. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 19:39, 26 February 2010 (EST)
::::::::And this is why the wiki community is awesome. It's all a learning experience! Seems like Motorarm's DVD would have covered the final FABs (Megatron and Brawl)... Hmm, I would say there's merit enough here to describe some of the content of these little staged fights in the respective characters' sections. "Tigatron once totally shot Starscream in the face, because God told him to." - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:05, 26 February 2010 (EST)
Okay, that's cooler than the other side of the pillow. Nice to see that there actually IS some meat to this crossover. Not much, more like a single slice of bologna, but the fact that its more than a sentence is comforting. I'll add some of the specifics to the individual characters' fiction sections, even if it just boils down to "Tigatron shot Starscream in the face before Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime double-teamed him". Thank you, Tigerpaw! This is the sort of obscure holy grail stuff the Wiki thrives on! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 20:12, 26 February 2010 (EST)
:Almost seems to me like they could be under a header of their own on the Movie character pages. "Toy bios" seems wrong, since it's... not in the bios. "Beast Wars Telemocha Series storyline" or "shorts" or something (and use that title for the BW character pages too). Because very little of this actually seems to ''involve'' the FAB toyline... it's just a blurb there, but there's actual shorts over in Telemocha... "Beast Wars Telemocha/Fast Action Battlers crossover"...? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:24, 26 February 2010 (EST)
::Hmmm, point taken. What should the storylink go to? The Japanese timeline as we have it now? The FAB article? The Telemocha article? Storylinks to BOTH the FAB and the Telemocha article? I am vexed. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 20:28, 26 February 2010 (EST)
:::As for section titles, each of these videos begins with the title "Diorama Story", so maybe we should go with "Beast Wars Telemocha/Fast Action Battlers Diorama Story"...? --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 20:29, 26 February 2010 (EST)
::::Maybe we ought to just make an article about that and use that as the story link! That would probably merit investigating the precise content of the other DVDs to see if they have "Diorama Stories" on them, even if they don't have the movie characters in them. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:31, 26 February 2010 (EST)
:::::If nobody else does: I've got all of the DVDs (except for Tigatron and the Ultras). I just don't have access to them till next weekend. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:36, 26 February 2010 (EST)
::::::That's fine, I think I can contain myself until then. I don't own any of the DVDs, myself, so if someone who does could make a "skeleton article" for them, I can flesh them out with the diorama story portions (as they're made available to me). Not much meat to these things, so one article with fiction segments detailing each diorama battle should be appropriate. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 20:39, 26 February 2010 (EST)
:::::::I can look into this tomorrow/later today. I can also get more of the videos uploaded, if there are more. Since Interrobang has all but Tigatron and I have all but Motorarm, we just need to find a source for the two pack. If all else fails, I do plan to pick it up eventually. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 00:58, 27 February 2010 (EST)
::::::::Ditto. I can get the two now if anybody can point me in the direction of a store that sells both. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:19, 27 February 2010 (EST)
::::::::By the way, Tigerpaw, it's not a two-pack. That's the ''[[Beast Wars Reborn]]'' one. That one has the remolded heads and their own CD. The ''Telemocha'' Ultras are sold separately, having more show-accurate colors but the molds' original heads. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 11:21, 27 February 2010 (EST)
Ah, thanks for correction Interrobang. I forgot those were separate. I've put up a rough skeleton which Mr. McFeely speedy deliveried to [[Beast Wars Diorama Story]]. I based the episode order on the disc/case numbers but I don't know if that's the correct way to do it. The numbering of the discs/cases doesn't follow that of the figures, the discs that come with the Ultras have two numbers on them, and numbers 16-19 are skipped entirely. I've put both the disc number and figure ID number in the titles for the YouTube videos: [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=YHZsjq-ulZk&sharing_token=b2YUF4Rj91ZFCGnfFrJ82g TM1], [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=RM8M2PsqggI&sharing_token=cEdj4-2J1XKqrpEDDqFM2A TM2], [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=IGxfvP-I6p0&sharing_token=_WOV62896tW0dpFFX898pg TM3], [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=4aab9RqCHjU&sharing_token=VoZRUWo71wezjlgdNxPx8A TM4], [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=sI0kBYAierw&sharing_token=FbPzwWEBbhEmrHDXcuuvYA TM5], [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=CLekVHeuavo&sharing_token=9BW7U3JH1nXNXAjQV0EAMA TM6], [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=Ge82snpIbLU&sharing_token=p_xvr-WxyyRy7B94kSBZIQ TM7], [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=LDqrdggv7mQ&sharing_token=5O7dFKYo_lu09peLv7-3-g TM8], [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=gPHuJW5BuAg&sharing_token=5_8JEkBYhmQNusJjfAwimA TM9], [http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=YMCIk-vYfaA&sharing_token=9Wsi6FzbF6FpGsHr2eZzlQ TM10]. The previous two have had their titles updated. The disc numbers for Ultra Convoy are 1 and 15, Ultra Megatron are 13 and 14 and Motorarm is 21. I've upped the video compression this go-round so I could upload the videos faster. If it's too much, I can upload better versions. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 21:27, 27 February 2010 (EST)
Come to think of it, I think figure ID might be the right way to do it, because you end up with 5 episodes in between the ones involving the FABs the other way. Going to go change that. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 21:38, 27 February 2010 (EST)
:Yeah, I was just casting my eye over it and was going to say the same thing. The little two-man fights showcased in each of these come in pairs reflected by the order of release as well. The numbers on the disc seem very random! Probably worth mentioning in a note.
:(this is awesome)
: - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:40, 27 February 2010 (EST)
::Alright, you guys rock! I'll get to work on gleaming the "story" from these things, though I fear it won't be more than "one time Gimlet joined the Predacons and became Tigatron's rival for five minutes and then everything went back to normal". But we love this shit, anyway. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 21:42, 27 February 2010 (EST)
:::Oh, hey, I just got it - the numbers on the discs are the numbers of the actual BW cartoon episodes that are on them (per the Japanese broadcast order, rather than the American one). That's why there are two numbers on the discs with the Ultra figures. Probably means there aren't two Diorama Stories on those ones. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 13:32, 28 February 2010 (EST)

Okay, I've filled out the [[Beast Wars Diorama Story]] article up through Gimlet's chapter. If you guys ever get the last three chapters, just post the video links here and I'll write them up. Thanks! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 14:18, 4 March 2010 (EST)
:Up high, my man. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 14:57, 4 March 2010 (EST)
::Excellent. Interrobang will probably have access to the last three sooner than I will. But I'm willing to help with getting them ripped and uploaded if needed. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 16:16, 4 March 2010 (EST)
===Interrobang uploads===
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-WVHVQaQk Transformers: Beast Wars Diorama Story, Motorarm Hen]! 10th Anniversary Tarantulas makes a cameo. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:11, 4 March 2010 (EST)
:[http://www.youtube.com/user/Ittecap TM-SP DX Megatron]. It's just a "Character Data File" on "Megatron Energon Power Mode". The direct link is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1B9M5N4wLY here], but you can only access it on my user account page at the moment. Scans of the catalog would be interesting, as they have power plans for Convoy and Megatron, plus some text snippets of the FAB thing, but I don't have a scanner on hand. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:34, 15 March 2010 (EDT)
::DX Convoy's up. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 18:05, 15 March 2010 (EDT)

== Untranslated PD types ==

So I see that [http://www.ne.jp/asahi/transformer/dinobase/etc/pdtf/pdtf_index.htm this site] has the few PD Type mangas we don't have translations for up in Japanese. Hint hint! ;) You probably knew this already, but I only just happened to click the link and find the site today. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:06, 9 March 2010 (EST)
:Heh. Yeah, they've actually been looming over my head for a while. They're really hard to translate because the scans are so poor the characters are hard to make out (and that's just for the strips; you can ''forget'' about the interviews and articles). For all the ones I've done, I had to zoom in with photoshop and basically stare at the blotch of ink until I could figure it out by context and with a kanji fastfinder for visual reference the furigana is pretty much illegible). More work for a one page strip than a ten page comic! I could try and get back on the horse, though. I came only 7 strips away from finishing... --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 16:17, 9 March 2010 (EST)

== Japanese Version sections ==

Could we locate these further down the page? Maybe before Trivia? Notes on the Western version should trump translations, IMO. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:03, 14 April 2010 (EDT)
:Yeah, probably a good idea. I bumped em all down to just above Trivia. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 00:08, 15 April 2010 (EDT)

== Hidehito Ueda ==

Do you want to tackle this Interview with Hidehito Ueda? [[Image:Hidehito Ueda.pdf]] He talks about some of the restrictions thrown at him that frustrated him. I've tried doing things like this before and got the entries "challenged" and the like, I thought you might have better luck. [[User:Evan1975|Evan1975]] 18:45, 28 April 2010 (EDT)

==vintage TFTM reviews==
If you have access to a college library (or the right public library) you could try a Lexis-Nexis search. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 12:39, 31 May 2010 (EDT)

:Well, I do go to NOVA, so I could ask about that next time I'm on campus. Mignash over at the AllSpark forums dug up a whole bunch for me that I can't go over right now, since I'm at work, but I'll take a look at as soon as I get home. Thanks! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 12:41, 31 May 2010 (EDT)

==Grand Scourge==
# [http://obscuretf.com/tfscans/GrandScourgeBio.jpg Grand Scourge bio], untranslated as far as I know. (I own both the comics, but am not 100% sure where I put them, which is why I never scanned 'em for lonegamer - I scanned the bio ages ago, though.)
# [[Grand Scourge|Uhh...]] what're you going to do about that? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:44, 4 September 2010 (EDT)
:(Wait, you do know there are two model kit comics, right?) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:48, 4 September 2010 (EDT)
::No, I didn't know about *any* of that (or even the Grand Scourge article we already had). I was going off what scant info both Lonegamer and myself could find; didn't know you had all the stuff sitting around. I'll rework what I wrote, but if you could dig up those comics, that'd be even more helpful. Thanks! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 12:52, 4 September 2010 (EDT)
:::I'll see what I can do. Though, I will note - regarding your latest edit summary - that it's not a case of "we know he's a separate character from Nemesis Prime" so much as "there is a complete absence of information on the subject," so we separated them at the time for lack of anything better.

:::I'm half-sure that FantoFan translated the two minicomics way back when, but I don't believe the bio ever was ever done. IIRC, both Prime and Scourge got bios, but I don't think I scanned Prime's out of the assumption it would just be, well, a bio of Optimus Prime. But maybe it'll contain something interesting, so I'll scan it when I do everything else. -- [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 13:11, 4 September 2010 (EDT)
::::The bio sure isn't worth much:
::::''Destron Dark Commander: Grand Scourge
::::''A mysterious warrior who attacks the Cybertron forces out of nowhere. Though his form is identical to Grand Convoy's he is ruthless and will do whatever it takes to win. His mighty Drill Arm punctures even extremely heavy armor. Just what is the truth behind Scourge!?''
::::In short: He's strong, ruthless, evil and looks just like Prime/Convoy. No one knows where he came from or who he really is. Nothing we couldn't tell from the package illo.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:07, 4 September 2010 (EDT)
::::Monzo is correct-- [http://www.fantofan.jp/fan/comic/fansub/modelkit-gc/model%20kit%20main.htm the comics were translated,] and unhelpful.
:::: Frankly as his ''only'' fiction, I want to say that Scourge's unfamiliarity w/ the group "and you must be the Autobots..." is a circumstantial indicator he is not the original Nemesis Convoy. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 09:46, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
:::::Thanks for the link, Derik! It was lousy having to write up the summary based on the first page of Part 1, info gleamed from Japanese wiki and whatever was on the Ground Scourge article. I filled the article out completely now. Thanks! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 14:44, 19 September 2010 (EDT)

==Yoketron==
''After donning a set of power-boosting armor, Prowl soon discovered that his newfound powers came at the expense of the land the living things around him (when he inadvertantly destroyed an entire city park).''
:Er... huh? Is there a word missing there? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 21:24, 11 September 2010 (EDT)
::Yeah, I was typing up the character article summaries at work, trying to multitask and not doing it very well, apparently. Lemme fix that... --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 22:48, 11 September 2010 (EDT)

== Mystery of Convoy manga ==
I have a possible lead on a copy of the magazine this manga was in. Googling the kanji for Comic Bom Bom along with the number 1986 netted me a number of results where people were selling issues of Comic Bom Bom. Including [http://www.mandarake.co.jp/information/buy/zasshi/kodan.html this] one where it talks about a "Family Computer Winter 1986 Special". Since Famicom is short for Family Computer and our page on the game says the manga came out in a December 1986 issue, I'm guessing this might be the one. I'm not sure if the page is up to date, but I thought it worth throwing your way to see if you can follow up on it. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 23:07, 18 September 2010 (EDT)
:Yep, that's definately the issue. I have no idea how to order from that site, though (I've never ordered anything from any Japanese auction or mail order sites). --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 00:01, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
::I know we have some people living in Japan. So maybe they could help? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 00:37, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
:::This is what I was thinking. I must've gotten you mixed up with Buster Darkwings, Spengs. Because I had it in my head that you live in Japan. Anyway, he or Hydra may be able to help. I'm willing to throw in some cash to help purchase the book if need be. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 22:32, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
Had to go rooting through a box to confirm my memories, but there are some small scans of six of its pages shrunk down to fit on one page of [[Transformers Visualworks]]. No dialogue and obviously not complete, but there are captions that you might be able to glean something from, maybe enough to knock together a basic article. Someone else is using my scanner right now, but I'll get you the page when it's free. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:01, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
:That'd be great! It'll certainly suffice until someone decides to be charitable, buys the book and sends me complete scans. So, basically, the Visualworks thumbnails are likely the best we'll ever get. Thanks! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 10:50, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
::[http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/4093/mysteryofconvoymanga.jpg Here ya go]. It's good and big! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 12:51, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
:::JAWESOME. I'm gonna need my kanji fastfinder to read a lotta dat, so it'll have to wait until I'm home from work. Looking at it, though, I have a feeling that's the ENTIRE manga. Just a how-to that goes through the boss battles of each stage, giving protips. A shame the dialogue's not there, but anything's better than nothing! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 14:57, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
::::Man, that'd be awesome if it was. I thought it was only a sampling because I assumed those the header numbers denoted pages 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 9, but actually bothering to translate the katakana, I see they're for the STAGES, so if the manga didn't do every stage... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:13, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
:::::Hm, crud, it DID skip stages, now that I'm looking at it. Well, I'll give the text a deciphering and see if it says anything about the thumbnails being complete or not. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 15:16, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
::::::Mmn, but those shown ''are'' the only identifiable bosses from the game, 3, 6 and 8 being that giant Decepticon logo, and these pages are quite specifically ''just'' about the bosses. Trypticon is left out, mind you, but that could be a spoiler thing... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:27, 19 September 2010 (EDT)
:Good point. Betcha TX may know something about this, as I recall he's the one who first brought up its existence. I'll give him a ring on his talk page. For better or worse, I WILL get those last two red links off the Manga article! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 16:02, 19 September 2010 (EDT)

== Japanese DVD questions ==
I saw you provided cover scans to TFArchive for some of the Japanese G1 DVD box sets, so I'm hoping you might be able to confirm whether any of the Japanese G1 or BW sets you own contain BW commercials as extras? I'm asking because Brian Ward is looking for commercials and such in the [http://www.shoutfactory.com/community/3306/thread.aspx Beast Wars thread over at the Shout! Factory forum] and I know one of the box sets did have some early US ads. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 17:12, 9 February 2011 (EST)
:I own the G1 DVD sets, but I'm afraid they don't have any Beast Wars commercials on them. They have a plethora of G1 and even Diaclone commercials, though, but I don't think that's of any use to Shout Factory is they're working on Beast Wars sets... --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 18:11, 9 February 2011 (EST)
::Thank you very much for confirming Spengs. I knew it didn't make much sense for them to be on the G1 sets but I thought they might originally have been on the Headmasters Laserdisc set and thus that might have followed through to DVD. I'm guessing you'd probably have added the info by now if so, but are any of the G1 ads on those DVDs not covered on the Wiki? --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 18:43, 9 February 2011 (EST)
:::It's been a while since I watched them. All the ones with animation have been covered on the wiki, I know that for sure. Obviously, we haven't covered any of the Diaclone ones (which oddly are a mishmash of commercials featuring Transformer moulds and commercials featuring Diaclone toys that never made it to Transformers, including one very elaborate one with live action actors). --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 18:52, 9 February 2011 (EST)

==Reproganmar & Megsy's friend==
A number of pages mention that [[Megatron's dead friend]] is an ambassador and that his death caused Megatron to restart the war. However, I can't find confirmation of this among the material on TFArchive. Are those two "facts" an interpretation of the one image itself or do they get more substance from another source? 
Also, since you translated "Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!", could you confirm the kana of [[Reproganmar]]'s name? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 05:55, 17 April 2011 (EDT)
:The translation on the TFArchive pages are all I know for that material. I think, ''think'', the "ambassador" and "friend" things didn't come from the text-itself, but from the ooooooold TFCyberbon site where the image was originally hosted, in one of Hydra's "reviews" of the page. He said something like "You can really feel for Megatron as he cradles his dead friend in his arms". Something like that and people may have gotten that "review" confused with an actual "translation".
::And "Reproganmar" thing reads in Japanese, "吸熱植物リプロガンマー" (kyuunetsu shokubutsu ripuroganmaa). I originally translated that first part as "Fever Vegetation" but in retrospect that's an incomplete translation. "Heat-sucking Vegetation" would be better (吸 is "to suck/inhale" while 熱 is both "fever" and "temperature"). "Reproganmar", no matter how I tried to rationalize it, just came out as gibberish to me, but if you can see something lingual in there then go for it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 12:35, 17 April 2011 (EDT)
:::I'm willing to believe from the image that Megatron liked the guy, it's his supposed job and influence on the story I question. So there's nothing at all linking the image to the actual story? That is one note I'm going to hate writing. Much thanks for the help and extra translation (and no, I can't make a word or name out of it either. Looks like "Reprogammer" to me, but that's still gibberish). [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 13:41, 17 April 2011 (EDT)

==On scrum-age in Japan==
Apparently it's not just a Masumi Kaneda thing.

[http://obscuretf.com/ScrumLyrics01.jpg http://obscuretf.com/ScrumLyrics01.jpg]

[http://obscuretf.com/ScrumLyrics02.jpg http://obscuretf.com/ScrumLyrics02.jpg]

From the Super Sentai Spirits 2004 concert, the theme songs for "Battle Fever J" and "Goggle V", respectively. (I guess maybe it's not meant to be translated literally? Or maybe the subtitler just wanted the lyrics to flow better...) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 19:24, 18 May 2011 (EDT)
:That makes sense, thinking about it; "scrum" being used to mean "coming together" rather than a literal rugby scrum. Kinda like how the Japanese use of "pinch" is often translated as "crisis" or "trouble" rather than the literal word. Still, when it comes to things like "scrum-buster", I can't really think of a way to render the intent without making it sound really clunky. And besides, most of the arguments about the use of "scrum" I've gotten on the talk pages here have been people insisting it's supposed to be "scram", short for "scramble power", which just isn't the case. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 22:38, 18 May 2011 (EDT)

== Out of curiosity... ==

Do you have the scans for the ''Masterforce'' manga laying around? I'm on a ''Masterforce'' kick now and I'd like to review over the manga to potentially complete any pages I've created. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 04:31, 19 June 2011 (EDT)
:No scans, sorry. I own a copy of Transformers: The Comics that has all the vintage TV Magazine manga in it. I only ever scanned for TFArchive the issues that I fully translated. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 10:08, 19 June 2011 (EDT)
::Ah. Thank you for answering, anyway. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 15:16, 19 June 2011 (EDT)

== Galvatron's "see main article" link ==

Don't we normally have a quick summary write-up of the linked continuity there, in addition to the link? Look on Optimus Prime's page for an example. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:42, 11 September 2011 (EDT)

Keyword being "quick", the edit I undid was huge. Not saying there shouldn't be a short paragraph there, but what that anon wrote wasn't it. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 22:05, 11 September 2011 (EDT)

== Thanks ==
Hi there. Thank you for your work for [[Brian Cummings]]. Would you find a Picture of [[Dave Fennoy]]? {{unsigned|Mr.Fennoy75}}

== Nathan Fillon Picture ==

Thanks for [[Dave Fennoy]] and his picture. Now we need [[Nathan Fillion]]'s Picture.
[[User:MrFennoy75|Fen]] 9:30, 12 November 2011 (EST)

== 2 Stupid Dogs ==

Do you remember 2 Stupid Dogs?

Takao Ishii

2012-03-03T07:45:48Z

Spoonwave:

'''Takao Ishii''' (石井隆夫, born [[June 30]], [[1954]]) is a Japanese voice actor. Some of his better-known anime roles include Jiroushin in ''Gensomaden Saiyuki'' and ''Saiyuki Gaiden'', and Tatsuo Kano in ''Hit o Nerae!''. In the world of dubbing, he has been Chunk in the Japanese dub of ''Toy Story 3'', Uncle in ''Jackie Chan Adventures'' and Mr. Hollywood in ''2 Stupid Dogs''.

==Roles==
===''The Transformers''===
{{note|Ishii voiced these characters exclusively in the Japanese dub of ''[[The Rebirth]]''.}}

*[[Aimless (G1)|Aimless]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
*[[Wide Load]]

==External link==
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=13182 Takao Ishii at Anime News Network]
*[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Takao-Ishii/ Takao Ishii at Behind the Voice Actors]

[[category:Japanese voice actors|Ishii, Takao]]

Starscream (Movie)

2012-03-03T02:14:38Z

Spoonwave: /* Autobots/Decepticons */

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:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RevengeOfTheFallenStarscream.jpg|right|350px|thumb|I got yer AllSpark, ''right here''.]]
'''Starscream''' is a hero on the wrong side. Over the centuries he's come to believe both [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] have lost sight of what is best for the Cybertronian race, and simply pursue their own agendas. At some point, he came to the decision that, for the good of the species, a new leader must emerge, and he would be that leader. However, over time, he became as corrupt in his own way as Megatron, although he prefers subtlety and deception to Megatron's brute force. Now, what may once have been noble goals are buried under layers of self interest, transforming Starscream into that which he supposedly despised.

{{quote|Truly the universe favors those who persist.|Starscream|''[[Ghosts of Yesterday]]''}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Many years before civil war broke out on Cybertron, Starscream was guarding a [[hatchling]] school trip when they were attacked by a [[Driller|subterranean monster]]. He was saved by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], much to his irritation, but Megatron liked Starscream's "feisty" attitude, and saw a place for him in the future of Cybertron he hoped to shape. He later joined Megatron's [[Defense Force]], and was very much at home, killing a [[malcontent]] that challenged the new order in spite of surrendering. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[Image:Defiance1_Starscream_Ratchet.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Someone is praising Starscream!? Stop the presses!]]

Later, he was patrolling the [[Eshems Nebula]] when he encountered the fourth alien scout ship he had spotted in the same [[Units of time|cycle]]. As he related this to first officer [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] of the [[Science Division]], this time the alien ship did not maintain a safe distance, forcing Starscream to attack, and he was damaged in the subsequent battle (and was late for a meeting with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and [[Lord High Protector]] Megatron). Soon afterwards, these same aliens attacked Cybertron, and Starscream commanded the aerial forces in the defense of the [[Simfur Temple|temple]] in [[Simfur]]. After Megatron was injured in battle, Starscream rushed to his side to enquire about his condition and to ask for further orders. He was informed to keep Optimus's team out of the military's way. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}}

Megatron was influenced by [[The Fallen|the mysterious relic]] found outside [[Simfur]] to wage a vengeful war against the aliens. Starscream attended a war rally at [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]] where Megatron assumed dictatorship of Cybertron and its armed forces. After destroying much of the enemy fleet and eliminating its leader, Megatron ordered Starscream and his fellow fliers to destroy the alien flagship and conquer the surrounding systems. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} Underground opposition to the new regime came in the form of Optimus and his science division, something Lord Megatron would not stand for. While [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] and security officers arrested Optimus on trumped-up charges of treason, Starscream's squadron was given orders to capture Optimus alive and leave no living witnesses. Unfortunately, Optimus ''Prime'' proved more than a match for Starscream's entire unit, bringing down the ruins of a city upon them. The group survived, and were used by Megatron as "proof" that there were enemies within Cybertron as well as without, to rally his army into a new faction: the Decepticons. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

During the launch of the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', Starscream believed Megatron's propaganda that [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was a liar, and expressed disdain for Optimus's claim that he was a Prime too. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} During the subsequent civil war, Starscream blindly followed Megatron's orders, murdering those who did not bow to his Lord's will, even those who did not choose sides. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} During the Autobot assault on Simfur Temple, Starscream noticed [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] reaching the [[AllSpark]] and activating Sentinel's "[[pillar|torch]]". He pursued her but she escaped into the tunnels. Despite Megatron's desperate command to stand down, Starscream attacked Sentinel when he arrived on the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]], causing the ship to disappear in a tremendous explosion. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

Starscream was inside [[Lord High Protector citadel|Megatron's citadel]] when Optimus launched another attack in revenge for Sentinel's death. While Optimus and Megatron faced off, Starscream and Shockwave fought their former captain, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. When the sky darkened, Optimus emerged and blasted both of them, allowing them to escape. The attack had actually been a distraction from [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]]'s theft of the AllSpark after the first assault had exhausted Simfur's Decepticons. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} Later, Starscream was leading an assault on the Autobots at [[Tyger Pax]] when [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] arrived to reinforce them. They witnessed the launch of the AllSpark into space, a desperate gambit by the Autobots, and immediately Starscream and Blackout began to bicker over their next move. Seeing Megatron leave the planet in pursuit of the AllSpark, Starscream decided that so would they. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}}

[[Image:Planetfall Starscream yesweare.jpg|200px|thumb|"Hey, what's that?" "I'd call it a TARGET!"]]

Starscream was concerned over the Autobots who still posed a threat, but Megatron ordered him to gather a crew to pursue [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Ark (Movie)|ship]]. Unfortunately, [[Nemesis (Movie)|Starscream's ship]] was led into a trap and crippled by [[concussion pulse]] weapons, throwing them off the chase, for now. Humiliated, Starscream and his crew limped back home for repairs. Sometime later, they followed the AllSpark's trace energy pulse and the wake of Prime's ship to a solar system galaxies away. Landing on the [[Mars (planet)|fourth planet]], they destroyed [[Beagle 2 Rover|a primitive lifeform]] that seemed to have been created from the AllSpark, and felt the tag of the life-giving object on the third planet. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

Starscream's team made planetfall on [[Earth]] in Afghanistan, quickly attracting the attention of a nearby US military base, which sent out an armoured personnel carrier to investigate. After it was destroyed, the Decepticons attacked the base itself. During the rather one-sided assault, a human agent of Sector Seven was impressed by the alien invaders' ability to adapt to Earth's finest weaponry. Starscream agreed that they were impressive, and killed the fleshling. After Blackout left the group for another nearby base, Starscream told his fellow Decepticons that their mission wouldn't always be this easy, as the Autobots were bound to turn up. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

{{note|The events of Planetfall are inconsistent with the events of IDW's own [[Transformers: Movie Prequel |prequel comic]]. However, the depiction of the Decepticon arrival in Afghanistan was later used in [[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]].}}

In 2003, Starscream's infiltration team, consisting of [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and Blackout, touched down on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and destroyed the [[Beagle 2 Rover]]. Starscream was disgusted with the rover, but Blackout and Barricade warned that there was an obviously intelligent species nearby, so they would need to be cautious. Starscream agreed, as long as they got to kill something. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}

[[Image:MoviePrequel4 Starscream youcangonow.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Top this one, Samus.]]

Splitting up, they headed to Earth, where Starscream scanned an F-22 Raptor fighter jet being tested by the [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]] at [[United States Air Force#Facilities|Nellis Air Force Base]]. He destroyed it, then adopted the vehicle form for himself. Leaving the scene of destruction, he radioed his fellow Decepticons to report in on their hunt for new disguise forms, which they did. He reiterated that their mission was to find the AllSpark, to which Blackout responded with a reminder that the mission was also to find Megatron. Starscream dismissively replied, "Yeah, right... him too."

Later, Starscream and Blackout detected the unique radiation of the AllSpark and investigated, but Starscream soon realized it was a trap by Sector Seven. Starscream destroyed several AH-64 Apache helicopters while Blackout attacked Sector Seven's bunker and attempted to hack into their mainframe. When the humans severed the connection, the Decepticons broke off from the battle and linked up with Barricade, who was in pursuit of the Autobot [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}}
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===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Patrick Hallahan]]

Starscream led the Decepticons to Earth while following the beacon signal used by Bumblebee to call the Autobots. In typical Starscream fashion, he seemed more concerned about collecting the AllSpark to further his own goals than to rescue [[Megatron (Movie)|Lord High Protector Megatron]]. Attracting the attention of a nearby military installation, they were attacked, but easily overpowered the humans, after which he and Blackout took their [[alternate mode]]s from vehicles on base. Starscream, along with Blackout, followed Bumblebee as he fled from a losing battle against Barricade.

Later, when Sector Seven tried to use a false energy signature to attract Bumblebee to their location, the Decepticons picked up on it and followed. Realizing the signal was fake, Starscream pulled the troops out and waited for the Autobots to arrive and flush out the AllSpark for them. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings}}

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

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
Starscream had ascended to Decepticon leadership in the absence of their former lord, and though he had to ''seem'' to carry on the long search for the lost Megatron and the [[AllSpark]] to keep his position as leader, his greatest hope was that Megatron would NEVER be found. Some loyal Decepticons, especially [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], strongly suspected this and sought to frustrate Starscream's species-serving plans. [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] buddied up with him, but he did like to trick people. [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] hated him, but one shouldn't really read too much into that. [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]'s opinions are unknown, but Frenzy's a complete lunatic and nobody cared what the pet thought.

During a search of an abandoned solar system, the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' came across ''[[Ghost 1|a vessel]]'' that bore a resemblance to Megatron's [[alternate mode]]. Starscream went to investigate it, intending to destroy it. After chasing off [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], he communicated with the creatures aboard the vessel, who called themselves [[human]]s. Starscream claimed that his people once lived with the [[Autobot]]s, and that their treacherous leader, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], started a war for the AllSpark. The humans told him of a robotic creature that they had found on their world, and Starscream, recognizing it as Megatron, told them it was an Autobot scout. While communicating with them, he downloaded all the information on their computers, learning that the AllSpark was also located on Earth. He offered to help the humans to return to their world if they helped Starscream's group attack the Autobots, hoping that Prime would destroy them and be guilt-stricken in the process. The humans attacked Optimus and Bumblebee, but the two Autobots escaped. After their ship sank into a cavern, Starscream revealed his true nature and abandoned them. As a result, the humans concluded neither faction could be fully trusted. Way to make first contact there, Starscream.

Returning to the battle, he lied to his fellow Decepticons, claiming that the two Autobots were dead and that he'd been unable to communicate with the humans. Blackout, unconvinced by the story, challenged Starscream to single combat. Starscream won, and the Decepticons launched an attack on the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]''. Unfortunately for Starscream, Optimus, Bumblebee and the human vessel showed up. Starscream, fearful of the information that the ship contained, ordered the Decepticons to destroy it. Unfortunately, Starscream experienced a minor mutiny when Bonecrusher and Blackout demanded answers, and even Barricade wanted to know why. As the battle drew to a close, Starscream was in a position to terminate Prime but came under fire from the humans' weapons. Seriously damaged, Starscream finished them off with a single plasma blast, then ordered the Decepticons to retreat, despite the advantage they had over the Autobots. The Autobots figured that Starscream would not risk traveling to [[Earth]] for fear of losing power, but Prime figured that it was only a matter of time before the desire for vengeance and the lure of the AllSpark brought the Decepticons to that world. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007 film)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Charlie Adler]] (English), [[Tadashi Miyazawa]] (Japan), [[José Sant'anna]] (Brazil), [[Axel Lutter]] (German), [[Luigi Scribani]] (Italian), [[Germán Fabregat]] (Latin American-Spanish)

[[Image:Movie2007_Starscream_HooverDam.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Starscream without the [[null-ray]]?! But... how can the fans possibly ''survive'' such a wanton desecration of their childhoods??]]

Starscream was lying in wait at a [[United States military|US]] air base when covert agent [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] reported that the [[AllSpark]] had been located, along with Megatron, underneath [[Hoover Dam]]. Though he had long feared this day would come, Starscream ordered the rest of the Decepticons to mobilize. The others responded, with Blackout rallying in the name of Megatron.

[[Image:Starscreammovieheadshot.jpg|right|300px|thumb|It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... a bird-legged freak that transforms into a plane!]]

The first to arrive, Starscream attacked the hydroelectric power plant attached to the dam to cause havoc to [[Sector Seven|Sector Seven's]] operations and to speed the thawing of Megatron. With Frenzy's sabotage, Megatron quickly broke free of his icy restraints and escaped the facility. He almost immediately met with the waiting Starscream, who repledged his loyalty to Megatron. Demanding to know what had happened to the AllSpark, Megatron was told by his [[second-in-command]] that it was now in the possession of the humans. Furious, Megatron berated his lieutenant for yet another failure. What a warm reunion.

During the assault on a [[Mission City|nearby city]], Starscream fooled [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox's]] unit by posing as an [[wikipedia:F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] providing cover. Starscream launched an attack that crippled [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] as [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] realized too late who the fighter really was. As [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]] ran with the AllSpark, Starscream swooped down, blocking his path, only to be attacked by both Ironhide and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. After fighting without much effort, but still besting them, Starscream took to the skies again, instead of securing the AllSpark from the now-defenseless ladiesman217.

[[Image:Starscreammoviestillrobot.jpg|left|300px|thumb|How do you feel, mighty traffic? Yah!]]

While Megatron attempted to retrieve the AllSpark from ladiesman217, Starscream perched on nearby buildings and shot down an Army Blackhawk helicopter when it attempted to help the human evacuate the Cube. Eventually, real F-22 Raptors from the US Air Force arrived, and Starscream disguised himself. Pretending to be a part of their squadron, Starscream surprised the human pilots by transforming in mid-air and destroying three of the Raptors before he was fired upon. He transformed back into his disguise and fled, and was not seen in the closing moments of the battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron. (Or was he?)

[[Image:Starscream bails.JPG|right|300px|thumb|I will rule the sequel, Megatron! Even if I am the only one ''in'' the sequel!]]

Most of the Decepticons were defeated, and their bodies cast into the deepest part of the ocean. Ultimately, Starscream retreated from Earth to parts—and with intentions—unknown. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}
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===Toy bios===
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Fleeing from the Mission City fiasco, Starscream repaired and reenergised himself from a nearby power plant, then fled into deep space to find Decepticon reinforcements. {{storylink|Starscream (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Deep Space Starscream}}

He eventually decided this was too time-consuming, and went back to Earth in a new stealthy form to wait for the Decepticons, alerted by the energy signature of the AllSpark's destruction, to come to ''him''. He succeeded in building a small army, and had them distract the Autobot forces while he launched a surprise attack on a lone Optimus. {{storylink|Starscream (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream}} The battle ended with Optimus still alive and the Decepticons beaten on Earth. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Fire Blast Optimus Prime}}

===Beast Wars Diorama Story===
At some point, Starscream and multiple Autobots and Decepticons traversed dimensions and found themselves on a different [[Earth]], in the distant past. They crossed paths with new Transformer factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, who were engaged in a conflict called the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]. A battle broke out between the four factions and Starscream found himself pitted against the Maximal [[Tigatron]]. He attempted to blast the Maximal from the high ground, only to get shot in the face, instead. [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] then double-teamed Starscream, defeating him. With the battle over, the Autobots and the Decepticons returned to their home dimension, leaving the Maximals and Predacons behind to settle the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Beast Wars Diorama Story}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
{{Note|The following event is unique to the Titan Magazines comic continuity and thus doesn't occur anywhere else.}}

Within seconds of Megatron's defeat, Starscream dubbed himself the new Decepticon leader, with the main problem being that he didn't actually have any troops to lead. To amend this slight impediment, he attacked several [[AllSpark Mutation]]s and removed the energy from their bodies, which he then proceeded to implant into the corpses of [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]]. With his former comrades reanimated in this [[Zombie|rudimentary manner]], he directed the shambling husks to attack the Autobots, who were still recovering from their battle that had just finished. While the Autobots eventually destroyed the zombies, Starscream had escaped with several AllSpark energy fragments still in his possession. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

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[[Image:Tf mag 10 2008.JPG|left|150px|thumb|So evil, boats spontaneously explode rather than face him.]]
Starscream remained on Earth serving under Megatron—and taking orders from [[Dropkick]], who's got a higher rank. In secret, however, he was using [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticons]] to implant cerebro-strips in the heads of useful humans; at will, he could control their minds, paving the way for a more subtle conquest when he finally got Megatron out of the way. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}}

He became aware of the moon-based Autobots and while ordered to join [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] in beating up [[NATO]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} he got bored during the mission and left as soon as he could to attack the moon-based Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} He beat them up and viciously taunted them, forcing them to take the initiative and go to Earth—just as he wanted. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} As he hoped, the Autobots eventually won, killing Megatron, destroying the AllSpark and halting the cyberforming of Earth... leaving him free to take command of the Decepticons!

On top of that, he got his hands on the nanovirus the Autobots used on Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}} He also took the AllSpark interface module from Megatron's corpse and assimilated it. He started hearing Megatron's voice in his head some time after this... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

[[Image:InsecticonMovie.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Hey, Starscream's ''bugging'' us lolololololol]]

One of his first acts as leader was to begin a bombing campaign against any human attempt to rebuild infrastructure or regain a foothold in the United States. He then organised an attack that would get all the Autobots together so a NATO tank regiment (its commander under cerebro-strip control) could wipe them all out. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}} While this failed, Starscream has still ensured the new [[President of the United States]] is under cerebro control—and the Autobots have no idea he's in command... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}}

As well as secretly overseeing scorched-earth strategies and attempted Energon grabs, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}} he also gained [[Mikaela Banes]] as a cerebro-controlled slave. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}} When the bulk of the Autobots prepared to briefly leave Earth and had Mikaela watch over their [[Savannah]] base, Starscream just waited until they'd gone and effortlessly seized the place. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} As a result, the six hundred square miles around the Autobot base were swiftly seized as an autonomous Decepticon nation, with all resistance smashed easily. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}} This means, shockingly, he actually ''is'' a better leader than Megatron. ''[[Jesus]]''.

[[Image:Starscream Titan22.JPG|left|210px|thumb|"Stop looking at me ''stop looking at me!''"]]
He sadistically taunted Mikaela, hoping there was part of her that was screaming for help, before dispatching [[Jazz (Movie)|the corrupted Jazz]] and [[Kullt]] to assassinate Optimus. It didn't work. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}}

While preparing an ambush for the Autobots who he knew would come for Mikaela, he ranted to the Megatron in his head how he'd been a ''far'' better leader and how he was about to kill all the Autobots. His ambush almost worked too, and he almost killed Prime himself—only for the Autobots to turn out to have had a better plan all along, and escape. Admitting to the voices that he had failed and demanding a strategy from then, he realised to his horror that Megatron's mind had wanted him to take the interface module and had downloaded his brain into it; The voice ''really was'' Megatron and he was demanding to be released! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

He didn't release him, though Megatron did feed Starscream a strategy—blackmailing America into booting the Autobots out, then having Allen nuke their ship. This plan was a success, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}} and a jubilant Starscream despatched his armies to seize the United States, all the while having his mind-controlled humans hamper ''any'' military counter-offensive. He was ''this'' close to total victory when [[Stockade (Movie)|''Stockade'']] turned up, turning a third of the drone armies and possibly two generals to his side, sparking a [[Decepticon Civil War]].

Watching everything collapse around him, a gibbering Starscream was visited by Megatron's voice again, telling him once again that the only way out was to release him and allow Megatron to live again... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}

[[Image:Starscreamseesthings_Titan25.jpg|right|350px|thumb|"I'm as sane as the [[Thunderwing (G1)|next]] leader!"]]

...and this time, desperate and pressured, Starscream ''did''. With his mind now his own again, he realised to his horror what he'd done... but it was too late, he was now a minion again, and tasked to strafe Stockade's forces while Megatron took on the rebel himself. It all was for naught, however: the Autobots (surprisingly ''not'' dead!) intervened and forcibly teleported all the Decepticons to Cybertron, leaving Starscream trapped there ''forever''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}

====Star Screams====
{{Note|The following details Starscream's tenure as letter-answerer on the Star Screams letters page.}}

{{bigquote|You could mark [your letters] 'All Hail Starscream' so long as you make it clear this is in no way a reflection on our glorious leader or a prelude to some sort of coup. Just so that we're clear on that.|Star Screams}}

[[Image:Star Screams logo.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Hate mail!]]
As of issue 7, he runs the letters page (renamed Star Screams from the original Mech Mail). He hates the letters, the readers, the comic, the editorial team, and probably the baby [[Jesus]]—but he's still got nothing on ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream's]] [[Armada (Panini comic)|letter-answering stint]]. The source of his misanthropy appears to be that nobody ever sent in fan-art of him (#8). The few things he does like are recycling and environmental measures (#14), girls becoming Transformers fans (#19), and [[To sell toys|humans collecting his action figures]].

Autobot sympathisers are hunted down to be exterminated, especially those who dress up as Autobots (#8, #12 and #17), and even the Prime Minister isn't safe (#24). That said, Starscream appears to have a soft spot for his own fans—in #11, when a female reader complained her mum and aunt kept telling her she was too old for Transformers, he announced that the offending relatives had been shortlisted to spend forever polishing his armour with their own spit, bless.

In #8, he revealed he hates the movie because his best scenes and lines were cut out, and #13 confirmed the Decepticon army loathes [[Michael Bay]] for producing pro-Autobot propaganda. This still hasn't prevented him from shilling Bay's second documentary ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', as he believes it will depict a Decepticon victory (#10) and is going to ignore the script if it says otherwise (#18). Since then, however, he has come under the sway of an unknown higher power in regards to the film, one Starscream fears (#22)...

In #7, he expressed concern that this "[[Simon Furman|Fur-Man]]" was a [[Maximal]] agent, and warned that Titan Magazines would be destroyed if they continued to produce Autobot propaganda. By #13, the Decepticons appear to have taken over Titan and have imprisoned the staff and creators in cages, forcing them to work merely for food—it is surely no coincidence that during this period, Starscream became a successful leader of the Decepticons in the comic strip and that Starscream began wanting more issues brought out. This mistreatment is causing severe physical trauma to [[Steve White]] and [[Den Patrick]] (#19) though Fur-Man is still a free agent and is evading Decepticon capture (#21). Writer [[Robin Etherington]] appears to have angered him, as Starscream is believed to have deliberately miscredited one of his stories in #24. [http://www.studioblinktwice.com/announce.php?Year=2009]

He has incredible hate for [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], gleefully recounting the guy's horrible death and going berserk in #9 at the idea of Jazz answering the letters.

While he has said he talks to himself to get intelligent conversation and doesn't trust anyone (#9), he has shown some signs of wanting company: he hoped the [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]] jets would all be reunited in the next film (#9), is trying to convince [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to be in it too (#15), and wishes Ironhide would join the Decepticons (#16). Despite wanting to re-unite with Thundercracker, he shows contempt for the guy's lack of drive (#11). He views [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Soundwave as potential successors if anything ever happens to him (#21). He also appreciates [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] work (#23) and while he's annoyed the helicopter is more popular than him, he did go to the trouble of giving the guy a proper burial. (#25)

Starscream appears to have had several "off the record" adventures. He has revealed he once had an [[Starscream (G1)|F-15 mode]] and liked it (#9), openly confirming he was [[:Image:Starscream 1982.jpg|active in 1982]] and the impetus for the [[Hungry Dragon]] cover-up. He also refers to [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] also being an F-15 (#11), implying both were active in [[1982]]. He has also had some experience with and knowledge of [[Unicron]] (#12), something [[Transformers Comic issue 19|no other Transformer had]] and something that terrified him (#17), and in which he apparently witnessed Unicron trying to devour Cybertron (#19)...

He maintains that his voice is not [[Chris Latta|scratchy]] in any way.

Eventually, however, the constant stress of the letters drove him to a nervous breakdown, and he was sent to a very special home (or "on a mission of great importance", according to his cover story). He still produces a regular horrorscope. (Vol.2 #1) [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] has wondered about Starscream's ongoing absence, noting the home must have better security than the Decepticons first thought! (Vol.2 #12)

===IDW ''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie comics===
{{bigquote|My plan failed, or was it my troops that failed me? I can only process the situation and hope for a conclusion. There are allies on Earth, and more scattered across the Galaxy. I will seek them out. By my side they will join, and in time, I '''will''' have my kingdom... regardless of the location.|Starscream|[[The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream #5]]}}

Starscream assumed the role of [[Decepticon leader]] on Earth following Megatron's defeat and the destruction of the AllSpark. Though tempted to exact revenge on the humans, he realized he might be the last functional Decepticon on the planet, so he escaped Mission City to recover the badly-damaged Barricade. Starscream gave him orders to continue his reconnaissance of the Autobot once he was able, and headed for Hoover Dam to retrieve Frenzy. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

Starscream made his way to Hoover Dam, taking out masses of human soldiers and a [[Landmine (Movie)|less-than-functional attack drone]]. Starscream took a [[Salazar|human captive]] along with Frenzy's body, but the fleshling didn't survive the Decepticon's trip to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. However, the trip, combined with the damage from the battle took its toll and upon finding his starship, he had to be helped inside by [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]. The pair discussed Thundercracker's progress with the space bridge terminal, the physiology of humans and the abilities of Starscream's new form. While recharging, he ordered Thundercracker to download the information from Frenzy; however, an Autobot scouting party interrupted their efforts. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}}

[[Image:ROSWannabet.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Let's hope that Dreadwing isn't revived by Unicron.]]
Starscream ordered Thundercracker and the drones to deal with them while he prepared for take off. After recovering, he made short work of the Autobots and dragged a damaged Thundercracker inside the ship, before activating the terminal and warping to Cybertron. He handed Thundercracker over to [[Ramjet (Movie)|Ramjet]], and ordered construction of a [[replica AllSpark]], based on Frenzy's data. Approaching Megatron's citadel, Starscream, still impressed by the power his new form gave him, destroyed the former leader's figurehead. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}}

A [[Units of time|quartex]] later, Starscream ruminated about ruling over a Cybertron free of war or factions, as well as bringing certain [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|war criminals]] to justice. He arrived at the AllSpark construction yard, busted [[Crankcase (Movie)|Crankcase]]'s vocal processor for whining too much, and chained him up along with [[Elita-One (Movie)|four]] [[Warpath (Movie)|enslaved]] [[Signal Flare (Movie)|Autobot]] [[Grindcore (Movie)|prisoners]] on the new AllSpark, ready to offer up their lives in exchange for a new life for Cybertron. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream #4}}

[[Image:StarscreamandWreckageAlliance2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Yes, it is!]]

Things sort of went downhill from there, though. First, the AllSpark replica didn't work; then [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] rebelled. Then they saw that Arcee had snuck aboard Starscream's ship, led an Autobot attack on [[Simfur]] and destroyed the new AllSpark. In the ensuing chaos, Starscream, along with his few remaining loyal subjects, fought off the army of Dreadwing drones and assorted other traitors. Starscream tracked Dreadwing to the space bridge as he took a starship through it. By the time the ship arrived on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], it was damaged by Starscream's attack, but Dreadwing survived. However, Starscream also survived, revealed himself, and ripped out Dreadwing's spark core. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream #5}}

After Dreadwing's betrayal, Starscream relocated to Earth, his aspirations for leadership and his faith in his fellow Decepticons shattered. As he brooded and carved AllSpark runes onto his exo-structure, he picked up a transmission from [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], informing Starscream of Optimus Prime's forthcoming journey to a Sector Seven facility where Wreckage was held. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Starscream recorded a message chronicling Megatron's death, the destruction of the Cube and Wreckage's betrayal before he left Mars. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] found the message upon his return to Earth, and deemed it a suicide note. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

Starscream arrived on Earth not long after Wreckage escaped. The two engaged in a heated battle, each accusing the other of betrayal. Wreckage managed to gain the upper hand, but the timely arrival of Bumblebee gave Starscream the chance to kill Wreckage. He thanked Bumblebee by blasting him, but was contacted by Soundwave before he could finish the job. Shocked that Soundwave was still alive, Starscream left with renewed vigor, believing Soundwave held the key to making a new army. Rendezvousing on Mars, Starscream informed Soundwave of Megatron's death and the AllSpark's loss, and was pleased when he was told a number of troops were headed for Earth, with more in stasis. After receiving co-ordinates to Soundwave's ship, a more enthusiastic Starscream left for the ''Nemesis'', aiming to bring the troops aboard out of stasis while Soundwave carried out "[[Star harvester|other orders]]". {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}
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===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
Starscream was in [[Zambia]] where he gained control of the rebel [[Human Accessory Force]] by synthesizing [[gold]] coins with his own body. He sent [[Macerator]], [[Dropkick]] and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] to blow up a series of dams along the Zambezi River. Although the three Decepticons were stopped by [[NEST]], Starscream intercepted them and killed [[Beachbreak]], who was hoisting [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] up Victoria Falls. He then oversaw the Decepticons attack on a dam along the Zambezi, but the action saw the loss of Macerator and Payload. With their plan in ruins, Starscream ordered Dropkick to retreat.

Little did Starscream know that not all of the troops Soundwave had brought were so eager to serve him for merely succeeding to the Decepticon throne. A number of Decepticons were working in secret to amass vast quantities of energy to locate Megatron and jump start his spark. Upon discovering the existence of this faction, Optimus surmised that Starscream would be hard pressed to withstand a coup, and the only way to secure his claim would be to destroy Optimus and the Autobots quickly.

Starscream flew to [[Italy]] where he allied with criminal mastermind [[Bruno Carrera]], promising him rule of Europe once Starscream ruled Earth if he helped kill Optimus Prime. [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] and [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] drew NEST to Rome, where Starscream challenged Optimus to one-on-one combat in the Coliseum: it was a trap, and Optimus fell through a hidden door into a set of restraints in an underground tunnel built by Carrera. The humans helped Optimus escape though, and Starscream flew off to pay Carrera back for his failure. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

[[Image:Titan1_FallenStarscream.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hey! C'mon on outa there you!]]

With Megatron dead, Starscream found himself as one of [[The Fallen]]'s proxies and was not too happy with the idea of working for another guy ''again''. He organised <strike>his</strike> the Fallen's Decepticon army and took them to Cybertron on the Fallen's orders. Unfortunately he was spied on by [[Mudflap (ROTF)|two]] [[Skids (ROTF)|Autobots]], and failed to exterminate them before they fled to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} News of this made the Fallen ''very unhappy'', who ordered Starscream to remain on Cybertron and ''not fail again''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}}

After the Twins' bumbling on Earth, they were suspected of being double agents and were to be sent into orbitary exile. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] ordered Starscream to take out the Twins' military escort in an effort to make them defect. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}}

[[Image:Titan8_Starscreamlastwords.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Are my eyes blue?]]

Later, after the Decepticons had captured the lost [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], Starscream sat in on Soundwave's interrogation of the old fogey. However, Ransack refused to tell them, and Starscream had to step in to stop an angry Soundwave from killing the guy. He volunteered to interrogate the ancient Seeker himself, but Ransack found the whole thing laughable: he knew the Decepticons were operating their ''own'' agenda while the Fallen was incapacitated, but they'd soon learn their freedom was just an illusion.

A few seconds later, the twins arrived to bust the base up. Starscream and Soundwave soon put an end to ''that'', and Starscream gleefully prepared to exterminate Mudflap at long last... Whoops, that gave Ransack the chance to shoot Starscream in the back and leg it! Desperate to keep the Fallen from knowing they'd been up to anything, Starscream and the other 'Cons chased after the Seeker. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Charlie Adler]] (English), [[José Sant'anna]] (Portuguese), [[Tadashi Miyazawa]] (Japanese), [[Axel Lutter]] (German), [[Luigi Scribani]] (Italian), [[Germán Fabregat]] (Latin American-Spanish)

[[Image:ROTF Megatron choke Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"We really shouldn't fight in front of the chil—" "SHUT UP!"]]
Starscream was unconcerned with reviving his leader Megatron, choosing to spend his time as acting commander on the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' engineering a new army. His plan was failing miserably, as without [[energon (fuel)|energon]] the [[hatchling]]s were dying. After [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] successfully executed his plan to resurrect Megatron, Starscream (who may or may not have known of said plan) attempted to welcome his commander with open arms, only to be criticized for leaving him for dead. Starscream defended his actions by saying [[The Fallen]] decreed the spawning of a new army, and that in Megatron's absence, someone had to take command. This was a bad choice of words on Starscream's part, as Megatron slammed him into a hatchling sack and told him the simple truth: even in death, there is no command greater than Megatron's.

Megatron noted the plight of the hatchlings though, and sought the advice of the Fallen, whom Starscream had kept on life support, on another source of energon now that the [[AllSpark]] was destroyed. The Fallen revealed there was another source, and that the key to attaining it was through the boy who had killed Megatron. But first, The Fallen commanded that they kill [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the last of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], so that he would be safe. Since Optimus would come to protect Sam, it would be a simple matter to capture him. Starscream arrived and announced that they had [[Alice|an agent]] within sight of the boy. He was eager to get that energon, as the hatchlings would keep dying without it.

[[Image:ROTF Starscream Sam Mikaela.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Damn things are everywhere.]]
Starscream aided in [[Sam Witwicky]]'s capture by cutting open the car [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] had captured him in, and watched as Megatron and [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] threatened to dissect him for the information in his mind from the AllSpark regarding the energon source. Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] arrived to rescue Sam: Starscream let Megatron do most of the fighting in the factory, before Optimus blasted him through the wall and drove off with Sam to a forest.

[[Image:ROTF Prime Starscream arm.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"MY ARM!" "Oh, you want it back? HERE!"]]
Starscream arrived, immediately going for the boy, but Prime ran interference, grabbing Starscream, suplexing him, and kicking off part of his mouth, leading the three Decepticons to gang up on him. Surprisingly, it went quite poorly for the Decepticons: Prime was able to take on all three, using Starscream as a shield and sending his artillery flying at Grindor. After stabbing Megatron multiple times, Optimus ripped off Starscream's arm. Starscream could only cry out in horror as Optimus then used it as a club against the Decepticon. Although Optimus managed to kill Grindor, Megatron eventually managed to kill Optimus, but before they could retrieve Sam, the rest of the Autobots arrived while Bumblebee spirited Sam away. Megatron and Starscream were forced to retreat.

[[Image:ROTF_movie_MegatronStarscream_roofchat.jpg|thumb|right|300px|25 years later and I'm still your punching bag!]]

Starscream and Megatron flew to the top of a [[New York City]] skyscraper, where Starscream revealed that they had lost track of the boy. Megatron berated Starscream and hit him with the detached arm he was trying to stick in, furious that he lost track of a single insect. Starscream countered that there were seven billion insects on the planet, and that he could be anywhere at this point. Megatron decided to reveal the Decepticons' presence to the world: Starscream stood openly atop a skyscraper during the rejuvenated Fallen's announcement to the world.

After Soundwave learned that the boy was in [[Egypt]], Starscream flew to investigate. Locating the boy, he fired upon Bumblebee, [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], who had Sam, [[Mikaela Banes]], [[Leo Spitz]] and [[Seymour Simmons]] as their passengers, bombing them to no avail. Bumblebee, Simmons, Leo, and the Twins drew Starscream's fire while Sam and Mikaela fled to the NEST soldiers. During his flyby of the NEST team, he released an electromagnetic pulse that took out the humans' communications, but saw Prime's body. Meeting Megatron atop the pyramid which hid the harvester, Starscream informed Megatron of his discovery, and Megatron ordered the [[Operation: Firestorm|assault]] to begin.

[[Image:ROTF Starscream grab.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Ceiling Seeker is watching you masturbate. And he will no longer tolerate it.]]

As Sam and Mikaela tried to reach Optimus to revive him with the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Starscream led several [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] and [[Protoform]]s in a search for Sam. It wasn't going very well, to the point that Starscream started shooting the ground in anger. An [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticon]] managed to find them, and Starscream tore the roof off the building they were in and fired at them as they jumped off another building, but the two humans managed to lose them again. Starscream then took to the sky to locate them, and ordered [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] to hold Sam's parents [[Ron Witwicky|Ron]] and [[Judy Witwicky|Judy]] for ransom: Sam was ready to exchange the Matrix, but Bumblebee rescued them and killed Rampage. Starscream was unable to search for Sam any longer and was soon drawn into the battle with [[NEST]], joining his comrades in firing on them.

[[Image:ROTF Starscream cowards survive.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Not to call you a coward-Oh heck, you are a coward!"]]
Starscream avoided the carpet bombing which killed many other Decepticons, and watched from afar as Optimus was resurrected by the Matrix. Although the Fallen obtained the Matrix and activated his star harvester, the last of the Primes combined with [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], killed the Fallen and destroyed the harvester. Starscream went to the wounded Megatron, who had lost his right arm and had half his face blown off thanks to Optimus Prime. Starscream advised his master that they should flee (cowards do survive after all), something that Megatron acknowledged, but asserted it wasn't over. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}
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===Cyber Missions===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English), [[Andrés García]] (Latin American-Spanish)
[[Image:CyberMissions10 Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Toy accuracy wasted on a fiction no one even knew existed.]]
Starscream watched from the air as [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]] interrogated [[Jack (ROTF)|Jack]]. As the other Decepticon announced the Energon would be his, Starscream corrected his obviously erroneous statement. When they found the convoy, Starscream dropped mines on the road in front of [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]], knocking loose the trailer-load of energon. While Mindwipe turned his hypnotic abilities on the two Autobots, Starscream landed behind them. The two Decepticons' bickering allowed Sideswipe to break Mindwipe's concentration, and he began grappling with Starscream while Ratchet went for the energon. Starscream quickly got the better of Sideswipe and threatened to rip his spark out, but Ratchet responded by throwing the energon and Mindwipe off a nearby cliff. Starscream dived after it, ignoring Mindwipe's pleas for help, and grabbed the energon. Ratchet shot the energon which exploded, but Starscream subsequently streaked from the flames in his jet mode, and the two Autobots decided to find somewhere safe to take cover. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 10}}

Starscream met up with Megatron in the Arctic sometime later, but it was far from a pleasant reunion - Megatron was pissed that Starscream openly defied him, and once again reminded him of his absolute power. Optimus arrived, and a two on one duel ensued. Soon, the Autobots arrived, and Starscream broke off to leave the duel to be leader-to-leader. Starscream took on Ratchet, Ironhide, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe all at once, and eventually was defeated. Starscream quickly fled the scene. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

Later, Megatron led Starscream, Barricade, Mindwipe, and Bludgeon to rescue the imprisoned Soundwave from the Autobots. However, Soundwave was only a hologram, and Optimus confronted the Decepticons. Megatron once again dueled Optimus, and Starscream told the others to wait until Megatron wore the Autobot leader down, then attack Optimus... only for Ratchet, Ironhide, and Bumblebee to arrive. In the ensuing battle, Starscream tried to flee, but was fired at by Ironhide, and Starscream retaliated by tackling and grappling with Ironhide on the ground. The Autobots' human allies arrived, and outnumbered the Decepticons a hundred to one, and Megatron was once again defeated by Optimus. The Autobot leader gave the Decepticons a choice: leave Earth or fight and die. Starscream, naturally, was the first to leave and abandon his leader, and Mindwipe and Bludgeon followed. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Titan Magazines post-''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

[[Image:Titan17_Starscreamstatue.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Hasbro's just losing the battle against copyright infringement...]]

Starscream wanted to create his ''own'' Decepticon army and assumed there had to be some Energon sources and artifacts still on Earth to enable this: after all, why else would the Autobots stay? He tore through [[Peru]]'s Amazon rainforest looking for Energon and, in the process, a local tribe began worshipping him and erecting statues in his honour. He briefly thought about recruiting them.

When an Autobot/human team arrived, Starscream briefly engaged them in combat and shrugged off claims that they ''hadn't got'' an ulterior motive for being on Earth. To cover his retreat, he set fire to the rainforest so the Autobots would have to put it out rather than follow him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}

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===IDW ''Dark of the Moon'' comics===
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At the Decepticon camp in Namibia, Megatron makes it very clear to Starscream, by way of a beating, that he does not appreciate being told how to do his job. Tired of endlessly submitting to the Decepticon leader, Starscream snaps, and flies off with the intention of starting his own 'New Decepticon Empire'.

When he detects a Cybertronian energy signature, Starscream pursues and sees a shape plummet into the sea next to an amusement park on the pier. The shape is [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]], who, tired of "bein' pushed around", immediately attacks Starscream, punching him into a Ferris wheel. Starscream hauls himself up and opens fire on Space Case, but quickly realizes the identity of the rogue Decepticon. Knowing that Space Case is stupid enough to manipulate, Starscream starts to lay on the compliments, hoping to recruit him as the first soldier in his new army. With his promised reward for Space Case's loyalty being the [[Earth]], he eventually succeeds, and as the sun sets, they walk away from the ruined pier, Starscream now having found a partner who would listen to ''his'' thoughts, for once.
{{storylink|Transformers: Starscream}}

Starscream had set up a base of operations in a junkyard on the outskirts of Mexico City. However, the Decepticon known as Shockwave appeared with [[Ruination (ROTF)|Ruination]] and [[Deadlift]] at shooting range, explaining that he found the base by picking up [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]]'s trail. Deadlift stood up for the commander, but was blown to bits by the Decepticon assassin. [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] then informed Starscream that his presence was requested by Megatron. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1}} After learning that a Decepticon Intelligence unit, called [[Brains]], had escaped to Sam Witwicky, Starscream rallied a group of Decepticons and attacked his college. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2}} Things didn't bode well for the Decepticons when Autobot reinforcements arrived. Starscream was able to retreat with the help of Shockwave and his pet. When the Decepticons returned to Namibia, Starscream complained to their leader. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3}}

===Titan Magazines ''Dark of the Moon'' prequel strips===
Starscream and Barricade crashed an anti-[[Transformer]] protest in [[San Jose]], starting off by blowing up the [[Tech Museum of Innovation]]. While Barricade grappled with Ironhide, Starscream decided the whole affair was taking too long, and threw a tanker truck at Ratchet and some humans. Ironhide dealt with the tanker, but was caught in the explosion, leaving himself open for Starscream and Barricade to finish him off. That was when the two Decepticons were mobbed by the human protesters and Optimus Prime turned up. They departed with alacrity. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Charlie Adler]] (English), [[Tadashi Miyazawa]] (Japanese), [[Germán Fabregat]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Axel Lutter]] (German)
[[Image:Megatron and Starscream.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Megatron and Starscream in the ridiculous curse of Bobby Langurel.]]
Oh, how it pained Starscream to see his poor master Megatron in such a weak, damaged state at Decepticon High Command in Africa when he arrived back from an unknown venture. Megatron told Starscream to stuff it, and that he only knew what he was told. Starscream watched as [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] reported to Megatron that the Autobots had discovered the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' on the planet's moon and returned with an unknown, special cargo.

[[Image:Starscreaminorbit.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Ceiling Seeker is now Orbital Seeker. ]]
Later in Washington, D.C., as [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] summoned a Decepticon army to Earth via Space Bridge, Starscream was surprised to learn that Sentinel had been leaving to defect all those many years ago. He noted the brilliance in Megatron's scheme, and asked if Sentinel was now his partner, and Megatron retorted that Sentinel was his greatest triumph, and explained that they had intended to meet up on Earth, but both were waylaid by fate. Later, the Autobots were forced by the humans into exile by Sentinel's demand, and their ship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', departed Earth with them inside. Starscream, lying in wait for the moment high up in the Earth's atmosphere, swooped in for the kill, destroying the ship and presumably all eleven Autobots on board.

[[Image:DOTM - StarscreamSaw.jpg|left|thumb|300px|The film is in 3D? Great! Now I can kill real life humans!]] Starscream subsequently helped take Chicago for the Decepticons, and stood by his leader as they worked on their plan to bring Cybertron itself into Earth's atmosphere with Sentinel's Space Bridge. When the still-alive Autobots made an attack with NEST, he attacked the V-22 Ospreys carrying [[William Lennox|Lennox's]] team as they tried to sneak into Chicago using wing suits. Although Starscream took out most of the aircraft, Lennox and many soldiers managed to jump to safety. Later in the battle, Starscream took several potshots at [[Robert Epps|Epps]]'s team, separating [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] and [[Carly Spencer|Carly]] from the soldiers.

[[Image:Dotm_Starscream_BOOM.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I know I don't have a head, but can I still become a ghost?]]

Relishing a chance to be alone with the fleshling once again, Starscream mocked and toyed with the human while trying to kill him. However Sam had a [[grapple glove|grappling hook]] from [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]] on hand, and fired it into Starscream's optic, partially and painfully blinding the Decepticon. Starscream flailed around in pain, causing Sam to fly through a building window. Then Lennox's team arrived and began firing on him. As he tried to return fire, Sam jumped onto his shoulder and stabbed a boomstick into his remaining optic, fully blinding him. Starscream began losing it, screaming in panic and pain as he tried scraping it out of his eye on the ground, cursing the human scum. Lennox attempted to free Sam from the grappling wire, but the panicked Starscream flew up to the top of a nearby building, taking them both with him. As he swore to kill the humans, the boomstick went off, fatally blowing off a large chunk of Starscream's head and causing his chest to explode, leaving his lifeless body to fall to the ground, breaking off several pieces while doing so. Lennox and Sam were saved from the fall by [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and Sam nervously assured everyone Starscream was dead.

{{note|In an earlier draft of the movie's script, Starscream was originally meant to be the one who had shot down the Ark, but he was replaced by the [[Orbital Assault Carrier]] in the final movie (unless he had an alternate mode similar to those carriers), the alternate beginning for ''Dark of the Moon'' is used in the novelization and Foundation.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==Games==
===''The Real Effing Deal'' ARG Game===
[[Leo Spitz]] posted blurry pictures of Starscream attacking a power station on the same day as the Mission City incident.

On December 21, 2008, Starscream was seen moving in front of some fireworks. {{storylink|The Real Effing Deal}}

{{picsneeded|Game screen shots, cut scenes, whatever}}
===3D Battle-Card Game===
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game}}

===''Transformers'': The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Ross]]

====Autobot campaign====
Starscream, Blackout, and a pair of [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] drones took on [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] during the battle of [[Mission City]], but the smaller Autobot managed to beat all four of them. Guess he finally got to fight the big ones. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

====Decepticon campaign====
Starscream coordinated the missions for Blackout and Barricade while hiding in a military base. After receiving information from Barricade that Megatron had been located, Starscream ordered him to proceed to Hoover Dam, while he himself went to locate [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]. However, the humans were aware of the three Decepticons and used drones, weapon platforms, and fighters based on Cybertronian design. Starscream was forced to move back and forth between Bonecrusher and Brawl, rescuing them from human attackers, all to background music far too heroic for someone of Starscream's character. After taking a moment to enjoy the ruin he had made of the base, Starscream proceeded to Hoover Dam. Blackout informed him that the structure was blocking their scans, so Starscream ordered him to tear it down piece by piece to find Megatron and the AllSpark. When Megatron emerged, Starscream bowed before his [[Lord High Protector|Lord]].

At [[Mission City]], Starscream took a moment to [[Ramjet (G1)|ram]] Optimus Prime during the latter's duel with Megatron, and tried to go head to head with Optimus Prime but was knocked away. After Megatron absorbed the AllSpark and Earth was decimated, Starscream stood at his master's left side as the Decepticon leader declared their business on Earth was concluded.

There is an unlockable skin for Starscream that gives him a G1 paintjob. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

===Transformers: Autobots (DS)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Daniel Ross]]

While on a mission in the Arctic to find and destroy Megatron and recover the AllSpark, [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-A-Bot]] and Ironhide ran into the air commander during their escape. Making Create-A-Bot run for cover, Ironhide took on Starscream and his lackeys (despite mentioning he's "getting too old for this"). Once defeated, Starscream took off into the atmosphere, never to be seen again. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}

{{Note|Starscream is the only Decepticon in this version of the game who is not definitively destroyed. (Bonecrusher isn't included, since Prime cut off his head on his way in. Bonecrusher hates this game because of that.) Starscream's body type appears as Skydive, unlockable with 2500 WiFi Tokens. In the US, this feature is also unlockable by downloading the ''Transformers'' preview movie from a Target DS Download Station.}}

===Transformers: Decepticons (DS)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Daniel Ross]]

After the disappearance of Megatron nearly a million years ago (yeah, we know), Starscream took over the Decepticons as their high commander. Arriving on Earth, he instructed [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Create-A-Bot]] to follow Barricade until he arrived. However, none of the other Decepticons would trust him, and he confided in Create-A-Bot a great number of secrets, including the location of the AllSpark and the identity of the lost Decepticon they were retrieving: [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. Starscream reasoned that he hid these things because revealing them would lead to a power struggle, but no one bought it except the naive rookie.

Soon, though, the other Decepticons revealed the reason for their lack of faith (which Create-A-Bot found disturbing): Starscream was a morally ambiguous backstabber. Of course, Megatron wasn't much better, since he was a treacherous, black-hearted face-stabber, but at least he let you know where you stood with him. Once the Autobots returned the AllSpark to Tranquility, he gave chase after a now-AllSpark-empowered Bumblebee (in the single most frustrating level of the game), caught the "babbling fool", and destroyed a meddlesome Blackout, until Barricade got in the way.

After threat of execution for treason, Starscream proceeded to show the smaller Decepticon WHY Megatron picked him as his second-in-command: his brute strength and incredible battle strategy. After a severe thrashing, Create-A-Bot arrived with intent to kill. However, Starscream now had the AllSpark and was nearly unstoppable. They proceeded to battle over the Casino Strip, where Create-A-Bot took the AllSpark from him and smashed it into his chest. Create-A-Bot was knocked back and severely damaged by the blast, but Starscream remained as powerful as ever, perhaps more so now that the AllSpark had merged with his body. However, as was quickly proven, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscreams]] who receive [[Starscream (Armada)|ungodly power]] tend to explode, as Megatron found him and proceeded to chase and tear him apart. In his last breath, Starscream spat on Megatron's name, saying there would always be those who would question his power. Megatron simply replied by smashing his face in. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}

{{note|Starscream's body type is available in two forms, the regular Starscream playable in certain missions (unlocked by beating the game) and G1 Starscream, based on the Target exclusive retooling/redeco. The G1 body is unlocked by earning 2500 WiFi tokens, or by downloading the preview movie for the game from a Target DS Download Station.}}

===Transformers: The Game (PSP)===
Starscream attacked Hoover Dam to free Megatron from his "tomb". Afterwards, he battled [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] over the leadership of the Decepticons back on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)|Transformers The Game}}
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===Autobot Stronghold===
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{{storylink|Autobot Stronghold}}

===Transformers: Battle for the Matrix===
{{Note|Battle for the Matrix is a simplified retelling of the events of [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]. It can be played from the perspective of either Bumblebee or Optimus Prime. Starscream is a recurring foe.}}
[[Image:Starscream battleforthematrix.jpg|thumb|200px|left |Basically the same thing as attacktix]] {{storylink|Transformers: Battle for the Matrix}}
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===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Charlie Adler]]

====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====
=====Decepticon campaign=====
[[Image:ROTF_360PS3PC_Starscream_AerialbotScout1.jpg|thumb|250px|Starscream demonstrating hardware accelerated graphics including particle effects, dynamic lighting, shinemaps, and Autobot-smashing.]]
Starscream served as the main aerial assault unit, utilizing his rapid-fire Gatling cannon and his homing missiles. He could also activate a [[Null Reactor]], which slowed enemies down and increased the damage he dealt to them.

After the Decepticons lost possession of Mikaela, Starscream decided to seek out [[Theodore Galloway|NSA chief Galloway]], and force the location of the other remaining AllSpark shard, and Megatron's location, from him. The fleshing was known to be visiting one of several buildings around the canals of Sam and Mikaela's hometown, and Starscream destroyed each in turn, looking to flush out his target. Galloway was soon located, and Starscream took him for extraction.

The information gained from Galloway lead to the Decepticons capturing an AllSpark shard, and armed with this artifact, a team was sent to revive Megatron. Whilst other Decepticons descended into the sea to attend to their leader, Starscream and several Constructicons attacked the carrier group on the ocean surface. Seeking to eliminate their defense, Starscream destroyed the AA guns mounted on the larger craft, and then sank the small control boats in the area. Before long, Megatron rose from the ocean, and the Decepticons left the area.

When Sam and Bumblebee travelled to an east coast museum to meet with Jetfire, Starscream was ordered by Megatron to destroy the building and retrieve the boy. Although, under heavy fire from Autobots, Starscream collapsed the museum, Sam, Bumblebee and Jetfire escape via space bridge. After Megatron defeated their master [[The Fallen]], who was monitoring the progress of the [[star harvester]], Starscream immediately reported to Megatron that Optimus had deactivated the machine. Megatron took this reply well, and went off to activate The Fallen's hidden army of protoforms. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

=====Autobot campaign=====
Following Sam Witwicky's flight to Egypt with Jetfire, Starscream fled with his minions to the abandoned foundry where the Decepticons had previously held Sam. Locating him, Optimus Prime battled it out with Starscream, forcing the Air Commander to retreat.

Later, Starscream joined Megatron in attacking Optimus Prime and Jetfire in Egypt. As leader fought leader, [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]] fought [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]], with Jetfire holding his own against Starscream until Optimus defeated Megatron and helped defeat Starscream. As Jetfire held the Air Commander at his mercy, Megatron snuck up and ran Jetfire through with his sword, allowing the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===Starscream Showdown===
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{{storylink|Starscream Showdown}}

===Hunt for the Decepticons===
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{{storylink|Hunt for the Decepticons}}

===Revenge of the Fallen (mobile game)===
[[Image:ROTFMobile Starscream.jpg|thumb|84px|left]]
[[The Fallen]] sent Starscream to [[Shanghai]] to find a fragment of the [[AllSpark]]. He succeeded, but was found by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Though the Autobot leader beat him, Starscream managed to escape and return to The Fallen with the AllSpark shard he'd found. He apologized to his master for failing to kill Optimus, but The Fallen was pleased with the AllSpark fragment, and sent Starscream to attack NEST HQ as a diversion. Starscream attempted to reach the central core before [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] but lost the race and was locked out. Furious, he fought Bumblebee but began losing badly, so he zapped Bumblebee with his [[null-ray|null ray]]. He was shortly afterward contacted by the resurrected [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and flew off back to the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (Glu)}}
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===Victory Is Sweet===
Starscream concocted a plan to destroy a major city, but needed to set up three beacons in order to achieve it. Despite Starscream making sure the beacons were well-guarded, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] managed to destroy them all before tracking down Starscream in a mid-city park. Starscream would have finished off the runt himself, but [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] arrived and shot him until he had to fly away. {{storylink|Victory Is Sweet}}

===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Blum]]

====(Xbox 360/PS3)====

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====Autobots/Decepticons====
[[Image:DOTMDS Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Starscream presents: Tales from the screamer.]]
Starscream passed on [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s orders a lot, and occasionally deigned to assist his fellow Decepticons by carpet-bombing the Autobots. He was assigned to attack a [[NEST]] base, and ordered [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to create a diversion, only for Soundwave to question if the orders actually came from Megatron or not. Starscream then went to find [[Crowbar]], and ordered him to create a second diversion, only for Crowbar to tell him he needed to mellow out. Following that, Starscream ordered [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] to infiltrate the NEST facility and steal any data he could. Lockdown succeeded but was frustratingly slack in sending the data to Starscream. The data revealed that the Autobots had taken over a [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]] base in the [[Pacific]], so Starscream dispatched Lockdown and Crowbar to investigate. Next, he sent Lockdown and Soundwave into a NEST base to, respectively, destroy the communications arrays and steal Mechtech data. Soundwave was less than appreciative of Starscream blabbing loudly over the comms channel. After the Decepticons' [[Siberia]]n base was overrun by Autobots, Starscream contacted Megatron, promising that if the Decepticon leader didn't survive, Starscream would dedicate his reign as leader to honoring him. Perhaps to Starscream's disappointment, Megatron made it out alive with [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: The Ride''===
Starscream saw his chance to attack the Autobot Evac when he emerged from Devastator's Vortex Grinder. He flew by and latched his grappling hook into Evac and whipped him through the air as he fly, insulting him the whole way. Evac was eventually slammed into a building and the grappling hook was severed and starscream flew onwards. He chose to "drop in" again when NEST helicopters arrived to provide air support for Evac and Optimus. After destroying one and moving in on Evac he was shot in the back by more Nest choppers and retreated in frustration. He was probably very happy when Megatron was deafeated.{{storylink|Transformers: The Ride}}
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==Toys==
''See [[Starscream (Movie)/toys]].''

==Merchandise==
''See [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Merchandise]].''

==Notes==
[[Image:ProtoformStarscreamProto.jpg|thumb|250px|Rar.]]
* Starscream's film design was initially conceptualized by designer [[Feng Zhu]].<ref>http://www.fengzhudesign.com/portfolio.html</ref>

* The card back of Protoform Starscream's packaging features a completely different, earlier head sculpt. What's more, this head design is featured on his protoform body in IDW's movie prequel comics. It's since become Starscream's standard "pre-Earth" face, likely out of consistency.

* His protoform was not the only design to get a new head. The earliest concepts of Starscream's head were more skull-like and oblong in shape. This was, of course, redesigned to look more "like a samurai helmet." Unlike the redesigned head of Megatron, Starscream's earlier face only shows up in ''one'' piece of media: the book [[Look and Find Transformers]].

* Starscream's final head design was one that was rejected for Megatron.<ref>''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' Blu-ray gallery</ref>

* It has been suggested that, following his attack on the F-22 squadron over the city, Starscream was able to hide among the survivors and take part in the attack on Megatron shortly thereafter. This theory is speculative; While it fits the character of the Generation 1 Starscream, there is nothing on the screen to suggest it. (Roberto Orci was asked, but refused to give a definite answer.)<ref>http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=387172&postcount=185 Roberto Orci refusing to comment on the possibility of Starscream attacking Megatron during the final battle</ref>

* Starscream's bio for his Deep Space figure mentions that he re-energized himself at a power plant after the [[Mission City]] battle. Whilst this was not seen in the film, it appears [[The Real Effing Deal|others]] caught notice of it; [http://www.therealeffingdeal.com/blog/“mission-city-update-exclusive”/].

* The Sector Seven online ARG used the "[[Masterpiece]]" version of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to represent the "real" Starscream who had infiltrated Earth. A lot of Generation 1 cameos were made in this manner. Make of that what you will.

* The downloadable content for the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' game on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 gives Starscream [[Starscream (G1)|another form]] and a [[Sunstorm (G1)|repaint of it]]. Because of this, Starscream ends up with the most alternate skins of any character.

* Hasbro mentions that his arch-enemy is Megatron. [[Starscream (G1)|Like]] [[Starscream (Armada)|that's]] [[Starscream (Animated)|surprising]].

* His rivalry with Megatron was only shown in IDW comics and other related media, but was never shown in the three films, with the only hint for his desire of leadership was pathetic excuses for leaving him behind dead on Earth in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', along with obviously sarcastic comments and sinister hand rolling in ''Dark of the Moon''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Starscream''' (スタースクリーム ''Sutāsukurīmu'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Sing Sing Giu''' (星星叫)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Üstökös''' ("Comet"), '''Csillagsikoly''' (Titan comics, "Starscream")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tīen-wáng Hsīng''' (Taiwan, 天王星, "Uranus"), '''Hong Zhi Zhu''' (China, 紅蜘蛛, "Red Spider")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zorekryk''' (Зорекрик, "Dawnscream")

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm Starscream at TFU.info]

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D.C. Douglas

2012-03-01T19:11:13Z

Spoonwave:

[[Image:DC-Douglas.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Seven minutes. Seven minutes is all I can spare to play with you.]]
'''D.C. Douglas''' (born in [[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 The Master in the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' video game, Albert Wesker in the ''Resident Evil'' franchise, and ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds'', Raven in ''Tekken 6'', AWACS Ghost Eye in ''Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation'', Commandant Alexei in ''Tales of Vesperia'', Grimoire Noir in ''Nier'', and Legion in ''Mass Effect 2'' and ''Mass Effect 3''.

==Voice Roles==
===''Transformers: Rescue Bots''===
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]]

==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]
*[http://www.myvoiceoverguy.com D.C. Douglas voice over clips]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, D.C.}}
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User:Spoonwave

2012-02-29T20:19:27Z

Spoonwave: /* Pages I Made */

The Name ''Spoonwave'' is based of off [[Townsend Coleman|The Tick]]'s Battle Cry, and [[Sir Soundwave]] put together, but without the "Sound" nor the "Sir".

SPPOOOONN!

==Pages I Made==
*[[Parvesh Cheena‎]]
*[[Julianne Grossman‎]]
*[[Elán Garfias]]
*[[Dong Woo Animation]]
More Coming Soon.

==Pages that are Wow to date==
*[[Brian Cummings]]
*[[Batman]]
*[[Brad Garrett]]
*[[Sunwoo Entertainment]]
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)]]

Studio Gallop

2012-02-29T20:19:07Z

Spoonwave:

[[Image:Studio gallop logo.jpg|thumb|right|[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Exactly what it says on the tin].]]
'''Studio Gallop''' (株式会社ぎゃろっぷ, ''Kabushiki Kaisha Gyaroppu'') is a Japanese studio established in [[1978]] and located in Nerima, [[Tokyo]], producing the animation for ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]''. They have worked on such shows as ''Eyeshield 21'', ''Initial D'', ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'', ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'', as well as the ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' movie, among many other works with [[Dong Woo Animation]] since 1994.

==External link==
*[http://www.anime-gallop.co.jp/ Official website of Studio Gallop (in Japanese)]

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[[Category:Animation companies]]

Dong Woo Animation

2012-02-29T20:17:13Z

Spoonwave: New page: {{picsneeded}} '''Dong Woo Animation''' (Korean: 동우애니메이션) is an South Korean animation studio which was also co-producing the animation for ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|R...

{{picsneeded}}
'''Dong Woo Animation''' (Korean: 동우애니메이션) is an South Korean animation studio which was also co-producing the animation for ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' along with [[Studio Gallop]] and many of it's other works since [[1994]]. Since [[2002]], it has been a main source of overseas animation production for ''Warner Bros. Animation'', and producing other American cartoons like ''The Boondocks'', ''Dragon Tales'', ''Jackie Chan Adventures'', ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'', ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'', and among others.

==External link==
* [http://www.anidong.com/r2/en/main.php Company Homepage]

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[[Category:Animation companies]]

Scooter Tidwell

2012-02-28T18:46:42Z

Spoonwave:

[[Image:Scooter Tidwell.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] would be proud of this goatee.]]
'''James "Scooter" Tidwell''' is an American animation director. Prior to ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]'' he was working on ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: Renegades'', and he was also a director on ''Ben 10''. Much of his previous experience in animation is as a storyboard artist on shows including ''Teen Titans'', ''The [[Avengers]]: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', and ''[[Batman]]: The Brave and the Bold''.

==Episodes directed==
===''Transformers: Prime''===
* "[[Orion Pax, Part 2]]"

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1709820/ Scooter Tidwell] on the IMDB.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tidwell, Scooter}}
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[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

T.M.I.

2012-02-27T23:11:55Z

Spoonwave: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
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|prev=Partners
|next=Stronger, Faster
|image=TMI-Mikojogsmemories.jpg
|caption=
|title="T.M.I."
|airdate=[[August 7]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Bulkhead absorbs a data cylinder that greatly increases his intelligence, but is also destroying him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] are enjoying a monster truck rally on the [[television|TV]], much to [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]'s annoyance. Ratchet thinks they shouldn't be watching it, and that Bulkhead would be better off helping [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]'s mission to retrieve a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]]. He interrupts their monster truck footage to explain how the cylinders were created during [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Golden Age]] and hidden throughout the galaxy after the war broke out. Bulkhead and Miko are bored by it all, but Optimus contacts base to ask for backup, which is Bulkhead's cue to head for the field. Ratchet hands Miko a mop, and she's so enthusiastic about having to clean up that she drops it and runs through the [[GroundBridge]] after Bulkhead.

[[Image:TMI-datacylinder.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]

On the battlefield, she finds the 'Bots battling [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] and a bunch of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]. Immediately, she runs into trouble, as a Vehicon Bulkhead is punching staggers back towards her. She takes cover behind a pile of rock, before spotting the cylinder sitting nearby. While everyone fights, Miko runs over to the cylinder and phones Ratchet. Ratchet tries providing a GroundBridge, but Miko can't give him precise enough coordinates to grab the cylinder. She tries pushing the device towards the GroundBridge and even kicking it, but all that succeeds in doing is activating the cylinder. At that moment, Bulkhead spots her and runs over, only to trip and take the cylinder's charge in the forehead. With Bulkhead temporarily out, Knock Out grabs the cylinder and the Decepticons split. Moments later, Bulkhead is back on his feet, apparently none the worse for wear.

Bulkhead undergoes a medical check back at base, but insists he's fine. Ratchet tells him to help Miko tidy up. After announcing Ratchet is "null vector squared", Bulkhead wonders if they have any paint.

On the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'' in orbit, the Decepticons have discovered that the cylinder is empty. They quickly realize the energy from the device has ended up in Bulkhead.

Miko draws Ratchet's attention to what Bulkhead is painting, which Ratchet finds is a scientific formula. After another scan, Ratchet locates the cylinder's energy in Bulkhead's head. They determine that the device interpreted Miko's kick as an attack and ejected the data into Bulkhead, and the equations Bulkhead's been writing down are for synthetic [[energon]]. The Autobots are excited and collect the equations as Bulkhead writes them. Miko quickly becomes bored and wants to draw Bulkhead away from his work. Ratchet has grave news, however—the data is slowly consuming Bulkhead's mind, and by the time the formula is complete, Bulkhead's mind may be gone altogether. The other Autobots believe they might be able to get the data back into the cylinder. Miko gets out her guitar to try and distract Bulkhead, but when he doesn't recognize Ratchet's name, she figures something's up and goes to Ratchet to get the truth.

Knock Out reports that they've detected the cylinder's energy signature, and [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] decides to go himself to avoid any more failures. Rather than Bulkhead, he and the Vehicons find Optimus, [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]. Optimus has a deal for him: If Megatron gives them the cylinder, Optimus will return it to him restored with energy.

Miko talks to Bulkhead, but he's becoming increasingly unresponsive and fails to recall her name when she asks if he remembers it. Finally, she steals his mop brush and leads him through the GroundBridge.

Megatron is thinking on Optimus's proposal when he's contacted by Knock Out, who has detected Bulkhead's energy signature. Megatron orders him to retrieve the Autobot's head.

[[Image:TMI-KnockOutpainted.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJpsAe70uig DINKLEBERG!]]]

At the monster truck race track, Miko attempts to jog Bulkhead's memory, but he's too busy painting the formula on the wall to take any notice of her. Her sorrow is interrupted by Knock Out and Breakdown, so she manages to persuade Bulkhead to follow her and hide among the monster trucks.

On hearing they've caught up with Bulkhead, Megatron sics the Vehicons on Optimus's team.

Miko tries to find somewhere outside the Decepticon jamming range so she can use [[Miko's phone|her phone]]. Knock Out and Breakdown search for Bulkhead, until Knock Out uses a tracking device to find the Autobot. Bulkhead transforms and scrawls a glyph on Knock Out's chest, but before the outraged Decepticon can do anything, Breakdown renders Bulkhead unconscious. Knock Out then prepares to remove Bulkhead's head.

The Autobots finish off the Vehicons, only for Megatron to simply crush the cylinder and fly off. Ratchet reports that Bulkhead and Miko have left the base.

Miko takes a swing at Knock Out with the mop, but misses and falls against Bulkhead. The cylinder energy promptly triggers, firing off into the sky. Knock Out checks Bulkhead and finds the energy is gone. Infuriated, he and Breakdown are ready to take some revenge, but are forced to retreat when the other Autobots GroundBridge in.

The Autobots return Bulkhead's comatose body back to base, where Miko tearfully blames herself for his condition. Ratchet suggests that it's too early to tell how long Bulkhead might remain like that and anything could trigger his awakening, and so Miko decides to try her guitar. After she strums a chord, Bulkhead stirs and wakes up, back to normal.

==Featured characters==

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*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (5)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (6)
*[[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] (8)
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (10)

|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (1)

}}

==Quotes==
'''Bulkhead''': Hey, Ratch, check out the monster truck rally Miko took me to last week. 
'''Miko''': I compiled some highlights with my cellphone. 
'''Ratchet''': Innocent vehicles battling for the entertainment of human spectators? (''shudders'') Bloodsport! 
'''Bulkhead''' and '''Miko''': Yeah!
:—Ratchet disapproves of Bulkhead and Miko's taste in sports.

"That's not art - It's SCIENCE!"
:—'''Ratchet''' approves of Bulkhead's (lack of) taste in art.

"Come to papa." 
(''Bulkhead knocks Knock Out away'') "Run to mommy!" 
(''Breakdown attacks Bulkhead from behind'') "Say uncle! Say it!" 
:—'''Knock Out''', '''Bulkhead''', and '''Breakdown''' continue with humorous mid-battle banter.

"How about our Sunday morning dune-bashings? Rocking out to [[Slash Monkey]]? Helping me with my homework? Trick question! You know I don't do homework...''don't you?''" 
:—'''Miko''' is at least more subtle in her remember-who-you are monologue [[Out of His Head|than Raf was.]]

"You...''painted'' my paint job! Prepare for ''surgery''!" 
:—'''Knock Out''' really needs to sort out his priorities.

"Because the energy took Bulkhead's mind with it. Heavenward. Lost to the stars. It's my fault you'll never know the rest of the formula, and it's my fault Bulkhead's gone forever."
:—'''Miko''' pulls an Optimus on us.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* The Vehicons that the Autobots are fighting in the beginning of the episode are clearly ground units, but magically become flying units when it comes time to retreat.

===Continuity notes===
* Miko recalls the story of [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] throwing a grenade into a Decepticon heat exchanger which Bulkhead told her back in "[[Con Job]]", and shows Bulkhead a picture of him with Wheeljack from the same episode.

===Continuity errors===

* Did Knock Out and Breakdown not already know Bulkhead's vehicle mode?
* If Megatron thought that the Autobots have Starscream in their custody at the end of "[[Partners]]", why didn't he question them about him?

===Transformers references===
* The Monster Truck announcer declares the trucks "the baddest [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|beast machines]] on the planet."
* During his rambling, Bulkhead mentions [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]].
*Optimus mentions the "no matter the cost" line, just like his [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]].

===Real-world references===

* Bulkhead's technobabble is not gibberish. Much of it is real, present-day scientific and mathematical terms, though not arranged coherently.
* Amongst Bulkhead's babblings is "the differential of one-third r cubed is r-dr-r," a gag lifted right out of the classic ''[[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' episode, "[[wikipedia:Bart the Genius|Bart the Genius]]". Har-de-har-har!
* Bulkhead also refers to "Clank's law", a Transformery take on [[wikipedia:Planck's law|Planck's law]] (a mathematical law relating to the energy emission of [[black body|black bodies]]).

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bulkhead, das Superhirn'''" ("Bulkhead, the Brainiac")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 10|10 February]] [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Troppe chiacchiere!'''" ("Too Many Chatters!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 4|4 December]] [[2011]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gieok Sangsil'''" (기억 상실, "Amnesia")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 7|7 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 2|2 January]] [[2012]]

===Trivia===
*The episode was first broadcast on [[Canada]]'s [http://www.teletoon.com Teletoon] channel. As none of the listings mentioned the episode title, and ''Prime'' episodes lack an on-screen title, the name of the episode was originally a mystery. Its name was revealed about a week later on [http://affiliate.zap2it.com/tv/transformers-prime-tmi/EP013408350023 Zap2it]'s website. It would air in the United States on [[September 10]], [[2011]].
*Miko once again charges into situations that get both her and Bulkhead in trouble. You'd think she'd have learned by now. Or that the Autobots would've put up a barrier to stop her from using the Bridge to her whims.

[[Category:Prime episodes|Tmi]]

Daran Norris

2012-02-27T22:58:42Z

Spoonwave:

[[Image:DaranNorris.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Greetings, lowlifes."]]

'''Daran Norris''' (born '''Daran Morrison Nordland''' on [[November 1]], [[1964]]) is an American actor and voice actor. He has had a number of prominent roles, including Cosmo and Timmy's Dad on ''The Fairly OddParents'', Durge and Ki-Adi-Mundi on ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]: Clone Wars'', Spottswoode in ''Team America: World Police'', Jack Smith in ''American Dad'', J. Jonah Jameson in ''The Spectacular [[Spider-Man]]'', Wile E. Coyote in ''The Looney Tunes Show'', [[Batman]] in ''DC Super Friends'' and Belze in ''God Hand''.

In the realm of live action, he is familiar to fans of ''[[wikia:c:mst3k:Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' as the Club Scum MC in ''[[wikia:c:mst3k:Hobgoblins|Hobgoblins]]'', had a regular role in ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'' as Gordy the janitor, and is known to ''Veronica Mars'' devotees as Cliff McCormack.

He is sometimes credited as Darran Norris.

==Voice roles==
===''Robots in Disguise''===
* [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]]

===''Transformers'' (Armada PS2 game)===
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]

===''Transformers: Prime''===
* [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358460/ Daran Norris at the Internet Movie Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Norris, Daran}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

February 27

2012-02-26T23:27:28Z

Spoonwave:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|2|27}}</noinclude>
* '''[[1962]] —''' [[Adam Baldwin]], (voice of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]'' [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]) is born.
* '''[[1999]] —''' The ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' OP single "[[Love For Ever: Kimi wo Mamoru Tame ni|Love For Ever —Kimi o Mamoru Tame ni—]]" is released in Japan by [[Columbia Music Entertainment]].
* '''[[2007]] —''' The 47th show in the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)#Weekly Kiss Players Position shows|''Kiss Players'' radio drama series]] airs in Japan on the "Transformers Kiss Play: Transformers News Center" program.
* '''[[2008]] —''' [[Devastation issue 6|''Devastation'' #6]] is released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2010]] —''' ''[[Transformers Disney Label|Disney Label]]'' [[Donald Duck]] is released.

October 2

2012-02-26T23:23:44Z

Spoonwave:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|10|2}}</noinclude>
* '''[[1956]] —''' [[Charlie Adler]] (voice of [[Generation One]] [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] from the ''[[Live-action film series]]'') is born.
* '''[[1960]] —''' Mecha designer [[Shinji Aramaki]] is born.
* '''[[1962]] —''' [[Jeff Glen Bennett]] (voice of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] and others) is born. Whoa Mama!
* '''[[1984]] —''' [[Prisoner of War!|''The Transformers'' #3: "Prisoner of War!"]] is released in the U.S. by [[Marvel Comics]].
* '''[[1985]] —''' The ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' episode "[[A Prime Problem]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[1986]] —''' The ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' episode "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[1987]] —''' The ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' episode "[[Head On!! Fortress Maximus]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[1999]] —''' The ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' episode "[[Fires of the Past]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[2003]] —''' The ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Origin]]" has its world premiere in the UK.
* '''[[2006]] —''' The ''[[Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Inferno (episode)|Inferno]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[2010]] —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' episode "[[TransWarped|Sari's Secret]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''2010 —''' ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' [[Oil Slick (Animated)#Toys|Oil Slick]], [[Ironhide (Animated)#Toys|Armorhide]], [[Shockwave (Animated)#OrigColors|purple Shockwave]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)#Leader|Leader-class Bulkhead]], [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Roll Out Command|Roll Out Command Optimus Prime]], and [[Activators]] [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Activators|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Animated)#Activator|Megatron]], [[Ratchet (Animated)#Activator|Ratchet]], [[Lockdown (Animated)#Activator|Lockdown]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)#Activators|Bumblebee]], [[Grimlock (Animated)#Activator|Grimlock]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)#Activator|Bulkhead]], and [[Starscream (Animated)#activator|Starscream]] are released in Japan.

1956

2012-02-26T23:20:42Z

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{{yearofthe|1956}}
The year '''1956''' (MCMLVI) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by twenty-eight years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}
==Fiction==
===Movie continuity===
The [[Psychopathic Institute for the Long-Term Insane]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]] is shut down. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4}}

==Non-Fiction==
===Births===
* ???? — [[Gerald Paradies]]

====January====
* [[January 3]] — [[Tomiko Suzuki]]

====February====
* [[February 26]] — [[Kevin Dunn]]

====March====
* [[March 11]] — [[Rob Paulsen]]
* [[March 24]] — [[Ken Yamaguchi]]

====April====
* [[April 14]] — [[Chris Ellis]]

====May====
* [[May 13]] — [[Kirk Thornton]]
* [[May 19]] — [[Steven Ford]]

====June====
* [[June 4]] — [[Keith David]]
* [[June 7]] — [[Mark Ryan]]
* [[June 18]] — [[Alan Davis]]

====August====
* [[August 5]] - [[Katsumi Suzuki]]

====September====
* [[September 1]] — [[Philece Sampler]]
* [[September 23]] — [[Peter David]]

====October====
* [[October 2]] — [[Charlie Adler]]

====December====
* [[December 18]] — [[T.K. Carter]]

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

February 27

2012-02-26T23:17:40Z

Spoonwave:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|2|27}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1962]] —''' [[Adam Baldwin]], (voice of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]'' [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]) is born.
* '''[[1999]] —''' The ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' OP single "[[Love For Ever: Kimi wo Mamoru Tame ni|Love For Ever —Kimi o Mamoru Tame ni—]]" is released in Japan by [[Columbia Music Entertainment]].
* '''[[2007]] —''' The 47th show in the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)#Weekly Kiss Players Position shows|''Kiss Players'' radio drama series]] airs in Japan on the "Transformers Kiss Play: Transformers News Center" program.
* '''[[2008]] —''' [[Devastation issue 6|''Devastation'' #6]] is released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2010]] —''' ''[[Transformers Disney Label|Disney Label]]'' [[Donald Duck]] is released.

1957

2012-02-26T23:17:10Z

Spoonwave: /* February */

{{yearofthe|1957}}
The year '''1957''' (MCMLVII) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by twenty-seven years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Non-Fiction==
===Events===
* Brazilian comic company [[Rio Gráfica Editora]] is founded.
* [[Risk]] is created by Albert Lamorisse, and later <strike>perfected</strike> tweaked in [[2007]] to created a custom version for the [[Transformers (2007)|live action movie]].

===Births===
* ???? — [[Mark Acheson]], [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], [[Ban Magami]], [[Dave Morris]], [[Deep Roy]], [[J. Steven York]]

====January====
* [[January 27]] — [[Frank Miller]]

====February====
* [[February 1]] — [[Dennis Francis]]
* [[February 27]] — [[LeVar Burton]]
* [[February 28]] — [[John Turturro]]

====March====
* [[March 28]] — [[Paul Eiding]]
* [[March 30]] — [[Brian Hohlfeld]]

====April====
* [[April 22]] — [[Yōko Kawanami]]

====May====
* [[May 7]] — [[Humberto Solórzano Almanza|Humberto Solórzano]]
* [[May 20]] — [[Ernesto Lezama]]
* [[May 27]] — [[Jim Salicrup]]

====June====
* [[June 23]] — [[Frances McDormand]]

====July====
* [[July 30]] — [[Kenyū Horiuchi]]

====August====
* [[August 7]] — [[Paul Dini]]
* [[August 8]] — [[Hozumi Gōda]]
* [[August 22]] — [[Daniele Demma]]
* [[August 26]] — [[Keiichi Nanba]]

====September====
* [[September 16]] — [[Keith Williams]]
* [[September 30]] — [[Kei Majima]]

====October====
* [[October 4]] — [[Bill Fagerbakke]]

====December====
* [[December 15]] — [[Yūichi Nagashima]]
* [[December 19]] — [[Jūrōta Kosugi]]

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

Jeffrey Combs

2012-02-26T22:59:51Z

Spoonwave:

{{disambig3|Jeffrey}}
[[Image:JeffreyCombsReanimator01.jpg|right|350px|thumb|"Please! I go through ''everyone's'' trash."]]

'''Jeffrey Combs''' (born [[September 9]], [[1954]]) is a American film and voice actor. A horror movie icon, Combs is well known as Herbert West in the ''Re-Animator'' trilogy. He's also been in such horror films as ''From Beyond'', ''Necronomicon'' and ''Castle Freak''. Combs is also known for playing a variety of characters on three ''[[Star Trek]]'' TV series - ''Deep Space Nine'', ''Voyager'', and ''Enterprise'', most notably recurring DS9 villain Weyoun. With his feet in both the horror and science-fiction worlds, as well as outside the two popular genres, Combs enjoys a diverse and varied fanbase.

Among many voice acting roles, he has voiced the Scarecrow in ''The New Batman Adventures'', the Question in ''Justice League Unlimited'', the Leader in ''[[Avengers]]: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' and that really creepy janitor guy in ''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go''.

==Roles==
===''Transformers: Prime''===
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]

==Convention appearances==
*[[BotCon 2011]]

==External link==
*[http://www.jeffreycombs.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001062/ Jeffrey Combs at IMDB]
*[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Combs Jeffrey Combs on Memory Alpha, the ''Star Trek'' wiki]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Combs, Jeffrey}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

Stronger, Faster

2012-02-26T22:58:55Z

Spoonwave: /* Real-world references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 22
|prev=T.M.I.
|next=One Shall Fall
|image=StrongerFaster-peekaboo.jpg
|caption=More alive.
|title="Stronger, Faster"
|airdate=[[August 14]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Ratchet 'finalizes' the synthetic energon formula and uses himself as a test subject, but it ends up having some negative side effects.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] checks out a sample of [[Synthetic Energon|synthetic energon]] he's created, watched by [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]]. Approving the stability of the energon, Ratchet tries it on a test engine, and it works fine. Raf's keen to try it on [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], but Ratchet says it'll require more testing first. Meanwhile, the base sensors pick up [[energon]] movement, but before [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] gives the order to roll out, Ratchet warns him about the depleted state of their energon reserves. Once Prime's team departs, Ratchet has the idea to try the synthetic energon on himself. The injection causes him to lose consciousness, and Raf rouses him from lying on the floor shortly afterward. The synthetic energon appears to be a success, giving him more fuel efficiency and better motor functions.

[[Image:StrongerFaster-surrounded.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I need you to hurry up now, 'cause I can't wait much longer.]]

Meanwhile Prime's team chases [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] through an icy canyon. The Decepticons aren't in any hurry to bridge out, as they're trying to "help" the [[Autobot]]s run out of energon. Some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s flying overhead blast the sheer sides of canyon, causing a rock fall that blocks off the Autobots' path. [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] manages to drive over it in her motorcycle mode, despite Prime's warnings, and races after the two Decepticons, only to be hit by missiles from the Vehicons. She is swiftly surrounded by Decepticons, and things look grim until Ratchet comes flying through the GroundBridge and begins laying into them with gusto. Knock Out and Breakdown assume that the Ratchet's a new Autobot, but are forced to retreat as Optimus, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and Bumblebee come into view, firing at them. Ratchet finishes off the last of the Vehicons, to stunned looks from his teammates.

Back at base, Ratchet reveals his secret to the other Autobots, but Optimus doesn't think it's a good idea to test the synthetic energon on Autobots, and he underlines the importance of Ratchet's job as medic. Some time later, Ratchet's retelling his fight to Bulkhead, and in demonstrating a move, manages to throw his fellow Autobot through a nearby wall. The other Autobots are startled at his new personality. Ratchet goes and injects more of the synthetic energon into himself. When the sensors light up once more, Prime prepares to roll out again, but Ratchet volunteers to go along.

[[Image:StrongerFaster-crouchbehindrock.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Work it make it do it makes us.]]

As they head through a mountainous area, Ratchet moves ninja-style at the front of the team. They soon find some Vehicons and a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]] drilling into a rock face, and Ratchet immediately moves in. When the miner makes a run for it, Ratchet gives chase and knocks him down with a well-thrown rock. The other Autobots find Ratchet forcibly interrogating the miner with his blowtorch. Optimus stops him from finishing off the prisoner and begins to lecture him on doing harm where none is necessary, but Ratchet is agitated, believing they should be more proactive. As the argument heats up, Ratchet even manages to antagonize Arcee by bringing up [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]], and Prime decides to confine Ratchet to base. Though Ratchet appears to go calmly through the GroundBridge, moments later, he charges back out, flattening Bulkhead and racing off. Prime's team returns to base, but is unable to get a fix on Ratchet's signal.

In a Decepticon energon mine, Breakdown is chatting with a miner when Ratchet walks into the cavern. Elsewhere, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] shouts at Knock Out for not finding a new energon source, but they're interrupted by Ratchet dropping Breakdown on the floor. Megatron scoffs at the newcomer, until a punch from Ratchet sends him flying. However, Megatron is made of sterner stuff, and he gives Ratchet a savage injury, telling Knock Out to take a sample of the resultant leaking fluids so they can find out how Ratchet got so amped up.

[[Image:StrongerFaster-KnockOutMegatronRatchet.jpg|left|thumb|300px|That that that that that don't kill me, can only make me stronger.]]

On the bright side, as the synthetic energon drains out, Ratchet is rendered visible to the sensors in the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]], and Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead use the GroundBridge to attack the mine.

Knock Out completes taking his sample and moves in to finish Ratchet off with his circular saw. When the sound of approaching fighting distracts the Decepticon, Ratchet takes the opportunity to fight back, resulting in Knock Out's saw getting stuck in the wall. Ratchet promptly grabs the synthetic energon sample and smashes it. Knock Out is outraged, but once more has to retreat as the other Autobots arrive.

Ratchet is hooked up to a drip back at base, and he apologizes for his behavior. Optimus points out the new supply of energon they got from the mine, and Ratchet promises to do more testing on the synthetic stuff before using it on Autobots again. Optimus is just thankful they destroyed Knock Out's sample, unaware of the fact that back at the mine, Knock Out has found a single drop of synthetic energon.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==

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*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] (8) (flashback)
|c2=
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (7)
*[[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] (9)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (10)
*[[Decepticon Miner]] (11)
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (2)

}}

==Quotes==
"HOOAAH!"
:—'''Ratchet''' gets a new catchphrase. He needed that.

'''Ratchet:''' (''clicks as he walks by'') How's it hummin'? 
'''Arcee:''' ...Did he just? 
'''Bulkhead:''' Stronger, faster, studlier.
:—Yeah, he did.

"It's all right! I'm an emergency vehicle!"
:—'''Ratchet''', engaging the Decepticons.

'''Megatron:''' (''speaking to Knock Out'') That is your fearsome new adversary? (''Chuckles'') He's Optimus Prime's medic! 
'''Ratchet:''' (''speaking to Megatron'') Oh no, '''Megatron''', I am your doctor of doom! 

"Yeah, she's kinda domineering and the extra arms are weird, but... I find myself intrigued by her."
:—'''Breakdown''' chats to a Vehicon about his crush on [[Airachnid]].

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*After Arcee continues to chase down Knock Out and Breakdown, air-support arrives. However, when they shoot Arcee, Knock Out and Breakdown have vanished from in front of her. Furthermore, when the other Autobots finally climb over the rock pile to help Arcee, she is only a few yards from the pile, whereas she should be several miles away.
*Bumblebee is shown returning with the other Autobots despite staying at base to operate the GroundBridge.
*The sample of synthetic energon Knock Out was holding was only about half full, but when Ratchet picked it up, it was completely full.
*Just before destroying the cylinder of synthetic energon, Ratchet's wound is not shown to be leaking. Mere moments after he's hit the ground, another puddle of energon has formed beneath him.
*Breakdown is knocked out by Ratchet just before he engages Megatron. When the Autobots show up at the end, however, Breakdown has vanished and he isn't shown fleeing with Knock Out.

===Other errors===
*Ratchet jumps onto and leaps off of a tree branch which seems totally capable of supporting all the weight of an SUV landing on top of it with all that force, then leaping off. Not so much as a wood chip or crack to be seen - though it does creak audibly.
*When Ratchet first injects himself, he drops the glass cylinder and it shatters on the ground. Later, when Knockout collects a sample of the synthetic energon in a nearly identical cylinder, and Ratchet kicks it out of his hands, the cylinder flies ''across the entire room'' and lands without breaking. Then Ratchet throws it against a rock wall in the same room and it breaks instantly.
*When Arcee is hurt, she obviously couldn't move her leg, but when she walks through the GroundBridge she is magically healed.

===Continuity notes===
* The synthetic energon created in the episode is derived from the formula transcribed by Bulkhead in [[T.M.I.|the previous episode]].
* Ratchet's description of the Autobots having fought numerous battles recently is accompanied by flashbacks to various battles from the "[[Darkness Rising]]" five-part pilot among others, including "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" and "[[Partners]]".
* The engine Ratchet uses to test the synthetic energon is a larger version of the device Ratchet built for [[Jack Darby|Jack's]] science project in "[[Masters & Students]]".
* Knock Out confuses Ratchet for a "new" Autobot. Which makes sense, since he hasn't encountered him before. Ratchet was with the other Autobots when they charged in to rescue Bulkhead from Starscream and Breakdown in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]", but it's entirely possible that Breakdown simply didn't see him, since he was focused on escaping and missing an eye at the time.

===Real-world references===
* Given that the plot centres on the idea of artificial enhancement, this episode's title is almost certainly a reference to the opening of the 1974 ''[[wikipedia:The Six Million Dollar Man|Six Million Dollar Man]]'' series, which promised a cybernetic secret agent who was "Better, stronger, faster."
** That said, there's also the possibility it could be a reference to the original [[Action Master]]s [[commercial/Generation 1#1990|commercial]], in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] described the new breed of Transformer as "Stronger, faster, more alive!"
** And we guess we wouldn't ''totally'' rule out the notion that it refers to ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' director/producer [[Wikipedia:George Lucas|George Lucas]]'s desire for his actors to be "Stronger, faster— more intense!", or Daft Punk's 2009 [[Wikipedia:Grammy|Grammy]] winning song ''Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger''.
* It's also the same plot as about a billion after-school specials on the dangers of drugs.
* Ratchet referred to himself as Megatron's "[[Doctor Doom|Doctor of Doom]]." This goes without saying.
* Ratchet dabbling with a green liquid 'enhancement' is reminiscent of his voice actor, [[Jeffrey Combs]] in ''Re-Animator''.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gegen die Vorschrift'''" ("Against the Rules")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 17|17 February]] [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Più forte, più veloce'''" ("Stronger, Faster")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 10|10 December]] [[2011]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hapseong Eneojon'''" (합성 에너존, "Synthetic Energon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 8|8 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 3|3 January]] [[2012]]

===Trivia===
*The episode was first broadcast on Canada's Teletoon channel. It later first aired in the United States on [[September 17]], [[2011]].
*You can just barely see it, but when Ratchet transforms to attack the Decepticon miners, his [[license plate]] reads "'''449 EPQ'''".

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Vehicon (Prime)

2012-02-26T22:58:21Z

Spoonwave: /* Prime */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Vehicon}}
:''Vehicons are [[Decepticon]] [[drone]]s from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Eradicons_Group_Darkness_Rising_2.jpg|thumb|450px|There are many copies, and they have a plan: to look ''bitchin'.'']]
'''Vehicons''' may be [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s cannon fodder, but they do possess sweet alternate modes, be they sports cars or jets. Whether they are individuals or drones with unique programming remains unclear.

They are also called '''Eradicons'''. It's a bit confusing.

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

===''Prime'' comic===
[[Image:Three Vehicons.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]
Vehicons were stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], building [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s space bridge. They captured [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]'s encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in [[Kaon]] were killed when she blew up the space bridge. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)|Transformers: Prime}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actors:'' [[Steve Blum]] (English, ''Darkness Rising, Part 4''), [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English, ''Masters & Students'', ''Convoy'', ''Sick Mind''), [[Frank Welker]] (English, ''Con Job''), [[Jaime Roca]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Klaus Lochthove]] (German, ''Darkness Rising, Part 1'', ''Masters & Students''), [[Uwe Jellinek]] (German, ''Con Job'')

[[Image:DecepticonTrooperCar.jpg|thumb|right|Possibly the most beautiful [[army-building|army-builder]]s ever.]]
[[Airachnid]] had a couple of Vehicons at her disposal on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They captured [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]], and were later blasted by [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] during Arcee's rescue. {{storylink|Predatory}}

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

[[Image:Bulkhead_Eradicon_Darkness_Rising_3.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Drones are people too!]]

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

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

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

[[Image:PrimeVehiconJets.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang's deadlier cousins.]]

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

[[Image:WingedVehicons.jpg|thumb|250px|left|"The Danger Zone looks greener than I was expecting."]]
A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's [[trailer]] before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

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

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

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

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

[[Image: Tfprime_vehicon_vehicle.jpg‎ |right|thumb|250px|The Black Baron]]
Knock Out and Breakdown were assisted in their quest to grab a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] by a squad of Vehicons. Another squad accompanied Megatron when he attempted to capture Bulkhead who had the data from the cylinder in his head. The Autobots pretty much trashed those Vehicons, after which Megatron decided no one was having the cylinder and flew off. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} Vehicons played a large role in the collection of more energon. A number of them aided Knock Out and Breakdown during a transport mission, and were pounded by Ratchet. Others of them protected a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]], though not very well as they were trashed by the Autobots. Yet more Vehicons in an energon mine were smashed up when the Autobots went to rescue Ratchet. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

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

Megatron informed the Vehicons to be careful with their words around the amnesiac Optimus Prime. Some of them accompanied Knock Out and Breakdown in a raid on a military installation to get a power source. Arcee busted up a bunch of them when she got on board and hunted for Optimus. Starscream encountered a good number of them when he sneaked on board to steal [[energon cube]]s too. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}

{{spoiler|Orion Pax, Part 2|March 3, 2012}}
The Vehicons caught up with Starscream, but were unable to stop him escaping the ship. The Autobots mowed their way through the Vehicons guarding the Decepticon space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
[[Image:Titan4.1 Vehicon.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
After the Autobots accidentally uncovered a nuclear warhead, a group of Vehicons mistook the energy signature for an energon trace and headed toward [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to investigate. They were welcomed to the neighbourhood by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee, who comprehensively dismantled them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

After a hypnotised Raf opened the GroundBridge, the Decepticons sent wave after wave of Vehicons through it into the Autobot base. The Autobots valiantly kept them at bay until Raf recovered and reconfigured the GroundBridge to suck the Vehicons back through, though there were a few loose parts left behind. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}
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==Games==

===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
{{Storylink|Terrorcon Defense}}

==Toys==
===Prime===
{{anchor|FirstEdition}}
[[Image:Primetoy-VehiconDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Is that a Danny Elfman score playing?]]
*'''Vehicon''' (First Edition Deluxe, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' rifle
:The Vehicon transforms into a sports car resembling a Cadillac Cien.
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{{anchor|Cyberverse}}
[[Image:Cyberverse_legion_vehicon.jpg|300px|thumb|For the cheapskate army-builder.]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' gun

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{{anchor|Revealer}}
[[Image:Primetoy-VehiconRevealers.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I'm not wearing a backpack now, I lost it.]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe, 2012)
:A different mold to the previous Deluxe Vehicon.
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[Image:DecepticonTroopers.jpg|thumb|250px|"Is this gonna happen every week?" "Pretty much."]]
*The Vehicons were among the first ''Prime'' Transformers shown, in a preview shown at Comic-Com 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything.
*The Vehicons have yet to be referred to as such on the ''Prime'' cartoon, only being referred to as "Decepticon Troopers" in the credits. A single image on the [[The Hub|Hub]] website refers to a trooper as "Eradicon" instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such.
* Despite being referred to as drones, the Vehicons ''do'' actually appear to be sentient to some degree. To what degree this is, is unclear, but so far several have been depicted speaking with their own voices, questioning Starscream's command (even taking a vote to bring in Knock Out and Breakdown to better heal Megatron), and Bulkhead's disembowlment of one individual in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]" is depicted as if he's tearing into another person (in warning [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] to look away). According to the on-package toy bio of their Cyberverse toy, they are capable of feeling emotions, as them feeling both happiness and fear is mentioned. Given they have been displayed showing individuality, sentience, and emotion, what exactly separates them from normal Transformers is unclear.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vehicon''' (ビーコン ''Bīkon'')

[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]

November 1

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<noinclude>{{cal-date|11|1}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1941]] —''' [[Robert Foxworth]] (voice of [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] in the [[live-action film series]]) is born.
* '''[[1964]] —''' [[Daran Norris]] (voice of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] in the [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' PS2 game]], and ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]) is born. DINKLEBERG!
* '''[[1971]] —''' The first issue of ''[[TV Magazine]]'' is published in Japan.
* '''[[1983]] —''' An exclusive sales license granted by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] allows [[Hasbro]] to distribute their ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change]]'' toys on the United States market as ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]''.
* '''[[1985]] —''' The ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' episode "[[Enter the Nightbird|The Shadow of the Nightbird]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[1988]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' episode "[[God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[1996]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Victory (episode)|Victory]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[1998]] —''' The ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[Deep Metal]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[2000]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Car Robots]]'' episode "[[A Friendly Contest|Gelshark's Trap]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2002]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Underground]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[2007]] —''' The [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'' live-action movie]] is released on DVD in Australia.

Leonard Nimoy

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[[Image:LeonardNimoy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Bilbo! ''Bilbo!'' Bilbo Baggins - bravest little hobbit of them all!]]
'''Leonard Nimoy''' (born [[March 26]], [[1931]]) is an American actor and director. He provided the voice of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'',
and a quarter-century later returned to the fold to give [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] his sonorous tones in the third of Mr Bay's live action Transformers sagas (sagae?). Oh, and apparently he also played [[Spock|an alien]] on [[Star Trek|some old sci-fi show]], alongside fellow ''Transformers'' voice actor [[George Takei]], but no-one remembers that anymore. Mr N also did two seasons of ''Mission: Impossible'', and somehow managed to avoid being in an episode with Shatner. He was to retire in 2010, with his final role being the voice of Master Xehanort in ''Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep'' (alongside other Transformers voice actors such as [[Kirk Thornton]] and [[Richard Epcar]]), but he officially violated his retirement in 2011 appearing in an alternate music video of ''The Lazy Song'' by Bruno Mars.

==Roles==
===''The Transformers: The Movie''===
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]

===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''===
* [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]

==Notes==
* Nimoy is married to Susan Bay who is first cousin to director [[Michael Bay]], and apparently it was due to their considerable donations to [[Griffith Observatory]] that Michael was allowed to film parts of ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' there.<ref>According to Michael Bay on the ''Transformers'' DVD commentary.</ref>
* Nimoy guest-starred in several episodes of ''Fringe'', which was created, executive-produced and written by [[Alex Kurtzman]] and [[Roberto Orci]].
* According to Orci, he was at one point considered for the role of [[The Fallen]] in ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''.<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showpost.php?p=1335851&postcount=1 Roberto Orci - Leonard Nimoy, Frank Welker in the running for the role of voicing...] post on the Don Murphy Message Board</ref> Nimoy himself was waiting to be in ''Transformers'' once more since his role in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the '86 movie]]. This is what happens when you don't ask the people you're hiring if they actually ''want'' to be in the movie.
* That alien he played (over a span of 45 years)? It was the inspiration for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].<ref>[http://rustingcarcass.yuku.com/topic/954/t/Bob-Budiansky.html Rusting Carcass interview] with [[Bob Budiansky]]</ref>

==References==
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==External Links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000559/ Leonard Nimoy at the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy Leonard Nimoy at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki]

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NEST

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{{factions|NEST}}
:''NEST is a military organization from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film series]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[Image:NEST insignia.png|right|300px|thumb|Moooooooove out, soldier!]]

Following the disbanding of [[Sector Seven]], '''Networked Elements: Supporters and Transformers (NEST)''' was set up under [[William Lennox]] to create a combined [[Human]]/[[Autobot]] defense force against [[Decepticon]]s. Under the classified [[Alien/Autobot Cooperation Act]], the Autobots share intelligence and personnel with the US, but not their advanced weaponry.

NEST is given marching orders from the [[Pentagon]], specifically the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ([[Morshower]] in 2008-9). Despite this and its American origins, it expanded early on to include armed forces from other nations such as the [[United Kingdom]] and is allowed access to [[China|foreign territory]].

{{bigquote|A classified strike team called NEST. We hunt for what remains of our Decepticon foes, hiding in different countries around the globe.|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]|[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|''Revenge of the Fallen'']]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:Alliance3_NEST_rollout.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Hey, that's my line!]]

Approximately one month after the events in [[Mission City]], Sector Seven inadvertently reactivated the [[Decepticon]] [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and simultaneously attracted the attention of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and the subsequent battle leveled Sector Seven's [[Nevada]] bunker, costing dozens of lives. [[John Keller (Movie)|Secretary of Defense Keller]] immediately terminated the clandestine group's operations upon learning of the incident.

In the aftermath, Captain Lennox tried to convince his dubious and hostile superiors at the [[Pentagon]] that the Autobots were indeed trustworthy and would be a valuable asset. His superiors impressed upon him that in order for the military to provide full disclosure, the Autobots must cooperate fully, and that the unit was Lennox's responsibility now. After the burial-at-sea of [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Lennox agreed that for the protection of their mutual homeworld, they must trust each other and work together as a single team. Sometime later, the newly formed NEST command commenced training at the military base on [[Diego Garcia]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

NEST had a baptism of fire against the [[Decepticon]] scouts [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] and [[Jolt (Movie)|Dead End]] in [[San Francisco]]: the mission was successful although Lennox was criticized for allowing the Autobots to transform on the Golden Gate Bridge. NEST expanded to a multinational force and began taking on Decepticon agents across [[Earth]]: [[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]] and [[Overcast (Movie)|Overcast]] were destroyed in Europe, while [[Dropkick]] and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] were defeated in [[Florida]]. NEST's victories were tempered with the ultimate sacrifice, such as when [[Salani]] died battling [[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]]. When [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] redeployed back to the 'States as [[Sam Witwicky]]'s guardian, NEST received a much-needed boost in Transformers ranks when [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] came to Earth. This joy was short-lived, however: the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] had been sighted in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}
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===''The Veiled Threat''===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
As [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was spotted in [[Zambia]], gaining control over local rebel groups by using his internal synthesizers to create [[gold]] coins, NEST was deployed to the Zambezi River to battle [[Dropkick]], [[Macerator]], and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]]. [[Beachbreak]] was killed by Starscream while helping Optimus Prime not fall to his death at Victoria Falls. Starscream's Decepticons attempted to destroy a series of dams, but Prime killed Macerator, while Payload was drowned when the humans entered the dam and opened the flood gates.

Epps, Russian scientist [[Petr Andronov]], [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knockout]] went to [[Peru]], while Lennox, [[Kaminari Ishihara]], Prime, Ironhide, and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] arrived in the Western [[Australia]]n Outback. Epps' team fought off [[Ruination (ROTF)|Ruination]] and [[Blademaster]], while Lennox's group encountered [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Tread]] and [[Trample]]. Before dying, Kickback revealed he was part of a Decepticon faction not under Starscream's command, which were trying to gather enough energy to revive Megatron.

At Diego Garcia, [[crab spy|a small crab]] Decepticon infiltrated the base and hacked into the NEST computers before sneaking back into the sea. Despite the break-in, the NEST team continued their usual business, hunting another [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] and [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] in [[Italy|Rome]]. Unexpectedly, Starscream challenged Prime to single combat inside the Coliseum. There, Prime fell through a trap door to a subway tunnel extension and into a strong set of restraints arranged by Italian criminal [[Bruno Carrera]] - who was promised rule of Europe once Starscream conquered Earth - where he was attacked by [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. The humans rescued Prime though, and Barricade and Starscream fled. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
[[Image:Titan3_NESTedwardsairbase.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Where were we in the film? We were... redecorating. Yes.]]

NEST have a centralised [[NEST Server]]. Target coordinates so any nearby forces can get the necessary data. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.14|Head in the Clouds}}

NEST have a secret base in a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base, [[California]], which both monitors for Decepticons and possesses a rapid-reaction strike team for missions on US soil. Ironhide was the commanding officer there, with Sergeant [[Dundee]] as the strike team's leader. At least five people monitor and handle the computer side of things, and like the Diego Garcia base, they work on a raised platform on wheels. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}} A Regional Command base exists in [[Wyoming]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}} A second California base is at Andrews Air Force Base {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}}, and an armoury is hidden in the [[Texas|Alamo]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}}

An overseas base, labelled as forward operations, exists in [[United Kingdom|Scotland's]] Orkney Islands, overseen by [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]. It contains a training facility for Autobots, but does not appear heavily staffed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}} Another overseas base, a prison for captured Decepticons, was located in Bloemfontein, [[South Africa]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} A NEST Ops base for [[Canada]] is located in [[CFB Comox]], Vancouver Island {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.14|Head in the Clouds}} and a north [[Russia|Russian]] base is located in the Arkhangelskaya Oblast. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}}

Optimus was absent for a while, off in [[Australia]] on NEST business. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

The California NEST team went to [[Las Vegas]] to intercept and capture [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]. They came close, disabling him with electrified cables and almost anchoring him to the ground, only for [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] to muck it up. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

Later, when the twins were at Diego Garcia, the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] was captured in Australia. Optimus Prime returned to Diego Garcia with this prisoner, but Sideways was freed when [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] attacked the island. Since the villain shouldn't have gotten that close without being spotted (there's an ocean in the way!), it was clear NEST's security had been compromised. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

Later, the Wyoming base detected the battle between the twins and [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}

[[Image:Titan9_NESTdiversion.jpg|thumb|left|300px|There is nothing to see here. Honest.]]

Even later than that, after that whole [[The Fallen|Fallen]] thing (see below), NEST attempted to lure [[Reverb (ROTF)|a motorbike Decepticon]] out of traffic in [[Los Angeles]] and into a trap. Unfortunately, [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] fubar-ed the mission and while the target was captured, the damage was extensive. This made [[Theodore Galloway]] ''very'' happy, as it was a new excuse to get NEST shut down.

Two days after that, NEST's Watch-Seven called for help from Andrews Air Force Base, reporting an unknown Cybertronian attacker and requesting back-up. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} Some time after, NEST forces responded to an attempted break-in at the Alamo armoury. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}}

[[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] would go on to cause a jailbreak in South Africa, overpowering the Autobot guards; NEST had to let Bludgeon's Decepticons leave to prevent civilian deaths. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} Following his escape, NEST forces have seen action against his militia and unrelated Decepticons in Canada, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.14|Head in the Clouds}}, the North Atlantic {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}}, Egypt {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.16|Turn and Burn}}, and [[Peru]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}. After they were seen to retreat in South Africa, however, NEST's standing has been low in the eyes of the world. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.16|Turn and Burn}}

An ongoing NEST mission is to locate all the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10| Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
NEST arrived in Shanghai with a cover story provided by the Chinese government that they were cleaning up a toxic spill in the industrial area. In reality, the Autobot-human military alliance was hunting the sixth group of Decepticon infiltrators detected in the past eight months, with the hopes of cleanly taking out the enemy without members of the public witnessing the secret war. Unfortunately, the Decepticons, Demolishor and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], wrecked a significant portion of Shanghai before they were defeated by Sideswipe and Optimus Prime. Returning to their base at Diego Garcia, Lennox and Optimus met [[Theodore Galloway]], who was appointed their new Director by the [[President of the United States]], and held a video conference with General [[Morshower]]. Galloway noted President [[Barack Obama|Obama]]'s serious concerns at the destruction during the Shanghai battle, and voiced his opinion that the Decepticons only remained because the Autobots did. Optimus said that if the Autobots were asked to leave, they would do so, but asked Galloway to pass on a message to the President: what if the Autobots leave, and the humans are wrong?

Little did they know, [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] was listening in on their conversation, overhearing details such as [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s location in the [[Laurentian Abyss]], and the last [[AllSpark]] fragment in storage at Diego Garcia. [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] was deployed to steal the fragment, which [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] used to revive their leader. The reborn Megatron went after [[Sam Witwicky]], and Optimus Prime died protecting him. Following Optimus' death, the Decepticons arrived in greater numbers during bolder attacks under the leadership of Megatron's master, [[The Fallen]], with the promise of more if the humans did not turn Sam over to the Decepticons. Galloway ordered the termination of NEST and that the Autobots retreat to Diego Garcia.

But [[Seymour Simmons]] contacted Lennox, revealing he had travelled to [[Egypt]] with Sam to unravel the Decepticons' plot, and that they should bring Optimus Prime's body, as the boy had a plan to resurrect him. Lennox managed to get the information to General Morshower, who managed to arrange assets to be positioned accordingly. During their supposed flight to Diego Garcia, Lennox had the pilots divert to Egypt and then fake engine trouble so Galloway would be forced to parachute off the plane, so they could land outside the [[pyramid]]s instead. Once they set up, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] performed a flyby and released an [[electromagnetic pulse]], disabling communications, while Soundwave knocked out the [[United States military]] satellite coverage. Once communications were out, Megatron ordered the Decepticons to attack, with a small force landing to engage NEST.

Suspecting something was wrong, Morshower ordered a UAV deployed to observe what was going on, while Simmons was able to use a radio from a [[Jordan]]ian helicopter to request backup from the nearby [[United States Navy#U.S.S. John C. Stennis (CVN-74)|U.S.S. ''John C. Stennis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> battle group]]. Once the UAV confirmed the battle was going on, Morshower deployed all available assets to the region. On the ground, NEST fought a desperate struggle to hold off the Decepticons, until Sam arrived with the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Once again in contact with the military, Sergeant Epps ordered in an airstrike, which managed to destroy most of the Decepticon forces. Megatron survived the strike, and killed Sam, but [[Dynasty of Primes|something]] managed to revive him, and he restored Optimus to life. With the Autobot leader functioning again, NEST watched as he combined with [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] and subsequently defeated The Fallen. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}
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===IDW Post ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
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===''Dark of the Moon'' movie===
[[Image:DOTM NEST HQ.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice...]]
Following the defeat of the Fallen, NEST began deploying [[Energon detector]]s around the globe. With a distinct lack of Decepticons to fight, they began to get involved in policing human affairs, such as illegal nuclear facilities. A lead from [[Alexi Voskhod]] sent Colonel Lennox's team to the abandoned [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]] in the [[Ukraine]] to investigate an alien technology. Little did they know that [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] was leading them to a trap, and as they journeyed deeper in the facility, they were ambushed by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Driller]]. The Decepticons were then overpowered by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. They returned to their secret base disguised as the "Department of Health and Human Services" in [[Washington, D.C.]], where Autobot and human members alike trained to take down Decepticons.

[[Charlotte Mearing|Director Charlotte Mearing]] interrogated Optimus, who seemed to be in a "bad mood" due to humans not telling the Autobots about the concealed technology for the past few years. She introduced two of [[NASA]]'s founding associates and astronaut [[Buzz Aldrin]] and explained that the space race began after a spacecraft crash-landed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. With the new knowledge, Optimus retrieved [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] and five [[Pillar]]s from the crashed ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]''. While they were still preparing to revive Sentinel, [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Carly Spencer]] arrived at the gate. Though the pair were stopped by the guards, Bumblebee let them in. Sam passed on information he had gained about the Decepticon involvement in the space race. Optimus revived Sentinel, who explained to Mearing that the Pillars were a transportation device. Though Sam was keen to contribute further, Mearing told him that NEST was for soldiers.

With the help of [[Seymour Simmons]], Sam discovered that the Decepticons were after Sentinel, and NEST HQ went on alert. As a battle in the highway raged, and the Autobots returned to the NEST headquarters, Sentinel announced he had made a deal with Megatron, and terminated [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. He followed that up by trashing NEST HQ and taking the Pillars. Retreating to the safety of the Pentagon, the NEST forces received an encrypted audio code, demanding Optimus's Autobots be expelled from Earth. Following the apparent destruction of the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', Sam and Epps picked up some former NEST soldiers and went to [[Chicago]], which had been conquered by the Decepticons and became a barren wasteland. As they were attacked by Decepticon fighters, Optimus and the Autobots rescued them from the attack, having survived the ''Xantium'' destruction.

Meanwhile, Lennox and his team decided to [[wingsuit]] into the city to destroy the Control Pillar in one of the skyscrapers. After a hazardous landing, Lennox's team rendezvoused with Epps's team and began a counterattack on the Decepticon forces, using snipers and charges to aid the Autobots in their battle. They also called in tomahawk missiles to shoot down the Decepticon fighters and give Optimus cover as he fought Sentinel Prime. In the end, the NEST forces stood triumphant. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====
=====Autobot campaign=====

In the Autobot campaign, before you do a specific mission, Epps will give you what you need to do, and how many Decepticons there are.

=====Decepticon campaign=====

The Decepticon campaign. Soundwave will hack into the NEST satellite to tell which Autobot to destroy.

===Starscream Showdown===

NEST attempted to stop Starscream from...doing something in the desert. {{storylink|Starscream Showdown}}

===Revenge of the Fallen (mobile game)===
The Decepticons attacked NEST HQ as a diversion while [[The Fallen]] resurrected [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] attempted to get to the sub-level's central core, but Bumblebee beat him there and locked him out. Later on, NEST forces in [[Egypt]] were taken prisoner by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] along with Bumblebee. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (Glu)}}

==Known members==
[[Image:NEST Global Alliance.png|right|200px|thumb|Okay 'bots, I know you don't like the cow skull, but [[NEST#Notes|make up your minds]].]]
===Humans===
{{collist|3|
*[[Major Altitude]]
*[[Petr Andronov]]
*[[Burke]]
*[[Sergeant Detour]]
*[[Dundee]]
*[[Hardcore Eddie]]
*[[Robert Epps]]
*[[Baby Face]]
*[[Captain Fraser|Fraser]]
*[[Graham]]
*[[Hooch]]
*[[Janson]]
*[[Kaminari Ishihara]]
*[[Klammer]]
*[[Marc L]]
*[[Mongo (ROTF)|Mongo]]
*[[William Lennox]]
*[[Marks]]
*[[Salani]]
*[[Stone]]
}}

*[[You|All those who complete the NEST missions]] [http://www.LGNEST.com]

===Autobots===
[[Image:NESTGlobalAlliancepatch.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Also available in iron-on patch form.]]
{{collist|3|
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
*[[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]]
*[[Beachbreak]]
*[[Beachcomber (ROTF)|Beachcomber]]
*[[Blazemaster]]
*[[Brawn (ROTF)|Brawn]]
*[[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]
*[[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]]
*[[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-1]]
*[[Evac (Movie)|Evac]]
*[[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
*[[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]]
*[[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]]
*[[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]]
*[[Mirage (Movie) |Mirage]]
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]
*[[Reverb (DOTM)|Reverb]]
*[[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]]
*[[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]]
*[[Scattorshot (ROTF)|Scattorshot]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]]
*[[Slap Dash]]
*[[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]]
*[[Stratosphere]]
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Wideload (ROTF)|Wideload]]
}}

==Notes==
*What NEST stands for was not mentioned in ''Revenge of the Fallen''. Different meanings were given by different sources. Lately, Hasbro have favored "Networked Elements: Supporters and Transformers" by including it in their online glossary as part of [[Vector Sigma]]'s [[Datatrax|Data Tracks]].<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm#/glossary/nest Vector Sigma's glossary entry on NEST.]</ref> Even more recently, though, movie comic author [[John Barber]] has consistently used "Nonbiological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty" in his ''[[Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' projects.
**'''Networked Elements: Supporters and Transformers'''<ref>TakaraTomy's ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/movie2/images/nest.swf tie-in website]</ref> ''{{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}''
**'''Nonbiological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty''' ''{{storylink|The Last Prime}}''
**'''Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty''' ''{{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears}}''
**'''Nonbiological Extraterrestrial Species Team''' <ref>[http://www.lgnest.com/ LG promotional tie-in website]</ref>

* NEST troopers appeared on Cover B of the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' prequel comic "[[Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2]]" , but were nowhere to be seen in the story inside. This is because most of the covers illustrated by ''Revenge'' concept artist [[Josh Nizzi]] were meant to allude to scenes or situations in the actual ''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie itself.

* The native population of [[Diego Garcia]] were [[Wikipedia:Depopulation_of_Diego_Garcia|''expelled'']] from the island to make way for the joint [[United Kingdom]]/United States military bases. The Autobots are led by Optimus Prime, who believes freedom is the right of all sentient beings. Err...

* There is a real US Government agency known as NEST. [[Wikipedia:Nuclear_Emergency_Support_Team|The Nuclear Emergency Support Team]]. Of course, it could just be a cover for joint operations with alien robots. Toxic spill, indeed...

* The [[United Kingdom]], [[South Africa]], [[Canada]], [[Japan]], and [[Russia]] {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}} have contributed tech guys, soldiers, and bases; China, Egypt, [[Australia]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}, Argentina {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2}}, [[Peru]], [[Italy]], and [[Zambia]] {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}} ''may'' be part of it, or may just be allowing NEST to enter their territory.

* While the spin-off media presents NEST as a multinational force and ''Revenge of the Fallen'' does show them operating abroad and with foreign soldiers, in the film itself NEST is presented as being under the ''direct'' control of the United States of America. (That can't make China and Russia happy...)

* The ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' toyline's [[Size class|Voyager class]] Ironhide toy features a different NEST symbol on his alt-mode doors; a white Autobot symbol wearing a red beret set within a United Nations-styled logo, with 'special program' written underneath. Meanwhile, Scout class [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] features a NEST symbol with the Autobot sigil and a downward pointing broadsword (from a NEST special forces patch) replacing the cow's skull. [[Fast Action Battlers]] Ironhide has the same sword symbol as Dune Runner. Yet more toys have the globe-and-Autobot insignia shown above. NEST must have a lot of bored designers on staff.
** These alternate logos don't usually appear in the fiction. Exceptions include the Global Alliance logo on [[CFB Comox]] in a Titan comic.

*The Polish name for NEST ("GNIAZDO", meaning "nest" in Polish) probably comes from the translators not realizing that NEST was actually an acronym.
===Foreign names===
*''Polish:'' '''GNIAZDO''' (only in [[Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|the video game]])

==References==
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[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]

June 15

2012-02-25T00:58:44Z

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* '''[[1940]] —''' [[Aron Kincaid]] (voice of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]) is born.
* '''[[1969]] —''' [[Ken Jeong]] ([[Jerry Wang]] from ''[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'') is born. Yay!
* '''[[2005]] —''' "[[The Temple of Hell! Overhaul|The Temple of Hell! Jackshot]]" is serialized by ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' in their July 2005 issue.
* '''[[2009]] —''' ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]—[[The Transformers (cartoon)/home video#United Kingdom and Ireland 2|Season 1'' through ''Season 4'']] are re-released on DVD in the UK by [[Metrodome]].
* '''2009 —''' [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|''Transformers Animated—Volume Two, Three'' and ''Four'']] are released on DVD in the UK by [[Paramount Pictures]].
* '''2009 —''' "[[The Threat of Galvatron]]" is serialized by ''[[Comic Bun Bun]]'' in their July 2009 issue.
* '''[[2011]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]'' #2 is released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].

John Malkovich

2012-02-25T00:57:18Z

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{{disambig3|John}}
'''John Gavin Malkovich''' (born [[December 9]], [[1953]]) is an American actor and director.

Malkovich is well-known for his work in arthouse fare like ''The Killing Fields'' and ''Dangerous Liaisons'', and in big-budget blockbusters, like ''In the Line of Fire'', ''Con Air'', and that jewel thief movie. He even played himself (and several other people, sort of) in ''Being John Malkovich''. In nearly all of them, however, he plays scary guys with creepy voices.

==Roles==
===[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]===
*[[Bruce Brazos]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000518/ John Malkovich on IMDB.com]
* [http://www.michaelbay.com/blog/files/73978045c5496d5271c90be6884209a8-598.php "Transformers 3 Update from Michael Bay"]

{{DEFAULTSORT: Malkovich, John}}
[[Category: On-camera actors]]
[[Category: DreamWorks]]

Greg Berg

2012-02-23T04:28:51Z

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{{disambig3|Greg}}
{{picsneeded}}
'''Greg Berg''' (born, [[November 26]], [[1960]]) is an American voice actor and voice double. Among his more prominent roles are Fozzie and Scooter on ''Muppet Babies'', Huckleberry Hound on ''Yo Yogi'', The Larry Fine Robot in ''Revenge of the Nerds'', Mr Funny in ''The Mr Men Show'', Hector the Bulldog in ''The Looney Tunes Show'', The Robot in ''Toy Story'', Pterry in ''Flint the Time Detective'', and Donatello and Rocksteady on several episodes of the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' cartoon.

No, he is not [[Gregg Berger]].

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011)===
*[[Igor]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0073765/ Greg Berg on the IMDB]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berg, Greg}}
[[Category:DreamWorks]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]

John DiMaggio

2012-02-23T04:28:01Z

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{{disambig3|John}}
[[image:JohnDimaggio01.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Bite my shiny metal ass!]]

'''John William DiMaggio''' (born [[September 4]], [[1968]]) is an American voice actor, who is best known for his longtime role as the drunken, whoremongering chain-smoking gambling robot Bender Bending Rodriguez on ''Futurama''. He has also played such roles as Jake the Dog on ''Adventure Time'', Dr. Drakken on ''Kim Possible'', [[Grievous|General Grievous]] on [[Star Wars|''Star Wars Clone Wars'']], Marcus Fenix in the ''Gears of War'' Franchise (which also features [[Lester Speight]] and [[Fred Tatasciore]]), and among others. He has also made a handful of live-action appearances, notably as Dr. Sean Underhill on ''Chicago Hope'' and as Microsoft co-founder Steve Ballmer in ''Pirates of Silicon Valley''.

He also does a ''mean'' [[Scatman Crothers]] impression.

==Voice over roles==
===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'': The Game===
*Major [[William Lennox]]
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
*Additional voices

===''Dark of the Moon''===
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]]

===Transformers: The Ride===
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
*[[Evac (Ride)|Evac]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224007/ John DiMaggio at the Internet Movie Database]

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[[Category:Activision]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:DreamWorks]]

December 31

2012-02-23T04:12:03Z

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<noinclude>{{cal-date|12|31}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1944]] —''' [[Neil Ross]] (voice of [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]) is born.
* '''[[1953]] —''' [[James Remar]] (second voice of [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] of the ''[[Live-action film series]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' voice actor) is Born. And set to put off a Mexican Standoff.
* '''[[2005]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]]'' episode "[[Beginning|A New Journey]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2008]] —''' [[All Hail Megatron issue 6|''All Hail Megatron'' #6]] is released in Canada by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2010]] —''' Final day to order the ''Hyper Hobby'' magazine [[exclusive]] [[Dark Rodimus|Black Rodimus]] toy.

Superman

2012-02-23T02:20:12Z

Spoonwave:

{{picsneeded}}
'''Superman''' is a powerful being.

==Fiction==
===''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon===
[[Ginrai]] compared the power granted by [[transtector]]s to that of Superman, noting that people would want to use such power beyond the constraints of society. {{storylink|Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!}}

===''Transformers'' film===

[[Robert Epps]] referred to the [[United States Air Force]]'s Combat Control as "Superman School". {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}

==Notes==
* [[Optimus Primal]]'s rescue of the [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]] in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Victory (episode)|Victory]]" was an homage to a traditional Superman rescue, complete with "Is it a bird?" "Maybe a plane?" and some very Superman-esque musical cues.
* Numerous ''Transformers'' voice actors have voiced the Man of Steel over the years. [[Beau Weaver]] voiced him in the Ruby-Spears 1988 ''Superman'' cartoon, [[Michael Daingerfield]] voiced him in the pilot episode of ''Krypto the Superdog'', [[Crispin Freeman]] voiced him in the ''Justice League: Heroes'' video game, [[Jason Marsden]] had voiced a teenage Superman in ''Superman: The Animated Series'', [[Adam Baldwin]] voiced him in the ''Superman: Doomsday'' DVD movie and the ''DC Universe Online'' MMORPG, [[David Kaye]] voiced him in the toy pack-in DVD ''DC Super Friends'', [[David Lodge]] voiced him in the motion comic, ''Red Son'', and [[Nolan North]] voices him in ''Young Justice''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Superman''' (スーパーマン ''Sūpāman'')

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Superman|Superman]] at Wikipedia

[[Category:External properties]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce characters]]
[[Category:Superheroes]]

Shockwave (WFC)

2012-02-22T21:47:35Z

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{{disambig3|Shockwave}}
:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:War for Cybertron Shockwave.jpg|250px|thumb|right|"When your hit percentage exceeds mine, YOU may choose the soundtrack!"]]
'''Shockwave''' was a member of the scientist caste in the industrial city of [[Kaon]]. In a reversal of the usual order, he was swayed by the ambitions of the former mining caste member turned gladiator [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. Serving as Megatron's "pet mad scientist" and [[second-in-command]], he saw to the fighter's armament during his rise to prominence, all the while fantasizing on the prospect of ''mass producing'' such warriors. Thankfully, Megatron's more practical nature reined in Shockwave as the movement which became the Decepticons finally moved out of the shadows.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Shockwave was a scientist who lived on the fringes of Cybertronian society, admitting to [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]] he knew little of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. He was one of the scientists whose innovations allowed the mass production of stressed-crystal material used to build [[Crystal City]]. There he began his [[combiner]] experiments, creating [[Bruticus Maximus (WFC)|Bruticus Maximus]], whose lack of intelligence in combined form made him a danger to friend and foe, and he was put in [[stasis lock]]. Shockwave moved to [[Kaon]], becoming a surgeon for the gladiators, where he met [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]us. He continued his combination experiments with the three [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s, whom Megatronus bested in combat: it was in this match that the crowd chanted a shorter name for the gladiator, Megatron. Megatron recognized two things about Shockwave: that he was bereft of any morality or ethics, and that while he was his most loyal ally, he would turn on him one day.

[[Image:WFCcomicDecepticons.jpg|thumb|300px|''We three 'Cons of Kaon are...'']]

During the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] war, Shockwave perfected his experiments with the [[Constructicon (WFC)|Constructicon]]s, creating a [[Devastator (WFC)|Devastator]] which was unleashed on Crystal City. Shockwave set up a laboratory in the ruins but was ordered to take command of the newly conquered city state [[Tarn]]. Autobot sympathizers became fodder for experiments, while Shockwave's forces conquered [[Vos]]. He quelled dissent in both cities by requesting Vos' Air Commanders [[photon missile]] strike Tarn, for which he claimed the Autobots were responsible, and then had a photon missile strike (of supposedly unknown origin) ordered on Vos, killing the Air Commanders whose true loyalty lay with [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]].

When the Decepticons captured [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] Station, Shockwave oversaw two of Starscream's scientists ingest [[Dark Energon]]: the powerful result activated a security [[gyro-inhibitor charge]] which rendered Shockwave unconscious. Shockwave later subjected the two subjects to a deprivation study, and found it necessary to muzzle them as the duo agonized as a result of Dark Energon's absence in their bodies. Shockwave also used the [[Spark]]s of those killed in the capture to turn Trypticon into a Decepticon, able to spawn drones and [[Mini-Con|Minicons]] in its corridors.

Shockwave remained on Cybertron in command of the Decepticons, while Megatron left with his elite soldiers on the ''Nemesis'' to pursue the Autobot ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Shockwave promised Megatron that [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|Cybertron would remain as he left it]], the notion of which Megatron chastised. He ordered Shockwave to rebuild Cybertron and enslave the remaining Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Blum]]''

[[Image:WFC Shockwave game.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Well done. Here come the test results: "You are a horrible person." That's what it says: a horrible person. We weren't even testing for that.]]

{{Note|Shockwave is an pre-order [[exclusive]] downloadable content character for use in multiplayer modes, and is not playable in the ''War for Cybertron'' storyline campaign. Using a preorder code to unlock him will allow the player to use Shockwave in Escalation mode, and makes his chassis available for customizing an online multiplayer character for Decepticon scientists. His chassis is labelled as "Retaliator". Shockwave was later made available alongside the other preorder-exclusive characters in the ''Transformers: War for Cybertron Map and Character Pack''. He was available for the XBox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, but not for the PC version.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' - Decepticons (DS)===
:''Voice actor:'' Steve Blum

{{Note|Shockwave is an unlockable character for the Nintendo DS version of ''War for Cybertron''. On the Decepticon version he can replace any of the other Decepticons in the campaign mode. He can be unlocked by beating Purification 6 in Arena Mode.}}

Shockwave was at the Energon Purification zone when the Decepticons had used it for their stores of Energon. Shockwave challenged Megatron and his troops to a fight, saying if they beat him, he'd join their ranks. Shockwave was indeed defeated, and somewhat reluctantly joined the Decepticon ranks.
{{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===

Shockwave was tasked with finding deadly new alternate forms that the Decepticons could use to further their goals. As he observed the universe, [[Earth|a small blue planet]] populated by [[dinosaur|large reptilian creatures]] caught his eye. Inspired by this, he forcibly reformatted [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and his [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] into the Dinobots. He also became interested in the Insecticon swarms that had taken over much of Cybertron since the poisoning of Cybertron's [[core]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I Was'nt quite ready for combat testing, but you forced my hand.]]
*'''Cybertronian Shockwave''' (Deluxe, 2012)
: Part of the first wave of [[2012]] ''[[Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Shockwave is based on his ''[[War for Cybertron]]'' design and transforms from a robot to a spaceship and back. The front center fuselage of the spaceship appears to become a handheld weapon.
: This toy was repurposed as ''[[Generation 1]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].
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==Notes==
* In the map of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from the "[[Binder of Revelation]]" included in ''[[Transformers Vault]]'', Shockwave came from [[Tarn]], which explains why he took control of it during the war.
* Shockwave is usable in both the Autobot and Decepticon versions of the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|''War for Cybertron'' games for the DS]]. He is used only for multiplayer, bonus missions and Arena mode in the Autobot version and used in Multiplayer, Arena mode, and campaign in the Decepticon version.
* In the XBOX 360/PS3 versions of War for Cybertron, Shockwave's left arm is his Plasma Cannon. But in the DS version, it's his RIGHT arm.
* A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtyYt7oRMhs Gamestop commercial] describes Shockwave as second-in-command of the Decepticons, and [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] is never officially referred to as such.
* For said commercial, Shockwave was voiced by [[Corey Burton]], voice actor of [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Animated]] Shockwaves. He later lamented over [http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=853&sid=3992b18086e21d8f6face60940505757 a forum post] that the performance was so rushed and the "gag" nature so out of character, that it hardly even sounded like him:
** "Two different sessions; and while they were awfully nice to work with, I have to say that the gag line was written and directed completely off-character. Since it was all supposed to be pretty "camp" anyway, and it had to be wedged-into a space that wasn't even there in the initial cut, I just went along with it. Figured it's just a silly bit of hype, that wasn't worth taking seriously enough to fuss over."
* The aforementioned commercial also indicates that Shockwave is evidently a fan of Stan Bush.
* According to his [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] bio, Shockwave's emotions sometimes get the better of him, leading to irrational behavior. He also hopes that one day his work will let him reformat all Cybertronians to a new form of existence- and ideally become ruler of Cybertron in the process. Looks like Megatron's hunch wasn't far off...
* Although Shockwave is a Jet in the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, he's a ground vehicle in the DS Version.

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[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

1971

2012-02-22T21:40:38Z

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{{yearofthe|1971}}
The year '''1971''' (MCMLXXI) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by thirteen years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Non-Fiction==
===Events===
* [[November 1]] — The first issue of [[TV Magazine]] is published in Japan.

===Births===
* ???? — [[Ashley Wood]]

====February====
* [[February 6]] — [[Brian Stepanek]]
* [[February 21]] — [[Doug Erholtz]]

====March====
* [[March 14]] — [[Yasuyuki Kase]]
* [[March 27]] — [[Nathan Fillion]]

====June====
* [[June 13]] — [[David Mendenhall]]
* [[June 28]] — [[Akiko Kimura]], [[Takeshi Watanabe]]

====July====
* [[July 18]] — [[Ryan Church]]

====August====
* [[August 4]] — [[Jeff Gordon]]

====September====
* [[September 15]] — [[Colleen O'Shaughnessey]]
* [[September 22]] — [[Lorenzo Scattorin]]
* [[September 25]] — [[Kaori Tagami]]

====October====
* [[October 20]] — [[Kōichi Tōchika]]
* [[October 22]] — [[Milton Wolch]]
* [[October 25]] — [[Masami Iwasaki]]

====November====
* [[November 2]] — [[John Watson]]

====December====
* [[December 10]] — [[Mike Majestic]]
* [[December 15]] — [[Miwa Matsumoto]]
* [[December 28]] — [[Machiko Toyoshima]]

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

March 27

2012-02-22T21:39:48Z

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* '''[[1942]] —''' [[Michael York]] (Prime #1 in ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'') is born.
* '''[[1971]] —''' Actor [[Nathan Fillion]] is born.
* '''[[2007]] —''' ''[[Ghosts of Yesterday|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' is published by [[Del Rey Books]].
* '''[[2010]] —''' White [[Legends Class|EZ Collection]] [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] is added to the first 120 orders of any ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' toys from [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] Japan's web site. ''Good luck getting one now!''
* '''2010 —''' [[Cyber Missions 4]] debuts on YTV exclusively for Canadian viewers, while [[Cyber Missions 5]] and [[Cyber Missions 6]] debut on [[Walmart]]'s Canadian site.
* '''[[2011]] —''' [[BotCon 2011]] pre-sells out of all of its Primus (attending) sets, Iacon (non-attending) sets, and extra loose sets. ''Five days'' after pre-orders opened. '''''Five damn days.'''''

X-Men

2012-02-22T21:37:03Z

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{{picsneeded}}
The '''X-Men''' are a group that has [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] among their membership.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 comics===
[[Luke Cage]], in battle, uttered "Represent-- X-Men style!" to Wolverine. {{Storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:X-Men|X-Men]] at Wikipedia

[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Marvel properties]]
[[Category:Superheroes]]

X-Men

2012-02-22T21:33:00Z

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Topspin (DOTM)

2012-02-22T21:27:25Z

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:''Topspin is an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Topspin-dotm-nizzi-production.jpg|right|thumb|400px|YOU DON'T DESERVE TO KNOW MY NAME!]]

If it doesn't result in at least a few dings and scraped paint, '''Topspin''' isn't interested. To him, buckled and burnt armor are signs of a life well-led. He's proud of being one tough bot, and is more than happy to wear the scars to prove it.

He is one of the [[Wrecker]]s.

==Fiction==
===''Dark of the Moon'' film===

[[Image:DOTM-Topspinchicago.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Spy's sappin mah sentry!]]

Topspin, Leadfoot and Roadbuster, collectively known as [[Wrecker|the Wreckers]], by [[Charlotte Mearing]], had arrived with the second wave of Autobots aboard the Autobot ship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', and were rarely let off of the [[NASA]] base because of their attitude. They would spend most of their time working on repairing their ship along with some human engineers, including [[Robert Epps]].

When [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] announced that the current occupation force of Autobots was to be exiled or the Earth would face the wrath of hundreds of Decepticons, the three prepared the ship for launch and accompanied [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and the others aboard, sending the ship into the atmosphere - where it was then targeted and blown to smithereens by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], seemingly killing all the Autobots aboard. Undaunted by this, the Autobot's human allies nonetheless tried to launch an incursion into Decepticon-held [[Chicago]].

[[Image:TopspinDaytona500trailer.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Talkin'boutthattheredangol'"Wreck'nRule!"man..."]]

Fortunately for them, the Autobots were not actually aboard the ship, and had only feigned their deaths in order to keep the Decepticons from following up on their global threat. Topspin and the other Wreckers swung into action immediately, rescuing Epps, [[Sam Witwicky]] and a group of soldiers from a [[Orbital Assault Carrier|Decepticon fighter]] and executed the pilot before preparing to head into the battle zone.

While the Autobots were scouting a route to the building containing Sentinel's [[Space bridge]] pillars, [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his pet [[Driller]] separated Optimus from his weapons trailer. Optimus ordered Topspin and the other Wreckers to create a distraction so that he could retrieve it, and in their armored racecar forms fired at Shockwave with their machineguns until being forced to retreat, leaving behind [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]], who had hitched a ride with them. After Optimus had become snared in a construction site's cables, the Wreckers set out to free him. After doing so they rejoined the battle, battling against [[Devcon (DOTM)|Devcon]]. After the battle Topspin stood with the other survivors, accepting that Cybertron was gone forever and that Earth was their new home. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
[[Image:DOTM_Cyberverse_Topspin_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Transforms from NASCAR racer to bemulleted, Razorblade-sporting NASCAR fan.]]
* '''Autobot Topspin''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''004'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV10'''

: Part of the first wave of [[Cyberverse]] toys, Topspin is a [[Legends Class|Legion-scale]] figure that transforms into a [[NASCAR]] [[wikipedia:Chevrolet_Impala#NASCAR_Sprint_Cup|Sprint Cup Chevy Impala]] stock car, specifically [[Wikipedia:Jimmie_Johnson|Jimmie Johnson's]] Lowes and Kobalt sponsored #48 car. Like the other NASCAR-based ''DOTM'' toys, both versions of Topspin lack the multiple small "contingency" sponsor decals found on a full-sized NASCAR racer.

: He's pretty much a [[shellformer]] with a two-step transformation and very limited [[articulation]]. As a consequence, his robot mode is very small compared to the Legion Class toys of his two fellow Wreckers. In addition, unlike the his two fellow Wreckers, his vehicle mode is an unchanged version of the real-life stock car he's based on, even though the movie depicted all three Wreckers with their weapons permanently exposed in vehicle mode. Thus, he stands out next to Leadfoot and Roadbuster in ''both'' modes.

:The [[stock photography|stock photos]] depicted on his [[packaging]] (see also the image to the left), which feature a hand-painted [[prototype]], show him with his forearms/hands swapped compared to the final toy: In the stock photos, it's the ''right'' hand that's an articulated claw while the ''left'' hand is sculpted to hold Cyberverse weapons or clip onto [[C joint]] bars, whereas the respective arms can be found on the opposite sides on the final toy. The [[instructions]], which depict an ''unpainted'' resin prototype, match up with the final toy, thus implying that the prototype used for the stock photos was [[misassembly|misassembled]].

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Topspin.jpg|thumb|300px|Well no wonder he's won five championships in a row. Look at that thing.]]
* '''Autobot Topspin''' (MechTech Deluxe, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DA10'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech blaster/combat claw, two small guns, two large guns

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Deluxes, Topspin transforms into a heavily modified version of the same #48 Sprint Cup car as the Cyberverse Legion toy, with two sets of two differently-sized removable guns mounted onto [[5mm post|5mm post holes]] on the roof and sides of the vehicle. As part of the [[MechTech]] series, he has a blaster that converts into a "combat claw", and this weapon, as well as his four removable guns, can be used by other ''Dark of the Moon'' MechTech toys or any other ''Transformers'' toy with 5mm post holes. The back halves of his vehicle mode can be folded back together into a more compact kibble backpack.

:Though he has prominent claws on his arms, Topspin does have fists sculpted onto his forearms.

:The Japanese release comes packed with a character card and an accompanying transparent plastic card of his MechTech weapon for the MechTech Wars online game.

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[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Autobot_Armor_Topspin.JPG|thumb|300px|After much consideration, Topspin joins [[X-Men|X-Factor]].]]
* '''Autobot Armor Topspin''' (MechTech Deluxe, 2011)
**''Japanese ID Number:''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech blaster/combat claw, two small guns, two large guns
: A [[redeco]] of the Deluxe Topspin, "Armor Topspin" now is cast in light gray, gunmetal, and black, and has Kobalt Tools as his primary sponsor instead of Lowe's. His MechTech weapon has now been redecoed to be completely black.

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====Robo Power====
=====Activators=====
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[[Image:DOTM_Activators_Topspin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Autobot Topspin''' (2011)

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==Merchandise==
===Speed Stars===
====Mini-Vehicles====
*'''Autobot Topspin''' (2011)
**''Series:'' '''Stealth Force'''
**''Number:'' '''3 of 5'''

:Topspin's ''[[Speed Stars]]'' toy and packaging art are strange. It uses [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]]'s vehicle mode for the most part, with the minor alteration of Topspin's hood armour, and of course, the Jimmie Johnson Lowes sponsored #48 car deco.

:As with other Speed Star vehicles, the figure displayed on the back of Topspin's card has several color variations compared to the final product, such that the figure on the cardback is much brighter in several regards:

:*The cardback depicts greyish weapons being mounted on the vehicles, while the final product mounts weapons that are almost black.

:*The cardback depicts a bright blue and an equally bright red, while the final product uses duller shades. The result is that while the robot mode on the final figure is almost the same color as the black backing, the robot mode on the cardback is clearly visible.

:*The cardback depicts white paint on the lip of the car, which is clearly visible above his head in robot mode; this strip is absent on the final product.

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====Stealth Force====
[[Image:DOTM_StealthForce_Topspin.jpg|thumb|300px|Of course it's stealthy, he's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage dazzle-painting]!]]
*'''Autobot Topspin''' (Basic, 2011)

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==Notes==
* Topspin's robot mode features "sunglasses", a big "chin" and a "[[wikipedia:mullet (haircut)|mullet]]", making him resemble a stereotypical NASCAR fan.
* According to a profile during FOX's coverage of the 2011 Daytona 500, the real-world Topspin prop car has 510 horsepower and a 11:1 compression ratio, making it a good bit more powerful than even the real NASCAR #48 it is based on!
* As part of the promotion for ''Dark of the Moon'', the film prop versions of Topspin, [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]], and [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] made appearances at the [[2011]] Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on [[February 20]]. They appeared both off the track as display cars, and on the track, participating in the ceremonial first lap.
* Early working names for him included '''Tempest''' and '''Warpath'''.<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
* Topspin is the only one of the three Wreckers (and for that matter, the only new Autobot in the third film) not to have any spoken lines. Originally, he was planned to be voiced by [[Bill Fagerbakke]].
* Despite showing kibble based on [[Wikipedia:Jimmie Johnson|Jimmie Johnson]]'s Lowe's sponsored Chevrolet Impala SS, his concept art shows him with the headlights of a Toyota Camry.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Topspin''' (トップスピン ''Toppusupin'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category: Cyberverse]]
[[Category: Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category: Wreckers]]

June 15

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* '''[[1940]] —''' [[Aron Kincaid]] (voice of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]) is born.
* '''[[1969]] —''' [[Ken Jeong]] ([[Jerry Wang]] from [[Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]) is born.
* '''[[2005]] —''' "[[The Temple of Hell! Overhaul|The Temple of Hell! Jackshot]]" is serialized by ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' in their July 2005 issue.
* '''[[2009]] —''' ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]—[[The Transformers (cartoon)/home video#United Kingdom and Ireland 2|Season 1'' through ''Season 4'']] are re-released on DVD in the UK by [[Metrodome]].
* '''2009 —''' [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|''Transformers Animated—Volume Two, Three'' and ''Four'']] are released on DVD in the UK by [[Paramount Pictures]].
* '''2009 —''' "[[The Threat of Galvatron]]" is serialized by ''[[Comic Bun Bun]]'' in their July 2009 issue.
* '''[[2011]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]'' #2 is released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].

1967

2012-02-22T05:18:50Z

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{{yearofthe|1967}}
The year '''1967''' (MCMLXVII) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by seventeen years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Fiction==
[[Combat Colin]] and [[Semi-Automatic Steve]] are sent back in time and fight [[Communist Russian robots]]. {{storylink|The Return of Combat Colin}}

==Non-Fiction==
===Events===
* [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] introduces the [[Licca Kayama|Licca-chan]] fashion doll

===Births===

* ???? — [[Peter Kelamis]]

====January====
* [[January 12]] — [[Punch UFO]]
* [[January 17]] — [[David McDermott]]
* [[January 18]] — [[Michael Dobson]]
* [[January 24]] — [[Phil LaMarr]]
* [[January 26]] — [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]]

====February====
* [[February 20]] — [[Kath Soucie]]

====March====
* [[March 1]] — [[Simon Coleby]]
* [[March 9]] — [[Neil Kaplan]]
* [[March 18]] — [[Taitem Kusunoki]]

====April====
* [[April 6]] — [[Kathleen Barr]]
* [[April 8]] — [[Kazunari Tanaka]]
* [[April 17]] — [[Takaya Kuroda]]

====May====
* [[May 5]] — [[Takehito Koyasu]]
* [[May 12]] — [[Kenichirō Tanabe]]
* [[May 18]] — [[Bob Stephenson]]
* [[May 19]] — [[Steve Leiber]]

====June====
* [[June 27]] — [[Jun Uemoto]]

====July====
* [[July 31]] — [[Mitsuo Iwata]]

====August====
* [[August 25]] — [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]]

====October====
* [[October 7]] — [[Rikako Aikawa]]
* [[October 17]] — [[Venus Terzo]]

====December====
* [[December 10]] — [[Ferd Poblete]]

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April 6

2012-02-22T05:16:40Z

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* '''[[1967]] —''' [[Kathleen Barr]] (Voice of [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]]) calls everybody "Dorks" after she was born.
* '''[[1969]] —''' [[Jamie McBride]] ("FBI Agent" in ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'') is born.
* '''[[1978]] —''' [[Erica Edwards]] (Mexican voice of [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] in ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and [[Airachnid]] in ''[[Transformers: Prime|Prime]]'') is born.
* '''[[2005]] —''' ''[[Q-Robo Transformer|Extremely Funny Transformers Gag Colosseum]]'' is published in Japan by [[Kodansha]].
* '''[[2007]] —''' The [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] members-only site releases an online sneak preview of the bios for the [[Mini-Con]]s [[Divebomb (Classics)|Divebomb]] and [[Snarl (Classics)|Snarl]].
* '''[[2011]] —''' ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'' [[Infestation issue 2|#2]] and the ''[[Transformers: Sector 7]]'' TPB are released in the US by [[IDW Publishing]].

Kathleen Barr

2012-02-22T05:14:23Z

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[[Image:KathleenBarrChalkCorlett01.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Helpful hint: If you find [[Garry Chalk]] molesting you, don't expect any help from [[Ian Corlett]].]]
'''Kathleen Barr''' (born [[April 6]], [[1967]]) is a Canadian voice actress. Among her better-known roles are Dot Matrix on ''ReBoot'', Wheezie on ''Dragon Tales'', Evil-Lyn on the 2002 version of ''Masters of the Universe'', [[Lady Jaye]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe: Sgt. Savage and the Screaming Eagles]]'', Kevin on ''Ed, Edd, n Eddy'', Roll on ''Mega Man'' and The Great and Powerful Trixie on [[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.]]

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Machines''===
* [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056532/ Kathleen Barr on the Internet Movie Database]

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User:Spoonwave

2012-02-22T04:38:05Z

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The Name ''Spoonwave'' is based of off [[Townsend Coleman|The Tick]]'s Battle Cry, and [[Sir Soundwave]] put together, but without the "Sound" nor the "Sir".

SPPOOOONN!

==Pages I Made==
*[[Parvesh Cheena‎]]
*[[Julianne Grossman‎]]
*[[Elán Garfias]]
More Coming Soon.

==Pages that are Wow to date==
*[[Brian Cummings]]
*[[Batman]]
*[[Brad Garrett]]
*[[Sunwoo Entertainment]]
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)]]

ElÃ¡n Garfias

2012-02-22T04:37:54Z

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'''Elán Garfias''' (born [[April 20]], [[1999]]) is an American child actor, who is known for his voice acting roles as Ceviche from ''Chowder'', Pepe in ''Handy Manny'', Mr. Fluffy in ''Ni Hao Kai-lan'', Jake Steak in ''Thrillville: Off the Rails'', and a young Kyle Broflovski in ''South Park''.

==Voice Roles==
===''Transformers: Rescue Bots''===
*[[Cody Burns]]

==External links==

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[[Category:English voice actors]]
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ElÃ¡n Garfias

2012-02-22T04:37:27Z

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{{picsneeded}}
'''Elán Garfias''' (born [[April 20]], [[1999]]) is an American child actor, who is known for his voice acting roles as Ceviche from ''Chowder'', Pepe in ''Handy Manny'', Mr. Fluffy in ''Ni Hao Kai-lan'', Jake Steak in ''Thrillville: Off the Rails'', and a young Kyle Broflovsk in ''South Park''.

==Voice Roles==
===''Transformers: Rescue Bots''===
*[[Cody Burns]]

==External links==

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