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Waspinator (BW)

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:''Waspinator is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Waspinatorbw.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Waspinator: chew-toy of fate.]]
'''Waspinator''' (aka '''Wasp''', '''Thrustinator''', or '''Waspscream''') is the universe's whipping boy. If something goes wrong, it happens to him. If something blows up, he's usually at the epicenter of the explosion. He has been blasted, burned, shot down, torn up, crushed, slashed, smashed, bashed, and otherwise reduced to his component parts times beyond counting. Disturbingly, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] has taken to collecting his severed components.

Waspinator's not the brightest 'bot in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] has classified the harebrained Predacon as expendable, much to Waspinator's dismay; he doesn't get much more respect from anyone else, either, though Terrorsaur would occasionally remember to drag him back to base for repairs. His speech quirks don't help: he tends to refer to himself in the third person and to most other people by nicknames like [[Cheetor (BW)|"cat-bot"]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|"two-head."]] He's also a bit too fond of the letter "Z". (Those prone to witticisms might say he has a "liszzzzp.")

Waspinator may be dumb, but he's not stupid. He has caught on to his lot in life and tries to avoid his fate as often as possible... but fate always finds him. Thankfully, he's almost supernaturally durable and has survived the most devastating and humiliating of defeats.

{{quote|[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] blow up, Waszzpinator must salvage. Waszzpinator blow up, ''nobody'' salvage! Why universe hate Waszzpinator?|Waspinator laments his lot in life|"[[Deep Metal]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
[[File:Optimusprimalvsmegatronwaspinator.jpg|left|thumb|"This new aerobics regimen is great! Work, you abs!"]]

The Waspinator was a fearsome warrior of monstrous appearance, striking fear with the eerie sound of his ominous buzzing. He striked down helpless victims using his secret wing missiles, poisoning them with his cyber-sting. {{storylink|#Toys|Waspinator bio}} He also liked to gang up on his victims with his partner, [[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]]. {{storylink|Buzz Saw (BW)#Toys|Buzz Saw bio}}

When the Maximals located the Predacons' genetics lab, Waspinator was present along with Megatron and Tarantulas to fend them off. Waspinator exchanged blasts with Cheetor before Megatron initiated the lab's self-destruct mechanism, at which point the Predacons retreated. {{storylink|Optimus Primal vs Megatron!}}

When the [[quantum surge]] physically upgraded Waspinator into a [[Transmetal]], his personality remained the same. He, however, found a renewed drive to eliminate the Maximals, accompanied by enhanced speed. {{storylink|#Toys|Transmetal Waspinator Bio}}

The [[Transmetal|Metals]] upgrade did little to stem Waspinator's annoying buzzing, and he still suffered many bouts of violence. {{storylink|#Toys|Metals Waspeeter bio}}
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===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Mingliang]] (Chinese), [[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian, 2nd dub), [[Ivo Roberto]] (Portuguese), [[Fábio Vilalonga]] (Portuguese, some episodes), [[Diego Sabre]] (Italian), [[Pierre Laurent]] (French), [[Roberto Molina]] (Latin American Spanish, season 1), [[Carlos Íñigo]] (Latin American Spanish, last episodes of season 1, season 2 and season 3), [[Gabriel Gama]] (Latin American Spanish, last 2 episodes of season 3), [[José Padilla]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Holger Potzern]] (German)}}

[[File:BeastWars1 Waspinator robotmode.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Remember when Waspinator used to be a threat? Because ''he'' doesn't, the poor guy.]]
Waspinator, part of [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s rogue band of Predacons, landed on an unknown planet with dangerous levels of unstable [[energon]]. To protect themselves from the energon, the Predacons took organic [[beast mode]]s. In Waspinator's case, he now transformed into a large, green wasp. The first conflict between the stranded Predacons and their Maximal pursuers came when the Maximal [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] stumbled across Waspinator. In a stark contrast to his later career, he actually proved to be a serious threat and had the advantage over the inexperienced Cheetor, pinning the young Maximal down in a canyon. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

[[File:BeastWars2-Waspywasp.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]

The Predacons pursued the Maximals and interrupted a fight between [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]. When a stray shot exposed a cache of energon atop a nearby mountain, the Predacons headed for it. Waspinator was teamed with [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] for the first time, in an attempt to slow the Maximals down. They were chased off by a missile from Primal and rejoined the others for a mountaintop battle, wherein Cheetor attempted to have a rematch with Waspinator. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

Waspinator helped [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] and Terrorsaur install some perimeter defenses around the Predacon base. {{storylink|The Web}} When Cheetor ended up in the Predacon base through some sort of freak teleportation system, Waspinator and Scorponok tried to kill him, but only succeeded in blowing themselves up with their own missiles. Little did Waspinator know that he would be blown up numerous times in the adventures to come. {{storylink|Equal Measures}}

[[File:ChainOfCommand Waspinator gets shot up.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"...and here we see a wild Waspinator in its natural state."]]
Waspinator was part of an attack on the Maximals at the [[Standing Stones]]. He survived that battle, but when an [[Vok probe|alien probe]] appeared at the circle, he and Megatron attempted to take possession of it, and a pulse of energy zapped them. They turned up, badly damaged, back at the Predacon base. After repairs, Megatron sent Waspinator and Scorponok to guard the circle. The Maximals soon turned up to try and extract Primal from the probe. Waspinator attempted to sneak up on [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], only for the Maximal to see his reflection on the probe and ventilate him with a chaingun. Waspinator fell backwards against a standing stone, activating a sequence which freed Primal from the probe. {{storylink|Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command}}

After Terrorsaur managed to slag Megatron and take leadership of the Predacons, Waspinator and Scorponok promptly fixed Megatron. {{storylink|Power Surge (episode)|Power Surge}} When a [[stasis pod]] crashed, Waspinator and Terrorsaur went directly to the ''Axalon'' and ambushed Optimus Primal when he emerged to look for the pod. Though they succeeded, Dinobot dropped a huge rock on Waspinator, and Terrorsaur had to help his fellow. Waspinator was still healthy enough to report to Megatron, who sent the pair to capture the pod. On the way, they managed to slow down the Maximals by destroying an ice bridge, but by the time they reached the pod, [[Tigatron]] had already been activated. The new Maximal fought them off. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}

[[File:Better Mousetrap Waspinator.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Wazzzzpinator not want to know "who'zzzz there?"]]
In one of Waspinator's few victories, he managed to retrieve the stasis pod which gave birth to [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. When Terrorsaur again deposed of Megatron, Waspinator seemed happy to follow his fellow Predacon. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}} Perhaps that was why he was subsequently assigned with Blackarachnia and Terrorsaur to deliver a [[sonic emitter]] to a location below the ''Axalon''. Dissatisfied with the task, he went to fly around for a bit and mutter to himself, only to give away their position accidentally. Though he returned to the other two Predacons, they were discovered by Tigatron, who destroyed the sonic emitter. {{storylink|A Better Mousetrap}} After Primal was inadvertently turned into a berserker by Scorponok's [[cyberbee]], Waspinator attempted to track down Optimus in the Predacon base, but found himself pulled through a wall and blasted. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}}

Waspinator acted as bait for the first test of [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s [[Transformation Lock Lens|transformation lock lens]]. The test was a success, but Waspinator was slagged by Tigatron. {{storylink|The Probe}} He was later one of the trio who mounted a mock revolt against Megatron to fool the Maximals. The Predacons concealed themselves in a crevasse (where Waspinator apparently spent his nights cuddling Tarantulas like a soft toy) while the Maximals repaired the ''Axalon''. They were discovered by Dinobot, who dropped a large rock on Waspinator and Terrorsaur. Though the latter survived to battle on, Waspinator apparently didn't. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}}

[[File:DarkDesigns Waspinator is nuts.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dancing Queen Bee]]
When [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] had his personality program converted to that of a Predacon, he started surreptitiously taking out the various Predacons. He swung a cargo crate into Waspinator, giving him a concussion. As a result, Waspy flew around in a daze, claiming to be the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] as well as the great [[Ben Yee|Wonko the Sane]]. This dementia was apparently reversed when Cheetor later got annoyed at his yammering and shot him down. One of Waspinator's stray shots subsequently hit the [[Transmuter (BW)|Transmuter]], causing it to explode. {{storylink|Dark Designs}}

Terrorsaur and Waspinator were hanging around outside the Predacon base during Megatron's experiment to create a [[Clone One|clone of Dinobot]]. {{storylink|Double Dinobot}} The pair attacked Cheetor when the young Maximal was protecting a stasis pod. Cheetor managed to lure Waspinator into flying over an energon geyser, frying his circuits. {{storylink|The Spark}} Perhaps a sign that they hadn't learned their lesson, Waspinator and Terrorsaur attacked Tigatron, only to be blasted by the defense system of a strange [[Brigadoon|flying island]]. Though injured, they were able to return to base to report the find, just in time before Terrorsaur fainted on top of Waspinator. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Following another bout of repairs, the duo headed back for the island, only to run into Primal and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who were headed in the same direction. Eventually, they did each the island... only for Blackarachnia to trick them into triggering the island's defenses again, resulting in them both being blasted. Waspinator blamed the "pterodactyl idiot" for this. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Tigatron was ambushed on his way to another stasis pod by Waspinator, who managed to get a drop on the tiger. Waspinator's victory was short-lived, as [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] promptly shot his wings off, and he crashed to the ground. {{storylink|Spider's Game}} Waspinator and Terrorsaur stole the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[rectifier coil]], forcing the Maximals remain in their beast modes. Once the Maximals had gone feral and wandered off into the jungle, the Predacons mounted a hunting expedition. The Maximals were able to overcome their programming block, and during the subsequent fight, Rhinox swatted Waspinator out of the air with a ''tree,'' as if it were a baseball bat {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

[[File:Possession Waspinator.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Give him an orange parka and call him Kenny.]]
After an apparently victorious battle, Waspinator and Scorponok returned to base. However, the Maximals they had attacked were not dead, merely blinded, and Waspinator was soon sent out again, teamed with Terrorsaur, to eliminate them. Unfortunately, even four blind Maximals were more than enough match for them, and both Predacons were sent packing. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}} Things continued to go badly for Waspinator, as during a violent storm, he was possessed by the immortal [[spark]] of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. It took a major [[energon]] explosion to dislodge Starscream's immortal [[spark]] from Waspinator's body. It also had the after-effect of giving Waspinator a headache in his ''whole body''. {{storylink|Possession}}

Waspinator was part of a diversionary attack while Tarantulas tried out his new weapon, an [[energon discharge virus]]. Later on, the Predacons attempted to stop the Maximals getting the antidote and were blasted by Rhinox's enormous fart. {{storylink|The Low Road}} Waspinator teamed up with [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and Terrorsaur for a fight, only to be roundly trounced by Tigatron. The trio were later able to defeat Dinobot, with Waspinator dealing the final blow, but Optimus Primal turned up and blew both him and Terrorsaur away with one shot. {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}}

[[File:OtherVoices1 robonoogie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Wazzzzpinator having flashbacks to grammar zzzzzchool!"]]
Waspinator caught Tarantulas stealing a [[transwarp cell]] from the ''Darksyde'', but he was unable to stop the spider from leaving, as Tarantulas tossed him a bomb and locked the door behind him. Trapped inside, Waspinator was soon in a multitude of separate pieces. {{storylink|Before the Storm}} Recovered and ready to take revenge on Tarantulas, he was instead sent by Megatron to secure a new [[Bio-Dome|alien site]]. Unfortunately, once he got there, he encountered Rattrap, who saw him off with a "robonoogie" and a kick to the unmentionables. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} He retired to the ''Darksyde'', where the Predacons monitored the situation with the [[Planet Buster]] weapon which had been revealed from the planet's second moon. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:ComingFuzors1 Waspinator cubed.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Rube-ik's Cube]]
After the Planet Buster was destroyed, the strange energies of a [[quantum surge]] saturated both ships. Waspinator lost control of his hoversled and was tipped into one of the restoration pools. Bathed in the regenerative fluids, he was prevented from becoming a [[Transmetal]]. He and his newly upgraded leader mounted an attack on the ''Axalon'', but once Waspinator faced a similarly upgraded Cheetor, he soon retreated. {{storylink|Aftermath}} Waspinator was the first to realize that the seemingly unknown planet on which they'd landed was, in fact, [[Earth]]. Dinobot had made the same realization and stole into the ''Darksyde'' to retrieve both of Megatron's disks. Waspinator proposed the two work together to steal the disks, and much to his surprise, Dinobot agreed... and threw him into the security shield. Waspinator was crushed into a cube by the disks' security contraption, leaving Dinobot free to steal the disks unharmed while Waspinator crawled away to the [[CR chamber]] using two fingers.

[[File:ComingoftheFuzors2-Waspywasp.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]

He got himself repaired in time to join Megatron's forces on the battlefield, {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} where they outnumbered Dinobot, Cheetor and Rattrap. He was teamed up with new recruit [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] to attack the ''Axalon'' by air. After asserting his authority over the [[Fuzor]], he was promptly knocked out of the air by Cheetor. After piercing Sentinel's defenses (and shooting Dinobot in the crotch), he joined the other Predacons as they prepared to finish off the Maximals for good... but was the first victim of a reborn Transmetal Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

Waspinator and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] were tasked with constructing a new jamming tower. They constructed it successfully, but while Waspinator proudly reported their success to Megatron, Inferno playfully knocked the tower over on him. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} Another of Waspinator's rare victories came when he shot Silverbolt from behind, causing the Maximal to crash into Dinobot, effectively taking both out. While Inferno took off with Dinobot's prone form, [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] refused to help Waspy carry Silverbolt. A short time later, Rattrap mimicked Quickstrike's voice, tricking Waspinator into picking up a gas mine, and Waspinator's victory was no more. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

Waspinator and the rest of the Predacons installed shield generators around another alien site, but the [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] which appeared zapped everyone, sending him into stasis lock. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Megatron took control of the construct and restored all of the Predacons to working order. Waspinator and Inferno retrieved transwarp cells to give the ship transwarp capability. They were later sent out to defend the construct against the Maximals. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:BadSpark Waspinator defeated.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Not quite what "stick the landing" means.]]
Sent with Blackarachnia to claim another pod, Waspinator didn't last long before he was shot down by Cheetor and landed head first. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} He also took part in the attack on the valley where the [[anthropoid]]s were living, but his contribution ended when Dinobot stuffed him head-first into [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]'s main cannon and Rampage exploded. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

As by Megatron's calculations, the [[transwarp wavefront]] from the Planet Buster explosion would soon be reaching [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Predacons mounted an attack on the ''Axalon''. The Maximals received reinforcements in the form of Predacon covert agent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], whose [[transwarp cruiser]] saw the Predacons off. Waspinator was subsequently given a new solo mission by Megatron, and he departed when the Maximals next attacked. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Just as he arrived at his [[Mount St. Hilary|destination]], Blackarachnia accidentally hit him with her hoversled, knocking him apart. Waspinator once again started gathering himself together. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

Waspinator pulled himself together in time to aid Megatron's escape, after the Predacon leader badly damaged [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. He, Megatron and Inferno headed for the ''Axalon'', but Cheetor and Primal caught up with them, and Waspinator was downed by one shot from Cheetor. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}} After Inferno was blown to bits while attacking the Maximal base, Megatron sent Waspinator to salvage him. Waspinator was less than happy, complaining that no one ever salvaged ''him.'' {{storylink|Deep Metal}} He was able to get the drop on Silverbolt when the Maximals were attempting to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], and he happily flew off with the module. He was so excited, he figured Megatron would give him a vacation for this.

{{Quote|Waspinator having good day! Not get shot once!}}

[[File:Waspinatorigor.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Igor needs to file his nails.]]
Sadly, he didn't get very far before Silverbolt and Rattrap caught up, blasting him out of the air so they could reclaim Sentinel. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}} After Megatron developed [[cyber raptor]]s, Waspinator and Tarantulas were sent out with a group of them to attack Cheetor and Blackarachnia. The Maximals soon discovered that destroying the raptors' control components sent them wild, and Waspinator was stomped into the ground by an out-of-control dinosaur. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}} Another of Waspinator's increasingly few victories came when he managed to snatch a stasis pod from under the Maximals' noses. He acted as lab assistant as Megatron utilized the [[blank]] [[protoform]] contained in the pod, plus a [[transmetal driver]], to create a new [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]]. Unfortunately, even this victory was short-lived, as a short time later, the device Megatron was using exploded, and Waspinator was caught in the blast. After getting repaired, he made his way to where Megatron was interrogating [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]... only to be blasted by his own trigger-happy leader. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}}

After Megatron discovered that Cheetor had upgraded himself into a [[Transmetal 2]], he sent Waspinator and Dinobot out to find and capture the kitty. The pair located him in a cave, but as Dinobot began to move in, Waspinator asserted his own leadership...and was shredded by Dinobot. Following another bout of repairs, Waspinator rejoined the hunt, and they eventually found Cheetor again. Waspinator was offhandedly slagged by the Maximal while trying to sneak up. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}}

[[File:Go with the Flow Waspinator Una.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"Oh, Waspinator want to renegotiate contract..."]]
Requiring someone organic to complete the [[disruptor cannon]], Megatron sent Waspinator and Inferno to pick up an anthropoid. Waspinator was able to capture [[Una]], but she did quite a bit of damage to him on the flight back. On reaching the mountain hideout, Waspinator reported success and promptly collapsed into a collection of parts. At some point, he got repaired and was able to join in the pursuit of Rattrap and Una as they escaped. He was hit in the face by mud, sending him out of control, crashing into first Inferno, then Dinobot, and allowing the Maximals to escape. The three Predacons were called back to the mountain, where Megatron attempted to use the disruptor cannon, which promptly exploded. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} Waspinator's next glorious mission was an attack on the Maximal base. Unfortunately for him, his expected backup wasn't there, and he was swatted by Optimus Primal. It had all been a ploy to draw Primal out so that Tarantulas could deliver a device to take control of the Maximal leader. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

During Quickstrike's trial for betraying Megatron, Waspinator was his defense attorney. He didn't do a very excellent job of defending his client as he wanted to see him get punished. However, before Quickstrike's sentence was cast, the ''Darksyde'' was destroyed at [[Tigerhawk]]'s hands. In retaliation, Megatron ordered the Predacons to attack, but Tigerhawk summoned a tornado that swooped up Waspinator, Inferno, and Quickstrike. Waspinator looked on the bright side that he had company this time. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

With their base gone, Megatron sent Waspinator, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] on an errand to find a new base, which was really nothing more than pointless busywork while Megatron went to do more important things. As the trio staked out an early [[human]] tribe that had taken up residence in a series of caves, Waspinator decided he'd finally had enough and ripped off his [[insignia|Predacon symbol]], declaring himself out of the Beast Wars.

[[File:Waspinatorhappyatlast.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Wazzzzpinator happy at last! ...until the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|next series]].]]
{{quote|I said '''no!''' [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Dragon-Bot]] command '''you,''' [[Second-in-command|Sub-Commander]] [[Inferno (BW)|Kiss-Butt]]! Dragon-Bot not command Waspinator! Not any more! Waspinator sick of being evil! Sick of being Predacon! And Waspinator especially sick of getting blown to '''scrap''' all the time! Sooo, Waspinator '''quit!''' As of '''now,''' which means [[Inferno (BW)|Ant-Bot]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Two-Head]] can just pucker their mandibles and plant [[Kiss|big, wet, juicy one]] right here on Waspinator's big...fat..stripy...}}

At this point, Waspinator was interrupted by getting blown to scrap by Inferno and Quickstrike. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}

His parts recovered by the anthropoid tribe, Waspinator remained on Earth while all the other surviving Transformers set off for Cybertron, and led the tribe, declaring that he was finally... happy. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

For a bit, at least.
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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japanese)|[[Yu Zhenbo]] (Chinese), [[Victor Covarrubias]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Vittorio Stagni]] (Italian), [[Thomas Nero Wolff]] (German), [[Jean-Marc Delhausse]] (French)}}

[[File:Wazzpithrust TheCatalyst.jpg|thumb|''Bug to be wiiii-iii-ild!'']]
Waspinator grew bored of being a god to the anthropoids and started flicking rocks at their heads. The anthropoids he had ruled over grew tired of his presence and evicted him from their settlement by catapulting him from a tree. After this, Waspinator returned to Cybertron, which "took forever". Once home, his spark was removed and used to power the [[Vehicon general]] [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]. He ''loved'' being a cool biker-bot as he now got respect and was finding [[Blackarachnia (BW)|chicks]] dig the new brooding bad boy schtick!

It turned out that Waspinator had a secret infatuation with Blackarachnia: influences from his inner spark caused Thrust to save her life several times. She thought this was because he carried ''[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]'s'' spark. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery|Discovery}} She later tried to bring his original mind back and discovered, to her disgust, that she'd spent all her effort getting Waspinator back. Poor Waspinator was rather upset to find Blackarachnia no longer wanted to "go steady" with him, and briefly had a punch-up with a revived Silverbolt over her honour. {{storylink|The Catalyst}}

[[File:Wazzpinator.jpg|left|thumb|Why [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] hate Wazzzzpinator?]]

Following Blackarachnia's unambiguous rejection of him (''there's'' gratitude for you!), Waspinator remained in the "background" and let Thrust run the show, and nobody ever expressed interest in reformatting Thrust to free Waspinator. In the final battle, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] used an [[Spark extractor|extractor]] to remove Waspinator's spark from the body shell. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|When Legends Fall}} After Cybertron's [[technorganic]] reformatting (thanks to Optimus Primal, through the cost of his and Megatron's lives) Waspinator returned in his [[beast mode]] with Thrust's head, now the size of a standard wasp. He complained to Rattrap about how much he wanted glory and power and never gets what he wants... at which point Rattrap swatted him away. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}
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====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
[[File:Atari meets optimus primal.jpg|125px|thumb|Even in this series, Waspinator gets shot at.]]

=====Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base=====
Waspinator was witness to [[Predacon computer|NAVI-ko]] being sent through [[unspace|transwarp]] to acquire [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]] for the Predacon forces. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}

=====''Cloud''=====
While the Maximals were trying to help out the wayward [[Hot Rodimus]] and [[SARA]] of the [[Cloud World]], they investigated an energon mine, only to find the Predacons waiting there. The two sides battled, and Hot Rodimus took the opportunity to transform into helicopter mode to pursue his true quarry. Bemused by the presence of this larger [[Transformer]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] sent Waspinator and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] to give chase. Rodimus was able to shoot down Terrorsaur and shred Waspinator to ribbons with his rotors. {{storylink|Wild (Cloud)|Wild}}

In another fight with Shockwave, Hot Rodimus thought back to their confrontation with the Beast Warriors, including Terrorsaur. {{storylink|TFC-A03}}

=====''Beast Wars Diorama Story''=====
Soon after his encounter with Starscream, Waspinator was part of an initially ordinary skirmish between the Maximals and the Predacons. {{Storylink|Optimus Primal Chapter}} He personally attacked Cheetor with his Beebee Shot, but the cheetah countered with a Laser Shot. {{Storylink|Cheetor Chapter}} Waspinator struck with another Beebee Shot. {{Storylink|Waspinator Chapter}} The battle was later joined by Transformers from [[Movie timeline|another universe]]. The Decepticons allied themselves with the Predacons, while the Autobots did the same with the Maximals. {{Storylink|Tigatron Chapter}} After the alternate [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] arrived, {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}} the two allied forces faced off against one other in one last strike. {{Storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}

=====''15 Go! Go!''=====
The time-traveling [[human]] [[Atari Hitotonari]] and the [[Sparkbot]] [[Star Dust]] witnessed a battle between Waspinator and Optimus Primal. However, the two interlopers could not be seen by either of the warriors. {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
Following the [[Great Transformation]], Waspinator overheard the Maximals talking about the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], a dimension where they were all fictional characters. Believing he was a popular enough character to become a powerful ruler in this world, he decided to go there with Rattrap, who was searching for Rhinox. Reformatted into his original Earth mode by Cheetor, Waspinator traversed dimensions and located the Legends version of himself, intending to take control of the local Predacons at [[Tera-Kura Co.]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Rattrap}} His takeover of the company was successful thanks to these Predacons being tiny and easy to bully, but he hadn't enjoyed his position for long before the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] appeared and possessed him again. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition Waspinator}} Waspinator's body was made to attack [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] until Rhinox appeared and rammed him so hard that his head flew off and Starscream's ghost was expelled. He then returned home with Rattrap and Rhinox. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rhinox)|Bonus Edition Rhinox}}
{{charfictionstub|{{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}}}

====3H comics====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English)}}
[[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] threatened to blast Waspinator if Megatron did not back down. Waspinator's warranty had expired, but it didn't matter as Antagony accidentally wasted her last shot when she sneezed. Do we even need to guess what happened to Waspinator? {{storylink|Visitations}}

Later, to his credit, Waspinator was the only Predacon aside from Megatron to not be paralyzed in fear at the sight of a [[Unicron]]-possessed [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]]. Of course, Waspinator had just been blown up for the umpteen millionth time. None of the Maximals expressed satisfaction. They always got Waspinator. Always. {{storylink|Paradox}}

{{note|Although [[3H Productions]] folded before the ''[[Primeval Dawn]]'' comic could be concluded, [[Dan Khanna]] revealed that the unproduced ending of ''Primeval Dawn'' would have concluded with Waspinator traveling with a victorious [[Primal Prime]]'s team through the transwarp portal built by the undead [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] to present day Cybertron, thus explaining how Waspinator was able to return to Cybertron to become [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]].}}

After the reformatting of Cybertron, Waspinator came under the command of [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]]. His tiny size and great speed made him an excellent scout and messenger, and he reported to Galvatron that the invading Quintessons had entered a particular canyon that the Predacons had booby-trapped. He seemed very giddy to have a commander who actually found him useful for once. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

Later, Waspinator was part of a team of [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] sent to rescue victims of [[Unicron]] who had been transported to an isolated, icy planetoid. He didn't really know what he was doing there and neither did [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (who wasn't sure why they hadn't just whacked him on principle). When [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] attacked, the Beast Warriors were luckily warped to the passing Autobot ship ''OTFCC'' before being wiped out. During the later battle, Waspinator was blasted his own side after he happily admitted he liked "[[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom]]". {{storylink|Voice Actor Drama}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
Waspinator served under [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] at the tail-end of the Great War. Though the Tripredacus Council sought to let hostilities between the Autobots and the Decepticons die out after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] both fell in combat, Megatron had more aggressive plans. His squadron attacked [[Tigatron]] when he approached them to broker peace between the two factions. Waspinator wound up getting smushed when an [[Airazor (BW)|enemy soldier]] threw another [[Terrorsaur (BW)|flier]] into him, which sent Waspinator tumbling underneath [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]'s foot as the gestalt stepped down. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among those moments was Starscream's possession of Waspinator's body. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

====Waspscream continuity====
Later, [[Primax 208.06 Zeta|a divergent timeline]]'s Waspinator was possessed by the immortal spark of Starscream of [[Primax 206.15 Gamma]] after the latter's defeat at the hand of the Maximals. When the Quantum Surge hit prehistoric Earth, Starscream was able to influence Waspinator's transmetalization so that the Predacon's third mode would resemble Starscream's own original fighter jet mode. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

This time around, Starscream permanently took over Waspinator's body, and killed the Maximals before seizing leadership of the Predacons for himself. On returning to Cybertron, 'Waspscream' was [[Reformatting|reformat]]ted into a [[technorganic]] body by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] which Starscream used to battle against Megatron for control of Cybertron's stolen sparks. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 16, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 16/08/2015}}

The two of them bickered constantly over control of the shared body, their two distinct voices audible to whoever was in earshot. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

====''Mini Mayhem!''====
Waspinator and Erector were walking along when they came across Grimlock, Jazz, and Shockwave, discussing the upcoming nomination for the [[2011]] [[Transformers Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]]. The trio mistook Erector for Bumblebee, and so spared him any ridicule, but verbally tore in Waspinator, insisting he stood no chance against them. Waspinator countered that he was once ruler over all "fleshie-bots," but the other 'bots wouldn't hear any of it, and walked off in a huff. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

====Hall of Fame bio====
Before taking on a wasp form, Waspinator was known as '''Wasp'''. He, along with the other Predacons, stole the Golden Disk from the [[Hall of Records]]. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

====''Timelines''====
While [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], his [[Dinobot (BW)|lieutenant]], and [[Scorponok (BW)|another underling]] stole a Maximal relic, the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], the Predacon who would later name himself Waspinator stole a ship from [[Predacon Transwarp Research Center D-F]] with the help of [[Terrorsaur (BW)|an accomplice]]. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

[[File:Waspinatordawn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Waspy is mi kopilot, but hoo on Sibertron is mi spelcheker?]]
The two had a contest to name the ship, but "Waspinator" lost, and thus the stolen ship was dubbed the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. "Waspinator" believed ''Buzzerbot'' would have been a better name. For reasons known only to [[Primus]], Megatron agreed.

After escaping [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the ''Darksyde'' was intercepted by the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', but after an intense space battle, only the ''Darksyde'' and the ''Axalon'' remained. Megatron ordered "Waspinator" to ''excecute'' their planned [[unspace|transwarp]] jump, opening up a portal which both ships entered. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Two weeks after [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] was reborn on [[Earth]], Waspinator fought to defend an orbital weapon from the Maximals. Waspinator was defeated by Airazor. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

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====''TransTech''====
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In one alternate world, when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] possessed Waspinator, his spark mutated the Predacon, granting Waspinator the Decepticon's longevity and the ability to travel through time. Much later, after Cybertron became a technorganic world, Thrust and Waspinator were not fused into a small technorganic insect, but into a full-on technorganic Transformer that merged the two both physically and mentally. Shortly after being reformatted, he somehow got separated from his native universe, ending up in [[Axiom Nexus]]. He met up with [[Heinrad (TransTech)|Heinrad]], and Thrustinator's chronal phase from Starscream helped Heinrad master his own time abilities. In return for aid in "fixing" the past, Heinrad promised to Thrustinator that he would be returned to his home universe. {{storylink|Timeless}}

Thurstinator was next sent to a prehistoric post-[[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] Earth to stabilize the damaged timeline by removing the "anomaly": [[Packrat]]. Surprising Packrat by not showing up on [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s scans for Predacon intruders, Thrustinator offered to take Packrat to a Cybertron. When Packrat declined in favor of staying to break into the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', Thrustinator disabled Packrat with a [[circuit stunner]] and opened a multiversal portal to [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Collections}}

[[File:TTRhinoxFinalGoodbye.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|right]]
After the descent of the [[Shroud]], Thrustinator and Heinrad watched as [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] solemnly deactivated his monitors; by the time Rhinox turned around, they had warped away without a word. {{storylink|Epilogue Two}} When [[Axiom Nexus News|ANN]] intern [[Miss-Q]] tried to reach out to the two time travellers for insights on the convoluted temporal mechanics of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], they were nowhere to be found. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/03/24}}

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====''Wings Universe''====
When the Star Seekers broke out of prison following their capture by the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s in 2984, [[Tornado]] managed to grab a significant portion of the prison database. Among the files was surveillance footage of Waspinator in his cell, scrawling what appeared to be random patterns on the wall. However, [[Cannonball (G1)|Captain Cannonball]] recognized that the drawings were star charts to the Star Seekers' next goal: the immortal spark of the infamous Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]! {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
Waspinator alerted Megatron to the arrival of a new [[stasis pod]]. Megatron, in no shape to go after it, angrily swatted him away. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Later, after Megatron was dismembered by the lunatic [[Jaguar]], Waspinator recovered his severed (but still functioning) head. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} Following Megatron's instructions, Waspinator carried his head to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', where Megatron intended to kill the slumbering [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Blackarachnia intervened, kicking Megatron's head out of Waspinator's hands and into a lava pool. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

===''Legends'' anthology===
The Predacons crashed on Earth in [[Mexico]] around 1,000 BC. Acting on Megatron's orders, Tarantulas and Waspinator enslaved the local [[Natiltec]] tribe, who saw Waspinator as some sort of "wasp-god", and forced them to mine energon. Silverbolt mounted a heroic rescue, struggling with Waspinator as the humans escape. The Natiltec later immortalised the event on a cave wall, which was uncovered some three thousand years later by a team of archaeologists. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[The Hunting Party (IDW)|Spotlight: Thundercracker]]; [[Homecoming (IDW)|''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' #19]] (modern era)
[[File:TheHuntingParty-Waspinator.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|This is how you know it's the real Waspinator.]]
During the early days of the war, Waspinator served under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] as part of a [[Titan Hunter|team]] sent to find the lost [[Titan (group)|Titan]], [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. On the two-hundred-and-thirty-eighth day of this grueling campaign, Waspinator and his colleagues destroyed a [[Nibarian]] outpost because they believed it was between them and their quarry. A hunch from [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] led them further to a planet inhabited by [[Urtuskian]]s. As Waspinator and the other Decepticons started obliterating the primitive outpost, believing Metroplex was underneath (and also because it was fun), their team was caught up to by a team of [[Autobot]]s who had been trailing them. Waspinator was the first casualty of this battle, blasted from behind and left stunned. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

Waspinator carried on as a Titan Hunter, even after Bludgeon and Thundercracker were no longer with the team. When the hunters at last found a Titan, Waspinator managed to be the one to deliver a mortal blow—much to his misfortune. The Titan panicked and opened a [[space bridge]], flinging itself and Waspinator through time and space. Eventually, after the Titan's functions had ceased, Waspinator managed to take control of it and was able to use its space bridge-generating power to return to reality. Long afterwards, when Waspinator was drowning his sorrows at a seedy bar somewhere within the universe, he found himself confronted by his old superior, Bludgeon, and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]. Upon hearing Waspinator's tale, Jhiaxus convinced the hapless Decepticon to join his party, seeing that his titan-controlling ability could be useful. The group went to [[Gorlam Prime]], where Waspinator pretended to be chased by the [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor Six]] so as to lure [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] and his friends into coming to his "rescue." The ploy worked, and as Pax and the others struggled to hold off [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]], Waspinator said he had been brought to the planet to do something "terrible" and made the former Autobot leader realize that the ancient ruins beneath Gorlam Prime's surface were a slumbering Titan. When Pax awakened the Titan to battle Monstructor, Waspinator made his move and connected himself to the Titan so as to take control of it like he had in the past. Under Jhiaxus' orders, Waspinator forced the Titan to teleport to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}}

[[File:DarkDawn-Waspinator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Ooh...Wazzpinator working for important Decepticon. Maybe Wazzpinator not get damaged this time."]]
Guiding the Titan to [[Crystal City]], {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} Waspinator was quick to pledge allegiance to Jhiaxus's ally, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], who used [[Ore-14]] to transform the Titan into the undead [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} When the combined forces of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]'s Autobots and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]'s Decepticons attacked Crystal City to put a stop to their plans, Shockwave had Waspinator relinquish his stinger, recognizing that the weapon had forged Waspinator's link to the Necrotitan when he had used it to deliver its killing blow. While Waspinator's limited intelligence had been unable to make much sense of the link to the giant's mind, Shockwave used the weapon to much greater effect, taking direct control of the Necrotitan and using it to scatter their attackers. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} Shockwave then tasked Waspinator with bringing the useful body of [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] to his chambers, but [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] took over this duty as he didn't trust "modern" Cybertronians. Waspinator accompanied him, carrying Megatron's legs, only to be knocked out when Megatron revealed himself to still be alive. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}}

[[File:BlackPlanet-Waspinator.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"''Sigh''...why doezz Wazzpinator bother?"]]
As Waspinator had already served his purpose by providing the Necrotitan, Shockwave punished him for letting Megatron escape by ordering [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] to execute him, but Metalhawk resisted his control and spared the bug. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} The two spied on Shockwave as he revealed the disastrous end goal of his plan, after which they were approached by [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] who teleported them out to warn the other Transformers. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} As the Autobots and Decepticons formed a group to oppose Shockwave, an unwilling Waspinator was dragged along thanks to his knowledge of Crystal City's layout. As soon as they were teleported into Shockwave's lair, however, he was impaled by Bludgeon and left on the sidelines to lament his lot in life. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}

Six months after the battle with Shockwave, a recovered Waspinator was drinking at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] when [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] stopped by. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} At some point he had located and gotten thrown out of [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s [[Regenesis]] mine within Metroplex, and following an attempt on Windblade's life, he commented that she shouldn't have been snooping around in Metroplex either. When this comment caught the attention of Windblade, he assumed she wanted to hurt him and tried to flee, only to be taken down by [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]. Windblade herself proved more sympathetic to Waspinator's plight and comforted the paranoid 'bot until he agreed to show her the mine. {{storylink|A Long Way Down}} Their investigation into the mine eventually got them captured by Starscream, but fortunately Chromia, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], and some other neutrals broke them out of jail. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}}

[[File:WorldOfTomorrow-WaspySkyByte.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|EVERY NOW AND THEN I FALL APAAAARRT]]
Waspinator later partied it up at Maccadam's some time after [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]]'s reactivation, sharing a song with [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} After a disastrous first contact with [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], Waspinator was one of the Decepticons who went to the colony to help the locals. He was confused to find the locals were glad to see him and even asked ''why'' they were being nice to him. {{storylink|The Possible Light}} When [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]] attempted to force the Cybertronians off Caminus, Waspinator was the first to see him coming (and to run away). His contribution to the battle was mainly to run around screaming, but he managed to avoid getting stepped on, impaled, or blown up, which is a pretty good outcome for him. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} After the battle was over, Waspinator and [[Sparkstalker]] helped repair the damage to Caminus, earning the Decepticons respect from the Camiens. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} He was then caught up in the [[Combiner Wars (event)|combiner war]] between Devastator, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], and [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] and was urged to get to safety by Chromia. {{storylink|All That Remains}} Once the situation finally cooled down and an alliance between Cybertron and Caminus was brokered, Waspinator attended a "Not the End of the World" party at Maccadam's where he danced with [[Octane|Tall]] and [[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}}

Waspinator was later minding his own business on the street when he was almost run over by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}} He then got caught up in a bar fight started by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] at Maccadam's, and commented that he hated weekends. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

When Starscream announced "[[Chosen One Day]]", Waspinator decided to relax in a pool of energon. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

Following [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]]'s appointment to head of the [[Cybertronian Security Force]], Waspinator joined the organization. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Transformers vs. Visionaries)|Desperate Measures}} As [[Earth]] prepared to formally join the [[Council of Worlds]]. Waspinator was part of the security detachment during the build-up to the official ceremonies. {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}} Things quickly went wrong, and in the wake of the [[Iron Ring]]'s attack and [[Merklynn]]'s subsequent betrayal, Cybertron was colonized by a handful of [[Prysmosian]]s based out of the subterranean city of [[New Prysmos]]. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}} Waspinator was among the Cybertronians posted to guard the checkpoints in and out of the alien city. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Transformers vs. Visionaries)|Desperate Measures}}

Waspinator inadvertently joined the cast of [[Starscream: The Movie (film)|''Starscream: The Movie'']], where he portrayed a student at the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] that the fabulously wealthy and humble Starscream chose as the mascot for his rallying cry against social injustices. Poor Waspinator had just wanted to sample the craft services. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}} After Windblade revealed to Cybertron that [[Liege Maximo]] had been freed during the recent [[Titan (group)|Titan]] attack, Waspinator joined Blurr and [[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] in saving the cityspeaker from an angry Carcerian, and encouraged her to run for office. When she won the subsequent election, Waspinator flew joyously above the victory party. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

[[File:DesperateMeasures-Thrustinator.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Wazzpinator hate FunPub homages!"]]
When the villainous [[Darkling Lord]] [[Virulina]] made her play for leadership and took over New Prysmos, Waspinator was the only Transformer unlucky enough to be present for the coup and was captured by her forces. Magically shackled and paraded before Virulina, Waspinator offered her his services so that she could wage war against the other Cybertronians... but Virulina had other plans, and used her [[magic]] to transform him into a monstrous biomechanical steed instead. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Transformers vs. Visionaries)|Desperate Measures}} She subsequently called upon Waspinator for her final battle against [[Leoric]]; he obediently grappled with Leoric's lion form, but was forgotten when Virulina opted to finish off her foe up close.

Their battle was cut short when Wheeljack's anti-magical "bomb" detonated in the core of Cybertron; its energies combined with the magic of the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] and raised New Prysmos to the surface of Cybertron while returning Waspinator's body to normal. Returning to Iacon, Waspinator was examined by Wheeljack and [[Breakdown (IDW)|Breakdown]], who concluded that while some Prysmosian magic still lingered in his systems, the best cure was to head to Maccadam's for a drink. {{storylink|The Curtain}}

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===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
As the Decepticons set up to make [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] a grilled cheese sandwich, Waspinator helped out by putting a giant bib on their leader. When [[Wheeljack (G1)#Kre-O|Wheeljack]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Kre-O|Cliffjumper]] invaded the work site, Waspinator helped surround the interlopers, only to be pelted with molten cheese and caught in a net by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Quest for Energon, Part 2}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
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Thrustinator witnessed Megatron's humiliating temper-tantrum over his lack of "[[Skeletron|See-Through Power]]". {{storylink|Wheeljack's Bizarre Invention! Optimus Power Up!?}}

Thrustinator was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}

On Megatron's orders, Thrustinator tickled the [[Constructicon (Kre-O)|Constructicons]]' feeties as "special training" to rid them of their weakness to tickling. {{storylink|A New Menace! The Giant Soldier Devastator Appears!}} He was hanging around in the background when [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] recruited [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] into the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}} was present when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] were unleashed upon the Autobots, {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}} worked for [[Bludgeon (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Bludgeon]] during the discovery of the [[Red Bucket]]. {{storylink|Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!}} and helped repaint a captured [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Metroplex]] into Metrotitan. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

As Waspinator, he helped construct Megatron's solar power tower, only to be buried in blocks when it ended up wrecked. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}} After being blown apart by a crazed [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], a Thrust-looking Kreon was rebuilt into Thrustinator. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

===Legends World===
A resident of the [[Legends World]], Waspinator attended [[Transformers Celebration 2014]] where he bought some ''Transformers'' toys. {{storylink|Legends Bonus Vol.}} A huge ''Transformers'' fan and employee of [[Tera-Kura Co.]], {{storylink|Legends Vol. 13#Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!|Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!}} he claimed to know everything about ''Transformers'' but also refused to talk about ''anything else'', even with clients. After an incident where he hung up on a client who didn't want to talk ''Transformers'', his boss [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] broke him into pieces. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 13#Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Flyyy|Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Flyyy}} At one point, Waspinator was standing behind [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] in line at [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s toy shop. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 1|Bonus Edition Vol. 1}}

After being beaten again for playing with toys during work hours, Waspinator was approached by a bashful Megatron who asked to see him after work. Believing his boss was hitting on him, he protested that he didn't swing that way, unaware that Megatron just wanted to learn more about ''Transformers'' and impress [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 14#President Mega's Requests|President Mega's Requests}} Agreeing to be Megatron's personal ''Transformers'' teacher, Waspinator taught him various Transformer names through use of a song and provided him with material to study on the train. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 14#President Mega's Studies|President Mega's Studies}} When [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] attacked [[Tokyo]] with [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], Waspinator recognized the latter two as [[Wreckers]] from a [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|UK ''Transformers'' comic]], interrupting Tankor's own claims that they were from an [[w:Special Armored Battalion Dorvack|'80s mecha anime]]. He was promptly chased off by the annoyed Tankor. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 4|Bonus Edition Vol. 4}}

During a subsequent lesson, Waspinator attempted to teach his boss about Roadbuster and Whirl's origins, but didn't get far since Megatron was distracted by fantasies about what British Transformers must be like. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 15#Whirl and Roadbuster Now on Sale, Buzz|Whirl and Roadbuster Now on Sale, Buzz}} Waspinator celebrated [[Christmas]] with his sons, [[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]] and [[Venom (G1)|Venin]], and suggested the readers reward themselves with some ''Transformers'' purchases in the upcoming year. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} Waspinator and Rattrap were present when [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] arrived in the Legends World, explaining Transformers were fictional in their world and breaking it to him that he wasn't as popular as he hoped. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}} When Megatron was acting weird during [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]'s job interview, Waspinator explained that the president had been watching [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|the third movie]] the day before. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 16#The Results of Mega-chan's Studies|The Results of Mega-chan's Studies}} Unlike Blackarachnia, he went home when the workday was over instead of sticking around to do more work. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 16#Widow-chan at Work|Widow-chan at Work}}

When Rhinox was turned into Tankor one day, Waspinator and Silverbolt similarly woke up in the bodies of Thrust and Jetstorm, respectively. Seeing a kinship between them, Tankor asked the two if they'd join him in turning the world into a paradise of [[The Transformers (franchise)|original ''Transformers'']], but Thrust countered that his kids didn't know anything about characters from 30 years ago and that it's better to have lots of versions of ''Transformers'' for everyone to enjoy. Their refusal angered Tankor, and a battle broke out between the three Vehicons. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 17#I'm Tankor, dana!|I'm Tankor, dana!}}

When [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] appeared in the Legends World, Waspinator initially mistook her for [[Nijika]] from ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]'' and, to Megatron's frustration, was the only one to understand her explanation about the Legends World's status as a [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]] creation. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 12|Bonus Edition Vol. 12}} His nerdy knowledge came in handy again when Tera-Kura was invaded by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|another Megatron]], as he was able to teach his own Megatron everything there was to know about the newcomer's history. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 13|Bonus Edition Vol. 13}} He was present at [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2015 where he witnessed [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] causing trouble. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge)|Bonus Edition Scourge}} A third Megatron known as [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Megatron]] later showed up and started stealing [[Mini-Con]] toys from everyone, including Waspinator. After Rattrap had chased the villain away, Waspinator claimed a stolen [[Dragoyell]] belonged to him, and not Rattrap. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Armada Megatron}}

Waspinator later bothered the "original Megatron" after he'd assumed the position of chairman of Tera-Kura Co. {{storylink|LG13 Megatron Sequel#Widow-chan's Usual Day|Widow-chan's Usual Day}} President Megatron invited him and all other employees out for a night on the town after work, but no one showed up. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Autumn Megatron Festival Chapter|The Autumn Megatron Festival Chapter}} Waspinator was present at the show floor where Tera-Kura unveiled their latest product, [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]], to the public. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 15|Bonus Edition Vol. 15}} He was at the office when Chairman Megatron recruited new employee [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 16|Bonus Edition Vol. 16}} as well as when Blackarachnia was thinking about her life working under her idolized Megatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}}

Waspinator watched with envy when Armada Megatron began stealing all the world's Transformers toys, and was shocked to learn that he and the other toy nerds were empowering the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]] with their desires. He celebrated when Megatron gave up the toys, and was quick to try and claim a [[Unicron of Light]] for himself. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}} When the [[Drift (G1)#Cloud|Deadlock]] of [[Cloud World]] showed up, Waspinator was the only fan hardcore enough to recognize him from ''[[Transformers Cloud]]'', which he taught the others about. He and the others were then sent to Cloud World themselves when [[SARA]] messed up. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Deadlock)|Bonus Edition Deadlock}} The next interdimensional visitor to run into Waspinator was the ''original'' Waspinator from [[Primax 1097.01 Alpha|another dimension]]! Meeting his counterpart outside of Tera-Kura Co., Waspinator offered to introduce him to President Megatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Rattrap}} This turned out to be a mistake, as the much larger and stronger Waspinator proceeded to take over the company and force its employees into servitude. Megatron rightfully blamed his own Waspinator. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition Waspinator}}

When Chairman Megatron was seemingly killed protecting his employees from [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], Waspinator commented that he must have been influenced by his time as a good guy in his G-2 days. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 20|Bonus Edition Vol. 20}} After his company merged with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], forming the "Decepticon Tera-Kura Co.", Waspinator was included on a chart showing its employees. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}} He later attended a meeting during which Chairman Megatron scolded the Headmasters. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} When the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] were introduced, Waspinator compared their voices to those of other Transformers. {{storylink|LG-26 Scourge Prologue}} He helpfully put a Decepticon logo on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] when the Autobot joined their company. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}}

Waspinator was part of a crowd that cheered for [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] after he drove off [[Devil Z]], and was presumably the only person there who knew their savior wasn't Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}} At work, he was among the unlucky employees that an enraged Devil Z took out his anger on, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}} and got thrown around by a telekinetic [[Apeface]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 38|Bonus Edition Vol. 38}} When a [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] attacked Tokyo, Waspinator correctly identified it as the Scorponok from "[[The Rebirth]]" and not ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''. {{storylink|LGEX Headmaster Set Chapter}} He was present when the [[Dimensional Patrol]] searched the Legends World for the [[Commando (RID)|Combatrons]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Bonus Edition Scourge 2}}

When [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]'s body turned into that of [[Magna Convoy]], Waspinator explained who Magna Convoy was. Even he didn't know which universe Convoy came from, however, so he borrowed [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'s [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] to summon [[Delta Magnus]] and interview him on the matter. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition Magna Convoy}} Waspinator was among the employees charged with hiding [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] during an attack on Tera-Kura, but failed to protect it from [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]]. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} When [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] was revived, he transformed into a monstrous mobile base mode that Waspinator couldn't identify from any previous fiction. He soon got other things to worry about, however, as Trypticon gobbled him up and used him as a power source. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} He later cheered for G1 Megatron after he was elected mayor of the rebuilt [[Akihabara|Neo Akihabara City]]. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}}

When Waspinator identified another visitor as ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], the blocky Decepticon was annoyed and yelled at him about wanting to deliver his own introduction, though Waspinator held fast that introducing obscure characters was his job. During the ensuing invasion of evil [[Kreon]]s, Waspinator disappeared and was replaced by [[#Kre-O online manga|Kreon Thrustinator]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Special Chapter|Special Chapter}} During [[White Leo]]'s attempt at turning the Legends inhabitants into his new army, Waspinator was given suitably obscure [[Beastformer]] armor and did his duty by informing everyone who [[Doublecross]] was. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}} He later explained to a confused Rattrap that [[Minerva (G1 robot)|Minerva the robot]] was a separate character from [[Minerva (human)|Minerva the human]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 56|Bonus Edition Vol. 56}} By the time the [[Clone (subgroup)|Autobot Clones]] arrived in the Legends World, people had come to rely on Waspinator's knowledge so much they went straight to him to identify them. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 58|Bonus Edition Vol. 58}}

Waspinator was among those who huddled behind [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s force field when three out-of-control mutant [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] attacked the city, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 62|Bonus Edition Vol. 62}} and was around Tera-Kura Co. fell back into the hands of Beast Megatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}} He witnessed [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] repair the city after it was devastated by Windblade. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Derailment Waspinator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left]]

Wasp was a member of the [[Darksyder]]s serving Megatron in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. He acted as a contact for the independent procurement specialist named [[Bisk (BWU)|Bisk]], picking him up at [[The Way Of All Things]]. Wasp presented Bisk to Megatron to activate his next "quest". {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

During the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], Wasp and his associates were holed up in [[Darksyder Logistics Headquarters]] in Iacon. The siege was proving costly, and Megatron had his pet scientist [[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]] draft up a solution. Needing a test subject for the [[Esau]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] held Wasp up to one of the faltering barricades, and a [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] managed to grab and infect him. As Wasp was reformatting under the virus, however, Leatherhide and [[Labrat]] blasted him with the Esau, resulting in a hybridized Waspinator design. Not only was he more powerful, Waspinator was also hooked into the Vehicon hive mind, able to call off their attackers. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
[[File:SavageLandingPart1-Waspinator.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

Waspinator was a Predacon separatist in the employ of Galavar before his leader went rogue, changed his name to "Megatron", and launched a daring raid to steal the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] and smuggle it off Cybertron. While half of the crew liberated the disk itself from the [[Ministry of Science]], Waspinator, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], and [[Skold]] stole the [[Transwarp Drive|transwarp]]-capable ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' from the [[Great Shipyard]] in [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], sabotaged the rest of the fleet to prevent any pursuers, and escaped with the intention of following the coordinates on the disk. With Waspinator acting as the ship's helmsman, their ship came under attack from the Maximal science ship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' before Tarantulas activated the ship's transwrp drive and escaped through time and space to a mysterious planet.

Despite Waspinator's best efforts, the ''Axalon'' rammed the ''Darksyde'' and sent both ships crashing to the planet below, with the impact temporarily smashing Waspinator to bits. The ship's computer sensed an abundance of energon on the planet, and to protect its crew from over-exposure rebuilt them with organic [[alternate mode]]s based on the local fauna. Once repaired and reformatted into his new [[beast mode]], Waspinator joined his crewmates as Megatron laid out his plans. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}}

[[File:SavageLandingPart6-Waspinator.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

A few days later, Waspinator returned from a scouting mission when an annoyed Terrorsaur sent him back out on a second patrol before he could refuel. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 2}} When the Predacons captured [[Nyx]] and decided to execute the helpless Maximal after a fruitless interrogation, Waspinator took part in the proceedings before [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], feeling that there could be no honour in cold-blooded torture, had a change of heart, turned on his fellow Predacons, and punched Waspinator in the face before tripping the ''Darksyde''{{'}}s security protocols and deliberately locking the Predacons inside their own starship while he and Nyx escaped. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 3}} Hours later, Tarantulas finally unscrambled the ship's computers, and Megatron ordered Waspinator and Terrorsaur to search for Dinobot in the sky. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 4}}

The Predacons tracked Dinobot and Nyx all the way back to the ''Axalon'', and, hoping to take their enemies by surprise, launched a full-scale attack on the crashed starship and its occupants. In the ensuing battle, Waspinator tried and failed to hit [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] with his stinger-blaster before Dinobot entered the battle on the side of the Maximals, {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 5}} and immediately ripped Waspinator's arm off and used it to beat Waspinator over the head and take him out of the fight. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]'s last-minute activation of the ship's shields and autoguns forced the Predacons into a retreat, and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] carried the unconscious Waspinator away. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 6}}

While on another routine energon-gathering mission with Terrorsaur, Waspinator questioned why his fellow flier took a particular delight in tormenting Skold, despite her prodigious strength. Terrorsaur told him that his bullying kept Skold in her place and prevented her from attaining the position of authority she could claim if not for her low self-esteem. {{storylink|Pod Part 1}} Later, Waspinator was taking a nap with a teddy bear when the newly activated [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] broke into the base and scuttled past him. {{storylink|Pod Part 2}} To celebrate the arrival of their new Predacon recruit, Megatron held a celebration that Waspinator attended before he and Terrorsaur set out to search for more downed [[stasis pod]]s. {{storylink|Thicker Skin}}

[[File:MaximalsStrikeBackPart3-Waspinator.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

While conducting routine training drills outside the ''Darksyde'', Waspinator and Scorponok bore witness to a confrontation between Terrorsaur and Megatron when the upstart flier directly challenged his leader's authority. Moments later, however, Waspinator recognized the sound of falling bombs and ordered the rest of the Predacons to take cover as the Maximals launched a bombing run on their base. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 1}} Amidst the chaos, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] tricked Waspinator into dodging a boulder so that he could stun him with his wrist blasters. As he came to, Skold, who'd just killed Terrorsaur in retaliation for [[Razorbeast]]'s death, lied to Waspinator that the Maximals had killed his friend, and a furious Waspinator swore vengeance. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 2}} When Waspinator again fetched up against Dinobot, the ex-Predacon easily incapacitated him with his [[Optic weaponry|eye lasers]]. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 3}}

As the Beast Wars continued, Waspinator was used as a test subject for an elaborate labyrinth trap created by Tarantulas and Blackarachnia only to be abandoned. When Rhinox blundered into the trap, the two worked together to reach the exit, though Waspinator flew to freedom while leaving Rhinox stranded. {{storylink|Rhinox's Amaze-ing Adventure}} During a skirmish that ended with Cheetor getting injured, Waspinator was shot down. {{storylink|The Speedway of Central Consciousness}} While on another scouting mission with Scorponok, the pair fetched up against some of the planet's strange wildlife before discovering a cache of unusual red energon that boosted the aggression of any living being. Meanwhile, the newly activated [[Saberback]] disguised himself as Waspinator to lead Megatron into an ambush. {{storylink|Primal Rage}}

When the Maximals and Predacons joined forces to fight off the [[Vok]], Waspinator's two degrees in astro-mechanics got him assigned to the ''Axalon''. After getting a [[restraining bolt]] slapped onto him, Waspinator helped Rattrap on the ''Axalon''{{'}}s engines, managing to restore them to 34% thrust capacity and making the ship capable of planetary flight. {{storylink|The Beginning of the End}}

When a distress call in from the ''Darksyde'', Rattrap and Waspinator were left behind, managing to make the ''Axalon'' flight-worthy again. Having learnt that the Vok had an aversion to transwarp technology, Rattrap rigged the transwarp drive to channel its unspace energies through the weapon systems. Assuming the ''Axalon''{{'}}s helm position, Waspinator piloted the ship to the ''Darksyde'' just in time to destroy the Vok. With their mutual enemies gone, the truce was considered over and Waspinator rejoined the Predacons, though offering a last thanks to the Maximals for letting him sample their fruit. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Waspinator-art.jpg|thumb|left]]
The Predacons traveled across time to find the [[AllSpark]] and change the fate of Cybertron. While battling the [[Maximal]]s on pre-[[Ice Age]] Earth, both sides were joined by the Autobots and Decepticons, their epic battle changing their combined destinies forever.

Waspinator's function was an explosives expert, and he [[trans-scan]]ned into a wasp. His [[stinger (weapon)|stinger blaster]] and [[flight]] were his powers and weapons, and his core traits were his accident-proneness, childlike mind, and sulking. Waspinator's message from the future was that he should try not to fall into pieces in the face of danger. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

During the collective battle, Waspinator teamed up with [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and the Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in pursuit of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and the Autobot [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Battle Across Time Collection marketing material}}<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08TM6TDF7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Battle Across Time Collection on Amazon]</ref>

In a possible destiny recorded on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]], Waspinator was present when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] became a Maximal. {{storylink|Source:Golden Disk destinies|''Kingdom'' Golden Disk cards}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64Waspinators.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Neon]] Camo Waspinator and Transmetal [[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]]! In stores now!]]
[[File:TMWaspinator-Render.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Full Metal Yellowjacket]]
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japanese)}}

As a result of Megatron's temporal meddling, history was altered such that Waspinator gained a [[Transmetal]] body in the quantum surge. He then joined his fellow Predacons in distributing various one-on-one beat downs to the Maximals. Eventually he got fed up, quit the Predacons, and became god to early humanity...after ''kicking everyone's ass''. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals}}

{{BW fighter ending|Waspinator|N64}}

====Move list====
{{note|This list only includes the character's unique special moves in Beast Mode, as their attacks in Robot Mode and Vehicle Mode are identical to those of every other character.}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Beast Attacks'''
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|C-Right||Shot Stinger
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|C-Up||Flight Ram
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|C-Left||Wasp Stinger
|}
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===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japanese)}}
====Maximal story====
While the Maximals stormed the ''Darkside'' in an attempt to retake the Golden Disk, Waspinator assisted Blackarachnia and Inferno in infiltrating the nearly-abandoned ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Predacon story====
Waspinator arrived on the ''Darkside''{{'}}s bridge to warn that a group of Maximals were approaching, as Megatron had planned. While Megatron led a team to engage them, Waspinator joined Blackarachnia in luring the rest of the Maximals out of the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

===''Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars''===
Megatron was capable of summoning Waspinator forth to the battlefield in his attempts to acquire the super-powerful [[Energon Quartz]]. {{storylink|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Waspinator, alongside Blackarachnia and Terrorsaur, happened upon an impact crater containing a large stasis pod marked with a red "X". Also finding Silverbolt at the scene, the Predacons fought with Maximal, until what was within the pod was accidentally let loose... From within emerged the monstrous [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]! After being separated by the fight from Blackarachnia and Silverbolt for a time, Waspinator contributed to Rampage's defeat, just in time for Megatron to arrive at the scene. {{storylink|When Sparks Fly}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsWaspinator.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.2|"Wazzzpinator has <s>plans</s> tacticzzzz."]]
Waspinator participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who first appeared in the "Beast Wars: Episode 1" event, and could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Waspinator-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Waszzpinator is a real threat now! Waszzpinator hazz nuke!]]
Waspinator was one of the Predacons pulled from [[Beast Era|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. He eventually joins the Commander. There are at least a few of him flying around!

As a Demolitions bot, his stingers reduce opponents' Resistance to attacks. Thanks to his ability to endure otherwise fatal blows, He can Live again on a K.O. blow once per battle.
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Waspinator_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75]]

*'''Class''': Air
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: '''Call the Swarm: Summon wasps in the area that deal 52.0 damage and slow enemy attacks by 25%, then shoot stingers up to 8 times for 58.9 damage each
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:waspinator Waspinator at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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==Toys==
{{main|Waspinator (BW)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Waspinator (BW)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:Waspinator render.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
[[File:Nemesis1 Waspinator's tongue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Waspinator's special tongue, there is no other like it!]]

* It is unclear just ''how'' Waspinator traveled from prehistoric Earth to future Cybertron in ''Beast Machines'', presumably under his own power. Perhaps if he somehow managed to reach escape velocity and traveled to Cybertron at sub-light speed, it would have taken long enough that he would have "caught up" to the main timeframe. A concrete explanation would have been provided in the "[[Primeval Dawn]]" comic, with Waspinator (among many other Earth-bound characters) traveling back to Cybertron via transwarp portal. However, the bankruptcy of [[3H Productions|3H]] meant these final issues were never fully written, much less published, and all we really know about [[authorial intent|what they were going to say]] came from message board posts from author [[Dan Khanna]].{{fact}} Since the material was never completed or published, fans [[personal canon|may not necessarily accept them as storyline facts]] and could thus leave the mechanics of Waspinator's return an unsolved mystery. [[Bob Skir]] said in 2013 that it's a story he'd like to tell, joking Waspinator's journey must have been "worthy of Homer".<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DaZTNszyGU Moonbase 2 interview with Bob Skir], 1:27:39 to 1:30:09</ref>
* Ever wonder ''why'' Waspinator became the whipping boy of ''Beast Wars''? Early in the series, his buzzing, drawling method of speaking frustrated story editors [[Larry DiTillio]] and [[Bob Forward]], as they found it was taking up too much time out of the episodes. To get around this, but still meet with the requirement that he appear regularly, they took to blasting him to bits so that he wouldn't ''have'' to talk! Of course, this only wound up endearing him to the writers and the fans, and his frequent brushes with destruction became a running gag done for fun, rather than a script requirement.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040529221638/http://www.infinitefrontiers.0catch.com/AutoAssembly/BobForward.htm Auto Assembly interview with Bob Forward]</ref>
* He only surfaces twice in ''Beast Machines'' because his character would clash with the darker tone.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DaZTNszyGU Moonbase 2 interview with Bob Skir], 1:32:41 to 1:33:01</ref>
* Waspinator was originally chosen by [[Hasbro]] to be one of the characters killed off for the second season of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon to help make way for new characters ([[To sell toys|read: product]]). However, Forward and DiTillio convinced them to spare Waspinator on the grounds of his popularity with the online fan-base, so [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] took the plunge alongside [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] instead.
** His popularity was shown again when he won the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] 2011 fan vote, beating ''three'' iconic 1984–1985 characters ''and'' a [[Erector (G1)|guy with an entendre for a name]].
* Waspinator was originally slated to appear in the very first [[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|''Beast Wars'' video game]], and even had a character model built. However, he was ultimately unused and only appeared in footage taken from the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.
* Waspinator is the inspiration for [[Buzzer-Bot]] from ''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (franchise)|Go-Bots]]'' and [[Wasp]] from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]''.
* According to Waspinator's profile in ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'', he likes flying and nectar.
* Waspinator has a yellow [[tongue]] in [[robot mode]].
* While Waspinator ''usually'' refers to other characters by nicknames, he is fairly consistent about calling Megatron and Optimus Primal by their real names. ([[Nemesis Part 1#Quotes|Fairly.]]) He also refers to Inferno by name at least twice, and Tarantulas at least once.
* Waspinator is the only member of the Beast Wars [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] lineup who was there from the beginning and remains alive for the entire course of both shows.
* He also has the honor of having the last line in ''Beast Wars'', and just barely misses the last line in ''Beast Machines''.
* Waspinator never once makes a proper landing while in his beast form.
* Technically, Waspinator's [[beast mode]] is that of a female wasp, given that males do not possess a stinger.
** Waspinator's green, yellow and black color scheme also invokes that of a {{w|Agapostemon|metallic green sweat bee}}. Whether that was the intention or not, that would ''technically'' make Waspinator a ''bee'', rather than a ''wasp''. There ''are'' some species of green wasp in the world, but the metallic green sweat bee resembles Waspinator the closest. "''Bee''inator" just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?
* In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Waspinator retained his verbal tic of making a buzzing noise while speaking, but it was rendered differently. Instead of stressing syllables of certain words to make a buzzing noise, he would end and punctuate sentences with ''bun'', which is the Japanese onomatopoeia equivalent for "buzz".
* In the 2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic, Waspinator's [[:File:SavageLandingPart1-Waspinator.jpg|vehicular Cybertronian body]] is a "virtual retooling" of his [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Timelines|2006 BotCon toy]] with a helmet poached from his ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' counterpart [[Wasp]].<ref>{{twitter|-I straight up just borrowed the color palettes he used in the show, they were so perfect. I constantly look back to this single shot from TFA for influence and Waspinator's cyb head design is a shameless homage to the TFA design--|https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1475584552290734080|Josh Burcham|2021|12|27}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Waspeeter''' (ワスピーター ''Wasupītā''),<ref>This particular [[Japanese language|romanization]] was first used on a Japanese ''Beast Wars'' [http://www18.tok2.com/home/jackhama/transformers/bwtcard_1/img/015.jpg trading card], and later reappeared in the opening sequence for the Japanese version of the PlayStation [[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|''Beast Wars Transmetals'']] game.</ref> '''Waspinator''' (ワスピネーター ''Wasupinētā'')
*''Bulgarian:'' '''Osinator''' (Осинатор)
*''French:'' '''Bourdon''' (original toy, "Bumblebee", Canada), '''Bizznator''' (Transmetal toy, Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Punginator''' ("Stinginator")
*''Korean:'' '''Waspinato''' (와스피나토 ''Waseupinato'', 와스피네이토 ''Waseupineito'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Húfēng''' (Taiwan, 胡蜂, "Wasp"), '''Cāngyíng''' (Taiwan, 蒼蠅, "Fly"), '''Huángfēng''' (China, 黄蜂, "Wasp")
*''Polish:'' '''Osator''' ("Wasptor")
*''Russian:'' '''Ospinator''' (Оспинатор, "Waspinator")
*''Spanish:'' '''Avispanator''' (America, "Waspnator"), '''Avispón''' (original and Transmetal toy, "Hornet")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Armada Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Machines Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Children of Primus]]
[[Category:Cloud Predacons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Predacons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Predacons]]
[[Category:Legends World natives]]
[[Category:Pilots]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:Transmetals]]
[[Category:Universe Predacons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom Predacons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Predacons]]

Nemesis Part 2

2023-03-31T17:17:06Z

Starbreaker:

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=52
|series2=Metals
|ep2=25
|next=The Reformatting
|prev2=Nemesis Part 1
|next2=Remix: I Forgot the Banana!
|image=Nemesis2 shuttle crash.jpg
|caption=It had a good run, but ''Beast Wars'' [[Furmanism|never did want to live forever]].
|title="''Nemesis'' Part 2"
|season=3
|season ep=13
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[May 7]], 1999
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]], [[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Megatron has possession of the ''Nemesis'', and the Maximals need a last-minute miracle to defeat him as the Beast Wars come to an end.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Nemesis2 Primal and Tigerhawk charge.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Optimus and Tigerhawk conclude that it is better to fight and die than run.]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has raised the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' from its watery grave and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the [[Covenant of Primus]]. After telling Rhinox to "deploy [[Operation Eternity]]", [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Tigerhawk]] attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals and that he will remain to fight. On the ''Nemesis'', [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] is commenting that his [[spark]] has changed and feels complete. Aspects of [[Dinobot (BW)|the original Dinobot]] begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, limiting Megatron's offensive options to using the fusion cannon, which he uses to destroy Tigerhawk. Going to the [[anthropoid]] settlement, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is in such an act, but Megatron fires anyway, killing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in the process.

[[File:Nemesis2 Nemesis over Mount St. Hilary.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Nemesis hovering like some vast, predatory bird over Mount St. Hilary.]]
At [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Maximals are preparing a last-ditch strategy—bring the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] online and fight the ''Nemesis''. However, the ship has been offline too long, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are having trouble restoring power. The ''Nemesis'' arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack, as well as the wasted attack on the anthropoids, has depleted its [[energon]] reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates its [[tractor beam]], and Primal enters the ''Nemesis''. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the Ark, the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up. Instead, the characteristically stoic Rhinox simply responds with "Yup".

[[File:Megatron Primal Nemesis 2.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|If Optimus can't beat Megatron, what chance do we have?]]
However, Dinobot, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends a message to the Maximals of an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] stored in the Ark. Megatron orders Dinobot to fire, but he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge, crashing through the viewport and going out the other side, dragging Megatron along. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he simply bids farewell to Primal and remains as the bridge explodes around him. As the ''Nemesis'' crashes, Primal rejoins the other Maximals.

[[File:Nemesis2 Autobot shuttle Earth.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Beast Wars are over—finished. But [[The Reformatting|it never ends]]!]]
Sometime later, after repairing the shuttle and rigging a [[transwarp cell]] to it, the Maximals leave [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home and points out that they won't have to see Megatron 'til they get there, as the Predacon is tied to the hull of their shuttle. As the shuttle enters [[unspace|transwarp]], the scene shifts to the anthropoids, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last".

[['Til all are one|'Til all are—]] [[The Reformatting|waaaaait a cycle...]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in video footage. 
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Tigerhawk]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (4)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7)
*''[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'' (15)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (12)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (16)

|h3=[[Anthropoid]]s|c3=
*Anthropoid (10)
*[[Blix|Neanderthal Leader]] (13)
*[[Una]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"'I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come! And you will know my name is [[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]] when I lay my vengeance upon you!'" 
"You have already read the Covenant of Primus?" 
"Just the good parts."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"I'll say one thing for my namesake, he liked his artillery big and plentiful. Now, where was I? Ah yes, mindless destruction! Good for the spark, I always say." 
:-'''Megatron''', commenting on the Nemesis' firepower.

"Quickly, go to your fellow Maximals. Prepare them! If Megatron destroys the ''Ark'' and its occupants, history as we know it will unravel." 
"You can't stop that thing alone." 
"Perhaps, but it is my destiny to try. I will hold the line here. Go!"
:—'''Tigerhawk''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Hmm, I suppose, given my imminent godhood, these primitives should really be beneath my intention. Ah, still, no score is too small to settle, I always say." 
[''stops Megatron from activating the weapons''] "You would turn the full fury of this mighty warship on a lone anthropoid?! Tell me, Megatron, where's the honor in that?!" 
[''growls''] "You dare use the h-word to me?!" 
"I…I apologize. I merely felt our power should be conserved for…the larger battle." 
"Duly noted...and ignored!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Well, come on, let's have it. The usual 'destiny and honor' speech." 
"Speech ''this''!"
:—'''Megatron''' gets decked by '''Optimus Primal'''

"'And there came a hero who said, "Hurt not the earth, nor the seas, nor the trees, nor the very fabric of time." But the hero would not prevail'". 
"Finish the quote, Megatron. 'Nor would he surrender!'"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Destroy them!" 
"...Negative." 
"''What?!'' What possible reason could you have to disobey me?! I am your master! I am your creator!" 
"And I...have my HONOR!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Waspinator happy at last."
:—The most well known ending of all. [[Thrust (BM)|Until he gets chased away.]]

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* First script: 16th November 1998
* Second draft: 22nd November 1998
* Finalised: 22nd November 1998
* As Air: 27th March 1999

===Animation and technical errors===
*As Tigerhawk is about to be overwhelmed by the fusion cannon, it cuts to a reaction shot by Dinobot, whose "monocle" is on the wrong eye.
*In the same scene, Tigerhawk is shown being stripped apart to a skeletal structure by the beam, but is shown fully intact before the beam finally destroys him.
*When Optimus returns to the Maximal base and tries to communicate with Tigerhawk, his right wing is missing.
*At one point, Optimus tears his wing off and tosses it to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the ''Nemesis''. However, in the next scene in which he appears, his wing has been replaced with no explanation.
*The conduit Blackarachnia splices with Rattrap's tail can be seen in an earlier scene with the tail already installed.
*As the Maximals await their doom inside the Ark and Rattrap comments on how they're "all gonna die", he's missing his [[robot mode]] "backpack".
*Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode off-screen, transforms back to robot mode on-screen before the scene cuts away, then when next we see him, he is in dragon mode again!
*For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders. He tends to have them when he's in vehicle mode, but not consistently.
*When Megatron grabs Optimus Primal by the head during the battle on the Nemesis' bridge, Primal's suddenly got his missing blast shields back. They go missing again in the very next scene.
*In the final battle scene, Dinobot is flipped horizontally. (See first glitch.)
*Bringing us full circle with how the planet tended to look in season one, the shots of Earth from space look nothing like the planet should. (See picture above.)

===Continuity errors===
[[File:G1Megs Nemesis part2 deletedclip.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Ploink!]]
*Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for Generation 1 Megatron's spark to be removed from Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated and can be seen on the ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 box sets produced by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Madman Entertainment]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYS71y5Z3zs Deleted scene on YouTube]</ref> It should be noted, however, that despite the cut, Optimus's lines from that segment were still included in the episode, albeit used in a different context.
**Furman later wrote the short story "[[A Meeting of Minds]]", which was mostly set between "[[Master Blaster]]" and "[[Other Victories]]" but included a short epilogue effectively recounting the events of this deleted scene.
**Almost two decades later, [[Ask Vector Prime]] would confirm that the deleted scene was indeed canon for the episode.

===Continuity notes===
*Was Dinobot's spirit influencing Dinobot II, or was something else going on? After Dinobot flashes between himself and the original Dinobot, his voice no longer has the electronic effect. The 2010 [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] competition would eventually say that Dinobot's "consciousness" was influencing him. "[[Dark Glass]]" provides a more direct explanation but it was ultimately not produced.
*There are echoes of the musical cues from "[[Code of Hero]]" playing as Dinobot starts to recall the life of the original Dinobot.
*As they leave Earth, Optimus Primal asks the survivors to reflect on the Maximals [[Transmutate (BW)|who]] [[Tigatron|lost]] [[Airazor (BW)|their]] [[Depth Charge (BW)|lives]] [[Dinobot (BW)|in]] the conflict. (To be fair, the Maximals fared far better than the Predacons who with the exception of Megatron were all either killed, switched sides, or—in Waspinator's case—quit.)

===Transformers references===
*There is the ''Nemesis'' itself, carrying over from the previous episode. Among its arsenal is a tractor beam, which it used to snag the ''Ark'' in Generation 1 media.
*"In the darkest hour, there will be a light," a line from the Covenant of Primus most likely derived from "Light our [[darkest hour]]" in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Speaking of that movie, Primal's declaration of "This has to stop! At any cost" mirrors Optimus Prime's declaration of "Megatron must be stopped! No matter the cost".
*Though possibly coincidence, Megatron's line "Duly noted... and ignored!" rings similar to a quote by [[Masquerade#Quotes|the original Megatron]].

===Real-world references===
*Megatron targeting grid 3H was a shout-out to [[3H Productions|3H Enterprises]], then-organizers of [[BotCon]].
*The lines Megatron reads from the Covenant of Primus bear some similarities to lines from English translations of the {{w|Bible}} of [[Earth]]'s [[human]]s.
*One of Megatron's Covenant of Primus quotes bears stronger resemblance to the paraphrase of {{w|Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel 25:17}} in the film ''{{w|Pulp Fiction}}'' than it does to the original Bible quote.
*The anthropoid celebration, with the jubilant primitives happily using the parts of their defeated enemies as musical instruments, is reminiscent of the Ewok celebration in ''[[Star Wars|Return of the Jedi]]''.

===Trivia===
[[File:Transwarpcellanimaticnem2.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Yoink!]]
*In an interview, Furman stated he was approached at BotCon 1998 to write a "G1-centric" episode, and worked closely with Bob Forward on what would become "''Nemesis''" (they originally weren't sure who'd write which part). Various ideas were pitched, but for reasons of budget and a lack of a fourth season meant everything needed to be wrapped up here; one key decision was to ensure the core cast "got a good send off, one that didn't leave them in limbo". Bob would do most of the Dinobot writing. [http://www.bwint.net/interviewsimonfurman.htm] Despite the rewrite to turn this into a series finale, Forward and Larry DiTillo learnt "too late" that they were being replaced after Season 3 "to tie up all the threads".<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/beast-wars-creative-team-to-change-after-season-3/18271/ Beast Wars Creative Team to change after Season 3]</ref>
*[[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino's]] Season 3 box set contains an animatic with additional footage cut out from the final episode (presumably to save time). One of the edits shows Optimus Primal tearing a [[transwarp cell]] from the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> control deck prior to telling [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] to save himself. The transwarp cell is visible in the (finished) episode in Primal's hand as he escapes the exploding ''Nemesis'', and is later seen installed on the controls of the Autobot shuttle, explaining how the Maximals were able to travel through both space and time and return home.
*In the early plot of the episode, the Maximals successfully launched the ''Ark'' itself, instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] would have reactivated, ramming into the ''Nemesis'' instead of the Autobot shuttle. This would have possibly explained where the three [[Conehead]]s came from when they suddenly appeared in season two of the original cartoon.
*It should be noted that ''had'' Megatron heeded Dinobot and not turned the fusion cannon on the proto-human colony, he would have most likely won the Beast Wars, by the simple fact that it would have been fully charged by the time the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']] reached the ''Ark'' (as pointed out by Dinobot, the fusion cannon's reactor was depleted to 65% power when they had arrived) without the Maximals having a chance to prepare in time. In retrospect, this could be why he makes such a big deal about displaying honor [[The Weak Component|later on...]]
* By the end of the series, of the original ten Maximals and Predacons, only Optimus, Cheetor, Rattrap, Rhinox, Megatron, and Waspinator survive the Beast Wars. ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' would wipe out several of the Beast Wars survivors leaving Cheetor, Rattrap, and Waspinator as the only ones who managed to survive both series from beginning to end.
*Had the Maximals just bound Megatron ''inside'' the shuttle, rather than atop the roof, they could've saved themselves [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|so much trouble.]]
*There is a rather raunchy bit of adult humor towards the episode's climax. When looking for a power conduit for the engines, Blackarachnia steals Rattrap's tail sword, to which he calls her an “emasculating fem-bot”. Immediately thereafter, she slices the end of the sword off in a sort of symbolic gesture, much to the shock (and somewhat disgust) of Silverbolt.
*This episode addresses the Teletron vs Teletraan pronunciation debate. When Blackarachnia refers to it as "Teletron-1", Rattrap annoyedly corrects her with "Teletraan". Blackarachnia dismisses him presumably because she's got more important things to worry about than how to pronounce the computer's name.
*It seems rather odd that the Maximals would leave a Predacon on Earth, even one as incompetent as Waspinator. However, it's possible that they didn't know he was still alive.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Némésis'' 2'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Destini - Parte 2''' ("Fates - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Happy? Kore de ii no da'''" (ハッピー?これでいいのだ, "Happy? This Should Do It")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 22]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Parte 2'''" ("''Nemesis'' Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Segunda Parte'''" (America, "''Nemesis'' Second Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:''Title:'' "'''Zhèngyì de Jiéjú'''" (正义的结局, "End of Justice")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Happy? This Should Do It ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Autobot Commonwealth

2023-01-02T19:15:56Z

Starbreaker: Sentinel said he'd establish mandatory conscription, so it's likely the 10 times number comes from that

The '''Autobot Commonwealth''' is an alliance of planets formed by the [[Autobot]]s. A peaceful state of art and science, the citizens of Commonwealth enjoy free trade and travel across the various worlds, protected by the [[Autobot fleet]].

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
The Autobot Commonwealth was founded by the then nascent Autobot faction during the [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]] some 750 million years ago. The era came to an end after several border skirmishes with the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]] which the Commonwealth bordered from thereon out. During the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], many of the Commonwealth's planets were destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

According to [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]], the Commonwealth had an industrial capacity five times greater than the [[Decepticon Empire]] and potentially ten times larger a military force. He also opined that the citizens of the Commonwealth had too much individual freedoms and was spending too much money on frivolities such as "The Arts" and "Scientific Research" and when he was in charge, he would conscript and nationalize the Commonwealth into waging a new war on the Decepticon Empire. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Guest column#Sentinel Shouting|Sentinel Shouting}}

====Member planets (''Animated'')====
{{collist|2|
*[[Alpha 9|Alpha IX]]
*[[Jungle Planet (colony)|Animatron]]
*[[Antilla]] (destroyed)
*[[Athenia]]
*[[Beta System]]
**[[Beta 4|Beta IV]]
**[[Beta-Nine|Beta IX]]
*[[Bk'n]]
*[[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]
*[[Comb|Com]]
*[[Combatron (planet)|Combatron]]
*[[Croteus 12|Croteus XII]]
*[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]
*[[Daffodil II]]
*[[Deneb IV]]
*[[Dromedon|Dromadon]]
*[[Elba]]
*[[Floron III]]
*[[Gigantion]]
*[[Goo 8739-B|Goo]] (destroyed)
*[[Junkion (planet)|Junk]]
*[[Master (planet)|Master]]
*[[Neutronia]] (destroyed)
*[[Omnitron]]
*[[Opulus]]
*[[Paradron]] (destroyed)
*[[Victory (planet)|Planet V]]
*[[Praum|Praun]]
*[[Regulon Four|Regulon IV]]
*[[Rigel|Rigel System]]
*[[Salvvatan System]]
**[[Salvvatan VI]]
**[[Salvvatan VIII]]
*[[Vehicon (planet)|Vehicon]]
*[[Velocitron]]
*[[Vespa II]]
*[[Micro|Zone]]}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
The Autobot Commonwealth was a system of majestic [[cyberforming|eco-structured]] colonies built by the Autobots before the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. [[Lio Convoy]] had learned of it in his education, and it was one of the few things he knew about the greater expanse of space beyond Cybertron. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

==See also==
*[[Decepticon Empire]]

[[Category:Animated locations]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising]]
[[Category:Regions of space]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Victory (episode)

2022-09-27T17:02:20Z

Starbreaker:

{{disambig3|Victory}}
{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=12
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=15
|prev2=The Trigger, Part 2
|next2=Dark Designs
|image=Victory Dinobot.jpg
|caption="I never noticed what great legs Tarantulas had."
|title="Victory"
|season=1
|season ep=12
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 1]], 1996
|written by=[[Wendy Reardon]]
|directed by=[[Steve Ball]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|packaged with=[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|DX Convoy]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''A rebellion (and explosion) at the Predacon base seemingly leads to a Maximal victory.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Victory Predacon rebellion.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"The Predacons are revolting!" "We know!"]]
Through a secret spy cam installed in the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], the [[Maximal]]s watch as the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] attempt to use a device to increase the size and power of [[energon crystal]]s. But when the experiment fails and [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] demands another crystal specimen for a retest, his troops refuse; apparently, the continuous testing has wasted most of their [[energon]] supplies, and this latest failure has convinced the other Predacons to turn on their leader. A firefight soon breaks out, which ends up detonating the remaining energon in a huge explosion that seems to destroy the Predacon base. As the video feed goes dead, the Maximals are shocked; they have just won the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]].

[[File:Victory Optimus rhinox.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Yep, it's Megatron's light bulb collection all right.]]
Heading to the Predacon base to investigate, the Maximals find it in ruins, with little more than charred debris and a few scant Predacon parts to confirm the group's demise. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], sensitive guy that he is, is rather pleased at the development, while [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] is more somber, enough to completely ignore Rattrap's attempts to pick an argument with him; despite defecting, he still feels some kinship with the Predacons, and laments their destruction. However, Dinobot's loss is the other Maximals' gain, as they decide to ransack the Predacon base for its [[star drive]] components in order to repair the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' for the trip home.

[[File:Victory Predacons spot dinobot.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"And here you can see the once formidable pterosaur, about to be torn apart by other predators."]]
As the repairs are completed, Dinobot comes clean with [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] about his mood as of late; he's convinced that he'll be executed as a Predacon criminal if he returns to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and would rather try and tame the wild world they've found themselves on. Optimus Primal, being an Optimus, tries to convince him that they'll stand up for him, but his mind is set, and he is eventually let go to wander the wilderness. Just as the Maximals are ready to take off, though, the wandering Dinobot stumbles upon the very alive and functional Predacon crew hiding in a crevasse; they had found the spy camera before the incident, and used it to trick the Maximals into thinking them dead, planning on stealing the repaired ''Axalon'' and leaving the Maximals stranded. Dinobot makes a mad dash back to the Maximal ship to warn them of the Predacons' duplicity, but gives himself away to the Predacons, who give chase in an attempt to stop him.

[[File:Victory Optimus dinobot.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Quick, man! Cling tenaciously to my buttocks!]]
Fortunately, Dinobot is able to get within the Maximals' visual range before he's gunned down, and Optimus Primal and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] head down to help him; the launch cannot be aborted, though, so he insists they take off without him or Dinobot if they're not able to get back on in time. Cheetor is able to get Dinobot to safety in the ensuing firefight, but Optimus is tagged by an errant missile from [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], sending him plummeting. Soon afterwards, Megatron himself manages to get on board, and briefly takes out most of the other Maximals, before being subdued and ejected from the ship by [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]. The scuffle, though, has the unforeseen consequence of jamming Megatron's tail weapon into the control console, cutting the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s engines and sending it on a one-way trip back to terra firma.

All seems lost, when Optimus—now fully recovered—comes in to save the day, pulling a [[Superman]] and exhausting his jetpack to slow the ship's descent enough to ease it back in its original place. Although no one is critically injured, the collateral damage has been done; the ''Axalon'' will never fly again. And just to ensure that everything is back to normal, Rattrap and Dinobot are right back to verbally tearing into each other, to the other Maximals' amusement.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (7)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (8)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (9)
*[[Tigatron]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (2)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (3)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (4)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Cool. Now, aren't you glad we got cable?"
:—'''Cheetor''' upon seeing the fake uprising.

"Alas, poor Tarantulas. I knew him, Cheetor. This is the leg that stalked so many victims. That it should come to this..." 
"Aww, do you need a hug?"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Cheetor''', sharing a moment.

"I understand. Nonetheless, let the record show that I advise against this action. It will eventually lead to your destruction." 
"Eventually... Eventually can be a long time, Optimus Primal."
:—'''Optimus''' is about to leave '''Dinobot''' in charge of prehistoric Earth. Eesh.

"Give Waszzpinator more room! Tarantulas ''fat enough already!''" 
"If Waspinator does not stop cuddling me like a '''stuffed toy''' when he sleeps, I'll eat him as well!" 
"I'd like to see you try!" 
"Yes, I will!"
:—'''Tarantulas,''' shedding light on '''Waspinator''' and his soft side before both devolve into petty arguing.

"You all make me sick! Ah, I can't stand this any longer, Megatron! I—''I've gotta get out!''" ''[laughs manically]''
:—'''Terrorsaur''' cracks under the pressure of close quarters with his teammates.

"This is strategically unsound."
:—'''Dinobot''' on his imminent rescue.

"You... <''coughs''>... should have left me behind." 
"Hey pal! Optimus got left behind just to save your scaly skin! So don't spoil the sacrifice, capiche?" 
"Oh, but it ''is'' already spoiled! Yeeees."
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Rattrap''''s latest argument is interrupted by '''Megatron'''.

"WE'RE ALL GONNA DIIIIIIE!" 
"Wait! Look! Down in the sky! Is it a bird?" 
"Maybe a plane!" 
"Nah! IT'S OPTIMUS!" 
:—'''Rattrap''', '''Dinobot''', and '''Rhinox''' looking at "Super Primal" saving them.

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* First draft: 18th February 1996
* Second draft: 30th May 1996
* Finalised: 6th June 1996
* As Air: 29th October 1996

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Victory clipping problems.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Get your hand out of my nipple, Maximal!]]
*When the Maximals are watching the false rebellion, the markings on Dinobot's chest are out of alignment, leaving half of his chest light brown and the other half dark brown.
*The Energon-filled tube that Megatron hides behind during the false rebellion has a large scorch mark before the Predacons even start firing at their leader.
*When Dinobot walks down a corridor in the Preds' ship, the tips of his spinning shield pass under his feet, making it look like he's floating.
*In the following few shots, as Rattrap talks to Optimus, the former' lower arms slowly twist around, coming off their "hinges".
*When Dinobot swipes at Cheetor, his left arm and his shield clip completely into the wall.
*As Dinobot menaces Cheetor after the latter suggests he needs a hug, there are a multitude of clipping errors: Cheetor's hand slowly passes into Dinobot's chest, Dinobot's chin clips through the "collar" around his neck, Rattrap's left hand clips through Dinobot's arm, and finally, still in the same shot, Dinobot's sword clips completely through Rattrap's shoulder.
*As Rhinox repairs the transwarp drive, Optimus mentions alerting Tigatron—but he very clearly pronounces his name "Tigertron" with an audible "r," likely a typo in the script.
*When Rattrap fantasizes about the dames back at home, his fists clip into each other, and after that, the rod holding his left shoulder clips into his neck.
*When Tarantulas devours the rat, a large drop of drool slides down the outside of his fangs before dripping on Terrorsaur's head. Presumably, the drool should have come from the inside edge. Also, his body is the same dark purple color as his mandibles in this shot.
*As Blackarachnia transforms to [[robot mode]] prior to chasing Dinobot, some of her spider legs are bent out of shape.
*In the same sequence, after Tarantulas takes on his robot form, his chest is briefly light purple before visibly changing to a darker shade of purple.
*When Dinobot is shot by Megatron's forces, he falls. After the cutaway to Optimus Primal, it pans out to show Dinobot "floating" on the ground for a few seconds.
*Cheetor's front paws clip through the rim on the top of the elevator shaft when he stops Optimus' descent and offers his help.
*As Optimus orders Cheetor to get back to his post and accepts his help a moment later, for some reason Optimus has double shoulder pads.
*The reflections disappear from Tigatron's arms and hands when he transforms inside the ''Axalon'', and as he sits down, his left fists sink into his chest. Then, as Rhinox orders him to activate the guns, his left lower arm clips through its outer plate.
*As Optimus covers Dinobot during the Predacon assault, the latter's helmet clips into Optimus' shield.
*Sounds of Waspinator's gun firing can be heard as the Predacons attack Optimus, despite Waspinator himself apparently being taken out before the Preds even arrived at the ''Axalon''.
*While Optimus begins flying away from the Predacons with Dinobot in tow, one of the shots that hits his shield clearly has the sound effect of Terrorsaur's cannons. However, Terrorsaur immediately appears to shoot Optimus from behind, so it couldn't be him.
*On the subject of Terrorsaur, his shoulder cannons are shown to be deployed ''and'' undeployed at the same time when he shoots Optimus; the deployed cannons are hovering over the raised "bumps" of their undeployed forms.
*When the Predacons charge the ''Axalon'' as it fires at them, the first few shots seem to pass right through Megatron, and Tarantulas is also partially missing the [[beast mode]] [[kibble]] on his back (the purple and yellow part that forms his spider mode abdomen). "Partially", because some vague outlines of it are still visible floating around his backside. It's especially noticeable since Tarantulas is shown in the next shot with his kibble intact.
*When Cheetor enters the ship with the damaged Dinobot, the latter's chest again has an incorrect texture. It changes yet again just before Megatron makes his entrance.
*Dinobot is missing in a couple of Rattrap's closeups as he's being menaced by Megatron. He's supposed to be lying right behind him.
*The position of Megatron's claw stuck into the ''Axalon'' console changes between shots.
*When the ship tilts and Rattrap and Rhinox lose their footing, what looks like a fallen chair in the background keeps flickering. Then as Rhinox hits the console, part of his left thigh clips through his rhino-shin "skirt". Also, Cheetor, who was lying just behind them is gone, and Dinobot's knee bends ''backwards'' as the ship begins falling.
*As the ''Axalon'' is falling from the sky, the ship itself is flipped. The antennas and such are normally on the port side of the ship, however during the fall, they are on the starboard side.
*In the same shot, a few empty black parts can briefly be glimpsed around the edges of the scenery's 3D model.
*When the ship settles back into place, Optimus is nowhere to be seen – his thrusters' jet seems to be coming from the ''Axalon'' itself. Then, as he turns the thrusters off, the jet doesn't actually disappear, it just turns dark.

===Continuity errors===
*The Predacon plan involves hiding until the Maximals repair the ''Axalon'', at which point they attack and steal the ship for themselves. However, there seems to be no way for them to tell that the ship is repaired; they only arrive at the ''Axalon'' while pursuing Dinobot. So how, exactly, was Megatron going to know ''when'' the ''Axalon'' was flight-capable, without giving away the plan?
*In probably one of the largest lapses of judgment, it made no sense for Dinobot to run all the way to the Maximals to warn them rather than radioing the news.
*When Dinobot is shot, Optimus Primal is in his robot mode. However, when we come back from the break and Dinobot's retaliation against the Predacons, Optimus is in his beast mode, which he changes out of less than a minute later. Weird.
*Optimus and Cheetor are both in robot mode when they leave the Axalon to rescue Dinobot, who has been in robot mode for some time. And yet somehow Optimus is affected with an energon overload first, forcing him back to beast mode. Cheetor is fine as he lies on the Axalon's lift, and then we see beast mode Optimus carrying robot mode Dinobot, who is ''still'' not suffering from energon overload.
*Cheetor only drags himself halfway onto the Axalon's lift before collapsing, but a moment later he's fully on the lift.
[[File:AxalonComp.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The back of the ship is mangled...]]
[[File:AxalonFalling.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|...and now it's fixed!]]
*It's pretty clear that the rear section of the Axalon was damaged in the original crash. Not only were the fins bent out of position, the rear is missing much of its armor, and is bent. This is quite clearly shown in the computer targeting system Tigatron uses to lock to the Predacons. From the moment the ship takes off to the end of the episode, the entire rear section, fins included, are "reconstructed" and in their proper places. However every episode that follows shows the ship as it was before. Screwy.
*Speaking of that, the Axalon takes off, flies in a horizontal direction for a bit, and then loses power and starts to crash. And yet it somehow ends up landing in exactly the same position it was before? Okay then.
*Furthermore, when the Axalon is shown falling with the ground looming in the background the landscape appears to be mirrored from what it normally is, with the jungle on the wrong side of the grassland from where it has previously and will in future be located.
*Everyone acts as if Optimus has been abandoned when he gets knocked down to the ground. There's no dialogue to indicate that the Maximals can't steer the ship. Is there some reason the ''Axalon'' can't loop back around and pick him up? Or even hover in place to allow him to fly up to it? That said, the ship was barely holding together as is, likely making maneuvers difficult, and Optimus was seemingly knocked out in beast form while there were still functional Predacons on the field.

===Continuity notes===
* Dinobot's aversion to being rescued was explained in the [[The Probe|previous episode]].
* Though the two have been at odds since the beginning of the series, this is perhaps the first episode where Rattrap and Dinobot's constant feuding moves towards good-natured bickering. Rattrap is relieved when angsting Dinobot starts issuing comebacks to his insults again and offers constructive criticism on them; at the end of the episode, Optimus and Cheetor watch them volley insults back and forth with fondness.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Rhinox carries around a tricorder-like device capable of detecting Predacon energy signatures.
** Megatron displays the ability to "charge" his laser weapon, opening the jaws of his beast mode head with a visible orb of energy within it. Why he never seems to use it beyond this one episode is unclear, but his [[Transmetal]] form would make extensive use of a similar mechanic.
** The ''Axalon'' is equipped with a complement of riot shield-like devices. It's anyone's guess as to why a peaceful exploration ship would carry such an armory (although later episodes show that there's more to the Axalon than is [[Rampage (BW)|initially apparent]]), but one does wonder why the Maximals don't use these more often.

===Real-world references===
*Dinobot paraphrases [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''{{w|Hamlet}}'' for the first time upon finding several of Tarantulas's legs. More specifically, his little monologue is inspired by Hamlet's famous "Alas, poor Yorick!" scene.
*Rattrap refers to Tigatron as "Tigatron the Barbarian", a reference to pulp-magazine icon [[w:Conan the Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian]].
*The exchange between Dinobot, Rhinox, and Rattrap as Optimus saves the ''Axalon'' ("Look! Down in the sky! Is it a bird"? "Maybe a plane?" "No, it's Optimus!") riffs on a cliché line from [[Superman]], as does the John Williams-esque music that plays immediately afterwards.

===Trivia===
* While bickering with Tarantulas, Waspinator speaks in first-person.
* In the French dub of the episode, after Optimus Primal claims that the Maximals have probably won the Beast Wars, a loud fart noise can be heard as the camera zooms in on Primal's face. Presumably, this was a piece of goofing-off by one of the voice actors that was accidentally left in the audio track. ''Classy.''

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Victoire'''" ("Victory")

:*''Title:'' "'''Victoire'''" ("Victory")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Vittoria'''" ("Victory")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Make Drama da Destron'''" (メーク・ドラマだデストロン, "The Destrons' Dramatic Finish")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 7|7 January]] [[1998]]
::*The Japanese release of ''Beast Wars'' significantly reordered the episodes. As a result, there's a noticeable continuity error in this episode: no [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]. When viewed in this order, it ends up looking like the Maximals are leaving "him" behind on [[Energoa]].
::*As an example of this dub's tendency to add levity which completely alters the mood of a scene: After dramatically bidding farewell to the Maximals and storming off into the lightning-riddled wastelands, Dinobot sings a carefree melody to himself using his humorous verbal tic (''Daaa daaa danananananaaaa''). His singing continues after the commercial break, as he tramples over the white rat. As he steps over the crevasse where the Predacons are hiding, he mumbles inanely to himself about the weather.
::*The "It's a bird, it's a plane, etc" reference made it through to the Japanese dub intact.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Vitória'''" ("Victory")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Victoria'''" ("Victory")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kǎixuán Guīlái'''" (凯旋归来, "Return with Victory")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Beasties Escape ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Évasion (Alliance Video) — French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — The Destrons Make Drama ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 2 ([[Universal]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Rhinomation) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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The Agenda (Part 1)

2021-08-02T16:31:34Z

Starbreaker:

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=37
|image=Agenda_1_Ravage_ship.jpg
|caption=Hello, boys. I'm back!
|title="The Agenda" (Part 1)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 11]], 1998 ([[Toonami]]), [[May 9]], 1998 (syndication)
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The Predacons of Cybertron send an agent to Earth to bring back Megatron and his band of criminals.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] tracks the transwarp wavefront released by the destruction of the alien [[Planet Buster]], announcing it will arrive at [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in a few hours and that the [[Maximal]]s are going home soon.

Meanwhile, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has made similar calculations and is less than pleased. [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] reports that [[Code of Hero|their attack]] on the early humans caused them to scatter, making their extinction an impossibility. Megatron decides to implement one final plan—a gamble, he notes, as his security cameras show [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] leaving the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]].

[[File:Agenda 1 Silverbolt Blackarachnia.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|How romantic.]]
[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] flies to a secluded location where he meets up with Blackarachnia, delivering to her a [[graviton generator]]. He once again offers her a spot in the Maximal ranks. She refuses, telling him that she ''likes'' being a bad girl—and Silverbolt knows he likes it too. They embrace...

In another time and place, [[Predacon Command Outpost One|a Cybertronian outpost]] is violently rocked by the transwarp wavefront. The [[Tripredacus Council]] convenes, having traced the wavefront signature back to Megatron. They detonate a Cybertronian satellite to make sure the Maximal sensors don't detect the wave and send an operative to find and capture Megatron. Operating a special stealth-equipped [[transwarp cruiser]], his orders are to "terminate with extreme prejudice".

[[File:Transwarp cruiser.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Who was the inventor of this ship?]]
Back at the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', the Maximals get ready for Megatron's inevitable final attack on their base. [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Inferno ready some attack systems, but [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] decides to take the more direct approach and assaults [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s shields with his weapons. The battle begins and the Predacons appear to be winning until reinforcements come from above. Megatron orders a retreat and the invisible source of the Maximals' help lands.

The ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hatch opens and Silverbolt's super doggie nose smells something. All the Maximals draw their weapons as two red lasers appear out of nowhere from the hatch. Optimus Primal finally realizes that their reinforcements came in the form of a Decepticon who after the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was granted amnesty and rebuilt as a Predacon.

[[File:Agenda 1 Ravage attention.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|In Soviet Russia, you serve Ravage.]]
Shots are fired, knocking all of the Maximals' weapons out of their hands. The mysterious assailant jumps into the bridge and reveals himself as [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. He apologizes for disarming them, saying that he was concerned that he might be attacked before he could explain himself. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] appears to justify his caution, saying that the only thing worse than a Predacon is a Decepticon. [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] shoves Rattrap aside and orders him to shut up but does inform Ravage that they've been fighting Megatron for a while in a less than friendly manner. Ravage offers the apologies of the [[Predacon Alliance]] for Megatron's actions, insisting that the Alliance did not sanction them, and says that he is here to help neutralize Megatron. But he lies about the transwarp wave, saying that it was too weak for anything but the Predacon sensors to detect and that the reason he's alone is because they detected Megatron's energy signature only, hoping to settle this "quietly".

At the Predacon base, Blackarachnia finishes work on a flying [[stasis pod]] with Silverbolt's graviton generator. Her celebration is cut short, however, when Megatron calls for her. Megatron correctly anticipates a Maximal retaliation and sends everyone but Waspinator to fortify the base. Waspinator, he sends on a "special mission" which Blackarachnia takes note of.

[[File:Agenda 1 Megatron bound.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey, for once it isn't the monkey getting restrained!]]
Ravage's transwarp cruiser takes off from the ''Axalon'' with the Maximals on board. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] is still unsure about their plan, but Ravage notes that the ship provides several advantages (such as the ability to use Ravage's own cloaking ability) and Ravage observes that they have another one inside the Predacon base. This sets off alarms in [[Tarantulas's lair]] and he transforms and rolls out in the same direction as the cruiser. Ravage and the Maximals attack the Predacon base while Silverbolt ignores Optimus' orders to take down Blackarachnia, who takes off towards Waspinator's secret location.

Ravage begins firing upon the downed Predacon ship and Megatron orders his troops to keep fighting, but suddenly he is bound to his chair with energy rings as the base's power is cut. Ravage, Optimus, Rattrap, and Rhinox walk in, and Ravage places Megatron under arrest. Are the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] over? [[The Agenda (Part 2)|To be continued]]!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (4)
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (5)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (7)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
*[[Sea Clamp]] (9)
*[[Ram Horn]] (10)
*[[Cicadacon]] (11)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (12)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (13)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (14)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (15)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Oh man, you are gonna love it! I know this little place where you can get dirty mech fluid mixed with just a touch of radium. It'll take your head right off! And not only that... (''looks at Cheetor, who is eagerly listening, and lowers his voice'') Not only that, but the serving bots are walking around minus their torso plates, ya know what I mean?" 
"Yes, obviously a veritable nexus of culture and refinement. How can I refuse."
:—'''Rattrap'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s description of how even famous cartoon characters go to Cybertronian strip clubs, and '''Silverbolt'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s response.

'''Rattrap''': So, uh, where ya' been, bird-dog? 
'''Silverbolt''': Uh, scout patrol... 
'''Rattrap''': Oh, yeah, yeah, scoutin' the enemy, yeah. ...Find any new ''positions''?
:—'''Rattrap''', proving that neither he nor the writers of ''Beast Wars'' are above cheap innuendos.

'''Rattrap''': Now whadda we do? 
'''Silverbolt''': Well, given our proximity, I breathe through my mouth.
:—'''Silverbolt''', picking up where Dinobot left off.

"Oh, for bootin' up cold, the only thing worse than a stinkin' Pred, is a stinkin' Decepticon!"
:—'''Rattrap''' about Ravage not using the front door

"In the name of the [[Pax Cybertronia]] and the [[Predacon Alliance]], you are under arrest."
:—'''Ravage''', upon apprehending Megatron

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* First draft: 6th October 1997
* Second draft: 22nd October 1997
* Finalised: 24th October 1997
* As Air: 16th February 1998

===Animation and technical errors===
*For the first time all season we get a couple of good shots of Earth, first as Ravage's ship approaches the planet and then at the end underneath the "To Be Continued..." caption. In both cases it looks less like present day Earth than the shots from space we had back in season one when the animators had the excuse that they were trying to keep the planet's identity a mystery. (And in case you were wondering, the time frame of the cartoon is between 70,000 BCE and 3 MY ago depending on which "offical" source you listen to. Even using the "3 million years ago" figure, Earth would have looked pretty much the same as it does today.)
*The time of day seen throughout the whole episode appears to be evening, with one side of the sky dark and starry and the other side orange-brown with a setting sun. However, in both the shot of Ravage's ship touching down to land on the ground, and in the shot of him entering the Maximal base from its roof hatch, it is suddenly a bright sunny day. It returns to being evening shortly after when Ravage and the Maximals take off in the ship to fly over to the Predacon base.
*When the Maximals are getting thrown around by Rampage's initial attack on their base, Rattrap slams into the elevator door, shattering the glass. However, the cracks appear on the pane directly above and below the glass itself, making it look like Rattrap cracked ''the door itself''.
*After slamming into the rocks, Cheetor's beast mode nose is silver instead of its usual blue.

===Continuity errors===
*The entire idea that the transwarp wavefront is reaching Cybertron in the future "now", and that consequently Megatron must launch a decisive attack against the Maximals before Cybertronian reinforcements arrive, is... confusing. Any ships sent from Cybertron to rescue Primal's crew are traveling back in time in order to reach them on prehistoric Earth, so why would they have to arrive at a certain moment? They could travel to any point after—or even before—the ''Axalon'' and ''Darksyde'' crashed.
*As Ravage's cruiser approaches Earth, the attacking Predacon force is composed of Waspinator, Inferno, and Megatron. As the cruiser opens fire, Waspinator is nowhere to be seen and Quickstrike is on the battlefield.
*Primal begins dramatically explaining Ravage's status as a Predacon to the rest of the Maximals before Ravage has actually shown himself. He seems to have immediately deduced that it's Ravage based on nothing.
*The Predacon autoguns are bizarrely ineffective in this episode. They fail to so much as hinder the Maximals when they jump from Ravage's cruiser, and both Cheetor and Optimus take direct hits without a scratch to show for it. They've been previously shown to easily incapacitate any Maximal with a clean hit.
*Silverbolt dramatically calls out "Silverbolt, Flight Mode!" in order to convert to [[beast mode]] in mid-air, despite the fact that he can fly equally well in [[robot mode]] (although granted, Silverbolt does say almost everything in a dramatic style).
*It's mentioned that the Axalon disappeared "last mega-cycle" which usually refers to a [[Units of time/Continuity#Beast Wars .26 Beast Machines cartoon|time period]] of around an hour. It may have been intended to be "deca-cycle".

===Continuity notes===
* Bits of Optimus Primal's original body- destroyed in the same explosion that created the quantum wave- fly at the screen.
* The destruction of the glass on the Axalon's elevator doors is a running joke in the series. In this episode the glass first gets smashed by Rattrap, and then smashed even more when Optimus flies into it a minute later. That's how you know this is a super-important episode, folks.
* The satellite detonated by the Tripredacus Council reuses the CGI model of the "Energon Monitoring Device" from "[[Equal Measures]]".
* Gadgets and powers:
** Silverbolt can carry small items around underneath his chest armor.
** He also debuts a new and rarely-used feather blade this episode, Instead of a long handle like his typical sword or spear, this feather was more like a handheld knife.
** The bumpers of Rampage's tank mode (formed from the lower parts of his crab claws) are able to grasp edges and act as anchors so Rampage can fire upwards.
* This isn't the [[Victory_(episode)| first time]] Rattrap has tried convincing one of the [[Tigatron| Earthborn Maximals]] to come with him to Cybertron's seedier locales.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus notes that most of the Decepticons that survived the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] have retired.
* Ravage was one of the original [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette-robots]] to serve under [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the original cartoon and comics. You know...in case you were wondering.

===Real-world references===
*Rattrap speaks of places in Cybertron where the servingbots walk around "minus their torso plates" and then does sort of a "wink wink, nudge nudge" toward Silverbolt. He's referencing strip clubs, of course.
*[[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]], which Cheetor gets excited about, is a reference to {{w|Six Flags}} over various states.
*[[Cicadacon]] quotes from ''Apocalypse Now'' with "Terminate with extreme prejudice."
*[[Subsector Hooks]] is a shout-out to fan James "HooksX" Hooks.
*The three missiles Rampage fires at the ''Axalon'' to start the attack each bear a symbol: a {{w|Bohr model|classical model of the atom}} (a nuclear warhead?), a death's head poison symbol, and a peace sign, of all things. The peace missile makes another appearance in "[[Optimal Situation]]".
*Ravage's interaction with the Maximals is highly reminiscent of the depiction of cooperative Soviet operatives in American fiction during the [[Cold War (history)|Cold War]]. The accent, the diplomatic politeness, the suggestion that only Predacon technology was adequate enough to detect the transwarp wave...it's all stereotypical of an 80s spy movie (or {{w|Oktober Guard|G.I.Joe episode}}) where the American heroes must work with Soviet agents for the greater good.
*Ravage arrests Megatron in the name of the "[[Pax Cybertronia]]", a parallel to the {{w|Pax Romana}}.

===Trivia===
*The audio of Rattrap and Cheetor's cheers of glee at the beginning of the episode is recycled from "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]" and "[[Aftermath]]", respectively.
*The Tripredacus Council members shown at the beginning of the episode ''were'' meant to be the Tripredacus gestalt toy components, and were even referred to by their individual names in the original script. However, time constraints prevented the renders for the figures from exactly matching the toys they were based on, so Hasbro asked that their individual names not be referred to, though the gestalt name was still used for the group.
*As there was no interior set for the Council meeting, the models were rough with little moving parts, and the scene was all-dialogue and no action, director [[Cal Shumiatcher]] gave the Council's meeting its stylish look as a way of keeping kids interested while covering up any flaws. The lack of ambient light was for a "super high contrast, film noir look", inspired by how the Council were putting "a hit" on Megatron: "So I decided to play them like film noir gangsters, sitting in a smoke filled room under a swinging ‘china hat’ lamp." The constantly copied red glow was suggested by supervising animator [[Eric Reynolds]], so you could see the character's faces (the overhead light on its own cast too hard a shadow).<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/11/04/the-tripredacus-agenda-behind-the-scenes-of-beast-wars-the-agenda-part-1-304952 TFW2005: "The Tripredacus Agenda – behind the scenes of Beast Wars The Agenda, Part 1"]</ref>
*The battle at the end of the episode is not one of Cheetor's shining moments. He had to be pushed out of Ravage's cruiser by Silverbolt, and activated his jets just ''after'' he hit the ground, causing him to slam into a large rock. When he recovered from that, he was about to attack Waspinator... and got shot point-blank by a Predacon autogun. No wonder he wasn't in the last scene...
*Given how much is at stake for Megatron, one wonders why he chose the notoriously incompetent Waspinator to secure the Ark. Wouldn’t Inferno have been a better choice?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Programme 1'''" (Canada, "The Program 1")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il coraggio di Grifo - Parte 1'''" ("The Courage of Grifo - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Taiho Da Nya'''" (たいほだにゃ, "You're Under Arrest, Meow")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 8]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Planos Parte 1'''" ("The Plans Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Agente (Parte 1)'''" ("The Agent (Part 1)")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Programa Primera Parte'''" ("The Agenda First Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Diànzǐ Xīngrén '''" (电子星人, "Cybertrian")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 4 ({{w|Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment}}) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I'm a Crab! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 8 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Agenda part 1}}
[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

The Agenda (Part 1)

2021-07-26T18:52:49Z

Starbreaker:

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=37
|image=Agenda_1_Ravage_ship.jpg
|caption=Hello, boys. I'm back!
|title="The Agenda" (Part 1)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[March 11]], 1998 ([[Toonami]]), [[May 9]], 1998 (syndication)
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The Predacons of Cybertron send an agent to Earth to bring back Megatron and his band of criminals.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] tracks the transwarp wavefront released by the destruction of the alien [[Planet Buster]], announcing it will arrive at [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in a few hours and that the [[Maximal]]s are going home soon.

Meanwhile, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has made similar calculations and is less than pleased. [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] reports that [[Code of Hero|their attack]] on the early humans caused them to scatter, making their extinction an impossibility. Megatron decides to implement one final plan—a gamble, he notes, as his security cameras show [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] leaving the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]].

[[File:Agenda 1 Silverbolt Blackarachnia.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|How romantic.]]
[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] flies to a secluded location where he meets up with Blackarachnia, delivering to her a [[graviton generator]]. He once again offers her a spot in the Maximal ranks. She refuses, telling him that she ''likes'' being a bad girl—and Silverbolt knows he likes it too. They embrace...

In another time and place, [[Predacon Command Outpost One|a Cybertronian outpost]] is violently rocked by the transwarp wavefront. The [[Tripredacus Council]] convenes, having traced the wavefront signature back to Megatron. They detonate a Cybertronian satellite to make sure the Maximal sensors don't detect the wave and send an operative to find and capture Megatron. Operating a special stealth-equipped [[transwarp cruiser]], his orders are to "terminate with extreme prejudice".

[[File:Transwarp cruiser.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Who was the inventor of this ship?]]
Back at the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', the Maximals get ready for Megatron's inevitable final attack on their base. [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Inferno ready some attack systems, but [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] decides to take the more direct approach and assaults [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s shields with his weapons. The battle begins and the Predacons appear to be winning until reinforcements come from above. Megatron orders a retreat and the invisible source of the Maximals' help lands.

The ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hatch opens and Silverbolt's super doggie nose smells something. All the Maximals draw their weapons as two red lasers appear out of nowhere from the hatch. Optimus Primal finally realizes that their reinforcements came in the form of a Decepticon who after the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was granted amnesty and rebuilt as a Predacon.

[[File:Agenda 1 Ravage attention.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|In Soviet Russia, you serve Ravage.]]
Shots are fired, knocking all of the Maximals' weapons out of their hands. The mysterious assailant jumps into the bridge and reveals himself as [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. He apologizes for disarming them, saying that he was concerned that he might be attacked before he could explain himself. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] appears to justify his caution, saying that the only thing worse than a Predacon is a Decepticon. [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] shoves Rattrap aside and orders him to shut up but does inform Ravage that they've been fighting Megatron for a while in a less than friendly manner. Ravage offers the apologies of the [[Predacon Alliance]] for Megatron's actions, insisting that the Alliance did not sanction them, and says that he is here to help neutralize Megatron. But he lies about the transwarp wave, saying that it was too weak for anything but the Predacon sensors to detect and that the reason he's alone is because they detected Megatron's energy signature only, hoping to settle this "quietly".

At the Predacon base, Blackarachnia finishes work on a flying [[stasis pod]] with Silverbolt's graviton generator. Her celebration is cut short, however, when Megatron calls for her. Megatron correctly anticipates a Maximal retaliation and sends everyone but Waspinator to fortify the base. Waspinator, he sends on a "special mission" which Blackarachnia takes note of.

[[File:Agenda 1 Megatron bound.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey, for once it isn't the monkey getting restrained!]]
Ravage's transwarp cruiser takes off from the ''Axalon'' with the Maximals on board. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] is still unsure about their plan, but Ravage notes that the ship provides several advantages (such as the ability to use Ravage's own cloaking ability) and Ravage observes that they have another one inside the Predacon base. This sets off alarms in [[Tarantulas's lair]] and he transforms and rolls out in the same direction as the cruiser. Ravage and the Maximals attack the Predacon base while Silverbolt ignores Optimus' orders to take down Blackarachnia, who takes off towards Waspinator's secret location.

Ravage begins firing upon the downed Predacon ship and Megatron orders his troops to keep fighting, but suddenly he is bound to his chair with energy rings as the base's power is cut. Ravage, Optimus, Rattrap, and Rhinox walk in, and Ravage places Megatron under arrest. Are the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] over? [[The Agenda (Part 2)|To be continued]]!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (1)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (4)
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (5)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (7)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
*[[Sea Clamp]] (9)
*[[Ram Horn]] (10)
*[[Cicadacon]] (11)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (12)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (13)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (14)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (15)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Oh man, you are gonna love it! I know this little place where you can get dirty mech fluid mixed with just a touch of radium. It'll take your head right off! And not only that... (''looks at Cheetor, who is eagerly listening, and lowers his voice'') Not only that, but the serving bots are walking around minus their torso plates, ya know what I mean?" 
"Yes, obviously a veritable nexus of culture and refinement. How can I refuse."
:—'''Rattrap'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s description of how even famous cartoon characters go to Cybertronian strip clubs, and '''Silverbolt'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s response.

'''Rattrap''': So, uh, where ya' been, bird-dog? 
'''Silverbolt''': Uh, scout patrol... 
'''Rattrap''': Oh, yeah, yeah, scoutin' the enemy, yeah. ...Find any new ''positions''?
:—'''Rattrap''', proving that neither he nor the writers of ''Beast Wars'' are above cheap innuendos.

'''Rattrap''': Now whadda we do? 
'''Silverbolt''': Well, given our proximity, I breathe through my mouth.
:—'''Silverbolt''', picking up where Dinobot left off.

"Oh, for bootin' up cold, the only thing worse than a stinkin' Pred, is a stinkin' Decepticon!"
:—'''Rattrap''' about Ravage not using the front door

"In the name of the [[Pax Cybertronia]] and the [[Predacon Alliance]], you are under arrest."
:—'''Ravage''', upon apprehending Megatron

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* First draft: 6th October 1997
* Second draft: 22nd October 1997
* Finalised: 24th October 1997
* As Air: 16th February 1998

===Animation and technical errors===
*For the first time all season we get a couple of good shots of Earth, first as Ravage's ship approaches the planet and then at the end underneath the "To Be Continued..." caption. In both cases it looks less like present day Earth than the shots from space we had back in season one when the animators had the excuse that they were trying to keep the planet's identity a mystery. (And in case you were wondering, the time frame of the cartoon is between 70,000 BCE and 3 MY ago depending on which "offical" source you listen to. Even using the "3 million years ago" figure, Earth would have looked pretty much the same as it does today.)
*The time of day seen throughout the whole episode appears to be evening, with one side of the sky dark and starry and the other side orange-brown with a setting sun. However, in both the shot of Ravage's ship touching down to land on the ground, and in the shot of him entering the Maximal base from its roof hatch, it is suddenly a bright sunny day. It returns to being evening shortly after when Ravage and the Maximals take off in the ship to fly over to the Predacon base.
*When the Maximals are getting thrown around by Rampage's initial attack on their base, Rattrap slams into the elevator door, shattering the glass. However, the cracks appear on the pane directly above and below the glass itself, making it look like Rattrap cracked ''the door itself''.
*After slamming into the rocks, Cheetor's beast mode nose is silver instead of its usual blue.

===Continuity errors===
*The entire idea that the transwarp wavefront is reaching Cybertron in the future "now", and that consequently Megatron must launch a decisive attack against the Maximals before Cybertronian reinforcements arrive, is... confusing. Any ships sent from Cybertron to rescue Primal's crew are traveling back in time in order to reach them on prehistoric Earth, so why would they have to arrive at a certain moment? They could travel to any point after—or even before—the ''Axalon'' and ''Darksyde'' crashed.
*As Ravage's cruiser approaches Earth, the attacking Predacon force is composed of Waspinator, Inferno, and Megatron. As the cruiser opens fire, Waspinator is nowhere to be seen and Quickstrike is on the battlefield.
*Primal begins dramatically explaining Ravage's status as a Predacon to the rest of the Maximals before Ravage has actually shown himself. He seems to have immediately deduced that it's Ravage based on nothing.
*The Predacon autoguns are bizarrely ineffective in this episode. They fail to so much as hinder the Maximals when they jump from Ravage's cruiser, and both Cheetor and Optimus take direct hits without a scratch to show for it. They've been previously shown to easily incapacitate any Maximal with a clean hit.
*Silverbolt dramatically calls out "Silverbolt, Flight Mode!" in order to convert to [[beast mode]] in mid-air, despite the fact that he can fly equally well in [[robot mode]] (although granted, Silverbolt does say almost everything in a dramatic style).
*It's mentioned that the Axalon disappeared "last mega-cycle" which usually refers to a [[Units of time/Continuity#Beast Wars .26 Beast Machines cartoon|time period]] of around an hour. It may have been intended to be "deca-cycle".

===Continuity notes===
* Bits of Optimus Primal's original body- destroyed in the same explosion that created the quantum wave- fly at the screen.
* The destruction of the glass on the Axalon's elevator doors is a running joke in the series. In this episode the glass first gets smashed by Rattrap, and then smashed even more when Optimus flies into it a minute later. That's how you know this is a super-important episode, folks.
* The satellite detonated by the Tripredacus Council reuses the CGI model of the "Energon Monitoring Device" from "[[Equal Measures]]".
* Gadgets and powers:
** Silverbolt can carry small items around underneath his chest armor.
** He also debuts a new and rarely-used feather blade this episode, Instead of a long handle like his typical sword or spear, this feather was more like a handheld knife.
** The bumpers of Rampage's tank mode (formed from the lower parts of his crab claws) are able to grasp edges and act as anchors so Rampage can fire upwards.
* This isn't the [[Victory_(episode)| first time]] Rattrap has tried bringing one of the [[Tigatron| Earthborn Maximals]] to a drinking establishment.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus notes that most of the Decepticons that survived the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] have retired.
* Ravage was one of the original [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette-robots]] to serve under [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the original cartoon and comics. You know...in case you were wondering.

===Real-world references===
*Rattrap speaks of places in Cybertron where the servingbots walk around "minus their torso plates" and then does sort of a "wink wink, nudge nudge" toward Silverbolt. He's referencing strip clubs, of course.
*[[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]], which Cheetor gets excited about, is a reference to {{w|Six Flags}} over various states.
*[[Cicadacon]] quotes from ''Apocalypse Now'' with "Terminate with extreme prejudice."
*[[Subsector Hooks]] is a shout-out to fan James "HooksX" Hooks.
*The three missiles Rampage fires at the ''Axalon'' to start the attack each bear a symbol: a {{w|Bohr model|classical model of the atom}} (a nuclear warhead?), a death's head poison symbol, and a peace sign, of all things. The peace missile makes another appearance in "[[Optimal Situation]]".
*Ravage's interaction with the Maximals is highly reminiscent of the depiction of cooperative Soviet operatives in American fiction during the [[Cold War (history)|Cold War]]. The accent, the diplomatic politeness, the suggestion that only Predacon technology was adequate enough to detect the transwarp wave...it's all stereotypical of an 80s spy movie (or {{w|Oktober Guard|G.I.Joe episode}}) where the American heroes must work with Soviet agents for the greater good.
*Ravage arrests Megatron in the name of the "[[Pax Cybertronia]]", a parallel to the {{w|Pax Romana}}.

===Trivia===
*The audio of Rattrap and Cheetor's cheers of glee at the beginning of the episode is recycled from "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]" and "[[Aftermath]]", respectively.
*The Tripredacus Council members shown at the beginning of the episode ''were'' meant to be the Tripredacus gestalt toy components, and were even referred to by their individual names in the original script. However, time constraints prevented the renders for the figures from exactly matching the toys they were based on, so Hasbro asked that their individual names not be referred to, though the gestalt name was still used for the group.
*As there was no interior set for the Council meeting, the models were rough with little moving parts, and the scene was all-dialogue and no action, director [[Cal Shumiatcher]] gave the Council's meeting its stylish look as a way of keeping kids interested while covering up any flaws. The lack of ambient light was for a "super high contrast, film noir look", inspired by how the Council were putting "a hit" on Megatron: "So I decided to play them like film noir gangsters, sitting in a smoke filled room under a swinging ‘china hat’ lamp." The constantly copied red glow was suggested by supervising animator [[Eric Reynolds]], so you could see the character's faces (the overhead light on its own cast too hard a shadow).<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/11/04/the-tripredacus-agenda-behind-the-scenes-of-beast-wars-the-agenda-part-1-304952 TFW2005: "The Tripredacus Agenda – behind the scenes of Beast Wars The Agenda, Part 1"]</ref>
*The battle at the end of the episode is not one of Cheetor's shining moments. He had to be pushed out of Ravage's cruiser by Silverbolt, and activated his jets just ''after'' he hit the ground, causing him to slam into a large rock. When he recovered from that, he was about to attack Waspinator... and got shot point-blank by a Predacon autogun. No wonder he wasn't in the last scene...
*Given how much is at stake for Megatron, one wonders why he chose the notoriously incompetent Waspinator to secure the Ark. Wouldn’t Inferno have been a better choice?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Programme 1'''" (Canada, "The Program 1")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il coraggio di Grifo - Parte 1'''" ("The Courage of Grifo - Part 1")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Taiho Da Nya'''" (たいほだにゃ, "You're Under Arrest, Meow")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 8]] [[1999]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Planos Parte 1'''" ("The Plans Part 1")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Agente (Parte 1)'''" ("The Agent (Part 1)")

:*''Title:'' "'''El Programa Primera Parte'''" ("The Agenda First Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Diànzǐ Xīngrén '''" (电子星人, "Cybertrian")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Series 2 / Volume 4 ({{w|Siren Visual|Siren Entertainment}}) 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — I'm a Crab! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 8 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Agenda part 1}}
[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Talk:Cyclonus (Animated)

2020-05-31T03:37:28Z

Starbreaker: /* Running Gag */

== Toys ==

* Due to the great similarity between this incarnation of Cyclonus and his ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' counterpart, [[Hasbro]] announced that it will not be designing an ''Animated'' version of the toy.

Does this comment mean that the Universe Cyclonus toy has been [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Animated Cyclonus? [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 17:05, 23 November 2009 (EST)
:No, it means that Hasbro generally has declined to make an Animated figure compete against a Universe counterpart, and vice versa.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 17:15, 23 November 2009 (EST)
:: Thought that might be it, but the other seemed a possibility so I wanted it cleared up. Thanks. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 18:49, 23 November 2009 (EST)

== Just An Alternate Theory ==

Though the hints in Almanac 2 mostly point to Cyclonus being from Animated's future, I feel obliged to say that one could also interpret them to mean that he's [[Cyclonus (G1)]], having somehow gotten dumped into the wrong universe. The fact that he looks much more like his G1 counterpart than any other Animated character also supports this. I think there are enough "from the future" nuances to his story that we should stick with that interpretation, but I figured I'd mention my crazy alternate theory here... [[User:JW|JW]] 20:15, 2 July 2010 (EDT)
: I don't think that's possible. If he were G1 Cyclonus, he wouldn't have Starscream algorithms in his programming but, y'know, Bombshell. (Or Skywarp if we want to open up THAT debate again.) And it would make his internal clock being wrong something of a non sequitur. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:54, 2 July 2010 (EDT)
::Here's my theory: When [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]] were floating in space, they met Unicron. Unicron turned Skywarp into Cyclonus and Thundercracker into Scourge sometime in the future. Then Megatron was turned into Galvatron. Cyclonus was somehow sent to the past and that's where we are now. [[User:Erimal|Erimal]] 13:38, 15 July 2010 (EDT)
:::Little too much [[fanon]] in that theory, unfortunately. [[User:JW|JW]] 14:15, 15 July 2010 (EDT)

== Running Gag ==

If Cyclonus is supposedly a future Starscream clone, should we be giving him an appropriate Arnold Rimmer quote? If so, I vote for the somewhat sinister (slightly modified) "You are destined to become me, and there's nothing you can do about it." from Out of Time.

Talk:Cyclonus (Animated)

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Starbreaker:

Blitzwing (G1)

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Starbreaker:

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:''Blitzwing is a [[Decepticon]] [[Triple Changer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Blitzwingg1.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|"Blitzwing has no feet. Blitzwing needs no feet!"]]
The other Decepticons don't care much for '''Blitzwing'''. Oh, they can respect that he's an absolute terror on the battlefield, using his triple-changing ability to maximum effect. Few things are more destructive and demoralizing to an enemy force than a ''tank'' landing on your front line at Mach 2. Blitzwing changes forms rapidly in battle to keep his opponents off-balance at all times. And through it all, he's laughing like a madman, because frag it, it's just ''funny'' to him.

What makes him such a pain to his teammates is that Blitzwing's sense of humor rivals even [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'s for brainless thuggery. He's an unlikable, blustering, loudmouthed jerk to everyone. The Decepticons as a group may be an unpleasant bunch, but Blitzwing takes the cake, platter, and tablecloth, and has ground the table underfoot.

In at least [[Blitzwing (Animated)|one universe]] though, components of Blitzwing's abrasive personality seem to be splitting and amplifying; sometimes his cold-sparked strategic side is forefront, other times he remains consumed with raging bloodlust, and others, he's just plain I-think-I'm-hilarious bat-scrap loco. You never know which of the three you're going to have to deal with at any given moment, as he will even change in mid-sentence... but all three outcomes are going to be unpleasant in some way. Thankfully for [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], the Decepticon berserker is easy to manipulate, given Blitzwing's unstable mind.

{{bigquote|Tell me what's on your mind, or I'll splatter it on the wall and see for myself!|Blitzwing|"[[Triple Takeover]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Ed Gilbert]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)|[[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "Triple Takeover"), [[Yū Shimaka]] (Japanese, "Cosmic Rust", "Prime Target"), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, ''2010'', ''The Movie''), [[Liu Qin]] (Chinese), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3"), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5"), [[Thomas Rauscher]] (German, ''The Movie'' TV Dub), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "The Golden Lagoon" and "Prime Target"), [[Kai Taschner]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Triple Takeover"), [[Albert Augier]] (European French), [[François Leccia]] (European French, ''Triple Takeover''), [[Henry Djanik]] (European French, ''Prime Target''), [[Michel Barbey]] (European French, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3''), [[Éric Etcheverry]] (European French, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5'')}}

[[File:G1 Blitzwing crushed season 2 intro.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Poor guy got crushed 49 times.]]
[[File:GoldenLagoon BlitzwingWarpath.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|LANDMASTERS!!!]]
Blitzwing appeared out of nowhere to join [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces on [[Earth]] in 1985, and was first seen on a mission to steal [[energon]] from [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]]. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} The [[Autobot]]s eventually arrived to halt their scheme, and Blitzwing got into a tank duel with [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

Later adventures of Blitzwing included joining Megatron and [[Shawn Berger]] in an attempt to exile the Autobots from Earth via bad publicity (it failed). {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} After that, he was seen suffering from [[cybertonium]] depletion just like everybody else, {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} then fighting Warpath again and coating himself in [[electrum]]. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Blitzwing and a team of other Decepticons came searching for the [[robotic insecticide]] the Autobots had come up with, but when they came to the valley, they found it full of [[Morphobot]]s. After the Autobots arrived to pick up [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], Megatron ordered [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and Blitzwing to attack. However, the Morphobots ended up incapacitating the Decepticons and slammed them on the ground. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

For someone as powerful as he is, Blitzwing did not have the best track record when it comes to decision-making. First, he and fellow [[Triple Changer]] [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] decided to do away with both Megatron and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and strike out on their own in search of fame, fortune, and energon. While this would normally be considered suicidal, the two Triple Changers somehow pulled it off and were free to finally do whatever it took to wipe out those pesky Autobots once and for all.

[[File:TripleTakeover Blitzwing coach.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|IMMA EAT CHOO!]]
The way they chose to do this, however, did not do much to inspire confidence in their abilities. While his partner went off to play with some trains, Blitzwing's personal strategy for victory was to kidnap a [[football coach]] under the mistaken impression that the human was some kind of master strategist. Blitzwing brought the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] in on his plan, and used them to build a maze surrounding the entry to his base/stadium. To Blitzwing's credit, a lot of the Autobots crashed into each other (and required more extensive repairs once he got to them), but soon, the Constructicons demanded a share of the leadership, and then Astrotrain arrived. All three were beaten so quickly by Megatron that it was almost embarrassing, and Blitzwing crept carefully back to the [[Decepticon]] ranks, hoping that nobody would remember what had happened. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

Not long afterwards, Megatron was impressed by [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]]'s Autobot-capturing skills, and sent Blitzwing and Astrotrain to negotiate a deal with the human. Shortly after arriving at Chumley's castle, Blitzwing got himself caught in a trap meant for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], and Chumley [[Chumley's arachnoid drones|captured]] both Triple Changers for getting in the way of his Autobot hunting. After all of his traps failed, Chumley released Blitzwing and Astrotrain as a last ditch attempt to capture Prime, but they just tried to stomp him to death before flying back home. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

A [[Size changing|strangely-enormous Blitzwing]] served as transport when the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] captured Perceptor, who had created [[Corrostop|the cure]] for [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|a disease Megatron had picked up]]. Although Blitzwing was stalked by the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], a [[Lightning Bug]] attack from Dirge and Ramjet stalled them so Blitzwing could safely make it back to Decepticon headquarters. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

[[File:TFTM KupBlitzwing.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Viagra.]]
Blitzwing was also present during [[Battle of Autobot City|the infamous assault]] on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in 2005, where he was at the head of the first attack. Together with [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], he battled [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] at [[Lookout Mountain]], a fight that did not go in his favour (Kup being surprisingly nimble for an old guy). Blitzwing is also shown participating in the general carnage at Autobot City a short time later, and is one of the several Decepticons who ran afoul of Optimus Prime. Unlike his less fortunate comrades, Blitzwing was able to avoid getting run over, and even managed to shoot back a little before Prime beat him, which is more than most Decepticons expect when facing Optimus Prime. In fact, Blitzwing made it through the entire battle more or less intact, which meant he got to ride all the way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] without anyone trying to kick him out the back door when he wasn't looking. This is exactly what happened to Megatron, however, and Blitzwing's old desire for leadership blossomed back up as he joined in on the scuffle for leadership that followed. Ultimately Starscream was the winner, and Blitzwing attended his coronation as the new [[Decepticon leader]], going so far as to be the one to place the crown on Starscream's head. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Blitzwing’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]."}}

When the [[Quintesson]]s arrived on [[Chaar]] to bribe the [[Decepticon]] army with promises of [[energon]] and revenge, Blitzwing was the only one of his comrades to turn down their offers. He had met their kind before (or at least he thought they seemed familiar to him for [[Overcharge (G1)|''some'' reason]]) and did not trust them, though he could not remember why. Upon the triumphant return of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], Blitzwing was the only Decepticon left to greet him. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

[[File:FFoD5 Blitzwings betrayal.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|It's the look of absolute shock on Galvatron's face that sells this.]]
Later, during an assault on Cybertron, it was Blitzwing who discovered that the Quintessons were lying to Galvatron and plotting to destroy all Transformers (instead of just the Autobots, which Blitzwing had no problems with). He tried to report this to Galvatron, but when he could not convince the Decepticon leader, he turned to [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] for help. Together, Blitzwing and Rodimus were able to stop the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] commando team that had infiltrated Cybertron. Galvatron, unfortunately, suspected that Blitzwing was trying to betray the Decepticons and steal the "[[Decepticon Matrix|Decepticon Matrix of Leadership]]" for himself and threw the Quintessons' [[Large switch|nullifying switch]], deactivating Transformers galaxy-wide until [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] destroyed it. With the Quintessons' deception revealed, Galvatron attempted to renew hostilities with Rodimus, but Blitzwing drew his weapon and targeted Galvatron, stating that the battle was over for now. Seething, but seeing little alternative, Galvatron accepted and withdrew his forces from Cybertron, but banished Blitzwing from the Decepticon ranks forever. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

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{{note|In the original script for ''[[Five Faces of Darkness]]'', after Blitzwing's banishment, Rodimus extended his offer to Blitzwing a second time, and in this instance, he did not accept, but did not ''refuse'' either, saying that he would think about it. The later episode, "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" was originally written to feature Blitzwing, but was later re-written to be about the newest Decepticon Triple Changer, [[Octane]], although there is no explanation offered for why Octane is friendly with the Autobots. It would seem that this would have originally been Blitzwing following up on Rodimus' offer. Blitzwing would reappear briefly in several crowd scenes, such as "[[Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee]]" and "[[The Ultimate Weapon]]", likely as the result of carelessness in production. Then again. Galvatron did forgive Scourge for [[Ghost in the Machine (G1)|his]] [[The Burden Hardest to Bear|antics]]. Plus, Galvatron is pretty insane.}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Legends'' comic (1)=====
Blitzwing was originally an [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]], the personal attendant of a [[Quintesson]] who led an invasion of the [[Legends World]]. There, he met the future version of himself, who dubbed the Overcharge "Blitzwing" and told him to forge his own destiny after hearing his past self's laments that he didn't know what to do without orders from his master, who abandoned him. After returning to the [[OG World|G1 World]], Blitzwing left the Quintessons and joined up with the [[Decepticon]]s on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
In [[Arizona]], Blitzwing joined the rest of the Decepticons in an all-out assault on the Autobots. The attack was just a distraction, however, so that Soundwave could continue operations in [[Japan]] unopposed. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}

Later, Blitzwing, Starscream, and Megatron attacked the Japanese city of [[Yokohama]], causing destruction using Megatron's "Super Megatron Gun" form. Warpath stood against them, but Blitzwing simply charged onwards, crushing the [[Mini Vehicle]] under his tracks. The Decepticons were eventually vanquished when [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] used his aerial manueverability to trick Blitzwing and Starscream to crash into their leader, followed by all three getting a "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prime]]-[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Magnus]] Double Cross Kick" to their backs. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
Blitzwing was amongst the Decepticons who attacked the ''[[Trigger]]'' as it neared completion. They took it over easily, thanks in part to the human collaborator, [[Trov]]. One human, [[Makoto (Star Gate)|Makoto]], had been overlooked by the Decepticons however, and managed to pin down Blitzwing and the rest of the group under Megatron's command in the ''Trigger''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s rail room with a powerful electromagnetic field. Blitzwing was almost sent hurdling to the farthest side of the galaxy by the ''Trigger'', but a blast from Megatron's fusion cannon disabled the portal. Then the Autobots showed up, and the two factions began their battle aboard the space station. The Decepticons lost the fight and fled. {{storylink|First Contact (Star Gate)|First Contact}}

Blitzwing helped Megatron and Starscream fight off a squad of Autobots who had stumbled upon the Decepticons’ latest Energon-gathering scheme. He was ordered to provide Astrotrain with cover fire as the Decepticon shuttle retreated with the Decepticons’ newly acquired supply of Energon cubes. {{storylink|Activation}}

A duplicate of Starscream then showed up and swiped the entirety of the Energon cache, before disappearing with the other Starscream. Blitzwing was later amongst the Decepticons Megatron brought to the ''Trigger'' to confront the two Starscreams conspiring against the Decepticon leader. When Starscream combined himself with the ''Trigger'' to create a powerful new body for himself, Blitzwing had to contend with the volley of asteroids thrown towards both Autobots and Decepticons from Starscream's star gate. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese)|[[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American)}}
[[File:FourWarriors SunstreakerBlitzwing.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|If I blow up pretty boy here, then maybe Galvatron would forgive me. Or not...]]
By the year [[2011]], it seems Blitzwing had been reprieved of his exile; he participated in an all-out Decepticon assault on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and was seen chasing [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] around the planet until he took cover and the Triple-Changer crashed into a wall. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} He later helped Astrotrain, Octane, and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] fight the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] on Earth, but the Autobot team was really just distracting them so that [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] could sneak into [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} The three Triple Changers proceeded to help the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] steal the [[Sol 1]] satellite {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} and watch [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] reveal his [[transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

In a rare occasion of being separated from Astrotrain and Octane, Blitzwing was set with patrolling [[Chaar]]'s perimeter and guard it from intruders. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] sneaked past him easily, only for Blitzwing to return and reveal that it was a trap. He took Chromedome for a spin before throwing him to Scorponok, who punched both Autobots back into space. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Blitzwing and Astrotrain were present in the climactic battle against the Autobots in the Arctic, and fled into space when it seemed like the Earth was going to be destroyed. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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=====''Legends'' comic (2)=====
Along with his comrades in the [[2021]] battle between [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s Autobots, Blitzwing's body became infected with [[blackball]]s and his head had to be converted into a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] to survive. Integrating himself into the society of the [[Legends World]] like the other black ball victims, Blitzwing was walking out after a night with [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] at [[Hardhead's]] when he remembered the Quintesson invasion of the Legends World that he was part of. Attacking the Quintesson overseer for once being a slave to their whims, the diminutive Headmaster was easily tossed aside by the nearby Overcharge. Lamenting that he didn't have the perfect strategist, he was soon met by [[Big Convoy|Big Fight]], who offered to think for the soldier in battle. (He wasn't all that cracked up to be, only advising Blitzwing to take control of his own destiny.) Managing to turn a downed Overcharge into a [[transtector]], Blitzwing flew into battle and took down the Overcharge protecting the Quintesson. However, when the Quintesson escaped and the Overcharge panicked that he didn't know how to act on his own, Blitzwing realized it was him from the past and told him to forge his own path, giving him his name: "Blitzwing". After witnessing the invaders leave back to their home universe and saying his goodbyes to Big Fight, Blitzwing was back to boring Astrotrain with his stories at Hardhead's. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}} {{storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei|To Fight with...}}

Blitzwing later witnessed the arrival of [[Majin Zarak]] and had his transtector stolen by [[Flywheels]]. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}}

=====e-HOBBY comics=====
Blitzwing was in the midst of a battle against the Autobots when the dimensional intruder [[Grand Scourge]] dropped in through a rip in space-time and begun taking [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] apart. {{storylink|Decepticon Dark Commander Grand Scourge}}

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga=====
Blitzwing was among the "Legendary Decepticons" who appeared out of nowhere to challenge [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] and the Autobots on Earth. At the end of the day, "Blitzwing" was revealed to be nothing more than a hologram created by [[Turtler]] to confuse his foes. {{storylink|Burn, Super Soul! The New Commander Super Ginrai!}}

=====''Cloud''=====
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====Ask Vector Prime====
In an unstable amalgam universe, Blitzwing was one of the many Decepticons who assaulted [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian City]] in the year 2005. He was shot down by [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] when the Guardian leader arrived. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
Blitzwing was one of the many warriors who retreated from Autobot City after Optimus Prime turned the tide, and was shocked when Starscream revealed that Megatron hadn't made it out. On returning to Cybertron, he was present to witness Starscream's coronation, which was subsequently interrupted by the approach of Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Ten deadliest killers target 2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
''Blitzwing was one of the [[Ten Deadliest Killers|most feared and deadly killers]] on Cybertron, and a specific target in [[Operation: Volcano]]. He'd have been killed in a [[Wrecker]]s ambush at the [[Imperial Amphitheatre]] if [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] hadn't abruptly called most of the gang to Earth.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''Some time later, Megatron was teleported to Cybertron alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], Blitzwing's commanding officer, came to see Megatron as a liability and sought to take control of his more powerful body. Blitzwing witnessed the mind-swapping process, unaware that it had gone awry upon its completion, leaving both Megatron and Straxus trapped within the same frame.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

[[File:Blitzwingg1mvl.jpg|thumb|Dern rickets!]]
Blitzwing, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Octane]] were commissioned by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to investigate the loss of his [[Wash and Roll|priceless cargo]] that had arrived on [[Earth]] via a low-cost freighter, but hadn't checked in as scheduled. Upon making contact with the [[Freighter pilot|crashed ship's pilot]], Blitzwing and his companions were infected with [[Scraplet]]s, and began to slowly waste away. The Autobots [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] came upon the site as well, and the Decepticons reveled at the chance at some destructive fun before their demise. Though Goldbug escaped, Blitzwing, Astrotrain, and Octane cornered Blaster {{storylink|Crater Critters}} and took him prisoner. The trio then made contact with Ratbat, and urged him to send a cure to their affliction. Instead, Ratbat decided to cut his losses and sent over the [[Throttlebot]]s, armed with canisters of acid, to put a permanent and immediate end to the infection. Upon seeing the Autobots approaching, Blitzwing tried to attack them, only to find he was already too weak to do anything more than sit tight and wait for the inevitable. This never came to pass though, as Blaster's friends returned with a strange and wondrous chemical that acted as a cure for the deadly disease: [[water]]. Though Blaster, who had himself gotten infected in the interim, refused to be saved if it meant also sparing the life of his captors, Goldbug's hand was forced against his fellow Autobot's wishes when thousands of Scraplets combined into a monster; the Decepticons were the only ones present with enough firepower to stop it. After being doused in water, the Decepticons made short work of the remaining Scraplets, then quickly took off hauling Ratbat's cargo. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

[[File:Long haul blitzwing toy soldiers.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Don't be a weenie, Blitzwing. Astrotrain can carry all six of the Constructicons, plus their combined form.]]
After delivering the [[Wash and Roll|cargo]] to its intended destination, the Triple Changers linked up with [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s Decepticons on Earth, {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}} operating out of their [[Club Con|tropical island starship]]. At that time, the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] had left Earth, allowing the other Decepticons to launch increasingly brazen raids; Blitzwing helped the Constructicons swipe a stockpile of girders by having them load up Long Haul with as many as he could carry, then Blitzwing carried him off to their base. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}} ''On Shockwave's orders, he went up on a mission to [[London]] alongside [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]] to retrieve the remains of [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]] from the bottom of the [[Thames|River Thames]].'' {{storylink|Salvage!}} He was later part of a major offensive against the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], when the crews of the Ark and ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' all gathered together as one big target. Blitzwing's fortunes changed, however, when he came [[sword]]-to-sword with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] — it seems the [[Energo weapon|energo-sword]] is mightier than the [[electron scimitar]]. Blitzwing was left in two pieces on the lunar landscape, and one can only assume his fellow Decepticons collected his pieces before fleeing. {{storylink|Totaled!}} He returned to the Decepticon island base as it was made over into a resort for human (shields). {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}}

[[File:Blitzwing horri-bull cold war.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Blitzwing doesn't take any bull.]]
Still smarting from his last fight, Blitzwing eagerly rushed into battle when an invasion alert sounded within the Decepticon base. This proved to be a false alarm, as the visitors were another group of Decepticons led by [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]. Blitzwing wound up fighting against them nonetheless, as Starscream manipulated the two Decepticon groups into fighting one another, culminating in a [[Decepticon Civil War]] between them. Turnabout is fair play, as this time it was Blitzwing who cut an opponent in two, slicing through [[Horri-Bull]]'s midsection. {{storylink|Cold War!}} The infighting came to an end when the Decepticons learned that it had been orchestrated by Starscream in a bid to obtain the power of the legendary [[Underbase]] for himself. They returned to Ratbat's headquarters to tend to their wounds, though the reprieve turned out to be a short one; a large group of Autobots was detected inbound. This too turned out to be a distraction put together by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], and both factions united in order to stop the treacherous Seeker. Despite the Autobot/Decepticon alliance's best efforts, Starscream was able to absorb enough power to make himself virtually unstoppable. Blitzwing was part of a squad stationed in [[Buenos Aires]] in an effort to stop Starscream's rampage across the globe. He was destroyed, along with the other Decepticon Triple Changers, by a blast of cosmic energy. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

=====Earthforce=====
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At some point during the conflict on Earth, Blitzwing and [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] battled on a highway, the Autobot dodging Blitzwing's mortar blasts as he drove away. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}

Blitzwing was loyal to Shockwave during the split in the Decepticon faction, a precursor to his [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|later career moves]]. At the [[Enclave]] between Megatron and Shockwave's troops, Blitzwing was seen talking to a Stunticon, and was later present during the huge melee initiated by the Autobots. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Later, having received insider information from a traitor in Megatron's camp, he joined Shockwave and the other Triple Changers in stealing an energon shipment right out from under Megatron himself, tossing the other Decepticon leader off a cliff in the process. {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}} He was present at Shockwave's base when the Insecticons tried to infiltrate it at Megatron's command. {{storylink|Bugged!}}

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After the Decepticon factions reunited, they staged a major strike on the Autobot [[Earthbase]]. Blitzwing joined [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and Octane in an airstrike on the Autobot compound, but they were eventually driven off. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Later, he and Astrotrain received an SOS from their fellow Triple Changer, Octane, who had somehow driven himself into the middle of a military testing range. While fending off the live ammunition that threatened to set off their tanker truck comrade, Blitzwing demanded to know how this could have happened. Octane finally relented and told his fellow Decepticons that he had been "playing" again, attacking human vehicles for sport, when [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|one of them]] led him on a merry chase right into his current predicament. Infuriated by the idiot's antics, Blitzwing and Astrotrain left him to his fate in the combat zone. {{storylink|Manoeuvres!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
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In [[2004]], Blitzwing joined Astrotrain and Shockwave in an assault on Autobot City, but they were driven away when the rash and illogical [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] confused Shockwave's plans. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

''Blitzwing was present when Megatron returned as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and destroyed the usurper, [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]].'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] forced the Decepticons into an ill-advised assault on [[Autobase]] in [[2008]], Blitzwing was right there on the front lines, charging headlong into battle in his tank mode. He rushed towards [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], only to be met with heavy artillery in his advance. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} Somehow he survived that terrifying encounter, and was present at the second major Decepticon offensive of 2008, acting as one of [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s sub-commanders to ready his "team" for combat. Things turned ugly, however, when the [[Quintesson]] [[Trident Attack Craft]]s ambushed the Decepticon on their way to Autobase. Blitzwing and his fellow Decepticons only survived because [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the Autobots came to their rescue against the Quintessons. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Upon hearing that the upstart [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] was conquering worlds under the Decepticon banner, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] declared war on him. He gathered up his troops for his announcement, and Blitzwing was seen shouting Decepticon battle slogans like "Rip!" and "Tear!" as they were whipped into a frenzy. The [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] soon turned up and ripped and tore him a new one while soundly defeating Megatron's forces. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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By the year [[2012]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had forged an army of [[zombie]]s from the lobotomised remains of Starscream's Decepticon victims, including Blitzwing. Using these "Ex-bots," Megatron managed to achieve near-total control over the Earth. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}

Blitzwing and a sizeable portion of Megatron's legion were deployed in [[California]] to track down any survivors after Megatron had shot down the [[Wrecker]]s' ship. Blitzwing got to ride on the back of Megatron's [[battle sled]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}} After [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] was captured and infected with [[Scraplet]]s, Megatron left the old 'bot in the open as bait. The Wreckers willingly walked into the trap to keep Megatron distracted from some of their allies making a play for the Ark, and Blitzwing entered a dogfight with [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] upon his approach. Though Whirl managed to get a few good shots on Blitzwing, the latter couldn't feel pain in his undead state and kept coming, much to his opponent's frustration. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} Blitzwing and the other zombified Cybertronians were off-lined permanently once [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Regeneration One|Circuit Smasher]] frizzle-fried the Ark's computer, [[Aunty|Auntie]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} After Megatron's defeat, all of the deactivated zombies were piled into a large pit by the Autobots and obliterated from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}
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===The Special Teams===
Blitzwing was summoned by Megatron to raid a power plant of its energy, after it had been evacuated of its human occupants due to the danger of landslides in the area. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Sticker Adventures books===
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===Marvel coloring books===
Blitzwing was one of the Decepticon troops Galvatron called upon during his battle against the Dinobots in [[Oil Valley]]. The Decepticons still lost the fight, as even more Autobot reinforcements arrived shortly after. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}
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===''Big Looker'' storybooks===
[[File:DecepticonHijack_BlitzwingTruck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Blitzwing, our lord and savior.]]
During a Decepticon plot to steal an oil truck, Blitzwing short-circuited the truck's wiring so that it couldn't move. [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] countered his move, however, using electron pulses to restart the truck and get it back in action. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}
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===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Battle Drive====
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Starscream and Blitzwing had been instructed by Megatron to wreak havoc and destroy the humans' wheat and corn farmland. They were meant to let the Autobots overhear that the Decepticons were planning to force the humans into starvation if they did not become Decepticon slaves, their true plan was a much more practical one. The two jets were to lure the Autobots into the open country, where they would have no cover against the flying Decepticons, and thus would be easy pickings.

In one possible sequence of events, Bumblebee happened upon the duo, and was able to take out Blitzwing with a sucker punch. This took Blitzwing out of commission for the time being, as he lay a smoldering wreck on the ground. Later, if events played out in a certain fashion, a patched-up Blitzwing would join the rest of the Decepticons in tracking down Sparkplug Witwicky to a cave in the mountains. The human had discovered a fatal flaw in the Decepticons' circuitry, and the bulk of the Decepticons' forces were tasked by Megatron into hunting him down. The Decepticons were then ambushed by Swoop, who then either took out Megatron by himself, leading Blitzwing and the rest of the Decepticons to be subsequently defeated by Autobot reinforcements, or flew away after his initial assault, leading most of the Decepticon jets, but not Blitzwing himself, on a chase all the way back to Autobot headquarters. In the later turn of events, a later possibility arose wherein Prowl attempted to make a mad dash back to Autobot headquarters with Sparkplug. In this scenario, Blitzwing and Laserbeak chased Prowl as he zig-zagged into a forest, evading Decepticon fire... only for it all to turn out nothing but one of [[you]]r dreams.

In a completely different sequence of events, Bumblebee happened upon the duo, but hid amongst abandoned cars on the roadway instead of engaging Blitzwing and Starscream. Starscream and Blitzwing are not fooled, and transform before Bumblebee to discuss the Decepticons' "plan" between themselves, knowing Bumblebee would report back to Optimus. Before taking off, Blitzwing was sure to bang up the "abandonned car" out of spite. Once Optimus Prime had been lured out to the open farmland, Blitzwing was amongst the many flying Decepticons who planned to take him out. Whether or not the Decepticons succeeded depended on what decisions Optimus made.

In other possible sequences of events, Blitzwing is part of a larger Decepticon army that take out the Autobots without much fanfare. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}
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====Autobot Alert!====
In one possible scenario, Blitzwing accompanied Galvatron on a campaign to retrieve an ancient sphere of cybertite that contained the secrets to an ancient Autobot power-booster. Learning that the sphere was located within a sunken ship off the California coast, Blitzwing and the others headed for its location.

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

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

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

If Springer, Topspin and Seaspray executed their plan to retrieve the sphere from Decepticon clutches, they successfully distracted the evil robots for long enough to whisk the cybertite sphere back to Metroplex. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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===Milton Bradley mini-comic===
Blitzwing was among the Decepticons under [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s command who ambushed the [[Ark (G1)|ark]] and was knocked offline when it crashed into [[Earth]]. He and the others were repaired four million years later when a volcanic eruption caused the ark's systems to spring into life. {{storylink|In the Transformers}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
As part of a new surveillance system, Blitzwing was in command of [[Decepticon Space Station Argon]]. He and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] coordinated the activation of the [[refraction shield]], rendering it and the other two stations like it invisible to all sensors. Some time later, Blitzwing got another transmission ordering him to move the station to a specific set of coordinates. Unaware it was [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] imitating Soundwave's voice, Blitzwing had the station shifted, at which point it collided with the other two stations, destroying all three. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:1 blitzwing war within.jpg|left|thumb|This probably didn't happen.]]
Shortly after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] was upgraded into [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Megatron overlooked Blitzwing's activities in the field via a view-screen in his throne room. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Blitzwing later participated in [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] where he demonstrated triple-changing abilities. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} He was at Shockwave's side when the latter ordered the final push on the [[Decagon]], {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} and afterwards when Shockwave declared victory in Iacon with only a few Autobots left to mop up. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Blitzwing and the other Decepticons did not have long to savor their triumph - they were forced to retreat when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] wound up destroying the entire [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]] by activating one of Cybertron's planetary engines. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

[[File:2 blitzwing dark ages.jpg|thumb|This may have happened, but he probably didn't look like that.]]
After the disappearance of Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in a [[space bridge]] explosion, Blitzwing remained with Shockwave's Decepticon forces, but was captured and imprisoned by the Autobots as an experiment too dangerous to be set free. Due to some unique property of his [[spark]], Blitzwing was abducted from [[Autobase]] by [[the Fallen]] as part of the [[Unbinding]], {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} and presumably released back to the Decepticons after the temporary truce that resulted from the Fallen's defeat. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

[[File:3 blitzwing micromasters.jpg|left|thumb|This could have happened.]]
Following the departure of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Blitzwing served as Shockwave's lieutenant, overseeing the introduction of [[Micromaster]]s into the Decepticon ranks. Blitzwing and Octane were standing guard at Decepticon HQ when one of the Decepticons' Micromaster patrols returned for a mission. One of them, the badly injured [[Greasepit (G1)|Greasepit]], begged his larger counterparts to share some of their Energon, but Astrotrain and Blitzwing simply mocked him, and guzzled down their drinks. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}} Shortly before the return of [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] and [[Skyhopper]], Blitzwing appeared to be undergoing some sort of mutation which Shockwave did not fully understand, but which was also affecting [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. Shockwave wanted to analyze and concentrate this mutation but his plans were cut short by the arrival of the two Micromasters - Blitzwing was knocked offline by Skyhopper, while Skystalker turned Shockwave into a glove puppet. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}}

[[File:4 blitzwing prime directive.jpg|thumb|This almost certainly didn't.]]
At some point Blitzwing was reactivated and made his way to [[Earth]], where he was seen among the Decepticons captured and deactivated during [[Operation Liberation]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}}

[[File:5 blitzwing new world order.jpg|left|thumb|Did this happen?]]
Somehow he avoided becoming one of the Transformers recovered and controlled by [[Lazarus]], returning instead to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where he fell once more under Shockwave's command. During this time, Shockwave had unified the Autobots and Decepticons, and Blitzwing now served alongside his former enemies as part of a combined force. Alongside his fellow [[Triple Changer]]s, Blitzwing accompanied Shockwave to Earth to capture the renegade forces of Optimus Prime and Megatron and even managed to cause Megatron some damage before he was badly bent out of shape by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in the battle that ensued.

While Shockwave returned to Cybertron with the captive ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' crew, Blitzwing remained behind on Earth to assist [[Security Team Dion]] in apprehending the Autobots. {{storylink|New World Order}} {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} Despite his mutual antagonism with the [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|team's commander]], they managed to capture Prime's crew without incident, except when Blitzwing's goading of Optimus Prime caused him to smack the Triple Changer down. Blitzwing returned to Cybertron along with the prisoners aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}}

Shockwave was ordering Blitzwing to bring him his prisoners when the conversation was interrupted by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]' attack on Shockwave's citadel. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Blitzwing crossed swords once more with Grimlock and though it was Ultra Magnus who took the Dinobot commander down, it was Blitzwing who made sure he ''stayed'' down. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Later, during Optimus Prime's uprising of the Autobot resistance, Shockwave ordered Blitzwing to rally the troops and activate the defences. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Blitzwing subsequently joined Astrotrain on the front lines, and was about to take out that Autobrat [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] when he was pummelled into the ground by a rejuvenated Grimlock and thrown at an approaching [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinel]]. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[File:6 blitzwing route of all evil.jpg|thumb|Eh, doesn't matter anymore.]]
Following the toppling of Shockwave's government, Shockwave, Blitzwing, Astrotrain and the [[Conehead]]s went to ground in the Cybertronian wastelands, operating out of a hidden base. When their perimeter alarm was tripped by a reanimated [[Air Warrior]], Shockwave ordered Blitzwing and Astrotrain to investigate. The mindless drone was merely a distraction for a [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]] attack and though Astrotrain surrendered and agreed to serve Megatron, Blitzwing's loyalty to Shockwave proved too great - he resisted and the Predacons tore him to pieces. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}

His remains were then examined by [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|Blitzwing's history in Dreamwave's comics was rather convoluted and contradictory. His appearance among the captured Decepticons on Earth in [[Prime Directive|''Transformers: Generation 1'' vol. 1: Prime Directive]] is at odds with his later appearances on Cybertron in [[War and Peace|''Transformers: Generation 1'' vol. 2: War and Peace]] and ''[[Transformers: Micromasters|Micromasters]]''. Furthermore, his earliest chronological appearance in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' depicts him as a Triple Changer, while in ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]'' he's an experiment that Shockwave had invested an "awful lot of time and resources in". ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' also states that Blitzwing's triple-changing was the result of one of Shockwave's experiments (though problematically it claims [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was perfected first) while in ''Micromasters'' Blitzwing appears to be naturally evolving into a Triple Changer. The answers to these conundrums, and the identity of the being who examined his fallen form (though it was likely [[Sixshot]]) will remain forever unanswered, due to the bankruptcy and collapse of Dreamwave.}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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When [[Teletran 3]] sent a random selection of Transformers careening through the timeline, Blitzwing was one of the unfortunate victims. He was locked into the form of a private commuter jet in mid-1970s [[San Francisco]] until a number of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] located him and slapped a [[disruption unit]] on him. Having no idea what the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] was going on, Blitzwing's first reaction was to attack the Autobots, only to be transported back to present-day Cybertron. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} Upon arrival, he was overpowered and tied up by the Autobots. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}} He was presumably saved when the Autobots were defeated and captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

After [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] took control of the Decepticon army, Blitzwing joined Astrotrain, [[Sixshot]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] in an attack on an Autobot peace ceremony. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
Blitzwing participated in a savage all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots. With the Decepticons maintaining the advantage throughout the battle, Blitzwing was amongst those who approached a crippled Optimus Prime, ready to dispatch the Autobot leader. Before they could deliver the finishing blow, the Dinobots combined into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], shifting the Decepticons’ priorities. He cheered on when Predaking clashed with The Beast, but it did little good in helping the Decepticon gestalt. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
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Blitzwing was one of the many Decepticons under Starscream's command during Earth's industrial revolution. He acted as guard for the Decepticon's base of operations. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

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With his fellow Decepticons, Blitzwing fell under the thrall of an [[Elder God]] in [[1888]]. As part of the Elder God's forces, Blitzwing, with the other Decepticons, defended [[Port Cenotaph]] from intruders. {{Storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} He soon defended the town against an international fleet, but was shot down. {{Storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}
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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
The [[Autoscout]] zoomed past Blitzwing on its way to deliver a love-letter to [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===Robot Heroes===
Blitzwing was one of the Decepticons who traveled to Earth with Megatron, and was all too eager to fight the Autobots. When the two groups met, Blitzwing decided to teach Bumblebee a lesson, only to be driven off alongside his comrades. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Blitzwing was one of the many Decepticons who pursued the [[AllSpark]] to Earth. He participated in an enormous battle against the Autobots in a human settlement. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===''Generations'' toy bio===
[[File:Generations boxart Blitzwing.jpg|left|thumb|]]
Blitzwing's mind split into three personalities—an "ice cold" strategist supreme, an idiot hothead, and a random, bizarre personality who thought he was funny but was a danger to friend and foe alike. While a poor soldier, Megatron saw him as a useful tool. {{storylink|Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Generations|''Generations'' Blitzwing toy bio}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
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Blitzwing was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}
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===''Cloud''===
[[File:Cloud Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|"Chaaaarrrrr- Oh darn! My wallet fell off!"]]

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Crisis (Cloud)|Crisis}} {{storylink|Transfiguration}} {{storylink|Lightwave}}{{storylink|TFC-A01}}}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Overshoot]] referred to the [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]]s as Blitzwing's "processor-fragged little brothers". {{storylink|Burning Bridges}}

===IDW 2019 continuity===
During the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], Blitzwing was a member of Strika's Heavies, serving with the elite strike team under the command of the eponymous Great General. He confronted [[Exarchon]] himself once, outside the ruins of [[Yuss]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}}

==Commercial appearances==
Blitzwing and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] had the Autobots [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] pinned down, until [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] arrived to turn the tide of battle. Though the Decepticon triple-changers attempted to flee, their Autobot counterparts were able to keep pace by rapidly shifting through all three of their modes. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sandstorm, Broadside, Octane|Sandstorm, Broadside, and Octane commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Blitzwing MoCsprite.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Pixwing]]
*''Stages'': 1, 2
*''Point value'': ???

Innumerable copies of Blitzwing are part of the [[Decepticon]] forces that menace [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] on his journey.

They trundle forward slowly in tank mode, their low profiles making it hard for Magnus to hit them while in robot mode. Bizarrely, despite those big honking cannons they got, they don't fire at all. Magnus's vehicle-mode low arcing missile shot can nail tank-mode Blitzwings, forcing them into robot mode. A second shot from the missile is needed to finally destroy them in robot mode, as they are ''just'' short enough to slip under Magnus's robot-mode blaster.

Or they can just be jumped over easily because the effort isn't worth it and something else will likely kill you while you're dinking around with a Blitzwing.

They appear in the [[Wasteland Zone]], as well as the [[Temple Ruins]] where they can actually climb up the walls in tank mode. Freaky! {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

{{note|Blitzwings use the same robot-mode sprites as the [[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetron]] enemies.}}
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===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
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{{bigquote|It's triplechanging Blitzwing! With the ability to transform into a tank or a fighter jet, Blitzwing brings a special brand of Decepticon to every battle he joins!|The [[narrator]]|"[[The Transformers (PS2)]]"}}
{{voiceactor|[[Alex Easley]]}}

In the Autobot story, Blitzwing appears to have been placed in charge of the Jaad wind power plant. When Optiumus Prime's squad team made it to the main station of the power plant, Blitzwing approached them in his tank form, expressing mock surprise that the Autobots managed to make it. He transformed to robot form, commenting how worthless his troops were, letting the Autobots reach the main station so easily. Blitzwing then announced that it didn't matter, because he was going to burn up the Autobots. However, Blitzwing failed to live up to his threat and was defeated by the Autobot squad team. Expressing disbelief that he was defeated, he decided to high-tail it out of there, transforming to jet mode and flying away. The Autobots faced Blitzwing once again inside the [[Monogan Hydroelectric Power Station]] and yet again at the [[Karzite mine]]. They managed to defeat the triple changer along with his troops on both occasions.

During the Decepticon storyline, Blitzwing was a member of a team that Megatron sent to investigate a mysterious UFO that was spotted in the area of Zel Samine. Something caused the team to lose contact with the main Decepticon forces, and they found out that they could not leave the planet, as Zel's sun, Paradius, emitted electromagnetic rays that was harmful to them. Unable to contact Megatron and with no way to leave the planet safely, Blitzwing and the others scattered across Zel.

The Decepticon forces went to Zel in order to investigate, and Blitzwing found them just when they were leaving the geothermal power plant. Expressing relief on how the Decepticons finally arrived, Blitzwing drove up to them in tank mode and transformed to [[robot mode]]. He complained about how late the Decepticons were and voiced his thoughts on how they were going to leave him behind to clean up all the pieces of the Autobots the Decepticons had defeated. Megatron briefly thought that he would have to bolt Blitzwing's mouth shut, but ultimately decided that he could use the triple changer and let him join his forces. What was Blitzwing's response? "Yes sir, Lord Megatron!" {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

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

===''Construct-Bots Builder''===
The components necessary for building "Construct-Bot" Blitzwing were accessible within the Cybertron construction zone. Despite it being against protocol, [[you]] could mix his parts with those of Autobots! (gasp!) {{storylink|Construct-Bots Builder}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Blitzwing, [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]], and [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] were on a mission to retrieve the [[MacGuffin Generator]] from a human military base when their destructive raid wave interrupted by a group of Autobots. The fight came to a stalemate at first, then the Decepticons managed to acquire the generator. Though Blitzwing and his allies were at first supercharged by the device, the MacgGuffin generator poroved to be more volatile than they expected. It exploded, sending the Decepticons flying off into the distance. {{storylink|Raiding Party}} When he discovered the Quintessons were planning to betray the Decepticons, Blitzwing was forced to switch sides in an attempt to thwart the Quintesson plan. After the plan failed, Blitzwing prevented Galvatron from attacking Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
Blitzwing participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, 50 hunter cores, and 5 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Dave Boat]]}}
Blitzwing appeared when the Autobots tried crossing [[Liberty Bridge]] to reach the island where the [[Plasma Core]] landed, attacking them as they crossed the bridge. At first, the Autobots fended him off while he alternated between tank and jet modes, and they themselves remained in their vehicle modes. Once defeated on the bridge, Blitzwing attacked again on the island itself, this time using his robot mode more often. He appeared once more later, stalling the Autobots while [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] worked on patching the Core. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}
{{note|Blitzwing is the only Decepticon who appears as a Chapter final boss who doesn't have an unlockable character-specific weapon, as Starscream's Null Rays are unlocked on that chapter instead.}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Blitzwing_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|[[You|You're]] the military strategist? Well we're already screwed!]]

*'''Class''': Triple Changer
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*Abilities: As a triple changer, Blitzwing has two abilities available to him.
**'''Flamestrike''': Set the target on fire dealing 109 damage over 8 seconds. Follow with Plasma Shroud: re-ignite the target dealing 169 damage over 6 seconds.
**'''Plasma Shroud''': Ionized plasma lowers enemy damage by 50% for 7 seconds. Follow with Flamestrike: trigger a plasma burst dealing 121 damage in a big area.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:blitzwing| Blitzwing at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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==Toys==
{{main|Blitzwing (G1)/toys}}

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

==Notes==
[[File:LaserdiscBookletDiacloneBlitzwingProtoFace.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|No feet, no face, no service.]]
[[File:StudioOxCybertronBattleCons.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The War Without?]]
*The earliest ''[[Diaclone]]'' catalog artwork to show the "Jet Fighter Type" Triplechanger depicted it with a less humanoid-looking face; this art took its cues from an unused, pre-production design for the toy's head. Images of both were featured in the booklet included with Japan's "Megatron {{w|LaserDisc}}" set in 1995.
*Blitzwing's [[Tech Spec]] [[bio]] has a probable typographical error on it which gives him the function of "Ground and Air Commander" at a rank of ''six''. The actual function, which appears in other merchandise (such as the [[Action Cards]]) is "Ground and Air Commando".
*Like the majority of new season 2 characters, Blitzwing's character model was designed with only a front-facing image of his toy for reference, requiring the designers to invent a rear-view design from virtually whole cloth. Blitzwing's rear-view model misinterprets how ''many'' details visible from the front are supposed to work: instead of the tank turret that is supposed to rest on his back, he instead has a sort of "jetpack" which incorporates both his jet-mode engines (which are actually supposed to be his feet) and his wings (which are supposed to be part of his shoulders). His tank barrel does not even protrude from this backpack, but is instead shifted to emerge from the back of his head.
**Additionally, the character model for his tank mode was evidently based on a mis-transformed toy, as it orients the entire body of the tank backwards, with his jet cockpit being at the front, visible below the tank's barrel, instead of at the back.
*In the episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]" several of the Stunticons fit inside of Blitzwing in his jet mode in a similar way to how Decepticons usually go inside of Astrotrain in his shuttle mode. It would seem as though Blitzwing can mass shift to make his flying [[alternate mode]] large enough to fit other Decepticons the way that fellow Triple Changer Astrotrain often does.
*A [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] battle scene from ''[[TV Magazine]]'' (reprinted in ''[[Transformers Generations]]'') appears to depict (one of?) Blitzwing's original alt mode(s) as a double-barreled tank—a good decade and a half before he received a Cybertronian makeover in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]''.
*The season 3 [[title sequence]] features a large row of tanks that look suspiciously identical to Blitzwing. If there was any significance meant by this is unknown (though almost certainly unlikely), but the oddity was later rationalized with the drone type [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blitzwing''' (ブリッツウイング ''Burittsuuingu'')
*''French:'' '''Le Blitz''' (Canada, "The Blitz")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Villámszárny''' ("Lightning Wing")
*''Italian:'' '''Triplex Due''' ("Triplex Two")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shǎndiànyì''' (Taiwan, 閃電翼, "Blitz Wing" or "Lightning Wing"), '''Shǎndìan''' (China, 闪电, "Blitz" or "Lightning")
*''Russian:'' '''Razryad''' (Разряд, "Discharge")

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Ramjet (G1)

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:''Ramjet is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TFU Ramjet.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Ramjet likes toast.]]

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

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

{{quote|If I crash, I'll take an Autobot with me!|Ramjet}}

{{quote|I've got morons on my team!|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]|"[[Auto Berserk]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Angel]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Yū Shimaka]] (Japanese), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese, "The Master Builders", "Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2"), [[Kōki Kataoka]] (Japanese, "Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1"), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide"), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese, ''The Movie''), [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), [[Zhan Che]] (Chinese), [[Roberto Alexander]] (American Spanish), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide" and "Hoist Goes Hollywood"), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), [[Imo Heite]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5"), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, "Thief in the Night"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2''), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Auto Berserk" and "Triple Takeover"), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court"), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Revenge of Bruticus")}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
In [[2008]], Ramjet was seen among the Decepticon fliers being led into battle by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and his flagship, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]; the Decepticons had been fed information that the Autobots had mostly left Cybertron, leaving their territories vulnerable. This turned out to be a Quintesson ruse, and the aliens ambushed the Decepticons in a bid to forcefully colonize the Transformer homeworld. The Decepticons wound up having to temporarily join forces with the Autobots to thwart them. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Ramjetg2comics.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Shouldn't he be teal now?]]
When [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] returned and overthrew [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s command, Ramjet was aggravated that Megatron brought a revived Starscream with him. Starscream was arrogant, loud, and would never shut up, so why didn't Megatron leave him dead? Seriously, what was Megatron's problem? {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}} Optimus soon turned up, but instead of fighting Megatron, attempted to convince him to join forces against the greater threat of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus's]] [[Cybertronian (faction)|Advanced-Decepticons]]. Ramjet looked on as Megatron responded by beating Optimus to near-death, and pilfering the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]'s energies. Ramjet was blasted at when a group of Autobot reinforcements came to Prime's rescue, but the Decepticons simply retreated rather than risk losing their means to bring a [[Bludgeon's new army|new Decepticon army]] to life. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

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

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

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

At some point, Ramjet participated in an attack a human city with his old wingmen, Thrust and Dirge. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

===The Special Teams===
Ramjet was summoned by Megatron to raid a power plant of its energy, after it had been evacuated of its human occupants due to the danger of landslides in the area. As the Decepticons prepared to attack the [[Pullen Power Plant]], Ramjet nervously asked Megatron on what they were to do if they found the Autobots and Aerialbots guarding the location. Megatron dismissed Ramjet's concerns, pointing out that the Decepticons had the Stunticons as their secret weapons. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
Catching the Dinobots flying on route from the Antarctic towards the Autobots’ headquarters, Ramjet and the rest of the Decepticon superjets attacked them in mid-air. Ramjet managed to catch Slag unawares, and damaged the Dinobot by ramming into his side. The Decepticons then broke off their attack. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

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

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

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

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

If the Autobots bypassed the anti-gravity field, Ramjet was part of the squad that intercepted the Autobot convoy headed for the Decepticon base, tasked with backing-up his squad leader, Dirge. He was taken out by Powerglide, and deprived of any backup, Dirge was forced to retreat.{{storylink|Desert Flight}}

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====Decepticon Poison====
[[File:DecepticonPoisonMegatronFlying.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Ramjet was tasked with poisoning the Autobots’ latest batch of fuel with a poison which would prevent the Autobots from assuming their robot forms. He was spotted fleeing the area around the Autobot headquarters before all of Optimus's troops had the chance to ingest the tainted fuel however, and as a result only about half of the Autobots were poisoned.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Soon after Shockwave was dethroned, Ramjet escaped capture by Autobot authorities and met with Shockwave's remaining troops in the [[Wastelands]]. They remained there until the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] overthrew Shockwave in the name of Megatron, and Ramjet and the [[Conehead]]s returned to his control. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Ramjet and Shockwave GIJoevsTFsII3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Along with [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], Ramjet was one of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s personal bodyguards. After a failed attempt to stop [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] from stealing [[energon cube]]s from them, the Decepticons tried to take control of [[Teletran 3]], but were stopped by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}}

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

===''The Beast Within''===
Ramjet participated in a savage all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots. With the Decepticons maintaining the advantage throughout the battle, Ramjet was amongst those who approached a crippled Optimus Prime, ready to dispatch the Autobot leader. Before they could deliver the finishing blow, the Dinobots combined into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], shifting the Decepticons’ priorities. Ramjet joined several other flying Decepticons in a direct assault against The Beast, to little avail. The Beast then killed him. {{storylink|The Beast Within}} His corpse would later be one of many that littered the battlefield as Autobot survivors tried to escape the Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Man and Machine, Part Two|New Avengers/Transformers #2]] (apocryphal); [[Spotlight: Ramjet]]

Ramjet and several other Decepticons ambushed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]]'s team of Autobots near the borders of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], stopping them from apprehending [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} He was then present at the [[Jump Joint]] during Orion's little chat with [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], and was caught by surprise when the other Autobots came to rescue him. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}} Megatron then led him and several other Decepticons to [[Nyon]], where they prevented [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] from killing Orion Pax. {{storylink|Choices}} After Megatron and Orion joined forces to overthrow Zeta, the Seekers participated in the attack on his [[Citadel]]. {{storylink|Overthrown}}

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

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

[[File:Ramjet ManAndMachine.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Okay, who looked at the actual toy!?]]
Ramjet was assigned as scout and guard to an energon convoy bringing supplies to Megatron. He was too busy complaining about Megatron's orders to stay on the ground to notice the approach of Optimus Prime and Ironhide. He noticed the butt of Prime's [[ion blaster]], though. Briefly. Painfully. Before blacking out. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

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

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

The three coneheads continued to grapple with their organic enemies, and held out long enough for the Space Knights to refocus on dealing with an emotional Stardrive; Starscream ignored Ramjet's suggestion to strike then and there in favor of watching their enemies finish one another off. Though it appeared that help had arrived when a Vekktral-possessed Ultra Magnus intervened, the shapeshifting organics betrayed their Decepticon allies and began possessing them. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 4|Shining Armor #4}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bun Bun manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}} {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Appears!}} {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}} {{storylink|The Enemy from the Arctic}} {{storylink|Wataru's Power}} {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}}}}

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

===''Angry Birds'' comic===
Ramjet participated in a Decepticon attack on the Autobot shuttle carrying the [[AllSpark]]. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}

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

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

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

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

When Starscream betrayed the Decepticons however, Megatron ordered the battle abandoned so he could pursue his traitorous first lieutenant. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Ramjet swooped down towards Prime in his ''Generation 2'' colors, then engaged in a brutal fight with the Autobot leader. Despite managing to blast a hole in Optimus's chest, Ramjet lost the fight. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Generation 2 comic|Generation 2 comic commercial}}
*He then flew alongside [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] over a rocky desert, shooting his blasters at apparently nothing in particular. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Jets and cars|Generation 2 jets and cars commercial}}
*Ramjet grappled with Optimus once more during a promotional video re-visiting the "Generation 2" era of the Transformers franchise. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 - Generation 2: Redux}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}}}

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

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

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

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

One of Starscream's most unpredictable Seekers, Ramjet takes hardheadedness to new extremes by smashing into any foes, and sometimes friends, that cross his flight path. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
Ramjet was in command of the twelfth Decepticon base attacked and destroyed by the Autobots during a series of raids. He fought the invaders using his air advantage, but was eventually defeated. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Ramjet (G1)/toys}}

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

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

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

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The Probe

2018-07-15T03:10:00Z

Starbreaker: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|series=BWtoon
|ep=11
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=9
|prev2=Double Jeopardy
|next2=Gorilla Warfare
|image=Theprobetranswarpprobe.jpg
|caption=There's a probe around Uranus!
|title="The Probe"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[October 15]], 1996
|written by=[[Craig Miller]] [[Marv Wolfman]]
|directed by=[[Ezekiel Norton]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
|packaged with=[[Dinobot (BW)#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Dinobot]]
}}

'''As a probe from Cybertron approaches the planet, the Maximals desperately try to make contact with it, but Megatron has other plans.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Theprobeprimaldinorhinox.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|The Maximals read spoilers for later episodes of the show.]]
Numerous [[temporal probe]]s are launched from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], programmed to search through time for the missing ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. One pod floats through the rift in space-time created by [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and approaches the [[Earth|planet]] on which the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are taking place.

On the planet's surface, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] challenges his [[Maximal]] teammates to a race home. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] does a commendable job in keeping up with the cheetah, but [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] wins the race by using his flight mode. Primal and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] scold Cheetor for letting his own guard down. Once inside, the four [[Maximal]]s meet with [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], who is trying to use the ship's scanners to detect something in space. Rattrap pulls up a visual, revealing that the orbital object is a temporal probe. Rhinox makes an attempt to contact the probe, but it moves out of range before communication can be established. However there's one more chance to get the probe's attention, by duplicating the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[transwarp]] signal by the time the probe make its return journey. The Maximals are happy, except for Dinobot.

[[File:Tflocklens&tarantulas.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|An unreleased Tarantulas toy.]]
The next morning, the Maximals begin construction of the signal array they'll use to contact the probe. Although they're in [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] territory, they have [[Tigatron]] protecting them. Tigatron detects a tipsy [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and blasts the insect away easily. But by shooting down Waspinator, he makes himself a target of the [[Transformation Lock Lens|transformation lock lens]], a diabolical machine that [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] has built. Eventually, the device fires a beam that hits Tigatron, trapping him in his [[beast mode]]. Without his blaster, Tigatron is ensnared in an energon web. Cheetor arrives to aid Tigatron, but quickly finds himself in the same situation.

[[File:Theprobedinobot&rattrapagre.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Rattrap and Dinobot compare thumb sizes.]]
At the construction site, Dinobot admits that he imagines that upon returning to Cybertron, he'll be persecuted as a Predacon, but Optimus Primal assures him that this won't happen. [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], spying on the Maximals, films some footage of the device and sends it to Megatron via [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. Once the device is complete, Scorponok begins an attack upon it, but is quickly blasted away before the array can be damaged. All the array needs is a transwarp component, which Rhinox will deliver from the ''Axalon''.

The two cats have been caged inside the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], where Megatron reviews footage of the Maximals constructing their signal array. Cheetor accidentally lets slip that the array is being made to contact a probe. The Predacons rush out of the room, leaving the captives unsupervised. Tigatron begins to swing his suspended cage. Cheetor copies this behavior, and the two cages soon strike each other, knocking their bottom panels open. Tigatron lands on his feet and catches Cheetor, saving him from a lava bath. They then head for the Predacons' restoration chambers to escape the transformation lock.

[[File:Theprobemegsonprimal.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I would have waited an eternity for this! Yes!]]
Terrorsaur attacks the array, but the three Maximals scare off the flier in short order. Dinobot comments that Terrorsaur always was a coward. Megatron agrees, but notes that he still makes a great diversion. He and the two spiders engage the Maximals at closer range, with Tarantulas's device to assist them. Dinobot is locked into his beast mode and is defeated with several kicks from [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], but Rattrap blasts Blackarachnia over the edge of a cliff. With her out of the picture, Rattrap talks to Dinobot, who is experiencing transformational dysfunction. Rattrap figures out what's wrong—an instant before the lock lens strikes him as well. The two Maximals are then blasted by Megatron.

Optimus Primal defeats Tarantulas, but is then locked into his beast mode like the others. Nonetheless, he manages to fend off Megatron's next attempt to destroy the array, but is soon subdued. Megatron prepares to end Primal, but Rhinox arrives just in time, sending Megatron flying with a mighty punch. With the Predacons defeated, Rhinox activates the array. He only needs to enter in the code that will allow the array to mimic the ''Axalon'''s transwarp signal and contact the probe. But at the crucial moment, Tarantulas's evil device strikes Rhinox. Lacking fingers in his beast mode, he can't enter the codes and convinces Optimus he has to do it. But before Primal can input the codes, Megatron destroys the array.

Megatron prepares to finish off Optimus and Rhinox, but Cheetor and Tigatron arrive, destroying Tarantulus's device and driving off Megatron. But the damage has been done-the probe flies past the planet, uncontacted. Megatron boasts that the war will continue until he wins; the Maximals worry that they may never be rescued.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (2)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (3)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (4)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (5)
*[[Tigatron]] (7)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (8)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (9)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (10)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (11)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Don't cats ever get tired of being stupid?"
:—'''Rattrap''' (and later, '''Tarantulas''') to '''Cheetor'''

"C'mon, baby, c'mon, give it up for the rat…."
:—'''Rattrap''' has a unique way with computers.

"Well of ''course!'' We wouldn't want to miss our chance to go ''home.''" 
"HEY HEY HEY, what's biting your sensors, Dino''boob?''"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Rattrap'''. Rattrap just said "boob."

"You're a Maximal now, and we'll see that you're treated as one." 
"And what makes you think that I ''want'' to be?"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Time for you to decorate a cage, Megadork!" 
"I. Think. Not. Cybertron won't find you now, and the war will go on—until ''I'' am the victor!"
:—'''Cheetor''''s threat rings hollow when '''Megatron''' has already destroyed the array.

"Did we get our signal to the probe? Are we goin' home?!" 
"Not today, Cheetor… But someday."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The panels on Rattrap's elbows slide apart in certain shots, like when he discovers the probe or when he assures Dinobot that Rhinox will get there in time.
*While using his optic blasts against Terrorsaur, Dinobot's eyes do not glow green.
*When Megatron declares that Terrorsaur was an excellent diversion, the spike-like piece on his left shoulder is sticking straight up, instead of lying flat like normal.
*Scorponok was threatening Optimus Primal with his left claw when Rattrap blew it off. Odd, since his left claw doesn't contain missiles, but his [[Cyberbee]] drones. Perhaps another [[Gorilla Warfare|viral mine]]?
*Right before Scorponok's claw is blasted off, there is a tiny dark speck floating around it.
*After the transformation lock lens hits Optimus, Megatron's feet are sunken into the ground.
*Blackarachnia's shoulder plates are black instead of gold when Rattrap shoots her towards the cliff edge.
*On the multiple-angle explosion of the Maximal's construct, an arc-panning shot of the explosion is repeated exactly. Also, the characters are strangely absent in these shots.
*At the end, when Cheetor asks Optimus whether they'll be going home, his gun starts clipping into the ground.

===Continuity errors===
*The Maximals are all out in the open in their robot modes for quite a while- long enough for Cheetor and Tigatron to be taken to the ''Darksyde'', escape, heal themselves, and walk back to the tower- but they don't seem to suffer the usual side-effects.

===Continuity notes===
[[Image:The Probe orbiting wotsit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|]]
*This is the first and only time we actually see Cybertron (outside of a dream in "[[The Web]]" and an illustrated description in "[[Law of the Jungle]]"). There's a bustling, neon-lit city with flying cars and an orbiting city-cum-spaceport that launches the probes, complete with a voiceover from an unseen Maximal official (voiced by [[Doug Parker]]).
*Following "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]" and "[[Fallen Comrades]]", we get more hints about what planet the Beast Wars are taking place on. When we first see the probe approach the planet it heads towards a continent that looks like Africa. Later, the probe does a tour of the local solar system and passes by planets that look awfully like Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. When the probe returns towards the end of the episode, we can again see what looks like Africa and Madagascar along with Antarctica, although the locations are a bit off.
*After its creation [[A Better Mousetrap|two episodes ago]], we see [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] in regular use for the first time (unless you're watching one of the home video releases. See "Trivia" below.)
*Dinobot's hesitation towards the idea of being rescued will resurface in "[[Victory (episode)|Victory]]".
*Cheetor may know where the Predacon's CR Chamber is due to the events of "[[Equal Measures]]", when he was chased through much of the Predacon base.
*In a neat little bit of continuity, when Blackarachnia is about to be shot off a cliff by Rattrap, Scorponok's body is barely visible at the bottom. He's even missing the claw that was blown off by Rattrap earlier in the episode!
*Gadgets and powers:
** Scorponok can apparently transfer recordings to the little disk bearing the Predacon insignia on his chest. The disk can be detached and taken back to base. Maybe his cyberbees were being repaired at the time? Or perhaps he was keeping it in reserve in order to fire another viral mine.
**Once again, Cheetor uses his rump gun instead of his normal gun when Tigatron is around.

===Transformers references===
*Tarantulas' Transformation Lock device has a similar function to [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron's]] [[Transfixatron]] device in the G1 episode "[[The Autobot Run]]". However, Tarantulas' device is a step ahead forcing the target back into their [[alternate mode]]. It can also fly on its own. Like in the original episode, the good guys are shown to be slightly useless when stuck in their alt-modes. (You'd think a giant robotic velociraptor would be good in a fight, but no, Dinobot is taken down by Blackarachnia kicking him a few times and is only saved when Rattrap shoots her. Apparently guns and missiles are the only important thing in a Beast Wars fight.)
*This episode has another reference to the [[Pit|Inferno]], the (soon to be renamed) Transformers version of Hell.
*After last episodes use of "minutes", this time we're back to using "cycles".
*Tigatron's exclamation of "By the Matrix, what's happening?!" is the first reference to the various meanings of [[Matrix (disambiguation)|Matrix]] to show up in the series.

===Trivia===
[[File:Theprobefbomb.jpg|thumb|Say cheese!]]
*Cheetor's dialogue at this point in the series is always slightly embarrassing, but calling the Predacon leader "Mega-dumb"? That's pretty mega-lame.
*Scorponok's black and white POV shot has purple [[Cybertronix]] text on the bottom. It translates to "f**k".
*A more clever use of Cybertronix comes when Rhinox identifies the probe. The text scrolling on the bottom repeats "ceci est un alphabet tres bizarre et je ne comprends rien", French for "This is a very odd alphabet, and I do not understand anything".
*On home video, the running order of this episode and "[[A Better Mousetrap]]" are consistently switched.
**The exception is the American [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] DVD release of Season 1, in which this episode appears after "[[Double Jeopardy]]". This is particularly noticeable in the presence of the [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] defense system before its introductory episode. However, the [[Madman Entertainment|Madman]] release for Australia has this episode appearing in the proper place.
*Many (but not all) scenes with Blackarachnia were taken out for the Alliance Video VHS release of this episode, as her [[Double Jeopardy|introductory episode]] was not included on the same tape.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Sonde'''" ("The Probe")

:*''Title:'' "'''La Sonde'''" (Canada, "The Probe")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La sonda'''" ("The probe")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyōfu no Shin Heiki!'''" (恐怖の新兵器!, "New Weapons of Terror!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 26|26 November]] [[1997]]
:**When Tigatron and Cheetor are swinging the cages back and forth, Cheetor repeats ''wheeee'' and ''yahooooo'' incessantly.
:**With this episode, the Predacons fully adopt the Maximals' habit of making noises whenever they fire their weapons; usually a noise related to their verbal tic (Scorponok says ''orya orya orya'' whenever he fires, Terrorsaur says ''caw caw caw'' whenever he fires, etc.). Blackarachnia, however, not only shouts ''tshaa tshaa tshaa'' whenever she fires her weapon, but whenever she performs one of her kicks.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' '''A Sonda''' ("The Probe")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shíjiān Tànzhēn '''" (时间探针, "A Time Probe")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' '''La Sonda''' (America, "The Probe")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1996 — ''Beast Wars'' — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1996 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — Une Adventure Cybernetique (Alliance Video) — French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — New Weapon of Terror ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 2 ([[Universal]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Rhinomation) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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