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Scavengers (G1)

2023-09-22T10:49:58Z

Supersonic fan: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

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:''The Scavengers are a ragtag bunch from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTE45 clean.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|So an [[Action Master]], a [[Triggercon]], a [[Duocon]], two [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]], and a [[K-Class|K-Con]] walk into a bar...]]
Imagine if you will, the cream of the Decepticon crop. The '''Scavengers''' are ''not'' those Decepticons—according to [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]]'s analysis of [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron's]] files, they are in fact the six worst Decepticons in history.

Still, they've survived when countless others have died. That's got to count for something.

The individual members of the team are:
*[[Krok (G1)|Krok]], the leader and obsessive-compulsive 'con searching for his squad;
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]], who's missing a big chunk of his head;
*[[Flywheels]], who's found Primus and can't tell a lie without transforming;
*[[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]], who got his name from an incident involving a "misunderstanding and a dozen dead Decepticons";
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]], an ''idiot savant'' with an itchy trigger finger;
*and [[Fulcrum]], a convicted coward.

After a series of wacky adventures, [[Nickel]], former medic for the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], winds up taking the deceased Flywheels' spot (being assured by Krok that it's "demotion-proof").

They travel the galaxy in the ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' and have currently taken the mentally damaged Autobot powerhouse [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]] into their care... for totally altruistic and not even remotely self-serving reasons. Really.

{{quote|We have adventures! We do stuff!}}
{{quote|No, Crankcase. Stuff does us.|[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] and [[Krok (G1)|Krok]]|"[[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
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The group that would become the Scavengers initially consisted of Krok, who had been lost by his old squad following a run-in with the [[Wreckers]] some years prior, {{storylink|Animals}} and his friend [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]], who had joined up after Krok left Cybertron. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

The two of them had been friends with another Decepticon named [[Thundersaur]], and when Thundersaur died, sometime around 2008, the two of them made it their mission to complete his last request: to rescue his old friend [[Misfire (G1)|Flyhigh]] from a [[Weak Anthropic Principle|prison ship]]. Just after the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], the duo, operating as the "'''Foragers'''", intercepted the lightly crewed vessel as it approached [[Garrus-9]], locked the ship's pilot [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] in one of its cells, and rescued Flyhigh, who was now calling himself "Misfire" following the incident that got him incarcerated. Soon afterwards, the Foragers discovered [[Flywheels]], who had thrown himself into space to escape the depredations of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}} Krok, eager to lead a new squad following the loss of his old unit, {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} invited the newcomers to join, though Flywheels was of the opinion that the group would require a snappier name. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

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Over the next four years, the Foragers would eventually change their name to the '''Scavengers''', taking on their former prisoner Crankcase as a full-fledged Scavenger and adopting the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' as their new ship. The ragtag team didn't amount to much, having largely fallen under the Decepticon command's radar, and spent most of their time hopping from one old battlefield to the next, scrounging [[energon]] and spare parts off fallen combatants. When the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] ended in early 2012, the Scavengers glumly assumed that the Autobots had won and chose not to return to Cybertron, instead stopping over on the barren planet [[Clemency]] to loot yet another abandoned battlefield. There, they found [[Fulcrum]], a faulty [[K-Class]] Decepticon who had miraculously survived what should have been his fatal suicide bombing; {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} after Spinister disabled his explosive charge, {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}} the group (after deciding that he wasn't a [[zombie]]) opted to make him a member of the team, bringing him up to speed on recent events such as the war's end.

The next morning, the group discovered an abandoned P-6 [[Worldsweeper]] vessel, an archaic warship that had at one point belonged to the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]] and his associates. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}} Unaware of its history or its previous owners, the six Decepticons were disturbed by some of the many unsettling genetic experiments that the Grand Architect's associates had carried out, discovering deformed protoforms, a ceiling covered with [[brain module]]s, and organic flesh that had bled into the ship's fuel supply.

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Before they could investigate further, they received a call from the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], warning them that one of their number was on [[The List|their infamous "List"]] and that they were to hand him over for their own good. Confused by [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]]'s mention of ''seven'' individuals, the group found the seventh suspect, a [[Stasis lock|stasis-locked]], brain-damaged [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]], {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} who had been abandoned in a [[Stasis pod|stasis tube]] following his brutal torture at the hands of [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] and [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]], the Grand Architect's affiliates. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}}

[[File:Flywheels tesarus whos afraid of the djd.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|The Scavengers lose one of their own to vore.]]
The group weighed up their options; Krok being of the opinion that it didn't really matter, since any of them might be in the crosshairs of the DJD, so the group decided to make their stand by using some of their salvaged energon, laced with [[circuit speeder]]s, to shock Grimlock back to consciousness so that the Autobot powerhouse could give them an edge. Luring the DJD members into an ambush, the Scavengers waited until the DJD had landed their ship and moved towards Grimlock's stasis pod, at which point Krok sprang the trap and sicced the Dinobot on their attackers. The gambit quicky went south when Grimlock ran out of steam, and after overpowering him the DJD turned their attentions to the rest of the Scavengers—a brief, one-sided fight that saw Flywheels get shoved face-first into [[Tesarus (G1)|Tesarus]]'s deadly chest cavity. Fulcrum unsuccessfully attempted to use his kamikaze alternate mode to annihilate the Decepticon Justice Division, and when he didn't detonate the DJD assumed that he was dead. Announcing that Grimlock and the other Scavengers were now on the list for abetting him, they left to take care of a [[Overlord (G1)|higher-profile target]] after receiving an [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|anonymous tip]].

Though Fulcrum revealed the reason why he had been put on The List in the first place, the group was more preoccupied with Grimlock, whose brain-damaged condition was now evident. The group gathered up a damaged Krok so that their leader could be repaired; the Decepticons decided to strike out for Cybertron, and, at Misfire's insistence, brought Grimlock along with them so that they could use him as a bargaining chip against the Autobots. Before leaving Clemency, they scavenged what they could from Flywheels, whose passing was recorded some eighteen months later by the supernatural [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

The Scavengers never made it back to Cybertron: learning that [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] had seized control of the planet in their absence, and knowing that he would be much less pleased to see Grimlock than the hypothetical Autobot regime, the Scavengers abandoned their plan to return home. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}} Shortly after their adventure on Clemency, the group had to rescue Misfire from a [[Galactic Council]] prison on [[Constancy]], though Krok, Spinister, and Crankcase fell victim to [[Solomus|Tyrest's]] [[universal killswitch]] partway through. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

[[File:Scavengers IRL.jpg|thumb|upright=2.15|left|Guys, we're not collector's items; we're a child's playthings. We. Are. TOYS!]]
News that [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] had defected to the Autobots and publicly rejected the Decepticon cause eventually reached them, and the dejected Scavengers aimlessly bummed around the outer rim of the galaxy for months. In between sessions of playing "[[Cybertronian games|Shoot Shoot Bang Bang]]" and vandalizing [[Autopedia]], they had several madcap misadventures: among other things, they dealt with various supernatural phenomena, saved the universe with a game of [[Jenga]], and were even turned into [[toy]]s. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}} In between all this, Crankcase struck up a romantic relationship with "[[CONS4EVA]]" on the social networking site [[The Big Conversation]], unaware that "CONS4EVA" was, in reality, a [[Dire Wraith]], {{storylink|Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!}} while Misfire's continued attempts to try and rehabilitate Grimlock proved fruitless. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

After some careless navigation steered the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' into a crash-landing on [[Tebris VII]], the Scavengers received an offer from [[Demus]], an ex-Decepticon tradesman who had set up a lucrative scrap metal dealership on the planet. Believing that he wanted to give them jobs, the Scavengers decided to pay a visit... only to learn that he wasn't interested in their employment. What Demus wanted was Grimlock, and the merchant was willing to pay half a billion [[Shanix]] ''to each of them'' to have him.

The Scavengers were divided on Demus's offer: Krok, Crankcase, and Spinister were in favor of taking it, while Fulcrum and Misfire refused to sell off the Dinobot for a quick buck. Their deliberations were interrupted by the sudden arrival of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]], the new Duly Appointed Enforcer of the [[Tyrest Accord]], who shot Demus dead in front of them and placed them all under arrest. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

[[File:Equinoids.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.55|The Scavengers, just after learning Epona's Song.]]
The Scavengers were able to evade Fortress Maximus and took shelter in Demus's warehouse of [[Roboid]] dolls, where Crankcase managed to lure the enforcer away with a mention of Grimlock (who was still aboard their ship). In the following lull, the Scavengers reconciled their differences regarding the brain-damaged Dinobot and rode out on [[Equinoid]]s to rescue him from Maximus.

The group confronted Fortress Maximus aboard the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'', where, working together, they bluffed him into retreating and leaving Grimlock in their care. Before leaving, however, Spinister was able to come up with a way to repair the Roboids, who had been forcibly "[[domestication|domesticated]]" by the unscrupulous Demus. Once their ship was repaired, Krok declared a new plan: rather than always looking out for themselves, the Scavengers would now dedicate themselves to helping out other Decepticons, providing them with the same support and companionship that the Scavengers had always given to each other.

But first, they played one last game of Shoot Shoot Bang Bang. {{storylink|Animals}}

Some time later, the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' received the transmissions of supposedly soon-to-die crewmembers of the ''[[Lost Light]]''; the Scavengers dismissed the dark news. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

During [[Earth]]'s [[Ore-13]] crisis, the group touched down in [[Texas]] so that that Crankcase could meet CONS4EVA in person. Returning to Earth triggered some of Grimlock's memories, and the Dinobot swiftly rampaged out of the ship, forcing Misfire and Spinister to follow him. The other three Decepticons met CONS4EVA, who, after a brief misunderstanding, revealed himself as a Wraith, asking for Crankcase's aid in completing an a [[Temptoria]]n religious ceremony known as the "[[Crossover]]". Eventually managing to rein in Grimlock with the help of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] washout [[MP3]], the Scavengers managed to complete the ceremony and open a portal to a higher plane of existence...a portal too small for anyone to enter. Crankcase offered both the human and the Wraith a spot on the Scavengers; the former accepted while the latter only asked for a lift to the nearest [[starhub]]. Before MP3 could board the ship, however, Fulcrum took off, citing his disgust for humans. {{storylink|Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!}}

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The Scavengers made another stopover on the planet [[Frayus]] to root around in the ruins of [[Camp Conclave]] in the hopes of recovering some rare [[ununtrium]],but on emerging they discovered that the planet had become a three-way battleground between the [[Galactic Council]], the [[Black Block Consortia]], and [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]' Decepticons. They attempted to escape, but found that the portal leading to their ship had closed. At that moment, an unknown 'benefactor' of the Scavengers opened another portal, beckoning them to come through. They complied... just as [[Nickel]] got thrown in behind them by a stray explosion. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

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Said benefactor, [[Agonizer|The Curator]], offered them a job to retrieve the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]]. They agreed (with Nickel joining for a part of the profits) and were taken to the planet [[Confluence]], at which point they were set upon by [[Treecon]]s. Grimlock decimated the wooden robots, but he was felled when [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] attacked and relieved him from his consciousness with a claw-wave. The whole group was taken to a Worldsweeper, in which they were put in a cell. There Spinister opened up Grimlock's chest to discover that he was the (ex-) container for the item they were searching for. Unfortunately, Scorponok dropped by and, after some evil monologuing and exposition, reawakened Grimlock with another claw-wave; Grimlock, enraged to see someone footling around in his chest, tore Spinister's arm off and went berserk. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}}

Salvation for the group came at the hands of Nickel who forced Grimlock back to [[beast mode]], correctly hypothesizing that he suffered from a non-fluent aphasia that was partially relieved by the pressure exerted on his [[brain module]] while transformed. As Spinister used this knowledge to restore Grimlock's faculties, Krok had an idea and ordered Nickel and Spinister to disassemble everyone to simulate the appearance of Grimlock have murdered them. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}} After the guards had taken Grimlock away to meet Scorponok, {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}} the Scavengers pulled themselves back together and caught Scorponok and [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] off-guard.

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With the odds against him (and absolutely refusing to allow the Magnificence to steal his thunder), Scorponok revealed the [[Firstborn]] to the Scavengers, a [[spark]] powered organic that would mark the rebirth of the Decepticons, a new order Scorponok offered the Scavengers a place in... if they killed Grimlock. As one however, the Scavengers rejected the offer. They loved being Decepticons but were glad the war was over and had no desire to see it return. Though taken aback by their refusal, Scorponok began to extract their sparks before Nickel managed to grab the Magnificence who told her to use a pre-recorded voicemail Tarn had given her to allow them all to escape.

Leaving Scorponok paralyzed by Tarn's voice, the Scavengers swiped the Firstborn and, guided by the Magnificence, fought their way to a transmat suite. Once there, the Scavengers resolved to escape to Garrus-9, use the prison's spark extraction tech to restore the Firstborn to normal, and then return to the Curator to receive their reward. Using coordinates supplied by the Magnificence, the Scavengers opened the portal, but when Misfire double-checked to make sure organics could use transmat safely, the Magnificence said otherwise. In response, Grimlock took the creature and offered to stay behind while the others escaped. As the rest of the group (now including Nickel) debated what to do, Grimlock shoved them all through the portal and destroyed it, preparing to face Scorponok's troops alone. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

[[File:TheGodWar NauticaFindsScavengers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Say the line in [[Chris Hemsworth]]'s voice.]]
Unbeknownst to the Scavengers at the time, the Magnificence, a mouthpiece for the [[Omega Guardian]]s had supplied them to the coordinates of [[Mederi]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} As the group had expected to materialize on Garrus-9, the room presented itself to them as Grimlock's old cell, locked from the outside, and with the Magnificence having shut down, leaving them seemingly trapped on a dead planet. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

Salvation came at the hands of an unwitting [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] who opened their cell door. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}} As the Decepticons tried to rush to freedom, the [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] revealed that she believed herself to be in the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]], causing the illusion to collapse and revealing Mederi's true nature to them. With Nautica, the group travelled deeper into the facility where they found several Cybertronian corpses, bringing [[Axe (G1)|Axe]]'s to [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] where the Autobot deduced that Mederi was the fabled [[Cyberutopia]] of legend. As everyone made ready to leave Mederi, the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' appeared in the sky, now mutated into ravenous [[Sparkeater (creature)|sparkeaters]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

As everyone fled, Grimlock reunited with the Scavengers, having delivered the Firstborn to Agonizer in Howling Town and allied with former ''Lost Light''ers. While Krok and Crankcase boarded [[Wipe-Out's ship]] to reclaim the ''Lost Light'', the rest boarded themselves up in Ward Zero to aid in trying to cure the infected Autobots. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} No sooner had both goals been accomplished did a massive tear in the [[Warren]] open above the moon. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} While Misfire aided in loading everyone aboard, Crankcase assumed the helm but found the ship's engines were unable to match the rift's gravity, dragging them all to the [[Benzene Cluster]] where the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]] took them all prisoner. After [[Froid]] and [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]] joined the group, everyone bore witness to the [[God Gun]] drilling a hole between universes, allowing the ''[[Last Light (ship)|Last Light]]'' to enter their universe. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

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The ship was followed soon afterwards by the [[Functionist Universe]]'s Cybertron cast in the image of Primus, the avatar soon turning its focus on the God Gun while the [[Functionary|Functionaries]] attacked the Architect's fleet. When the ''Last Light'' freed the prisoners, the Scavengers were pulled out through the hull breach and brought aboard the ship where they found that, not only was [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] the captain, but that he knew their names and their nicknames. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}} When the rest of the group escaped captivity, they brought with them the news that [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] was the real Primus. A group brainstorming session eventually struck on the idea to have Rung create twelve duplicates of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] so they could overload [[Vector Sigma]] via its connection to the [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]s. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} All the Scavengers took part in the subsequent battle against the Functionaries, Misfire even aiding Swerve in opening his Matrix, freeing Cybertron from the [[Functionist Council]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

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When the ''Lost Light'' was due to be decommissioned, the Scavengers signed aboard for one last "victory lap" around the galaxy. As the crew prepared to quantum jump home, the science team proposed the risky gamble of recreating the malfunctioning launch, thereby quantum duplicating themselves before then shunting the duplicates into a parallel universe to ensure that the Lost Light's adventures would never truly end. When the time to jump came, the crew simply wound up back on Cybertron. After a last drink at ''[[Swerve's]]'', the Scavengers took a hovercar back to Troja Major where Crankcase had requested CONS4EVA meet him.

And far away, in some distant corner of the multiverse, the duplicate ''Lost Light'' materialized, ready to set sail for an infinity of new adventures. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

==Note==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scavenger''' (スカベンジャー ''Sukabenjā'')

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Master Sword

2022-09-18T12:21:15Z

Supersonic fan:

[[File:Mastersword.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|strongest blade in the world, however, it is so fragile as to shatter when handled by any force other than the delicate touch of a lesbian .]]
The '''Master Sword''' (マスターソード ''Masutā Sōdo''), "blade of blades, wielded only by the righteous and just", is the single most powerful weapon created by the super-science of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], and the ultimate weapon of Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]].

In addition to the massive blade, the term "Master Sword" also refers to the small dagger-like device housed in the control console of Battleship Maximus. When this is drawn from the console by Fortress, the battleship transforms to robot mode, to which Fortress connects in head mode, forming Fortress Maximus. To unsheath the sword, Fortress's physical and mental energies must be in perfect synchronization; the activation of the Master Sword and his transformation into Fortress Maximus drains them severely, requiring an extended period of recharging before it can be accomplished again, eating away at Fortress's life force every time he goes Maximus.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
[[Image:Mastersword2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Now take a nap for seven years.]]
Fortress first unsheathed the Master Sword when the [[Decepticon]]s unleashed a monstrous carnivorous plant on [[San Francisco]]. Unable to draw the sword at first, Fortress was galvanized by cries for help from his Headmaster troops, and became Fortress Maximus for the first time to whack the plant's weed with the Master Sword. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} The Master Sword proceeded to be a weapon that turned the tide of many a battle, and ultimately forced the Decepticons from [[Earth]] when it perforated the weak spot of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

Seeking a way to counter the power of the Master Sword, Scorponok headed for planet Master. There, he attempted to learn the secrets and weaknesses of the Master Sword by having one of the scientists responsible for creating it, [[Jack (G1)|Jack]], captured and tortured. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} This approach failed, but while burrowing underground, he located the ore necessary to create the incredible durable [[G-Metal]], and proceeded to capture the Autobot [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], ransoming him for a disc containing all the data on the Master Sword. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} Combining these, he successfully created the [[Zarak Shield]], which proved able to deflect the Master Sword when they first clashed in battle. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

Returning to Earth, Scorponok initiated a plan to destroy the planet, culminating in a massive battle between the Autobot and Decepticon armies at the North Pole. Powered up by the combining energies of the Autobots, relayed to him through the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]], Fortress Maximus used the Master Sword to destroy the Zarak Shield, and Scorponok's Transtector, saving the planet. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
The new Battleship Maximus built in the [[Legends World]] also came equipped with the small and large Master Swords. Taking over Fortress's transtector, [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] attempted to unsheath the sword and transform the base into "Weird Maximus", but failed to balance his physical and mental energies appropriately and was knocked out. After transforming into Fortress Maximus, Fortress used the larger Master Sword to pierce the device [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] was using to control [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}}

[[Grand Maximus]] got his own Master Sword to use with a new transtector that matched Fortress's in size. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
The Master Sword was thus named because it contained the souls of the [[Blind Master]], [[Soft Master]], and [[Hard Master]]. Their pupil, [[Snake-Eyes]], acquired the sword and through it he bonded with Fortress Maximus and become the city-bot's new Headmaster partner. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
[[File:FortMaxPoster.jpg|thumb|DA-NA-NA-NAAAAA!]]
Fortress Maximus summoned the Master Sword and attempted to strike [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], but his fiery aura managed to repel the blade, causing it to dissipate and Maximus to be knocked back. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}
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==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
[[File:TF-G1-Fortress-Maximus-Master-Sword.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Japanese-only exclusive.]]
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-114'''
:Available only with the Japanese release of the Fortress Maximus toy, both forms of the Master Sword are included—the small version, which can be wielded by Fortress, and the ''large'' version, which fits in the hand of Fortress Maximus. It is currently unknown if the swords were originally planned for the [[Hasbro]] version but dropped for price or [[For safety reasons|safety concerns]], or if they were a [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]-initiated addition to their release of the toy.

:The Master Sword was [[redeco]]ed to make the [[Master Blade (Masterforce)|Master Blade]] included with [[Grand Maximus#Super-God Masterforce|Grand Maximus]], and slightly [[retool]]ed to make the [[Matrix Blade]].

===''Encore''===
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, [[2013]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''#23'''
**''Accessories:'' Headmaster unit, Cerebros large Headmaster unit, [[Cog (G1)|Gasket]], [[Cog (G1)|Grommet]], Photon Rifle, Dual Laser Cannon, Cerebros's Mini Laser Rifle, [[Cog (G1)|Cog]]'s Laser rifle, Radar Scope, Master Sword, Cerebros's sword.

:The ''Encore'' release of Fortress Maximus retains his Master Sword accessory.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:Titans-Return-SDCC-Master-Sword.jpg|thumb|America-only exclusive.]]
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (San Diego Comic-Con exclusive, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Cerebros, Emissary, 2 leg guns, gun turret, Master Sword
:The [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016 exclusive release of Fortress Maximus comes with a new Master Sword weapon decoed after its appearances in ''The Headmasters''. Like the original Generation 1 accessory, the sword can be separated into a small version of the blade for Cerebros to hold.

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[[File:Generations-Fort-Max-master-sword.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Asia-only exclusive.]]
*'''Master Sword''' (Toys"R"Us online exclusive, 2016)
:A redeco of the Master Sword that features painted details to resemble the original G1 toy was available as part of a promotional campaign via several Asian branches of [[Toys"R"Us]].

:In Hong Kong, it was available for the first 100 customers to purchase Fortress Maximus via the Toys"R"Us website between June 26 and July 1. In Taiwan, the campaign was launched in July; and in Singapore, it ran from July 7 to August 31 and was limited to the top 20 spenders who purchased Fortress Maximus.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-Fortress-Maximus-Master-Sword.jpg|upright=0.5|thumb|Japanese exclusive (again), but not redecoed like the Asia one.]]
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (2016-[[September 24|09-24]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG31'''
**''Accessories'': Headmaster unit, Fortress, 2 leg guns, gun turret, Master Sword
:''Legends'' Fortress Maximus also comes with his own Master Sword accessory, and the first one to be a regular release item compared to the releases above. Following the standard of the ''Legends'' subline, this Master Sword is decoed to match the weapon's appearances in ''The Headmasters'' cartoon; however, its paint applications are not the same as that of the sword from San Diego Comic-Con 2016 release, featuring slightly altered and added paint details.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Gum===
[[File:Kabaya_DX_Fort_Max_Master_Sword.JPG|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Sky Base + Powerglide''' (2012)
**''Accessories:'' Master Sword
:Part of the first wave of the ''[[Transformers Gum#DX kits|Transformers Gum DX]]'' series, the [[Powerglide (G1)/toys#Merchandise|Sky Base]] is a snap-together model kit of a battle station with some kind of antenna formed by the Master Sword, for use by the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#Gumbined|Fortress Maximus figure]] assembled by combining all three kits in the wave. The Master Sword is one piece of plastic removed from a red sprue, with molding and customer-applied stickers providing details. The sword’s handle is too small to be compatible with the [[5 mm post|5 mm weapon system]]. Boooo.
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===Brave-Goukin===
*'''Excel Suit''' (<s>2014</s>)
[[File:CM's_Corporation_excelsuit_data_disk.jpg|200px|thumb|Oh cool, someone 3D printed the Save icon.]]
:This accessory of the Master Sword data disk from "[[The Master Sword Is in Danger!!]]" was to be included with [[CM's Corporation]]'s ''Brave-Goukin'' "[[Exosuit#Brave-Goukin|Excel Suit]]" toy. It would have included a metal chain and stand from which to hang it, but the whole set went unreleased following CM's Corporation's bankruptcy.
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==Notes==
[[File:Atonement Autobase.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "live by the sword".]]
*In [[Atonement|issue #6]] of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|ongoing ''Generation One'' comic book]], [[Autobase]] is designed to look like an inverted Master Sword, with its hilt acting as a landing pad for aircraft.
*No, it's not ''that'' [http://www.zeldawiki.org/Master_Sword Master Sword]. Stop asking.

===Foreign names===
*''Italian:'' '''Master Sodo'''

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