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Airazor (BW)

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:''Airazor is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Airazorbwcgi.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Ladyfalcon'' just doesn't have the same ring.]]

Primarily used for recon and surveillance due to her aerial [[alternate mode]], '''Airazor'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s (aka '''Wing Saber''') talents are a great asset to the Maximal cause. She's calm and confident, but also adventurous and brave, with a healthy supply of dry humor. Her aerial skill in either mode, incredibly sharp eyesight and steady aim make her a dangerous opponent.

Due to the circumstances of her "birth", she sees [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] as something of an uncle-figure and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] as the sibling she never had. She devotes most of her efforts, however, to taming the wild yet gentle [[Tigatron]]. She shares his love for the beautiful planet on which the Maximals are stranded, and it is on this planet where their destiny will be forever intertwined.

{{bigquote|She stoops to conquer!|Airazor|"[[Call of the Wild]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
Airazor was an "aerial reconnaissance expert" who could spot Predacon activity from 30,000 feet above. With her internal radar transmitters, Airazor could relay information to her Maximal comrades, including 3D "virtual reality maps" that pinpointed enemy locations. In terms of offense, she possessed [[cyberblade]]s and a [[photon rifle|photon cannon]]. However, her preferred method of attacking was slashing with her titanium-plated talons in beast mode. {{storylink|#Beast Wars|Airazor bio}}

With her [[Transmetal]] body after the [[quantum surge]], Airazor had become a warrior that inspired absolute fear in the Predacons, thanks to her deadly armor-ripping talons. Her post had been adjusted to sea reconnaissance, in light of her vehicle mode. {{storylink|#TM1|Transmetal Airazor Bio}}

After becoming a [[Transmetal|Metals]], Airazor's power surged! Airazor's dominion of the air became second to none, but the air warrior still preferred to avoid violence when possible. {{storylink|#TM1|Metals Airazor}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Pauline Newstone]] (English), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japanese)|[[Liu Li]] (Chinese), [[Denise Reis]] (Portuguese), [[Rebeca Manriquez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Olga Cano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Caterina Rochira]] (Italian)}}

[[File:The Spark Airazor.jpg|left|upright=1.55|thumb|The Maximals' Yellow Ranger.]]

Her [[stasis pod]] damaged upon crashing to [[Earth]], Airazor was able to come online due to the genius of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and the bravery of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rhinox deftly operated the stasis pod's controls and Cheetor offered up his [[locking chip]] to repair it. Immediately out of the pod, she outmaneuvered and destroyed [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. Her aerial [[beast mode]], at the time, made her the only Maximal other than [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] who could fly. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[File:Airazortigatrontrigger.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And the lady shall ride a tiger.]]

She and Tigatron started to team up more frequently, a prospect Airazor seemed to welcome, but Tigatron preferred to work alone. Their first big adventure together came when a flying island paradise was discovered. The island, however, was covered in booby-traps which were triggered by the use of energy weapons. Airazor rescued Tigatron when he was ambushed by Predacons on the island, but she was damaged badly. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Tigatron carried her on his back, refusing to leave her behind, and the pair worked together to avoid and overcome the island's traps. The island was ultimately destroyed, much to the sadness and outrage of Tigatron, and he would have secluded himself from the other Maximals further if not for Airazor's concern. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Soon after, the Predacons beat Tigatron to another stasis pod, reprogramming it and unleashing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Airazor and Tigatron took turns helping each other, but once again, Tigatron insisted that he work alone. Airazor commented that sometimes you can be too alone. She was right, because after he tracked down [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and destroyed the stasis pod, Tigatron got shot up a lot. Nearing death, Tigatron was saved by the arrival of Airazor and Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

During a Predacon attack on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Airazor saved Optimus from plunging to his doom, but was herself so badly damaged she had to spend several days in the [[CR chamber]]. She emerged to find that the other Maximals had succumbed to their beast instincts through having to stay in beast mode constantly, as a result of the Predacons stealing the ship's [[rectifier coil]]. While Tigatron helped the Maximals, Airazor was able to infiltrate the largely deserted Predacon base and retrieve the rectifier coil. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

[[File:BeforetheStorm Airazor dropping off Rattrap.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.34|If you barf, you're walking home.]]
After the Maximals were expelled from their base by the Predacons, aided by a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], Airazor alerted Tigatron to the situation. The pair joined in a ploy to retake their base, which involved an assault on the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' under Starscream's leadership. {{storylink|Possession}} Airazor was part of the reinforcements provided when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] were trying to find a cure for the [[energon discharge virus]] Rhinox was afflicted with. For some reason she felt the need to pose provocatively by Optimus's leg as the Maximals appeared on the scene. {{storylink|The Low Road}}

After the realization that the aliens who seeded their planet with traps and energon were returning to destroy it, the Maximals and Predacons entered a truce. Optimus Primal used Airazor to try to sneak Rattrap into the Predacon base to find out what [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was up to, but Megatron, of course, found them on his scanners and politely asked them to leave. Unbeknownst to Megatron, the ploy was a decoy for Tigatron's infiltration. {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

[[File:Airazoraftermath.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
The aliens arrived and a new [[Bio-Dome|alien structure]] was built, trapping Airazor, who was tortured. Optimus Primal forced his way inside, with the help of the Predacons, and traded himself to the aliens for Airazor. Rattrap dragged her from the structure, only for them to find themselves at gunpoint — the truce was over. The pair were able to use the activation of the structure's "termination sequence" to deal with the Predacons, before fleeing with the escaping Optimus. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} As one of the planet's moons was revealed as an [[Planet Buster|alien weapon]], the Maximals retreated to their base. There, Airazor and Rattrap caught [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] working on a stasis pod in the ship's hold, and Optimus was able to use it to destroy the Planet Buster, though at the cost of his own life. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:OtherVists1 Airazor in vines.jpg|thumb|left|280px]|Hey look it's someone's fetish.]]
Airazor and Tigatron escaped [[Transmetal]]ization by the [[quantum surge]]. They attempted to stop Blackarachnia escaping, but were both knocked offline by Megatron. {{storylink|Aftermath}} After repairs, the duo left together to find the rest of the missing stasis pods scattered across the planet. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} While on their search, the two Maximals discovered not only a remarkably beautiful valley, but a strange plant. As the two looked into each other's eyes and held hands in quiet celebration, the plant transformed into another [[Vok]] device, and as they clasped hands, declaring their love to exist beyond the throes of death, the two were absorbed and shot into space. Cheetor arrived, but was too late, and loudly protested the loss of two of his best friends. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}}

[[File:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Know that I am [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]! Well, part of him. From another universe. It's complicated.]]

Airazor and Tigatron were kept in a form of stasis until near the end of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], when they were merged into the powerful being [[Tigerhawk]]. Tigerhawk returned to Earth as the emissary of the Vok to stop the deterioration that the Beast Wars were causing to the timestream, his first act being to destroy the [[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]], sending the Predacons scrambling. Tarantulas managed to capture Tigerhawk and removed the Vok's influence from his frame (and absorbed it into himself), letting Airazor and Tigatron's [[spark]]s inhabit Tigerhawk's body. Tigatron's voice was dominant, but Tigerhawk's personality and mannerisms were an amalgam of Tigatron and Airazor's. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Shortly afterward, however, Tigerhawk was killed in a standoff with the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' after Megatron retrieved it from the ocean floor. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====3H comics====
[[File:Groundzero-airazorbeastmode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Somewhere near the end of the first year of the Beast Wars, before the Planet Buster ignited the planet's energon, Airazor, Rhinox, and Cheetor overheard a battle between [[Fractyl]] and [[Packrat]]. Airazor ended up having to rescue Cheetor, who had darted off ahead of them and gotten blasted. After the battle was resolved, she and the other Maximals fled, pretending to be beaten by the timid Fractyl to increase his standing in Megatron's eyes. {{storylink|Ground Zero}}

[[File:TransmetalAirazor2.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|WINGS UP WINGS DOWN WHO GIVES A CRAP]]
After the Beast Wars were over, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], presumed destroyed, existed in a new, undead form that was fueled by his new Vok powers. The remaining Vok assembled warriors to end this threat, creating [[Primal Prime]] and giving new [[Transmetal]] bodies to the extant Sparks of Airazor and Tigatron. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} {{storylink|Primeval Dawn II}}

After awakening a stranded stasis pod containing [[Ramulus]], opening a second pod triggered an ambush by [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and a reborn Transmetal 2 [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Airazor immediately saved Tigatron's life, knocking Spittor aside before Tigatron would have unwittingly come in contact with Spittor's body, covered entirely in [[cyber venom]]. This maneuver left her vulnerable to Ravage's gunfire, which knocked her out of the air. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}}

The battle ended catastrophically, and Ramulus, Airazor, and Tigatron were forced to carry a critically-wounded Primal Prime back to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest. As Airazor and Tigatron conferred with the seemingly absent Vok, Airazor experienced great pains due to her battle wounds. But before she could explain, the ''Ark'' was under attack by Ravage and the Predacons. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|Due to [[3H Productions]] loss of the convention license, "Primeval Dawn" was never completed. It is telling, however, that Airazor was not present in the subsequently-placed ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|Wreckers]]'' storyline. "[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]" even has Tigatron awkwardly not answering Rattrap's query as to where Airazor is now. In "[[Ask Vector Prime/Sideways src#July 6.2C 2015|Ask Sideways]]", [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] claims that, as part of a long con, he saved her life by bonding her back into Tigatron.}}
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====Razorclaw continuity====
In one splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]'s stasis pod landed far from the ''Axalon'', and without the aid of Silverbolt, Megatron slaughtered the Maximals. Left as the sole survivors, Tigatron and Airazor were then abducted by the Vok and then dispatched as Tigerhawk to end Megatron's machinations which threatened the Vok. Tigerhawk slew Megatron, but in the ensuing [[timestorm]] destroyed the universe anyway. Subsequently, [[Unicron]] abducted Tigerhawk to become one of his [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]] generals. The renamed [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] became one of Unicron's most feared Heralds; however, the noble influence of Tigatron and Airazor at times posed a problem for the evil Razorclaw. {{storylink|Abduction|Razorclaw's profile}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
At the tail-end of the Great War, both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] met their demise on the battlefield. In response, the [[Primal Council]] sought to broker peace negotiations with their enemies, enlisting Tigatron to this end. The 'bot who would one day call herself "Airazor" was one of the many soldiers tasked with guarding the Autobot peace officer as he headed into enemy camps on his mission.

Unfortunately, the first camp the group made contact with was headed by a renegade soldier going by the name "[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]". Rejecting the talk of peace outright, Megatron unleashed [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] onto his visitors, along with the other units under his command. "Airazor" was accosted by [[Waspinator (BW)|two]] [[Terrorsaur (BW)|fliers]], though she quickly defeated them both before rescuing Tigatron from Predaking. As the rest of the Autobots with them were slain, Tigatron argued with his rescuer over which one of them should head off to warn the Council of Megatron's incoming attack. Convincing him that she didn't need rescuing herself, and promising that she'd see him again someday, "Airazor" sent Tigatron on his way. But she stood little chance against Predaking by herself, and soon found herself in the giant's grip. Before Predaking could finish her off, [[transmatter]] started raining down on the battlefield, converting whoever it touched into a protoform. "Airazor" was one of the many affected by the transmatter, though her form was retrieved and safely stored within a stasis pod after hostilities had ended between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments in the Beast Wars. Among them was Airazor being helped up by a concerned Tigatron. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

After Tigerhawk's body was destroyed, the two sparks contained within split, regaining their individuality. The Vok then proceeded in bestowing upon Airazor a new Transmetal form utilizing a blank protoform. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

====''Timelines''====
[[File:Airazorbwdawn.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.]]

Her name was Wing Saber. A routine reconnaissance mission went awry when Wing Saber was captured by the Predacon torturer, [[Steelgrave]]. Despite his array of fiendish devices and Bond-villain mentality, Wing Saber was able to elude Steelgrave and fight her way through his henchmen before retreating to her cloaked starship, the ''[[Chromia 10]]''. Although she escaped, Wing Saber bore the physical and mental scars from her encounter with Steelgrave for some time.

Later, she was assigned to rendezvous with a pair of Maximals named [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] and [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] for a new mission. In violation of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], a group of Predacons had been rampaging through the [[J'kozian sector]] and set up a troop manufacturing factory on the conquered world of [[Nibari]]. Holographically posing as barmaids, the trio inebriated most of Steelgrave's troops into stasis lock before proceeding into the factory. Their infiltration was cut short by a raid on the factory by the native Nibari population, led by [[Ritash]]. Wing Saber's group was forced to divert their mission in order to keep the organics from being completely slaughtered. They were actually doing well...at least, until the true leader of Steelgrave's Predacons made his presence known... '''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''!

Wing Saber's crew evacuated with all due haste, taking Ritash of the Nibari with them. A reassessment of the situation was clearly called for. After a review of the history records, Wing Saber decided that the frequent quotations of "No Known Weaknesses" overlooked Megatron's infamous arrogance, and THAT was what they needed to exploit. The crew of the ''Chromia 10'' challenged Megatron to combat in full view of his subordinates, forcing him to agree in order to save face. During the ritualized combat, Crossblades noticed that the Mighty Megatron was nowhere near as invulnerable as history records indicated. Sensing a ruse, the Maximals concentrated their firepower and revealed "Megatron" was little more than an exo-suit run by his ex-lieutenant, [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]. With Flamewar revealed, and the drone troopers brought under the control of Ritash and his rebels, Nibari was well on its way to being freed.{{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

[[File:Trazorsedge prologue.jpg|thumb|"I'm gonna deck you in the schnoz!"]]

Later, the Predacons who stole the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] on Cybertron were being pursued by [[Tigatron|Unit 2]], who was granted clearance from the [[Maximal Defense Command Center]] to commandeer transport. Wing Saber was boarding the ''Chromia 10'', when Unit 2 approached and demanded use of it. Wing Saber at first refused, but suggested she was open to... persuasion. The call of adventure captured her interest, and instead of handing over the ''Chromia 10'' to Unit 2, she allowed him to hitch a ride, piloting it herself.

The ''Chromia 10'' intercepted the Predacons' ship, the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', which was engaged in battle with the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and guarded by a [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|mysterious third ship]]. During the ensuing firefight, the ''Chromia 10'' was badly damaged. [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] had Wing Saber and Unit 2's [[spark]]s remotely [[Spark core transfer|uploaded]] to [[blank]] [[protoform]]s in the Axalon's cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Two weeks after Airazor was reborn on [[Earth]], she foiled a Predacon plot to launch an orbital platform despite Megatron's best efforts. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:AirazorBWMetalsManga01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|The manga kinda made it pret-ty dang clear where it stood on what gender Airazor should be.]]

Following the [[Quantum surge]], Airazor became a [[Transmetal]]. However, she was separated from the rest of the [[Maximal]]s and was locked outside of their base during [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]'s counterattack. As she flew in, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s defenses began to fire at her. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] attempted to shut Sentinel down, only to be stopped by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who warned him that Sentinel was the only thing protecting them from Quickstrike's [[Cobra Corps]] and [[Scorpion Corps]]. Rhinox brushed him aside and shut Sentinel down, anyway. Airazor, who had been shot by Sentinel, swooped in for a crash-landing. Rattrap, feeling somewhat guilty, dove to soften her landing. Not long after this, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] breached their defenses and took out both Rattrap and Airazor without effort. Rhinox saved her some time and appeared to shoot himself in the head. Feeling her job was done, Blackarachnia left as Quickstrike destroyed their base.

From a small section of the base that had been protected by a forcefield, Airazor aided Rattrap and Rhinox in pulling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s [[spark]] from [[transwarp|transwarp space]]. As Rhinox brought his spark out from oblivion, Rattrap funneled it through a ray device while Airazor positioned a reflective dish. Primal's spark bounced off the dish and connected with his body (which was being held by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] at his base, the ''[[Hindenburg]]''), resurrecting him as a Transmetal. Airazor, still injured from before, began to plummet to the ground. Primal rescued her, destroyed Megatron's drone army, and carried her off on his flying surfboard. Recovering, Airazor began to wonder where her "[[Tigatron]]-sama" was. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Airazor next accompanied Rattrap and Optimus in investigating the remains of the ''Axalon''. She was attacked by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], but escaped. Following Primal's orders, she and Rattrap used the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapons to ignite undersea volcanoes that blasted Rampage into the sky. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Later, she decided to search for Tigatron on her own. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} She soon found him, but his mind had been taken over by Tarantulas. She linked her mind with Tigatron's and, after defeating Tarantulas in cyberspace, was able to free Tigatron's consciousness. Unfortunately, she wasn't quite fast enough, and Tigatron's mind-controlled body delivered a fatal blow that killed her. Seeing what he'd done, Tigatron held her in his arms and wept with grief. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 4|Beast Wars Metals #4}}

Tigatron eventually committed ritual suicide over what he'd done, only to be revived by the energies of the sparks released by the obliterated Rampage. Airazor was also among the revived, but as a mindless zombie. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}} She did battle with Tigatron, who did not want to fight the robot he loved. With no other option, Tigatron gave the evil Airazor one of his katana and knelt down. As the zombie-Airazor struck him with the [[sword]], Airazor's spark entered Tigatron's body. In cyberspace, the two embraced and vowed never to be apart again. As their sparks merged, they became [[Tigerhawk]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When [[human]] archaeologists uncovered a cave filled with primitive language, [[Mini-Con]] [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] translated it for them. The markings told of a time when the Maximals and Predacons crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, though the stranded Transformers were seen by the protohumans as gods. When one of the archeologists, [[Jessica Theist]], later touched one of the markings, she was bestowed a vision of the Maximals' and Predacons' battles. Among them, she noted a "falcon." {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''TransTech''===
[[File:Airazorwhitheredhope.jpg|thumb|How Robin would have looked in Batman Beyond...]]

Airazor, sporting a purely Cybertronian form, became a resident of [[Axiom Nexus]] at an unknown point in time and the timelines. She joined the offworlders' [[Freelance Police Legion]] and also forged ties with their parallel organization, the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]] run by the planet's native Cybertronians, the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s. Airazor eventually received authorization as an inspector in the Security Administration, giving her the rare (if not ''unique'') status as an officer for BOTH police forces in Axiom Nexus. Despite her official status, Airazor still enjoyed her vices, and was a frequent customer of the [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian]] at the edge of the [[Heap]].

Airazor was involved in the first detaining of [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], after the assassination of [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] sent Axiom Nexus into chaos. She and [[Stungun (TransTech)|Stungun]] stood guard over the duo while awaiting [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]]'s arrival. As is often the case with femmes, she had absolutely no tolerance for Jackpot's sweet-talk. Upon his arrival, Cheetor dismissed Airazor to keep an eye on three "[[Transcendent|units of interest]]" who had recently come through Processing Central. He casually suggested she recruit some Freelancers as well to keep the surveillance less official, since it was technically out of their jurisdiction. Her departure served a double purpose, leaving a viable exit for the lowtech Autobots to flee and draw out the ''real'' assassin for the Security Administration. Once [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] and his shell were deactivated, Airazor swooped in and took Jackpot into custody again immediately. Despite his claims of having found a real connection, she was thrilled when Commander Cheetor expedited his deportation to [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|a universe]] similar to his home universe. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

Shortly after her promotion to Inspector Airazor, the Maximal had occasion to drop in on her old friend [[Crystal Widow]] at the Widow's Cafe. It was hardly a social call, however, as Security Administration had been requisitioned by [[Demolishor (TransTech)|General Demolishor]] of the [[Military Police]] to conduct a serious investigation into some courier murders and the theft of unauthorized TransTech technology. One of Crystal Widow's regulars, [[Escargon]], had been pegged for the matter. Airazor tried to execute a quiet arrest, but General Demolishor's attention span and flair for the dramatic turned it into a decidedly UNquiet raid of the premises. Demolishor also executed Escargon on the spot while Airazor was attempting to gain control of the suspect.

In his zeal, however, General Demolishor hadn't thought to check if Escargon had the stolen property before shooting him. Sure enough, a thorough search by Inspector Airazor appeared to turn up no traces of the property on his person. Dejected, General Demolishor turned his frustrations on the clientele, particular several "mechanoids of interest" called [[G1 GoBots|GoBots]] who had arrived around the same time as Escargon. With some fast legalese, Airazor managed to talk Demolishor out of doing further damage to the bar or Crystal Widow's customers. After the good general departed, Airazor explained the seriousness of the situation — Escargon had stolen a set of [[transit pass]]es, official letters for TransTech black ops work that allowed unmolested access to any transwarp platform facility. Literally a "Get Out of Axiom Nexus Free" Card.

General Demolishor was not so easily deterred, though, and soon wound up battling Crystal Widow and the GoBots in the [[Heap]] until Airazor and Commander Cheetor arrived with the Security Administration. The general was quickly deflated when Cheetor told him he had informed [[Megatron (TransTech)|Commander Megatron]] personally about the issuance of these ''unauthorized'' transit passes, and the fact that Demolishor had lost them. Because the Heap was outside of Security Administration jurisdiction, the collar officially went to Airazor as a representative of the Freelance Police Legion.

As Demolishor was being led away, Commander Cheetor requested a private word with Inspector Airazor. In no uncertain terms, he ''very loudly'' did not say he knew she had swiped the passes while frisking Escargon, and did not tell her to make sure the passes were handed over to the GoBots. Reluctantly, Airazor did as she was not ordered to do and gave up her meal tickets. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

===''Legends'' comic===
[[File:Legends Manga Xmas Airazor.jpg|thumb|left|150px|we're sorry about everything on the right.]]

Airazor and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] were hired by Optimus Primal to work as office ladies at the [[Axalon Trading Company]]. Their tight skirts and overall cuteness mesmerized Rattrap... at least until Rhinox reminded him that they had no women on the payroll. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 4#The Gender Gap|The Gender Gap}} Later, Optimus Primal and [[Lio Convoy]] swooned over Airazor's cuteness as he fetched them tea for their meeting. Rattrap and Rhinox merely continued to curse the fact that Airazor was a man. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 5#The Gender Gap Part 2|The Gender Gap Part 2}} Hoping to get to the bottom of Airazor and Nightscream's genders, Rattrap and Rhinox proceeded to follow them to see which bathroom they'd use. Much to their confusion, they learned that their building had no ladies' room but an ''[[w:otokonoko|otokonoko]]'' room. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 9#The Bathroom Gap|The Bathroom Gap}}

For [[Christmas]], Airazor joined [[T-AI|Ai]] in donning skimpy Santa outfits and handed out toys to all the good little Transformers. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} At another point, old man Rhinox's nostalgia became so powerful he was able to will the '80s back into existence, retrograding all modern technology into clumsy '80s counterparts. In the madness, Airazor's computer turned into a cruddy micro-computer that couldn't even connect to the [[Internet]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|Bonus Edition Vol. 3}}

At work, Rattrap found himself emasculated at every turn, even by Airazor, who was bigger and stronger than he was. This led Rattrap to seek comfort in a dream sequence involving [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 8|Bonus Edition Vol. 8}}

When the amnesiac [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] used her charms to squat at [[Tigatron]]'s home, Airazor took issue with it, and the three ended up in a bed together, with Airazor trying to push Windblade away from Tigatron. {{storylink|Windblade Sequel}}

Following the destruction of their old office because of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the Axalon employees took it in stride and made Metroplex's city mode their new office. Airazor and Cheetor got scared when their [[Alpha Trion (G1)|mysterious janitor]] claimed to be from "the other world", assuming he meant the world of the dead. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}}

Airazor was dressed up as a nurse and ready to go to a [[Halloween]] party with Tigatron and Windblade when they were interrupted by the trick-or-treating [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], and [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}}

Airazor also worked at a "little brother cafe" and was there when the manager, [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]], explained to another worker, who was [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|another Starscream]], just what kind of cafe it was. While thinking back to the good times she'd had in the Legends Universe, Windblade remembered a time she'd hand-fed Tigatron at the cafe, something Airazor hadn't liked at all. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} Following the hiring of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from another dimension, Airazor told [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] that he still had to answer calls from customers despite being trapped in [[Butla]] at the time. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}}

Airazor was among the coworkers bothered by Chromedome flying around the office on Moguru, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} and was seen on the sidewalks of [[Akihabara]] after it was rebuilt as Neo Akihabara City. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} When [[White Leo]] turned the people of the Legends World into [[Beastformer]]s to recruit them into his army, Airazor ended up with some [[#TM1|familiar armor]] and the name "Lucky Razor". {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}}
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====The Beast Wars Road Map====
When Rhinox was countacted by his [[Rhinox (TransTech)|counterpart]] from [[Axiom Nexus]], Airazor interrupted their conversation to point out [[A Change to the Agenda|new developments]] happening in a branching timeline. {{storylink|The Beast Wars Road Map}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[All That Remains|''The Transformers: Windblade'' vol. 2 #3]]}}

[[File:IDWAirazorcharactermodel.jpg|thumb|right|175px]]

Airazor was a native of the planet [[Eukaris]], and was born from the [[hot spot]] inside the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Chela]]. She abandoned [[Cloud Walkers|her tribe]] long ago so that she could be with her love Tigatron.

[[File:CombinerWars5-Eukaris.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

When battling [[combiner]]s from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] briefly touched upon the planet, Airazor and Tigatron witnessed [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] battling against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} They later investigated the huge footprints the combiners left behind. Tigatron wanted to report their discovery to the others, while Airazor disagreed. {{storylink|All That Remains}} They eventually sought out the advice of the seer Blackarachnia, who foresaw the reappearance of true Cybertronians on their planet. A week later, Airazor was present when the leaders of Eukaris's tribes convened outside the space bridge, although Dinobot didn't take kindly to the "tribe of two." The tension was quickly defused when Rattrap sneaked through the space bridge and onto the planet, only to receive a less-than-warm welcome from Dinobot.

A month later, Airazor was present when the first real representatives from Cybertron arrived - [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and Starscream. Before negotiations could get underway, Chela awoke and burst from the ground, intending to destroy all Cybertronian intruders. After Chela was killed by Starscream, the citizens of Eukaris agreed to join the nascent [[Council of Worlds]]. Blackarachnia appointed Tigatron and Airazor as delegates to Cybertron, believing that their independence from Eukaris's competing tribes would make them impartial diplomats. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} Upon emigrating to Cybertron, Airazor was amazed to find that she and Tigatron were being welcomed in spite of their romance, a feature she felt could potentially attract more Eukarians. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

Approximately two weeks later, Airazor was present for the ceremony inducting [[Vigilem|Carcer]] delegates [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] into the Council of Worlds. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} She and Tigatron began operating regularly on Cybertron, interacting with the local citizens and the other colonists. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] announced his intent to annex [[Earth]] into the Council of Worlds, Airazor attended the first council meeting discussing this sudden change of events. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} In-between Council meetings, the two Eukariens continued adjusting to life on Cybertron, quietly hoping that one day the growing number of immigrants could expand beyond the borders of Iacon. When the Council re-convened to discuss a string of mysterious [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgical]] assaults and the growing distrust of the [[Badgeless]], the two Eukarian delegates were in attendance. The Committee moved to have [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] investigate the crime spree. {{storylink|07:00:00}}

[[File:ApplicableSkills-fangsandfur.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Things turned sour following the death of [[Drunkatron|an inebriated Decepticon]] which most chalked up to police brutality. Airazor and Obsidian observed an angry mob advancing on Starscream's office, as the two commiserated over their dismay with the fractured Cybertron. Shortly afterwards, Airazor attended the emergency meeting to try and sort out what could be done, a meeting that ended with Ironhide becoming the new head of Cybertronian security. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}} Airazor later attended a meeting where Ironhide reported on the progress of the new recruits. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} When [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] attacked Iacon, Airazor and the other Council delegates were temporarily evacuated. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

The Council later met with Optimus to hear his side of the story. Although Prime insisted that his intentions were pure, its members unanimously voted against allowing Earth a seat on the council. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} When Optimus raised a holy [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Titan]] from the ground, however, public opinion began to shift back towards Optimus, and the Council began re-considering their ruling. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

[[File:DesperateTimes-anythingforyou.jpg|thumb|right|250px|And the man shall ride a falcon.]]

Months later, [[Vigilem|Carcer]] detected a fleet of [[zombie]] Titans rapidly approaching Cybertron and intent on scouring the planet clean. The Council attended an emergency meeting to discuss the threat, and wound up preparing for an all-out war against the army. The Titans soon made planetfall; Airazor and Tigatron fought together on the front lines and used their [[beast mode]]s to tear through enemy armor. {{storylink|Ping}} When it became clear that they couldn't win, the two retreated back to the Council [[Spire]] to discuss a last-ditch moves. As a result, both Airazor and Tigatron joined Windblade's strike team, aiming to invade Carcer and seize control of the Titan from its reluctant leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. {{storylink|Desperate Times}}

Airazor stood by Starscream as the strike teams attacked making odd faces at the Chancellor's odd habit of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|seemingly talking to himself]]. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}} After Windblade and Carcer had triumphed, she joined Starscream and [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] in cheering. {{storylink|Rubicon}} It transpired however that "Carcer" was in fact, Vigilem, the Titan of [[Liege Maximo]] who had managed to free his master before he died. The Council was informed of the Prime's inevitable return but only after half of them had already voted to keep it secret and forced the other half to do the same, much to Airazor's discomfort. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

When the crisis had passed, the Council reconvened to meet with Optimus Prime as the Autobot leader discussed sharing Transformer technology with the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s, who had recently arrived on Earth. Starscream shot down the proposal; as Earth was not yet a member of the Council, it would be a violation of the [[Tyrest Accord]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}}

Airazor was present during Earth's induction ceremony into the [[Council of Worlds]] when [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] was brought before the Council where Elita One ordered them executed. When Knock Out supported the notion owing to the looming threat of Liege Maximo and the short [[human]] lifespan, Airazor protested owing to the fact that, regardless of lifespan, the humans were still living creatures. {{storylink|First Strike issue 4|First Strike #4}}

Following the invasion, Windblade was due to retake her position on the Council only to learn that Liege Maximo's freedom was still being kept under wraps prompting her to inform Circuit and Longtooth of it which resulted in public elections. After the Camien had announced her intent to run for office, Airazor visited Windblade in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] where she extolled the values of Cybertron's acceptance of 'bots from all walks of life and how that feature could attract more Eukarians (assuming of course Iacon could last five minutes without being half destroyed). She and Tigatron later attended the electoral debates and took part in Windblade's subsequent victory party. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

The Council later assembled to receive an [[Ore-13]] from Optimus Prime before [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] and [[Liege Maximo]] made a dramatic return aboard the [[Nemesis (BWII)|''Nemesis'']]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} Joined by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], the Council granted the Primes an audience. After an explosion ripped through the [[Spire]], Airazor helped up Tigatron only to learn Alpha Trion had been killed by the blast. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} "Onyx Prime's" machinations had successfully sowed chaos across Cybertron, leaving the Council of Worlds paralyzed and unable to act for the duration of the crisis, and by the time that "Onyx" had been unmasked as a time-travelling Shockwave and arrested, the Council was too late to stop the penultimate stage in Shockwave's plan from falling into place: [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], who began a genocidal rampage across the galaxy. Shortly after the planet-eater destroyed Eukaris, Airazor joined the other members of the Council of Worlds in an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

When Unicron then attacked and destroyed Cybertron, Airazor and Tigatron were among the many refugees who were safely teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[Visionaries]], regrouping at [[Victoria Falls]]. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}}

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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Derailment Parliament.jpg|250px|thumb|left]]

Airazor of [[Nuon City|Nuon]] was a champion of the Games who eventually came to sit on the [[Maximal High Council]]. She sat on the Council when the [[Maximal Nation]] declared themselves independent from [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s and the [[Resistance]] alike. When the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] threat arose and consumed Nuon, however, Airazor advocated abandoning neutrality and entering the war against the Builders. She frequently clashed with the pacifist [[Santon]]. When the Council received an audience by First Resistor [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Preditron]] to hear first hand about the Vehicons, the vote soon swayed in Airazor's favor, and the Maximal Nation went to war.

In the battles to come against the Vehicons and the [[Grand Mal]] fortress, Airazor fought as part of [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]], joining with her fellow Councilbots as a battlefield general. They fought alongside the [[Micromaster]] Builder combiner [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] against all odds.

After the war, the [[Cybertronian Parliament]] was founded to govern the planet. The Maximal Nation remained an independent body, and the High Council elected Airazor to serve as their representative at Parliament along with Cheetor and [[Optimal]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game continuity===
====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game advertising comic====
Upon arriving on "[[Earth|Planet Energon]]", the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Maximals and their Predacon adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
{{voiceactor|??? (English), ??? (Japanese)}}
=====Maximal campaign=====
{{Note|Airazor is a playable character for "rescue missions" gameplay.}}
Airazor was absent from the main conflict with both Predacons and the [[Skriix]]; instead, she flew rescue missions, using her flight capabilities to rescue captured Maximals from the Predacons' prison ships.

Upon having eliminated the Predacon threat, Airazor was part of Optimus Primal's roll call when he announced that the galaxy was now at peace. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64 Airazor.jpg|frame|Airazor was having second thoughts about this new backpack.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Janet-Laine Green]] (English), ??? (Japanese)}}

Airazor played a critical role in the Maximals' victory over the Predacons. However, when their enemies had all been taken prisoner, Airazor and Tigatron decided not to join their comrades in their journey to Cybertron. The two sparkmates would reside on prehistoric earth, observing as the planet recovered from the war. They nonetheless sometimes wondered about the other Maximals' fates and whether or not true peace could finally be found between Maximals and Predacons. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Airazor's fate in those outcomes.}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-Transmetal.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Transmetal Airazor actually comes first in this game.]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-(BW).jpg|thumb|right|400px]]
Airazor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She appeared in two different bodies:
*''Airazor Transmetal'' — This Epic character first appeared in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 2" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, 100 event cores, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Airazor (BW)'' — This Super Rare character was available as a reward to 1000 players in the "Beast Wars: Episode 4" event.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:Airazorbwtoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Airazor''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Takara ID number'': '''C-10'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: Part of the first wave of year-two ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' product, Airazor transforms into a somewhat generic falcon (or some other bird of prey) with opening beak. Unlike first-year Basics, Airazor's transformation is entirely manual, rather than spring-loaded. Pulling on the yellow-plastic feathers near her tail activates a spring-loaded wing-movement gimmick. Each wing also has a flip-out blade. Her tail hides both a heat-sensitive "[[rubsign|energon chip]]" and a non-firing blaster that can be hand-held or mounted on the underside of either forearm.

: There is an ''exceedingly'' minor [[retool]]ing variant of this toy, where later releases added small grooves to the inside of the falcon-mode head, allowing for easier installation of the lower beak.

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release of the toy in January 1998 is seemingly identical to the Hasbro release, except (of course) for packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BW-toy Airazor-video.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This took forever to photograph because the damn thing's ankles are looser than the WWE's drug policies.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Video pack-in, 1997)
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: The original Airazor toy was given a similar but darker [[redeco]], and packaged with a VHS tape containing the episodes "[[Aftermath]]" and "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]". She retains all of her previous [[gimmick]]ry.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on video Airazor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Aerial Showdown: Airrazor vs Kuwagiger''' (VS pack, January 1998)
**''ID number'': '''VS-10'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: For her (his) [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release, Airazor was available both as an individually-boxed toy, and in an "Aerial Showdown" (大空の対決, ''ōzora no taiketsu'') Vs-pack with [[Insecticon (BW)#Toys|Insecticon, aka "Kuwagiger"]]. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You're looking at a first here.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998/1999)
**''Takara ID number'': '''C-45'''

: Part of the third wave of Hasbro [[Transmetal]] Deluxes, Airazor transforms from a semi-organic robot into a mechanical falcon. She has a third "seaplane" mode with fold-down pontoons and exposed thruster engines. In robot mode, the chromed beast-mode backplate can fold around her torso as a "shield" mode. She holds the distinction of being the first [[female Transformer]] toy that was actually designed to be female from the start.

: Some early releases of the [[Hasbro]] Airazor have much more lavender-hued chrome than the normal blue of later versions.

: The Takara version of this toy, released in the first wave of ''Beast Wars Metals'' product, has more orange-tinted yellow plastics, and the pearlescent whites are more translucent white. The "AIRAZOR" [[tampograph]] on the Hasbro version's chromed shields was also changed to "CYBERTRON" with the Maximal [[insignia|faction symbol]]. The Takara version's chrome is also far less prone to flaking than the Hasbro version.

: A popular "fan mode" of the toy has the pontoons raised over her shoulders in robot mode, with the support struts pointing forward like cannons, giving her some ranged weaponry.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Airazor (Armada)#Toys|Airazor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/TMAirazor/tmairazor.htm More information on Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Heatwave Showdown: Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (VS set, September 1999)
**''ID number'': '''VS-45'''

: In Japan, ''Metals'' Airazor was available both as an individual and in a "Heatwave Showdown" (陽炎の対決, ''kagerō no taiketsu'') two-pack with [[Quickstrike (BW)#Toys|Quickstrike]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:Fox Kids Transmetal Airazor.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]
*'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)

: Part of the third wave of the final year of the ''Beast Wars'' line, Airazor's Transmetal toy was given a tweaked deco and released as part of the so-called "[[Fox Kids]]" assortment of Deluxe Transmetal redecos. This redeco was not as drastic a change from the original as the others in the series, mostly making her darker and more desaturated tones of the same colors.

: This version of Airazor was made available in Japan as a [[JafCon]] convention [[exclusive]] along with the "Fox Kids" versions of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#TMFK|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#FK|Rattrap]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/FKTMAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Fox Kids! Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''

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===Timelines===
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[[File:Airazortimelinestoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I am a symptom of the retroactive ruination of ''Beast Wars''.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Club exclusive, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: The second members-only exclusive to [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], Airazor (referred to as "Chromia 10 Pilot" in her bio) is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] with a [[retool]]ed head, transforming into a Cybertronic twin-cockpit jet. Her jet mode has an under-slung spring-loaded missile launcher (which flips over her shoulder in [[robot mode]]), plus she also has flip-out (non-firing) blasters as well.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:BotCon2016toy-Airazor.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Because one toy of Airazor from before she was born wasn't enough!]]
*'''Airazor''' (BotCon 2016 exclusive, 2016)
**''Accessories'': 2 arm-mounted photon cannons

:Sold individually at [[BotCon 2016]], Airazor is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Slipstream (Animated)#Legends|Slipstream]], who in turn is a retool of [[Windblade (G1)#Generations|Windblade]]. She comes with two photon cannons that clip on her arms in a different orientation in each mode. Her jet mode fuselage contains a flip-down landing gear and her VTOL wing fans can flip up on a hinge and spin. Unlike the toy-based colors of her previous [[Fun Publications]] toy, this iteration takes its cues from her cartoon appearance.

:This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' version of [[Stiletto (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Stiletto]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Maximal/BCAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Dawn of the Predacus Airazor at TFU.info]''

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==Merchandise==
[[File:Airazormutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Airazor was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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==Gender==
[[File:AirazorJapan1.jpg|right|175px||thumb|[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShesAManInJapan She's a man in Japan]]]

Airazor's gender in the [[Hasbro]] line is due to ''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]]'s insistence. The original Airazor toy wasn't developed with a specific gender in mind, and Bob & Larry wanted a larger female presence in the show, and the Airazor toy seemed as good a choice as any. They requested the change early enough that the toy's packaging bio could have its pronouns changed to female. The later Transmetal version of Airazor was the first American-released Transformer mold created to represent a female character.

In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was made male. The exact reason for this has never been made known; it could have been for the sake of sales (girl characters tend to sell poorly in boys toylines) or [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] could have simply been working from outdated material provided by Hasbro in which Airazor was still regarded as male. We may never know.

Initially, the dub skirted around any possibility of romance between Airazor and Tigatron, altering all flirtatious dialogue to change the intent (Tigatron's line in "[[The Trigger, Part 2]]" about how "the lady shall ride a tiger" was rewritten to a more generic command for them to get moving). To explain the closeness of their relationship, Tigatron was humorously portrayed as a "samurai retainer" and Airazor acted as his "ward"; intimating a "brotherly" sort of bond.

Things remained as such all the way until "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]" when the scripting and animation could no longer allow for any vagaries regarding their relationship. Beginning rather randomly in that episode, Airazor flirtatiously starts calling Tigatron by the nickname "Ti-chan", leaving Tigatron to get flustered and anxiously call for him to stop. When the pair are attacked, they both express their love for one another in dialogue primarily unchanged from the English version. Their romantic attraction was a very spontaneous change in the Japanese version of the series and Japanese magazine editors, responding to letters from confused young fans, gently explained the situation. From the letters page of the ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine:<ref>[http://netatama.net/lite/image/2263677 Scan] of the letters pages from a Japanese ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine</ref>

[[File:BWM Airazor color.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Except when she isn't.]]

:'''Question:''' "If Tigatron and Airazor are both boys, how come they were flirting when the [[Vok|Aliens]] abducted them?"
:'''Answer:''' "Even among humans there are boys who both love (like) each other. In the case of Tigatron and Airazor, they had been fighting together for a long time and as their emotions increased, their friendship turned to feelings of love. 'Transform', indeed!"

In the case of the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' manga, however, Airazor's female gender was retained, as was her heterosexual romantic relationship with Tigatron. This was due to the fact that Airazor's [[Transmetal]] toy had an indisputably feminine build. Additionally, there was never a manga for the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon in Japan, so the backstory for ''Metals'' could be whatever writer/artist [[Shōji Imaki]] wanted it to be (the manga has numerous irreconcilable divergences from the show's events right out of the gate). Airazor is presented as a stereotypically "girly" ingenue more deeply devoted to Tigatron, as compared to her English cartoon persona and design.
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==Notes==
*An [[Bitch Wars|unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode concept]] would have seen Airazor and Blackarachnia join forces as a "third faction" for a bit. It went unproduced as the writers couldn't see where to go with the idea.
*Like most characters in the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was given a verbal tic—when in battle or transforming, [[#Gender|he]] would shout ''haya'' in imitation of a falcon's cry (''hayabusa'' also being the Japanese word for "falcon").
*Somewhat inexplicably, a number of the Italian toyline-specific names for various ''Beast Wars'' characters were only printed on the cardback for the Italian "video-pack" release of Airazor; the names do not even appear on the cardback for "video-pack" [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], who was presumably released in proximity to her, if not at the same time. The Italian names only printed on "video-pack" Airazor were: Insector ([[Powerpinch]]), Rapax ([[Lazorbeak]]), Vortex ([[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]]), Anfibius ([[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]]), Diablo ([[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]]), Cannibal ([[Manterror]]), Tenax ([[Retrax]]), Dingo ([[K-9]]), and Bison ([[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]]).
*The name of Airazor's ship in "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', is a reference to her original toy's Japanese ID number.
*The "Dawn of Future's Past" Club exclusive toy is only technically the second Club exclusive toy. She was actually shipped at the same time as [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)|Astrotrain]], but he was the first toy advertised.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Airrazor''' (エアラザー ''Earazā'')<ref>Sources consistently Romanize the name as such.</ref>
*''French:'' '''Aérolame''' (Canada, "Aero Blade"), '''Serres D'Acier''' (Canada cartoon and Transmetal, "Talons of Steel")
*''Italian:'' '''Falcon''' (original toy), '''Falcon Lady''' (cartoon), '''Metal Falcon''' (Transmetal), '''Falco''' (video-pack release)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēi Jiàn''' (China, 飞箭, "Flying Arrow"), '''Shén Yīng''' (Taiwan, 神鷹, "God Hawk"), '''Yīng Nǚ''' (Taiwan, 鷹女, "Hawk Woman")
*''Polish:'' '''Brzytwozora'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Falcúria'''
*''Russian:'' '''Orlona''' (Орлона)
*''Spanish:'' '''Airazor''' (Spain), '''Aguila''' (America, "Eagle"), '''Cuchilla''' (Canada toy packaging)

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Airazor (BW)

2020-07-02T06:01:55Z

Tekcorps: /* Beast Wars */

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{{disambigm|Airazor (disambiguation)|Wing Saber (disambiguation)}}
:''Airazor is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Airazorbwcgi.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Ladyfalcon'' just doesn't have the same ring.]]

Primarily used for recon and surveillance due to her aerial [[alternate mode]], '''Airazor'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s (aka '''Wing Saber''') talents are a great asset to the Maximal cause. She's calm and confident, but also adventurous and brave, with a healthy supply of dry humor. Her aerial skill in either mode, incredibly sharp eyesight and steady aim make her a dangerous opponent.

Due to the circumstances of her "birth", she sees [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] as something of an uncle-figure and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] as the sibling she never had. She devotes most of her efforts, however, to taming the wild yet gentle [[Tigatron]]. She shares his love for the beautiful planet on which the Maximals are stranded, and it is on this planet where their destiny will be forever intertwined.

{{bigquote|She stoops to conquer!|Airazor|"[[Call of the Wild]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
Airazor was an "aerial reconnaissance expert" who could spot Predacon activity from 30,000 feet above. With her internal radar transmitters, Airazor could relay information to her Maximal comrades, including 3D "virtual reality maps" that pinpointed enemy locations. In terms of offense, she possessed [[cyberblade]]s and a [[photon rifle|photon cannon]]. However, her preferred method of attacking was slashing with her titanium-plated talons in beast mode. {{storylink|#Beast Wars|Airazor bio}}

With her [[Transmetal]] body after the [[quantum surge]], Airazor had become a warrior that inspired absolute fear in the Predacons, thanks to her deadly armor-ripping talons. Her post had been adjusted to sea reconnaissance, in light of her vehicle mode. {{storylink|#TM1|Transmetal Airazor Bio}}

After becoming a [[Transmetal|Metals]], Airazor's power surged! Airazor's dominion of the air became second to none, but the air warrior still preferred to avoid violence when possible. {{storylink|#TM1|Metals Airazor}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Pauline Newstone]] (English), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japanese)|[[Liu Li]] (Chinese), [[Denise Reis]] (Portuguese), [[Rebeca Manriquez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Olga Cano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Caterina Rochira]] (Italian)}}

[[File:The Spark Airazor.jpg|left|upright=1.55|thumb|The Maximals' Yellow Ranger.]]

Her [[stasis pod]] damaged upon crashing to [[Earth]], Airazor was able to come online due to the genius of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and the bravery of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rhinox deftly operated the stasis pod's controls and Cheetor offered up his [[locking chip]] to repair it. Immediately out of the pod, she outmaneuvered and destroyed [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. Her aerial [[beast mode]], at the time, made her the only Maximal other than [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] who could fly. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[File:Airazortigatrontrigger.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And the lady shall ride a tiger.]]

She and Tigatron started to team up more frequently, a prospect Airazor seemed to welcome, but Tigatron preferred to work alone. Their first big adventure together came when a flying island paradise was discovered. The island, however, was covered in booby-traps which were triggered by the use of energy weapons. Airazor rescued Tigatron when he was ambushed by Predacons on the island, but she was damaged badly. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Tigatron carried her on his back, refusing to leave her behind, and the pair worked together to avoid and overcome the island's traps. The island was ultimately destroyed, much to the sadness and outrage of Tigatron, and he would have secluded himself from the other Maximals further if not for Airazor's concern. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Soon after, the Predacons beat Tigatron to another stasis pod, reprogramming it and unleashing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Airazor and Tigatron took turns helping each other, but once again, Tigatron insisted that he work alone. Airazor commented that sometimes you can be too alone. She was right, because after he tracked down [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and destroyed the stasis pod, Tigatron got shot up a lot. Nearing death, Tigatron was saved by the arrival of Airazor and Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

During a Predacon attack on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Airazor saved Optimus from plunging to his doom, but was herself so badly damaged she had to spend several days in the [[CR chamber]]. She emerged to find that the other Maximals had succumbed to their beast instincts through having to stay in beast mode constantly, as a result of the Predacons stealing the ship's [[rectifier coil]]. While Tigatron helped the Maximals, Airazor was able to infiltrate the largely deserted Predacon base and retrieve the rectifier coil. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

[[File:BeforetheStorm Airazor dropping off Rattrap.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.34|If you barf, you're walking home.]]
After the Maximals were expelled from their base by the Predacons, aided by a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], Airazor alerted Tigatron to the situation. The pair joined in a ploy to retake their base, which involved an assault on the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' under Starscream's leadership. {{storylink|Possession}} Airazor was part of the reinforcements provided when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] were trying to find a cure for the [[energon discharge virus]] Rhinox was afflicted with. For some reason she felt the need to pose provocatively by Optimus's leg as the Maximals appeared on the scene. {{storylink|The Low Road}}

After the realization that the aliens who seeded their planet with traps and energon were returning to destroy it, the Maximals and Predacons entered a truce. Optimus Primal used Airazor to try to sneak Rattrap into the Predacon base to find out what [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was up to, but Megatron, of course, found them on his scanners and politely asked them to leave. Unbeknownst to Megatron, the ploy was a decoy for Tigatron's infiltration. {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

[[File:Airazoraftermath.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
The aliens arrived and a new [[Bio-Dome|alien structure]] was built, trapping Airazor, who was tortured. Optimus Primal forced his way inside, with the help of the Predacons, and traded himself to the aliens for Airazor. Rattrap dragged her from the structure, only for them to find themselves at gunpoint — the truce was over. The pair were able to use the activation of the structure's "termination sequence" to deal with the Predacons, before fleeing with the escaping Optimus. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} As one of the planet's moons was revealed as an [[Planet Buster|alien weapon]], the Maximals retreated to their base. There, Airazor and Rattrap caught [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] working on a stasis pod in the ship's hold, and Optimus was able to use it to destroy the Planet Buster, though at the cost of his own life. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:OtherVists1 Airazor in vines.jpg|thumb|left|280px]|Hey look it's someone's fetish.]]
Airazor and Tigatron escaped [[Transmetal]]ization by the [[quantum surge]]. They attempted to stop Blackarachnia escaping, but were both knocked offline by Megatron. {{storylink|Aftermath}} After repairs, the duo left together to find the rest of the missing stasis pods scattered across the planet. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} While on their search, the two Maximals discovered not only a remarkably beautiful valley, but a strange plant. As the two looked into each other's eyes and held hands in quiet celebration, the plant transformed into another [[Vok]] device, and as they clasped hands, declaring their love to exist beyond the throes of death, the two were absorbed and shot into space. Cheetor arrived, but was too late, and loudly protested the loss of two of his best friends. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}}

[[File:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Know that I am [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]! Well, part of him. From another universe. It's complicated.]]

Airazor and Tigatron were kept in a form of stasis until near the end of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], when they were merged into the powerful being [[Tigerhawk]]. Tigerhawk returned to Earth as the emissary of the Vok to stop the deterioration that the Beast Wars were causing to the timestream, his first act being to destroy the [[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]], sending the Predacons scrambling. Tarantulas managed to capture Tigerhawk and removed the Vok's influence from his frame (and absorbed it into himself), letting Airazor and Tigatron's [[spark]]s inhabit Tigerhawk's body. Tigatron's voice was dominant, but Tigerhawk's personality and mannerisms were an amalgam of Tigatron and Airazor's. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Shortly afterward, however, Tigerhawk was killed in a standoff with the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' after Megatron retrieved it from the ocean floor. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====3H comics====
[[File:Groundzero-airazorbeastmode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Somewhere near the end of the first year of the Beast Wars, before the Planet Buster ignited the planet's energon, Airazor, Rhinox, and Cheetor overheard a battle between [[Fractyl]] and [[Packrat]]. Airazor ended up having to rescue Cheetor, who had darted off ahead of them and gotten blasted. After the battle was resolved, she and the other Maximals fled, pretending to be beaten by the timid Fractyl to increase his standing in Megatron's eyes. {{storylink|Ground Zero}}

[[File:TransmetalAirazor2.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|WINGS UP WINGS DOWN WHO GIVES A CRAP]]
After the Beast Wars were over, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], presumed destroyed, existed in a new, undead form that was fueled by his new Vok powers. The remaining Vok assembled warriors to end this threat, creating [[Primal Prime]] and giving new [[Transmetal]] bodies to the extant Sparks of Airazor and Tigatron. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} {{storylink|Primeval Dawn II}}

After awakening a stranded stasis pod containing [[Ramulus]], opening a second pod triggered an ambush by [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and a reborn Transmetal 2 [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Airazor immediately saved Tigatron's life, knocking Spittor aside before Tigatron would have unwittingly come in contact with Spittor's body, covered entirely in [[cyber venom]]. This maneuver left her vulnerable to Ravage's gunfire, which knocked her out of the air. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}}

The battle ended catastrophically, and Ramulus, Airazor, and Tigatron were forced to carry a critically-wounded Primal Prime back to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest. As Airazor and Tigatron conferred with the seemingly absent Vok, Airazor experienced great pains due to her battle wounds. But before she could explain, the ''Ark'' was under attack by Ravage and the Predacons. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|Due to [[3H Productions]] loss of the convention license, "Primeval Dawn" was never completed. It is telling, however, that Airazor was not present in the subsequently-placed ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|Wreckers]]'' storyline. "[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]" even has Tigatron awkwardly not answering Rattrap's query as to where Airazor is now. In "[[Ask Vector Prime/Sideways src#July 6.2C 2015|Ask Sideways]]", [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] claims that, as part of a long con, he saved her life by bonding her back into Tigatron.}}
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====Razorclaw continuity====
In one splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]'s stasis pod landed far from the ''Axalon'', and without the aid of Silverbolt, Megatron slaughtered the Maximals. Left as the sole survivors, Tigatron and Airazor were then abducted by the Vok and then dispatched as Tigerhawk to end Megatron's machinations which threatened the Vok. Tigerhawk slew Megatron, but in the ensuing [[timestorm]] destroyed the universe anyway. Subsequently, [[Unicron]] abducted Tigerhawk to become one of his [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]] generals. The renamed [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] became one of Unicron's most feared Heralds; however, the noble influence of Tigatron and Airazor at times posed a problem for the evil Razorclaw. {{storylink|Abduction|Razorclaw's profile}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
At the tail-end of the Great War, both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] met their demise on the battlefield. In response, the [[Primal Council]] sought to broker peace negotiations with their enemies, enlisting Tigatron to this end. The 'bot who would one day call herself "Airazor" was one of the many soldiers tasked with guarding the Autobot peace officer as he headed into enemy camps on his mission.

Unfortunately, the first camp the group made contact with was headed by a renegade soldier going by the name "[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]". Rejecting the talk of peace outright, Megatron unleashed [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] onto his visitors, along with the other units under his command. "Airazor" was accosted by [[Waspinator (BW)|two]] [[Terrorsaur (BW)|fliers]], though she quickly defeated them both before rescuing Tigatron from Predaking. As the rest of the Autobots with them were slain, Tigatron argued with his rescuer over which one of them should head off to warn the Council of Megatron's incoming attack. Convincing him that she didn't need rescuing herself, and promising that she'd see him again someday, "Airazor" sent Tigatron on his way. But she stood little chance against Predaking by herself, and soon found herself in the giant's grip. Before Predaking could finish her off, [[transmatter]] started raining down on the battlefield, converting whoever it touched into a protoform. "Airazor" was one of the many affected by the transmatter, though her form was retrieved and safely stored within a stasis pod after hostilities had ended between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments in the Beast Wars. Among them was Airazor being helped up by a concerned Tigatron. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

After Tigerhawk's body was destroyed, the two sparks contained within split, regaining their individuality. The Vok then proceeded in bestowing upon Airazor a new Transmetal form utilizing a blank protoform. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

====''Timelines''====
[[File:Airazorbwdawn.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.]]

Her name was Wing Saber. A routine reconnaissance mission went awry when Wing Saber was captured by the Predacon torturer, [[Steelgrave]]. Despite his array of fiendish devices and Bond-villain mentality, Wing Saber was able to elude Steelgrave and fight her way through his henchmen before retreating to her cloaked starship, the ''[[Chromia 10]]''. Although she escaped, Wing Saber bore the physical and mental scars from her encounter with Steelgrave for some time.

Later, she was assigned to rendezvous with a pair of Maximals named [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] and [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] for a new mission. In violation of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], a group of Predacons had been rampaging through the [[J'kozian sector]] and set up a troop manufacturing factory on the conquered world of [[Nibari]]. Holographically posing as barmaids, the trio inebriated most of Steelgrave's troops into stasis lock before proceeding into the factory. Their infiltration was cut short by a raid on the factory by the native Nibari population, led by [[Ritash]]. Wing Saber's group was forced to divert their mission in order to keep the organics from being completely slaughtered. They were actually doing well...at least, until the true leader of Steelgrave's Predacons made his presence known... '''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''!

Wing Saber's crew evacuated with all due haste, taking Ritash of the Nibari with them. A reassessment of the situation was clearly called for. After a review of the history records, Wing Saber decided that the frequent quotations of "No Known Weaknesses" overlooked Megatron's infamous arrogance, and THAT was what they needed to exploit. The crew of the ''Chromia 10'' challenged Megatron to combat in full view of his subordinates, forcing him to agree in order to save face. During the ritualized combat, Crossblades noticed that the Mighty Megatron was nowhere near as invulnerable as history records indicated. Sensing a ruse, the Maximals concentrated their firepower and revealed "Megatron" was little more than an exo-suit run by his ex-lieutenant, [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]. With Flamewar revealed, and the drone troopers brought under the control of Ritash and his rebels, Nibari was well on its way to being freed.{{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

[[File:Trazorsedge prologue.jpg|thumb|"I'm gonna deck you in the schnoz!"]]

Later, the Predacons who stole the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] on Cybertron were being pursued by [[Tigatron|Unit 2]], who was granted clearance from the [[Maximal Defense Command Center]] to commandeer transport. Wing Saber was boarding the ''Chromia 10'', when Unit 2 approached and demanded use of it. Wing Saber at first refused, but suggested she was open to... persuasion. The call of adventure captured her interest, and instead of handing over the ''Chromia 10'' to Unit 2, she allowed him to hitch a ride, piloting it herself.

The ''Chromia 10'' intercepted the Predacons' ship, the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', which was engaged in battle with the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and guarded by a [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|mysterious third ship]]. During the ensuing firefight, the ''Chromia 10'' was badly damaged. [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] had Wing Saber and Unit 2's [[spark]]s remotely [[Spark core transfer|uploaded]] to [[blank]] [[protoform]]s in the Axalon's cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Two weeks after Airazor was reborn on [[Earth]], she foiled a Predacon plot to launch an orbital platform despite Megatron's best efforts. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:AirazorBWMetalsManga01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|The manga kinda made it pret-ty dang clear where it stood on what gender Airazor should be.]]

Following the [[Quantum surge]], Airazor became a [[Transmetal]]. However, she was separated from the rest of the [[Maximal]]s and was locked outside of their base during [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]'s counterattack. As she flew in, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s defenses began to fire at her. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] attempted to shut Sentinel down, only to be stopped by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who warned him that Sentinel was the only thing protecting them from Quickstrike's [[Cobra Corps]] and [[Scorpion Corps]]. Rhinox brushed him aside and shut Sentinel down, anyway. Airazor, who had been shot by Sentinel, swooped in for a crash-landing. Rattrap, feeling somewhat guilty, dove to soften her landing. Not long after this, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] breached their defenses and took out both Rattrap and Airazor without effort. Rhinox saved her some time and appeared to shoot himself in the head. Feeling her job was done, Blackarachnia left as Quickstrike destroyed their base.

From a small section of the base that had been protected by a forcefield, Airazor aided Rattrap and Rhinox in pulling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s [[spark]] from [[transwarp|transwarp space]]. As Rhinox brought his spark out from oblivion, Rattrap funneled it through a ray device while Airazor positioned a reflective dish. Primal's spark bounced off the dish and connected with his body (which was being held by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] at his base, the ''[[Hindenburg]]''), resurrecting him as a Transmetal. Airazor, still injured from before, began to plummet to the ground. Primal rescued her, destroyed Megatron's drone army, and carried her off on his flying surfboard. Recovering, Airazor began to wonder where her "[[Tigatron]]-sama" was. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Airazor next accompanied Rattrap and Optimus in investigating the remains of the ''Axalon''. She was attacked by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], but escaped. Following Primal's orders, she and Rattrap used the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapons to ignite undersea volcanoes that blasted Rampage into the sky. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Later, she decided to search for Tigatron on her own. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} She soon found him, but his mind had been taken over by Tarantulas. She linked her mind with Tigatron's and, after defeating Tarantulas in cyberspace, was able to free Tigatron's consciousness. Unfortunately, she wasn't quite fast enough, and Tigatron's mind-controlled body delivered a fatal blow that killed her. Seeing what he'd done, Tigatron held her in his arms and wept with grief. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 4|Beast Wars Metals #4}}

Tigatron eventually committed ritual suicide over what he'd done, only to be revived by the energies of the sparks released by the obliterated Rampage. Airazor was also among the revived, but as a mindless zombie. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}} She did battle with Tigatron, who did not want to fight the robot he loved. With no other option, Tigatron gave the evil Airazor one of his katana and knelt down. As the zombie-Airazor struck him with the [[sword]], Airazor's spark entered Tigatron's body. In cyberspace, the two embraced and vowed never to be apart again. As their sparks merged, they became [[Tigerhawk]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When [[human]] archaeologists uncovered a cave filled with primitive language, [[Mini-Con]] [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] translated it for them. The markings told of a time when the Maximals and Predacons crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, though the stranded Transformers were seen by the protohumans as gods. When one of the archeologists, [[Jessica Theist]], later touched one of the markings, she was bestowed a vision of the Maximals' and Predacons' battles. Among them, she noted a "falcon." {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''TransTech''===
[[File:Airazorwhitheredhope.jpg|thumb|How Robin would have looked in Batman Beyond...]]

Airazor, sporting a purely Cybertronian form, became a resident of [[Axiom Nexus]] at an unknown point in time and the timelines. She joined the offworlders' [[Freelance Police Legion]] and also forged ties with their parallel organization, the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]] run by the planet's native Cybertronians, the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s. Airazor eventually received authorization as an inspector in the Security Administration, giving her the rare (if not ''unique'') status as an officer for BOTH police forces in Axiom Nexus. Despite her official status, Airazor still enjoyed her vices, and was a frequent customer of the [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian]] at the edge of the [[Heap]].

Airazor was involved in the first detaining of [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], after the assassination of [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] sent Axiom Nexus into chaos. She and [[Stungun (TransTech)|Stungun]] stood guard over the duo while awaiting [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]]'s arrival. As is often the case with femmes, she had absolutely no tolerance for Jackpot's sweet-talk. Upon his arrival, Cheetor dismissed Airazor to keep an eye on three "[[Transcendent|units of interest]]" who had recently come through Processing Central. He casually suggested she recruit some Freelancers as well to keep the surveillance less official, since it was technically out of their jurisdiction. Her departure served a double purpose, leaving a viable exit for the lowtech Autobots to flee and draw out the ''real'' assassin for the Security Administration. Once [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] and his shell were deactivated, Airazor swooped in and took Jackpot into custody again immediately. Despite his claims of having found a real connection, she was thrilled when Commander Cheetor expedited his deportation to [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|a universe]] similar to his home universe. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

Shortly after her promotion to Inspector Airazor, the Maximal had occasion to drop in on her old friend [[Crystal Widow]] at the Widow's Cafe. It was hardly a social call, however, as Security Administration had been requisitioned by [[Demolishor (TransTech)|General Demolishor]] of the [[Military Police]] to conduct a serious investigation into some courier murders and the theft of unauthorized TransTech technology. One of Crystal Widow's regulars, [[Escargon]], had been pegged for the matter. Airazor tried to execute a quiet arrest, but General Demolishor's attention span and flair for the dramatic turned it into a decidedly UNquiet raid of the premises. Demolishor also executed Escargon on the spot while Airazor was attempting to gain control of the suspect.

In his zeal, however, General Demolishor hadn't thought to check if Escargon had the stolen property before shooting him. Sure enough, a thorough search by Inspector Airazor appeared to turn up no traces of the property on his person. Dejected, General Demolishor turned his frustrations on the clientele, particular several "mechanoids of interest" called [[G1 GoBots|GoBots]] who had arrived around the same time as Escargon. With some fast legalese, Airazor managed to talk Demolishor out of doing further damage to the bar or Crystal Widow's customers. After the good general departed, Airazor explained the seriousness of the situation — Escargon had stolen a set of [[transit pass]]es, official letters for TransTech black ops work that allowed unmolested access to any transwarp platform facility. Literally a "Get Out of Axiom Nexus Free" Card.

General Demolishor was not so easily deterred, though, and soon wound up battling Crystal Widow and the GoBots in the [[Heap]] until Airazor and Commander Cheetor arrived with the Security Administration. The general was quickly deflated when Cheetor told him he had informed [[Megatron (TransTech)|Commander Megatron]] personally about the issuance of these ''unauthorized'' transit passes, and the fact that Demolishor had lost them. Because the Heap was outside of Security Administration jurisdiction, the collar officially went to Airazor as a representative of the Freelance Police Legion.

As Demolishor was being led away, Commander Cheetor requested a private word with Inspector Airazor. In no uncertain terms, he ''very loudly'' did not say he knew she had swiped the passes while frisking Escargon, and did not tell her to make sure the passes were handed over to the GoBots. Reluctantly, Airazor did as she was not ordered to do and gave up her meal tickets. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

===''Legends'' comic===
[[File:Legends Manga Xmas Airazor.jpg|thumb|left|150px|we're sorry about everything on the right.]]

Airazor and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] were hired by Optimus Primal to work as office ladies at the [[Axalon Trading Company]]. Their tight skirts and overall cuteness mesmerized Rattrap... at least until Rhinox reminded him that they had no women on the payroll. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 4#The Gender Gap|The Gender Gap}} Later, Optimus Primal and [[Lio Convoy]] swooned over Airazor's cuteness as he fetched them tea for their meeting. Rattrap and Rhinox merely continued to curse the fact that Airazor was a man. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 5#The Gender Gap Part 2|The Gender Gap Part 2}} Hoping to get to the bottom of Airazor and Nightscream's genders, Rattrap and Rhinox proceeded to follow them to see which bathroom they'd use. Much to their confusion, they learned that their building had no ladies' room but an ''[[w:otokonoko|otokonoko]]'' room. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 9#The Bathroom Gap|The Bathroom Gap}}

For [[Christmas]], Airazor joined [[T-AI|Ai]] in donning skimpy Santa outfits and handed out toys to all the good little Transformers. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} At another point, old man Rhinox's nostalgia became so powerful he was able to will the '80s back into existence, retrograding all modern technology into clumsy '80s counterparts. In the madness, Airazor's computer turned into a cruddy micro-computer that couldn't even connect to the [[Internet]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|Bonus Edition Vol. 3}}

At work, Rattrap found himself emasculated at every turn, even by Airazor, who was bigger and stronger than he was. This led Rattrap to seek comfort in a dream sequence involving [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 8|Bonus Edition Vol. 8}}

When the amnesiac [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] used her charms to squat at [[Tigatron]]'s home, Airazor took issue with it, and the three ended up in a bed together, with Airazor trying to push Windblade away from Tigatron. {{storylink|Windblade Sequel}}

Following the destruction of their old office because of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the Axalon employees took it in stride and made Metroplex's city mode their new office. Airazor and Cheetor got scared when their [[Alpha Trion (G1)|mysterious janitor]] claimed to be from "the other world", assuming he meant the world of the dead. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}}

Airazor was dressed up as a nurse and ready to go to a [[Halloween]] party with Tigatron and Windblade when they were interrupted by the trick-or-treating [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], and [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}}

Airazor also worked at a "little brother cafe" and was there when the manager, [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]], explained to another worker, who was [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|another Starscream]], just what kind of cafe it was. While thinking back to the good times she'd had in the Legends Universe, Windblade remembered a time she'd hand-fed Tigatron at the cafe, something Airazor hadn't liked at all. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} Following the hiring of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from another dimension, Airazor told [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] that he still had to answer calls from customers despite being trapped in [[Butla]] at the time. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}}

Airazor was among the coworkers bothered by Chromedome flying around the office on Moguru, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} and was seen on the sidewalks of [[Akihabara]] after it was rebuilt as Neo Akihabara City. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} When [[White Leo]] turned the people of the Legends World into [[Beastformer]]s to recruit them into his army, Airazor ended up with some [[#TM1|familiar armor]] and the name "Lucky Razor". {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}}
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====The Beast Wars Road Map====
When Rhinox was countacted by his [[Rhinox (TransTech)|counterpart]] from [[Axiom Nexus]], Airazor interrupted their conversation to point out [[A Change to the Agenda|new developments]] happening in a branching timeline. {{storylink|The Beast Wars Road Map}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[All That Remains|''The Transformers: Windblade'' vol. 2 #3]]}}

[[File:IDWAirazorcharactermodel.jpg|thumb|right|175px]]

Airazor was a native of the planet [[Eukaris]], and was born from the [[hot spot]] inside the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Chela]]. She abandoned [[Cloud Walkers|her tribe]] long ago so that she could be with her love Tigatron.

[[File:CombinerWars5-Eukaris.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

When battling [[combiner]]s from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] briefly touched upon the planet, Airazor and Tigatron witnessed [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] battling against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} They later investigated the huge footprints the combiners left behind. Tigatron wanted to report their discovery to the others, while Airazor disagreed. {{storylink|All That Remains}} They eventually sought out the advice of the seer Blackarachnia, who foresaw the reappearance of true Cybertronians on their planet. A week later, Airazor was present when the leaders of Eukaris's tribes convened outside the space bridge, although Dinobot didn't take kindly to the "tribe of two." The tension was quickly defused when Rattrap sneaked through the space bridge and onto the planet, only to receive a less-than-warm welcome from Dinobot.

A month later, Airazor was present when the first real representatives from Cybertron arrived - [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and Starscream. Before negotiations could get underway, Chela awoke and burst from the ground, intending to destroy all Cybertronian intruders. After Chela was killed by Starscream, the citizens of Eukaris agreed to join the nascent [[Council of Worlds]]. Blackarachnia appointed Tigatron and Airazor as delegates to Cybertron, believing that their independence from Eukaris's competing tribes would make them impartial diplomats. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} Upon emigrating to Cybertron, Airazor was amazed to find that she and Tigatron were being welcomed in spite of their romance, a feature she felt could potentially attract more Eukarians. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

Approximately two weeks later, Airazor was present for the ceremony inducting [[Vigilem|Carcer]] delegates [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] into the Council of Worlds. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} She and Tigatron began operating regularly on Cybertron, interacting with the local citizens and the other colonists. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] announced his intent to annex [[Earth]] into the Council of Worlds, Airazor attended the first council meeting discussing this sudden change of events. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} In-between Council meetings, the two Eukariens continued adjusting to life on Cybertron, quietly hoping that one day the growing number of immigrants could expand beyond the borders of Iacon. When the Council re-convened to discuss a string of mysterious [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgical]] assaults and the growing distrust of the [[Badgeless]], the two Eukarian delegates were in attendance. The Committee moved to have [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] investigate the crime spree. {{storylink|07:00:00}}

[[File:ApplicableSkills-fangsandfur.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Things turned sour following the death of [[Drunkatron|an inebriated Decepticon]] which most chalked up to police brutality. Airazor and Obsidian observed an angry mob advancing on Starscream's office, as the two commiserated over their dismay with the fractured Cybertron. Shortly afterwards, Airazor attended the emergency meeting to try and sort out what could be done, a meeting that ended with Ironhide becoming the new head of Cybertronian security. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}} Airazor later attended a meeting where Ironhide reported on the progress of the new recruits. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} When [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] attacked Iacon, Airazor and the other Council delegates were temporarily evacuated. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

The Council later met with Optimus to hear his side of the story. Although Prime insisted that his intentions were pure, its members unanimously voted against allowing Earth a seat on the council. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} When Optimus raised a holy [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Titan]] from the ground, however, public opinion began to shift back towards Optimus, and the Council began re-considering their ruling. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

[[File:DesperateTimes-anythingforyou.jpg|thumb|right|250px|And the man shall ride a falcon.]]

Months later, [[Vigilem|Carcer]] detected a fleet of [[zombie]] Titans rapidly approaching Cybertron and intent on scouring the planet clean. The Council attended an emergency meeting to discuss the threat, and wound up preparing for an all-out war against the army. The Titans soon made planetfall; Airazor and Tigatron fought together on the front lines and used their [[beast mode]]s to tear through enemy armor. {{storylink|Ping}} When it became clear that they couldn't win, the two retreated back to the Council [[Spire]] to discuss a last-ditch moves. As a result, both Airazor and Tigatron joined Windblade's strike team, aiming to invade Carcer and seize control of the Titan from its reluctant leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. {{storylink|Desperate Times}}

Airazor stood by Starscream as the strike teams attacked making odd faces at the Chancellor's odd habit of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|seemingly talking to himself]]. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}} After Windblade and Carcer had triumphed, she joined Starscream and [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] in cheering. {{storylink|Rubicon}} It transpired however that "Carcer" was in fact, Vigilem, the Titan of [[Liege Maximo]] who had managed to free his master before he died. The Council was informed of the Prime's inevitable return but only after half of them had already voted to keep it secret and forced the other half to do the same, much to Airazor's discomfort. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

When the crisis had passed, the Council reconvened to meet with Optimus Prime as the Autobot leader discussed sharing Transformer technology with the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s, who had recently arrived on Earth. Starscream shot down the proposal; as Earth was not yet a member of the Council, it would be a violation of the [[Tyrest Accord]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}}

Airazor was present during Earth's induction ceremony into the [[Council of Worlds]] when [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] was brought before the Council where Elita One ordered them executed. When Knock Out supported the notion owing to the looming threat of Liege Maximo and the short [[human]] lifespan, Airazor protested owing to the fact that, regardless of lifespan, the humans were still living creatures. {{storylink|First Strike issue 4|First Strike #4}}

Following the invasion, Windblade was due to retake her position on the Council only to learn that Liege Maximo's freedom was still being kept under wraps prompting her to inform Circuit and Longtooth of it which resulted in public elections. After the Camien had announced her intent to run for office, Airazor visited Windblade in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] where she extolled the values of Cybertron's acceptance of 'bots from all walks of life and how that feature could attract more Eukarians (assuming of course Iacon could last five minutes without being half destroyed). She and Tigatron later attended the electoral debates and took part in Windblade's subsequent victory party. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

The Council later assembled to receive an [[Ore-13]] from Optimus Prime before [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] and [[Liege Maximo]] made a dramatic return aboard the [[Nemesis (BWII)|''Nemesis'']]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} Joined by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], the Council granted the Primes an audience. After an explosion ripped through the [[Spire]], Airazor helped up Tigatron only to learn Alpha Trion had been killed by the blast. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} "Onyx Prime's" machinations had successfully sowed chaos across Cybertron, leaving the Council of Worlds paralyzed and unable to act for the duration of the crisis, and by the time that "Onyx" had been unmasked as a time-travelling Shockwave and arrested, the Council was too late to stop the penultimate stage in Shockwave's plan from falling into place: [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], who began a genocidal rampage across the galaxy. Shortly after the planet-eater destroyed Eukaris, Airazor joined the other members of the Council of Worlds in an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

When Unicron then attacked and destroyed Cybertron, Airazor and Tigatron were among the many refugees who were safely teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[Visionaries]], regrouping at [[Victoria Falls]]. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}}

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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Derailment Parliament.jpg|250px|thumb|left]]

Airazor of [[Nuon City|Nuon]] was a champion of the Games who eventually came to sit on the [[Maximal High Council]]. She sat on the Council when the [[Maximal Nation]] declared themselves independent from [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s and the [[Resistance]] alike. When the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] threat arose and consumed Nuon, however, Airazor advocated abandoning neutrality and entering the war against the Builders. She frequently clashed with the pacifist [[Santon]]. When the Council received an audience by First Resistor [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Preditron]] to hear first hand about the Vehicons, the vote soon swayed in Airazor's favor, and the Maximal Nation went to war.

In the battles to come against the Vehicons and the [[Grand Mal]] fortress, Airazor fought as part of [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]], joining with her fellow Councilbots as a battlefield general. They fought alongside the [[Micromaster]] Builder combiner [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] against all odds.

After the war, the [[Cybertronian Parliament]] was founded to govern the planet. The Maximal Nation remained an independent body, and the High Council elected Airazor to serve as their representative at Parliament along with Cheetor and [[Optimal]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game continuity===
====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game advertising comic====
Upon arriving on "[[Earth|Planet Energon]]", the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Maximals and their Predacon adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
{{voiceactor|??? (English), ??? (Japanese)}}
=====Maximal campaign=====
{{Note|Airazor is a playable character for "rescue missions" gameplay.}}
Airazor was absent from the main conflict with both Predacons and the [[Skriix]]; instead, she flew rescue missions, using her flight capabilities to rescue captured Maximals from the Predacons' prison ships.

Upon having eliminated the Predacon threat, Airazor was part of Optimus Primal's roll call when he announced that the galaxy was now at peace. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64 Airazor.jpg|frame|Airazor was having second thoughts about this new backpack.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Janet-Laine Green]] (English), ??? (Japanese)}}

Airazor played a critical role in the Maximals' victory over the Predacons. However, when their enemies had all been taken prisoner, Airazor and Tigatron decided not to join their comrades in their journey to Cybertron. The two sparkmates would reside on prehistoric earth, observing as the planet recovered from the war. They nonetheless sometimes wondered about the other Maximals' fates and whether or not true peace could finally be found between Maximals and Predacons. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Airazor's fate in those outcomes.}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-Transmetal.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Transmetal Airazor actually comes first in this game.]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-(BW).jpg|thumb|right|400px]]
Airazor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She appeared in two different bodies:
*''Airazor Transmetal'' — This Epic character first appeared in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 2" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, 100 event cores, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Airazor (BW)'' — This Super Rare character was available as a reward to 1000 players in the "Beast Wars: Episode 4" event.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:Airazorbwtoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Airazor''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Takara ID number'': '''C-10'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: Part of the first wave of year-two ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' product, Airazor transforms into a somewhat generic falcon (or some other bird of prey) with opening beak. Unlike first-year Basics, Airazor's transformation is entirely manual, rather than spring-loaded. Pulling on the yellow-plastic feathers near her tail activates a spring-loaded wing-movement gimmick. Each wing also has a flip-out blade. Her tail hides both a heat-sensitive "[[rubsign|energon chip]]" and a non-firing blaster that can be hand-held or mounted on the underside of either forearm.

: There is an ''exceedingly'' minor [[retool]]ing variant of this toy, where later releases added small grooves to the inside of the falcon-mode head, allowing for easier installation of the lower beak.

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release of the toy in January 1998 is seemingly identical to the Hasbro release, except (of course) for packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BW-toy Airazor-video.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This took forever to photograph because the damn thing's ankles are looser than the WWE's drug policies.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Video pack-in, 1997)
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: The original Airazor toy was given a similar but darker [[redeco]], and packaged with a VHS tape containing the episodes "[[Aftermath]]" and "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]". She retains all of her previous [[gimmick]]ry.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on video Airazor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Aerial Showdown: Airrazor vs Kuwagiger''' (VS pack, January 1998)
**''ID number'': '''VS-10'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: For her (his) [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release, Airazor was available both as an individually-boxed toy, and in an "Aerial Showdown" (大空の対決, ''ōzora no taiketsu'') Vs-pack with [[Insecticon (BW)#Toys|Insecticon, aka "Kuwagiger"]]. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You're looking at a first here.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998/1999)
**''Takara ID number'': '''C-45'''

: Part of the third wave of Hasbro [[Transmetal]] Deluxes, Airazor transforms from a semi-organic robot into a mechanical falcon. She has a third "seaplane" mode with fold-down pontoons and exposed thruster engines. In robot mode, the chromed beast-mode backplate can fold around her torso as a "shield" mode. She holds the distinction of being the first [[female Transformer]] toy that was actually designed to be female from the start.

: Some early releases of the [[Hasbro]] Airazor have much more lavender-hued chrome than the normal blue of later versions.

: The Takara version of this toy, released in the first wave of ''Beast Wars Metals'' product, has more orange-tinted yellow plastics, and the pearlescent whites are more translucent white. The "AIRAZOR" [[tampograph]] on the Hasbro version's chromed shields was also changed to "CYBERTRON" with the Maximal [[insignia|faction symbol]]. The Takara version's chrome is also far less prone to flaking than the Hasbro version.

: A popular "fan mode" of the toy has the pontoons raised over her shoulders in robot mode, with the support struts pointing forward like cannons, giving her some ranged weaponry.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Airazor (Armada)#Toys|Airazor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/TMAirazor/tmairazor.htm More information on Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Heatwave Showdown: Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (VS set, September 1999)
**''ID number'': '''VS-45'''

: In Japan, ''Metals'' Airazor was available both as an individual and in a "Heatwave Showdown" (陽炎の対決, ''kagerō no taiketsu'') two-pack with [[Quickstrike (BW)#Toys|Quickstrike]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:Fox Kids Transmetal Airazor.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]
*'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)

: Part of the third wave of the final year of the ''Beast Wars'' line, Airazor's Transmetal toy was given a tweaked deco and released as part of the so-called "[[Fox Kids]]" assortment of Deluxe Transmetal redecos. This redeco was not as drastic a change from the original as the others in the series, mostly making her darker and more desaturated tones of the same colors.

: This version of Airazor was made available in Japan as a [[JafCon]] convention [[exclusive]] along with the "Fox Kids" versions of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#TMFK|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#FK|Rattrap]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/FKTMAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Fox Kids! Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''

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===Timelines===
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[[File:Airazortimelinestoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I am a symptom of the retroactive ruination of ''Beast Wars''.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Club exclusive, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: The second members-only exclusive to [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], Airazor (referred to as "Chromia 10 Pilot" in her bio) is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] with a [[retool]]ed head, transforming into a Cybertronic twin-cockpit jet. Her jet mode has an under-slung spring-loaded missile launcher (which flips over her shoulder in [[robot mode]]), plus she also has flip-out (non-firing) blasters as well.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:BotCon2016toy-Airazor.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Because one toy of Airazor from before she was born wasn't enough!]]
*'''Airazor''' (BotCon 2016 exclusive, 2016)
**''Accessories'': 2 arm-mounted photon cannons

:Sold individually at [[BotCon 2016]], Airazor is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Slipstream (Animated)#Legends|Slipstream]], who in turn is a retool of [[Windblade (G1)#Generations|Windblade]]. She comes with two photon cannons that clip on her arms in a different orientation in each mode. Her jet mode fuselage contains a flip-down landing gear and her VTOL wing fans can flip up on a hinge and spin. Unlike the toy-based colors of her previous [[Fun Publications]] toy, this iteration takes its cues from her cartoon appearance.

:This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' version of [[Stiletto (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Stiletto]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Maximal/BCAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Dawn of the Predacus Airazor at TFU.info]''

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==Merchandise==
[[File:Airazormutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Airazor was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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==Gender==
[[File:AirazorJapan1.jpg|right|175px||thumb|[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShesAManInJapan She's a man in Japan]]]

Airazor's gender in the [[Hasbro]] line is due to ''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]]'s insistence. The original Airazor toy wasn't developed with a specific gender in mind, and Bob & Larry wanted a larger female presence in the show, and the Airazor toy seemed as good a choice as any. They requested the change early enough that the toy's packaging bio could have its pronouns changed to female. The later Transmetal version of Airazor was the first American-released Transformer mold created to represent a female character.

In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was made male. The exact reason for this has never been made known; it could have been for the sake of sales (girl characters tend to sell poorly in boys toylines) or [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] could have simply been working from outdated material provided by Hasbro in which Airazor was still regarded as male. We may never know.

Initially, the dub skirted around any possibility of romance between Airazor and Tigatron, altering all flirtatious dialogue to change the intent (Tigatron's line in "[[The Trigger, Part 2]]" about how "the lady shall ride a tiger" was rewritten to a more generic command for them to get moving). To explain the closeness of their relationship, Tigatron was humorously portrayed as a "samurai retainer" and Airazor acted as his "ward"; intimating a "brotherly" sort of bond.

Things remained as such all the way until "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]" when the scripting and animation could no longer allow for any vagaries regarding their relationship. Beginning rather randomly in that episode, Airazor flirtatiously starts calling Tigatron by the nickname "Ti-chan", leaving Tigatron to get flustered and anxiously call for him to stop. When the pair are attacked, they both express their love for one another in dialogue primarily unchanged from the English version. Their romantic attraction was a very spontaneous change in the Japanese version of the series and Japanese magazine editors, responding to letters from confused young fans, gently explained the situation. From the letters page of the ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine:<ref>[http://netatama.net/lite/image/2263677 Scan] of the letters pages from a Japanese ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine</ref>

[[File:BWM Airazor color.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Except when she isn't.]]

:'''Question:''' "If Tigatron and Airazor are both boys, how come they were flirting when the [[Vok|Aliens]] abducted them?"
:'''Answer:''' "Even among humans there are boys who both love (like) each other. In the case of Tigatron and Airazor, they had been fighting together for a long time and as their emotions increased, their friendship turned to feelings of love. 'Transform', indeed!"

In the case of the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' manga, however, Airazor's female gender was retained, as was her heterosexual romantic relationship with Tigatron. This was due to the fact that Airazor's [[Transmetal]] toy had an indisputably feminine build. Additionally, there was never a manga for the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon in Japan, so the backstory for ''Metals'' could be whatever writer/artist [[Shōji Imaki]] wanted it to be (the manga has numerous irreconcilable divergences from the show's events right out of the gate). Airazor is presented as a stereotypically "girly" ingenue more deeply devoted to Tigatron, as compared to her English cartoon persona and design.

The ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]'' manga would poke "fun" at Airazor's gender bender from time to time. Airazor is portrayed as looking highly feminine and cute, however, it is revealed to the confusion of the cast that "she" is male. The same "joke" is extended onto [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], who was portrayed as a flamboyant homosexual in the dub of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Beast Machines]]'', and is seen as a cross-dresser in the ''Legends'' manga. This is apparently supposed to be "funny".
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==Notes==
*An [[Bitch Wars|unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode concept]] would have seen Airazor and Blackarachnia join forces as a "third faction" for a bit. It went unproduced as the writers couldn't see where to go with the idea.
*Like most characters in the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was given a verbal tic—when in battle or transforming, [[#Gender|he]] would shout ''haya'' in imitation of a falcon's cry (''hayabusa'' also being the Japanese word for "falcon").
*Somewhat inexplicably, a number of the Italian toyline-specific names for various ''Beast Wars'' characters were only printed on the cardback for the Italian "video-pack" release of Airazor; the names do not even appear on the cardback for "video-pack" [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], who was presumably released in proximity to her, if not at the same time. The Italian names only printed on "video-pack" Airazor were: Insector ([[Powerpinch]]), Rapax ([[Lazorbeak]]), Vortex ([[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]]), Anfibius ([[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]]), Diablo ([[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]]), Cannibal ([[Manterror]]), Tenax ([[Retrax]]), Dingo ([[K-9]]), and Bison ([[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]]).
*The name of Airazor's ship in "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', is a reference to her original toy's Japanese ID number.
*The "Dawn of Future's Past" Club exclusive toy is only technically the second Club exclusive toy. She was actually shipped at the same time as [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)|Astrotrain]], but he was the first toy advertised.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Airrazor''' (エアラザー ''Earazā'')<ref>Sources consistently Romanize the name as such.</ref>
*''French:'' '''Aérolame''' (Canada, "Aero Blade"), '''Serres D'Acier''' (Canada cartoon and Transmetal, "Talons of Steel")
*''Italian:'' '''Falcon''' (original toy), '''Falcon Lady''' (cartoon), '''Metal Falcon''' (Transmetal), '''Falco''' (video-pack release)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēi Jiàn''' (China, 飞箭, "Flying Arrow"), '''Shén Yīng''' (Taiwan, 神鷹, "God Hawk"), '''Yīng Nǚ''' (Taiwan, 鷹女, "Hawk Woman")
*''Polish:'' '''Brzytwozora'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Falcúria'''
*''Russian:'' '''Orlona''' (Орлона)
*''Spanish:'' '''Airazor''' (Spain), '''Aguila''' (America, "Eagle"), '''Cuchilla''' (Canada toy packaging)

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{{disambigm|Airazor (disambiguation)|Wing Saber (disambiguation)}}
:''Airazor is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Airazorbwcgi.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Ladyfalcon'' just doesn't have the same ring.]]

Primarily used for recon and surveillance due to her aerial [[alternate mode]], '''Airazor'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s (aka '''Wing Saber''') talents are a great asset to the Maximal cause. She's calm and confident, but also adventurous and brave, with a healthy supply of dry humor. Her aerial skill in either mode, incredibly sharp eyesight and steady aim make her a dangerous opponent.

Due to the circumstances of her "birth", she sees [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] as something of an uncle-figure and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] as the sibling she never had. She devotes most of her efforts, however, to taming the wild yet gentle [[Tigatron]]. She shares his love for the beautiful planet on which the Maximals are stranded, and it is on this planet where their destiny will be forever intertwined.

{{bigquote|She stoops to conquer!|Airazor|"[[Call of the Wild]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
Airazor was an "aerial reconnaissance expert" who could spot Predacon activity from 30,000 feet above. With her internal radar transmitters, Airazor could relay information to her Maximal comrades, including 3D "virtual reality maps" that pinpointed enemy locations. In terms of offense, she possessed [[cyberblade]]s and a [[photon rifle|photon cannon]]. However, her preferred method of attacking was slashing with her titanium-plated talons in beast mode. {{storylink|#Beast Wars|Airazor bio}}

With her [[Transmetal]] body after the [[quantum surge]], Airazor had become a warrior that inspired absolute fear in the Predacons, thanks to her deadly armor-ripping talons. Her post had been adjusted to sea reconnaissance, in light of her vehicle mode. {{storylink|#TM1|Transmetal Airazor Bio}}

After becoming a [[Transmetal|Metals]], Airazor's power surged! Airazor's dominion of the air became second to none, but the air warrior still preferred to avoid violence when possible. {{storylink|#TM1|Metals Airazor}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Pauline Newstone]] (English), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japanese)|[[Liu Li]] (Chinese), [[Denise Reis]] (Portuguese), [[Rebeca Manriquez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Olga Cano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Caterina Rochira]] (Italian)}}

[[File:The Spark Airazor.jpg|left|upright=1.55|thumb|The Maximals' Yellow Ranger.]]

Her [[stasis pod]] damaged upon crashing to [[Earth]], Airazor was able to come online due to the genius of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and the bravery of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rhinox deftly operated the stasis pod's controls and Cheetor offered up his [[locking chip]] to repair it. Immediately out of the pod, she outmaneuvered and destroyed [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. Her aerial [[beast mode]], at the time, made her the only Maximal other than [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] who could fly. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[File:Airazortigatrontrigger.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And the lady shall ride a tiger.]]

She and Tigatron started to team up more frequently, a prospect Airazor seemed to welcome, but Tigatron preferred to work alone. Their first big adventure together came when a flying island paradise was discovered. The island, however, was covered in booby-traps which were triggered by the use of energy weapons. Airazor rescued Tigatron when he was ambushed by Predacons on the island, but she was damaged badly. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Tigatron carried her on his back, refusing to leave her behind, and the pair worked together to avoid and overcome the island's traps. The island was ultimately destroyed, much to the sadness and outrage of Tigatron, and he would have secluded himself from the other Maximals further if not for Airazor's concern. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Soon after, the Predacons beat Tigatron to another stasis pod, reprogramming it and unleashing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Airazor and Tigatron took turns helping each other, but once again, Tigatron insisted that he work alone. Airazor commented that sometimes you can be too alone. She was right, because after he tracked down [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and destroyed the stasis pod, Tigatron got shot up a lot. Nearing death, Tigatron was saved by the arrival of Airazor and Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

During a Predacon attack on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Airazor saved Optimus from plunging to his doom, but was herself so badly damaged she had to spend several days in the [[CR chamber]]. She emerged to find that the other Maximals had succumbed to their beast instincts through having to stay in beast mode constantly, as a result of the Predacons stealing the ship's [[rectifier coil]]. While Tigatron helped the Maximals, Airazor was able to infiltrate the largely deserted Predacon base and retrieve the rectifier coil. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

[[File:BeforetheStorm Airazor dropping off Rattrap.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.34|If you barf, you're walking home.]]
After the Maximals were expelled from their base by the Predacons, aided by a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], Airazor alerted Tigatron to the situation. The pair joined in a ploy to retake their base, which involved an assault on the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' under Starscream's leadership. {{storylink|Possession}} Airazor was part of the reinforcements provided when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] were trying to find a cure for the [[energon discharge virus]] Rhinox was afflicted with. For some reason she felt the need to pose provocatively by Optimus's leg as the Maximals appeared on the scene. {{storylink|The Low Road}}

After the realization that the aliens who seeded their planet with traps and energon were returning to destroy it, the Maximals and Predacons entered a truce. Optimus Primal used Airazor to try to sneak Rattrap into the Predacon base to find out what [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was up to, but Megatron, of course, found them on his scanners and politely asked them to leave. Unbeknownst to Megatron, the ploy was a decoy for Tigatron's infiltration. {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

[[File:Airazoraftermath.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
The aliens arrived and a new [[Bio-Dome|alien structure]] was built, trapping Airazor, who was tortured. Optimus Primal forced his way inside, with the help of the Predacons, and traded himself to the aliens for Airazor. Rattrap dragged her from the structure, only for them to find themselves at gunpoint — the truce was over. The pair were able to use the activation of the structure's "termination sequence" to deal with the Predacons, before fleeing with the escaping Optimus. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} As one of the planet's moons was revealed as an [[Planet Buster|alien weapon]], the Maximals retreated to their base. There, Airazor and Rattrap caught [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] working on a stasis pod in the ship's hold, and Optimus was able to use it to destroy the Planet Buster, though at the cost of his own life. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:OtherVists1 Airazor in vines.jpg|thumb|left|280px]|Hey look it's someone's fetish.]]
Airazor and Tigatron escaped [[Transmetal]]ization by the [[quantum surge]]. They attempted to stop Blackarachnia escaping, but were both knocked offline by Megatron. {{storylink|Aftermath}} After repairs, the duo left together to find the rest of the missing stasis pods scattered across the planet. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} While on their search, the two Maximals discovered not only a remarkably beautiful valley, but a strange plant. As the two looked into each other's eyes and held hands in quiet celebration, the plant transformed into another [[Vok]] device, and as they clasped hands, declaring their love to exist beyond the throes of death, the two were absorbed and shot into space. Cheetor arrived, but was too late, and loudly protested the loss of two of his best friends. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}}

[[File:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Know that I am [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]! Well, part of him. From another universe. It's complicated.]]

Airazor and Tigatron were kept in a form of stasis until near the end of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], when they were merged into the powerful being [[Tigerhawk]]. Tigerhawk returned to Earth as the emissary of the Vok to stop the deterioration that the Beast Wars were causing to the timestream, his first act being to destroy the [[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]], sending the Predacons scrambling. Tarantulas managed to capture Tigerhawk and removed the Vok's influence from his frame (and absorbed it into himself), letting Airazor and Tigatron's [[spark]]s inhabit Tigerhawk's body. Tigatron's voice was dominant, but Tigerhawk's personality and mannerisms were an amalgam of Tigatron and Airazor's. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Shortly afterward, however, Tigerhawk was killed in a standoff with the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' after Megatron retrieved it from the ocean floor. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====3H comics====
[[File:Groundzero-airazorbeastmode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Somewhere near the end of the first year of the Beast Wars, before the Planet Buster ignited the planet's energon, Airazor, Rhinox, and Cheetor overheard a battle between [[Fractyl]] and [[Packrat]]. Airazor ended up having to rescue Cheetor, who had darted off ahead of them and gotten blasted. After the battle was resolved, she and the other Maximals fled, pretending to be beaten by the timid Fractyl to increase his standing in Megatron's eyes. {{storylink|Ground Zero}}

[[File:TransmetalAirazor2.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|WINGS UP WINGS DOWN WHO GIVES A CRAP]]
After the Beast Wars were over, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], presumed destroyed, existed in a new, undead form that was fueled by his new Vok powers. The remaining Vok assembled warriors to end this threat, creating [[Primal Prime]] and giving new [[Transmetal]] bodies to the extant Sparks of Airazor and Tigatron. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} {{storylink|Primeval Dawn II}}

After awakening a stranded stasis pod containing [[Ramulus]], opening a second pod triggered an ambush by [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and a reborn Transmetal 2 [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Airazor immediately saved Tigatron's life, knocking Spittor aside before Tigatron would have unwittingly come in contact with Spittor's body, covered entirely in [[cyber venom]]. This maneuver left her vulnerable to Ravage's gunfire, which knocked her out of the air. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}}

The battle ended catastrophically, and Ramulus, Airazor, and Tigatron were forced to carry a critically-wounded Primal Prime back to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest. As Airazor and Tigatron conferred with the seemingly absent Vok, Airazor experienced great pains due to her battle wounds. But before she could explain, the ''Ark'' was under attack by Ravage and the Predacons. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|Due to [[3H Productions]] loss of the convention license, "Primeval Dawn" was never completed. It is telling, however, that Airazor was not present in the subsequently-placed ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|Wreckers]]'' storyline. "[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]" even has Tigatron awkwardly not answering Rattrap's query as to where Airazor is now. In "[[Ask Vector Prime/Sideways src#July 6.2C 2015|Ask Sideways]]", [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] claims that, as part of a long con, he saved her life by bonding her back into Tigatron.}}
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====Razorclaw continuity====
In one splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]'s stasis pod landed far from the ''Axalon'', and without the aid of Silverbolt, Megatron slaughtered the Maximals. Left as the sole survivors, Tigatron and Airazor were then abducted by the Vok and then dispatched as Tigerhawk to end Megatron's machinations which threatened the Vok. Tigerhawk slew Megatron, but in the ensuing [[timestorm]] destroyed the universe anyway. Subsequently, [[Unicron]] abducted Tigerhawk to become one of his [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]] generals. The renamed [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] became one of Unicron's most feared Heralds; however, the noble influence of Tigatron and Airazor at times posed a problem for the evil Razorclaw. {{storylink|Abduction|Razorclaw's profile}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
At the tail-end of the Great War, both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] met their demise on the battlefield. In response, the [[Primal Council]] sought to broker peace negotiations with their enemies, enlisting Tigatron to this end. The 'bot who would one day call herself "Airazor" was one of the many soldiers tasked with guarding the Autobot peace officer as he headed into enemy camps on his mission.

Unfortunately, the first camp the group made contact with was headed by a renegade soldier going by the name "[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]". Rejecting the talk of peace outright, Megatron unleashed [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] onto his visitors, along with the other units under his command. "Airazor" was accosted by [[Waspinator (BW)|two]] [[Terrorsaur (BW)|fliers]], though she quickly defeated them both before rescuing Tigatron from Predaking. As the rest of the Autobots with them were slain, Tigatron argued with his rescuer over which one of them should head off to warn the Council of Megatron's incoming attack. Convincing him that she didn't need rescuing herself, and promising that she'd see him again someday, "Airazor" sent Tigatron on his way. But she stood little chance against Predaking by herself, and soon found herself in the giant's grip. Before Predaking could finish her off, [[transmatter]] started raining down on the battlefield, converting whoever it touched into a protoform. "Airazor" was one of the many affected by the transmatter, though her form was retrieved and safely stored within a stasis pod after hostilities had ended between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments in the Beast Wars. Among them was Airazor being helped up by a concerned Tigatron. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

After Tigerhawk's body was destroyed, the two sparks contained within split, regaining their individuality. The Vok then proceeded in bestowing upon Airazor a new Transmetal form utilizing a blank protoform. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

====''Timelines''====
[[File:Airazorbwdawn.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.]]

Her name was Wing Saber. A routine reconnaissance mission went awry when Wing Saber was captured by the Predacon torturer, [[Steelgrave]]. Despite his array of fiendish devices and Bond-villain mentality, Wing Saber was able to elude Steelgrave and fight her way through his henchmen before retreating to her cloaked starship, the ''[[Chromia 10]]''. Although she escaped, Wing Saber bore the physical and mental scars from her encounter with Steelgrave for some time.

Later, she was assigned to rendezvous with a pair of Maximals named [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] and [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] for a new mission. In violation of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], a group of Predacons had been rampaging through the [[J'kozian sector]] and set up a troop manufacturing factory on the conquered world of [[Nibari]]. Holographically posing as barmaids, the trio inebriated most of Steelgrave's troops into stasis lock before proceeding into the factory. Their infiltration was cut short by a raid on the factory by the native Nibari population, led by [[Ritash]]. Wing Saber's group was forced to divert their mission in order to keep the organics from being completely slaughtered. They were actually doing well...at least, until the true leader of Steelgrave's Predacons made his presence known... '''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''!

Wing Saber's crew evacuated with all due haste, taking Ritash of the Nibari with them. A reassessment of the situation was clearly called for. After a review of the history records, Wing Saber decided that the frequent quotations of "No Known Weaknesses" overlooked Megatron's infamous arrogance, and THAT was what they needed to exploit. The crew of the ''Chromia 10'' challenged Megatron to combat in full view of his subordinates, forcing him to agree in order to save face. During the ritualized combat, Crossblades noticed that the Mighty Megatron was nowhere near as invulnerable as history records indicated. Sensing a ruse, the Maximals concentrated their firepower and revealed "Megatron" was little more than an exo-suit run by his ex-lieutenant, [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]. With Flamewar revealed, and the drone troopers brought under the control of Ritash and his rebels, Nibari was well on its way to being freed.{{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

[[File:Trazorsedge prologue.jpg|thumb|"I'm gonna deck you in the schnoz!"]]

Later, the Predacons who stole the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] on Cybertron were being pursued by [[Tigatron|Unit 2]], who was granted clearance from the [[Maximal Defense Command Center]] to commandeer transport. Wing Saber was boarding the ''Chromia 10'', when Unit 2 approached and demanded use of it. Wing Saber at first refused, but suggested she was open to... persuasion. The call of adventure captured her interest, and instead of handing over the ''Chromia 10'' to Unit 2, she allowed him to hitch a ride, piloting it herself.

The ''Chromia 10'' intercepted the Predacons' ship, the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', which was engaged in battle with the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and guarded by a [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|mysterious third ship]]. During the ensuing firefight, the ''Chromia 10'' was badly damaged. [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] had Wing Saber and Unit 2's [[spark]]s remotely [[Spark core transfer|uploaded]] to [[blank]] [[protoform]]s in the Axalon's cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Two weeks after Airazor was reborn on [[Earth]], she foiled a Predacon plot to launch an orbital platform despite Megatron's best efforts. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:AirazorBWMetalsManga01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|The manga kinda made it pret-ty dang clear where it stood on what gender Airazor should be.]]

Following the [[Quantum surge]], Airazor became a [[Transmetal]]. However, she was separated from the rest of the [[Maximal]]s and was locked outside of their base during [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]'s counterattack. As she flew in, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s defenses began to fire at her. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] attempted to shut Sentinel down, only to be stopped by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who warned him that Sentinel was the only thing protecting them from Quickstrike's [[Cobra Corps]] and [[Scorpion Corps]]. Rhinox brushed him aside and shut Sentinel down, anyway. Airazor, who had been shot by Sentinel, swooped in for a crash-landing. Rattrap, feeling somewhat guilty, dove to soften her landing. Not long after this, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] breached their defenses and took out both Rattrap and Airazor without effort. Rhinox saved her some time and appeared to shoot himself in the head. Feeling her job was done, Blackarachnia left as Quickstrike destroyed their base.

From a small section of the base that had been protected by a forcefield, Airazor aided Rattrap and Rhinox in pulling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s [[spark]] from [[transwarp|transwarp space]]. As Rhinox brought his spark out from oblivion, Rattrap funneled it through a ray device while Airazor positioned a reflective dish. Primal's spark bounced off the dish and connected with his body (which was being held by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] at his base, the ''[[Hindenburg]]''), resurrecting him as a Transmetal. Airazor, still injured from before, began to plummet to the ground. Primal rescued her, destroyed Megatron's drone army, and carried her off on his flying surfboard. Recovering, Airazor began to wonder where her "[[Tigatron]]-sama" was. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Airazor next accompanied Rattrap and Optimus in investigating the remains of the ''Axalon''. She was attacked by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], but escaped. Following Primal's orders, she and Rattrap used the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapons to ignite undersea volcanoes that blasted Rampage into the sky. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Later, she decided to search for Tigatron on her own. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} She soon found him, but his mind had been taken over by Tarantulas. She linked her mind with Tigatron's and, after defeating Tarantulas in cyberspace, was able to free Tigatron's consciousness. Unfortunately, she wasn't quite fast enough, and Tigatron's mind-controlled body delivered a fatal blow that killed her. Seeing what he'd done, Tigatron held her in his arms and wept with grief. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 4|Beast Wars Metals #4}}

Tigatron eventually committed ritual suicide over what he'd done, only to be revived by the energies of the sparks released by the obliterated Rampage. Airazor was also among the revived, but as a mindless zombie. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}} She did battle with Tigatron, who did not want to fight the robot he loved. With no other option, Tigatron gave the evil Airazor one of his katana and knelt down. As the zombie-Airazor struck him with the [[sword]], Airazor's spark entered Tigatron's body. In cyberspace, the two embraced and vowed never to be apart again. As their sparks merged, they became [[Tigerhawk]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When [[human]] archaeologists uncovered a cave filled with primitive language, [[Mini-Con]] [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] translated it for them. The markings told of a time when the Maximals and Predacons crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, though the stranded Transformers were seen by the protohumans as gods. When one of the archeologists, [[Jessica Theist]], later touched one of the markings, she was bestowed a vision of the Maximals' and Predacons' battles. Among them, she noted a "falcon." {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''TransTech''===
[[File:Airazorwhitheredhope.jpg|thumb|How Robin would have looked in Batman Beyond...]]

Airazor, sporting a purely Cybertronian form, became a resident of [[Axiom Nexus]] at an unknown point in time and the timelines. She joined the offworlders' [[Freelance Police Legion]] and also forged ties with their parallel organization, the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]] run by the planet's native Cybertronians, the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s. Airazor eventually received authorization as an inspector in the Security Administration, giving her the rare (if not ''unique'') status as an officer for BOTH police forces in Axiom Nexus. Despite her official status, Airazor still enjoyed her vices, and was a frequent customer of the [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian]] at the edge of the [[Heap]].

Airazor was involved in the first detaining of [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], after the assassination of [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] sent Axiom Nexus into chaos. She and [[Stungun (TransTech)|Stungun]] stood guard over the duo while awaiting [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]]'s arrival. As is often the case with femmes, she had absolutely no tolerance for Jackpot's sweet-talk. Upon his arrival, Cheetor dismissed Airazor to keep an eye on three "[[Transcendent|units of interest]]" who had recently come through Processing Central. He casually suggested she recruit some Freelancers as well to keep the surveillance less official, since it was technically out of their jurisdiction. Her departure served a double purpose, leaving a viable exit for the lowtech Autobots to flee and draw out the ''real'' assassin for the Security Administration. Once [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] and his shell were deactivated, Airazor swooped in and took Jackpot into custody again immediately. Despite his claims of having found a real connection, she was thrilled when Commander Cheetor expedited his deportation to [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|a universe]] similar to his home universe. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

Shortly after her promotion to Inspector Airazor, the Maximal had occasion to drop in on her old friend [[Crystal Widow]] at the Widow's Cafe. It was hardly a social call, however, as Security Administration had been requisitioned by [[Demolishor (TransTech)|General Demolishor]] of the [[Military Police]] to conduct a serious investigation into some courier murders and the theft of unauthorized TransTech technology. One of Crystal Widow's regulars, [[Escargon]], had been pegged for the matter. Airazor tried to execute a quiet arrest, but General Demolishor's attention span and flair for the dramatic turned it into a decidedly UNquiet raid of the premises. Demolishor also executed Escargon on the spot while Airazor was attempting to gain control of the suspect.

In his zeal, however, General Demolishor hadn't thought to check if Escargon had the stolen property before shooting him. Sure enough, a thorough search by Inspector Airazor appeared to turn up no traces of the property on his person. Dejected, General Demolishor turned his frustrations on the clientele, particular several "mechanoids of interest" called [[G1 GoBots|GoBots]] who had arrived around the same time as Escargon. With some fast legalese, Airazor managed to talk Demolishor out of doing further damage to the bar or Crystal Widow's customers. After the good general departed, Airazor explained the seriousness of the situation — Escargon had stolen a set of [[transit pass]]es, official letters for TransTech black ops work that allowed unmolested access to any transwarp platform facility. Literally a "Get Out of Axiom Nexus Free" Card.

General Demolishor was not so easily deterred, though, and soon wound up battling Crystal Widow and the GoBots in the [[Heap]] until Airazor and Commander Cheetor arrived with the Security Administration. The general was quickly deflated when Cheetor told him he had informed [[Megatron (TransTech)|Commander Megatron]] personally about the issuance of these ''unauthorized'' transit passes, and the fact that Demolishor had lost them. Because the Heap was outside of Security Administration jurisdiction, the collar officially went to Airazor as a representative of the Freelance Police Legion.

As Demolishor was being led away, Commander Cheetor requested a private word with Inspector Airazor. In no uncertain terms, he ''very loudly'' did not say he knew she had swiped the passes while frisking Escargon, and did not tell her to make sure the passes were handed over to the GoBots. Reluctantly, Airazor did as she was not ordered to do and gave up her meal tickets. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

===''Legends'' comic===
[[File:Legends Manga Xmas Airazor.jpg|thumb|left|150px|we're sorry about everything on the right.]]

Airazor and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] were hired by Optimus Primal to work as office ladies at the [[Axalon Trading Company]]. Their tight skirts and overall cuteness mesmerized Rattrap... at least until Rhinox reminded him that they had no women on the payroll. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 4#The Gender Gap|The Gender Gap}} Later, Optimus Primal and [[Lio Convoy]] swooned over Airazor's cuteness as he fetched them tea for their meeting. Rattrap and Rhinox merely continued to curse the fact that Airazor was a man. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 5#The Gender Gap Part 2|The Gender Gap Part 2}} Hoping to get to the bottom of Airazor and Nightscream's genders, Rattrap and Rhinox proceeded to follow them to see which bathroom they'd use. Much to their confusion, they learned that their building had no ladies' room but an ''[[w:otokonoko|otokonoko]]'' room. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 9#The Bathroom Gap|The Bathroom Gap}}

For [[Christmas]], Airazor joined [[T-AI|Ai]] in donning skimpy Santa outfits and handed out toys to all the good little Transformers. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} At another point, old man Rhinox's nostalgia became so powerful he was able to will the '80s back into existence, retrograding all modern technology into clumsy '80s counterparts. In the madness, Airazor's computer turned into a cruddy micro-computer that couldn't even connect to the [[Internet]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|Bonus Edition Vol. 3}}

At work, Rattrap found himself emasculated at every turn, even by Airazor, who was bigger and stronger than he was. This led Rattrap to seek comfort in a dream sequence involving [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 8|Bonus Edition Vol. 8}}

When the amnesiac [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] used her charms to squat at [[Tigatron]]'s home, Airazor took issue with it, and the three ended up in a bed together, with Airazor trying to push Windblade away from Tigatron. {{storylink|Windblade Sequel}}

Following the destruction of their old office because of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the Axalon employees took it in stride and made Metroplex's city mode their new office. Airazor and Cheetor got scared when their [[Alpha Trion (G1)|mysterious janitor]] claimed to be from "the other world", assuming he meant the world of the dead. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}}

Airazor was dressed up as a nurse and ready to go to a [[Halloween]] party with Tigatron and Windblade when they were interrupted by the trick-or-treating [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], and [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}}

Airazor also worked at a "little brother cafe" and was there when the manager, [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]], explained to another worker, who was [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|another Starscream]], just what kind of cafe it was. While thinking back to the good times she'd had in the Legends Universe, Windblade remembered a time she'd hand-fed Tigatron at the cafe, something Airazor hadn't liked at all. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} Following the hiring of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from another dimension, Airazor told [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] that he still had to answer calls from customers despite being trapped in [[Butla]] at the time. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}}

Airazor was among the coworkers bothered by Chromedome flying around the office on Moguru, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} and was seen on the sidewalks of [[Akihabara]] after it was rebuilt as Neo Akihabara City. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} When [[White Leo]] turned the people of the Legends World into [[Beastformer]]s to recruit them into his army, Airazor ended up with some [[#TM1|familiar armor]] and the name "Lucky Razor". {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}}
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====The Beast Wars Road Map====
When Rhinox was countacted by his [[Rhinox (TransTech)|counterpart]] from [[Axiom Nexus]], Airazor interrupted their conversation to point out [[A Change to the Agenda|new developments]] happening in a branching timeline. {{storylink|The Beast Wars Road Map}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[All That Remains|''The Transformers: Windblade'' vol. 2 #3]]}}

[[File:IDWAirazorcharactermodel.jpg|thumb|right|175px]]

Airazor was a native of the planet [[Eukaris]], and was born from the [[hot spot]] inside the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Chela]]. She abandoned [[Cloud Walkers|her tribe]] long ago so that she could be with her love Tigatron.

[[File:CombinerWars5-Eukaris.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

When battling [[combiner]]s from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] briefly touched upon the planet, Airazor and Tigatron witnessed [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] battling against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} They later investigated the huge footprints the combiners left behind. Tigatron wanted to report their discovery to the others, while Airazor disagreed. {{storylink|All That Remains}} They eventually sought out the advice of the seer Blackarachnia, who foresaw the reappearance of true Cybertronians on their planet. A week later, Airazor was present when the leaders of Eukaris's tribes convened outside the space bridge, although Dinobot didn't take kindly to the "tribe of two." The tension was quickly defused when Rattrap sneaked through the space bridge and onto the planet, only to receive a less-than-warm welcome from Dinobot.

A month later, Airazor was present when the first real representatives from Cybertron arrived - [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and Starscream. Before negotiations could get underway, Chela awoke and burst from the ground, intending to destroy all Cybertronian intruders. After Chela was killed by Starscream, the citizens of Eukaris agreed to join the nascent [[Council of Worlds]]. Blackarachnia appointed Tigatron and Airazor as delegates to Cybertron, believing that their independence from Eukaris's competing tribes would make them impartial diplomats. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} Upon emigrating to Cybertron, Airazor was amazed to find that she and Tigatron were being welcomed in spite of their romance, a feature she felt could potentially attract more Eukarians. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

Approximately two weeks later, Airazor was present for the ceremony inducting [[Vigilem|Carcer]] delegates [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] into the Council of Worlds. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} She and Tigatron began operating regularly on Cybertron, interacting with the local citizens and the other colonists. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] announced his intent to annex [[Earth]] into the Council of Worlds, Airazor attended the first council meeting discussing this sudden change of events. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} In-between Council meetings, the two Eukariens continued adjusting to life on Cybertron, quietly hoping that one day the growing number of immigrants could expand beyond the borders of Iacon. When the Council re-convened to discuss a string of mysterious [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgical]] assaults and the growing distrust of the [[Badgeless]], the two Eukarian delegates were in attendance. The Committee moved to have [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] investigate the crime spree. {{storylink|07:00:00}}

[[File:ApplicableSkills-fangsandfur.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Things turned sour following the death of [[Drunkatron|an inebriated Decepticon]] which most chalked up to police brutality. Airazor and Obsidian observed an angry mob advancing on Starscream's office, as the two commiserated over their dismay with the fractured Cybertron. Shortly afterwards, Airazor attended the emergency meeting to try and sort out what could be done, a meeting that ended with Ironhide becoming the new head of Cybertronian security. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}} Airazor later attended a meeting where Ironhide reported on the progress of the new recruits. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} When [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] attacked Iacon, Airazor and the other Council delegates were temporarily evacuated. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

The Council later met with Optimus to hear his side of the story. Although Prime insisted that his intentions were pure, its members unanimously voted against allowing Earth a seat on the council. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} When Optimus raised a holy [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Titan]] from the ground, however, public opinion began to shift back towards Optimus, and the Council began re-considering their ruling. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

[[File:DesperateTimes-anythingforyou.jpg|thumb|right|250px|And the man shall ride a falcon.]]

Months later, [[Vigilem|Carcer]] detected a fleet of [[zombie]] Titans rapidly approaching Cybertron and intent on scouring the planet clean. The Council attended an emergency meeting to discuss the threat, and wound up preparing for an all-out war against the army. The Titans soon made planetfall; Airazor and Tigatron fought together on the front lines and used their [[beast mode]]s to tear through enemy armor. {{storylink|Ping}} When it became clear that they couldn't win, the two retreated back to the Council [[Spire]] to discuss a last-ditch moves. As a result, both Airazor and Tigatron joined Windblade's strike team, aiming to invade Carcer and seize control of the Titan from its reluctant leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. {{storylink|Desperate Times}}

Airazor stood by Starscream as the strike teams attacked making odd faces at the Chancellor's odd habit of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|seemingly talking to himself]]. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}} After Windblade and Carcer had triumphed, she joined Starscream and [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] in cheering. {{storylink|Rubicon}} It transpired however that "Carcer" was in fact, Vigilem, the Titan of [[Liege Maximo]] who had managed to free his master before he died. The Council was informed of the Prime's inevitable return but only after half of them had already voted to keep it secret and forced the other half to do the same, much to Airazor's discomfort. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

When the crisis had passed, the Council reconvened to meet with Optimus Prime as the Autobot leader discussed sharing Transformer technology with the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s, who had recently arrived on Earth. Starscream shot down the proposal; as Earth was not yet a member of the Council, it would be a violation of the [[Tyrest Accord]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}}

Airazor was present during Earth's induction ceremony into the [[Council of Worlds]] when [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] was brought before the Council where Elita One ordered them executed. When Knock Out supported the notion owing to the looming threat of Liege Maximo and the short [[human]] lifespan, Airazor protested owing to the fact that, regardless of lifespan, the humans were still living creatures. {{storylink|First Strike issue 4|First Strike #4}}

Following the invasion, Windblade was due to retake her position on the Council only to learn that Liege Maximo's freedom was still being kept under wraps prompting her to inform Circuit and Longtooth of it which resulted in public elections. After the Camien had announced her intent to run for office, Airazor visited Windblade in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] where she extolled the values of Cybertron's acceptance of 'bots from all walks of life and how that feature could attract more Eukarians (assuming of course Iacon could last five minutes without being half destroyed). She and Tigatron later attended the electoral debates and took part in Windblade's subsequent victory party. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

The Council later assembled to receive an [[Ore-13]] from Optimus Prime before [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] and [[Liege Maximo]] made a dramatic return aboard the [[Nemesis (BWII)|''Nemesis'']]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} Joined by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], the Council granted the Primes an audience. After an explosion ripped through the [[Spire]], Airazor helped up Tigatron only to learn Alpha Trion had been killed by the blast. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} "Onyx Prime's" machinations had successfully sowed chaos across Cybertron, leaving the Council of Worlds paralyzed and unable to act for the duration of the crisis, and by the time that "Onyx" had been unmasked as a time-travelling Shockwave and arrested, the Council was too late to stop the penultimate stage in Shockwave's plan from falling into place: [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], who began a genocidal rampage across the galaxy. Shortly after the planet-eater destroyed Eukaris, Airazor joined the other members of the Council of Worlds in an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

When Unicron then attacked and destroyed Cybertron, Airazor and Tigatron were among the many refugees who were safely teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[Visionaries]], regrouping at [[Victoria Falls]]. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}}

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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Derailment Parliament.jpg|250px|thumb|left]]

Airazor of [[Nuon City|Nuon]] was a champion of the Games who eventually came to sit on the [[Maximal High Council]]. She sat on the Council when the [[Maximal Nation]] declared themselves independent from [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s and the [[Resistance]] alike. When the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] threat arose and consumed Nuon, however, Airazor advocated abandoning neutrality and entering the war against the Builders. She frequently clashed with the pacifist [[Santon]]. When the Council received an audience by First Resistor [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Preditron]] to hear first hand about the Vehicons, the vote soon swayed in Airazor's favor, and the Maximal Nation went to war.

In the battles to come against the Vehicons and the [[Grand Mal]] fortress, Airazor fought as part of [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]], joining with her fellow Councilbots as a battlefield general. They fought alongside the [[Micromaster]] Builder combiner [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] against all odds.

After the war, the [[Cybertronian Parliament]] was founded to govern the planet. The Maximal Nation remained an independent body, and the High Council elected Airazor to serve as their representative at Parliament along with Cheetor and [[Optimal]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game continuity===
====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game advertising comic====
Upon arriving on "[[Earth|Planet Energon]]", the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Maximals and their Predacon adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
{{voiceactor|??? (English), ??? (Japanese)}}
=====Maximal campaign=====
{{Note|Airazor is a playable character for "rescue missions" gameplay.}}
Airazor was absent from the main conflict with both Predacons and the [[Skriix]]; instead, she flew rescue missions, using her flight capabilities to rescue captured Maximals from the Predacons' prison ships.

Upon having eliminated the Predacon threat, Airazor was part of Optimus Primal's roll call when he announced that the galaxy was now at peace. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64 Airazor.jpg|frame|Airazor was having second thoughts about this new backpack.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Janet-Laine Green]] (English), ??? (Japanese)}}

Airazor played a critical role in the Maximals' victory over the Predacons. However, when their enemies had all been taken prisoner, Airazor and Tigatron decided not to join their comrades in their journey to Cybertron. The two sparkmates would reside on prehistoric earth, observing as the planet recovered from the war. They nonetheless sometimes wondered about the other Maximals' fates and whether or not true peace could finally be found between Maximals and Predacons. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Airazor's fate in those outcomes.}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-Transmetal.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Transmetal Airazor actually comes first in this game.]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-(BW).jpg|thumb|right|400px]]
Airazor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She appeared in two different bodies:
*''Airazor Transmetal'' — This Epic character first appeared in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 2" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, 100 event cores, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Airazor (BW)'' — This Super Rare character was available as a reward to 1000 players in the "Beast Wars: Episode 4" event.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:Airazorbwtoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Airazor''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-10'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: Part of the first wave of year-two ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' product, Airazor transforms into a somewhat generic falcon (or some other bird of prey) with opening beak. Unlike first-year Basics, Airazor's transformation is entirely manual, rather than spring-loaded. Pulling on the yellow-plastic feathers near her tail activates a spring-loaded wing-movement gimmick. Each wing also has a flip-out blade. Her tail hides both a heat-sensitive "[[rubsign|energon chip]]" and a non-firing blaster that can be hand-held or mounted on the underside of either forearm.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BW-toy Airazor-video.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This took forever to photograph because the damn thing's ankles are looser than the WWE's drug policies.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Video pack-in, 1997)
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: The original Airazor toy was given a similar but darker [[redeco]], and packaged with a VHS tape containing the episodes "[[Aftermath]]" and "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]". She retains all of her previous [[gimmick]]ry.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on video Airazor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Aerial Showdown: Airrazor vs Kuwagaigar''' (Basic, 1997)
**''ID number'': '''VS-10'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: For her (his) [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release, Airazor was available both as an individually-boxed toy, and in an "Aerial Showdown" Vs-pack with [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]]. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|First American toy designed to be a girl from the start. Seriously.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998/1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-45'''

: [[Transmetal]] Airazor transforms into a mechanical falcon, with a third "seaplane" mode with fold-down pontoons. In robot mode, the chromed beast-mode backplate can fold around it for a "shield" mode. Some early releases of the [[Hasbro]] Airazor have much more lavender-hued chrome than the normal blue of later versions.

: The Japanese version of this toy has the yellow plastics replaced with a bright orange and the opaque white replaced with a translucent white plastic. The "AIRAZOR" [[tampograph]] on its chromed shields was also changed to "CYBERTRON" with the Maximal [[insignia|faction symbol]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/TMAirazor/tmairazor.htm More information on Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Heatwave Showdown: Airrazor vs Quickstrike''' (VS set, 1999)
**''ID number'': '''VS-45'''

: In Japan, ''Metals'' Airrazor was available both as an individual and in a "VS" pack with [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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*'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)
[[File:Fox Kids Transmetal Airazor.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.0]]
: One of the final releases of the normal ''Beast Wars'' line, Airazor's Transmetal toy was given a tweaked deco and released as part of the so-called "[[Fox Kids]]" assortment of Deluxe Transmetal redecos. This redeco was not as drastic a change from the original as the others in the series, mostly making her a little darker and more desaturated.

: This version of Airazor was made available in Japan as a [[JafCon]] convention [[exclusive]] along with the "Fox Kids" versions of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#TMFK|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#FK|Rattrap]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/FKTMAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Fox Kids! Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''

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===Timelines===
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[[File:Airazortimelinestoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I am a symptom of the retroactive ruination of ''Beast Wars''.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Club exclusive, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: The second members-only exclusive to [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], Airazor (referred to as "Chromia 10 Pilot" in her bio) is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] with a [[retool]]ed head, transforming into a Cybertronic twin-cockpit jet. Her jet mode has an under-slung spring-loaded missile launcher (which flips over her shoulder in [[robot mode]]), plus she also has flip-out (non-firing) blasters as well.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:BotCon2016toy-Airazor.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Because one toy of Airazor from before she was born wasn't enough!]]
*'''Airazor''' (BotCon 2016 exclusive, 2016)
**''Accessories'': 2 arm-mounted photon cannons

:Sold individually at [[BotCon 2016]], Airazor is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Slipstream (Animated)#Legends|Slipstream]], who in turn is a retool of [[Windblade (G1)#Generations|Windblade]]. She comes with two photon cannons that clip on her arms in a different orientation in each mode. Her jet mode fuselage contains a flip-down landing gear and her VTOL wing fans can flip up on a hinge and spin. Unlike the toy-based colors of her previous [[Fun Publications]] toy, this iteration takes its cues from her cartoon appearance.

:This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' version of [[Stiletto (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Stiletto]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Maximal/BCAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Dawn of the Predacus Airazor at TFU.info]''

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==Merchandise==
[[File:Airazormutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Airazor was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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==Gender==
[[File:AirazorJapan1.jpg|right|175px||thumb|[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShesAManInJapan She's a man in Japan]]]

Airazor's gender in the [[Hasbro]] line is due to ''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]]'s insistence. The original Airazor toy wasn't developed with a specific gender in mind, and Bob & Larry wanted a larger female presence in the show, and the Airazor toy seemed as good a choice as any. They requested the change early enough that the toy's packaging bio could have its pronouns changed to female. The later Transmetal version of Airazor was the first American-released Transformer mold created to represent a female character.

In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was made male. The exact reason for this has never been made known; it could have been for the sake of sales (girl characters tend to sell poorly in boys toylines) or [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] could have simply been working from outdated material provided by Hasbro in which Airazor was still regarded as male. We may never know.

Initially, the dub skirted around any possibility of romance between Airazor and Tigatron, altering all flirtatious dialogue to change the intent (Tigatron's line in "[[The Trigger, Part 2]]" about how "the lady shall ride a tiger" was rewritten to a more generic command for them to get moving). To explain the closeness of their relationship, Tigatron was humorously portrayed as a "samurai retainer" and Airazor acted as his "ward"; intimating a "brotherly" sort of bond.

Things remained as such all the way until "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]" when the scripting and animation could no longer allow for any vagaries regarding their relationship. Beginning rather randomly in that episode, Airazor flirtatiously starts calling Tigatron by the nickname "Ti-chan", leaving Tigatron to get flustered and anxiously call for him to stop. When the pair are attacked, they both express their love for one another in dialogue primarily unchanged from the English version. Their romantic attraction was a very spontaneous change in the Japanese version of the series and Japanese magazine editors, responding to letters from confused young fans, gently explained the situation. From the letters page of the ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine:<ref>[http://netatama.net/lite/image/2263677 Scan] of the letters pages from a Japanese ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine</ref>

[[File:BWM Airazor color.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Except when she isn't.]]

:'''Question:''' "If Tigatron and Airazor are both boys, how come they were flirting when the [[Vok|Aliens]] abducted them?"
:'''Answer:''' "Even among humans there are boys who both love (like) each other. In the case of Tigatron and Airazor, they had been fighting together for a long time and as their emotions increased, their friendship turned to feelings of love. 'Transform', indeed!"

In the case of the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' manga, however, Airazor's female gender was retained, as was her heterosexual romantic relationship with Tigatron. This was due to the fact that Airazor's [[Transmetal]] toy had an indisputably feminine build. Additionally, there was never a manga for the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon in Japan, so the backstory for ''Metals'' could be whatever writer/artist [[Shōji Imaki]] wanted it to be (the manga has numerous irreconcilable divergences from the show's events right out of the gate). Airazor is presented as a stereotypically "girly" ingenue more deeply devoted to Tigatron, as compared to her English cartoon persona and design.

The ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]'' manga would poke "fun" at Airazor's gender bender from time to time. Airazor is portrayed as looking highly feminine and cute, however, it is revealed to the confusion of the cast that "she" is male. The same "joke" is extended onto [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], who was portrayed as a flamboyant homosexual in the dub of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Beast Machines]]'', and is seen as a cross-dresser in the ''Legends'' manga.
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==Notes==
*An [[Bitch Wars|unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode concept]] would have seen Airazor and Blackarachnia join forces as a "third faction" for a bit. It went unproduced as the writers couldn't see where to go with the idea.
*Like most characters in the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was given a verbal tic—when in battle or transforming, [[#Gender|he]] would shout ''haya'' in imitation of a falcon's cry (''hayabusa'' also being the Japanese word for "falcon").
*Somewhat inexplicably, a number of the Italian toyline-specific names for various ''Beast Wars'' characters were only printed on the cardback for the Italian "video-pack" release of Airazor; the names do not even appear on the cardback for "video-pack" [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], who was presumably released in proximity to her, if not at the same time. The Italian names only printed on "video-pack" Airazor were: Insector ([[Powerpinch]]), Rapax ([[Lazorbeak]]), Vortex ([[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]]), Anfibius ([[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]]), Diablo ([[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]]), Cannibal ([[Manterror]]), Tenax ([[Retrax]]), Dingo ([[K-9]]), and Bison ([[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]]).
*The name of Airazor's ship in "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', is a reference to her original toy's Japanese ID number.
*The "Dawn of Future's Past" Club exclusive toy is only technically the second Club exclusive toy. She was actually shipped at the same time as [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)|Astrotrain]], but he was the first toy advertised.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Airrazor''' (エアラザー ''Earazā'')<ref>Sources consistently Romanize the name as such.</ref>
*''French:'' '''Aérolame''' (Canada, "Aero Blade"), '''Serres D'Acier''' (Canada cartoon and Transmetal, "Talons of Steel")
*''Italian:'' '''Falcon''' (original toy), '''Falcon Lady''' (cartoon), '''Metal Falcon''' (Transmetal), '''Falco''' (video-pack release)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēi Jiàn''' (China, 飞箭, "Flying Arrow"), '''Shén Yīng''' (Taiwan, 神鷹, "God Hawk"), '''Yīng Nǚ''' (Taiwan, 鷹女, "Hawk Woman")
*''Polish:'' '''Brzytwozora'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Falcúria'''
*''Russian:'' '''Orlona''' (Орлона)
*''Spanish:'' '''Airazor''' (Spain), '''Aguila''' (America, "Eagle"), '''Cuchilla''' (Canada toy packaging)

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Airazor (BW)

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{{disambigm|Airazor (disambiguation)|Wing Saber (disambiguation)}}
:''Airazor is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Airazorbwcgi.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Ladyfalcon'' just doesn't have the same ring.]]

Primarily used for recon and surveillance due to her aerial [[alternate mode]], '''Airazor'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s (aka '''Wing Saber''') talents are a great asset to the Maximal cause. She's calm and confident, but also adventurous and brave, with a healthy supply of dry humor. Her aerial skill in either mode, incredibly sharp eyesight and steady aim make her a dangerous opponent.

Due to the circumstances of her "birth", she sees [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] as something of an uncle-figure and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] as the sibling she never had. She devotes most of her efforts, however, to taming the wild yet gentle [[Tigatron]]. She shares his love for the beautiful planet on which the Maximals are stranded, and it is on this planet where their destiny will be forever intertwined.

{{bigquote|She stoops to conquer!|Airazor|"[[Call of the Wild]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
Airazor was an "aerial reconnaissance expert" who could spot Predacon activity from 30,000 feet above. With her internal radar transmitters, Airazor could relay information to her Maximal comrades, including 3D "virtual reality maps" that pinpointed enemy locations. In terms of offense, she possessed [[cyberblade]]s and a [[photon rifle|photon cannon]]. However, her preferred method of attacking was slashing with her titanium-plated talons in beast mode. {{storylink|#Beast Wars|Airazor bio}}

With her [[Transmetal]] body after the [[quantum surge]], Airazor had become a warrior that inspired absolute fear in the Predacons, thanks to her deadly armor-ripping talons. Her post had been adjusted to sea reconnaissance, in light of her vehicle mode. {{storylink|#TM1|Transmetal Airazor Bio}}

After becoming a [[Transmetal|Metals]], Airazor's power surged! Airazor's dominion of the air became second to none, but the air warrior still preferred to avoid violence when possible. {{storylink|#TM1|Metals Airazor}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Pauline Newstone]] (English), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japanese)|[[Liu Li]] (Chinese), [[Denise Reis]] (Portuguese), [[Rebeca Manriquez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Olga Cano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Caterina Rochira]] (Italian)}}

[[File:The Spark Airazor.jpg|left|upright=1.55|thumb|The Maximals' Yellow Ranger.]]

Her [[stasis pod]] damaged upon crashing to [[Earth]], Airazor was able to come online due to the genius of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and the bravery of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rhinox deftly operated the stasis pod's controls and Cheetor offered up his [[locking chip]] to repair it. Immediately out of the pod, she outmaneuvered and destroyed [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. Her aerial [[beast mode]], at the time, made her the only Maximal other than [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] who could fly. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[File:Airazortigatrontrigger.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And the lady shall ride a tiger.]]

She and Tigatron started to team up more frequently, a prospect Airazor seemed to welcome, but Tigatron preferred to work alone. Their first big adventure together came when a flying island paradise was discovered. The island, however, was covered in booby-traps which were triggered by the use of energy weapons. Airazor rescued Tigatron when he was ambushed by Predacons on the island, but she was damaged badly. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Tigatron carried her on his back, refusing to leave her behind, and the pair worked together to avoid and overcome the island's traps. The island was ultimately destroyed, much to the sadness and outrage of Tigatron, and he would have secluded himself from the other Maximals further if not for Airazor's concern. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Soon after, the Predacons beat Tigatron to another stasis pod, reprogramming it and unleashing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Airazor and Tigatron took turns helping each other, but once again, Tigatron insisted that he work alone. Airazor commented that sometimes you can be too alone. She was right, because after he tracked down [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and destroyed the stasis pod, Tigatron got shot up a lot. Nearing death, Tigatron was saved by the arrival of Airazor and Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

During a Predacon attack on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Airazor saved Optimus from plunging to his doom, but was herself so badly damaged she had to spend several days in the [[CR chamber]]. She emerged to find that the other Maximals had succumbed to their beast instincts through having to stay in beast mode constantly, as a result of the Predacons stealing the ship's [[rectifier coil]]. While Tigatron helped the Maximals, Airazor was able to infiltrate the largely deserted Predacon base and retrieve the rectifier coil. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

[[File:BeforetheStorm Airazor dropping off Rattrap.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.34|If you barf, you're walking home.]]
After the Maximals were expelled from their base by the Predacons, aided by a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], Airazor alerted Tigatron to the situation. The pair joined in a ploy to retake their base, which involved an assault on the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' under Starscream's leadership. {{storylink|Possession}} Airazor was part of the reinforcements provided when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] were trying to find a cure for the [[energon discharge virus]] Rhinox was afflicted with. For some reason she felt the need to pose provocatively by Optimus's leg as the Maximals appeared on the scene. {{storylink|The Low Road}}

After the realization that the aliens who seeded their planet with traps and energon were returning to destroy it, the Maximals and Predacons entered a truce. Optimus Primal used Airazor to try to sneak Rattrap into the Predacon base to find out what [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was up to, but Megatron, of course, found them on his scanners and politely asked them to leave. Unbeknownst to Megatron, the ploy was a decoy for Tigatron's infiltration. {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

[[File:Airazoraftermath.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
The aliens arrived and a new [[Bio-Dome|alien structure]] was built, trapping Airazor, who was tortured. Optimus Primal forced his way inside, with the help of the Predacons, and traded himself to the aliens for Airazor. Rattrap dragged her from the structure, only for them to find themselves at gunpoint — the truce was over. The pair were able to use the activation of the structure's "termination sequence" to deal with the Predacons, before fleeing with the escaping Optimus. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} As one of the planet's moons was revealed as an [[Planet Buster|alien weapon]], the Maximals retreated to their base. There, Airazor and Rattrap caught [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] working on a stasis pod in the ship's hold, and Optimus was able to use it to destroy the Planet Buster, though at the cost of his own life. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:OtherVists1 Airazor in vines.jpg|thumb|left|280px]|Hey look it's someone's fetish.]]
Airazor and Tigatron escaped [[Transmetal]]ization by the [[quantum surge]]. They attempted to stop Blackarachnia escaping, but were both knocked offline by Megatron. {{storylink|Aftermath}} After repairs, the duo left together to find the rest of the missing stasis pods scattered across the planet. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} While on their search, the two Maximals discovered not only a remarkably beautiful valley, but a strange plant. As the two looked into each other's eyes and held hands in quiet celebration, the plant transformed into another [[Vok]] device, and as they clasped hands, declaring their love to exist beyond the throes of death, the two were absorbed and shot into space. Cheetor arrived, but was too late, and loudly protested the loss of two of his best friends. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}}

[[File:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Know that I am [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]! Well, part of him. From another universe. It's complicated.]]

Airazor and Tigatron were kept in a form of stasis until near the end of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], when they were merged into the powerful being [[Tigerhawk]]. Tigerhawk returned to Earth as the emissary of the Vok to stop the deterioration that the Beast Wars were causing to the timestream, his first act being to destroy the [[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]], sending the Predacons scrambling. Tarantulas managed to capture Tigerhawk and removed the Vok's influence from his frame (and absorbed it into himself), letting Airazor and Tigatron's [[spark]]s inhabit Tigerhawk's body. Tigatron's voice was dominant, but Tigerhawk's personality and mannerisms were an amalgam of Tigatron and Airazor's. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Shortly afterward, however, Tigerhawk was killed in a standoff with the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' after Megatron retrieved it from the ocean floor. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====3H comics====
[[File:Groundzero-airazorbeastmode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Somewhere near the end of the first year of the Beast Wars, before the Planet Buster ignited the planet's energon, Airazor, Rhinox, and Cheetor overheard a battle between [[Fractyl]] and [[Packrat]]. Airazor ended up having to rescue Cheetor, who had darted off ahead of them and gotten blasted. After the battle was resolved, she and the other Maximals fled, pretending to be beaten by the timid Fractyl to increase his standing in Megatron's eyes. {{storylink|Ground Zero}}

[[File:TransmetalAirazor2.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|WINGS UP WINGS DOWN WHO GIVES A CRAP]]
After the Beast Wars were over, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], presumed destroyed, existed in a new, undead form that was fueled by his new Vok powers. The remaining Vok assembled warriors to end this threat, creating [[Primal Prime]] and giving new [[Transmetal]] bodies to the extant Sparks of Airazor and Tigatron. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} {{storylink|Primeval Dawn II}}

After awakening a stranded stasis pod containing [[Ramulus]], opening a second pod triggered an ambush by [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and a reborn Transmetal 2 [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Airazor immediately saved Tigatron's life, knocking Spittor aside before Tigatron would have unwittingly come in contact with Spittor's body, covered entirely in [[cyber venom]]. This maneuver left her vulnerable to Ravage's gunfire, which knocked her out of the air. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}}

The battle ended catastrophically, and Ramulus, Airazor, and Tigatron were forced to carry a critically-wounded Primal Prime back to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest. As Airazor and Tigatron conferred with the seemingly absent Vok, Airazor experienced great pains due to her battle wounds. But before she could explain, the ''Ark'' was under attack by Ravage and the Predacons. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|Due to [[3H Productions]] loss of the convention license, "Primeval Dawn" was never completed. It is telling, however, that Airazor was not present in the subsequently-placed ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|Wreckers]]'' storyline. "[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]" even has Tigatron awkwardly not answering Rattrap's query as to where Airazor is now. In "[[Ask Vector Prime/Sideways src#July 6.2C 2015|Ask Sideways]]", [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] claims that, as part of a long con, he saved her life by bonding her back into Tigatron.}}
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====Razorclaw continuity====
In one splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]'s stasis pod landed far from the ''Axalon'', and without the aid of Silverbolt, Megatron slaughtered the Maximals. Left as the sole survivors, Tigatron and Airazor were then abducted by the Vok and then dispatched as Tigerhawk to end Megatron's machinations which threatened the Vok. Tigerhawk slew Megatron, but in the ensuing [[timestorm]] destroyed the universe anyway. Subsequently, [[Unicron]] abducted Tigerhawk to become one of his [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]] generals. The renamed [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] became one of Unicron's most feared Heralds; however, the noble influence of Tigatron and Airazor at times posed a problem for the evil Razorclaw. {{storylink|Abduction|Razorclaw's profile}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
At the tail-end of the Great War, both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] met their demise on the battlefield. In response, the [[Primal Council]] sought to broker peace negotiations with their enemies, enlisting Tigatron to this end. The 'bot who would one day call herself "Airazor" was one of the many soldiers tasked with guarding the Autobot peace officer as he headed into enemy camps on his mission.

Unfortunately, the first camp the group made contact with was headed by a renegade soldier going by the name "[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]". Rejecting the talk of peace outright, Megatron unleashed [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] onto his visitors, along with the other units under his command. "Airazor" was accosted by [[Waspinator (BW)|two]] [[Terrorsaur (BW)|fliers]], though she quickly defeated them both before rescuing Tigatron from Predaking. As the rest of the Autobots with them were slain, Tigatron argued with his rescuer over which one of them should head off to warn the Council of Megatron's incoming attack. Convincing him that she didn't need rescuing herself, and promising that she'd see him again someday, "Airazor" sent Tigatron on his way. But she stood little chance against Predaking by herself, and soon found herself in the giant's grip. Before Predaking could finish her off, [[transmatter]] started raining down on the battlefield, converting whoever it touched into a protoform. "Airazor" was one of the many affected by the transmatter, though her form was retrieved and safely stored within a stasis pod after hostilities had ended between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments in the Beast Wars. Among them was Airazor being helped up by a concerned Tigatron. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

After Tigerhawk's body was destroyed, the two sparks contained within split, regaining their individuality. The Vok then proceeded in bestowing upon Airazor a new Transmetal form utilizing a blank protoform. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

====''Timelines''====
[[File:Airazorbwdawn.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.]]

Her name was Wing Saber. A routine reconnaissance mission went awry when Wing Saber was captured by the Predacon torturer, [[Steelgrave]]. Despite his array of fiendish devices and Bond-villain mentality, Wing Saber was able to elude Steelgrave and fight her way through his henchmen before retreating to her cloaked starship, the ''[[Chromia 10]]''. Although she escaped, Wing Saber bore the physical and mental scars from her encounter with Steelgrave for some time.

Later, she was assigned to rendezvous with a pair of Maximals named [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] and [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] for a new mission. In violation of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], a group of Predacons had been rampaging through the [[J'kozian sector]] and set up a troop manufacturing factory on the conquered world of [[Nibari]]. Holographically posing as barmaids, the trio inebriated most of Steelgrave's troops into stasis lock before proceeding into the factory. Their infiltration was cut short by a raid on the factory by the native Nibari population, led by [[Ritash]]. Wing Saber's group was forced to divert their mission in order to keep the organics from being completely slaughtered. They were actually doing well...at least, until the true leader of Steelgrave's Predacons made his presence known... '''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''!

Wing Saber's crew evacuated with all due haste, taking Ritash of the Nibari with them. A reassessment of the situation was clearly called for. After a review of the history records, Wing Saber decided that the frequent quotations of "No Known Weaknesses" overlooked Megatron's infamous arrogance, and THAT was what they needed to exploit. The crew of the ''Chromia 10'' challenged Megatron to combat in full view of his subordinates, forcing him to agree in order to save face. During the ritualized combat, Crossblades noticed that the Mighty Megatron was nowhere near as invulnerable as history records indicated. Sensing a ruse, the Maximals concentrated their firepower and revealed "Megatron" was little more than an exo-suit run by his ex-lieutenant, [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]. With Flamewar revealed, and the drone troopers brought under the control of Ritash and his rebels, Nibari was well on its way to being freed.{{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

[[File:Trazorsedge prologue.jpg|thumb|"I'm gonna deck you in the schnoz!"]]

Later, the Predacons who stole the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] on Cybertron were being pursued by [[Tigatron|Unit 2]], who was granted clearance from the [[Maximal Defense Command Center]] to commandeer transport. Wing Saber was boarding the ''Chromia 10'', when Unit 2 approached and demanded use of it. Wing Saber at first refused, but suggested she was open to... persuasion. The call of adventure captured her interest, and instead of handing over the ''Chromia 10'' to Unit 2, she allowed him to hitch a ride, piloting it herself.

The ''Chromia 10'' intercepted the Predacons' ship, the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', which was engaged in battle with the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and guarded by a [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|mysterious third ship]]. During the ensuing firefight, the ''Chromia 10'' was badly damaged. [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] had Wing Saber and Unit 2's [[spark]]s remotely [[Spark core transfer|uploaded]] to [[blank]] [[protoform]]s in the Axalon's cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Two weeks after Airazor was reborn on [[Earth]], she foiled a Predacon plot to launch an orbital platform despite Megatron's best efforts. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:AirazorBWMetalsManga01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|The manga kinda made it pret-ty dang clear where it stood on what gender Airazor should be.]]

Following the [[Quantum surge]], Airazor became a [[Transmetal]]. However, she was separated from the rest of the [[Maximal]]s and was locked outside of their base during [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]'s counterattack. As she flew in, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s defenses began to fire at her. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] attempted to shut Sentinel down, only to be stopped by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who warned him that Sentinel was the only thing protecting them from Quickstrike's [[Cobra Corps]] and [[Scorpion Corps]]. Rhinox brushed him aside and shut Sentinel down, anyway. Airazor, who had been shot by Sentinel, swooped in for a crash-landing. Rattrap, feeling somewhat guilty, dove to soften her landing. Not long after this, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] breached their defenses and took out both Rattrap and Airazor without effort. Rhinox saved her some time and appeared to shoot himself in the head. Feeling her job was done, Blackarachnia left as Quickstrike destroyed their base.

From a small section of the base that had been protected by a forcefield, Airazor aided Rattrap and Rhinox in pulling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s [[spark]] from [[transwarp|transwarp space]]. As Rhinox brought his spark out from oblivion, Rattrap funneled it through a ray device while Airazor positioned a reflective dish. Primal's spark bounced off the dish and connected with his body (which was being held by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] at his base, the ''[[Hindenburg]]''), resurrecting him as a Transmetal. Airazor, still injured from before, began to plummet to the ground. Primal rescued her, destroyed Megatron's drone army, and carried her off on his flying surfboard. Recovering, Airazor began to wonder where her "[[Tigatron]]-sama" was. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Airazor next accompanied Rattrap and Optimus in investigating the remains of the ''Axalon''. She was attacked by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], but escaped. Following Primal's orders, she and Rattrap used the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapons to ignite undersea volcanoes that blasted Rampage into the sky. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Later, she decided to search for Tigatron on her own. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} She soon found him, but his mind had been taken over by Tarantulas. She linked her mind with Tigatron's and, after defeating Tarantulas in cyberspace, was able to free Tigatron's consciousness. Unfortunately, she wasn't quite fast enough, and Tigatron's mind-controlled body delivered a fatal blow that killed her. Seeing what he'd done, Tigatron held her in his arms and wept with grief. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 4|Beast Wars Metals #4}}

Tigatron eventually committed ritual suicide over what he'd done, only to be revived by the energies of the sparks released by the obliterated Rampage. Airazor was also among the revived, but as a mindless zombie. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}} She did battle with Tigatron, who did not want to fight the robot he loved. With no other option, Tigatron gave the evil Airazor one of his katana and knelt down. As the zombie-Airazor struck him with the [[sword]], Airazor's spark entered Tigatron's body. In cyberspace, the two embraced and vowed never to be apart again. As their sparks merged, they became [[Tigerhawk]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When [[human]] archaeologists uncovered a cave filled with primitive language, [[Mini-Con]] [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] translated it for them. The markings told of a time when the Maximals and Predacons crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, though the stranded Transformers were seen by the protohumans as gods. When one of the archeologists, [[Jessica Theist]], later touched one of the markings, she was bestowed a vision of the Maximals' and Predacons' battles. Among them, she noted a "falcon." {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Q-Robo Transformer}}}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:Airazorwhitheredhope.jpg|thumb|How Robin would have looked in Batman Beyond...]]

Airazor, sporting a purely Cybertronian form, became a resident of [[Axiom Nexus]] at an unknown point in time and the timelines. She joined the offworlders' [[Freelance Police Legion]] and also forged ties with their parallel organization, the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]] run by the planet's native Cybertronians, the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s. Airazor eventually received authorization as an inspector in the Security Administration, giving her the rare (if not ''unique'') status as an officer for BOTH police forces in Axiom Nexus. Despite her official status, Airazor still enjoyed her vices, and was a frequent customer of the [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian]] at the edge of the [[Heap]].

Airazor was involved in the first detaining of [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], after the assassination of [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] sent Axiom Nexus into chaos. She and [[Stungun (TransTech)|Stungun]] stood guard over the duo while awaiting [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]]'s arrival. As is often the case with femmes, she had absolutely no tolerance for Jackpot's sweet-talk. Upon his arrival, Cheetor dismissed Airazor to keep an eye on three "[[Transcendent|units of interest]]" who had recently come through Processing Central. He casually suggested she recruit some Freelancers as well to keep the surveillance less official, since it was technically out of their jurisdiction. Her departure served a double purpose, leaving a viable exit for the lowtech Autobots to flee and draw out the ''real'' assassin for the Security Administration. Once [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] and his shell were deactivated, Airazor swooped in and took Jackpot into custody again immediately. Despite his claims of having found a real connection, she was thrilled when Commander Cheetor expedited his deportation to [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|a universe]] similar to his home universe. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

Shortly after her promotion to Inspector Airazor, the Maximal had occasion to drop in on her old friend [[Crystal Widow]] at the Widow's Cafe. It was hardly a social call, however, as Security Administration had been requisitioned by [[Demolishor (TransTech)|General Demolishor]] of the [[Military Police]] to conduct a serious investigation into some courier murders and the theft of unauthorized TransTech technology. One of Crystal Widow's regulars, [[Escargon]], had been pegged for the matter. Airazor tried to execute a quiet arrest, but General Demolishor's attention span and flair for the dramatic turned it into a decidedly UNquiet raid of the premises. Demolishor also executed Escargon on the spot while Airazor was attempting to gain control of the suspect.

In his zeal, however, General Demolishor hadn't thought to check if Escargon had the stolen property before shooting him. Sure enough, a thorough search by Inspector Airazor appeared to turn up no traces of the property on his person. Dejected, General Demolishor turned his frustrations on the clientele, particular several "mechanoids of interest" called [[G1 GoBots|GoBots]] who had arrived around the same time as Escargon. With some fast legalese, Airazor managed to talk Demolishor out of doing further damage to the bar or Crystal Widow's customers. After the good general departed, Airazor explained the seriousness of the situation — Escargon had stolen a set of [[transit pass]]es, official letters for TransTech black ops work that allowed unmolested access to any transwarp platform facility. Literally a "Get Out of Axiom Nexus Free" Card.

General Demolishor was not so easily deterred, though, and soon wound up battling Crystal Widow and the GoBots in the [[Heap]] until Airazor and Commander Cheetor arrived with the Security Administration. The general was quickly deflated when Cheetor told him he had informed [[Megatron (TransTech)|Commander Megatron]] personally about the issuance of these ''unauthorized'' transit passes, and the fact that Demolishor had lost them. Because the Heap was outside of Security Administration jurisdiction, the collar officially went to Airazor as a representative of the Freelance Police Legion.

As Demolishor was being led away, Commander Cheetor requested a private word with Inspector Airazor. In no uncertain terms, he ''very loudly'' did not say he knew she had swiped the passes while frisking Escargon, and did not tell her to make sure the passes were handed over to the GoBots. Reluctantly, Airazor did as she was not ordered to do and gave up her meal tickets. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

===''Legends'' comic===
[[File:Legends Manga Xmas Airazor.jpg|thumb|left|150px|we're sorry about everything on the right.]]

Airazor and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] were hired by Optimus Primal to work as office ladies at the [[Axalon Trading Company]]. Their tight skirts and overall cuteness mesmerized Rattrap... at least until Rhinox reminded him that they had no women on the payroll. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 4#The Gender Gap|The Gender Gap}} Later, Optimus Primal and [[Lio Convoy]] swooned over Airazor's cuteness as he fetched them tea for their meeting. Rattrap and Rhinox merely continued to curse the fact that Airazor was a man. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 5#The Gender Gap Part 2|The Gender Gap Part 2}} Hoping to get to the bottom of Airazor and Nightscream's genders, Rattrap and Rhinox proceeded to follow them to see which bathroom they'd use. Much to their confusion, they learned that their building had no ladies' room but an ''[[w:otokonoko|otokonoko]]'' room. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 9#The Bathroom Gap|The Bathroom Gap}}

For [[Christmas]], Airazor joined [[T-AI|Ai]] in donning skimpy Santa outfits and handed out toys to all the good little Transformers. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} At another point, old man Rhinox's nostalgia became so powerful he was able to will the '80s back into existence, retrograding all modern technology into clumsy '80s counterparts. In the madness, Airazor's computer turned into a cruddy micro-computer that couldn't even connect to the [[Internet]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|Bonus Edition Vol. 3}}

At work, Rattrap found himself emasculated at every turn, even by Airazor, who was bigger and stronger than he was. This led Rattrap to seek comfort in a dream sequence involving [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 8|Bonus Edition Vol. 8}}

When the amnesiac [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] used her charms to squat at [[Tigatron]]'s home, Airazor took issue with it, and the three ended up in a bed together, with Airazor trying to push Windblade away from Tigatron. {{storylink|Windblade Sequel}}

Following the destruction of their old office because of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the Axalon employees took it in stride and made Metroplex's city mode their new office. Airazor and Cheetor got scared when their [[Alpha Trion (G1)|mysterious janitor]] claimed to be from "the other world", assuming he meant the world of the dead. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}}

Airazor was dressed up as a nurse and ready to go to a [[Halloween]] party with Tigatron and Windblade when they were interrupted by the trick-or-treating [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], and [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}}

Airazor also worked at a "little brother cafe" and was there when the manager, [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]], explained to another worker, who was [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|another Starscream]], just what kind of cafe it was. While thinking back to the good times she'd had in the Legends Universe, Windblade remembered a time she'd hand-fed Tigatron at the cafe, something Airazor hadn't liked at all. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} Following the hiring of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from another dimension, Airazor told [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] that he still had to answer calls from customers despite being trapped in [[Butla]] at the time. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}}

Airazor was among the coworkers bothered by Chromedome flying around the office on Moguru, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} and was seen on the sidewalks of [[Akihabara]] after it was rebuilt as Neo Akihabara City. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} When [[White Leo]] turned the people of the Legends World into [[Beastformer]]s to recruit them into his army, Airazor ended up with some [[#TM1|familiar armor]] and the name "Lucky Razor". {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}}
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====The Beast Wars Road Map====
When Rhinox was countacted by his [[Rhinox (TransTech)|counterpart]] from [[Axiom Nexus]], Airazor interrupted their conversation to point out [[A Change to the Agenda|new developments]] happening in a branching timeline. {{storylink|The Beast Wars Road Map}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[All That Remains|''The Transformers: Windblade'' vol. 2 #3]]}}

[[File:IDWAirazorcharactermodel.jpg|thumb|right|175px]]

Airazor was a native of the planet [[Eukaris]], and was born from the [[hot spot]] inside the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Chela]]. She abandoned [[Cloud Walkers|her tribe]] long ago so that she could be with her love Tigatron.

[[File:CombinerWars5-Eukaris.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

When battling [[combiner]]s from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] briefly touched upon the planet, Airazor and Tigatron witnessed [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] battling against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} They later investigated the huge footprints the combiners left behind. Tigatron wanted to report their discovery to the others, while Airazor disagreed. {{storylink|All That Remains}} They eventually sought out the advice of the seer Blackarachnia, who foresaw the reappearance of true Cybertronians on their planet. A week later, Airazor was present when the leaders of Eukaris's tribes convened outside the space bridge, although Dinobot didn't take kindly to the "tribe of two." The tension was quickly defused when Rattrap sneaked through the space bridge and onto the planet, only to receive a less-than-warm welcome from Dinobot.

A month later, Airazor was present when the first real representatives from Cybertron arrived - [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and Starscream. Before negotiations could get underway, Chela awoke and burst from the ground, intending to destroy all Cybertronian intruders. After Chela was killed by Starscream, the citizens of Eukaris agreed to join the nascent [[Council of Worlds]]. Blackarachnia appointed Tigatron and Airazor as delegates to Cybertron, believing that their independence from Eukaris's competing tribes would make them impartial diplomats. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} Upon emigrating to Cybertron, Airazor was amazed to find that she and Tigatron were being welcomed in spite of their romance, a feature she felt could potentially attract more Eukarians. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

Approximately two weeks later, Airazor was present for the ceremony inducting [[Vigilem|Carcer]] delegates [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] into the Council of Worlds. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} She and Tigatron began operating regularly on Cybertron, interacting with the local citizens and the other colonists. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] announced his intent to annex [[Earth]] into the Council of Worlds, Airazor attended the first council meeting discussing this sudden change of events. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} In-between Council meetings, the two Eukariens continued adjusting to life on Cybertron, quietly hoping that one day the growing number of immigrants could expand beyond the borders of Iacon. When the Council re-convened to discuss a string of mysterious [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgical]] assaults and the growing distrust of the [[Badgeless]], the two Eukarian delegates were in attendance. The Committee moved to have [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] investigate the crime spree. {{storylink|07:00:00}}

[[File:ApplicableSkills-fangsandfur.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Things turned sour following the death of [[Drunkatron|an inebriated Decepticon]] which most chalked up to police brutality. Airazor and Obsidian observed an angry mob advancing on Starscream's office, as the two commiserated over their dismay with the fractured Cybertron. Shortly afterwards, Airazor attended the emergency meeting to try and sort out what could be done, a meeting that ended with Ironhide becoming the new head of Cybertronian security. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}} Airazor later attended a meeting where Ironhide reported on the progress of the new recruits. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} When [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] attacked Iacon, Airazor and the other Council delegates were temporarily evacuated. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

The Council later met with Optimus to hear his side of the story. Although Prime insisted that his intentions were pure, its members unanimously voted against allowing Earth a seat on the council. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} When Optimus raised a holy [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Titan]] from the ground, however, public opinion began to shift back towards Optimus, and the Council began re-considering their ruling. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

[[File:DesperateTimes-anythingforyou.jpg|thumb|right|250px|And the man shall ride a falcon.]]

Months later, [[Vigilem|Carcer]] detected a fleet of [[zombie]] Titans rapidly approaching Cybertron and intent on scouring the planet clean. The Council attended an emergency meeting to discuss the threat, and wound up preparing for an all-out war against the army. The Titans soon made planetfall; Airazor and Tigatron fought together on the front lines and used their [[beast mode]]s to tear through enemy armor. {{storylink|Ping}} When it became clear that they couldn't win, the two retreated back to the Council [[Spire]] to discuss a last-ditch moves. As a result, both Airazor and Tigatron joined Windblade's strike team, aiming to invade Carcer and seize control of the Titan from its reluctant leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. {{storylink|Desperate Times}}

Airazor stood by Starscream as the strike teams attacked making odd faces at the Chancellor's odd habit of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|seemingly talking to himself]]. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}} After Windblade and Carcer had triumphed, she joined Starscream and [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] in cheering. {{storylink|Rubicon}} It transpired however that "Carcer" was in fact, Vigilem, the Titan of [[Liege Maximo]] who had managed to free his master before he died. The Council was informed of the Prime's inevitable return but only after half of them had already voted to keep it secret and forced the other half to do the same, much to Airazor's discomfort. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

When the crisis had passed, the Council reconvened to meet with Optimus Prime as the Autobot leader discussed sharing Transformer technology with the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s, who had recently arrived on Earth. Starscream shot down the proposal; as Earth was not yet a member of the Council, it would be a violation of the [[Tyrest Accord]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}}

Airazor was present during Earth's induction ceremony into the [[Council of Worlds]] when [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] was brought before the Council where Elita One ordered them executed. When Knock Out supported the notion owing to the looming threat of Liege Maximo and the short [[human]] lifespan, Airazor protested owing to the fact that, regardless of lifespan, the humans were still living creatures. {{storylink|First Strike issue 4|First Strike #4}}

Following the invasion, Windblade was due to retake her position on the Council only to learn that Liege Maximo's freedom was still being kept under wraps prompting her to inform Circuit and Longtooth of it which resulted in public elections. After the Camien had announced her intent to run for office, Airazor visited Windblade in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] where she extolled the values of Cybertron's acceptance of 'bots from all walks of life and how that feature could attract more Eukarians (assuming of course Iacon could last five minutes without being half destroyed). She and Tigatron later attended the electoral debates and took part in Windblade's subsequent victory party. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

The Council later assembled to receive an [[Ore-13]] from Optimus Prime before [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] and [[Liege Maximo]] made a dramatic return aboard the [[Nemesis (BWII)|''Nemesis'']]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} Joined by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], the Council granted the Primes an audience. After an explosion ripped through the [[Spire]], Airazor helped up Tigatron only to learn Alpha Trion had been killed by the blast. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} "Onyx Prime's" machinations had successfully sowed chaos across Cybertron, leaving the Council of Worlds paralyzed and unable to act for the duration of the crisis, and by the time that "Onyx" had been unmasked as a time-travelling Shockwave and arrested, the Council was too late to stop the penultimate stage in Shockwave's plan from falling into place: [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], who began a genocidal rampage across the galaxy. Shortly after the planet-eater destroyed Eukaris, Airazor joined the other members of the Council of Worlds in an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

When Unicron then attacked and destroyed Cybertron, Airazor and Tigatron were among the many refugees who were safely teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[Visionaries]], regrouping at [[Victoria Falls]]. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}}

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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Derailment Parliament.jpg|250px|thumb|left]]

Airazor of [[Nuon City|Nuon]] was a champion of the Games who eventually came to sit on the [[Maximal High Council]]. She sat on the Council when the [[Maximal Nation]] declared themselves independent from [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s and the [[Resistance]] alike. When the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] threat arose and consumed Nuon, however, Airazor advocated abandoning neutrality and entering the war against the Builders. She frequently clashed with the pacifist [[Santon]]. When the Council received an audience by First Resistor [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Preditron]] to hear first hand about the Vehicons, the vote soon swayed in Airazor's favor, and the Maximal Nation went to war.

In the battles to come against the Vehicons and the [[Grand Mal]] fortress, Airazor fought as part of [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]], joining with her fellow Councilbots as a battlefield general. They fought alongside the [[Micromaster]] Builder combiner [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] against all odds.

After the war, the [[Cybertronian Parliament]] was founded to govern the planet. The Maximal Nation remained an independent body, and the High Council elected Airazor to serve as their representative at Parliament along with Cheetor and [[Optimal]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game continuity===
====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game advertising comic====
Upon arriving on "[[Earth|Planet Energon]]", the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Maximals and their Predacon adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
{{voiceactor|??? (English), ??? (Japanese)}}
=====Maximal campaign=====
{{Note|Airazor is a playable character for "rescue missions" gameplay.}}
Airazor was absent from the main conflict with both Predacons and the [[Skriix]]; instead, she flew rescue missions, using her flight capabilities to rescue captured Maximals from the Predacons' prison ships.

Upon having eliminated the Predacon threat, Airazor was part of Optimus Primal's roll call when he announced that the galaxy was now at peace. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64 Airazor.jpg|frame|Airazor was having second thoughts about this new backpack.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Janet-Laine Green]] (English), ??? (Japanese)}}

Airazor played a critical role in the Maximals' victory over the Predacons. However, when their enemies had all been taken prisoner, Airazor and Tigatron decided not to join their comrades in their journey to Cybertron. The two sparkmates would reside on prehistoric earth, observing as the planet recovered from the war. They nonetheless sometimes wondered about the other Maximals' fates and whether or not true peace could finally be found between Maximals and Predacons. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Airazor's fate in those outcomes.}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-Transmetal.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Transmetal Airazor actually comes first in this game.]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-(BW).jpg|thumb|right|400px]]
Airazor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She appeared in two different bodies:
*''Airazor Transmetal'' — This Epic character first appeared in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 2" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, 100 event cores, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Airazor (BW)'' — This Super Rare character was available as a reward to 1000 players in the "Beast Wars: Episode 4" event.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:Airazorbwtoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Airazor''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-10'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: Part of the first wave of year-two ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' product, Airazor transforms into a somewhat generic falcon (or some other bird of prey) with opening beak. Unlike first-year Basics, Airazor's transformation is entirely manual, rather than spring-loaded. Pulling on the yellow-plastic feathers near her tail activates a spring-loaded wing-movement gimmick. Each wing also has a flip-out blade. Her tail hides both a heat-sensitive "[[rubsign|energon chip]]" and a non-firing blaster that can be hand-held or mounted on the underside of either forearm.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BW-toy Airazor-video.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This took forever to photograph because the damn thing's ankles are looser than the WWE's drug policies.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Video pack-in, 1997)
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: The original Airazor toy was given a similar but darker [[redeco]], and packaged with a VHS tape containing the episodes "[[Aftermath]]" and "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]". She retains all of her previous [[gimmick]]ry.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on video Airazor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Aerial Showdown: Airrazor vs Kuwagaigar''' (Basic, 1997)
**''ID number'': '''VS-10'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: For her (his) [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release, Airazor was available both as an individually-boxed toy, and in an "Aerial Showdown" Vs-pack with [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]]. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|First American toy designed to be a girl from the start. Seriously.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998/1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-45'''

: [[Transmetal]] Airazor transforms into a mechanical falcon, with a third "seaplane" mode with fold-down pontoons. In robot mode, the chromed beast-mode backplate can fold around it for a "shield" mode. Some early releases of the [[Hasbro]] Airazor have much more lavender-hued chrome than the normal blue of later versions.

: The Japanese version of this toy has the yellow plastics replaced with a bright orange and the opaque white replaced with a translucent white plastic. The "AIRAZOR" [[tampograph]] on its chromed shields was also changed to "CYBERTRON" with the Maximal [[insignia|faction symbol]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/TMAirazor/tmairazor.htm More information on Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Heatwave Showdown: Airrazor vs Quickstrike''' (VS set, 1999)
**''ID number'': '''VS-45'''

: In Japan, ''Metals'' Airrazor was available both as an individual and in a "VS" pack with [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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*'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)
[[File:Fox Kids Transmetal Airazor.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.0]]
: One of the final releases of the normal ''Beast Wars'' line, Airazor's Transmetal toy was given a tweaked deco and released as part of the so-called "[[Fox Kids]]" assortment of Deluxe Transmetal redecos. This redeco was not as drastic a change from the original as the others in the series, mostly making her a little darker and more desaturated.

: This version of Airazor was made available in Japan as a [[JafCon]] convention [[exclusive]] along with the "Fox Kids" versions of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#TMFK|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#FK|Rattrap]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/FKTMAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Fox Kids! Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''

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===Timelines===
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[[File:Airazortimelinestoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I am a symptom of the retroactive ruination of ''Beast Wars''.]]
*'''Airazor''' (Club exclusive, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: The second members-only exclusive to [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], Airazor (referred to as "Chromia 10 Pilot" in her bio) is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] with a [[retool]]ed head, transforming into a Cybertronic twin-cockpit jet. Her jet mode has an under-slung spring-loaded missile launcher (which flips over her shoulder in [[robot mode]]), plus she also has flip-out (non-firing) blasters as well.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:BotCon2016toy-Airazor.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Because one toy of Airazor from before she was born wasn't enough!]]
*'''Airazor''' (BotCon 2016 exclusive, 2016)
**''Accessories'': 2 arm-mounted photon cannons

:Sold individually at [[BotCon 2016]], Airazor is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Slipstream (Animated)#Legends|Slipstream]], who in turn is a retool of [[Windblade (G1)#Generations|Windblade]]. She comes with two photon cannons that clip on her arms in a different orientation in each mode. Her jet mode fuselage contains a flip-down landing gear and her VTOL wing fans can flip up on a hinge and spin. Unlike the toy-based colors of her previous [[Fun Publications]] toy, this iteration takes its cues from her cartoon appearance.

:This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' version of [[Stiletto (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Stiletto]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Maximal/BCAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Dawn of the Predacus Airazor at TFU.info]''

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==Merchandise==
[[File:Airazormutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Airazor was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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==Gender==
[[File:AirazorJapan1.jpg|right|175px||thumb|[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShesAManInJapan She's a man in Japan]]]

Airazor's gender in the [[Hasbro]] line is due to ''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]]'s insistence. The original Airazor toy wasn't developed with a specific gender in mind, and Bob & Larry wanted a larger female presence in the show, and the Airazor toy seemed as good a choice as any. They requested the change early enough that the toy's packaging bio could have its pronouns changed to female. The later Transmetal version of Airazor was the first American-released Transformer mold created to represent a female character.

In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was made male. The exact reason for this has never been made known; it could have been for the sake of sales (girl characters tend to sell poorly in boys toylines) or [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] could have simply been working from outdated material provided by Hasbro in which Airazor was still regarded as male. We may never know.

Initially, the dub skirted around any possibility of romance between Airazor and Tigatron, altering all flirtatious dialogue to change the intent (Tigatron's line in "[[The Trigger, Part 2]]" about how "the lady shall ride a tiger" was rewritten to a more generic command for them to get moving). To explain the closeness of their relationship, Tigatron was humorously portrayed as a "samurai retainer" and Airazor acted as his "ward"; intimating a "brotherly" sort of bond.

Things remained as such all the way until "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]" when the scripting and animation could no longer allow for any vagaries regarding their relationship. Beginning rather randomly in that episode, Airazor flirtatiously starts calling Tigatron by the nickname "Ti-chan", leaving Tigatron to get flustered and anxiously call for him to stop. When the pair are attacked, they both express their love for one another in dialogue primarily unchanged from the English version. Their romantic attraction was a very spontaneous change in the Japanese version of the series and Japanese magazine editors, responding to letters from confused young fans, gently explained the situation. From the letters page of the ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine:<ref>[http://netatama.net/lite/image/2263677 Scan] of the letters pages from a Japanese ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine</ref>

[[File:BWM 4 title page.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Except when she isn't.]]

:'''Question:''' "If Tigatron and Airazor are both boys, how come they were flirting when the [[Vok|Aliens]] abducted them?"
:'''Answer:''' "Even among humans there are boys who both love (like) each other. In the case of Tigatron and Airazor, they had been fighting together for a long time and as their emotions increased, their friendship turned to feelings of love. 'Transform', indeed!"

In the case of the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' manga, however, Airazor's female gender was retained, as was her heterosexual romantic relationship with Tigatron. This was due to the fact that Airazor's [[Transmetal]] toy had an indisputably feminine build. Additionally, there was never a manga for the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon in Japan, so the backstory for ''Metals'' could be whatever writer/artist [[Shōji Imaki]] wanted it to be (the manga has numerous irreconcilable divergences from the show's events right out of the gate).

The ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]'' manga would poke fun at Airazor's gender bender from time to time. Airazor is portrayed as looking highly feminine and cute, however, it is revealed to the confusion of the cast that "she" is male. The same joke is extended onto [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], who was portrayed as a flamboyant homosexual in the dub of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Beast Machines]]'', and is seen as a cross-dresser in the ''Legends'' manga.

{{--}}

==Notes==
*An [[Bitch Wars|unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode concept]] would have seen Airazor and Blackarachnia join forces as a "third faction" for a bit. It went unproduced as the writers couldn't see where to go with the idea.
*Like most characters in the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was given an "amusing" verbal tic to run into the ground. When in battle or transforming, [[#Gender|he]] would shout ''haya'' in imitation of a falcon's cry (''hayabusa'' also being the Japanese word for "falcon").
*Somewhat inexplicably, a number of the Italian toyline-specific names for various ''Beast Wars'' characters were only printed on the cardback for the Italian "video-pack" release of Airazor; the names do not even appear on the cardback for "video-pack" [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], who was presumably released in proximity to her, if not at the same time. The Italian names only printed on "video-pack" Airazor were: Insector ([[Powerpinch]]), Rapax ([[Lazorbeak]]), Vortex ([[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]]), Anfibius ([[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]]), Diablo ([[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]]), Cannibal ([[Manterror]]), Tenax ([[Retrax]]), Dingo ([[K-9]]), and Bison ([[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]]).
*The name of Airazor's ship in "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', is a reference to her original toy's Japanese ID number.
*The "Dawn of Future's Past" Club exclusive toy is only technically the second Club exclusive toy. She was actually shipped at the same time as [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)|Astrotrain]], but he was the first toy advertised.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Airrazor''' (エアラザー ''Earazā'')<ref>Sources consistently Romanize the name as such.</ref>
*''French:'' '''Aérolame''' (Canada, "Aero Blade"), '''Serres D'Acier''' (Canada cartoon and Transmetal, "Talons of Steel")
*''Italian:'' '''Falcon''' (original toy), '''Falcon Lady''' (cartoon), '''Metal Falcon''' (Transmetal), '''Falco''' (video-pack release)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēi Jiàn''' (China, 飞箭, "Flying Arrow") '''Shén Yīng''' (Taiwan, 神鷹, "God Hawk"), '''Yīng Nǚ''' (Taiwan, 鷹女, "Hawk Woman")
*''Polish:'' '''Brzytwozora'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Falcúria'''
*''Russian:'' '''Orlona''' (Орлона)
*''Spanish:'' '''Airazor''' (Spain), '''Aguila''' (America, "Eagle"), '''Cuchilla''' (Canada toy packaging)

==References==
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Tentakil (Masterforce)

2020-04-16T06:30:33Z

Tekcorps: /* Generations */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Tentakil}}
:''Tentakils are [[Decepticon]] [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] from the [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Tentakil masterforce.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Thrust (Armada)|Squidhead]]?]]
'''Tentakils''' (テンタキル ''Tentakiru'') are devoid of sentience, like all the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] commanded by [[Turtler]], serving only as mindless mass-produced [[drone]] warriors designed to overwhelm their opponents by numbers. They can fire jets of poisonous ink, and perform vicious sustained barrage attacks with their ten legs.

The Tentakils can combine with the rest of Seacons to form [[King Poseidon]].

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
[[File:Tentakil headasplode.jpg|left|upright=1.15|thumb|Headshot! SLICE!]]
When [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] [[Dauros]] attacked a Japanese city in an attempt to draw out the [[Autobot]] Pretenders, he brought a pair of Tentakils with them, which began their assault by destroying an oil refinery in the dead of night. Autobot Pretender leader [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] arrived to battle the drones, but as he tangled with one, another snuck up behind his human friend [[Shūta Gō]] and seized the boy. Metalhawk was able to destroy the first Tentakil, but was then attacked by the Decepticon Pretenders and was badly outnumbered until his fellow Autobot Pretenders arrived to aid him. With his allies occupying the Decepticon Pretenders, Metalhawk destroyed the second Tentakil and saved Shūta. {{storylink|Rise Up!! Pretenders}} On a later mission to disrupt the wildlife of Africa, more Tentakils again accompanied the Decepticon Pretenders in battle against the Autobots, and met a similar end at the hands of Metalhawk's Titanium Saber. {{storylink|Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!}}

With the debut of the Seacon commander Turtler on the battlefield, at least one Tentakil would usually be present in order to combine with its leader as the right leg of the giant King Poseidon. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}} The Seacon combiner battled Autobot [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] on an island off the coast of America {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}} and in Canada, {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}} but during a battle in the French town of [[Dagneux]], the Seacons were wiped out before Turtler could even give the order to combine, leaving only two rather unhappy Tentakils plaintively flailing their tentacles amid the destruction. {{storylink|Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen}}

[[File:Tentakils surrender.jpg|275px|thumb|No... IT WAS MY LIFE TO BE TAKEN! NOT THIS! NEVER THIS!]]

A swarm of Seacons later backed up the Decepticon Pretenders in a battle on [[Atlan Island]], where a Tentakil had the misfortune of going up against [[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]]'s Land Waterfall attack and losing explosively. {{storylink|Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters}}

Tentakils were among the swarms of Seacons that besieged [[British Motors]] alongside [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] and were destroyed by the Autobot Godmasters, {{storylink|Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot}} and vast numbers of them attacked Lightfoot in the waters off the coast of [[Australia]] when the Autobot investigated the [[Decepticon advance base|Decepticons' activities in the area]]. {{storylink|Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts}} Numerous Tentakils joined in the Decepticons' all-out assault on [[Autobot Base|the Autobot headquarters]], tearing their way into the base and destroying it from within, {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}} and more of the sea-beasts joined in occupying the Autobots' attentions when the powerful Decepticon [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] began cutting a swathe of destruction across [[Earth]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}

When Ginrai approached [[Decepticon Base]] in order to rescue his captive comrade Shūta Gō, several Seacons, including some Tentakils, were patrolling the perimeter and attacked him, forcing him to blast out the base's airlock, sucking himself and his opponents inside. At the same time, a Tentakil was also spotted in Geneva, battling [[Ranger]] and the Autobot Pretenders alongside the Decepticon Pretenders. Subsequently, a Tentakil was always handy for the formation of King Poseidon, inside the Decepticon base, {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} in a battle on its roof, {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}} in the [[Grand Canyon]], {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} and in the Alps, where the Seacons had their final battle with Ginrai, and were once again defeated and destroyed. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} Whether or not any Tentakils remained on Earth following the destruction of Decepticon emperor [[Devil Z]] and the departure of most of the Transformers from the planet is unknown. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}

====''Zone'' cartoon====
Years after the [[Masterforce War]], the Seacons, including one Tentakil, were recruited by the supernatural new [[Emperor of Destruction]] [[Violen Jiger]]. Although they never appeared in their individual forms, as King Poseidon, they attacked Earth in search of the [[Zodiac]] and were destroyed by the new Autobot [[Supreme Commander]], [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Manga continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
[[File:Tentakil manga.jpg|left|thumb]]
A Tentakil was first seen when the Decepticons attempted to dupe the Autobots with holographic images of legendary Decepticons of years past. It joined with its fellow Seacons in forming King Poseidon for an attack on the Autobots, only to be defeated by the new-born Super Ginrai. {{storylink|Burn, Super Soul! The New Commander Super Ginrai!}} Later, when Turtler led a Decepticon attack on the planet [[Athenia]] and merged with various other Decepticons to create "[[Scramble 7]]", a Tentakil served as a hand-held weapon for the mis-matched combiner, which was soon destroyed by Ginrai. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

====''Zone'' manga and story pages====
The Seacons, including a Tentakil, were recruited by the supernatural new Emperor of Destruction Violen Jiger. Appearing only in their combined form of King Poseidon, the team battled the Autobots on the planet [[Wall]], {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #3}} and were later defeated by the new Autobot commander Dai Atlas when they attacked Earth in search of the Zodiac. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}} It is unclear if the Seacons survived their clash with Dai Atlas; they did not reappear, suggesting they may have been destroyed, but [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], who were also blasted by Dai Atlas, were both shown to have survived the experience. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #6}}

{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Super-God Masterforce''===
*'''Tentakil''' (Seacon, 1988)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-317'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right "Laser Guns", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

[[File:Tentakilg1toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb]]
: Tentakil transforms into a pink and blue robotic squid-monster. The figure is armed with two blue laser guns, which can mount on its creature-mode head, or in its robot-mode hands. The guns also plug together to form the barrel of Tentakil's third mode; an artillery emplacement that mounts on top of a stand formed from three individual components. The central piece of this stand, the "Tripod Rifle", can also be wielded as a weapon by robot-mode Tentakil.

:Tentakil combines with his fellow Seacons to form King Poseidon. Although he nominally forms the left leg of the super-robot, as a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, Tentakil can form any limb for King Poseidon (or any other combiners that use the Scramble City-style design). Like the other small Seacons, Tektakil can also be used in his artillery mode as a hand-weapon by King Poseidon.

:This mold was released concurrently in [[Hasbro]] markets as the American [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] also called [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], with no notable differences between the two. The toy was later redecoed into ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Scylla]], and then back into the American Tentakil, with a new coloration for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] giftset.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Tentakil/tentakil.htm More information on Tentakil at TFU.info]''

*'''King Poseidon''' (Gift set, 1988)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-318'''

: Unlike the Hasbro Seacon box-set, which excludes [[Nautilator]], the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] King Poseidon box-set comes with all six members of the team; Turtler, Tentakil, [[Gulf]], [[Kraken]], [[Lobclaw]], and [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]]. The individuals are identical to their individually boxed releases.

===''Generations''===
*'''Seacons Tentakil''' ([[March 28]], [[2020]])
**''Accessories'': Laser guns, Cleaver, combiner hand/gun mode handle, hand gap filler/gun
[[File:Generations-Selects-Tentakill.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|]]
: ''[[Transformers: Generations#Selects|Generations Selects]]'' Tentakil is an extensive retool of ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Moonracer (G1)#Generations|Moonracer]], sharing the crotch, leg ball joints, back-half of the torso and combiner connector piece. He transforms from a robotic squid-monster to a robot, and is able to form an arm, leg or gun for King Poseidon. Like other ''Generations Selects'' Seacons, Tentakil has newly-tooled Combiner hands with posable fingers. They also form part of the Targetmaster-style gun mode.

:Tentakil was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive in Japan. The Seacons were also available directly through [[Hasbro Pulse]] and also import retailers in the U.S. and Canada.
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:G1Masterforce tentakil cardart.jpg|thumb]]
*None of the ''Super-God Masterforce'' Seacons were ever depicted in robot mode in the cartoon or manga. The toy's [[package art]] is the only known "fictional" depiction of a Tentakil in robot mode.

===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wǎng Zhuǎ Yāo''' (网爪妖, "Net-Claw Demon")
*''Russian:'' '''Kleshnya''' (Клешня, "Claw")

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Tentakil (Masterforce)

2020-04-16T06:23:40Z

Tekcorps: /* Generations */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Tentakil}}
:''Tentakils are [[Decepticon]] [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] from the [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Tentakil masterforce.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Thrust (Armada)|Squidhead]]?]]
'''Tentakils''' (テンタキル ''Tentakiru'') are devoid of sentience, like all the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] commanded by [[Turtler]], serving only as mindless mass-produced [[drone]] warriors designed to overwhelm their opponents by numbers. They can fire jets of poisonous ink, and perform vicious sustained barrage attacks with their ten legs.

The Tentakils can combine with the rest of Seacons to form [[King Poseidon]].

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
[[File:Tentakil headasplode.jpg|left|upright=1.15|thumb|Headshot! SLICE!]]
When [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] [[Dauros]] attacked a Japanese city in an attempt to draw out the [[Autobot]] Pretenders, he brought a pair of Tentakils with them, which began their assault by destroying an oil refinery in the dead of night. Autobot Pretender leader [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] arrived to battle the drones, but as he tangled with one, another snuck up behind his human friend [[Shūta Gō]] and seized the boy. Metalhawk was able to destroy the first Tentakil, but was then attacked by the Decepticon Pretenders and was badly outnumbered until his fellow Autobot Pretenders arrived to aid him. With his allies occupying the Decepticon Pretenders, Metalhawk destroyed the second Tentakil and saved Shūta. {{storylink|Rise Up!! Pretenders}} On a later mission to disrupt the wildlife of Africa, more Tentakils again accompanied the Decepticon Pretenders in battle against the Autobots, and met a similar end at the hands of Metalhawk's Titanium Saber. {{storylink|Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!}}

With the debut of the Seacon commander Turtler on the battlefield, at least one Tentakil would usually be present in order to combine with its leader as the right leg of the giant King Poseidon. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}} The Seacon combiner battled Autobot [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] on an island off the coast of America {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}} and in Canada, {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}} but during a battle in the French town of [[Dagneux]], the Seacons were wiped out before Turtler could even give the order to combine, leaving only two rather unhappy Tentakils plaintively flailing their tentacles amid the destruction. {{storylink|Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen}}

[[File:Tentakils surrender.jpg|275px|thumb|No... IT WAS MY LIFE TO BE TAKEN! NOT THIS! NEVER THIS!]]

A swarm of Seacons later backed up the Decepticon Pretenders in a battle on [[Atlan Island]], where a Tentakil had the misfortune of going up against [[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]]'s Land Waterfall attack and losing explosively. {{storylink|Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters}}

Tentakils were among the swarms of Seacons that besieged [[British Motors]] alongside [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] and were destroyed by the Autobot Godmasters, {{storylink|Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot}} and vast numbers of them attacked Lightfoot in the waters off the coast of [[Australia]] when the Autobot investigated the [[Decepticon advance base|Decepticons' activities in the area]]. {{storylink|Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts}} Numerous Tentakils joined in the Decepticons' all-out assault on [[Autobot Base|the Autobot headquarters]], tearing their way into the base and destroying it from within, {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}} and more of the sea-beasts joined in occupying the Autobots' attentions when the powerful Decepticon [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] began cutting a swathe of destruction across [[Earth]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}

When Ginrai approached [[Decepticon Base]] in order to rescue his captive comrade Shūta Gō, several Seacons, including some Tentakils, were patrolling the perimeter and attacked him, forcing him to blast out the base's airlock, sucking himself and his opponents inside. At the same time, a Tentakil was also spotted in Geneva, battling [[Ranger]] and the Autobot Pretenders alongside the Decepticon Pretenders. Subsequently, a Tentakil was always handy for the formation of King Poseidon, inside the Decepticon base, {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} in a battle on its roof, {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}} in the [[Grand Canyon]], {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} and in the Alps, where the Seacons had their final battle with Ginrai, and were once again defeated and destroyed. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} Whether or not any Tentakils remained on Earth following the destruction of Decepticon emperor [[Devil Z]] and the departure of most of the Transformers from the planet is unknown. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}

====''Zone'' cartoon====
Years after the [[Masterforce War]], the Seacons, including one Tentakil, were recruited by the supernatural new [[Emperor of Destruction]] [[Violen Jiger]]. Although they never appeared in their individual forms, as King Poseidon, they attacked Earth in search of the [[Zodiac]] and were destroyed by the new Autobot [[Supreme Commander]], [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Manga continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
[[File:Tentakil manga.jpg|left|thumb]]
A Tentakil was first seen when the Decepticons attempted to dupe the Autobots with holographic images of legendary Decepticons of years past. It joined with its fellow Seacons in forming King Poseidon for an attack on the Autobots, only to be defeated by the new-born Super Ginrai. {{storylink|Burn, Super Soul! The New Commander Super Ginrai!}} Later, when Turtler led a Decepticon attack on the planet [[Athenia]] and merged with various other Decepticons to create "[[Scramble 7]]", a Tentakil served as a hand-held weapon for the mis-matched combiner, which was soon destroyed by Ginrai. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

====''Zone'' manga and story pages====
The Seacons, including a Tentakil, were recruited by the supernatural new Emperor of Destruction Violen Jiger. Appearing only in their combined form of King Poseidon, the team battled the Autobots on the planet [[Wall]], {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #3}} and were later defeated by the new Autobot commander Dai Atlas when they attacked Earth in search of the Zodiac. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}} It is unclear if the Seacons survived their clash with Dai Atlas; they did not reappear, suggesting they may have been destroyed, but [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], who were also blasted by Dai Atlas, were both shown to have survived the experience. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #6}}

{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Super-God Masterforce''===
*'''Tentakil''' (Seacon, 1988)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-317'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right "Laser Guns", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

[[File:Tentakilg1toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb]]
: Tentakil transforms into a pink and blue robotic squid-monster. The figure is armed with two blue laser guns, which can mount on its creature-mode head, or in its robot-mode hands. The guns also plug together to form the barrel of Tentakil's third mode; an artillery emplacement that mounts on top of a stand formed from three individual components. The central piece of this stand, the "Tripod Rifle", can also be wielded as a weapon by robot-mode Tentakil.

:Tentakil combines with his fellow Seacons to form King Poseidon. Although he nominally forms the left leg of the super-robot, as a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, Tentakil can form any limb for King Poseidon (or any other combiners that use the Scramble City-style design). Like the other small Seacons, Tektakil can also be used in his artillery mode as a hand-weapon by King Poseidon.

:This mold was released concurrently in [[Hasbro]] markets as the American [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] also called [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], with no notable differences between the two. The toy was later redecoed into ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Scylla]], and then back into the American Tentakil, with a new coloration for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] giftset.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Tentakil/tentakil.htm More information on Tentakil at TFU.info]''

*'''King Poseidon''' (Gift set, 1988)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-318'''

: Unlike the Hasbro Seacon box-set, which excludes [[Nautilator]], the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] King Poseidon box-set comes with all six members of the team; Turtler, Tentakil, [[Gulf]], [[Kraken]], [[Lobclaw]], and [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]]. The individuals are identical to their individually boxed releases.

===''Generations''===
*'''Seacons Tentakil''' ([[March 28]], [[2020]])
**''Accessories'': Laser guns, Cleaver, combiner hand/gun mode handle, hand gap filler/gun
[[File:Generations-Selects-Tentakill.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|]]
: ''[[Transformers: Generations#Selects|Generations Selects]]'' Tentakil is an extensive retool of ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Moonracer (G1)#Generations|Moonracer]], sharing the crotch, back-half of the torso and combiner connector piece. He transforms from a robotic squid-monster to a robot, and is able to form an arm, leg or gun for King Poseidon. Like other ''Generations Selects'' Seacons, Tentakil has newly-tooled Combiner hands with posable fingers. They also form part of the Targetmaster-style gun mode.

:Tentakil was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive in Japan. The Seacons were also available directly through [[Hasbro Pulse]] and also import retailers in the U.S. and Canada.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1Masterforce tentakil cardart.jpg|thumb]]
*None of the ''Super-God Masterforce'' Seacons were ever depicted in robot mode in the cartoon or manga. The toy's [[package art]] is the only known "fictional" depiction of a Tentakil in robot mode.

===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wǎng Zhuǎ Yāo''' (网爪妖, "Net-Claw Demon")
*''Russian:'' '''Kleshnya''' (Клешня, "Claw")

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King Poseidon

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:''King Poseidon is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:KingPoseidon1.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|King of the Deep Blue Sea]]
'''King Poseidon''' (キングポセイドン ''Kingu Poseidon'') is the combined form of the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]], created when the Seacon leader [[Turtler]] merges with one of each of the numerous Seacon drones under his command. As Turtler is the only sentient member of the team, it is his consciousness alone which controls the giant combiner, becoming even more cold and cruel as he tears through the battlefield with his massively increased mobility and destructive power.

King Poseidon is composed of:

*[[Turtler]] (torso)
*[[Gulf]] (right leg)
*[[Kraken]] (left arm)
*[[Lobclaw]] (right arm)
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (firearm)
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (left leg)

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Kingposeidon masterforce.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb]]
After numerous failures on the part of the individual Seacons and the other Decepticons serving under them, Decepticon leaders [[Giga]] and [[Mega]] decided it was time for King Poseidon to enter the fray. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}} The Seacon combiner introduced himself to the shocked Autobots during a battle on an island off the coast of America, and immediately attacked [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], who found himself unable to match King Poseidon's raw power. As King Poseidon ground his foot down on top of Ginrai, the trailer Ginrai had recently added to his [[Transtector]] suddenly burst into life, flying through the air and knocking King Poseidon aside. Ginrai and the trailer then fused together to create "Super Ginrai", who seized King Poseidon and body-slammed him so hard that the Seacons forming his limbs exploded. Only Turtler survived, and escaped into the ocean. {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}}

[[File:Kingposeidon ginraiflip.jpg|thumb|''"And lo did Ginrai toss King Poseidon out on his aft, as was before, as e'er shall be."'']]
King Poseidon next battled Super Ginrai in [[Canada]], where he was again quickly overcome by the Autobot's [[Chōkon Power]] and had his right arm blown off. Sent tumbling backwards, the combiner lost his grip on his sword, which wound up impaling his own leg and destroying it. With two limbs gone, the Seacons were forced to disengage and retreat. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}

It was some time before King Poseidon reappeared, but he eventually showed up again when Autobot Godmaster [[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]] clashed with the Seacons in the waters off [[Australia]] and was sent tumbling into a crevasse. When Ginrai arrived to save his team-mate, the Seacons merged into King Poseidon and collapsed the crevasse on both of them, intending to leave them both to be destroyed by a sub-sea volcano that was about to erupt. Ginrai's drone partner [[Godbomber]] soon came to dig them out, and King Poseidon engaged him in battle to prevent the Autobots from being rescued, but during their fight, the volcano erupted. King Poseidon was knocked aside by flying rocks, allowing Godbomber to extricate Ginrai and Lightfoot, but as they attempted to flee, King Poseidon recovered for one final attack. Ginrai and Godbomber merged into God Ginrai and grappled with the combiner on the rim of the volcano, at which point Lightfoot performed a "Chōkon Spin Drill", creating a water spout that threatened to suck King Poseidon in. With his attention divided, King Poseidon was overcome by Ginrai and hurled into the volcano, then hit with a blast from Ginrai's God Cannon, blowing him into his component parts. As ever, only Turtler survived, slinking back to [[Decepticon Base]] to report his failure. {{storylink|Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts}}

[[File:Kingposeidon clouderdangle.jpg|left|thumb|I believe I can fly... I believe I can touch the sky...]]
A little later, the Decepticons found themselves approached by the final Godmaster, [[Clouder]], and [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] instructed King Poseidon to test the newcomer's ability in battle. Surprisingly the other uninformed Decepticons, King Poseidon burst from beneath the ground and mercilessly attacked Clouder, who countered by transforming to his falcon form, seizing the combiner's shoulders, and hoisting him into the air. As he was dragged over a nearby cliff and dangled over the ocean, King Poseidon attempted to free himself with his double cannons, but wound up having his limbs blasted off by Clouder's Chōkon Power. As he tumbled into the ocean, Clouder hit him with one more blast, blowing King Poseidon to pieces yet again and proving himself to the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}} {{storylink|Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!}} Clouder was subsequently installed as a double agent within the Autobot ranks, and the information he fed the Decepticons enabled them to perform an all-out assault on [[Autobot Base]]. King Poseidon was summoned into action by Giga and separated into his component Seacon parts, which proceeded to invade the base and destroy it from within. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}

When the Decepticons captured Autobot [[Headmaster Junior]] [[Shūta Gō]], King Poseidon served as jailer for the young hero, holding him in an unbreakable grip as Ginrai arrived in the base to rescue him. Unable to act thanks to King Poseidon's hold on his team-mate, Ginrai was pummelled by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], but the tables turned most unexpectedly when the Decepticon Junior [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] could finally no longer stomach the Decepticons' evil and opened fire on King Poseidon. King Poseidon's arm was blown off and he dropped Shūta, but Cancer pressed his attack, and King Poseidon turned his weapons on the youth, blasting his gun out of his hand. Luckily, before he could deliver the killing blow, King Poseidon was once again blasted to smithereens by Godbomber. {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} Cancer subsequently sided with the Autobots and provided them with the information they needed to mount an attack on the Decepticons' headquarters, during which King Poseidon was formed once again, only to be promptly blown apart by [[Grand Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}}

[[File:Kingposeidon metalhawkswordfight.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Mine's bigger than Yours!]]
When the Autobots' assault resulted in the destruction of Decepticon Base, the villains relocated to the [[Grand Canyon]] for an attack on North America, and the Autobots pursued, splitting up into teams to search. The team consisting of the Headmaster Juniors and [[Ranger]] were about to scale a rock face when it exploded into fragments, revealing King Poseidon hiding within it. When their weapons proved ineffective against the giant, Shūta and [[Cab (human)|Cab]] grabbed his arms in hopes of breaking them off, but King Poseidon simply slammed his arms together, crushing the boys between them. Although Ginrai and Grand Maximus arrived to save them, the Decepticons pulled out rather than fight on, heading for the Alps for their final attack on Earth. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} Again, the Autobots gave chase, but as soon as they arrived in the Alps, [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] and the Autobot Juniors were almost immediately attacked by the waiting King Poseidon. Metalhawk engaged the combiner in a sword fight, but as they strained their blades against one another, Ginrai appeared in the skies overhead and knocked King Poseidon into his component Seacons with a God Punch attack. Rather uncharacteristically, the Seacons actually managed to stay intact through his disassembly, and Turtler had them immediately recombine to attack Ginrai, but the Autobot hero easily blew King Poseidon to fragments with his God Cannon, for the final time. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} Turtler, of course, survived the explosion, but disappeared, and was not seen either during the final battle, or when the other Decepticons fled into space at the war's end. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}
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====''Zone'' catalog====
Years later, King Poseidon was among several powerful Decepticons led in an assault on planet [[Micro|Zone]] by the reborn [[Emperor of Destruction|Dark Emperor]] [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]. Attempting to steal their [[Energon Z]], the Decepticons proved no match for the [[Micromaster]]s and were driven away. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)#Catalogue story page 1|Zone Project Story}}

====''Zone'' cartoon====
[[File:KingPoseidonZone1.jpg|left|upright=1.3|thumb|...of course he needs a cape! He's a "King"!]]
When the supernatural entity known as [[Violen Jiger]] took command of the Decepticons, his first act was to recruit [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] from Decepticon history. King Poseidon was selected to be one of those Generals and was given the rank of Aquatic General as well as new power and weaponry to make him an even greater threat than before.

King Poseidon was sent to [[Earth]] along with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] to steal the [[Zodiac]] necessary for Violen Jiger's schemes. The mysterious energy source was located beneath the planet's surface by new Autobot commander [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and stolen by Devastator, but as Dai Atlas attempted to chase him down, King Poseidon struck, emerging from a nearby subterranean lake and ensnaring Dai Atlas with a chain. Devastator handed the Zodiac off to King Poseidon, who returned to the surface with it, where he was attacked by [[Sonic Bomber]] and forced to hurl the Zodiac out of his reach. Unfortunately for the villains, Dai Atlas was the one who caught it, prompting Trypticon to fire a beam of Energon Z at the heroes. The Energon Z interacted with the Zodiac, which empowered Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber with its energies, transforming them into powerful new "Zone Modes". The firepower of the two Autobots' new modes was directed upon King Poseidon and Trypticon, who were destroyed when they exploded dramatically. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
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===Manga continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
[[File:Kingposeidon manga.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
King Poseidon's sole recorded foray onto the battlefield occurred when the Decepticons attempted to dupe the Autobots with holographic projections of legendary Decepticons from years past. Racing into action, the Autobots suddenly found themselves surrounded by a legion of Decepticons led by "[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]", and while the holograms themselves posed no danger, the threat of King Poseidon was all too real. The Seacon combiner loomed over the battlefield, bearing down on the Autobots, at which point the new Autobot Godmasters Lightfoot, Ranger and [[Road King]] arrived with a new trailer unit for Ginrai's Transtector. At Lightfoot's instruction, Ginrai combined with the trailer, transforming into "Super Ginrai" and unleashing the full extent of his Chōkon Power against King Poseidon. Struck by a "Super Fire Guts" attack, King Poseidon was smashed to bits, and the battered Turtler limped away while the Autobots realized the had been facing illusions. {{storylink|Burn, Super Soul! The New Commander Super Ginrai!}}

Although there were no further documented instances of Turtler combining with the other Seacons, he did later combine with several other Decepticons into the mis-matched "[[Scramble 7]]", which, naturally, had Piranacon's head and torso. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

King Poseidon returned as the powerful '''Grand King Poseidon''' and battled the Autobot Masterforce warriors in a whirlpool. {{storylink|Headmasters VS Masterforce}}
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====''Zone'' manga and story pages====
[[File:Kingposeidon zonestorypage.jpg|left|upright=1.15|thumb|Now in grey edition!]]
Years later, King Poseidon was one of nine Decepticons selected by the supernatural new emperor of the Decepticons, Violen Jiger, to become one of his [[Nine Great Demon Generals|Great Demon Generals]]. Appointed "Aquatic General" and equipped with new powers and weapons to make him stronger than before, King Poseidon was first unleashed against the Autobots on the ocean planet of [[Wall]]. Hiding beneath the waves alongside Trypticon, King Poseidon emerged to battle Autobot commander [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]], but was beaten back by a concentrated attack from [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], [[Skywave]], [[Missile Bull]], and [[Overload (G1)|Overload]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 3}}

Later, King Poseidon, Trypticon, Predaking, and Devastator were directed to attack Earth in search of the mysterious "Zodiac", in order to create the super-energy Violen Jiger needed for his schemes. They were pursued to the planet by the Autobot [[Powered Master]]s Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber but while, Dai Atlas was occupied in a subterranean battle with Devastator, King Poseidon located and absconded with the Zodiac. Dai Atlas pursued him back to Earth's surface, where both sides grappled for possession of the Zodiac until Trypticon fired a beam of [[Energon Z]] at the Autobots. The Energon Z interacted with the Zodiac and unleashed its energies, transforming Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber into heavily-armed new "Zone Modes". The two heroes blasted the generals with their powerful new weapons, winning the day. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

The Generals later schooled [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them formidable opponents to the [[Powered Master]]s. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}
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==Toys==
===Super-God Masterforce===
[[File:G1 Piranacon toy.jpg|thumb|An example of [[neon]] not existing in Generation 1 toy colorations.]]
*'''King Poseidon''' (1988)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-318'''
: The six Seacons who form King Poseidon could be purchased separately, or together as a [[giftset]]. The toys were sold concurrently in [[Hasbro]] markets as the American [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] team, who formed [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]], but unlike the Piranacon giftset, which omitted [[Nautilator]], the King Poseidon giftset includes all six members.

:King Poseidon was later redecoed into [[God Neptune (BWII)|God Neptune]], then into the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive Piranacon giftset.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Piranacon/piranacon.htm More information on King Poseidon (well, Piranacon) at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-King-Poseidon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Are they really there? Thank your lucky stars]]
*'''[[Turtler#Generations|Turtler]]''' (2020)
*'''[[Gulf#Generations|Gulf]]''' (2020)
*'''[[Kraken#Generations|Kraken]]''' (2020)
*'''[[Lobclaw#Generations|Lobclaw]]''' (2020)
*'''[[Overbite_(Masterforce)#Generations|Overbite]]''' (2020)
*'''[[Tentakil_(Masterforce)#Generations|Tentakil]]''' (2020)

:The Seacons were remade in the ''[[Transformers: Generations#Selects|Generations Selects]]'' line by [[TakaraTomy]] from ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' molds. King Poseidon could only be formed by purchasing his components separately, in three twin-packs, or as a whole set. He features a pair of newly-tooled Combiner hands with posable fingers. As the individual limbs are not designed with gun handles for their Targetmaster forms, the pieces rely on the Combiner peg to attach. In true Japanese Targetmaster fashion, the Combiner hands forming the gun handles directly attach to his wrists. He also has a large trident-shaped sword formed by combining the melee weapons of the six individual Seacons and a large gun combining the individual Seacons' guns in a similar fashion. The promotional comics also depict a very unstable "Full Target Mode," which basically replaces the combiner's hands and feet with the gun barrels of his components' targetmaster mode.

{{comingsoontoy|All six components (including the whole set) have yet to be released}}
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Caramel===
[[File:Tfcaramel kingposeidon.jpg|thumb|Still not as bad a color scheme as the actual toy.]]
*'''King Poseidon 1''' (1988)
*'''King Poseidon 2''' (1988)

:The six Seacons were available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel|Transformers Caramel]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s. These non-transforming [[Decoy]]-style soft rubber figures came in two sets: the first contained Turtler, Gulf, and Kraken, with Overbite, Tentakil, and Lobclaw coming together in the second. The two sets could be plugged together to form King Poseidon. Each group of three was connected by a rubber sprue, and were available in blue, yellow, or red, so you could wind up with a mis-matched King Poseidon, like the one we've got pictured here! Each set came packaged with a piece of caramel.
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===Transformers Gum===
[[File:Tfgum kingposeidon.jpg|thumb]]
*'''King Poseidon A''' (1988)
*'''King Poseidon B''' (1988)

:Snap-together model kits of the Seacons were released in the tenth wave of Kabaya's ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line, split across two sets: set A contained Turtler and Overbite, with the remaining four Seacons grouped together in set B. All six robots were fully transformable into all three modes (robot, creature, and weapon), and could combine into King Poseidon. The kits were made from solid magenta, teal, and grey plastic, with [[sticker]]s rather than [[paint operation]]s for detail. They came packaged with a stick of gum.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Piranacon''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub, [[Shout! Factory]] sub)
*''Italian:'' '''Piranha'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hǎidǐ Kuángmó''' (海底狂魔, "Undersea Maniac")
*''Russian:'' '''Zhivodyor''' (Живодёр, "Flayer")
*''Spanish:'' '''Piranicón''' (Latin America)

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Tentakil (Masterforce)

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:''Tentakils are [[Decepticon]] [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] from the [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Tentakil masterforce.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Thrust (Armada)|Squidhead]]?]]
'''Tentakils''' (テンタキル ''Tentakiru'') are devoid of sentience, like all the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] commanded by [[Turtler]], serving only as mindless mass-produced [[drone]] warriors designed to overwhelm their opponents by numbers. They can fire jets of poisonous ink, and perform vicious sustained barrage attacks with their ten legs.

The Tentakils can combine with the rest of Seacons to form [[King Poseidon]].

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
[[File:Tentakil headasplode.jpg|left|upright=1.15|thumb|Headshot! SLICE!]]
When [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] [[Dauros]] attacked a Japanese city in an attempt to draw out the [[Autobot]] Pretenders, he brought a pair of Tentakils with them, which began their assault by destroying an oil refinery in the dead of night. Autobot Pretender leader [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] arrived to battle the drones, but as he tangled with one, another snuck up behind his human friend [[Shūta Gō]] and seized the boy. Metalhawk was able to destroy the first Tentakil, but was then attacked by the Decepticon Pretenders and was badly outnumbered until his fellow Autobot Pretenders arrived to aid him. With his allies occupying the Decepticon Pretenders, Metalhawk destroyed the second Tentakil and saved Shūta. {{storylink|Rise Up!! Pretenders}} On a later mission to disrupt the wildlife of Africa, more Tentakils again accompanied the Decepticon Pretenders in battle against the Autobots, and met a similar end at the hands of Metalhawk's Titanium Saber. {{storylink|Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!}}

With the debut of the Seacon commander Turtler on the battlefield, at least one Tentakil would usually be present in order to combine with its leader as the right leg of the giant King Poseidon. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}} The Seacon combiner battled Autobot [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] on an island off the coast of America {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}} and in Canada, {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}} but during a battle in the French town of [[Dagneux]], the Seacons were wiped out before Turtler could even give the order to combine, leaving only two rather unhappy Tentakils plaintively flailing their tentacles amid the destruction. {{storylink|Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen}}

[[File:Tentakils surrender.jpg|275px|thumb|No... IT WAS MY LIFE TO BE TAKEN! NOT THIS! NEVER THIS!]]

A swarm of Seacons later backed up the Decepticon Pretenders in a battle on [[Atlan Island]], where a Tentakil had the misfortune of going up against [[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]]'s Land Waterfall attack and losing explosively. {{storylink|Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters}}

Tentakils were among the swarms of Seacons that besieged [[British Motors]] alongside [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] and were destroyed by the Autobot Godmasters, {{storylink|Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot}} and vast numbers of them attacked Lightfoot in the waters off the coast of [[Australia]] when the Autobot investigated the [[Decepticon advance base|Decepticons' activities in the area]]. {{storylink|Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts}} Numerous Tentakils joined in the Decepticons' all-out assault on [[Autobot Base|the Autobot headquarters]], tearing their way into the base and destroying it from within, {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}} and more of the sea-beasts joined in occupying the Autobots' attentions when the powerful Decepticon [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] began cutting a swathe of destruction across [[Earth]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}

When Ginrai approached [[Decepticon Base]] in order to rescue his captive comrade Shūta Gō, several Seacons, including some Tentakils, were patrolling the perimeter and attacked him, forcing him to blast out the base's airlock, sucking himself and his opponents inside. At the same time, a Tentakil was also spotted in Geneva, battling [[Ranger]] and the Autobot Pretenders alongside the Decepticon Pretenders. Subsequently, a Tentakil was always handy for the formation of King Poseidon, inside the Decepticon base, {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} in a battle on its roof, {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}} in the [[Grand Canyon]], {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} and in the Alps, where the Seacons had their final battle with Ginrai, and were once again defeated and destroyed. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} Whether or not any Tentakils remained on Earth following the destruction of Decepticon emperor [[Devil Z]] and the departure of most of the Transformers from the planet is unknown. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}

====''Zone'' cartoon====
Years after the [[Masterforce War]], the Seacons, including one Tentakil, were recruited by the supernatural new [[Emperor of Destruction]] [[Violen Jiger]]. Although they never appeared in their individual forms, as King Poseidon, they attacked Earth in search of the [[Zodiac]] and were destroyed by the new Autobot [[Supreme Commander]], [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Manga continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
[[File:Tentakil manga.jpg|left|thumb]]
A Tentakil was first seen when the Decepticons attempted to dupe the Autobots with holographic images of legendary Decepticons of years past. It joined with its fellow Seacons in forming King Poseidon for an attack on the Autobots, only to be defeated by the new-born Super Ginrai. {{storylink|Burn, Super Soul! The New Commander Super Ginrai!}} Later, when Turtler led a Decepticon attack on the planet [[Athenia]] and merged with various other Decepticons to create "[[Scramble 7]]", a Tentakil served as a hand-held weapon for the mis-matched combiner, which was soon destroyed by Ginrai. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

====''Zone'' manga and story pages====
The Seacons, including a Tentakil, were recruited by the supernatural new Emperor of Destruction Violen Jiger. Appearing only in their combined form of King Poseidon, the team battled the Autobots on the planet [[Wall]], {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #3}} and were later defeated by the new Autobot commander Dai Atlas when they attacked Earth in search of the Zodiac. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}} It is unclear if the Seacons survived their clash with Dai Atlas; they did not reappear, suggesting they may have been destroyed, but [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], who were also blasted by Dai Atlas, were both shown to have survived the experience. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #6}}

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==Toys==
===''Super-God Masterforce''===
*'''Tentakil''' (Seacon, 1988)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-317'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right "Laser Guns", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

[[File:Tentakilg1toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb]]
: Tentakil transforms into a pink and blue robotic squid-monster. The figure is armed with two blue laser guns, which can mount on its creature-mode head, or in its robot-mode hands. The guns also plug together to form the barrel of Tentakil's third mode; an artillery emplacement that mounts on top of a stand formed from three individual components. The central piece of this stand, the "Tripod Rifle", can also be wielded as a weapon by robot-mode Tentakil.

:Tentakil combines with his fellow Seacons to form King Poseidon. Although he nominally forms the left leg of the super-robot, as a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, Tentakil can form any limb for King Poseidon (or any other combiners that use the Scramble City-style design). Like the other small Seacons, Tektakil can also be used in his artillery mode as a hand-weapon by King Poseidon.

:This mold was released concurrently in [[Hasbro]] markets as the American [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] also called [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], with no notable differences between the two. The toy was later redecoed into ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Scylla]], and then back into the American Tentakil, with a new coloration for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] giftset.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Tentakil/tentakil.htm More information on Tentakil at TFU.info]''

*'''King Poseidon''' (Gift set, 1988)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-318'''

: Unlike the Hasbro Seacon box-set, which excludes [[Nautilator]], the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] King Poseidon box-set comes with all six members of the team; Turtler, Tentakil, [[Gulf]], [[Kraken]], [[Lobclaw]], and [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]]. The individuals are identical to their individually boxed releases.

===''Generations''===
*'''Seacons Tentakil''' ([[March 28]], [[2020]])
**''Accessories'': Laser guns, Cleaver, combiner hand/gun mode handle, hand gap filler/gun
[[File:Generations-Selects-Tentakill.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|]]
: ''[[Transformers: Generations#Selects|Generations Selects]]'' Tentakil is an extensive retool of ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Moonracer (G1)#Generations|Moonracer]]. He transforms from a robotic squid-monster to a robot, and is able to form an arm, leg or gun for King Poseidon. Like other ''Generations Selects'' Seacons, Tentakil has newly-tooled Combiner hands with posable fingers. They also form part of the Targetmaster-style gun mode.

:Tentakil was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive in Japan. The Seacons were also available directly through [[Hasbro Pulse]] and also import retailers in the U.S. and Canada.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1Masterforce tentakil cardart.jpg|thumb]]
*None of the ''Super-God Masterforce'' Seacons were ever depicted in robot mode in the cartoon or manga. The toy's [[package art]] is the only known "fictional" depiction of a Tentakil in robot mode.

===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wǎng Zhuǎ Yāo''' (网爪妖, "Net-Claw Demon")
*''Russian:'' '''Kleshnya''' (Клешня, "Claw")

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Zarak Maximus

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{{disambigm|Zarak (disambiguation)|Maximus (disambiguation)}}
:''Zarak Maximus is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Destron soldier.gif|upright=1.1|thumb|We can't be silent for he might be giant, and what are we going to do unless he is?]]
'''Zarak Maximus''' loves to try and stomp things. Like tiny [[Micromaster]]s, log cabins, and tiny women. Stomping is what he does.

==Fiction==
===The Ultimate Guide===
[[File:The Ultimate Guide Maccadam's Old Oil House scene.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Go home, lassie! MEN are drinking here!]]
Zarak Maximus was a bouncer at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], where he hauled an unruly patron away. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 1086.0 Kappa]], [[Nebulos]] had succeeded at turning away the [[Transformer]]s. But, decades later, the ambitious [[Council of Peers|Peer]] [[Zarak (G1)|Mortilus Zarak]] retrieved the bodies left behind by the invaders at the [[Arvassian Range]] and took them to the [[Grax Communications Facility]]. Through the science of [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]] and [[Vorath]], the remains of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] were melded into a single body and Zarak [[binary bonding|binary-bonded]] to it. The interaction with Fortress and Scorponok's selves drove Zarak mad and "Zarak Maximus" went on a rampage that was only stopped when he realized he could have killed his daughter, [[Llyra]], and his grandson, [[Olin Zarak|Olin]]. He fled the planet and met the [[Violen Jiger|Bio Ranger Iga]], who convinced Zarak Maximus that the [[Micromaster]]s at [[Micropolis]] had [[Zodiac]] [[energon]] that could help with his mental stability. Zarak Maximus attacked the city, only to be driven away, although he was still allied with Iga afterwards, becoming the first of the [[Thirteen Great Demon Generals]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/11}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Destronsoldier micromasters.jpg|thumb|WE DISAGREE!]]
Stomping along, Zarak Maximus attempted to stomp Micropolis. The Micromasters didn't cotton to this and swarmed him like hundreds of tiny ninjas, crawling all over Zarak and toppling him. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Micromaster transports|Micromaster transports commercial}}

{{note|It is worth mentioning that the city Zarak Maximus was trying to stomp contained both Autobot '''and''' Decepticon Micromaster bases. Clearly, he is indiscriminate in his stomping.}}
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==Notes==
* Zarak Maximus was not named for decades, being known only as the "Giant Decepticon Soldier" per ''[[Transformers Generations]]''. He was christened with a name by the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]].
* His model appears to be a frankensteining of several extant characters with details altered; his feet seem to derive from the [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], his torso and forearms from [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]], while his head, shins, and colors are generally reminiscent of the Decepticon Headmaster [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Kyodai Destron Heishi''' (巨大デストロン兵士, "Giant Destron Soldier")

==External links==
*[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/giantdecepticonwarrior.htm Giant Decepticon Warrior at Obscure Transformers]

[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]

Primus Vanguard

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{{disambig2|the e-HOBBY organization|the IDW organization|Primal Vanguard}}
[[File:CybertronMagnaConvoyprequel statues.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]

During a time of darkness, the '''Primus Vanguard''' (プライマスヴァンガード ''Puraimasu Vangādo'') vanquished evil to restore peace. But upon their victory, Corps member [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] turned traitor and killed the [[Blue Big Convoy|leader]], stealing his badge of office, the [[Matrix Sword]].

Due to the members' coloration, the Vanguard is also referred to as the "Blue Corps" (青き軍団 ''Aoki Gundan'').

==Fiction==
===e-HOBBY comics===
The Primus Vanguard was made up of warriors from various [[universal stream|dimensions]] who fought to defend the universe from internal threats and extradimensional intruders. The Matrix Sword they passed down from leader to leader allowed them to defeat all their foes and bring about peace, only for two Straxuses to conspire to infect their comrades with programs that made them turn on each other. As the Vanguard fell to infighting, the leader perished and the Matrix Sword was stolen by Straxus. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy}} The programs also granted sentience to [[Magna Convoy]], previously a Primus Vanguard support drone, who as the last member of the Vanguard swore on his predecessors that he would recover the sword. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic}} After succeeding, Magna Convoy detected signs that other members may have survived, though he recognized that the Primus Vanguard of old was no more and sought to recreate them a new group called the "Blue Order". {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy}}

===''Legends'' manga===
[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] of the [[Legends World]] was unsure about which universe the Primus Vanguard operated in, so he asked [[Delta Magnus]] of the [[OG World|G1 World]]. Magnus clarified that he was part of the [[Primal Vanguard]] and had never heard of the Primus Vanguard, suggesting they were not from the same world. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

==Notes==
*One assumes they are named after [[Primus]], but this is unconfirmed.
*The holograms in the prequel to "Cybertron Magna Convoy" have the shapes of [[Hot Shot (Prime)#Prime|''Prime'' Hot Shot]], ''Masterpiece'' [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Frenzy]]/[[Rumble (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Rumble]], [[Brainstorm (G1)#Generations|''Thrilling 30'' Brainstorm]], and [[Black Shadow (Victory)#Generations|''Generations'' Sky Shadow]]. Meanwhile, the statue in the center is the unreleased "Giant Robo G-1" from ''[[Microman]]''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/tagoal/status/811554498623586304 Tweet by @tagoal]</ref>

==References==
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KÅji Wada

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{{picsneeded}}
'''Kōji Wada''' (和田光司 ''Wada Kōji'') ([[January 29]], [[1974]] - [[April 3]], [[2016]]) was a Japanese pop artist from [[wikipedia:Kyoto|Kyoto]]. He rose to fame in [[1999]] when his single "Butter-fly" (which was arranged by [[Cher Watanabe]]) was used as the [[theme song|opening theme]] to ''Digimon Adventure'', and he has since recorded songs for each of its proceeding anime series. In [[2010]], he released a 10th anniversary album titled "From the Windward Hill" (風上の丘から, ''Kazakami no Okara'').

==Car Robots==
*[[Honō no Overdrive: Car Robot Cybertron]] (''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Transformers: Car Robots]]'' [[Japanese themes|opening theme]])

==External links==
*[http://wadakoji.blog87.fc2.com/ Official blog] (Japanese)
*[[wikipedia:Kōji Wada|Kōji Wada on Wikipedia]]
*[[wikipedia:ja:和田光司|Kōji Wada on Japanese Wikipedia]]

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Misfire (G1)

2017-11-24T03:18:18Z

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{{disambig2|the evil Decepticon|his heroic mirrorverse counterpart|Misfire (SG)}}
:''Misfire is a [[Decepticon]] [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] (presumably under a very wide definition of "master") from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Misfire boxart.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He couldn't hit the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] if he was shooting from inside it!]]
'''Misfire''' is the kind of guy you want on the Decepticons' side—if you're an Autobot, that is. He couldn't hit the broad side of [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]. He holds the record for enrolling and failing the [[Decepticon Military College]], only graduating because the Autobots blew it up. He claims his aim is getting better. ''What was it like before?!''

Together with his [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partner [[Aimless (G1)|Aimless]], he's a danger to himself and others. Mostly others.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Stan Jones]] (English), [[Hiroshi Naka]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Rebirth1-Misfirejetmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|His aim's so bad he could shoot at the sky and miss!]]
Misfire was one of several Decepticon jets serving under [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] when they attacked [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] as part of a division while the Decepticon [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]] stole the Key to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]]. After Scourge successfully activated the chamber on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (and inadvertently sent a shuttle full of Autobots and the key halfway across the galaxy), Misfire, [[Triggerhappy]], and [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] were among the Decepticon unit sent to retrieve the key. Following the Autobots to [[Nebulos]], Misfire, alongside Cyclonus and Scourge, blasted both [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

[[File:Rebirth2-Aimlesssuitsyoubetter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Maybe Misfire would aim better if he held his gun right.]]
After being soundly trounced by the new Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], the Decepticons made a deal with the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]] to donate their heads and weapons for the [[binary bonding]] process. Misfire liked his partners to have short, memorable names. Armed with this new skill, Misfire and his [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] companions successfully helped reacquire the Chamber's key... though Misfire himself and Aimless didn't really do very much that was helpful. To anyone. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Misfire did very little afterwards. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:HM31 Misfire robot mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|That's "Ms. Fire" to you.]]
Misfire was a Decepticon aerial warrior partnered with [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] and [[Triggerhappy]]. Their campaigns typically took place far away from recognizable worlds such as Cybertron, Earth and [[Chaar]], battling against [[Pointblank]] and other Autobots on deep space missions. In 2011, Misfire and his partners allied themselves with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] just before his siege of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] began. When a group of six refugees fled the planet seeking aid, Slugslinger, Misfire and Triggerhappy joined [[Sixshot]] in pursuing them. They crossed paths with the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] and their old foes Pointblank, [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] out in space. As the fighting raged outside, the refugees befriended [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and volunteered to dispose of the [[plasma energy]] bombs aboard the battleship. As the refugees flew out in their starship to take the bombs to a safe distance, Misfire and the Decepticons moved to intercept them, but they were blocked by Pointblank's forces. The bombs exploded early, washing over all the Transformers present. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Sixshot retrieved Misfire and his partners after the explosion, bringing them back to Master. The plasma energy had somehow [[Binary bonding|binary-bonded]] each of the Decepticons to one of the refugees. A permanent link now existed between Misfire and [[Aimless (G1)|Aimless]], who could transformed into a powerful weapon for his new Decepticon master. Misfire and his Targetmaster partners rejoined the battle for Master at Scorponok's side. Their Targetmasters weapons were the equal of Pointblank and his men, who had also become Targetmasters in the plasma explosion. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} As the Decepticon Targetmasters mingled with the Headmasters, they demonstrated...poor interpersonal skills around the energon water-cooler. Their braggadocio quickly got on the nerves of [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], leader of the Headmaster regiment. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

[[File:HM31 Misfire vehicle mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Misfire and his partners got into another fight with Pointblank's trio, and believed the Autobots were dead after triggering a flash flood that washed them out of sight. Their obnoxious self-congratulation rankled Weirdwolf even more, especially after his fellow Headmasters started gushing over the Targetmasters' skill. Luckily for Weirdwolf's ego, the Autobot Targetmasters later turned up alive and well. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} With the Zarak Shield fully reforged out of [[G-Metal]], the Decepticons began making preparations to leave Master for Earth. Caliburst alerted Slugslinger that the Autobot Targetmasters had uncovered their location, and Misfire flew out with Sixshot and the Targetmasters to confront Pointblank's crew. They also unleashed massive devastation on a Master city when MegaZarak emerged from beneath it. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

As Scorponok's ship touched down on [[Pallas]] for repairs, Misfire and the Targetmasters defended it against Autobot attack. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}} At the North Pole, they were involved in the final battle against the Autobots, fighting their Targetmaster counterparts. After Fortress Maximus was tricked onto the platform of [[crysmagnetal]], Misfire and the other Decepticons fled out into space. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''The Headmasters'' manga====
[[File:HM issue 7 Decepticon Targetmasters.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
Misfire and the Decepticon Targetmasters attempted to disrupt the Autobots' efforts to put out a blazing fire on Earth. The Autobots' split focus left them vulnerable, until the Battleship Maximus extinguished the entire fire in one sweep. [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] and [[Artfire]] then turned their full attention on Misfire and his allies, driving them from the scene. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 7|The Headmasters #7}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Decepticon targetmasters brothers in armor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Misfire initially served as part of [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s crew on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and frequently clashed with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and his Autobots. He participated in a raid on an Autobot city, ending in its ruin and the capture of several of its inhabitants. As the captives were marched towards the [[smelting pool]]s however, Scorponok's group was attacked by their customary opponents and forced into a retreat. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} The Decepticons eventually managed to storm the Autobots' base, only to find it already evacuated. Though confused at first, they learned that their foes had fled to the planet [[Nebulos]]. Misfire and the others made their way to the alien world, where they met with one of the locals, [[Zarak (G1)|Lord Zarak]], who enlisted them in ridding his planet of the Autobots. Learning that several of the Autobots were holed up in [[Koraja]], Misfire participated in a full-scale assault on the city. In retaliation, Fortress Maximus and four other Autobots emerged, having underwent a [[binary bonding]] process. Thanks to the newfound power this upgrade afforded them, the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] sent the Decepticons into a panicked retreat. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

When the Autobots created another form of binary bonding, the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] process, the Decepticons were able to quickly replicate the process and apply it to their own troops. Misfire was, for some reason, among those chosen to undergo the upgrade. He soon got a chance at testing out his newfound might when several Autobot prisoners escaped from their cell. The fury of the battle destroyed the city of [[Koraja]], culminating in Fortress Maximus knocking down Misfire and the other Decepticon Targetmasters with part of a beloved fountain. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[File:Sureshot misfire worlds apart.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
''Misfire and the other Decepticon Targetmasters lay in ambush for the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] at the [[Fortress of Despair]] where they had the Autobot Targetmasters held captive. However, once Scorponok had abducted [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] to study the Headmaster process further the remaining Headmasters were able to free their Targetmaster comrades and turn the tables on the Decepticons. Misfire was taken out in hand-to-hand combat by [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]].'' {{storylink|Worlds Apart!}}

[[File:Targetmasters final conflict.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
''Thanks to a bug previously planted in the Autobots' headquarters, the Decepticons learned that their enemies had manufactured a fuel convertor that would allow them travel to [[Earth]]. They put together a plan to steal it. Misfire, Slugslinger, and Triggerhappy approached Fortress Maximus under the pretence that they had a message to deliver: Scorponok wanted to challenge him to a death match, and whoever emerged victorious would be declared triumphant in the greater conflict. Maximus accepted, unaware that the duel was merely a distraction. As it raged, Slugslinger snuck into [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s lab and made off with the fuel convertor. Once this was done, the duel came to a premature end, the Decepticons made their way off-world, and the Autobots were forced to follow.'' {{storylink|The Final Conflict}}

{{note|The events in this UK story differ in significant ways to the [[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]] mini-series.}}

Once the Autobots left Nebulos, the Decepticons followed them to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[File:RobinSmithDecepticonCharacterModels1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
''After the Autobot Highbrow stole Scorponok's head, Misfire led a group of Decepticons to recover their leader. Almost immediately after getting Zarak and Scorponok reattached, Misfire and his companions were cast into [[Limbo]] to make room for the [[time travel]]ing [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] from [[2009]].'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:OntheEdgeofExtinction-Misfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I think the name "Shouldn't have tried to help Finback" suits you better!]]
Following [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s resurrection as a [[Pretender]], Misfire was part of a mutinous crew that confronted Sporponok at the [[New Jersey base]] over the treacherous Seeker's re-admittance back into the ranks of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}} His mood was somewhat improved when he took [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] into custody, after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered himself and his troops in order to seek an alliance with Scorponok against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|Surrender!}} He survived [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and Starscream's attack on the base, taking orders from Soundwave to aid Scorponok against the usurpers. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}.

In the battle against Unicron, Misfire was caught in a blast when a surface-to-air cannon manned by [[Finback]] overloaded and exploded. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Misfire natural selection.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6]]
Misfire served as part of Soundwave's "Neo-Decepticons" on Cybertron until Scorponok returned with his plan to convert Autobots into Decepticons using his [[Gene Key]]. When Misfire protested that they already had a leader, Scorponok executed him on the spot as an example to the others. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
While [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] used his [[Nullification Cannon]] on Cybertron's [[energon]] suppliy, Misfire was part of a team lead by [[Sixshot]] that carried out a diversionary attack. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:CyclonusandMisfire-ASO.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|Cyclonus knows the safest place to be is right in front of Misfire.]]
Misfire was among the Decepticons who traveled to [[Nebulos]] in search of energy. He was basically responsible for babysitting Aimless while the latter came up with construction plans. Unfortunately he was no good at stopping the Autobots from destroying the device they built to collect cosmic energy at the planet's pole. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}}

When the Decepticons suspected that the Autobots were up to something, Misfire and Slugslinger joined [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] on a reconnaissance flight, successfully locating an oil pipeline the Autobots had built. After sabotaging the pipeline, they made an attempt to ambush [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] who came to fix it, but the two Autobots got away when the Decepticons slipped over on the spilled oil. {{storylink|Autobots Strike Oil}}
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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)|Targetmaster]]s 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, Misfire and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Misfire 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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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:RulesofDisengagement-FulcrumMisfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Misfire is the only guy who asks permission to do a fatality.]]
{{quote|You know, there are some Decepticons who, upon finding themselves in a skin-covered room surrounded by '''aborted protoforms''' and '''mechanoids made of bark,''' would rub their hands together, marvel at the universe's infinite capacity for surprise and '''dive right in.''' I am not one of those Decepticons.|Misfire on himself}}
Misfire was [[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|forged]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} After the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Misfire became part of a [[Scavenger (group)|ragtag Decepticon crew]] composed of [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Flywheels]], [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]], and [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] aboard the ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'', currently located on the planet [[Clemency]]. Misfire's job was to extract [[Energon]] from corpses but his crazed personality often got in the way, in part due to sampling Energon whose [[Monstercon|former owners]] had overdosed on [[circuit speeder]]s. He was about to extract fuel from [[Fulcrum]]'s seemingly lifeless body when he suddenly came back online and kicked him away. Misfire then gave Fulcrum a tour and presented him to the other members of the bunch in a...most peculiar manner.

[[File:Misfire whos afraid of the djd.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|I had a Popsicle, and then I passed out in the snow. Then I woke up, and then I reloaded, and then I fired, and then I missed. I missed again. I fired. I hit something, but it wasn’t what I was going for, so I guess I missed. I passed out again. Had another Popsicle.]]
He later attended the campfire that night, and found a P-6 [[Worldsweeper]] ship while "chasing" what he thought was the [[Censere|Necrobot]]. During the crew's exploration of the ship, Misfire found a ceiling covered entirely in [[brain module]]s and decided it was probably better to "run away screaming". When the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] contacted them, Misfire naturally panicked. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} The Scavengers decided to stay behind and battle the D.J.D. by putting [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]], who had been inside the ship in stasis-lock, out in the open and releasing him from his pod when the D.J.D. got close. At the last moment, the D.J.D. revealed they were actually after Fulcrum but before the Decepticon could explain, the D.J.D. arrived. Krok released Grimlock anyways and the fight began. Misfire attempted to escape but found himself run into [[Helex (DJD)|Helex]]. However, Spinister and Crankcase soon handled the D.J.D. member and Misfire attempted to save Krok from getting tortured by [[Vos (DJD)|Vos]] and [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]] but only succeeded in shooting Krok instead of the two members. Before he could shoot another time, [[Dominus Ambus|The Pet]] jumped onto Misfire and started mauling him. After a failed explosion made by Fulcrum, the D.J.D. left for [[Overlord (Masterforce)|another target]]. Fulcrum then explained to them that the reason why the D.J.D. had been after him was for committing an act of cowardice during the war and Crankcase recovered Krok, who had his face destroyed by [[Vos (DJD)|Vos]] but was still functioning. The group decided to fix Krok, set off for Cybertron, and use Grimlock, who was revealed to be almost brain-dead, as a bargaining chip when they got there. Before they left, they looted [[Flywheels]], who had been killed during the fight. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:Fulcrum misfire arm the lonely.jpg|thumb|upright=2|I missed. So I fired again. And I missed. And then I missed again. And then I fired again, and then I missed. And then I fired, and then I fired, and I missed. I missed both times. And then I fired, and I missed. This went on for several hours. And then I fired, and then I missed. And then I was out of bullets, and then I got sad.]]
Somehow Misfire ended up captured by the [[Galactic Council]] and was sitting on death row on the planet [[Constancy]]. Fulcrum led a mission to spring him, which quickly went awry when Misfire needed to stop for munchies. They were left in a precarious situation when the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' didn't arrive to pick them up on time — as unbeknownst to them [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]]'s [[universal killswitch]] had incapacitated the rest of the team. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

[[File:Misfire some of my best friends are autobots.jpg|thumb|left|I had a dream that I was firing at something. I missed]]
Misfire and the other Scavengers went on to have a series of adventures involving—amongst other things—being cursed to speak in song, getting threatened by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]'s gun hand emerging from a datapad, using [[holomatter]] avatars to blend in with the natives on [[Magisteria VI]] and somehow getting turned into [[toy]]s. Between adventures they passed the time by vandalising [[Autopedia]] or playing "[[Cybertronian games#Shoot Shoot Bang Bang|Shoot Shoot Bang Bang]]", which Misfire was surprisingly good at until he overindulged his own inner monologue and ended up getting shot by Crankcase, who was supposed to be piloting the ship. In short order, the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' crashed into [[Tebris VII]] and Misfire used the lull in activity to try and teach Grimlock to write his name, though it wasn't long before the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] had another one of his "fits", involuntarily emptying his tanks onto the floor and then going on a rampage through the ship.

Misfire and Krok began to get into an argument over Grimlock until Krok's contact [[Demus]] invited them to come and meet him at his scrapyard to discuss the deal they had arranged. Once the Scavengers had been filled with [[mode lock]]s to appease his [[transformation]] phobia, Demus revealed that he wanted to offer them half a billion [[Shanix]] ''each'' in exchange for Grimlock. When Misfire objected, the matter was put to the vote in a rare display of Decepticon democracy and although Fulcrum backed him up, Crankcase, Krok and Spinister elected to sell him, carrying it by three votes to two. However, they would never get the chance to make the deal as Demus was then summarily executed by the Duly Appointed Enforcer of the [[Tyrest Accord]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

[[File:Equinoids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Long story short? Missed.]]
On the run from Fortress Maximus in a warehouse full of Demus's "[[Roboid]]s", Misfire began to lose his patience with Krok again, going so far this time as to take the [[Monoformer]]'s "communicator" that he was always clicking in times of stress, and revealing the truth—that it was just some poor sod's finger. Krok revealed that it used to belong to his friend [[Radar]] who turned into a communications array and that it also detected hundreds of Decepticon [[spark]]s in the vicinity. Maximus announced that the innocent-looking toy pets were in fact lobotomised [[Transformer]]s trapped in [[beast mode]] that were being sold to the galaxy at large as torture dolls and the Scavengers came to an understanding that they should look after each other and Grimlock. With Fortress Maximus now after Grimlock on the ''W.A.P.'' a hundred miles away and with Misfire and Spinister still mode locked, they were forced to unbox six [[Equinoid]]s on which to ride to the rescue.

Having convinced Fortress Maximus that the other Roboids' lives were in danger thanks a series of bluffs (and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]'s reliance on Autopedia for information) the Scavengers escaped Tebris VII in the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' and set out on a new mission: to find and help all the other Decepticons out there who had been damaged by the war... after just one more game of "Shoot Shoot Bang Bang". {{storylink|Animals}}

Some time later aboard the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'', Misfire joined the other Scavengers on the sofa to watch a video that was being broadcast to the galaxy at large of ''Lost Light'' crewmembers apparently counting down the time to their deaths and making funerary requests. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

[[File:NothingWillEverBeTheSameAgain-maskedcrusaders.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

A few months later, the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' touched down on [[Earth]] so that Crankcase could meet his online crush, a Decepticon known only as "[[CONS4EVA]]". While the other Decepticons helped Crankcase get ready for his date, Misfire found himself with his hands full after Grimlock broke loose and started rampaging through downtown [[Amarillo]]. The two Decepticons found an unlikely ally in [[G.I. Joe]] desk jockey and all-around loser [[MP3]]; passing themselves off as [[M.A.S.K.]] agents using [[holomatter]] avatars, the trio purused the runaway Dinobot to [[Arlington]] before MP3's run-down "[[Action Van]]" broke down. When the Decepticons took their helmets off their avatars, Misfire's poor grasp of human facial structure caused MP3 to passs out; assuming that they'd killed him, they buried him and continued the chase. It took watching an EMT revive a woman before the Decepticons realized their mistake, so Spinister left to go resuscitate MP3 while Misfire continued on alone. Misfire finally caught up to Grimlock in Dallas, where he gave the Dinobot a stern talking-to before realizing that Grimlock had come this way to recover his old sword, which he'd lost on Earth years ago. Misfire was thrilled at this, taking it as a sign of Grimlock's slow recovery. The two returned to their ship in [[New Mexico]] just in time to leave; although MP3 wanted to join them on their adventures, they left before he could do so, citing Fulcrum's disgust towards humans. {{storylink|Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!}}
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===''TransTech''===
During the conflict between the [[Screaming Eagle]]s and S.K.A.R. in [[Primax 806.30 Gamma]], Misfire was binary-bonded to [[Inferno (S.K.A.R.)|Inferno]], using technology derived from the old [[I.R.O.N. Army]]. The Decpticons and their human allies were ultimately defeated by [[Sgt. Savage]]'s Screaming Eagles and the Autobots. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/05/01}}

==Commercial appearances==
*When the Transformers' war resumed its course on [[Nebulos|Nebulon]], Misfire could be seen fighting alongside his fellow Decepticon [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] against their Autobot counterparts, while [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] grappled in the distance. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*Misfire and [[Triggerhappy]] battled [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] in the middle of a mechanical city. Misfire strafed Crosshairs from above until the Autobot transformed into robot mode. Misfire and [[Aimless (G1)|Aimless]] also transformed, and tackled down Crosshairs and [[Pinpointer (G1)|Pinpointer]] respectively. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Targetmasters|Targetmasters commercial}}

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

===''Transformers Legends''===
At some point Misfire teamed up with [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to combat [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and his allies. {{storylink|Fan Favorite}} Later, Misfire was part of a group of Decepticon scavengers holed up on the planet Clemency. He was killed when the DJD arrived to deal with Black Shadow, who had recently joined the scavengers while on the run from the Decepticon Justice Division. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (Legends)|Rules of Disengagement}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy Misfire.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Jolt (Armada)|"I have articulation!"]]]]
*'''Misfire''' (Targetmaster, [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-89'''
**''Accessories:'' "Aimless" Targetmaster partner/[[ionic blaster|double-barrelled ion particle blaster]]

:Misfire transforms into a pink Cybertronian car-jet thing that goes real fast. Hopefully he can steer better than he can aim. Funnily enough, unlike Triggerhappy and Slugslinger, Misfire is totally unarmed in vehicle mode unless Aimless is attached to him. Just as well, really. In robot mode, Misfire is one of the best [[Articulation|articulated]] Targetmasters due to his clearly defined legs with hip and (however awkward) knee articulation coupled with good arm articulation, making him one of the small number of Generation 1 toys of this era that isn't a [[Brick (term)|brick]].

:Like the other Targetmasters, his Japanese release lacks a [[rubsign]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Misfire/misfire.htm More information on Misfire at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-toy Misfire.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|His aim's so bad he missed his proper faction!]]
*'''Misfire''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2014]])
**''Collection'': '''Age of Extinction Collection 1'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 47'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, 2 clip-on blasters

:Part of the first assortment of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)| Age of Extinction]]''-branded [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s (the sixth assortment overall), Misfire can be rebuilt from robot mode into a Cybertronic jet. He sports [[Sentinel Prime (Kre-O)|Sentinel Prime's]] helmet.

:This series, like all of the ''Age of Extinction Kre-O'', was a [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]] in the US. This assortment would later make its way to discount chains, notably Five Below.

:''Kre-O'' Misfire is identified as an [[Autobot]] by both his chest insignia and the packed-in leaflet. But we all know who he's supposed to be so we're listing him here anyway because come on.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Deluxe-Misfire.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Why can't I slagging hit you!?" "I would most likely get hit if I move."]]
*'''Aimless & Misfire''' (Deluxe, [[2017]])
**''Accessories'': Cannons, Titan Master [[Aimless#Generations|Aimless]]

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Misfire is a heavy retool of [[Triggerhappy (G1)#Generations|Triggerhappy]], transforming into a reinterpretation of his original Cybertronian jet mode. He has two new guns that can combine together to form a larger gun, either of which can attach as armament for his jet mode. His partner [[Aimless]] transforms into a head based on Misfire's Marvel comic model, and can be used on any ''Titans Return'' Deluxe, Voyager, or Leader figure.

:While prototype renders depict him with a white helmet, the final toy uses a comic-accurate black helmet.

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===Legends===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG52-Targetmaster-Misfire.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Targetmaster Misfire''' ([[2017]]-[[November 25|11-25]])
**''ID number'': '''LG52'''
**''Accessories:'' Headmaster, [[Aimless (G1)#Legends|Aimless]] Targetmaster

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' "Targetmaster Misfire" is a redeco and slight retool of the ''Titans Return'' mold above, featuring slight paint changes accurate to Misfire's appearance in ''The Headmasters'' anime. Instead of twin combining guns, this Misfire comes with a new mold Targetmaster [[Aimless (G1)#Legends|Aimless]], who can plug into a new port on Misfire's vehicle mode cockpit or be held by Misfire in robot mode.
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==Notes==
[[File:Linkage5-PreEarth.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Targetbastards.]]
*Misfire's design was used as a "generic" Decepticon in [[Linkage Part 5|"Linkage" Part 5]], in a flashback showing [[Redline]] and [[Flat-Out (MD)|Flat-Out]]'s former Decepticon masters. This fits in with the general theme of using Generation 1 character models as unnamed extras in the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon]], in which generic Misfires ALSO appeared. Of course, his actual'' appearance'' fits in with artist [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]'s general theme of using the toys as a visual reference rather than the [[character model]]s used in animation; that is so not Misfire's ''Headmasters'' design.
*In IDW continuity, Misfire got his name through "a very short story involving a machine gun, a '''''misunderstanding''''' and a dozen dead Decepticons", implying that IDW Misfire can shoot straight... or at least well enough to not blast his own troops.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Misfire''' (ミスファイアー ''Misufaiyā'')
*''French:'' '''Longfeu''' (Canada, "Fizzled")
*''Italian:'' '''Aletto'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Huǒtàn''' (China, 火炭, "Charcoal")

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Nosecone (G1)

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Tekcorps: /* Unite Warriors */

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:''Nosecone is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:NoseconeMoneyIsEverything.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|For someone so slow, he can look very dynamic.]]
'''Nosecone'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s natural slowness of thought and action is often taken for laziness, but this is a misperception. Nosecone is a perfectionist, valuing precision over speed, and will take whatever time is needed to complete his objective as completely and competently as possible. His results speak for themselves—he's not the quickest bot on the block, but he'll do the job right.

He can combine with the other Technobots to form [[Computron (G1)|Computron]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:LoveAndSteel-reportswereright.jpg|thumb|left|300px|]]
Nosecone was part of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s group of Autobots on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. When Fortress Maximus decided to leave the war and head to [[Nebulos]], Nosecone and the other Technobots agreed to follow him on his quest for peace. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} However, the Decepticons followed the Autobots to Nebulos and brought the war with them.

In the Nebulos resort city of [[Splendora]], Nosecone and the Technobots fought [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] as the combined [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. Though Abominus was defeated and routed, Splendora lay in ruins. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} ''Nosecone and Lightspeed were badly injured during a Decepticon raid. The incident helped galvanize Fortress Maximus's decision over whether or not the Autobots should leave the planet behind.'' {{storylink|The Final Conflict}} Both factions ultimately left Nebulos for [[Earth]]. Nosecone and the rest of the crew of the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' met up with the main Autobot force aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to watch [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] battle Fortress Maximus's champion [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] for overall leadership of the Autobots. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

After [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] was empowered by his short exposure to the [[Underbase]], he obliterated all of the Technobots, including Nosecone, in [[Buenos Aires]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Autobots attack space pirates.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] responded to a garbled distress signal on Cybertron, he brought back-up in the form of [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], Nosecone and the rest of the Technobots. Surprisingly enough, the Autobots found themselves fighting alongside their Decepticon nemeses against the [[Quintesson]]s. Together, the Cybertronians managed to drive off the alien invaders, preventing them from forcefully colonizing their homeworld. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

In an alternate future of [[2510]], the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons concluded, and an Autobot Civil War began. During a heated discussion over whether Ultra Magnus or [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] should succeed [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] as Autobot leader now that he was stepping down, the Autobots came to blows and rashly opened fire, leading to several deaths. Nosecone and the Technobots joined up with Ultra Magnus against Springer and his [[Wrecker]]s, and so new battle lines were drawn. {{storylink|Peace}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Lightspeed nosecone natural selection.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Hot Rod had Nosecone and [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] lead an excavation team beneath [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to search for the old tunnels that led to the [[Primus|Primus Chamber]]. Shortly after reporting back their success, the entire team was slaughtered by [[Demon]]s. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[David Workman]] (English), [[Yū Shimaka|Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese)|[[Bernd Simon]] (German)}}
[[File:Grimlocks-new-brain-nosecone-vehicle.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Nosecone was the first of the Technobots to be created by the temporarily super-intelligent [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]. He was built using parts from within [[Unicron]]'s head, specifically for the purpose of tunneling through the reinforced walls within the chaos-bringer. Shortly afterwards, he combined with his new comrades to form Computron. Rodimus Prime welcomed the new team into the Autobot ranks back on Cybertron. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-afterburner-nosecone-consideredattention.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
A short while later, he and the other Technobots were sent to [[Earth]] to learn how to interact with [[human]]s, taught by [[Marissa Faireborn]]. Nosecone advised careful consideration when Afterburner wanted to rush off into a fight with the Terrrocon Hun-Gurr, advice which Afterburner carefully ignored. After the battle, they encountered the unscrupulous trader [[Dirk Manus]], who led them to his earstwhile allies, the [[Quintesson]]s and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], on Titan. As they dove to the rescue of their companions, Nosecone's scrupulous advice to Afterburner was once again roundly ignored. Captured by Manus, the Technobots were led to the Quintesson base, with Nosecone finding the trader's actions "quite intriguing". Manus furtively healed the team's injuries, enabling them to defeat [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] shortly afterward. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

The Technobots responded to the Terrorcon attack on [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Combining into Computron, they fought Abominus, but the battle inadvertently injured Morgan's [[Jessica Morgan|daughter]], leading the scientist and his friend [[Gregory Swofford]] to infect the Autobots with the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Months later, the Technobots were present for the attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] where the Decepticons stole the key to the [[Plasma energy|plasma energy chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} When the Golden Age of Cybertron was restored, Nosecone was among the crowd cheering for the revival. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''The Great Transformer War''====
Nosecone and his Technobot comrades were under construction at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when the Autobots sought the aid of Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] in improving their abilities. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Dalton heavily upgraded the Technobots' weaponry, allowing the combined Computron to easily outmatch the Decepticon combiner, Abominus. As the Decepticon motto goes, however: When in doubt, cheat. [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] outfitted the Terrorcons with "[[control liquid]]", a substance that enabled them to assume control over Computron. Dalton arranged for [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] to use a special [[exosuit]] to approach Computron safely and administer an antidote. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
In 2011, Galvatron staged a major attack on Cybertron. Nosecone and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] began his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Nosecone and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] confronted him with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, Galvatron launched [[Metamorphose]], a metal-twisting meteorite, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s were its first victims. Nosecone and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], destroying the Autobots completely. The [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so Nosecone and the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] took root in [[San Francisco]], Ultra Magnus sent Nosecone and the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} After the Trainbots ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Nosecone and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Nosecone and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Nosecone's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large vehicle modes as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

The Technobots accompanied Fortress on his quest to prevent the Decepticons from stealing energy elsewhere in the galaxy. During this extended mission, Nosecone and his teammates formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

After returning to Earth, Nosecone and the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to [[Florida|Miami]] to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop Sixshot's assassination of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. Nosecone and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Nosecone and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Computron, the Technobots helped Defensor and Raiden obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Nosecone participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Unite Warriors''====
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer2 Nosecone Afterburner.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Nosecone will always walk you home after a long night of Energon exposure.]]
Nosecone and the other Technobots crewed the Autobot vessel ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'', under the command of [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]]. After landing on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], and [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] accompanied Jetfire on a reconnaissance mission and were captured by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s group of [[Decepticon]]s. Nosecone and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], having taken the ''Calabi-Yau'' back into orbit, were fired on by missiles, barely getting off an SOS. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

The two crash-landed back on Cybertron after escaping the doomed ship in an emergency pod. As if the toxic environment of the planet wasn't enough, they were attacked almost immediately by [[Centurion droid]]s. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}}

With Afterburner knocked out, Nosecone survived just long enough to see the [[Wrecker]]s charge in to the rescue. He was evacuated by [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] to a safer location, and then revived by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]. The clearly still-hurting Nosecone wanted to accompany the Wreckers as they invaded Bludgeon's base to rescue the others, but was told by Topspin to "leave it to the professionals". {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

During the fight against Thunderwing, Nosecone and the other Technobots scrambled to find an answer as to how to defeat the powerful Decepticon. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

After Jetfire's team finished their study of Bludgeon's base and left Cybertron, they arrived in the [[Muta-Gaath Nebula]] on the ''[[Ark-27]]'s'' to assist in the recovery of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and to incarcerate [[Pretender Monster|six Transformers]] capable of [[Combiner|combining]] with each other to form a [[Monstructor (G1)|single robot]]. Nosecone oversaw the transportation of the prisoners onto their ship. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

Later, he was with the Technobots helping Jetfire try to reverse the debilitating effects of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s gestalt technology on [[Garrus-9]]'s newest inmates. During the subsequent attack by the [[Decepticon Secret Service]] in an attempt to kidnap the gestalt members, Nosecone and the other Technobots were disabled by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Nosecone and the Technobots reverse engineered the polydermal grafting process that Bludgeon had used on himself, and delivered the shells to Cloudburst and company. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Years later, Nosecone was stationed at [[Kimia Facility]] when [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s attacked and massacred the Autobots there. He met with an especially horrible fate as the Sweeps ripped him apart ''with their teeth''. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Faced with the might of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Nosecone and his fellow Technobots dodged the huge Decepticons' claws and merged into Computron to fight back, but they were quickly bowled over when Scorponok hurled a mountain at them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}
*Nosecone, [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] and [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] worked together to project a forcefield to halt a boulder pitched towards them by [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]. The Technobots then stood their ground to stave off an attack from the rest of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] against [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Nosecone is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Nosecone and the other Technobots were ambushed by the Terrorcons, who feared the power of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. During the fight, Nosecone attempted to burrow beneath the rock in order to call more Technobots. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Nosecone.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Nosecone 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 by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 10 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Nosecone toy.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Oh yeah, because THAT'S going to blend in with other human vehicles...]]
*'''Nosecone''' (Technobot, [[1987]])
**''Team ID number:'' '''TK2'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-87'''
**''Accessories:'' "X-Ray Laser Pistol", 2 "Rocket-Propelled Missiles"

:Nosecone transforms into a Cybertronic drill-tank. He has a pair of "Rocket-Propelled" missiles that attach to his vehicle mode (though you can leave them off and give him a more low-riding vehicle form).

:As a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, he can form any limb to any compatible super robot combination, but his nominal placement is as the left leg of Computron. This results in an off-centered foot, since Nosecone doesn't have one peg hole in the center like most other Scramble City-style combiner limbs, but rather ''two'' holes left and right. Nosecone is one of the very few Scramble City-style combiner limbs who, when used in their normal placement, faces backwards.

: Towards the end of the Technobots' production run, they not only lost their [[rubsign]]s, but lost the molded-in indents that said rubsigns went into. While the other Technobots had the indents completely smoothed out as if they never existed, Nosecone's drill-topping block couldn't really be eliminated so easily, so the indent was partially filled in with a raised grill pattern.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Nosecone/nosecone.htm More information on Nosecone at TFU.info]''

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*'''Computron''' (Multi-pack, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''
**''Accessories:'' "X-Ray Laser Pistol", 2 "Rocket-Propelled Missiles"

:All five Technobots were available both as individuals, and in a big complete "gift set". There are no notable differences between the individual and box set versions, though presumably all box sets use the "has the rubsign" variant of the Technobots.

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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy NoseconeKreon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|All those [[Combiner|other guys]] have their friends, but me? (sob) So alone...]]
*'''Nosecone''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
**''Collection'': '''3'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 50'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, double-barreled pistol

:As part of the third wave of [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s, Nosecone is a [[Kreon]] that can be rebuilt into an adorable little drill tank.

:Though not technically a part of [[Computron (Kre-O)|''Kre-O'' Computron]], he can be used as part of the combiner replacing another bot because, well, brick-based figure. If you're feeling crafty you can try and integrate him with the other four.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Kre-ONosecone/nosecone.htm More information on Nosecone at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Combiner-Wars-Nosecone.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|That's not a drill...]]
*'''Computron''' (Box Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Drill-gun

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Nosecone is a [[redeco]] and slight [[retool]] of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Brawl (G1)#CombinerWars|Brawl]], transforming into a drill-tank. His gun/tank-barrel has been replaced with a non-spinning drill accessory, which is meant to be placed on the tank mode's back-end. The "floppy waist" issue that affected a lot of Brawls appears to have been (mostly) remedied on Nosecone; it's not ''the'' most secure waist connection, but it's not floppy.

:As a ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe limb he can combine with any Voyager Class toys released as part of the same subline but is, of course, intended to be combined with his pack-in Technobots to form Computron. His normal placement is as the left leg of the combiner.

:He also shares his mold with [[BotCon 2016]] [[Ram Horn#Combiner Wars|General Ramhorn]].
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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Nosecone.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|...'''that's''' a drill.]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016-[[August 27|08-27]])
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Drill, rifle, 2 small blasters/missiles, double-gun/foot/hand

:Available only as part of the Computicon giftset, Nosecone transforms into a drill tank, with a color scheme that sits about halfway between his cartoon's orange-and-maroon and his toy's yellow-and-brown. He is a ''heavy'' retooling of the ''Combiner Wars'' [[Rook (Generations)#Toys|Rook]] mold rather than the drill-tank tooling of ''Combiner Wars'' Nosecone. Many of these new parts, including his rifle, have [[5mm post|5mm holes]] in them to accommodate accessories.

:His massive drill accessory can turn, but does not spin freely. The tip is spring-loaded to collapse into the drill [[for safety reasons]]. It uses both a small peg to attach to the main vehicle's armature, and a hollowed 5mm post, which means he can use his front-facing first-holes to attach the drill there. ''Awesome''. All three of his new guns are designed to be used with his particular hand-hole configuration ''and'' held in a more traditionally-oriented fist.

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==Notes==
[[File:NoseconeG1-catalog.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*Every household in America has at least one Nosecone toy somewhere. Check your couch cushions.
*Nosecone's animation model (and Marvel Comics model) are colored according to an early version of Nosecone seen in toy catalogs.
*According to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Marvel UK letters pages]], Nosecone won the [[Sportsmechanoid of the Millennium]] thanks to his [[Mecha-soccer]] skills.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Nosecone''' (ノーズコーン ''Nōzukōn'')
*''French:'' '''Néconique''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Csőorr'''
*''Italian:'' '''Argobot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zuāntànjī''' (钻探机, "Drilling Machine")
*''Russian:'' '''Kosinus''' (Косинус, "Cosine")

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]
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[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]

Computron (G1)

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{{disambig3|Computron}}
:''Computron is an [[Autobot]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Computron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of Devastator having bullied him in Gestalt School: 96.374%.]]
'''Computron''' is the combination of the five [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s. Typically, the [[combiner]] process dulls the wits of the individual [[Transformer]]s because the minds of the individual robots are working in tandem and may not mesh well with each other. However, such is not the case for Computron. The Technobots managed to remedy that problem by pooling their intellects as one cohesive force, but in the process, severely lagged Computron's reaction time. Before coming to any decision, Computron must analyze the opinions of every individual Technobot, resulting in his falling behind in battle. In the end, he always makes the correct choice, but more often than not it's too little, too late. Thanks for nothing, brainiac!

Computron is composed of:

* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (leader)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]

:In some universes, [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] and [[Cybaxx]] are part of the team.

{{bigquote|What a ''nerd''.|[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] on Computron|"[[The Fall]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Computron LoveAndSteel.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|Probability of scaring the crap out of everybody: *sigh*...100%...]]

{{quote|Brawn without brains ill-becomes a warrior, Decepticon! You're too data-deficient to even ''comprehend'' what this acid-pellet gun is doing to you!|Computron to Abominus|"[[Love and Steel!]]"}}

The [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and the [[Decepticon]] [[Horrorcon]]s [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] were busy "terrorizing" the [[Nebulan]] city of [[Splendora]] when the Technobots arrived together with [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] to save the day. Once the Terrorcons combined to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] ordered the Technobots to do likewise.

Computron ordered the Nebulans to find shelter, vowing to protect them. He fared well against his dim-witted opponent, first blasting the bajeezus out of Abominus with his primary weapon, then bashing him with a steel I-beam with sufficient force to shatter the Decepticon combiner into his component Terrorcons, who promptly retreated.

Computron stood by as [[Duros]] and [[Arcana]] separated from their Autobot partners to explain to the shell-shocked Nebulans that ''this'' batch of giant alien robots wasn't out to terrorize anybody. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Bert Kramer]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Dario de Castro]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, "Grimlock's New Brain"), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, "Money Is Everything")}}

[[File:GrimlocksNewBrain-ComputronGrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
After [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] created the Technobots from parts within [[Unicron]]'s head, he revealed that they had the ability to combine to form Computron to counter the new [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. Computron stated that his computation capacity was near infinite, but he lacked the knowledge to use this capacity. Grimlock then transferred his [[anti-electron]]-endowed super-intelligence to the combiner via a [[Brainwave Transfer Device|silly helmet]]. Abominus tried to crush Computron in a powerful hug, but the Technobot gestalt fought back by vibrating violently, forcing Abominus to disengage into its Terrorcon components, who fled away along with Galvatron and the rest of his minions. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-computron.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

After the Technobots and [[Marissa Faireborn]] rescued space rogue [[Dirk Manus]] from [[Hun-Grrr]], Computron formed in order to evaluate the probability that Manus's tale of a [[Quintesson]] base on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] wasn't a load of lies. He calculated it wasn't, and was absolutely correct. Computron had a chance for a rematch with Abominus once the full team made it to Titan, as the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were working with the Quintessons... who were making trade deals for stolen goods with Manus. Computron again defeated Abominus, this time by using a focused blast from a hidden chest-cannon that triggered a mechanism that the Quintessons had installed into the Terrorcons in order to limit the time they could spend in their combined form. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money is Everything}}

Abominus got Computron back when the Technobots were sent to defend [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Almost immediately after combining, Abominus declared that "Computron think too much" and blasted him, forcing him to disassemble. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

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====''The Great Transformer War'' manga====
[[File:Greattfwar rodimus.jpg|thumb|200px|left|You can ask Computron for the answer, but it'll take a while.]]

Once the Autobots rescued the scientist [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] from Decepticon clutches, he immediately began building upgrades in Computron so he could fend off the already-upgraded Decepticon combiners.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Computron initially mopped the floor with [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but a squirt of [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] brainwashed him into working for the Decepticons. Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] retaliated with a "defense spray" that neutralized the liquid. With his mind restored, Computron made short work of Abominus.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}
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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:BirthFantasticDoublePrime-Computron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Probability to Let that Decepticon alone, 77.90%]]

The Technobots formed Computron to assist [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in his quest for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Computron occupied the Decepticons while Hot Rod made for Cybertron aboard the [[Trainbot|robot train]]. He tried to crush [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] with his bare hands, but failed. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Later, Computron was assembled to battle with his old nemesis Abominus. He covered the Headmasters' retreat so that they could deal with the threat of the [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] unmolested by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} He also helped defend [[San Francisco]] from [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and their [[buridanka|gigantic man-eating plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Computron assembled on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to attack the Decepticons during Scorponok's leadership rally. The tide turned when Galvatron arrived and galvanized his troops to strike back at the Autobots. Computron was zapped by the rapidly advancing Decepticons, and fled with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} He was summoned again when the Autobots' relief aid supplies for Sandra were in danger. Computron faced off against Abominus, and calculated that the most probable method of defeating his opponent was a slo-mo flying jump kick. It worked. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When the Decepticons fled into deep space to seek out new sources of energy, the Technobots joined Fortress in hunting them down. Computron was seen battling Abominus on the [[Twin Star]] planets. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} He also confronted [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Back on Earth, Computron was assembled several times to deal with the growing number of Decepticon attacks. He was formed in Miami to defend an Autobot energy facility from Abominus and the Decepticons, but was unable to return to Autobot City in time to save Ultra Magnus from [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} As Sixshot's attacks continued, Computron was dispatched to another site as the Autobot forces wore thin. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} Later on, Computron helped Raiden and Defensor demolish an old Decepticon base after the enemy abandoned the planet Earth. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Computron joined the entire Autobot army in journeying to the North Pole for a climactic battle with Scorponok. He fought against the evil combiners as the battle raged. Along with all the other Autobots present, Computron lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}}}
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===''Combiner Wars'' cartoon===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Windblade}} {{storylink|The Fall}}}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Computron animated.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of having been created by Grimlock: 33.635%]]

On an alien world, the Technobots faced the new Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] base, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. They combined into Computron in response to Scorponok assuming its beast mode. Mr. Smart Guy then strode forward confidently, only to get wholloped with a huge boulder thrown by his opponent. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}

{{note|A portion of this animation was re-used for the [[title sequence]] of "[[The Rebirth]]".}}

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==Games==
===The Transformers (PS2)===
[[File:Computron-TransformersPS2.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
{{voiceactor|[[Strings Kozisek]] (English)}}
====Decepticon story====
Computron was first encountered in the desert when the Decepticons investigated a drill bit made of a mysterious meteorite. He later defended the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]] when the Decepticons invaded ELTA looking for the [[Zel Quartz]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Computron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Effectiveness in battle: 30%]]
[[File:Computron-BattleTactics.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Probability of obtaining me: 0.046%]]
Computron participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He could be recruited if all five of his component members were at max level.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Computron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of finding pants off the rack that fit: 0.003%]]

*'''Computron''' (1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''

: Computron is formed out of all five Technobots. As a Scramble City combiner, each smaller Technobot attach as limbs into the central body, Scattershot. He is completed by attaching fists, feet, a large chestplate, head and is armed with Scattershot's rifle. Like [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], one can leave most of the smaller toys' vehicle mode weapons attached.

:As the combining connection points are on Scattershot's knees, it means there is some baggage around Computron's thighs as Scattershot's lower legs are hanging off them. Also, Nosecone is nominally Computron's left leg, but due to Nosecone's combiner connector being set further back than the hole that the foot attaches to, Nosecone makes Computron look like he's always taking a step forward. When attached as his legs, Nosecone and Lightspeed are two of the very few Scramble City-style limbs who face backwards, Lightspeed in particular due to clearance issues with his feet and Computron's footplate.

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=125 More information on Computron at Transformers-Universe.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Computron/computron.htm More information on Computron at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1987/instr_computron.jpg Instructions for Computron at Botchthecrab.com]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Computron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of being able to do the Mashed Potato: 87.5%]]
*'''Computron''' (Gift Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Scattershot's Rifle, Shield, Afterbreaker's two rifles, Lightsteed's gun, Nosecone's drill-gun, Computron Hands/feet, Cybaxx Targetmaster

:''Generations'' Computron is composed of the entire Technobots team, including Scrounge. While Scattershot is redecoed from his individual Voyager Class figure, Afterbreaker (renamed for trademark issues), Lightsteed (also renamed), and Nosecone are redecoed from ''Unite Warriors'' Afterburner, ''Combiner Wars'' Streetwise, and ''Combiner Wars'' Brawl, respectively (with Nosecone using BotCon 2016 [[Ram Horn#Combiner Wars|General Ramhorn]]'s drill), while Strafe and Scrounge were retooled from ''Combiner Wars'' Air Raid and ''Generations'' Cosmos, respectively. Scrounge can attach to Computron's left arm. The five Technobots are ''generally'' decoed to match their original 1987 figures, but have some occasional hue differences and callouts to details from the cartoon.

:Like [[Victorion]], Computron features 2 new pairs of hands and feet. The hands can be stored underneath the feet's cavity when Computron is not formed. Computron also comes with a collector card & a huge poster based on his packaging art.

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6590 More information on Computron at Transformers-Universe.com]''
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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Computron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of pulling off a Superhero Landing: 0.54%]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016-[[August 27|08-27]])
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

:Released as part of the ''Unite Warriors'' lineup, Takara's take on Computron is very different from Hasbro's version. Only two of the figures (Scattershot and Afterburner) actually use the same base sculpts, and both sport tooling changes, with Scattershot even sporting a different combiner chest and head sculpt more closely resembling ''Generation 1'' Computron. Strafe, Lightspeed, and Nosecone are retooled from ''Unite Warriors'' Blast Off, ''Combiner Wars'' Wheeljack, and Rook, respectively. All five figures are retooled and decoed to much more closely match their G1 cartoon appearances.

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6596 More information on Computicon at Transformers-Universe.com]''

{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
* Computron's standard animation model uses Lightspeed's chest as the combiner's back.
* Since the Japanese name for the Decepticons is "Destrons", any Destron subgroup names, such as "[[Combaticon (G1)|Combatron]]" or "[[Stunticon (G1)|Stuntron]]", also ended with "-tron". The association was further enforced by the presence of the individual Transformer names "Megatron" and "Galvatron". Thus Computron's name was changed to "Computicon" for the Japanese market, even though "-con" was normally used in the English-speaking market as a stock suffix for Decepticon subgroup names.{{fact}}

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Computicon''' (コンピューティコン ''Konpyūtikon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tìan-nǎo Chīn-kāng''' (Taiwan, 電腦金剛, "Computer [[Wikipedia:Vajra|Vajra]]"), '''Jìsuàn Wáng''' (China, 计算王, "Computing King")

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Afterburner (G1)

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{{disambig3|Afterburner}}
:''Afterburner is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Afterburner1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You'd be antisocial too if Grimlock was your dad.]]
'''Afterburner''' hates authority, hates being given orders, and is generally a seething cauldron of anger. Even innocuous remarks from teammates can send him into a furious rampage. He is ruthless and relentless in battle, giving him the greatest outlet for his rage. Somehow, he can get his temper under control long enough to form the giant [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] with his fellow [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], and it does not affect the combiner’s mental processes.

He is sometimes known as '''Afterbreaker'''.

{{bigquote|Mellow out, Afterburner.|[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] gives Afterburner some good advice|"[[Grimlock's New Brain]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Technobots attack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8]]
Afterburner was one of the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' in order to start a new life away from war (maybe he was feeling sick that day). {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} But the Decepticons followed them to their new home on [[Nebulos]]. Afterburner and the other Technobots repelled a [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] attack on the resort city [[Splendora]] {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} before all of the Transformers left Nebulos. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

Afterburner was part of the crew of ''Steelhaven'' when they descended on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to watch the combat between [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

When [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] took control of the powers of the [[Underbase]], Afterburner was part of the joint Autobot/Decepticon force that challenged him in the city of [[Buenos Aires]], and one of Starscream's many, many victims. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:Afterburner peace.jpg|thumb]]
In the post-[[Time Wars]] version of [[2009]], Afterburner was stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. He was seen racing to the rescue of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and his shuttle crew when [[Unicron]] possessed [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and turned him against the Autobots. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}

In [[2510]] of another future, Afterburner was present when Rodimus Prime announced the official end of the Autobot / Decepticon war. Unfortunately, hostilities were stirred up between the Technobots and the [[Wrecker]]s at the peace ceremony, leading to a NEW war on Cybertron. Don't look at Afterburner—he really didn't have anything to do with it. {{storylink|Peace}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Holger Schwiers]] (German, ''Grimlock's New Brain''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Money Is Everything'')}}

[[File:G1 afterburner moneyiseverything.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Winnie the Pooh's biggest fan.]]
The Technobots were created by [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] as a countermeasure to the new [[Decepticon]] [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], using the heightened intelligence the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] had gained through an accident. Once their bodies had been built, Grimlock transferred his powerful intellect into them, returning to his original intelligence settings. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-afterburner-vehicle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
The Technobots were soon after stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]], to learn how to work with humans. Afterburner was incensed when he observed Scattershot and Strafe being beaten around by Hun-Gurr, and rushed off to assist without waiting for his [[Nosecone (G1)|slow-talking, slow-walking comrades]]. He eagerly attacked their Terrorcon opponent and, with the others' help, drove him off. Later he accompanied [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] captain [[Marissa Faireborn]] on a mission to track down a [[Quintesson]] base within the solar system, threatening along the way to do nasty things to the self-serving smuggler [[Dirk Manus]]. Finding his teammates damaged and under attack by Sharkticons, he eagerly attacked. His strategy: hit 'em hard! Despite having apparently led the Technobots into a trap, Manus managed to talk his way out of being abandoned by the Technobots; Afterburner wasn't exactly impressed. Thanks to his somewhat underhanded help, the Technobots were led to the Quintesson base and defeated the Terrorcons there. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

The Technobots responded to the Terrorcon attack on [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Combining into Computron, they fought [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but the battle inadvertently injured Morgan's [[Jessica Morgan|daughter]], leading the scientist and his friend [[Gregory Swofford]] to infect the Autobots with the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Months later, the Technobots were present for the attack on Autobot City where the Decepticons stole the key to the [[Plasma energy|plasma energy chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Afterburner was later present as Cybertron was re-energized and a new Golden Age was ushered in. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
The Technobots, upgraded with the help of the human scientist Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], faced off against the Terrorcon Abominus, but it was a trap set by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. Forcing Abominus to split into his components, the individual Terrorcons spat a mind-controlling substance at Computron. Before Galvatron could get far with his new warrior, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] came to the Technobot’s rescue in an [[exosuit]], firing a beam into Computron’s eyes that removed the mind-controlling effect. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
In [[2011]], Galvatron staged a major attack on Cybertron. Afterburner and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] continued his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Afterburner and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] confronted him with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, Galvatron launched [[Metamorphose]], a metal-twisting meteorite, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s were its first victims. Afterburner and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], destroying the Autobots completely. The [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so Afterburner and the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] took root in [[San Francisco]], Ultra Magnus sent Afterburner and the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} After the Trainbots ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Afterburner and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Afterburner and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Afterburner's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large vehicle modes as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When Fortress was choosing his team to chase after Scorponok and the Decepticons through space, Afterburner was one of the Autobots tapped for service. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} During this extended mission, Afterburner and the Technobots formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

After returning to Earth, Afterburner and the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to [[Florida|Miami]] to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop [[Sixshot]]'s assassination of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. Afterburner and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Afterburner and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Computron, the Technobots helped Defensor and Raiden obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Afterburner participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer2 Nosecone Afterburner.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Don't think, just kiss me. No one will know except the wiki.]]
Afterburner was a crewmember of the Autobot survey ship ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'' along with his fellow Technobots and [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]]. They discovered mysterious signs of active energon on the supposedly dead world, and sent a team down to investigate. Afterburner and Nosecone stayed aboard the Calabai-Yau, but were shot down by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his hidden team of fanatics. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} Hunted by [[Centurion droid]]s and worn down by the planet's dangerous radiation levels, the two Technobots managed to survive until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Wrecker]]s arrived and took them to safety. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

When Optimus Prime came across a [[Pretender Monster|group of Cybertronians]] who had been [[Combiner|grotesquely re-engineered]] into a [[Monstructor (G1)|combined form]] by the scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], he turned the sextet over to Jetfire and the Technobots for study and possible help. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} Afterburner and his science team took up work at the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary, until it was assaulted by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] under the command of the [[Decepticon Secret Service]]. Under heavy fire, he and Scattershot were prepared to carry out Prime's instructions and terminate the combiners rather than let them fall into Decepticon hands, but ultimately failed to do so before [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] triggered an orbital bounce and stole the sextet right out from under them. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

[[File:Technobots Working Spotlight Hardhead.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3]]
Events escalated shortly after that when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Ark-12]] chased an [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|unknown Cybertronian]] to a cave on [[Corata-Vaz]]. The cave was emanating an unusual but powerful energy source, and was guarded by none other than a reactivated Thunderwing. Afterburner and the Technobots were put to work by Jetfire to do their best to analyze the energy signature despite Thunderwing's efforts to keep them from making direct contact with it. When the Autobots quest for answers led them to the void of the [[Benzuli Expanse]], Jetfire volunteered to try Pretender technology as a means of entering the Expanse safely. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

Aboard their new cargo vessel ''[[Nightbird (ship)|Nightbird]]'', Afterburner and the Technobots rushed to reach [[Cloudburst]]'s team at the edge of the Benzuli Expanse. As they traveled they also worked on perfecting new Pretender carapaces for the journey inside the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} They arrived just in time to execute a ship-to-ship transporter beam, pulling Cloudburst and the ''[[Mirror-Manifold]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew to safety. The Technobots provided the carapaces Cloudburst and company needed to enter the Dead Universe and dispose of the [[Nega-Core]]s threatening their universe. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[File:Afterburner and Lightspeed Numbers.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], Afterburner was reassigned to a platoon under the command of [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]. They successfully defeated the [[Tremorcon]]s on [[Hydrus 5]], thanks largely to the heroic actions of their commanding officer. {{storylink|Bullets}}

He later ended up stationed at [[Kimia Facility]] in time to see [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and his army of [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] invade the facility and slaughter almost everyone inside. Afterburner and Lightspeed took part in the fight against the Sweeps. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} Despite their stand against the Sweeps, many of the remaining Autobots at Kimia were killed in the fight and soon Cyclonus was using the facility as a massive laser cannon. However, Afterburner and Lightspeed had managed to survive and held against the Sweeps. Realizing what Cyclonus and his Sweeps were doing, the two used charges to destroy the facility from within, sacrificing themselves in the process. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Faced with the might of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Afterburner and his fellow Technobots dodged the huge Decepticon's claws and merged into Computron to fight back, but they were quickly bowled over when Scorponok hurled a mountain at them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}
*Afterburner, [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] worked together to project a forcefield to halt a boulder pitched towards them by [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]. The Technobots then stood their ground to stave off an attack from the rest of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] against [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Because they feared [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]'s power, the Terrorcons ambushed Afterburner and the rest of the Technobots. Fearing the loss of the key to Autobot City, Scattorshot sent Afterburner for reinforcements. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}} The Technobots came to [[Dirk Manus]]'s aid when his ship was attacked by the Terrorcons. Though they managed to repel the first attack, the Terrorcons eventually overcame them, however after the [[Quintesson]]s doublecrossed Manus, he used the [[Recreator]] to repair the Autobot team so they could defeat the Quintessons. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (Legends)|Money Is Everything}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Afterburner.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Afterburner participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward for the "Computron's Challenge" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Afterburner toy.jpg|thumb|"[[:File:ABTF2-GrimlockBirdGardener.jpg|My alt mode is a... wheelbarrow? That can't be right...]]"]]
*'''Afterburner''' (Technobot, [[1987]])
**''Team ID number'': '''TK1'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-90'''
**''Accessories'': "Sonic Blaster Pistol", "Pulse Cannon", "Missiles" launcher

:Afterburner transforms into an orange and white Cybertronic motorcycle, with add-on (non-firing) missile launcher and cannon accessories. He combines with [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)#Toys|Lightspeed]], [[Nosecone (G1)#Toys|Nosecone]], [[Scattershot (G1)#Toys|Scattershot]], and [[Strafe (G1)#Toys|Strafe]] to form the giant robot Computron. As with most of the Generation 1 team combiners, he uses the [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style of combination, enabling him to form the arm or leg of any combiner combination.

: There is a later-run [[variant]] of Afterburner with his [[rubsign]] indent filled in.

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*'''Computron''' (Gift set, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-91'''

:All five Technobots were available both separately and in a full-team gift set. The box-set versions are identical to their individual releases.

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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy ComputronAfterburstKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Computron''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A7307'''
**''Pieces'': '''75'''
**''Accessories'': 2 clip-on rifles

: ''[[Kre-O]]'' "Afterburst" (so named thanks to ever-changing [[Trademark]] situations) is a [[Kreon]] who can be rebuilt from robot mode to a Cybertronian motorcycle. He uses a pair of clip-on rifles, and uses the "Constructicon" style helmet. His parts are also used to make [[Computron (Kre-O)|Computron]].

: He was only available in the Computron [[Micro-Changer]] Combiner set, along with [[Lightstorm]], [[Scattershot (Kre-O Computron)|Scattershot]], and [[Strafe (Kre-O Computron)|Strafe]]. The wave Computron came in was mostly available through online outlets rather than through standard brick-and-mortar stores.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-OAfterburst/afterburst.htm More information on Afterburst at TFU.info]''

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===G.I. Joe and the Transformers===
[[File:TimelinesToy marissa and afterburner.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Marissa Faireborn with Afterbreaker''' ([[2015]])
**''Accessories'': Wheel

:''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Afterbreaker (renamed due to trademark issues) is a non-transforming futuristic bike [[redeco]]ed from the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe Retaliation]]'' [http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/12/wheelblaster/ Wheel Blaster Bike] toy. True to the toy's name, the front wheel can be launched as a projectile at targets.

:Available exclusively through the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] store (as well as the G.I. Joe Collector's Club Store) in 2015, he is packed with [[Marissa Faireborn#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Marissa Faireborn]] in homage to her work with the Technobots in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]".
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Combiner-Wars-Afterbreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Computron''' (Box Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Scattershot's Rifle, Shield, Afterbreaker's two rifles, Lightsteed's gun, Nosecone's drill-gun, Computron Hands/feet, Cybaxx Targetmaster

:''Combiner Wars'' Afterbreaker is a retool of ''Unite Warriors'' [[Groove_(G1)#Unite_Warriors_2|Groove]] featuring a new canopy section that more closely resembles his G1 alternate mode apart from being green. His deco is generally inspired by his G1 toy but uses a red-orange closer to the G1 cartoon than the straight orange his toy uses. As a ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe limb he will be able to combine with any Voyager Class toys released as part of the same subline but is, of course, intended to be combined with his pack-in Technobots to form Computron. Strangely, the stock photos provided by Hasbro show this release using the Groove head, but the toy itself features the same new head as the Unite Warriors release.

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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Afterburner.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

:''Unite Warriors'' Afterburner is a more animation-accurate redeco of the ''Combiner Wars'' version with a pair of new guns.

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==Notes==
[[File:Afterburnerback.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|Yeah, just stick that anywhere.]]
*Like all his fellow Technobots, Afterburner's rear-view [[character model]] was designed without any reference beyond the front-facing model. Consequently, it's an entirely made-up design, with the added goofs of omitting his rear wheel, and misinterpreting the position of his front wheel, which is made to jut out of his left shoulder, instead of projecting from the middle of his back. This model featured only in [[AKOM]]-animated episodes of the original series; in episodes animated by [[Toei]], a corrected model that adjust the position of the wheel is used. Unfortunately, the incorrect model was used throughout the entirety of ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''.
*Since Computron's animation model was designed with a picture of the toy at the correct angle for reference, ''it'' positions Afterburner's wheels correctly.
*Afterburner's bio has the peculiar last line [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1987/ts_afterburner.jpg "Combines with fellow Combaticons to form Computron."] This was corrected in the tech spec on the giftset box.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Afterburner''' (アフターバーナー ''Afutābānā'')
*''French:'' '''Postpyro''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Radarbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Làotiě''' (烙铁, "Flatiron")
*''Russian:'' '''Astrofakel''' (Астрофакел, "Astrotorch")

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[[Category:Gunners]]
[[Category:Technobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]

Heavy Load (RID)

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Tekcorps: /* 2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

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:''Heavy Load is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Heavyloadrid.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|We're 2 seconds away from a fully-realized pelvic thrust.]]
'''Heavy Load''' is as bulky as his name implies. His thick armor intimidates even the toughest [[Decepticon]]s, but his bulk does not inhibit his movement. To the contrary, he's studied martial arts and can move as gracefully as the most lithe of Transformers. Heavy Load is the most powerful of the [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] (not to mention the loudest) and is always quick with a joke. He tends to play mentor to the team's young leader [[Wedge]].

Sometimes he is known as '''Build Typhoon'''.

==Fiction==
===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Daran Norris]] (English), [[Yoshikazu Nagano]] (Japanese)|[[Byeong-gwan Kim]] (Korean), [[Carlos Hernandez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[File:Heavy Load RiD Cartoon.JPG|right|upright=1.67|thumb|And now we're one second away from a fully-realized pelvic thrust...]]
When the [[Autobot Brothers]] encountered the Build Team in an unfinished tunnel, Heavy Load was a mite boastful about the team's tunneling prowess. He was even more enthusiastic when Wedge secured the team their first combat mission. Once they got to the site where the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] were trying to steal some diamonds, he and [[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]] helpfully began transporting the goods. The Predacons swiftly realised what was up and captured Wedge. Heavy Load cunningly offered them a disk which he claimed held the plans for the global space bridge (but in reality were plans for a sewer). Despite his protests, he and the rest of the team ended up chasing a penguin which had stolen the fake disk, and later admitted to his fellow Autobots that the disk they'd been chasing was bogus. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

With the completion of the Arctic link, Heavy Load took the opportunity to play up Wedge's role as foreman with [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]]. Wedge was not enthusiastic about Heavy Load's suggestion they could start on the south route, opting instead for combat training. Heavy Load was not keen, but followed anyway, leaving Grimlock to program the space bridge computer. Unfortunately, this led to the space bridge being sabotaged, and he had to help break up an argument between Wedge and [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]]. After the space bridge was fixed, the Build Team combined into [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] to repel [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] from the north energy research facility. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

After [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the Predacons attacked the [[CGA Tower]], Wedge helped to hold it up, but the rest of the Build Team were forced to stay back. They defended the tower against Scourge's attack and formed Landfill in order to dig a new foundation for the tower, allowing the safe release of the hostages. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

[[File:A Test of Metal Heavyload.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Who you callin' Pinhead?]]
Heavy Load intercepted a transmission meant for the [[Autobot Brothers]] indicating that the [[Commando (RID)|Commandos]] had been attacking construction equipment. The Build Team decided to face the Decepticons alone, and Hightower sabotaged the space bridge to keep the other Autobots away. The battle did not go well, and Heavy Load began to think their plan wasn't such a good idea. After regrouping, Build Team formed Landfill and eventually narrowly defeated [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. Afterward, they enjoyed a soothing oil bath with [[Team Bullet Train]]. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

Heavy Load and the Build Team later helped test the space bridge (even though they obviously knew it would work). {{storylink|Lessons of the Past}}

[[File:Fortress Maximus Heavyload.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Heavy Load likes to call himself on his videophone, because no one else bought one.]]
When the Build Team were assigned to work in an area under [[Metro City]] where they'd worked before, Heavy Load brought up the fact that last time they were there, they'd experienced disturbing hallucinations. He agreed with Wedge's resolve to carry out the job anyway. When the hallucinations started again, he contacted headquarters and was told to persuade the rest of his team to continue. Evidently, he succeeded, as the Build Team soon broke through to a cavern containing [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] and formed Landfill to fight the Decepticons who then arrived. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Heavy Load and the rest of Build Team subsequently hid Fortress Maximus in a huge building in the middle of the city, although Heavy Load had to stop hot-headed Wedge from going to fight at least once. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

With [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]] recovered, the Build Team and Autobot Brothers began a race to locate the last five [[O-Part]]s. Wedge was taken captive by Megatron after the O-Parts were all collected, and Heavy Load turned the three his team had found over to Optimus for the exchange, although in the end, it turned out to be unnecessary. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}}

The Build Team accompanied the Autobot Brothers on a mission to find [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] beneath an ancient temple. This was fortunate, as the Decepticons caved the temple in on top of them, and the Build Team were able to dig the Autobots out. They later helped to guard Fortress Maximus. To no one's surprise, the Decepticons attacked, and the Build Team formed Landfill during the resulting battle. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

When Scourge made a second attempt to control Maximus in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], the Build Team and Team Bullet Train picked up a large number of children and took them to the site via the global space bridge. There the children were able to command Maximus to stop. {{storylink|The Human Element}}

When the Decepticons launched an attack on the Autobot base, the Build Team was called to a predetermined location with the rest of the Autobots to spring a trap on their foes. When the ''[[Megastar]]'' joined the fight, they formed Landfill, who was promptly blown apart by the battle station's firepower. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

After the defeat of the ''Megastar'', Landfill was formed again to fight the Decepticons while [[Omega Prime]] engaged in combat with Galvatron. Galvatron unleashed his cyber-bats, causing Prime to call a retreat, and the Autobots found themselves trapped in a space bridge tunnel rapidly filling with molten lava. Although they escaped, Galvatron soon had them at his mercy again. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}}

As Galvatron attempted to attack Optimus Prime, Landfill and the other Autobots blocked his attack and were paralysed by Galvatron's power. They remained in this state until Omega Prime was able to defeat Galvatron in the [[Earth's core]]. Afterward, just for fun, the Build Team did some more work on the space bridge. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[universal stream]] [[Viron 704.31 Epsilon]], Build Typhoon was [[Robo-Smasher|robo-smashed]] by [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]] into [[Long Haul (Universe Ultra)|Long Haul]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 30/7/2015}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2001)===

[[File:RID Heavy Load Toy.JPG|right|upright=1.67|thumb|....and the pelvic thrust is gone.]]
*'''Heavy Load''' (Deluxe, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-020'''
**''Accessories'': Dump-claw

: Heavy Load transforms into a yellow dump truck. In [[robot mode]], his dump-bed becomes a large hand-held claw weapon. He can form either leg or both arms to the team's combined mode [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]].

: He was initially released as part of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Car Robots'' line. The [[Hasbro]] ''Robots in Disguise'' version adds numerous [[Paint operation|paint applications]] to him, including an Autobot sigil and "dirt-wash" paint on his dump bed.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Long Haul (Universe Ultra)|Long Haul]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/HeavyLoad/heavyload.htm More information on Heavy Load at TFU.info]''

*'''Build King''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-022'''

: In Japan, the entire Build Team set of Wedge, Heavy Load, [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]], and [[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]] was made available. The toys included were identical to the individual Takara releases.

*'''Landfill''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

: A mainly-yellow [[redeco]] of the entire Build Team was released as a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] in November of 2003, as a multi-pack released on "[[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]]", the day after Thanksgiving, the most hellishly-overcrowded shopping day of the year. The set cost considerably less than four individual deluxes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/HeavyLoad/heavyload.htm More information on Wal-Mart Heavy Load at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Build Typhoon''' (ビルドタイフーン ''Birudo Taifūn'')
*''Korean:'' '''Build Typhoon''' (빌드태풍 ''Bildeu Taepung'')

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Martial artists]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) Autobots]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Computron (G1)

2016-04-18T04:04:42Z

Tekcorps: /* Unite Warriors */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Computron}}
:''Computron is an [[Autobot]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Computron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of Devastator having bullied him in Gestalt School: 96.374%.]]
'''Computron''' is the combination of the five [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s. Typically, the [[combiner]] process dulls the wits of the individual [[Transformer]]s because the minds of the individual robots are working in tandem and may not mesh well with each other. However, such is not the case for Computron. The Technobots managed to remedy that problem by pooling their intellects as one cohesive force, but in the process, severely lagged Computron's reaction time. Before coming to any decision, Computron must analyze the opinions of every individual Technobot, resulting in his falling behind in battle. In the end, he always makes the correct choice, but more often than not it's too little, too late. Thanks for nothing, brainiac!

Computron is composed of:

* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (leader)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]

:In some universes, [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] is part of the team.
==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Computron LoveAndSteel.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|Probability of scaring the crap out of everybody: *sigh*...100%...]]

{{quote|Brawn without brains ill-becomes a warrior, Decepticon! You're too data-deficient to even ''comprehend'' what this acid-pellet gun is doing to you!|Computron to Abominus|"[[Love and Steel!]]"}}

The [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and the [[Decepticon]] [[Horrorcon]]s [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] were busy "terrorizing" the [[Nebulan]] city of [[Splendora]] when the Technobots arrived together with [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] to save the day. Once the Terrorcons combined to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] ordered the Technobots to do likewise.

Computron ordered the Nebulans to find shelter, vowing to protect them. He fared well against his dim-witted opponent, first blasting the bajeezus out of Abominus with his primary weapon, then bashing him with a steel I-beam with sufficient force to shatter the Decepticon combiner into his component Terrorcons, who promptly retreated.

Computron stood by as [[Duros]] and [[Arcana]] separated from their Autobot partners to explain to the shell-shocked Nebulans that ''this'' batch of giant alien robots wasn't out to terrorize anybody. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}
{{-}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Bert Kramer]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Dario de Castro]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, "Grimlock's New Brain"), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, "Money Is Everything")}}

[[File:GrimlocksNewBrain-ComputronGrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
After [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] created the Technobots from parts within [[Unicron]]'s head, he revealed that they had the ability to combine to form Computron to counter the new [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. Computron stated that his computation capacity was near infinite, but he lacked the knowledge to use this capacity. Grimlock then transferred his [[anti-electron]]-endowed super-intelligence to the combiner via a [[Brainwave Transfer Device|silly helmet]]. Abominus tried to crush Computron in a powerful hug, but the Technobot gestalt fought back by vibrating violently, forcing Abominus to disengage into its Terrorcon components, who fled away along with Galvatron and the rest of his minions. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-computron.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

After the Technobots and [[Marissa Faireborn]] rescued space rogue [[Dirk Manus]] from [[Hun-Grrr]], Computron formed in order to evaluate the probability that Manus's tale of a [[Quintesson]] base on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] wasn't a load of lies. He calculated it wasn't, and was absolutely correct. Computron had a chance for a rematch with Abominus once the full team made it to Titan, as the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were working with the Quintessons... who were making trade deals for stolen goods with Manus. Computron again defeated Abominus, this time by using a focused blast from a hidden chest-cannon that triggered a mechanism that the Quintessons had installed into the Terrorcons in order to limit the time they could spend in their combined form. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money is Everything}}

Abominus got Computron back when the Technobots were sent to defend [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Almost immediately after combining, Abominus declared that "Computron think too much" and blasted him, forcing him to disassemble. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

{{-}}

====''The Great Transformer War'' manga====
[[File:Greattfwar rodimus.jpg|thumb|200px|left|You can ask Computron for the answer, but it'll take a while.]]

Once the Autobots rescued the scientist [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] from Decepticon clutches, he immediately began building upgrades in Computron so he could fend off the already-upgraded Decepticon combiners.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Computron initially mopped the floor with [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but a squirt of [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] brainwashed him into working for the Decepticons. Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] retaliated with a "defense spray" that neutralized the liquid. With his mind restored, Computron made short work of Abominus.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}
{{--}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:BirthFantasticDoublePrime-Computron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]

The Technobots formed Computron to assist [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in his quest for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Computron occupied the Decepticons while Hot Rod made for Cybertron aboard the [[Trainbot|robot train]]. He tried to crush [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] with his bare hands, but failed. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Later, Computron was assembled to battle with his old nemesis Abominus. He covered the Headmasters' retreat so that they could deal with the threat of the [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] unmolested by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} He also helped defend [[San Francisco]] from [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and their [[buridanka|gigantic man-eating plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Computron assembled on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to attack the Decepticons during Scorponok's leadership rally. The tide turned when Galvatron arrived and galvanized his troops to strike back at the Autobots. Computron was zapped by the rapidly advancing Decepticons, and fled with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} He was summoned again when the Autobots' relief aid supplies for Sandra were in danger. Computron faced off against Abominus, and calculated that the most probable method of defeating his opponent was a slo-mo flying jump kick. It worked. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When the Decepticons fled into deep space to seek out new sources of energy, the Technobots joined Fortress in hunting them down. Computron was seen battling Abominus on the [[Twin Star]] planets. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} He also confronted [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Back on Earth, Computron was assembled several times to deal with the growing number of Decepticon attacks. He was formed in Miami to defend an Autobot energy facility from Abominus and the Decepticons, but was unable to return to Autobot City in time to save Ultra Magnus from [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} As Sixshot's attacks continued, Computron was dispatched to another site as the Autobot forces wore thin. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} Later on, Computron helped Raiden and Defensor demolish an old Decepticon base after the enemy abandoned the planet Earth. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Computron joined the entire Autobot army in journeying to the North Pole for a climactic battle with Scorponok. He fought against the evil combiners as the battle raged. Along with all the other Autobots present, Computron lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{-}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}}}
{{-}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Computron animated.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of having been created by Grimlock: 33.635%]]

On an alien world, the Technobots faced the new Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] base, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. They combined into Computron in response to Scorponok assuming its beast mode. Mr. Smart Guy then strode forward confidently, only to get wholloped with a huge boulder thrown by his opponent. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}

{{note|A portion of this animation was re-used for the [[title sequence]] of "[[The Rebirth]]".}}

{{-}}

==Games==
===The Transformers (PS2)===
[[File:Computron-TransformersPS2.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
{{voiceactor|[[Strings Kozisek]] (English)}}
====Decepticon story====
Computron was first encountered in the desert when the Decepticons investigated a drill bit made of a mysterious meteorite. He later defended the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]] when the Decepticons invaded ELTA looking for the [[Zel Quartz]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
{{--}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Computron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Effectiveness in battle: 30%]]
[[File:Computron-BattleTactics.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Probability of obtaining me: 0.046%]]
Computron participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He could be recruited if all five of his component members were at max level.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
{{--}}

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

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Computron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of finding pants off the rack that fit: 0.003%]]

*'''Computron''' (1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''

: Computron is formed out of all five Technobots. As a Scramble City combiner, each smaller Technobot attach as limbs into the central body, Scattershot. He is completed by attaching fists, feet, a large chestplate, head and is armed with Scattershot's rifle. Like [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], one can leave most of the smaller toys' vehicle mode weapons attached.

:As the combining connection points are on Scattershot's knees, it means there is some baggage around Computron's thighs as Scattershot's lower legs are hanging off them. Also, Nosecone is nominally Computron's left leg, but due to Nosecone's combiner connector being set further back than the hole that the foot attaches to, Nosecone makes Computron look like he's always taking a step forward. When attached as his legs, Nosecone and Lightspeed are two of the very few Scramble City-style limbs who face backwards, Lightspeed in particular due to clearance issues with his feet and Computron's footplate.

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=125 More information on Computron at Transformers-Universe.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Computron/computron.htm More information on Computron at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1987/instr_computron.jpg Instructions for Computron at Botchthecrab.com]''
{{-}}

===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Computron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of being able to do the Mashed Potato: 87.5%]]
*'''Computron''' (Gift Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Computron extremities

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6590 More information on Computron at Transformers-Universe.com]''
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Computron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of pulling off a Superhero Landing: 0.54%]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6596 More information on Computicon at Transformers-Universe.com]''
{{charstubtoys}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* Computron's standard animation model uses Lightspeed's chest as the combiner's back.
* Since the Japanese name for the Decepticons is "Destrons", any Destron subgroup names, such as "[[Combaticon (G1)|Combatron]]" or "[[Stunticon (G1)|Stuntron]]", also ended with "-tron". The association was further enforced by the presence of the individual Transformer names "Megatron" and "Galvatron". Thus Computron's name was changed to "Computicon" for the Japanese market, even though "-con" was normally used in the English-speaking market as a stock suffix for Decepticon subgroup names.{{fact}}

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Computicon''' (コンピューティコン ''Konpyūtikon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tìan-nǎo Chīn-kāng''' (Taiwan, 電腦金剛, "Computer [[Wikipedia:Vajra|Vajra]]"), '''Jìsuàn Wáng''' (China, 计算王, "Computing King")

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Autobots]]
[[Category:Technobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]

Computron (G1)

2016-04-18T04:00:42Z

Tekcorps: /* Unite Warriors */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Computron}}
:''Computron is an [[Autobot]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Computron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of Devastator having bullied him in Gestalt School: 96.374%.]]
'''Computron''' is the combination of the five [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s. Typically, the [[combiner]] process dulls the wits of the individual [[Transformer]]s because the minds of the individual robots are working in tandem and may not mesh well with each other. However, such is not the case for Computron. The Technobots managed to remedy that problem by pooling their intellects as one cohesive force, but in the process, severely lagged Computron's reaction time. Before coming to any decision, Computron must analyze the opinions of every individual Technobot, resulting in his falling behind in battle. In the end, he always makes the correct choice, but more often than not it's too little, too late. Thanks for nothing, brainiac!

Computron is composed of:

* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (leader)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]

:In some universes, [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] is part of the team.
==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Computron LoveAndSteel.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|Probability of scaring the crap out of everybody: *sigh*...100%...]]

{{quote|Brawn without brains ill-becomes a warrior, Decepticon! You're too data-deficient to even ''comprehend'' what this acid-pellet gun is doing to you!|Computron to Abominus|"[[Love and Steel!]]"}}

The [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and the [[Decepticon]] [[Horrorcon]]s [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] were busy "terrorizing" the [[Nebulan]] city of [[Splendora]] when the Technobots arrived together with [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] to save the day. Once the Terrorcons combined to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] ordered the Technobots to do likewise.

Computron ordered the Nebulans to find shelter, vowing to protect them. He fared well against his dim-witted opponent, first blasting the bajeezus out of Abominus with his primary weapon, then bashing him with a steel I-beam with sufficient force to shatter the Decepticon combiner into his component Terrorcons, who promptly retreated.

Computron stood by as [[Duros]] and [[Arcana]] separated from their Autobot partners to explain to the shell-shocked Nebulans that ''this'' batch of giant alien robots wasn't out to terrorize anybody. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}
{{-}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Bert Kramer]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Dario de Castro]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, "Grimlock's New Brain"), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, "Money Is Everything")}}

[[File:GrimlocksNewBrain-ComputronGrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
After [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] created the Technobots from parts within [[Unicron]]'s head, he revealed that they had the ability to combine to form Computron to counter the new [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. Computron stated that his computation capacity was near infinite, but he lacked the knowledge to use this capacity. Grimlock then transferred his [[anti-electron]]-endowed super-intelligence to the combiner via a [[Brainwave Transfer Device|silly helmet]]. Abominus tried to crush Computron in a powerful hug, but the Technobot gestalt fought back by vibrating violently, forcing Abominus to disengage into its Terrorcon components, who fled away along with Galvatron and the rest of his minions. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-computron.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

After the Technobots and [[Marissa Faireborn]] rescued space rogue [[Dirk Manus]] from [[Hun-Grrr]], Computron formed in order to evaluate the probability that Manus's tale of a [[Quintesson]] base on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] wasn't a load of lies. He calculated it wasn't, and was absolutely correct. Computron had a chance for a rematch with Abominus once the full team made it to Titan, as the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were working with the Quintessons... who were making trade deals for stolen goods with Manus. Computron again defeated Abominus, this time by using a focused blast from a hidden chest-cannon that triggered a mechanism that the Quintessons had installed into the Terrorcons in order to limit the time they could spend in their combined form. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money is Everything}}

Abominus got Computron back when the Technobots were sent to defend [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Almost immediately after combining, Abominus declared that "Computron think too much" and blasted him, forcing him to disassemble. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

{{-}}

====''The Great Transformer War'' manga====
[[File:Greattfwar rodimus.jpg|thumb|200px|left|You can ask Computron for the answer, but it'll take a while.]]

Once the Autobots rescued the scientist [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] from Decepticon clutches, he immediately began building upgrades in Computron so he could fend off the already-upgraded Decepticon combiners.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Computron initially mopped the floor with [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but a squirt of [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] brainwashed him into working for the Decepticons. Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] retaliated with a "defense spray" that neutralized the liquid. With his mind restored, Computron made short work of Abominus.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}
{{--}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:BirthFantasticDoublePrime-Computron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]

The Technobots formed Computron to assist [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in his quest for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Computron occupied the Decepticons while Hot Rod made for Cybertron aboard the [[Trainbot|robot train]]. He tried to crush [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] with his bare hands, but failed. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Later, Computron was assembled to battle with his old nemesis Abominus. He covered the Headmasters' retreat so that they could deal with the threat of the [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] unmolested by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} He also helped defend [[San Francisco]] from [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and their [[buridanka|gigantic man-eating plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Computron assembled on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to attack the Decepticons during Scorponok's leadership rally. The tide turned when Galvatron arrived and galvanized his troops to strike back at the Autobots. Computron was zapped by the rapidly advancing Decepticons, and fled with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} He was summoned again when the Autobots' relief aid supplies for Sandra were in danger. Computron faced off against Abominus, and calculated that the most probable method of defeating his opponent was a slo-mo flying jump kick. It worked. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When the Decepticons fled into deep space to seek out new sources of energy, the Technobots joined Fortress in hunting them down. Computron was seen battling Abominus on the [[Twin Star]] planets. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} He also confronted [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Back on Earth, Computron was assembled several times to deal with the growing number of Decepticon attacks. He was formed in Miami to defend an Autobot energy facility from Abominus and the Decepticons, but was unable to return to Autobot City in time to save Ultra Magnus from [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} As Sixshot's attacks continued, Computron was dispatched to another site as the Autobot forces wore thin. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} Later on, Computron helped Raiden and Defensor demolish an old Decepticon base after the enemy abandoned the planet Earth. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Computron joined the entire Autobot army in journeying to the North Pole for a climactic battle with Scorponok. He fought against the evil combiners as the battle raged. Along with all the other Autobots present, Computron lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{-}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}}}
{{-}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Computron animated.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of having been created by Grimlock: 33.635%]]

On an alien world, the Technobots faced the new Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] base, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. They combined into Computron in response to Scorponok assuming its beast mode. Mr. Smart Guy then strode forward confidently, only to get wholloped with a huge boulder thrown by his opponent. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}

{{note|A portion of this animation was re-used for the [[title sequence]] of "[[The Rebirth]]".}}

{{-}}

==Games==
===The Transformers (PS2)===
[[File:Computron-TransformersPS2.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
{{voiceactor|[[Strings Kozisek]] (English)}}
====Decepticon story====
Computron was first encountered in the desert when the Decepticons investigated a drill bit made of a mysterious meteorite. He later defended the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]] when the Decepticons invaded ELTA looking for the [[Zel Quartz]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
{{--}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Computron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Effectiveness in battle: 30%]]
[[File:Computron-BattleTactics.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Probability of obtaining me: 0.046%]]
Computron participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He could be recruited if all five of his component members were at max level.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
{{--}}

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

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Computron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of finding pants off the rack that fit: 0.003%]]

*'''Computron''' (1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''

: Computron is formed out of all five Technobots. As a Scramble City combiner, each smaller Technobot attach as limbs into the central body, Scattershot. He is completed by attaching fists, feet, a large chestplate, head and is armed with Scattershot's rifle. Like [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], one can leave most of the smaller toys' vehicle mode weapons attached.

:As the combining connection points are on Scattershot's knees, it means there is some baggage around Computron's thighs as Scattershot's lower legs are hanging off them. Also, Nosecone is nominally Computron's left leg, but due to Nosecone's combiner connector being set further back than the hole that the foot attaches to, Nosecone makes Computron look like he's always taking a step forward. When attached as his legs, Nosecone and Lightspeed are two of the very few Scramble City-style limbs who face backwards, Lightspeed in particular due to clearance issues with his feet and Computron's footplate.

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=125 More information on Computron at Transformers-Universe.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Computron/computron.htm More information on Computron at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1987/instr_computron.jpg Instructions for Computron at Botchthecrab.com]''
{{-}}

===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Computron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of being able to do the Mashed Potato: 87.5%]]
*'''Computron''' (Gift Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Computron extremities

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6590 More information on Computron at Transformers-Universe.com]''
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Computron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of being able to do the Superhero Landing: 0.54%]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6596 More information on Computicon at Transformers-Universe.com]''
{{charstubtoys}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* Computron's standard animation model uses Lightspeed's chest as the combiner's back.
* Since the Japanese name for the Decepticons is "Destrons", any Destron subgroup names, such as "[[Combaticon (G1)|Combatron]]" or "[[Stunticon (G1)|Stuntron]]", also ended with "-tron". The association was further enforced by the presence of the individual Transformer names "Megatron" and "Galvatron". Thus Computron's name was changed to "Computicon" for the Japanese market, even though "-con" was normally used in the English-speaking market as a stock suffix for Decepticon subgroup names.{{fact}}

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Computicon''' (コンピューティコン ''Konpyūtikon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tìan-nǎo Chīn-kāng''' (Taiwan, 電腦金剛, "Computer [[Wikipedia:Vajra|Vajra]]"), '''Jìsuàn Wáng''' (China, 计算王, "Computing King")

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Autobots]]
[[Category:Technobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]

Computron (G1)

2016-04-18T03:59:51Z

Tekcorps: /* Generations */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Computron}}
:''Computron is an [[Autobot]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Computron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of Devastator having bullied him in Gestalt School: 96.374%.]]
'''Computron''' is the combination of the five [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s. Typically, the [[combiner]] process dulls the wits of the individual [[Transformer]]s because the minds of the individual robots are working in tandem and may not mesh well with each other. However, such is not the case for Computron. The Technobots managed to remedy that problem by pooling their intellects as one cohesive force, but in the process, severely lagged Computron's reaction time. Before coming to any decision, Computron must analyze the opinions of every individual Technobot, resulting in his falling behind in battle. In the end, he always makes the correct choice, but more often than not it's too little, too late. Thanks for nothing, brainiac!

Computron is composed of:

* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (leader)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]

:In some universes, [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] is part of the team.
==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Computron LoveAndSteel.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|Probability of scaring the crap out of everybody: *sigh*...100%...]]

{{quote|Brawn without brains ill-becomes a warrior, Decepticon! You're too data-deficient to even ''comprehend'' what this acid-pellet gun is doing to you!|Computron to Abominus|"[[Love and Steel!]]"}}

The [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and the [[Decepticon]] [[Horrorcon]]s [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] were busy "terrorizing" the [[Nebulan]] city of [[Splendora]] when the Technobots arrived together with [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] to save the day. Once the Terrorcons combined to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] ordered the Technobots to do likewise.

Computron ordered the Nebulans to find shelter, vowing to protect them. He fared well against his dim-witted opponent, first blasting the bajeezus out of Abominus with his primary weapon, then bashing him with a steel I-beam with sufficient force to shatter the Decepticon combiner into his component Terrorcons, who promptly retreated.

Computron stood by as [[Duros]] and [[Arcana]] separated from their Autobot partners to explain to the shell-shocked Nebulans that ''this'' batch of giant alien robots wasn't out to terrorize anybody. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}
{{-}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Bert Kramer]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Dario de Castro]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, "Grimlock's New Brain"), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, "Money Is Everything")}}

[[File:GrimlocksNewBrain-ComputronGrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
After [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] created the Technobots from parts within [[Unicron]]'s head, he revealed that they had the ability to combine to form Computron to counter the new [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. Computron stated that his computation capacity was near infinite, but he lacked the knowledge to use this capacity. Grimlock then transferred his [[anti-electron]]-endowed super-intelligence to the combiner via a [[Brainwave Transfer Device|silly helmet]]. Abominus tried to crush Computron in a powerful hug, but the Technobot gestalt fought back by vibrating violently, forcing Abominus to disengage into its Terrorcon components, who fled away along with Galvatron and the rest of his minions. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-computron.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

After the Technobots and [[Marissa Faireborn]] rescued space rogue [[Dirk Manus]] from [[Hun-Grrr]], Computron formed in order to evaluate the probability that Manus's tale of a [[Quintesson]] base on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] wasn't a load of lies. He calculated it wasn't, and was absolutely correct. Computron had a chance for a rematch with Abominus once the full team made it to Titan, as the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were working with the Quintessons... who were making trade deals for stolen goods with Manus. Computron again defeated Abominus, this time by using a focused blast from a hidden chest-cannon that triggered a mechanism that the Quintessons had installed into the Terrorcons in order to limit the time they could spend in their combined form. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money is Everything}}

Abominus got Computron back when the Technobots were sent to defend [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Almost immediately after combining, Abominus declared that "Computron think too much" and blasted him, forcing him to disassemble. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

{{-}}

====''The Great Transformer War'' manga====
[[File:Greattfwar rodimus.jpg|thumb|200px|left|You can ask Computron for the answer, but it'll take a while.]]

Once the Autobots rescued the scientist [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] from Decepticon clutches, he immediately began building upgrades in Computron so he could fend off the already-upgraded Decepticon combiners.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Computron initially mopped the floor with [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but a squirt of [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] brainwashed him into working for the Decepticons. Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] retaliated with a "defense spray" that neutralized the liquid. With his mind restored, Computron made short work of Abominus.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}
{{--}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:BirthFantasticDoublePrime-Computron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]

The Technobots formed Computron to assist [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in his quest for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Computron occupied the Decepticons while Hot Rod made for Cybertron aboard the [[Trainbot|robot train]]. He tried to crush [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] with his bare hands, but failed. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Later, Computron was assembled to battle with his old nemesis Abominus. He covered the Headmasters' retreat so that they could deal with the threat of the [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] unmolested by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} He also helped defend [[San Francisco]] from [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and their [[buridanka|gigantic man-eating plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Computron assembled on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to attack the Decepticons during Scorponok's leadership rally. The tide turned when Galvatron arrived and galvanized his troops to strike back at the Autobots. Computron was zapped by the rapidly advancing Decepticons, and fled with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} He was summoned again when the Autobots' relief aid supplies for Sandra were in danger. Computron faced off against Abominus, and calculated that the most probable method of defeating his opponent was a slo-mo flying jump kick. It worked. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When the Decepticons fled into deep space to seek out new sources of energy, the Technobots joined Fortress in hunting them down. Computron was seen battling Abominus on the [[Twin Star]] planets. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} He also confronted [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Back on Earth, Computron was assembled several times to deal with the growing number of Decepticon attacks. He was formed in Miami to defend an Autobot energy facility from Abominus and the Decepticons, but was unable to return to Autobot City in time to save Ultra Magnus from [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} As Sixshot's attacks continued, Computron was dispatched to another site as the Autobot forces wore thin. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} Later on, Computron helped Raiden and Defensor demolish an old Decepticon base after the enemy abandoned the planet Earth. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Computron joined the entire Autobot army in journeying to the North Pole for a climactic battle with Scorponok. He fought against the evil combiners as the battle raged. Along with all the other Autobots present, Computron lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{-}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}}}
{{-}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Computron animated.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of having been created by Grimlock: 33.635%]]

On an alien world, the Technobots faced the new Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] base, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. They combined into Computron in response to Scorponok assuming its beast mode. Mr. Smart Guy then strode forward confidently, only to get wholloped with a huge boulder thrown by his opponent. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}

{{note|A portion of this animation was re-used for the [[title sequence]] of "[[The Rebirth]]".}}

{{-}}

==Games==
===The Transformers (PS2)===
[[File:Computron-TransformersPS2.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
{{voiceactor|[[Strings Kozisek]] (English)}}
====Decepticon story====
Computron was first encountered in the desert when the Decepticons investigated a drill bit made of a mysterious meteorite. He later defended the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]] when the Decepticons invaded ELTA looking for the [[Zel Quartz]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
{{--}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Computron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Effectiveness in battle: 30%]]
[[File:Computron-BattleTactics.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Probability of obtaining me: 0.046%]]
Computron participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He could be recruited if all five of his component members were at max level.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
{{--}}

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

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Computron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of finding pants off the rack that fit: 0.003%]]

*'''Computron''' (1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''

: Computron is formed out of all five Technobots. As a Scramble City combiner, each smaller Technobot attach as limbs into the central body, Scattershot. He is completed by attaching fists, feet, a large chestplate, head and is armed with Scattershot's rifle. Like [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], one can leave most of the smaller toys' vehicle mode weapons attached.

:As the combining connection points are on Scattershot's knees, it means there is some baggage around Computron's thighs as Scattershot's lower legs are hanging off them. Also, Nosecone is nominally Computron's left leg, but due to Nosecone's combiner connector being set further back than the hole that the foot attaches to, Nosecone makes Computron look like he's always taking a step forward. When attached as his legs, Nosecone and Lightspeed are two of the very few Scramble City-style limbs who face backwards, Lightspeed in particular due to clearance issues with his feet and Computron's footplate.

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=125 More information on Computron at Transformers-Universe.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Computron/computron.htm More information on Computron at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1987/instr_computron.jpg Instructions for Computron at Botchthecrab.com]''
{{-}}

===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Computron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of being able to do the Mashed Potato: 87.5%]]
*'''Computron''' (Gift Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Computron extremities

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6590 More information on Computron at Transformers-Universe.com]''
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Computron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of being able to kneel on my left knee: 0%]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6596 More information on Computicon at Transformers-Universe.com]''
{{charstubtoys}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* Computron's standard animation model uses Lightspeed's chest as the combiner's back.
* Since the Japanese name for the Decepticons is "Destrons", any Destron subgroup names, such as "[[Combaticon (G1)|Combatron]]" or "[[Stunticon (G1)|Stuntron]]", also ended with "-tron". The association was further enforced by the presence of the individual Transformer names "Megatron" and "Galvatron". Thus Computron's name was changed to "Computicon" for the Japanese market, even though "-con" was normally used in the English-speaking market as a stock suffix for Decepticon subgroup names.{{fact}}

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Computicon''' (コンピューティコン ''Konpyūtikon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tìan-nǎo Chīn-kāng''' (Taiwan, 電腦金剛, "Computer [[Wikipedia:Vajra|Vajra]]"), '''Jìsuàn Wáng''' (China, 计算王, "Computing King")

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Autobots]]
[[Category:Technobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]

Computron (G1)

2016-04-18T03:58:21Z

Tekcorps: /* Generations */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Computron}}
:''Computron is an [[Autobot]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Computron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of Devastator having bullied him in Gestalt School: 96.374%.]]
'''Computron''' is the combination of the five [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s. Typically, the [[combiner]] process dulls the wits of the individual [[Transformer]]s because the minds of the individual robots are working in tandem and may not mesh well with each other. However, such is not the case for Computron. The Technobots managed to remedy that problem by pooling their intellects as one cohesive force, but in the process, severely lagged Computron's reaction time. Before coming to any decision, Computron must analyze the opinions of every individual Technobot, resulting in his falling behind in battle. In the end, he always makes the correct choice, but more often than not it's too little, too late. Thanks for nothing, brainiac!

Computron is composed of:

* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (leader)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]

:In some universes, [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] is part of the team.
==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Computron LoveAndSteel.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|Probability of scaring the crap out of everybody: *sigh*...100%...]]

{{quote|Brawn without brains ill-becomes a warrior, Decepticon! You're too data-deficient to even ''comprehend'' what this acid-pellet gun is doing to you!|Computron to Abominus|"[[Love and Steel!]]"}}

The [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and the [[Decepticon]] [[Horrorcon]]s [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] were busy "terrorizing" the [[Nebulan]] city of [[Splendora]] when the Technobots arrived together with [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] to save the day. Once the Terrorcons combined to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] ordered the Technobots to do likewise.

Computron ordered the Nebulans to find shelter, vowing to protect them. He fared well against his dim-witted opponent, first blasting the bajeezus out of Abominus with his primary weapon, then bashing him with a steel I-beam with sufficient force to shatter the Decepticon combiner into his component Terrorcons, who promptly retreated.

Computron stood by as [[Duros]] and [[Arcana]] separated from their Autobot partners to explain to the shell-shocked Nebulans that ''this'' batch of giant alien robots wasn't out to terrorize anybody. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}
{{-}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Bert Kramer]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Dario de Castro]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, "Grimlock's New Brain"), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, "Money Is Everything")}}

[[File:GrimlocksNewBrain-ComputronGrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
After [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] created the Technobots from parts within [[Unicron]]'s head, he revealed that they had the ability to combine to form Computron to counter the new [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. Computron stated that his computation capacity was near infinite, but he lacked the knowledge to use this capacity. Grimlock then transferred his [[anti-electron]]-endowed super-intelligence to the combiner via a [[Brainwave Transfer Device|silly helmet]]. Abominus tried to crush Computron in a powerful hug, but the Technobot gestalt fought back by vibrating violently, forcing Abominus to disengage into its Terrorcon components, who fled away along with Galvatron and the rest of his minions. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-computron.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

After the Technobots and [[Marissa Faireborn]] rescued space rogue [[Dirk Manus]] from [[Hun-Grrr]], Computron formed in order to evaluate the probability that Manus's tale of a [[Quintesson]] base on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] wasn't a load of lies. He calculated it wasn't, and was absolutely correct. Computron had a chance for a rematch with Abominus once the full team made it to Titan, as the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were working with the Quintessons... who were making trade deals for stolen goods with Manus. Computron again defeated Abominus, this time by using a focused blast from a hidden chest-cannon that triggered a mechanism that the Quintessons had installed into the Terrorcons in order to limit the time they could spend in their combined form. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money is Everything}}

Abominus got Computron back when the Technobots were sent to defend [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Almost immediately after combining, Abominus declared that "Computron think too much" and blasted him, forcing him to disassemble. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

{{-}}

====''The Great Transformer War'' manga====
[[File:Greattfwar rodimus.jpg|thumb|200px|left|You can ask Computron for the answer, but it'll take a while.]]

Once the Autobots rescued the scientist [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] from Decepticon clutches, he immediately began building upgrades in Computron so he could fend off the already-upgraded Decepticon combiners.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Computron initially mopped the floor with [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but a squirt of [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] brainwashed him into working for the Decepticons. Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] retaliated with a "defense spray" that neutralized the liquid. With his mind restored, Computron made short work of Abominus.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}
{{--}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:BirthFantasticDoublePrime-Computron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]

The Technobots formed Computron to assist [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in his quest for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Computron occupied the Decepticons while Hot Rod made for Cybertron aboard the [[Trainbot|robot train]]. He tried to crush [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] with his bare hands, but failed. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Later, Computron was assembled to battle with his old nemesis Abominus. He covered the Headmasters' retreat so that they could deal with the threat of the [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] unmolested by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} He also helped defend [[San Francisco]] from [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and their [[buridanka|gigantic man-eating plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Computron assembled on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to attack the Decepticons during Scorponok's leadership rally. The tide turned when Galvatron arrived and galvanized his troops to strike back at the Autobots. Computron was zapped by the rapidly advancing Decepticons, and fled with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} He was summoned again when the Autobots' relief aid supplies for Sandra were in danger. Computron faced off against Abominus, and calculated that the most probable method of defeating his opponent was a slo-mo flying jump kick. It worked. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When the Decepticons fled into deep space to seek out new sources of energy, the Technobots joined Fortress in hunting them down. Computron was seen battling Abominus on the [[Twin Star]] planets. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} He also confronted [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Back on Earth, Computron was assembled several times to deal with the growing number of Decepticon attacks. He was formed in Miami to defend an Autobot energy facility from Abominus and the Decepticons, but was unable to return to Autobot City in time to save Ultra Magnus from [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} As Sixshot's attacks continued, Computron was dispatched to another site as the Autobot forces wore thin. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} Later on, Computron helped Raiden and Defensor demolish an old Decepticon base after the enemy abandoned the planet Earth. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Computron joined the entire Autobot army in journeying to the North Pole for a climactic battle with Scorponok. He fought against the evil combiners as the battle raged. Along with all the other Autobots present, Computron lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{-}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}}}
{{-}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Computron animated.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of having been created by Grimlock: 33.635%]]

On an alien world, the Technobots faced the new Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] base, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. They combined into Computron in response to Scorponok assuming its beast mode. Mr. Smart Guy then strode forward confidently, only to get wholloped with a huge boulder thrown by his opponent. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}

{{note|A portion of this animation was re-used for the [[title sequence]] of "[[The Rebirth]]".}}

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==Games==
===The Transformers (PS2)===
[[File:Computron-TransformersPS2.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
{{voiceactor|[[Strings Kozisek]] (English)}}
====Decepticon story====
Computron was first encountered in the desert when the Decepticons investigated a drill bit made of a mysterious meteorite. He later defended the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]] when the Decepticons invaded ELTA looking for the [[Zel Quartz]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Computron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Effectiveness in battle: 30%]]
[[File:Computron-BattleTactics.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Probability of obtaining me: 0.046%]]
Computron participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He could be recruited if all five of his component members were at max level.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
{{--}}

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

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Computron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of finding pants off the rack that fit: 0.003%]]

*'''Computron''' (1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''

: Computron is formed out of all five Technobots. As a Scramble City combiner, each smaller Technobot attach as limbs into the central body, Scattershot. He is completed by attaching fists, feet, a large chestplate, head and is armed with Scattershot's rifle. Like [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], one can leave most of the smaller toys' vehicle mode weapons attached.

:As the combining connection points are on Scattershot's knees, it means there is some baggage around Computron's thighs as Scattershot's lower legs are hanging off them. Also, Nosecone is nominally Computron's left leg, but due to Nosecone's combiner connector being set further back than the hole that the foot attaches to, Nosecone makes Computron look like he's always taking a step forward. When attached as his legs, Nosecone and Lightspeed are two of the very few Scramble City-style limbs who face backwards, Lightspeed in particular due to clearance issues with his feet and Computron's footplate.

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=125 More information on Computron at Transformers-Universe.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Computron/computron.htm More information on Computron at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1987/instr_computron.jpg Instructions for Computron at Botchthecrab.com]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Computron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability that I can do the Mashed Potato: 87.5%]]
*'''Computron''' (Gift Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Computron extremities

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6590 More information on Computron at Transformers-Universe.com]''
{{comingsoontoy}}
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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Computron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of being able to kneel on my left knee: 0%]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6596 More information on Computicon at Transformers-Universe.com]''
{{charstubtoys}}
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* Computron's standard animation model uses Lightspeed's chest as the combiner's back.
* Since the Japanese name for the Decepticons is "Destrons", any Destron subgroup names, such as "[[Combaticon (G1)|Combatron]]" or "[[Stunticon (G1)|Stuntron]]", also ended with "-tron". The association was further enforced by the presence of the individual Transformer names "Megatron" and "Galvatron". Thus Computron's name was changed to "Computicon" for the Japanese market, even though "-con" was normally used in the English-speaking market as a stock suffix for Decepticon subgroup names.{{fact}}

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Computicon''' (コンピューティコン ''Konpyūtikon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tìan-nǎo Chīn-kāng''' (Taiwan, 電腦金剛, "Computer [[Wikipedia:Vajra|Vajra]]"), '''Jìsuàn Wáng''' (China, 计算王, "Computing King")

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[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Autobots]]
[[Category:Technobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]

Scrounge (G1)

2016-04-12T03:23:57Z

Tekcorps:

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{{disambig3|Scrounge}}
:''Scrounge is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Scroungefullbody.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Just keep 'em turning, don't stop 'em rolling, the fire is on!]]
'''Scrounge''' has a special arm. There is no other like it.

He is a lot like [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]—he is relatively small, weak, and over-eager to prove himself to the other Autobots; he's a passable spy thanks to the fact that he has a special arm (there is no other like it) specially designed for surveillance; he is yellow. Unlike Bumblebee, with his eagerness to please and general excitability, he has a habit of imagining any little bit of info he stumbles across into a huge and vital revelation that will change the course of the [[Great War (G1)|war]].

The Autobots have heard him cry [[turbofox]] a few too many times, and so treat any info he uncovers with a good helping of doubt. Even his friend and partner [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] tends to treat him as a useless, tag-along loser.

Maybe he'll get a bit more respect as part of the combiner [[Computron (G1)|Computron]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Scroungealtmode.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|He gets around, nyuk nyuk.]]
Scrounge, while searching for a clue on the whereabout of the abducted [[neutral]] scientist [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]], infiltrated [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] and obtained coded information that was of great value to the [[Decepticon]]s. He radioed his accomplishment to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and urged to meet with him, but failed to show up himself when [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] captured him in the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]]. Scrounge was brought before [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], who ripped off his special arm because the Autobot refused to disclose what he had discovered. Right after, Straxus decided it didn't matter what Scrounge knew, since he would never be able to tell [[Cybertron Seven|his comrades]]. Without another thought, Scrounge was thrown into the [[smelting pool]].

[[File:Scroungedisarmed.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And thus the Armmasters were born!]]
Blaster belatedly came to save his little buddy, who was little more than a melting torso by that point. Scrounge died a heroic death getting the Autobots the info, making them realize that they misjudged him, and leaving Blaster with a whole lot of angst, anger, and guilt to work through by killing as many Decepticons as he was able and generally being a hardass. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

Scrounge's death continued to hit Blaster hard as the war progressed, first as a reason to not repeat his loss when the scientist [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]] went missing. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} Blaster angrily brought up Scrounge's death later on [[Earth]], after [[G.B. Blackrock]] questioned Blaster's credentials as an Autobot warrior. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}
{{-}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:PostHoc-Scrounge.jpg|left|thumb|100px|That doesn't look like Scr-- *looks at [[Scrounge (Animated)]]*Ohhhhh....]]
At one point during the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], Scrounge was walking past [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's New Oil House]] carrying some [[conductor]]s. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Not long thereafter, he could be found scrounging for trash in the deepest, darkest slums of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He still has a special arm. How many others are like it is unknown at this point. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

[[File:ScroungeIDW 2.JPG|upright=1.1|right|thumb|Scrounge really wanted a TV guest spot.]]

During the war, Scrounge fell in with the Autobots, but was on the list of warriors to be utilized only as a last resort, presumably because, like [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], he's low on useful skills. (Besides his special arm, of course. There is, after all, no other like it.) {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

He was seen on the [[Orvus Base]] space station orbiting over [[Salvvatan VI]], mere seconds before [[Sixshot]] ripped through it. Sixshot threw Scrounge through the main viewing monitor, presumably out of jealousy of his special arm. After all, he has six modes but nothing like it! {{storylink|Spotlight: Metroplex}}
{{-}}

===''TransTech''===
{{bigquote|Scrounge is what folks call me, but that’s just my ''nom-de-guerre,'' sir. But I'm really [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], from [[Universal stream|universe]] [[Primax 093.0 Epsilon]].}}
When [[Bulletbike (TransTech)|Bulletbike]], CEO of [[RoboCo]], found his [[spark]] trapped inside a "[[lowtech]]" body that was not his own, a poor deluded lowtech named Scrounge was the only other Transformer who offered sympathy. Just like Bulletbike, Scrounge claimed to be someone he was not, by all outward appearances, but unlike Bulletbike, Scrounge was indeed mistaken. Insane though he may have been, he was lucid enough to be of legitimate help, plus he was harmless enough.

Scrounge agreed to help Bulletbike find [[EconTerm]], though at increasing peril. Bulletbike was finding a growing appetite for violence, a troublesome tick that Scrounge was able to narrowly avoid. Ultimately, Scrounge was instrumental in providing support for Bulletbike's crusade to locate the beings who had transplanted his spark into another body, even if it resulted in Bulletbike's death.

In the aftermath, Scrounge was given excellent treatment by [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]]. The poor thing just needed some proper care. {{storylink|I, Lowtech}}

[[File:Kre-OScrounge-CMW.jpg|thumb|75px]]

When the [[Waruder]]s caused a blackout in [[Axiom Nexus]], a [[Kreon]] Scrounge within the offworlder maximum security prison was caught in the middle of a brawl with his fellow inmates. A Kreon [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] in particular caused him grief, coming after him even after Scrounge's arm had come off! {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Scrounge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|From having a special arm to being a special arm.]]
*'''Computron''' (Box Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Computron extremities

:A redeco and retool of [[Cosmos (G1)|Generations Cosmos]], Scrounge can combine with [[Strafe (G1)|Combiner Wars Strafe]] to form the left arm of Computron.
{{Comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
[[File:Scroungespecialhand.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|Autobots with silly abilities like turning invisible or making holograms only wish they could do this.]]
*Scrounge's death haunted Blaster for a long time. He's kind of like Blaster's [[wikia:c:marvel:Gwen Stacy (Earth-616)|Gwen Stacy]], only with a special arm instead of go-go boots and breasts.
*Scrounge has a special arm (how many times can we mention that?) with two [[Sensors|sensored]] fingers that pick up sound and video. He claims there is no other like it. However, in the ''Classics'' story "[[Games of Deception]]", [[Elita One]] had a similar setup. And in ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] had a setup where he could make his fingers control a headmaster unit. The fingers detached like Scrounge's. [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] has a microphone thumb, but it's [[Interiors|definitely not detachable]]. Should have registered that patent, Scrounge.
*The Scrounge in "[[I, Lowtech]]" who thinks he's actually Emirate Xaaron isn't very good at being Xaaron. He claims he has a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and that he's from universe Primax 093.0 Epsilon. [[Universal stream|Decoding that technobabble]] allegedly pegs him as an Emirate Xaaron from Transformers Fan Club fiction published in [[1993]]. Yyyyyeah.
*[[Bob Budiansky]] revealed at one of his [[BotCon 2010]] panels that Scrounge was partially based upon Gunga Din, but we didn't find out that he meant the {{w|Gunga Din (film)|1939 Cary Grant film}} version of the character (as opposed to {{w|Gunga Din|the original poem}}) until his [[2013]] interview in the [[Transformers: 30th Anniversary Collection]].
*According to a Hasbro Briefing Binder for [[1985]] product, "Scrounge" was originally going to be the name for [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]. When that didn't happen, apparently Bob Budiansky found a use for the name elsewhere. [http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/ron-friedman-auction-hasbro-briefing.html]

===Foreign names===
*''Portuguese:'' '''Crava''' (Portugal comic), '''Surrupio''' (Brazil comic)

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[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Surveillance specialists]]
[[Category:TransTech Autobots]]

Scrounge (G1)

2016-04-11T20:55:01Z

Tekcorps: /* Generations */

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{{disambig3|Scrounge}}
:''Scrounge is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Scroungefullbody.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Just keep 'em turning, don't stop 'em rolling, the fire is on!]]
'''Scrounge''' has a special arm. There is no other like it.

He is a lot like [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]—he is relatively small, weak, and over-eager to prove himself to the other Autobots; he's a passable spy thanks to the fact that he has a special arm (there is no other like it) specially designed for surveillance; he is yellow. Unlike Bumblebee, with his eagerness to please and general excitability, he has a habit of imagining any little bit of info he stumbles across into a huge and vital revelation that will change the course of the [[Great War (G1)|war]].

The Autobots have heard him cry [[turbofox]] a few too many times, and so treat any info he uncovers with a good helping of doubt. Even his friend and partner [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] tends to treat him as a useless, tag-along loser.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Scroungealtmode.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|He gets around, nyuk nyuk.]]
Scrounge, while searching for a clue on the whereabout of the abducted [[neutral]] scientist [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]], infiltrated [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] and obtained coded information that was of great value to the [[Decepticon]]s. He radioed his accomplishment to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and urged to meet with him, but failed to show up himself when [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] captured him in the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]]. Scrounge was brought before [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], who ripped off his special arm because the Autobot refused to disclose what he had discovered. Right after, Straxus decided it didn't matter what Scrounge knew, since he would never be able to tell [[Cybertron Seven|his comrades]]. Without another thought, Scrounge was thrown into the [[smelting pool]].

[[File:Scroungedisarmed.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And thus the Armmasters were born!]]
Blaster belatedly came to save his little buddy, who was little more than a melting torso by that point. Scrounge died a heroic death getting the Autobots the info, making them realize that they misjudged him, and leaving Blaster with a whole lot of angst, anger, and guilt to work through by killing as many Decepticons as he was able and generally being a hardass. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

Scrounge's death continued to hit Blaster hard as the war progressed, first as a reason to not repeat his loss when the scientist [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]] went missing. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} Blaster angrily brought up Scrounge's death later on [[Earth]], after [[G.B. Blackrock]] questioned Blaster's credentials as an Autobot warrior. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}
{{-}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:PostHoc-Scrounge.jpg|left|thumb|100px|That doesn't look like Scr-- *looks at [[Scrounge (Animated)]]*Ohhhhh....]]
At one point during the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], Scrounge was walking past [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's New Oil House]] carrying some [[conductor]]s. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Not long thereafter, he could be found scrounging for trash in the deepest, darkest slums of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He still has a special arm. How many others are like it is unknown at this point. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

[[File:ScroungeIDW 2.JPG|upright=1.1|right|thumb|Scrounge really wanted a TV guest spot.]]

During the war, Scrounge fell in with the Autobots, but was on the list of warriors to be utilized only as a last resort, presumably because, like [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], he's low on useful skills. (Besides his special arm, of course. There is, after all, no other like it.) {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

He was seen on the [[Orvus Base]] space station orbiting over [[Salvvatan VI]], mere seconds before [[Sixshot]] ripped through it. Sixshot threw Scrounge through the main viewing monitor, presumably out of jealousy of his special arm. After all, he has six modes but nothing like it! {{storylink|Spotlight: Metroplex}}
{{-}}

===''TransTech''===
{{bigquote|Scrounge is what folks call me, but that’s just my ''nom-de-guerre,'' sir. But I'm really [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], from [[Universal stream|universe]] [[Primax 093.0 Epsilon]].}}
When [[Bulletbike (TransTech)|Bulletbike]], CEO of [[RoboCo]], found his [[spark]] trapped inside a "[[lowtech]]" body that was not his own, a poor deluded lowtech named Scrounge was the only other Transformer who offered sympathy. Just like Bulletbike, Scrounge claimed to be someone he was not, by all outward appearances, but unlike Bulletbike, Scrounge was indeed mistaken. Insane though he may have been, he was lucid enough to be of legitimate help, plus he was harmless enough.

Scrounge agreed to help Bulletbike find [[EconTerm]], though at increasing peril. Bulletbike was finding a growing appetite for violence, a troublesome tick that Scrounge was able to narrowly avoid. Ultimately, Scrounge was instrumental in providing support for Bulletbike's crusade to locate the beings who had transplanted his spark into another body, even if it resulted in Bulletbike's death.

In the aftermath, Scrounge was given excellent treatment by [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]]. The poor thing just needed some proper care. {{storylink|I, Lowtech}}

[[File:Kre-OScrounge-CMW.jpg|thumb|75px]]

When the [[Waruder]]s caused a blackout in [[Axiom Nexus]], a [[Kreon]] Scrounge within the offworlder maximum security prison was caught in the middle of a brawl with his fellow inmates. A Kreon [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] in particular caused him grief, coming after him even after Scrounge's arm had come off! {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Scrounge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|From having a special arm to being a special arm.]]
*'''Computron''' (Box Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Computron extremities

:A redeco and retool of [[Cosmos (G1)|Generations Cosmos]], Scrounge can combine with [[Strafe (G1)|Combiner Wars Strafe]] to form the left arm of Computron.
{{Comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
[[File:Scroungespecialhand.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|Autobots with silly abilities like turning invisible or making holograms only wish they could do this.]]
*Scrounge's death haunted Blaster for a long time. He's kind of like Blaster's [[wikia:c:marvel:Gwen Stacy (Earth-616)|Gwen Stacy]], only with a special arm instead of go-go boots and breasts.
*Scrounge has a special arm (how many times can we mention that?) with two [[Sensors|sensored]] fingers that pick up sound and video. He claims there is no other like it. However, in the ''Classics'' story "[[Games of Deception]]", [[Elita One]] had a similar setup. And in ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] had a setup where he could make his fingers control a headmaster unit. The fingers detached like Scrounge's. [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] has a microphone thumb, but it's [[Interiors|definitely not detachable]]. Should have registered that patent, Scrounge.
*The Scrounge in "[[I, Lowtech]]" who thinks he's actually Emirate Xaaron isn't very good at being Xaaron. He claims he has a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and that he's from universe Primax 093.0 Epsilon. [[Universal stream|Decoding that technobabble]] allegedly pegs him as an Emirate Xaaron from Transformers Fan Club fiction published in [[1993]]. Yyyyyeah.
*[[Bob Budiansky]] revealed at one of his [[BotCon 2010]] panels that Scrounge was partially based upon Gunga Din, but we didn't find out that he meant the {{w|Gunga Din (film)|1939 Cary Grant film}} version of the character (as opposed to {{w|Gunga Din|the original poem}}) until his [[2013]] interview in the [[Transformers: 30th Anniversary Collection]].
*According to a Hasbro Briefing Binder for [[1985]] product, "Scrounge" was originally going to be the name for [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]. When that didn't happen, apparently Bob Budiansky found a use for the name elsewhere. [http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/ron-friedman-auction-hasbro-briefing.html]

===Foreign names===
*''Portuguese:'' '''Crava''' (Portugal comic), '''Surrupio''' (Brazil comic)

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[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Surveillance specialists]]
[[Category:TransTech Autobots]]

Strafe (G1)

2016-04-11T15:48:04Z

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{{disambig3|Strafe}}
{{featured}}
:''Strafe is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] and sometimes [[Cyberjet]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Strafe MTMTE.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What happens when you cross-breed Starscream and Shockwave. Logical and psychopathic.]]
'''Strafe''' is a really nice guy, one of the kindest, gentlest mechanoids you could ever hope to meet, and he's a crack shot with his heat-ray rifle, too. It's said that Strafe can burn a hole in a screw head (size not specified) from two miles away. Too bad he can't tighten up the loose screws in his own cranial module, though. He's got a case of nerves that could very well cause [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] to fear for his job security, and when startled he tends to SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT FIRE FIRE BANG BANG BANG KILL KILL KILL IT DEAD DEAD DEAD without stopping to aim or analyze the threat, and doesn't quit until he's shot down or runs out of heat-ray charges. Sometimes, though, all is quiet... too quiet... and he doesn't like that, either. SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT FIRE FIRE BANG BANG KILL KILL KILL...

He can combine with the other [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] to form [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], and seems to make a rather calm limb. Sometimes he's a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]], in which case his partner is [[Rocketbot]].

{{bigquote|I mean, we got us some fast action! Hard action! Action hard and fast! Action to get the old pumps pumpin'! Action to — HUH? — YAHOOOO!|Strafe, always excitable|"[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Ask Vector Prime====
In millions of years before the war on Earth, Strafe was one of five members of the [[Elite Flying Corps]], under the command of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Along with [[Swoop (G1)|Divebomb]], [[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]], [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]], and [[Doubleheader]], he engaged Decepticons in the skies. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Technobots attack.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|This is seriously my only American appearance as just myself and not an arm.]]

Strafe was among the Autobots who departed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] to escape the cycle of war without end. When the refugees sought peace on the planet [[Nebulos]], Strafe put in an uncredited appearance as [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]'s arm, helping to defend the resort city of [[Splendora]] against [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

Their travels taking them to Earth, Strafe and his fellow Technobots bravely attempted to defend of [[Buenos Aires]] against the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], but were felled virtually instantly by the villain's cosmic power. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
{{-}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Autobots attack space pirates.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95|This is seriously the only appearance of my full robot mode. I'm at the back. Third from the left.]]
[[File:Rodimus shoots strafe white fire.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|This is seriously the only time anyone says my name.]]
In [[2008]], Strafe was one of several Autobots stationed at [[Autobase]] on Cybertron under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Responding to a mysterious call for help, they discovered that astonishingly, the call came from the Decepticons. Even more astonishing, it was genuine. Strafe and the Autobots joined forces with their Decepticon counterparts in driving a marauding crew of [[Quintesson]]s off the planet. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

After the [[Time Wars]] rebooted future history, Strafe was next seen stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[2009]]. When the [[Future Autobot evacuation ship|Autobot evacuation ship]] from Cybertron crashed down instead of landing safely, Strafe flew out to help alongside [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}} What they found was Autobot commander [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], aglow with evil and possessed by the living malice of [[Unicron]] that had infected the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] a year earlier. Strafe was apparently killed in the resulting conflict before Rodimus regained control of his actions. {{storylink|White Fire}}

In another alternate future, the last Decepticon was destroyed by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and the [[Wrecker]]s in [[2510]]. However, as Rodimus Prime announced the end of the war and prepared to hand over leadership to Springer, the Autobots soon came to blows over a misunderstanding caused by Strafe's ally [[Triton]] and the war broke out again almost as soon as it had ended. Strafe and the Technobots formed a new faction under Ultra Magnus, battling against the Wreckers. {{storylink|Peace}}
{{-}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Bulen]] (English), [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese), [[Kenichi Sakaguchi]] (Japanese, "The Rebirth")|[[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, ''Grimlocks New Brain''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Money is Everything''), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 1'')}}
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Strafe was created, like the other Technobots, by the temporarily super-intelligent [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] from components found within [[Unicron]]'s head. The exuberant newborn Autobot was immediately presented with the task of using his flight and firepower to disable Unicron's internal defenses, which he accomplished with a lot of SHOOT SHOOT BLAM BLAM BLOW IT UP!!! The Technobots were subsequently dispatched to aid the Autobots fighting on Unicron's surface against the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s, and defeated their combined form of Abominus by merging into Computron. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}
[[File:MoneyIsEverything strafe vehiclemode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Less than a week later, Strafe the other Technobots were assigned to an [[Earth Defense Command]] science unit in order to learn how to interact with [[human]]s. When reports came in from EDC headquarters of an unknown spacecraft entering the planet's atmosphere, Strafe joined [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] and [[Marissa Faireborn]] in investigating, and in his eagerness for some action, Strafe wound up opening fire on the craft. Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!!

Strafe was too busy watching the ship crash and congratulating himself to notice that the ship had actually been pursued by [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grr]] of the Terrorcons, who took both him and Scattershot down, but the pair were saved from the two-headed terror by the timely arrival of the rest of their Technobot comrades. The crashed ship's owner, unscrupulous trader [[Dirk Manus]], agreed to lead the heroes to a hidden [[Quintesson]] base he had discovered on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], and Strafe, Scattershot and [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] set off with him the next day. Strafe had little patience for Lightspeed's rambling on the beauty of space, but soon found himself something much worse to complain about when the team was ambushed by Abominus and sent plummeting to the moon's surface. [[File:MoneyEverything Technobots Sharktisneak.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]] [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] and Faireborn soon arrived to help, rescuing the group from the Sharkticons; they headed for the Quintesson base. In route, Strafe "saved" Marissa from some aggressive vines by wantonly opening fire on them. Blam! Blam! Blam!!

Manus took Marissa hostage and handed them over to the Quintessons, the Technobots' injuries having left them unable to combine. However, the whole thing was a complex double-cross by Manus, eager for revenge on the Quintessons following a deal gone wrong; he used the molecular disassembler/reassembler known as the [[Recreator]] to heal Strafe and the Technobots' injuries, and they defeated Abominus and the Quintessons. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

Strafe and his team later got a chance for a rematch with the Terrorcons when they attempted to stop them stealing a heat-resistant alloy from Doctor [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory, but this battle ended in failure for the Technobots, and Strafe was tasked with summoning [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] to provide medical care for [[Jessica Morgan|Morgan's daughter]], who was injured in the battle. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

Months later, Strafe was at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], talking with his fellow Technobots and the [[Throttlebot]]s about what a glorious day it was, and about how every day had been a glorious one ever since they ended the threat of the Decepticons once and for all, and the days would continue to be glorious as long as... okay, you know what's coming. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

After the Decepticons were finally defeated (again), Strafe was among the Autobots celebrating the new Golden Age of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as described above, with the distinction that they take place in 2010, rather than 2006. Japanese continuity inserts multiple additional stories into the timeline.}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
Strafe and his Technobot comrades were under construction at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when the Autobots sought the aid of Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] in improving their abilities. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Dalton heavily upgraded the Technobots' weaponry, allowing the combined Computron to easily outmatch the Decepticon combiner, Abominus. As the Decepticon motto goes, however: When in doubt, cheat. [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] outfitted the Terrorcons with "[[Cohesive Control Liquid]]", a substance that enabled them to assume control over Computron. Dalton arranged for [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] to use a special [[exosuit]] to approach Computron safely and administer an antidote. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:DemonMeteorite strafe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
In [[2011]], when the Decepticons launched a major attack on Cybertron, Strafe and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Not long after, when [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] left to search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Strafe and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. Strafe and his teammates backed Hot Rod up after he located the Matrix, combining into Computron to hold off the Decepticons who had pursued him so that he could return to Cybertron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, after the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aeriabots]] fell victim to [[Metamorphose]], the Decepticons' metal-twisting meteorite weapon, the Strafe and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, only to be intercepted by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, with the Decepticons trying to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], but soon [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, so the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

[[File:ExplosiononMars technobots.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Aw yeah, standin' at the FRONT!]]
When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] was unleashed upon [[San Francisco]] by the Decepticon, Ultra Magnus sent the Technobots to deal with the incident. Strafe joined his comrades in battling the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} Not long after, the Trainbots ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], and Strafe and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened, keeping the Technobots occupied and unable to aid their comrades on the red planet. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Strafe and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Strafe's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large vehicle modes as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

Strafe and his fellow Technobots accompanied Fortress on his quest to prevent the Decepticons from stealing energy elsewhere in the galaxy. During this extended mission, Strafe and his teammates formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} Upon their return to Earth, the team were deployed to counter a Decepticon attack in [[Florida|Miami]], where they battled Abominus as Computron, {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} Decepticons attacks around the Earth only continued to escalate, and Strafe and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Strafe and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. They started out by combining into Computron to help Defensor and Raiden destroy the Decepticons' Earth deserted base, wiping out all trace of the villains' presence on the planet. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Strafe participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Gentei! Gentei!''=====
When Grimlock created the Technobots, he didn't build them from scratch: In actuality, he reconstructed a number of dead bodies he found within Unicron's head, former victims of the planet-eater. In the midst of a battle with the Decepticons, Strafe took the full brunt of an attack from the villains, triggering the inexplicable transformation of his body back into its original form, a body whose design Unicron had evidently mimicked when he created [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. This baffling reconfiguration merely invigorated Strafe, who gained hugely increased flight speed and a new [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partner, [[Rocketbot]]. {{storylink|#genteitoy|Strafe's ''Gentei! Gentei!'' toy bio}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
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[[File:HtF-StrafeandTrooper.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|What the- Strafe in his G2 body?!]]
In 2984, Strafe was one of the Autobots stationed at the space bridge outpost near [[Delta Prysmos]]. He fared poorly when confronted by the Decepticon mercenary [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer1 Jetfire Strafe.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"Oooh... Strafe feels much damage coming on."]]
Strafe and the other Technobots crewed the Autobot vessel ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'', under the command of [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. When strange energy emissions were detected from beneath the long-dead Cybertron, Strafe—possessed of a noticeable stutter—was nervous about landing on the planet to investigate, but accompanied Jetfire, Scattershot and Lightspeed on the reconnaissance mission nonetheless. Just as they were about to return to their ship, they were captured by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s group of Decepticons. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} Strafe and the other captives were cannibalized for raw materials for Bludgeon to use in his attempt to recreate the [[Pretender]] process {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} but they all survived the experience and helped uncover the key to defeating the revenant [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

[[File:BeforeandAfter-RainingAutobots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I am a very important character!]]
Sometime later, in the aftermath of [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]'s attack on [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the Technobots and the crew of the ''[[Ark-27]]'' arrived to take the [[Pretender Monster|combiners]] into custody. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} They brought them to the [[Garrus-9]] facility, where they tried to reform the Decepticons and rid them of their "group consciousness". Before the Technobots could make much progress, the Monstructor components were stolen during a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

As the threat of the [[Expansion]] came to light, Strafe and the Technobots used Bludgeon's [[Pretender]] technology to make shells to protect Autobots from the hazards of the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} Using the ''[[Nightbird (ship)|Nightbird]]'', they then saved the crew of the ''[[Mirror-Manifold]]'' and gave them the shells. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Following the end of the war, Strafe joined the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' on their journey to find the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. He participated in a battle with a group of rogue Decepticons on the planet [[Temptoria]]. {{storylink|Before & After}}

Strafe remained a part of the ''Lost Light'' crew when it departed from Cybertron a second time. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption letters}}

A quantum duplicate of Strafe aboard a quantum duplicate of the ''Lost Light'' was killed by the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} His corpse presumably vanished with the rest of his ''Lost Light'' when the main ''Lost Light'' crew shut down the duplicate ship's quantum engines. {{storylink|Slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

Strafe joined the security patrol aboard the ''Lost Light''. When they caught [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] after their apparent assassination attempt on Megatron. When Cyclonus appeared to reach for his [[Great Sword]], the guards opened fire. {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}}
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===''Timelines''===
In one reality, Strafe was part of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]]'s newly-reconstituted [[Firestormer|Firestormer Squadron]]. At the final battle of the [[Great War (G1)|third Cybertronian war]] on [[Mirtonia]], General Optimus Prime led the Autobots to victory over the [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]], although this ended with the General and [[Hound (G1)|Sergeant Hound]] being blasted away by an explosion into [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime's profile card}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Technobots.jpg|thumb]]
*Faced with the might of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Strafe and his fellow Technobots dodged the huge Decepticons' claws and merged into Computron to fight back, but they were quickly bowled over when Scorponok hurled a mountain at them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}
*Strafe spotted the Terrorcons as they approached [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], swooping low over the monsters before returning to his teammates to prepare for their rivals' attack. While his comrades engaged the Terrorcons, Strafe lay in waiting with a snare trap, which [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] stepped into; Strafe then rocketed off, dragging the bound Terrorcon behind him. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TFPS2 strafes vs octane.jpg|thumb]]
Strafe was one of the Autobots who joined the battle on the planet [[Zel Samine]] over the powerful [[Zel Quartz]]. Combined with his fellow Technobots as Computron, he confronted the Decepticons on two occasions, first attempting to prevent them from obtaining a drillbit from the [[Karzite mine]], and then later striving to bar their entrance to the [[ELTA|Enormous Laser Transmission Array]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

{{Note|Strafe is a non-playable character who appears only among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign, and as part of Computron when he appears in the story.}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends strafe evolution.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2.2]]
Strafe and his Technobot teammates were ambushed by the Terrorcons, who feared the power of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. Strafe attempted to pin down the assailants while Afterburner attempted to call for reinforcements. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Strafe participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Strafe toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Only a Technobot could get this much firepower from a pair of Cheetos.]]
*'''Strafe''' (Technobot, [[1987]])
**''Team ID number:'' '''TK3'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-87'''
**''Accessories:'' "Heat Ray Rifle", 2 "Light-Pulse Blasters"

:Strafe transforms into a Cybertronic "rocket plane" (according to his instructions) with twin front-mounted "light-pulse blasters". These cannons can also be used as hand-held weapons in robot mode, making him the only Technobot that can use his vehicle-mode weapons in that manner. As a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, he can form the limb to any similar-construction super robot, though his nominal placement is as the left arm of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]].

:Later individual releases of all five Technobots were [[retool]]ed to remove their [[rubsign]] indents. There is also a packaging variant for all four small Technobots, which included a random bonus Autobot [[Decoy|"Decoy" mini-figurine]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Strafe/strafe.htm More information on Strafe at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1987/instr_strafe.jpg Instructions for Strafe at Botchthecrab.com]''
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[[File:G1toy computron giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Computron''' (Multi-pack, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-91'''
**''Accessories:'' "Heat Ray Rifle", 2 "Light-Pulse Blasters"

:All five Technobots were also made available in a complete gift set in multiple markets. The gift set versions are identical to their individual releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Computron/computron.htm More information on Computron at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1987/instr_technobots.jpg Instruction booklet for Computron at Botchthecrab.com]''
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2Strafe-toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now with white cheddar flavored Cheetos!]]
*'''Strafe''' (Cyberjet, [[1995]])
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:For ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', Strafe was given an altmode much more closely conforming to traditional aircraft designs. As a [[redeco]] of the [[Decepticon]] [[Cyberjet]] [[Space Case (G2)|Space Case]], he is a forward swept wing fighter resembling the [[Wikipedia:X-29|X-29]] and [[Wikipedia:Su-47|Su-47 Berkut]] experimental aircraft. His right arm has a launcher that fires pressure-launch missiles. These missiles store on the undersides of his wings in vehicle mode.

:This toy was released with no deco changes (but with an extra decal sheet) in Japan as the former-Decepticon-turned-Autobot [[Strafe (G2)|Strafe]]. This mold was also used for the 2004 ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of Space Case and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[X-Gunner]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1995/Autobot/Strafe/strafe.htm More information on Cyberjet Strafe at TFU.info]''
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===Gentei! Gentei!===
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[[File:Gentei-strafe-g1-toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|{{w|The Man with the Golden Gun|The Robot with the Golden Gun}}]]
*'''Strafe''' (Deluxe, [[2009]])

:''Gentei! Gentei!'' (Japanese for "Exclusive! Exclusive!") Strafe is a redeco of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' series]] [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Cyclonus toy]], replacing the purple with white, the three shades of gray with red, orange, white, and black, and clear red with colorless clear plastic. Strafe transforms into a Cybertronic starfighter. He comes with a partner figure named [[Rocketbot]] who transforms into a blaster that can be mounted on the vehicle mode's back or plugged into Strafe's wrist sockets to emulate the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' style of [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] connection.

:Strafe is an [[exclusive]] for members of the [[Transformers Basecamp]] web site in Japan, which is itself exclusive to those who own a ''Transformers''-themed Visa credit card. The ordering period for Strafe ran from [[March 2]]nd through [[April 30]]th in [[2009]]. Though his cardback and bubble placard are new, he comes with Cyclonus's [[instructions]] and comic/catalog.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Cybertron/Strafe/strafe.htm More information on Gentei Strafe at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/classic/gentei_strafe.html More images of Gentei Strafe at Autobase Aichi]''
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===Bot Shots===
[[File:BotShots_CanceledStrafe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Strafe''' (<s>2013</s>)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''Super Bot 004'''
***''Fist strength'': '''400'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''?'''
***''Sword strength'': '''?'''

:Part of the unreleased wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 single-packs, Strafe is a Spin Shot Super Bot. As a Spin Shot, one manually winds up his upper body beforehand when transforming him into vehicle mode, where striking the front of the vehicle will cause him to burst open and spin while auto-transforming.
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Combiner-Wars-Strafe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Gee Strafe, how come your mom lets you have two completely distinct and extensive retools?"]]
*'''Computron''' (Box Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Computron extremities

:Combiner Wars Strafe is a heavy retool of [[Air Raid (G1)#Generations|Air Raid]], replacing most of his alternate mode kibble to better resemble Strafe's G1 alternate mode and featuring a new head. His deco is mostly inspired by his G1 toy but also has large sections of orange that haven't been part of any previous iteration of Strafe.

{{Comingsoontoy}}
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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Strafe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

:Takara's version of Strafe is a heavy retool of their version of [[Blast_Off_(G1)#Unite_Warriors|Blast Off]], Blast Off's robot mode front becomes Strafe's robot mode back (and vice versa) and the alternate mode parts are all replaced to create a more G1 cartoon accurate alternate mode. Strafe also features a G1 cartoon accurate head and deco and his alt-mode guns can be removed and wielded by him in robot mode.

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==Notes==
*In some printings of ''Stormbringer'', Strafe's stutter occasionally pops up in Scattershot's lines. (Maybe it's contagious?)
*The Mini-Con Strafe representing [[Swoop (G1)|Generation 1 Swoop]] in the ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]]'' [[Strafe (AOE)#TRUEvolution|Strafe Evolutions 2-Pack]] mistakenly<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0uG8JszvCs&t=23m5s] Botcon 2014 Interview - Hasbro's Mark Weber - Transformers Manager of Global Brand Development</ref> has ''this'' Strafe's [[package art]] instead of Swoop's Generation 1 art and lists him as a "stealth fighter" (what our wiki described the 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Strafe (TF 2010)|Strafe]] toy, thought for a time to be Generation 1 Strafe, as). This was because Hasbro no longer had the original Generation 1 Swoop's package art (or at least didn't have it anywhere where they could locate it), so some employees decided to purchase a vintage original… only to discover that by that point, their marketing department, having misinterpreted the significance of the ''Age of Extinction'' character's name matching that of another original character, had already printed the original Strafe's package art on the two-pack's packaging instead. Whoops!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Strafe''' (ストレイフ ''Sutoreifu'')
*''French:'' '''Mitraille''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Rocketbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gāng Biān''' (钢鞭, "Steel Whip")
*''Russian:'' '''Shtraf''' (Штраф, "Fine")

==References==
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[[Category:Targetmasters]]
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Scrounge (G1)

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:''Scrounge is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Scroungefullbody.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Just keep 'em turning, don't stop 'em rolling, the fire is on!]]
'''Scrounge''' has a special arm. There is no other like it.

He is a lot like [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]—he is relatively small, weak, and over-eager to prove himself to the other Autobots; he's a passable spy thanks to the fact that he has a special arm (there is no other like it) specially designed for surveillance; he is yellow. Unlike Bumblebee, with his eagerness to please and general excitability, he has a habit of imagining any little bit of info he stumbles across into a huge and vital revelation that will change the course of the [[Great War (G1)|war]].

The Autobots have heard him cry [[turbofox]] a few too many times, and so treat any info he uncovers with a good helping of doubt. Even his friend and partner [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] tends to treat him as a useless, tag-along loser.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Scroungealtmode.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|He gets around, nyuk nyuk.]]
Scrounge, while searching for a clue on the whereabout of the abducted [[neutral]] scientist [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]], infiltrated [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] and obtained coded information that was of great value to the [[Decepticon]]s. He radioed his accomplishment to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and urged to meet with him, but failed to show up himself when [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] captured him in the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]]. Scrounge was brought before [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], who ripped off his special arm because the Autobot refused to disclose what he had discovered. Right after, Straxus decided it didn't matter what Scrounge knew, since he would never be able to tell [[Cybertron Seven|his comrades]]. Without another thought, Scrounge was thrown into the [[smelting pool]].

[[File:Scroungedisarmed.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And thus the Armmasters were born!]]
Blaster belatedly came to save his little buddy, who was little more than a melting torso by that point. Scrounge died a heroic death getting the Autobots the info, making them realize that they misjudged him, and leaving Blaster with a whole lot of angst, anger, and guilt to work through by killing as many Decepticons as he was able and generally being a hardass. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

Scrounge's death continued to hit Blaster hard as the war progressed, first as a reason to not repeat his loss when the scientist [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]] went missing. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} Blaster angrily brought up Scrounge's death later on [[Earth]], after [[G.B. Blackrock]] questioned Blaster's credentials as an Autobot warrior. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:PostHoc-Scrounge.jpg|left|thumb|100px|That doesn't look like Scr-- *looks at [[Scrounge (Animated)]]*Ohhhhh....]]
At one point during the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], Scrounge was walking past [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's New Oil House]] carrying some [[conductor]]s. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Not long thereafter, he could be found scrounging for trash in the deepest, darkest slums of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He still has a special arm. How many others are like it is unknown at this point. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

[[File:ScroungeIDW 2.JPG|upright=1.1|right|thumb|Scrounge really wanted a TV guest spot.]]

During the war, Scrounge fell in with the Autobots, but was on the list of warriors to be utilized only as a last resort, presumably because, like [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], he's low on useful skills. (Besides his special arm, of course. There is, after all, no other like it.) {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

He was seen on the [[Orvus Base]] space station orbiting over [[Salvvatan VI]], mere seconds before [[Sixshot]] ripped through it. Sixshot threw Scrounge through the main viewing monitor, presumably out of jealousy of his special arm. After all, he has six modes but nothing like it! {{storylink|Spotlight: Metroplex}}
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===''TransTech''===
{{bigquote|Scrounge is what folks call me, but that’s just my ''nom-de-guerre,'' sir. But I'm really [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], from [[Universal stream|universe]] [[Primax 093.0 Epsilon]].}}
When [[Bulletbike (TransTech)|Bulletbike]], CEO of [[RoboCo]], found his [[spark]] trapped inside a "[[lowtech]]" body that was not his own, a poor deluded lowtech named Scrounge was the only other Transformer who offered sympathy. Just like Bulletbike, Scrounge claimed to be someone he was not, by all outward appearances, but unlike Bulletbike, Scrounge was indeed mistaken. Insane though he may have been, he was lucid enough to be of legitimate help, plus he was harmless enough.

Scrounge agreed to help Bulletbike find [[EconTerm]], though at increasing peril. Bulletbike was finding a growing appetite for violence, a troublesome tick that Scrounge was able to narrowly avoid. Ultimately, Scrounge was instrumental in providing support for Bulletbike's crusade to locate the beings who had transplanted his spark into another body, even if it resulted in Bulletbike's death.

In the aftermath, Scrounge was given excellent treatment by [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]]. The poor thing just needed some proper care. {{storylink|I, Lowtech}}

[[File:Kre-OScrounge-CMW.jpg|thumb|75px]]

When the [[Waruder]]s caused a blackout in [[Axiom Nexus]], a [[Kreon]] Scrounge within the offworlder maximum security prison was caught in the middle of a brawl with his fellow inmates. A Kreon [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] in particular caused him grief, coming after him even after Scrounge's arm had come off! {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}
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==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Scrounge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|From having a special arm to ''being'' a special arm.]]
*'''Computron''' (Box Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Computron extremities

:A redeco and retool of [[Cosmos (G1)|Generations Cosmos]], Scrounge can combine with [[Strafe (G1)|Combiner Wars Strafe]] to form the left arm of Computron.
{{Comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[File:Scroungespecialhand.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|Autobots with silly abilities like turning invisible or making holograms only wish they could do this.]]
*Scrounge's death haunted Blaster for a long time. He's kind of like Blaster's [[wikia:c:marvel:Gwen Stacy (Earth-616)|Gwen Stacy]], only with a special arm instead of go-go boots and breasts.
*Scrounge has a special arm (how many times can we mention that?) with two [[Sensors|sensored]] fingers that pick up sound and video. He claims there is no other like it. However, in the ''Classics'' story "[[Games of Deception]]", [[Elita One]] had a similar setup. And in ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] had a setup where he could make his fingers control a headmaster unit. The fingers detached like Scrounge's. [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] has a microphone thumb, but it's [[Interiors|definitely not detachable]]. Should have registered that patent, Scrounge.
*The Scrounge in "[[I, Lowtech]]" who thinks he's actually Emirate Xaaron isn't very good at being Xaaron. He claims he has a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and that he's from universe Primax 093.0 Epsilon. [[Universal stream|Decoding that technobabble]] allegedly pegs him as an Emirate Xaaron from Transformers Fan Club fiction published in [[1993]]. Yyyyyeah.
*[[Bob Budiansky]] revealed at one of his [[BotCon 2010]] panels that Scrounge was partially based upon Gunga Din, but we didn't find out that he meant the {{w|Gunga Din (film)|1939 Cary Grant film}} version of the character (as opposed to {{w|Gunga Din|the original poem}}) until his [[2013]] interview in the [[Transformers: 30th Anniversary Collection]].
*According to a Hasbro Briefing Binder for [[1985]] product, "Scrounge" was originally going to be the name for [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]. When that didn't happen, apparently Bob Budiansky found a use for the name elsewhere. [http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/ron-friedman-auction-hasbro-briefing.html]

===Foreign names===
*''Portuguese:'' '''Crava''' (Portugal comic), '''Surrupio''' (Brazil comic)

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Afterburner (G1)

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:''Afterburner is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Afterburner1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You'd be antisocial too if Grimlock was your dad.]]
'''Afterburner''' hates authority, hates being given orders, and is generally a seething cauldron of anger. Even innocuous remarks from teammates can send him into a furious rampage. He is ruthless and relentless in battle, giving him the greatest outlet for his rage. Somehow, he can get his temper under control long enough to form the giant [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] with his fellow [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], and it does not affect the combiner’s mental processes.

He is sometimes known as '''Afterbreaker'''.

{{bigquote|Mellow out, Afterburner.|[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] gives Afterburner some good advice|"[[Grimlock's New Brain]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Technobots attack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8]]
Afterburner was one of the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' in order to start a new life away from war (maybe he was feeling sick that day). {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} But the Decepticons followed them to their new home on [[Nebulos]]. Afterburner and the other Technobots repelled a [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] attack on the resort city [[Splendora]] {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} before all of the Transformers left Nebulos. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

Afterburner was part of the crew of ''Steelhaven'' when they descended on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to watch the combat between [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

When [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] took control of the powers of the [[Underbase]], Afterburner was part of the joint Autobot/Decepticon force that challenged him in the city of [[Buenos Aires]], and one of Starscream's many, many victims. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:Afterburner peace.jpg|thumb]]
In the post-[[Time Wars]] version of [[2009]], Afterburner was stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. He was seen racing to the rescue of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and his shuttle crew when [[Unicron]] possessed [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and turned him against the Autobots. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}

In [[2510]] of another future, Afterburner was present when Rodimus Prime announced the official end of the Autobot / Decepticon war. Unfortunately, hostilities were stirred up between the Technobots and the [[Wrecker]]s at the peace ceremony, leading to a NEW war on Cybertron. Don't look at Afterburner—he really didn't have anything to do with it. {{storylink|Peace}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Holger Schwiers]] (German, ''Grimlock's New Brain''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Money Is Everything'')}}

[[File:G1 afterburner moneyiseverything.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Winnie the Pooh's biggest fan.]]
The Technobots were created by [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] as a countermeasure to the new [[Decepticon]] [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], using the heightened intelligence the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] had gained through an accident. Once their bodies had been built, Grimlock transferred his powerful intellect into them, returning to his original intelligence settings. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-afterburner-vehicle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
The Technobots were soon after stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]], to learn how to work with humans. Afterburner was incensed when he observed Scattershot and Strafe being beaten around by Hun-Gurr, and rushed off to assist without waiting for his [[Nosecone (G1)|slow-talking, slow-walking comrades]]. He eagerly attacked their Terrorcon opponent and, with the others' help, drove him off. Later he accompanied [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] captain [[Marissa Faireborn]] on a mission to track down a [[Quintesson]] base within the solar system, threatening along the way to do nasty things to the self-serving smuggler [[Dirk Manus]]. Finding his teammates damaged and under attack by Sharkticons, he eagerly attacked. His strategy: hit 'em hard! Despite having apparently led the Technobots into a trap, Manus managed to talk his way out of being abandoned by the Technobots; Afterburner wasn't exactly impressed. Thanks to his somewhat underhanded help, the Technobots were led to the Quintesson base and defeated the Terrorcons there. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

The Technobots responded to the Terrorcon attack on [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Combining into Computron, they fought [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but the battle inadvertently injured Morgan's [[Jessica Morgan|daughter]], leading the scientist and his friend [[Gregory Swofford]] to infect the Autobots with the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Months later, the Technobots were present for the attack on Autobot City where the Decepticons stole the key to the [[Plasma energy|plasma energy chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Afterburner was later present as Cybertron was re-energized and a new Golden Age was ushered in. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
The Technobots, upgraded with the help of the human scientist Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], faced off against the Terrorcon Abominus, but it was a trap set by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. Forcing Abominus to split into his components, the individual Terrorcons spat a mind-controlling substance at Computron. Before Galvatron could get far with his new warrior, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] came to the Technobot’s rescue in an [[exosuit]], firing a beam into Computron’s eyes that removed the mind-controlling effect. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
In [[2011]], Galvatron staged a major attack on Cybertron. Afterburner and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] continued his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Afterburner and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] confronted him with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, Galvatron launched [[Metamorphose]], a metal-twisting meteorite, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s were its first victims. Afterburner and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], destroying the Autobots completely. The [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so Afterburner and the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] took root in [[San Francisco]], Ultra Magnus sent Afterburner and the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} After the Trainbots ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Afterburner and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Afterburner and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Afterburner's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large vehicle modes as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When Fortress was choosing his team to chase after Scorponok and the Decepticons through space, Afterburner was one of the Autobots tapped for service. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} During this extended mission, Afterburner and the Technobots formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

After returning to Earth, Afterburner and the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to [[Florida|Miami]] to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop [[Sixshot]]'s assassination of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. Afterburner and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Afterburner and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Computron, the Technobots helped Defensor and Raiden obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Afterburner participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer2 Nosecone Afterburner.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Don't think, just kiss me. No one will know except the wiki.]]
Afterburner was a member of the Autobot survey ship ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'s'' crew, along with his fellow Technobots and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. They discovered mysterious signs of active energon on the supposedly dead world, and sent a team down to investigate. Afterburner and Nosecone stayed aboard the Calabai-Yau, but were shot down by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his hidden team of fanatics. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} Hunted by [[Centurion droid]]s and worn down by the planet's dangerous radiation levels, the two Technobots managed to survive until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Wrecker]]s arrived and took them to safety. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

When Optimus Prime came across a [[Pretender Monster|group of Cybertronians]] who had been [[Combiner|grotesquely re-engineered]] into a [[Monstructor (G1)|combined form]] by the scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], he turned the sextet over to Jetfire and the Technobots for study and possible help. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} Afterburner and his science team took up work at the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary, until it was assaulted by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] under the command of the [[Decepticon Secret Service]]. Under heavy fire, he and Scattershot were prepared to carry out Prime's instructions and terminate the combiners rather than let them fall into Decepticon hands, but ultimately failed to do so before [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] triggered an orbital bounce and stole the sextet right out from under them. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

[[File:Technobots Working Spotlight Hardhead.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3]]
Events escalated shortly after that when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Ark-12]] chased an [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|unknown Cybertronian]] to a cave on [[Corata-Vaz]]. The cave was emanating an unusual but powerful energy source, and was guarded by none other than a reactivated Thunderwing. Afterburner and the Technobots were put to work by Jetfire to do their best to analyze the energy signature despite Thunderwing's efforts to keep them from making direct contact with it. When the Autobots quest for answers led them to the void of the [[Benzuli Expanse]], Jetfire volunteered to try Pretender technology as a means of entering the Expanse safely. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

Aboard their new cargo vessel ''[[Nightbird (ship)|Nightbird]]'', Afterburner and the Technobots rushed to reach [[Cloudburst]]'s team at the edge of the Benzuli Expanse. As they traveled they also worked on perfecting new Pretender carapaces for the journey inside the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} They arrived just in time to execute a ship-to-ship transporter beam, pulling Cloudburst and the ''[[Mirror-Manifold]]'s'' crew to safety. The Technobots provided the carapaces Cloudburst and company needed to enter the Dead Universe and dispose of the [[Nega-Core]]s threatening their universe. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[File:Afterburner and Lightspeed Numbers.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], Afterburner was reassigned to a platoon under the command of [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]. They successfully defeated the [[Tremorcon]]s on [[Hydrus 5]], thanks largely to the heroic actions of their commanding officer. {{storylink|Bullets}}

He later ended up stationed at [[Kimia Facility]] in time to see [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and his army of [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] invade the facility and slaughter almost everyone inside. Afterburner and Lightspeed took part in the fight against the Sweeps. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} Despite their stand against the Sweeps, many of the remaining Autobots at Kimia were killed in the fight and soon Cyclonus was using the facility as a massive laser cannon. However, Afterburner and Lightspeed had managed to survive and held against the Sweeps. Realizing what Cyclonus and his Sweeps were doing, the two used charges to destroy the facility from within, sacrificing themselves in the process. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Faced with the might of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Afterburner and his fellow Technobots dodged the huge Decepticon's claws and merged into Computron to fight back, but they were quickly bowled over when Scorponok hurled a mountain at them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}
*Afterburner, [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] worked together to project a forcefield to halt a boulder pitched towards them by [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]. The Technobots then stood their ground to stave off an attack from the rest of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] against [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Because they feared [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]'s power, the Terrorcons ambushed Afterburner and the rest of the Technobots. Fearing the loss of the key to Autobot City, Scattorshot sent Afterburner for reinforcements. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}} The Technobots came to [[Dirk Manus]]'s aid when his ship was attacked by the Terrorcons. Though they managed to repel the first attack, the Terrorcons eventually overcame them, however after the [[Quintesson]]s doublecrossed Manus, he used the [[Recreator]] to repair the Autobot team so they could defeat the Quintessons. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (Legends)|Money Is Everything}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Afterburner participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward for the "Computron's Challenge" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Afterburner toy.jpg|thumb|"[[:File:ABTF2-GrimlockBirdGardener.jpg|My alt mode is a... wheelbarrow? That can't be right...]]"]]
*'''Afterburner''' (Technobot, [[1987]])
**''Team ID number'': '''TK1'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-90'''
**''Accessories'': "Sonic Blaster Pistol", "Pulse Cannon", "Missiles" launcher

:Afterburner transforms into an orange and white Cybertronic motorcycle, with add-on (non-firing) missile launcher and cannon accessories. He combines with [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] and [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] to form the giant robot Computron. As with most of the Generation 1 team combiners, he uses the [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style of combination, enabling him to form the arm or leg of any combiner combination.
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*'''Computron''' (Gift set, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-91'''

:All five Technobots were available both separately and in a full-team gift set.

===G.I. Joe and the Transformers===
[[File:TimelinesToy marissa and afterburner.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Marissa Faireborn with Afterbreaker''' ([[2015]])
**''Accessories'': Wheel

:''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Afterbreaker (renamed due to trademark issues) is a non-transforming futuristic bike [[redeco]]ed from the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe Retaliation]]'' [http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/12/wheelblaster/ Wheel Blaster Bike] toy. True to the toy's name, the front wheel can be launched as a projectile at targets.

:Available exclusively through the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] store (as well as the G.I. Joe Collector's Club Store) in 2015, he is packed with [[Marissa Faireborn#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Marissa Faireborn]] in homage to her work with the Technobots in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]".
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Combiner-Wars-Afterbreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Computron''' (Box Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

Combiner Wars Afterbreaker is a retool of Unite Warriors [[Groove_(G1)#Unite_Warriors_2|Groove]] featuring a new canopy section that more closely resembles his G1 alternate mode apart from being green. His deco is generally inspired by his G1 toy but uses a red-orange close to the G1 cartoon than the straight orange his toy uses. Strangely, though stock photos provided by Hasbro show this release using the Groove head, the toy on display at [[Botcon 2016]] featured the same new head used on the Unite Warriors release.

{{Comingsoontoy}}
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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Afterburner.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

Unite Warriors Afterburner is a more animation-accurate redeco of the Combiner Wars version with a pair of new guns.

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==Notes==
[[File:Afterburnerback.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|Yeah, just stick that anywhere.]]
*Like all his fellow Technobots, Afterburner's rear-view [[character model]] was designed without any reference beyond the front-facing model. Consequently, it's an entirely made-up design, with the added goofs of omitting his rear wheel, and misinterpreting the position of his front wheel, which is made to jut out of his left shoulder, instead of projecting from the middle of his back. This model featured only in [[AKOM]]-animated episodes of the original series; in episodes animated by [[Toei]], a corrected model that adjust the position of the wheel is used. Unfortunately, the incorrect model was used throughout the entirety of ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''.
*Since Computron's animation model was designed with a picture of the toy at the correct angle for reference, ''it'' positions Afterburner's wheels correctly.
*Afterburner's bio has the peculiar last line [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1987/ts_afterburner.jpg "Combines with fellow Combaticons to form Computron."] This was corrected in the tech spec on the giftset box.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Afterburner''' (アフターバーナー ''Afutābānā'')
*''French:'' '''Postpyro''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Radarbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Làotiě''' (烙铁, "Flatiron")
*''Russian:'' '''Astrofakel''' (Астрофакел, "Astrotorch")

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Afterburner (G1)

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{{disambig3|Afterburner}}
:''Afterburner is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Afterburner1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You'd be antisocial too if Grimlock was your dad.]]
'''Afterburner''' hates authority, hates being given orders, and is generally a seething cauldron of anger. Even innocuous remarks from teammates can send him into a furious rampage. He is ruthless and relentless in battle, giving him the greatest outlet for his rage. Somehow, he can get his temper under control long enough to form the giant [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] with his fellow [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], and it does not affect the combiner’s mental processes.

He is sometimes known as '''Afterbreaker'''.

{{bigquote|Mellow out, Afterburner.|[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] gives Afterburner some good advice|"[[Grimlock's New Brain]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Technobots attack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8]]
Afterburner was one of the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' in order to start a new life away from war (maybe he was feeling sick that day). {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} But the Decepticons followed them to their new home on [[Nebulos]]. Afterburner and the other Technobots repelled a [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] attack on the resort city [[Splendora]] {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} before all of the Transformers left Nebulos. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

Afterburner was part of the crew of ''Steelhaven'' when they descended on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to watch the combat between [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

When [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] took control of the powers of the [[Underbase]], Afterburner was part of the joint Autobot/Decepticon force that challenged him in the city of [[Buenos Aires]], and one of Starscream's many, many victims. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:Afterburner peace.jpg|thumb]]
In the post-[[Time Wars]] version of [[2009]], Afterburner was stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. He was seen racing to the rescue of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and his shuttle crew when [[Unicron]] possessed [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and turned him against the Autobots. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}

In [[2510]] of another future, Afterburner was present when Rodimus Prime announced the official end of the Autobot / Decepticon war. Unfortunately, hostilities were stirred up between the Technobots and the [[Wrecker]]s at the peace ceremony, leading to a NEW war on Cybertron. Don't look at Afterburner—he really didn't have anything to do with it. {{storylink|Peace}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Holger Schwiers]] (German, ''Grimlock's New Brain''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Money Is Everything'')}}

[[File:G1 afterburner moneyiseverything.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Winnie the Pooh's biggest fan.]]
The Technobots were created by [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] as a countermeasure to the new [[Decepticon]] [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], using the heightened intelligence the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] had gained through an accident. Once their bodies had been built, Grimlock transferred his powerful intellect into them, returning to his original intelligence settings. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-afterburner-vehicle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
The Technobots were soon after stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]], to learn how to work with humans. Afterburner was incensed when he observed Scattershot and Strafe being beaten around by Hun-Gurr, and rushed off to assist without waiting for his [[Nosecone (G1)|slow-talking, slow-walking comrades]]. He eagerly attacked their Terrorcon opponent and, with the others' help, drove him off. Later he accompanied [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] captain [[Marissa Faireborn]] on a mission to track down a [[Quintesson]] base within the solar system, threatening along the way to do nasty things to the self-serving smuggler [[Dirk Manus]]. Finding his teammates damaged and under attack by Sharkticons, he eagerly attacked. His strategy: hit 'em hard! Despite having apparently led the Technobots into a trap, Manus managed to talk his way out of being abandoned by the Technobots; Afterburner wasn't exactly impressed. Thanks to his somewhat underhanded help, the Technobots were led to the Quintesson base and defeated the Terrorcons there. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

The Technobots responded to the Terrorcon attack on [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Combining into Computron, they fought [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but the battle inadvertently injured Morgan's [[Jessica Morgan|daughter]], leading the scientist and his friend [[Gregory Swofford]] to infect the Autobots with the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Months later, the Technobots were present for the attack on Autobot City where the Decepticons stole the key to the [[Plasma energy|plasma energy chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Afterburner was later present as Cybertron was re-energized and a new Golden Age was ushered in. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
The Technobots, upgraded with the help of the human scientist Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], faced off against the Terrorcon Abominus, but it was a trap set by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. Forcing Abominus to split into his components, the individual Terrorcons spat a mind-controlling substance at Computron. Before Galvatron could get far with his new warrior, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] came to the Technobot’s rescue in an [[exosuit]], firing a beam into Computron’s eyes that removed the mind-controlling effect. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
In [[2011]], Galvatron staged a major attack on Cybertron. Afterburner and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] continued his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Afterburner and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] confronted him with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, Galvatron launched [[Metamorphose]], a metal-twisting meteorite, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s were its first victims. Afterburner and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], destroying the Autobots completely. The [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so Afterburner and the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] took root in [[San Francisco]], Ultra Magnus sent Afterburner and the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} After the Trainbots ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Afterburner and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Afterburner and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Afterburner's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large vehicle modes as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When Fortress was choosing his team to chase after Scorponok and the Decepticons through space, Afterburner was one of the Autobots tapped for service. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} During this extended mission, Afterburner and the Technobots formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

After returning to Earth, Afterburner and the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to [[Florida|Miami]] to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop [[Sixshot]]'s assassination of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. Afterburner and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Afterburner and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Computron, the Technobots helped Defensor and Raiden obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Afterburner participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer2 Nosecone Afterburner.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Don't think, just kiss me. No one will know except the wiki.]]
Afterburner was a member of the Autobot survey ship ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'s'' crew, along with his fellow Technobots and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. They discovered mysterious signs of active energon on the supposedly dead world, and sent a team down to investigate. Afterburner and Nosecone stayed aboard the Calabai-Yau, but were shot down by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his hidden team of fanatics. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} Hunted by [[Centurion droid]]s and worn down by the planet's dangerous radiation levels, the two Technobots managed to survive until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Wrecker]]s arrived and took them to safety. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

When Optimus Prime came across a [[Pretender Monster|group of Cybertronians]] who had been [[Combiner|grotesquely re-engineered]] into a [[Monstructor (G1)|combined form]] by the scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], he turned the sextet over to Jetfire and the Technobots for study and possible help. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} Afterburner and his science team took up work at the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary, until it was assaulted by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] under the command of the [[Decepticon Secret Service]]. Under heavy fire, he and Scattershot were prepared to carry out Prime's instructions and terminate the combiners rather than let them fall into Decepticon hands, but ultimately failed to do so before [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] triggered an orbital bounce and stole the sextet right out from under them. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

[[File:Technobots Working Spotlight Hardhead.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3]]
Events escalated shortly after that when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Ark-12]] chased an [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|unknown Cybertronian]] to a cave on [[Corata-Vaz]]. The cave was emanating an unusual but powerful energy source, and was guarded by none other than a reactivated Thunderwing. Afterburner and the Technobots were put to work by Jetfire to do their best to analyze the energy signature despite Thunderwing's efforts to keep them from making direct contact with it. When the Autobots quest for answers led them to the void of the [[Benzuli Expanse]], Jetfire volunteered to try Pretender technology as a means of entering the Expanse safely. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

Aboard their new cargo vessel ''[[Nightbird (ship)|Nightbird]]'', Afterburner and the Technobots rushed to reach [[Cloudburst]]'s team at the edge of the Benzuli Expanse. As they traveled they also worked on perfecting new Pretender carapaces for the journey inside the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} They arrived just in time to execute a ship-to-ship transporter beam, pulling Cloudburst and the ''[[Mirror-Manifold]]'s'' crew to safety. The Technobots provided the carapaces Cloudburst and company needed to enter the Dead Universe and dispose of the [[Nega-Core]]s threatening their universe. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[File:Afterburner and Lightspeed Numbers.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], Afterburner was reassigned to a platoon under the command of [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]. They successfully defeated the [[Tremorcon]]s on [[Hydrus 5]], thanks largely to the heroic actions of their commanding officer. {{storylink|Bullets}}

He later ended up stationed at [[Kimia Facility]] in time to see [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and his army of [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] invade the facility and slaughter almost everyone inside. Afterburner and Lightspeed took part in the fight against the Sweeps. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} Despite their stand against the Sweeps, many of the remaining Autobots at Kimia were killed in the fight and soon Cyclonus was using the facility as a massive laser cannon. However, Afterburner and Lightspeed had managed to survive and held against the Sweeps. Realizing what Cyclonus and his Sweeps were doing, the two used charges to destroy the facility from within, sacrificing themselves in the process. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Faced with the might of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Afterburner and his fellow Technobots dodged the huge Decepticon's claws and merged into Computron to fight back, but they were quickly bowled over when Scorponok hurled a mountain at them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}
*Afterburner, [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] worked together to project a forcefield to halt a boulder pitched towards them by [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]. The Technobots then stood their ground to stave off an attack from the rest of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] against [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Because they feared [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]'s power, the Terrorcons ambushed Afterburner and the rest of the Technobots. Fearing the loss of the key to Autobot City, Scattorshot sent Afterburner for reinforcements. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}} The Technobots came to [[Dirk Manus]]'s aid when his ship was attacked by the Terrorcons. Though they managed to repel the first attack, the Terrorcons eventually overcame them, however after the [[Quintesson]]s doublecrossed Manus, he used the [[Recreator]] to repair the Autobot team so they could defeat the Quintessons. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (Legends)|Money Is Everything}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Afterburner participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward for the "Computron's Challenge" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Afterburner toy.jpg|thumb|"[[:File:ABTF2-GrimlockBirdGardener.jpg|My alt mode is a... wheelbarrow? That can't be right...]]"]]
*'''Afterburner''' (Technobot, [[1987]])
**''Team ID number'': '''TK1'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-90'''
**''Accessories'': "Sonic Blaster Pistol", "Pulse Cannon", "Missiles" launcher

:Afterburner transforms into an orange and white Cybertronic motorcycle, with add-on (non-firing) missile launcher and cannon accessories. He combines with [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] and [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] to form the giant robot Computron. As with most of the Generation 1 team combiners, he uses the [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style of combination, enabling him to form the arm or leg of any combiner combination.
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*'''Computron''' (Gift set, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-91'''

:All five Technobots were available both separately and in a full-team gift set.

===G.I. Joe and the Transformers===
[[File:TimelinesToy marissa and afterburner.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Marissa Faireborn with Afterbreaker''' ([[2015]])
**''Accessories'': Wheel

:''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Afterbreaker (renamed due to trademark issues) is a non-transforming futuristic bike [[redeco]]ed from the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe Retaliation]]'' [http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/12/wheelblaster/ Wheel Blaster Bike] toy. True to the toy's name, the front wheel can be launched as a projectile at targets.

:Available exclusively through the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] store (as well as the G.I. Joe Collector's Club Store) in 2015, he is packed with [[Marissa Faireborn#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Marissa Faireborn]] in homage to her work with the Technobots in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]".
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Combiner-Wars-Afterbreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Computron''' (Box Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

Combiner Wars Afterbreaker is a retool of Unite Warriors [[Groove_(G1)#Unite_Warriors_2|Groove]] featuring a new canopy section that more closely resembles his G1 alternate mode apart from being green. His deco is generally inspired by his G1 toy but uses a red-orange close to the G1 cartoon than the straight orange his toy uses. Strangely, though stock photos provided by Hasbro use the Groove head, the toy on display at [[Botcon 2016]] featured the same new head used on the Unite Warriors release.

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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Afterburner.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

Unite Warriors Afterburner is a more animation-accurate redeco of the Combiner Wars version with a pair of new guns.

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==Notes==
[[File:Afterburnerback.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|Yeah, just stick that anywhere.]]
*Like all his fellow Technobots, Afterburner's rear-view [[character model]] was designed without any reference beyond the front-facing model. Consequently, it's an entirely made-up design, with the added goofs of omitting his rear wheel, and misinterpreting the position of his front wheel, which is made to jut out of his left shoulder, instead of projecting from the middle of his back. This model featured only in [[AKOM]]-animated episodes of the original series; in episodes animated by [[Toei]], a corrected model that adjust the position of the wheel is used. Unfortunately, the incorrect model was used throughout the entirety of ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''.
*Since Computron's animation model was designed with a picture of the toy at the correct angle for reference, ''it'' positions Afterburner's wheels correctly.
*Afterburner's bio has the peculiar last line [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1987/ts_afterburner.jpg "Combines with fellow Combaticons to form Computron."] This was corrected in the tech spec on the giftset box.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Afterburner''' (アフターバーナー ''Afutābānā'')
*''French:'' '''Postpyro''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Radarbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Làotiě''' (烙铁, "Flatiron")
*''Russian:'' '''Astrofakel''' (Астрофакел, "Astrotorch")

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:''Afterburner is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Afterburner1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You'd be antisocial too if Grimlock was your dad.]]
'''Afterburner''' hates authority, hates being given orders, and is generally a seething cauldron of anger. Even innocuous remarks from teammates can send him into a furious rampage. He is ruthless and relentless in battle, giving him the greatest outlet for his rage. Somehow, he can get his temper under control long enough to form the giant [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] with his fellow [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], and it does not affect the combiner’s mental processes.

He is sometimes known as '''Afterbreaker'''.

{{bigquote|Mellow out, Afterburner.|[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] gives Afterburner some good advice|"[[Grimlock's New Brain]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Technobots attack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8]]
Afterburner was one of the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' in order to start a new life away from war (maybe he was feeling sick that day). {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} But the Decepticons followed them to their new home on [[Nebulos]]. Afterburner and the other Technobots repelled a [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] attack on the resort city [[Splendora]] {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} before all of the Transformers left Nebulos. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

Afterburner was part of the crew of ''Steelhaven'' when they descended on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to watch the combat between [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

When [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] took control of the powers of the [[Underbase]], Afterburner was part of the joint Autobot/Decepticon force that challenged him in the city of [[Buenos Aires]], and one of Starscream's many, many victims. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:Afterburner peace.jpg|thumb]]
In the post-[[Time Wars]] version of [[2009]], Afterburner was stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. He was seen racing to the rescue of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and his shuttle crew when [[Unicron]] possessed [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and turned him against the Autobots. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}

In [[2510]] of another future, Afterburner was present when Rodimus Prime announced the official end of the Autobot / Decepticon war. Unfortunately, hostilities were stirred up between the Technobots and the [[Wrecker]]s at the peace ceremony, leading to a NEW war on Cybertron. Don't look at Afterburner—he really didn't have anything to do with it. {{storylink|Peace}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Holger Schwiers]] (German, ''Grimlock's New Brain''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Money Is Everything'')}}

[[File:G1 afterburner moneyiseverything.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Winnie the Pooh's biggest fan.]]
The Technobots were created by [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] as a countermeasure to the new [[Decepticon]] [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], using the heightened intelligence the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] had gained through an accident. Once their bodies had been built, Grimlock transferred his powerful intellect into them, returning to his original intelligence settings. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-afterburner-vehicle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
The Technobots were soon after stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]], to learn how to work with humans. Afterburner was incensed when he observed Scattershot and Strafe being beaten around by Hun-Gurr, and rushed off to assist without waiting for his [[Nosecone (G1)|slow-talking, slow-walking comrades]]. He eagerly attacked their Terrorcon opponent and, with the others' help, drove him off. Later he accompanied [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] captain [[Marissa Faireborn]] on a mission to track down a [[Quintesson]] base within the solar system, threatening along the way to do nasty things to the self-serving smuggler [[Dirk Manus]]. Finding his teammates damaged and under attack by Sharkticons, he eagerly attacked. His strategy: hit 'em hard! Despite having apparently led the Technobots into a trap, Manus managed to talk his way out of being abandoned by the Technobots; Afterburner wasn't exactly impressed. Thanks to his somewhat underhanded help, the Technobots were led to the Quintesson base and defeated the Terrorcons there. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

The Technobots responded to the Terrorcon attack on [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Combining into Computron, they fought [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but the battle inadvertently injured Morgan's [[Jessica Morgan|daughter]], leading the scientist and his friend [[Gregory Swofford]] to infect the Autobots with the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Months later, the Technobots were present for the attack on Autobot City where the Decepticons stole the key to the [[Plasma energy|plasma energy chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Afterburner was later present as Cybertron was re-energized and a new Golden Age was ushered in. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
The Technobots, upgraded with the help of the human scientist Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], faced off against the Terrorcon Abominus, but it was a trap set by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. Forcing Abominus to split into his components, the individual Terrorcons spat a mind-controlling substance at Computron. Before Galvatron could get far with his new warrior, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] came to the Technobot’s rescue in an [[exosuit]], firing a beam into Computron’s eyes that removed the mind-controlling effect. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
In [[2011]], Galvatron staged a major attack on Cybertron. Afterburner and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] continued his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Afterburner and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] confronted him with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, Galvatron launched [[Metamorphose]], a metal-twisting meteorite, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s were its first victims. Afterburner and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], destroying the Autobots completely. The [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so Afterburner and the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] took root in [[San Francisco]], Ultra Magnus sent Afterburner and the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} After the Trainbots ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Afterburner and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Afterburner and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Afterburner's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large vehicle modes as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When Fortress was choosing his team to chase after Scorponok and the Decepticons through space, Afterburner was one of the Autobots tapped for service. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} During this extended mission, Afterburner and the Technobots formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

After returning to Earth, Afterburner and the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to [[Florida|Miami]] to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop [[Sixshot]]'s assassination of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. Afterburner and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Afterburner and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Computron, the Technobots helped Defensor and Raiden obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Afterburner participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer2 Nosecone Afterburner.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Don't think, just kiss me. No one will know except the wiki.]]
Afterburner was a member of the Autobot survey ship ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'s'' crew, along with his fellow Technobots and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. They discovered mysterious signs of active energon on the supposedly dead world, and sent a team down to investigate. Afterburner and Nosecone stayed aboard the Calabai-Yau, but were shot down by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his hidden team of fanatics. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} Hunted by [[Centurion droid]]s and worn down by the planet's dangerous radiation levels, the two Technobots managed to survive until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Wrecker]]s arrived and took them to safety. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

When Optimus Prime came across a [[Pretender Monster|group of Cybertronians]] who had been [[Combiner|grotesquely re-engineered]] into a [[Monstructor (G1)|combined form]] by the scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], he turned the sextet over to Jetfire and the Technobots for study and possible help. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} Afterburner and his science team took up work at the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary, until it was assaulted by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] under the command of the [[Decepticon Secret Service]]. Under heavy fire, he and Scattershot were prepared to carry out Prime's instructions and terminate the combiners rather than let them fall into Decepticon hands, but ultimately failed to do so before [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] triggered an orbital bounce and stole the sextet right out from under them. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

[[File:Technobots Working Spotlight Hardhead.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3]]
Events escalated shortly after that when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Ark-12]] chased an [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|unknown Cybertronian]] to a cave on [[Corata-Vaz]]. The cave was emanating an unusual but powerful energy source, and was guarded by none other than a reactivated Thunderwing. Afterburner and the Technobots were put to work by Jetfire to do their best to analyze the energy signature despite Thunderwing's efforts to keep them from making direct contact with it. When the Autobots quest for answers led them to the void of the [[Benzuli Expanse]], Jetfire volunteered to try Pretender technology as a means of entering the Expanse safely. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

Aboard their new cargo vessel ''[[Nightbird (ship)|Nightbird]]'', Afterburner and the Technobots rushed to reach [[Cloudburst]]'s team at the edge of the Benzuli Expanse. As they traveled they also worked on perfecting new Pretender carapaces for the journey inside the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} They arrived just in time to execute a ship-to-ship transporter beam, pulling Cloudburst and the ''[[Mirror-Manifold]]'s'' crew to safety. The Technobots provided the carapaces Cloudburst and company needed to enter the Dead Universe and dispose of the [[Nega-Core]]s threatening their universe. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[File:Afterburner and Lightspeed Numbers.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], Afterburner was reassigned to a platoon under the command of [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]. They successfully defeated the [[Tremorcon]]s on [[Hydrus 5]], thanks largely to the heroic actions of their commanding officer. {{storylink|Bullets}}

He later ended up stationed at [[Kimia Facility]] in time to see [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and his army of [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] invade the facility and slaughter almost everyone inside. Afterburner and Lightspeed took part in the fight against the Sweeps. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} Despite their stand against the Sweeps, many of the remaining Autobots at Kimia were killed in the fight and soon Cyclonus was using the facility as a massive laser cannon. However, Afterburner and Lightspeed had managed to survive and held against the Sweeps. Realizing what Cyclonus and his Sweeps were doing, the two used charges to destroy the facility from within, sacrificing themselves in the process. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Faced with the might of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Afterburner and his fellow Technobots dodged the huge Decepticon's claws and merged into Computron to fight back, but they were quickly bowled over when Scorponok hurled a mountain at them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}
*Afterburner, [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] worked together to project a forcefield to halt a boulder pitched towards them by [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]. The Technobots then stood their ground to stave off an attack from the rest of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] against [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Because they feared [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]'s power, the Terrorcons ambushed Afterburner and the rest of the Technobots. Fearing the loss of the key to Autobot City, Scattorshot sent Afterburner for reinforcements. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}} The Technobots came to [[Dirk Manus]]'s aid when his ship was attacked by the Terrorcons. Though they managed to repel the first attack, the Terrorcons eventually overcame them, however after the [[Quintesson]]s doublecrossed Manus, he used the [[Recreator]] to repair the Autobot team so they could defeat the Quintessons. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (Legends)|Money Is Everything}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Afterburner participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward for the "Computron's Challenge" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Afterburner toy.jpg|thumb|"[[:File:ABTF2-GrimlockBirdGardener.jpg|My alt mode is a... wheelbarrow? That can't be right...]]"]]
*'''Afterburner''' (Technobot, [[1987]])
**''Team ID number'': '''TK1'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-90'''
**''Accessories'': "Sonic Blaster Pistol", "Pulse Cannon", "Missiles" launcher

:Afterburner transforms into an orange and white Cybertronic motorcycle, with add-on (non-firing) missile launcher and cannon accessories. He combines with [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] and [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] to form the giant robot Computron. As with most of the Generation 1 team combiners, he uses the [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style of combination, enabling him to form the arm or leg of any combiner combination.
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*'''Computron''' (Gift set, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-91'''

:All five Technobots were available both separately and in a full-team gift set.

===G.I. Joe and the Transformers===
[[File:TimelinesToy marissa and afterburner.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Marissa Faireborn with Afterbreaker''' ([[2015]])
**''Accessories'': Wheel

:''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Afterbreaker (renamed due to trademark issues) is a non-transforming futuristic bike [[redeco]]ed from the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe Retaliation]]'' [http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/12/wheelblaster/ Wheel Blaster Bike] toy. True to the toy's name, the front wheel can be launched as a projectile at targets.

:Available exclusively through the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] store (as well as the G.I. Joe Collector's Club Store) in 2015, he is packed with [[Marissa Faireborn#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Marissa Faireborn]] in homage to her work with the Technobots in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]".
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Combiner-Wars-Afterbreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Computron''' (Box Set, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

Combiner Wars Afterbreaker is a retool of Unite Warriors [[Groove_(G1)#Unite_Warriors_2|Groove]] featuring a new canopy section that more closely resembles his G1 alternate mode apart from being green. His deco is generally inspired by his G1 toy but uses a red-orange close to the G1 cartoon than the straight orange his toy uses.

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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Afterburner.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

Unite Warriors Afterburner is a more animation-accurate redeco of the Combiner Wars version with a pair of new guns.

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==Notes==
[[File:Afterburnerback.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|Yeah, just stick that anywhere.]]
*Like all his fellow Technobots, Afterburner's rear-view [[character model]] was designed without any reference beyond the front-facing model. Consequently, it's an entirely made-up design, with the added goofs of omitting his rear wheel, and misinterpreting the position of his front wheel, which is made to jut out of his left shoulder, instead of projecting from the middle of his back. This model featured only in [[AKOM]]-animated episodes of the original series; in episodes animated by [[Toei]], a corrected model that adjust the position of the wheel is used. Unfortunately, the incorrect model was used throughout the entirety of ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''.
*Since Computron's animation model was designed with a picture of the toy at the correct angle for reference, ''it'' positions Afterburner's wheels correctly.
*Afterburner's bio has the peculiar last line [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/autobot/1987/ts_afterburner.jpg "Combines with fellow Combaticons to form Computron."] This was corrected in the tech spec on the giftset box.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Afterburner''' (アフターバーナー ''Afutābānā'')
*''French:'' '''Postpyro''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Radarbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Làotiě''' (烙铁, "Flatiron")
*''Russian:'' '''Astrofakel''' (Астрофакел, "Astrotorch")

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Nosecone (G1)

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:''Nosecone is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:NoseconeMoneyIsEverything.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|For someone so slow, he can look very dynamic.]]
'''Nosecone'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s natural slowness of thought and action is often taken for laziness, but this is a misperception. Nosecone is a perfectionist, valuing precision over speed, and will take whatever time is needed to complete his objective as completely and competently as possible. His results speak for themselves—he's not the quickest bot on the block, but he'll do the job right.

He can combine with the other Technobots to form [[Computron (G1)|Computron]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:LoveAndSteel-reportswereright.jpg|thumb|left|300px|]]
Nosecone was part of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s group of Autobots on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. When Fortress Maximus decided to leave the war and head to [[Nebulos]], Nosecone and the other Technobots agreed to follow him on his quest for peace. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} However, the Decepticons followed the Autobots to Nebulos and brought the war with them.

In the Nebulos resort city of [[Splendora]], Nosecone and the Technobots fought [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] as the combined [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. Though Abominus was defeated and routed, Splendora lay in ruins. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} The Autobots and Decepticons ultimately left Nebulos for [[Earth]]. Nosecone and the rest of the crew of the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' met up with the main Autobot force aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to watch [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] battle Fortress Maximus's champion [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] for overall leadership of the Autobots. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

After [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] was empowered by his short exposure to the [[Underbase]], he obliterated all of the Technobots, including Nosecone, in [[Buenos Aires]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Autobots attack space pirates.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] responded to a garbled distress signal on Cybertron, he brought back-up in the form of [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], Nosecone and the rest of the Technobots. Surprisingly enough, the Autobots found themselves fighting alongside their Decepticon nemeses against the [[Quintesson]]s. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

In an alternate future of [[2510]], the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons concluded, and an Autobot Civil War began. During a heated discussion over whether Ultra Magnus or [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] should succeed [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] as Autobot leader now that he was stepping down, the Autobots came to blows and rashly opened fire, leading to several deaths. Nosecone and the Technobots joined up with Ultra Magnus against Springer and his [[Wrecker]]s, and so new battle lines were drawn. {{storylink|Peace}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Lightspeed nosecone natural selection.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Hot Rod had Nosecone and [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] lead an excavation team beneath [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to search for the old tunnels that led to the [[Primus|Primus Chamber]]. Shortly after reporting back their success, the entire team was slaughtered by [[Demon]]s. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[David Workman]] (English), [[Yū Shimaka|Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese)|[[Bernd Simon]] (German)}}
[[File:Grimlocks-new-brain-nosecone-vehicle.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Nosecone was the first of the Technobots to be created by the temporarily super-intelligent [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]. He was built using parts from within [[Unicron]]'s head, specifically for the purpose of tunneling through the reinforced walls within the chaos-bringer. Shortly afterwards, he combined with his new comrades to form Computron. Rodimus Prime welcomed the new team into the Autobot ranks back on Cybertron. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-afterburner-nosecone-consideredattention.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
A short while later, he and the other Technobots were sent to [[Earth]] to learn how to interact with [[human]]s, taught by [[Marissa Faireborn]]. Nosecone advised careful consideration when Afterburner wanted to rush off into a fight with the Terrrocon Hun-Gurr, advice which Afterburner carefully ignored. After the battle, they encountered the unscrupulous trader [[Dirk Manus]], who led them to his earstwhile allies, the [[Quintesson]]s and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], on Titan. As they dove to the rescue of their companions, Nosecone's scrupulous advice to Afterburner was once again roundly ignored. Captured by Manus, the Technobots were led to the Quintesson base, with Nosecone finding the trader's actions "quite intriguing". Manus furtively healed the team's injuries, enabling them to defeat [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] shortly afterward. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

The Technobots responded to the Terrorcon attack on [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Combining into Computron, they fought Abominus, but the battle inadvertently injured Morgan's [[Jessica Morgan|daughter]], leading the scientist and his friend [[Gregory Swofford]] to infect the Autobots with the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Months later, the Technobots were present for the attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] where the Decepticons stole the key to the [[Plasma energy|plasma energy chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} When the Golden Age of Cybertron was restored, Nosecone was among the crowd cheering for the revival. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''The Great Transformer War''====
Nosecone and his Technobot comrades were under construction at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when the Autobots sought the aid of Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] in improving their abilities. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Dalton heavily upgraded the Technobots' weaponry, allowing the combined Computron to easily outmatch the Decepticon combiner, Abominus. As the Decepticon motto goes, however: When in doubt, cheat. [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] outfitted the Terrorcons with "[[control liquid]]", a substance that enabled them to assume control over Computron. Dalton arranged for [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] to use a special [[exosuit]] to approach Computron safely and administer an antidote. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
In 2011, Galvatron staged a major attack on Cybertron. Nosecone and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] began his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Nosecone and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] confronted him with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, Galvatron launched [[Metamorphose]], a metal-twisting meteorite, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s were its first victims. Nosecone and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], destroying the Autobots completely. The [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so Nosecone and the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] took root in [[San Francisco]], Ultra Magnus sent Nosecone and the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} After the Trainbots ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Nosecone and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Nosecone and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Nosecone's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large vehicle modes as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

The Technobots accompanied Fortress on his quest to prevent the Decepticons from stealing energy elsewhere in the galaxy. During this extended mission, Nosecone and his teammates formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

After returning to Earth, Nosecone and the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to [[Florida|Miami]] to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop Sixshot's assassination of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. Nosecone and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Nosecone and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Computron, the Technobots helped Defensor and Raiden obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Nosecone participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer2 Nosecone Afterburner.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Nosecone will always walk you home after a long night of Energon exposure.]]
Nosecone and the other Technobots crewed the Autobot vessel ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'', under the command of [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. After landing on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] and [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] accompanied Jetfire on a reconnaissance mission and were captured by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s group of [[Decepticon]]s. Nosecone and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], having taken the ''Calabi-Yau'' back into orbit, were fired on by missiles, barely getting off an SOS. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

The two crash-landed back on Cybertron after escaping the doomed ship in an emergency pod. As if the toxic environment of the planet wasn't enough, they were attacked almost immediately by [[Centurion droid]]s. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}}

With Afterburner knocked out, Nosecone survived just long enough to see the [[Wrecker]]s charge in to the rescue. He was evacuated by [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] to a safer location, and then revived by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]. The clearly still-hurting Nosecone wanted to accompany the Wreckers as they invaded Bludgeon's base to rescue the others, but was told by Topspin to "leave it to the professionals". {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

During the fight against Thunderwing, Nosecone and the other Technobots scrambled to find an answer as to how to defeat the powerful Decepticon. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

After Jetfire's team finished their study of Bludgeon's base and left Cybertron, they arrived in the [[Muta-Gaath Nebula]] on the ''[[Ark-27]]'s'' to assist in the recovery of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and to incarcerate [[Pretender Monster|six Transformers]] capable of [[Combiner|combining]] with each other to form a [[Monstructor (G1)|single robot]]. Nosecone oversaw the transportation of the prisoners onto their ship. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

Later, he was with the Technobots helping Jetfire try to reverse the debilitating effects of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s gestalt technology on [[Garrus-9]]'s newest inmates. During the subsequent attack by the [[Decepticon Secret Service]] in an attempt to kidnap the gestalt members, Nosecone and the other Technobots were disabled by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Nosecone and the Technobots reverse engineered the polydermal grafting process that Bludgeon had used on himself, and delivered the shells to Cloudburst and company. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Years later, Nosecone was stationed at [[Kimia Facility]] when [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s attacked and massacred the Autobots there. He met with an especially horrible fate as the Sweeps ripped him apart ''with their teeth''. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Faced with the might of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Nosecone and his fellow Technobots dodged the huge Decepticons' claws and merged into Computron to fight back, but they were quickly bowled over when Scorponok hurled a mountain at them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}
*Nosecone, [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] and [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] worked together to project a forcefield to halt a boulder pitched towards them by [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]. The Technobots then stood their ground to stave off an attack from the rest of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] against [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Nosecone is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Nosecone and the other Technobots were ambushed by the Terrorcons, who feared the power of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. During the fight, Nosecone attempted to burrow beneath the rock in order to call more Technobots. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Nosecone 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 by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 10 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

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

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Nosecone toy.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Oh yeah, because THAT'S going to blend in with other human vehicles...]]
*'''Nosecone''' (Technobot, [[1987]])
**''Team ID number:'' '''TK2'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-87'''
**''Accessories:'' "X-Ray Laser Pistol", 2 "Rocket-Propelled Missiles"

:Nosecone transforms into a Cybertronic drill-tank. He has a pair of "Rocket-Propelled" missiles that attach to his vehicle mode (though you can leave them off and give him a more low-riding vehicle form). As a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, he can form any limb to any compatible super robot combination, but his nominal placement is as the left leg of Computron. This results in an off-centered foot, since Nosecone doesn't have one peg hole in the center like most other Scramble City-style combiner limbs, but rather ''two'' holes left and right.

:Nosecone is one of the very few Scramble City-style combiner limbs who, when used in their normal placement, faces backwards.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Nosecone/nosecone.htm More information on Nosecone at TFU.info]''

*'''Computron''' (Multi-pack, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''

:All five Technobots were available both as individuals, and in a big complete "gift set".

===Unite Warriors===
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[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Nosecone.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities

:Available only as part of the Computicon giftset, Nosecone transforms into a drill tank, with a color scheme that sits about halfway between his cartoon's orange-and-maroon and his toy's yellow-and-brown. He is a heavy retooling of the [[Combiner Wars]] [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]] mold rather than the drill-tank tooling of the Combiner Wars [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] [[Ram Horn|mold]]. As such, he can make full use of his forward-facing 5mm ports in his hands with his guns, combiner appendage, and hugeass drill. Yes, you read that right. He can have both a massive wrecking fist and a humongous drill arm ''at the same time''. ''Awesome''.

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==Notes==
[[File:NoseconeG1-catalog.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*Every household in America has at least one Nosecone toy somewhere. Check your couch cushions.
*Nosecone's animation model (and Marvel Comics model) are colored according to an early version of Nosecone seen in toy catalogs.
*According to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Marvel UK letters pages]], Nosecone won the [[Sportsmechanoid of the Millennium]] thanks to his [[Mecha-soccer]] skills.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Nosecone''' (ノーズコーン ''Nōzukōn'')
*''French:'' '''Néconique''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Csőorr'''
*''Italian:'' '''Argobot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zuāntànjī''' (钻探机, "Drilling Machine")
*''Russian:'' '''Kosinus''' (Косинус, "Cosine")

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Technobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]

Computron (G1)

2016-04-08T16:59:52Z

Tekcorps: /* Unite Warriors */

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{{disambig3|Computron}}
:''Computron is an [[Autobot]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Computron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of Devastator having bullied him in Gestalt School: 96.374%.]]
'''Computron''' is the combination of the five [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s. Typically, the [[combiner]] process dulls the wits of the individual [[Transformer]]s because the minds of the individual robots are working in tandem and may not mesh well with each other. However, such is not the case for Computron. The Technobots managed to remedy that problem by pooling their intellects as one cohesive force, but in the process, severely lagged Computron's reaction time. Before coming to any decision, Computron must analyze the opinions of every individual Technobot, resulting in his falling behind in battle. In the end, he always makes the correct choice, but more often than not it's too little, too late. Thanks for nothing, brainiac!

Computron is composed of:

* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (leader)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Computron LoveAndSteel.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|Probability of scaring the crap out of everybody: *sigh*...100%...]]

{{quote|Brawn without brains ill-becomes a warrior, Decepticon! You're too data-deficient to even ''comprehend'' what this acid-pellet gun is doing to you!|Computron to Abominus|"[[Love and Steel!]]"}}

The [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and the [[Decepticon]] [[Horrorcon]]s [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] were busy "terrorizing" the [[Nebulan]] city of [[Splendora]] when the Technobots arrived together with [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] to save the day. Once the Terrorcons combined to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] ordered the Technobots to do likewise.

Computron ordered the Nebulans to find shelter, vowing to protect them. He fared well against his dim-witted opponent, first blasting the bajeezus out of Abominus with his primary weapon, then bashing him with a steel I-beam with sufficient force to shatter the Decepticon combiner into his component Terrorcons, who promptly retreated.

Computron stood by as [[Duros]] and [[Arcana]] separated from their Autobot partners to explain to the shell-shocked Nebulans that ''this'' batch of giant alien robots wasn't out to terrorize anybody. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Bert Kramer]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Dario de Castro]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, "Grimlock's New Brain"), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, "Money Is Everything")}}

[[File:GrimlocksNewBrain-ComputronGrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
After [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] created the Technobots from parts within [[Unicron]]'s head, he revealed that they had the ability to combine to form Computron to counter the new [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. Computron stated that his computation capacity was near infinite, but he lacked the knowledge to use this capacity. Grimlock then transferred his [[anti-electron]]-endowed super-intelligence to the combiner via a [[Brainwave Transfer Device|silly helmet]]. Abominus tried to crush Computron in a powerful hug, but the Technobot gestalt fought back by vibrating violently, forcing Abominus to disengage into its Terrorcon components, who fled away along with Galvatron and the rest of his minions. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-computron.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

After the Technobots and [[Marissa Faireborn]] rescued space rogue [[Dirk Manus]] from [[Hun-Grrr]], Computron formed in order to evaluate the probability that Manus's tale of a [[Quintesson]] base on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] wasn't a load of lies. He calculated it wasn't, and was absolutely correct. Computron had a chance for a rematch with Abominus once the full team made it to Titan, as the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were working with the Quintessons... who were making trade deals for stolen goods with Manus. Computron again defeated Abominus, this time by using a focused blast from a hidden chest-cannon that triggered a mechanism that the Quintessons had installed into the Terrorcons in order to limit the time they could spend in their combined form. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money is Everything}}

Abominus got Computron back when the Technobots were sent to defend [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Almost immediately after combining, Abominus declared that "Computron think too much" and blasted him, forcing him to disassemble. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

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====''The Great Transformer War'' manga====
[[File:Greattfwar rodimus.jpg|thumb|200px|left|You can ask Computron for the answer, but it'll take a while.]]

Once the Autobots rescued the scientist [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] from Decepticon clutches, he immediately began building upgrades in Computron so he could fend off the already-upgraded Decepticon combiners.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Computron initially mopped the floor with [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but a squirt of [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] brainwashed him into working for the Decepticons. Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] retaliated with a "defense spray" that neutralized the liquid. With his mind restored, Computron made short work of Abominus.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}
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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:BirthFantasticDoublePrime-Computron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]

The Technobots formed Computron to assist [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in his quest for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Computron occupied the Decepticons while Hot Rod made for Cybertron aboard the [[Trainbot|robot train]]. He tried to crush [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] with his bare hands, but failed. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Later, Computron was assembled to battle with his old nemesis Abominus. He covered the Headmasters' retreat so that they could deal with the threat of the [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] unmolested by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} He also helped defend [[San Francisco]] from [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and their [[buridanka|gigantic man-eating plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Computron assembled on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to attack the Decepticons during Scorponok's leadership rally. The tide turned when Galvatron arrived and galvanized his troops to strike back at the Autobots. Computron was zapped by the rapidly advancing Decepticons, and fled with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} He was summoned again when the Autobots' relief aid supplies for Sandra were in danger. Computron faced off against Abominus, and calculated that the most probable method of defeating his opponent was a slo-mo flying jump kick. It worked. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When the Decepticons fled into deep space to seek out new sources of energy, the Technobots joined Fortress in hunting them down. Computron was seen battling Abominus on the [[Twin Star]] planets. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} He also confronted [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Back on Earth, Computron was assembled several times to deal with the growing number of Decepticon attacks. He was formed in Miami to defend an Autobot energy facility from Abominus and the Decepticons, but was unable to return to Autobot City in time to save Ultra Magnus from [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} As Sixshot's attacks continued, Computron was dispatched to another site as the Autobot forces wore thin. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} Later on, Computron helped Raiden and Defensor demolish an old Decepticon base after the enemy abandoned the planet Earth. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Computron joined the entire Autobot army in journeying to the North Pole for a climactic battle with Scorponok. He fought against the evil combiners as the battle raged. Along with all the other Autobots present, Computron lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Computron animated.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of having been created by Grimlock: 33.635%]]

On an alien world, the Technobots faced the new Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] base, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. They combined into Computron in response to Scorponok assuming its beast mode. Mr. Smart Guy then strode forward confidently, only to get wholloped with a huge boulder thrown by his opponent. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}

{{note|A portion of this animation was re-used for the [[title sequence]] of "[[The Rebirth]]".}}

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==Games==
===The Transformers (PS2)===
[[File:Computron-TransformersPS2.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
{{voiceactor|[[Strings Kozisek]] (English)}}
====Decepticon story====
Computron was first encountered in the desert when the Decepticons investigated a drill bit made of a mysterious meteorite. He later defended the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]] when the Decepticons invaded ELTA looking for the [[Zel Quartz]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Computron-BattleTactics.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
Computron participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He could only be recruited if all five of his components were already part of a team. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

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

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Computron toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Probability of finding pants off the rack that fit: 0.003%]]

*'''Computron''' (1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''

: Computron is formed out of all five Technobots. As a Scramble City combiner, each smaller Technobot attach as limbs into the central body, Scattershot. He is completed by attaching fists, feet, a large chestplate, head and is armed with Scattershot's rifle. Like [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], one can leave most of the smaller toys' vehicle mode weapons attached.

:As the combining connection points are on Scattershot's knees, it means there is some baggage around Computron's thighs as Scattershot's lower legs are hanging off them. Also, Nosecone is nominally Computron's left leg, but due to Nosecone's combiner connector being set further back than the hole that the foot attaches to, Nosecone makes Computron look like he's always taking a step forward. When attached as his legs, Nosecone and Lightspeed are two of the very few Scramble City-style limbs who face backwards, Lightspeed in particular due to clearance issues with his feet and Computron's footplate.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Computron/computron.htm More information on Computron at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1987/instr_computron.jpg Instructions for Computron at Botchthecrab.com]''
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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Computron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probability of being able to kneel on my left knee: 0%]]
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''UW-08'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons (combine to form a larger gun for Computron), Technobot weapons/extremities
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==Notes==
* Computron's standard animation model uses Lightspeed's chest as the combiner's back.
* Since the Japanese name for the Decepticons is "Destrons", any Destron subgroup names, such as "[[Combaticon (G1)|Combatron]]" or "[[Stunticon (G1)|Stuntron]]", also ended with "-tron". The association was further enforced by the presence of the individual Transformer names "Megatron" and "Galvatron". Thus Computron's name was changed to "Computicon" for the Japanese market, even though "-con" was normally used in the English-speaking market as a stock suffix for Decepticon subgroup names.{{fact}}

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Computicon''' (コンピューティコン ''Konpyūtikon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tìan-nǎo Chīn-kāng''' (Taiwan, 電腦金剛, "Computer [[Wikipedia:Vajra|Vajra]]"), '''Jìsuàn Wáng''' (China, 计算王, "Computing King")

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[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
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[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]

Scattershot (G1)

2016-04-07T00:14:36Z

Tekcorps: /* Generations */

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{{disambig3|Scattershot}}
:''Scattershot is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:DWMTMTE Scattershot.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I'm smart. Now hold still while I shoot you."]]
'''Scattershot''' needs no desktop generals or academy-trained slag skimmers to tell him how to fight. He just wades into a [[Decepticon Patrol|Decepticon patrol]] and doesn't come out until he's broken all his crayons and scribbled all over the mazes he couldn't solve. Then he puts down the coloring books and does the same thing to a hostile Decepticon force, only with guns and [[acid pellet]]s instead of crayons. That's what he calls "strategy". Though Scattershot forms the main body of the giant [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], if his own mind holds any fragment of the thoughtful titan's slow, considered approach, he hides it very well.

[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] would certainly like his style, and even the tin-plated bucketheads that think he's a blustering buffoon must admit that Scattershot is uniquely tough, the sort that [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] would say "broke the mold he was poured in". He won't stop fighting until he's utterly spent, down to his last microjoule of energy and drop of [[energon]]. He expects no less from the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] under his command. Sometimes, he steals [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]]'s limbs...or combines with any other Autobots to form [[Betatron]].

Sometimes his name is spelled '''Scattorshot'''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
Scattershot was one of the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Steelhaven]]'' in order to start a new life away from war (and perhaps from tin-plated bucketheads). {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} But the Decepticons followed them to their new home on [[Nebulos]]. Scattershot and the other Technobots repelled a Terrorcon attack on the resort city [[Splendora]] before all of the Transformers left Nebulos. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

After arriving in Earth space, the crew of the ''Steelhaven'' made contact with the ''Ark''. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] brought Scattershot and his top officers to meet [[Grimlock (G1)|Boss Grimlock]]. Grimlock was less than impressed with the new arrivals. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''Scattershot travelled to [[Earth]] in an [[Ark shuttlecraft]] to confront the [[time travel]]ling Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. However, when Prime and his companions were [[mass substitution|transported]] to [[Limbo]] by the arrival of [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his future Autobots via [[Time-jump mechanism|time-jump]], Max and Scattershot jumped to the wrong conclusion and attacked the newcomers. Eventually the misunderstanding was explained and the present and future Autobots united with their Decepticon counterparts to end the threat posed by the [[time rift]].'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

The Terrorcons later lamented Scattershot's demise as he and the other Technobots were killed by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] upon arriving in [[Buenos Aires]]. Stopping the [[Underbase]] was one puzzle Scattershot could not solve. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Autobots attack space pirates.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]
In [[2008]], when [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] learned that [[Unicron]] was reconstructing himself on the planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], he took a shuttle with Scattershot, [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to bring a stop to it. While Prime and the Dinobots took the low road to wade through Unicron's mind-controlled [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] followers, Scattershot and Smokescreen stayed on the shuttle, taking pot-shots at Unicron's giant head while avoiding his annihilating eye beams. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} Some months later, Scattershot joined [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in responding to a Decepticon rescue call, and soon began fighting right alongside [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s forces against a marauding army of [[Quintesson]]s. Despite bonding in the course of battle, Soundwave reluctantly refused Magnus's suggestion of peace, as too much had happened between the two factions over the millennia. As the Decepticons departed, Scattershot remarked that Soundwave was probably right, and Ultra Magnus called that the true tragedy. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

[[File:ScattershotKillsRoadBusterUkAnnual88.jpg|thumb|left|225px|And so, the "Tastes great! Less filling!" argument reaches its inevitable conclusion.]]
In another timeline, the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons came to a close in [[2510]], when [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s [[Wrecker]]s took down the last Decepticon outpost. One Decepticon still survived, however: [[Triton]], a deep-cover spy working inside the Autobots. When Rodimus Prime announced his retirement and plan to give over the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to Springer, Triton spoke out against the idea, dividing the Autobots on whether Springer or Ultra Magnus should be the next leader. Scattershot and the Technobots sided with Magnus, while the Wreckers remained loyal to Springer. The next sequence of events was inevitable: [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] shoved Triton, Triton punched Whirl, [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] threatened to kill Triton, but Scattershot fired first, claiming the first casualty of the new Autobot Civil War. {{storylink|Peace}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{noterg1}}
[[File:Lancer one crew war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Come on guys! Between the five of us, I'm sure we can combine into ''somebody''!"]]
Scattershot was part of the forces that went with Rodimus Prime to assault [[Hub (G2)|the Hub Network]], leading one half of a two-pronged attack on one of the Hub's connection systems to cripple it. The plan proved a failure and a massive Cybertronian army attacked, downing the ship Scattershot was in. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} Somehow Scattershot was apparently left on Cybertron and was one of the victims of the transfiguration caused by the Dark [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] Entity, presumably turned into a [[Shadow-leech]]. Before his demise, he was manning the security outside the Star Chamber. His acid pellet gun was found by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and used to pierce through the door. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} Either way, he died.
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Money-is-everything-scattershot.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
{{voiceactor|[[Stephen Keener]] (English), [[Minoru Inaba]] (Japanese)|[[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''Grimlocks New Brain'' & ''The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1''), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, ''Money is Everything''), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 1'')}}

To counter the threat of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], an accidentally super-intelligent [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] built Scattershot and the other Technobots out of parts from [[Unicron]]'s brain. Scattershot was appointed leader of the new team by his own creator, a fact that did not sit well with him initially, but the Dinobot leader replied that he and his team mates were perfectly capable of fulfilling their task. As the Technobots rushed into battle against their counterparts, Scattershot shattered the [[anti-electron]] source that [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] had stolen for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], thwarting the Decepticon's plans. When the Terrorcons merged into [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], Scattershot and his team were forced to pull back seeking for Grimlock's advice. It was then when the Dinobot leader revealed to the group that he also had given them the ability to merge into the gestalt [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. After receiving Grimlock's super-intelligence (the process leaving him in his original mental state), Computron was successful in defeating Abominus by forcing him to separate into his individual Terrorcon components, and Galvatron was left with no choice but to call his minions for a retreat. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:ScattershotGrimNewBrain.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He can only hit things flying over him.]]
Later stationed in [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]], Scattershot and Strafe helped [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] captain [[Marissa Faireborn]] intercept an incoming bogey; Scattershot was pumped at the chance for some action, having become bored with their work at the EDC science station. The target turned out to be the trader ship ''[[Lazy Sue]]'', pursued by the Terrorcon Hun-Gurrr, who snagged Scattershot and Strafe and knocked them both out of the sky. Saved by Lightspeed's quick thinking, Scattershot claimed they totally could have handled it by themselves.

Eager for a rematch with the Terrorcon, Scattershot accompanied Strafe, Lightspeed, and the smuggler [[Dirk Manus]] to track down a [[Quintesson]] base within the solar system. This time they got shot down by Abominus, and were saved by the arrival of Fairborne and the other two Technobots. The team faced off against Abominus once more at the Quintesson base; combined as Computron, they quickly drove their foes into retreat. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

[[File:ReturnofOptimus1 Scattershot rescues Jessica.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]

Scattershot and the other Technobots again clashed with the Terrorcons, who had been sent by Galvatron to steal the [[Impervious alloy|heat-resistant metal]] developed by Dr. [[Mark Morgan]] and [[Gregory Swofford]]. The Terrorcons succeeded in absconding with the alloy. The battle damaged Morgan's lab and left his daughter [[Jessica Morgan|Jessica]] pinned under some debris. Scattershot broke off the pursuit to rescue Jessica and ordered for [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] to be brought in to transport her to a hospital. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

Scattershot was manning the radar screen at Autobot City months later, when he made out about 100 "blips" heading right for them. His keen Technobot intelligence interpreted these blips to be <s>the 1987 Decepticon toy shipment</s> a full-scale attack. During the assault, he used his rarely seen third mode to take potshots at the Decepticons from the ground before joining them in the skies for up close and personal combat. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Great Transformer War'' comic=====
The Technobots, upgraded with the help of the human scientist Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], faced off against the Terrorcon [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but it was a trap set by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. Forcing Abominus to split into his components, the individual Terrorcons spat a mind-controlling substance at Computron. Before Galvatron could get far with his new warrior, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] came to the Technobots’ rescue in an [[exosuit]], firing a beam into Computron’s eyes that removed the mind-controlling effect. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}
In [[2011]], Galvatron staged a major attack on Cybertron. Scattershot and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] began his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Scattershot and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] confronted him with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the [[space bridge|Space Bridge]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, Galvatron launched [[Metamorphose]], a metal-twisting meteorite, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] were its first victims. Scattershot and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], destroying the Autobots completely. The [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so Scattershot and the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Scattershot was on Earth with Ultra Magnus, attending to the [[Sixshot|shadowy robot]]'s threat to steal all of Japan's energy. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}} The two of them also studied the mysterious seismic activity which led to a volcano erupting near the [[Peru]]vian city of [[Pan]]. Maybe [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] finally nagged Scattershot into taking an interest in science. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] took root in [[San Francisco]], Ultra Magnus sent Scattershot and the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} After the [[Trainbot]]s ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Scattershot and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Scattershot and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Scattershot's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large vehicle modes as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

The Technobots accompanied Fortress on his quest to prevent the Decepticons from stealing energy elsewhere in the galaxy. During this extended mission, Scattershot and his teammates formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

After returning to Earth, Scattershot and the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to [[Florida|Miami]] to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop Sixshot's assassination of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. Scattershot and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} Later, Scattershot informed Fortress that the Decepticons were attacking the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], in the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]]. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Scattershot and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Computron, the Technobots helped Defensor and Raiden obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Scattershot participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Stormbringer 1 Scattershot and Jetfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|right]]
Scattershot was second in command of the science vessel [[Calabi-Yau]], working under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. It was during this period that their ship encountered the rare [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] on the abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. In contrast to his usual action-oriented style, it was Scattershot who was the voice of caution on the mission to investigate. It was advice that should have been heeded as the team was attacked by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s rogue Decepticons. Scattershot himself was impaled by [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]] during the attack. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} Like the other Technobots, Scattershot was in the process of being cannibalized for parts when a recovery team arrived. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} In a desperate battle against the super-powerful [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], it was the Technobots' brains that saved the day, by uncovering the clues to defeat the juggernaut. Scattershot remained on Cybertron to further investigate. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

Later, Scattershot helped take the Monstructor six into custody, after their fight with Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

Later still, Scattershot and the other Technobots were at least temporarily assigned to assist Jetfire in understanding the mysteries of [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] and his [[Combiner|gestalt technology]]. This research was conducted at the Autobot penal facility at [[Garrus-9]], under the command of warden [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. When the Decepticons attacked to retrieve [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor's components]], several of the Technobots were heavily damaged in the fighting. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Scattershot and the Technobots reverse engineered the polydermal grafting process that Bludgeon had used on himself, and delivered the shells to Cloudburst and company. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Years later, Scattershot was present in a medical facility on a restored Cybertron. {{storylink|Stick Together}} When the Decepticons made their move to conquer the planet, he aided [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] in taking care of the injured. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}}
{{-}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Faced with the might of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Scattershot and his fellow Technobots dodged the huge Decepticons' claws and merged into Computron to fight back, but they were quickly bowled over when Scorponok hurled a mountain at them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Computron and Scorponok|Technobots and Scorponok commercial}}
*Scattershot and the Technobots attempted to defeat and cage the vicious [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]. He beheld [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] falling into one of the Technobots' pitfall traps before getting bowled over by a boulder thrown by [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

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

===''Transformers Legends''===
Scattershot and his Technobots were ambushed by the Terrorcons, who not only sought to neutralize Computron, but were also after the keys to Autobot City. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}} The Technobots came to [[Dirk Manus]]'s aid when his ship was attacked by the Terrorcons. Though they managed to repel the first attack, the Terrorcons eventually overcame them, however after the [[Quintesson]]s doublecrossed Manus, he used the [[Recreator]] to repair the Autobot team so they could defeat the Quintessons. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (Legends)|Money Is Everything}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Scattershot participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character available as a reward for the "Computron's Challenge" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

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

==Toys==
{{picsneeded|toys}}
===Generation 1===
[[File:Scattershot toy.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|That's it, baby. Reveal my true allegiance. Aw, yeah.]]
*'''Scattershot''' (Technobot leader, [[1987]]/[[1988]])
**''Team ID number:'' '''TK5'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-86'''
**''Accessories'': "Acid pellet gun", 2 "artillery guns", Computron head, left & right Computron fists, Computron chestplate/base, 2 Computron foot-plates

:Scattershot transforms into a big, red and white space cruiser with a gi-normous cannon, and has a secondary stationary-cannon mode. In any mode, pressing the gray button splits his nosecone open down the middle, revealing a spring-loaded non-firing cannon-barrel. Mis-transforming Scattershot into robot mode results in Hilarious Cannon-Related Improprieties™. His rubsign is also hilariously placed in robot mode. One known [[Hasbro]] variant from 1988 has no rubsign indent... that's probably for the best.

:He forms the central body of the giant robot Computron, combining with [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], and [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] in the [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style manner. He was available both separately and in a gift set with the other four Technobots.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Scattershot/scattershot.htm More information on Scattershot at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=721 More information on Scattershot at Transformers-Universe.com]''

*'''Computron''' (Gift set, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''
**''Accessories'': "Acid pellet gun", 2 "artillery guns", Computron head, left & right Computron fists, Computron chestplate/base, 2 Computron foot-plates

:All five Technobots were also available as a complete gift-set in many markets. All of the toys were identical to their individual rubsign-indent-having releases.

===Universe (2008)===
*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Multi-pack, [[2008]])
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''

:"Scatt'''o'''rshot" (so named due to [[trademark]] issues) is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Vector Prime]] toy, transforming into a futuristic spaceship. He is available only in a Target-[[exclusive]] five-pack with miniature versions of combiner-team leaders [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Zone]], [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]], [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]], and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]].

:A photo of the toy on the back of the packaging features additional articulation in the elbows which is not present in the final toy.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUScattershot/scattershot.htm More information on Universe Scattorshot at TFU.info]''

===Generations===
[[File:CWScattershot.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He's scowling because he won't be forming Computron...yet.]]
*'''Scattershot''' (Voyager, 2016)
**''Accessories'': rifle/shield

:Scattershot is a retool of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Silverbolt (G1)#Generations|Silverbolt]], transforming into a spaceship with a cannon for a nose. Rather uncharacteristically, he sports an unchanged version of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]'s head and chest. He is able to combine with certain Deluxe Class ''Combiner Wars'' figures to form [[Betatron]].

:This version of the mold was retooled into ''Timelines'' [[Sea Clamp#DawnOfThePredacus|Sea Clamp]], while the original was separately retooled into ''Combiner Wars'' [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Generations|Cyclonus]].
{{-}}

===Unite Warriors===
*'''Computicon''' (2016)
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
[[File:Scattershotback.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And I'll thank you not to stare.]]
*Apparently, the guy who made Scattershot's animation models never saw the actual toy. Due to the isometric view of his front model sheet, the front of his vehicle mode is drawn behind his left shoulder. The back model takes this literally, placing the nose between his chest and left arm. The model also gives him a third, upside-down shoulder where the nose should be. Afterburner's character model suffers a similar ailment. This model was seemingly only used in the [[AKOM]]-animated episodes "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]" and "[[The Rebirth]]"—in "[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]", Scattershot's back is drawn to match his toy. It is incorrect again throughout the entirety of the Headmasters series, unfortunately.
*Scattershot is the only [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style leader who assumes his "third mode" in the animated series: once in "Grimlock's New Brain" and again in "[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]". Not only that, but in "The Rebirth", he drives ''while still transformed''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scattershot''' (スキャッターショット ''Sukyattāshotto'')
*''French:'' '''Répétitir''' (Canada)<ref>A portmanteau of "Repetitive" and "fire" (as in firing a gun).</ref>
*''Italian:'' '''Scatterbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Sàn-dàn''' (Taiwan, 散彈, "Scatter Bullet"), '''Jīgūan Pào''' (China, 机关炮, "Machine Gun")
*''Russian:'' '''Revolver''' (Револьвер)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]
[[Category:Technobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

Terragator

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Tekcorps: /* Beast Wars */

{{factions|predacon|maximal}}
:''Terragator is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Terragator-bw-packageart.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|All tremble before the Ass Cannon!]]
'''Terragator''' is happy in the swampy environment that both aspects of his [[beast mode]] call home. His amphibious nature means [[Maximal]]s must be on guard on land and in the water.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[File:BWGatherTerragatorBeastMode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the [[Maximal]] Terragator specialized in trekking through sewer tunnels and other unsavory environments. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

[[File:BWGatherTerragatorFight.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
[[Magmatron]] came to prehistoric [[Earth]] to create an army from the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s abandoned [[protoform]]s. Terragator was presumably among the protoforms that were successfully turned into Predacons. Magmatron ordered his forces to seek out the Maximal spy [[Razorbeast]] and his small group. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}} Within a few days, the Predacons had located the Maximal base and engaged. During that battle, Terragator got stomped by [[Polar Claw]]. The Maximals won, and the surviving Predacons were driven into the wilderness. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

Terragator later participated in a last ditch attempt to attack the Maximal base. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} He got tail-whipped at least twice by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], so when the [[Pack]] arrived to back the Maximals up, he switched targets and tried to ride [[Mach Kick]] instead. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}} Then [[Lio Convoy]] stomped on him. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

When the [[Blendtron]]s, the dread heralds of [[Shokaract]] turned up, Terragator was among the Predacons left behind to fight them. He was against joining the battle against them, pointing out to [[Optimus Minor]] that none of them were in any shape to fight. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
{{-}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Terragator was on the Predacon team in the fateful final match of the [[Games]], during which he started off close to Maximal combatant [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]] and fired on her with his shoulder-mounted missile launcher. They were paralyzed mid-combat by [[Lio Convoy]] who, having assassinated game overseer [[Supersonic]], used their battle as an example of how the potential of Maximals and Predacons was wasted on the Games. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Terragator''' (Basic, 1998)
[[File:BW terragator toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|right|Truly, a [[shellformer]] in every sense of the word.]]
: Terragator, a [[Fuzor]], transforms into an alligator/turtle mix. In [[robot mode]], his shell becomes a removable shield, and his tail is revealed by his HAND to be an AWESOME WEAPON, complete with dangling croc-half [[beast mode]] rear legs attached to it by ball-joints. In beast mode, pushing the tail section forward would open the gator's mouth.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Terragator/terragator.htm More information on Terragator at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Spanish:'' '''Terradrilo'''

[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]

Terragator

2016-04-03T04:20:49Z

Tekcorps: /* Beast Wars */

{{factions|predacon|maximal}}
:''Terragator is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Terragator-bw-packageart.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|All tremble before the Ass Cannon!]]
'''Terragator''' is happy in the swampy environment that both aspects of his [[beast mode]] call home. His amphibious nature means [[Maximal]]s must be on guard on land and in the water.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[File:BWGatherTerragatorBeastMode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the [[Maximal]] Terragator specialized in trekking through sewer tunnels and other unsavory environments. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

[[File:BWGatherTerragatorFight.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
[[Magmatron]] came to prehistoric [[Earth]] to create an army from the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s abandoned [[protoform]]s. Terragator was presumably among the protoforms that were successfully turned into Predacons. Magmatron ordered his forces to seek out the Maximal spy [[Razorbeast]] and his small group. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}} Within a few days, the Predacons had located the Maximal base and engaged. During that battle, Terragator got stomped by [[Polar Claw]]. The Maximals won, and the surviving Predacons were driven into the wilderness. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

Terragator later participated in a last ditch attempt to attack the Maximal base. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} He got tail-whipped at least twice by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], so when the [[Pack]] arrived to back the Maximals up, he switched targets and tried to ride [[Mach Kick]] instead. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}} Then [[Lio Convoy]] stomped on him. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

When the [[Blendtron]]s, the dread heralds of [[Shokaract]] turned up, Terragator was among the Predacons left behind to fight them. He was against joining the battle against them, pointing out to [[Optimus Minor]] that none of them were in any shape to fight. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
{{-}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Terragator was on the Predacon team in the fateful final match of the [[Games]], during which he started off close to Maximal combatant [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]] and fired on her with his shoulder-mounted missile launcher. They were paralyzed mid-combat by [[Lio Convoy]] who, having assassinated game overseer [[Supersonic]], used their battle as an example of how the potential of Maximals and Predacons was wasted on the Games. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Terragator''' (Basic, 1998)
[[File:BW terragator toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|right|Truly, a shell-former in every sense of the word.]]
: Terragator, a [[Fuzor]], transforms into an alligator/turtle mix. In [[robot mode]], his shell becomes a removable shield, and his tail is revealed by his HAND to be an AWESOME WEAPON, complete with dangling croc-half [[beast mode]] rear legs attached to it by ball-joints. In beast mode, pushing the tail section forward would open the gator's mouth.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Terragator/terragator.htm More information on Terragator at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Spanish:'' '''Terradrilo'''

[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]

Swerve (Prime)

2016-03-19T17:40:37Z

Tekcorps:

{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Swerve}}
:''Swerve is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Prime-toy Swerve.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Was this what [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] was talking about when he mentioned going on a "[[Aligned continuity family|Prime]] Quest"?]]

'''Swerve''' (スワーブ ''Suwābu'') tends to get lost in his own thoughts a lot. Which is pretty dangerous when he's driving through traffic. An incredibly intelligent geologist, he's vital to the Autobots' mission on Earth, scouting out [[energon]] deposits and other resources with the sensors in his arms. He tends to work alone, simply sending reports back to base as he roams the planet.

Well, mostly alone. Swerve long ago discovered the secret of the [[Arms Micron]]s, but promised the diminutive robots that he would keep their existence a secret. As such, he's always got company in the form of his own Arms Micron partner [[Sou]].

==Toys==
===Prime===
*'''Autobot Swerve''' (Voyager, [[August 25|8-25]]-2012)
**''ID number'' '''AM-17'''
**''Accessories'': "Sou" Arms Micron

: Part of the sixth wave of [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' toys, Swerve is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]]ing of Voyager Class [[Breakdown (WFC)#Voyager|Breakdown]], transforming into an armored truck. He lacks many normal [[paint operation]]s, leaving much of his detail to customer-applied [[sticker]]s. Swerve has a single [[C joint]] bar at the rear of the truck, and features an ''incredible'' number of [[5mm post]]-holes to attach Arms Microns to. As part of the line-wide [[Arms Micron]] [[gimmick]], he comes with his packed-in partner, Sou, who transforms from a humanoid robot into a circular saw weapon, and also has numerous 5mm posts and holes.

: This mold was also differently redecoed/retooled into [[Silas#SilasBreakdown|Silas Breakdown]], which was further retooled to make [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Timelines|''Timelines'' Megatron]].

==Notes==
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* Swerve's new head sculpt had been seen prior to his toy's release... but on a completely different toy. The instructions for the [[Ratchet (WFC)#Prime|''Prime'' Deluxe Ratchet]] show a non-Ratchet head sculpt that looks a ''lot'' like Swerve's. Apparently the headsulpt was meant for a (presently unreleased) ''Prime'' version of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]... who was later [[retool]]ed to make [[Swerve (G1)|Generation 1 Swerve]]. Eh? Eh? See what they did there?

===Arms Up Modes===
*'''Blitz Mode''' (ブリッツモード ''Burittsu Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': B.2, C.L., Sou
: Seen on his box-back photo, this mode is simply Swerve holding the [[Eclipse Barrett]] Combo Weapon... ''really'', TakaraTomy? Are you even ''trying'' to sell your own gimmick?

[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Bulkhead (Prime)

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Tekcorps: /* First Edition */

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:''Bulkhead is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Bulkhead-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Miss me?]]

'''Bulkhead''' looks huge and menacing but is actually quite careless and gentle souled. Though he's no [[Ratchet (WFC)|Brainiac]] nor a [[Arcee (WFC)|fast runner]], Bulkhead is one of the most sturdy members of [[Team Prime]]. He's afraid of hurting things smaller and more fragile than him, but his new [[human]] friend, [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]], has helped him grow past that. He has a low tolerance for jerks and bullies, and is quite happy to let people like that stew in the trouble they've made for themselves, but his better impulses—or at least, needling from those around him—always sway him into helping in the end.

For all his sweetness, he's still a [[Wrecker]] through and through. Yet despite participating in several major battles and campaigns, his past career has left some painful psychological scars. Being a part of the Autobots' black ops team means you have to do the dirty work, and Bulkhead's seen many horrors and friends meet a bad end. Though saddened by his traumatic experiences with the Wreckers, he's joined up with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to end the fight with Megatron, for the sake of all his brothers and comrades.

{{quote|After a long road trip, feels good to get out of the car, stretch my legs, and kick some tailpipe!|Bulkhead on crushin' Cons|"[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Bulkhead was a Wrecker, but unlike his teammates wound up aboard the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]] in the chaos immediately preceding its departure. When the ship subsequently charted a course for [[Velocitron]], Bulkhead's foremost concern was that the planet learn of his comrades' plight back on Cybertron. Later, as the Ark prepared to leave Velocitron, Bulkhead was one of the Autobots to back up [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] in a confrontation with [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]], the aggressive Speed Planet co-leader.

The Ark's next stop was the planetoid [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], where sabotage caused the ship to crash. Bulkhead was one of the first to escape the crippled ship, and went on to lead the repair effort with [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]]. When [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]], and Optimus Prime voyaged to the tomb of [[Solus Prime (Prime)|Solus Prime]], Bulkhead grumbled about being left behind, but wound up sounding the alarm moments later when the Decepticons initiated an attack on Junkion. In the battle that followed, Bulkhead pursued [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] into a Junkion excavation site with [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] before joining a concerted attack on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

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===IDW Aligned comics===
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Bulkhead was present at the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] when [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] arrived for the first time. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
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Back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bulkhead was a laborer before joining the [[Wrecker]]s during the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]]. He developed a rivalry with [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} and fought alongside [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] and many others. Despite his love of being a Wrecker, he left the team to join [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime's]] squadron early in the war because he considered Optimus to be "the real deal". {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:Bulkhead-Primevehicle.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|And then [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s engineers get a headache.]]
After the Autobots had arrived on Earth, Bulkhead was pulled away from a woodland area to back up [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], but when the team arrived at the battle site, Cliffjumper and the [[Decepticon]]s were gone. Sometime later, Bulkhead scared off some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s, who were fighting [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Bulkhead returned to base, and was there when three humans were brought in. Miko questioned him at length about how cool he was. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} During a subsequent visit by Agent [[William Fowler|Fowler]], Bulkhead crushed one of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s tools as part of a demonstration, much to his comrade's annoyance. Bulkhead was part of the ultimately unsuccessful mission to retrieve Cliffjumper from a Decepticon [[energon]] mine. After they returned to base empty-handed, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] assigned Bulkhead to watch over [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[File:DarknessRising3 disembulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''No'', Bulky, the slogan is get some ''nuts''!]]
Miko managed to persuade Bulkhead to do some off-roading on the way back to base. Once there, Optimus and Ratchet left on a mission, placing Arcee in charge. Arcee promptly left to go patrolling with Bumblebee, leaving Bulkhead in charge. During an impromptu visit by Fowler, Bulkhead managed to prevent him reporting the three kids, but when Fowler was subsequently captured by the Decepticons, Bulkhead was compelled to mount a rescue mission. He [[GroundBridge]]d to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', only to find the three kids had followed him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[File:DarknessRising4-BulkheadandMiko.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Be thankful she didn't do more than heave on your car parts.]]
After trying to make sure the kids were safe, Bulkhead climbed aboard the ''Nemesis'' and began trashing Decepticons before discovering Miko had stowed away inside his chest compartment. Inside the ship, the pair eventually ran into Arcee and Bumblebee, who'd rescued Jack and Raf from some more guards. The three Autobots stuck the kids in a store room while they located Fowler in the brig and chased off [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. Mission accomplished, they returned to base, where Optimus told off Bulkhead. After Jack decided he was better off without the Autobots in his life, Bulkhead took Miko to visit him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-BulkheadMiko.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|D'awwww.]]
Once the Autobots pinpointed the location of the Decepticon [[space bridge]] in orbit, Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead traveled there by GroundBridge, though the height made Bulkhead nervous. They battled hordes of flying Decepticons, until [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] figured out a way to destroy the space bridge, and Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee did so while Optimus kept [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] busy. They safely GroundBridged back to Earth moments before the explosion. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Bulkhead assisted Miko with her science project, holding up her model of the solar system so she could paint it. Unfortunately Ratchet decided to take over the project, relegating Bulkhead to the role of transport. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

Bulkhead and Bumblebee brought a strange pod back from the [[Arctic]] with them. It later turned out the pod contained [[Scraplet]]s, which Bulkhead was particularly frightened by, and Miko was amused by him screaming like a little girl as they hunted for the critters. There turned out to be too many for the Autobots to deal with, but after the kids repaired an energon fuel line for the GroundBridge, Bulkhead used himself as bait to draw them through to the Arctic, where they froze. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[File:ConJob-Fistbump.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|left|"Guy love, that's all it is, Guy love, He's mine, I'm his, there's nothing gay about it in our eyes."]]
Bulkhead was overjoyed when Wheeljack arrived on Earth, however Wheeljack's uncharacteristic silence during Bulkhead's war stories made the latter Autobot suspicious. After Bulkhead questioned Wheeljack on the [[Battle of Darkmount Pass]] and Wheeljack got an important detail wrong, the new arrival was unmasked as a Decepticon imposter. The real Wheeljack arrived and he and Bulkhead threw the imposter out via the GroundBridge. Bulkhead turned down Wheeljack's offer to go exploring the galaxy. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:Convoy-Bulkheadmace.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"You go on, Bulk, we'll cover the rear."]]
Bulkhead took part in a convoy when Fowler needed transport for a hi-tech [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] device. When the convoy was attacked by [[MECH]], he reluctantly remained in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] in accordance with Optimus's orders, but when they were attacked by flying Vehicons, the Autobots were forced to use their [[robot mode]]s anyway. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Bulkhead chastised Miko for neglecting her education, and when an energon trace was detected in [[Greece]], he attempted to use the mission as an educational field trip. Their education was cut short as Bulkhead's old enemy Breakdown arrived and the pair fought. Back at base, he alerted the other Autobots to the [[Energon Harvester]] he'd seen depicted in an ancient fresco, and the device was soon tracked down to a museum. The Autobots surrounded the museum while the kids were sent in to steal the Harvester, and fought [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and Breakdown. The Decepticons got away with the Harvester. Bulkhead went alone to Greece, where he managed to single-handedly defeat Knock Out, Breakdown, and Starscream, destroying the Harvester in the process. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[File:OutHead-BulkheadBreakdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Wheeljack is gonna be so jealous.]]
Bulkhead covered poorly for [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack]] and Bumblebee when the pair went street racing, and was forced to go with Arcee to find them. He got to fight Breakdown again, flattening the Decepticon with a lamp post. {{storylink|Speed Metal}} Bumblebee and Bulkhead played [[basketball]] together in the base, though Bumblebee's behavior was very odd. Bulkhead, Optimus and Arcee traveled to the Arctic to find a lens the Decepticons had stolen from a telescope in [[Hawaii]], and ended up tangling with a heat ray the Decepticons had built with it. They succeeded in destroying it, though it turned out Megatron had been resurrected in the meantime. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

Optimus took Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Ratchet to investigate a [[Dark Energon]] reading and found Starscream attempting to resurrect [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. During the following ruckus, the Autobots found the kids had followed them and tried to send them back to base, only for them to disappear in a GroundBridge accident. It was only when Bulkhead spotted a text message on [[Miko's phone]] that Ratchet could engineer a way to get the kids back from the [[shadowzone (dimension)|other dimension]] they were trapped in. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

[[File:TFPep16DoubleCreatureFeature.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.67|So, uh, do you like [[David Kaye]]'s mom [[Bill Fagerbakke|too]]?]]
During an altercation with Breakdown on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], Bulkhead was knocked out and Breakdown abducted by MECH. Bulkhead stayed off Optimus's mission to rescue the Decepticon, but Miko persuaded him to go alone. GroundBridging to [[Russia]], Bulkhead forcibly infiltrated the MECH base and rescued Breakdown, though he was forced to pummel both Breakdown and Starscream when the Decepticon jet turned up and ordered Breakdown to destroy Bulkhead. {{Storylink|Operation: Breakdown}} Bulkhead was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

[[File:MetalAttraction-stuck.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Bulkhead and Arcee, inadvertently joined by Miko, investigated a magnetic disturbance. They came across Breakdown and [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] fighting over a [[polarity gauntlet]], and during the battle, Bulkhead and Arcee were magnetically fused together by the device. They followed the Decepticons to an abandoned gas station, where another fight broke out, and the two Autobots came unstuck. Airachnid tried to escape in her helicopter form, but Bulkhead grabbed her and threw her at Breakdown. He and Arcee returned to base triumphantly with the gauntlet. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

[[File:RockBottom-Bulkheadpassion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Let's raise the roof!]]
Arcee and Bulkhead investigated an [[Stripped energon mine|abandoned energon mine]] with the kids. Bulkhead protected Miko from a cave in, but ended up having to support the ceiling. Miko banged a rock on his foot to attract help, but instead they were found by Starscream. Things looked grim for Bulkhead until Arcee came to his rescue, and the two Autobots and the kids escaped the mine. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}} Bulkhead joined the others in investigating a [[Harbinger|wrecked Decepticon ship]] and found Starscream all webbed up. Offering to defect, Starscream pointed them to the other half of the crashed ship, where they were attacked by Airachnid, wielding an [[Immobilizer|experimental Decepticon weapon]] that froze Bulkhead in his tracks. Bulkhead was locked in position until the Autobots retrieved the weapon and Ratchet used it to unfreeze him. {{storylink|Partners}}

[[File:TMI-Mikojogsmemories.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|This is art!]]
Miko and Bulkhead sneaked into a monster truck rally together. A week or so later, during a mission to secure a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], Miko accidentally discharged the cylinder into Bulkhead's brain. Though at first Bulkhead seemed fine, he began writing complex equations for synthetic energon, and it rapidly became clear that the cylinder's energy was overwriting his mind. While the other Autobots attempted to secure the cylinder, Miko tried to help Bulkhead retain his memories by taking him to the monster truck track. They were found there by Knock Out and Breakdown, who tried to take Bulkhead's head, but during the attempt, Miko again triggered the energy to discharge from Bulkhead into the sky. Bulkhead was left in a comatose state until Miko managed to wake him with her guitar playing. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

During an energon shortage, Bulkhead and the other Autobots took part in a number of missions to try to intercept the Decepticon energon shipments. When Ratchet developed [[Synthetic Energon]] and tried it on himself, the medic was amped up enough to knock Bulkhead through a wall. Their medic accompanied them on another mission, but his changes in personality began to concern Bulkhead and the others. After he knocked Bulkhead flying and went off on his own, the other Autobots were forced to track him down before he could damage himself. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

The Autobots attempted to stop the Decepticons stealing a space bridge power supply from a military base. When Raf was gravely injured, Optimus and Bulkhead went on alone, stealthily infiltrating the ''Nemesis'' and Bulkhead bridged back to base with the power supply while Optimus went after Megatron. Bulkhead watched as Ratchet and [[June Darby]] fought to save Raf's life. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} As the Autobots attempted to rescue Optimus from a zone flooded with Dark Energon, Bulkhead kept Megatron busy while the others pulled Optimus out. Back at base, the Autobots and their human friends puzzled over the natural disasters suddenly plaguing Earth, and discovered that [[Unicron]] resided at the center of the Earth. Bulkhead and the others began investigating the sites of the earthquakes that had struck when the Dark Energon volcano erupted. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee came to Optimus's aid as he battled stone Unicron avatars. To their great surprise, help came in the form of Megatron, who offered to help them fight Unicron. Together with the Decepticon leader, the Autobots stepped through the GroundBridge into [[Earth's core]]. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}} Though Bulkhead was hampered by the influence of the Dark Energon, and during their fight against [[Unicron's antibodies]] almost fell from the walkway, they reached Unicron's spark chamber. Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Arcee stayed outside to fend off the antibodies. Following Unicron's defeat, they entered the spark chamber, only for Optimus to fail to recognize them, and they had to GroundBridge back to base without him. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

The Autobots puzzled over how to get their leader back but made little progress. When Fowler warned them of an attack on a military base, Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Arcee went to try and deal with it, but Knock Out and Breakdown succeeded in getting away with the power source they needed. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Bulkhead and the others scoured the globe for the space bridge, but it wasn't until Ratchet and Bulkhead were contacted by a wounded Starscream that they obtained information on the space bridges location. The Autobots stormed the energon mine housing the space bridge and secured it so that they could send Jack and Arcee to Cybertron. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} Ratchet, Bulkhead and Bumblebee monitored Jack's progress from the Earth end of the space bridge. When Megatron arrived to take back control, Bulkhead attacked him and was easily thrown aside, twice. Luckily it all turned out, and Bulkhead and the others returned to base with Optimus Prime restored. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee2-Forge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Nope. Not even using the "hammer time" reference.]]
Bulkhead and Bumblebee were responding to an ancient Autobot signal separately, but when Bulkhead arrived, he found Bumblebee unable to transform as his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] had been taken. They quickly worked out MECH was responsible. Bumblebee later talked Bulkhead into taking him on another mission, on which they ran into Knock Out and Breakdown. Bulkhead got to fight his nemesis again while Bumblebee chased Knock Out. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} He almost had to perform T-cog transplant surgery, but was judged unfit by Ratchet. He did get to go on an artifact retrieval mission, and spent some time hitting Breakdown before getting hold of the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] and using it to knock the Decepticon flying. Unfortunately moments later Bulkhead was bushwhacked by Megatron who got away with the Forge. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

[[File:LooseCannons Wheeljack works on bomb.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|For once [[Wheeljack (Prime)|I'm]] not the one under threat of [[Wheeljack (G1)|explosions]].]]
Bulkhead was overjoyed when Wheeljack returned to Earth, but when his fellow Wrecker decided to recklessly go after [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], Bulkhead opted to go along. The encounter ended with Bulkhead a hostage with a bomb on his chest as a lure to draw out Optimus. Though Wheeljack tried to defuse the bomb, Bulkhead opted to go the self-sacrifice route, and was only stopped from doing so by Wheeljack, who had realized Optimus was right. Wheeljack and Optimus forced Dreadwing into defusing the bomb, saving Bulkhead's life. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} Bulkhead accompanied Ratchet as they got more information from Starscream. This led to an Optimus-led mission to an abandoned energon mine in [[South America]], where they found Megatron fighting an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]. When the fight was finished, the Autobots surrounded the exhausted Megatron, but were prevented from finishing him off by the arrival of Dreadwing. Though they trashed a bunch of Vehicons, Megatron and Dreadwing escaped them. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

When Fowler was attacked by a truck resembling Optimus, Bulkhead caught his car after it plunged from a bridge. Back at base, they soon established that the truck was a MECH-created clone of Optimus and began searching for the MECH base. Though they located the hideout, [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] took them out one by one, and after Optimus dealt with the situation, the Autobots returned to base for repairs. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} Responding to an energon signal, Bulkhead accidentally got himself beamed up to the Decepticon warship. After encountering and offlining Starscream (or [[Starscream clone (Prime)|a near approximation]]), and narrowly avoiding Megatron, he found the ship's power core and disabled it with his wrecking ball. The ship crashed, allowing him to disembark and drive back to base, where he found the others had captured Airachnid. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

Bulkhead took part in an attack on it with the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], only to be put into stasis by its weapons. He recovered back at base when the kids disabled the ship. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Having found the locations of four artifacts, the Autobots started going on missions to retrieve them. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} Bulkhead was sent through the Groundbridge to retrieve one of the artifacts. {{storylink|Triangulation}} He landed up in a volcanic area near the equator and was first subjected to combat with the Insecticon [[Hardshell (Prime)|Hardshell]]. After defeating the Decepticon, he discovered that the relic he was after was [[Tox-En]]. Leaving a grenade and a false trail for the Insecticons to follow, he carried the Tox-En up a nearby volcano to dispose of it only for the Insecticons caught up with him as he reached the top. Bulkhead managed to overcome the trio and destroy the Tox-En, but as he was stepping back through the GroundBridge, Hardshell shot him from behind, and his smoking body was flung through the bridge into the Autobot base. {{Storylink|Toxicity}}

Ratchet worked frantically to save him, and eventually succeeded. Bulkhead was left in a comatose state, with Ratchet unwilling to operate further until he regained some strength. {{storylink|Hurt}} Bulkhead later regained consciousness and was even able to take a few steps, with the help of Miko acting as drill sergeant. {{storylink|Out of the Past}} His recovery continued to be slow, and when [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived, he was convinced the others were trying to replace him, despite their assurances otherwise. During another mission, Bulkhead tried to convince Ratchet to let him go help, but after Smokescreen went instead and made the mission a success, Bulkhead admitted that the new Autobot did well, then sadly dragged himself back to his quarters. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

He continued to pressure Ratchet to let him go back into combat, and was annoyed by Smokescreen's suggestion that he could use the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]] as a "crutch". Finally his badgering paid off when Ratchet was convinced to let him help, though Ratchet sent him to protect Raf who was trying to hack into a satellite. Bulkhead arrived just in time to stop what he assumed was Breakdown from destroying Raf's house, but was shocked to discover that Breakdown was being controlled by Silas—now calling himself "Cylas"—and found his injuries were still hampering his fighting ability. When Smokescreen helped him defeat "Cylas", he gained a new respect for the newbie, especially when he learned that Smokescreen studied the Wreckers mission reports. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

Bulkhead was part of a Team Prime mission to search for an Iacon relic that turned out to be a wild goose chase set up by Megatron. They soon found the real prize—the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Legacy}} He, Arcee and Bumblebee were happy when they learned they might soon be able to return Cybertron, but quickly realized there would be a downside in that they would have to leave their friends on Earth behind. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

[[File:HardKnocksBulkheadDreadwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Not the face [[Tony Todd|again]]!!!]]
Smokescreen and Bulkhead were sent to find one of the Omega Keys, and Bulkhead sent his companion after the key while he faced Dreadwing. During the fight, Bulkhead managed to get the better of the Decepticon and used Dreadwing's own bomb against him. Unfortunately the key was taken by [[Starscream (WFC)|parties]] unknown. The Autobots later discovered that Smokescreen was the final relic, but located their friend too late to save him from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} After Smokescreen escaped the ''Nemesis'' with two of the keys, the Autobots received a message from Starscream offering the final key in exchange for surgical help. Bulkhead accompanied Optimus and Ratchet out to Starscream's location, only for them to realize too late that they'd been tricked, and Starscream got away with all three of the Autobots' three Omega Keys. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

Bulkhead found himself in a tricky position when Miko assumed that she'd be coming to Cybertron with the Autobots. He equipped himself with the [[Immobilizer]] when the Autobots traveled to Cybertron, and employed the weapon during the battle against the Decepticons, enabling them to regain the Omega Keys. The Autobots located the [[Omega Lock]], only for the Decepticons to unveil their trump card in the form of the three kids as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Bulkhead was forced to hand over his key in exchange for Miko. After Optimus destroyed the Omega Lock to prevent Megatron destroying Earth, Bulkhead returned with the others to base, only to find that the Decepticons were attacking it. The Autobots were forced to abandon base, and Bulkhead and Miko bridged to a point somewhere in the US. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Unable to contact the others, Bulkhead and Miko headed to a Wrecker meeting spot to try to rendezvous with Wheeljack. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} Their patience was rewarded when Wheeljack turned up, having escaped the Decepticons. They watched as he blew up some of the Vehicons that were sent after him. {{storylink|Scattered}} The trio decided that blowing up an energon mine would be the best way to attract the attention of nearby Autobots. While doing so, they were attacked by a giant metal dragon which Bulkhead punched in the head. Even Wheeljack luring it into the energon mine to blow it up didn't work, but the three Wreckers were rescued by the newly arrived [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and reunited with most of the rest of Team Prime. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

Bulkhead and Wheeljack provided a diversion at the base of [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], lobbing grenades and destroying Decepticons while the other Autobots attacked by other means. The pair were eventually captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], but when Optimus Prime returned and joined the assault, they renewed their attack on the Decepticons. Following the destruction of Darkmount, the Autobots assembled at a human military base. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

Bulkhead was not ready when Wheeljack lobbed their old lobbing ball at him, and it bounced off his chest, nearly crushing Miko when it landed. Ultra Magnus took the two Wreckers to [[Scotland]] with him, to investigate Decepticon activity there. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Bulkhead found himself playing conciliator between Magnus and Wheeljack, as the pair continued to get on each other's nerves. The fact that Wheeljack had brought Miko along didn't help, but when they encountered the Predacon, Bulkhead found himself battling the beast with his fellow Autobots while Miko went for help. The fight didn't end well, as one of Wheeljack's grenades brought the cavern down on them, and as a result Bulkhead was disappointed when Wheeljack opted to leave the team rather than remain under Magnus's command. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} By the time Magnus and Bulkhead had flown back to base, Wheeljack had been talked into staying. {{storylink|Plus One}}

During a mission to secure energon, Bulkhead teamed up with Smokescreen to scout out an abandoned energon mine. They emerged without finding anything. {{storylink|Evolution}} When the Decepticons started stealing technology to repair the Omega Lock, Bulkhead was part of a team which turned up too late to prevent a theft, but at least he got to see Prime defeat Soundwave. He and Smokescreen were left at base to guard the prisoner while the others went to Antarctica, however Soundwave reactivated, knocking the pair out. {{storylink|Minus One}} When they recovered, they found that Soundwave had abducted Ratchet. Fortunately it turned out a piece Smokescreen had blasted off of Laserbeak would be useful in finding the Decepticon warship. {{storylink|Persuasion}}

They launched the probe and monitored it and Optimus's progress from the base. Though the probe was destroyed, Ratchet was able to send them the coordinates to the Decepticon warship, and Bulkhead and the others geared up in preparation to assault the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} The three Wreckers were ordered to take the bridge, however no sooner did they reach their target than Soundwave bridged them to another part of the ship. By the time they reached the bridge again, it had already been captured by Jack and Miko. With the warship until their control, the Autobots flew it to Cybertron and used the Omega Lock to restore their home world. After Optimus's obligatory speech, Bulkhead and Miko had a tearful farewell before he returned home. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

In the aftermath of Cybertron's rebirth, Bulkhead set to work building a new space port, assisted by Vehicons. With the discovery that there were two new Predacons on the loose, Bulkhead and the other Autobots attempted to persuade Predaking to help them, but were unsuccessful. After encountering Unicron, in possession of Megatron's rebuilt form, the Autobots realized that the dark god intended to destroy their world. After foiling an attempt by Starscream to retake the warship, the Autobots attempted to defend the Well of All Sparks from Unicron's onslaught. It was only when Optimus returned that Unicron was defeated, and Bulkhead was later present when Optimus sacrificed himself to restore the AllSpark to Cybertron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Sick Mind}} {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}}}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.1 Ratchet Bulkhead practise.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"I need practise like Optimus needs a face."]]
As Ratchet unveiled the [[Safe]], Bulkhead was unimpressed that he thought they needed more training. He threw himself into it though, deciding that the best defense was to smash everything he could. In doing so, he inadvertently uncovered and activated a nuclear missile which had been hidden in the base. Unimpressed, Optimus ordered him to hold up the ceiling while Ratchet and Raf dealt with the missile's warhead. Afterwards, Ratchet suggested Bulkhead and Raf design a new Safe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

Optimus took the other Autobots, including Bulkhead, on a trip to [[Valley of Fire State Park]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Bulkhead struggled to decorate a [[Christmas]] tree, while enduring a mocking from Arcee and Jack. When Fowler arrived with the news that the Decepticons had taken over a [[Yamal|nuclear-powered ship]], Bulkhead offered him a "Cybertron-size" mince pie. He and Arcee were left to mind the base with the kids while the other went to deal with the Decepticon problem, and the kids suggested the pair try to find something they had in common. They eventually discovered their mutual love of ice skating, and turned the base into an ice rink. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Bulkhead played ''[[Invasionauts II]]'' with Raf, until suddenly the game put Raf into a hypnotic trance and made him open the GroundBridge. Bulkhead was sure he'd get blamed for this somehow, and explained to Optimus that it was only a ''minor'' problem, but moments later the Vehicons started coming through. Bulkhead fought them alongside the other Autobots until Raf was able to loop the GroundBridge, sucking the Decepticons back through. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] woke Bulkhead with the news that the [[President of the United States]] had been kidnapped. Bulkhead and the rest of the Autobots visited the [[Grand Canyon]] where he and Ratchet protected [[Air Force One]] while the others defeated Starscream and rescued the President. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

[[File:Titan4.9 Bumblebee and Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Don't be like that, Bumblebee. I didn't mean to eat the last [[chocolate-covered wheel-nut]]."]]
Bulkhead and Arcee headed to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] after the Autobots lost contact with Optimus Prime. They found [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and a bunch of Vehicons feeding Optimus's body into a crusher but were overcome by the Decepticons before they could rescue him. Luckily Optimus came to his senses in time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} Bulkhead and Bumblebee retrieved Knock Out's [[neuron refractor]] from China, unaware that a MECH agent had stowed away in it. During [[Novo|Agent Novo]]'s escape from the Autobot base, Bulkhead was almost hit by grenades, and Novo kidnapped Miko. The Autobots searched for Miko, and located the MECH base in time for Novo, now occupying a mechanoid body, to return Miko. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

After Jack's demonstration of bobbing for apples, Bulkhead bobbed for engine blocks. He accompanied Optimus Prime to the [[Deep Driller]] oil platform, but wasn't much help in fighting [[Rufus Madison|General Madison]]'s forces there. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}} Following a successful solo mission to destroy a Decepticon energon store, Bulkhead was ambushed in the [[Alaska]]n forest by Megatron's forces. He was taken back to the ''Nemesis'', where Megatron stuck him in an [[Ultra Prison]], a device which would slowly erase his mind. Luckily Bulkhead had an emergency connection to [[Miko's phone]], and the alerted Autobots brought the three kids to the ship to rescue him. Later Miko said he could thank her by treating her to some monster truck rally. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

Bulkhead took part in a battle against the Decepticons in [[The Wave]], and did an admirable job at protecting the rear with his wrecking ball. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}} Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] specifically demanded Optimus and Bulkhead come after the two Decepticons took over a TV studio. The Autobots found themselves forced to run the ''[[Down and Out]]'' course, lest the Decepticons' hostages be harmed. Luckily Bulkhead had watched the show with Miko, so he knew where many of the traps were, though the Decepticons had made a few changes. The pair managed to get through the course and rescue the hostages, leading to Knock Out and Breakdown's defeat at the hands of Arcee. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider Scope}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.18|Power Outage}}}}

===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
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===Commercial appearances===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English)}}

Bulkhead was phoned up by the human pastry maker [[wikipedia:Strawberry Shortcake|Strawberry Shortcake]], who invited him to the Berryfest Princess Parade to have glittery sparkles dumped on him. Unable to get a word in edgewise, he told Optimus that the call was for him. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|Strawberry Shortcake and Bulkhead}}

Bulkhead and Megatron joined Strawberry and the [[My Little Pony|ponies]] Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash in scatting "[[wikipedia:Deck the Halls|Deck the Halls]]". Bulkhead's extended scat sequence, however, did not find favor among the Autobots or Megatron, causing him to awkwardly laugh it off. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|The Hub Carolers}} Undeterred, Bulkhead rejoined this multiversal musical grouping in singing "[[wikipedia:Jingle Bells|Jingle Bells]]". {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|The Hub Carolers (Second spot)}}

===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
When [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] retrieved some Cybertronian weapons, Bulkhead spent hours in the desert fruitlessly trying to get one of them to work. Just as he was about to give up, he was abruptly attacked by [[Ripclaw (Prime)|Ripclaw]], who inflicted a [[mech-venom]] sting on him. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 9}} Following the fight, Bulkhead was left inching nearer and nearer to shutdown. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 10}}

===''Full of Fire!''===
Bulkhead, Ratchet and Bumblebee went out into a [[New Mexico]] desert to test new weapons Ratchet had constructed, though Bulkhead wondered whether it was wise to do so in the open. Ratchet put this down to jealousy that Bumblebee's [[Eagleshot Bow]] had a longer range than the [[Dragon Grinder|Rhino Blade]] Bulkhead had been equipped with. Once the trio were joined by Optimus, they came under attack from no less than six Predacons. Luckily the new weapons gave the Autobots the edge they needed, and Bulkhead unleashed it on both [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurr]] and [[Blight (Prime)|Blight]]. The enemy soon fled, though Optimus was pessimistic about the victory. {{storylink|Full of Fire!}}

===2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon===
Some years after Cybertron's rebirth a statue of Bulkhead was constructed in his honor. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[File:IDWRID3 Bulkhead at work.jpg|thumb|right|210px]]
Bulkhead, Ultra Magnus and Arcee spied on Bumblebee's team from their spaceship, though Bulkhead thought they should let Bee know they were there. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} While struggling to get his team to work together, Bumblebee recalled happier times when he was part of Team Prime with Bulkhead. Bulkhead and Arcee were sent by Magnus to question [[Spinhead]], but arrived after the Decepticon had been captured. They returned to the ship, unaware that Bumblebee had spotted them. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

The trio visited Bumblebee so they could question some of the [[Alchemor]] prisoners over the whereabouts of [[Clipshade]], and Bulkhead subsequently took part in a joint operation by the teams which succeeded in capturing the Decepticon. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

Bulkhead dozed off while monitoring Team Bee. He later accompanied Ultra Magnus and Arcee on another visit to the team. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}}

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===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Bulkhead was deployed on Earth alongside [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

== Games ==
=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
[[File:Transformers prime the game bulkhead.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|My shield-breaking attack is essentially transforming, tripping, and falling on top of my enemy. ''Awesome...'']]
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English)}}
The Autobots detected a massive asteroid of Dark Energon headed toward Earth, and intercepted the ''Nemesis'' crew attempting to retrieve the asteroid when bridging to the location. At the climax of the battle, the asteroid began to split apart and exploded. Team Prime fell to Earth and scattered across the country.

Bulkhead was found in some sort of tomb by Miko. Almost immediately, he encountered Starscream who played on his life by nearly collapsing the whole cave on him. Thankfully, Bulkhead and Miko escaped, and the big guy unleashed tenfold on Starscream. However, one of the Vehicons managed to swipe Miko and take her captive.

Optimus regrouped with Bulkhead later to track a Decepticon signal, though Bulkheads loud speaking and noises alerted Megatron & Starscream to their presence. Bulkhead got another chance to lock fists with Starscream while Optimus fought Megatron. Ultimately, Optimus was trapped in rubble, but Bulkhead managed to get aboard the Nemesis by taking Starscream hostage (in his own ship!).

Starscream tricked Bulkhead, however, into bringing him into a room where he was ambushed by Vehicon troopers. Yet again, Bulkhead came out on top of the pile with Starscream retreating in defeat. Though, Thunderwing's escape from the ship resulted in Bulkhead having to find an alternate route out of the room to join up with the other Autobots.

The team regrouped, though missing Optimus, and Ratchet dispatched Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Arcee to chase Thunderwing in order to give him time to create a device to corrupt his Dark Energon core. Bulkhead was pretty shaken up by Megatron, but was the one who took Arcee in for medical care. Bulkhead later joined the rest of the team in watching the sun set after a day's hard work. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Optimus sent Bulkhead out on several missions. His first two consisted of Bulkhead retrieving Dark Energon shards from a Dark Energon mine before the Decepticons could use them to raise an army of Terrorcons. Before the mission's end, Bulkhead had to face off against Soundwave and defeat him within the mine. Next, Bulkhead was sent to infiltrate the Nemesis and retrieve Energon stores in the Decepticons' possession. Before Bulkhead could leave the Decepticon ship, he had to contend with Starscream, and defeat him as well. Bulkhead's last missions brought him back to Autobot headquarters. The Autobots' base had been infiltrated by the Decepticons, who had used Scraplets to make its systems go haywire. After Bulkhead collected all of the Scraplets, returning the base's functions to normal, he fought Megatron and defeated the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Bulkhead and the Autobots countered it by building a [[Pulsar Dish]] from debris. While the dish was under construction, Bulkhead and Miko could help out by beating up some Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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==Toys==
===Prime===
====First Edition====
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[[File:Primetoy-BulkheadVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Let's hope those aren't truck nutz.]]
[[File:PrimeFEtoy-BulkheadTakaraTomy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Any color green is good, right?]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (First Edition Voyager, 2011/2012)
**''Number:'' '''002'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[December 28|12-28]]-2012'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Energon]] battle mace, stand

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Voyager Class toys, Bulkhead transforms into a truck. He comes with an "energon battle mace" that can either peg via [[5mm post]] into his hands, or replace one of his hands when either is flipped into his arm. The mace itself features a plain peg-hole at the top, and is stored in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] by pegging it onto the trunk. The patch of clear black [[light-piping]] plastic ([[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] to the rest of his [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] clear black parts) on his head is neutered by having his eyes painted, in equally show-accurate light blue. As with all First Edition toys, he features a cardboard stand.

:In an effort for him to fit in his [[packaging]], he is usually mis-transformed: the panel on his back is hinged up to his head, while the wheels connected to his panel-chest, normally splayed out as a pair of "[[Kibble|wings]]" and tabbed into the sides of the back panel, are left folded up and untabbed on his sides. His headlights, normally swiveled and angled up on his chest, are also left untransformed. The large panel (with the [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake sculpted grille]]) underneath his hinged hood pieces also isn't tabbed to the black sliding "spine" behind it, with the results being that his crotch piece tabs only lightly to his waist, detaches easily, dislodges when the front bumper is hinged forward into the indent on its back, and that many packaged Bulkheads are encountered with their flies open.

:The Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] release of Bulkhead features darker green plastic and paint.

:First Edition Bulkhead never made it to shelves in the United States in the initial run, forcing US fans to import the Hasbro version from Canada. Later, [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] would pick up Bulkhead, along with most of the rest of the First Edition line, as part of a huge block of [[exclusive]]s for the US market. However, in summer 2014, he suddenly appeared on Toys R Us stores all over Hong Kong in massive quantities.

:This mold would have also been [[redeco]]ed and [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Brawn (G1)#Generations|Brawn]]. While that toy was canceled, the retooled mold was eventually saw release as ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' [[Brawn (G1)#Cloud 3|Brawn]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/PrimeBulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on Hasbro ''First Edition'' Bulkhead at TFU.info]''

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2blog.net/blog-entry-1373.html TakaraTomy's First Edition Bulkhead at Alfes's Toy Blog]''

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====Cyberverse====
[[File:PrimeCyberverse-Bulkhead-TakaraTomy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 002'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[April 28|4-28]]-2012'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''EZ-08'''
**''Accessories'': Battle Mace

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse]] Commander Class toys, Bulkhead is a smaller-scale toy, and features translucent plastic panels on his hood, roof, and robot back so that the toy can be illuminated by the electronic lights featured in the larger playsets. He comes with a translucent-blue "battle mace" weapon which features four [[C joint|3mm post]]s and three post-holes all over, allowing it to be held/mounted into holes on his hands, arms, shoulders/vehicle rear, and roof, or store on his back in [[robot mode]]. The [[Hasbro]] release features a pack-in file card.

:In addition to the regular version, Bulkhead was also released in a special "advance release" assortment alongside [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (WFC)#Cyberverse|Starscream]], with each figure including a mini-DVD that contains the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Masters & Students]]". Yes, all four of them come with the same episode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/CommBulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on ''Cyberverse'' Bulkhead at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-Cyberverse-BattleTacticsBulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Battle Tactics Bulkhead''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 009'''
**''Accessories'': Blast Cannon

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Prime'' Cyberverse Commander Class toys, Battle Tactics Bulkhead is a redeco of his Cyberverse toy, coming in dark blue with cyan highlights. Instead of his battle mace, he comes with a "blast cannon", a translucent-blue cannon resembling his in-show cannon-barrel. The cannon features two 3mm posts and two mounting points.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BTBulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on Battle Tactics Bulkhead at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeEZCollectionAutobotSet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Autobot Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, [[November 24|11-24]]-2012)
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP1'''
**''Accessories'': Battle Mace

: This version of Bulkhead was only available in a TakaraTomy ''[[EZ Collection]]'' six-pack with [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Bumblebee]], [[Ratchet (WFC)#EZ6pack|Ratchet]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (WFC)#EZ6pack|Arcee]], and [[Wheeljack (Prime)#EZ6pack|Wheeljack]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|But, there is one [[Predacon (Prime)|they]] fear... In their tongue, he is Dovahkiin... Dragonborn!]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''3 / 003'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher & missile (combine to form Nova Hammer)

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime: [[Beast Hunters]]'' Commander Class toys, Bulkhead is a redeco and extensive retool of his Cyberverse toy, transforming into a heavily-modified armored truck with massive spikes on the fenders. He has 3mm ports in many of the same places as the previous toy, and his vehicle doors have been retooled with additional ports. His color scheme is similar to [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]].

:He now comes with a two-piece "Nova Hammer", a hammer with a very obvious axe-bladed head. The "hammer" can be held at the handle, with the handle featuring a narrow central section to allow it to be safely wedged into Bulkhead's hands, while a thicker 3mm section below the narrow part allows it to be held more securely. The weapon's head can launch the attached handle as a [[missile]] via pressure-launch, and the head/launcher features a 3mm peg-hole and two posts.

:Whether it's due to incomplete [[instructions]] or alternative transformations, Bulkhead's instructions tell [[you]] to leave his wheel "wings" swung down onto his back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/CybCommBulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on "Beast Hunters" Cyberverse Bulkhead at TFU.info]''

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====Voyager====
{{anchor|Voyager}}
[[File:PrimeRIDtoy-BulkheadVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Bulkhead's been working out, even taking some advice from [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] about tricking out his truck.]]
[[File:Prime-toy BulkheadVoyagerTakTom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Meanwhile, in Japan, Bulk takes a minimalist approach to accessorizing.]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Voyager, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''01 / 004'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[April 28|4-28]]-2012'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AM-10'''
**''Accessories'': Cannon/wrecking ball & battle ram (Hasbro only), "B.H." Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Voyager Class toys, Bulkhead is a new, smaller mold. He now comes with a "battle ram" and a half-translucent cannon with a fully translucent wrecking ball on top, both of which can be mounted (via 5mm posts) on either his roof/back, arms, or hands, with both weapons also featuring an assortment of 5mm peg-holes. The cannon can transform into a spinning wrecking ball that's illuminated by a red LED as a sort of "Energon glow", and as with other Robots in Disguise Voyager Class toys, the deployed weapon cannot lock into place. Interestingly, the [[mouthplate]] on his face is a separate, jointed, unpainted piece that can flip up to cover his face. Unfortunately, he lacks the lower half of his face, so there's nothing to see there.

: His prototype [[stock photography]] lacks the Autobot symbol that's on his right shoulder-pad in the final product. His instructions also incorrectly show his completed vehicle mode's bumper with his crotch flap still flipped up, and they also neglect to mention that his door windows/shoulder pads can open up to help cover his shoulders.

: Part of the third assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Japanese release of Bulkhead is cast in metallic plastic, features painted rims, and drops many of his other [[paint operation]]s in favor of customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s. He also has 5mm post-holes added to his vehicle mode doors as part of the [[Arms Micron]] [[gimmick]]. Instead of either of the accessories from the [[Hasbro]] version, he instead comes with his Arms Micron partner, [[B.H.]], who transforms into a larger version of Bulkhead's wrecking ball, though with a short plastic chain with handle on one end, emulating [[Bulkhead (Animated)|''Animated'' Bulkhead's]] cable-tethered wrecking-ball weapon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/Bulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on Hasbro Voyager Bulkhead at TFU.info]''

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1540.html Arms Micron Bulkhead and B.H. at Alfes's Toy Blog]''

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===Beast Hunters===
[[File:PrimeBeastHunterstoy-Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Bulkhead was always a big ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' fan.]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 007'''
**''Accessories'': Dragon Grinder

: Part of the second wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' Deluxe Class toys, Bulkhead is a new, smaller mold, and transforms into a heavily-modified off-road truck with spikes/drills on the fenders. His robot chest features narrow chest windows in a similar style to ''Animated'' Bulkhead. He comes with the "[[Dragon Grinder]]", a circular saw which can be spun at the push of a button. It features a sculpted dragon head on top of its housing, and the weapon can mount via its 5mm peg. Bulkhead features 5mm peg-holes on his hands and forearms, as well as on his roof and doors (which end up on his back in robot mode).

:His "collar" tends to rub against his windshield-hood joint during transformation, which means that the paint on the tip of the collar has a bad habit of being scraped off.

:His instructions incorrectly show his completed vehicle mode's bumper with his crotch flap still flipped up. They also include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 9|ninth chapter]] of the ''[[Tales of the Beast Hunters]]'' series.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Bulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Bulkhead at TFU.info]''
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:ConstructBots BH Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
* '''Bulkhead with Airazor and Wolfang''' (Triple Team, 2013)
: Bulkhead was released as part of the Beast Hunters subline of Construct-Bots, packaged with two smaller partners [[Airazor (Prime)|Airazor]] and [[Wolfang (Prime)|Wolfang]]. He can transform from a military jeep looking thing into a robot. Airazor can transform into an axe for him or Wolfang to wield. He comes with a wrecking ball weapon.

:Like most [[Beast Hunters]] Construct-Bots, Bulkhead and friends never saw release in the United States.
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===Go!===
*'''Hunter Bulkhead''' (Deluxe, [[April 27|04–27]]–13)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G15'''
**''Accessories'': "Hunting Saw"

:Part of the first wave of [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Transformers Go!]]'' toys, Hunter Bulkhead is a [[redeco]] of the "Beast Hunters" Deluxe Class Bulkhead toy, and features a predominantly green and gray/silver color scheme.

===Hero Mashers===
[[File:HeroMashers_Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]

* '''Bulkhead''' (Battle Upgrade, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''13'''
: Part of the first wave of Battle Upgrade Hero Mashers toys, Bulkhead is a non-transforming robot with a rotund and rugged body based on [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'']] Bulkhead, but with the gentle and caring mug of [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'']] [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. He includes a back mounted set of rocket packs, a Mjolnir-like [[Hammer (weapon)|hammer]], a large white piledriver (cannon?), and an arm mounted gun which fires a spring-loaded [[Missile|projectile]]. His parts, much like all other Hero Mashers, can be removed and swapped out with any other figure from the same line.

:He includes [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Hero Mashers|Cliffjumper]]'s arm, which is a [[redeco]] of ''Hero Mashers'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Bumblebee]]'s.

:His forearm with the built-in launcher is included with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers]], just recolored, gimmick-neutered and labeled as an arm of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Hero Mashers|Ultra Magnus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/HMBulkhead/bulkhead.htm More information on Bulkhead at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===McDonald's===
[[File:Primetoy-BulkheadtHappyMeal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Tastes like cardboard! ...oh, it ''is'' cardboard.]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Happy Meal, 2012)
**''McNumber:'' '''5'''
**''Accessories'': 3 discs

:Happy Meal Bulkhead is a non-transformable offroad vehicle! He comes with three paper discs which can be inserted under his hood. When the roof is pulled back, one is expelled.

===Eaglemoss cards===
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===Kinder Surprise===
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==Notes==
[[File:Bulkheadsmile.jpg|thumb|It's really weird the longer you look at it.]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderBulkhead.jpg|thumb|Now properly desaturated, Bulkhead is ready for a role in ''War for Cybertron''.]]
* Bulkhead is of course an homage to ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], even using a wrecking ball-like mace.
* When [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] was briefly brought in early in the design process of ''Prime'', Bulkhead was originally intended to be [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]]. However, as the show evolved, the writers said they realized that they were essentially writing a new Bulkhead, and the character was brought in.<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/site-updates-18/wtftfw-podcast-episode-123-with-derrick-j-wyatt-now-online-171018/</ref> Later, on a featurette on the ''Transformers: Prime Season 1'' Blu-ray, [[Rik Alvarez]] admitted that because of the death of [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', they didn't want to confuse kids with a living Ironhide.<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/transformers-prime-season-1-blu-ray-review-174448/</ref> It's likely that the former story was a cover for the latter, for spoiler reasons.
* For such a big guy, he runs really ''fast''.
* Bulkhead's chin piece is actually a cover for his lower lip, as is evident whenever he smiles.
* Bulkhead's body parts are available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Bulkhead parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop. While all the characters in the game are hue-shifted from their normal colorations, Bulkhead ended up noticeably less-different than his peers.
* [[Bulkhead (G1)|Another Bulkhead]] seems to have completely borrowed the look of this Bulkhead.

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Bulkhead has named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Berserk Mode''' (バーサークモード ''Bāsāku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Arc, B.2, B.H., C.L., O.P., R.A.
: Seen on his box-back photo, in this mode Bulkhead holds the [[Nebula Scythe]], with [[R.A.]] attached to his right arm, [[B.2]] on his right shoulder, and [[C.L.]] attached to the mounting point behind his head.

*'''Shootgize Galaxy Launcher''' (シュートジアイズガラクシーランチャー ''Shūtojiaizu Garakushī Ranchā'')
**''Arms Microns'': Arc, B.2, B.H., C.L., Gora, O.P., Zori
: Yyyyeah. Revealed in the ''[[From the Cybertron Satellite, Transformers Division|Cybertron Satellite]]'' portion of "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Freezing Transformation!? Terror of the Minicons]]", in this battle mode Bulkhead holds the [[Galaxy Launcher]] Super Combo Weapon, while he's also got O.P. on his left forearm, B.2 on his back, and inexplicably [[Gora]] on his right forearm with [[Zori]] also on his back. And as far as can be told, "Shootgize" seems to be a bad portmanteau of "shoot" and "energize".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bulkhead''' (バルクヘッド ''Barukuheddo'')

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/prime/cast-gallery/bulkhead Bulkhead's character page @ Hubworld.com]

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Shockwave (WFC)

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:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Shockwave-RageoftheDinobots3cover.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|SPM seeking abominations of science. Turn-ons: dinosaurs, logic.]]

'''Shockwave''' was a member of the scientist caste in the industrial city of [[Kaon]]. In a reversal of the usual order, he was swayed by the ambitions of the former mining caste member turned gladiator [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. Serving as Megatron's "pet mad scientist" and [[second-in-command]], he saw to the fighter's armament during his rise to prominence, all the while fantasizing on the prospect of ''mass producing'' such warriors. Thankfully, Megatron's more practical nature reined in Shockwave as the movement which became the Decepticons finally moved out of the shadows.

Shockwave naturally only serves his one true master: logic. He's willing to ignore petty squabbles and jabs at him, and will only do what he finds logical. Megatron is pleased by his dedication and his competence stemming from it, starkly contrasting with the egotistical and gloating [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. His passive nature to goings-on around him may paint him as apathetic, but whoever believes that is writing their death warrant. Shockwave is as brutal and fierce as any Decepticon warrior, and has the strength and durability to withstand everything from explosions to Autobot assault. He does '''not''' take well to attempts on his life or his experiments failing or being tampered with. Primus help you if you actually do break his seemingly eternal calm.

{{quote|Shockwave, you would bring down all of creation just to satisfy your own ambition.|Alpha Trion|''[[Transformers: Retribution|Retribution]]''}}

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

[[File:WFCcomicDecepticons.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|''We three 'Cons of Kaon are...'']]

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

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

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

{{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}
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===IDW Aligned comics===

[[File:LastStand-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|And as purple as he is logical.]]

Shockwave had been put in charge of a remote Decepticon base in the middle of the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], where he was to oversee a reportedly unlimited source of [[Energon]], a potentially amazing advantage in the waning days of the war for Cybertron. [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] had been dispatched to the investigate this mysterious Energon-rich Decepticon base when he overheard a conversation between Shockwave and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. Starscream was concerned that Shockwave's attentions were diverted away from the Energon discovery and was wasting his talents on examining the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s he'd discovered and the "cosmic secrets" he had learned. Shockwave's Insecticon horde discovered Swoop's presence, and the Autobot was captured. {{storylink|Secrets (FOC)|Secrets}}

Predictably, the other members of Swoop's Autobot team, the [[Lightning Strike Coalition Force]] arrived in hopes of retrieving Swoop. Shockwave confronted the four and boasted that this action on their part was central to his plans. The Lightning Strike Coalition Force would make "perfect test subjects" for his experiments, {{storylink|Siege Mentality}} and as their leader, [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], fought back, Shockwave thanked him for not alerting [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] of their whereabouts. The five would be fashioned into the ultimate weapon for the Decepticon cause! {{storylink|Last Stand}}

Shockwave was waiting when Grimlock awoke, strung up in his laboratory. He explained that he had discovered ancient Transformers technology, a [[space bridge|bridge that could traverse both space and time]]. This "space bridge" had offered him a glimpse of many worlds, but most relevantly Shockwave had seen into the past of a certain [[Earth|small blue planet]] where [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|amazing and terrible creatures]] once stalked its lands. As Shockwave's machinery took Grimlock apart, he told the Autobot that he and his team would be rebuilt into forms resembling those alien creatures and become weapons for the Decepticons. {{storylink|Fragmentation (FOC)|Fragmentation}} As Grimlock was being reformed, through his pain he saw visions of the future, of being unwittingly unleashed by Starscream and ultimately taking his revenge on Shockwave. Shockwave quelled these visions by breaking into Grimlock's mind, reducing the once fiercely intelligent leader to nothing but a feral berserker. {{storylink|Fall}}

After Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s group of warriors had left the planet, Shockwave remained behind and fashioned a new faction known as [[Forged]]. He commanded this group through [[Ser-Ket]], a former Decepticon whom he had experimented on and granted a draconic [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] altmode. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 2|Rage of the Dinobots #2}} Ser-Ket reported to Shockwave after the Forged had captured [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]], {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 1|Rage of the Dinobots #1}} an event that led to the Forged base being attacked by Grimlock's Dinobots, who killed Ser-Ket. Sending a remote-control avatar [[drone]] in time to witness the battle, Shockwave didn't think much of his underling's death, explaining to the Dinobots that she had overestimated her role in his machinations. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 3|Rage of the Dinobots #3}} By strategic use of a force field and an [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP grenade]], he defeated the Dinobots and brought them to one of his labs to finish what he had started by purging them of their sentience once and for all. As he began to work on Grimlock, however, the other Dinobots broke out of captivity and ripped his avatar to pieces. The real Shockwave then contacted them via hologram to let them know they had only destroyed one of many avatars in one of many labs, but one day they might come face to face with the real deal once again. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}}

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=== ''Prime'' cartoon ===
{{voiceactor|[[David Sobolov]] (English), [[Kenta Miyake]] (Japanese)|[[Ja-hyeong Gu]] (Korean), [[Uli Krohm]] (German), [[Jorge Badillo]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jussi Wahlgren]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:Prime-Shockwave&Cliffjumper.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|left|Logic dictates that there is a small chance that I will kill you, here and now... but I'm gonna shoot anyway.]]

During the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]], Shockwave cloned a small army of [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]] and had them micro-chipped so he could track them at all times. On Megatron's orders, he dispatched them to Earth to destroy the Autobots stationed there and secure any energon they could find. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

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{{storylink|Unreliable Narratives}}

While most of the population left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] during the [[Great Exodus]], Shockwave stayed behind. He spent his time building and scavenging technology, and managed to reverse-engineer [[space bridge]] technology. His efforts had come to fruition when [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], while delivering Energon to power the bridge, brought him an encrypted Autobot transmission along with two prisoners, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. By using his own invention, the [[cortical psychic patch]], on Arcee, Shockwave gained the codes to decrypt the transmission, revealing it to be a message from [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] calling the Autobots to [[Earth]]. He later found the two Autobots sabotaging the space bridge, and was buried in rubble during the ensuing fight. After he dug himself out, he followed them into the space bridge and was only stopped when Arcee hit his optical sensor. Shockwave was still inside the space bridge when it exploded, but Cliffjumper hoped he survived, as he wanted a rematch. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

Shockwave found himself back on the abandoned planet Cybertron, blinded. He repaired his injuries and continued his experiment, using recovered CNA to clone a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]. Years later, Shockwave detected the energy surge caused by the [[Omega Lock]] and went to investigate, encountering [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] who had come on an unrelated mission.{{storylink|Scattered}} Shockwave returned with him to [[Earth]], where [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] had created [[Darkmount (Earth)|a fortress]]. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}}

Megatron appointed Shockwave his first lieutenant in charge of science. With Starscream's interrogation of [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] failing to yield results, Shockwave attempted a cortical psychic patch, but was similarly unable to gain any information. The continuing failure to track down the scattered Autobots led Shockwave to reveal the fruits of his cloning work—a [[Predaking (Prime)|huge Predacon]]. {{storylink|Scattered}} Shockwave gave the creature a whiff of Wheeljack's energon before unleashing it, however it eventually returned empty-handed. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

[[File:Rebellion-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Logic dictates that my altmode should look ''awesome''.]]

When Darkmount came under attack, Shockwave suggested unleashing the Predacon, only for the beast to be defeated moments after it entered battle. Though Starscream took the opportunity to get some mocking in, Shockwave simply turned and jumped his way down the outside of the fortress before defeating the Autobots himself. The victory was short-lived, as once Optimus Prime turned up, the Autobots turned on their captor. Despite holding his own against them, Shockwave retreated through a GroundBridge once the citadel was destroyed. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

Shockwave then began retrieving Predacon remains from the clones previous sent to Earth, so that he could clone them again and form a new army of Predacons. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} When the Predacon returned safe and well to the ''Nemesis'', Shockwave was content for Megatron to place it under Starscream's command. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} While he was retrieving Predacon remains in [[Texas]], he was attacked by [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and Optimus Prime. Soundwave arrived through a GroundBridge to give Shockwave support, keeping Prime busy while Shockwave grappled with the other two Autobots. Though the fossil broke apart during Shockwave's fight, thanks to Soundwave a fraction of it was GroundBridged back to the [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']]. Upon returning to the ship and at Megatron's urging, Shockwave opted to let Starscream retrieve further genetic material. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

Shockwave's cloning process neared completion, but the revelation that the existing Predacon was intelligent resulted in the Decepticons rethinking the entire plan, as [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] might turn against them. Shockwave agreed it was logical that they should use the Autobots to terminate the clones, however Starscream lured the Autobots to the off-site laboratory while he was still purging sensitive information from the computers. He retreated, and after the laboratory was destroyed, discovered that the [[Synthetic Energon]] they'd been storing in it had created Cybermatter. {{storylink|Evolution}}
[[File:ShockwavePunishesScreamer-MinusOne.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.66| Happy birthday, Starscream!]]
Shockwave almost put out one of Starscream's eyes over the early arrival of the Autobots, but was talked out of it in time. The Decepticons decided to repair the Omega Lock as a launch mechanism, with Shockwave in charge of perfecting Synthetic Energon. When they realized that Ratchet would be helpful in perfecting the formula, Shockwave instructed Laserbeak to track [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] to find the Autobot base. Meanwhile Shockwave himself took part in a raid on the [[Solaris particle collider]]. {{storylink|Minus One}} Unfortunately [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] proved too much for Shockwave to handle, and he had to be rescued by Predaking.

Back on the ''Nemesis'', he used a cortical psychic patch on Ratchet in an attempt to learn the completed Synth-En formula, but came up empty handed. As a result, the Decepticons had to switch tack and attempt to persuade Ratchet to help them. {{storylink|Persuasion}} While Ratchet was put to work on the Synthetic Energon formula, Shockwave was called away to oversee the completion of the Omega Lock. As a result he was not there when Ratchet attempted to escape, but he was able to salvage the completed formula from the mess Ratchet left, and began the process of synthesizing enough to power the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Shockwave's attempts to activate the Omega Lock were hampered by having to fight Ratchet and the other Autobots who turned up. Following Megatron's demise, he grabbed the protesting Starscream and the pair made a run for it. They escaped the warship in a lifepod, somewhere over Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

Shockwave resumed his experiments, though he had to relocate his lab a number of times to avoid detection, and successfully created [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] and [[Skylynx]]. He was summoned when the two Predacons led Starscream to a Predacon burial ground uncovered by the upheaval of Cybertron's rebirth, however as they were gathering up the bones, they were witness to the unexpected return of Megatron. It turned out to be [[Unicron]] using Megatron's body, and after the dark god raised an army of undead Predacons, the horde's first act was to swarm the terrified Shockwave.

He somehow survived, and later approached Predaking and the other two Predacons as they fought each other, suggesting they might instead like to go fight Unicron, only to disappear as mysteriously as he appeared. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
Shockwave cloned [[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]] in a [[Hyperevolution Chamber]], unaware his subject could hear everything he said. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 3}} On awakening [[Ripclaw (Prime)|Ripclaw]], Shockwave told the Predacon that [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] was in danger from the [[Autobot]]s. Ripclaw promptly took off out of the laboratory. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 8}} Sometime later, Shockwave realized that the Predacons were as big a threat to the Decepticons as to the Autobots and decided to shut down the cloning project. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 11}} He found [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] sneaking around his laboratory {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 10}} and came up with a new plan to blame the laboratory's destruction on the Autobots, hopefully causing Predaking to eliminate Prime's team. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 11}}

Deciding to cut his losses and run, Shockwave enlisted [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s help in packing up his laboratory. The pair took the last two remaining Hyperevolution Chambers with them to Cybertron. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 20}}

===''Full of Fire!''===
Shockwave revealed to Megatron that more Predacons had been cloned. The scientist dispatched five new Predacons with Predaking to test the Autobots and record data on the enemy's combat effectiveness. When all six were defeated, Megatron believed the data to be useless as the Autobots now knew the extent of the Predacon army, only for Shockwave to reveal that he had many more Predacons ready to go. {{storylink|Full of Fire!}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
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===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Whereas most Transformers left Cybertron for Earth in pursuit of the Allspark, Shockwave remained behind. He acted as Megatron's steward over Cybertron, occupying his time by rebuilding his prisoners into weapons of war. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

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

[[File:War for Cybertron Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"When your hit percentage exceeds mine, YOU may choose the soundtrack!"]] {{Note|Shockwave is an pre-order [[exclusive]] downloadable content character for use in multiplayer modes, and is not playable in the ''War for Cybertron'' storyline campaign. Using a preorder code to unlock him will allow the player to use Shockwave in Escalation mode, and makes his chassis available for customizing an online multiplayer character for Decepticon scientists. His chassis is labelled as "Retaliator". Shockwave was later made available alongside the other preorder-exclusive characters in the ''Transformers: War for Cybertron Map and Character Pack''. He was available for the XBox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, but not for the PC version.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

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

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

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

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Blum]]''
[[File:FoCShockwave2.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.66|He's being scouted for potential membership into the Legion of Doom.]]
When Cybertron was beginning to shut down, Shockwave wanted to reboot it, but to do this, he needed an large energon supply. As he searched for one, he discovered an ancient technology in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] called Space Bridges. Using the observatories of the ancients that used to reside in the Sea of Rust, Shockwave began searching for new planets that he could suck the life out of, and found [[Earth|one]] rich in raw energy. He also began experimenting on several [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] which had started coming onto the planet's surface, and took three unusually intelligent Insecticons, [[Hardshell (Prime)|Hardshell]], [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] and [[Sharpshot]], under his command. He later used them to capture [[Dinobot (FOC)|five Autobots]], whom he gave new forms based on the [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|large reptiles]] he saw on the planet.

After [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was killed during siege on Iacon, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] took command of the Decepticons. The two argued over the use of a lake of Energon near the Space Bridge tower, and though Shockwave attempted to convince him of its potential usefulness, Starscream simply wanted to drain the lake. When [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] disrupted the fuel line leading to the tower, Shockwave unleashed an army of Insecticons upon them while he attempted to rectify the problem. He failed to do so, but luckily he had already built a replica tower in Kaon. Following [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s resurrection of Megatron, Shockwave went to Kaon meet him and informed him of his discovery of the Space Bridge and the planet they could plunder. Megatron subsequently went to retrieve [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]'s power core so that they could power a craft to get them there, while Shockwave went to finalize the completion of the tower.

Later, Starscream infiltrated Shockwave's facility and watched as Shockwave and his Insecticons tortured [[Grimlock (WFC)|one of the Autobots]] he had experimented on, before he attempted to recruit Grimlock, which failed and resulted in the Autobot being freed. Shockwave decided to consider the breakout a test of Grimlock's new abilities, and monitored him closely as he fought his Insecticon minions, and proceeded to tear apart every one of them. Much later, Grimlock had attempted to attack Shockwave at the Space Bridge, but he was quickly restrained. Shockwave taunted Grimlock saying that he wouldn't create such a powerful weapon without a means to control it, calling him a pet, and contacted Megatron to let him know the tower was active and the portal was open. After Megatron assigned Shockwave to take charge of the Decepticons in his absence, Grimlock was enraged enough for him to transform into his Tyrannosaurus mode and attack Shockwave, tearing his left arm off and ''swallowing it'' before knocking him away with his tail. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers On Your Street''===
Shockwave arrived on [[you]]r street from space in jet mode. He fought [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and landed a blow against him while you watched through your blinds. Grimlock retaliated by transforming into dinosaur mode, the sight of which sent Shockwave flying away. {{storylink|Transformers On Your Street}}

===''Hunt the Beasts'' online game===
Shockwave infused protoforms with ancient PRedacon CNA to create powerful monstrous troops for the Decepticons. However, they proved uncontrolable, and broke free of their restraints. Shockwave sent out a transmission to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to warn him that his Predacon experiments had escaped his lab despite his best efforts to contain them. As he explained that the beasts were heading towards Earth, he was overpowered by [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], bringing his transmission to an end. {{storylink|Hunt the Beasts}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Beast Creator''===
When Shockwave left his technology unattended, you could use it to custom-create your own monstrous Predacon! {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Beast Creator|Beast Creator}}

===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Shockwave used his tank mode's impressive firepower to do battle against Optimus Prime in the middle of a lush tropical forest environment. Boasting that logic would prevail, Shockwave was nonetheless sent fleeing after sustaining too much damage at the hands of the Autobot leader. Shockwave later returned to aid Megatron in his own fight against Optimus, but the Decepticons were defeated once more, and sent fleeing. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
====Console====
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Shockwave was tasked alongside Soundwave and Starscream to locate and bring the [[Dark Spark]] to Megatron. As the trio searched for the Dark Spark, Shockwave split up from his allies and located Hardshell. After a brief fight, Shockwave defeats Hardshell and is attacked by Kickback and Sharpshot. After defeating the two of them Shockwave allows the trio a chance to live by joining the Decepticons. They accept the offer and the four of them return to Starscream, Soundwave, and [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]. After the team locate the Dark Spark they are interrupted by [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] and [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] who take the Dark Spark and retreat. After chasing the duo who regrouped with Optimus and Bumblebee, blew up the train they were riding. Shockwave attempted to engage Optimus in a fight but was stopped by Sharpshot who informed Shockwave that Optimus did not have the Dark Spark with him and that Ironhide had it. After Shockwave and Sharpshot beat Ironhide and take the Dark Spark they are attacked by Autobot forces. Luckily they regrouped with [[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]] and [[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]], and Swindle was tasked by Onslaught to escort the duo to the rest of the Combaticons. After fighting waves of Autobot forces Shockwave and Swindle manage to regroup with the combaticons who form into Bruticus. After the battle Shockwave manages to give Megatron the Dark Spark and was present when Optimus attempted to retrieve the DarK Spark from Megatron. Shockwave and Megatron used the power of the Dark Spark to reanimate several dead Autobot soldiers to attack Optimus while Megatron engaged Prime in a duel. However Megatron lost the duel and attacked Prime with the Dark Spark to which Optimus attacked Megatron with the Matrix severely damaging Megatron and himself. Shockwave quickly rushes to Megatrons side and brings Megatron to safety as Optimus awakens. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

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

==Commercial appearances==
:''Voice actor:'' [[Corey Burton]]''
[[File:WFC Shockwave game.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Well done. Here come the test results: "You are a horrible person." That's what it says: a horrible person. We weren't even testing for that.]]
Megatron left Shockwave to handle an unknown battle when he arrived. Shockwave instructed Soundwave to transform into boombox mode and play [[The Touch]]! After a while, Starscream asked about Shockwave's choice of songs and was told once he got a higher hit percentage than Shockwave then he could choose a soundtrack. {{storylink|Commercial#War for Cybertron|GameStop's commercial for their Shockwave multiplayer exclusive}}
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==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"I want him in the games until he dies playing. Acknowledge." "Acknowledged, Master Control." "End of line."]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Series/number'': '''01 / #003'''
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece laser cannon

: Part of the first wave of [[2012]] ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' Shockwave transforms into a "Cybertronian mobile artillery" mode. The front center fuselage of the vehicle becomes a [[5mm post|hand-held]] "laser cannon" that's modeled after the [[Sling Shock#Generations|Sling Shock]]. It can be stored on a 5mm port on his back, and undocumented in his [[instructions]], can replace his hands by folding either one of them in, and tabbing the cannon onto the revealed wrist socket. As another undocumented feature, the cannon actually consists of two pieces, with a large Y-shaped muzzle that can be removed, revealing the sculpted ends of a triple-barreled gun. The muzzle stays on the cannon through friction and, depending on the [[quality control]], can fit rather loosely and slide off if pointed downward. (A bit of double-stick tape wrapped around the end of one of the barrels will help it stay in place without permanent changes.) The muzzle part can also be stored on Shockwave's back, forming some sort of [[jet pack|jet-pack]] exhaust.

:Shockwave features two examples of [[Kibble#faux-parts|faux-parts]]: The undersides of his heels resemble the front end of the Y-shaped muzzle part, effectively serving as an extension of the muzzle in vehicle mode, whereas a fake replica of the top end of his head (including his signature "ear" panels) is sculpted on the top side of his vehicle mode (which ends up on the underside of his backpack in robot mode).

:The figure has a "dramatic reveal" feature, where pressing the chest into place causes the head to pop up. The clasp used to hold the spring-loaded piece in place is fairly strong, and requires a small amount of force to latch if the head isn't pressed down before moving the chest assembly. Depending on the individual quality of the figure, this can cause the latch to wear out, and the spring is strong enough that the head will push the whole assembly out of place in vehicle mode if not properly retracted. As such, care should be taken on this step of conversion.

: This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Generations|Shockwave]] in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comics. This mold was also [[redeco]]ed/[[retool]]ed into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Fireflight (FOC)|Air Raid]] and [[BotCon 2014]] [[Brimstone (G1 Star Seeker)|Brimstone]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/GenShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Shockwave at TFU.info]''

===Prime===
[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Narrator|It is the year 2005...]]]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Deluxe, [[December 15|12-15]]-[[2012|12]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AM-29'''
**''Accessories:'' "Bido" Arms Micron

: Part of the ninth wave of [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' toys, Shockwave is a redeco/retool of his ''Fall of Cybertron'' toy, and is the only release of said toy in Japan. His wings have been retooled with additional 5mm posts and ports, and he has been redecoed to have a brighter, metallic shade of purple plastic. Additionally, he has brighter silver [[paint operation]]s, and some of his other paint operations have been replaced with customer-applied [[sticker]]s.

: Instead of his two-piece laser cannon, he now comes with an [[Arms Micron]], [[Bido]], who transforms from a robotic rhinoceros beetle into [[Sling Shock#Prime|Shockwave's cannon]] and vehicle fuselage. Bido features numerous 5mm ports and posts for mounting, but can only be used as a hand-held cannon, and is unable to replace Shockwave's hand. Sorry.
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===Beast Hunters===
[[File:BHtoy Voyager Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Shockwave's early attempt at indoctrinating the Predacons to the Decepticon cause involved wearing dragon costumes. It... didn't go over so well.]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Voyager, 2013)
**''Series/number'': '''02 / 003'''
**''Accessories:'' Chest armor panel, 2 shoulder/foot armor panels

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Beast Hunters]]'' Voyager Class toys, Shockwave transforms into a Cybertronian tank. He features numerous 5mm ports, such as his shoulder-pads, right hand, and right forearm in robot mode, and his feet in vehicle mode. His rear treads are made of rubberized plastic, and the left tread unfurls to become a hose that attaches to the permanently attached "[[Hyperflux Cannon]]" that makes up his left forearm. By repeatedly pressing down on the trigger on top of the cannon, the barrel of the cannon spins while opening and closing, revealing more of its translucent red tip.

:For accessories, he comes with three "beast armor" pieces—a three-eyed chest-plate and two claw-shaped panels—that can be attached to Shockwave in both robot and vehicle modes, with the "claw" pieces attaching to his shoulders and feet via 5mm post.

:His instructions forget to mention that the "spike" panels on his tread [[Kibble|backpack]] need to be swung up for robot [[show-accuracy]], and that the treaded portions themselves are on [[Slide joint|telescoping joints]], and need to be pulled apart and extended for tank mode. His instructions also include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 11|eleventh chapter]] of the ''[[Tales of the Beast Hunters]]'' series.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Shockwave at TFU.info]''

[[File:Shockwave's-Lab-Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|[[Shockwave (G1)|It is only logical.]]]]
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*'''Shockwave's Lab''' (SDCC 2013 exclusive)
**''Accessories'': Lab Playset

: A [[redeco]] of the Beast Hunters Voyager Shockwave in brighter G1 coloring, this set depicts Shockwave's creation of [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], complete with a lab playset and a ''[[Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class [[Predaking (Prime)#SDCC|Predaking]] in translucent and opaque blue. Despite what the stock images suggest, the fuchsia highlights were largely replaced with black on the actual figure.

:This set was exclusive to [[San Diego Comic-Con]] and [[Hasbro Toy Shop]], and is considered the [[Thrilling 30#30 exclusive toys|Thrilling 30]] exclusive 02.

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*'''Shockwave's Lab''' (Cybertron-Con 2013 exclusive)
**''Accessories'': Lab Playset

: Exclusive to Cybertron-Con, this Shockwave's Lab set is essentially unchanged from the San Diego Comic Con version, the only difference being that the [[Predaking (Prime)#Cyberverse|Predaking]] figure is now in translucent and opaque orange. This set is considered the [[Thrilling 30#30 exclusive toys|Thrilling 30]] exclusive 06.
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===Cyberverse===
[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
**''Series/number'': '''03 / 007'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Missile]]

: Part of the third wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' [[Cyberverse#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Commander Class toys, Shockwave is a [[Size class|smaller-scale]] mold. His right hand is compatible with [[C joint|3mm post]]s, and his left forearm is a "Hyperflux Cannon" that can launch its missile via pressure launch.

:This mold was later retooled to make [[Bludgeon (Prime)|Bludgeon]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybCommShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Cyberverse Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeBH-PredaconsRising-toy-Cyberverse-Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
* '''Bombshock & Shockwave ''' (Commander 2-pack)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: A [[redeco]] of Shockwave in colors more reminiscent of his ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Generation 1|precursor]], this version of Shockwave was only available as part of a "[[Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising|Predacons Rising]]" Commander Class 2-pack with [[Bombshock (Prime)|Bombshock]], which, as a second [[wave]] ''Predacons Rising'' release, was only available as a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] in the United States (and not in Canada, Australia or Europe), even though it was used in official advertising by BigW in Australia (who ultimately only stocked the wave 1 [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Target2pack|Optimus Prime]] vs [[Predaking (Prime)#Target2pack|Predaking]] two-pack).

:Curiously, like all ''Predacons Rising'' multi-packs featuring redecoed ''Cyberverse'' figures, this set doesn't identify the figures as ''Cyberverse'' products anywhere on the [[packaging]].

:As shown by an official [[stock photography|stock photo]],<ref name="targetlisting">[http://www.target.com/p/transformers-predacons-command-shockwave-figure/-/A-14575734 Target listing] for the Shockwave/Bombshock set, depicting the packaging with mixed up names.</ref> the packaging in its original presentation featured the name "Shockwave" in front of Bombshock, who is placed on the left, and "Bombshock" in front of Shockwave, who is placed on the right. By the time the two-pack hit stores, this was remedied by stickers with the correct names covering up the wrong ones. However, the side panels retain the old names and the "wrong" set of tech specs.<ref name="stickers">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/953415-predacon-rising-bombshock-shockwave-found.html "Predacon Rising Bombshock and Shockwave found"] thread at TFW2005, showing the stickers.</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/PRShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on ''Predacons Rising'' Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:ConstructBots BH Shockwave.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Beast Hunters Elite Class, 2013)
: Shockwave transforms into a purple truck with a huge cannon on top. The figure's imposing cannon can be placed on either forearm and even includes a rubber hose! He includes an array of bladed weapons and 2 different types of projectile for his cannon.

:Like pretty much all [[Beast Hunters]] Construct-Bots, Shockwave never saw release in the United States.
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===Bot Shots===
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[[File:BotShotsS2 Shockwave.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Shockwave''' (2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''B003'''
***''Fist strength'': '''645'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''865'''
***''Sword strength'': '''110'''

:Part of the first wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 single-packs, this new mold Shockwave transforms from a robot with a cannon hand, into a tank. As a Jump Shot, he springs up when auto-transforming.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSJSShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Jump Shot Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShotsS2 3pack Shockwave.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Bumblebee / Shockwave / Skyquake''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''BP003'''
***''Fist strength'': '''710'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''790'''
***''Sword strength'': '''115'''

:Part of the first wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 three-packs, this is a redeco of Jump Shot Shockwave in a lighter, more-bluish purple, with bronze details. He comes with [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#BotShot3pack2|Jump Shot Bumblebee]] and [[Skyquake (Prime)#BotShot3pack2|Super Bot Skyquake]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on three-pack Jump Shot Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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===Go!===
[[File:Tramsformers-Go!-G-13-Hunter-Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|[[Shockwave (Movie)|He lost his teeth.]]]]
*'''Hunter Shockwave''' ([[April 27|04–27]]–13)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G13'''
**''Accessories:'' Chest armor panel, 2 shoulder/foot armor panels

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]'' toys, Hunter Shockwave is a redeco of the "Beast Hunters" Voyager Class Shockwave toy in DOTM colors, and is cast in a darker, metallic shade of purple plastic. He features additional metallic blue paint applications. His armor pieces are now black.
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==Notes==
* In the map of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from the "[[Binder of Revelation]]" included in ''[[Transformers Vault]]'', Shockwave came from [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], which explains why he took control of it during the war.
* As noted above, Shockwave's model is usable in ''War for Cybertron'' multiplayer as the Retaliator-type chassis for [[Scientist (WFC)|Scientist]]-class characters. His parts are also available for Scientists in ''Fall of Cybertron'', now classified as Defender-type components.
* Shockwave is usable in both the Autobot and Decepticon versions of the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|''War for Cybertron'' games for the DS]]. He is used only for multiplayer, bonus missions and Arena mode in the Autobot version and used in Multiplayer, Arena mode, and campaign in the Decepticon version.
* In the XBOX 360/PS3 versions of War for Cybertron, Shockwave's left arm is his Plasma Cannon, but in the DS version, it's his ''right'' arm.
* The GameStop ''War for Cybertron'' commercial describes Shockwave as second-in-command of the Decepticons, and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] is never officially referred to as such.
* For said commercial, Shockwave was voiced by [[Corey Burton]], voice actor of [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Animated]] Shockwaves. He later lamented over [http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=853&sid=3992b18086e21d8f6face60940505757 a forum post] that the performance was so rushed and the "gag" nature so out of character, that it hardly even sounded like him: "Two different sessions; and while they were awfully nice to work with, I have to say that the gag line was written and directed completely off-character. Since it was all supposed to be pretty "camp" anyway, and it had to be wedged-into a space that wasn't even there in the initial cut, I just went along with it. Figured it's just a silly bit of hype, that wasn't worth taking seriously enough to fuss over."
* The aforementioned commercial also indicates that Shockwave is evidently a fan of [[Stan Bush]].
* According to his [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] bio, Shockwave's emotions sometimes get the better of him, leading to irrational behavior. He also hopes that one day his work will let him reformat all Cybertronians to a new form of existence and ideally become ruler of Cybertron in the process. Looks like Megatron's hunch wasn't far off...
* Although Shockwave is a Jet in the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, he's a ground vehicle in the DS Version. This is most probably because the mission he is unlocked in features his Autobot counterpart, [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], a Heavy Ground vehicle. Shockwave's increasable stats are, however, those of a Flying Vehicle.
* In the games, Shockwave is a jet while Megatron is a tank; in "Prime", this is reversed: Megatron is a jet and Shockwave a tank.
* The ''Prime'' writers admitted that, not knowing what to do with the character, Shockwave was not going to survive his debut episode, before eventually coming up with a way to incorporate the character as a regular during the third season.
* In the Japanese dub of ''Prime'', actor [[Kenta Miyake]] channels the unique personality of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] from the Japanese dub of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] in that he's a grizzled old man with a gravelly voice and a short temper. Unlike the Japanese Generation 1 Shockwave, ''this'' Shockwave has a new verbal tic in which he endlessly punctuates sentences by bellowing the word ''"Shock!"''

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Chèn-phō''' (Taiwan, 震波, "Shockwave"), '''Zhèndàngbō''' (China, 震荡波, "Shockwave")
*''Russian:'' '''Vzryvala''' (Взрывала, "Blaster")

==References==
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[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Go! Decepticons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Soundwave (ROTF)

2015-12-03T23:05:04Z

Tekcorps: /* Human Alliance */

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

[[File:Rotf soundwave satellite mode.jpg|thumb|375px|Earth beeelooowww us, drifting, falling...]]

'''Soundwave''', the Decepticon communications officer and one of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s staunchest supporters, doesn't just master the frequencies that carry information across our planet, he revels in them. Stationed high in the upper atmosphere and capable of processing millions of data streams at once, he is fully capable of taking over communications on a planetary scale. Whether he uses this to direct civilization or destroy it remains to be seen.

Soundwave has two extremely powerful weapons: his spread of [[sonic cannon]]s... and Megatron. If any Decepticon crosses him, he does not hesitate to send a full record of said Decepticon's failures to Megatron, almost certainly ensuring an untimely demise. His lofty position has made [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] suspicious, so Soundwave has his minion [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] keep an eye on the [[Air Commander]] if he gets out of hand. Soundwave is also nearly defenseless in space, as his devastating sonic cannons only work within the atmosphere.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Hasbro Soundwave Battle Bio]</ref>

{{bigquote|Nothing moves on the orb below without '''my''' being aware of it. I see and hear everything, be it out in the open or behind closed doors. My reach is invisible, intangible. My grip...cast-iron.|Soundwave is watching you...|[[Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1]]}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English, French, Italian), [[Daisuke Gōri]] (Japanese)|[[Horst Lampe]] (German, ''uncredited''), [[Leonardo García]] (American Spanish, ''uncredited'')}}

[[File:ROTF-Soundwaveface.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Next time, Gadget. Next time.]]
Soundwave received a transmission from [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]], who was tailing [[Mikaela Banes]], and instructed him to obtain a surviving shard of the [[AllSpark]] in her possession. He found a satellite transmitting a conversation between [[NEST]] and the [[United States military]]. Tapping into it with his tentacles to listen, Soundwave overheard [[Theodore Galloway]] mention another shard of the AllSpark in storage at [[Diego Garcia]], and of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s burial in the [[Laurentian Abyss]].

[[File:ROTF Soundwave ejects Ravage.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|M.A.D. Cat, eject!]]

Formulating a plan, Soundwave waited until it would be nightfall on Diego Garcia, then ejected [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] (who was equipped with [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] and the [[Microcon (ROTF)|microcons]] that form [[Reedman]]) to Diego Garcia to steal the shard. Once they had stolen the shard, they reunited with some [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] and managed to resurrect their leader.

Soundwave remained in space, tapping into the satellite he had found. When Megatron decided to reveal the Transformers presence on Earth after killing [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Soundwave issued the mobilization order to the waiting troops on the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]''. As the Decepticons streaked toward Earth, Soundwave tracked down [[Ron Witwicky|Ron]] and [[Judy Witwicky]] in [[France|Paris]]. He called Judy on her cellphone, demanding to know where Sam was, which the human dismissed as a crank call by a pervert. This allowed the Decepticons to track them down and capture them to use as bait for Sam.

[[File:SoundwaveSatellite.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Yes, yes, you fans all thought about ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' when you saw me do this.]]

When the CIA discovered that Sam was in [[Egypt]], Soundwave relayed the information to the Decepticons. During [[Operation: Firestorm]], Soundwave blocked the satellites covering the Egyptian area, making things appear normal. General [[Morshower]] was unconvinced though and got other local informants to know what was happening at the [[pyramid]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Soundwave’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels “[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]],” and “[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]],” the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]],” and the storybooks “[[The Last Prime]]," “[[Rise of the Decepticons]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]." In the comic, Megatron rendezvoused with Soundwave after killing Optimus, making the demand for Sam Witwicky himself, which Soundwave broadcast through the satellite he clutched.}}
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====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Jirō Saitō]] (Japanese)|[[Leonardo García]] (American Spanish), [[Mario Bombardieri]] (Italian), [[Horst Lampe]] (German)}}

[[File:DOTM-LaserbeakSoundwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Carly will wonder why her car has claw marks all over the door.]]
During the 1970s, Soundwave had tried to hide the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'s presence on the [[moon (moon)|moon]] by gaining human contacts in the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[Soviet Union]], whose creative accounting would render further trips to the moon financially unfeasible. One of these was [[Dylan Gould|Dylan Gould's]] father, while Dylan himself would later accept Soundwave as a ''client''. But with the failure of the schemes of The Fallen and Megatron, the Decepticons now planned to alert [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] to the ship's existence so he could revive [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] for them.

[[File:DOTM-Soundwavecar.jpg|thumb|225px|Unknown to Speed, Racer X is secretly his older brother, Soundwave, who ran away from home years ago!]]
Soundwave went undercover on Earth as a [[Mercedes-Benz]] SLS AMG. He and his winged minion [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] visited the incapicitated Megatron in [[Africa]], and informed the ex-tyrant that Optimus had discovered an Ark fuel cell at the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]], and had recovered the body of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] and five of his Space Bridge [[pillar]]s. Megatron decided it was time to eliminate loose ends in their plan, so Soundwave sent Laserbeak to further draw out the Autobots by killing many of their human contacts, including [[Jerry Wang]].

[[File:Soundwavecapturescarly.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Stupid dog! You made me look bad! ''*whrr-tschzz-tschzz-tschzz-chk*'' Oooga-booga-booga!]]
Meanwhile, the disguised Soundwave was "given" by their human ally Dylan, the one human they did not kill, as a gift to [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]]'s new girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]]. He was used as a car to transport Carly to Dylan's party. During the party, Sam and Carly tried to leave, only for Soundwave and Laserbeak to reveal themselves, and the sonic warrior took Carly hostage. Gould explained his relationship with the two Decepticons while Soundwave used his tentacles to threaten Carly, and the pair forced Sam into finding out the Autobot's plan for a counter-attack.

[[File:DOTM-Soundwaveexecute.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Look, I'm kind of busy. Hey [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], want to do some of my lines for me?]]
During the Decepticon occupation of [[Chicago]], Soundwave took several Autobots prisoner until Gould stated that things had gotten personal and the Autobots needed a lesson of respect, and Soundwave happily concurred: "No prisoners, only trophies". He and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] began by executing [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]]. He then selected [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] to be his victim and dragged him forward, pushing him onto the body of his fallen comrade. He then told the Autobot to turn around as was about to execute him, but he was distracted by [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]]'s sabotage of a Decepticon aircraft carrier, raining [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighters]] onto the battlefield. The Autobot scout took advantage of this small slip of opportunity and punched Soundwave as they battled through the chaos, causing him to drop one of his guns. Evading Soundwave's [[sonic cannon]] blasts, Bumblebee eventually blasted part of Soundwave's leg, causing him to drop his remaining gun, and he lunged at the Autobot. Bumblebee then delivered the final blow by throwing an uppercut to Soundwave's torso and shooting upwards, disintegrating the Decepticon's head and killing him. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Soundwave’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]” and “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]],” the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]],” and the storybooks "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]."}}

===IDW movie comics===
Thousands of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Soundwave stood by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s side on Unification Day, when a new era of Cybertronian government was ushered in that saw the planet ruled by two bodies—Megatron's [[Defense Force]], of which Soundwave became a part, and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]]'s [[Science Division]]. Megatron's lust for power soon led him to claim dominion over Optimus, however, and Soundwave was silently present when Megatron summoned Optimus and made this declaration. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[File:Defiance4Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|100px|No full body shot in the movie or comics.]]

Some time later, Megatron came under the influence of [[The Fallen]], who sought to be freed from the [[sarcophagus]] that was his trans-dimensional prison. To this end, Soundwave was assigned captaincy of the newly built spacecraft ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', which would take the sarcophagus across the galaxy to find the world on which The Fallen had built a [[Star Harvester]] millennia beforehand. Soundwave and his crew left Cybertron with The Fallen's sarcophagus just before the outbreak of war. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}{{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

After thousands of years of searching the stars, Soundwave's ''Nemesis'' detected the faint energy signature of the [[AllSpark]], which had been jettisoned from Cybertron in their absence. Unfortunately for them, so did [[Ark (DOTM)|the Ark]], an Autobot spacecraft that had also left Cybertron after the ''Nemesis'' and which was teleporting around space and time via a [[space bridge]]. The Ark materialized partially within the ''Nemesis'', the intersection of their molecules crippled both ships. While the Ark teleported away, leaving a temporary space bridge portal lingering in its wake, the Decepticons managed to set the ''Nemesis'' down on a barren moon. For the first time, The Fallen, recognizing the space bridge as the technology of [[Dynasty of Primes|his people]], spoke directly into Soundwave's mind, directing him to take the Decepticons aboard the smaller ship ''[[Longshot (DOTM)|Longshot]]'' and follow the Ark through the portal. Complying, Soundwave's crew found themselves hurled into the future, appearing in the vicinity of Earth in the year [[1961]] alongside the Ark. The Autobot craft proceeded to crash on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]], and Soundwave quickly determined to keep [[human]]kind from plundering the treasures it contained: mysterious [[pillar]]s that he had his crew set about removing from the ship and stockpiling. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}}

Unfortunately for Soundwave, humanity detected the crash of the Ark upon the Moon, and a "space race" began between the [[United States of America]] and the [[Soviet Union]] to be the first to reach the Moon. The Soviets were first to send probes that photographed the moon's surface: in [[1963]], their [[Luna 4]] captured an image of the pillars as they were being moved. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Realizing the necessity of infiltrating the ranks of humanity in order to control the flow of data, Soundwave had the [[Alice|Pretender]] kill and replace Spetsnaz agent [[Alisa Morozov]] in [[1964]]; then, in [[1965]], as the Soviets' [[Luna 6]] was in flight, he sent her to [[Soviet Research Station Oktober]] to massacre the scientists awaiting data the probe would send back. Convinced by the Pretender that Humanity could be subverted towards their ends, Soundwave struck a deal with the sole surviving scientist, [[Voskhod]], to curtail further Soviet moon missions. In the process, the Pretender also learned that both America and Russia allegedly had a Cybertronian in their individual custodies, but Soundwave dismissed them as rumors, preferring to focus on the trail of the AllSpark and the Star Harvester. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 2}}

[[File:RisingStorm2 soundwave voskhod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Soundwave is the master at the beautiful art of photo-bombing.]]

Realizing that a captive American secret agent, [[Bill Simmons]] had escaped from Research Station Oktober during the Pretender's attack, Soundwave spent two months scanning information lines in search of him, eventually discovering him when he returned to North America and made contact with his superiors. Although the Pretender failed to finish him off, Soundwave had at last learned of Simmons's well-hidden organization: [[Sector Seven]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 3}} In [[1969]], he monitored the launch of their [[Ghost 1]] craft, believing it to be of greater importance than the [[Apollo 11]] moon mission, but his guess proved incorrect: Thanks to Soundwave's being distracted, astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] were able to carry out the first brief excavation of the Ark. Incensed by his failure, Soundwave grew even more determined to find a mole within the American space program, and he set [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to find prospective candidates. He found a [[NASA]] accountant named Gould and tapped the stock market to provide enough financial persuasion for the human to manipulate the NASA budget to halt moon missions from [[1972]] onwards. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

Soundwave spent the rest of the 1970s recruiting more human pawns to prevent the Ark from being rediscovered. Eventually, in [[1979]], deciding that everything was secure, he and his crew departed Earth on the ''Longshot'' to reconvene with The Fallen back aboard the ''Nemesis'', but with no space bridge portal to teleport them, the voyage took something in the vicinity of fourteen years. A brief talk with The Fallen yielded information: in Soundwave's absence, Megatron had visited the ''Nemesis'', on the trail of the AllSpark. Soundwave realized that his leader must have been one of the Cybertronians in captivity on Earth, and immediately departed to return to the planet, putting most of his crew in statis. Before leaving, he presented The Fallen with one of the pillars from the Ark; after he left, The Fallen used it to finally free himself from his sarcophagus. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

[[File:SoundwaveAllianceIssue2.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Alas, poor Dreadwing. I knew him, Ravage.]]

During Soundwave's return voyage to Earth, Decepticon forces under the command of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] had arrived on the planet and freed Megatron, only for both the Decepticon leader and the AllSpark to be destroyed in battle in [[Mission City]]. Soundwave returned one month after his leader's death, but detoured briefly to investigate a space-time anomaly on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. There, he discovered a jury-rigged space bridge created from one of the Ark's pillars (created by [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]), the remains of [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing's]], an imprint of [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy's]] body, {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} and a message from Starscream that informed him of the recent events on Earth. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Soundwave immediately made contact with Starscream, who had just finished battling [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]], and ordered him back to the ''Longshot'' to awaken the rest of his crew from stasis. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}{{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Dispatching what few crew members were currently active to begin searching the planet for the Star Harvester, Soundwave assumed the form of a satellite and took up orbit around Earth. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

As the search continued, Soundwave re-established contact with his many human pawns, including Gould's son [[Dylan Gould|Dylan]], who had inherited his father's role as Decepticon liaison. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

Months after the battle in Egypt, Soundwave detected [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] was alive and active, and was furious someone else was ordering his pet around. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 5|Tales of the Fallen #5}} Monitoring Earth, he observed [[Alice]]'s attempt at flight and subsequent termination by [[NEST]]. [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], who he'd dispatched to [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]] to investigate Ravage's status, reported back that there were non-NEST humans poking around there, so Soundwave sent in [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]], [[Rumble (ROTF)|Rumble]] and [[Beastbox (ROTF)|Beastbox]] to attack. Surprisingly [[Initiative|the humans]] were a match for the Decepticons, and Soundwave moved in to take direct action, however at that point the Autobots arrived. Soundwave destroyed [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]], but when the human forces pulled out, so too did Soundwave. To his surprise, he found he wasn't able to track where the departing humans had gone. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}}

[[File:Nefarious3 Soundwave bondage.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
Ravage was reactivated by Buzzsaw, allowing Soundwave to access his memories. Acting on one memory, he sent Buzzsaw to help [[Strike Team Ursa]] while he rendezvoused with Ravage for an examination. When Strike Team Ursa triggered defenses, Soundwave warned them to withdraw. They did, but ran into [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], and Soundwave was forced to come to their aid. Unfortunately, Optimus Prime was also on the way, and Soundwave was no match for the Autobot leader. He tried to suggest it would be advantageous for them to let him go, but Optimus took him into custody. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}} Soundwave was secured and put on a plane bound for [[Odessa]], [[Texas]], however the plane was shot down by Buzzsaw, and then [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s team had [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]] and Soundwave's minions to contend with as well. Soundwave tried to get Ravage to free him, but the cat's free will was overridden by an external force. In the end, Soundwave was too much trouble and Bumblebee let the Decepticons have him back. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}}

Soundwave tracked Ravage back to the [[Initiative base]] in [[California]]. After sending the other Decepticons in first to test the base's defenses, he moved in himself, only to find that the foe he faced had an army of brainwashed Transformers. He somehow escaped them and proceeded to the NEST base in Odessa. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} He led the Autobots to the base's location, though he "neglected" to tell them about the brainwashed Transformers, but the base was gone, leading to the conclusion it was somehow mobile. Tapping into traffic cameras, he traced the base to [[Oregon]]. When they got there and began the assault, Soundwave was snootily dismissive of the Autobots' combat banter. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} While the Initiative was distracted, Soundwave was able to reactivate Ravage and send [[Reedman]] to attack Initiative head [[Carter Newell]]. When Newell tried to flee with the AllSpark, Soundwave ordered Buzzsaw to assist Optimus Prime in pursuing him. It was only after everything was over that NEST discovered that the Initiative databanks had been mysteriously picked clean... {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

Adopting a new body, Soundwave then took up residence at Megatron's base in [[Namibia]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} When [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] discovered [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]'s [[Driller]] in the [[Adirondack Mountains]], Soundwave was present to jam their communications and then send his minions to attack them. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} With Elita-One leaving to warn the Autobots about Shockwave in person, the other two were surrounded by Soundwave and his animals. They chose to sacrifice themselves using a powerful bomb, though Soundwave managed to escape the explosion and return to Namibia. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

===Titan Magazines comics===
Soundwave appeared unknown to the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}} He commanded a small Decepticon cell, based out of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]' moon [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]]. While nominally under the command of [[The Fallen]], The Fallen was merely in ''contact'' with the Decepticons and currently incapacitated. This left Soundwave free to do his ''own'' thing... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

[[File:Titan4 Soundwaveinterrogate.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only... Oops, wrong movie.]]

One of his goals was to find the location of the [[Tomb of the Primes]]. The aging [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] knew it but would only tell it to The Fallen. ''Strangely'' unwilling to put The Fallen and Ransack in touch and ''oddly'' preferring to personally know the location of [[Matrix of Leadership|the key to a monstrous superweapon]] himself {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}, Soundwave turned to the dormant Seekers instead. He directed [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to [[Las Vegas]] to carve up one such Seeker for its "memory tree". He refused to explain the reason ''why'' to Grindor. When [[NEST]] showed up, Soundwave appeared contemptuous of them and their [[Human|whole species]], noting Transformers owned this world ''long'' before mankind. To Grindor, he simply said to get the memory tree to him and not get captured. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

Later, [[Transformers Comic issue 2.2|on The Fallen's orders]], he directed [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to find [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], find out what they knew about The Fallen's plans and who they'd told it to, and then terminate them. When Ravage had cornered Mudflap, Soundwave talked through him and attempted to interrogate the Autobot; this failed, with Mudflap not even being bothered about who Soundwave was. While the hit was a bust, Soundwave ensured the base was bugged. As a result, he discovered [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] distrusted the twins.

[[File:Titan6 SoundwaveIAm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"[[Sanctuary|There you go]], fellas!"]]

This was something Soundwave found interesting {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}} and he hatched a plan to ensure the twins were believed to be traitors: which would ensure nobody would follow up on their intell! Somehow, he got [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] to [[Diego Garcia]] at the same time the twins were there. He then had [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] get captured, so that when he was taken to [[Diego Garcia]] Scorponok would free him. With the Decepticon attacking at the same time the twins were distracting Optimus and on top of previous acts, they seemed guilty and were taken into custody. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Soundwave sent [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] to blow up the soldiers escorting the twins to orbitary exile, and [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] parachuted in to convince them to defect. When [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] tracked down the twins—who had kidnapped [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]] in a failed attempt to convince him to speak to Optimus on their behalf - Soundwave finally landed on Earth and blasted the scout. Soundwave told the twins The Fallen would offer them sanctuary, something they seemed happy to accept... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}}

[[File:Titan7 Soundwave GO!.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]

Poor Soundwave soon had to put ''up'' with the twins, as they insisted on chatting through his briefings and dissing the other 'cons. He ''just'' about, through ominous glares, got them to pay attention to their mission: to capture Ransack and bring him in to be "re-educated". This, however, was all a big con on the twins: he just wanted them as expendable bait to draw out Ransack, so Grindor and Sideways could knock him out. Soundwave also spoke for the entire Decepticons when he said that if the twins survived any encounter, ''kill them anyway''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}

[[File:Titan8 Soundwave FWATT.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|KERPOW!]]

Once Ransack was in his hands, Soundwave beat the snot out of him and demanded the location to the Tomb of the Primes. The Seeker still refused to talk, and insulted Soundwave as being a mere cog who could barely understand the big picture. He almost killed Ransack for that, having to be held back by Starscream (don't want The Fallen ''knowing'' you've killed his Seeker!), but the elder continued to mock him for believing he had freedom of action just because The Fallen was absent.

When the twins, revealed to have been faking their defection, returned to beat the crap out of the Phobos base, an annoyed Soundwave ended their brief success with overwhelming violence. Unfortunately, before he could kill the Autobots, Ransack took the opportunity to leg it; desperate to stop The Fallen from being informed of what he'd been up to, Soundwave gave chase and the Phobos base was abandoned. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}} As he's still around later, it seems Soundwave made ''sure'' Ransack never made it to The Fallen...

Post-Fallen and instructed by Megatron to "hound" humans and "get up close and personal" in his attacks, Soundwave cut a swathe of destruction across the North Atlantic, destroying ships as he headed on a course towards Florida. Identifying his pattern, [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] staged an ambush, laying out a cargo ship for Soundwave to attack and then blindsiding him with a volley from a hidden warship. Badly damaged in the surprise assault, Soundwave was forced to retreat, venturing into the confines of...the [[Bermuda Triangle]]! (Dun dun dunnnn!)

[[File:Titan15 Soundwaveghostship.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Bustin' makes ghosts feel good!]]

Amidst the storm clouds, Soundwave discovered another ship that he decided to attack out of spite, but faltered when his databanks identified it as a [[United States Navy]] vessel that had been lost in [[1918]]. Caught off-guard by a volley of primitive weaponsfire (even for humans!) and damaged even further, Soundwave tried to limp away, only to cross paths with ''another'' mystery ship, this one allegedly from [[1941]]! Pelted from both sides and unable to get a handle on his situation, Soundwave fled high into the air, out of the ships' range...and right in the path of a squadron of [[World War II]] bombers! Rattled by their machine gun fire and unable to overcome their superior flying skills, Soundwave decided to break upwards...''all'' the way upwards. Whatever strange chronal chaos he had encountered in the depths of the Bermuda Triangle, Soundwave concluded that the solar radiation, meteor showers and space debris he would face on the ''[[Moon (moon)|Moon]]'' would be ''much'' safer! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}}

[[File:Titan3-3 soundwaveyoutwo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Look out! Soundwave is pretending to be the Fat Controller!]]

When the Autobots were about to discover an ''Ark'' fragment that could lead them to [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], Soundwave and Starscream sprang into action. From his position in high orbit, Soundwave hacked and took over NEST's defensive guns and left the [[Fiesole Cathedral]] wide open. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

Striking out on his own and using a brand new body, Soundwave scanned the Earth for a large seam of [[gold]] and, having discovered the legendary [[El Dorado]] in [[Colombia]], used the human [[Tanto Gang]] to help him dig it up. Once they found it, he began shooting at them: he wanted it for himself so he could flood the markets with gold and crash the economy! NEST attempted to stop him and he fought Optimus Prime directly, but in the end he was driven off when the Tanto Gang triggered a bomb for revenge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Blood And Gold}}

Soundwave then allowed NEST to find him, pretending to be injured from the battle... and then opened fire with full weaponry, injuring [[Robert Epps]] and nearly killing Bumblebee. When Optimus arrived, Soundwave was able to force him to agree to a fight without weapons (''Optimus''' weapons anyway) and attempted to blast him off the [[Spain|Sierra Nevada]] mountains. Unfortunately for him, he got too into it and his sonic blasts began to cause avalanches, while Optimus was able to locate a fissure in the rock and sneak up behind him. Surprised, he was shoved into the avalanche he'd start and almost killed.

Somehow, Soundwave had also gained the power to transform from alien satellite form into a robot form that looked like it turned into a car! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}
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====Letters pages====
[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was in talks with Soundwave to get him to join in the attack on Earth and be in [[Michael Bay]]'s next documentary. Soundwave is known for talking in several frequencies at once, apparently just to be annoying. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|#15's Star Screams}} Starscream doesn't trust Soundwave but notes his intelligence, and so views him as a worthy successor in the event of his death. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|#21's Star Screams}}

[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] considers Soundwave to be an untrustworthy jerk who ''never'' pulls his weight in a fight. Megatron, however, loves the guy. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|#7's Law and Disorder}}

===''Cyber Missions''===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English), [[Salvador Reyes]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}

[[File:CyberMission1-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Through the dark, to the light, it's a super sonic flight!
Gotta keep it goin'!]]

{{quote|No! Too many sonic booms! I can't absorb—!}}

When Soundwave and [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] descended on [[Diego Garcia]], they interrupted an Autobot mission briefing. While Ironhide headed outside to face Bludgeon, Bumblebee remained inside to guard the Autobots' precious [[datatrax|data tracks]] from Soundwave. Bumblebee fired shot after shot, but Soundwave was able to simply use his sonic powers to repel the attacks back towards Bumblebee. However, Bumblebee gambled that Soundwave would be unable to repel a great number of attacks simultaneously, and the Decepticon was overwhelmed by Bumblebee's automatic weaponry. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} Bumblebee confined Soundwave inside a vacuum-sealed electromagnetic bubble, where his sonic weaponry would be useless. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
[[File:Soundwavefires-SatelliteMeltdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
From Earth orbit, Soundwave witnessed Megatron being defeated by Optimus one too many times. Blaming the humans' involvement for the Decepticons' continued failures in defeating the Autobots, Soundwave decided to damage relations between the two species. Soundwave then dispatched [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] and [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], setting them loose upon a human city to wreck havoc. When human law enforcement contacted Optimus, Soundwave tampored with their communications in order to send the Autobots to another location, far away from his menagerie's own. Soundwave then broadcast a message to Earth's population, declaring that the Autobots had abandoned them. Soundwave's plan failed when Sam Witwicky managed to find Optimus and inform him of Soundwave's ruse. After taking care of Buzzsaw and Ratbat, Optimus met with the human military, and had them have the satellite to which Soundwave was attached to self-destruct. Soundwave was sent plummeting into outer-space, cursing the Autobots for foiling his plan. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|Unite for the Universe #2}}}}

===''Prepare for Battle''===
When [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]] came in contact with Earth, Soundwave intercepted his transmissions, then he reported his findings to [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Prepare for Battle (website)}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa]], Soundwave planted clues about the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s presence on Earth's moon for Sam Witwicky to find. Optimus Prime fell for the bait and took the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' to the Moon, where Megatron captured him with the aid of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Games==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Jessop]] (English)}}

=====Decepticon campaign=====
[[File:ROTF 360PS3PC DLC Soundwave.jpg|thumb|Ah, those cough drops are finally working!]]

Soundwave coordinated the Decepticons' movement on Earth, but never stooped so low as to join field operations - not even taking part in their regular dissing contests - er, group discussions following missions. He often provided "mission control" to the Decepticons in the field. However, when he did step down from on high to mingle with the commoners, he could easily hold his own in battle. Among Soundwave's arsenal was a little friend in the form of a turret which could literally stomp the yard - er, oh hell. Just read the next paragraph in italics.

{{Note|On [[August 27]], [[2009]], Soundwave was made available as a playable character (for multiplayer games) as optional downloadable content for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3 owners. However, instead of the silver colour scheme established on his regular release toys and movie appearance, the character model was coloured blue, like [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] Soundwave figure from the ''Gathering at Nemesis'' figure pack. His special attack in robot mode consisted of a deployable turret that generated earthquakes, a reference to [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who was one of Generation 1 Soundwave's tape minions. While using his special in vehicle mode deployed a radar jammer pod in the sky that also fired a laser at nearby enemies, a likely reference to Laserbeak, another of Generation 1 Soundwave's tape minions.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}
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====Wii/PS2====
Soundwave - surprise - coordinated the Decepticon movement on Earth from space, often guiding Decepticons in the field. Soundwave dispatched Reedman and Ravage to retrieve a fragment of the AllSpark from NEST, and directed the Decepticons to find Megatron's body in a NEST base in the middle of the Atlantic.

Busy guy, ain't he? {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Wii/PS2)}}

====PSP====
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{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PSP)}}

===Transformers Autobots/Decepticons===
Soundwave was the Decepticon movement's coordinator, loyally serving The Fallen and Megatron (the former likely because he was out to bring Megatron back), making no effort to hide his disdain for Starscream's gig as Decepticon leader. He regularly coordinated and provided intel for Decepticons in the field, and was more than happy to chew out the troops if they sucked at their job, and was pleased to have Megatron back.

However, this pleasure likely turned to boiling hatred when The Fallen promoted the new recruit to Decepticon leader and replaced Megatron, when the recruit killed Optimus Prime in Egypt at the Sun Harvester.
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game''===
{{voiceactor|[[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (English)}}

====(Xbox 360/PS3)====
[[File:DOTMgameSoundwave.jpg|thumb|What? I'm not a Mercedes Benz! Where would you get a silly idea like that, heh...]]
During Megatron's exile after the Egypt skirmish, Soundwave remained in orbit, monitoring Autobot transmissions and messages to send to his leader for information. Soon, Soundwave was ordered to disconnect from the satellite as Bumblebee had implanted a virus into his network which allowed the Autobots to follow Decepticon operations.

After landing on the planet and taking the form of an SUV, he was ordered to destroy a base that formerly served as a [[Sector Seven]] facility. Megatron required Soundwave to do so because it contained information on their ally contained in Russia. Soundwave completed this with the utmost efficiency, destroying every Autobot encountered and displaying great courage as he blasted Autobot scouts from the inside of a laser cage. After exploring the corridors of the base and having Laserbeak incapacitate anyone standing in his way, Soundwave destroyed the base and escaped the erupting base unscathed, as did his condor companion.

He later helped escort Megatron to [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave's]] location in a cryogenics facility in a Soviet country, and appeared in Africa with Megatron, Starscream and Shockwave as Megatron announced his plans were far from over. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon}}
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===Autobots/Decepticons===
[[File:DOTMDS Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] met with Soundwave to report that Megatron had ordered a two-pronged assault, with Starscream attacking a nearby [[NEST]] facility, and Soundwave was to create a diversion. Soundwave was skeptical that Megatron had actually ordered anything of the sort, and promised to double-check with his leader later. After causing a sizable diversion by knocking down a bunch of buildings, Soundwave went off and infiltrated another base. While hunting for the NEST computer, he was contacted by Starscream whose loud demands that Soundwave maintain stealth were more of a hindrance than anything. Soundwave managed to retrieve the data he was after, and while [[Crowbar]] kept the Autobots busy, he escaped. After he returned to the Decepticons' Siberian base, he received a message from Megatron—the Autobots had planted a number of radar emplacements around which were broadcasting a jamming signal, and Soundwave had to go around hacking them so Megatron's team could survey their immediate surroundings. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
*'''Soundwave''' (Legends, 2009)
[[File:ROTFLegends Soundwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No matter what mode you put him in, he is always ready to get down and dirty with unsuspecting satellites.]]

: Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Legends Class]] figures, Soundwave transforms into a simplified version of his satellite altmode. The satellite head is completely covered in blue, however. Amusingly enough, his chest is sculpted in his Deluxe toy's flipped-up 'mode' (with the three circles showing) but is painted in the colors of the Deluxe's flipped-down form (shown on the Deluxe toy's packaging).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/LegSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Legends Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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*'''Infiltrator Soundwave''' (EZ Collection, 2010)
[[File:EZCollectionInfiltratorSoundwave.jpg|thumb|Satellite of Love]]

: In Japan, Legends class Soundwave was [[redeco]]ed as Infiltrator Soundwave (インフィルトレイターサウンドウェーブ) to match the colors of Deluxe Infiltration Soundwave (see below). He was part of the Japanese ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' promotion, and was only available to those who bought the Voyager "[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] VS [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]" set at Amazon.jp and Yamada Denki stores.

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[File:Soundwaverotfpreviewtoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|War fork!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-04'''
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys|Ravage]] missile

:Part of the initial Movie Preview wave, Soundwave is a [[Triple Changer]], transforming into a satellite and a Cybertron jet, which are not exactly what could be described as "distinct" from one another. In all three modes, Soundwave features a spring-loaded missile launcher which fires a missile intended to resemble Ravage, in reference to the scene in the film in which he launches the feline fiend down to Earth. In his (rather stocky) robot mode, Soundwave has blue light piping in his visor, but it is disabled, having been painted over in red; his other modes feature a second, armored version of his face, which is stored on the back of his robot mode. Probably to avoid giving the toy a very obviously two-headed robot mode, the alternate face lacks any paint details, and has an unpainted blue visor. Soundwave features numerous red and gold [[Paint operation|paint application]]s which are ''very'' cleverly and subtly positioned around his body to replicate similarly-colored and -positioned details on the [[Soundwave (G1)|original Soundwave toy]].

:The configuration for the satellite mode depicted in the toy's instructions is not the way Soundwave appears in the film, featuring a different angling for the panels on his shoulders. It's not a big change, but transforming the toy in accordance with his movie appearance ''does'' help to distinguish the jet from the satellite a little, since otherwise, virtually the only difference is in the positioning of the large panel "wings".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Soundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:ROTFtoy-GatheringattheNemesis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You can get him in blue, but you gotta get those other guys, too!]]
*'''Gathering at Nemesis''' (Figure multi-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#GatheringNemesis|Ravage]] missile

: A [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] three pack (technically four pack if you want to count the Ravage missile), also featuring [[The Fallen#GatheringNemesis|The Fallen]], and a [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#GatheringNemesis|silver Voyager Class Megatron]] from the first movie toyline. Soundwave was [[redeco]]ed predominantly in blue as an homage to the [[Soundwave (G1)|original Soundwave]]. The Fallen was unchanged from his original release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TRUSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Gathering at Nemesis Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:CharaHobbyROTFSoundwaveBlack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| So...waiting for any ROTF Soundblaster jokes...]]
*'''Soundwave Black Version''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#BlackVersion|Ravage]] missile

:Exclusive to the 2009 "C3 X Hobby Chara Hobby" show that ran across [[August 29]]-[[August 30|30]] in Japan, Soundwave Black Version is a redeco of the deluxe ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Soundwave toy in black and red with orange highlights. Following the convention, remaining quantities of the figure were made available to purchase via lottery through the [[e-HOBBY]] website.

::*''[http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/cgi-bin/omc?port=33301&req=PRODUCT&code=tf_ev_07 Soundwave Black Version at e-Hobby]''

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[[File:ROTFtoy-SoundwaveNESTAlliance.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Look out for Escalation Soundwave, Devastation Soundwave, and Soundwave Loves Drift-Chan.]]
*'''Battlefield Bumblebee Vs. Infiltration Soundwave''' (Deluxe 2-pack, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#Infiltration|Ravage]] missile

:Part of the [[N.E.S.T. Global Alliance]] campaign, Infiltration Soundwave is another redeco of the Deluxe Class Soundwave mold, this time in dark blue and dark gray, plus bright red that simulates the intense heat of orbital reentry. He also comes with new light-piping that ''isn't'' painted over. He comes with Battlefield Bumblebee, a retooling of Cannon Bumblebee with a new battlemask head. Also included in the packaging is a "Mission Guide" catalog and ordering form for the mail-in exclusive Recon Ravage, a "starter sticker" for said ordering form, and a N.E.S.T. Global Alliance iron-on patch. Two additional stickers from specially-marked N.E.S.T. Global Alliance products and $4.95 shipping are required for the promotion. Sadly, this promotion does not exist in Europe or Australia, but Recon Ravage was made available in the latter country as a Toys R Us exclusive. Surprisingly, the package does not recognize his Cybertron jet mode, instead only acknowledging his satellite mode. His instructions ''do'' still mention his jet mode, though.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/InfiltrationSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Infiltration Soundwave at TFU.info]''
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===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
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[[File:DOTMCyberverseBumblebeeVsSoundwaveWRod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Nope, definitely not a car in the third film. Nooooo way.]]
*'''Bumblebee / Soundwave''' with '''Rodimus''' (Cyberverse 3-pack, 2011)

: Part of a [[Walmart]] exclusive pack alongside [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Bumblebee]] and [[Rodimus (DOTM)|Rodimus]], Soundwave is a redeco of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class Soundwave, with a new deco inspired by the [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive ''Gathering at Nemesis'' gift set (see above), which in turn was heavily influenced by [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. The toy is mostly blue and gray, with some gold, red, and silver paint details here and there.

: This three-pack was also available as an Asda exclusive in the United Kingdom and from Rossmann stores in Germany and Auchan stores in Hungary and Italy. Of note is that the [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] does ''not'' market Rodimus as a "bonus figure" (presumably so stores can charge full price for three toys), and his window lacks the yellow edges highlighting him as a special feature, despite still being separated from Bumblebee and Soundwave, who share a common window like in the US version. Despite this, Rodimus still doesn't get a mention on the back of the packaging, which only features a one-sentence "bio" about Bumblebee planning to bring down Soundwave in twelve different languages.

: All versions of the packaging also lack any logos that label the toys as [[Cyberverse]] products.

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[[File:DOTMLegionSoundwave.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|Inside is a teeny Carly being menaced by tentacles.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Cyberverse, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''016'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV26'''
: An all new mold, Cyberverse Soundwave transforms into a fully-[[Licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]] [[Mercedes-Benz]] SLS AMG. He has Sonic Cannons sculpted on his arms and his right hand allows him to grip Cyberverse accessories. There are also two [[variant]]s of this sculpt: The later version features sculpted "grill" details on the front, sides, and hood of the vehicle, whereas the initial production run had left those areas smooth.
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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[File:DOTMtoy deluxe soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Remember, if a stranger asks you to go into his car, he's probably driving a giant evil robot with a satellite fetish.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (MechTech Deluxe, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD13'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Sonic Cannon/Interceptor Dish

:Part of the sixth wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Deluxe-Class [[MechTech]] figures, Soundwave transforms from an officially licensed Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG into a robot. In vehicle mode, he has two MechTech ports on the roof. His large "Sonic Cannon" can transform into an equally large "Interceptor Dish". In robot mode, Soundwave has MechTech ports in each hand and one on each shoulder, and he also has [[C joint]] bars on each leg. He features [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake kibble]] as well, with his vehicle mode front grille being switched out and tucked away for a warped robot mode grille-chest.

:The sixth wave of Dark of the Moon Deluxe Class figures was released in Japan on December 21, whilst the US release, along with that of Human Alliance Soundwave, was ultimately cancelled.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=23986]</ref> At [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2012, Hasbro stated that they were trying to find ways to get the figures out to American retailers; this ultimately never came to pass.
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====Human Alliance====
[[File:DOTMtoy HA soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|All these features, and yet no tentacles?! You robbed us, Hasbro!]]
*'''Soundwave / Mr. Gould''' with '''Laserbeak''' (Human Alliance, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD09'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:A new [[Human Alliance]] mold of Soundwave in his SLS AMG mode. He has "'''SUPERIOR'''" [[tampograph]]ed on his [[license plate]] and comes with [[Laserbeak (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Laserbeak]] and [[Dylan Gould]].

:As is usual for any Human Alliance figure, Gould (or any other "driver" figure) can can sit on Soundwave's seats in vehicle mode or stand on his hands in robot mode.

:Laserbeak can also transform into a spring-loaded missile-firing cannon for Gould to man, and the cannon itself can [[5mm post|be pegged]] into any of Soundwave's six MechTech ports: two ports on his shoulders (his right shoulder is the nominal choice, as per the [[instructions]]), a port on top of each of his upper arms, and (rather awkwardly) a port on the sonic cannons on each of his lower arms. In bird mode, Laserbeak can also perch on either of the (flipped out) seats on Soundwave's lower arms via a molded-in [[C joint]] bar on the seats themselves and the bar clips on Laserbeak's heels.

:The pair of sonic cannons on the top of his left lower arm is also a panel that can be flipped open (up to 90 degrees), but since this is undocumented in the instructions, is only usable in robot mode, and doesn't appear to have anything inside it, its purpose remains unknown.

:Finally, as with all large Human Alliance toys, he has a [[gimmick]] concerning his head. It is essentially the same gimmick as [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Human Alliance|Barricade]]'s: his jointed head allows him to open and close his mouth.

:Due to his transformation, he ends up being much smaller than most Human Alliance toys despite being the largest in the film out of the others. He trades his more accurate bulkiness for incredible shortness, being dwafed by almost all HA toys that transform into sports cars.

:As with many late-wave DOTM products, this toy was not released in the US.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/HASoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Human Alliance Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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===Movie Trilogy Series===
====Deluxe Class toys====
[[File:MovieTrilogySoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Death Cab for Carly.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (MechTech Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' ?
: Movie Trilogy Soundwave is a redeco of ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Soundwave, done up in [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#SoundblasterG1|Soundblaster-y]] colors. Like the rest of the Movie Trilogy Series, its release was cancelled. However...

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===Cyberverse===
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[[File:2012CyberverseSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Soundblaster? What toyline is this from? WHAT IS THIS?]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
:*''Series:'' '''2/008'''
:*''Accessories:'' Hacking tool

:[[Cyberverse#Series 2|Cyberverse Series 2]] Soundwave is a dark blue and silver redeco/retool of his [[#CyberverseLegion|Legion Class toy]], retooling his other hand to be able to hold Cyberverse weapons. He comes with the same weapon/tool accessory as the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' Cyberverse Legion Class [[Vehicon (Prime)#Cyberverse|Vehicon]] (later also used by [[Flamewar (Prime)#Cyberverse|Decepticon Flamewar]], in an ever-so-slightly different color). In a bizarre instance of a [[quality control]] error, the figure's [[packaging]] has its [[bio]] printed in white instead of black ink, making it impossible to read on the white background of the card.

:The United States market release of Soundwave used the template for the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]''-based Series 2 Cyberverse Legion Class packaging style but lacked the "Prime" moniker. The [[Multilingual packaging|multilingual]] European market packaging, meanwhile, retained the ''Prime'' title.

===Movie Advanced Series===
[[File:Takara-movie-advanced-darkside-soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Palpatine's limousine. (Movie Advanced version pictured)]]
*'''Darkside Soundwave''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD17'''
**''Accessories:'' None
: ...Movie Trilogy Soundwave was renamed '''Darkside Soundwave''', and was finally released in June 2014 in Japan as part of the ''[[Movie Advanced Series]]''! Like its predecessor, Darkside Soundwave transforms from a fully licensed Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG into a robot. In vehicle mode, he has two MechTech ports on the roof. In robot mode, he has MechTech ports in each hand and one on each shoulder, and he also has C joint bars on each leg. He features fake kibble as well, with his vehicle mode front grille being switched out and tucked away for a warped robot mode grille-chest. Unlike its predecessor, the large "Sonic Cannon" that was included in the initial release was absent from this release, and Darkside Soundwave actually does not contain any accessories at all. Bummer.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/MASoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Darkside Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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==Merchandise==
===Burger King===
[[File:ROTFMerchandise-BurgerKingSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I spy with my little eye.....impending tentacle attack.]]
*'''Seeking Soundwave''' (2009)
**'''Accessories:''' 2 blue solar panels
:The [[Burger King]] version of Soundwave is a representation of the communications satellite which Soundwave hacked into in the movie. The dishes have tendril details added to them. Peering into an opening in the top gives a sort of periscope effect, although as there is only one mirror, everything looks backwards.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/BKSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Seeking Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:DOTMMerchandise-BurgerKingSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|After Soundwave had accumulated all the knowledge and information he desired, his head swelled with pride.]]
*'''Flip-Out Soundwave''' (2011)
:A plastic Soundwave head which opens to allow a small body to flip-out, resulting in a "[[Super deformed|super-deformed]]" figure which is otherwise reasonably accurate to his on-screen appearance. Circles on his front and back are daubed with glow-in-the-dark paint.

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===RPMs - Robot Powered Machines===
[[File:RPM Soundwave toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|See? You ''have'' your damn ''Prime'' toys, now shut up!!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2010)
**''Series:'' '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number:'' '''04 of 08''' (only seven released)

:''[[Robot Powered Machines]]'' Soundwave is a small, non-transforming pseudo-Scion XB with his robot mode sculpted underneath. Said robot mode resembles [[Soundwave (WFC)|another Soundwave]] for some reason. The car's wheels feature through-axle construction for speedy racing on flat surfaces. Unlike other RPMs, Soundwave, along with the rest of the Metal Heroes, is made of [[die-cast]] metal.

:RPM Soundwave is probably the most homage-heavy Transformer ever produced: he has [[Soundwave (Animated)|''Animated'' Soundwave]]'s alt mode and a mix between his regular and Electrostatic incarnations "tattoos", [[Soundwave (WFC)|''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave]]'s robot mode (which in turn was heavily based on [[Soundwave (G1)|G1 Soundwave]]) and despite this, the bio and toyline clearly identify him as ROTF Soundwave. You can try and add [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Cybertron Soundwave]] to the list if you want, but that would be overkill.

:This toy's American release and the rest of the Metal Heroes were canceled in favor of the [[Speed Stars]] versions of the toys. They have been released in the Philippines, New Zealand and Mexico (at a discounted price compared to past RPM releases), however. Both versions were eventually available at retail in those countries.

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===Speed Stars===
[[File:SpeedStars Soundwave toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Three continuities for the price of one!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2010)
**''Series:'' '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number:'' '''04 of 08'''

:[[Speed Stars]] Soundwave is a [[redeco]] of the RPM vehicle, featuring many differences in comparison to the Robot Powered Machines release. Namely, the Speed Stars version lacks paint in the doors and tail lights, as well as the chest, arms, legs and face of the "robot" mode. The plastic at the bottom of the car is cast in gold instead of bronze. This version also lacks the "Soundwave-Audio" written on the inferior part of the doors. The red that borders the rims of his wheels is also not as bright or vibrant.

:This toy was given away free as part of a Daily Mirror promotion in the UK.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/SpeedStarsSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Speed Stars Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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====Stealth Force====
[[File:SpeedStars StealthForce Soundwave toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He's a sore loser when it comes to [[wikipedia:dB drag racing|decibel drag racing]].]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Basic, 2010)

:This Soundwave toy is part of the "[[Stealth Force]]" subline, consisting of vehicles without robot modes, but with plenty of flip-out panels with hidden weapons. Like the smaller Metal Heroes toy, Soundwave has ''Animated'' Soundwave's Scion XB altmode and features ''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave on his packaging. He features non-firing weapons hidden all throughout the toy, activated by pulling part of the roof back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/SFSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Stealth Force Soundwave at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
===Identity and alternate modes===
[[File:EarlyMovieBlackout.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|A Soundwave-headed Blackout from an animatic.]]
[[File:ROTFEarthSoundwaveConcept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Soundwave, before losing weight.]]
* Soundwave was originally supposed to feature in [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'']]; he fulfilled both [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]'s roles, hacking into the CIA headquarters as a portable stereo, then [[size changing|morphed]] into a Humvee to track down [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]].<ref>Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref> [[Michael Bay]]'s decision to minimalize the amount of morphing in the film resulted in a change to a helicopter who openly attacks the army. Soundwave and [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] were changed to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] as the film's location was changed from a jungle to a desert.<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=234188&postcount=2008 Roberto Orci post at the official movie boards]
</ref> Soundwave's name remained attached to the separated portable stereo character for a while, but Hasbro felt the resulting character did not properly represent the original Soundwave. He was first renamed Soundbite,<ref>[http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76662065 Abandoned Soundbite trademark application]</ref> but eventually ended up with the name Frenzy.
*According to the trade paperback, Soundwave was a major character in the third draft of ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]''.
* In early drafts of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Soundwave came to Earth and scanned a black Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck form. Artist [[Paul Ozzimo]] created a visualization of this idea, and Hasbro based the Cybertronian satellite form's robot mode on this abandoned concept, particularly a Cybertronian version of the Chevy grill and small headlights on the lower torso. They then combined Ozzimo's body design with an unused, heavily G1-esque head design that had been created by artist [[Josh Nizzi]] (although Soundwave's finalized head design was also incorporated into the toy's satellite mode, in a manner akin to [[kibble#Faux parts|faux parts]]).
* Early artwork for Soundwave for ''Dark of the Moon'' identified him as '''Breakdown''', but considering other names presented on other concept artwork, it was likely just a smokescreen to hide his true identity in case of a leak.<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
[[File:TF3HasbroSoundwaveBio.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|SPOILER ALERT]]
* Before the release of ''Dark of the Moon'', Michael Bay and other official parties tried ''really'' hard to suppress the plot twist of the silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG given to Carly by Dylan turning out to be Soundwave's new alternate mode. After the Mercedes had been spotted on the set, with [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]] exiting it,<ref name="mercedesset">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=67518 DOTM Set Photos], ComingSoon.net, July 2010.</ref> the first hint that it was more than meets the eye came with the trailer for the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|video game]], which showed Soundwave's robot mode with car [[kibble]] such as wheels that heavily resembled those of the Mercedes. In addition, [[Rising Storm issue 3|issue 3]] of ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]'' depicted Soundwave's robot mode not only with car kibble, but with a Mercedes star on his chest. Despite this, director Michael Bay insisted that the Mercedes was simply Carly's car, claiming that "Mercedes would never let us make their car into a bad Decepticon. Car company's {{sic}} really frown on that. I can't say what the game company and comics do that's their own thing. They don't have the same constraints movies do. It's Carly's car."<ref name="baynomerc">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?8724-Update-Is-Soundwave-the-silver-Mercedes-on-set-of-DOTM&p=169598&viewfull=1#post169598 Michael Bay's response to the fan theory that Soundwave is the Silver Mercedes.], April 2011.</ref> On April 19, 2011, an event for promoting the ''Spider-Man: Edge of Time'' and ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' video games was held in London. As part of this, [[High Moon Studios]] released promotional stills from the ''Dark of the Moon'' game, one of which depicted Soundwave's new robot mode, again with Mercedes parts. However, a news embargo was enforced on the attending press, which was broken by South African video game site [http://egamer.co.za egamer].<ref name="egamera">[http://egamer.co.za/2011/05/exclusive-hands-on-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ egamer's preview of the ''Dark of the Moon'' video game]</ref> The site was soon asked to take down the article and images, as were various ''Transformers'' fan sites that had reported on the article and mirrored the images. On May 2, 2011, Hasbro's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/ official Transformers website] was given a massive overhaul, including the addition of the new [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm Vector Sigma database]. The entry for Soundwave initially identified his alternate mode as a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, but was soon changed to "satellite". On May 3, 2011, the embargo for the video game article and promotional stills was finally lifted, allowing sites to freely show the image of Soundwave's new robot mode. Whether Mercedes approved of Soundwave's Earth mode or not remains to be seen.
*The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG car prop sported a German/European Union [[license plate]], "'''M JS8509'''", registered in the city of Munich, on the Chicago set for ''Dark of the Moon''.<ref name="chicago">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/aperturesun/archives/date-taken/2010/07/17/ Dark of the Moon Chicago set] at Flickr.</ref> (The design of the plate is slightly inaccurate, as there should be a space between "JS" and "8509" if it were a real German plate. Also, a German car would have a license plate on the front as well.)
*Oddly, despite having a slightly smaller vehicle mode than Bumblebee, [[Size changing|he is much taller]]. Being 22 feet while Bumblebee is just 16 feet. He also towers Ratchet by 2 feet (Ratchet is 20 feet) despite Ratchet being a Hummer which is clearly much larger than an SLS AMG.

===Voice===
*Even though [[Frank Welker]] returned to voice Soundwave for the movie, his voice was not vocoded, but rather synthesized in the same way all the other Transformer voices in the movie were. Because of this, the voice he uses is much closer to that of "The Cave of Wonders" from Walt Disney's ''Aladdin'' or Dr. Claw from ''Inspector Gadget'' (both voiced by Welker). However, in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game, Soundwave's voice ([[Peter Jessop]]) is vocoded in a manner similar to that of ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]'s first voice, only with a more musical tone.
*[[Frank Welker]] voiced Soundwave not only in the English version of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', but also in a large number of foreign dubs. Welker described the process as "very hard".<ref name="welkernewsarama">[http://www.newsarama.com/tv/090915-Animated-Shorts-Welker.html Newsarama interview with Frank Welker], September 2009.</ref> Although his performance was retained for the French and Italian dubs, in other versions his lines were redone by native-speaking actors before the film's release. Welker still retained credit in those foreign versions, leading to confusion:
**German dubbing insiders insist that the voice heard in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' is that of [[Horst Lampe]].<ref name="germandub">[http://215072.homepagemodules.de/t511643f11775323-Transformers-Die-Rache-Transformers-Revenge-of-the-Fallen-7.html German dubbing board thread about ROTF, with a discussion about Soundwave's voice]</ref> Lampe was properly credited as the voice of Soundwave in ''Dark of the Moon'', further leading viewers to accept that he also played Soundwave in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
**The credits for the American-Spanish dub do not specify Welker's role, but Soundwave's voice as heard in the film does not seem to be Welker's. Soundwave is credited in ''Dark of the Moon'' as being played by [[Leonardo García]], who is generally accepted as having played him in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
*When [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]] is about to be executed, it is clearly Barricade forcing him to move, but an editing error has Barricade speaking in Soundwave's voice.

===Video games===
* Soundwave was included as a downloadable addition to the roster of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 video game, along with several [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] homages and fellow movie character [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]. Soundwave's special abilities deploy an aerial jammer pod that looks suspiciously like [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and an AOE pod that continuously smashes the ground with piledrivers; undoubtedly a nod to Generation 1 [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s minion [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. According to concept artist [[Ken Christiansen]], his appearance was based more closely on the Deluxe class toy than his movie design.
*In the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]], Soundwave turns into an SUV similar to a Mercedes GLK 350, but in robot mode, his design is the same one used for the movie. In particular, the back of his legs still sports kibble reminiscent of a Mercedes SLS AMG trunk, complete with the words "SLS" and "AMG" written on it.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Soundwave''' (サウンドウェーブ ''Saundowēbu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Fülelő''' ("Listener")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shēng-pō''' (Taiwan, 聲波, "Soundwave"), '''Shēngbō''' (China, 声波, "Soundwave")

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Soundwave (ROTF)

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Tekcorps: /* Human Alliance */

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

[[File:Rotf soundwave satellite mode.jpg|thumb|375px|Earth beeelooowww us, drifting, falling...]]

'''Soundwave''', the Decepticon communications officer and one of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s staunchest supporters, doesn't just master the frequencies that carry information across our planet, he revels in them. Stationed high in the upper atmosphere and capable of processing millions of data streams at once, he is fully capable of taking over communications on a planetary scale. Whether he uses this to direct civilization or destroy it remains to be seen.

Soundwave has two extremely powerful weapons: his spread of [[sonic cannon]]s... and Megatron. If any Decepticon crosses him, he does not hesitate to send a full record of said Decepticon's failures to Megatron, almost certainly ensuring an untimely demise. His lofty position has made [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] suspicious, so Soundwave has his minion [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] keep an eye on the [[Air Commander]] if he gets out of hand. Soundwave is also nearly defenseless in space, as his devastating sonic cannons only work within the atmosphere.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Hasbro Soundwave Battle Bio]</ref>

{{bigquote|Nothing moves on the orb below without '''my''' being aware of it. I see and hear everything, be it out in the open or behind closed doors. My reach is invisible, intangible. My grip...cast-iron.|Soundwave is watching you...|[[Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1]]}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English, French, Italian), [[Daisuke Gōri]] (Japanese)|[[Horst Lampe]] (German, ''uncredited''), [[Leonardo García]] (American Spanish, ''uncredited'')}}

[[File:ROTF-Soundwaveface.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Next time, Gadget. Next time.]]
Soundwave received a transmission from [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]], who was tailing [[Mikaela Banes]], and instructed him to obtain a surviving shard of the [[AllSpark]] in her possession. He found a satellite transmitting a conversation between [[NEST]] and the [[United States military]]. Tapping into it with his tentacles to listen, Soundwave overheard [[Theodore Galloway]] mention another shard of the AllSpark in storage at [[Diego Garcia]], and of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s burial in the [[Laurentian Abyss]].

[[File:ROTF Soundwave ejects Ravage.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|M.A.D. Cat, eject!]]

Formulating a plan, Soundwave waited until it would be nightfall on Diego Garcia, then ejected [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] (who was equipped with [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] and the [[Microcon (ROTF)|microcons]] that form [[Reedman]]) to Diego Garcia to steal the shard. Once they had stolen the shard, they reunited with some [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] and managed to resurrect their leader.

Soundwave remained in space, tapping into the satellite he had found. When Megatron decided to reveal the Transformers presence on Earth after killing [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Soundwave issued the mobilization order to the waiting troops on the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]''. As the Decepticons streaked toward Earth, Soundwave tracked down [[Ron Witwicky|Ron]] and [[Judy Witwicky]] in [[France|Paris]]. He called Judy on her cellphone, demanding to know where Sam was, which the human dismissed as a crank call by a pervert. This allowed the Decepticons to track them down and capture them to use as bait for Sam.

[[File:SoundwaveSatellite.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Yes, yes, you fans all thought about ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' when you saw me do this.]]

When the CIA discovered that Sam was in [[Egypt]], Soundwave relayed the information to the Decepticons. During [[Operation: Firestorm]], Soundwave blocked the satellites covering the Egyptian area, making things appear normal. General [[Morshower]] was unconvinced though and got other local informants to know what was happening at the [[pyramid]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Soundwave’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels “[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]],” and “[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]],” the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]],” and the storybooks “[[The Last Prime]]," “[[Rise of the Decepticons]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]." In the comic, Megatron rendezvoused with Soundwave after killing Optimus, making the demand for Sam Witwicky himself, which Soundwave broadcast through the satellite he clutched.}}
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====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Jirō Saitō]] (Japanese)|[[Leonardo García]] (American Spanish), [[Mario Bombardieri]] (Italian), [[Horst Lampe]] (German)}}

[[File:DOTM-LaserbeakSoundwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Carly will wonder why her car has claw marks all over the door.]]
During the 1970s, Soundwave had tried to hide the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'s presence on the [[moon (moon)|moon]] by gaining human contacts in the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[Soviet Union]], whose creative accounting would render further trips to the moon financially unfeasible. One of these was [[Dylan Gould|Dylan Gould's]] father, while Dylan himself would later accept Soundwave as a ''client''. But with the failure of the schemes of The Fallen and Megatron, the Decepticons now planned to alert [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] to the ship's existence so he could revive [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] for them.

[[File:DOTM-Soundwavecar.jpg|thumb|225px|Unknown to Speed, Racer X is secretly his older brother, Soundwave, who ran away from home years ago!]]
Soundwave went undercover on Earth as a [[Mercedes-Benz]] SLS AMG. He and his winged minion [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] visited the incapicitated Megatron in [[Africa]], and informed the ex-tyrant that Optimus had discovered an Ark fuel cell at the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]], and had recovered the body of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] and five of his Space Bridge [[pillar]]s. Megatron decided it was time to eliminate loose ends in their plan, so Soundwave sent Laserbeak to further draw out the Autobots by killing many of their human contacts, including [[Jerry Wang]].

[[File:Soundwavecapturescarly.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Stupid dog! You made me look bad! ''*whrr-tschzz-tschzz-tschzz-chk*'' Oooga-booga-booga!]]
Meanwhile, the disguised Soundwave was "given" by their human ally Dylan, the one human they did not kill, as a gift to [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]]'s new girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]]. He was used as a car to transport Carly to Dylan's party. During the party, Sam and Carly tried to leave, only for Soundwave and Laserbeak to reveal themselves, and the sonic warrior took Carly hostage. Gould explained his relationship with the two Decepticons while Soundwave used his tentacles to threaten Carly, and the pair forced Sam into finding out the Autobot's plan for a counter-attack.

[[File:DOTM-Soundwaveexecute.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Look, I'm kind of busy. Hey [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], want to do some of my lines for me?]]
During the Decepticon occupation of [[Chicago]], Soundwave took several Autobots prisoner until Gould stated that things had gotten personal and the Autobots needed a lesson of respect, and Soundwave happily concurred: "No prisoners, only trophies". He and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] began by executing [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]]. He then selected [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] to be his victim and dragged him forward, pushing him onto the body of his fallen comrade. He then told the Autobot to turn around as was about to execute him, but he was distracted by [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]]'s sabotage of a Decepticon aircraft carrier, raining [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighters]] onto the battlefield. The Autobot scout took advantage of this small slip of opportunity and punched Soundwave as they battled through the chaos, causing him to drop one of his guns. Evading Soundwave's [[sonic cannon]] blasts, Bumblebee eventually blasted part of Soundwave's leg, causing him to drop his remaining gun, and he lunged at the Autobot. Bumblebee then delivered the final blow by throwing an uppercut to Soundwave's torso and shooting upwards, disintegrating the Decepticon's head and killing him. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Soundwave’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]” and “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]],” the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]],” and the storybooks "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]."}}

===IDW movie comics===
Thousands of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Soundwave stood by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s side on Unification Day, when a new era of Cybertronian government was ushered in that saw the planet ruled by two bodies—Megatron's [[Defense Force]], of which Soundwave became a part, and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]]'s [[Science Division]]. Megatron's lust for power soon led him to claim dominion over Optimus, however, and Soundwave was silently present when Megatron summoned Optimus and made this declaration. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[File:Defiance4Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|100px|No full body shot in the movie or comics.]]

Some time later, Megatron came under the influence of [[The Fallen]], who sought to be freed from the [[sarcophagus]] that was his trans-dimensional prison. To this end, Soundwave was assigned captaincy of the newly built spacecraft ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', which would take the sarcophagus across the galaxy to find the world on which The Fallen had built a [[Star Harvester]] millennia beforehand. Soundwave and his crew left Cybertron with The Fallen's sarcophagus just before the outbreak of war. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}{{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

After thousands of years of searching the stars, Soundwave's ''Nemesis'' detected the faint energy signature of the [[AllSpark]], which had been jettisoned from Cybertron in their absence. Unfortunately for them, so did [[Ark (DOTM)|the Ark]], an Autobot spacecraft that had also left Cybertron after the ''Nemesis'' and which was teleporting around space and time via a [[space bridge]]. The Ark materialized partially within the ''Nemesis'', the intersection of their molecules crippled both ships. While the Ark teleported away, leaving a temporary space bridge portal lingering in its wake, the Decepticons managed to set the ''Nemesis'' down on a barren moon. For the first time, The Fallen, recognizing the space bridge as the technology of [[Dynasty of Primes|his people]], spoke directly into Soundwave's mind, directing him to take the Decepticons aboard the smaller ship ''[[Longshot (DOTM)|Longshot]]'' and follow the Ark through the portal. Complying, Soundwave's crew found themselves hurled into the future, appearing in the vicinity of Earth in the year [[1961]] alongside the Ark. The Autobot craft proceeded to crash on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]], and Soundwave quickly determined to keep [[human]]kind from plundering the treasures it contained: mysterious [[pillar]]s that he had his crew set about removing from the ship and stockpiling. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}}

Unfortunately for Soundwave, humanity detected the crash of the Ark upon the Moon, and a "space race" began between the [[United States of America]] and the [[Soviet Union]] to be the first to reach the Moon. The Soviets were first to send probes that photographed the moon's surface: in [[1963]], their [[Luna 4]] captured an image of the pillars as they were being moved. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Realizing the necessity of infiltrating the ranks of humanity in order to control the flow of data, Soundwave had the [[Alice|Pretender]] kill and replace Spetsnaz agent [[Alisa Morozov]] in [[1964]]; then, in [[1965]], as the Soviets' [[Luna 6]] was in flight, he sent her to [[Soviet Research Station Oktober]] to massacre the scientists awaiting data the probe would send back. Convinced by the Pretender that Humanity could be subverted towards their ends, Soundwave struck a deal with the sole surviving scientist, [[Voskhod]], to curtail further Soviet moon missions. In the process, the Pretender also learned that both America and Russia allegedly had a Cybertronian in their individual custodies, but Soundwave dismissed them as rumors, preferring to focus on the trail of the AllSpark and the Star Harvester. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 2}}

[[File:RisingStorm2 soundwave voskhod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Soundwave is the master at the beautiful art of photo-bombing.]]

Realizing that a captive American secret agent, [[Bill Simmons]] had escaped from Research Station Oktober during the Pretender's attack, Soundwave spent two months scanning information lines in search of him, eventually discovering him when he returned to North America and made contact with his superiors. Although the Pretender failed to finish him off, Soundwave had at last learned of Simmons's well-hidden organization: [[Sector Seven]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 3}} In [[1969]], he monitored the launch of their [[Ghost 1]] craft, believing it to be of greater importance than the [[Apollo 11]] moon mission, but his guess proved incorrect: Thanks to Soundwave's being distracted, astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] were able to carry out the first brief excavation of the Ark. Incensed by his failure, Soundwave grew even more determined to find a mole within the American space program, and he set [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to find prospective candidates. He found a [[NASA]] accountant named Gould and tapped the stock market to provide enough financial persuasion for the human to manipulate the NASA budget to halt moon missions from [[1972]] onwards. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

Soundwave spent the rest of the 1970s recruiting more human pawns to prevent the Ark from being rediscovered. Eventually, in [[1979]], deciding that everything was secure, he and his crew departed Earth on the ''Longshot'' to reconvene with The Fallen back aboard the ''Nemesis'', but with no space bridge portal to teleport them, the voyage took something in the vicinity of fourteen years. A brief talk with The Fallen yielded information: in Soundwave's absence, Megatron had visited the ''Nemesis'', on the trail of the AllSpark. Soundwave realized that his leader must have been one of the Cybertronians in captivity on Earth, and immediately departed to return to the planet, putting most of his crew in statis. Before leaving, he presented The Fallen with one of the pillars from the Ark; after he left, The Fallen used it to finally free himself from his sarcophagus. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

[[File:SoundwaveAllianceIssue2.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Alas, poor Dreadwing. I knew him, Ravage.]]

During Soundwave's return voyage to Earth, Decepticon forces under the command of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] had arrived on the planet and freed Megatron, only for both the Decepticon leader and the AllSpark to be destroyed in battle in [[Mission City]]. Soundwave returned one month after his leader's death, but detoured briefly to investigate a space-time anomaly on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. There, he discovered a jury-rigged space bridge created from one of the Ark's pillars (created by [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]), the remains of [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing's]], an imprint of [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy's]] body, {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} and a message from Starscream that informed him of the recent events on Earth. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Soundwave immediately made contact with Starscream, who had just finished battling [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]], and ordered him back to the ''Longshot'' to awaken the rest of his crew from stasis. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}{{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Dispatching what few crew members were currently active to begin searching the planet for the Star Harvester, Soundwave assumed the form of a satellite and took up orbit around Earth. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

As the search continued, Soundwave re-established contact with his many human pawns, including Gould's son [[Dylan Gould|Dylan]], who had inherited his father's role as Decepticon liaison. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

Months after the battle in Egypt, Soundwave detected [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] was alive and active, and was furious someone else was ordering his pet around. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 5|Tales of the Fallen #5}} Monitoring Earth, he observed [[Alice]]'s attempt at flight and subsequent termination by [[NEST]]. [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], who he'd dispatched to [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]] to investigate Ravage's status, reported back that there were non-NEST humans poking around there, so Soundwave sent in [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]], [[Rumble (ROTF)|Rumble]] and [[Beastbox (ROTF)|Beastbox]] to attack. Surprisingly [[Initiative|the humans]] were a match for the Decepticons, and Soundwave moved in to take direct action, however at that point the Autobots arrived. Soundwave destroyed [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]], but when the human forces pulled out, so too did Soundwave. To his surprise, he found he wasn't able to track where the departing humans had gone. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}}

[[File:Nefarious3 Soundwave bondage.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
Ravage was reactivated by Buzzsaw, allowing Soundwave to access his memories. Acting on one memory, he sent Buzzsaw to help [[Strike Team Ursa]] while he rendezvoused with Ravage for an examination. When Strike Team Ursa triggered defenses, Soundwave warned them to withdraw. They did, but ran into [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], and Soundwave was forced to come to their aid. Unfortunately, Optimus Prime was also on the way, and Soundwave was no match for the Autobot leader. He tried to suggest it would be advantageous for them to let him go, but Optimus took him into custody. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}} Soundwave was secured and put on a plane bound for [[Odessa]], [[Texas]], however the plane was shot down by Buzzsaw, and then [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s team had [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]] and Soundwave's minions to contend with as well. Soundwave tried to get Ravage to free him, but the cat's free will was overridden by an external force. In the end, Soundwave was too much trouble and Bumblebee let the Decepticons have him back. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}}

Soundwave tracked Ravage back to the [[Initiative base]] in [[California]]. After sending the other Decepticons in first to test the base's defenses, he moved in himself, only to find that the foe he faced had an army of brainwashed Transformers. He somehow escaped them and proceeded to the NEST base in Odessa. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} He led the Autobots to the base's location, though he "neglected" to tell them about the brainwashed Transformers, but the base was gone, leading to the conclusion it was somehow mobile. Tapping into traffic cameras, he traced the base to [[Oregon]]. When they got there and began the assault, Soundwave was snootily dismissive of the Autobots' combat banter. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} While the Initiative was distracted, Soundwave was able to reactivate Ravage and send [[Reedman]] to attack Initiative head [[Carter Newell]]. When Newell tried to flee with the AllSpark, Soundwave ordered Buzzsaw to assist Optimus Prime in pursuing him. It was only after everything was over that NEST discovered that the Initiative databanks had been mysteriously picked clean... {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

Adopting a new body, Soundwave then took up residence at Megatron's base in [[Namibia]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} When [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] discovered [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]'s [[Driller]] in the [[Adirondack Mountains]], Soundwave was present to jam their communications and then send his minions to attack them. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} With Elita-One leaving to warn the Autobots about Shockwave in person, the other two were surrounded by Soundwave and his animals. They chose to sacrifice themselves using a powerful bomb, though Soundwave managed to escape the explosion and return to Namibia. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

===Titan Magazines comics===
Soundwave appeared unknown to the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}} He commanded a small Decepticon cell, based out of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]' moon [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]]. While nominally under the command of [[The Fallen]], The Fallen was merely in ''contact'' with the Decepticons and currently incapacitated. This left Soundwave free to do his ''own'' thing... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

[[File:Titan4 Soundwaveinterrogate.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only... Oops, wrong movie.]]

One of his goals was to find the location of the [[Tomb of the Primes]]. The aging [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] knew it but would only tell it to The Fallen. ''Strangely'' unwilling to put The Fallen and Ransack in touch and ''oddly'' preferring to personally know the location of [[Matrix of Leadership|the key to a monstrous superweapon]] himself {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}, Soundwave turned to the dormant Seekers instead. He directed [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to [[Las Vegas]] to carve up one such Seeker for its "memory tree". He refused to explain the reason ''why'' to Grindor. When [[NEST]] showed up, Soundwave appeared contemptuous of them and their [[Human|whole species]], noting Transformers owned this world ''long'' before mankind. To Grindor, he simply said to get the memory tree to him and not get captured. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

Later, [[Transformers Comic issue 2.2|on The Fallen's orders]], he directed [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to find [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], find out what they knew about The Fallen's plans and who they'd told it to, and then terminate them. When Ravage had cornered Mudflap, Soundwave talked through him and attempted to interrogate the Autobot; this failed, with Mudflap not even being bothered about who Soundwave was. While the hit was a bust, Soundwave ensured the base was bugged. As a result, he discovered [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] distrusted the twins.

[[File:Titan6 SoundwaveIAm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"[[Sanctuary|There you go]], fellas!"]]

This was something Soundwave found interesting {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}} and he hatched a plan to ensure the twins were believed to be traitors: which would ensure nobody would follow up on their intell! Somehow, he got [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] to [[Diego Garcia]] at the same time the twins were there. He then had [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] get captured, so that when he was taken to [[Diego Garcia]] Scorponok would free him. With the Decepticon attacking at the same time the twins were distracting Optimus and on top of previous acts, they seemed guilty and were taken into custody. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Soundwave sent [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] to blow up the soldiers escorting the twins to orbitary exile, and [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] parachuted in to convince them to defect. When [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] tracked down the twins—who had kidnapped [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]] in a failed attempt to convince him to speak to Optimus on their behalf - Soundwave finally landed on Earth and blasted the scout. Soundwave told the twins The Fallen would offer them sanctuary, something they seemed happy to accept... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}}

[[File:Titan7 Soundwave GO!.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]

Poor Soundwave soon had to put ''up'' with the twins, as they insisted on chatting through his briefings and dissing the other 'cons. He ''just'' about, through ominous glares, got them to pay attention to their mission: to capture Ransack and bring him in to be "re-educated". This, however, was all a big con on the twins: he just wanted them as expendable bait to draw out Ransack, so Grindor and Sideways could knock him out. Soundwave also spoke for the entire Decepticons when he said that if the twins survived any encounter, ''kill them anyway''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}

[[File:Titan8 Soundwave FWATT.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|KERPOW!]]

Once Ransack was in his hands, Soundwave beat the snot out of him and demanded the location to the Tomb of the Primes. The Seeker still refused to talk, and insulted Soundwave as being a mere cog who could barely understand the big picture. He almost killed Ransack for that, having to be held back by Starscream (don't want The Fallen ''knowing'' you've killed his Seeker!), but the elder continued to mock him for believing he had freedom of action just because The Fallen was absent.

When the twins, revealed to have been faking their defection, returned to beat the crap out of the Phobos base, an annoyed Soundwave ended their brief success with overwhelming violence. Unfortunately, before he could kill the Autobots, Ransack took the opportunity to leg it; desperate to stop The Fallen from being informed of what he'd been up to, Soundwave gave chase and the Phobos base was abandoned. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}} As he's still around later, it seems Soundwave made ''sure'' Ransack never made it to The Fallen...

Post-Fallen and instructed by Megatron to "hound" humans and "get up close and personal" in his attacks, Soundwave cut a swathe of destruction across the North Atlantic, destroying ships as he headed on a course towards Florida. Identifying his pattern, [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] staged an ambush, laying out a cargo ship for Soundwave to attack and then blindsiding him with a volley from a hidden warship. Badly damaged in the surprise assault, Soundwave was forced to retreat, venturing into the confines of...the [[Bermuda Triangle]]! (Dun dun dunnnn!)

[[File:Titan15 Soundwaveghostship.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Bustin' makes ghosts feel good!]]

Amidst the storm clouds, Soundwave discovered another ship that he decided to attack out of spite, but faltered when his databanks identified it as a [[United States Navy]] vessel that had been lost in [[1918]]. Caught off-guard by a volley of primitive weaponsfire (even for humans!) and damaged even further, Soundwave tried to limp away, only to cross paths with ''another'' mystery ship, this one allegedly from [[1941]]! Pelted from both sides and unable to get a handle on his situation, Soundwave fled high into the air, out of the ships' range...and right in the path of a squadron of [[World War II]] bombers! Rattled by their machine gun fire and unable to overcome their superior flying skills, Soundwave decided to break upwards...''all'' the way upwards. Whatever strange chronal chaos he had encountered in the depths of the Bermuda Triangle, Soundwave concluded that the solar radiation, meteor showers and space debris he would face on the ''[[Moon (moon)|Moon]]'' would be ''much'' safer! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}}

[[File:Titan3-3 soundwaveyoutwo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Look out! Soundwave is pretending to be the Fat Controller!]]

When the Autobots were about to discover an ''Ark'' fragment that could lead them to [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], Soundwave and Starscream sprang into action. From his position in high orbit, Soundwave hacked and took over NEST's defensive guns and left the [[Fiesole Cathedral]] wide open. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

Striking out on his own and using a brand new body, Soundwave scanned the Earth for a large seam of [[gold]] and, having discovered the legendary [[El Dorado]] in [[Colombia]], used the human [[Tanto Gang]] to help him dig it up. Once they found it, he began shooting at them: he wanted it for himself so he could flood the markets with gold and crash the economy! NEST attempted to stop him and he fought Optimus Prime directly, but in the end he was driven off when the Tanto Gang triggered a bomb for revenge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Blood And Gold}}

Soundwave then allowed NEST to find him, pretending to be injured from the battle... and then opened fire with full weaponry, injuring [[Robert Epps]] and nearly killing Bumblebee. When Optimus arrived, Soundwave was able to force him to agree to a fight without weapons (''Optimus''' weapons anyway) and attempted to blast him off the [[Spain|Sierra Nevada]] mountains. Unfortunately for him, he got too into it and his sonic blasts began to cause avalanches, while Optimus was able to locate a fissure in the rock and sneak up behind him. Surprised, he was shoved into the avalanche he'd start and almost killed.

Somehow, Soundwave had also gained the power to transform from alien satellite form into a robot form that looked like it turned into a car! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}
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====Letters pages====
[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was in talks with Soundwave to get him to join in the attack on Earth and be in [[Michael Bay]]'s next documentary. Soundwave is known for talking in several frequencies at once, apparently just to be annoying. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|#15's Star Screams}} Starscream doesn't trust Soundwave but notes his intelligence, and so views him as a worthy successor in the event of his death. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|#21's Star Screams}}

[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] considers Soundwave to be an untrustworthy jerk who ''never'' pulls his weight in a fight. Megatron, however, loves the guy. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|#7's Law and Disorder}}

===''Cyber Missions''===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English), [[Salvador Reyes]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}

[[File:CyberMission1-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Through the dark, to the light, it's a super sonic flight!
Gotta keep it goin'!]]

{{quote|No! Too many sonic booms! I can't absorb—!}}

When Soundwave and [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] descended on [[Diego Garcia]], they interrupted an Autobot mission briefing. While Ironhide headed outside to face Bludgeon, Bumblebee remained inside to guard the Autobots' precious [[datatrax|data tracks]] from Soundwave. Bumblebee fired shot after shot, but Soundwave was able to simply use his sonic powers to repel the attacks back towards Bumblebee. However, Bumblebee gambled that Soundwave would be unable to repel a great number of attacks simultaneously, and the Decepticon was overwhelmed by Bumblebee's automatic weaponry. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} Bumblebee confined Soundwave inside a vacuum-sealed electromagnetic bubble, where his sonic weaponry would be useless. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
[[File:Soundwavefires-SatelliteMeltdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
From Earth orbit, Soundwave witnessed Megatron being defeated by Optimus one too many times. Blaming the humans' involvement for the Decepticons' continued failures in defeating the Autobots, Soundwave decided to damage relations between the two species. Soundwave then dispatched [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] and [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], setting them loose upon a human city to wreck havoc. When human law enforcement contacted Optimus, Soundwave tampored with their communications in order to send the Autobots to another location, far away from his menagerie's own. Soundwave then broadcast a message to Earth's population, declaring that the Autobots had abandoned them. Soundwave's plan failed when Sam Witwicky managed to find Optimus and inform him of Soundwave's ruse. After taking care of Buzzsaw and Ratbat, Optimus met with the human military, and had them have the satellite to which Soundwave was attached to self-destruct. Soundwave was sent plummeting into outer-space, cursing the Autobots for foiling his plan. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|Unite for the Universe #2}}}}

===''Prepare for Battle''===
When [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]] came in contact with Earth, Soundwave intercepted his transmissions, then he reported his findings to [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Prepare for Battle (website)}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa]], Soundwave planted clues about the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s presence on Earth's moon for Sam Witwicky to find. Optimus Prime fell for the bait and took the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' to the Moon, where Megatron captured him with the aid of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Games==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Jessop]] (English)}}

=====Decepticon campaign=====
[[File:ROTF 360PS3PC DLC Soundwave.jpg|thumb|Ah, those cough drops are finally working!]]

Soundwave coordinated the Decepticons' movement on Earth, but never stooped so low as to join field operations - not even taking part in their regular dissing contests - er, group discussions following missions. He often provided "mission control" to the Decepticons in the field. However, when he did step down from on high to mingle with the commoners, he could easily hold his own in battle. Among Soundwave's arsenal was a little friend in the form of a turret which could literally stomp the yard - er, oh hell. Just read the next paragraph in italics.

{{Note|On [[August 27]], [[2009]], Soundwave was made available as a playable character (for multiplayer games) as optional downloadable content for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3 owners. However, instead of the silver colour scheme established on his regular release toys and movie appearance, the character model was coloured blue, like [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] Soundwave figure from the ''Gathering at Nemesis'' figure pack. His special attack in robot mode consisted of a deployable turret that generated earthquakes, a reference to [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who was one of Generation 1 Soundwave's tape minions. While using his special in vehicle mode deployed a radar jammer pod in the sky that also fired a laser at nearby enemies, a likely reference to Laserbeak, another of Generation 1 Soundwave's tape minions.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}
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====Wii/PS2====
Soundwave - surprise - coordinated the Decepticon movement on Earth from space, often guiding Decepticons in the field. Soundwave dispatched Reedman and Ravage to retrieve a fragment of the AllSpark from NEST, and directed the Decepticons to find Megatron's body in a NEST base in the middle of the Atlantic.

Busy guy, ain't he? {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Wii/PS2)}}

====PSP====
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{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PSP)}}

===Transformers Autobots/Decepticons===
Soundwave was the Decepticon movement's coordinator, loyally serving The Fallen and Megatron (the former likely because he was out to bring Megatron back), making no effort to hide his disdain for Starscream's gig as Decepticon leader. He regularly coordinated and provided intel for Decepticons in the field, and was more than happy to chew out the troops if they sucked at their job, and was pleased to have Megatron back.

However, this pleasure likely turned to boiling hatred when The Fallen promoted the new recruit to Decepticon leader and replaced Megatron, when the recruit killed Optimus Prime in Egypt at the Sun Harvester.
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game''===
{{voiceactor|[[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (English)}}

====(Xbox 360/PS3)====
[[File:DOTMgameSoundwave.jpg|thumb|What? I'm not a Mercedes Benz! Where would you get a silly idea like that, heh...]]
During Megatron's exile after the Egypt skirmish, Soundwave remained in orbit, monitoring Autobot transmissions and messages to send to his leader for information. Soon, Soundwave was ordered to disconnect from the satellite as Bumblebee had implanted a virus into his network which allowed the Autobots to follow Decepticon operations.

After landing on the planet and taking the form of an SUV, he was ordered to destroy a base that formerly served as a [[Sector Seven]] facility. Megatron required Soundwave to do so because it contained information on their ally contained in Russia. Soundwave completed this with the utmost efficiency, destroying every Autobot encountered and displaying great courage as he blasted Autobot scouts from the inside of a laser cage. After exploring the corridors of the base and having Laserbeak incapacitate anyone standing in his way, Soundwave destroyed the base and escaped the erupting base unscathed, as did his condor companion.

He later helped escort Megatron to [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave's]] location in a cryogenics facility in a Soviet country, and appeared in Africa with Megatron, Starscream and Shockwave as Megatron announced his plans were far from over. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon}}
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===Autobots/Decepticons===
[[File:DOTMDS Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] met with Soundwave to report that Megatron had ordered a two-pronged assault, with Starscream attacking a nearby [[NEST]] facility, and Soundwave was to create a diversion. Soundwave was skeptical that Megatron had actually ordered anything of the sort, and promised to double-check with his leader later. After causing a sizable diversion by knocking down a bunch of buildings, Soundwave went off and infiltrated another base. While hunting for the NEST computer, he was contacted by Starscream whose loud demands that Soundwave maintain stealth were more of a hindrance than anything. Soundwave managed to retrieve the data he was after, and while [[Crowbar]] kept the Autobots busy, he escaped. After he returned to the Decepticons' Siberian base, he received a message from Megatron—the Autobots had planted a number of radar emplacements around which were broadcasting a jamming signal, and Soundwave had to go around hacking them so Megatron's team could survey their immediate surroundings. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
*'''Soundwave''' (Legends, 2009)
[[File:ROTFLegends Soundwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No matter what mode you put him in, he is always ready to get down and dirty with unsuspecting satellites.]]

: Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Legends Class]] figures, Soundwave transforms into a simplified version of his satellite altmode. The satellite head is completely covered in blue, however. Amusingly enough, his chest is sculpted in his Deluxe toy's flipped-up 'mode' (with the three circles showing) but is painted in the colors of the Deluxe's flipped-down form (shown on the Deluxe toy's packaging).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/LegSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Legends Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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*'''Infiltrator Soundwave''' (EZ Collection, 2010)
[[File:EZCollectionInfiltratorSoundwave.jpg|thumb|Satellite of Love]]

: In Japan, Legends class Soundwave was [[redeco]]ed as Infiltrator Soundwave (インフィルトレイターサウンドウェーブ) to match the colors of Deluxe Infiltration Soundwave (see below). He was part of the Japanese ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' promotion, and was only available to those who bought the Voyager "[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] VS [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]" set at Amazon.jp and Yamada Denki stores.

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[File:Soundwaverotfpreviewtoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|War fork!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-04'''
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys|Ravage]] missile

:Part of the initial Movie Preview wave, Soundwave is a [[Triple Changer]], transforming into a satellite and a Cybertron jet, which are not exactly what could be described as "distinct" from one another. In all three modes, Soundwave features a spring-loaded missile launcher which fires a missile intended to resemble Ravage, in reference to the scene in the film in which he launches the feline fiend down to Earth. In his (rather stocky) robot mode, Soundwave has blue light piping in his visor, but it is disabled, having been painted over in red; his other modes feature a second, armored version of his face, which is stored on the back of his robot mode. Probably to avoid giving the toy a very obviously two-headed robot mode, the alternate face lacks any paint details, and has an unpainted blue visor. Soundwave features numerous red and gold [[Paint operation|paint application]]s which are ''very'' cleverly and subtly positioned around his body to replicate similarly-colored and -positioned details on the [[Soundwave (G1)|original Soundwave toy]].

:The configuration for the satellite mode depicted in the toy's instructions is not the way Soundwave appears in the film, featuring a different angling for the panels on his shoulders. It's not a big change, but transforming the toy in accordance with his movie appearance ''does'' help to distinguish the jet from the satellite a little, since otherwise, virtually the only difference is in the positioning of the large panel "wings".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Soundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:ROTFtoy-GatheringattheNemesis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You can get him in blue, but you gotta get those other guys, too!]]
*'''Gathering at Nemesis''' (Figure multi-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#GatheringNemesis|Ravage]] missile

: A [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] three pack (technically four pack if you want to count the Ravage missile), also featuring [[The Fallen#GatheringNemesis|The Fallen]], and a [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#GatheringNemesis|silver Voyager Class Megatron]] from the first movie toyline. Soundwave was [[redeco]]ed predominantly in blue as an homage to the [[Soundwave (G1)|original Soundwave]]. The Fallen was unchanged from his original release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TRUSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Gathering at Nemesis Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:CharaHobbyROTFSoundwaveBlack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| So...waiting for any ROTF Soundblaster jokes...]]
*'''Soundwave Black Version''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#BlackVersion|Ravage]] missile

:Exclusive to the 2009 "C3 X Hobby Chara Hobby" show that ran across [[August 29]]-[[August 30|30]] in Japan, Soundwave Black Version is a redeco of the deluxe ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Soundwave toy in black and red with orange highlights. Following the convention, remaining quantities of the figure were made available to purchase via lottery through the [[e-HOBBY]] website.

::*''[http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/cgi-bin/omc?port=33301&req=PRODUCT&code=tf_ev_07 Soundwave Black Version at e-Hobby]''

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[[File:ROTFtoy-SoundwaveNESTAlliance.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Look out for Escalation Soundwave, Devastation Soundwave, and Soundwave Loves Drift-Chan.]]
*'''Battlefield Bumblebee Vs. Infiltration Soundwave''' (Deluxe 2-pack, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#Infiltration|Ravage]] missile

:Part of the [[N.E.S.T. Global Alliance]] campaign, Infiltration Soundwave is another redeco of the Deluxe Class Soundwave mold, this time in dark blue and dark gray, plus bright red that simulates the intense heat of orbital reentry. He also comes with new light-piping that ''isn't'' painted over. He comes with Battlefield Bumblebee, a retooling of Cannon Bumblebee with a new battlemask head. Also included in the packaging is a "Mission Guide" catalog and ordering form for the mail-in exclusive Recon Ravage, a "starter sticker" for said ordering form, and a N.E.S.T. Global Alliance iron-on patch. Two additional stickers from specially-marked N.E.S.T. Global Alliance products and $4.95 shipping are required for the promotion. Sadly, this promotion does not exist in Europe or Australia, but Recon Ravage was made available in the latter country as a Toys R Us exclusive. Surprisingly, the package does not recognize his Cybertron jet mode, instead only acknowledging his satellite mode. His instructions ''do'' still mention his jet mode, though.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/InfiltrationSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Infiltration Soundwave at TFU.info]''
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===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
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[[File:DOTMCyberverseBumblebeeVsSoundwaveWRod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Nope, definitely not a car in the third film. Nooooo way.]]
*'''Bumblebee / Soundwave''' with '''Rodimus''' (Cyberverse 3-pack, 2011)

: Part of a [[Walmart]] exclusive pack alongside [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Bumblebee]] and [[Rodimus (DOTM)|Rodimus]], Soundwave is a redeco of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class Soundwave, with a new deco inspired by the [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive ''Gathering at Nemesis'' gift set (see above), which in turn was heavily influenced by [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. The toy is mostly blue and gray, with some gold, red, and silver paint details here and there.

: This three-pack was also available as an Asda exclusive in the United Kingdom and from Rossmann stores in Germany and Auchan stores in Hungary and Italy. Of note is that the [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] does ''not'' market Rodimus as a "bonus figure" (presumably so stores can charge full price for three toys), and his window lacks the yellow edges highlighting him as a special feature, despite still being separated from Bumblebee and Soundwave, who share a common window like in the US version. Despite this, Rodimus still doesn't get a mention on the back of the packaging, which only features a one-sentence "bio" about Bumblebee planning to bring down Soundwave in twelve different languages.

: All versions of the packaging also lack any logos that label the toys as [[Cyberverse]] products.

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[[File:DOTMLegionSoundwave.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|Inside is a teeny Carly being menaced by tentacles.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Cyberverse, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''016'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV26'''
: An all new mold, Cyberverse Soundwave transforms into a fully-[[Licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]] [[Mercedes-Benz]] SLS AMG. He has Sonic Cannons sculpted on his arms and his right hand allows him to grip Cyberverse accessories. There are also two [[variant]]s of this sculpt: The later version features sculpted "grill" details on the front, sides, and hood of the vehicle, whereas the initial production run had left those areas smooth.
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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[File:DOTMtoy deluxe soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Remember, if a stranger asks you to go into his car, he's probably driving a giant evil robot with a satellite fetish.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (MechTech Deluxe, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD13'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Sonic Cannon/Interceptor Dish

:Part of the sixth wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Deluxe-Class [[MechTech]] figures, Soundwave transforms from an officially licensed Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG into a robot. In vehicle mode, he has two MechTech ports on the roof. His large "Sonic Cannon" can transform into an equally large "Interceptor Dish". In robot mode, Soundwave has MechTech ports in each hand and one on each shoulder, and he also has [[C joint]] bars on each leg. He features [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake kibble]] as well, with his vehicle mode front grille being switched out and tucked away for a warped robot mode grille-chest.

:The sixth wave of Dark of the Moon Deluxe Class figures was released in Japan on December 21, whilst the US release, along with that of Human Alliance Soundwave, was ultimately cancelled.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=23986]</ref> At [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2012, Hasbro stated that they were trying to find ways to get the figures out to American retailers; this ultimately never came to pass.
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====Human Alliance====
[[File:DOTMtoy HA soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|All these features, and yet no tentacles?! You robbed us, Hasbro!]]
*'''Soundwave / Mr. Gould''' with '''Laserbeak''' (Human Alliance, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD09'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:A new [[Human Alliance]] mold of Soundwave in his SLS AMG mode. He has "'''SUPERIOR'''" [[tampograph]]ed on his [[license plate]] and comes with [[Laserbeak (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Laserbeak]] and [[Dylan Gould]].

:As is usual for any Human Alliance figure, Gould (or any other "driver" figure) can can sit on Soundwave's seats in vehicle mode or stand on his hands in robot mode.

:Laserbeak can also transform into a spring-loaded missile-firing cannon for Gould to man, and the cannon itself can [[5mm post|be pegged]] into any of Soundwave's six MechTech ports: two ports on his shoulders (his right shoulder is the nominal choice, as per the [[instructions]]), a port on top of each of his upper arms, and (rather awkwardly) a port on the sonic cannons on each of his lower arms. In bird mode, Laserbeak can also perch on either of the (flipped out) seats on Soundwave's lower arms via a molded-in [[C joint]] bar on the seats themselves and the bar clips on Laserbeak's heels.

:The pair of sonic cannons on the top of his left lower arm is also a panel that can be flipped open (up to 90 degrees), but since this is undocumented in the instructions, is only usable in robot mode, and doesn't appear to have anything inside it, its purpose remains unknown.

:Finally, as with all large Human Alliance toys, he has a [[gimmick]] concerning his head. It is essentially the same gimmick as [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Human Alliance|Barricade]]'s: his jointed head allows him to open and close his mouth.

:Due to his transformation, he ends up being much smaller than most Human Alliance toys despite being the largest in the film out of the others. He trades his more accurate bulkiness for incredible shortness, being dwafed by almost all HA toys that transform into sports cars.

:As with many late-wave DOTM products, this toy had no US.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/HASoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Human Alliance Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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===Movie Trilogy Series===
====Deluxe Class toys====
[[File:MovieTrilogySoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Death Cab for Carly.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (MechTech Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' ?
: Movie Trilogy Soundwave is a redeco of ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Soundwave, done up in [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#SoundblasterG1|Soundblaster-y]] colors. Like the rest of the Movie Trilogy Series, its release was cancelled. However...

{{canceledtoy}}
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===Cyberverse===
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[[File:2012CyberverseSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Soundblaster? What toyline is this from? WHAT IS THIS?]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
:*''Series:'' '''2/008'''
:*''Accessories:'' Hacking tool

:[[Cyberverse#Series 2|Cyberverse Series 2]] Soundwave is a dark blue and silver redeco/retool of his [[#CyberverseLegion|Legion Class toy]], retooling his other hand to be able to hold Cyberverse weapons. He comes with the same weapon/tool accessory as the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' Cyberverse Legion Class [[Vehicon (Prime)#Cyberverse|Vehicon]] (later also used by [[Flamewar (Prime)#Cyberverse|Decepticon Flamewar]], in an ever-so-slightly different color). In a bizarre instance of a [[quality control]] error, the figure's [[packaging]] has its [[bio]] printed in white instead of black ink, making it impossible to read on the white background of the card.

:The United States market release of Soundwave used the template for the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]''-based Series 2 Cyberverse Legion Class packaging style but lacked the "Prime" moniker. The [[Multilingual packaging|multilingual]] European market packaging, meanwhile, retained the ''Prime'' title.

===Movie Advanced Series===
[[File:Takara-movie-advanced-darkside-soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Palpatine's limousine. (Movie Advanced version pictured)]]
*'''Darkside Soundwave''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD17'''
**''Accessories:'' None
: ...Movie Trilogy Soundwave was renamed '''Darkside Soundwave''', and was finally released in June 2014 in Japan as part of the ''[[Movie Advanced Series]]''! Like its predecessor, Darkside Soundwave transforms from a fully licensed Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG into a robot. In vehicle mode, he has two MechTech ports on the roof. In robot mode, he has MechTech ports in each hand and one on each shoulder, and he also has C joint bars on each leg. He features fake kibble as well, with his vehicle mode front grille being switched out and tucked away for a warped robot mode grille-chest. Unlike its predecessor, the large "Sonic Cannon" that was included in the initial release was absent from this release, and Darkside Soundwave actually does not contain any accessories at all. Bummer.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/MASoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Darkside Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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==Merchandise==
===Burger King===
[[File:ROTFMerchandise-BurgerKingSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I spy with my little eye.....impending tentacle attack.]]
*'''Seeking Soundwave''' (2009)
**'''Accessories:''' 2 blue solar panels
:The [[Burger King]] version of Soundwave is a representation of the communications satellite which Soundwave hacked into in the movie. The dishes have tendril details added to them. Peering into an opening in the top gives a sort of periscope effect, although as there is only one mirror, everything looks backwards.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/BKSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Seeking Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:DOTMMerchandise-BurgerKingSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|After Soundwave had accumulated all the knowledge and information he desired, his head swelled with pride.]]
*'''Flip-Out Soundwave''' (2011)
:A plastic Soundwave head which opens to allow a small body to flip-out, resulting in a "[[Super deformed|super-deformed]]" figure which is otherwise reasonably accurate to his on-screen appearance. Circles on his front and back are daubed with glow-in-the-dark paint.

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===RPMs - Robot Powered Machines===
[[File:RPM Soundwave toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|See? You ''have'' your damn ''Prime'' toys, now shut up!!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2010)
**''Series:'' '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number:'' '''04 of 08''' (only seven released)

:''[[Robot Powered Machines]]'' Soundwave is a small, non-transforming pseudo-Scion XB with his robot mode sculpted underneath. Said robot mode resembles [[Soundwave (WFC)|another Soundwave]] for some reason. The car's wheels feature through-axle construction for speedy racing on flat surfaces. Unlike other RPMs, Soundwave, along with the rest of the Metal Heroes, is made of [[die-cast]] metal.

:RPM Soundwave is probably the most homage-heavy Transformer ever produced: he has [[Soundwave (Animated)|''Animated'' Soundwave]]'s alt mode and a mix between his regular and Electrostatic incarnations "tattoos", [[Soundwave (WFC)|''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave]]'s robot mode (which in turn was heavily based on [[Soundwave (G1)|G1 Soundwave]]) and despite this, the bio and toyline clearly identify him as ROTF Soundwave. You can try and add [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Cybertron Soundwave]] to the list if you want, but that would be overkill.

:This toy's American release and the rest of the Metal Heroes were canceled in favor of the [[Speed Stars]] versions of the toys. They have been released in the Philippines, New Zealand and Mexico (at a discounted price compared to past RPM releases), however. Both versions were eventually available at retail in those countries.

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===Speed Stars===
[[File:SpeedStars Soundwave toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Three continuities for the price of one!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2010)
**''Series:'' '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number:'' '''04 of 08'''

:[[Speed Stars]] Soundwave is a [[redeco]] of the RPM vehicle, featuring many differences in comparison to the Robot Powered Machines release. Namely, the Speed Stars version lacks paint in the doors and tail lights, as well as the chest, arms, legs and face of the "robot" mode. The plastic at the bottom of the car is cast in gold instead of bronze. This version also lacks the "Soundwave-Audio" written on the inferior part of the doors. The red that borders the rims of his wheels is also not as bright or vibrant.

:This toy was given away free as part of a Daily Mirror promotion in the UK.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/SpeedStarsSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Speed Stars Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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====Stealth Force====
[[File:SpeedStars StealthForce Soundwave toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He's a sore loser when it comes to [[wikipedia:dB drag racing|decibel drag racing]].]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Basic, 2010)

:This Soundwave toy is part of the "[[Stealth Force]]" subline, consisting of vehicles without robot modes, but with plenty of flip-out panels with hidden weapons. Like the smaller Metal Heroes toy, Soundwave has ''Animated'' Soundwave's Scion XB altmode and features ''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave on his packaging. He features non-firing weapons hidden all throughout the toy, activated by pulling part of the roof back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/SFSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Stealth Force Soundwave at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
===Identity and alternate modes===
[[File:EarlyMovieBlackout.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|A Soundwave-headed Blackout from an animatic.]]
[[File:ROTFEarthSoundwaveConcept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Soundwave, before losing weight.]]
* Soundwave was originally supposed to feature in [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'']]; he fulfilled both [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]'s roles, hacking into the CIA headquarters as a portable stereo, then [[size changing|morphed]] into a Humvee to track down [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]].<ref>Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref> [[Michael Bay]]'s decision to minimalize the amount of morphing in the film resulted in a change to a helicopter who openly attacks the army. Soundwave and [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] were changed to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] as the film's location was changed from a jungle to a desert.<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=234188&postcount=2008 Roberto Orci post at the official movie boards]
</ref> Soundwave's name remained attached to the separated portable stereo character for a while, but Hasbro felt the resulting character did not properly represent the original Soundwave. He was first renamed Soundbite,<ref>[http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76662065 Abandoned Soundbite trademark application]</ref> but eventually ended up with the name Frenzy.
*According to the trade paperback, Soundwave was a major character in the third draft of ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]''.
* In early drafts of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Soundwave came to Earth and scanned a black Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck form. Artist [[Paul Ozzimo]] created a visualization of this idea, and Hasbro based the Cybertronian satellite form's robot mode on this abandoned concept, particularly a Cybertronian version of the Chevy grill and small headlights on the lower torso. They then combined Ozzimo's body design with an unused, heavily G1-esque head design that had been created by artist [[Josh Nizzi]] (although Soundwave's finalized head design was also incorporated into the toy's satellite mode, in a manner akin to [[kibble#Faux parts|faux parts]]).
* Early artwork for Soundwave for ''Dark of the Moon'' identified him as '''Breakdown''', but considering other names presented on other concept artwork, it was likely just a smokescreen to hide his true identity in case of a leak.<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
[[File:TF3HasbroSoundwaveBio.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|SPOILER ALERT]]
* Before the release of ''Dark of the Moon'', Michael Bay and other official parties tried ''really'' hard to suppress the plot twist of the silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG given to Carly by Dylan turning out to be Soundwave's new alternate mode. After the Mercedes had been spotted on the set, with [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]] exiting it,<ref name="mercedesset">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=67518 DOTM Set Photos], ComingSoon.net, July 2010.</ref> the first hint that it was more than meets the eye came with the trailer for the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|video game]], which showed Soundwave's robot mode with car [[kibble]] such as wheels that heavily resembled those of the Mercedes. In addition, [[Rising Storm issue 3|issue 3]] of ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]'' depicted Soundwave's robot mode not only with car kibble, but with a Mercedes star on his chest. Despite this, director Michael Bay insisted that the Mercedes was simply Carly's car, claiming that "Mercedes would never let us make their car into a bad Decepticon. Car company's {{sic}} really frown on that. I can't say what the game company and comics do that's their own thing. They don't have the same constraints movies do. It's Carly's car."<ref name="baynomerc">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?8724-Update-Is-Soundwave-the-silver-Mercedes-on-set-of-DOTM&p=169598&viewfull=1#post169598 Michael Bay's response to the fan theory that Soundwave is the Silver Mercedes.], April 2011.</ref> On April 19, 2011, an event for promoting the ''Spider-Man: Edge of Time'' and ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' video games was held in London. As part of this, [[High Moon Studios]] released promotional stills from the ''Dark of the Moon'' game, one of which depicted Soundwave's new robot mode, again with Mercedes parts. However, a news embargo was enforced on the attending press, which was broken by South African video game site [http://egamer.co.za egamer].<ref name="egamera">[http://egamer.co.za/2011/05/exclusive-hands-on-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ egamer's preview of the ''Dark of the Moon'' video game]</ref> The site was soon asked to take down the article and images, as were various ''Transformers'' fan sites that had reported on the article and mirrored the images. On May 2, 2011, Hasbro's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/ official Transformers website] was given a massive overhaul, including the addition of the new [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm Vector Sigma database]. The entry for Soundwave initially identified his alternate mode as a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, but was soon changed to "satellite". On May 3, 2011, the embargo for the video game article and promotional stills was finally lifted, allowing sites to freely show the image of Soundwave's new robot mode. Whether Mercedes approved of Soundwave's Earth mode or not remains to be seen.
*The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG car prop sported a German/European Union [[license plate]], "'''M JS8509'''", registered in the city of Munich, on the Chicago set for ''Dark of the Moon''.<ref name="chicago">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/aperturesun/archives/date-taken/2010/07/17/ Dark of the Moon Chicago set] at Flickr.</ref> (The design of the plate is slightly inaccurate, as there should be a space between "JS" and "8509" if it were a real German plate. Also, a German car would have a license plate on the front as well.)
*Oddly, despite having a slightly smaller vehicle mode than Bumblebee, [[Size changing|he is much taller]]. Being 22 feet while Bumblebee is just 16 feet. He also towers Ratchet by 2 feet (Ratchet is 20 feet) despite Ratchet being a Hummer which is clearly much larger than an SLS AMG.

===Voice===
*Even though [[Frank Welker]] returned to voice Soundwave for the movie, his voice was not vocoded, but rather synthesized in the same way all the other Transformer voices in the movie were. Because of this, the voice he uses is much closer to that of "The Cave of Wonders" from Walt Disney's ''Aladdin'' or Dr. Claw from ''Inspector Gadget'' (both voiced by Welker). However, in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game, Soundwave's voice ([[Peter Jessop]]) is vocoded in a manner similar to that of ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]'s first voice, only with a more musical tone.
*[[Frank Welker]] voiced Soundwave not only in the English version of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', but also in a large number of foreign dubs. Welker described the process as "very hard".<ref name="welkernewsarama">[http://www.newsarama.com/tv/090915-Animated-Shorts-Welker.html Newsarama interview with Frank Welker], September 2009.</ref> Although his performance was retained for the French and Italian dubs, in other versions his lines were redone by native-speaking actors before the film's release. Welker still retained credit in those foreign versions, leading to confusion:
**German dubbing insiders insist that the voice heard in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' is that of [[Horst Lampe]].<ref name="germandub">[http://215072.homepagemodules.de/t511643f11775323-Transformers-Die-Rache-Transformers-Revenge-of-the-Fallen-7.html German dubbing board thread about ROTF, with a discussion about Soundwave's voice]</ref> Lampe was properly credited as the voice of Soundwave in ''Dark of the Moon'', further leading viewers to accept that he also played Soundwave in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
**The credits for the American-Spanish dub do not specify Welker's role, but Soundwave's voice as heard in the film does not seem to be Welker's. Soundwave is credited in ''Dark of the Moon'' as being played by [[Leonardo García]], who is generally accepted as having played him in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
*When [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]] is about to be executed, it is clearly Barricade forcing him to move, but an editing error has Barricade speaking in Soundwave's voice.

===Video games===
* Soundwave was included as a downloadable addition to the roster of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 video game, along with several [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] homages and fellow movie character [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]. Soundwave's special abilities deploy an aerial jammer pod that looks suspiciously like [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and an AOE pod that continuously smashes the ground with piledrivers; undoubtedly a nod to Generation 1 [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s minion [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. According to concept artist [[Ken Christiansen]], his appearance was based more closely on the Deluxe class toy than his movie design.
*In the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]], Soundwave turns into an SUV similar to a Mercedes GLK 350, but in robot mode, his design is the same one used for the movie. In particular, the back of his legs still sports kibble reminiscent of a Mercedes SLS AMG trunk, complete with the words "SLS" and "AMG" written on it.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Soundwave''' (サウンドウェーブ ''Saundowēbu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Fülelő''' ("Listener")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shēng-pō''' (Taiwan, 聲波, "Soundwave"), '''Shēngbō''' (China, 声波, "Soundwave")

==References==
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Soundwave (ROTF)

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Tekcorps: /* Human Alliance */

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

[[File:Rotf soundwave satellite mode.jpg|thumb|375px|Earth beeelooowww us, drifting, falling...]]

'''Soundwave''', the Decepticon communications officer and one of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s staunchest supporters, doesn't just master the frequencies that carry information across our planet, he revels in them. Stationed high in the upper atmosphere and capable of processing millions of data streams at once, he is fully capable of taking over communications on a planetary scale. Whether he uses this to direct civilization or destroy it remains to be seen.

Soundwave has two extremely powerful weapons: his spread of [[sonic cannon]]s... and Megatron. If any Decepticon crosses him, he does not hesitate to send a full record of said Decepticon's failures to Megatron, almost certainly ensuring an untimely demise. His lofty position has made [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] suspicious, so Soundwave has his minion [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] keep an eye on the [[Air Commander]] if he gets out of hand. Soundwave is also nearly defenseless in space, as his devastating sonic cannons only work within the atmosphere.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Hasbro Soundwave Battle Bio]</ref>

{{bigquote|Nothing moves on the orb below without '''my''' being aware of it. I see and hear everything, be it out in the open or behind closed doors. My reach is invisible, intangible. My grip...cast-iron.|Soundwave is watching you...|[[Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1]]}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English, French, Italian), [[Daisuke Gōri]] (Japanese)|[[Horst Lampe]] (German, ''uncredited''), [[Leonardo García]] (American Spanish, ''uncredited'')}}

[[File:ROTF-Soundwaveface.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Next time, Gadget. Next time.]]
Soundwave received a transmission from [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]], who was tailing [[Mikaela Banes]], and instructed him to obtain a surviving shard of the [[AllSpark]] in her possession. He found a satellite transmitting a conversation between [[NEST]] and the [[United States military]]. Tapping into it with his tentacles to listen, Soundwave overheard [[Theodore Galloway]] mention another shard of the AllSpark in storage at [[Diego Garcia]], and of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s burial in the [[Laurentian Abyss]].

[[File:ROTF Soundwave ejects Ravage.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|M.A.D. Cat, eject!]]

Formulating a plan, Soundwave waited until it would be nightfall on Diego Garcia, then ejected [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] (who was equipped with [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] and the [[Microcon (ROTF)|microcons]] that form [[Reedman]]) to Diego Garcia to steal the shard. Once they had stolen the shard, they reunited with some [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] and managed to resurrect their leader.

Soundwave remained in space, tapping into the satellite he had found. When Megatron decided to reveal the Transformers presence on Earth after killing [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Soundwave issued the mobilization order to the waiting troops on the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]''. As the Decepticons streaked toward Earth, Soundwave tracked down [[Ron Witwicky|Ron]] and [[Judy Witwicky]] in [[France|Paris]]. He called Judy on her cellphone, demanding to know where Sam was, which the human dismissed as a crank call by a pervert. This allowed the Decepticons to track them down and capture them to use as bait for Sam.

[[File:SoundwaveSatellite.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Yes, yes, you fans all thought about ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' when you saw me do this.]]

When the CIA discovered that Sam was in [[Egypt]], Soundwave relayed the information to the Decepticons. During [[Operation: Firestorm]], Soundwave blocked the satellites covering the Egyptian area, making things appear normal. General [[Morshower]] was unconvinced though and got other local informants to know what was happening at the [[pyramid]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Soundwave’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels “[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]],” and “[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]],” the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]],” and the storybooks “[[The Last Prime]]," “[[Rise of the Decepticons]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]." In the comic, Megatron rendezvoused with Soundwave after killing Optimus, making the demand for Sam Witwicky himself, which Soundwave broadcast through the satellite he clutched.}}
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====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Jirō Saitō]] (Japanese)|[[Leonardo García]] (American Spanish), [[Mario Bombardieri]] (Italian), [[Horst Lampe]] (German)}}

[[File:DOTM-LaserbeakSoundwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Carly will wonder why her car has claw marks all over the door.]]
During the 1970s, Soundwave had tried to hide the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'s presence on the [[moon (moon)|moon]] by gaining human contacts in the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[Soviet Union]], whose creative accounting would render further trips to the moon financially unfeasible. One of these was [[Dylan Gould|Dylan Gould's]] father, while Dylan himself would later accept Soundwave as a ''client''. But with the failure of the schemes of The Fallen and Megatron, the Decepticons now planned to alert [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] to the ship's existence so he could revive [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] for them.

[[File:DOTM-Soundwavecar.jpg|thumb|225px|Unknown to Speed, Racer X is secretly his older brother, Soundwave, who ran away from home years ago!]]
Soundwave went undercover on Earth as a [[Mercedes-Benz]] SLS AMG. He and his winged minion [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] visited the incapicitated Megatron in [[Africa]], and informed the ex-tyrant that Optimus had discovered an Ark fuel cell at the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]], and had recovered the body of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] and five of his Space Bridge [[pillar]]s. Megatron decided it was time to eliminate loose ends in their plan, so Soundwave sent Laserbeak to further draw out the Autobots by killing many of their human contacts, including [[Jerry Wang]].

[[File:Soundwavecapturescarly.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Stupid dog! You made me look bad! ''*whrr-tschzz-tschzz-tschzz-chk*'' Oooga-booga-booga!]]
Meanwhile, the disguised Soundwave was "given" by their human ally Dylan, the one human they did not kill, as a gift to [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]]'s new girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]]. He was used as a car to transport Carly to Dylan's party. During the party, Sam and Carly tried to leave, only for Soundwave and Laserbeak to reveal themselves, and the sonic warrior took Carly hostage. Gould explained his relationship with the two Decepticons while Soundwave used his tentacles to threaten Carly, and the pair forced Sam into finding out the Autobot's plan for a counter-attack.

[[File:DOTM-Soundwaveexecute.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Look, I'm kind of busy. Hey [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], want to do some of my lines for me?]]
During the Decepticon occupation of [[Chicago]], Soundwave took several Autobots prisoner until Gould stated that things had gotten personal and the Autobots needed a lesson of respect, and Soundwave happily concurred: "No prisoners, only trophies". He and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] began by executing [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]]. He then selected [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] to be his victim and dragged him forward, pushing him onto the body of his fallen comrade. He then told the Autobot to turn around as was about to execute him, but he was distracted by [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]]'s sabotage of a Decepticon aircraft carrier, raining [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighters]] onto the battlefield. The Autobot scout took advantage of this small slip of opportunity and punched Soundwave as they battled through the chaos, causing him to drop one of his guns. Evading Soundwave's [[sonic cannon]] blasts, Bumblebee eventually blasted part of Soundwave's leg, causing him to drop his remaining gun, and he lunged at the Autobot. Bumblebee then delivered the final blow by throwing an uppercut to Soundwave's torso and shooting upwards, disintegrating the Decepticon's head and killing him. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Soundwave’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]” and “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]],” the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]],” and the storybooks "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]."}}

===IDW movie comics===
Thousands of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Soundwave stood by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s side on Unification Day, when a new era of Cybertronian government was ushered in that saw the planet ruled by two bodies—Megatron's [[Defense Force]], of which Soundwave became a part, and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]]'s [[Science Division]]. Megatron's lust for power soon led him to claim dominion over Optimus, however, and Soundwave was silently present when Megatron summoned Optimus and made this declaration. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[File:Defiance4Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|100px|No full body shot in the movie or comics.]]

Some time later, Megatron came under the influence of [[The Fallen]], who sought to be freed from the [[sarcophagus]] that was his trans-dimensional prison. To this end, Soundwave was assigned captaincy of the newly built spacecraft ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', which would take the sarcophagus across the galaxy to find the world on which The Fallen had built a [[Star Harvester]] millennia beforehand. Soundwave and his crew left Cybertron with The Fallen's sarcophagus just before the outbreak of war. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}{{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

After thousands of years of searching the stars, Soundwave's ''Nemesis'' detected the faint energy signature of the [[AllSpark]], which had been jettisoned from Cybertron in their absence. Unfortunately for them, so did [[Ark (DOTM)|the Ark]], an Autobot spacecraft that had also left Cybertron after the ''Nemesis'' and which was teleporting around space and time via a [[space bridge]]. The Ark materialized partially within the ''Nemesis'', the intersection of their molecules crippled both ships. While the Ark teleported away, leaving a temporary space bridge portal lingering in its wake, the Decepticons managed to set the ''Nemesis'' down on a barren moon. For the first time, The Fallen, recognizing the space bridge as the technology of [[Dynasty of Primes|his people]], spoke directly into Soundwave's mind, directing him to take the Decepticons aboard the smaller ship ''[[Longshot (DOTM)|Longshot]]'' and follow the Ark through the portal. Complying, Soundwave's crew found themselves hurled into the future, appearing in the vicinity of Earth in the year [[1961]] alongside the Ark. The Autobot craft proceeded to crash on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]], and Soundwave quickly determined to keep [[human]]kind from plundering the treasures it contained: mysterious [[pillar]]s that he had his crew set about removing from the ship and stockpiling. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}}

Unfortunately for Soundwave, humanity detected the crash of the Ark upon the Moon, and a "space race" began between the [[United States of America]] and the [[Soviet Union]] to be the first to reach the Moon. The Soviets were first to send probes that photographed the moon's surface: in [[1963]], their [[Luna 4]] captured an image of the pillars as they were being moved. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Realizing the necessity of infiltrating the ranks of humanity in order to control the flow of data, Soundwave had the [[Alice|Pretender]] kill and replace Spetsnaz agent [[Alisa Morozov]] in [[1964]]; then, in [[1965]], as the Soviets' [[Luna 6]] was in flight, he sent her to [[Soviet Research Station Oktober]] to massacre the scientists awaiting data the probe would send back. Convinced by the Pretender that Humanity could be subverted towards their ends, Soundwave struck a deal with the sole surviving scientist, [[Voskhod]], to curtail further Soviet moon missions. In the process, the Pretender also learned that both America and Russia allegedly had a Cybertronian in their individual custodies, but Soundwave dismissed them as rumors, preferring to focus on the trail of the AllSpark and the Star Harvester. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 2}}

[[File:RisingStorm2 soundwave voskhod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Soundwave is the master at the beautiful art of photo-bombing.]]

Realizing that a captive American secret agent, [[Bill Simmons]] had escaped from Research Station Oktober during the Pretender's attack, Soundwave spent two months scanning information lines in search of him, eventually discovering him when he returned to North America and made contact with his superiors. Although the Pretender failed to finish him off, Soundwave had at last learned of Simmons's well-hidden organization: [[Sector Seven]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 3}} In [[1969]], he monitored the launch of their [[Ghost 1]] craft, believing it to be of greater importance than the [[Apollo 11]] moon mission, but his guess proved incorrect: Thanks to Soundwave's being distracted, astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] were able to carry out the first brief excavation of the Ark. Incensed by his failure, Soundwave grew even more determined to find a mole within the American space program, and he set [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to find prospective candidates. He found a [[NASA]] accountant named Gould and tapped the stock market to provide enough financial persuasion for the human to manipulate the NASA budget to halt moon missions from [[1972]] onwards. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

Soundwave spent the rest of the 1970s recruiting more human pawns to prevent the Ark from being rediscovered. Eventually, in [[1979]], deciding that everything was secure, he and his crew departed Earth on the ''Longshot'' to reconvene with The Fallen back aboard the ''Nemesis'', but with no space bridge portal to teleport them, the voyage took something in the vicinity of fourteen years. A brief talk with The Fallen yielded information: in Soundwave's absence, Megatron had visited the ''Nemesis'', on the trail of the AllSpark. Soundwave realized that his leader must have been one of the Cybertronians in captivity on Earth, and immediately departed to return to the planet, putting most of his crew in statis. Before leaving, he presented The Fallen with one of the pillars from the Ark; after he left, The Fallen used it to finally free himself from his sarcophagus. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

[[File:SoundwaveAllianceIssue2.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Alas, poor Dreadwing. I knew him, Ravage.]]

During Soundwave's return voyage to Earth, Decepticon forces under the command of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] had arrived on the planet and freed Megatron, only for both the Decepticon leader and the AllSpark to be destroyed in battle in [[Mission City]]. Soundwave returned one month after his leader's death, but detoured briefly to investigate a space-time anomaly on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. There, he discovered a jury-rigged space bridge created from one of the Ark's pillars (created by [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]), the remains of [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing's]], an imprint of [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy's]] body, {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} and a message from Starscream that informed him of the recent events on Earth. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Soundwave immediately made contact with Starscream, who had just finished battling [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]], and ordered him back to the ''Longshot'' to awaken the rest of his crew from stasis. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}{{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Dispatching what few crew members were currently active to begin searching the planet for the Star Harvester, Soundwave assumed the form of a satellite and took up orbit around Earth. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

As the search continued, Soundwave re-established contact with his many human pawns, including Gould's son [[Dylan Gould|Dylan]], who had inherited his father's role as Decepticon liaison. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

Months after the battle in Egypt, Soundwave detected [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] was alive and active, and was furious someone else was ordering his pet around. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 5|Tales of the Fallen #5}} Monitoring Earth, he observed [[Alice]]'s attempt at flight and subsequent termination by [[NEST]]. [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], who he'd dispatched to [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]] to investigate Ravage's status, reported back that there were non-NEST humans poking around there, so Soundwave sent in [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]], [[Rumble (ROTF)|Rumble]] and [[Beastbox (ROTF)|Beastbox]] to attack. Surprisingly [[Initiative|the humans]] were a match for the Decepticons, and Soundwave moved in to take direct action, however at that point the Autobots arrived. Soundwave destroyed [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]], but when the human forces pulled out, so too did Soundwave. To his surprise, he found he wasn't able to track where the departing humans had gone. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}}

[[File:Nefarious3 Soundwave bondage.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
Ravage was reactivated by Buzzsaw, allowing Soundwave to access his memories. Acting on one memory, he sent Buzzsaw to help [[Strike Team Ursa]] while he rendezvoused with Ravage for an examination. When Strike Team Ursa triggered defenses, Soundwave warned them to withdraw. They did, but ran into [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], and Soundwave was forced to come to their aid. Unfortunately, Optimus Prime was also on the way, and Soundwave was no match for the Autobot leader. He tried to suggest it would be advantageous for them to let him go, but Optimus took him into custody. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}} Soundwave was secured and put on a plane bound for [[Odessa]], [[Texas]], however the plane was shot down by Buzzsaw, and then [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s team had [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]] and Soundwave's minions to contend with as well. Soundwave tried to get Ravage to free him, but the cat's free will was overridden by an external force. In the end, Soundwave was too much trouble and Bumblebee let the Decepticons have him back. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}}

Soundwave tracked Ravage back to the [[Initiative base]] in [[California]]. After sending the other Decepticons in first to test the base's defenses, he moved in himself, only to find that the foe he faced had an army of brainwashed Transformers. He somehow escaped them and proceeded to the NEST base in Odessa. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} He led the Autobots to the base's location, though he "neglected" to tell them about the brainwashed Transformers, but the base was gone, leading to the conclusion it was somehow mobile. Tapping into traffic cameras, he traced the base to [[Oregon]]. When they got there and began the assault, Soundwave was snootily dismissive of the Autobots' combat banter. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} While the Initiative was distracted, Soundwave was able to reactivate Ravage and send [[Reedman]] to attack Initiative head [[Carter Newell]]. When Newell tried to flee with the AllSpark, Soundwave ordered Buzzsaw to assist Optimus Prime in pursuing him. It was only after everything was over that NEST discovered that the Initiative databanks had been mysteriously picked clean... {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

Adopting a new body, Soundwave then took up residence at Megatron's base in [[Namibia]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} When [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] discovered [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]'s [[Driller]] in the [[Adirondack Mountains]], Soundwave was present to jam their communications and then send his minions to attack them. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} With Elita-One leaving to warn the Autobots about Shockwave in person, the other two were surrounded by Soundwave and his animals. They chose to sacrifice themselves using a powerful bomb, though Soundwave managed to escape the explosion and return to Namibia. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

===Titan Magazines comics===
Soundwave appeared unknown to the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}} He commanded a small Decepticon cell, based out of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]' moon [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]]. While nominally under the command of [[The Fallen]], The Fallen was merely in ''contact'' with the Decepticons and currently incapacitated. This left Soundwave free to do his ''own'' thing... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

[[File:Titan4 Soundwaveinterrogate.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only... Oops, wrong movie.]]

One of his goals was to find the location of the [[Tomb of the Primes]]. The aging [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] knew it but would only tell it to The Fallen. ''Strangely'' unwilling to put The Fallen and Ransack in touch and ''oddly'' preferring to personally know the location of [[Matrix of Leadership|the key to a monstrous superweapon]] himself {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}, Soundwave turned to the dormant Seekers instead. He directed [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to [[Las Vegas]] to carve up one such Seeker for its "memory tree". He refused to explain the reason ''why'' to Grindor. When [[NEST]] showed up, Soundwave appeared contemptuous of them and their [[Human|whole species]], noting Transformers owned this world ''long'' before mankind. To Grindor, he simply said to get the memory tree to him and not get captured. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

Later, [[Transformers Comic issue 2.2|on The Fallen's orders]], he directed [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to find [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], find out what they knew about The Fallen's plans and who they'd told it to, and then terminate them. When Ravage had cornered Mudflap, Soundwave talked through him and attempted to interrogate the Autobot; this failed, with Mudflap not even being bothered about who Soundwave was. While the hit was a bust, Soundwave ensured the base was bugged. As a result, he discovered [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] distrusted the twins.

[[File:Titan6 SoundwaveIAm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"[[Sanctuary|There you go]], fellas!"]]

This was something Soundwave found interesting {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}} and he hatched a plan to ensure the twins were believed to be traitors: which would ensure nobody would follow up on their intell! Somehow, he got [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] to [[Diego Garcia]] at the same time the twins were there. He then had [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] get captured, so that when he was taken to [[Diego Garcia]] Scorponok would free him. With the Decepticon attacking at the same time the twins were distracting Optimus and on top of previous acts, they seemed guilty and were taken into custody. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Soundwave sent [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] to blow up the soldiers escorting the twins to orbitary exile, and [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] parachuted in to convince them to defect. When [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] tracked down the twins—who had kidnapped [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]] in a failed attempt to convince him to speak to Optimus on their behalf - Soundwave finally landed on Earth and blasted the scout. Soundwave told the twins The Fallen would offer them sanctuary, something they seemed happy to accept... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}}

[[File:Titan7 Soundwave GO!.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]

Poor Soundwave soon had to put ''up'' with the twins, as they insisted on chatting through his briefings and dissing the other 'cons. He ''just'' about, through ominous glares, got them to pay attention to their mission: to capture Ransack and bring him in to be "re-educated". This, however, was all a big con on the twins: he just wanted them as expendable bait to draw out Ransack, so Grindor and Sideways could knock him out. Soundwave also spoke for the entire Decepticons when he said that if the twins survived any encounter, ''kill them anyway''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}

[[File:Titan8 Soundwave FWATT.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|KERPOW!]]

Once Ransack was in his hands, Soundwave beat the snot out of him and demanded the location to the Tomb of the Primes. The Seeker still refused to talk, and insulted Soundwave as being a mere cog who could barely understand the big picture. He almost killed Ransack for that, having to be held back by Starscream (don't want The Fallen ''knowing'' you've killed his Seeker!), but the elder continued to mock him for believing he had freedom of action just because The Fallen was absent.

When the twins, revealed to have been faking their defection, returned to beat the crap out of the Phobos base, an annoyed Soundwave ended their brief success with overwhelming violence. Unfortunately, before he could kill the Autobots, Ransack took the opportunity to leg it; desperate to stop The Fallen from being informed of what he'd been up to, Soundwave gave chase and the Phobos base was abandoned. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}} As he's still around later, it seems Soundwave made ''sure'' Ransack never made it to The Fallen...

Post-Fallen and instructed by Megatron to "hound" humans and "get up close and personal" in his attacks, Soundwave cut a swathe of destruction across the North Atlantic, destroying ships as he headed on a course towards Florida. Identifying his pattern, [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] staged an ambush, laying out a cargo ship for Soundwave to attack and then blindsiding him with a volley from a hidden warship. Badly damaged in the surprise assault, Soundwave was forced to retreat, venturing into the confines of...the [[Bermuda Triangle]]! (Dun dun dunnnn!)

[[File:Titan15 Soundwaveghostship.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Bustin' makes ghosts feel good!]]

Amidst the storm clouds, Soundwave discovered another ship that he decided to attack out of spite, but faltered when his databanks identified it as a [[United States Navy]] vessel that had been lost in [[1918]]. Caught off-guard by a volley of primitive weaponsfire (even for humans!) and damaged even further, Soundwave tried to limp away, only to cross paths with ''another'' mystery ship, this one allegedly from [[1941]]! Pelted from both sides and unable to get a handle on his situation, Soundwave fled high into the air, out of the ships' range...and right in the path of a squadron of [[World War II]] bombers! Rattled by their machine gun fire and unable to overcome their superior flying skills, Soundwave decided to break upwards...''all'' the way upwards. Whatever strange chronal chaos he had encountered in the depths of the Bermuda Triangle, Soundwave concluded that the solar radiation, meteor showers and space debris he would face on the ''[[Moon (moon)|Moon]]'' would be ''much'' safer! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}}

[[File:Titan3-3 soundwaveyoutwo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Look out! Soundwave is pretending to be the Fat Controller!]]

When the Autobots were about to discover an ''Ark'' fragment that could lead them to [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], Soundwave and Starscream sprang into action. From his position in high orbit, Soundwave hacked and took over NEST's defensive guns and left the [[Fiesole Cathedral]] wide open. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

Striking out on his own and using a brand new body, Soundwave scanned the Earth for a large seam of [[gold]] and, having discovered the legendary [[El Dorado]] in [[Colombia]], used the human [[Tanto Gang]] to help him dig it up. Once they found it, he began shooting at them: he wanted it for himself so he could flood the markets with gold and crash the economy! NEST attempted to stop him and he fought Optimus Prime directly, but in the end he was driven off when the Tanto Gang triggered a bomb for revenge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Blood And Gold}}

Soundwave then allowed NEST to find him, pretending to be injured from the battle... and then opened fire with full weaponry, injuring [[Robert Epps]] and nearly killing Bumblebee. When Optimus arrived, Soundwave was able to force him to agree to a fight without weapons (''Optimus''' weapons anyway) and attempted to blast him off the [[Spain|Sierra Nevada]] mountains. Unfortunately for him, he got too into it and his sonic blasts began to cause avalanches, while Optimus was able to locate a fissure in the rock and sneak up behind him. Surprised, he was shoved into the avalanche he'd start and almost killed.

Somehow, Soundwave had also gained the power to transform from alien satellite form into a robot form that looked like it turned into a car! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}
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====Letters pages====
[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was in talks with Soundwave to get him to join in the attack on Earth and be in [[Michael Bay]]'s next documentary. Soundwave is known for talking in several frequencies at once, apparently just to be annoying. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|#15's Star Screams}} Starscream doesn't trust Soundwave but notes his intelligence, and so views him as a worthy successor in the event of his death. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|#21's Star Screams}}

[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] considers Soundwave to be an untrustworthy jerk who ''never'' pulls his weight in a fight. Megatron, however, loves the guy. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|#7's Law and Disorder}}

===''Cyber Missions''===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English), [[Salvador Reyes]] (Latin American-Spanish)}}

[[File:CyberMission1-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Through the dark, to the light, it's a super sonic flight!
Gotta keep it goin'!]]

{{quote|No! Too many sonic booms! I can't absorb—!}}

When Soundwave and [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] descended on [[Diego Garcia]], they interrupted an Autobot mission briefing. While Ironhide headed outside to face Bludgeon, Bumblebee remained inside to guard the Autobots' precious [[datatrax|data tracks]] from Soundwave. Bumblebee fired shot after shot, but Soundwave was able to simply use his sonic powers to repel the attacks back towards Bumblebee. However, Bumblebee gambled that Soundwave would be unable to repel a great number of attacks simultaneously, and the Decepticon was overwhelmed by Bumblebee's automatic weaponry. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} Bumblebee confined Soundwave inside a vacuum-sealed electromagnetic bubble, where his sonic weaponry would be useless. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
[[File:Soundwavefires-SatelliteMeltdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
From Earth orbit, Soundwave witnessed Megatron being defeated by Optimus one too many times. Blaming the humans' involvement for the Decepticons' continued failures in defeating the Autobots, Soundwave decided to damage relations between the two species. Soundwave then dispatched [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] and [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], setting them loose upon a human city to wreck havoc. When human law enforcement contacted Optimus, Soundwave tampored with their communications in order to send the Autobots to another location, far away from his menagerie's own. Soundwave then broadcast a message to Earth's population, declaring that the Autobots had abandoned them. Soundwave's plan failed when Sam Witwicky managed to find Optimus and inform him of Soundwave's ruse. After taking care of Buzzsaw and Ratbat, Optimus met with the human military, and had them have the satellite to which Soundwave was attached to self-destruct. Soundwave was sent plummeting into outer-space, cursing the Autobots for foiling his plan. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|Unite for the Universe #2}}}}

===''Prepare for Battle''===
When [[Evac (Ride)|Evac]] came in contact with Earth, Soundwave intercepted his transmissions, then he reported his findings to [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Prepare for Battle (website)}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa]], Soundwave planted clues about the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s presence on Earth's moon for Sam Witwicky to find. Optimus Prime fell for the bait and took the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' to the Moon, where Megatron captured him with the aid of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Games==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Jessop]] (English)}}

=====Decepticon campaign=====
[[File:ROTF 360PS3PC DLC Soundwave.jpg|thumb|Ah, those cough drops are finally working!]]

Soundwave coordinated the Decepticons' movement on Earth, but never stooped so low as to join field operations - not even taking part in their regular dissing contests - er, group discussions following missions. He often provided "mission control" to the Decepticons in the field. However, when he did step down from on high to mingle with the commoners, he could easily hold his own in battle. Among Soundwave's arsenal was a little friend in the form of a turret which could literally stomp the yard - er, oh hell. Just read the next paragraph in italics.

{{Note|On [[August 27]], [[2009]], Soundwave was made available as a playable character (for multiplayer games) as optional downloadable content for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3 owners. However, instead of the silver colour scheme established on his regular release toys and movie appearance, the character model was coloured blue, like [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] Soundwave figure from the ''Gathering at Nemesis'' figure pack. His special attack in robot mode consisted of a deployable turret that generated earthquakes, a reference to [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who was one of Generation 1 Soundwave's tape minions. While using his special in vehicle mode deployed a radar jammer pod in the sky that also fired a laser at nearby enemies, a likely reference to Laserbeak, another of Generation 1 Soundwave's tape minions.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}
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====Wii/PS2====
Soundwave - surprise - coordinated the Decepticon movement on Earth from space, often guiding Decepticons in the field. Soundwave dispatched Reedman and Ravage to retrieve a fragment of the AllSpark from NEST, and directed the Decepticons to find Megatron's body in a NEST base in the middle of the Atlantic.

Busy guy, ain't he? {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Wii/PS2)}}

====PSP====
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{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PSP)}}

===Transformers Autobots/Decepticons===
Soundwave was the Decepticon movement's coordinator, loyally serving The Fallen and Megatron (the former likely because he was out to bring Megatron back), making no effort to hide his disdain for Starscream's gig as Decepticon leader. He regularly coordinated and provided intel for Decepticons in the field, and was more than happy to chew out the troops if they sucked at their job, and was pleased to have Megatron back.

However, this pleasure likely turned to boiling hatred when The Fallen promoted the new recruit to Decepticon leader and replaced Megatron, when the recruit killed Optimus Prime in Egypt at the Sun Harvester.
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game''===
{{voiceactor|[[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (English)}}

====(Xbox 360/PS3)====
[[File:DOTMgameSoundwave.jpg|thumb|What? I'm not a Mercedes Benz! Where would you get a silly idea like that, heh...]]
During Megatron's exile after the Egypt skirmish, Soundwave remained in orbit, monitoring Autobot transmissions and messages to send to his leader for information. Soon, Soundwave was ordered to disconnect from the satellite as Bumblebee had implanted a virus into his network which allowed the Autobots to follow Decepticon operations.

After landing on the planet and taking the form of an SUV, he was ordered to destroy a base that formerly served as a [[Sector Seven]] facility. Megatron required Soundwave to do so because it contained information on their ally contained in Russia. Soundwave completed this with the utmost efficiency, destroying every Autobot encountered and displaying great courage as he blasted Autobot scouts from the inside of a laser cage. After exploring the corridors of the base and having Laserbeak incapacitate anyone standing in his way, Soundwave destroyed the base and escaped the erupting base unscathed, as did his condor companion.

He later helped escort Megatron to [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave's]] location in a cryogenics facility in a Soviet country, and appeared in Africa with Megatron, Starscream and Shockwave as Megatron announced his plans were far from over. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon}}
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===Autobots/Decepticons===
[[File:DOTMDS Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] met with Soundwave to report that Megatron had ordered a two-pronged assault, with Starscream attacking a nearby [[NEST]] facility, and Soundwave was to create a diversion. Soundwave was skeptical that Megatron had actually ordered anything of the sort, and promised to double-check with his leader later. After causing a sizable diversion by knocking down a bunch of buildings, Soundwave went off and infiltrated another base. While hunting for the NEST computer, he was contacted by Starscream whose loud demands that Soundwave maintain stealth were more of a hindrance than anything. Soundwave managed to retrieve the data he was after, and while [[Crowbar]] kept the Autobots busy, he escaped. After he returned to the Decepticons' Siberian base, he received a message from Megatron—the Autobots had planted a number of radar emplacements around which were broadcasting a jamming signal, and Soundwave had to go around hacking them so Megatron's team could survey their immediate surroundings. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
*'''Soundwave''' (Legends, 2009)
[[File:ROTFLegends Soundwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No matter what mode you put him in, he is always ready to get down and dirty with unsuspecting satellites.]]

: Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Legends Class]] figures, Soundwave transforms into a simplified version of his satellite altmode. The satellite head is completely covered in blue, however. Amusingly enough, his chest is sculpted in his Deluxe toy's flipped-up 'mode' (with the three circles showing) but is painted in the colors of the Deluxe's flipped-down form (shown on the Deluxe toy's packaging).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/LegSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Legends Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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*'''Infiltrator Soundwave''' (EZ Collection, 2010)
[[File:EZCollectionInfiltratorSoundwave.jpg|thumb|Satellite of Love]]

: In Japan, Legends class Soundwave was [[redeco]]ed as Infiltrator Soundwave (インフィルトレイターサウンドウェーブ) to match the colors of Deluxe Infiltration Soundwave (see below). He was part of the Japanese ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' promotion, and was only available to those who bought the Voyager "[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] VS [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]" set at Amazon.jp and Yamada Denki stores.

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[File:Soundwaverotfpreviewtoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|War fork!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-04'''
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys|Ravage]] missile

:Part of the initial Movie Preview wave, Soundwave is a [[Triple Changer]], transforming into a satellite and a Cybertron jet, which are not exactly what could be described as "distinct" from one another. In all three modes, Soundwave features a spring-loaded missile launcher which fires a missile intended to resemble Ravage, in reference to the scene in the film in which he launches the feline fiend down to Earth. In his (rather stocky) robot mode, Soundwave has blue light piping in his visor, but it is disabled, having been painted over in red; his other modes feature a second, armored version of his face, which is stored on the back of his robot mode. Probably to avoid giving the toy a very obviously two-headed robot mode, the alternate face lacks any paint details, and has an unpainted blue visor. Soundwave features numerous red and gold [[Paint operation|paint application]]s which are ''very'' cleverly and subtly positioned around his body to replicate similarly-colored and -positioned details on the [[Soundwave (G1)|original Soundwave toy]].

:The configuration for the satellite mode depicted in the toy's instructions is not the way Soundwave appears in the film, featuring a different angling for the panels on his shoulders. It's not a big change, but transforming the toy in accordance with his movie appearance ''does'' help to distinguish the jet from the satellite a little, since otherwise, virtually the only difference is in the positioning of the large panel "wings".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Soundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:ROTFtoy-GatheringattheNemesis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You can get him in blue, but you gotta get those other guys, too!]]
*'''Gathering at Nemesis''' (Figure multi-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#GatheringNemesis|Ravage]] missile

: A [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] three pack (technically four pack if you want to count the Ravage missile), also featuring [[The Fallen#GatheringNemesis|The Fallen]], and a [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#GatheringNemesis|silver Voyager Class Megatron]] from the first movie toyline. Soundwave was [[redeco]]ed predominantly in blue as an homage to the [[Soundwave (G1)|original Soundwave]]. The Fallen was unchanged from his original release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TRUSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Gathering at Nemesis Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:CharaHobbyROTFSoundwaveBlack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| So...waiting for any ROTF Soundblaster jokes...]]
*'''Soundwave Black Version''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#BlackVersion|Ravage]] missile

:Exclusive to the 2009 "C3 X Hobby Chara Hobby" show that ran across [[August 29]]-[[August 30|30]] in Japan, Soundwave Black Version is a redeco of the deluxe ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Soundwave toy in black and red with orange highlights. Following the convention, remaining quantities of the figure were made available to purchase via lottery through the [[e-HOBBY]] website.

::*''[http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/cgi-bin/omc?port=33301&req=PRODUCT&code=tf_ev_07 Soundwave Black Version at e-Hobby]''

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[[File:ROTFtoy-SoundwaveNESTAlliance.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Look out for Escalation Soundwave, Devastation Soundwave, and Soundwave Loves Drift-Chan.]]
*'''Battlefield Bumblebee Vs. Infiltration Soundwave''' (Deluxe 2-pack, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' 1 [[Ravage (ROTF)#Infiltration|Ravage]] missile

:Part of the [[N.E.S.T. Global Alliance]] campaign, Infiltration Soundwave is another redeco of the Deluxe Class Soundwave mold, this time in dark blue and dark gray, plus bright red that simulates the intense heat of orbital reentry. He also comes with new light-piping that ''isn't'' painted over. He comes with Battlefield Bumblebee, a retooling of Cannon Bumblebee with a new battlemask head. Also included in the packaging is a "Mission Guide" catalog and ordering form for the mail-in exclusive Recon Ravage, a "starter sticker" for said ordering form, and a N.E.S.T. Global Alliance iron-on patch. Two additional stickers from specially-marked N.E.S.T. Global Alliance products and $4.95 shipping are required for the promotion. Sadly, this promotion does not exist in Europe or Australia, but Recon Ravage was made available in the latter country as a Toys R Us exclusive. Surprisingly, the package does not recognize his Cybertron jet mode, instead only acknowledging his satellite mode. His instructions ''do'' still mention his jet mode, though.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/InfiltrationSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Infiltration Soundwave at TFU.info]''
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===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
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[[File:DOTMCyberverseBumblebeeVsSoundwaveWRod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Nope, definitely not a car in the third film. Nooooo way.]]
*'''Bumblebee / Soundwave''' with '''Rodimus''' (Cyberverse 3-pack, 2011)

: Part of a [[Walmart]] exclusive pack alongside [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Bumblebee]] and [[Rodimus (DOTM)|Rodimus]], Soundwave is a redeco of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class Soundwave, with a new deco inspired by the [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive ''Gathering at Nemesis'' gift set (see above), which in turn was heavily influenced by [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. The toy is mostly blue and gray, with some gold, red, and silver paint details here and there.

: This three-pack was also available as an Asda exclusive in the United Kingdom and from Rossmann stores in Germany and Auchan stores in Hungary and Italy. Of note is that the [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] does ''not'' market Rodimus as a "bonus figure" (presumably so stores can charge full price for three toys), and his window lacks the yellow edges highlighting him as a special feature, despite still being separated from Bumblebee and Soundwave, who share a common window like in the US version. Despite this, Rodimus still doesn't get a mention on the back of the packaging, which only features a one-sentence "bio" about Bumblebee planning to bring down Soundwave in twelve different languages.

: All versions of the packaging also lack any logos that label the toys as [[Cyberverse]] products.

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[[File:DOTMLegionSoundwave.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|Inside is a teeny Carly being menaced by tentacles.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Cyberverse, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''016'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV26'''
: An all new mold, Cyberverse Soundwave transforms into a fully-[[Licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]] [[Mercedes-Benz]] SLS AMG. He has Sonic Cannons sculpted on his arms and his right hand allows him to grip Cyberverse accessories. There are also two [[variant]]s of this sculpt: The later version features sculpted "grill" details on the front, sides, and hood of the vehicle, whereas the initial production run had left those areas smooth.
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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[File:DOTMtoy deluxe soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Remember, if a stranger asks you to go into his car, he's probably driving a giant evil robot with a satellite fetish.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (MechTech Deluxe, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD13'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Sonic Cannon/Interceptor Dish

:Part of the sixth wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Deluxe-Class [[MechTech]] figures, Soundwave transforms from an officially licensed Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG into a robot. In vehicle mode, he has two MechTech ports on the roof. His large "Sonic Cannon" can transform into an equally large "Interceptor Dish". In robot mode, Soundwave has MechTech ports in each hand and one on each shoulder, and he also has [[C joint]] bars on each leg. He features [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake kibble]] as well, with his vehicle mode front grille being switched out and tucked away for a warped robot mode grille-chest.

:The sixth wave of Dark of the Moon Deluxe Class figures was released in Japan on December 21, whilst the US release, along with that of Human Alliance Soundwave, was ultimately cancelled.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=23986]</ref> At [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2012, Hasbro stated that they were trying to find ways to get the figures out to American retailers; this ultimately never came to pass.
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====Human Alliance====
[[File:DOTMtoy HA soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|All these features, and yet no tentacles?! You robbed us, Hasbro!]]
*'''Soundwave / Mr. Gould''' with '''Laserbeak''' (Human Alliance, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD09'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:A new [[Human Alliance]] mold of Soundwave in his SLS AMG mode. He has "'''SUPERIOR'''" [[tampograph]]ed on his [[license plate]] and comes with [[Laserbeak (DOTM)#Human Alliance|Laserbeak]] and [[Dylan Gould]].

:As is usual for any Human Alliance figure, Gould (or any other "driver" figure) can can sit on Soundwave's seats in vehicle mode or stand on his hands in robot mode.

:Laserbeak can also transform into a spring-loaded missile-firing cannon for Gould to man, and the cannon itself can [[5mm post|be pegged]] into any of Soundwave's six MechTech ports: two ports on his shoulders (his right shoulder is the nominal choice, as per the [[instructions]]), a port on top of each of his upper arms, and (rather awkwardly) a port on the sonic cannons on each of his lower arms. In bird mode, Laserbeak can also perch on either of the (flipped out) seats on Soundwave's lower arms via a molded-in [[C joint]] bar on the seats themselves and the bar clips on Laserbeak's heels.

:The pair of sonic cannons on the top of his left lower arm is also a panel that can be flipped open (up to 90 degrees), but since this is undocumented in the instructions, is only usable in robot mode, and doesn't appear to have anything inside it, its purpose remains unknown.

:Finally, as with all large Human Alliance toys, he has a [[gimmick]] concerning his head. It is essentially the same gimmick as [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Human Alliance|Barricade]]'s: his jointed head allows him to open and close his mouth.

:Due to his transformation, he ends up being much smaller than most Human Alliance toys despite being the largest in the film out of the others. He trades his more accurate bulkiness for incredible shortness, being dwafed by almost all HA toys that transform into sports cars.

:As with many late-wave DOTM products, this toy had no US release in 2011.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/HASoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Human Alliance Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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===Movie Trilogy Series===
====Deluxe Class toys====
[[File:MovieTrilogySoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Death Cab for Carly.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (MechTech Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' ?
: Movie Trilogy Soundwave is a redeco of ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Soundwave, done up in [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#SoundblasterG1|Soundblaster-y]] colors. Like the rest of the Movie Trilogy Series, its release was cancelled. However...

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===Cyberverse===
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[[File:2012CyberverseSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Soundblaster? What toyline is this from? WHAT IS THIS?]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
:*''Series:'' '''2/008'''
:*''Accessories:'' Hacking tool

:[[Cyberverse#Series 2|Cyberverse Series 2]] Soundwave is a dark blue and silver redeco/retool of his [[#CyberverseLegion|Legion Class toy]], retooling his other hand to be able to hold Cyberverse weapons. He comes with the same weapon/tool accessory as the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' Cyberverse Legion Class [[Vehicon (Prime)#Cyberverse|Vehicon]] (later also used by [[Flamewar (Prime)#Cyberverse|Decepticon Flamewar]], in an ever-so-slightly different color). In a bizarre instance of a [[quality control]] error, the figure's [[packaging]] has its [[bio]] printed in white instead of black ink, making it impossible to read on the white background of the card.

:The United States market release of Soundwave used the template for the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]''-based Series 2 Cyberverse Legion Class packaging style but lacked the "Prime" moniker. The [[Multilingual packaging|multilingual]] European market packaging, meanwhile, retained the ''Prime'' title.

===Movie Advanced Series===
[[File:Takara-movie-advanced-darkside-soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Palpatine's limousine. (Movie Advanced version pictured)]]
*'''Darkside Soundwave''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD17'''
**''Accessories:'' None
: ...Movie Trilogy Soundwave was renamed '''Darkside Soundwave''', and was finally released in June 2014 in Japan as part of the ''[[Movie Advanced Series]]''! Like its predecessor, Darkside Soundwave transforms from a fully licensed Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG into a robot. In vehicle mode, he has two MechTech ports on the roof. In robot mode, he has MechTech ports in each hand and one on each shoulder, and he also has C joint bars on each leg. He features fake kibble as well, with his vehicle mode front grille being switched out and tucked away for a warped robot mode grille-chest. Unlike its predecessor, the large "Sonic Cannon" that was included in the initial release was absent from this release, and Darkside Soundwave actually does not contain any accessories at all. Bummer.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/MASoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Darkside Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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==Merchandise==
===Burger King===
[[File:ROTFMerchandise-BurgerKingSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I spy with my little eye.....impending tentacle attack.]]
*'''Seeking Soundwave''' (2009)
**'''Accessories:''' 2 blue solar panels
:The [[Burger King]] version of Soundwave is a representation of the communications satellite which Soundwave hacked into in the movie. The dishes have tendril details added to them. Peering into an opening in the top gives a sort of periscope effect, although as there is only one mirror, everything looks backwards.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/BKSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Seeking Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:DOTMMerchandise-BurgerKingSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|After Soundwave had accumulated all the knowledge and information he desired, his head swelled with pride.]]
*'''Flip-Out Soundwave''' (2011)
:A plastic Soundwave head which opens to allow a small body to flip-out, resulting in a "[[Super deformed|super-deformed]]" figure which is otherwise reasonably accurate to his on-screen appearance. Circles on his front and back are daubed with glow-in-the-dark paint.

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===RPMs - Robot Powered Machines===
[[File:RPM Soundwave toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|See? You ''have'' your damn ''Prime'' toys, now shut up!!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2010)
**''Series:'' '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number:'' '''04 of 08''' (only seven released)

:''[[Robot Powered Machines]]'' Soundwave is a small, non-transforming pseudo-Scion XB with his robot mode sculpted underneath. Said robot mode resembles [[Soundwave (WFC)|another Soundwave]] for some reason. The car's wheels feature through-axle construction for speedy racing on flat surfaces. Unlike other RPMs, Soundwave, along with the rest of the Metal Heroes, is made of [[die-cast]] metal.

:RPM Soundwave is probably the most homage-heavy Transformer ever produced: he has [[Soundwave (Animated)|''Animated'' Soundwave]]'s alt mode and a mix between his regular and Electrostatic incarnations "tattoos", [[Soundwave (WFC)|''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave]]'s robot mode (which in turn was heavily based on [[Soundwave (G1)|G1 Soundwave]]) and despite this, the bio and toyline clearly identify him as ROTF Soundwave. You can try and add [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Cybertron Soundwave]] to the list if you want, but that would be overkill.

:This toy's American release and the rest of the Metal Heroes were canceled in favor of the [[Speed Stars]] versions of the toys. They have been released in the Philippines, New Zealand and Mexico (at a discounted price compared to past RPM releases), however. Both versions were eventually available at retail in those countries.

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===Speed Stars===
[[File:SpeedStars Soundwave toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Three continuities for the price of one!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2010)
**''Series:'' '''Metal Heroes'''
**''Number:'' '''04 of 08'''

:[[Speed Stars]] Soundwave is a [[redeco]] of the RPM vehicle, featuring many differences in comparison to the Robot Powered Machines release. Namely, the Speed Stars version lacks paint in the doors and tail lights, as well as the chest, arms, legs and face of the "robot" mode. The plastic at the bottom of the car is cast in gold instead of bronze. This version also lacks the "Soundwave-Audio" written on the inferior part of the doors. The red that borders the rims of his wheels is also not as bright or vibrant.

:This toy was given away free as part of a Daily Mirror promotion in the UK.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/SpeedStarsSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Speed Stars Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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====Stealth Force====
[[File:SpeedStars StealthForce Soundwave toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He's a sore loser when it comes to [[wikipedia:dB drag racing|decibel drag racing]].]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Basic, 2010)

:This Soundwave toy is part of the "[[Stealth Force]]" subline, consisting of vehicles without robot modes, but with plenty of flip-out panels with hidden weapons. Like the smaller Metal Heroes toy, Soundwave has ''Animated'' Soundwave's Scion XB altmode and features ''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave on his packaging. He features non-firing weapons hidden all throughout the toy, activated by pulling part of the roof back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/SFSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Stealth Force Soundwave at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
===Identity and alternate modes===
[[File:EarlyMovieBlackout.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|A Soundwave-headed Blackout from an animatic.]]
[[File:ROTFEarthSoundwaveConcept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Soundwave, before losing weight.]]
* Soundwave was originally supposed to feature in [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'']]; he fulfilled both [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]'s roles, hacking into the CIA headquarters as a portable stereo, then [[size changing|morphed]] into a Humvee to track down [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]].<ref>Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref> [[Michael Bay]]'s decision to minimalize the amount of morphing in the film resulted in a change to a helicopter who openly attacks the army. Soundwave and [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] were changed to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] as the film's location was changed from a jungle to a desert.<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=234188&postcount=2008 Roberto Orci post at the official movie boards]
</ref> Soundwave's name remained attached to the separated portable stereo character for a while, but Hasbro felt the resulting character did not properly represent the original Soundwave. He was first renamed Soundbite,<ref>[http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76662065 Abandoned Soundbite trademark application]</ref> but eventually ended up with the name Frenzy.
*According to the trade paperback, Soundwave was a major character in the third draft of ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]''.
* In early drafts of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Soundwave came to Earth and scanned a black Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck form. Artist [[Paul Ozzimo]] created a visualization of this idea, and Hasbro based the Cybertronian satellite form's robot mode on this abandoned concept, particularly a Cybertronian version of the Chevy grill and small headlights on the lower torso. They then combined Ozzimo's body design with an unused, heavily G1-esque head design that had been created by artist [[Josh Nizzi]] (although Soundwave's finalized head design was also incorporated into the toy's satellite mode, in a manner akin to [[kibble#Faux parts|faux parts]]).
* Early artwork for Soundwave for ''Dark of the Moon'' identified him as '''Breakdown''', but considering other names presented on other concept artwork, it was likely just a smokescreen to hide his true identity in case of a leak.<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
[[File:TF3HasbroSoundwaveBio.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|SPOILER ALERT]]
* Before the release of ''Dark of the Moon'', Michael Bay and other official parties tried ''really'' hard to suppress the plot twist of the silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG given to Carly by Dylan turning out to be Soundwave's new alternate mode. After the Mercedes had been spotted on the set, with [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]] exiting it,<ref name="mercedesset">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=67518 DOTM Set Photos], ComingSoon.net, July 2010.</ref> the first hint that it was more than meets the eye came with the trailer for the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|video game]], which showed Soundwave's robot mode with car [[kibble]] such as wheels that heavily resembled those of the Mercedes. In addition, [[Rising Storm issue 3|issue 3]] of ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]'' depicted Soundwave's robot mode not only with car kibble, but with a Mercedes star on his chest. Despite this, director Michael Bay insisted that the Mercedes was simply Carly's car, claiming that "Mercedes would never let us make their car into a bad Decepticon. Car company's {{sic}} really frown on that. I can't say what the game company and comics do that's their own thing. They don't have the same constraints movies do. It's Carly's car."<ref name="baynomerc">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?8724-Update-Is-Soundwave-the-silver-Mercedes-on-set-of-DOTM&p=169598&viewfull=1#post169598 Michael Bay's response to the fan theory that Soundwave is the Silver Mercedes.], April 2011.</ref> On April 19, 2011, an event for promoting the ''Spider-Man: Edge of Time'' and ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' video games was held in London. As part of this, [[High Moon Studios]] released promotional stills from the ''Dark of the Moon'' game, one of which depicted Soundwave's new robot mode, again with Mercedes parts. However, a news embargo was enforced on the attending press, which was broken by South African video game site [http://egamer.co.za egamer].<ref name="egamera">[http://egamer.co.za/2011/05/exclusive-hands-on-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ egamer's preview of the ''Dark of the Moon'' video game]</ref> The site was soon asked to take down the article and images, as were various ''Transformers'' fan sites that had reported on the article and mirrored the images. On May 2, 2011, Hasbro's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/ official Transformers website] was given a massive overhaul, including the addition of the new [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm Vector Sigma database]. The entry for Soundwave initially identified his alternate mode as a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, but was soon changed to "satellite". On May 3, 2011, the embargo for the video game article and promotional stills was finally lifted, allowing sites to freely show the image of Soundwave's new robot mode. Whether Mercedes approved of Soundwave's Earth mode or not remains to be seen.
*The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG car prop sported a German/European Union [[license plate]], "'''M JS8509'''", registered in the city of Munich, on the Chicago set for ''Dark of the Moon''.<ref name="chicago">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/aperturesun/archives/date-taken/2010/07/17/ Dark of the Moon Chicago set] at Flickr.</ref> (The design of the plate is slightly inaccurate, as there should be a space between "JS" and "8509" if it were a real German plate. Also, a German car would have a license plate on the front as well.)
*Oddly, despite having a slightly smaller vehicle mode than Bumblebee, [[Size changing|he is much taller]]. Being 22 feet while Bumblebee is just 16 feet. He also towers Ratchet by 2 feet (Ratchet is 20 feet) despite Ratchet being a Hummer which is clearly much larger than an SLS AMG.

===Voice===
*Even though [[Frank Welker]] returned to voice Soundwave for the movie, his voice was not vocoded, but rather synthesized in the same way all the other Transformer voices in the movie were. Because of this, the voice he uses is much closer to that of "The Cave of Wonders" from Walt Disney's ''Aladdin'' or Dr. Claw from ''Inspector Gadget'' (both voiced by Welker). However, in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game, Soundwave's voice ([[Peter Jessop]]) is vocoded in a manner similar to that of ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]'s first voice, only with a more musical tone.
*[[Frank Welker]] voiced Soundwave not only in the English version of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', but also in a large number of foreign dubs. Welker described the process as "very hard".<ref name="welkernewsarama">[http://www.newsarama.com/tv/090915-Animated-Shorts-Welker.html Newsarama interview with Frank Welker], September 2009.</ref> Although his performance was retained for the French and Italian dubs, in other versions his lines were redone by native-speaking actors before the film's release. Welker still retained credit in those foreign versions, leading to confusion:
**German dubbing insiders insist that the voice heard in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' is that of [[Horst Lampe]].<ref name="germandub">[http://215072.homepagemodules.de/t511643f11775323-Transformers-Die-Rache-Transformers-Revenge-of-the-Fallen-7.html German dubbing board thread about ROTF, with a discussion about Soundwave's voice]</ref> Lampe was properly credited as the voice of Soundwave in ''Dark of the Moon'', further leading viewers to accept that he also played Soundwave in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
**The credits for the American-Spanish dub do not specify Welker's role, but Soundwave's voice as heard in the film does not seem to be Welker's. Soundwave is credited in ''Dark of the Moon'' as being played by [[Leonardo García]], who is generally accepted as having played him in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
*When [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]] is about to be executed, it is clearly Barricade forcing him to move, but an editing error has Barricade speaking in Soundwave's voice.

===Video games===
* Soundwave was included as a downloadable addition to the roster of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 video game, along with several [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] homages and fellow movie character [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]. Soundwave's special abilities deploy an aerial jammer pod that looks suspiciously like [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and an AOE pod that continuously smashes the ground with piledrivers; undoubtedly a nod to Generation 1 [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s minion [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. According to concept artist [[Ken Christiansen]], his appearance was based more closely on the Deluxe class toy than his movie design.
*In the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]], Soundwave turns into an SUV similar to a Mercedes GLK 350, but in robot mode, his design is the same one used for the movie. In particular, the back of his legs still sports kibble reminiscent of a Mercedes SLS AMG trunk, complete with the words "SLS" and "AMG" written on it.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Soundwave''' (サウンドウェーブ ''Saundowēbu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Fülelő''' ("Listener")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shēng-pō''' (Taiwan, 聲波, "Soundwave"), '''Shēngbō''' (China, 声波, "Soundwave")

==References==
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Thirst

2015-11-10T21:55:14Z

Tekcorps: /* Continuity notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 60
|prev=Plus One
|next=Evolution
|image=ThristEpisodeConZombie.jpg
|caption=There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway.
|title="Thirst"
|airdate=[[June 7]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Knock Out and Starscream's experiment with synthetic energon threatens to take over the Decepticon ship and unleash an old enemy.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Thirst1.jpg|left|thumb|300px|When he was young he watched the spaceships and he said to dad "I want to be on the ships daddy." Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS"]]

In [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s lab, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] bemoans his current situation, having to compete with [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] for [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s favor. His whining is interrupted by moans from [[Silas|Cylas]], who is strapped to a table and begging to be freed. Knock Out injects him with a derivative of the [[Synthetic Energon|synthetic energon]] he recovered from the [[Autobot]]s. The compound drives Cylas into a rage, which Knock Out notes is one of its erratic side effects. Starscream sees in Cylas' fury the makings of a super-soldier for Megatron.

Starscream attempts to inform Megatron of this discovery, but the [[Decepticon]] leader is only interested in discussing the status of the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[protoform]]s with Shockwave, who is reporting in from his off-site lab. Brushed off by his leader as unimportant, Starscream sulks on his way back to Knock Out's lab.

Cylas becomes more enraged with each new injection of Synth En. Knock Out discovers that the more the compound is administered, the faster Cylas burns through his own natural [[energon]] reserves. Starscream cannot see the use of having [[Predaking (Prime)|another]] unruly beast that can't be controlled, but then has an idea: [[Dark Energon]]. Knock Out objects, noting that the "Blood of [[Unicron]]" once [[Flying Mind|turned their own ship against them]], and that he would need approval from Shockwave in any case. Starscream assures the doctor that a controlled, minimal injection will merely place Cylas under Megatron's command, via their leader's symbiotic link with the substance, then asserts that "super-soldiers" are a military concern and thus fall under ''his'' jurisdiction.

Under orders and under protest, Knock Out injects Cylas with the Dark Energon-enhanced formula. Cylas temporarily powers down before rebooting in a rage and breaking free from his bonds. But after only a few steps, he crumbles to his knees, desperately low on energon. Then with a fierce roar, his lower jaw splits into monstrous mandibles and a long, bladed tongue emerges, which he attempts to use on Starscream to drain him of energon. Unable to subdue him, Starscream and Knock Out flee down the halls of the ship.

Once a safe distance away, Knock Out suggests sounding the alarm. Starscream disagrees, not wanting Megatron to learn of their actions. He claims that once Cylas attempts to feed upon the ship's highly-trained [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] troopers, they will take care of the threat.

Elsewhere, one of the Vehicons stumbles upon Cylas, who grabs the highly-trained trooper and begins draining his energon.

Starscream and Knock Out plan the disposal of Cylas' corpse when they find the Vehicon's corpse instead. While the two argue about who's to blame for their predicament, the dead Vehicon is reanimated by the Dark Energon in its system as a [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] and reveals the same segmented jaw and bladed tongue that Cylas had. Starscream's blaster fire only staggers it, and Knock Out suggests destroying the Terrorcon's head, inspired by Human horror movies. Though Starscream's missile is successful in decapitating the creature, it doesn't stop it in the least, as the body lumbers forward with the tongue sticking out of the hole where the head used to be. A concentrated volley of blasts to the Vehicon's chest destroys the monster's revitalized spark, severing its link to the Dark Energon.

Knock Out posits that Cylas could infect the entire crew in the same manner, a theory that's borne out when they find themselves pursued by multiple energy-draining Terrorcons. Starscream and Knock Out lock themselves in a comm room to get a breather and assess the situation. Accepting that this may be the end, the two Decepticons exchange some awkward final pleasantries and step back into the hall…

[[File:Thirst-restinpeace.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"No! I must kill the demons" he shouted The radio said "No, John. You are the demons"]]
…Right into Megatron, who demands to know why the Dark Energon in his spark has been acting strangely as of late. Starscream provides a slanted explanation, but Megatron doesn't believe it until he's forced to destroy an attacking Terrorcon.

After a more extensive debrief of the situation, Megatron puts the ship on high alert and orders Starscream and Knock Out to seek and destroy Cylas. Around the ship, Vehicons and [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] battle the infected Terrorcons.

Cylas wanders into the ship's vault. Sensing energon within a [[stasis pod]], he breaks it open, freeing and reviving [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. Cylas attempts to drain her energon, though she ''barely'' ducks out of the way of his tongue, and a short battle ensues, but Airachnid is able to immobilize him with webbing long enough to deliver a fatal wound; ripping "[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]" open in order to destroy his spark and make ''sure'' he's dead this time, Airachnid instead finds the mutilated real body of Cylas, who survives just long enough to thank her for freeing him from his tortured existence before dying. She immediately re-establishes her telepathic control over the Insecticons and commands them to return to her. Their sudden departure is noticed by [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]].

Starscream and Knock Out discover Cylas' corpse. Starscream is elated until Knock Out points out Airachnid's destroyed prison, followed by Megatron demanding a status update.

[[File:Thirst-Airachnidzombie.jpg|thumb|right|300px|And then John was a zombie.]]
Airachnid leads the Insecticons through the halls of the ship, ordering them to wipe out every Decepticon aboard. At the end of the hall, Soundwave calmly steps forward to face them. The bug-bots attack, and Soundwave opens a [[space bridge]] directly in front of him at the last second. Before they can react, Airachnid and the Insecticons are teleported away. As the bridge closes behind her, Airachnid realizes that they have been sent to a moon orbiting the abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and screams in rage.

Aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron contacts Shockwave again to inform him they're implementing his containment protocol to prevent further outbreak. He also tells Shockwave to speed up the Predacon cloning project, as they have now lost more than half their military forces. Knock Out is sternly reminded that he is the ship's ''medic'' under Shockwave's command, and is forced to turn over all of his experimental projects to the scientist. Megatron then turns to Starscream, intent on teaching him a lesson the only way that seems to get through to him...

Back on the moon, an '''infected''' Airachnid drains the energon from one of her minions as the rest of the Insecticons line up obediently to await their turn.
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*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (5)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (6)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (7)
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==Quotes==

'''Megatron''': ''[Talking to Shockwave over comm]'' Tell me of the Predacon protoforms. What is the status of their incubation? Mm-hm. Uh-huh. 
'''Starscream''': Master, if I do say so myself, I have made the most intriguing discovery. It appears that-- 
'''Megatron''': Not now! ''[Back to Shockwave]'' Please continue, Shockwave. No, no one important.
:—Megatron doesn't like to be interrupted when he's on the phone.

'''Starscream''': Megatron will undoubtedly hold us responsible. 
'''Knock Out''': But...WE ARE! 
'''Starscream''': Well, you are, mostly.
:—Starscream blames someone else, news at 11.

"Aim for the head!" 
"What? How do you know?" 
"I've seen human horror films." ''[Starscream looks at him curiously]'' "At drive-in theaters!"
:—'''Knock Out''' schools '''Starscream''' on how to survive a zombie apocalypse.

"I find it rather ironic that after battling Autobots all these years, getting smacked down, shot at, blown up, ''this'' is how our lights go out?" 
"Drained of our precious fluids. If this is indeed the end, if we are to become Terrorcon-chow, it has been an honor serving Lord Megatron with you." 
"You're no Breakdown. Though I must confess, I have always admired your lustrous finish." 
''[Awkward pause]'' 
"''*mm-hmm*'' Well, then." 
"Should be going."
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Starscream''' begin a beautiful friendship… and remind us of [[Arcee (WFC)|some]][[Optimus Prime (WFC)|one's]] words on [[Scrapheap (episode)|another day]].

'''Megatron''': Would either of you like to tell me what exactly is going on? 
'''Starscream''': Yes, absolutely nothing, my liege. 
'''Knock Out''': All is quiet, too quiet. One could even say dull! 
'''Megatron''': Funny, because the Dark Energon within my spark has been pulsing. 
'''Starscream''': (To Knock Out) Allow me to handle this. (To Megatron) IT'S KNOCK OUT'S FAULT! 
'''Knock Out''': Precisely my-WHAT?!
:—Knock Out somehow manages to be surprised by Starscream yet again passing the buck.

"Silas? Whatever have they done to you? But more importantly, thank you for freeing me." 
"No. Thank…you… ''[Dies]'' 
"Whatever."
:—'''Airachnid''' is unmoved by '''Cylas'''' final words.

"Soundwave! I vow that on this day, the world will hear the sound of your screams."
:—'''Airachnid's''' mouth writes a check that her abdomen can't cash.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Airachnid lost one of her spider legs to the closing pod door when she was put in stasis, but all six are intact in this episode.
* Starscream's missile cleanly beheads a Vehicon, leaving no burn marks or exposed circuitry of any kind. For that matter, the headless Vehicon reveals that there is no "joint" on the model for the head to attach to, just a completely flat surface with a hole for the tongue. You normally don't see it because the neck just goes straight into the base of the collar, as if the collar form-fits around the neck.

===Continuity errors===
* Knock Out discusses the events of "[[Stronger, Faster]]" and "[[Flying Mind]]" with Starscream, even though Starscream wasn't part of the Decepticon ranks when either took place. While it is conceivable that Starscream learned of the events of both episodes through the ship's logs or another source, Knock Out speaks as if they were both witness to them.

===Continuity notes===
* Airachnid was frozen in stasis in "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]" and was retrieved from the Autobot base by the Decepticons in "[[Darkmount, NV]]".
* The [[polarity gauntlet]] can be seen in the vault, in the first of the five containment fields. It was left on Cybertron by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]", and can be assumed to have been recovered by Knock Out's salvage team offscreen in "Darkmount, NV". This leaves only the [[Immobilizer]] unaccounted for. There is also the [[Resonance Blaster]] but everyone seems to have forgotten about that by now.
* [[Silas]], the formerly 100% human commander of [[MECH]], was surgically combined with Breakdown's corpse in "[[The Human Factor]]". He changed his name to Cylas (Cybernetic Life Augmented by Symbiosis) and became a reluctant guest of the Decepticons in the same episode.
* Cylas (then Silas) entered into a partnership of convenience with Starscream in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]" and conveniently stole his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
* Cylas (then Silas) once had Breakdown pinned to his operating table in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".
* Knock Out recovered some of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s synthetic energon in "[[Stronger, Faster]]".
* Shockwave has been working from an off-site laboratory since "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]".
* Megatron previously used Dark Energon to reanimate and control the dead in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]".
* Dark Energon awakened a dangerous, self-serving intelligence within the Decepticon warship in "[[Flying Mind]]".
* Cylas' eyes turn green, then purple, when he is injected with synthetic energon and Dark Energon, respectively. This is consistent with previous applications of the substances. ("[[Stronger, Faster]]", "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]")
* Airachnid killed Breakdown and discovered her telepathic control of the Insecticons in "[[Crossfire]]".
* Airachnid knows Cylas (then Silas) from their brief partnership in "[[Crisscross]]".
* Airachnid's desire to have Soundwave scream likely stems from the very one-sided beatdown she received from him in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".
* Starscream refers to the Decepticon soldiers as "Vehicons" confirming it as their real designation. [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] previously used that term in to describe them in "[[Plus One]]"
* Megatron alludes to the beatings he bestowed on Starscream in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]" and in-between the episodes "[[Out of His Head]]" and "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]" when he prepares to punish Starscream "the only way he understands".
* Starscream took a fragment of Dark Energon and used it to raise [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] from the dead as his first "re-animated warrior" in [[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]], all of which Megatron revealed he knew about through surveillance provided by Soundwave in [[Rock Bottom]].

===Transformers references===
* Protoforms are the first stage of Transformer life in many continuities.
* Megatron again refers to his upcoming Predacon army as [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machine]] super-soldiers.

===Real-world references===
* Knock Out's proclamation of "It's alive" echoes the famous words spoken in ''[[Frankenstein]]''.
* In addition to the segmented jaw and barbed tongue, the Terrorcons' [[teeth]] also transform into vampiric fangs.
* As Knock Out indicated, destroying the head is the traditional way to kill zombies in many horror movies. But only human ones.
* This episode heavily pays homage to the 1985 zombie film ''The Return of the Living Dead'' where two humans (Frank and Freddie) cause a gas to spread across a cemetery that revives dead corpses into zombies and then plays comedy with the two trying to control the situation while blaming each other for the zombie apocalypse, much like Starscream and Knock Out in this episode. The zombies in ''The Return of the Living Dead'' couldn't be killed by headshots, either.
* There is also some homage to the film ''Blade II'', specifically in the physiological effects of the virus. The Reapers, genetically-engineered vampire mutants, possessed the same type of unfolding jaw and feeding tendril, as well as a greatly increased blood appetite due to a heightened metabolism.
* Starscream and Knock Out's conversation while hiding from the zombies is reminiscent of a scene in ''[[wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove]]'' wherein General Ripper and Group Captain Mandrake are hunkered down as a firefight rages around their base, and Ripper explains his fear that communists are out for his "precious bodily fluids".
* Knock Out places his fingers on the neck of the first Vehicon that fell victim to Cylas to check for life signs. This is often done to test a seriously injured person for a [[wikipedia:pulse|pulse]] in their [[wikipedia:carotid artery|carotid artery]].

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode which doesn't feature the [[Autobot]]s in any capacity. Previously, "[[Patch (episode)|Patch]]", the last Decepticon-centric episode, had flashbacks which contained Autobots even though none appeared in person. [[Peter Cullen]], however, gets to voice the zombified Vehicon trooper Megatron puts down.
* Starscream says that the ship is crawling with "highly-trained Vehicon troopers". Kinda makes you wonder what a poorly-trained one is like, huh?
* On-the-move teleportation seems as if it's becoming Soundwave's signature move, having used it to dispatch [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] in "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]" and to claim the Predacon fossil in "[[Project Predacon]]".
* [[Steve Blum]] is credited as "Insecticon #1" instead of [[Bombshock (Prime)|Bombshock]] this time.
* The last thing Silas/Cylas did to Starscream was knock him out and steal his T-Cog, so it's no surprise Starscream has no desire to help him at the beginning of the episode.
* Starscream alludes to having collected "dozens of Predacon bones", and Shockwave has already grown a batch of protoforms. This implies a significant timeskip between this episode and the last, since Shockwave had only just just established an off-site laboratory in "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]" and "[[Plus One]]" takes place immediately after that episode. Furthermore, the amount of bones collected, assuming it's not hyperbole on Starscream's part, suggests a rather bad run of luck for the Autobots.
* While there have been several offscreen and implied deaths of humans in ''Transformers Prime'', this is the first full "watch the light die from his eye" death, not only in ''Prime'' but in western Transformers animation.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Durst'''" ("Thirst")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 9|9 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Szomjúság'''" ("Thirst")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 11|11 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sede'''" ("Thirst")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 22|22 November]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Arcee (Animated)

2015-11-04T03:19:31Z

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:''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Animatedarcee.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|In Japan, I'm a secretary!]]
Before the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], '''Teaching Unit RC-687-040'''—'''Arcee''' for short—was a teacher, giving young Autobots the knowledge to make their own decisions and spurring them to think for themselves. Once the conflict erupted, she became an intelligence officer for the Autobot war effort, serving under [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] in such risky endeavors as [[Project Omega]].

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Susan Blu]] (English), [[Ayahi Takagaki]] (Japanese)|[[Silvia Mißbach]] (German), [[Jessica Toledo]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Cecília Lemes]] (Portuguese)}}

[[File:Ratchetanimatedthrill.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Hi, good-looking, get sick here often?"]]
Arcee was a teacher on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} and an Autobot intelligence officer during the War. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}} Originally intended to be the commander of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]], she carried crucial access codes for his activation. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

At one point, Arcee was damaged in the line of duty. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] repaired her and tried to take her to safety, but the two were attacked by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], who had been hired by the [[Decepticon]]s to bring her in.

Held prisoner within Lockdown's ship, Arcee insisted that Ratchet use his [[electromagnetic pulse]] tool to wipe the codes from her head. Lockdown overheard this and tried to stop the pair, but in the struggle the device overloaded and sent out a powerful burst. In the confusion, Ratchet and Arcee were somehow able to escape... but Arcee no longer knew who or where she was. The EMP blast had wiped her memory clean. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

[[File:TransWarpedArcee.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Well, this [[Spotlight: Arcee|looks familiar]].]]
Arcee was later taken to Cybertron, where [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] made Ratchet perform open-processor surgery on her vivisected head in an attempt to obtain the access codes for Omega Supreme's activation. This triggered a failsafe which copied the codes to Ratchet's memory. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

[[File:TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Arcee Earth.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Dames—always waking up at the worst possible moment!]]
Arcee never awoke from the open-processor surgery, and was stored for the subsequent four-million-plus years in the [[Cybertron Central Infirmary]] in a comatose state. When the Decepticons needed to acquire the command codes to "restart" Omega Supreme into a dreadnought loyal to them, both [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] and Ratchet reasoned that their best chance for this would be from Arcee herself. The two of them battled over Arcee and, thanks to the blundering interference of [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], Shockwave won—abducting Arcee and escaping with her onto Omega Supreme, which Megatron then commanded to transwarp back to the [[Solar System]]. [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] was certain that the damage to Arcee's circuitry was totally irreversible, and there was thus no way for the Decepticons to get the codes from her... but apparently he forgot to tell Arcee herself, who soon woke up on the Decepticon-controlled Omega Supreme, calling for Ratchet. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

On Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Shockwave proceeded to rifle through Arcee's memories, initially putting her into a fugue state where she relived her days as "Teaching Unit R-C-687-040" with little awareness of what was going on around her. When [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] transwarped onto the moon, he found her like this and—fearful of what would happen if he disconnected her from the cables plugged into her segmented head—merely opened her comm link before returning to Earth.

[[File:EndgamePart1-BumblebeeArcee.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|But is it art?]]

Eventually, Shockwave managed to access the data tracks from her time as an intel bot, making her aware and—transforming into Longarm Prime mode—asked her to confirm she had the activation codes from Project Omega. When she did so, he unplugged her from the cables, knocking her into stasis mode. Outside, with three purple Omega Supreme clones standing by, as well as the original, he took her fully online again, and ordered her to give them the codes. Given that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] himself was standing right in front of her, she refused, and instead Shockwave "had to extract it manually". The code transferred to [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] was "missing a security upgrade patch", however, meaning Lugnut had to be wired directly into Omega Supreme to get them online; while Shockwave worked further on Arcee to try and get the patch. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

[[File:EndgamePartII-Arceeisback.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|She's rather personable when she's not a prop.]]

As Shockwave rooted through her processor, most of the restoration work he had previously undertaken was undone, which left her once again as a fugue-state Teaching Unit, even as Shockwave still failed to get the codes. Instead, he used her as bait when Ratchet—accompanied by Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]]—transwarped to the Moon with the aim of retrieving her and Omega Supreme. While Bumblebee and Bulkhead fought off Shockwave, Ratchet and Sari took Arcee and fled to a lab inside Omega Supreme. There, as Ratchet bemoaned the damage the "Deceptiscum" had done to her, Sari was able to use her nascent technopathy to instruct Ratchet in how to restore Arcee, using the very EMP generator which had caused the original damage to her so long before. She came back online, recognizing Ratchet but remembering nothing since their capture by Lockdown. Ratchet promised to fill her in on the stellar cycles she'd missed, but said that first they would need to regain control of Omega Supreme.

Ratchet and Arcee traveled to Omega's head, and the field-tech lowered her using his magnetics to allow her to reactivate Omega Supreme. With this done, Omega ejected Lugnut, and Arcee joined the Earth residents in flying to Detroit aboard the shipbot so that Omega could confront his [[Lugnut Supreme|Decepticon clones]]. Soon afterward, with Megatron's crew all captured or dead, she presumably flew back to Cybertron with them aboard Omega, although she wasn't seen to join them in their triumphant disembarking. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

''Following her return to Cybertron, Arcee attended the [[Team Stunticon|Stunt Convoy]] show in [[Kaon]] alongside her companions from Earth.'' {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

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====Prevenge====
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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[File:Animatedtoy-Arcee.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Hey, remember the [[:File:Botconarceetoy.jpg|spider]]? Remember when you were content with that?]]
*'''Arcee''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-12'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 swords

:Arcee transforms from a magenta and white robot to a Cybertronic "rocket car," notable to [[fandom|fans]] as the first toy of Arcee that transforms from an approximation of the [[Arcee (G1)|original Arcee]]'s [[character model]] into a car. She comes with two wings, which can be attached at the rear of her [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] (or her [[robot mode]] back), and two swords, which can be held in her hands or stored securely in shafts in the rear of her vehicle mode (or atop her shoulder kibble). Some have reported the swords fit loosely, though they are designed to click into place—albeit with a certain amount of fiddling in some cases.

:There is a manufacturing error with many if not all figures. The more Arcee's swords are inserted into the hands, the more the thumbs weaken and will eventually snap off. This can be remedied by shaving down the two tabs on either side of the sword. Most Arcees have stress marks straight out of the package due to the way her thumbs peg onto her back fenders in vehicle mode. Additionally, the unfortunate placement of a tab on the back of her right knee (used to lock the front of her car mode together) prevents her lower leg from straightening out fully.

:Originally intended to be part of a mass retail wave, Arcee and Cybertron Mode Ratchet were eventually released as Toys"R"Us exclusives. Arcee has been notably difficult to find for many fans, leading to accusations of mass [[toy scalping]]. Additionally, Arcee was subject to a running change. Original shipments had Arcee in a glossy deep magenta color plastic, whereas later shipments switched her plastic to a matte medium dark pink. The softer matte plastic means that one can now force her lower right leg into position over the tab. At least some later shipped figures had a [[:File: Arceeknee.jpg|remolded tab]] that further corrected the design flaw.

: This mold was used as the model for the Japanese-card-reader-game-only [[Chromia (Animated)|Chromia]], and redecoed for the [[BotCon 2011]] exclusives [[Drag Strip (Animated)|Drag Strip]] and [[Minerva (Animated)|Minerva]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/Arcee/arcee.htm More information on Arcee at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
[[File:Animated arcee toy.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Slightly different wing sculpts. Anybody care? We do!]]
* According to [[Derrick J. Wyatt|Derrick Wyatt]], Arcee's swords and vehicle mode were designed by [[Eric Siebenaler]] rather than the ''Animated'' television staff.[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1432265686]
* After Hasbro decided to make her into a toy, Arcee's [[character model]] grew some new vehicle kibble to match. Her shoulder kibble sprouted tiny wings and wheels, her shins sprouted wheels, and her vehicle mode's canopy sprouted on her butt.
* Her [[stock photography]] features wings of a similar-but-different sculpt compared to the wings on the production version. They also attached at a point further from the rear of the vehicle.
* Arcee is given a disproportionately active role in ''Animated''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[title sequence]] in Japan. She leaps into action on Earth with everyone else, fights Blackarachnia underwater, and is briefly seen brandishing her toy's swords.
* Even though they're about the same age, Arcee appears to have not aged at all (while Ratchet... well, look at him!), possibly due to her being given round-the-clock medical care while comatose.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī'')

[[Category:Animated Autobots]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
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Wreck-Gar (G1)

2015-11-01T05:36:53Z

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:''Wreck-Gar is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:GenesisArtofTransformers-WreckGar.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Happy motoring. Cock-a-doodle-doo!]]

'''Wreck-Gar''' is a product of his environment. Unfortunately, this environment is the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junkion]], a distant world of trash which is bombarded by old [[Earth]] television broadcasts. Not only is Wreck-Gar's mismatched body collected from the detritus around him, but his mind is an equally mismatched hodgepodge of Earthling pop culture. These humans' cheesy slogans and sales pitches from decades past form the patchwork of Wreck-Gar's scatterbrained personality.

It is with this demeanor that Wreck-Gar leads the Junkions, a tribe (or possibly race) of junk-robot [[Transformer]]s who inhabit his world. Despite the pop culture of his race being derived from strangers light years away, Wreck-Gar can be strongly xenophobic towards intruders. Thankfully, this attitude is easily broken, and once he befriends you, he will be a selfless ally. He oversees his people's daily activities of "sorting" through their planet's collection of scrap, though what basis they use to sort the material has yet to be identified. He seems to have some sort of relationship with a Junkion lady named [[Nancy]].

In battle, Wreck-Gar is easy to knock down, but near-impossible to ''keep'' down, thanks to the unique physiology of the Junkions. He tends to lose pieces easily when he takes damage, but he can repair that damage with lightning speed, and it's possible that even if he's reduced to a pile of parts it's only a short time before he's back on his feet again swinging his axe. This rapid-healing ability reaches almost instantaneous speed on his home planet of Junk, or anywhere he can get his hands on scrap metal. Wreck-Gar wields, in addition to his energy axe, a [[decelerator laser]] that can bring the cerebral activity of its victim to a lumbering halt.

Steadfast and dependable, powerful and unexpectedly wise, Wreck-Gar reveals himself to be much more than the sum of his parts.

{{quote|Yes, friends, act now! Destroy [[Unicron]]! Kill the Grand Poobah! Eliminate even the toughest stains!|Wreck-Gar|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Eric Idle]] (''The Movie'', English), [[Tony Pope]] (season 3, English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Enrique Garduza]] (Spanish), [[Massimiliano Alto]] (Italian, second ''The Movie'' dub), [[Ulrich Frank]] (German, ''The Movie'' TV dub), [[Christoph Lindert]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4", "Chaos" and "The Dweller in the Depths"), [[Fritz von Hardenberg]] (German, "The Killing Jar" and "Forever Is a Long Time Coming"), [[Imo Heite]] (German, "The Big Broadcast of 2006"), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1")}}
[[File:TFTM-WreckGarsits.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|''You're'' excited?! Feel these nipples!]]
When a ship crash-landed on the planet of Junk, Wreck-Gar at first viewed the invaders as thieves and enemies. But he and his Junkions chose not to engage them immediately, and kept out of sight while other invaders attacked and destroyed the initial group's [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|leader]]. This moment of weakness was when Wreck-Gar chose to attack. After getting the invaders on the run, Wreck-Gar fought [[Springer (G1)|one of them]] for a while, cornering him, before [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|one of the smaller, squishier invaders]] took him out with an I-beam to the back of the head.

Wreck-Gar came to just as more invaders arrived: [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. After some explanations and introductions, Wreck-Gar and his Junkions were pacified with the [[universal greeting]]. After Wreck-Gar ordered the Junkions rebuilt Ultra Magnus, their fallen leader, he joined forces with these "Autobots" in their quest to destroy the planet-eater, [[Unicron]], once and for all. With the press of a few buttons, Wreck-Gar unleashed [[Minnow|a ship]] from underneath the wreckage of his planet of junk, suitable for escorting his new comrades to the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where Unicron was headed next.

[[File:TFTM-WreckGarbang.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Get it on, bang a gong.]]

The Junkions, like pretty much everyone else, didn't fare well against Unicron. Their ship managed to last longer than most in the battle, proving to be highly resistant to Unicron's fire-breath (due in part certainly to the Junkions' rapid-repair skills), but was ultimately crushed by Unicron's hand.

Wreck-Gar survived, as did their travel mate [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], appearing with the rest of Rodimus Prime's Autobot team on Cybertron after Unicron's destruction. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Wreck-Gar’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]],” the storybook “[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]" and the "Special Edition The Transformers: The Movie extra page" of "[[Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe]]."}}

On the planet [[Goo 8739B|Goo]], Rodimus and Ultra Magnus communicated with Wreck-Gar using a two-way TV. Surprised at the sight of his kemosabes being healthy on a dangerous planet like Goo, he was nonetheless capable of striking up a deal with Rodimus. During a battle with Galvatron and the Quintessons, Wreck-Gar was able to control the planet so that it would suck the Autobots into safety while rejecting their enemies. After that, he calmed [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] by reviving a previously-disassembled Springer faster than snap, crackle, pop. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

[[File:KillingJar-WreckGar Negative.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Wreck-Gar gave himself a new paint job in anticipation of G2. Alas, it was not meant to be.]]

Tricked into boarding a Quintesson scientist's ship (disguised as a junky television shuttle), Wreck-Gar was placed into a completely sterile room. The Quintesson speculated that being removed from the messiest place in the universe and put in a clean room would send Wreck-Gar into a fetal position of shock and despair; instead, Wreck-Gar tore the room apart until it resembled the surface of Junk, then sat down on a large chunk of metal, happily proclaiming "Home sweet home!" He then met his fellow study subjects: [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Marissa Faireborn]]. When the ship was caught in an electron storm, Wreck-Gar fired his detachable hand at the cell controls, disabling the bars, then battled the Quintessons' bodyguard, losing his weapon-arm in the process (which he easily fixed). However, the ship was caught in the grip of a black hole, and Wreck-Gar was part of an escape pod scuffle that left everyone stranded on the ship as it was pulled into a [[negative universe]]. He then used some of his components, along with ones from the other Transformers, to fix the ship and allow them to escape the black hole.

He is one of the few beings in the galaxy who likes [[Lippo the Clown|clowns]]. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar}}

[[File:Chaos-WreckGar Junk.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|"What do you see here, my friends?" "A hunk of garbage." "A ''glorious'' hunk of garbage!"]]

Wreck-Gar interrupted one of Kup's stories to inform him of a calamity on Goo, to Grimlock's confusion and frustration. When they arrived, Wreck-Gar pointed the Autobots to a destroyed [[Earth Defense Command]] station and said that a lot of things have landed on the planet lately. Though [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] swooped down to attack, Wreck-Gar and the others made their getaway inside Sky Lynx. Arriving on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]], Wreck-Gar helped fight off the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] that were menacing Kup, and then shot at Galvatron's forces with the other Autobots. While they did this, Kup was able to defeat [[Chaos (alien)|the monster]] inhabiting Dread, causing a volcanic eruption in the process. Wreck-Gar and his comrades boarded Sky Lynx and flew off... but he was not pleased at the prospect of Kup telling another one of his stories on the way back. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

Joining [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] on a mission to examine strange chronal energy readings in an asteroid belt, Wreck-Gar got more than he bargained for when they were attacked by a legion of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s. After chopping apart his fair share of the brutes, he was accidentally sent back in time nine million years along with everyone except Perceptor, to when the [[Quintesson]]s ruled Cybertron. After fleeing from a [[guardian robot]] and teaming up with a rebel Autobot group, Wreck-Gar aided the others in their attack on the Quintessons' base, which would have ended in their untimely demise if [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]] had not returned to the past and deactivated the Guardians, forcing the Quintessons to flee. The time-displaced Autobots then returned to their proper era. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

[[File:Nancy2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.05|One lucky robot.]]

One day, Wreck-Gar was watching television with his [[Nancy|lady friend]], but little did they know that Quintessons were spying on them. Wreck-Gar and his Junkions forced off the Quintessons and their Sharkticon pawns, but the Quintessons, aware of Wreck-Gar's love for television, inserted subliminal messages into his programs. These messages managed to convince him and his species to clean the planet and attack all other life forms, Autobot and Decepticon included. Now the centerpiece of their master plan, the hypnotized Wreck-Gar sent a Quintesson broadcast throughout the galaxy, causing tension between all forms of life that now refused to accept each other. Blaster was able to counter the transmissions with some of his own, and Wreck-Gar returned to the Autobots' side. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

[[File:DwellerinDepths-WreckGar Vampire.jpg|thumb|upright=0.95|[[Simon Belmondo|What a horrible night to have a curse!]]]]

Wreck-Gar followed Galvatron down an old shaft with a team of other Autobots when the Decepticon came to Cybertron looking for Perceptor's new power core. They only found an array of mutants, whom the Autobots soundly fought off. They were unprepared for what came next; a [[Dweller|colossal beast]] that trapped Ultra Magnus. Wreck-Gar saved Magnus with his axe while yelling [[G.I. Joe (team)|a familiar battle cry]], but got himself caught in the process. Wreck-Gar bemoaned his fate as the Dweller drained him of his energy. The angered Springer managed to recover his friend's body, but he discovered that Wreck-Gar had now become an [[energy vampire]], bent on taking the energy from other beings. Wreck-Gar promptly infected Springer, and later got to many other Transformers (including Scourge and Cyclonus!), and would not stop there. Thinking quickly, Perceptor created an energy imbalance that returned the vampires to their normal states. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

During the outbreak of the [[Hate Plague]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] summoned Wreck-Gar to attempt to repair [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], but unfortunately, [[Wikipedia:Leonard McCoy|he was dead, Jim]]. Wreck-Gar remained on Earth to assist in trying to stop the hate plague, showing up later to rescue Rodimus from the infected Ultra Magnus, but this quickly proved unsuccessful as Ultra Magnus escaped Wreck-Gar's lasso and infected him. In turn, Wreck-Gar infected Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} His warehouses were overstocked with hate plague priced to move, for a [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|limited time only]].
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
Wreck-Gar was there to witness a Quintesson ship, ridden by Hot Rod, Kup, and others, landing on the Planet of Junk. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
[[File:FourWarriors Decepticon attack viewscreen.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|When this round thing's in your face, you get, uh, [[Springer (G1)|Sprung]].]]
{{voiceactor|[[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese)}}
In 2011, Wreck-Gar was hanging out at Autobot headquarters on Cybertron when Galvatron and his new [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] warriors attacked the planet. He merely pointed out the Decepticons' attack being shown on the telly and (successfully) bossed Grimlock around before running off to try to help anyone who might have fallen and been unable to get up. While Kup and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] were debating the weakness in [[Vector Sigma]], he told them to make sure operators were standing by and darted back off into the hallway, never to be seen again. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}
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====''Macrocosmic Seekers''====

Wreck-Gar helped the Autobots Rodimus and Kup defend a "treasure" recently found on Junk by his fellow Junkion, Scrapheap. They were attacked by Galvatron's forces before an entity known as the Seeker arrived and spirited away Wreck-Gar's allies and opponents. {{storylink|Unending Battle}}

After his friends returned from their adventure, Wreck-Gar was present to congratulate Scrapheap when Rodimus Prime offered his a position in the Autobots. {{storylink|Macrocosmic Seekers (issue)|Macrocosmic Seekers}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Hunters2-WreckGarBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Oops, did I do that?]]

After the destruction of [[Unicron]], Wreck-Gar remained on Cybertron for a time and helped the Autobots regain control of the planet while attempting to fend off [[Airborne hunter squad|Decepticon attacks]] under the new command of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}} When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] planned a time-travel adventure to end the threat posed by former Decepticon commander, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Wreck-Gar decided to come along and leapt into the time-jump effect at the last second, causing his landing vector to be significantly displaced away from his fellow traveler's. {{storylink|Burning Sky!}} Stumbling across the deactivated body of [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] by chance, Wreck-Gar put his considerable mechanical talents to work and rebuilt the scrapped Autobot into a new form as [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]. The two then joined Wreck-Gar's allies and the present-day [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in an attempt to stop Galvatron's schemes. {{storylink|Hunters}} Wreck-Gar managed to get a hold of Galvatron's [[Time-jump mechanism|time jump trigger device]], and planned to jury rig the device to send all the time-travelers permanently back to 2007. His recalibrations failed, though, and the Autobots returned to the future while Galvatron remained in the past. {{storylink|Fire on High!}}

Still, Wreck-Gar had proven himself a worthy ally, and Rodimus gave him an official escort back to the planet of Junk and his people. Upon arriving home, however, Wreck-Gar stumbled into a plot by the Dark God himself, Unicron, to co-opt the planet Junk as a new body. It seems Unicron's head had blown free when his original body was destroyed by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and had drifted into range of the planetoid. Unicron's vast mental powers had enabled him to enslave the entire Junkion people, and Wreck-Gar was forced to "cancel" [[Scrapheap (G1)|one of his fellow Junkions]] while making his escape, an act for which he swore Unicron would pay dearly. After escaping another of Unicron's mind-pawns, named [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]], Wreck-Gar gathered a large quantity of explosives directly underneath Unicron's head and set them to blow. He managed to destroy what was left of Unicron's body just as Rodimus Prime contained the Chaos-Bringer's living essence within the confines of the Matrix, ending his threat for the moment. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

[[File:BigBroadcastUK-WreckGar.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|LUBUFF!]]

Sometime later, by sheer cosmic chance, Wreck-Gar came into possession of a [[Quintesson Journal]], a message canister containing details of their plans to leave the dying planet Quintessa and colonize other mechanical worlds, including Cybertron. When he attempted to bring this information to Rodimus Prime and the Autobots, Wreck-Gar was intercepted en route by the Quintessons and taken captive. [[Mister Regan|They]] tried to torture the location of the canister out of him, but all they got was [[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|total nonsense]]. Managing to escape, Wreck-Gar hooked up with an Autobot spy named [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and the two of them blasted off from Quintessa. After eluding his pursuers, Wreck-Gar met up with [[Scrapheap (G1)|some of]] [[Junkyard (G1)|his fellow Junkions]] and rigged the message canister so that its contents were broadcast across the universe. Instantly, all the potential colony worlds were alerted and forewarned of the possibility of a Quintesson invasion, and overnight the Quintessons became one of the most hated and hunted races in all the galaxies, throwing all their future plans into turmoil. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Vicious Circle!}} {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}}}

=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
{{NoteMarvelBB2006}}
[[File:BigBroadcastUS-WreckGar.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|The best kind of melee weapon is the one that shoots lasers.]]
In a strange alternate future, Wreck-Gar and his [[Nancy|lady]] were interrupted in their television watching by a [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] attack. Wreck-Gar rallied his fellow [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] to repel the invaders. He didn't know that the Sharkticons were sent by the [[Quintesson]]s to look for their [[Quintesson Journal|data canisters]] which, during the fight, was hopelessly lost amongst all the junk. The Quintessons then initiated a new plan which involved beaming a hypnotic signal through the Junkions' televisions. The signal made the Junkions extremely hostile to any foreigners as well as compelling them to meticulously organize their junk. In this way the Quintessons would find the data canister for them. In an encounter with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s, the hypnotic signal was momentarily altered to compel Wreck-Gar to bounce the signal throughout the galaxy, causing television watchers everywhere to attack their neighbors and travel to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].

The Autobots also arrived and successfully disrupted the hypnosis signal. Once freed, Wreck-Gar and his Junkions joined the Autobots in driving the Decepticons off the planet. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

===Marvel coloring books===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Invasion of the Decepticon Camp}}}}
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===''Sticker Adventures'' books===
[[File:Springer botjp.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|At least this is how Springer tells it.]]
When an [[Autobot shuttle]] was forced to land on [[Junkion (planet)|The Junk Planet]] for repairs, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] caught the attention of Wreck-Gar. Wreck-Gar was impressed by Blurr's powerful engine...and decided he wanted it! He attacked the Autobots with a horde of Junkions, intent on hacking the still-sputtering engine from Blurr's body, and fought [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] in the process.

The misunderstanding came to an end when [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], an old hand at negotiating with natives, located their missing shuttle and instead engaged the Junkions in a barter session, trading weapons and energon. The Junkions waved as their new friends departed with all their parts intact. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
As the Autobots attempted to repel a [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]-led Decepticon attack, Wreck-Gar rushed up to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] with the news that [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] was attacking the energon plant. He led the Autobot leader there, but they were too late — the [[Nullification Cannon]] had destroyed the energon stocks. A while later, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] returned from [[Tau-Ursa]] with a [[Logicon]] recording revealing the location of [[Metascan Alpha]], a storehouse of energon. Wreck-Gar was present at its playing, and subsequently fought off two Decepticon spies, the [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]]s. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
{{Note|As the following stories are [[multipath adventure]]s, details will vary depending on the path taken. See individual pages for information on alternate paths.}}
====Project Brain Drain====
In one possible scenario, after having learned that the Decepticons were planning to use a [[Brain Drain device]] on a crowd concert goers that included his son, Sparkplug Witwicky attempted to contact the Autobots via radio. He came in communication with Wreck-Gar instead. Sparkplug told the Junkion that he needed to talk to Ultra Magnus asap, and so Wreck-Gar found his way to Sparkplug’s house, and prompted the human to hop onto his motorcycle mode. The pair took off in direction of the Autobots’ city, Metroplex. As they were driving, however, they spotted an old abandoned building guarded by Decepticons. Sparkplug realized that the Brain Drain device might be held within.

If Sparkplug decided to keep on pushing Wreck-Gar to head for Metroplex, the strain caused the Junkion to break down. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, without any spare parts to repair Wreck-Gar, the pair were unable to reach the Autobots in time to warn them of the Decepticons’ plot.

If Sparkplug instructed Wreck-Gar to try and sneak into the lab, the Junkion circled around until they came upon the building’s backdoor, seemingly unwatched. They made a dash for the opening, only to run into Soundwave exiting the building. Soundwave began firing upon the duo, forcing them to retreat. Unfortunately, as they tried to run, they found their escape route cut off by a whole detachment of Decepticons. The pair, now surrounded by Decepticons, were instructed to surrender.

If Wreck-Gar did surrender, he was immediately blown to smithereens by the lying Decepticons.

If instead, Sparkplug and Wreck-Gar made a mad dash to escape, the two of them managed to get past the Decepticons surrounding them, but were then chased down by Thrust and Laserbeak, who managed to send them skidding into a nearby lake. As the Decepticons moved in for the kill, Hot Rod, Kup and Jazz showed up, shifting the odds and rescuing Sparkplug and Wreck-Gar. With Thrust and Laserbeak retreating, the Autobots were brought up-to-date on the situation, and had to decide whether they would launch a counter-attack on the Decepticons’ lab, or if they would send Hot Rod for reinforcements while the rest of them headed for the rock concert.

If the Autobots decided to storm the laboratory, the group attacked with such ferocity and suddenness that they scared off most of the Decepticons guarding the place. Finding their only opposition left being a small group of Decepticons, Wreck-Gar and the others successfully beat them back, until Soundwave attempted to escape with the Brain Drain device in hand.

If Hot Rod attempted to stop Soundwave, Laserbeak managed to grab hold of the device and flew off to meet Galvatron. The Autobots being too low on power to pursue meant that the Decepticons would ultimately be victorious. If Jazz attempted to stop him however, he was successful in doing so and the Autobots successfully destroyed the Brain Drain device.

Alternatively, if Wreck-Gar, Sprakplug, Kup and Jazz headed towards the concert while Hot Rod headed back to Metroplex for reinforcements, the small group found themselves wondering how they could defend the huge sea of people by themselves upon their arrival. Hearing the Decepticons approaching, but uncertain from which direction they were coming from, the Autobots had to decide whether they would station themselves on the west side of the concert, or at its south.

If the Autobots decided to head for the west side of the concert, Wreck-Gar and the others positioned themselves just in time to see a whole squadron of Decepticons coming into view. Catching the Decepticons by surprise with a first volley, the Autobots managed to buy themselves a few minutes as the Decepticons regrouped before circling around for another pass. During the Decepticons’ second pass, Wreck-Gar was blown to pieces. With Sparkplug’s help, he was able to reassemble himself. But then Wreck-Gar was hit by Decepticon fire once more, causing him to again fall to pieces.

If Sparkplug went off to alert an incoming convoy of Autobots, Wreck-Gar was left to reassemble himself. He presumably returned to full health as the Autobots soon succeeded in destroying the Brain Drain device and drove the Decepticons away.

If Sparkplug continued to fix Wreck-Gar instead, the Junkion assumed his motorcycle mode as soon as he was back in one piece. Using a nearby toppled speaker as a ramp, Wreck lept into Galvatron, smashing the Brain Drain device. Autobot reinforcements arrived just in time to congratulate Wreck-Gar as the Decepticons fled.

Alternatively, if the Autobots headed for the south side of the concert, they were unable to see the Decepticons coming from the other direction, and were destroyed in a surprise Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:RunninWithTheDevil-WreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Amount anyone will pay to never hear this commercial referenced again: ''Anything.'']]
Wreck-Gar found the chassis of the near-dead [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] floating in space, where he had been abandoned by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], while on a supply run. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} Wreck-Gar brought Megatron back on-line and even salvaged several [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] drone bodies from the surface of Junk for him so he could reclaim his position as leader of the Decepticons. For Wreck-Gar's efforts, Megatron stabbed him through the chest. {{storylink|Runnin' with the Devil}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When the [[Recyclon]]s arrived on Junk, intending to convert the planet into energon for their overseers, the [[Harvest Lords of Sigrath]], Wreck-Gar approached the leader, [[Salvage (G1)|Salvage]], and got two blaster bolts in the chest. After a near-instantaneous repair job, Wreck-Gar called out his fellows and swarmed the Recyclons, severely damaging them and forcing them to retreat to their ship, the ''[[Reclamation]]'', and lift off.

Salvage returned to the planet's surface, leaving the ''Reclamation'' in orbit, in order to make peace with Wreck-Gar. But it was all a ruse; Salvage slapped a device on Wreck-Gar, a more powerful version of the Junkion leader's own [[decelerator laser]], preventing him from attacking or calling his people while the orbiting Recyclons fired a beam from the [[Prime Processing Unit]] to convert the planet to energon from space. However, Wreck-Gar proved even stronger than Salvage expected, and he called the Junkions to fire a tractor beam at the ''Reclamation'', sending it crashing into Junk seconds before the Prime Processing Unit activated, causing the ship to explode. Salvage himself lived only a few seconds more than his fellows, as the Junkions closed in on him immediately afterwards. {{storylink|Collect and Save}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
When [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was banished to Junkion, Wreck-Gar spotted his arrival and readied his fellow Junkions to cannibalize the newcomer for parts. {{storylink|Derelicts}} He watched from the sidelines as the other Junkions attacked... and were massacred by Megatron. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:SpringerWreckGarCommercial1.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|The sad thing is that they actually get along pretty well!]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (English)
When [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s shuttle crash landed on the planet of Junk, Wreck-Gar and another Junkion were there to do endless battle with him! [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] sure liked Wreck-Gar a lot. Maybe he's a Decepticon? Yeah, he's probably a Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1}}
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Wreck-Gar is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
===''Transformers Legends''===
When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] became stranded on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], he was forced to fight off Wreck-Gar and the hordes of cannibalistic Junkions until he could be rescued by [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. {{storylink|Wreckage (Legends)|Wreckage}}

Wreck-Gar and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] joined up with the Autobots on Junkion. The pair subsequently accompanied [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] back to Earth to assist in rebuilding, only for Wreck-Gar to wander off on a holy pilgrimage to a TV station, and fall victim to a surprise attack from the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Junkion Reunion}}

Wreck-Gar aided Grimlock in rescuing Rodimus and Kup when the pair were put on trial by the Quintessons. {{storylink|Mockery of Justice}}

Wreck-Gar, alongside Ultra Magnus, intercepted Galvatron and his troops when the Decepticons attacked the facility which contained the Dweller and the Trans-Organics. When the creatures were unleashed, Wreck-Gar pushed Ultra-Magnus to safety, and attempted to face the Trans-Organic horde by himself. Both the Autobots and the Decepticons were eventually able to escape, and rocketed back to their respective bases. {{storylink|Dweller in the Depths}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Wreck-Gar toy.JPG|upright=1.67|thumb|Hurry, hurry! Operators are standing by!]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Autobot Hero, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-81'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Decelerator laser]]" gun, "Armor Axe"

: Wreck-Gar's first (and for decades, only) toy transforms into a Cybertronic "junk" motorcycle, and is noteworthy for being one of the earliest uses of ball-and-socket joints in the ''Transformers'' toy line. As his fists become the axle for his front wheel, his two weapons can be mounted there in motorcycle mode.

: Unfortunately, two Wreck-Gar toys are completely incapable of riding one another, unlike the action depicted in the movie.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Wreck-Gar/wreck-gar.htm More information on Wreck-Gar at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1986/instr_wreck-gar.jpg Instruction booklet for Wreck-Gar at Botchthecrab.com]''
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===Transformers (2010)===
[[File:RtStoy-WreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|This is the breakfast your Wreck-Gar could look like, can you see me now?]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Deluxe, 2011)
**''Accessories'': "4-bladed battle axe"/tailpipe

: Part of the sixth wave of the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]], Wreck-Gar transforms into a ''Road Warrior''-esque motorcycle. His exhaust pipe and rear hubcap detach (via a [[C joint|clip joint]]) and unfold to become his axe weapon. As part of the [[Reveal the Shield]] subline, Wreck-Gar features a [[rubsign]]. The front tire is mounted on a ball joint, allowing it to pivot downward and serve as a shield in [[robot mode]]. It can peg onto his elbow in this position, but doing so limits articulation. The wheel can also be popped out of the ball-joint socket, and held in Wreck-Gar's hand as a shield/axe/melee thingy.

[[File:RTS-WreckGar-RidingHimself.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Each sold separately.]]

: One Wreck-Gar can totally ride another (or another toy based on the same mold) in the style seen in the movie! Double pegs under his pelvis correspond to sockets in his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] seat. Furthermore, the mold has a tab on the right side of his seat and a socket on the left side of his fork, below the left handlebar, which respectively end up on the inner parts of his left and right ankles. They are ''supposed'' to connect to certain parts of his bike mode to secure his feet, but this is done with very limited success thanks to some part interference.

: The [[:File:OriginalRtSWreck-Gar.jpg|original]] Hasbro [[stock photography]] of ''Reveal the Shield'' Wreck-Gar showed him with red parts, similar to his animation model and the TakaraTomy release. However, by the time the figure came out at retail, all of his red parts became brown. The second set of stock photos, which depicts a production sample, is naturally closer to the final toy.[[File:OriginalRtSWreck-Gar.jpg|1px]]

: Pulling up on the gas tank during transformation causes his rubber handlebars to be dislodged and moved to the side. Do NOT unhinge the handlebars manually: doing so creates stress points in the hinges that connect them to the gas tank, resulting in many reported instances of breakage. Unfortunately, many have found that the nubs that hold the handlebars in place in bike mode are too strong, and even using the automorph as intended causes damage. Cutting the nubs off has been the only consistent fix to prevent breakage. Wreck-Gar is also sadly prone to stress marks and potential fractures in his hands and helmet-horns.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Wreck-Gar (SG)|Wreck-Gar]]. It was also [[retool]]ed into ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Scrapheap (G1)|Scrapheap]] and ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Junkyard (G1)|Junkheap]], each sporting a different head sculpt. Those two were redecoed into [[Scrap Iron (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Scrap Iron]] and [[Junkheap (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Junkheap]], respectively. Wreck-Gar's [[instructions]] depict Junkheap's head sculpt, thus hinting at the retool before it was announced as a separate release.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Wreck-Gar/wreck-gar.htm More information on ''Reveal the Shield'' Wreck-Gar at TFU.info]''
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===United===
[[File:Unitedtoy-WreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|A bright red jogging bra, bright red pirate boots, fleshtone panties.]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Deluxe, [[February 26|2-26]]-2011)
**''ID number:'' '''UN-18'''
**''Accessories'': "Battle axe"/tailpipe

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers United|United]]'', [[TakaraTomy]]'s version of Wreck-Gar is a [[redeco]] of the [[Hasbro]] release in (surprise!) a much brighter, more cartoon-inspired deco. This version has a ''lot'' more red, the flames dropped from his chest, his helmet in a lighter color, many additional paint applications, and numerous other color shifts.
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===Generations===
[[File:CWLegendsWreckGar.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Now in bite size!]]
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Legends, 2016)

:Part of the sixth wave of the [[Transformers:_Generations#Combiner_Wars_.282015.E2.80.93.29|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars]] subline imprint, Wreck-Gar is a retool of [[Groove (G1)#Generations|Groove]], sporting a brand new noggin. He transforms into a motorcycle or a chestplate for a combiner.

:The original version of this mold was also used to make [[Rust Dust#Generations|Rust Dust]] and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Override (Adventure)|Override]].
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==Merchandise==
===MyClone===
[[File:G1-toy WreckGar-MyClone.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He's a [[Wreck-Gar_(Kre-O)|Kre-O]] Maniac!]]

*'''Wreck-Gar''' (MyClone, 2003)
**''ID number'': '''MTF009'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

: A "[[super deformed]]" mini-figure of Wreck-Gar was created as part of the second wave of [[MyClone]] Transformers in Japan. These toys could be disassembled and their parts mixed-and-matched thanks to a generic base body. In Wreck-Gar's case, this is especially appropriate.

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===Tiny Titans===
*'''Wreck-Gar''' (Tiny Titan, 2015)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Number'': '''3/12'''

: Part of the third [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'', this is a small, soft-plastic figurine of Wreck-Gar rendered in the style of the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' series]].

: He comes with a trading card with a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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==Notes==
[[File:FloroDeryJunkionnotes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Always read the fine print.]]
{{quote|One of them (WRECK-GAR) has a rusty junk metal version of a Viking helmet and a BRILLO like wooly wiremetal vest.|The 4/27/1985 draft of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''<ref>[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/heritaage-auctions-transformers-movie.html Heritage Auctions - The Transformers The Movie draft script]@ Disciples of Boltax</ref>}}
* Given the above quote, we're going to take a painful leap to the conclusion that Wreck-Gar was named after the famed newspaper comic strip Viking, [[Wikipedia:Hägar the Horrible|Hä'''gar''' the Horrible]].
* Like the rest of the central ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' cast, Wreck-Gar had a (ridiculously overdetailed) preliminary [[character model]] by [[Floro Dery]] that was revised by Japanese artists before final animation. And just like the rest of the central movie cast, that early model was used as a basis for his toy design, and for his Marvel Comics appearances.
* During Wreck-Gar's first appearance in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', his speech pattern was a mashup of contemporary pop culture catchphrases, each line taking from a multitude of sources and scrambled together to make a (somewhat) coherent new statement. ("Don't look behind Door Number Two, Monty! It's time to play 'End of the Line, My Valentine'! Geroni-doo-run-run-ronimooooo!") In Wreck-Gar's subsequent appearances, however, writers seemed content to give him unaltered lines from television and movies. ("I'm a pepper! Wouldn't you like to be a pepper, too?")
* Of course, in Wreck-Gar's [[Marvel UK]] appearances, he repeats local British pop culturisms. ("That's Blockbusters!" and "Jim'll fix it!")
* In the Japanese dub, Wreck-Gar speaks in the [[wikipedia:Kyowa-go|Kyowa-go]] dialect, an obsolete and obscure dialect often associated with those of mixed Chinese-Japanese heritage. It is considered difficult to understand.
* For nearly 20 years, Wreck-Gar was the ''only'' Junkion toy, until the creation of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive [[Detritus (G1)|Detritus]].
* A motorcycle based on Wreck-Gar makes a brief [[easter egg]] appearance in the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]". Wreck-Gar's [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]] throws it at [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] in a fit of misguided helpfulness.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wreck-Gar''' (レックガー ''Rekkugā'')
*''French:'' '''Ferraille''' ("Scrap")
*''Italian:'' '''Chopper'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yíngjiù Chē''' (营救车, "Rescue Vehicle")
*''Russian:'' '''Remontnik''' (Ремонтник, "Repairman")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/145/14508_WreckGar_DreamwaveProfile.jpg Wreck-Gar's ''More Than Meets The Eye'' profile at Transformers-universe.com]

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Strongarm (RID)

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:''Strongarm is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Strongarm_(RID).jpg|right|280px|thumb|Next time on ''Rookie Blue''...]]

Cadet '''Strongarm''' sees a bright future in law enforcement ahead of her. She knows the regulations front-to-back, able to recall them by number with ease as needed (often to her teammates' chagrin). She is full of seemingly-boundless energy, and is more than willing to throw herself into dangerous situations in order to collar a target. Being assigned to work with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], hero of the war with the Decepticons, is a sure sign that she's destined to go places! Maybe even all the way to [[Earth]]!

This enthusiasm for her job makes her a tenacious officer, but also difficult to work with. Bumblebee's rather loose command style doesn't quite gel with the cadet's by-the-rules approach, as she uses protocol to sometimes get around Bumblebee's orders. It also puts her directly at odds with [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], a bot who breaks rules almost habitually and constantly thumbs his nose at authority. She's not terribly thrilled about working with convicted criminal [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] either, but at least he doesn't specifically try and pick fights with her like Sideswipe does.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Constance Zimmer]] (English), [[Yui Kondō]] (Japanese)|[[Katia Sorrentino]] (Italian), [[Anne Düe]] (German), [[Cony Madera]], (Latin american spanish), [[Aya Hamza]] (Arabic).}}
[[File:PilotPart1 Strongarm Cybertronian vehicle.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]], eat your heart out]]
A cadet partnered with Bumblebee, Strongarm helped him capture [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]]. Unfortunately for Bumblebee, she then insisted that regulations meant she had to accompany him on a trip to [[Earth]] after [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] appeared to him in a series of visions. There they found that the prison ship ''[[Alchemor]]'' had crashed, scattering [[Decepticon]] prisoners over the nearby area. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} Adopting a local vehicular form, Strongarm joined the team in recapturing the escaped Decepticon [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]] before he could reach and devour nearby [[Crown City]]. The operation was a success, though she was unsure about the wisdom of allowing Sideswipe and [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] to remain on the team. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

[[File:TrustExercises Strongarm points gun.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Strongarm uses her famous death stare.]]
Strongarm and Sideswipe continued having trouble working together, inadvertently resulting in Strongarm's comms being damaged. When the pair went sent on a mission to investigate fugitive signals, they split up, and Strongarm was captured by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], who tried to convince her that he intended to dwell peacefully on Earth. She was freed by Sideswipe and Russell, though Steeljaw got away. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}} Strongarm and the team managed to capture [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]]. They later encountered [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] and were unprepared for the Decepticon's ability to split into component parts. When Strongarm attempted to tackle one of his components, it resulted in Chop Shop taking Fixit as a new right arm, however the team were eventually successful in rescuing the Mini-Con and capturing the Decepticon. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

Sideswipe and Strongarm continued to squabble — when they went to a [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences|museum]], Strongarm alternated between doing so and towing Grimlock on a trailer. Splitting up, the team was unable to capture [[Terrashock]] until Bumblebee came up with a way to hunt the Decepticon on his own terms. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} Strongarm searched the ''Alchemor'' crash site again but only turned up a [[Decepticon Hunter]], which she was unable to get working despite Fixit's instructions. During the mission to protect the generator at the dam, she was forced to help Grimlock back to the scrapyard, and was unable to help hunt for [[Thunderhoof]]. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}}

[[File:CollectEmAll Strongarm rulebook.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Strongarm/rule book, BFFs]]
Feeling homesick, Strongarm began breaking out in hives, as well as relying more and more on the rulebook, which irritated Sideswipe as they searched for the Decepticon [[Filch]]. After some encouragement from Bumblebee, Strongarm broke several rules as they captured Filch, though she later wrote the others up anyway. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}} When Grimlock turned on the other Autobots and stole Underbite's stasis pod, Strongarm's first instinct was that Grimlock had been pretending to be good all along. She, Bumblebee and Sideswipe tracked him to [[Crown River Dam]], where they discovered that he had been under the control of [[Minitron]]. {{storylink|True Colors}}

After begging, Strongarm got her own solo mission, only to find that Bumblebee was following her. Despite several missteps, she managed to capture the Decepticon [[Springload (RID)|Springload]] with his help. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle}} Teamed with Bumblebee, Strongarm hunted [[Ped (RID)|Ped]] in subterranean tunnels, and was forced to help support part of Crown City when it was undermined by the Decepticon's digging. She later became trapped at the bottom of a pit during a later successful attempt to capture Ped. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} When Bumblebee was regressed to immaturity thanks to [[Quillfire]]'s toxins, Strongarm saw the opportunity to test herself in a leadership role. After suffering a number of Bumblebee's pranks, she took Grimlock to go hunt Quillfire, only to have Bumblebee follow them. Following a jaunt on a carnival ride and Quillfire's incapacitation, Strongarm had Grimlock chain Bumblebee up until he recovered from the toxin. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}

[[File:OutOfFocus Strongarm towing Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|330px|Capture rampaging dinobots with the all new Strongarm:Dinobot hauler!]]
When [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] came to Earth to collect the bounty on Bumblebee, Strongarm was captured by the Decepticon to use as a ransom along with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} Strongarm and Sideswipe continued their bickering, even as the team hunted the [[Skunkticon]] gang led by [[Malodor]], hampering efforts at several points during the chase. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

After discovering that Strongarm had been sneaking off the base, Sideswipe blackmailed her into doing undesirable jobs for him. After they tangled with Steeljaw's gang, Bumblebee revealed he already knew about Strongarm sneaking out, and Strongarm revealed she had been using a nearby carwash. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}}

Strongarm joined Sideswipe, Russell, and Grimlock for a horror movie marathon; the three Autobots tried to scare Russell to no avail. Strongarm joined Bumblebee and the rest of the team for an excursion to a local cave network in pursuit of a Decepticon signal. They encountered [[Nightstrike]], who picked them off one by one and tried to drain their energon. Trapped in a cocoon, Strongarm was forced to hallucinate her worst fear- disgracing the Kaon police force. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}

Strongarm towed Grimlock to the Crown City subway system after Sideswipe went missing. She discovered that the mad scientist [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]] had stolen Sideswipe's body, and she was forced to fight him. With Sideswipe's help, the other Autobots managed to incapacitate and recapture Vertebreak, and Strongarm challenged the repaired Sideswipe to a race home. {{storylink|Some Body, Any Body}}

After Drift and Slipstream returned to Earth in pursuit of Jetstorm, Strongarm rolled out with the other Autobots to recapture Quillfire and Springload. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}}

After taking part in a training exercise against Sideswipe, Strongarm [[GroundBridge]]d to the ocean, where the Decepticon [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]] was planning to steal an abandoned Cybertronian ship. Strongarm was taken out of the fight by an army of deployable Mini-Cons and locked in an empty room, where she couldn't contact her teammates. She managed to break out and escape before the ship self-destructed. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}}

When the gladiator [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] and his cheating manager [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]] debuted at the Crown City [[Rumbledome]], Strongarm and the other Autobots- minus Grimlock and Fixit- tried to GroundBridge into the city. Instead, they wound up in the Arctic, and then appeared outside the city limits, where they were held up by traffic while Grimlock fought Groundpounder. Strongarm arrived just in time to [[stasis cuff]] the fleeing Headlock. {{storylink|The Champ}}

Fixit's sentry programming asserted itself, causing Strongarm to be menaced by the scrapyard's various security systems. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} Strongarm helped set up a new rollercoaster that Denny purchased, but headed out with the team to investigate a Decepticon signal. The signal belonged to [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]], who had been set up by Steeljaw as a distraction while the rest of his gang broke into the Autobot base and deactivated the other stasis pods. The Autobots managed to take back their territory and rout the Decepticons, and Strongarm helped to recontain Octopunch's tentacles. {{storylink|Lockout}} The Autobots set out to capture [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], whom Grimlock had inadvertently befriended and set free. Strongarm helped to reroute a train that Scowl had derailed, then ran damage control at a local spa while Grimlock tried to recapture the vengeful Decepticon. {{storylink|Similarly Different}}

Strongarm realized that many of the ''Alchemor'''s convicts were based off Earth animals, and began researching the dangers of Earth creatures. She was less than impressed by the newcomer [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and was particularly irked by Windblade's cavalier attitude toward protocol. The disagreement boiled over when the Autobots set out in search of [[Zizza]], when Windblade revealed that she didn't care if humans were caught in the crossfire. The two Autobots eventually resolved their differences, and Strongarm's knowledge of Earth bees helped her bring in Zizza. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

Feeling homesick for Cybertron, Strongarm came along with the team on a "vacation" to [[Edmondville]]. Although the gang had fun scaring off a group of human tourists, things took a turn for the worse when they encountered [[Pseudo]], who locked Strongarm and the Mini-Cons in an old bank vault. Strongarm escaped by blasting a hole in the wall and tracked Pseudo to a nearby mine. After a brief chase, the Autobots managed to subdue the [[Shifter]].{{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

On a training exercise with Sideswipe, both Autobots were ambushed by Decepticons; Strongarm managed to send a fragmentary transmission back to the base before she was captured by Fracture. The duo were later joined by Windblade, and all three of them were lashed to the [[Crown City Colossus]] while the Decepticons worked to summon [[Megatronus]]. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} With their ranks bolstered by a revived Optimus Prime, the three Autobots were freed and joined in the fight. Although Optimus faltered in his fight against Megatronus, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Strongarm were able to unlock the power of their Decepticon hunters and give themselves a power-up, allowing them to fire a sustained blast at Megatronus and vaporize him. With Steeljaw's gang almost entirely arrested, Strongarm opted to remain on Earth alongside her commander. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===

Strongarm watched Grimlock and Fixit perform in a talent show. {{storylink|Fixit Jam}} She found a sleep-deprived Bumblebee struggling to come up with a catchphrase and suggested he take a break. {{storylink|To Catch a Phrase}} Strongarm trapped a would-be car thief's hand in her door and dragged the thief along a few paces. {{storylink|Carjacked}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
Strongarm and Grimlock checked on a stasis pod, only to find it empty. After they tracked the Decepticon fruitlessly for some time, Bumblebee arrived to point them in the direction of the [[Fun-A-Rama]] amusement park, where the team found and captured [[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]]. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}}
{{spoilers|Robots in Disguise issue 1|August 22}}
During a training exercise, Strongarm mainly squabbled Sideswipe, resulting in the team's defeat. The pair were sent to investigate activity, but proved unable to capture [[Spinhead]] and had to return to the scrapyard empty handed. Fortunately Bumblebee came up with a plan and the whole team managed to defeat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
When the Autobots detected [[Scuzzard]] on the loose, Strongarm, Bumblebee and Sideswipe managed to lure the Decepticon into a trap, though things got hairy for Strongarm for a while. The Decepticon was snatched from them by the newly-escaped Filch, and the Autobots were forced to track down and capture both of the birdbots. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}}

Detecting Autobots signals at the docks, the Autobots stumbled on a fight between Underbite, Thunderhoof, and [[Slink]]'s gang. Strongarm managed to tie up [[Sneak]] before having to help Sideswipe in his fight against Thunderhoof. She later netted Slink and [[Snitch]] as the Autobots captured Slink's gang. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

===''TransTech''===
Strongarm was part of the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]] and aided her fellow police officers in arresting [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Battletrap]], and [[Stepper (SG)|Stepper]]. {{Storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

==Games==
===Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)===
*''unlock Starter'' — 500 Energon Cubes or 10 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Legion'' — 1500 Energon Cubes or 30 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Legion Patrol'' — 1500 Energon Cubes or 30 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock 1-Step'' — 2000 Energon Cubes or 40 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock 1-Step Patrol'' — 2000 Energon Cubes or 40 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Warrior'' — 4000 Energon Cubes or 80 Ultra Sparks
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==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
====Legion Class====
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[[File:2015 RID Cyberverse Strongarm.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tonight's the night we got the truck, we're goin' downtown gonna beat up drunks.]]
*'''Strongarm''' (Legion Class, 2015)

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)| Robots in Disguise]]'' Legion figures, Strongarm transforms into a police SUV. In robot mode, her fists are compatible with 3mm-peg weapons, although she does not come with any herself. Her head is sculpted with her [[mouthplate|battle mask]] deployed. Her transformation had taken several cues from [[Ratchet_(WFC)#Cyberverse|Legion Class Ratchet]].

: Her scannable Autobot [[insignia]] is on her drivers-side door in vehicle mode, becoming her left arm in robot mode. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Legion-Class Strongarm figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked her already (at a cost of 500 energon cubes). This badge is accessible while she is still in-package.

:Although her kneecaps were painted blue in the initial stock photos (pictured at right), the final product leaves them bare as the thighs are made from [[Unpaintable plastic|unpaintable plastic]]. She also features different paint details on her face compared to the final product.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/LegStrongarm/strongarm.htm More information on Legion Strongarm at TFU.info]''

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*'''Patrol Mode Strongarm''' (Legion Class, 2015)

:Part of the fifth wave of Robots in Disguise Legion-class product, Patrol Mode Strongarm is a redeco of the original Legion Strongarm.

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====One-Step Changers====
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[[File:Onestepstrongarm.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Dispatch calls, "Are you doin' something wicked?" No siree jack, we're just giving out tickets.]]
*'''Strongarm''' (One Step Changer, 2015)
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[July 25|7-25]]-[[2015]]'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TED-10'''

: Part of the first wave of [[One Step Changer]]s, Strongarm transforms from robot to police SUV in a single step: twisting her two vehicle kibbles to reveal the robot inside. In robot mode, she has extremely limited posability, with just shoulder-swivels and some extra outward-swing thanks to her transformation. Her fists have [[5mm post]]-compatible holes.

: Her scannable Autobot [[insignia]] is on her right shoulder in robot mode. Scanning this in the Robots in Disguise mobile game temporarily unlocks the One Step Changer Strongarm figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. As it's on a folded-up robot bit and she's packaged in vehicle mode, there's no way to scan this while she is still in-package.

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changer-Patrol-Mode-Strongarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No, I'm not part of the [[Night Rescue Team]]. Why do you ask?]]
*'''Patrol Mode Strongarm''' (One Step Changer, 2015)

:Patrol Mode Strongarm is a redeco of the One-Step Changer above.

:Like her original toy, her scannable Autobot [[insignia]] is on her right shoulder in robot mode. Scanning this in the Robots in Disguise mobile game temporarily unlocksthe One Step Changer Patrol Mode Strongarm figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. As it's on a folded-up robot bit and she's packaged in vehicle mode, there's no way to scan this while she is still in-package.

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====Warrior Class====
{{anchor|Warrior}}
[[File:RIDtoy-StrongarmWarrior.jpg|thumb|300px|right|When no one's watching, she folds her back-kibble down and pretends it's a cape.''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[Image:Adventuretoy-Strongarm.jpg|thumb|300px|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Strongarm''' (Warrior Class, 2015)
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[March 21]] 2015'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TAV03'''
**''Accessories:'' Rifle

: Part of the first wave of Warrior-class figures, Strongarm transforms into a police SUV. This larger, more complex and posable version of the character includes a rifle accessory (with an odd permanent "blast effect" on the barrel-tip), which can be mounted using 5mm ports in both robot and vehicle mode.

: Her scannable Autobot [[insignia]] is on her robot-mode right chestplate. Scanning this in the Robots in Disguise' mobile game temporarily unlocks the Warrior-Class Strongarm figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. As she's packaged in robot mode, this badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] ''Adventure'' version of this toy (sold in the first wave of product) uses a deeper shade of blue, as well as having more complicated [[paint operation]]s. In vehicle mode she has a silver grill and blue striping on her hood, as well as more complicated striping on her side-panels. In robot mode, rather than having the solid-blue chestplate and helmet, she has much more show-accurate white-and-blue striping. Her scan-badge is also different, to be used in TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Chronicle'' app, though in-package it's covered by a dummy sticker to prevent pre-purchase scanning.

: This mold was used to make [[Greejeeber (Adventure)|Greejeeber]]. An unchanged version of this mold was also included in a VS two-pack along with [[Phantomjaw]]

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/Strongarm/strongarm.htm More information on Warrior Strongarm at TFU.info]''

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===Hero Mashers===
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[[File:Hero-Mashers-RID2015-Strongarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You're looking...robust, ma'am!]]
*'''Strongarm'''
**''Pieces'': '''9'''
**''Accessories'': Crossbow

: Part of the third wave of ''Transformers [[Hero Mashers]]'' —and the first of the ''Robots in Disguise''-themed product— Strongarm is a non-transforming action figure with ratchet-joints, about six inches tall. She has multiple peg-holes all over that can be used to mount any ''Hero Mashers'' accessory.

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

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==Merchandise==
===Tiny Titans===
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*'''Strongarm''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''3/12'''

: Part of the inital assortment of [[Tiny Titans]], this version of Strongarm is a very small, minimally-painted soft-plastic figure of her in robot mode, sporting a battle-ready boxing stance.

: Sold in a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] baggie (though there is a tiny window on the back to peek in and see what's inside), she comes with a collectible card with a scan-badge for the mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/TTStrongarm/strongarm.htm More information on ''Tiny Titans'' Strongarm at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*While Strongarm's abdomen and upper legs are actually dark gray (with light gray and white panels), none of her toys get the color right.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Strongarm''' (ストロングアーム ''Sutoronguāmu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiěwàn''' (铁腕, "Ironhand")

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George Coe

2015-07-26T02:55:42Z

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[[Image:GeorgeCoe.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sir, that stolen lemur bit one of your prostitutes right in the face, and she says she can't go to hospital because she's, quote, "tripping balls."]]
'''George Coe''' (born [[May 10]], [[1929]] - [[July 18]], [[2015]]) was an American actor. Among his abundant credits, some of his prominent roles included Ben Cheviot in ''Max Headroom'', Jim O'Connor in ''Kramer vs. Kramer'', Senator Howard Stackhouse in ''The West Wing'', William Clark in ''Smallville'' and Judge Vance on ''L.A. Law''. He was an original cast member on the first three episodes of ''Saturday Night Live''. More recently, he had taken on a number of voice acting roles, including Woodhouse the valet on FX's ''Archer'', Toza in ''The Legend of Korra'', a few voices in ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'', [[Jedi]] Master Gnost-Dural in ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]: The Old Republic'', and [[Albert Einstein]] in ''Celebrity Deathmatch''. Hmmm!

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

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:George Coe|George Coe on Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168642/ George Coe on the IMDB]
*[http://variety.com/2015/film/news/george-coe-dead-sag-1201543614/ George Coe Dead: Oscar-Nominated Actor and SAG Activist, Dies at 86]

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I Have Heard the Robots Singing

2015-06-15T06:12:45Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 76
|prev=More than Meets the Eye (RB)
|next=Now and Then
|image=RB-TheCastSinging.jpg
|caption=''Do you hear the robots sing?'' ''Singing a song of angry men?'' ''It is the music of a people'' ''Who will not be slaves again''
|title="I Have Heard the Robots Singing"
|airdate=[[June 6]], [[2015]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]]
|writers=[[Brian Hohlfeld]] & [[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Frank Squillace]]
}}

'''Priscilla Pynch's theft of Doc's latest invention causes the entire populace of Griffin Rock to erupt into an endless musical.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:RobotsSinging Priscilla steals Tone-O-Tuner.jpg|thumb|left|250px|left|''See I really couldn't sing'' ''I could never really sing!'']]
[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] is directing a large amount of traffic, thanks to [[Mayor Luskey]] hosting the singing contest ''[[Griffin Rock Idol]]''. [[Frankie Greene]] is also preparing to audition, though she plans on doing it later when the line dies down. She and [[Doc Greene|her father]] go around back to test out his latest invention in the auditorium. [[Huxley Prescott]]'s coverage of the auditions from his tower is ruined when his tower collapses under him, sending him plummeting. The bots spring into action, and [[Boulder]] creates a soft landing pad for Prescott. [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] convinces Luskey to postpone the auditions for two hours until the mess from Prescott's rescue can be cleaned up - and to give the mainland news team more time to get to the island. Cody enters the auditorium and learns that Doc's "[[Tone-O-Tuner]]" will correct any singer's pitch. Cody is concerned over the ethics of the device, and Frankie convinces her father to not use it, wishing to win ''Griffin Rock Idol'' on her own. [[Priscilla Pynch]], wanting to score a record deal, manages to steal the Tone-O-Tuner, but her tests of the device are unsuccessful. She hides it in Prescott's van, and Prescott's anger at being replaced by the mainland news accidentally activates the Tone-O-Tuner…

[[File:RB-ChaseSings.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''He's there, the phantom of the opera!'' ''Beware, the phantom of the opera!'']]
The Rescue Bots are anxious over an upcoming presentation on rescue basics they are to present to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[High Tide]], [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]], [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], and a few others. They have to race to Prescott's rescue once again when he crashes his van thanks to a distracted driver. The damage to Prescott's van begins to broadcast the Tone-O-Tuner to the entire island, which causes everyone to sing everything they say. [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is delighted to be singing, [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] are not, and the team reflects that their job may have just gotten a lot harder thanks to their endless singing. Chief calls up Doc, who discovers the theft of the Tone-O-Tuner, and promises to cook up something to resolve their musical problem.

[[File:RB-DaniAndBladesFly.jpg|250px|thumb|left|''Just you and I defying gravity'' ''With you and I defying gravity'' ''They'll never bring us down…'']]
The presentation back at headquarters gets underway, and Blurr reports that Optimus is unable to attend, and that the entire presentation will be recorded and archived, to the team's dismay. Boulder explains their current musical mayhem, but begins to sing about how much he loves the wonders of Earth, be it the flora, fauna, or people. Heatwave and Kade refuse to take part in the presentation, hating their predicament. Chase sings of the various criminal codes and procedures with Blades and Boulder as his back-up singers, from the illegal nature of hunting [[Megatron (Armada)|moose]] at night to disturbing the peace. When asked to report on air rescue, Blades asks Dani to cover for him, and implores her to sing her heart out. Dani sings of how much she loves her job as air support, happily looking forward to flying in the sky. Blades finally cuts in, mentioning that he's the one doing the flying, and restates his fear of heights. But, he pushes on for the sake of his duty, how fun Dani makes flying, and out of loyalty to her as well.

[[File:RB-FrankieRocksIt.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''I touch the fire, and it freezes me…'']]
Meanwhile, Priscilla is overjoyed that her newfound ability to sing on key will guarantee her victory at ''Griffin Rock Idol'' - once she gets through the lengthy line of equally capable singers, that is. Prescott plots to broadcast his coverage all the way around the world, but the ensuing strengthened waves from the Tone-O-Tuner begin to destroy glass and windows all over Griffin Rock and also destabilize various buildings. The team cuts their presentation short, and ventures out to do their job. They find their abilities are not hindered at all by their singing a remixed version of the [[theme song]]. Just as Priscilla is about to audition. Doc finds the Tone-O-Tuner in Prescott's van, and deactivates it, restoring everyone's ability of normal speech, though Blades is disappointed as he enjoyed the singing. Through security footage from city hall, the team learns that Priscilla was the thief of the device. Without the effects of the Tone-O-Tuner, Priscilla fails miserably at her audition. Frankie proceeds to blow away the panel of judges and her family and friends, making amends with Priscilla during her performance. Luskey declares her the winner of ''Griffin Rock Idol'' on the spot.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (1)
*[[Boulder]] (2)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (3)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (9)
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] (17)
*[[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] (18)
*[[High Tide]] (19)
*Recruits (20)
*[[Servo (RB)|Servo]] (21)

|c3=
*[[Charlie Burns]] (4)
*[[Cody Burns]] (5)
*[[Graham Burns]] (6)
*[[Kade Burns]] (7)
*[[Dani Burns]] (8)
*[[Doc Greene]] (10)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (11)
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (12)
*[[Mayor Luskey]] (13)
*[[Priscilla Pynch]] (14)
*[[Don]] (15)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Harrison]] (16)

}}

==Quotes==
"Wait wait, lemme get this straight, you can't ''not'' sing? Whoa, I knew that town was weird, but..."
:—'''Blurr'''

''"And we fly, we fly!"'' 
''"Dani and me''/ ''Rainbow chasing"'' 
''"Racing through the sky"'' 
''"The rest of life's just waiting for"'' 
''"Couldn't disagree more, but I'm here if you need me"'' 
''"The next time we can fly…"''
:—'''Dani''' and '''Blades'''

"Well, we were hoping for something a little more specific, but thanks!"
:—'''Salvage''' on Blades and Dani's duet

"''The waves produced by Doc's device that make us sing this way,'' 
''cause vibrations sub-atomically putting molecules in play,'' 
''which makes surrounding neutrons all expand.''" 
"''Bro, even when you sing this stuff, I still don't understand.''"
:—'''Graham''' and '''Kade'''

"You ever sung your own theme song on a mission?" 
"No, but-" 
"Well all right then. Guess we know who's coolest."
:—'''Kade''' and '''Blurr'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Graham explaining that the device worked on subatomic level and forcing neutrons "expand"; in that case, the flux of neutron radiation would be much more actual problem for all living things in town.
* Milo is shown once on the streets, greeting the rescue team, and then - inside the town hall, on the audition. Either he knew some really short shortcut, or Bots aren't trying very hard.

===Continuity errors===
*How did Prescott get his van back on the road? The rescue team drive off without rescuing it!
** Kade did previously instruct Heatwave and Boulder to move the van, but this is never shown happening, which may be relevant or might just make it worse.

===Continuity notes===
*[[High Tide]] was previously introduced in "[[Turning the Tide]]", while [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] and [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] first appeared in "[[The New Recruits]]" and were transferred elsewhere in "[[A New Hero]]".
*Some of the scenes shown as backdrops during Chase's song depict events from previous episodes. Specifically, the picture for "disturbance of the peace" features [[Humungado]] from "[[The Attack of Humungado]]", the one for "a prison break" shows [[Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco]] and his [[MorBot]] from "[[Bugs in the System]]", and the one for "big trouble at the lake" features the [[Mobile Headquarters]] from its appearance in "[[Road Trip]]".
===Transformers references===
*The unnamed new Rescue Bot recruits seen with Blurr and Salvage are still in the monochrome "protoform" state that all the Rescue Bots cast members have before scanning alternate modes. Given that one is a reddish-orange and the other is blue, perhaps they are supposed to be [[Medix]] and [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]]? The green guy, we got nothin'.

===Real-world references===
*The episode's title is based on the line "I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each", from T.S. Eliot's ''The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock''.
*''Griffin Rock Idol'' is a reference to ''[[wikipedia:American Idol|American Idol]]''.
*Some of the Griffin Rock populace can be seen busting out some of [[Michael Jackson]]'s most iconic moves from ''[[wikipedia:Thriller (music video)|Thriller]]''.
*Boulder begins his explanation to Blurr and Salvage by singing "A funny thing happened on the way to the station," referencing the broadway musical ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum''.
*Episode co-writer Brian Hohlfeld has stated that all of the codes in Chase's song are in fact real codes used by the Maine State Police.<ref>https://twitter.com/BHohlfeld/status/607590397083197440</ref>

===Trivia===
[[File:RB-SingAlong.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''It's time to play the music'' ''It's time to light the lights'']]
*This episode has the honor of being the first musical episode in ''Transformers'' fiction. EVER.
*Chase's song must literally be music to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]'s ears, mustn't it?
*The cast gets to break the fourth wall at the end of the episode when Kade boasts to Blurr about how they sang their own theme song.

===Foreign localization===

==References==
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Star Saber (G1)

2015-03-10T00:40:46Z

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:''Star Saber is an [[Autobot]] [[Brainmaster]] from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:G1 Star Saber art variant.jpg|325px|thumb|Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs!]]
Famed throughout the length and breadth of the cosmos as the greatest swordsman in the universe, the heroic '''Star Saber''' (スターセイバー ''Sutā Seibā'') has ascended from humble beginnings to the lofty position of [[Supreme Commander]] of the [[Autobot]]s and head of the interplanetary [[Galactic Peace Alliance|Galactic Defense Force]]. Protector of the weak, defender of the defenceless and lover of life in all its forms, Star Saber's heart [[Burning justice|burns]] with an unending passion for justice and peace unequalled by any other, which drives him to quash evil wherever he finds it, with a cry of "Let's say go!"<ref>"Let's say go" is presumably a Japanese language pun, as it is written as with the English word, "Let's", and the Japanese word "seigō" (整合), meaning "coordinate" or "integrate" (as seen in print in "[[Shine! The Five Stars of Victory]]"). As such, it's hard to preserve the pun in translation, so the official DVD releases of the series by [[Metrodome]] and [[Madman Entertainment]] didn't bother, rendering the phrase simply as "Let's say go".</ref> This idealism is perhaps best evidenced in his adoption of the orphaned human child, [[Jean Minakaze]], as his own son, for whom he cares deeply.

Star Saber is a member of the powerful sub-group known as the [[Brainmaster]]s, who possess incredible courage, strength, skill and intelligence. Star Saber exemplifies courage in particular: his smallest robot form is the '''Brain of Courage''' (勇気のブレイン ''Yūki no Brain''), which connects to a [[Transtector]] to become the robot known as '''Saber'''. In either robot or jet mode, Saber connects to the mobile battle platform named the [[V-Star]] with a cry of "Battle Up!" to become Star Saber. Furthermore, in either mode, Star Saber is capable of linking up with his team-mate [[Victory Leo]] to become '''Victory Saber'''. In this form, Star Saber's speed and power are greatly enhanced, but at times, Victory Leo's savage personality can override his calm and collected nature.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
When [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] asked [[Grand Maximus|Grand]] if he could meet the new [[Supreme Commander]], Grand obliged by showing him clips of Star Saber. {{storylink|Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!}}

====''Victory'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Hideyuki Tanaka]] (Japan)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}

[[File:Starsaber deathsaurus first battle.jpg|left|215px|thumb|I know that dragon guy is around here somewhere.]]
As a child, Star Saber was a paragon of good behaviour. He was never greedy, so he never had to sneak food, and he never once wet the bed and got scolded for it. He was, however, still a fun-loving kid, who would zoom around on a skateboard while wearing his bedsheet as a cape.<ref>This description of Star Saber's childhood comes from the lyrics of ''Victory''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s closing [[theme song|theme tune]], "[[Cybertron Banzai]]". While the very notion of Transformers having a childhood that they actually physically grow out of is rather bizarre, resulting in the temptation to not consider the song "canon", the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|Victory]]'' manga ''also'' depicts Star Saber as a child, in an actual, in-story flashback. So if it can happen in the comics, there's really no reason to think that it can't also have been the case in the cartoon.</ref>

Around 500,000 years ago, when Star Saber was a commander in the Autobot army, the powerful [[Decepticon]] warrior [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] threatened the galaxy with his colossal [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. Star Saber led a garrison of Autobots in an assault against the fortress, and battled Deathsaurus personally while his troops planted gravity boosters on the fortress's surface. The boosters de-energized the fortress and trapped it in a gravity cell at the heart of the [[Dark Nebula]], forever earning Star Saber the enmity of Deathsaurus. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}}

[[File:Starsaber and jean.jpg|215px|thumb|That's where I saw the leprechaun. He told me to burn things.]]
Several years before [[2025]], Star Saber was appointed Supreme Commander of the Autobots, and consulted his friend, [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]], on whether or not he should take the job. {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} Star Saber accepted the role, and by extension, became head of the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]]'s Galactic Defense Force, dedicated to protecting planets all throughout the galaxy from the renewed threat of the Decepticons under the command of Deathsaurus, who had succeeded in his quest to become [[Emperor of Destruction]]. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}} In one of these attacks, a [[human]] spacecraft was destroyed by the [[Dinoforce]], killing all on board, save for a baby that had been placed in an escape pod. Star Saber recovered the child, [[Jean Minakaze]], and adopted him as his own son. {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}}

[[File:Starsaber vehiclemode.jpg|left|215px|thumb|[[Steve Blum|Spike Spiegel's]] weekend ride.]]
In 2025, Deathsaurus's attacks on Earth's sector of space intensified, leading Star Saber to make preparations to leave the Autobots' base on [[Victory (planet)|Planet V]] and personally take command of the defense force unit stationed in Earth's sector. After saving the small frontier community of [[Iron Town]] from a pair of [[Decepticon desperadoes]], Star Saber returned to base to a report of an attack by the Dinoforce on the [[Lunar Base (Victory)|Lunar Base]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] and immediately headed to the scene. As he drew close to the moon, Deathsaurus appeared to bar his way, and the two old foes battled while [[Blacker]], [[Braver]] and [[Laster]] clashed with the Dinoforce. Star Saber broke the fight off when Jean alerted him to the worsening battle on the moon's surface, and he proceeded to dispatch the Dinoforce with ease before Deathsaurus caught up to him and their battle continued. Battling his way through Deathsaurus's [[Breast Animal]]s, Star Saber emerged victorious, and the Decepticons fled. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}} The Autobots proceeded to transport the human staff of the damaged Lunar Base back to Earth aboard their [[Rocket Base|Shuttle Base]], but when they came under attack from the Dinoforce again, Star Saber split himself into Saber and the V-Star to defeat their combined robot form of [[Dinoking (Victory)|Dinoking]]. {{storylink|Sneak Attack! Dinoking}}

[[File:Saber and vstar.jpg|215px|thumb|Anakin built it in a junk yard in a desert.]]
Operating out of the Shuttle Base, Star Saber's Autobots took Earth as a second home of sorts, and staged all their operations from there. Star Saber enrolled Jean at school, flying him there personally for his first day and giving the [[Mabel (Victory)|headmistress]] quite a shock. Unfortunately for everyone, Star Saber's presence at the school attracted the attention of the Decepticon [[Breastforce]]r [[Leozack]], who put the student body in mortal danger when he attacked. Star Saber separated from the V-Star and had Jean use it to carry the students to safety while he tackled Leozack and the Dinoforce. When the students were safe, Saber recombined with the V-Star, and defeated Leozack and Dinoking with the aid of [[Road Caesar]]. {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}}

[[File:Starsaber vs dinoking.jpg|left|215px|thumb|And now we know what killed the dinosaurs.]]
Star Saber later battled Dinoking again at an energy plant, this time with the aid of [[Landcross (Victory)|Landcross]], {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}} then went up against Leozack once more at the Ocean Exhibition amusement park, {{storylink|Move Out! Rescue Team}} before battling both opponents yet again at a uranium mine. {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} Later, when Blacker and the [[Multiforce]] investigated a Decepticon energy base in the Amazon jungle, Star Saber became concerned when he was unable to contact them, and sped to their aid, helping them to dispatch the villains. {{storylink|Explosion!! The Energy Base}}

[[File:Starsaber vs breastanimals.jpg|215px|thumb|This is why you don't get out of the car in a safari park.]]
When the Breastforce began draining electrical energy from a major American subway system, Star Saber proved too large to venture into the tunnels to investigate, and had to divide into Saber and the V-Star to proceed. Investigating the power distribution centre, Saber was confronted by Deathsaurus, and in the cramped quarters of the building, proved to be no match for the villain's nimble Breast Animals. Directing the V-Star to crash into Deathsaurus, Saber forced the Decepticon to block the craft, thereby leaving his unprotected chest open for attack and allowing Saber to impale him with his sword. Thus wounded, Deathsaurus fled, leaving Saber victorious once more. {{storylink|Big City - Underground Terror}}

[[File:Saber robotmode.jpg|left|215px|thumb|Behold! Galva—wait, no.]]
When Leozack called in his newest Breastforce recruit [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]], Star Saber went up against the pair several times, joining the other Autobots in battling through Hellbat's hypnotic waves, {{storylink|The New Warrior - Hellbat}} and splitting into Saber and the V-Star to take on the two at once when they stole energy from a Nevada spaceport. {{storylink|Attack the Shuttle Base!!}} Star Saber later joined with the Brainmasters in saving [[Marine City]] from the threat of a neutron bomb, giving Blacker the V-Star so he could search for the bomb while he battled Leozack as Saber. {{storylink|Tanker Hijack Operation}} Later, while Star Saber was busy leading the Autobots in an attack against Leozack and most of the Breastforce, Hellbat kidnapped Jean and [[Holi]]. Jean proved resourceful enough to escape his cell and contact Star Saber, who came to his rescue, defeating Dinoking by collapsing a mountain on him. {{storylink|Rescue Jean!!}} Not long after, Star Saber and the Multiforce thwarted a Decepticon hydroelectric power-gathering scheme. {{storylink|Mach and Tackle}}

The strange disappearance of several spaceships while passing through the asteroid belt led Star Saber to investigate, disguising himself as an ordinary spacecraft with a large exoskeleton. Venturing into the asteroid belt, Star Saber discovered that the vanishing ships were the work of the Decepticons when the villains caught him in a tractor beam. Luckily, he avoided detection long enough to summon the other Autobots to his location, and bested the Breastforce single-handed in the ensuing battle. {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid}}

[[File:Starsaber vs liokaiser.jpg|215px|thumb|Do I hear a banjo?]]
When the occupied God Ginrai was unable to respond to an attack by Hellbat and [[Black Shadow (Victory)|two]] [[Blue Bacchus|mercenaries]] in his employ on the planet [[Micro]], Star Saber was forced to travel to the planet to investigate. With the aid of [[Greatshot]], Star Saber defeated the villains, but had pushed his strength to its limit to wrench an overloading power plant from its moorings with his bare hands and fly it into space to prevent the devastation its explosion would have caused. {{storylink|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior}} Soon after, the Breastforce attacked the [[Planet Micro Satellite Penitentiary]] in an attempt to free their comrade [[Guyhawk]], and despite fighting hard, Star Saber was unable to prevent the Decepticons' escape. {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}} With all six of their members now together, the Breastforce were able to combine into the terrifying [[Liokaiser (Victory)|Liokaiser]], who was actually able to hand Star Saber his first real defeat. Indeed, Star Saber would have died at Liokaiser's hands had God Ginrai not arrived in time to rescue him. {{storylink|Unite! Liokaiser}}

[[File:Starsaber living metal destroying cannon.jpg|left|thumb|Not a Buster!]]
Star Saber stared death in the face once again on the return trip to Earth when he was attacked by Deathsaurus and confronted by the emperor's deadly [[Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon]]. Although Deathsaurus actually pulled the trigger on what would have been a fatal blast, it was simple luck for Star Saber that Deathsaurus had already used up too much of his personal energy supply, leaving the cannon unable to fire. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}} Once back on Earth, Star Saber steeled himself for another confrontation with Liokaiser, and found himself having to soothe the fears of Jean, who was having nightmares of his father's demise. When Liokaiser struck again at the [[Schaeffer Energy]] production plant, Star Saber held his own in the fight, but a definitive outcome was not to be had, since Deathsaurus ordered a retreat when the plant's energy was successfully stolen. {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}} Another battle between Star Saber and Liokaiser soon followed, this time at the South Pole, where Star Saber was again defeated by the combiner, and would have met his end had Deathsaurus not interrupted and attempted to claim the honor for himself. This momentary distraction allowed Star Saber to turn the tables and defeat Deathsaurus while an insulted Liokaiser did nothing but watch his leader lose. {{storylink|Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle}}

[[File:Victory30 victorysaber.jpg|thumb|Stand up to the Victory!]]
When a battle with Deathsaurus in the desert left Star Saber and Blacker wounded, {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}} the Decepticons capitalized upon the Autobots' lack of manpower by stepping up their attacks, until Star Saber was left with no option but to enter battle despite his injuries. Confronted by Deathsaurus and Liokaiser in a subterranean cave in Asia, Star Saber was once again saved from the brink of death by God Ginrai, who took the shot meant for his friend. {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} Fatally wounded with no hope of repair, Ginrai insisted that Star Saber allow him to be deactivated and rebuilt using a power-up design the commander had created. Star Saber was revolted at the notion of using his friend's body in such a way, but Ginrai would not relent, {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} and was reconstructed by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] as [[Victory Leo]]. {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}} Star Saber then had the scientists implant a combination circuit in his head, which would allow him to merge with Victory Leo. {{storylink|Awaken! Victory Leo}} The duo successfully accomplished this combination for the first time when Deathsaurus was bombarding the Earth with missiles from space; together, they became Victory Saber, outraced Deathsaurus's missiles, destroyed his launcher and defeated him in battle. {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}}

[[File:Victory31 dinoforcespared.jpg|left|215px|thumb|Remember kids, don't walk away from your problems.]]
Star Saber was in space seeing Perceptor off when the Dinoforce attacked Jean's school, leaving the boy to defend his friends as best he could in his mech, the [[Illumina II]], before Star Saber was able to come to his aid. After defeating Dinoking, however, Star Saber was surprised to have the battered Dinoforce troops clutch at his legs and throw themselves in his path in an attempt to save their leader, [[Goryu (Victory)|Goryu]]. Touched by this genuine display of camaraderie, Star Saber sheathed his sword and told Goryu to be sure to heal properly for their next battle. {{storylink|Jean - Defend the Campus!!}}

While Star Saber was attending a Galactic Peace Alliance conference, Leozack attempted to exploit the Autobots' trust of their leader by donning an exoskeleton in his likeness and posing as him in order to obtain information on his combination with Victory Leo. As it happened, only Victory Leo smelled a rat, and in time, the real Star Saber returned to combine with his partner and expose the phoney to the other Autobots. {{storylink|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs}} Later, Jean used the Illumina II to help save Star Saber from the Decepticons' latest threat, the metal-eating [[Doriya]] insects. {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}}

[[File:Victory37 finalblow.jpg|215px|thumb|"Swords! My only weakness...for now."]]
A month later, after no further Decepticon attacks, Star Saber and the Autobots were suddenly forced to go into action when the Decepticons raised [[Atlantis]] off the coast of [[Portugal]]. Disasters caused by the tidal waves the raising of the continent had created kept the Autobots occupied with relief efforts, allowing the Decepticons to steal enough of Atlantis's energy to finally re-power Deathsaurus's fortress. {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} Greatshot and the Brainmasters headed out to serve as the first line of defence against the fortress, while Star Saber and Victory Leo found themselves delayed by the Dinoforce, who had—unbeknownst even to themselves—been abandoned on Earth by Deathsaurus. As Victory Saber and Dinoking battled, the fortress began bombarding the Earth with meteor bombs, one of which struck Dinoking and ended the battle. Victory Saber proceeded to head into space to confront the fortress, but was blasted by its weapons and crashed on its surface, unconscious. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}}

[[File:Victory37 saberfireguts.jpg|left|215px|thumb|Oh crap, Hate Plague!]]
Victory Saber did not regain consciousness until the fortress was nearly upon the Earth, and immediately renewed his attack on the massive weapon, leading Deathsaurus to dispatch Liokaiser to keep Victory Saber busy. Just as the two combatants engaged each other, Jean arrived on the scene in the Illumina II, having been giving information on the fortress's weak spot by Goryu, who had realized that Deathsaurus had abandoned him and his troops. Star Saber separated from Victory Leo, leaving his partner to deal with Liokaiser while he covered his son's entrance into the fortress. Within the fortress, Star Saber faced off against Deathsaurus for their final brutal battle, eventually besting his eternal foe just as Jean succeeded in destroying the fortress's weapon power core. Deathsaurus refused to accept defeat, and sealed Star Saber in the fortress, setting it on collision course with Earth, but with help from Victory Leo, Star Saber escaped. The pair then merged into Victory Saber and, burning with flaming energy, tore the fortress apart from within, causing it to explode in a cosmic firestorm before it collided with Earth. Although the pair initially seemed as through they were destroyed in the conflagration, both Star Saber and Victory Leo emerged from its ashes, just as victorious as their name. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}
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====''United EX''====

After joining the Autobots as Grimmaster, the former Decepticon [[Kakuryu]] reflected on how his decision was influenced by Star Saber once saving his life. {{storylink|The Dragon Pays His Dues}}

====''Kiss Players''====
At the instruction of the [[Sparkbot]]s, [[Shaoshao Li (KP)|Shaoshao Li]] travelled forward in time from [[2007]] to witness Star Saber's final attack against Deathsaurus's fortress in 2025. She kissed the Autobot leader to obtain a fragment of what she believed was the [[AllSpark]] within him (but which was, in actuality, a splinter of Unicron's fractured [[Angolmois|lifeforce]]). {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players radio drama #44}}

====''Zone'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Hideyuki Tanaka]] (Japan)}}

[[File:Victorysaber feminia destruction.jpg|215px|thumb|Alright, who ordered the barbecued Victory Saber extra fresh?]]
Some time after the defeat of Deathsaurus, the supernatural entity known as [[Violen Jiger]] took control of the Decepticon forces and amassed an army of [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] from Decepticon history. When these generals attacked the planet [[Feminia]], Star Saber and Victory Leo merged into Victory Saber and headed for the planet with [[Galaxy Shuttle]] and the [[Rescue Patrol Team]] to do what they could for the inhabitants. Victory Saber saved a native boy named [[Cain]] from falling into a pit of lava as the ground beneath his feet collapsed, and got him to the Galaxy Shuttle in time to evacuate, but he was unable to get to safety himself, and was caught in the planet's explosion and feared dead by his troops.

Two-and-a-half months later, Victory Saber's body was discovered floating in space, badly damaged but alive, by the Autobot [[Powered Master]]s [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sonic Bomber]]. They brought him to planet [[Micro|Zone]] for medical treatment, before heading on to Earth to defeat the Demon Generals that were in the process of attacking the planet. Impressed by Dai Atlas's skill in battle, Star Saber held a ceremony to appoint Dai Atlas the new Supreme Commander of the Autobots. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
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====''Robotmasters''====
Some time after Dai Atlas's eventual defeat of Violen Jiger, Star Saber and Victory Leo set about tracking down the Decepticon criminal, [[Gigant Bomb]]. In the course of the pursuit, all three warriors travelled through the mysterious dimensional fissure known as the [[Blasty Zone]] and were cast through space and time, to arrive on Earth in [[2004]]. Star Saber and Victory Leo aligned themselves with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and various other Autobots from throughout space and time to prevent the Decepticons from acquiring the power of [[Solitarium]], and eventually returned to their home time when the task was done.

{{note| ''Robotmasters'' is explicitly placed in the Japanese cartoon continuity, after ''Zone'', by [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|Takara's 2007 Transformers timeline]]. However, none of the three pieces of actual ''Robotmasters'' fiction tells the story of the line in its entirety, and each of them relate certain events in notably different ways. Precisely ''which'' of the three—covered individually below—should be considered the [[canon]] one for the cartoon timeline is unknown.}}

=====Pack-in comic=====
[[File:Starsaber robotmasters minicomic.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|"Hey Primal, does Prime's chest look pointier than usual to you?"]]
A Solitarium-empowered Gigant Bomb, now partnered with the Decepticon [[Smokesniper]], had Optimus Prime, [[Optimus Primal]], [[Bound Rogue]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] on the ropes, until Star Saber and Victory Leo suddenly appeared on the battlefield and vowed to rip their bodies apart. The pair merged into Victory Saber and destroyed their Solitarium with a single strike, causing the two Decepticons to immediately flee the scene. Star Saber then properly introduced himself to Prime and Primal, declaring it an honor to meet them, and that together, they would surely defeat [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Victory Warriors Enter!!}}
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=====Online comic=====
[[File:Victorysaber robotmasters online comic.jpg|thumb]]
Investigating the decay of planets across the galaxy, Star Saber and Victory Leo came across the [[Blasty Zone]], and a vortex of negative energy surrounding [[Earth]] on the other side of the Zone. After crossing the distortion into the year [[2004]], Star Saber surveyed Earth and came across the Decepticon [[Smokesniper]]. Star Saber battled Smokesniper one-on-one and defeated his opponent, only to be attacked from behind and disarmed by [[Gigant Bomb]]. Gigant Bomber and Smokesniper combined into [[Gigant Sniper]] and opened fire on Star Saber, {{storylink|Go! Star Saber}} but Victory Leo soon came to his aid, and the pair fused into Victory Saber for round two of the duel. The Decepticons were defeated and Victory Saber joined the Autobots native to the era. {{storylink|Bonds Stronger than Steel}}

[[File:Starsaber vs lioconvoy rm.jpg|left|thumb|"Let us fight kung fu-style! Ho! Ha! Ho!"]]
When [[Lio Convoy (BWII)|Lio Convoy]] arrived through the Blasty Zone, Megatron directed him to attack Star Saber and Victory Leo, who once again combined to fight back. {{storylink|The Lio Convoy Typhoon Enters (issue)|The Lio Convoy Typhoon Enters}} Luckily, Optimus Prime arrived to break up the fight and make the combatants realize they belonged to the same side, and together, Star Saber, Victory Leo, Prime, Primal and Lio Convoy sent the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Together, the 4 Great Supreme Commanders}}

When an injured robot named "[[Reverse Convoy]]" appeared on Earth, Star Saber and the Autobots brought him to their base for medical aid. {{storylink|Strategic Meeting: The Mysterious New Warrior}} Their trusting natures proved to be their downfall, however, when this so-called Convoy turned out to be the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in a new guise. In a trap, he captured Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal, Victory Leo, and Mirage, and shot down Star Saber when he attempted to rescue them, but was bested by the sudden entrance of Lio Convoy. {{storylink|The Dark Emperor of Destruction, Reborn}}

Victory Saber later joined Prime, Primal and Lio Convoy in battling both Megatrons, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Unsurprisingly, they claimed victory once again and the power of [[solitarium]] allowed Star Saber and his contemporaries to return to their native time. {{storylink|And Then}}
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=====Cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masahito Yabe]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Victorysaber robotmasters cartoon.jpg|thumb]]
While investigating a mysterious explosion, Star Saber came under attack from Starscream, who scored two missile hits on the future-born Autobot. Unable to hit Starscream with his own guns, Star Saber summoned Victory Leo, and the pair combined into Victory Saber to take the fight up close and personal. It took the arrival of Optimus Prime for the Decepticon Air Commander to be defeated, but at that point, Megatron, Gigant Bomb and Smokesniper arrived. Victory Saber kept Gigant Bomb and Smokesniper busy while Prime defeated Megatron with aid from the newly arrived Optimus Primal. After Megatron was defeated, the three commanders agreed to continue the fight against the new Decepticons/Predacons and protect Earth's Solitarium. {{storylink|Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!}}

[[File:RM Star Saber.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Later, when the Decepticons attacked [[New York City]], Star Saber was a bit late to the game, arriving merged with Victory Leo to attack Gigant Bomb and Smokesniper. The pair promptly disengaged, only to be shot by new arrival Reverse Convoy, who revealed that he was, in fact, the original Megatron in disguise. Prime and Primal were able to defeat the two Megatrons with the aid of newcomer Lio Convoy, after which Star Saber and Victory Leo linked up in jet mode to carry Prime to the next battle. {{storylink|The Lio Convoy Typhoon Enters (episode)|The Lio Convoy Typhoon Enters}}
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=====Toy bios=====
The Autobots were tasked by the [[United Nations]] to go undercover in the [[Middle East]] to uncover an underworld market working in alliance with the [[Decepticon]]s. Taking advantage of the Decepticons' ignorance of future Autobots, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] sent Star Saber and Victory Leo, disguised with "optical camouflage" that could only last six hours. Their weapons were modulated as to not cause any unnecessary human causalities, and a cover story of the duo seceding from the Autobots was provided.<ref>''Robotmasters'' Victory Saber Limited Black Version bio</ref>

===Comic continuity===
====''Victory'' manga====
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Star Saber and Deathsaurus's rivalry began when they were children 500,000 years ago, and argued all the time. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}} That rivalry came to a true head in 2025, when Deathsaurus began attacking the Earth in pursuit of the energy required to keep his gigantic "Space Stronghold" powered up. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}} In response to Deathsaurus's first attack, Star Saber led the Multiforce to Earth, and made short work of Deathsaurus by cleaving his shoulder with his Saber Blade. As the Decepticon emperor retreated, Star Saber made a vow to protect the beauty of Earth's nature for all mankind. {{storylink|Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!}}

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Earth's nature proved to be the very next thing that Deathsaurus attacked, when he started a forest fire and defeated Landcross. Star Saber and Road Caesar came to their friend's aid, but were unprepared for the new strength Deathsaurus had drawn from the energy of the fire. Luckily, Deathsaurus was distracted when his own cyborg-human son, [[Solon Kitakaze (Victory)|Solon]], arrived with Jean in a deadly hold, and Star Saber exploited the opening to flatten Deathsaurus with a "Super Saber Meteor Spin". {{storylink|Great Turn-Around! Star Saber}}

After Jean alerted him to an attack on an Earth city by the Decepticon Leozack, Star Saber came speeding to the rescue, only to be knocked from the sky by the villain's electromagnetic nunchaku. Unfortunately for Leozack, he had forgotten to bring his Breast Animal into battle with him that day, allowing Star Saber to puncture his unprotected torso with his sword and send him fleeing. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}} The rest of the Breastforce didn't do much better in a later battle against Star Saber, and neither did inept Dinoforcer [[Kakuryu]], who was hurled over a cliff by a "Saber Vacuum Tornado Pacifier" from the Autobot commander. As he dangled on the cliff's edge, however, Kakuryu was shocked when Star Saber pulled him to safety, displaying once more the compassion and love of life that made him worthy of the role of Supreme Commander. {{storylink|Warrior of Love, Star Saber!}}

[[File:Starsaber and jean manga.jpg|left|thumb]]
When Deathsaurus kidnapped Jean and took him to the Decepticons' ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'' out in space, an enraged Star Saber gave chase and came tearing through the ship's hull. Deathsaurus didn't take Jean's rejection well, but couldn't stand up to Star Saber's shattering "Planetary Impulse Sword Death-Strike" attack. {{storylink|Watch Out, Jean! Hurry, Star Saber!}} Although the reunion between Star Saber and Jean was a happy one, tempers soon flared between the two of them when they pursued the Decepticon to [[Energy Planet X]], only to lose their trail and start blaming each other. When they were attacked by the lurking Liokaiser, Star Saber disengaged from the V-Star, and allowed Jean to take control of it, transforming it into battle station mode and opening fire on Liokaiser. Saber delivered the final blow that drove the villains into retreat, and the two heroes apologized to each other, realizing that if they couldn't work together, they'd wind up like the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

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Attacked by Deathsaurus, Dinoking and Liokaiser all at once, Star Saber was defeated and would have met his end if not for the sudden appearance of the new, feral Autobot, Victory Leo. Star Saber found he could combine with the newcomer, and together, they became Victory Saber and defeated the Decepticons with their "Flash Victory" attack. {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}} Deathsaurus tried to create a counter-force for this powerful new combination, creating a mech for Solon with which he could combine to become "King Zaras", but when Solon lost focus during a battle on the planet [[Guard]], Victory Saber destroyed his mech with a "Victory Boomberang" attack. {{storylink|Mighty! Victory Saber}} Later, with the power of the Autobot boy-team, the [[Victories]], increasing their own energy, Victory Saber and Road Caesar combined their powers into the "Victory Caliber" attack, which grievously wounded Deathsaurus and Liokaiser in one shot. {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}}

[[File:Starsaber deathsaurus truce.jpg|left|thumb]]
After this definitive battle, Deathsaurus withdrew his forces to the Space Stronghold and began bombarding Earth with meteorites. Star Saber engaged Deathsaurus in a battle in space while the rest of his troops entered the massive fortress, but the treacherous Leozack had been planning for this moment, and turned the power of the fortress's main cannon on Deathsaurus himself. Deathsaurus survived the blast and crippled the fortress with his own weapons, allowing Star Saber to come crashing through the control room window and unleash his Planetary Impulse Sword on Leozack. Leozack begged Star Saber not to destroy the fortress, at which point the injured Deathsaurus chose to reveal the true reason for his energy-gathering attacks on Earth to the Autobots: the fortress was, in fact, home to the Decepticon civilians, and they required the energy to keep the fortress functional for them to live in. Star Saber realized that it was time to set aside their warring ways and follow the example set by Jean and Solon. With a handshake between the two leaders, the [[Victory War]] came to an end, bringing peace to everyone—the truest victory of all! {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}
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====''Zone'' manga and story pages====
[[File:Starsaber vs trypticon zone.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
Some time after the end of the Victory war, a new energy source known as [[Energon Z]] was developed on planet Micro. Knowing that the Decepticons—who had since fallen under the command of the supernatural being Violen Jiger—would want the energy for their own nefarious purposes, Star Saber ordered the fortification of Micro into a defense base that could properly protect its precious new innovation. Employing a process developed by the [[Super Car Patrol Team]], the Autobot space pioneers known as the Powered Masters rebuilt Micro as the planet "Zone". {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #1}}

[[File:Starsaber and daiatlas manga.jpg|left|thumb|"Take my job, New Toy! You've earned it!"]]
As the "Nine Great Demon Generals" that Violen Jiger had assembled began attacking planets throughout the galaxy, Star Saber issued commands from his base on Planet V, directing the [[Micromaster]]s of Zone to respond to the threats. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #2}} When [[King Poseidon]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacked the planet [[Wall]], however, he and Victory Leo were forced to take action as Victory Saber, only to be ambushed b the two Decepticons, who tried to drag them beneath the watery surface of the planet. Luckily for them, a combined attack from [[Missile Bull]], [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], [[Overload (G1)|Overload]] and [[Skywave]] saw the villains off. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #3}}

When the Demon Generals destroyed the planet Feminia, Star Saber was caught in the planet's eruption and feared dead by his troops. A month later, however, he was found floating in space by Powered Masters Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber, who brought him back to Zone for medical attention. After Dai Atlas's successful defeat of the Demon Generals on Earth, Star Saber decided to pass the mantle of Supreme Commander on to the Powered Master. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}
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===''Transformers PD Type'' comic===
[[File:PDType-Star Saber tuna.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
While facing Liokaiser, Star Saber combined with Victory Leo to form Victory Saber! Victory Saber attempted to give a speech, only to be constantly interrupted by an odd growling noise, and he finally had to tell Victory Leo's lion head to keep the noise down. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##2 "He's Here! Victory Saber!!"|He's Here! Victory Saber!!}} Star Saber prepared to finish Deathsaurus off once and for all, only for the Decepticon leader to bring out Liokaiser. Star Saber attempted unsuccessfully to distract Liokaiser with some tuna, before resorting to hiding and trying to contact Victory Leo. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##5 "Don't Lose! Star Saber!!"|Don't Lose! Star Saber!!}}

Star Saber nominated [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] as his secondary defense while he battled Deathsaurus. The fight raged on for ages, but Star Saber finally triumphed, and Deathsaurus fell to the ground where he was nommed on by Grimlock. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##8 "Me Strongest! Me Grimlock!"|Me Strongest! Me Grimlock!}}
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===''Transformers GT: Mission GT-R''===
[[File:GT-R Saber.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
In a world where the Transformers' war settled into a series of friendly competitive races known as the [[Transformers GT]], Star Saber became the [[GT Transformer]] known as '''GT-R Saber'''. A hot-blooded combatant, his main tactic in one-on-one races was to transform into [[robot mode]] and use his [[Gas-Fill-Blade]] to slice apart his opponent's drivetrain. Like other racers, GT-R Saber put a limit on his own strength by separating his Matrix into a [[GT Sister]], creating his partner [[Anna (GT)|Anna]].

====Comic====
GT-R Saber was racing against [[Optimus Prime (G1)|GT-R Prime]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|GT-R Maximus]], being goaded on by Anna on the sidelines, when the race was interrupted by the arrival of the ruthless [[Megatron (G1)|GT-R Megatron]]. An offended Saber threw a punch at the intruder, who effortlessly dodged it and declared his intent to crush all racers inferior to him. In the end, GT-R Prime put a stop to the battle by persuading Megatron to race the three of them instead. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (comic)|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R}}

====Story pages====
Like other racers, GT-R Saber attended photo shoots alongside Anna in order to promote coexistence between humans and Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|The Work of the GT Sister Race Queens?}} When a reincarnated [[Unicron]] attacked the Transformers GT finals, intending to absorb the huge [[energon]] pool saved up for the final prize, Saber restored his true power by using the "Matrix In" process to recombine with Anna. Together with the other powered up racers, he fought and defeated Unicron, saving Earth. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|The True TFGT}}

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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:StarSaber TheDividedSelf.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Not so much "[[burning justice|BURNING JUSTICE]]" anymore as "BURN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE".]]
Star Saber was part of the [[Circle of Light]] {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} and known as a religious fanatic, proposing an "atheist holocaust". Part of his religious efforts included trying to turn the Circle over to his ideology, only to be rejected by [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. Documentaries were made about his holy wars, giving him the nickname of the "Dark Evangelist". Circle of Light member [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] was aware of the stories surrounding him, relaying them to [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] when they were together on the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

Star Saber later fell in with [[Tyrest (G1)|Chief Justice Tyrest]], betraying the Circle of Light by opening their [[Crystal City]] to an attack by Tyrest's [[Legislator]]s. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Once in Tyrest's inner circle, Star Saber helped him with his operations on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. When Minimus Ambus disappointed Tyrest in his performance as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]], the Chief Justice decided to appoint Star Saber as the new enforcer of the [[Tyrest Accord]] in Ultra Magnus's place. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

When the ''Lost Light'' arrived on Luna 1, Star Saber joined the [[Legislator]] attack on the ship, seeking out the "criminal" and "apostate" [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]. After stabbing Skids through the torso and knocking out [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} he had both teleported to a Luna 1 jail cell containing Rodimus and some of the ''Lost Light'' crew. Star Saber was soon there to bring another prisoner from the [[variable voltage harness]]—Skids' partner in crime, [[Getaway]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

[[File:StarSaber Primushatesyou ArmtheLonely.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Nobody is innocent, there are merely varying levels of guilt."]]

Soon after, the captive members of the Circle of Light broke free and Star Saber personally attended to the riot. There, he crossed [[Great Sword]]s with Dai Atlas before plunging a fist into his former leader's chest and coldly crushing his [[spark]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

Star Saber proceeded to tear through the members of the Circle of Light, demanding worthy challengers. [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] answered his call and engaged the enforcer, who quickly gained the upper hand. Star Saber was about to execute his opponent and questioned his reasons for fighting, to which Cyclonus answered to it being personal and turned the tables by stabbing one of Star Saber's eyes with his remaining horn. Cyclonus moved in for the killing blow as the blinded warrior held his damaged eye in pain, but Saber managed to teleport to safety before it could be delivered. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Legends''===
Star Saber was a member of the Circle of Light on a quest to find a peaceful place to call home. He found the AWOL Decepticon Deadlock, whom he returned to the Circle's base. When [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] came looking for Deadlock, Star Saber and the other members of the Circle fought the bounty hunter, and as a result, Deadlock turned over a new leaf, changing his name to Drift and joining their group. {{storylink|Circle of Light (Legends)|Circle of Light}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
[[File:G1 Saber toy.jpg|thumb|Tall.]]
*'''Star Saber''' (Large Brainmaster, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-324'''
**''Accessories'': "Brain of Courage" Brainmaster figure, "V-Star" ship/body, nosecone/shield/sword hilt, "Saber Blade", "Saber Laser"

:Star Saber transforms into a large red, blue and white Cybertronic spacecraft with numerous features and modes.

:The forward section of the spacecraft, "Saber", can detach from the larger spacecraft body (known by itself as the V-Star) to form a smaller red fighter jet, the cockpit of which houses the small Brainmaster figure, the "Brain of Courage". When Saber transforms into robot mode, the Brain of Courage is placed within his chest; when the chest is closed, the figure rises up to become Saber's face. The jet nosecone mounts on Saber's shoulder as a shield, and he can wield the "Saber Laser" rifle.

[[File:G1 StarSaber toy.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Grande.]]
:In grand Autobot leader tradition, the V-Star ship transforms into a battle station which Saber can man, and then into a larger body with which Saber can combine, forming "Star Saber". Saber slots into the empty chest area of the V-Star body, with his normal robot head forming Star Saber's ordinary, unmasked head, which is the appearance he commonly employs in fiction when he is not in battle. His battle helmet, featuring an Optimus-Prime-style mouthplate, is connected to the V-Star, and can swing up to fit over Saber's head.

:In Star Saber mode, Saber's nosecone/shield becomes a sword hilt. The chromed "Saber Blade" of the sword stores in a slot in Star Saber's back, and is drawn by inserting the hilt into the slot and withdrawing it, an action which brings the blade with it, and which is regularly used to dramatic effect in the ''Victory'' animated series. He can also wield the Saber Laser.

:Star Saber can further combine with Victory Leo to form Victory Saber in both vehicle and super [[robot mode]]s. (see below).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/StarSaber/starsaber.htm More information on Star Saber at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G1 VictorySaber toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Venti.]]
*'''Victory Saber''' (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-328'''
**''Accessories'': "Brain of Courage" Brainmaster figure, "V-Star" ship/body, nosecone/shield/sword hilt, "Saber Blade", "Saber Laser", "V-Lock Cannon", two "V-Lock Rifles", three missiles

:The Victory Saber gift set is a two-pack of Star Saber and Victory Leo. In Victory Saber [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], Victory Leo "transforms" into a large yellow block with wings, and connects into the rear between Star Saber's engines/legs, forming a huge-ass space ship.

:For Victory Saber robot mode, Victory Leo splits up into multiple parts, with most of Leo's body becoming "platform shoes" for Star Saber and the rest of him forming a giant backpack/weapons system from hell. As Victory Saber, the Star Saber robot is armed with his sword and Victory Leo's giant missile-firing "V-Lock Cannon".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/VictorySaber/victorysaber.htm More information on Victory Saber at TFU.info]''
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===Transform Jr===
[[File:Starsaber junior.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Short. (You have to ask for it at the counter.)]]
*'''Star Saber''' (1989)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-324'''
**''Accessories:'' "Saber Laser", red wings, blue tailfins, cardboard nosecone

:''[[Transform Jr]]'' Star Saber is an immensely simplified version of the larger figure—and that's no exaggeration. His Brainmaster gimmick and the V-Star's base mode are eliminated, and there is virtually no element of actual transformation left in the figure. Saber's jet mode wings are a separate piece that is removed, as are the V-Star's tailfins, and to combine the pair, rather than fold up Saber's legs, you simply pull them off and plug them into his chest. None of that, however, compares to the fact that Saber's jet nosecone is now a piece of folded-up cardboard, lacking its other functions as a shield or sword hilt.

*'''Star Saber DX Set''' (1989)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-324'''
**''Accessories:'' "Saber Laser", red wings, blue tailfins, cardboard nosecone, roleplay "camcorder", 20 silver pellets, cardboard target

:This "Deluxe set" includes the ''Transform Jr'' Star Saber figure and a roleplay camcorder toy, which shoots silver pellets. The set (shown in-box in the top-right of the image above) comes with a stand-up cardboard target decorated with Star Saber's [[package art]], so you can practise your accuracy.
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===Robotmasters===
[[File:RobotMasters StarSaber toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Travel size!]]
*'''Star Saber''' (2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-15'''
**''Accessories'': "Saber Blade", "Thermal Shot" rifle, nosecone/shield/sword hilt

:A smaller, simplified version of the Star Saber toy, the ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' version of the figure eliminates the base mode and Saber's Brainmaster component. Aside from this, however, he is virtually identical to the original Star Saber figure in transformation and weaponry, including his ability to combine with the ''Robotmasters'' version of Victory Leo to form Victory Saber, and as a small compensation for losing two of his gimmicks, the figure has also been redesigned with more show-accurate proportions and is generally nicer to look at.

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/StarSaber/starsaber.htm ''More information on ''Robotmasters'' Star Saber at TFU.info'']
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[[File:RobotMasters VictorySaber toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Economy size!]]
*'''Victory Saber''' (2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-17'''
**''Accessories'': "Saber Blade", "Thermal Shot" rifle, nosecone/shield/sword hilt, "V-Lock Cannon", two "V-Lock Rifles", "Super Motorized Rifle"

:Star Saber was also available in a two-pack with the ''Robotmasters'' version of Victory Leo, with whom he could still combine to form Victory Saber in both jet and robot modes. The two figures in this pack are differentiated from their standard release by the addition of a metallic paint job.

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/VictorySaberRM17/victorysaber.htm ''More information on ''Robotmasters'' Victory Saber at TFU.info'']
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[[File:Ehobby black rm starsaber.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And, sticking to the coffee analogy, some people just take it black.]]
*'''Victory Saber Limited Black Version''' (eHobby exclusive, 2005)
**''Accessories'': "Saber Blade", "Thermal Shot" rifle, nosecone/shield/sword hilt, "V-Lock Cannon", two "V-Lock Rifles", "Super Motorized Rifle"

:An "evil recolor" of the Victory Saber two-pack complete with Decepticon symbols, this black, purple, teal and bronze redeco represents the two heroes in "optical camouflage" paint jobs for use on an undercover mission to investigate Decepticon dealings in the Middle East black market. It was available only through Takara's [[e-HOBBY]] online store.

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Destron/VictorySaber/victorysaber.htm ''More information on black ''Robotmasters'' Star Saber at TFU.info'']
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===GT===
*'''GT-R Saber''' ([[May 25|5-25]]-[[2013]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GT-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Gas-Fill-Blade, [[Anna (GT)|Anna]] race queen figure

:''[[Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (franchise)|Transformers GT]]'' GT-R Saber is a heavy retool of the ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternity|Convoy]] toy, transforming into a 1:32 replica of the Calsonic Impul GT-R race car used by [http://www.impul.co.jp/ Team Impul] in the [[wikipedia:Super GT|Super GT]] racing championship series. He features die-cast metal parts, an opening hood, trunk and doors, as well as an interior, complete with his feet and thighs being sculpted to form the back seats. His armaments include flip-out non-firing blasters on his arms as well as the awkwardly named Gas-Fill-Blade, a sword based on his trademark Saber Blade but designed to resemble a fuel dispenser. Like all ''GT'' toys, Saber also comes with a [[GT Sister]], poseable human figures themed after [[wikipedia:race queen|race queens]], his partner being a lady named Anna.

:This mold was also used, with different heads and accessories, to make the other ''Transformers GT'' toys: [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#GT|GT-R Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)/toys#GT|GT-R Megatron]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#GT|GT-R Maximus]].
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===Masterpiece===
[[File:MP24-StarSaber.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|He's here to deal with [[#IDW Generation 1 continuity|that crazy fruit-loop]] who besmirched his good name.]]
*'''Star Saber''' ([[March 21|03-21]]-[[2015]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-24'''
**''Accessories:'' "Brain of Courage" Brainmaster figure, "V-Star" ship/body, nosecone/shield/sword hilt, "Saber Blade", "Saber Laser", Shield

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Star Saber was chosen by fans on the ''Masterpiece'' Fan's Choice poll and announced [[November 19]], [[2013]]. [[Hisashi Yuki]] is leading on the ''Masterpiece'' Star Saber project, rather than the usual ''Masterpiece'' designer, [[Shogo Hasui]] — so the creation of Star Saber will not derail the other ongoing ''Masterpiece'' releases.

:Star Saber keeps most of the features the original toy had, the main difference being in how the Brainmaster gimmick works: Saber's face is in the main body rather than in the Brain of Courage figure. Also he comes with an extra accessory that was not in the original figure, the shield Star Saber used in "[[Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification]]", which doubles as a "flight stand" for the figure when in its [[alternate mode]].

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==Merchandise==
===Transform Jr Roleplay Toys===
[[File:Starsaberdiskpistol.jpg|thumb|Free trade.]]
*'''Star Saber Enban Pistol''' (1989)
**''Accessories:'' 12 bullet disks
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===Transformers Gum===
[[File:Tfgum starsaber.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Star Saber''' (1989)
**''Accessories:'' V-Star ship/body, Saber Blade, Saber Laser

:Part of the eleventh wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' series of [[candy toy]]s, this Star Saber figure is a snap-together model kit cast in blue, red and white plastic. Although lacking in any paint applications, the figure feature stickers for detail, and retains most of the accessories and features of the actual Star Saber toy, including the V-Star's base mode and the deploying faceplate for Star Saber mode. He does not, however, feature the Brainmaster gimmick for the smaller Saber robot, and while it ''is'' capable of combining with the Victory Leo kit that was later released in the line's thirteenth wave, it could only do so in jet mode, not robot mode. The kit comes with a stick of something claimed to be gum.
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[[File:Tfgum victorysaber.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Victory Saber''' (1989)
**''Accessories:'' V-Lock Cannon

:A double-pack of Star Saber and Victory Leo was released in the thirteenth and final wave of the ''Transformers Gum'' series, cast in red, white and black plastic. Much simplified from the larger toys, the pair can combine to form Victory Leo in both vehicle and robot modes. Star Saber alone can transform into both robot and vehicle forms, while Victory Leo features only his lion mode.
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[[File:Kabaya-Wave-1-Star-Saber.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Star Saber''' (2009)

:Released in the first wave of the revived ''Transformers Gum'' series in 2009, this transforming model kit of Star Saber is made from red, white, and blue plastic, with stickers for detail. It's based on the ''Robotmasters'' Star Saber toy, and does not feature a robot mode for Saber.
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[[File:Kabaya-Victory-Saber.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Victory Saber''' (2011)

:An undocumented feature with the Victory Leo kit, the above Star Saber kit can combine to form Victory Saber. Unusually, the Victory Leo kit was released two years later!
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===Parody Deformed===
[[File:Starsaber pd models.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Chibi (''obviously!)]]
*'''Victory Saber''' (1990)

:A small white and red, non-transforming [[super deformed]] model kit of Victory Saber was available as part of Kabaya's "[[Parody Deformed]]" line of candy toys. The second figure in the series, he came with a "[[Transformers PD Type]]" comic about himself, "He's Here! Victory Saber!!", and more of that alleged "gum".

*'''Star Saber''' (1990)

:A Parody Deformed version of Star Saber alone was later made available in the next wave of the line. As the fifth figure of the series, he came with the "Transformers PD Type" comic "Don't Lose! Star Saber!!" and something accused of being chocolate.
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===Super Collection Figure===
[[File:Starsaber scfs.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|A three-for-one deal]]
*'''Star Saber''' (2002)

:A [[Plastic|PVC]] of Star Saber was released in the seventh ''Victory''-centric wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s "[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]" line. Like all figures in the wave, he was available in both full color and metallic silver "pewter" versions.
:Additionally, the figure could be "transformed" into Victory Saber by attaching a collection of six additional parts, one of each of which were included with the pewter versions of the six figures in the line in the tradition of "Build-A-Figures" from waves past. The pewter Star Saber himself came packaged with Victory Saber's V-Lock Rifles; his backpack came with Road Caesar, his wings came with Deathsaurus, his rifle came with Perceptor, his left boot came with Liokaiser and his right boot came with Wheeljack. Like the figures themselves, the parts came in both standard full-color (at a rate of 8 out of 10 cases) and rare pewter (only 2 out of every 10 cases) variations, making two versions of Victory Saber to complete.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/StarSaber/starsaber.htm More information on ''Super Collection Figure'' Star Saber at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/PewterStarSaber/starsaber.htm More information on pewter ''Super Collection Figure'' Star Saber at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/VictorySaber/victorysaber.htm More information on ''Super Collection Figure'' Victory Saber at TFU.info]''

*'''Victory Saber''' (2002)

:The seventh wave of the ''Super Collection Figure'' line also included a complete Victory Saber figure, entirely metallic golden in color, which was only available as a rare "chase" figure at a rate of 1 in 10 cases.

===Mega Super Collection Figure===
[[File:G1 MegaSCF StarSaber.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|pequeño]]
*'''Star Saber''' (2002)
**''Accessories'': "Saber Blade", 2 left hands, 2 right hands, 2 heads

:''Mega Super Collection Figure'' Star Saber is a five inch tall posable PVC action figure. He comes replete with a collection of additional body parts, including two "open" hands and two "closed" hands, the later being used to grip onto his Saber Blade sword. He also includes two heads: his unmasked "Saber" head, and his masked "Star Saber" visage. Although he cannot transform, Star Saber can combine with the simultaneously-released Victory Leo ''Mega SCF'' figure to form Victory Saber.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/MegaSCFStarSaber/starsaber.htm More information on ''Mega Super Collection Figure'' Star Saber at TFU.info]''
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===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Robot Heroes Victory Saber Dessaras.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Mini.]]
*'''Victory Saber''' / '''Dessaras''' (unreleased)

:A surprise entry in the ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' series, this [[super deformed]] figurine depicts Star Saber combined with Victory Leo as Victory Saber, packaged with an equally adorable Deathsaurus, sporting another new name variant. Originally discovered amongst [[Walmart|Wal-Mart]] store computer listings in mid-2008, the ill-fated Victory Saber and Deathy failed to materialize before the ''Robot Heroes'' line was canceled.
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==Notes==
*The longterm relationship between Star Saber and Deathsaurus since childhood is [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Notes|not the]] [[Megatron (RID)#Notes|only one]] in the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]].
*Star Saber's Brainmaster figure has for years been (and continues to be) incorrectly referred to by fans with the names "Yuki" and "Yukio", mistakenly derived from the Japanese word meaning "courage" (勇気 ''yūki''). In truth, like all Brainmaster units, it does not have a proper name, but is known simply by the title used in this article, the "Brain of Courage".
*Star Saber's alt mode, a red and blue fighter jet that combines with a white add-on, is similar to and possibly based on ''Mobile Suit Gundam'''s Core Booster. Adding to the similarity is the fact that when merging into his Star Saber mode, his jet portion folds into a block, similar to how the Core Booster's jet would fold into a block before fitting into the Gundam.
*During Star Saber's transformation [[stock footage]], there is a moment where he has a face before he performs his "Brain Set".
*The ''Robotmasters'' episode "[[Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!]]" [[Romanization|romanizes]] Star Saber's name as "Star Saver"; both names are homonyms in Japanese.
*The decision to present the normally squeaky-clean hero of heroes, Star Saber, as a hideous zealot in [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] is pretty clearly drawn from [[James Roberts]]'s days as part of the [[Transmasters UK|Transmasters UK fanfic group]], which depicted the character in this way. Thematically, he also fits with Tyrest and Pharma's theme of being one of the main pillars of society (in this case religion) going wrong.<ref>[http://www.fullmetalhero.com/t14540/ Moonbase2's second interview with James Roberts – 02:05:34 to 02:05:57]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Star''' (Taiwan, 史達 ''Shr Dá'') / '''Shīng Yǚ''' (Taiwan, 星宇 "Star Cosmos")
*''Russian:'' '''Istrebitel''' (Истребитель, "(Aircraft) Fighter"), '''Pobeditelʹ''' (Победитель, "Winner")

==Footnotes==
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First Aid (G1)

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Tekcorps: /* Generations */

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{{disambig3|First Aid}}
:''First Aid is an [[Autobot]] [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:G1 FirstAid TFUprofile.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damn it, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a pacifist!]]
'''First Aid''' is one of the most empathic and compassionate beings you'll ever meet. He cares deeply about all living things. Heck, he even cares deeply about the "pain" of inanimate objects. A broken or malfunctioning can-opener will earn just as much sympathy and attention as a fellow Autobot. Otherwise, First Aid is a soft-spoken and sometimes overly cautious sort (especially when it comes to the well-being of a fellow Autobot). Still, all the Autobots know he will work long and hard to do his best for them and that their well-being matters to him more than anything, and those are quite comforting thoughts.

First Aid is a member of the subgroup [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and forms the left arm of the [[combiner]] robots [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Gaia Guardian]] and [[God Guardian]].

{{bigquote|Where there's life, there's hope.|First Aid|[[Afterdeath!]]}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Bell]] (English), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese)|[[Massimo Corizza]] (Italian), [[Edgar Wald]] (Latin American), [[Michael Rüth]] (German, ''The Ultimate Weapon'' & ''The Big Broadcast of 2006''), [[Wolfgang Mascher]] (German, ''Surprise Party''), [[Franz Rudnick]] (German, ''The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1''), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''The Ultimate Weapon'')}}

[[File:TUW first aid fullbody.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
First Aid is an avowed pacifist. When the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked an inhabited city on [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] called upon the Protectobots to evacuate the civilians caught in the crossfire. First Aid helped an injured man discovered by Streetwise. Later, as Earth's orbit was diverted to the [[Sun]] by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], First Aid brought civilians to a meat locker that [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and Streetwise had commandeered to help the [[human]]s cool down. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

First Aid, as part of Defensor, was the arm that wielded the rifle which totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Afterwards, he was with the Protectobots when they saved some window-washers from a burning skyscraper. Later still, First Aid and the other Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged into Defensor and activated his useless force field, which almost immediately deactivated, allowing the Decepticons to blast Defensor back into his component parts. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:Firstaidfixesmultramagnus.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Well… a little clyster with the fresh machine oil… and your constipation will pass off!]]
In the year [[2005]], First Aid was among the Autobot stationed at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when the Autobot city came under attack from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} Later, in 2006, he was on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for the planet's first peace conference. He participated in a surprise birthday party for [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] along with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], Groove and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. The Combaticons then attacked a nearby shuttle bay, hoping to scrap the ships which would be used to ferry delegates to the conference. First Aid happily blasted away at the Combaticons. After the battle, First Aid was tending to a serious wound Magnus suffered on his back, when he used his own body to shield Wheelie from a Decepticon attack. When attention turned to the damaged shuttle, Ultra Magnus insisted First Aid repair the ship first and deal with his injuries later. Guess he forgot First Aid was a doctor, not a mechanic! (Ol' [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] sure wouldn't have taken no lip — he would have disconnected the patient's vocal processor first.) {{storylink|Surprise Party}}

First Aid and the Protectobots were part of the Autobot unit that travelled to the planet [[Eurythma]], forming Defensor to battle Decepticons there. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} Later, when [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] took heavy fire over the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]], [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] brought him back to Cybertron for repairs. First Aid arrived and began patching up the super-robot. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}
[[File:TUD firstaid.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
When the Autobots were asked to help the Dutch authorities deal with French rebels, First Aid bemoaned the whole situation, wondering why humans were always fighting amongst themselves. After the human aggressors were dispersed, a Decepticon sneak attack knocked [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] out of the sky, and First Aid carried him back to Metroplex for repairs. No sooner was the operation complete than an intruder alert within the city drew the medic's attention, and he found the Decepticon Swindle stealing Metroplex's [[transformation cog]]. First Aid attempted to talk the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] into handing the cog over, but Swindle laughed in his face, and was easily able make off with his loot because First Aid's pacifism meant that he refused to fight back. Despite [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s attempts to convince First Aid that they didn't expect him to compromise his beliefs, the medic felt he was a liability to the Autobots and left, taking up residence in a junk yard and helping its custodian [[NUL-A (G1)|NUL-A]] chug down some oil and repair some refrigerators. In time, First Aid was approached by [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], who brought dire news that the immobilized Metroplex was under attack from Trypticon. Only the skilled First Aid could properly align Metroplex's new transforming cog, and the medic was convinced to lend his aid. [[File:RoOP1 firstaid altmode.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4]] While Trypticon and the half-transformed Metroplex fought it out, First Aid bravely entered the Autobot giant and re-aligned the cog, allowing the Autobot city to transform fully and defeat Trypticon. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

When [[Jessica Morgan]] was injured in a Decepticon attack on her [[Mark Morgan|father]]'s laboratory, First Aid was summoned to transport her to County General Hospital. First Aid helped to restore the paralyzed Jessica's ability to walk with an exo-skeleton, but his efforts were met only with hatred from her father, who loathed the Transformers. Subsequently, when news reached the Autobots that Optimus Prime's body was being kept at Morgan's lab, First Aid and the Protectobots were part of the battle unit that returned there, merged as Defensor. Like most present, they succumbed to the madness of the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

In [[2007]], First Aid and the Protectobots were among those who defended Cybertron against a major Decepticon attack, only to fall before the power of the new Decepticon [[Targetmaster]]s. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}} Some time later, at [[Tommy Kennedy (G1)|Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, First Aid, among other Autobots, presented to the human boy a cake. {{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon take place in Japanese continuity as described above, except "The Rebirth" and subsequent adventures do not occur, and the events of 2005 and 2006 take place in 2010. Several additional stories are inserted into the timeline as follows.}}
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
[[File:FSLRF protectobots.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3]]
First Aid and the other Protectobots made their dramatic debut when they formed Defensor to defeat both Menasor and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 12|Story page #12}}
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====

When the Decepticon combiners attacked a baseball stadium in [[Japan]], the Protectobots and Aerialbots raced to the rescue. After attending to the blaze created by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'s destruction, First Aid and his team combined into Defensor. However, Defensor's central component was damaged battling Bruticus; with Hot Spot out of action, the Protectobots could not maintain their super-robot form. Getting an idea, the Autobots' human friend [[Kenji]] told [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to shoot out the legs of the Decepticon super-robots. With their legs damaged, Menasor and Bruticus were left open for First Aid and the other small Protectobots to link up as their new legs, taking over the Decepticons' locomotion, sending them out to sea. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

Later, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] were paving over a natural island paradise, and the Autobots sent a rescue party to save the wildlife and their friends on the island. Due to the medical needs of the mission, First Aid replaced [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] with the Aerialbots to form Superion. Even linked together, First Aid and the Aerialbots were outclassed against both [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], until [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] generated a hologram of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to distract the dino-base Decepticon, sending him over a cliff. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}
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=====Scramble City=====
[[File:GreatTFwar protectobots.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
First Aid and the Protectobots participated in the Scramble City project under Ultra Magnus's direction, working towards the construction of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. After the Decepticons uncovered their secret building site, the Protectobots rode into battle alongside the newly completed Metroplex. First Aid and his comrades arrived and formed Defensor just in time to act as the harbinger of Metroplex and his really big gun. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' manga=====
In [[2010]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] kidnapped the scientist [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] in order to upgrade his combiner warriors. First Aid and the Protectobots joined forces with the Aerialbots to rescue Dalton from inside Trypticon. Superion was heavily damaged in the first strike run, however, and Hot Spot needed time in his repair bay mode to bring the Aerialbots back to fighting strength. While Blades snuck into Trypticon alone to rescue Dalton, First Aid, Streetwise and Groove defended Hot Spot against both Menasor and Bruticus. They held out long enough for the Aerialbots to be revived. After the Aerialbots distracted the Decepticons, Blades completed his mission and the Autobots rolled out for Scramble City with Dalton in tow. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masaharu Satō]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:HM3 firstaid.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
In [[2011]], Galvatron attacked Cybertron looking to take control of [[Vector Sigma]]. First Aid and the Protectobots were active in Cybertron's defense as Defensor during the assault, {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} after which they were reassigned to Earth to help keep the Decepticons busy while [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s searched for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old nemeses, the Combaticons, and the two teams quickly combined to battle as Bruticus and Defensor. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

[[File:JHeadmasters09Tracks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Just what the doctor ordered!]]
When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], First Aid and the Protectobots assembled before the [[space bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. As he helped defend the planet, First Aid was seen delivering a mighty kick to the face of... er, his fellow Autobot [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled again for man-to-man combat. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

First Aid and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked first by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], who [[Shouki]] and the Trainbots stepped in to occupy, then by the the Decepticon Headmasters. True to his devout pacifism, First Aid was not seen engaging in battle until the Protectobots formed Defensor. In the combined form, however, the team were vulnerable to [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force First Aid and the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

First Aid and the Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Later, when the Autobots' attempts to provide energy aid to the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] were disrupted by the Decepticons, First Aid and the Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}
[[File:HM35 defensor armforaleg.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Well, if it isn't my old friend Mr. McGreg!]]
After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. First Aid and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, First Aid and the Protectobots assisted Spike in ridding the planet of all traces of their departed foes, starting with the Decepticons' abandoned Earth base. Combined as Defensor, the team joined Raiden and Computron in obliterating the base. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched First Aid and the Protectobots to Canberra, [[Australia]] to confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. As Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus, and First Aid was even knocked out of the arm socket. Using Scramble Power, Defensor switched Streetwise up to his shoulder and reattached First Aid as a leg, still carrying his fireball cannon. Despite this cunning(?) trick, Defensor was defeated by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As part of Defensor, First Aid participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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=====Metrowars=====
[[File:Metrowars FirstAid.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
First Aid was stationed at [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] while it was under reconstruction after an attack from [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]. When Metrotitan and the Decepticons attacked again, the reborn Metroplex transformed and First Aid helped [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] man one of Metroplex's cannons. With Metroplex's firepower, the Decepticons were sent retreating. {{Storylink|Metrowars}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
After Cybertron entered its new Golden Age, the war between the Autobots and Decepticons still raged in space and on Earth. First Aid perished along with most of the rest of Defensor in battle with their nemesis, Menasor. Only Streetwise and Breakdown survived. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:SecondGeneration protectobots.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3]]
''When their human ally [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] began suffering from a series of troubling dreams, the Autobots peered inside his mind in an attempt to understand. There, they saw a vision of a team of new robots, the Protectobots—First Aid among them—being ordered to guard the [[Pullen Power Plant]] against Decepticon attack. Attacked by the Stunticons and Combaticons, the team did the incredible, merging their bodies to become Defensor. Realizing that they were being sent a message about the future of Transformer evolution by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] itself, the Autobots determined to make this vision a reality and set about building the new robots they had seen.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}}
Having learned of a Decepticon plot to acquire the human-made [[hydrothermocline]], Optimus Prime brought the Protectobots with him to [[Energy Futures Industries]] in order to guard the device. After [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] arrived ready for a fight, the Transformers allowed themselves to be convinced of a better solution by [[Ethan Zachary]], an employee of EFI. Zachary would upload their minds into a video simulation program known as [[Multi-World]], allowing the Transformers to do battle without damaging the hydrothermocline or the surrounding area. Inside the game world, First Aid and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] were exploring Vineland when their path was blocked by a web of thick vines. [[File:Firstaid-g1issue26.jpg|right|upright=1.3|thumb|I'd have helped, but I only do hands.]] First Aid wanted to blast through, but Streetwise thought better of it and merely lifted the vines out of their way. They were caught off-guard by the Combaticons [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], but were then miraculously saved by the living vines they had refrained from destroying moments ago. First Aid then used his [[decrystallizer cannon]] on the Decepticons, making them brittle enough for Streetwise to shatter with a burst from his compressed air cannon. Ultimately, Optimus Prime declared himself the loser, and so First Aid and the other Protectobots watched their leader detonate before their eyes. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} Megatron obsessed over these events and it drove him mad. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

First Aid later attempted to console a despondent [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] after the death of Optimus Prime, teaching him that it's best to worry more about the patients you can save rather than the patients you could not. Returning to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] after attending Prime's funeral, First Aid and the other Autobots came under attack from the vessel's defense systems, control of which had been seized by the human criminal [[Mechanic (G1)|The Mechanic]]. Ratchet defeated the human, and he and First Aid tended to the wounded. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}}

[[File:GalvatronDorA firstaid mass substitution.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3]]
''When the freelance peacekeeping agent [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] travelled back in time from the future, First Aid was temporarily mass-displaced [[Limbo]] to make room for the bounty hunter right before [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]]'s eyes.'' {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}}

After [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] abandoned the Autobots due to their disagreements with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock's]] leadership, Grimlock tasked the Protectobots with finding the deserters and returning them to the Ark. First Aid and the others found them (and the [[Throttlebot]]s) hiding at [[Big Steve's Used Cars]], where the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s had already arrived. As the two teams battled each other, individually First Aid squared off with [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], and both sides were so blinded by their battle that they didn't notice [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] making away with Goldbug and the Throttlebots. With the Combaticons deterred, however, the Protectobots still had Blaster to bring back to Grimlock... for trial and execution. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} [[File:ChildsPlay-FirstAidGroove.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3|<obligatory Scale article link>]] Blaster was mode-locked into stereo mode, clamped to [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and also carried inside First Aid for travel back to the Ark, but the Protectobots met up with the Combaticons again within a sprawling trainyard. After the Combaticons merged into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and laid into First Aid and the others, they were forced to set Blaster aside and merge into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] to counter. Blaster, released from mode-lock by some errant children, came to Defensor's rescue, and ultimately First Aid and the others decided Blaster shouldn't stand trial, and he was set free. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} After First Aid returned to the Ark, Blaster and the humans were recaptured and Grimlock ordered the humans to be executed. First Aid and the other Autobots were upset, though they didn't know Grimlock was bluffing. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

''Following Optimus Prime's return to life, First Aid and the Protectobots were assigned to guard the backup copy of the [[floppy disk]] that had enabled his resurrection, stored at an [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]] warehouse. Alerted to Combaticon activity at [[Rutter U.S. Military Base]], the team was relieved by the Autobot [[Powermaster]]s so they could go and deal with their old rivals. Unfortunately, they were too late to stop the Combaticons' theft of military technology; worse yet, upon their return to the warehouse, they discovered that the Decepticon Powermasters had stolen the disk in their absence. Combining into Defensor, they tried to stop the villains from escaping, but a barrage of fire from the underhanded Combaticons knocked the giant over. With the villains gone, Defensor split back into his components, and First Aid tended to the Autobot Powermasters' wounds.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

First Aid and several other Autobots helped [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] train. {{storylink|Club Con!}} ''Soon after, First Aid was among the Transformers deactivated in the battle with the [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream and was put in a life support capsule. A couple of years later, Optimus Prime briefly considered using a Matrix fragment to revive him after Ratchet's disappearance.'' {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:First aid g2 swarm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including First Aid. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, First Aid went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Sometime later, First Aid was working with a science team alongside [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]. They attempted to find out what had devastated the population of [[J'asik]], down to the cellular level. Samples taken from the bodies helped the team identify the killer, known as the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], as an offshoot of the Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

====Transformers Comic-Magazin====
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At the raw oil harbor of [[Rotterdam]], First Aid and the other Protectobots combined into Defensor to battle [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Ultimately, the Decepticons would retreat, as Powermaster Optimus Prime had predicted! {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:First aid kup rg1 loose ends 5.jpg|thumb|left]]
In [[2012]] First Aid travelled to a devastated Earth with Optimus Prime and a group of other Autobots to confront Megatron. After fighting his way through Megatron's lobotomised [[zombie]] army, the medic attended to [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and injected him with an anti-toxin that would hopefully regress the [[Scraplet]] infection the captive Wrecker had been infected with. When he was sufficiently recovered, Kup took First Aid's gun and used it to kill Ratchet, in turn killing Megatron through the link he and the doctor shared. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} In the aftermath, First Aid delivered a casualty report to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

Following the foiling of Scorponok's [[Gene Key]] scheme, First Aid sat in on a meeting of Autobot high command to discuss the lingering after-effects on Cybertronian society of the Decepticon warmonger's plan. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} This was soon followed by an attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons, which was put down by a team of Autobots led by Blaster; in the aftermath, First Aid tended [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s wounds. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}}

First Aid was on hand to help treat the wounded after [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Warworld]] attacked Cybertron, and was seen carrying such an unfortunate on a stretcher with help from [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Soon after, when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his [[Primum Fugae]] caused havoc, First Aid repaired [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s injuries. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

===The Special Teams===
Optimus Prime assigned First Aid and the other Protectobots to defend the [[Pullen Power Plant]], where they combined into Defensor to battle [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Thankfully, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] arrived to even the odds, and ultimately the Decepticons were repelled. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
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Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s resurrection, First Aid and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] bugged him to come in for a full checkup, which [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] believed was just their way of saying that it was good to have the Autobot leader back. The checkup was interrupted by an alarm, which First Aid announced indicated a Decepticon attack. He took part in the effort to repel [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s forces, only for them to retreat on their own, when Prime realised it was just a diversion while Galvatron attacked the Energon plant. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
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When the Decepticons stole the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], <strike>Ratchet</strike> First Aid built an army of Autobot [[decoy]]s to distract the Decepticons while the real Autobots attempted to retrieve their missing artifact.
{{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Firstaid-warwithin.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|In his younger years, First Aid wore a stylish hoodie.]]
Following the disappearance of Optimus Prime and Megatron in a [[space bridge]] accident, the Autobots and Decepticons splintered into multiple separate factions. In compliance with the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]], First Aid and the other Protectobots declared themselves unaligned to any of the groups, and elected to continue operating as an independent team, rather than go their separate ways. When word reached them that the Constructicons had broken the accord by siding with the [[Ultracon]]s, however, First Aid and his comrades knew that they had to take a stand themselves, and decided to aid the [[Wrecker]]s in battle against the Decepticon giant. {{storylink|Escalation}} When Defensor began prioritizing Devastator's destruction over preventing collateral damage, Wreckers leader Springer had to talk the Protectobots into separating, after which they were able to use their individual smarts to bring the Constructicon combiner down: First Aid had Hot Spot lift him up on his ladder so he could plug a power cable into a port on Devastator's body, overloading Devastator and forcing him to separate. In the battle's aftermath, First Aid thanked Springer for talking them down, realizing they still had a lot to learn about their combined self. {{storylink|Devastation}} The team subsequently returned to their home base to analyze what had gone wrong with their combination, though First Aid had to convince Hot Spot to let it go when he started to become obsessive. But just as the Protectobots were preparing to take some downtime, they were attacked by the [[Chaos Trinity]], who kidnapped Hot Spot for use in [[The Fallen]]'s scheme. In the scuffle, First Aid was taken out by teammate Streetwise, who had been hypnotized by Mindwipe. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}}
[[File:BlackSunshine firstaid tends battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Roughly 6.5 million years later, First Aid the Protectobots battled Menasor as Defensor when the Stunticons escaped from a penal facility... and lost, big time. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Soon after, the team aided in the Autobot insurrection against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s rule of Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} After the Autobots regained power, First Aid and the Protectobots searched Shockwave's clone lab, finding [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] barely alive, having been attacked by [[Sunstorm (G1)|an unknown assailant]]. First Aid was seen administering medical help to the heavily damaged [[Battlecharger]]s. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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In the early days of the war, First Aid was part of an extraction team who located the damaged pair of [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] following their skirmish with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. He performed initial repairs on both of them, bringing Tracks back online. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}} About four million years ago, he was seen chatting with his comrades [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] during a victory celebration. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}
[[File:MTMTE4 a passing interest.jpg|right|thumb|400px]]
First Aid was eventually assigned to [[Delphi]], an Autobot emergency medical facility on [[Messatine]]. Like any emergency room, Delphi experienced brief flurries of activity followed by long cycles of nothing but routine patient care and waiting for the next disaster. While passing the time First Aid became an avid subscriber to ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'', the adventures of the Autobots' most elite strike team compiled by their unofficial biographer, [[Ironfist (G1)|Fisitron]]. He often found himself reading (and re-reading) [[Pova|Datalog 113: Showdown at Pova]] whenever his work lagged. Five years into his tour at Delphi, while attending a medical conference on the [[Kimia Facility]], First Aid had his own brush with the Wreckers when their leader [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] approached him with a rather unique request. Springer had a mole deep within the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] known only as [[Agent 113]], who had a highly unusual means of delivering messages to his Autobot contacts: In battle, he would ''shoot'' a fellow Autobot with pinpoint accuracy through the right "eye" of their faction symbol with a bullet containing a data-chip with his report inside. First Aid was one of several medics secretly recruited by Springer to always be on the lookout for Agent 113's calling card. First Aid eagerly accepted the "secret mission" and checked over the insignia of every patient that came through his emergency room doors from then on. Not the subtlest of Autobots, First Aid developed a reputation for being fixated on insignias, and was even referred to Autobot psycho-analyst [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], who diagnosed him with "obsessive compulsive tendencies" that forced First Aid's boss [[Ambulon (G1)|Ambulon]] to demote him to nurse. But First Aid's attention to this secret duties paid off: one night after the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], when he was giving the once over to [[Dogfight]]'s recon team after a skirmish with the DJD, First Aid finally discovered one of Agent 113's bullets. The encoded information he delivered to Springer led to the Wreckers' ill-fated mission on [[Garrus-9]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}

[[File:first-aid-jumpstart.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|"Have you any idea how many [[Skullcruncher]]s I had to buy to make these jump leads?" "Yes:4."]]

When the [[Red Rust]] virus broke out in Delphi, First Aid, Ambulon and [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]]'s efforts to treat it seemed to be in vain, forcing First Aid to call for help by transmitting the facility's patient survival statistics through the [[transwarp|subspace]] network once used to distribute the ''Wreckers: Declassified'' datalogs. This attracted the attention of [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]], who brought [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] and [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] to Delphi where First Aid told them about the outbreak. Using "jump-starting", a new method of [[spark]] resuscitation he had invented himself, he later used his own spark to revitalize a comatose Fortress Maximus just in time to save the others from a pair of [[Genericon]]s believed to have spread the virus. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} After Fortress Maximus killed the Genericons, it was discovered that Pharma was the culprit behind the virus, a fact that First Aid had long suspected. In the chaos that followed, First Aid took charge to save the patients around him. [[File:MTMTE5 firstaid takes charge.jpg|right|thumb|300px]] After Pharma was defeated and Ratchet used the villain's vaccine to cure Delphi of its virus, First Aid returned to the ''[[Lost Light]]'' with Ratchet. Ratchet promised to promote the nurse to Chief Medical Officer in place of himself after witnessing his actions. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} To First Aid's silent annoyance, however, Ratchet showed no signs of relinquishing the title any time soon, leaving him Chief Medical Officer-in-training. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

First Aid was repairing a dismembered [[Dipstick]] when he and much of the crew were frozen in place by one of [[Brainstorm]]'s experimental weapons. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} After Fortress Maximus went on a small shooting spree inside the Lost Light, First Aid helped Ratchet treat the victims. He failed to notice the pattern Ratchet saw in them: they all resembled Overlord. {{storylink|Interiors}} That escapade concluded with [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] accidentally shooting Rung in the head; First Aid, Ambulon, and Ratchet were instrumental in saving Rung's life {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement}} and First Aid took the lead on his aftercare, helping him re-learn how to distinguish people from their surroundings. {{storylink|Signal to Noise}}

First Aid was among the crew members that had been shrunken by Brainstorm's mass-displacement cannon and sent to destroy some [[Nanocon]]s inside Ultra Magnus that had been mysteriously revived. First Aid was resized after the Nanocons were destroyed and attended [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s Autobot Initiation Ceremony and asked [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] what he had graffitied inside Ultra Magnus' body but the ceremony began before Whirl could make a full answer. First Aid then told [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] that Ambulon was handling some offline crew members that had suddenly came back to life. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} After the situation was handled, First Aid joined a few Autobots for movie night in [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]'s hab-suite where they watched "Proteus's Promise". {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:Patternism-FirstAid.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Hey honey! Sorry, but some guy got his head cut off at work today, so I'm gonna need stay late.]]

When someone tried to kill [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], First Aid and Ambulon went to work fixing him up. In the process, First Aid discovered the truth, {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} that Red Alert's injuries were self-inflicted, though [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] didn't take the news well. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

Following the return of the ''[[Leading Light]]'' from [[Temptoria]], First Aid tended to the rapidly-fading [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] and talked [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] into giving the small Autobot a jumpstart. Unfortunately he had to break the news that it hadn't worked. As it turned out, Whirl also had a compatible [[spark]], and First Aid successfully carried out the procedure with him. {{storylink|Before & After}} First Aid later helped Tailgate throw an "alt-mode party" in an attempt to get Rung to transform, and appeared in one of Rewind's documentaries to explain how the ''[[Vis Vitalis]]'' worked. {{storylink|Little Victories}} When [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] was let loose on the ''Lost Light'' and stabbed Ultra Magnus through the spark, First Aid rushed to his aid but sadly recognized the injury to be fatal. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

When Ultra Magnus's body got up and floated away under mysterious circumstances, First Aid gathered with the rest of the crew to gawp at a huge portal the ''Lost Light'' had followed Magnus's trail to. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} After the ship went through the portal, First Aid and Ambulon were in the medbay when the [[Legislator]]s invaded the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} Alas, the ship was soon overrun, and both 'bots found themselves teleported to Pharma's new lab on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. First Aid had to witness Ambulon being horrifically sawn in half, ''lengthwise'' as part of a twisted competition between Ratchet and Pharma. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} When Ratchet refused the younger medic's help, First Aid was infuriated by his attitude and accused him of being unable to let go of his reputation as "best medic" out of a belief that no one else could ever match his expertise. While Ratchet then revealed that the reason he couldn't help was that Ambulon was already dead, he saw the truth in First Aid's words and promised to officially hand over the title of Chief Medical Officer once they'd caught Pharma. First Aid, however, saw no reason to show the corrupt medic any mercy. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

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First Aid was soon able to confront Pharma, and was enraged that rather than show remorse for his murders of patients or Ambulon, the rogue medic was ''amused'' by what he'd done. When he went so far as to laugh at Ambulon's death, the younger medic snapped and executed him on the spot, then realized what he'd done and broke down. He was comforted by Rung, but on returning to the ''Lost Light'' he shut himself in and refused to talk to anyone. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}} The crew eventually convinced him to come out and perform an autopsy on a the corpse of a mysterious ''second'' Rodimus, hoping some work would help rehabilitate him. First Aid deduced from the body's [[innermost energon]] that it was an alternate Rodimus and not some kind of copy. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}
[[File:BirthsDeathsInterventions-FirstAid.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
As it transpired, the second Rodimus was a quantum duplicate, which began the slow quantum erasure of the ''Lost Light'' and its crew. First Aid abandoned ship, but soon, his shuttle disappeared around him, as did crewmates [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] and [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]]—only [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and First Aid were left, floating in space, because they weren't members of the ship's original crew. Once the situation had been put to rights, everyone reappeared, and First Aid's group set down on the planet [[Ofsted XVII]] for a momentary breather. First Aid went off to explore the area, and found a gravely-wounded Transformer of unclear affiliation in a nearby lecture theatre. A quick examination proved he was a Decepticon, but First Aid kept this fact from his crewmates as he called upon them to donate some of their [[innermost energon]] to help the 'bot survive. Recognizing the 'bots true allegiance, Mainframe and Bluestreak refused; Trailcutter agreed, but just as he was about to start the process, First Aid recognized the mantra the delirious patient was chanting as the motto of the Decepticon Justice Divison. Refusing to heal one of ''those'' monsters under any circumstances, First Aid tried to talk Trailcutter out of helping him, to no avail—and unfortunately, First Aid's fears proved true as the 'bot, [[Vos (DJD)|Vos]], attacked Trailcutter as soon as he had been re-powered. While Trailcutter protected himself with his forcefield, First Aid sped off to get the others, but when they returned, they were horrified to discover that Trailcutter had trapped a second, hidden DJD member, [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]], inside his field with him, who had torn him to pieces. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}} The remaining trio tried to escape in their shuttle, but it was blown up before it could take off as a parting gesture from the DJD. Fortunately, First Aid and his friends survived. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a Decepticon attack on a major human city, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and the Protectobots launched rescue operations. Unfortunately their efforts were hampered by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who unleashed all manner of sonic attacks on them. {{storylink|To the Rescue}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
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*'''First Aid''' (Protectobot, 1986-87)
** ''Team ID number'': '''P4'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-75'''
** ''Accessories:'' "[[Photon pistol]]", "[[Decrystallizer cannon|dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon]]", cannon connector

: First Aid transforms into a Toyota Town Ace/Lite Ace ambulance. As a small, simple toy, there are some significant compromises in the appearance of the vehicle to facilitate transformation, such as the rather visible hinge joints for the front end and the big gap in the back of the ambulance to facilitate his knee joint. In vehicle mode, First Aid can be equipped with his large decrystallizer cannon via a connector piece that plugs into the 5mm peg hole on his rear, while in robot mode, he is armed with a small photon pistol.

:First Aid combines with his fellow Protectobots to form Defensor, taking the nominal position of left arm. As a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style robot, however, he can form any limb for the robot, and can interact with all other combiner teams built with the same design.

:The initial release of First Aid had a [[die-cast]] metal chest, but like several other 1986 toys, later releases replaced this with red plastic. In 1987, he came packaged with a random Autobot [[Decoy]].

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed as [[Safety]] from the [[Guard City]] giftset in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|''Operation Combination'' toyline]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/FirstAid/firstaid.htm More information on First Aid at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G1toy defensor giftset.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Defensor''' (giftset, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-76'''
** ''Accessories:'' Photon pistol, dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon, cannon connector

:First Aid was also included as part of the Defensor giftset, unchanged from his individual release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Defensor/defensor.htm More information on Defensor at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G1toy Classics FirstAid.JPG|right|thumb|Spanish packaging pictured.]]
*'''First Aid''' (Classic Protectobots, 1991)
**''Accessories:'' Photon pistol, dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon, cannon connector

:The plastic-chested version of First Aid was reissued in 1991 as part of the European-[[exclusive]] "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line, along with his fellow Protectobots. He came on new golden packaging with all his original accessories, but had his [[rubsign]] removed, though the indentation for it on his roof remained.
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2-FirstAid.jpg|thumb|They didn't change me much.]]
*'''First Aid''' (Protectobot, unreleased)
**''Team ID number:'' '''P2'''
**''Accessories:'' "Photon pistol", "dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon", cannon connector
: The Protectobots were to be released as part of the second wave of combiners in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]''. However, this entire wave was ultimately canceled for unknown reasons. First Aid was to be off-white with seafoam-green robot chest, [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|swirly metallic gold]] robot parts and a different rescue/ambulance deco. Vanishingly few samples—less than a dozen—of this item made their way outside [[Hasbro]], including some on-card samples, which give him the unit number "P2".
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===Transformers (2014)===
[[File:ProtectobotsEmergencyResponse-FirstAid.jpg|right|thumb|300px|You better snap this one up, 'cuz they're probably not gonna make a real First Aid any time soon.]]
*'''Protectobots Emergency Response''' (three-pack, 2014)
:"Protectobot First Aid" is a minor redeco of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]'' Deluxe Class [[Ratchet (WFC)#Prime|Autobot Ratchet]], with altered paint applications (now predominantly blue) and a lighter shade of gray plastic.

:First Aid is only available in three-pack with [[Streetwise (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Streetsmart]] and [[Groove (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Groove]], which was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Hasbro's Asian markets, while in the United States, it was officially an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive that was later also stocked by other online retailers such as [[BigBadToyStore]] for a hefty markup.
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===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-FirstAid.jpg|300px|thumb|That axe is used for surgery!]]
*'''First Aid''' (Deluxe, 2015)
**Accessories: Axe, double-barrelled gun/fist/foot
:Released as part of the [[Combiner Wars]] subline imprint of [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]], First Aid is an ''extensive'' retool of Decepticon [[Offroad|Offroad]]. He transforms into either an ambulance for very short people or a limb for any combiner in the same subline, although he would be normally associated with [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]].

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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Gum===
[[File:G1merch tfgum firstaid.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Groove and First Aid''' (1987)
**''Accessories'': Photon pistol, dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon

:Released in the fourthwave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s, this incarnation of First Aid is a snap-together model kit constructed of white, red and black plastic. Available only in a two-pack with Groove (and a stick of gum), First Aid has no paint applications, but features some stickers for decoration. He retains all the features and functionality of his larger toy, and combines with the other ''Transformers Gum'' Protectobots, all available in the same wave, to form Defensor.

::*''[http://bowbowdaijin.blog96.fc2.com/blog-entry-13.html More information on Transformers Gum First Aid at a Japanese fan blog]''
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===G Guardian===
[[File:GGuardian firstaid.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''First Aid''' (Candy toy, 2012)
**''ID number:'' '''2'''
**''Accessories:'' Photon pistol
:First Aid is a snap-together candy toy model kit produced by Kabaya for their ''[[Gaia Guardian|G Guardian]]'' series, coming in an individual box packed with a stick of (chalky) gum. Made up of red and white plastic with ''lots'' of stickers for detail, he can combine with his five wave-mates to form [[Gaia Guardian]], able to become either an arm or a leg for the super-robot in the style of his Generation 1 figure. Similarly, he can also combine in the traditional manner with ''G Guardian'' Groove, Streerwise & Blades and Kabaya's 2012 ''Transformers Gum'' Hot Spot to form Defensor. ''G Guardian'' [[Heatrock (G1)|Heatrock]] and [[Skyfeather (G1)|Skyfeather]] attach to Defensor to create [[God Guardian]].
::*''[http://d.hatena.ne.jp/nagano07/20120420/1334943000 More information on the G Guardian Protectobots at a Japanese blog]''
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==Notes==
*First Aid is often characterized broadly in the fandom as a pacifist, but this attribute was only demonstrated in [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] -- his fellow Protectobot [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] was indicated to be the pacifist Protectobot in the original Tech Spec profiles. In First Aid's other appearances, he seems to have little problem fighting his enemies.
*Although the Protectobots in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comics]] are assumed to have been built on Earth (explicitly so in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK comics]]), his advice in "[[Afterdeath!]]" to [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|death]] sounds like words of experience.
*In the Italian dub, First Aid speaks with a cadence resembling an ambulance siren.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''First Aid''' (ファーストエイド ''Fāsuto Eido'')
*''French:'' '''Ambulo''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Sirena'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Primeiro Socorro''' (Portugal Comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Verstak''' (Верстак, "Joiner's Bench"), '''Sanitar''' (Санитар, "Male Nurse")

==External links==
*[http://tfarchive.com/comics/misc/universe/tfufirstaid.php First Aid's Universe bio at TFArchive.com]

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Vehicon (Prime)

2015-03-06T23:28:16Z

Tekcorps: /* Decepticon's Storytime Theater */

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{{disambig3|Vehicon}}
:''Vehicons are [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Eradicons Group Darkness Rising 2.jpg|thumb|upright=2.5|There are many copies, and they have a plan: to look ''bitchin'.'']]

'''Vehicons''' may be [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s cannon fodder and suffer from particularly poor marksmanship, but they do possess sweet alternate modes, be they sports cars, jets (a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] variant), helicopters, or tanks.

If they're not slagged by an [[Autobot]], they can be used for experimentation or even simply recycled for parts by a superior, but that's their lot in life, and by and large, they accept this. Their primary motivation is the thought that someday they might make a name for themselves —literally— and rise to the upper ranks. Thus they have a tendency to follow orders blindly, and are highly expendable.

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

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

===''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Three Vehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|GO, GO, Vehicon Rangers!]]
Vehicons were stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], building [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s space bridge. They captured [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in [[Kaon]] were killed when she blew up the space bridge. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English), [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Daran Norris]] (English), [[Josh Keaton]] (English), [[David Kaye]] (English), [[David Sobolov]] (English), [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Yūki Tai]] (Japanese)|[[Jaime Roca]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Klaus Lochthove]] (German), [[Uwe Jellinek]] (German)}}

[[File:DecepticonTrooperCar.jpg|thumb|left|Possibly the most beautiful [[army-building|army-builder]]s ever.]]
[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] had a couple of Vehicons at her disposal on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They captured [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]], and were later blasted by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] during Arcee's rescue. {{storylink|Predatory}} The ''Nemesis'' had a complement of Vehicons on board. Starscream took them with him when he visited [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

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

[[File:Bulkhead Eradicon Darkness Rising 3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Drones are people too!]]

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

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

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

[[File:PrimeVehiconJets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang's deadlier cousins.]]

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

[[File:WingedVehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"The Danger Zone looks greener than I was expecting."]]
A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's [[trailer]] before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

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

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

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

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

[[File:Tfprime vehicon vehicle.jpg‎|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The Black Baron]]
Knock Out and Breakdown were assisted in their quest to grab a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] by a squad of Vehicons. Another squad accompanied Megatron when he attempted to capture Bulkhead who had the data from the cylinder in his head. The Autobots pretty much trashed those Vehicons, after which Megatron decided no one was having the cylinder and flew off. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} Vehicons played a large role in the collection of more energon. A number of them aided Knock Out and Breakdown during a transport mission, and were pounded by Ratchet. Others of them protected a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]], though not very well as they were trashed by the Autobots. Yet more Vehicons in an energon mine were smashed up when the Autobots went to rescue Ratchet. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

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

Megatron informed the Vehicons to be careful with their words around the amnesiac Optimus Prime. Some of them accompanied Knock Out and Breakdown in a raid on a military installation to get a power source. Arcee busted up a bunch of them when she got on board and hunted for Optimus. Starscream encountered a good number of them when he sneaked on board to steal [[energon cube]]s too. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} The Vehicons caught up with Starscream, but were unable to stop him escaping the ship. The Autobots mowed their way through the Vehicons guarding the Decepticon space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

Two Vehicons were assigned to guard Orion after he discovered the truth. He appealed to them to help him warn the Autobots of Megatron's plans, and they responded by beating him. They didn't do so well after he worked out he had guns. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}} Megatron used Vehicons to unearth the [[Spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], but abandoned them to be trashed by the Autobots in order to return to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and a squadron of flying Vehicons came to Megatron's aid when he was surrounded by Autobots. Though Dreadwing promised to let the Autobots go if they spared Megatron, Megatron himself ordered the Vehicons to destroy the Autobots. Naturally, that didn't work out for the Vehicons. {{storylink|Crossfire}} The Vehicons later responded to a Decepticon beacon Bulkhead had triggered on the Nemesis. They approached what they thought was [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream]] and pursued him instead. They later helped Megatron fight against incoming [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

The Nemesis later crashed and Megatron used Dark Energon to bring it back online. As a consequence, the ship started having a mind of its own and Megatron sent the entire ship's crew to stop the ''Nemesis''. They failed and were stasis locked. The Vehicons and the rest of the Decepticons started regaining consciousness when Jack disabled the ship's Dark Energon influence. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Four of them were dispatched to [[Antarctica]] with Dreadwing to find one of the relics. They mostly ended up guarding Starscream, and were all dispatched during the course of a fight with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Triangulation}} A couple of Vehicons made their feelings about the Insecticons clear within earshot of [[Hardshell (Prime)|Hardshell]], resulting in a brawl between the two groups. {{storylink|Hurt}} Some Vehicons and Insecticons were sent to investigate a crashed Decepticon escape pod. Those that weren't killed by the Autobots perished when the pod exploded. {{storylink|New Recruit}} A bunch of them attempted to defend a military base while Soundwave hacked the computer. They pretty much all got slagged, including one who was blasted by the orbital death laser Soundwave was controlling. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

Megatron had some with him when he was trying to recover the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. Amazingly several actually escaped destruction when the Autobots attacked and returned to the ship with their leader. {{storylink|Legacy}} [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] found them easy to evade with the [[phase shifter]], though once he jumped off the ''Nemesis'', an enraged Megatron flung a Flyer and a Trooper after him before ordering more Flyers after him. Two Flyers crashed once Smokescreen phased through the ground while the screaming Trooper blew up after them. Two Flyers accompanying Megatron surveyed the wreckage. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

[[File:PrimeDarkestHourStarscreamsArmadaGroup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Starscream cosplayers are a terrible force to be reckoned with.]]
Megatron and a large number of Vehicons went to Cybertron with the Omega Keys to find the [[Omega Lock]]. They were ambushed by the Autobots, and the Vehicons who survived the attack were taken out by the [[spark extractor]] that Smokescreen dropped in their midst. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Vehicon reinforcements surrounded the Autobots after they were forced to drop their weapons, but didn't last long once Optimus grabbed the Star Saber again. Many flying Vehicons with spanking new paint jobs took part in the attack on the Autobot base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

They were tasked with searching through the rubble of the Autobot base for bodies, but found only Airachnid and the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. A couple were sent to attack Arcee and Jack Darby, and were blown up in a gas station explosion. Some more of them accompanied Knock Out to Cybertron and managed to dig up the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} A Vehicon execution team totally failed to execute Wheeljack, but as it turned out, this was part of Starscream's plan as he had counted on them failing. Oddly enough, the flying Vehicons he sent to dispatch Wheeljack and Bulkhead failed too, as they fell into a trap and were blown up. {{storylink|Scattered}}

Shockwave had a squad of Vehicons with him in [[Texas]], while digging up [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains. They didn't last particularly long against Bumblebee and Smokescreen. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} A team of Vehicons searching for Predacon fossils in [[Scotland]] was taken out by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and the Wreckers. Starscream took two seekers with him to investigate the team's disappearance, and both of them somehow managed to survive an encounter with [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]] in the Apex Armor. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

Arcee and Wheeljack managed to bridge into the middle of a squad of Vehicons in [[New Mexico]] ''and'' took the lot of them out without breaking a sweat. Meanwhile, Starscream attempted to have a couple of Vehicons repair the communication dish on the ''Nemesis'' with little success. {{storylink|Plus One}}

When [[Silas|Cylas]] was turned into a sort of energon zombie in an experiment, Starscream was confident that the highly trained Vehicons would be able to deal with it. Surprise! They didn't. A bunch of them got infected and turned into more energon zombies instead. A cleanup team headed by Soundwave eventually eradicated the infected Vehicons. {{storylink|Thirst}} As a result of the infection, Vehicon numbers were cut by a half. That didn't stop the Decepticons using a number of them as bait to lure the Autobots to Shockwave's off-site laboratory. {{storylink|Evolution}}

A group of Vehicons accompanied Shockwave to the [[Solaris particle collider]] installation. {{storylink|Minus One}} They all died. Five Seeker Vehicons joined Starscream in an attack on the Autobot base and all managed to survive, despite the US military sending a squad of [[Skystriker]]s against them. {{storylink|Persuasion}} They didn't survive an encounter with Optimus Prime when they were sent out with Starscream to intercept a signal though. The Vehicons on the ''Nemesis'' meanwhile had to cope with first one of [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]'s rampages, and then an invasion of Autobots. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Though they put up a desperate defense, the Vehicons were unable to fight off the Autobot assault. Their remaining numbers presumably evacuated the ''Nemesis'' in escape pods. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

A handful of Vehicons (ineptly) attempted to help Bulkhead build a new space port for those who returned to Cybertron. Most of the others were kept locked up with Knock Out. When Starscream arrived and freed them all, the Vehicons attempted to help him retake the warship, only to be blasted by the Autobots. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
{{groupstub|{{storylink|Speed Metal}} {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}} {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}}}
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===Titan Comics ''Prime'' comics===
[[File:Titan4.1 Vehicon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Have you seen Blue, my puppy?"]]
After the Autobots accidentally uncovered a nuclear warhead, a group of Vehicons mistook the energy signature for an energon trace and headed toward [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to investigate. They were welcomed to the neighbourhood by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee, who comprehensively dismantled them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

After a hypnotised Raf opened the GroundBridge, the Decepticons sent wave after wave of Vehicons through it into the Autobot base. The Autobots valiantly kept them at bay until Raf recovered and reconfigured the GroundBridge to suck the Vehicons back through, though there were a few loose parts left behind. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}} The Vehicons had trouble flying the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' through a storm. Starscream took a bunch of them with him when he tried to lure Optimus into a trap, and they were all destroyed by the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Megatron forced the Vehicons to engage in a series of deathmatches in a cave below the [[Erta Ale volcano]]. This included pitting Starscream against one of the larger Vehicons, [[Fearstorm]], however Starscream used his wits to defeat his foe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}} Some land and air Vehicons accompanied [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] to test his [[neuron refractor]] on Optimus Prime. They actually managed to subdue Bulkhead and Arcee when the pair came looking for their leader, but once Optimus was back on his feet, the surviving Decepticons fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} After Bulkhead destroyed an energon store, Megatron and six Vehicons tracked him through the forest, eventually dog-piling him and taking him back to the ''Nemesis''. Later, a couple of the Vehicons found the Autobots' kids trying to free the prisoner, but were dispatched by Optimus before they could do anything about it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

[[File:Titan4.14 Vehicon mummies.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
Many Vehicons took part in a battle against the Autobots in [[The Wave]]. Some of them tried to outflank Team Prime, only to be smashed to pieces by Bulkhead's wrecking ball. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}} A good number of them accompanied Megatron in an attack on the [[Statue of Liberty]], only to be smashed up by Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The final indignity came when Bumblebee threw a lifeless Vehicon in an attempt to knock Megatron off the statue. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}} When Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] took over the TV show ''[[Down and Out]]'', they were accompanied by four Vehicons who disguised themselves as mummies to fit with the show's muddled Aztec/Egyptian theme and attacked Optimus and Bulkhead. Bulkhead took care of them while Optimus rescued the human hostages. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider Scope}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.18|Power Outage}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.19|Smoked Out}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.20|Starscream's Beast}}}}

===Decepticon's Storytime Theater===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Hamill]]}}
A jet Vehicon [[narrator|told his audience]] about the sad tale of [[Stumble Bee]]. {{storylink|Decepticon's Storytime Theater - The Story of Stumble Bee|The Story of Stumble Bee}}

===Commercial appearances===

A bunch of a Vehicons watched video footage from [[wikipedia:The Super Hero Squad Show|various]] [[wikipedia:Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|strange]] [[wikipedia:Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters|realms]], and one realm [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|vaguely familiar]], along with footage from their own universe on a screen somewhere on the Nemesis while chanting "[[Huboom!]]" {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|Huboom! Saturdays}}

As Megatron read ''[[wikipedia:A Visit from St. Nicholas|A Visit from St. Nicholas]]'', three Vehicons discussed the stirring preferences of mice, landing on Egg Nog. Megatron then threatened to put them on the naughty list. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Naughty List"}} Several Vehicons sang about figgy pudding until Megatron shouted them down. One of the Vehicons then asked for a pony. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Pudding"}} Two rogue Vehicons decorated the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' in Christmas lighting. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Holiday Schmoliday"}}

===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' magazines===
[[Vehicon 367]] complained about being under-appreciated by Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime issue 44|Issue #44}}
====Comics====
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==Games==
===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
{{Storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense|Terrorcon Defense}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English, Car and Truck), [[Josh Keaton]] (English, Car and Jet), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English, Helicopter and Tank)}}
[[File:Transformers prime the game vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|The Fabulous Adventures of [http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/383647-minor-character-fandom Steve the <s>Eradicon</s> Vehicon]]]
There's also helicopter and tank Vehicon types. Who knew?
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
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{{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}
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===''Transformers Universe''===
[[File:TFU-Vehicon.JPG|thumb|right|450px]]

Due to the game mechanics, Vehicons generally never miss (unless the player has a miss effect) along with the fact due to the their special abilities, they tend to be challenging to take on alone. Vehicons occasionally scout for Autobots, sometimes they appear in [[High Grand]]. When a player first enters the game the Vehicons will appear in the tutorial, informing [[Switchblade (Prime)|Switchblade]] a new recruit has arrived. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}
There are many types of Vehicons for example:
*Vehicon Captain: Wields a large sword and noticeably taller than other vehicons
*Vehicon Scorcher: Carries a flamethrower (similar to [[Sparkscape]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to deal spark damage over an area.
*Vehicon Bombardier: Carries a grenade launcher (similar to [[Astraea]]).
*Vehicon Gunner: Carries a rifle (similar to [[Duststorm (Prime)|Duststorm]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to spawn a Smoke/"miss" field on the next hit by the rifle.
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==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconCyberverse.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|For the cheapskate [[Army-building|army-builder]].]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series / Number:'' '''2 / 002'''
**''Japanese number:'' '''EZ-07'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[March 31|3-31]]-2012
**''Accessories:'' Blaster

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, the Vehicon transforms into a sports car resembling a Cadillac Ciel, and comes with a soft translucent purple blaster that features two [[C joint|3mm post]]s and a hole, allowing it to mount onto his hands, doors/arms, and roof/back, as well as combine with other ''Cyberverse'' weapons.

: There is a [[Variant#Tooling|molding variation]] with the Vehicon's weapon. In the initial run of figures, the "shield" piece on the side was thicker. Later waves thinned the shield a bit, tapered the ends, plus added a few more sculpted details. This weapon, in varying colors, was also used by [[Soundwave (ROTF)#CyberverseBlue|Soundwave]] and [[Flamewar (Prime)|Flamewar]].

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version is, for no apparent reason, labeled as "'''Decepticon Vehicon'''". He comes with the later weapon variant and is virtually identical to the Hasbro release, with the exception of the [[tampograph]]ed production code on his right arm ("#37982" for the Hasbro version, "B2412" for the TakaraTomy version).

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/LegVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Cyberverse Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeEZCollectionDecepticonSet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, [[November 24|11-24]]-2012)
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: This Vehicon redeco is cast in metallic purple plastic. He was only available in a TakaraTomy ''[[EZ Collection]]'' six-pack with [[Megatron (WFC)#EZ6pack|Megatron]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Starscream (WFC)#EZ6pack|Starscream]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AirVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Air Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
**''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 011'''
**''Accessories:'' Hooksaw Cannon

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Prime: [[Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, the Air Vehicon is an all-new mold, and transforms into a "hoverjet" as seen on the show. He comes with a Hooksaw Cannon which can peg and be pegged via its three 3mm posts and two ports, allowing it to mount onto his hands, wrists, and the tops of his wings.

: The cannon, in various colors, was also used by [[Smokescreen (Prime)#Cyberverse|Smokescreen]], [[Soundwave (WFC)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]], [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurrr]], and [[Bluestreak (Prime)|Bluestreak]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybLegAirVehicon/airvehicon.htm More information on Air Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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*'''Jet Vehicon''' (EZ Collection, [[October 26|10-26]]-2013)
**''ID number'': '''EG-10'''
**''Accessories'': Hooksaw Cannon

: Part of the second wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[EZ Collection#Transformers: EZ Collection|EZ Collection]]'' single packed figures, Jet Vehicon is a redeco of Hasbro's Legion Class Air Vehicon figure, replacing the purple base plastic color with black while retaining the same paint mask including all the various paint colors.

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AceVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You're making my cannon angry. You wouldn't like it when it's angry.]]
*'''Ace Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 015'''
**''Accessories:'' Hooksaw Cannon

: A [[redeco]] of the Air Vehicon in "Seeker" colors, being cast in white and dark silver, with orange highlights. His Hooksaw Cannon is now red. The paint operations are nearly the same as for Air Vehicon and ''EZ Collection'' Jet Vehicon aside from some color changes (the head and the chest are painted in a darker metallic gray, rendering the tampographed Decepticon insignia nearly invisible; and the details on the shoulders and on the alternate mode's sides are now orange instead of purple). The only differences are the lack of the paint operation on the abdomen and the addition of another tampographed Decepticon insignia on the "driver" side next to the windshield. Curiously, the [[stock photo]] of his hoverjet mode from the back of his packaging clearly shows a prototype figure, as it is completely unpainted. Furthermore, the last step of his instructions oddly shows his vehicle mode from behind.

:Due to being released after the Christmas season and before the launching of the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|''Age of Extinction'' toy line]], Ace Vehicon and the other figures of his [[wave]] were ultimately only available in Europe, Australia and South America, in [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] in all instances (an unusual occurrence for Australia).
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===Prime: First Edition===
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Is that a Danny Elfman score playing?]]
*'''Vehicon''' (First Edition Deluxe, 2011)
**''Number:'' '''006'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[December 28|12-28]]-2011'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun, stand (Hasbro only)

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this larger-scale Vehicon comes with a gun that can be tabbed and mounted on his hood or stored underneath in vehicle mode, or be (loosely) held by his hands in robot mode. He features a [[5mm post|5mm port]] on the foldable door panels just below each of his hands, and flipping either hand back into his arms reveals ''another'' port behind each of them, allowing the gun to be mounted directly onto his arms, giving the appearance of integrated weaponry. The Hasbro version features a removable cardboard stand assembled within the packaging.

: His [[instructions]] tell [[you]] to swing down his rear wheels from his shoulders for robot mode, bringing them closer to his elbows, when they are actually meant to be kept in his shoulders for [[show-accuracy]]. His [[stock photography]] also depicts him with blue hands and knee spikes, when the former are black and the latter are purple in the final product.

: His mass-retail release in Hasbro's US markets was canceled, so for about a year, he was only available in Hasbro's Asian markets and in the Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] version of the toyline. Later, [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] picked up the Vehicon, along with a ''lot'' of other items, as part of a large number of holiday-time [[exclusive]]s in the US market for 2012.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/PrimeVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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===Prime===
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconRevealers.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|My backpack went to my legs.]]
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Extra holes ''not'' added by Autobot artillery.]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / 008'''
**''Japanese releases date'': '''[[June 30|6-30]]-2012'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AM-14'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster Cannon (Hasbro only), "Noji" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this new, sleeker, smaller version of the Vehicon has much less backpack [[kibble]] due to featuring a transformation that has the entire spoiler, trunk, roof, and hood panels of the vehicle mode fold into each other to form his heels and calves. He has an [[Automorph Technology|automorph]] head-reveal when transforming to robot mode activated by pulling down his rear bumper and pushing it into his back. He comes with a blaster cannon that can peg onto his hands and the sides of his rear wheel-wells/shoulders. It also features a clip that allows it to be tabbed onto the sides of his front, as well as be tabbed onto his arms with his hands flipped in.

: In wave six of the "Robots in Disguise" toyline, the Vehicon was put into new packaging, which came with a DVD featuring the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' episode "[[Loose Cannons]]".

: His stock photography depicts purple [[paint operation|paint detail]]s on his cannon, vehicle front, and robot feet that were omitted in the final product. It also depicts the cannon being pegged underneath the figure's hands instead of on top.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the fourth assortment of Japanese ''Prime'' toys, is dubbed "'''Decepticon Vehicon'''", has a much more clear translucent purple-ish [[light-piping]] plastic for his visor, and has been [[retool]]ed to include new 5mm post-holes just before his front wheel-wells and on his back bumper as a booster of sorts. Many of his paint operations have been removed and replaced with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s... including, rather annoyingly, some painted details ''under'' the clear-plastic parts, like the [[Insignia|faction symbol]] in his chest and the purple details in his headlights. The chest-window can actually be popped out by applying pressure to the pegs through the figure's back, enabling you to place the chest-sticker under the plastic... the headlamps, well, pretty much no.

: Instead of the [[Hasbro]] version's clip-on blaster, the TakaraTomy Vehicon comes with the [[Arms Micron]] [[Noji]], a robotic boar who turns into the Vehicon's distinctively-shaped blaster. Noji cannot clip onto the Vehicon's arm, however, and must be used as a hand-held weapon.

: This mold was also used for the [[BotCon 2014]] [[Pounce]]-type pirate in the [[Dread Pirate Crew]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Vehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Deluxe Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehicon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"Butterfly of '''DOOM!''' ...Okay, it's mostly ''my'' doom, but ''still''..."]]
*'''Jet Vehicon''' (Deluxe, [[July 28|7-28]]-2012)
**''ID number'': '''AM-16'''
**''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Part of the fifth assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon is a redeco and ''extensive'' retooling of the normal Vehicon mold, and also transforms into a "hoverjet", with additional transformation steps for his new wings, new stickers for his headlights and wings, and with the Jet Vehicon having metallic pink plastic, paint details, and robot-mode stickers instead of purple. He comes with his Arms Micron partner, [[Igu]], who transforms from a robotic iguana into the same blaster as seen on the show, but with the blaster's barrel being considerably longer than the previous Micron.

: The Jet Vehicon is currently [[exclusive]] to the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, making him rather hard to find for American fans who want him.

: This version of the mold was also used for the [[BotCon 2014]] [[Wingspan]]-type pirate in the [[Dread Pirate Crew]].

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehiconGeneral.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Jet Vehicon General''' (Deluxe, [[February 23|2-23]]-2013)
**''ID number'': '''AM-34'''
**''Accessories'': "Igu S" Arms Micron

: Part of the eleventh and final assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon General is a silver redeco of the Jet Vehicon mold. He now comes with [[Igu#Silver|Igu S]], a silver redeco of Igu.

==Merchandise==

===Eaglemoss cards===
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==Notes==
[[File:DecepticonTroopers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Is this gonna happen every week?" "Pretty much."]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderVehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Vehicon: Code Red.]]
*The Vehicons were among the first ''Prime'' Transformers shown, in a preview clip from "Darkness Rising, Part 1" shown at [[San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con]] 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything.
*The Vehicons weren't referred to as such in the ''Prime'' cartoon until episode 59, "[[Plus One]]", only being referred to as "Decepticon Troopers" in the episodes prior to then. A single image on the [[The Hub|Hub]] website refers to a trooper as "Eradicon" instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such. Though, they have always been referred to as Vehicons in Titan Magazine's [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers: Prime comic]].
*While they have been referred to as mere drones, Vehicons do appear to be sentient somewhat. Voting for Knock Out to be brought in for Megatron's repairs, questioning Starscream's leadership, and even insulting the Insecticons. Another factor to consider is that the [[Spark extractor]] actually worked on them.
* Vehicon body parts are available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Vehicon parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
*Although officially the Vehicons aren't in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', many Decepticon foot soldiers look extremely similar to them. This can be seen in greater comparison when Optimus Prime finds decapitated Decepticon heads in [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock's]] locker.
*At [[BotCon 2012]], concept art for a Tank Vehicon and a Helicopter Vehicon was released. They have so far been used in ''[[Transformers: Prime - The Game]]'' along with a Truck version. They haven't been used anywhere else yet, which is unfortunate because they are ''awesome''.
*As of episode 54, "[[Scattered]]", the silver Jet Vehicon General types have been referred to as "[[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s" by both Starscream and the episode's end credits. Whether the same applies for the normal-colored, non-General Jet Vehicons hasn't been confirmed, though the end credits referred to one of those as a "Trooper" instead.

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, the Vehicons have named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Sky Attack Mode''' (スカイアタックモード ''Sukai Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Gul, Noji
: The normal Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is just him using the [[Flame Cannon]]. Oooooh.

*'''Jet Attack Mode''' (ジェットアタックモード ''Jetto Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Igu, Zamu
: The Jet Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is simply him using the [[Debris Hammer]]. Yeah. Real elaborate.

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Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide

2015-03-06T20:14:52Z

Tekcorps: /* Soundtrack */

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'''Faced with the choice of allowing Megatron to be created, or damning Cybertron in order to create a better universe, the time-travelling ''Lost Light''ers learn that there truly is no future but that which they make for themselves.'''

==Synopsis==

Realizing his life is in danger, [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] lashes out at [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], demanding that he be sent back in time to save himself. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] restrains the former [[Decepticon]], and he and Perceptor insist that [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] has the matter well in hand. Megatron is unconvinced, given Rodimus's track record, but the decision is out of his hands: Perceptor sends Rodimus's team back in time, draining the last of the power from the ship's [[quantum generator]]s.

In the distant past, in [[Con Facility 113]], [[Brainstorm]] aims his gun at the [[reproduction|constructed cold]] Megatron's half-built form, but is suddenly taken out by a whirlwind-generating "[[grenado]]" hurled by Rodimus as he and his team materialize on the scene. Consulting the facility computers, [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] observes that Brainstorm has tried to delete information on Megatron from them, and calls upon [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] to help him fill in the blanks, but Rewind finds that his database has now been completely overwritten with the history of [[Functionist Universe|the alternate timeline]]. Brainstorm has not yet been stopped! The scientist recover and draws his gun once more, but Rung—having seen in the computer records that Brainstorm had been hesitating for ten long minutes before they arrived—is able to talk him into standing down. Brainstorm explains that he never wanted to kill anyone: he had intended to track Megatron through time using a [[spark]]print taken from him during his therapy session with Rung, planning simply to steer him away from "life-changing events", only to have his hand forced when he realized part-way into his journey that he was following a print accidentally taken from ''Rung'' instead. At that point, Brainstorm's injuries take their toll and he keels over... but just as he hits the floor, ''Rewind'' uses his gun to kill Megatron instead!

The shaken archivist shares what his overwritten database has told him: that if Megatron dies, although Cybertron will be consigned to a dystopian [[Functionism|Functionist]]-governed future, the ''rest of the universe'' will be spared the devastation of the Transformers' war. No one can really argue against his logic... except for [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], who refuses to let the Functionists "win". Grabbing Megatron's body when nobody is looking and snatching the [[Point One Percenter]] spark taken from [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] from Brainstorm's chest compartment, he locks himself in a nearby room and implants the spark into Megatron's body. With this action, Whirl ensures the safety of the existing timeline: Magnus contacts Rodimus let him know that time has begun moving again, but that, with the quantum engines out of power, they are now stranded in the past. To spare them this fate, Tailgate suggests they use the [[time phone]] to try and prevent the ''[[Lost Light]]'' from taking off in the first place, altering their destinies. Together, the group sends a message to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on the ship's launch day, warning their future selves of all the dangers that they will face on their journey—though as [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] points out, if it was successful, all the ''good'' they have done on their trip will also not happen. Rodimus cuts off Cyclonus's rant and hands him Whirl's gun: though they cannot travel through time, Perceptor ''can'' teleport them one last time to a location on Cybertron that may hold the key to their salvation.

After Rodimus and Cyclonus have left, the weakened Brainstorm explains his motivations to Rewind: originally, he had created the time machine in order to save [[Quark]], the unrequited love of his life, from dying in [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore prison]]. Following the original Rewind's death and Chromedome's emotional breakdown, however, Brainstorm decided to expand the scope of his mission, and decided to save as many lives as possible by preventing the war. Afterward, [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] asks Rewind to explain exactly where Rodimus and Cyclonus have gone; Rewind tells him they have gone to [[Unitrex]], the city in which the first interstellar starships were created. Pulling up an image of the region from his database, Rewind is struck by the sight of some very familiar fuel quills poking up from below the city...

Rodimus and Cyclonus arrive in a secret facility underneath Unitrex, where they are accosted by a security guard and his pack of [[turbofox]]es. Cyclonus deals with the guard, blasting him with Whirl's gun and locking his spasming form in a nearby room with his pets, while Rodimus speeds on ahead, locating the experimental generator that Perceptor has sent them to find. At Perceptor's direction, using information gained from the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s own engines, Rodimus makes a few modifications to the generator to turn it into a functional quantum engine, then plugs the case into it in order to charge it for a jump back to the future. As Cyclonus rejoins him, Rodimus ensures that he has brought Whirl's gun with him—they cannot leave an experimental weapon from Brainstorm's future arsenal lying about in the past, though Cyclonus can't read the scientist's terrible handwriting on the handle, and does not realize he shot the guard with a "[[Sparkeater Gun]]". Adding to the weirdness of the day, the entire complex suddenly disappears around them, shunted into the future by the newly-fashioned quantum engine—little do the pair realize that they have just been responsible for ''creating'' the ''Lost Light'' they will come to call home!

The next day, after everyone has returned to their proper place and time, things get back to normal aboard the ''Lost Light''. Brainstorm is in the brig; Chromedome and Rewind now sleep in the same room once more; everyone enjoys a movie screening and a singalong in ''[[Swerve's]]''; and Megatron retires to his quarters to silently regard his [[Rodimus Star]]. Rung pays a visit to Perceptor's lab to talk over recent events—Perceptor explains that the crew were ''always'' supposed to travel through time, their actions having always been part of history, and that the alternate "functionist timeline" only came into being accidentally, as a result of his tampering with the time machine's paradox locks. Further, he speculates that that alternate timeline may now actually exists as its own parallel universe...

...which is shown to be the case, as, across time and space, [[Functionist Council]] member [[One-of-Twelve]] is summoned by [[Quark]] with news of a world-shaking discovery made by janitorial 'bot [[Sweep (IDW)|Sweep]]. Dubbing Sweep "alt mode exalted" for his contributions, One-of-Twelve bring the news before the 'bot to whom it pertains: the captive Rung, "The Useless One", held prisoner due to the mystery of his [[alternate mode]]. But that mystery has now been solved, and the threat that the truth of Rung's form poses to the Functionists' regime demands his execution. But as One-of-Twelve holds a gun on him, Rung merely encourages him to pull the trigger, as doing so will only herald the beginning of the end...

==Featured characters==
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*[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (2)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (3)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (5)
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (6)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] (7)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (8)
*[[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] (10)
*[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] (11)
*[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (12)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (15)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (16)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (17)
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (18)

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*[[Brainstorm]] (4)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (19)

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*[[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] (9)
*[[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]]-to-be (13)
*[[Quark]] (14)
*[[One-of-Twelve]] (20)
*[[Sweep (IDW)|Sweep]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==

"'''Rodimus?''' You want me to put my '''life''' in the hands of an Autobot who '''somersaults''' onto the bridge? An Autobot who pretends to be '''dead''' if you ask him a difficult question? An Autobot who, in response to a crisis in morale perpetuated by his own '''woeful''' captaincy, introduced a '''reward system''' based on his own '''face?'''" 
"You were happy to leave this to Rodimus when you thought it was '''Prime's''' life on the line..." 
"What? Don't be clever, it makes you sound stupid. God, now I'm starting to '''sound''' like him."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Ultra Magnus''' on Rodimus, and [[Rodimus Star]]s

"Neatest handwriting. You?" 
"''Sigh.'' For abandoning my evil ways."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' and '''Megatron''' on the attributes that earned them their Rodimus Stars

"The old '''time-traveling''' grenade trick!" 
"'''Is''' it old?" 
"It is now."
:—'''Rodimus''' and '''Tailgate'''

"Holy '''heck''', that was intense! And it was '''exactly''' like the climax to [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]'s '''play'''—except Brainstorm isn't a giant turbofox and the gun isn't a shovel and we're not trapped inside a carnival mirror and none of us are speaking in rhyme!"
:—'''Tailgate''', after Rung gets Brainstorm to stand down

"I never '''set out''' to kill anyone. All I wanted to was stop the war by steering Megatron away from '''life-changing events'''. 
"No one cares." 
"You say that, Whirl, but maybe—" 
"<big>'''♪'''</big> No one cares what you have to say...! <big>'''♫'''</big>"
:—'''Brainstorm''' and '''Whirl'''

"Cyclonus thought you'd traced the wrong energy signature. I said, 'Percy, make a mistake? The last time '''that''' happened it turned out '''physics''' had screwed up.' Ha!"
:—'''Rodimus''', to Perceptor

"I am '''so''' lost. '''Loved''' the pink flying sled—but that bit when he watches himself playing guitar? I mean, '''what?'''" 
"It's from the first one!" 
"There's a first one?"
:—'''Tailgate''' and '''Riptide''' on ''Back to the Future Part II''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Whirl mentions that this issue takes place in the middle of the "[[Silver Harvest]]", the name given in [[Twenty Plus One|issue #31]] to the discovery of Tyrest's stockpile of Matrix-born sparks, which was itself originally alluded to in [[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|issue #19]].
*The data on Megatron erased by Brainstorm includes his batch code. It was originally established that Megatron had no batch code ''waaaay'' back in [[Chaos Theory Part 1|issue #22]] of the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]].
*While not explicitly stated, this issue does provide a possible explanation why Megatron is so adamant about keeping his mode of creation secret. As he's a Point One Percenter spark in a cold constructed body, chances are he wasn't so sure of the answer himself.
*Brainstorm's sparkprint of Rung was taken back in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|issue #28]], during the short blackout that showed the audience an x-ray view of Rung and Megatron. We assumed at the time that the blackout itself was the first of what would be many subsequent power outages that accompanied the slow quantum erasure of the ship and its crew, but perhaps it was, as Megatron suggested at the time, simply a power surge caused by the activation of Brainstorm's scanner.
*It was in the same issue that Megatron talked about the Maccadam's brawl during his therapy session, which Brainstorm was able to learn about because he was standing outside the room at the time.
*Brainstorm collected the Point One Percenter spark from Luna 1 in [[Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|issue #17]].
*At long last, Tailgate is revealed to be the sender of the warning message we heard all the way back in [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|issue #1]], in an attempt to warn the crew of all the terrible things that await them on their journey: Tailgate himself warns "Don't open the coffin" containing the alternate Rodimus's corpse, in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|issue #29]]; Rodimus cautions "Don't let [[Legislator|them]] take [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]" to Luna 1, as seen in issue #19; Rung urges "Don't go to [[Delphi]]", where the twin terrors of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] lurk, from issues [[Life After the Big Bang|#4]] and [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|#5]]; Chromedome guards the mistake he made in [[Remembrance Day|issue #14]], "Do not look in the basement", where [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] is imprisoned; and Riptide completes the message by warning them not to trust Brainstorm, but as we saw in issue #1, this part of the transmission was lost.
*Brainstorm makes reference to when he was "sort of dead once", as seen in the closing chapters of "[[Dark Cybertron]]".
*Brainstorm revelation that he was in love with Quark clarifies the comment he made back in [[The Gloaming|issue #16]], when he implied to Chromeome that he had lost a Conjux Endura of his own.
*Brainstorm's love for Quark probably explains, to some extent, his fanboyish infatuation with Perceptor beyond his being a rival scientist—he's also a microscope, like Quark, and Quark was always designed to resemble [[Perceptor (Animated)|''Animated'' Perceptor]].
*Quark was captured during the fall of [[K'th Kinsere]], a location brought out several times during Roberts's works; the Decepticons' attack on it was specifically described in issue #31. He was incarcerated in [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore]] prison, previously mentioned in "[[Bullets]]".
*Brainstorm's motivations cast new light on certain previous scenes: for example, when he hugs his briefcase to him during the group funeral in issue #16, or when he tells Rewind that he is "not yet" happy, but will be "soon", with his briefcase prominently displayed, in [[Little Victories|issue #22]].
*As is made obvious by the story though apparently not actually realized by any of the characters, Rodimus and Cyclonus do not simply visit a "secret base", but are actually teleported inside the younger version of the ''Lost Light'' itself, ''inside'' said base. The launch pad they find themselves on when the ship disappears is labelled "U1", the previous name of the ship, as revealed in issue #31. Essentially "perfected" by its own future crew, the ship is sent into the future, where it will be found by the NAILs who then sold it to Drift in issue #31. How the NAILs ''knew'' its original name remains a question, though...
*And of course, the unfortunate guard, mutated by the Sparkeater Gun, becomes the [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] that menaced the ship in [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|issue #3]], and has been locked in the chamber it was freed from since the very beginning. The remains of three turbofoxes were found in the cell in issue #3, but presumably these weren't the ''original'' three turbofoxes we see in this issue; in #3, Rodimus speculated that the [[NAIL]]s who would eventually come to own the ''Lost Light'' were feeding the sparkeater the creatures to keep it docile, and issue #31 seemed to back that assertion up by revealing that said NAILs had stolen a brace of turbofoxes from the ''[[Alchemy-Seven]]''. Perhaps they were inspired to use turbofoxes after they saw what the Sparkeater did to the ones it was first locked up with.
*All this would also mean that the poor fellow Whirl shot with the gun last issue also turned into a sparkeater. Could that guy and whatever he got up to after being mutated have been the ''origin'' of the sparkeater myth, in turn inspiring Brainstorm to create the gun in the first place?? Oh, no, I've gone cross-eyed, Basil.
*"The Useless One" was originally mentioned in our first glimpse of the "Functionist timeline" in [[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|issue #35]], and is here confirmed to be that timeline's version of Rung, thought it was fairly easy to deduce at the time. To no-one's great surprise, we here receive our first implication that his alternate mode is part of something much greater...

===Transformers references===
*The pistol Brainstorm trains on Megatron (which is also brandished by One-of-Twelve on the final page) is based on Megatron's original Generation 1 Walther P38 [[alternate mode]], sans the [[fusion cannon]]/scope and stock attachments, but retaining its barrel-extending silencer.
*Megatron was constructed cold in "[[Con Facility 113]]," yet another of Roberts's many references to [[113 (disambiguation)|the number]].
*The title of this issue, "Predestination: An Expert's Guide", parallels the title of issue #30, "Predestination: A Beginner's Guide."
* The harness in which alternate-universe Rung is suspended is a callback to the similar apparatus that contained Overlord beneath the ''Lost Light'' - they are even presented to us in the same quarter-view looking-up angle.

===Real-life references===
*You don't need us to tell you that the 'bots are watching ''{{w|Back to the Future Part II}}''—which is, of course, about characters travelling back in time to put history to rights and avert a terrible alternate timeline from happening, just like this story has been. Tailgate missed out on seeing the {{w|Back to the Future|first one}}, but Cyclonus evidently didn't, since he is able to lead everyone in a singalong of "{{w|The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News song)|The Power of Love}}" by {{w|Huey Lewis and the News}}, which doesn't appear (properly) in the sequel. "The Power of love," the song intones, "might just save your life"—a fitting summation of the emotions revealed this issue to have secretly driven the storyline.
*Whirl likes the film well enough, but he'd rather have ''{{w|Alphaville (film)|Alphaville}}''—it's directed by Jean-Luc Godard, whose work he expressed a fondness form in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|issue #30]].

===Errors===
*When spotting the familiar fuel quills of the ''Lost Light'', Rewind says "They looks awfully familiar", rather than "That looks" or "They look".
* Cyclonus urges the others at the bar to swing along with a hearty "Altogether!" rather than a correct "All together!"

===Other trivia===
*Originally intended for release in February 2015, continuing delays afflicting multiple IDW titles as a result of port closures on the west coast of America saw this issue pushed to the first week of March.
*On the day of this issue's release, "#mtmte" was a trending topic on Tumblr, meaning that the comic was one of the most talked-about topics on the entire platform (itself one of the top 25 internet destinations as ranked by traffic) in the whole world.
*Perceptor notes that the Functionist timeline may function as a starting point for additional alternate timelines. Although the concept of alternate timelines and parallel universes was discounted as impossible back in issue 35 (in spite of contrary evidence within IDW continuity itself such as the [[Dead Universe]] and ''[[Spotlight: Mirage]]''), they are a long-standing concept in Transformers - so it's possible that the Transformers multiverse was created through Brainstorm's briefcase.
*Perceptor mentions that his actions tampering with Brainstorm's time machine accidentally created the conditions for the existence of parallel universes. But if their timeline hadn't started to collapse and the Functionist timeline hadn't started to intrude, Rewind's database wouldn't have been overwritten. If Rewind's database hadn't been overwritten, he wouldn't have had the motivation to destroy Megatron's original spark. Furthermore, the revelation of the Functionist dystopia was also what prompted Whirl to save Megatron's life by transplanting the new spark, preserving the timeline. So that means Perceptor accidentally creating parallel universes must also have been preordained to occur. So the multiverse and all its infinite timelines were always destined to exist. My head hurts.

===Soundtrack===
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMRBCCDTl7s It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]" by {{w|R.E.M.}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXS8FmruAQg Good Goodnight]" by {{w|Aqualung (musician)|Aqualung}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSo1yr9aHpM If the World Ends]" by {{w|Guillemots (band)|Guillemots}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4LjnuhA2sg Where Are They Now?]" by {{w|Gene (band)|Gene}}

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Brainstorm, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Rodimus tries to separate Whirl and Rewind, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Megatron in a {{w|Coast Salish art}} style, by [[Jeffrey Veregge]]

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Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide

2015-03-06T19:56:44Z

Tekcorps: /* Continuity notes */

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'''Faced with the choice of allowing Megatron to be created, or damning Cybertron in order to create a better universe, the time-travelling ''Lost Light''ers learn that there truly is no future but that which they make for themselves.'''

==Synopsis==

Realizing his life is in danger, [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] lashes out at [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], demanding that he be sent back in time to save himself. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] restrains the former [[Decepticon]], and he and Perceptor insist that [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] has the matter well in hand. Megatron is unconvinced, given Rodimus's track record, but the decision is out of his hands: Perceptor sends Rodimus's team back in time, draining the last of the power from the ship's [[quantum generator]]s.

In the distant past, in [[Con Facility 113]], [[Brainstorm]] aims his gun at the [[reproduction|constructed cold]] Megatron's half-built form, but is suddenly taken out by a whirlwind-generating "[[grenado]]" hurled by Rodimus as he and his team materialize on the scene. Consulting the facility computers, [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] observes that Brainstorm has tried to delete information on Megatron from them, and calls upon [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] to help him fill in the blanks, but Rewind finds that his database has now been completely overwritten with the history of [[Functionist Universe|the alternate timeline]]. Brainstorm has not yet been stopped! The scientist recover and draws his gun once more, but Rung—having seen in the computer records that Brainstorm had been hesitating for ten long minutes before they arrived—is able to talk him into standing down. Brainstorm explains that he never wanted to kill anyone: he had intended to track Megatron through time using a [[spark]]print taken from him during his therapy session with Rung, planning simply to steer him away from "life-changing events", only to have his hand forced when he realized part-way into his journey that he was following a print accidentally taken from ''Rung'' instead. At that point, Brainstorm's injuries take their toll and he keels over... but just as he hits the floor, ''Rewind'' uses his gun to kill Megatron instead!

The shaken archivist shares what his overwritten database has told him: that if Megatron dies, although Cybertron will be consigned to a dystopian [[Functionism|Functionist]]-governed future, the ''rest of the universe'' will be spared the devastation of the Transformers' war. No one can really argue against his logic... except for [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], who refuses to let the Functionists "win". Grabbing Megatron's body when nobody is looking and snatching the [[Point One Percenter]] spark taken from [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] from Brainstorm's chest compartment, he locks himself in a nearby room and implants the spark into Megatron's body. With this action, Whirl ensures the safety of the existing timeline: Magnus contacts Rodimus let him know that time has begun moving again, but that, with the quantum engines out of power, they are now stranded in the past. To spare them this fate, Tailgate suggests they use the [[time phone]] to try and prevent the ''[[Lost Light]]'' from taking off in the first place, altering their destinies. Together, the group sends a message to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on the ship's launch day, warning their future selves of all the dangers that they will face on their journey—though as [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] points out, if it was successful, all the ''good'' they have done on their trip will also not happen. Rodimus cuts off Cyclonus's rant and hands him Whirl's gun: though they cannot travel through time, Perceptor ''can'' teleport them one last time to a location on Cybertron that may hold the key to their salvation.

After Rodimus and Cyclonus have left, the weakened Brainstorm explains his motivations to Rewind: originally, he had created the time machine in order to save [[Quark]], the unrequited love of his life, from dying in [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore prison]]. Following the original Rewind's death and Chromedome's emotional breakdown, however, Brainstorm decided to expand the scope of his mission, and decided to save as many lives as possible by preventing the war. Afterward, [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] asks Rewind to explain exactly where Rodimus and Cyclonus have gone; Rewind tells him they have gone to [[Unitrex]], the city in which the first interstellar starships were created. Pulling up an image of the region from his database, Rewind is struck by the sight of some very familiar fuel quills poking up from below the city...

Rodimus and Cyclonus arrive in a secret facility underneath Unitrex, where they are accosted by a security guard and his pack of [[turbofox]]es. Cyclonus deals with the guard, blasting him with Whirl's gun and locking his spasming form in a nearby room with his pets, while Rodimus speeds on ahead, locating the experimental generator that Perceptor has sent them to find. At Perceptor's direction, using information gained from the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s own engines, Rodimus makes a few modifications to the generator to turn it into a functional quantum engine, then plugs the case into it in order to charge it for a jump back to the future. As Cyclonus rejoins him, Rodimus ensures that he has brought Whirl's gun with him—they cannot leave an experimental weapon from Brainstorm's future arsenal lying about in the past, though Cyclonus can't read the scientist's terrible handwriting on the handle, and does not realize he shot the guard with a "[[Sparkeater Gun]]". Adding to the weirdness of the day, the entire complex suddenly disappears around them, shunted into the future by the newly-fashioned quantum engine—little do the pair realize that they have just been responsible for ''creating'' the ''Lost Light'' they will come to call home!

The next day, after everyone has returned to their proper place and time, things get back to normal aboard the ''Lost Light''. Brainstorm is in the brig; Chromedome and Rewind now sleep in the same room once more; everyone enjoys a movie screening and a singalong in ''[[Swerve's]]''; and Megatron retires to his quarters to silently regard his [[Rodimus Star]]. Rung pays a visit to Perceptor's lab to talk over recent events—Perceptor explains that the crew were ''always'' supposed to travel through time, their actions having always been part of history, and that the alternate "functionist timeline" only came into being accidentally, as a result of his tampering with the time machine's paradox locks. Further, he speculates that that alternate timeline may now actually exists as its own parallel universe...

...which is shown to be the case, as, across time and space, [[Functionist Council]] member [[One-of-Twelve]] is summoned by [[Quark]] with news of a world-shaking discovery made by janitorial 'bot [[Sweep (IDW)|Sweep]]. Dubbing Sweep "alt mode exalted" for his contributions, One-of-Twelve bring the news before the 'bot to whom it pertains: the captive Rung, "The Useless One", held prisoner due to the mystery of his [[alternate mode]]. But that mystery has now been solved, and the threat that the truth of Rung's form poses to the Functionists' regime demands his execution. But as One-of-Twelve holds a gun on him, Rung merely encourages him to pull the trigger, as doing so will only herald the beginning of the end...

==Featured characters==
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*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (2)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (3)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (5)
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (6)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] (7)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (8)
*[[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] (10)
*[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] (11)
*[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (12)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (15)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (16)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (17)
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (18)

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*[[Brainstorm]] (4)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (19)

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*[[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]]-to-be (13)
*[[Quark]] (14)
*[[One-of-Twelve]] (20)
*[[Sweep (IDW)|Sweep]] (21)
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==Quotes==

"'''Rodimus?''' You want me to put my '''life''' in the hands of an Autobot who '''somersaults''' onto the bridge? An Autobot who pretends to be '''dead''' if you ask him a difficult question? An Autobot who, in response to a crisis in morale perpetuated by his own '''woeful''' captaincy, introduced a '''reward system''' based on his own '''face?'''" 
"You were happy to leave this to Rodimus when you thought it was '''Prime's''' life on the line..." 
"What? Don't be clever, it makes you sound stupid. God, now I'm starting to '''sound''' like him."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Ultra Magnus''' on Rodimus, and [[Rodimus Star]]s

"Neatest handwriting. You?" 
"''Sigh.'' For abandoning my evil ways."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' and '''Megatron''' on the attributes that earned them their Rodimus Stars

"The old '''time-traveling''' grenade trick!" 
"'''Is''' it old?" 
"It is now."
:—'''Rodimus''' and '''Tailgate'''

"Holy '''heck''', that was intense! And it was '''exactly''' like the climax to [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]'s '''play'''—except Brainstorm isn't a giant turbofox and the gun isn't a shovel and we're not trapped inside a carnival mirror and none of us are speaking in rhyme!"
:—'''Tailgate''', after Rung gets Brainstorm to stand down

"I never '''set out''' to kill anyone. All I wanted to was stop the war by steering Megatron away from '''life-changing events'''. 
"No one cares." 
"You say that, Whirl, but maybe—" 
"<big>'''♪'''</big> No one cares what you have to say...! <big>'''♫'''</big>"
:—'''Brainstorm''' and '''Whirl'''

"Cyclonus thought you'd traced the wrong energy signature. I said, 'Percy, make a mistake? The last time '''that''' happened it turned out '''physics''' had screwed up.' Ha!"
:—'''Rodimus''', to Perceptor

"I am '''so''' lost. '''Loved''' the pink flying sled—but that bit when he watches himself playing guitar? I mean, '''what?'''" 
"It's from the first one!" 
"There's a first one?"
:—'''Tailgate''' and '''Riptide''' on ''Back to the Future Part II''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Whirl mentions that this issue takes place in the middle of the "[[Silver Harvest]]", the name given in [[Twenty Plus One|issue #31]] to the discovery of Tyrest's stockpile of Matrix-born sparks, which was itself originally alluded to in [[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|issue #19]].
*The data on Megatron erased by Brainstorm includes his batch code. It was originally established that Megatron had no batch code ''waaaay'' back in [[Chaos Theory Part 1|issue #22]] of the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]].
*While not explicitly stated, this issue does provide a possible explanation why Megatron is so adamant about keeping his mode of creation secret. As he's a Point One Percenter spark in a cold constructed body, chances are he wasn't so sure of the answer himself.
*Brainstorm's sparkprint of Rung was taken back in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|issue #28]], during the short blackout that showed the audience an x-ray view of Rung and Megatron. We assumed at the time that the blackout itself was the first of what would be many subsequent power outages that accompanied the slow quantum erasure of the ship and its crew, but perhaps it was, as Megatron suggested at the time, simply a power surge caused by the activation of Brainstorm's scanner.
*It was in the same issue that Megatron talked about the Maccadam's brawl during his therapy session, which Brainstorm was able to learn about because he was standing outside the room at the time.
*Brainstorm collected the Point One Percenter spark from Luna 1 in [[Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|issue #17]].
*At long last, Tailgate is revealed to be the sender of the warning message we heard all the way back in [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|issue #1]], in an attempt to warn the crew of all the terrible things that await them on their journey: Tailgate himself warns "Don't open the coffin" containing the alternate Rodimus's corpse, in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|issue #29]]; Rodimus cautions "Don't let [[Legislator|them]] take [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]" to Luna 1, as seen in issue #19; Rung urges "Don't go to [[Delphi]]", where the twin terrors of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] lurk, from issues [[Life After the Big Bang|#4]] and [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|#5]]; Chromedome guards the mistake he made in [[Remembrance Day|issue #14]], "Do not look in the basement", where [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] is imprisoned; and Riptide completes the message by warning them not to trust Brainstorm, but as we saw in issue #1, this part of the transmission was lost.
*Brainstorm makes reference to when he was "sort of dead once", as seen in the closing chapters of "[[Dark Cybertron]]".
*Brainstorm revelation that he was in love with Quark clarifies the comment he made back in [[The Gloaming|issue #16]], when he implied to Chromeome that he had lost a Conjux Endura of his own.
*Brainstorm's love for Quark probably explains, to some extent, his fanboyish infatuation with Perceptor beyond his being a rival scientist—he's also a microscope, like Quark, and Quark was always designed to resemble [[Perceptor (Animated)|''Animated'' Perceptor]].
*Quark was captured during the fall of [[K'th Kinsere]], a location brought out several times during Roberts's works; the Decepticons' attack on it was specifically described in issue #31. He was incarcerated in [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore]] prison, previously mentioned in "[[Bullets]]".
*Brainstorm's motivations cast new light on certain previous scenes: for example, when he hugs his briefcase to him during the group funeral in issue #16, or when he tells Rewind that he is "not yet" happy, but will be "soon", with his briefcase prominently displayed, in [[Little Victories|issue #22]].
*As is made obvious by the story though apparently not actually realized by any of the characters, Rodimus and Cyclonus do not simply visit a "secret base", but are actually teleported inside the younger version of the ''Lost Light'' itself, ''inside'' said base. The launch pad they find themselves on when the ship disappears is labelled "U1", the previous name of the ship, as revealed in issue #31. Essentially "perfected" by its own future crew, the ship is sent into the future, where it will be found by the NAILs who then sold it to Drift in issue #31. How the NAILs ''knew'' its original name remains a question, though...
*And of course, the unfortunate guard, mutated by the Sparkeater Gun, becomes the [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] that menaced the ship in [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|issue #3]], and has been locked in the chamber it was freed from since the very beginning. The remains of three turbofoxes were found in the cell in issue #3, but presumably these weren't the ''original'' three turbofoxes we see in this issue; in #3, Rodimus speculated that the [[NAIL]]s who would eventually come to own the ''Lost Light'' were feeding the sparkeater the creatures to keep it docile, and issue #31 seemed to back that assertion up by revealing that said NAILs had stolen a brace of turbofoxes from the ''[[Alchemy-Seven]]''. Perhaps they were inspired to use turbofoxes after they saw what the Sparkeater did to the ones it was first locked up with.
*All this would also mean that the poor fellow Whirl shot with the gun last issue also turned into a sparkeater. Could that guy and whatever he got up to after being mutated have been the ''origin'' of the sparkeater myth, in turn inspiring Brainstorm to create the gun in the first place?? Oh, no, I've gone cross-eyed, Basil.
*"The Useless One" was originally mentioned in our first glimpse of the "Functionist timeline" in [[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|issue #35]], and is here confirmed to be that timeline's version of Rung, thought it was fairly easy to deduce at the time. To no-one's great surprise, we here receive our first implication that his alternate mode is part of something much greater...

===Transformers references===
*The pistol Brainstorm trains on Megatron (which is also brandished by One-of-Twelve on the final page) is based on Megatron's original Generation 1 Walther P38 [[alternate mode]], sans the [[fusion cannon]]/scope and stock attachments, but retaining its barrel-extending silencer.
*Megatron was constructed cold in "[[Con Facility 113]]," yet another of Roberts's many references to [[113 (disambiguation)|the number]].
*The title of this issue, "Predestination: An Expert's Guide", parallels the title of issue #30, "Predestination: A Beginner's Guide."
* The harness in which alternate-universe Rung is suspended is a callback to the similar apparatus that contained Overlord beneath the ''Lost Light'' - they are even presented to us in the same quarter-view looking-up angle.

===Real-life references===
*You don't need us to tell you that the 'bots are watching ''{{w|Back to the Future Part II}}''—which is, of course, about characters travelling back in time to put history to rights and avert a terrible alternate timeline from happening, just like this story has been. Tailgate missed out on seeing the {{w|Back to the Future|first one}}, but Cyclonus evidently didn't, since he is able to lead everyone in a singalong of "{{w|The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News song)|The Power of Love}}" by {{w|Huey Lewis and the News}}, which doesn't appear (properly) in the sequel. "The Power of love," the song intones, "might just save your life"—a fitting summation of the emotions revealed this issue to have secretly driven the storyline.
*Whirl likes the film well enough, but he'd rather have ''{{w|Alphaville (film)|Alphaville}}''—it's directed by Jean-Luc Godard, whose work he expressed a fondness form in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|issue #30]].

===Errors===
*When spotting the familiar fuel quills of the ''Lost Light'', Rewind says "They looks awfully familiar", rather than "That looks" or "They look".
* Cyclonus urges the others at the bar to swing along with a hearty "Altogether!" rather than a correct "All together!"

===Other trivia===
*Originally intended for release in February 2015, continuing delays afflicting multiple IDW titles as a result of port closures on the west coast of America saw this issue pushed to the first week of March.
*On the day of this issue's release, "#mtmte" was a trending topic on Tumblr, meaning that the comic was one of the most talked-about topics on the entire platform (itself one of the top 25 internet destinations as ranked by traffic) in the whole world.
*Perceptor notes that the Functionist timeline may function as a starting point for additional alternate timelines. Although the concept of alternate timelines and parallel universes was discounted as impossible back in issue 35 (in spite of contrary evidence within IDW continuity itself such as the [[Dead Universe]] and ''[[Spotlight: Mirage]]''), they are a long-standing concept in Transformers - so it's possible that the Transformers multiverse was created through Brainstorm's briefcase.
*Perceptor mentions that his actions tampering with Brainstorm's time machine accidentally created the conditions for the existence of parallel universes. But if their timeline hadn't started to collapse and the Functionist timeline hadn't started to intrude, Rewind's database wouldn't have been overwritten. If Rewind's database hadn't been overwritten, he wouldn't have had the motivation to destroy Megatron's original spark. Furthermore, the revelation of the Functionist dystopia was also what prompted Whirl to save Megatron's life by transplanting the new spark, preserving the timeline. So that means Perceptor accidentally creating parallel universes must also have been preordained to occur. So the multiverse and all its infinite timelines were always destined to exist. My head hurts.

===Soundtrack===
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMRBCCDTl7s It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]" by {{w|R.E.M.}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXS8FmruAQg Good Goodnight]" by {{w|Aqualung (musician)|Aqualung}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSo1yr9aHpM If the World Ends]" by {{w|Guillemots (band)|Guillemots}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o10hgnG5YC8 Where Are They Now?]" by {{w|Gene (band)|Gene}}

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Brainstorm, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Rodimus tries to separate Whirl and Rewind, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Megatron in a {{w|Coast Salish art}} style, by [[Jeffrey Veregge]]

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==External links==
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