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:''Skids is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Skidsg1.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|Everyone forgets me, [[Nudge gun|even me]].]]
'''Skids''' is a theoretician. This is appropriate, as some would say his existence is merely theoretical; everyone forgets who he is or that he was there. But if they got to know him, they'd learn that he likes to daydream, get built into furniture, and pick up cowboy chicks. Skids unfortunately favors daydreaming while traveling in vehicle mode, but thankfully his excellent brakes spare him and others from incurring TOO much damage after inevitable fender-benders.

Skids is also a fast learner, voraciously absorbing and compartmentalizing new information he receives. This allows him to adapt to new environments and unexpected situations very quickly. His calm, reflective nature and tendency to fade into the background sometimes causes some to question his ability to fight, but make no mistake; Skids can handle himself in battle.

He'd just rather...listen to some music, y'know?

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Chain]] (English, "[[Quest for Survival]]"), [[Dan Gilvezan]] (English, "[[Triple Takeover]]"), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese, "Quest for Survival"), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese, "Triple Takeover")|[[Lu Jun]] (Chinese), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American), [[Albert Augier]] (European French), [[Ionei Silva]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:QuestForSurvival-SkidsRoboticInsecticide.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Those arms go allll the way up, to his ribcage.]]
Skids was part of a strike force that was sent to stop the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] from ravaging a human farm, only to meet with failure. Apparently injured in the battle, Skids underwent some repairs by [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] upon return to Autobot Headquarters, where he responded incredulously to [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]]'s report that he had retrieved [[robotic insecticide]] from the planet [[Floron III]] to deal with the Insecticon threat. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

[[File:TripleTakeover Skids.jpg|thumb|Racing into obscurity.]]
Later, Skids was part of a team sent to investigate bombs that were raining down on a city from a football stadium (the work of the [[Triple Changer]] [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]). Blitzwing, however, had the stadium surrounded by a massive "Zone Defense" maze built by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], and while attempting to traverse it, Skids crashed into [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and was driven over by tank mode Blitzwing. Skids and the other Autobots' remains were then gathered by [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]], who built a throne for himself out of them. These Autobots were soon rescued and quickly rebuilt, and participated in the crises that ensued as Blitzwing, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] vied for Decepticon leadership. Following that skirmish, Prowl opined that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was the greatest leader in the universe, which prompted himself, Skids, [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] to form themselves into a throne for Prime; Prime refused to sit, saying that thrones were for Decepticons—he'd rather roll. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Henkei! Henkei! Generations'' comic=====
[[File:Skids and screech.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|left]]
When Skids successfully proved the existence of particles able to cross over between dimensions, he put his discovery to work for the forces of good, coating his armor in these "[[Dimension Slide]]" particles and endowing himself with the power to move between realities, as well as a snazzy new green paintjob. In this quest to examine anomalies within the multiverse, Skids found he could summon other versions of himself from different dimensions to aid him, but for unknown reasons, one of these alternate versions wound up trapped in Skids's home dimension, unable to return to his own world. Renamed "[[Screech (Generations)|Screech]]" (presumably to save all the Autobots a headache), this alternate Skids teamed up with his counterpart, and together, the pair worked as "Quantum Operatives" policing the multiverse while searching for a way to get Screech home. {{storylink|#Toys|Skids's toy bio}} {{storylink|Screech (Generations)|Screech's toy bio}}

Hot on the trail of one such multiversal anomaly, Skids and Screech pursued [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s ghost across the multiverse to a [[Primax 209.20 Gamma|parallel dimension]] where he was causing trouble. While the two dimension-hoppers kept the ghost busy with wordplay and pop culture references, the [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] of that world used his illusion casting powers to scare Starscream into fleeing the dimension by projecting an illusion of his greatest fear: [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]! {{storylink|Starscream's New Body}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
[[Vector Prime]] claimed Skids was from [[Primax 308.0 Zeta]] while Screech was from [[Primax 1008.15 Gamma]]. The two worked with him in [[Primax 308.13 Beta]]. {{Storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#July 23, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 23/07/2015}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
[[File:LegendsComic DimensionalInvestigatorSkids.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
Skids would later take on a new body, blue as usual but more heavily armed, styling himself as a "dimensional investigator" (次元捜査官 ''jigen sōsakan''). When [[Deadlock (Cloud)|Deadlock]] caused trouble in the [[Legends World]] by bringing [[SARA]] there, Skids showed up to teach him how to use SARA's powers to return to [[Cloud World]], and also warned the Decepticon against causing any more interdimensional chaos. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Deadlock)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

Finding there to be many more Transformers from other dimensions in the Legends World, Skids regarded this as problematic and decided to send them all back by force and seal off the dimension. Met with resistance from [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his cohorts, he summoned the [[Skids Squadron]] to fight the Decepticon leader while he personally dealt with the others. When Megatron came to their rescue, Skids entered "Full Burst Mode" and seemingly killed the Decepticon with a mighty barrage, only to realize the villain just sacrificed himself for his comrades. Following protests by the natives of the Legends World, Skids caught on to the fact that their world was a peaceful one without factions or war and that ''he'' was the one causing chaos and violence, prompting the investigator to abandon his plans and undo the seal. He continued to keep the dimension under surveillance, and even stuck around to look up its fictional representations of himself. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 20|Bonus Edition Vol. 20}}

Skids would come to join the [[Dimensional Patrol]], a G1 World organization dedicated to battling multiversal threats. He was guarding [[Megatron (RID)|Devil Gigatron]] at [[Neo Brave Maximus|their base]] when [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]]'s group came to break him out. Devil Gigatron had reformed, however, and refused to leave with Black Convoy. In fact, he removed the corruption in Black Convoy's spark he had placed there years earlier, reverting Black Convoy to his original Autobot state. {{storylink|LGEX Scourge Prologue}} With the Commandos still corrupted, Skids and Black Convoy pursued the fugitives to the Legends World on behalf of the Patrol. The people of the Legends World were less than enthused by the presence of this occupying military force. Even after the Commandos were captured and reverted to protoforms, Skids and the Patrol insisted on staying until the [[Dark Ai]] computer entity was found. Instead, the Headmasters of the [[Axalon Trading Company]] helped Dark Ai re-install Black Convoy's original personality, and he then helped drive Skids and his Dimensional Patrol drones off of their world. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Black Convoy Bonus Edition}}

At some point in their career, Skids and Screech prevented the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] from consuming the universe by defeating them with a new type of [[robotic insecticide]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 47|Bonus Edition Vol. 47}}

Eventually, Sky-Byte convinced Skids and the Dimensional Patrol that the Legends World was not a threat, but was worth preserving. Skids brought the Dimensional Patrol to the Legends World as protectors, defending the populace against an invading army of [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]], and the rampage of [[Majin Zarak]]. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}}

Skids continued working with the Dimensional Patrol, under the leadership of the combined Devil God Fire Convoy. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

=====''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''=====
Skids was one of many spectators for the [[Speedia 500]] race on [[Velocitron]]. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 2}} When the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] showed up in the second week, Skids tried to spray them with [[robotic insecticide]]. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

=====''Story of Binaltech''=====
[[File:Binaltech skids cardart.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|After using up all of his vacation and sick days, Skids returned to work to find that the Transformers cartoon had been cancelled.]]
In [[BT World|an offshoot timeline]], Skids was the first of the Binaltech Autobots created simply with the intent of upgrading an existing, healthy Transformer, rather than in the name of repairing one that had been injured. Outfitted with self-repairing nanomechanical antibodies, Skids's body could, barring heavy damage in battle, theoretically function for thousands of years without maintenance. In both his original and new body, Skids dedicated time to studying the chronal warp on [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], which gave rise to the Autobot strategy known as "[[Operation: Distant Thunder]]", a last-ditch scheme should the Decepticons tamper with the fabric of space-time. That horror occurred in [[2004]] when Ravage used the [[Kronosphere]] to alter the timeline, and Skids prepared to initiate the plan and send [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s memory data back in time to avert the catastrophe. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (prose)|Darkest Hour}}

The data probe was launched, but, as the timeline was righting itself, a [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] arrived, and manipulated the temporal wave to preserve the Binaltech timeline separate from the original continuity. Possessed by the Spark of the [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Protector]], hailing from some future point in time, Nemesis Prime informed Skids and the others that their timeline was destined to produce great warriors capable of safeguarding the entire multiverse, and therefore must continue on its new course. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

Skids returned to base with the other Autobots after the defeat of Nemesis Prime. {{storylink|Outlier (comic)|Outlier}}

======''Legends'' comic======
Binaltech Skids was a member of the [[Skids Squadron]], a group of dimension-hopping versions of Skids led by [[#Japanese cartoon continuity|dimensional investigator Skids]], who summoned them to help force [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] out of the [[Legends World]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 20|Bonus Edition Vol. 20}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Marvel22-heavy-traffic-skids-tracker.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Skids exists! Really!]]
In the event that the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s mission would require more manpower, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] had several Autobots encode copies of their personalities as light patterns within [[crystalline containment vessel]]s, including Skids. When a large number of Prime's troops were then injured during the opening volleys of the war on [[Earth]], Prime arranged for the construction of new bodies, which the personalities were then programmed into, bringing Skids and the others to life "for a second time".

[[File:Skidsnatives.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|We bet you can't.]]
Now in a new body that transformed into a blue van equipped with a bandana-wearing driver, Skids went with Bumblebee and the other new Autobots to learn about their new home. Along the way he learned about an upcoming [[Brick Springstern]] concert, and immediately took a liking to the music of Earth and the possibilities of what could be learned from interacting with mankind. When the concert turned out to be the target of a Decepticon attack, Skids and the others were forced into action, engaging Shockwave and three Decepticon jets in battle. They quickly retreated after routing their foes, so that the show could go on. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

When [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] ran out of fuel in the middle of the [[Powder River Basin]] in [[Wyoming]], Optimus Prime took Skids and a few other Autobots to prevent harm to the humans who had discovered him. Unfortunately, these humans (and their [[United States military|military]]) forced the Autobots into a retreat. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}}

Skids voiced some concerns about Optimus's plans to raid the heavily fortified [[Wyoming base|Decepticon base]] for information on the combining process, but Prime vetoed them. En route, distracted by a human radio station, Skids nearly forgot to activate his facsimile driver; a moment later he accidentally clipped the car of hot-tempered [[Jake Dalrymple]], who pursued the Autobots on their mission. Despite the wall of weaponry facing them, Skids made it through the battle unscathed; but as the Autobots retreated with the information, they encountered Jake Dalrymple again, who distracted Skids just long enough for [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] to blast him off a cliff. Although Optimus Prime mourned the loss of Skids, neither the Autobot leader nor any other Autobot thought to recover the believed deactivated body of Skids later after their mission had been completed. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

[[File:Marvelus-21-showdown-skids-beyourcar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.]]
Lying crippled and unable to transform, Skids was shortly discovered by register girl [[Charlene (cowgirl)|Charlene]], who, thinking he was an ordinary van, had him fixed up with the intent of keeping him for herself. Skids was open to the idea at first, preferring a peaceful life to that of a warrior, but after another bout of road rage with Dalrymple, the unearthly stunts he performed left him no option but to reveal his true nature of Charlene.

[[File:Showdown-polishmyhubcaps.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''Baby you can be my car And maybe I'll wash you'']]
A somewhat unusual [[Transformer romance|relationship]] ensued between the two, but more trouble soon came Skids's way in the form of [[Donny Finkleberg]], who was being hunted down by Ravage. Fleeing from the Decepticon with Charlene and Donny, Skids hid out at an abandoned mining town, but yet again, the raging Dalrymple tracked him down and shattered his windshield, knocking him unconscious and into a dream where he died through his refusal to attack Megatron and save Charlene. Reawakening, he engaged Ravage in battle again, finally finding the strength to act, and causing his foe to tumble down a mineshaft. Skids then parted ways with Charlene, having come to the realisation that their two roles in life were too different for their relationship to work out. {{storylink|Showdown!}}

[[File:Marvel22-heavy-traffic-skids-reason.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Oh god my arms, my arms!]]
Skids returned to the Ark with Finkleberg, with Optimus pleased to find him alive. Jetfire was sent to verify Finkleberg's claim about a [[Cybertron Seven|group of missing Autobots]], uncovering a trail of spilled Transformer fuel. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} Skids was outfitted with a chemical tracker to follow the fuel trail; taking Finkelberg with him, he began tracing the fuel back to its source. En route, he broke cover to save a trapped driver from some downed power lines, a move that caught the Decepticons' attention. The newly created Stunticons were dispatched to "ambush" Skids - by acting as though they were his allies. The humans' [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team]] and the Aerialbots soon arrived and engaged in a three-way battle. When it was over, the Aerialbots were defeated, the Autobots' reputation was smeared, and the Stunticons were triumphant; Skids could do little but clear out to continue his mission with Finkleberg. Unfortunately, money still governed Finkleberg's actions, and that evening he sold out Skids to RAAT's leader [[Walter Barnett (G1)|Walter Barnett]] while Skids was deactivated for the night. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

[[File:DecepticonGraffiti dissected skids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Shoulda stuck with the nice cowboy lady.]]
Skids was disassembled for study, but when the Decepticons [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] appeared on Earth and began defacing landmarks, RAAT operative [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] was forced to enter into a deal with the Autobots to stop them. Skids and the other Autobots' components were combined to form a [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|jury-rigged robot]] that Circuit Breaker used to stop the [[Battlecharger]]s, but in return for their co-operation, Skids and the Autobots were allowed to go free. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

''On the return trip to the Ark, however, Skids was abruptly torn from reality when the future Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] [[time travel|traveled back in time]] from [[2006]], shunting Skids into [[Limbo]] to maintain temporal balance.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}}

{{note|While Skids was lost to Limbo in the UK comics, no such fate befell him in the American stories. Luckily enough for continuity's sake, he never did anything important in the US comics again, only showing up in crowd scenes. To maintain consistency, the UK printings of these stories either redrew Skids into a different, [[generic]] robot, or erased him from the art entirely.}}

Skids attended Optimus Prime's funeral, {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} witnessed the arrival of a group of [[Spacehikers|children]] within the space-borne Ark, {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} and watched [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] fight for Autobot leadership on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. He was presumably either off-lined during the subsequent Decepticon ambush, {{storylink|Totaled!}} or during [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s [[Underbase]] powered rampage. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

[[File:Skidslimbo.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|left|Oh, hey, remember Skids?]]
[[File:Skidssurvivors.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And then he stole [[Crosscut (G1)|Crosscut]]'s head.]]
''Skids remained in Limbo for two years while Galvatron ran amok on Earth, his mind steadily succumbing to the dream-illusions created by the [[Limbo parasite|parasites]] native to the realm.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}} ''In his dreams, a brutish Skids led monsters in orgies of destruction. With Galvatron's eventual death during the [[Time Wars]], Skids was finally returned to Earth, but he had spent too long in Limbo—the Limbo parasites had succeeded in shaping a reality from his dreams, and the nightmarish monsters that he had imagined materialised on Earth with him. Fleeing from the beasts, horrified at the "weakness" that had led to him making them, Skids was convinced by the creatures that they would exist so long as he was alive. Their goal was to break him into joining them in their bloody rampages (and also to just mess with him). Skids lured them into a [[Hudden Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear power plant]] which he had planned to detonate, wiping out the monsters and himself. However, he struggled to find the courage to end his own life in order to spare the Earth from the horrors he had birthed.''

''Thankfully, it didn't come to that, as the remnants of the Autobot [[Wreckers]]—joined by [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]] and [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] of the Decepticon [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]—arrived to aid him, defeating the monsters even as the creature's leader admitted they'd made up that whole 'die to stop us' thing. Skids joined with this group of Transformers, forming the [[Survivors]].'' {{storylink|Survivors!}}

''Carnivac soon tired of Autobot life and Skids and the others could only watch as he fell out with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and struck out on his own.'' {{storylink|Way of the Warrior}} ''When a human called in the rest of the Survivors to help Carnivac against the new Mayhem Attack Squad, Springer was adamant that they shouldn't help the renegade Decepticon, but Skids, [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] were swayed by Catilla's pleas to get involved.'' {{storylink|Survival Run}} ''They arrived just in time to save Carnivac from the Decepticons, but Catilla was killed by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and Carnivac swore vengeance''. {{storylink|A Savage Place!}}

{{note|Due to the somewhat convoluted nature of the Marvel UK continuity, the "Survivors" plotline was continued in the Earthforce timeline, detailed below.}}

[[File:Grimlockwasthatwise.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, who here remembers when I was damaged and shoved into the medbay? No? Well, that makes all of us.]]
Grimlock traveled to [[Hydrus Four]] to use [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] to revive the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. Returning to the Ark, he also pumped Nucleon into the med bays, reviving Skids and several others, and headed towards [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Grimlock used the Ark as a blunt instrument across [[Unicron]]'s head, forcing Skids and the others to evacuate and join the battle against the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Survivors wolf in the fold.jpg|thumb|left]]
When Carnivac ran off on his own to avenge Catilla's death, Skids and the other Survivors insisted Springer contact Grimlock and the Earthforce for back-up. {{storylink|Wolf in the Fold!}} Though Grimlock was hesitant to lend any warriors in order to save a Decepticon, he was swayed into doing so in exchange of the Survivors' word that they would permanently join up with his unit afterwards. Hooked up with these Autobot reinforcements, Skids and the others stormed the Mayhem Attack Squad's tropical island base. Skids personally confronted [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] in single combat, holding his own against the murderous [[Pretender]]. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}}

On a later mission for Earthforce, Skids and the Survivors protected an [[oil tanker]] from [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], while the rest of the Decepticons were trying to distract the Autobots with an all-out assault on their base. Undeterred by the sleight-of-hand, the Survivors caught up with Starscream in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Skids used a flying leap by Carnivac as a distraction to catch Starscream with his liquid nitrogen cannon, and then [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] knocked the Decepticon commander into the drink. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}
{{--}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Skids was part of the Autobot team when they battled the Decepticons in defense of Earth's precious energy resources. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|The Transformers' Grand Hour: Headmaster of the Dimensions}}

Goldbug later recalled the events of the previous battle. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|The Cosmic Adventure: Memories of Bumblebee}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Lancer two crew war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|Remember when I was a main character back in our [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel]] days? Let's do that again.]]
In [[2012]], when Optimus Prime discovered Megatron was still active on Earth, he took an armed assault squad of Autobots, including Skids, to put an end to the tyrant's menace once and for all. Battling Megatron's reanimated Decepticon [[zombie]]s as the two leaders clashed, Skids called dibs on taking out [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}

After the battle, Skids and [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] attended to [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] as he recovered from a [[Scraplet]] infection. He then departed Earth with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} As they arrived back at Cybertron, the ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' was targeted by missiles from the [[Civil Defense Hub]], though they were called off at the last second. Nonetheless, Skids and the rest of the armed assault squad prepared for immediate deployment upon landing. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

Skids would later respond when Jhiaxus's ''[[Primum Fugae]]'' began attacking the [[Demon]]s and Dinobots indiscriminately and upon [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s orders, he and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] began prepping the Dinobots for medevac. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} During the invasion of the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], Skids and a team of Autobots comprising [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]], [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], and [[Getaway]] aboard the ''[[Lancer Two]]'' were shot down by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s forces when they revealed their full defensive power. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
[[File:Auntie activates autobot drones secrets and lies.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.7]]
Shortly after the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] crashed on prehistoric [[Earth]] its damaged computer [[Aunty|AUNTIE]] registered the approaching [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] as a threat and as a defensive measure, downloaded and copied the memory engrams of the Autobots' reserve assets Skids, [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], creating new drone bodies for them but leaving their [[spark]]s in magnetic limbo. However, before the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander could reach the Ark, [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] arrived looking for [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and engaged the drones in battle. Stripped of their Autobot morality and controlled by AUNTIE, the drone Skids and its companions fought well against the [[Conehead]]s {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}} but were shut down when Grimlock fought his way past [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] units and a reanimated [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] to take AUNTIE offline. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}
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===Dinobots Strike Back===
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{{note|In the first book in this series, Skids transforms into a red compact, matching the description of his toy's Honda City Turbo [[Alternate mode|alt-mode]] in one of its [[Diaclone]] color schemes. He is apparently even smaller than Bumblebee}}
[[File:DinobotsStrikeBackBumbleandSkidsinSub.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Seen here pouting because he gets no screen time.]]
Although Skids had reported the strange electromagnetic readings he'd been getting from [[Dolphin's Bay]] even before [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] sent [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] to [[Bandit's Bluff]] to remove the [[cerebro-shell]]s from the rampaging [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], it took [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s report that evening to prompt Optimus to have Skids investigate it for possible Decepticon activity. Prime chose [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to accompany him in [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s [[Star mini-submarine|new mini-submarine]], but wasn't sure whether to assign [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] to the mission as well, since Skids clearly didn't want him along.

If Prime left Sludge out, Skids celebrated by absentmindedly crashing into [[Mount Lomas]], crumpling his hood and causing Bumblebee to notice a suspicious trail in the woods. If the pair followed it instead of continuing to the bay, they walked into a trap set by [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] and [[Gravedigger]], who disassembled Bumblebee and Skids to serve as the first components of the [[Autobot Memorial Power Plant]].

If they continued to Dolphin's Bay and the sub, Skids traced electromagnetic waves back to some [[black coral]], then hacked into a Decepticon computer and learned of a plot to convert the coral into superfuel. Bumblebee then exited the hatch to break a piece off, triggering an explosion which trapped him in a canyon beneath broken columns of crimson coral. Without underwater gear, Skids had only two options: If he went back to the channel for help, Seaspray used his laser to free Bumblebee, then tried to sail back to the Ark, only to have Starscream blow all three of them up with a [[cluster bomb]]. If Skids tried translating some nearby [[dolphin]]s' language, he succeeded in five minutes, talking the three largest dolphins into moving the broken coral. Skids and Bumblebee brought the black coral and his report back to Optimus Prime, ensuring an Autobot victory.

If Prime ''did'' include Sludge, Skids, and Bumblebee made it to the bay first, then used the sub to track the readings to an underwater cave. Bumblebee entered it, radioed Skids about Operation Black Coral, then failed to reemerge. If Skids chose to return to the Ark for help, two possible endings saw an Autobot assault save Bumblebee and destroy the Decepticons' base. If Skids tried to radio Bumblebee, the sub was promptly hit by a sonic attack from Frenzy, making it go haywire and tear through the bay. Whether Skids tried to stop it by activating the backup systems or shorting the controls out with his [[electron blaster]], he was saved by Sludge, ensuring an Autobot victory in two more endings. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

===3H comics===
[[File:Skidswreckers2.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|In the context of science, "theory" does not mean "guess" or "hunch", Rodimus. You should probably pay attention.]]
Several months after the defeat of [[Unicron]] in 2005, Skids was among the senior scientists (including [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]], and [[Rad (G1)|Rad]]) who questioned [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]'s plan to send out the best of the remaining Autobot science and research members to establish deep-space reconnaissance posts. {{storylink|Betrayal}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:WarWithin2 Skids.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb]]
8.2 million years ago, Skids took part in the defense of [[Altihex]], serving under [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s command. They were forced to retreat after the Decepticons overran the city. Later, Skids was in the [[Chamber of the Ancients]], observing the ceremony in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] was given the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and transformed into Optimus Prime. Immediately, three Decepticon assassins attacked, and though Skids acted to protect the new Prime, his arm was cut off by [[Umbra]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

Skids was repaired and he returned to his post at the [[Decagon]]. While Prime was absent, Skids picked up radar of incoming Decepticon invaders and a transmission from the force's field commander, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Skids helped man auto-defenses from inside the Decagon and coordinated troops in the field. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} Eventually, the Autobots' [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]] units were destroyed. Picking up their personal weaponry, Skids and the other Autobots were all that was left to defend [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], and made a desperate last stand against Shockwave and his forces. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} The Autobots were only spared from annihilation because Starscream at that point activated one of Cybertron's planetary engines. This caused a chain reaction, which crumbled Iacon into a crater, driving away the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

[[File:Revelation SkidsVehicleMode.jpg|left|upright=1.6|thumb|Trypticon plays "Hit the Skids".]]
During the Dark Ages, when Optimus Prime and Megatron both disappeared into a prototype spacebridge, both factions splintered into several sub-groups. Skids served under [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s faction of Autobots. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} Together, they investigated reports that the Decepticons were in the process of building a mobile fortress, only to find [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] already completed and battle-ready in the [[Praetorus Wharf]]. {{storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}} Finding that nothing they threw at the giant Decepticon had any effect, the Autobots tried to outrun it instead. Skids hid in a nearby building, onto which Trypticon jumped to crush him. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} Though battered by the incident, Skids managed to survive it, and was brought back to [[Autobase]] for repairs. As [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] was tending to his wounds, The Fallen broke into the Autobots' headquarters, re-appropriated [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] from one of their holding cells, and took off. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} Once The Fallen's base of operations was uncovered, Skids joined a cross-faction army in rushing it to put an end to the ancient Transformer's scheme. Ultimately, The Fallen was defeated by the power of [[Primus]] himself, and all factions agreed to keep the chamber The Fallen had tried to breach sealed to prevent anyone from further abusing the power held within it. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

At some point, Ultra Magnus took command of the Autobots, and reunited them into a single faction. Under his leadership, the Autobots gained a significant hold over Cybertron's resources and territories. This eventually forced the [[Ultracon]]s and Shockwave's Decepticons to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots. Skids was in attendance at the signing of the truce, which was interrupted by a bombing, engineered by Starscream and his Predacons. This act of aggression only served to unite the Autobots, Ultracons, and Decepticons however, who struck back against Starscream's troops. A united Cybertron finally seemed within reach... that is, until Megatron made a dramatic return, accompanied by an army of [[Air Warrior]]s. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} Megatron quickly took over the planet, and enslaved the majority of Autobots. Skids was among the many unfortunates captured, and put to work in [[Internment Camp Pi]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

{{unreleased WW comic}}
Optimus returned to Cybertron, and the Autobots were freed from slavery. {{Storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

[[File:RevelationWaP SkidsReflects.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|''Did [[Pat Lee]] actually draw what is beyond this window? The question haunts my very being.'']]
Skids was not among the Autobots who traveled to Earth aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], remaining behind on Cybertron as the planet slipped into the deactivated state known as the [[Great Shutdown]]. When Shockwave began reactivating the planet and successfully unified the Autobot and Decepticon factions, Skids was a member of the council of Autobots who served to represent their faction in the alliance. Few of the council members were actually suited for leadership, however, and slowly found themselves giving more and more control to Shockwave. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} Even when Perceptor presented the council with evidence that Shockwave was performing immoral experiments on fellow Cybertronians, the High Council was unwilling to take any constitutional action against Shockwave. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Eventually, the example shown by the Ark's returning crew and several homegrown Autobot insurgency cells tore the blinders from the council's optics, and Skids gathered his fellow councilmen in taking to the streets and ousting the Decepticons from power. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Skids BlackHorizon1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Not even Prowl remembers him.]]
During an Autobot peace ceremony on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Skids reported to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] that [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] had yet to find the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] that had gone missing while chasing [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] Their conversation was then interrupted due to a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}

Skids was later stationed on the ''[[Arc II]]'' on Earth, where he helped his comrades in the field by warning them about incoming G.I. Joe [[S.H.A.R.C.]]s. When the ship came under attack by the [[Pretender Monster]]s, Skids was knocked out by [[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]] while alerting the others on board. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}} He was sent to [[Pit (G.I. Joe)|the Pit]] for repairs and was expected to quickly recover from his injuries. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}
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===''TransTech''===
In an Offworld Zone of [[Axiom Nexus]], a Skids was yet another victim of [[Bulletbike (TransTech)|Bulletbike]], murdered for a cred-key. {{storylink|I, Lowtech}}

===''The Beast Within''===
During a particularly violent brawl between the Autobots and Decepticons, Skids could do nothing but avert his eyes as [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] began distributing wanton carnage onto the battlefield. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

Later, Skids was amongst the few Autobot survivors still intact despite the brutality of the battle. He and a small number of surviving Autobots rode in Optimus Prime's trailer in a desperate effort to outrun The Beast. He was then killed when the Beast took a swipe at Optimus's trailer, crushed utterly in The Beast's monstrous paw. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|''More than Meets the Eye'' #1]] (mentioned); [[Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|#2]] (depicted)}}
[[File:Shadowplay2 Skidsbacksoff.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2.0|-gulp-]]
Before the [[Great War (G1)|war]], '''Skids of [[Nova Cronum]]''' trained as a theoretician at [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Senator Shockwave]]'s [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology|Academy of Advanced Technology]], {{storylink| Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} secretly recruited to the school because of his status as an "[[Outlier (group)|outlier]]" with special powers—in Skids's case, a "super-learning" ability that allowed him to master many skills. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} He was present at the academy on the day that [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] arrived to take Shockwave into protective custody, and his attempt to stop them was quickly quashed when the towering Roller intimidated him into silence. {{storylink| Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} It was not long, however, before Skids's teacher returned and recruited him and classmates "[[Tarn (G1)|Glitch]]" and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] for a plan formulated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] to steal a bomb disguised as the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] from [[Nominus Prime]]'s body as it lay in the [[Primal Basilica]]. Skids was somewhat disappointed that his sole contribution to the plan was not one of his many skills, but merely the fact he had a grappling hook in his arm that they could use to lower Pax into the Basilica. Despite a minor snag when the technology-disrupting Glitch accidentally jammed his hook's winch, the mission was a success. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

Unfortunately, the aftermath of the mission meant the outliers and Pax had to go on the run. Out in the [[Alyon]] region, they discovered a new "hot spot" for infant sparks which looked like the Hand of Primus (or, for Skids, ''was definitely'' the Hand of Primus). [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta]], their man in Iacon, warned them the Senate wanted to destroy the spot to stop the [[Functionist Council]] exploiting it and so the fugitives had to fight off the [[Elite Guard]] repeatedly. Time-travellers under [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] popped up and, when Skids mistook them for reinforcements from Zeta, rapidly claimed that. They saved the day but the time travellers wiped everyone's memories after... unfortunately including memories that Roller was missing in action. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

[[File:mtmte 48 grindcore.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|What did I do last night?]]
After graduating to full-fledged theoretician status, Skids went on to join the Autobot army. Shortly after the [[Simanzi Massacre]], when the planet still was cooling, he became a bomb negotiator: disabling the [[anti-personal mine]]s made out of Autobot prisoners so they could die without going off. This ended when he made the mistake of mentioning Primus to the unfortunate [[Heavy Tread]], who detonated himself in a rage that anyone could believe in a god that did this to him. When Skids came to, he was a Decepticon prisoner and off to the notorious [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore gulag]] with a "[[Inhibitor spike|mouth flower]]" inside his mouth that would destroy his [[Brain module|brain]] if he dared transform. Skids used his outlier learning skills to disable the "flower", having seen how the guards put it in, and began pumping his cellmate [[Quark]] for info. This brought him to the attention of the camp commandant, {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}} who turned out to be his old friend Glitch, having since joined the Decepticons and granted an upgraded body. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

[[File:SpeakMemory2 SkidsQuarkFurnace.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.9]]
Glitch, in an act of basic sadism, decided to make a project out of the religious 'bot. He asked Skids to repair Grindcore's teleporter, promising it would mean fifty prisoners would be sent to Decepticon colony world [[Ambervalia]] to work as slaves. Skids told Quark that this was collaboration that would help and the fifty would be better as slave workers than at the prison; and while he didn't say outright, Skids was relaxed around the Commandant and felt he could try and make demands for more prisoners sent to the colonies, assuming he could half-trust his old friend even if he had switched sides. What he did not realise until it was too late was that Glitch had been making him rebuild the camp ''smelting chamber''... something he learned only after demanding Quark get to be 'teleported'. Skids' faith died as he was forced to watch fifty Autobots die horrific deaths because of him. The memory was so traumatic that he overwrote it {{storylink|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}} and the only thing he remembered of it in his missing months was "[[The Empyrean Suite]]", unable to remember the name or that this was the future [[Decepticon Justice Division]] leader's favourite music to play during a massacre. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

Skids used to have an [[Amica Endura]] called [[Chopper (G1)|Chopper]]. They broke up because Chopper was "an absolute arse". {{storylink|The Frail Gaze}}

[[File:Getaway Skids ArmTheLonely.jpg|thumb|He's been trained to kick your ass. Theoretically, of course.]]
Long into the war he joined the [[Diplomatic Corps]], working to persuade other races to support the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}} At some point, he disappeared and was believed dead, {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} but had, in fact, become part of [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s covert [[Special Operations]]. Partnered with [[Getaway]], he was sent on a mission to influence [[Solomus|Tyrest]], using a [[nudge gun]] to implant the impulse to resign in the Chief Justice's mind. The plan failed and Tyrest sicced [[Legislator]]s on the duo, capturing Getaway and hitting Skids with an [[inhibitor claw]] in the back. Skids was barely able to escape using a shuttle made from [[mode lock]]ed Legislators. Using the nudge gun's other charge, Skids erased his own memory after setting the shuttle to home in on the nearest of his handlers, the [[Duobot]]s. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

[[File:LiarsAtoD2-Skids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|left|How do you like me now?]]
It was in this amnesiac state that he arrived on the planet where the ''[[Lost Light]]'' had crashed. Abruptly, the mode lock deactivated and the ship began transforming, so Skids made an impulsive decision: he reactivated the lock, sent the ship crashing into the surface, and bailed out. Making it to the ground safely, Skids found himself under attack from the Legislators that had made up his ship—though one of them had been killed in the crash, the other two were coming after him with giant swords and fire breath. Skids came upon the deceased bodies of two Autobots who had failed to survive the ''Lost Light'' crash—[[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]] and [[Polaris]]—and used their weapons and abilities to eliminate another of the pursuing robots. Running from the lone survivor, Skids came upon a small party of Autobots from the ''Lost Light'', who deactivated the inhibitor claw for him, allowing him to access his weapons and destroy the last Legislator. Skids was invited to join the crew of the ''Lost Light'', though he was less than enthusiastic about [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s proposition that the pair of them should team up. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}}

[[File:LiarsAtoD3-RungSkids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|MEANWHILE IN A 20 MILE RADIUS OF THIS EVENT]]
When a [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] got loose aboard the ''Lost Light'', requiring the crew to be sealed in their quarters, Skids, decided to exploit his missing memories to entirely reinvent himself. Deciding he disliked confinement, he left through the ventilation system. Drawn by [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s cries, he saved the psychiatrist from a close call with the Sparkeater, and at [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]]'s request, led the creature through the vents to the engine room where Rodimus disposed of it. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} As a celebration of the death of the Sparkeater, Swerve opened a [[Swerve's|bar]] where Skids got drunk together with [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]]. He failed to notice that Chromedome stole his gun while he was messing around with his grappling hook and a server-robot. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} After attending a ceremony to commend Chromedome, [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] on recent heroics, {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} Skids was next spotted still hanging out at the bar with some other Autobots as [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] put Chromedome's ability to identify an Autobot based on their transformation sound to the test. {{storylink|Interiors}} He later tried to comfort Swerve following his accidental shooting of Rung. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

When a swarm of [[Nanocon]]s that had lain dormant inside [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s body were mysteriously reactivated, Skids and a few others were shrunk by Brainstorm's mass-displacement gun and sent inside Magnus to eliminate them. Once that was dealt with, Skids attended [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s Autobot Initiation Ceremony, during which he relayed Swerve's report from the engine room that dead crewmember [[Ore]] had come back to life. The chaos only continued when Skids and a team of Autobots were abruptly teleported by [[Galactic Council]] to the planet [[Theophany]], there to investigate the razing of [[Crystal City]]. Beneath the city, they found a slumbering [[Titan (group)|Titan]], leading to discussions on the Transformers' creation myths and the meaning of life; Skids and Chromedome shared a belief that life was shaped not by destiny or gods, but by interactions with others. Skids theorized that both the Nanocons and Ore had come back to life thanks to the psychic emanations of the Metrotitan, then helped [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] fend off the Galactic Council's forces until the Autobots could free the Metrotitan, which teleported them all back to the ''Lost Light'' and quantum-jumped the ship to safety. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

Inspired by their talk, Skids requested that Chromedome use his [[mnemosurgery]] to unlock his lost memories; Chromedome discovered that only Skids's last year of memories had been erased, while the others had been repressed by a trauma so horrific he did not dare restore them. Chromedome was, however, able to identify the music in his head as the "The Empyrean Suite", and hoped Skids would never learn its significance. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:CybertronianHomesickBlues-SkidsRung.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|"Legs: Yes. Bow-tie: Cool...I can buy a fez."]]
Skids was among the group of Autobots gathered by [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] in Swerve's bar to help tell a story to aid in Rung's mental recovery. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} When his old altercation with Roller came up, Whirl called him a wuss, and he countered that his skills as a theoretician wouldn't have been useful in a fight. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} At the culmination of the story Rung still showed no signs of recovery...until Skids deliberately mispronounced his name a couple of times, prompting the psychiatrist to speak and correct him. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} The storytelling session was brought to an end by the sounding of alarm to ready the crew for a battle with Decepticons on the planet [[Temptoria]]; during the fight, Skids, Chromedome and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] battled [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]. {{storylink|Before & After}} Later, to unwind, Skids joined the crew of the ''Lost Light'' on some "shore leave" on the planet [[Hedonia]], where he tried out his new personality-generated [[holomatter]] avatar, only to find his amnesia kept it from creating a fake identity for him. As the group played the "Nemesis Game" in a bar, Skids identified [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] as his worst enemy, and then wound up getting into a drunken brawl with [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}} Skids and Whirl also engaged in some oneupsmanship with a group of [[Ammonite]]s they met in the bar, comparing the length and breadth of their races' respective galaxy-spanning conflicts. When the [[Imperius Drax|leader]] of the Ammonites' rival faction the [[Terradore]]s happened to walk in, Whirl casually murdered him to show up their new drinking buddies, much to Skids' chagrin. {{storylink|Little Victories}} Skids bought Rodimus a [[Galactic Council]] captain's hat as a souvenir of the trip. {{storylink|Signal to Noise}}

When the mass-murdering Decepticon [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] ran wild on the ship, Skids joined in the futile effort to hold back his rampage. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}} Overlord was ejected from the ship thanks to the sacrifice of Rewind, and Skids tried to console Chromedome over the loss of his lover, only to find that the mnemosurgeon was eerily calm about the whole thing. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

[[File:TheFecundMoon-Skids.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0|Skids kind of lost it a bit after Charlene left.]]
When the ''Lost Light'' encountered the long lost satellite [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], Skids got Chromedome to accompany the band of Autobots heading to the surface to see if the satellite had a way to return Skids's memories. He went to the ship's oil reservoir for some alone time, where he was attacked by a number of [[Legislator]]s. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} While he managed to hold them off long enough for Swerve to arrive to help, a [[Star Saber (G1)|mysterious and enigmatic robot]] appeared behind him, and impaled him with a large sword. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}}

Fortunately for Skids, he survived this, and was later teleported by Star Saber into a cell which contained Rodimus' crew. Perceptor examined his wound, while Swerve explained what happened to them. After Skids said that he would apologize for whatever he had done to Tyrest, Star Saber returned to the cell, carrying his [[Getaway|"Partner in crime"]] with him. Chromedome then explained that when he read Skids' mind, he had done it wrong, and misinterpreted the remnant memory as an "Imperative to escape". In actuality though, it was a name, Getaway. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} Getaway was able to fill Skids in on his lost memories of their ill-fated mission to change Tyrest's mind, and explained Tyrest's mad plan to reach [[Cyberutopia]]. With the newcomer's help, Skids and the others were freed from the cell and confronted Tyrest, only to be incapacitated by the lawmaker's suggestion weapon. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

[[File:ThisCalamitousLife SkidsMeetsAdaptus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.7]]
Thanks to Tailgate, the suggestion weapon was disabled, and Skids cuffed [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]], only for the medic to promptly escape when his back was turned. The Autobots caught up with him at Tyrest's gate to Cyberutopia, but only Skids, finally at peace with himself, was able to step through the guilt-detecting force field. He found himself standing on a strange landscape being talked to by a multi-colored [[spark]]. On hearing cries for help from Rung, he dashed back through the portal to help fight the Legislators until Tailgate was able to shut them down with some amendments to the law. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

Once everything was over, he tried telling Rodimus what he saw, but he couldn't make sense of all it. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}} Not helping was the fact that whatever he saw proved difficult to remember for any length of time. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

Before the ''Lost Light'' left Luna 1, Skids played a film compiled by Rewind to detail the ship's voyage. Unfortunately the film failed to impress the members of the [[Circle of Light]] who rejected any notion of joining the crew. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

[[File:IntoTheAbyss SkidsGetawayRodPod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7]]
Skids was among the Autobots who welcomed Orion Pax and his team aboard the ''Lost Light''. Swerve remarked to him how weird [[Garnak|some]] of Pax's crew were. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Skids was later seen having a drink at Swerve's {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} When the ''Lost Light'' was assaulted by Ammonites, Skids met up with Getaway and Ultra Magnus to help organize a counterattack. Skids hesitantly suggested that they use the [[Rodpod]] to fight back. Despite the other's and his own concerns about damaging it and making Rodimus angry, they ended up boarding and using the vessel. Skids piloted the craft, and used it to defend the ship's fuel quills, while blasting Ammonites that attempted to combine. Skids was forced to pilot the Rodpod away from the battle when a group of Ammonites combined and gave chase to them. In an attempt to lose them, he piloted the vessel into what appeared to be an abyss, but was really the optical cavity of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}}

As everyone else tried to figure out where Metroplex's eye had gotten to, Getaway had a minor breakdown over the fact that A: they were inside someone's eye canal, and B: they were in a spaceship shaped like someone's head. Skids consoled him and said it was best to just roll with it. The group took Ratchet's suggestion to find Metroplex's brain, only on arrival in his brain chamber found it was surprisingly absent. In light of that, they decided to go find his spark instead. As they approached, Whirl noticed the flooding had been sealed off, which surprised Skids.

[[File:TheDeadAreNotEnough SkidsArrows.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9|left]]
On setting down, Getaway quickly found an arrow pointing toward the spark chamber, which everyone decided to follow. Skids was the one to ask whether they would lock the Rodpod, which no-one else was concerned about. The arrows took everyone on a strange course through Metroplex's interior, until they came upon... the Rodpod again. Before Whirl could properly blame the ship, an Ammonite appeared, and blew it up. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} Fortunately, they were saved by a wall appearing to block the explosion, at which point Skids realized the purpose of the arrows: Metroplex was moving his interior about, and the odd journey the arrows had taken them on was because the direction they were meant to be pointed had change too. Then, they received a call from Swerve informing them to avoid the water, or they'd contract an alchemical virus and die horribly, and worse than that, two thousand Ammonites were heading their way. As Magnus gave orders to barricade the room, Whirl turned out an Ammonite, having beaten an explanation out of him. However, when the little guy told them who he was working for, he promptly self-destructed. Before everyone present could dwell on that, [[Chromia (G1)|two]] [[Nautica (G1)|newcomers]] appeared and told them to surrender. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}}

Before Getaway could charm the two fellow Autobots, several Ammonites burst through the walls. While Ultra Magnus,Ratchet and Brainstorm went off with their new friends, Skids stayed behind to fight off the attackers (that he was being mobbed by several of them anyway probably helped). As Skids fought, Metroplex was recharged by the ''Lost Light's'' engines, and transported himself back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} This didn't get rid of the Ammonites, though. That took Megatron giving the titan his missing thumb, containing the Regenesis Ore-7, which healed him and reactivated his immune system, killing the Ammonites dead. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

[[File:BlackPlanet SkidsVBludgeon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|SHOW ME YA MOVES!]]
In the apparent aftermath of Shockwave's scheme, Skids and Getaway relaxed in Swerve's, and were witness to Swerve suffering a bad bout of hero worship when Blurr walked in. The celebrations were rudely interrupted when Shockwave made his move, summoning all the Ammonites to attack Cybertron. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} Fortunately, Bumblebee had a plan of taking the fight to Shockwave. Skids was included in the team to be sent, thanks to his secret-agent-know-how. Getting to Shockwave's base of operations in the Crystal City seemed impossible, until Starscream showed up with [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]], who managed to get them there. On arrival, the group was attacked by Bludgeon. Ultra Magnus offered to hold him off, and Skids decided to volunteer his skills as well, along with a suddenly-ill Brainstorm. However, Skids's outlier abilities weren't able to match Bludgeon's mastery of [[Metallikato]], and he quickly wound up defeated. Fortunately, Brainstorm's unease turned out to be Optimus Prime, Rodimus, Cyclonus, [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]], and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] using the Dead Universe portal in his chest to escape that dying realm.{{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} They quickly mopped up Bludgeon, but Cyclonus' injuries meant someone had to help Brainstorm haul him back to his lab. While this meant Skids had to miss the climactic showdown, he did get to see time itself falling to pieces in the sky above Cybertron. That, and Rodimus managing to play on Brainstorm's insecurities. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

Once the crisis was truly over, Skids decamped to [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] to watch [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s trial. Evidently, he was not dissuaded from rejoining the ''Lost Light'' on its quest once the former Decepticon Leader was added to the ranks, and he set off again, this time coming along of his own volition. Six months into the quest, he was sufficiently worried to pay a visit to the widowed Chromedome with Nightbeat, though their friend remained secluded in his hab suite and Nightbeat's interest was quickly derailed, to Skids' dismay. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Shortly thereafter, he, [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]], and [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] all shot the bull about the ship's new gossip mag, the ''Lost Light Insider''. Though Nautica decided to exit before any rules were broken, she and Skids exchanged a bit of friendly banter before he and Riptide convinced the massively intoxicated Trailcutter to steal Megatron's "superfuel" out of the medibay. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}}.

[[File:PredestinationABeginnersGuide SkidsRodimusTheory.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|Actually performing his [[function]].]]
When a pod containing the corpse of another Rodimus showed up, 'our' Rodimus called in Skids as part of his investigation team. Using all the facts, Skids and Chromedome worked out (wrongly as they'd soon learn!) that this was a near-future Roddy who'd die and be sent back in time, and Skids was left aghast by his leader's desperate attempts to 'change history' like lopping an arm off. Everything was then interrupted when the ship started to ''vanish'' around them {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} and he was left stuck on a spaceship with Megatron (and Skids, who kept making snide asides when he was trying to listen). Soon, the Autobots on board began to disappear one by one and everyone had to reveal personal secrets in an attempt to figure out what was the common denominator. (In the process, Skids helped fill in Nautica on [[M.T.O.]]s and expressed his distaste for High Command's lack of interest in educating the "warborn".)

[[File:Slaughterhouse SkidsGetawayDiscussMegs.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
After realising only the launch crew were disappearing, the newbies like Skids found the ''Lost Light'' returned but in ruins! {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} He agreed with Riptide that this must be the future ''Light'' that dead-Rodimus had come from and worried that the evidence they found meant they bring back the crew, only for the ship to be ripped apart. In an investigation, they came across a dead Ultra Magnus, one killed by a [[fusion cannon]], and Skids turned on Megatron, believing this showed he was going to inevitably turn on them! To his disquiet, when Megatron immediately requested to be locked up until all the facts were gone, he felt ''bad''' about doing it. As he admitted to Getaway during their search, he worried he was going to stop hating the killer. The search found yet more corpses and to Skids horror, they had all been executed and their transformation cogs removed: acts that revealed the ship had been butchered by the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. Luckily for all concerned, the discovery of a still-alive Rewind proved this ''wasn't'' the future ''Lost Light'' but a duplicate of the 'real' one. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}}

[[File:MTMTE33 megatron skids right there.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.75|Look at you! You gotta look inside yourself and say, 'what am I willing to put up with today?' NOT SLAGGIN' THIS!!"]]
Skids rushed to Rewind as he came through, making sure the guy was okay and filled in on things like Megatron-the-Autobot, and was pissed when Nightbeat pushed Rewind too soon to explain what had happened to the ship. That was how they learned the copy was created when the ship launched, thanks to an issue with the quantum engines, and ''exactly'' what hell Rewind had gone through. Said quantum engines were also leaking, endangering a nearby organic planet, and Skids knew they ahd to act. When Megatron refused to, bothered at the idea of risking his life for a handful of fleshy strangers, Skids tore into him for violating what the Autobrand stood for and that if being an Autobot ''didn't'' force him to modify his behaviour instead of getting what he wanted, then none of his 'rehab' meant a damn.

A brief aside from Getaway gave Skids an idea of how to save the planet: using a mass displacement gun he knew Brainstorm had been making to shrink down someone to help already-tiny Rewind fix the engines. That was a bust. Nothing was found except proof that ''Brainstorm was secretly a Decepticon spy'' but no time for that now, Skids! To Skids' amazement and joy though, his bollocking had worked and a guilty Megatron admitted he could be rigged to downsize and thus he could help Rewind. Skids thanked him. Once the damage was fixed, the duplicate ''Lost Light'' vanished and the 'real' one started to come back, and a happy Skids told a returning Chromedome to head up to the roof where Rewind was waiting. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

Oh yeah, that Brainstorm thing. Turned out he was going back in time to change history, which was going to result in [[Functionist Universe|a hideous dystopia]], and the time travellers sent to bring him back ended up running into an early Skids.{{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}} Things turned out fine in the end! While time-travelling, Rodimus tried to warn the past "don't let them [the Legislators] take Skids" but nobody heard it, which was good as Cyclonus pointed out that Skids being captured turned out to be necessary for saving half the Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide|Predestination: An Expert's Guide}}

[[File:MTMTE42 dance dance skidsvolution.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''What a feeling'' ''Being's believing'']]
Skids' friendly nature struck a chord with [[Ten]], the former [[Legislator]] turned into a bartender. In a mural of Ten's favourite crewmembers, Skids was in the front. A further friendship was struck up when Ratchet asked Skids to chat with Rung some time, as the guy would truly appreciate being visited by someone who didn't want help from him; when Skids bought Rung a drink, the therapist was surprised and delighted. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}}

Skids, Getaway, and Brainstorm all hung out at Nautica's, showing off their cool skillz and generally hanging. When Rung came up, Skids was bothered by Getaway dissing the guy, but they didn't have time to discuss Getaway's passive aggressive whiny defence of it as news came in that Thunderclash was dying and everyone was invited to the pre-wake on the ''Vis Vitalis''. {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}} During the party, Getaway asked him if he wanted to mutiny against Megatron. Skids declined... and had his mind wiped with the nudge gun. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} Believing his splitting headache to be too much partying, he decided to flump out at the ''Vitalis'' and get picked up tomorrow. {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}} That made him a target for the parasitical [[personality tick]]s, secretly feeding off his energy! Not knowing why he was so tired {{storylink|The Frail Gaze}} he reached out to Nautica, sensing something was up with her, and she asked him {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}} to teach her to dance. While busting a move, he coaxed out her issues with her old college friend [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] before the ticks begun a public rampage. After they were repulsed, Skids got better and everyone went back to the ''Light'' for a ''biiiig party at Sweeerve's!!!''

[[File:MTMTE43 skids swerve humans.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.0| Anything could be a Transformer!]]
Until Swerve suddenly vanished {{storylink|The Frail Gaze}} and a horrified Skids checked his room to find the bartender facedown, rusted, and half-dead from an infected wound. He rushed him to the medical bay for aid (inadvertently making him worse) and learned from [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] that Swerve had been holed up in his room for months, neglecting himself, and using a holomatter avatar to seem 'fine'. To Skids' great shame, he'd never visited Swerve—hadn't even known his ''room number'' until he remembered it was Red Alert's old one—and completely missed any chance to see one of his best friends needed help. He joined a rescue team sent to "[[Swearth]]", a vast hologram Earth operating on sitcom rules that Swerve was projecting, to find the guy's consciousness and fix him. In his new, brooding holomatter avatar, Skids and his friends did track down Swerve and tried to convince him to focus on the physical pain he was feeling, so they could realise where he was hurting. Skids, an expert in suppression, knew Swerve was pushing it down. Once they identified that Swerve was cripplingly lonely and depressed, they were able to convince him that he truly was loved and valued by them. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}}

Soon after, Skids went with a crew to check out the legendary [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]. He needled Nightbeat for having the 'debunking' itch and said that, while he no longer believed, he understood why other people were attracted to the idea that there was something after death. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}}

[[File:MTMTE48 skids and rung.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7| Tell me where Skywalker is.]]
Under incremental recollection sessions with Rung, where he also helped fix model ships as a focusing tool, Skids had finally managed to remember ''entering'' Grindcore if nothing else; while frustrated with the slow process, Rung admonished him that learning all of it in one go would re-traumatise him. While chatting, Skids was surprised to see the long-lost [[Froid]] appear. An old friend of yours, Rung? Well, I'll leave you to get caught up! (Off he went to brood at the oil pools, trying to remember more.) Within minutes Rung sent him a coded radio message to meet him at Froid's ship as something ''dodgy'' was going on but by the time Skids arrived, Rung had learned Froid had the infamous [[Sunder (G1)|Tetrahax Ripper, Sunder]], on board and that guy ''fed'' on bad memories. The very first sight of Skids woke Sunder up and caused him to attack, starting to rip up Skids' traumatic memories to the surface {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}} before Rung could get him to safety. During the running battle against the serial killer, Rung kept trying to get Skids to Chromedome for memory suppression and Sunder duly followed them, constantly bringing up memories. Luckily Sunder was defeated by the point Skids remembered repairing Grindcore's teleport chambers for Tarn and ''not'' by the point he'd remember how he'd killed five hundred souls.{{storylink|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}}

When a small time window opened up in Swerve's, Skids used it to look back at the day the new crew members joined the ''Light'', a day that Trailcutter was still alive and openly happy. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}}

[[File:HowBrightTheirFrailDeeds SkidsCarriesNautica.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0]]
Skids had been part of Megatron's classes on the Knights of Cybertron and in one, to his surprise, Megatron showed the symbol that the strange spark being had 'said' to him back at possibly-Cyberutopia. Nautica advised him to write it out phoenetically to try and retain the knowledge of what it was, but everything was interrupted when Megatron and several others received bizarre messages coming from a distant planet. Rodimus assembled Skids with the rest of 'Team Rodimus' and they headed out to discover it was coming from the Necrobot's planet...

...where the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] were waiting. The Rodpod was shot down and Skids carried the wounded Nautica from its wreckage, everyone making their way inside the Necrobot's fortress. They found the Necrobot had been murdered and Skids spared a moment of empathy for Nightbeat, who had forged a bond with the ancient Transformer. A message came in from ''Getaway'', telling them that the crew had mutinied against Megatron and all those considered loyal to him, exiling them all off the ship under false pretenses. Skids was enraged to discover his former friend had actually mindwiped him, an act he ''knew'' was a violation, to keep this a secret. When the message ended and the sheer horror sunk in, Skids embraced Nautica to console her. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

The DJD made their presence known by attacking the Necrobot's fortress before retreating... promising to return at sunset as part of their intimidation tactics. Skids weighed up their options with the other stranded crew members, suggesting that they dig in and devise an escape route. The Necrobot's body had revealed a key that unlocked a room filled with at least sixty organic creatures inside strange pods. Discussion arose whether to flee, or stay and defend the people inside the pods, but the Autobots ultimately decided to stand their ground. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}} Their forces were bolstered by the returning Drift and Ratchet, who had caught wind of their predicament through [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]]. Skids had the awkward task of introducing Ratchet to his replacement. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 3: Your Fierce Tears|Your Fierce Tears}}

[[File:RageRage SkidsRemembers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
With death staring them in the face, Skids was one of the Autobots who Nautica assembled for the rite of [[Amica Endura]]. She opened her spark to them, recited the ritual, and told them all how they were valued. When Rung departed with Nightbeat to investigate the mystery of the Necroworld, Skids bade him a terse and awkward farewell. Skids and Nautica spent much of the remaining time before the inevitable attack clinging to each other for comfort. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}}

Shortly afterwards, Velocity hit on a potential way out: Tailgate's spark 'explosion', triggered by extreme trauma, had supercharged two security guards ala [[Ore-13]] and that could be done now! All it required was someone willing to be traumatised. Skids offered himself up and pleaded with Chromedome to finally let him know about his deep, hidden trauma. As Tarn began playing "[[the Empyrean Suite]]" from outside, creating the ideal conditions, Skids' memories began bubbling to the fore. A sorrowful Chromedome spoke some trigger words to his friend, finally unlocking that repressed trauma and Skids' spark erupted. As his supercharged friends ran outside to confront the Decepticons, Ratchet worked to keep the shattered Skids stable as his spark began to shrank.

[[File:sleep tight, soldier.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|left|He's dead, Jim.]]

Unfortunately, Skids came to and crawled off his slab, desperate to find Brainstorm and apologise for Quark's death, feebly crying that he was "scum" for what he'd done. Ratchet was desperate to get him back on the slab before he died but Megatron, the only other person in the fort, had left to join the battle and there was nobody to help. Skids died in Ratchet's arms, only Brainstorm noticing as his friend's 'statue' winked out. After the Autobots retreated back to the Necrobot's fortress, a distraught Nautica embraced the corpse. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}} She stayed with it until at least the morning as events unfolded outside, {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}} and at some point removed its [[brain module]] for safe-keeping, hiding it in her eye socket. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

In honor of Skids, the crew of the ''Lost Light'' painted their [[insignia|Autobot Insignias]] grey. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

During a visit to [[Troja Major]], Nautica revealed that she was seeking the [[Epistemus|Resus Cradle]], a device that was said to be capable of reviving dead Cybertronians provided there were some form of remains for it to work with—the reason she had removed Skids' brain module from his corpse. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}} Upon making contact with [[Mengel]], who possessed the Resus Cradle, Nautica discovered the cost of Skids' resurrection would be steep indeed. An emotion-trafficker, Mengel suggested Nautica sell her grief towards Skids, as well as her feelings of friendship toward Velocity. Nautica initially agreed to the process, but ultimately could not foresake Velocity's friendship, abandoning her plan to resurrect Skids. However, being as Mengel had already removed her grief- and thus ALL warm feelings she had towards him beforehand, it didn't bother her at all and she left Skids' brain module behind. {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}} A simulation of Skids appeared to Nautica on [[Mederi]] that tried to coax her to join him in the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. Bereft of her old emotions towards him, the prospect held no appeal to Nautica and Skids' apparition disappeared. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}} Skids appeared among the spirits of the dead that welcomed [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] into the Afterspark. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] named Skids, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] as three characters who had been produced as toys for the popular ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' line. {{storylink|The Road to Winning a New Fanbase}}

===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Skids was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He and his comrades followed their commander [[Blue Big Convoy]] into battle when a duel between [[G1 World|dimension-tossed]] future warriors [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Ultra Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] threatened the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] and [[Beast People|its people]]. When Vanguard supreme leader [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] deigned to personally intervene, the Warrior knelt in deference. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}

Evidently felled in the subsequent brawl when the traitorous [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus twins]] unleashed a rage virus to destroy the corps from within, he was later memorialized with a hologram in the inner sanctum of the [[Ivory Towers]] by [[Magna Convoy]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
Following [[King Sombra]]'s awakening on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Skids was one of the many unsuspecting Cybertronians who fell under the tyrannical [[unicorn]]'s thrall. Making his way to the desert, Skids tried to ambush [[Applejack]] but was knocked down by [[Wildwheel (G1)|Wildwheel]], mourning that he'd failed his king. {{storylink|One-Trick Pony}}

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

===''Transformers Legends''===
During the war on Cybertron, Skids was among a group of Autobots led by [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], who went to [[Tyrest]] in an attempt to reason with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. They were ambushed by the Decepticons, and Sentinel Prime was killed. {{storylink|The War Within}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsSkids.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Skids participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Rare character that could be recruited by collecting 130 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 45 hunter cores. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Skids-EW.jpg|300px|thumb|]]
Skids arrived in response to the rampage of [[Sky Reign]]. Though that problem was over, the other Autobots had to request the use of his liquid nitrogen rifle to calm down [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Shaken, Not Stirred}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
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[[File:G1 Skids toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Introducing the new Nikahimi Deathtrap. With its poly-cotton body shell, it's the fastest car in the world... to open with the jaws of life. The Nikahimi Deathtrap—the last car you'll ever drive.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Skids''' (Autobot Car, [[1984]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "[[Liquid nitrogen rifle]]", "[[Electron blaster|twin electron blaster]]", "rocket pod launcher", 3 rockets
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy), [[Shōji Kawamori]] ([[Studio Nue]])}}

: Released in the first year of the US ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline (no, really), Skids is a slight [[redeco]] the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Diaclone]]'' "{{w|Honda City (AA)|Honda City Turbo}}" toy, transforming into... well, it's kinda obvious. Skids uses the blue ''Diaclone'' version as his base, with new side-panel decals. In vehicle mode he has an opening trunk, which on the original toy was meant to store a {{w|Honda Motocompo|a small scooter accessory}} omitted from the Hasbro version; this does give him the ability to store like, one of his rockets if you like. Speaking of, his arm-mounted "rocket pod" accessory had its rocket-launching spring [[for safety reasons|severely weakened]] in the Hasbro line, but was at full strength for his Takara ''Transformers'' release. All stickers referring to "Honda City" are all omitted; the front grille sticker no longer features the Honda symbol.

: Due to the rounded head on the screws used for Skids's shoulders, the stickers made to cover them up almost ''always'' refuse to stay on. In fact, you'll notice a slight pattern in the photographs of the [[:File:G1-toy ScreechGenerations.jpg|other uses of]] [[:File:CrosscutAuto-toy.jpg|the mold]] shown on this wiki, where the respective shoulder stickers for those figures have been left off entirely! If one so chooses, there is at least ''one'' way to make the stickers stay somewhat: placing a small dab of superglue on the top and bottom of the black ring-piece making up the shoulder holds the sticker on ''just'' enough for it to stay in place, though, sitting flush will ''still'' be an impossibility. It is advised that anyone attempting to try this at home, be ''very'' careful not to use too much glue and not to let the glue seep into the entire shoulder joint, otherwise... well, you get the picture.

: Skids had a somewhat odd release history. Because he was not one of the original eleven Autobot Cars released at the line's inception, he is commonly grouped in with the later 1985 Autobot Cars both fictionally and in the minds of [[fandom|fans]]. However, Skids was actually added to the 1984 Autobot Cars assortment (taking the place of a second [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Mirage]] in a [[case]] of twelve) very late in the year (December 1984 is the earliest confirmed availability of the figure as of this writing), during which time he came in 1984 packaging including a ™ mark by the "''Transformers''" logo, rather than an ® mark. Like the other 1984 cars, at least some of these early Skids releases lacked the [[rubsign]] on the roof that would later be added to all ''Transformers'' toys in 1985.<ref name="earlyg1">[http://tfscraps.blogspot.com/2016/11/early-g1-timeline.html "Early G1 Timeline"] at TF Scraps.</ref> Presumably due to this early release, he got the short end of the stick in 1985: That year, the "Autobot Cars" price point was divided into two separate assortments, each of which contained six of the figures that had debuted in 1984 (packaged one per case in a case of 12) and three of the new figures that debuted in 1985 (packaged two per case). Since Hasbro apparently considered Skids a 1984 release, he ended up being packaged only one per case, thus making him somewhat more rare than his peers.

: This mold itself is a [[retool]] of an earlier ''Diaclone'' toy, the Honda City R; this earlier tooling was used to make [[Crosscut (G1)#Toys|Crosscut]] and [[Screech (Generations)#Toys|Screech]].

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-autobot-cars-skids/519/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Skids at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Skids/skids.htm More information on Skids at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G1toy vsz set.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Maybe the kids will notice me now that I'm bundled together with two popular figures?"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Skids & Sunstreaker vs Buzzsaw''' (Multi-pack, [[1985]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VSZ'''
:*''Accessories'': "Liquid nitrogen rifle", "twin electron blaster", "rocket pod launcher", 3 rockets

: Skids was not released on his own in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Japanese Generation 1 toyline]], and was instead available only in a multi-pack with [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Sunstreaker]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Buzzsaw]], who were ''also'' only available in this set in the original Japanese line (Buzzsaw got re-released in Japan over the next couple of years, while Skids and Sunstreaker were not).

: This box set remains a considerable rarity on the secondary market.

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[[File:G1toy quantum operative skids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You sure you can call this an homage?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Skids & Screech Quantum Operative Ver.''' (Multi-pack, [[2009]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Material acceleration pistol", dual-barreled gun, "quantum shield" launcher, 3 rockets, scooter

: "Quantum Operative" Skids is a bright-green [[redeco]] of the original toy, available in conjunction with his [[#Encore|''Encore'' release (below)]], and including for the first time the scooter accessory from the ''Diaclone'' toy that was eliminated for his original ''Transformers'' release. He was sold in a set with [[Screech (Generations)#Toys|Screech]] that was a mail-away [[exclusive]] available only with volume 3 of [[Hero-X|Million Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers Generations 2009 Vol. 3]]''. As Skids's colors are an homage to ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]], Screech is likewise a match for Skids's twin [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]].

: Amusingly, the color scheme for this exclusive was accidentally revealed early by TakaraTomy when they [[:File:Encore Skids Tokyo Toy Show 2009.jpg|mistakenly included its missile launcher]], denoted by its bright green launching tab, with the normal ''Encore'' version that was on display at [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2009.<ref name="internat">[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/5790/20/ TakaraTomy Accidentally Gives Clue to TF Generations Vol. 3 Mail Away Figure?!]</ref>
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Cybertron/Skids/skids.htm More information on Quantum Operative Skids at TFU.info]''
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===''The Transformers Collection''===
[[File:TF Collection 3 Skids.jpg|thumb|"Oh boy, a reissue! Now people are ''actually'' going to notice me!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Skids''' (Cybertron, [[2002]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''3'''
:''Release date'': [[September 27]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': "liquid nitrogen rifle", "twin electron blaster", "rocket pod launcher", 3 rockets

: Skids received his first [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]] in 2002, when [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] made him available as part of their "book-box" ''[[The Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]'' series, surprising many with the inclusion of such an overlooked character so early in the line. He features no significant differences from the original (save for a working missile launcher, as with the original Japanese release), though the figure suffered from a common, if not universal, problem: an excess of plastic on the underside of Skids's right foot means that his rear wheel can not fold down flat beneath it, resulting in a slightly unstable robot mode. Since the original Japanese figure was released only in a giftset, Skids did not get an individual [[List of Japanese ID numbers|ID number]] at the time, a situation this reissue rectifies by retroactively giving him the ID number '''96''' on the included [[Tech Spec]] and [[bio]] card.

:The aforementioned Crosscut was released exclusively through [[e-HOBBY]] in conjunction with this reissue.

::*''[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/reissue/Skids_template.html More information on Transformers Collection Skids at TF-1.com]
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===''Commemorative Series''===
[[File:G1toy commemorative skids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Whoa, two reissues! Good old Skids is moving up - Wait, why am I on a bin with 'Clearance' written on it?"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Skids''' (2004)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': Series VIII
:*''Accessories'': "liquid nitrogen rifle", "twin electron blaster", "rocket pod launcher", 3 rockets

: Skids got his first Hasbro reissue as part of the eighth wave of their ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' line, [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]] stores. He features no notable differences from the earlier Takara ''Transformers Collection'' release, except for the fact that his launcher's spring has been removed.
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===''Alternators''===
{{anchor|Alternators/Binaltech}}
[[File:Alt Skids toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Heavily discounted so fanboys could customize him into Ironhide.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Scion xB Autobot Skids''' (Alternator, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Alternators ID number'': '''17'''
:*''Binaltech ID number'': '''BT-16'''
:*''Binaltech release date'': [[November 17]], 2005
:*''Accessories'': Engine-rifle
{{toydesigner|[[Steve Bono]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Skids transforms into a 1:24-scale blue Scion xB. All four doors open, revealing a fully-detailed realistic interior with seats for a driver and passengers, plus his hood pops open to reveal his engine. His robot mode is very reminiscent of his original toy, with his head sculpt based off his animation model with toy details. His engine pops out and unfolds to become his hand-held pistol.

: The Hasbro ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' release (part of the first wave of new "bubble packaging" toys) differs from the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Transformers: Alternators#Binaltech|Binaltech]]'' release in that it has a much darker shade of blue, tinted windows, and various Scion-type tampographed flame decals. The Japanese release has painted die cast metal car panels, is painted a lighter shade of blue, has different paint decos, and is branded as a Toyota bB to reflect the model's name in Japan. It also includes a sheet of optional stickers, including flames resembling the ones printed on the ''Alternators'' version, as well as some Generation-1-style red stripes, and most humorously, a Japanese "New Driver" badge.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Binaltech Asterisk|Broadblast]].

::*[[Source:Transformers Binaltech bios#16|Archive of ''Binaltech'' Skids's bio and tech specs]]
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/AltSkids/skids.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Skids at TFU.info]''
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===''Encore''===
[[File:G1toy encore skids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"''Three'' reissues?! Wow, by this point I must be as popular as the other Car Robots, right guys? r-right?"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Skids''' (2009)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''18'''
:*''Release date'': October ??, 2009
:*''Accessories'': liquid nitrogen rifle, twin electron blaster, rocket pod launcher, 3 rockets

: TakaraTomy reissued Skids again in October 2009 as part of their ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' series. This version of the figure shifted its colors a little, changing him from tomato-red and blue to cherry-red and blueish-purple, as well as noticeably lightening the translucent blue plastic used for his windows. His Autobot symbol and tail light stickers were replaced with [[tampograph]]s, while some of his other stickers were updated slightly, including his factory-applied front grill sticker. Like past reissues, this figure too suffered with an unstable robot mode, and ''both'' feet had wheels that would not fold away flat.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generations Skids.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The theoretician the world deserves, not the one it needs right now.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Skids''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''02 / #009'''
:*''Accessories'': "nudge gun" & "nitrogen gun" (combine to form rifle)
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the seventh wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' "Autobot Skids" transforms from a contemporary-looking hatchback into a robot mode largely based on [[Alex Milne]]'s design for [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' comic, most notably featuring that body's numerous integrated weapons. He also includes the [[nudge gun]] carried by Skids in said comic and a new version of the liquid nitrogen rifle from his original toy, the two of which can combine into a larger rifle. Both weapons can peg onto his hands or vehicle sides via [[5 mm post]].

: There are numerous reports of the figure's hips being assembled the [[Misassembly|wrong way round]], thus affecting the car mode as well as hampering the leg articulation (and it could even result in the ball joints at the waist snapping off), this can simply be fixed by popping them out and swapping them to the right place (just as long as you are careful with the aforementioned ball joints). At least some later releases fixed this issue. Unfortunately, Skids has a great deal of difficulty standing up due to his overall poor balance, unless posed in a way that offsets the weight.

: He comes packaged with the [[Little Victories|twenty-second issue]] of IDW's aforementioned ''More than Meets the Eye'' comic series, featuring a cropped version of its retailer incentive cover, which is called out as a 'Hasbro Exclusive Cover' on its front.

: Skids was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' [[Rollbar (AOE)#Toys|Rollbar]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]''/''[[Diaclone]]'' [[Burn Out (Diaclone)#Toys|Burn Out]], which was later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Skids (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Skids]]. This mold was also [[retool]]ed into ''Generations'' [[Crosscut (G1)#Generations|Crosscut]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenSkids/skids.htm More information on ''Generations'' Skids at TFU.info]''
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===''Q-Transformers''===
[[File:QTransformers Skids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|As a last ditch effort to be relevant, Skids tried appealing to the "kawaii" crowd without much success.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Skids''' ([[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''QT-21'''
:*''Release date'': [[June 27]], 2015

:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Skids is a redeco and retool of [[Hound (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|QT-15 Hound]], transforming into a [[super deformed]] Suzuki Hustler. Look at him. He's adorable.
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===''Kre-O''===
{{anchor|SDCC2015}}
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Kreon Class of '85''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''B5152'''
:*''Voted'': Most Thoughtful
:*''Accessories'': 2 clip-on rifles

:''[[Kre-O]]'' "Autobot Skids" is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier "peg-in-peg" torso/waist connection. His body [[tampograph]]s are heavily toy-based, with a ton of intricate design.

:He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Kreon Class of '85]]" 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/SDCCKre-OSkids/skids.htm More information on Class of '85 Skids at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:Legendstoy-Skids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|At least now he can be ignored while sporting a cooler deco.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Skids''' ([[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''LG-20'''
:*''Release date'': [[May 28]], 2016
:*''Accessories'': "nudge gun" & "nitrogen gun" (combine to form rifle)

: Released in the eleventh wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' toyline (and the only new product in said wave), Skids is an extensive redeco of the ''Generations'' Skids toy. It features a color scheme faithful to the character's appearance in the ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' comic, with a darker shade of blue, black front grill with red details under the grill, silver and black detailing on the feet, painted front lights and pink striping on the front hood and on the back's sculpted detail.
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-53-Skids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|What was once a theoretical Masterpiece has become a reality.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Skids''' ([[2021]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MP-53'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 20]], 2021
:*''Hasbro release name'': '''Autobot Skids'''
:*''Accessories'': "liquid nitrogen rifle", "twin electron blaster"
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] and [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Skids was announced by TakaraTomy at the beginning of 2021 with black-and-white model drawings, and later was shown in prototype form by Honda Japan's Twitter.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=＼新年あけましておめでとうございます／本年もトランスフォーマー商品及びトランスフォーマー情報局をよろしくお願い致します！新年１発目の投稿は本年発売予定のマスターピース新商品「スキッズ」の設定画からです！ #トランスフォーマー #Transformers #あけおめスキッズ https://t.co/E8PpE4WaJY|link=https://twitter.com/TF_pr/status/1344810572752318473|name=TF_pr|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=01|day=01|(defunct=)}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=＼マスターピーススキッズ／本年もMP新商品はいくつか発売予定ですが、その中の１つが「スキッズ」です。本能的変形と広い可動範囲を持ち、昨今のMPのハイブリッド版となる新作です！随時情報更新予定ですのでお楽しみに！ #トランスフォーマー #Transformers #あけおめスキッズ https://t.co/6TvAqW3a8X|link=https://twitter.com/TF_pr/status/1344810823181611010|name=TF_pr|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=01|day=01|(defunct=)}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=雑誌『フィギュア王 No.277』にて本日公開！！！！！！！ @takaratomytoys @TF_pr https://t.co/KEOI6ZaYJV|link=https://twitter.com/HondaJP/status/1364802317023924229|name=HondaJP|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=02|day=25|(defunct=)}}</ref> Like the other Masterpiece Autobot cars, Skids can fit inside Convoy's ([[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP10|MP-10]] or [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP44|MP-44]]) trailer in vehicle mode.

: Designed in collaboration with {{w|Honda}} to celebrate the 40th anniversary of {{w|Honda City}}, ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Skids transforms into an officially-licensed 1st generation Honda City Turbo vehicle mode, featuring opening front doors, an opening hood with engine detailing underneath, an openable rear trunk that can store some of his accessories, and a basic interior capable of fitting the Spike Witwicky figurine that came included with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP44|MP-44 Convoy]] inside.

: For accessories, Skids comes with his liquid nitrogen rifle and twin electron blaster, both of which can be stored in his alt mode's openable rear trunk. In robot mode, both weapons can either peg into the top of the forearm like the original G1 Skids toy or on the side of the forearm via dedicated slots.

: This toy was retooled into MP-54 [[Reboost#Masterpiece|Reboost]] that was released simultaneously, and the Reboost tooling of the mold would subsequently be redecoed into both MP-53+ [[Crosscut (G1)#Masterpiece|Crosscut]] and MP53+B [[Burn Out (Diaclone)#Masterpiece|Dia Burnout]].

::*[https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/skids-reboost Official TakaraTomy website of ''Masterpiece'' Skids]
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Deluxe-Class-Skids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Hey, I've got a new Earth-based toy! Wait, you guys are still on ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'', right? ...Right?"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Skids''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-01'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[July 30]], 2022
:*''Accessories'': [[Energon]] axe/rifle, liquid nitrogen rifle, twin electron blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Tomoki Tatsumi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Robby Musso]] and [[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept art)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Deluxe Class toys, "Autobot Skids" is a cartoon-accurate version of the character in terms of sculpt, but the mold layout as well as colors are based on his G1 toy. He transforms into an approximation of a Honda City Turbo. He comes with his liquid nitrogen rifle and twin electron blaster, as well as a translucent-blue Energon rifle that doubles as an axe (though the instructions make no note of using it this way). The three weapons can combine to form a super weapon.

: [[Show-accuracy|If one feels the need]], Skids's shoulders are on multiple hinges, so they can be dropped down to the mistransformed position his Generation 1 [[Character model|cartoon model]] was based on. Skids's back kibble can also slide up and down, giving one the option to have Skids displayed with the iconic-look or a cleaner silhouette; though sliding it all the way up for the iconic-look will hinder his head articulation, so leaving it at the midway notch may be preferable. Additionally, his entire back kibble/car roof assembly is made of painted translucent plastic, so caution is recommended when adjusting or transforming him. Some buyers have reported it impossible to fully tab Skids's roof into place in vehicle mode, likely due to differing plastic tolerances. In a similar vein, it's recommended to not fully insert his twin electron blaster into either of his arms' peg holes, as the tight fit and lack of clearance to wiggle it out can cause the gun to snap off its peg.

: This figure was revealed by IGN as a teaser for the ''Legacy'' line on [[October 20]], [[2021]].<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/new-transformers-generations-legacy-figure-line-announced-by-hasbro ''Transformers Generations: Legacy'' toyline announcement] - on IGN</ref>
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
[[File:Decoy skids.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1986)
:Skids was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" soft rubber ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the figures in the series, Skids featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. He was available in red as part of a 22-piece box set of Autobot figures, in peach as part of various other randomly-packed box sets released by Takara subsidiary [[Seven]], and in a wide variety of different colors in "gachapon" capsule machines.

*'''Skids''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''12'''
:The Skids figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Skids/skids.htm More information on Decoy Skids at TFU.info]''

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:EnergonWarsSkids.jpg|thumb|Are, uh, you sure you're a G1 character?]]
*'''Skids''' (3D Battle-Card, 2007)
:A 26-point "common" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Skids "transforms" into a grey pickup truck of indeterminate make. He uses the same parts layout as [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]].

:He is equipped with a LN2 Cryo Rifle, an Electron Blaster, and a Rocket Launcher, which are similar to his G1 weapons — but due to the interdimensional nature of the Energon Wars subset, the Battle-Card may or may not also represent the [[Skids (Movie)|live-action movie Skids]].
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==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneSkids.jpg|thumb|A rainbow of theoretical flavors.]]
[[File:Skidsdiacloneconceptart.jpg|thumb|Suck it, Ironhide! This head was mine first!]]
* The ''[[Diaclone]]'' Honda City Turbo (ホンダ・シティ・ターボ) was additionally available in black or red. The [[BotCon 2015]] toy and character [[Burn Out (Diaclone)|Burn Out]], a non-Cybertronian ''Diaclone'' mecha, is based on the black version.
* Skids's animation model head appears to be based on early ''Diaclone'' promotional concept art. The toy's head would be different... and ultimately different from the [[Crosscut (G1)|Crosscut]] head shown in his instructions, which also popped up a few times in the UK comics. Much like [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]'s [[character model]], Skids is hilariously drawn with his shoulders sitting about midway on his torso, due to the toy pictures the animators were working from. However, unlike Huffer, Skids's toy can actually have his arms repositioned to where they should be.
* Speaking of both Skids's instructions and incorrect arm positioning, his instructions are even worse than the animation model! They completely neglect to show rotating the arms out to be by his sides (never mind pushing his shoulders up to their correct elevation), instead leaving them awkwardly placed under his chest. Hasbro starting [[Instructions#Problems with modern-day instructions|as they meant to go on]], apparently.
* Though Skids's toy turned into a Honda City Turbo, his car mode was often misinterpreted in ''Transformers'' fiction in the 1980s as one of the then-new minivans, despite the fact that a Honda City Turbo is a subcompact car, which could theoretically be stowed in the back seat of an actual minivan. This is likely because most Americans in 1985 would have not known what a subcompact car was.
** Fast forward to the early 2000s—roughly eighteen years after his introduction to the ''Transformers'' brand—and Skids's [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile ''still'' labeled his vehicle mode as a minivan, despite it being clearly drawn by the artist as a subcompact car.
* As was pretty common for character models being designed solely on Hasbro-supplied toy images by [[Marvel Productions]] and/or [[Toei Animation]], Skids's ''true'' "liquid nitrogen rifle" was never used on-screen or in his animation model, and instead his "rocket pod launcher", which was affixed to his arm in the supplied toy images, took its place and designation within most of his fictional appearances.
* As Skids was released in the interim between the original 1984 launch and the big push of new 1985 figures, the character consequently fell by the wayside in the Generation 1 fiction of the 1980s. He was not included in the commercial promoting the new 1985 range of [[Autobot Cars]], as he wasn't technically part of it. Similarly, he was also left out of the list of new 1985 product in the Generation 1 cartoon's [[production bible]] intended for inclusion in the show's second season, and as such, only managed to appear in little more than cameo roles in just two episodes, speaking one line in each and voiced by a different actor each time. He fared a little better in the Marvel comics, debuting alongside (an incomplete roster of) the other 1985 cars, but after getting an issue dedicated to himself, he all but completely vanished from the book and was banished to [[limbo]] by the UK comic for upwards of 100 issues, abandoned and forgotten.
* In "[[Survivors!]]", Skids is drawn with the original ''Diaclone'' toy's head (which years later would be used for the new character [[Crosscut (G1)|Crosscut]]). "Survivors!"' artist, [[Dan Reed]], previously drew him with his real head, so it'd be interesting to learn why and how this change happened.
* His [[holomatter]] avatar in [[Cybertronian Homesick Blues|''More than Meets the Eye'' #13]] is based on {{w|Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith}} as the {{w|Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh}} [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|Doctor]] from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' while in [[The One Where They Go to Earth|''More than Meets the Eye'' #43]] it is based on {{w|Christopher Eccleston}} as the {{w|Ninth Doctor|Ninth}} Doctor.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Skids''' (スキッズ ''Sukizzu'')
*''French:'' '''Platon''' ("Plato")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Szán'''
*''Italian:'' '''Furetto''' ("Ferret")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shāchē''' (China, 刹车, "Brake")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Patins''' (Brazil comic, "Roller Skates"), '''Pé-de-cabra''' (Portugal comic, "Crowbar")
*''Russian:'' '''Tormoz''' (Тормоз, "Brake")

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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Skids-Alex Milne-MtMtE.jpg|IDW concept art of robot mode
File:Skids idw concept art.jpg|IDW concept art of robot and vehicle modes
File:EW-skin-Skids-Quantum Operative.jpg|''Earth Wars'' "Quantum Operative" skin
</gallery>

==References==
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My Little Pony

2025-04-21T23:42:01Z

Tenreky: /* Robots in Disguise */

[[File:MLP micro05-coverRE-Botcon.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Only the dead can know peace from this evil.]]

'''''My Little Pony''''' is a girl's toy brand by [[Hasbro]], involving [[pony|representations of cartoon horses]].

==Fiction==
===Live-action film series===
====''Transformers'' film====
[[File:Movie littlegirl.jpg|thumb|Don't go looking for the Tooth Fairy without it!]]

When a hopeful [[little girl (Movie)|little girl]] encountered [[Ironhide (Movie)|what she thought was the Tooth Fairy]] climbing out of her family's swimming pool, she took her ''My Little Pony'' [[Pinkie Pie]] plushie with her. {{storylink|Transformers (film)}}

====''Transformers: The Movie Storybook''====
[[File:StorybookGlen.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Dwayne Johnson|Just bring it, Ja-Brony!]]]]

[[Glen Whitmann]] kept a small ''My Little Pony'' Minty figure atop his computer. {{storylink|Transformers: The Movie Storybook|Transformers: The Movie Storybook}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
[[File:Rainbow Dash Age of Extinction.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Firearms are Magic.]]

While trying to evacuate the [[Seed]] from [[Hong Kong]], [[Joshua Joyce]] called his lab techs to find out the estimated blast radius of the weapon of mass destruction, interrupting them in the middle of a vital experiment—changing a [[Living metal#Live-action film series|Transformium]]-made [[Rainbow Dash]] doll into a machine gun. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

===''Animated'' continuity family===
[[Discord (MLP)|Discord]], the Equestrian embodiment of chaos, could be seen as one of the personalities pictured on a menu for ''[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

====''Shattered Glass Animated''====
In the [[Shattered Glass Animated|mirror universe]], [[Sari Sumdac (SG Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] sketched a pony labeled "[[Rainbow Dark]]" in her diary, alongside a "Poison Apple" cutie mark. {{storylink|The AllSpark Almanac Addendum}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

===''Robots in Disguise''===
While demonstrating a magic trick, [[Russell Clay|Russell]] wore a sorcerer's outfit modeled after the one worn by [[wikia:mlp:Star Swirl the Bearded|Star Swirl the Bearded]]. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

During one of his scavenging runs, [[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]] looked at the list of objects he'd collected. One of the items was a ''My Little Pony'' toy, openly stating how he "Needs It!" {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}}

===''TransTech''===
[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] threatened to send [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to the universe of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' [[fan fiction]], much to everyone's horror. {{storylink|Bee in the City 2: Electric Bugaloo}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] could not easily travel to [[Equestria]], as its inhabitants are fictional characters in many universal streams, particularly in the [[Tyran|Tyran Cluster]]. Vector Prime recognized the few realities where Cybertronians and Equestrians could briefly meet, such as [[Primax 613.28 Lambda]] (where [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was vexed by Pinkie Pie). {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 15, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/15}} VP later 'misheard' a question about Alicorns as one about [[Allicon]]s. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 25, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/25}} He also considered [[Tirac]] to be one of the most evil creatures he knew of. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 12, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/12}}

Known liar [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] claimed he once drank Discord under the table. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Sideways#July 3, 2015|Ask Sideways, 2015/07/03}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Pony Megatron Taste Test.jpg|thumb|300px|Lower... ''Lower...'']]

[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], trapped in the core of [[Earth]]'s [[sun]], attempted to escape by using his black hole manipulation powers to teleport to safety. All this accomplished was shunting his charred body across time and space, where it landed in a world populated by intelligent ponies. A world where "friendship is [[magic]]". {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===When Worlds Collide===
After Megatron and [[Cobra Commander]] had stolen the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, and [[Rarity]] aided the Autobots in retrieving it by firing a [[Nerf]] gun at the villains. The ponies later stood ready for the ultimate showdown of good and evil before the two kids imagining the whole scenario were called away for dinner. {{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}

===''Crossover Collection'' toy bio===
When the [[Autobot]]s crash landed in Equestria, a mysterious artifact known as the "[[Matrix of Friendship]]" reformatted Optimus Prime into a simulacrum of the native life forms. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Crossover Collection|My Little Prime}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
:''See [[My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise!]] and [[My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron]]''

==Commercial appearances==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5sDdEvLGVk First] has Pinkie Pie sharing the spotlight with [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and a guy named {{w|Dan Vs.|Dan}} to sing a cheery song about summertime. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Summer|The Hub summer promo 2011}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaTL4akk9F4 Second] has Rainbow Dash, apparently studying at Hub High School, as she peeks out of a hole in the wall created by Megatron, who is in detention for anger issues. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Detention|Hub Detention Hall}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN4sZcUMuss Third] has Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and [[Applejack]] joining Megatron and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] in scatting "{{w|Deck the Halls}}". {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0LVdEnB9jQ Fourth] has these ponies and Transformers sing "{{w|Jingle Bells}}", before an interrupting [[Joker]] steals their thunder, much to Pinkie's annoyance. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers2|The Hub Carolers (Second spot)}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkXj9_JnLbw Fifth] has [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] joining Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie at a movie theater to watch family-friendly fare. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Family Movie|Hub Family Movie}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZEL1hda9K8 Sixth] has Megatron's favorite song being the [[theme song]] to ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Song|Megatron's Favorite Song}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqgRMjad0QM Seventh] has Megatron, answering fan mail, reply that his favorite thing to do on vacation is journey to the dark side of Pluto so that he can focus on his favorite hobby: Drawing watercolor Rainbow Dash fanart. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron: Vacation}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woM_g2cJxlA Eighth] has Megatron, again answering fan mail, reply that his most embarrassing moment was when he cried in front of Soundwave when [[Twilight Sparkle]] became a princess.
{{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron part 3}}

==IDW crossover cover series==
As exclusives to various conventions, [[IDW Publishing]] has released a number of covers and lithographs crossing over ''Transformers'' and ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' characters.

<center><gallery>
File:MLP micro05-coverRE-Botcon.jpg|2013 conventions exclusive, sold at [[BotCon 2013]] among other venues.
File:MLP issue 19 Con Exclusive Cover.jpg|2014 conventions exclusive, sold at [[BotCon 2014]] among other venues.
File:MTMTE30 cvrREA.jpg|[[BotCon 2014]] exclusive, available only from the Toy Federation.
File:MTMTE30 cvrREB.jpg|[[BotCon 2014]] exclusive, available only from the Toy Federation.
File:Megatron Nightmare Moon BotCon 2014 Lithograph.jpg|[[BotCon 2014]] exclusive lithograph.
File:MLP Issue 24 RE Cover.jpg|Hal-Con 2014 exclusive, available only from Giant Robot Comics.
File:TF2019 18 cvrRE B.jpg|Exclusive cover produced for the cancelled WonderCon 2020.
File:MLPFIM 88-coverRE-Wondercon.jpeg|Exclusive cover produced for the cancelled WonderCon 2020.
</gallery></center>

===Notes===
*The first five covers were all adapted into officially licensed t-shirts from [[We Love Fine]] by artist [[Ninjaink]]:
**[https://www.forfansbyfans.com/pinkieprime-5736.html Til All Are Fun!] (Pinkie/[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]])
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20150905161747/https://www.welovefine.com/thrillseeker-9169.html Thrill Seeker] (Rainbow Dash/[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]) (discontinued)
**[https://www.forfansbyfans.com/raisethehoof-9174.html Operation: Raise Da Hoof!] ([[Vinyl Scratch]]/[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]])
**[https://www.forfansbyfans.com/friendshipthroughtyranny-9173.html Friendship Through Tyranny] ([[wikia:mlp:Princess Luna|Nightmare Moon]]/[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]])

==Games==
===''The Fabulous Ponymaker''===
[[File:PonyMakerOptimus01.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|And thus the fandom was presented with a new argument: "[[Trukk not munky|Trukk not Pone!]]"]]

Available as an online game on Hub Network's website beginning in summer of 2012, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140911135853/http://www.hubnetwork.com/shows/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/games/the-fabulous-ponymaker-trick-or-treat The Fabulous Ponymaker]'' allows you to "build your own custom pony" based on the series ''{{w|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic}}''. One of the options allows you to build a pony using [[Transformers (film)|Movie]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]-styled parts like a helmet, chestplate and boots. (Despite the presence of {{w|The Aquabats}}' logo among the cutie marks, there is no [[Autobot]] symbol. Sad.)

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==Toys==
===International Day of Friendship===
[[File:MLP_BFFs_-_Transformers.jpg|200px|thumb|right|''You're the best friend That I ever had'']]
:On [[July 30]], [[2015]], [[Hasbro]] announced that they had made custom pony versions of "best friends" [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] along with {{w|Sesame Street|characters}} {{w|Clueless (film)|from}} {{w|I Love Lucy|other}} {{w|Laverne & Shirley|franchises}} in honor of the International Day of Friendship. Both ponies have the [[Autobot]] [[insignia]] as their cutie marks. These ponies were never released to general retail or as convention exclusives, having been created specifically for this event.

::*''[https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150730005865/en/PONY-Brand-Honors-Famous-Friends-Celebration-International International Day of Friendship press release from Hasbro at Businesswire]''
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===''Crossover Collection''===
[[File:MyLittlePrime.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Catering to [[GEEWUN]]ers in ''two'' fandoms!]]
* '''My Little Prime''' ([[2020]])
:Part of a series featuring crossovers between ''My Little Pony'' and other properties such as ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', ''[[Power Rangers]]'', and ''Dungeons & Dragons'', My Little Prime is a pony representation of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] using a mold inspired by Generation 1 of the equine property. Like the International Day of Friendship customs, he has an Autobot insignia as his cutie mark. The figure has no articulation aside from a ball-jointed tail.

::*''[https://hasbropulse.com/products/my-little-pony-crossover-collection-transformers-my-little-prime My Little Prime at Hasbro Pulse]''
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==Notes==
[[File:MLPtrollOptimusDoll.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
[[File:MLP Manga Matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
[[File:MLP Trotformers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
* Various ''My Little Pony'' media have made allusions to the ''Transformers'' franchise in the past:
** Optimus Prime made an [[easter egg]] appearance in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' #2 as a toy in the possession of a Cave Troll.
** The [[media:Tf sound.ogg|transformation noise]] can be heard in the early minutes of the ''My Little Pony'' feature film ''{{w|My Little Pony: Equestria Girls|Equestria Girls}}'', as Pinkie Pie unfolds herself in a manner similar to a transformation. The sound was lifted from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]], as the sound of metal feet hitting the ground is heard. The sound can also be heard in the first act of the {{w|My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film)|2017 movie}} when [[fandom:mlp:Grubber|Grubber]] unfolds his loudspeaker.
** In Volume 2 of ''My Little Pony: The Manga'', [[Doctor Hooves]] mentions saving a Cybertronian version of [[Fluttershy]] from the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pits on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa Prime]].
** In Volume 3 of ''The Manga'', the [[Matrix of Leadership]] is one of several items retrieved by [[Discord (MLP)|Discord]] during a scavenger hunt organized by Fluttershy (along with a [[Furby]] and [[Cobra Commander]]'s helmet).
** Multiple episodes of the ''My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale'' webseries feature a parody of the [[Transformers (film)|2007 film]] named ''Trotformers''. "Autobuck" leader "Optimare Prime" even uses the design of the "My Little Prime" toy.
* Many veteran ''Transformers'' voice actors from numerous series have lent their voices to many different generations of ''My Little Pony'' cartoons, including [[Frank Welker]], [[Susan Blu]], [[Charlie Adler]], [[Victor Caroli]], [[Peter Cullen]], [[Richard Newman]], [[Venus Terzo]], [[Brian Drummond]], [[Tabitha St. Germain]], [[Tara Strong]], [[Nicole Oliver]], [[Maurice LaMarche]], [[Trevor Devall]], [[Mark Acheson]], [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], [[Ken Jeong]], [[Phil LaMarr]], [[Ana Sani]], [[Liza Koshy]] and '''''way''''' too many others to count.
* Similarly, many ''Transformers'' writers also contributed scripts to the 1980s series ''My Little Pony N Friends'' and 1992 series ''My Little Pony Tales'', including [[George Arthur Bloom]] (who was also Creative Consultant on the latter series), [[Douglas Booth]], [[Beth Bornstein]], [[Carla Conway]], [[Gerry Conway]], [[Buzz Dixon]], [[Diane Duane]], [[Michael Charles Hill]], [[Richard Merwin]], [[Michael Reaves]], [[Roger Slifer]], [[David Wise]], [[Cherie Wilkerson]] and [[Marv Wolfman]]
*[http://joeguide.com/interviews/buzzdixon.shtml In an interview], [[Buzz Dixon]] claimed that his initial "punch-up" of the script for the original ''My Little Pony: The Movie'' would have featured the ponies encountering characters from ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'', among other Hasbro franchises.

:''At one point one of the Little Ponies had to go looking for...something or someone, I forget. I suggested she encounter some of the Transformers and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] in her search, specifically, a scene where she flies up to [[Shipwreck]] who is drinking some amber fluid from a bottle.''
:''Shipwreck would just stare at her in bug-eyed disbelief and she’d fly on, then Shipwreck would smash the bottle, take his cap off his head, put his left hand over his heart and raise his right hand in an oath, muttering frantically under his breath. [[Hasbro]] said, "Very funny. No."''

*[http://buzzdixon.com/media/the-many-faces-of-hector-ramirez/ In another interview], Dixon revealed that the globetrotting pony would have encountered [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] before meeting the drunken Shipwreck.
:''I suggested one of the Ponies go look for help against the menace facing them. The first person she would have asked would have been Optimus Prime, the second would have been Shipwreck (who would assume he was suffering from DTs & pour out the beer he was drinking).''
:''Alas, <s>humorless spoilsports</s> cooler heads prevailed and those scenes were never animated…''
*The original ''My Little Pony'' cartoon episode "The Prince and the Ponies" was meant to feature a shot of [[Spike (MLP)|Spike]] playing with a few Transformers toys. Whether the appearance was scripted by writer [[David Wise]] or just an in-joke by storyboard artist [[Wendell Washer]] is unclear. In either case, the final episode replaced the Autobots with alphabet blocks instead.<ref>[https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/my-little-pony-prince-and-ponies.html The Sunbow Marvel Archive - My Little Pony: The Prince and the Ponies storyboard gallery]</ref>
*Minty in ''[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]'' is a leftover from the original artwork, where artist [[Marcelo Matere]] was under the impression that Glen was a girl. Though Glen was eventually redrawn to be a boy, the Pony remained.
* According to [[Aaron Archer]] at the [[BotCon 2008]] Hasbro Commentary viewing of the live-action ''Transformers'' film, the ''My Little Pony'' prop carried by the little girl had to come from the personal collection of a Hasbro employee, as that particular style of figure ceased production prior to the beginning of the movie's filming. She never got it back, as it was later auctioned for charity, and whether she was ever able to replace it is uncertain. Ironically, the prop ultimately ended up in the possession of [[Sophie Bobal]], the actress who played the little girl, as it was gifted to her after a friend of her father won it in the auction. She still owns the toy to this day.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLjTgkA6oDw&ab_channel=marlinfan1995 Chatting With the Tooth Fairy Girl From Transformers - Sophie Bobal]</ref>
* In ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', [[Professor Princess]]'s flying [[unicorn]] doll [[Powdered Sugar]] is an [[homage]] to ''My Little Pony'' toys.
* For [[Christmas]] [[2013]], [[Hub Network]] aired a special ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' video yule log. This hour-long special consisted of music and cameo appearances by several characters or pieces from Hub properties in addition to the ponies themselves. Among the characters who made cameos were [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Beast Hunters Bumblebee]] (who beeped as he drove across the screen), [[Blades (RB)|Rescue Bots Blades]] (who stumbled onto the screen before being pulled back off), Strawberry Shortcake, Lil' Bat (mascot for The Aquabats), a ''Sorry!'' game piece (from the Hasbro game show ''Family Game Night''), Niblet from ''Pound Puppies'', the eponymous character of ''SheZow!'', and several characters from the ''Littlest Pet Shop'' cartoon. This special was aired back-to-back for four hours on Christmas morning, possibly as a means of giving the bulk of the network staff a chance to spend Christmas morning with their families.
*The [[BotCon 2014]] retrospective panel revealed a redeco of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Battle Unicorn]] based on Twilight Sparkle, aptly named "Twilight Sparkle Prime", as one of several concepts proposed but unrealized by [[Fun Publications]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Battle Unicorn as Twilight Sparkle Prime lol #botcon2014 #transformers|link=https://twitter.com/BWTF_Ben/status/480568121011351552|name=Benson Yee|site=Twitter|year=2014|month=6|day=22|(defunct=)}}</ref><ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report by griffin]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Transformers names in other Hasbro lines|''Transformers'' names in other Hasbro lines]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mylittlepony.com/ Official website]
* {{w|My Little Pony}} on Wikipedia

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Shockwave (Movie)

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Tenreky: /* Studio Series */

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{{disambig3|Shockwave}}
:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie continuity family]].''
[[File:ShockwaveDOTMgamepromo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s most bewildering foe: the faceless!]]
'''Shockwave''' was left to watch [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] long ago, but he would eventually follow the call of the [[AllSpark]] to [[Earth]]. Deadly efficient with a cold devotion to logic, Shockwave is a killing machine like few others and one of the very few who could rival Megatron. This has made him quite popular amongst the Decepticons; [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|some]] respect him enough to willingly work with him while [[Nitro Zeus|others]] idolize him to the point of avenging his death. Nevertheless, Shockwave is ready and willing to destroy whichever [[Autobot]]s dare stand in his way with his arm-mounted [[Astro Magnum|AstroMag Cannon]].

{{bigquote|Emotionless, coldly logical, utterly ruthless... killing is all Shockwave lives for.|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]|[[Dark of the Moon issue 1|''Dark of the Moon'' #1]]}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
[[File:Shockwave-ROTFnewspaper.jpg|thumb|300px|Quick, add him to the character list!]]
At some point during 2009, Shockwave was caught on film and the event was written up for a newspaper article. A newspaper page with the headline "Mysterious Robot Spotted" was discarded in [[Egypt]], where it was sucked up by a rampaging [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Jirō Saitō]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Yaohan]] (Chinese), [[Horst Lampe]] (German), [[Alessandro Ballico]] (Italian), [[Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Bernard Métraux]] (European French), [[Stéphane Rivard]] (Canadian French), [[Oğuz Özoğul]] (Turkish), [[Luiz Laffey]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
[[File:DOTM - ShockwaveDriller.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"We have wormsign."]]
Shockwave and his pet [[Driller]] attacked the Autobots when they were summoned to [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]] by the Decepticon agent [[Alexi Voskhod]]. This was done as an act of misdirection to ensure that the Autobots did not realize that the Decepticons actually wanted them to find the fuel cell from the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] located within the facility. After Optimus retrieved the fuel cell from the Driller, Shockwave emerged from it to reveal himself to Optimus, and the pair quickly retreated underground, leaving Optimus very disturbed to see Shockwave on Earth.

[[File:DOTM-Shockwavecloseup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The four tall tales of Robodian the one-eyed jerk.]]
Later, Shockwave took part in the invasion of [[Chicago]]. He and the Driller emerged from beneath the convoy of Autobots, and the Driller separated Optimus from his trailer. Shockwave left the Driller and proceeded to track down the Autobots. The [[Wreckers]] were sent to distract him, peppering his armor with fire from their machine-guns. He used a car as a shield and fired at them, and once they drove off, he menacingly began to pursue them down the road, missing the two small Autobots, [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]], who quickly fled.

[[File:830px-Dotm-shockwave&driller-film-chicago.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Wanna pet my worm?]]
Later, he noticed humans inside a building, and sent his Driller into the fray to topple a building and kill [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Carly Spencer]], [[Robert Epps]], and the other humans inside. However, the beast was killed by Optimus Prime using his flight gear. Enraged by the death of his pet, Shockwave opened fire on the Autobot leader, briefly disabling him and taking him out of the fight.

[[File:DOTM-OptimusShockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Welcome to the refinery.]]
He soon joined [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] in rounding up the other Autobots. Brains and Wheelie forestalled the Decepticons from further executing their prisoners by taking control of a Decepticon gunship, and dropping [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighters]] onto the battlefield. Shockwave retreated further away with Barricade and some other Decepticons, but the human soldiers had set a trap and fired upon them. Shockwave's face was obscured by one of their parachutes, and his eye was then shot out by the Wreckers, causing it to dangle by its wires. He then attempted to escape, but Optimus Prime came charging back into the battle, and when Shockwave fired at him, the Autobot dodged the shot, donned a set of [[knuckle-spikes]], and punched Shockwave so hard that part of his abdomen shattered. Even ''this'' did not put Shockwave down, but Prime did not give up - he punched Shockwave again, pinned the Decepticon down and tore his dangling eye out through his throat, finally killing the bloodthirsty Decepticon. Optimus then used Shockwave's cannon to shoot out the control pillar set up in the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
{{-}}
{{note|Shockwave’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 "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[The Lost Autobot]]," "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]," "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]."}}

====''Age of Extinction'' film====
Five years after the Battle of Chicago, Shockwave was listed as "deceased" by the CIA taskforce, [[Cemetery Wind]].<ref>[[:File:AOE-Kill-Cards-Set-1.jpg]]</ref> {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

====''The Last Knight'' film====
[[File:TLK-history-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Shockwave was active in a battle during the 1560s, where his exploits were recorded in a painting. He later participated in [[World War I]] around 1917, where his silhouette had been used on a war poster. Both of these events were covered up by the [[Order of the Witwiccans]].

After the battle of Chicago, Shockwave's death greatly angered fellow Decepticon, [[Nitro Zeus]].<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/seibertron-exclusive-image-and-casefile-for-nitro-zeus-from-transformers-the-last-knight/38369/ Nitro Zeus' '''TRF prisoner dossier''' bio]</ref>

When [[Viviane Wembly]] was abducted by [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]], she remarked that her captor had better be a famous Transformer, like Shockwave or Soundwave, perhaps unaware that both Decepticons were deceased. Hot Rod retorted that he was more impressive than either of them. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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====''Bumblebee'' film====
[[File:Bumblebee-Shockwave-arrives.jpg|thumb|300px|All of ''Bumblebee''{{'}}s continuity errors are no doubt his fault.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jon Bailey]] (English), [[Shinnosuke Ogami]] (Japanese)|[[Alejandro Orozco]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
After [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] had disappeared, Shockwave and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] assumed command of the Decepticon army. Under their joint leadership, the Decepticons conquered [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] forcing the Autobots to abandon the planet. When the Decepticons launched a final assault on the last Autobot city, Shockwave ordered the [[Seeker (Movie)|Seekers]] to destroy the launch pad and prevent the Autobot evacuation. Despite the Seekers' attack, all the Autobots but [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] managed to escape immediate danger. After Prime was attacked by [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]], Shockwave and the other Decepticons closed in to attack the Autobot leader. Despite this, Prime managed to escape the planet. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
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===Titan movie comics===
While Starscream didn't like or trust Shockwave, he respected his intelligence and, if he had to choose, would give the nod to Shockwave being his successor. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|#21's Star Screams}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Foundation1-Shockwavedoesntlikeit.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"'''Your star burns!''' I require frozen treats."]]
Eons after the [[Dynasty of Primes]] were vanquished, Cybertron fell into dark times. The [[AllSpark]] had been buried somewhere within Cybertron and been dismissed as a legend, and the planet itself lacked a star to orbit. As energy became more and more scarce, Cybertronians segregated into tribes. Shockwave chose to rally behind [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], who claimed to be descended from [[Primus]] himself. However, he faced opposition from the non-believer [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacons]], and Shockwave joined [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], and several others in repelling their attacks. Ultimately, Sentinel Prime won the day, as he and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] were successful in locating the lost AllSpark and harnessing a new sun to orbit. This, however, did not please Shockwave. Now that the war was over, he was dissatisfied, and he no longer knew his purpose. This shocked his old friend, Megatron, and Shockwave explained that it was the journey he enjoyed, not the destination. Plus, well, that new sun was kind of bright. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}

The next day, Megatron detailed to Shockwave how he had eavesdropped on a conversation between Sentinel and Optimus, where Sentinel had tried to pass on leadership to Optimus, who refused, unable to accept he was also a Prime. At the outskirts of [[Thetacon (polity)|Thetacon]], they encountered a [[Driller]], a subterranean lifeform that had been brought to the planet's surface by the new energy flowing through it, which was attacking a group of [[Hatchling]]s and their protector [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Shockwave was amazed by the creature and called it "magnificent". After besting it, he joined the Cybertronian [[Defense Force]] that Sentinel placed under Megatron's command, rooting out dissident Transformers. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

After the war broke out he joined the Decepticons. As Starscream was asking what to do next minutes before the [[Nemesis (ROTF)|''Nemesis'']] went to space, Shockwave told him that they would obey Megatron's orders without any question. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} When the Autobots attacked [[Simfur Temple]], Shockwave attempted to apprehend [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]], but with no success. When Starscream blew up the [[Ark (DOTM)|ship]] carrying Sentinel and his [[pillar|secret weapon]], Shockwave ordered the annihilation of the retreating Autobots, but Megatron made him stand down, gleefully predicting Optimus would return with a vengeance. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

Shockwave returned with Megatron to his [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]] during Optimus's revenge attack. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Shockwave asked Megatron if he could kill Optimus Prime and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] after they had been stuck by the [[smelting pool]], but Megatron was disappointed by Shockwave's lack of vision. {{Storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} Optimus got inside to fight Megatron, while Starscream and Shockwave attempted to kill their former comrade Ironhide. Suddenly, the skies darkened: the Autobots had attacked the citadel to distract the Decepticons from their true goal of stealing the AllSpark from the temple. Optimus blasted Starscream and Shockwave, and the two Autobots escaped. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

[[File:RisingStorm2-ShockwaveAllSpark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]] Some time later, after the Autobots sent the All Spark into space, Starscream left Shockwave in charge of the Decepticons still on Cybertron as he went in search of his prize. During a battle with a team of Autobots, Shockwave heard the scream of the AllSpark when it was found by [[Sector Seven]]. Leaving [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] in charge of the Decepticons on Cybertron, Shockwave set out in an impossibly fast ship, swearing not to return without the AllSpark. He crashed in [[Tunguska]], [[Siberia]] in [[1908]].<ref>''Rising Storm'' issue 2 reveals that Shockwave caused the mysterious real-life [[Tunguska event]].</ref> He remained buried there in [[stasis lock]], healing until [[Soviet Union|Soviet Russia]] found him ten years later. Using stolen research from the U.S., who had found Megatron the same way, the Russians reverse-engineered his technology to invent nuclear power plants. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} {{storylink|Frozen}}

There were no digital records of Shockwave's existence, and the physical documents pertaining to him were lost, burned, shredded or stolen in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse. The Siberian facility was abandoned and Shockwave was left forgotten. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

[[File:RisingStorm_Shockwave_and_astrotrain.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Astrotrain, go away. You're spoiling the G1 ambiance around me."]]
Soundwave discovered the satirical article and its photograph, and deduced it was based on stolen Soviet documents. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} In [[2010]], Megatron freed Shockwave and brought him to his "base" in [[Namibia]], where he was eager to get back to killing Autobots as soon as possible. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

Shockwave and [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|Astrotrain]] made their presence known on Earth near [[Dalian]], [[China]], where they quickly disposed of the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and stole material for a mysterious construction project.

Shockwave began following the exploits of Earth's stranded Transformers from afar, and derided its war's combatants as idiots after watching a skirmish in [[California]]. After contacting Astrotrain for an update on their project, he tracked [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]]'s radiation trail back to Starscream's current base of operations, in a junkyard on the outskirts of [[Mexico City]]. Blasting his way through the Decepticons unwise enough to try defending Starscream, Shockwave informed the treacherous air commander that Megatron had "requested his services." Before the conversation could go any further, Astrotrain radioed Shockwave with some bad news: the "[[Brains|brain unit]]" scrap drone that held the control software for the machine he was constructing had escaped. Shockwave charged Starscream and his followers with recovering the drone. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}

[[File:Risingstorm_3_shockwave_on_NEST.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Shock blast!]]
Shockwave contacted an angry Starscream who thought he was promised the Autobots would be occupied. Shockwave countered that they were occupied, but, you know, with Starscream, leaving Shockwave free to leave a message for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] at the [[NEST]] Headquarters in [[Diego Garcia]]. After killing [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]], and other Autobots who stood in his way, Shockwave confronted the trembling humans left to fend for themselves. When Shockwave asked who was in command, [[Theodore Galloway]] told him that he was. Shockwave killed Galloway and the other humans save one, and he asked his question one more time. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

After killing [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], he and [[Fearswoop (ROTF)|Fearswoop]] left Diego Garcia, then he arrived in [[Philadelphia]] killing [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] in the process and shot down [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] and [[Dino|Mirage]]. Enraged by the death of Elita-One and the other Autobots, Optimus Prime battled Shockwave, quickly overpowering him and brutally pummeling the sadistic Decepticon. Prime was about to kill Shockwave, till Shockwave's [[Driller|"pet"]] came to save his master. The badly damaged Shockwave returned to Namibia along Starscream and Soundwave. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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===''BeCool'' shorts===
On a team with [[Brawl (Movie)|Tank]], '''Battle Tank''' (バトルタンク ''Batoru Tanku'') took part in the ''Quiz! BeCool'' show. Despite only being able to speak in computer noises, Battle Tank led his team to victory by correctly answering the last question. {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} Battle Tank later watched the filming of a movie that was interrupted by the fire brigade who confusedly thought it was an emergency. {{storylink|The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!}}

===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Battle Tank was a member of the [[Purple Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. Through a screen, he oversaw the containment of [[G1 World|interdimensional]] warlord [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Ultra Megatron Omega]] and his turncoat [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus]] followers by the Order's [[Pretender Monster]] creations such that his commander [[Purple Wicked Convoy]] could propose an alliance. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
{{voiceactor|[[Daniel Riordan]]}}
[[File:Tf2007console shockwave.jpg|left|upright=1.3|thumb|1% assorted Shockwave parts, 99% weapons.]]
Under the orders of Starscream, Shockwave attacked [[Tranquility]] in an effort to interfere with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s attempt to rescue [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] from [[Sector Seven]]. Prime actually had a grip on the helicopter net that held Bumblebee, but the force of Shockwave's entry mode's impact knocked him off, allowing Sector Seven to get away.

[[File:Tf2007console shockwave turret.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Death Cannon OF LOGIC!]]
Landing in downtown, the [[Triple Changer|triple-changing]] Shockwave adopted a helicopter and an artillery emplacement as his alternate modes, promptly transforming into the latter and lobbing explosives around the city. Prime, forced to cut off his rescue, charged in and pounded Shockwave until the goliath transformed and retreated to another position. Prime doggedly kept at Shockwave, following him every time he retreated, eventually defeating the Decepticon and saving Tranquility. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

Later, when the Autobots returned to Cybertron, Shockwave appeared on the planet alongside (and presumably leading) an army of Decepticon drones. Optimus quickly defeated the drones and once more defeated Shockwave.

{{note|Shockwave is not a playable character in the game, appearing only as a boss character during the Autobot campaign. He also appears (but does not transform) as one of the enemies battled in the Autobot campaign's bonus level set on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but what this implies about Shocky is debatable at best, given the level's questionable in-game continuity.}}
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===''Transformers: Autobots/Decepticons''===
Shockwave's body-type is used for only a few Apache-based helicopter modes: the Attack Copter, the Recon Chopper, and the Stealth Chopper. {{Storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: The Game'' (PSP)===
{{voiceactor|[[Daniel Riordan]]}}
[[File:Shockwave movie psp.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|He makes up for his loss of weapons by being the most awesome character in the game. It is only logical.]]

The massive Shockwave might ''look'' like he's purely about muscle and firepower, but he's actually remarkably shrewd and cunning. Coveting the position of Decepticon leader for himself, Shockwave has been working to oust Megatron for years. As you might imagine, he and Starscream don't get along very well.

When the Decepticons arrived on Earth in search of their lost leader, Megatron, Shockwave adopted a tank as his alternate mode. Shockwave was supposed to join [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] in his attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], but instead busied himself surrepticiously searching for leads to the location of the [[AllSpark]]. After receiving a communique from [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], who informed him that the Autobots were on Earth and had discovered their own leads to the location of Megatron, Shockwave had [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] airlift him to Qatar, where he helped Blackout take care of the last few military units opposing him. He relayed Frenzy's message to Blackout, then departed for the Arctic with Thundercracker, intending to investigate the site where Megatron's body was discovered.

In the Arctic, Shockwave and Thundercracker faced resistance from an Autobot unit in the area, but fought their way through them to discover that Megatron's body had been moved by [[Sector Seven]]. The trip was not a wasted one, however: after scanning a computer terminal in the cavern, Shockwave discovered that Megatron had brought an army of drones with him to Earth to help in the search for the All Spark. These drones were presently lying dormant all over the Earth, and Shockwave schemed to reactivate them so that they could serve him as his personal army. The signal required to reanimated the drones had to be broadcast from a great height, so Shockwave and Thundercracker quickly made their way to a rocket launch site, where Shockwave programmed the code into a rocket that subsequently beamed the signal down over the Earth from space. Drones sprang to life all over the planet, and began attacking the Autobots. Shockwave's control of his
self-made army was short lived, however, as Autobots [[Trailbreaker (Movie)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] successfully transmitted a virus that shut the drones down. Simultaneously, Shockwave received another message from Frenzy that the he had discovered the location of Megatron, and that the Decepticon leader was about to reawaken.

After the Autobots defeated Megatron and most of the other Decepticons in battle in [[Center City]], Shockwave retreated back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as did Starscream. Back on their homeworld, Shockwave and Starscream faced off for leadership of the Decepticons, with Starscream ultimately claiming victory. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)|Transformers The Game (PSP)}}

{{note|In contrast to the console version of the game, Shockwave ''is'' a playable character on the PSP.}}

===Autobot Stronghold===
{{bigthumb|Shackwave autobotstronghold.gif|70px}}
Shockwave was used as the basis for an army of [[drone]] units, who were part of the constant attacks on the Autobot's [[LG]] Stronghold. For some reason, these drones had ''two'' Sparks. {{storylink|Autobot Stronghold}}

===''Web Wars''===
[[File:Shockwave Web Wars.jpg|thumb|left|150px]]
Shockwave battled the Autobots across the digital frontier, vying to wrestle control of numerous websites across the internet from their hands! {{storylink|Web Wars}}
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===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game''===
{{voiceactor|[[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (Wii version only)}}

====(Xbox 360/PS3)====
[[File:Dark of the Moon game Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Shockwave on the warpath.]]
{{Note|Shockwave is unlocked for multiplayer by completing the campaign, with an Astro Mag Cannon as primary weapon and the Mark Target ability. He is notably unable to transform, although his melee attack can kill Scouts in one hit.}}

Shockwave had crashed on Earth thousands of years ago and fell into stasis mode. He was later discovered by the Russians and a facility was built to contain him, where he was frozen to prevent him from waking up.

Three years after Megatron was wounded, the Decepticons took refuge in that same Russian facility to repair themselves. His leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] decided to release him, since he was needed for the upcoming operation. The base came under fire, however, thanks to Starscream leading the [[Autobot]]s straight to Megatron. The 'Cons abandoned base and left Shockwave and his [[Driller]] to thaw out.

[[File:Transformers DOTM Shockwave Game.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Give me your fac—er, I mean eye!]]
Optimus discovered Shockwave and ordered [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to activate more freeze tanks to keep him frozen. Unfortunately, Shockwave's [[Driller|pet]] awoke from its slumber, and lashed out at the intruders. The attempts to keep him frozen eventually failed, and Shockwave woke up and decided to destroy the Autobot leader. Years under stasis meant that he wasn't fully combat ready, and it was something Optimus took advantage of when he attacked the Decepticon assassin. Shockwave soon managed to fully recover and lashed out at Prime with everything he had. Autobot reinforcements arrived to help in Optimus' assault, but were dispatched quite easily. During their skirmish, Optimus Prime (with a little help from Ratchet) deduced his weak spot as the three cylinder-shaped generators mounted on his back. With this knowledge, Optimus Prime was then able to take down Shockwave with his jetpack/machinegun upgrades, until the Driller decided to intervene, and blocked off the shots while retreating with its master.

Shortly after, Shockwave met up with Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in Nambia, Africa. He was ordered to find a device in a nuclear power plant called Chernobyl. Shockwave agreed, and Megatron told him and the others of Operation Pillar... {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)}}

====Autobots/Decepticons====
[[File:DOTMDS Shockwave.jpg|thumb|Hey look gamers, it's me, not playable or a boss battle in this game!!|upright=1.4]]
Shockwave was in some state where he needed to be revived and was stored in the Decepticons' base in [[Siberia]]. When the Autobots invaded the base, Megatron was forced to revive Shockwave early, but managed to get the assassin out and began preparing for the next stage of the plan. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (mobile game)===
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{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (mobile game)|Dark of the Moon}}
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===''MechTech Weapons Challenge''===
Bumblebee could use Shockwave's particle wave blaster to aid him in his missions to retrieve MechTech weapons technology stolen by the Decepticons. {{storylink|MechTech Weapons Challenge}}

===Bot Shots Battle Game!===
[[File:BSSHockwavescreen.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|"''You're next.''"]]
Shockwave (in his Super Bot form) was the final challenge that [[you]]r Bot Shot had to face and defeat in the [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] gladiatorial pits. Your Bot Shot prevailed, and Shockwave was knocked offline.

Shockwave also created some ''eeevil'' creatures in his lab, which your Bot Shot ''also'' had to face. Good thing your Bot Shot defeated them, then!

{{Note|Shockwave is also one of the many random Bot Shots the player can encounter in the game, and he can also be purchased in the "Bot Shop".}}
{{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}
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===''Transformers: Human Alliance''===
Shockwave surfaced in the North Africa Desert, his sudden appearance on Earth greatly disturbing Optimus Prime. Shockwave tangled with Optimus for a bit, growling Optimus's name repeatedly the entire time, before being driven off by the combined efforts of Optimus, [[Jake (HA)|Jake]], and [[Vanessa]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Human Alliance}}

==Commercial appearances==
Shockwave duked it out with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] in front of a [[Burger King]] restaurant, while some of the patrons inside were too enraptured with savoring their Bacon Cheddar Ranch Tendercrisp sandwiches to notice. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Burger King|Dark of the Moon Burger King tie-in commercial}}

==Toys==
===''Dark of the Moon''===
====''Cyberverse''====
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[[File:TF-DOTM-Cyberverse-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|It's a fusion of terror...]]
[[File:TF-DOTM-Cyberverse-Shockwave-Fusion-Tank-add-on-acessory.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|... and more terror.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shockwave / Fusion Tank''' (Cyberverse Action Set, [[2011]])}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''1'''
:*''Number:'' '''006'''
:*''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV19'''
:*''Accessories:'' Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade, missile, Chicago
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro), [[Hisao Nishimoto]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:The [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] Commander class Shockwave is cast in a lighter purple than his Voyager class figure. Like that larger toy, he transforms into a Cybertronian tank, and features a removable cannon, blade, and hose. He also has a [[Fusion Tank add-on|back component]] that attaches to his vehicle to form a "Fusion Tank," and that can separately transform into "Ground Weapon" and "Battle Base" modes. For safety reasons, his knee spikes are molded in rubbery plastic. Likewise, his chest ribs are also molded with the same soft plastic. Due to the hose's slightly short length, raising the shoulder-mounted cannon in a firing position with the hose attached will cause it to occasionally pop off. Care must be taken on the tank mode's front wheels: Since they're painted, rolling them on uneven surfaces can cause the paint to chip.

:Shockwave's alternate mode has some rather annoying problems with the treads refusing to straighten out or peg onto his body and front "wheels" securely. As a result, combining him with the action set to form the "Fusion Tank" mode will result in the back treads becoming parallel with the rest of the tank... while the front treads split open and detach from the wheels.

:Like other action sets, Shockwave comes with a cardboard backdrop. In his case, it’s a scene of Chicago under attack. Oddly, the box bio mentions ''Shockwave''{{'}}s ability to drill through the ground, with no mention of his [[Driller|friend]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/FTShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Cyberverse Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[File:DOTM_Shockwave_Voyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Observation: gun hose. Conclusion: awesome.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shockwave''' (MechTech Voyager Class, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD05'''
:*''Accessories:'' [[MechTech]] Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Voyager Class [[MechTech]] toys, Shockwave transforms into a purple Cybertronian tank. He has a large, detachable MechTech Battle Cannon on his right arm with a rubber tube which connects to his back, and a removable blade on his left arm. When a button is pushed on the rear of his arm cannon, MechTech gearing opens up the cannon, widening it and exposing more gun barrels. [[C joint]] rungs are located on Shockwave's arm-blade, with one concealed underneath said blade, two on his AstroMag cannon, two more on his backpack, and two more on his feet. Other MechTech weapons can peg into Shockwave's hands, on the barrel of his cannon, and behind each shoulder blade. Due to the nature of his MechTech weapon being integrated with his arm, it is not a prime candidate for swapping with other toys; although it does fit with the Dark of the Moon Voyager Megatron, due to its shape and color.

:The instructions tell you to keep the cannon attached to his right arm in tank mode, though it is possible to stick it in between the arms. This is done by sliding the cannon's bottom in between Shockwave's thumbs. It is fairly stable, matches some stock photography, and makes for a more coherent tank.

:Shockwave's stock photography depicts him with a different color scheme as well as wrist articulation that the final toy does not have. Although partly cropped, his packaging photography on the box-front depicts an alternative placement of his gun hose in tank mode, plugging into the port on the side of his rear treads, which actually aligns better than the awkward frontal position depicted in the [[instructions]]; in the box-back. The gun hose in vehicle mode is not shown, but since the picture was taken from a left profile, it could just be covered by the toy itself, reinforcing the alternate placement.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Voyager Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:DOTM-VoyagerShockwave-CyberArmour.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Optimus Prime vs. Shockwave''' (MechTech Voyager Class two-pack, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' [[MechTech]] Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade

:Exclusive to Canadian [[Costco]] stores, this repaint of Shockwave was advertised as "'''SHOCKWAVE with CYBER METAL Armour'''" via a sticker on the packaging. This two-pack also contains an unchanged ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberArmour|Optimus Prime]].

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[[File:DOTMVoyShockwaveStreetsideBotBrawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Streetside Bot Brawl''' (Multi-pack, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' [[MechTech]] Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade

:Part of the [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive "Streetside Bot Brawl" three-pack, this grey and purple redeco of Shockwave (which was an homage to the [http://tfsource.com/products/view/product_id/1672/ 4 Changeable Astro Magnum]'s colors) was sold with battle-damaged redecos of ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe-Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#StreetsideBotBrawl|Bumblebee]] and ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager-Class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#StreetsideBotBrawl|Optimus Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/TRUSBBShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on "Streetside Bot Brawl" Shockwave at TFU.info]
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:BotShotsS1 Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Decepticon Brawl / Shockwave / Ironhide''' (Multi-pack, [[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''Number'': '''BP010'''
:**''Fist strength'': '''235'''
:**''Blaster strength'': '''835'''
:**''Sword strength'': '''550'''

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' three-packs, Shockwave is a small, purple tank with a spring-loaded [[Autotransformation|automatic transformation]] to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels.

: He comes with [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#3pack|Super Bot Ironhide]] and [[Brawl (Movie)#3pack|Decepticon Brawl]]. He shares parts with the Brawl and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Megatron]] molds.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BSShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on three-pack Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Bot_Shots_Super_Bot_Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shockwave''' (Super Bot, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''1'''
:*''Number'': '''Super Bot 005'''
:**''Fist strength'': '''300'''
:**''Blaster strength'': '''995'''
:**''Sword strength'': '''330'''

:Part of the fifth wave of ''Bot Shots'' single-packs, this [[redeco]] of Shockwave is cast in translucent purplish-blue, with minimal [[paint operation]]s. As a Super Bot, he was [[Shortpacking|packed one per case]], and has more lopsided stats than normal Bot Shots, such as his really, ''really'' good Blaster stat.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BSSBShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Super Bot Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots FireAssault Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|EMOTIONLESS & LOGICAL FIGHTING SPIRIT]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Fire Assault Team''' (Multi-pack, [[2013]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''2'''
:*''Number'': '''T017'''
:**''Fist strength'': '''483'''
:**''Blaster strength'': '''867'''
:**''Sword strength'': '''272'''

:A redeco of the original Shockwave mold in orange and red, this version of Shockwave was available in a five-pack with similar redecos of [[Megatron (G1)/toys#FireAssaultTeam|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys#FireAssaultTeam|Starscream]], [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#FireAssaultTeam|Barricade]], and [[Lockdown (ROTF)#FireAssaultTeam|Lockdown]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSDFAShockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Fire Assault Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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===''BeCool''===
[[File:BotShots_BeCool_BattleTankShockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Isn't a tank's purpose always to battle?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Battle Tank (Shockwave)''' (2013)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''B16'''
:''[[Bot Shots (toyline)#BeCool|BeCool]]'' "Battle Tank" is practically identical to the first, multi-packed ''Bot Shots'' Shockwave toy, the only difference being that his stickers don't depict power levels, instead depicting drawings of his vehicle mode firing away, a compass, and a walkie-talkie.
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===''Kre-O''===
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[[File:KreO-toy ShockwaveKW Army.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Army Shockwave''' (Kreon Warrior, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''B0945'''
:*''Collection'': '''1'''
:*''Accessories'': Stand-plate, hand grenade
:Part of the first wave of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Kreon]] Warriors, Shockwave has been re-imagined as if he was part of a World War I era fighting force, with tank-kibble deco, a military-style helmet, and a combat knife taking the place of his traditional gun "hand". His "face" deco is very much ''Dark of the Moon'' Shockwave, even if his colors owe more to the [[Shockwave (G1)|original Shockwave]].

:Like all the Kreons released that year (at normal retail at least), he uses the new 2015-tooling Kreon body, which basically involves small construction changes on every part below the head, making them largely incompatible with the prior Kreon parts (heads still work fine), but the new tooling adds some extra functionality and structural support.

:The Kreon Warriors were only released in Canada, Australia, and various Asian markets. The individual bags had also abandoned any kind of coding that identified the contents. This means getting the one you want from an unopened bag involves either trying to feel out the unique parts, or just buying the whole dang case.

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[[File:KreO-toy ShockwaveKW Ninja.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and calculate percentages.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ninja Shockwave''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''B0945'''
:*''Series'': '''1'''
:*''Accessories'': Stand-plate, sai, 2 pegged shuriken
:Also part of the first wave of Kreon Warriors, Ninja Shockwave replaces his gun-hand with a huge lavender stabby-blade, and has a pair of shuriken pegged to his legs for quick throwing. He even has a ninja hood to emulate his enclosed helmet.

:All the aggravation of the blind-bagged, non-US distribution above applies to this one as well.

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===''Movie The Best''===
[[File:Transformers-Movie-MB-04-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shockwave''' (Voyager, [[2017]]-[[February 4|02-04]])}}</ul>
:*''Japanese ID Number'': '''MB-04'''
:*''Accessories'': [[MechTech]] Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade
:Released as part of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Movie The Best]]'' toyline to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the [[live-action film series]], this Shockwave is an extensive redeco of his Voyager Class toy. Shockwave features a deco similar to, but not the same as, the ''Dark of the Moon'' prototype figure's paint applications.

:The pegs on the ribcage that allow it to plug into his main body are slathered in the same silver paint as the rest of his ribs, which can lead to the fit being incredibly tight. As a result, it might be wise to sand down the pegs before inserting them to prevent then from getting stuck.
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===''The Last Knight''===
[[File:TLK-toy TTC-Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Shockwave''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2017)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''2'''
:*''Bag Code'': '''A'''
:Released in Series 2 of [[blindpacking|blindbagged]] [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Shockwave is a small soft-plastic transformable figure based on his appearance in ''Dark of the Moon''. He changes from robot to Cybertronian tank in a few simple steps. He has articulated shoulders and his hands can grip 3mm posts and other small accessories. Like all Tiny Turbo Changers, he can't roll in vehicle mode.

:His [[instructions]] show his front-scoops/feet-soles with tech detailing that does not exist on the actual toy.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-Leader-Class-Shockwave.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|All of these accessories and no Driller? We were robbed!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Shockwave''' (Leader Class, [[2019]] / [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Dark of the Moon'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number:'' '''56'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-45'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[February 29]], [[2020]]
:*''Accessories:'' arm-blade, [[Brains#Studio Series|Brains]] figure, [[Wheelie (ROTF)#Studio Series|Wheelie]] figure, [[NEST#Studio Series|NEST Paratrooper]] with parachute, "Battle of [[Chicago]]" backdrop (3rd version)

:''[[Studio Series]]'' Shockwave transforms from robot mode to a Cybertronian tank in 17 steps. He is a mostly new sculpt, reusing some parts from ''Studio Series'' [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Studio Series|Voyager Class ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Megatron]]– notably the neck, elbows, hips, and tank treads, as well as sharing engineering cues with said Megatron. He comes with a cardboard backdrop display depicting a war-torn Chicago.

:While the original promotional render showcased his purple coloring as brighter, solid paint applications, the figure itself has darker purple applied mostly with extensive dry-brushed paint applications, with solid purple paint on his feet. A similar silver dry-brushing technique is also present in his arm-blade, hands, lower torso, and foot spikes.

:While roughly Voyager-height (as stated before, he even reuses some parts from a Voyager Class figure), he is sold under the Leader Class price point, with the additional budget being devoted to his bulkier physique, large cannon, arm-blade, extensive paint applications, and also to a surprising ''three'' additionally included [[Slug figure|figurines]]: a scale accurate Brains, Wheelie, and the parachuting NEST soldier that obscures his face with a parachute made from clear white plastic film.

:With Wheelie and Brains being 1.5cm tall, you will ''definitely'' lose them. Unfortunately, the parachuting soldier does not descend slowly when you drop him from a high altitude. He can, however, plug onto two pegs on Shockwave's back.

:This mold uses rubbery plastic extensively, possibly [[for safety reasons]], with his cannon barrel, hose, arm-blade, hand, right thumb, and spikes on his legs being cast from said material.

:Although the instructions show the hose port facing backward in the tank mode, on the actual figure it is impossible to do this due to the short length of the hose. Fortunately, the port can be rotated downwards and even inwards to avoid awkwardly disconnecting the hose. While not mentioned in the instructions, there is another port further back on his cannon arm that the hose can connect to. This is more than likely where the hose is ''supposed'' to go in vehicle mode to stop the aforementioned issue.

:Depending on the individual quality of the figure, it can be a bit tricky to get Shockwave to stand up straight, as the weight of his backpack can cause him to fall back on his ankles.

:Shockwave was later [[package refresh|reissued]] in 2025.

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[[File:Studio-Series-Core-Class-Bumblebee-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|My first transforming figure in this design's this... small? Rather... illogical.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shockwave''' (Core Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Bumblebee'''''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-79'''
:* ''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 28]], 2022
:*''Accessories'': Cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)| [[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist), [[Felipe Hamame]] (instruction designer)}}<ref>Sam Smith's [https://www.instagram.com/p/CbwGwERMeE_/ Instagram post] for Core Shockwave</ref>

:Part of Core Class's introduction to ''[[Studio Series]]'', Shockwave is a faithful recreation of his ''Bumblebee'' movie appearance and turns into a tank similar to his [[Shockwave (WFC)|''Prime'' incarnation]]'s alternate mode. Like the majority of Cybertronian characters from the movie, this alt mode was created for the toy as the CG model was not designed to transform. At the point of his introduction, Shockwave was unique in that he was the first ''Studio Series'' character to be produced at an entirely different scale to the rest of his contemporaries, being a pocket-sized toy. During a Q&A, Hasbro stated that this did not preclude him getting another, larger toy at a later date.<ref>"Shockwave is the only one not true to scale. They wanted to highlight the Core class scale with a popular character. This is a low price point for affordable figures. Taking cues for a classic robot look. Chose Cybertronian tank mode. Has the opportunity to see another scale in the Studio Series line later."—[https://tformers.com/transformers-studio-series-kingdom-roundtable-report-with-official-reveals-arcee-hot-rod/43969/news.html TFormers, paraphrasing the Hasbro roundtable on 2021/12/03]</ref> Said larger toy (below) would finally be released a whole two years later.

:Shockwave comes with a cannon which can be equipped in either hand and pegs into the top of his tank mode to create the tank's turret. As it is mounted on his head, this turret can rotate. The front end of the turret peg is also compatible with [[Fire Blast effect]]s. Due to the hexagonal hole on the rear of Shockwave's head, it can be somewhat difficult to pull the cannon back out when converting into robot mode.

:The instructions omit rotating the forearms so that the treads face down in vehicle mode, and consistently display the arms incorrectly from that step on.

:While the Core Class lacks the backdrops included with all other ''Studio Series'' classes, the insides of Shockwave's packaging are decorated with the artwork used as the second version of the "Cybertron Falls" backdrop.

::*[https://www.instagram.com/p/CbwGwERMeE_/ ''Designer Commentary on'' Studio Series ''Core Class Shockwave from Sam Smith on Instagram'']

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[[File:TF-SS-Voyager-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=2|''But then they sent me away'' ''to teach me how to be sensible'' ''Logical- oh, responsible, practical'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shockwave''' (Voyager Class, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Bumblebee'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number:'' '''110'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-130'''
:*''Accessories'': Cannon, Hose, "Cybertron Falls" backdrop (1st version)
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro)<ref>[[March 28]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlrpW_ZFKvE Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 28, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Kelly Rose]], and [[Matt Ferguson]]</ref>, [[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[[April 25]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s06YE02e844 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream | April 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], and [[Mark Maher]]</ref>}}

:A scale-accurate ''Bumblebee'' Shockwave was finally released as part of Wave 24 of the ''Studio Series'' Voyagers. Like his Core Class figure, this Shockwave transforms into a ''Prime''-inspired Cybertronian tank in 22 steps, reusing most of the Core's transformation scheme with additional flourishes. His arm cannon now comes with a hose attachment and once again can be used on either arm. Unfortunately, the tip of this cannon is ''slightly'' too small to hold [[blast effect]]s. The cannon has two joints to extend the barrel for tank mode that go undocumented in the instructions but are shown on the box renders, which also depict the hose being bright silver. He has rather ineffective [[light-piping]] for his eye and comes with a backdrop depicting a war-torn Cybertron as it appears in the beginning of the film.

:Most illogically for a figure of this size, Shockwave lacks bicep swivels, something even his core figure had. More baffling is the inclusion of ''two'' thigh swivels per leg; presumably the higher ones are meant for tank mode, but Shockwave's legs are locked in place by pegs in that mode, so, uh...? He does feature soft ratcheted shoulders though, yay!

:Accurate to his film model, Shockwave has an Autobot symbol on his right forearm. For some reason, this toy is severely lacking in accurate silver detailing, being replaced with dark gunmetal paint and plastics instead. Most notably are his thighs having sparse silver dry-brushing instead of being fully painted. This "battle damage" dry-brushing is also present on his shoulders and torso, and is something no other ''Bumblebee'' Cybertronian figure has. In a Q&A, a Hasbro representative postulated this deco is due to the CAD model given to the toy designers.<ref>“I wasn’t actually currently aware that he had the battle damage – not that it’s not there – I’m sure Sam did whatever he did because of how they look in the scene from the CAD from the movie.”—[https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/03/31/wondercon-2024-hasbro-qa-507901 Hasbro Q&A at Wondercon 2024]</ref>

:He was officially revealed at Wondercon on [[March 30]], 2024, and went up for pre-order on [[April 4]].

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==Merchandise==
===Burger King===
[[File:Burger King DOTM Flip-Out Shockwave.jpg|thumb|My, what a big eye you have!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Flip-Out Shockwave''' (Burger King, 2011)}}</ul>
:Part of the 2011 [[Burger King]] ''Dark of the Moon'' promotion, Shockwave is a simple figure with [[Super deformed|bobble-head-like]] proportions, but is otherwise reasonably accurate to his on-screen appearance. The entirety of his body flips out of his enormous head when it is opened. A similar gimmick is present in all the toys part of this promotion. Pushing the button on his back projects a red Decepticon symbol out of his chest. There is an on/off switch on his back.
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===''Thrilling 30''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shockwave''' (Collectible Figurine, [[2014]])}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number:'' '''2 / #27'''
:*''Accessories:'' Collector's base
:A super-deformed Shockwave was released among the blindpacked [[Thrilling 30#Collectible Figurines|''Thrilling 30'' Collectible Figurines]] by [[Goldie Marketing]]. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Collectible Figurines''' (5-pack, 2014)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''2'''
:*''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases
:The same Shockwave figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Bumblebee]], [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Thrilling 30|Ironhide]], [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#Thrilling 30|Soundwave]] and [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Thrilling 30|Barricade]].
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===McDonald's===
[[File:2018-McD-Authentics-Bumblebee-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb|These government surveillance drones are getting ridiculous, man.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Shockwave''' (Happy Meal Toy, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:Released as part of the [[McDonald's]] June 2018 Happy Meal Toys along with [[My Little Pony]], this [[super deformed]] Shockwave is a rerelease of the [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#McDonald's|''Authentics'' figure]], but under ''Bumblebee'' branding. His [[gimmick]] consists of his little pop-out rocket boots. They are activated when you pull his arms forward.
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===Prime 1 Studio===
[[File:Prime 1 Studio Museum Masterline Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.11|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shockwave''' (2020)}}</ul>
:*''Movie:'' '''''Dark of the Moon'''''
:*''ID number:'' '''MMTFM-14'''
:*''Accessories'': Base

:[[Prime 1 Studio]] ''Museum Masterline'' Shockwave is an absurdly huge non-transforming sculpture based on his ''Dark of the Moon'' appearance. The statue is made of polystone along with other materials and features LED lights on his eye, cannon and backpack.

:The statue's base is designed after the [[Driller#Prime 1 Studio|Driller]], with two of its tentacles sprawling out of it. It was limited to 888 pieces.
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==Notes==
[[File:TF2007game-ShockwaveConcept-ApacheTransform.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Being [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] is illogical. Resembling him is logical.]]
*[[Transformers The Game (console)|''Transformers: The Game'']] Shockwave was designed by artist [[Ken Christiansen]]. His original flying altmode was to be an {{w|Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 Warthog}}, but to reduce the mass discrepancy with the {{w|howitzer}} mode, Christiansen changed this to an {{w|Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-64 Apache}} and bulked up the Howitzer into a made-up "super-howitzer".<ref>[http://badflipblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-01.html TF1 - Shockwave 01:] ...apparently in the Traveler's Tales game design... they had Shockwave as a triple changer. Somehow Hasbro let us have it, and I went to work. Working on mass and trying to keep the ratios consistent on the other drones, I piped up and said no way a Howitzer can change into a Warthog. So I pitched the Apache helicopter, (because they wanted to retain the flying dynamic) with it's very slender body, it could at least be plausible to change into a Howitzer, with a little help..the math came out to the Apache having about 32% more mass than the Howitzer. So I took the opportunity to invent a SUPER Howitzer; to beef up the mass, add a few helicopter armament cues, and pull in some G1 Shockwave character cues, namely the diamond shaped chest elements, to create a more well-rounded three way mode</ref>
*Christiansen originally intended TFTG Shockwave to be a dull green, as seen right, but was asked to make him purple for the final version, after attempting a "compromise" black.<ref>[http://badflipblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-03.html TF1 - Shockwave 03:] I had set up Shockwave to be a military green, to match the other military based movie Decepts, but I did get asked to explore the purple. I thought it looked a little silly - OK, a lot silly - being the true purple of G1 lore, so I tried a compromise with a purple based black color...</ref>
*The "Attack Copter", "Recon Chopper" and "Stealth Chopper" [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-]][[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|A-Bot]] vehicle modes from the [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Nintendo DS video games]] transform into robot modes bearing some resemblance to Shockwave. The Attack Chopper is the only one that can be customized to appear purple, though.
*The photo on the newspaper article in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' is of [[:File:Shockwaveministatue.jpg|Palisades's statue]] of [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 Shockwave]], with something digitally added in the foreground.
**Ironically, it appears that Shockwave's appearance in the game Autobot Stronghold is also [[:File:ShockwaveAutobotStronghold.jpg|based]] on the same statue according to concept art shown in [https://cargocollective.com/mattr/LG-Autobot-Stronghold cargocollective.com.]
*Promotion for ''Dark of the Moon'' heavily touted Shockwave as the new main villain of the film, presumably to conceal [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]'s unexpected betrayal halfway through the movie. Media coverage often described Shockwave as the ruler of Cybertron while the other Transformers were fighting on Earth,<ref name="pushpops">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-3-plot-summary-revealed-170756/ "Transformers 3 Plot Summary Revealed"], TFW2005, October 2010.</ref> and while IDW's comics would toy with this idea a little bit, it had no bearing on his depiction in the film. It's generally thought to have been a {{w|Chinese whispers|Chinese whisper}} that resulted from mainstream media independently researching the character and reporting information on his [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Shockwave (G1)|namesake]] (though that didn't stop its inclusion in the ''official plot summary'' from Paramount's German branch, which also claimed that Shockwave was the robot inside the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' in the trailer).<ref name="germansite">[http://www.transformers3-film.de/ Official German DOTM site] including faulty plot summary.</ref>
*In what was presumably an attempt to hide his finalized movie design, Shockwave appeared in IDW's prequel comic with an alternate Cybertronian body with a jet alternate mode before being badly damaged at the end of ''Rising Storm'', necessitating his reconstruction into his movie form. While his toy transforms into a tank, he never transforms in either the film or the video game.
[[File:ShockwaveBoxartFace.jpg|thumb|150px|right|"Logically, I must gnaw your head off."]]
*Bucking tradition, this Shockwave has a mouth.
*In contrast to his highly promoted nature and major presence in the movie comics, Shockwave receives minimal screentime in the finished film, with only one understandable line of dialogue (snarling Optimus's name at Chernobyl). As with [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] in the first film, and multiple characters in the second, he emits a lot of gnashing, gurgling noises that could be mistakenly interpreted as dialogue if one strains hard to hear something in them—one of his snarls to the Driller before it dives into the skyscraper, for instance, sounds sort of like "Commence". As happened with [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] on the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' DVD, the subtitle writer misinterpreted one of Shockwave's snarls as the hilarious sentence, "Driller-bot is thirsty". In contrast, while he still has a minimal presence in ''Bumblebee'', he has two lines of intelligible dialogue more in line with [[Shockwave (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]].
*In the DOTM novel adaptation, Shockwave is described as gray colored.
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 Shockwave]]'s original voice actor, [[Corey Burton]] had no desire to return to the role for ''Dark of the Moon'', explaining "[I] have practically no interest in that kind of mega-budget movie enterprise involvement". He noted that the inspiration for his Shockwave voice, {{w|David Warner (actor)|David Warner}}, was rumored to have been considered,<ref>[http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=2707&highlight=#2707 Corey Burton's message board post.]</ref> but in the end, Shockwave's almost-entirely-wordless-snarl-based role went to Frank Welker. There's a nice touch of symmetry in the casting, with Welker taking over a Burton-originated role not long after Burton took on a Welker-originated character in [[Megatron (Animated)|''Animated'' Megatron]].
*Hasbro's online bio for Shockwave claims he had spent decades trapped under Chernobyl, but this was not reflected in any actual media; both the video game and ''Rising Storm'' comics have him held at a different Russian facility from which he is freed shortly before the film's events, and the film itself doesn't give any indication that his appearance at Chernobyl in its opening scenes is an "escape" of any kind.
*Shockwave's AstroMag cannon is a reference to [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Notes|the original Shockwave]]'s toy mold being first released by ToyCo as the "[http://www.robot-japan.com/Gallery/Takara/Transformers/G1/AstroMagnum/Toybox-Astro-Magnum.asp 4 Changeable Astro Magnum]". Though described as a particle or laser cannon in most related ''Dark of the Moon'' media, it appears to be some variety of cluster missile launcher in the movie proper.
*Select [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in the US had a promotion for a Shockwave poster with the purchase of any [[Transformers brand]] [[toy]] from [[June 5]], 2011 to [[June 11]], 2011.
[[File:DOTM-Shock TLK-Nitro head comp.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"Logically, ''we'' must gnaw your head off."]]
*Early artwork for Shockwave for ''Dark of the Moon'' showed '''Blitzwing''' as a working name for the character, obviously an attempt to hide his identity during production.<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
*Shockwave's appearance in a [[Burger King]] commercial that depicts him fighting Optimus Prime does not depict any scene in the film. Rather, the animation places Shockwave's model over Sentinel Prime's motions during part of his own fight against Optimus.
*In subsequent films, Shockwave's model is reused for the "[[Two Head]]"s, with the biggest differences being a second one-horned head and the lack of an arm cannon. His head design is also reused and modified for [[Nitro Zeus]], hence the reason Shockwave is mentioned in his TRF prisoner dossier bio.
*[[Harold Attinger|Attinger]]'s playing card of Shockwave was barely visible in ''Age of Extinction''. It wasn't until a prop auction for the ''Transformers'' film series held in 2019 that a clearer view of the card was shown.<ref>''[https://profilesinhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/101TransformersSs.pdf Transformers: The Auction]'' by Profiles in History</ref>
*Shockwave's design in ''Bumblebee'' is heavily inspired by his Generation 1 [[Shockwave (G1)|namesake]].
**Due to the rushed nature of the Cybertron scenes, Shockwave's model was reworked from ''Bumblebee'' Optimus Prime's model and retains many of the same parts, such has the feet, kneepads, pelvis, and back detailing to name a few.
**He has an Autobot insignia on his right forearm, which was faithfully replicated on his 2024 ''Studio Series'' toy. Why it's there is currently unexplained.
**"Yes, he's thicc, deal with it."<ref>[https://alpha-step.artstation.com/projects/e03goG?album_id=8004094 ''Bumblebee'' Shockwave Concept Art by Stephen Zavala]</ref>
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===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Sokkoló''' ("Shocker")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jèn-dàng-pō''' (震盪波, "Shock Wave"), '''Zhèngdàngbō''' (震荡波, "Shock Wave")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Shockwave PSP.jpg|''Transformers The Game'' concept
File:Shockwave head.jpg|''Transformers The Game'' concept
</gallery>

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
|charname=Shockwave
|disambig=Shockwave (disambiguation)
|body=
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], the logical Decepticon who's to blame for everything from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Shockblast]], the murderous Decepticon berserker from [[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|''Energon'']].
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]], the loyal Decepticon spy from [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'']].
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], the logical Decepticon scientist from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
*[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]], the Decepticon mad scientist from [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|''Cyberverse'']].}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*''Transformers: The Game'' Shockwave [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-01.html concepts], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-02.html vehicle mode renderings], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-03.html robot mode and head concepts], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-04.html final robot mode rendering] and [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-05.html transformation animation guide] on Ken Christiansen's blog.
*[https://www.gamespot.com/videos/transformers-the-game-interview-1/2300-6172356/ ''Transformers: The Game'' video interview with Daniel Suarez, featuring Shockwave footage]

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Cybertronix

2025-03-22T22:27:04Z

Tenreky: /* Rise of the Beasts */

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[[File:Other voices text.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, it's the most remarkable word I've ever seen.]]
'''Cybertronix''' is the modern written and spoken [[Cybertronian language|language]] of the [[Transformer]]s during the [[Beast Era]].<ref>Although the name was never given canonically until "[[The Razor's Edge]]", Cybertronix was the name [[Larry DiTillio]] and/or [[Bob Forward]] gave to the language used by their characters in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', as first stated in a post to [[alt.toys.transformers]] on [[January 1]], [[1997]] [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/0c30e7a9c7c7becb?dmode=source&output=gplain]. This post indicates that Cybertronix is the name of the spoken language as well as the written, and that both the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] speak it. "The Razor's Edge" specifically referred to as the "modern written language," indicating that it is likely that there were other Cybertronian languages, with other names, at some point in the past. [[Withered Hope]] canonizes its status as a spoken language as well.</ref> Whether this is the same language spoken on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] is unknown, though displays on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and exterior markings on the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' use it.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:First Cybertronix.jpg|left|thumb|The first example of Maximal and Predacon text in Beast Wars, both from within the first four minutes of the show.]]
[[File:BWNemesisPt1 Nemesisname.jpg|thumb|R.M.S Titanic (Cue "My Heart Will Go On").]]
Cybertronix text featured in nearly every episode of ''Beast Wars'', beginning with the [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|series première]] and continuing through the [[Nemesis Part 2|series finale]]. The most common usage was to show up on a computer screen. Typically, large quantities of text scrolling by would be gibberish, often the alphabet in sequence. Small amounts of text usually could be translated to a word or phrase appropriate to the scene. For example, in the very first instance of Cybertronix in the series, as the shields of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' fail the text reads "major fade". Sometimes the text could be translated to humorous effect. The text on the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', to the right, reads "Red Dwarf", the name of {{w|Red Dwarf|a popular British science fiction comedy}}.

[[File:Cybertronix Various Examples.jpg|thumb]]
In addition to featuring prominently on computer screens, the text also showed up in a variety of other situations. "[[Equal Measures]]" features multiple interesting examples: upper left, a keyboard; upper right, a poster; lower left, a POV shot; lower right, a trash bin. Because humans never speak in ''Beast Wars'' or ''Beast Machines'', it's very possible we're hearing the Maximals and Predacons speaking translated Cybertronix, not an Earth language.
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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
[[File:Megatron's screen in Fires of the Past (backwards).jpg|thumb|If you can read this seek help. No, seriously, that's what this says.]]
Cybertronix text continued to be used in Beast Machines, though not as frequently as in Beast Wars. POV shots sometimes featured Maximal text for Maximals or Predacon script for Vehicons. Occasionally computer screens would feature Cybertronix. One particularly good example of this is "[[Fires of the Past]]", featuring several screens with much legible text. Despite being operated by [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], both Maximal and Predacon characters were present.

[[File:Megatron hack's Black Arachnia.jpg|left|thumb]]
When [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] discover their missing shuttle, she attempts to download its memory banks in a VR experience surrounded by Maximal letters and numbers. Unfortunately, Megatron uses this opportunity to hack her memory banks. {{storylink|Fires of the Past|Fires of the Past}}

[[File:Megatron floating head avatar.jpg|thumb|Mr. Anderson, welcome back. We've missed you.]]
While in the [[Grand Mal|big floating head]], Megatron took to addressing people as a [[hologram]] composed of distorted Predacon symbols. The symbols took the form of a big floating head.

[[File:Primal oracle access sparkwar 2.jpg|left|thumb|Shut that word-hole!]]
When Megatron tricks [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] into granting him full access to the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], Primal appears in a virtual band containing Maximal characters. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search}}
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====''Timelines''====
The computers on the ''[[Chromia 10]]'' label displayed planets in Cybertronix. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

===''TransTech''===
The [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian]] is labeled in Cybertronix. [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] is also specifically referenced as speaking the language. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

When he learned that the government's response to the [[Waruder]] invasion amounted to bureaucratic maneuvers, [[Axiom Nexus News]] reporter [[Rook (TransTech)|Rook]] scornfully asked if Minister of Higher Dimensional Sciences [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] was going to set up a sub-committee to change the Cybertronix lettering on the Ministry's classification scheme. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/06/29}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
[[Goryu (SG)|Goryu]] has Cybertronix on his leg that translates to D-322. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[Shokaract]]'s computer screen displays information about the Maximals in Cybertronix. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

===''Animated''===
The [[BotCon 2011]] [[exclusive]] [[Sideswipe (Animated)#Toys|''Animated'' Sideswipe]] toy has "SS" printed on his doors in Maximal Cybertronix. The second "S" has been flipped horizontally, both letters sharing the same dot, to make it a more visually appealing design.

===''Rise of the Beasts''===
{{Twoimages|File:ROTBTranswarpKeyHalfPeru.jpg|File:ROTBTranswarpKeyHalf.jpg}}
The manual shutdown code for the [[transwarp]] device was written in Maximal Cybertronix. The code was split in half, each half accompanying a half of the [[Transwarp Key]]; one with the stone statue of [[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]] and the other in a stone sarcophogus in a hidden temple underneath the city of [[Cusco]] in Peru. The two halves were recorded and reunited by [[Elena Wallace]] while she helped the [[Autobot]]s in their quest to collect the pieces of the Transwarp Key. Elena attempted to use the shutdown code to prevent [[Unicron]]'s arrival to Earth, but the control panel was destroyed by [[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]] before the code could take effect.

The Tranwarp Key is covered in writings, when it was revealed to the Autobots in Peru by [[Amaru]], it reads (written in a combination of mirrored and upside-down symbols) "He Who Opens The Door". Much later when Noah was about to destroy it, it reads as "Keeper Of The Keys".
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==Character keys==
===Letters===
The character sets used to represent Cybertronix in the Beast Era cartoons are simple English language character substitutions, cracked by [[Jim Sorenson]] in the late [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/77395bc6a16258d7/b5bae9cb3dd23c81?lnk=gst&q=maximal+font#b5bae9cb3dd23c81 90s]. The Maximal and Predacon alphabets are significantly different from one another. Maximal characters are a fairly regular collection of straight lines, circles and semi-circles and dots. Predacon characters are jagged, curved, irregular and often feature serifs. Fonts are available containing the translation [http://www.tfrid.com/Fonts.html], and many scenes of both ''Beast Wars'' and ''Beast Machines'' contain humorous (and occasionally filthy) messages for the dedicated fan. Only uppercase Predacon letters were used in the show, though Sorenson created lowercase letters as font-filler. [[The Ascending issue 3]] featured these lowercase letters, canonizing them.<ref>
[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2009/02/fun-with-cybertronix.html Disciples of Boltax blog post]</ref>
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[[File:Maximal Language.jpg|left|upright=1.95|thumb|Maximal Characters]]
[[File:Predacon Language.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Predacon Characters]]
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===Numbers===
Maximals and Predacons each have distinct numbering systems. Both seem to be inspired by a modified version of the Roman system. Rather than use their letter 'I' or vertical marks, both systems use 1, 2 and 3 vertically stacked horizontal bars to represent the numbers 1, 2, and 3.

[[File:Predacon 49.jpg|left|thumb|XL1X is 49 in Predacon numerals. (50-10)+(10-1)]]
From here, Predacon is a straight port of the Roman system, with a horizontal bar before the Predacon character for V or X to represent 4 or 9. Thus, 49, XLIX in Roman, would be represented as follows to the left.
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[[File:Maximal 196.jpg|thumb|C,10,C,6 is 196 in Maximal Numerals. (100)+(100-10)+(5)+(1)]]
The Maximal system is more abstracted, tending to be more vertical than the Roman (or Predacon) system. The number 5 is represented by a semicircle. Rather than place a horizontal bar to the left of this to represent the number 4, a left-justified dot is placed below the character. 6 though 8 are placed by adding 1 to 3 horizontal bars below the semicircle. 10 is represented by a circle, with 9 represented by a left-justified dot below the circle. The numbers 11 through 18 are even more interesting. They are represented by combining the character 10 with squashed versions of characters 1 through 8. This results in some overlap. Only when we hit 19 does the system move to a horizontal orientation, with 20 represented by two horizontally consecutive circles, and 19 represented by a left dot below the character for 20. 21 through 30 are created by adding a circle to the right of the numbers for 11–20. At this point the system reverts to a more traditional port of the Roman system, with the characters L, C, D and M representing 50, 100, 500 and 1000, and lower denominations placed to the left (as opposed to below) to indicate lower numbers. Thus, 196 (CXCVI) would be written as seen to the right.

==References==
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==Files==
*[[:File:Maximal Text.ttf|Maximal Writing True Type Font]]
*[[:File:Predacon Script.ttf|Predacon Writing True Type Font]]

==See also==
*[[Cybertronian language]]

==External links==
[[tvtropes:Main/CypherLanguage|"Cypher languages" as an element of fiction]]

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Sentinel Prime (ROTF)

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:''Sentinel Prime is an [[Autobot]] leader (and secret [[Decepticon]] collaborator) from the [[movie continuity family]].''

[[File:DOTM-Sentinel-Heatscramble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|What does [[Spock]] need with [[Ark (DOTM)|a starship]]?]]
'''Sentinel Prime''' hails from an older time when [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was the galaxy's crown jewel and the [[Transformer]] race was full of promise and potential. The only known remaining [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], he personified what a leader should be: wise, compassionate, and a more than worthy warrior. Revered by both [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]], few would dare stand against his shield and [[Primax Blade]].

But when Sentinel was presumably lost forever aboard the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], his hand-picked successor, was left to fill his void. The loss of Sentinel signaled the end of Cybertron's golden age, and the planet spiraled deeper into war. Some who recall Sentinel's reign bitterly remember when Transformers were masters of their fate, rather than scattered to the stars and living as exiles. Above all, Sentinel Prime is a staunch patriot. He loves his home planet with all of his [[Spark]] and will do anything—even go to extremes—to protect it.

{{bigquote|You simply fail to understand that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.|Sentinel Prime|''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''. No, seriously.}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The five movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
When [[Sam Witwicky]] launched into a rambling lecture on the nature of space and time while in a trance brought on by the knowledge of the AllSpark entering his mind, he recalled an "expedition" led by Sentinel Prime which took "fourteen galactic convergences" to get "an echo." {{Storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Leonard Nimoy]] (English), [[Nobuyuki Katsube]] (Japanese)|[[Zhou Zhiqiang]] (Chinese), [[Arturo Casanova]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Juan Antonio Gálvez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Dario Penne]] (Italian), [[Marc Cassot]] (European French), [[Jean Brousseau]] (Canadian French), [[Uli Krohm]] (German), [[Petr Oliva]] (Czech), [[Isaac Bardavid]] (Portuguese), [[Mazlum Kiper]] (Turkish, theatrical and home media), [[Ahmet Eres]] (Turkish, VOD)}}

{{bigquote|So lost you are, Optimus. On Cybertron we were gods. And here... they call us "machines."}}

[[File:DOTM-Sentinelsleeps.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|Sentinel just can't get to sleep without his security [[pillar]].]]

Long ago, Sentinel Prime was the leader of the Autobots before Optimus Prime during the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. But as the conflict dragged on, with no end in sight, Sentinel found himself forced to make a drastic choice: a secret alliance with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. Believing that it was only through the sacrifice of another world that Cybertron could be restored, Sentinel developed teleportational [[space bridge]] technology to transport resources across interstellar distances—but, knowing that Optimus would never condone his course of action, Sentinel kept his plans a secret, claiming the bridge was a means of transporting troops into battle. Sentinel's intention was to depart for the chosen planet—[[Earth]]—and meet Megatron there later, but during the battle that erupted around the departure of Sentinel's ship the [[Ark (DOTM)|''Ark'']], the vessel was damaged and sent spiralling off into the depths of space, presumed lost forever. The war was left to continue with none save Megatron aware of Sentinel's treachery.

In [[1961]], the ''Ark'' crashed on Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]]. The impact was detected by [[NASA]], triggering the space race of the 1960s and leading to the [[United States of America]]'s eventual first trip to the moon in [[1969]], which was secretly an attempt to inspect the crashed alien ship. However, before [[Apollo 11]] got there, a team of Decepticons led by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], who had tracked the vessel, removed the majority of the space bridge [[pillar]]s from the ship to keep them out of human hands. The NASA astronauts found no trace of them, nor of Sentinel himself, safely sealed in the ship's crash vault with five remaining pillars.

[[File:DOTM-SentinelOptimusMatrix.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|"Sorry Optimus, I don't want it. Because when I kill someone, I want them to ''stay'' dead."]]

In the present day, a mission to [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]] and an encounter with [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his [[Driller]] resulted in Optimus Prime's Autobots discovery of a piece of the ''Ark'', which had been recovered by a later Russian moon mission. Demanding information from new National Security Director [[Charlotte Mearing]], Optimus learned that the ship was on the moon, and subsequently traveled there with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to find and retrieve Sentinel Prime. Taking his mentor's body back to Earth, Optimus revived him with the [[Matrix of Leadership]], and Sentinel awoke in a crazed rage, briefly attacking Optimus before coming to his senses. Sentinel explained the space bridge to the Autobots and humans, lamenting the seeming loss of the pillars that the Decepticons had stolen, and took an immediate dislike to Mearing when she ordered the few remaining pillars taken into custody. Optimus proceeded to give Sentinel a tour of Earth, which led the old Autobot to marvel at the beauty and the life of the planet, after which Optimus offered Sentinel the Matrix back. Sentinel turned it down, feeling unable to lead on a planet he did not know, and telling Optimus that he was now his teacher, rather than his protege.

[[File:DOTMSentinelOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|Give me ''your'' face!]]

Discovering evidence that the Decepticons held the missing pillars, the Autobots' young human ally [[Sam Witwicky]] believed that the villains would soon be coming after Sentinel Prime, since only he could activate the technology. Several Autobots escorted Sentinel Prime back to NEST headquarters, fending off a [[Dread (DOTM)|team of Decepticons]] along the way, but once they had arrived at their destination, Sentinel allowed his facade to drop. Knowing that all was in readiness, he revealed his centuries-long alliance with Megatron by slaying [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] with his [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] cannon, tearing NEST headquarters apart to reclaim the pillars, and departing to meet his Decepticon co-conspirators at the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]]. There, Sentinel opened a small space bridge portal above, through which Decepticon troops in waiting on the moon poured. Optimus Prime arrived and pleaded with Sentinel to stop, but Sentinel refused, leading to a battle between the two. Sentinel overpowered his former pupil, but spared his life.

[[File:DOTM-SentinelandMegatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|Sentinel and his new hobo friend.]]

Sentinel proceeded to deceive the [[United Nations]], claiming that he and the Decepticons would harmlessly take the resources they needed from Earth and depart with no further bloodshed if Optimus and his "Autobot rebels" were exiled from the planet. The humans wasted no time in agreeing, and the [[Xantium (DOTM)|''Xantium'']] was launched with Earth's remaining eleven Autobots inside... whereupon [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] blew the shuttle to bits. With their primary opponents now believed obliterated, the Decepticons set about conquering the city of [[Chicago]] and positioning pillars in strategic locations around the world. Megatron gloated over the success of their partnership, but Sentinel was quick to violently and physically remind him that he was working ''with'' Megatron, not ''for'' him.

With the pillars in place, Sentinel activated the space bridge, opening a huge portal above the Earth through which Cybertron itself began to materialize. Earth was not without defenders, however: Optimus and the Autobots had, in fact, staged their deaths, and had arrived in Chicago to stop Sentinel's plot. Optimus shot out the control pillar with the deceased Shockwave's cannon, deactivating the bridge, leading a furious Sentinel to engage him in battle once more. Unlike their last bout, Optimus held his own, leading Sentinel to call upon Decepticon fighter ships to fire on his ex-apprentice, while he broke off to fight his way through the other Autobots in an attempt to escape. NEST soldiers destroyed the ships, allowing Optimus to pursue Sentinel and re-engage him, but this time, Sentinel took the upper hand when he severed one of Optimus's arms.

[[File:DOTM-allIeverwanted.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry?]]
Just before Sentinel could deliver the killing blow, however, he came under attack from Megatron, who, thanks to the goading of Sam's girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]], had realized the threat Sentinel posed to his leadership and had decided to once again take his rightful place at the top of the command chain. At the same time, the other Autobots destroyed the reactivated control pillar, thus destroying the space bridge and apparently Cybertron with it. Though Megatron's attack on Sentinel saved Optimus's life, the Autobot leader refused Megatron's offer of a truce and killed his eternal foe, leaving Optimus and the now-badly-damaged Sentinel alone once more. Sentinel abandoned his pride; he pleaded with Optimus for mercy, claiming all he ever wanted was the survival of their race. Optimus countered that Sentinel hadn't betrayed the Autobots, but rather ''himself'', and as his treacherous mentor howled at the ruination of his plans, Optimus unceremoniously executed Sentinel Prime with Megatron's fusion shotgun. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Sentinel Prime'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 "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]," "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]," "[[The Lost Autobot]]," "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]." Several adaptations include plot points from earlier drafts of the film, including Sentinel killing [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] along with Ironhide; his willingness to kill Optimus at the Lincoln Memorial, sparing him instead only to save the pillars when they come under attack; and his being slain by Optimus using his own Cosmic Rust cannon, rather than Megatron's weapon.}}

====''Age of Extinction'' film====
[[File:Sentinel head at KSI.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|He didn't get to live long and prosper ''quite'' as much as Leonard, but we'll give him points for trying.]]
After the battle of Chicago, Sentinel's head was recovered by [[Joshua Joyce]]'s [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]] to be used to help manufacture their own Transformers. [[Brains]] personally worked on it along with the remains of other fallen Transformers. Five years later, Sentinel himself was listed as "deceased" by the CIA taskforce, [[Cemetery Wind]].<ref>[[:File:AOE-Kill-Cards-Set-2.jpg]]</ref> {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Foundation1-SentinelPrimeaword.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"That word is ''fart''."]]
Sentinel Prime was a direct descendant of the first Cybertronian, [[Primus]], and was believed to be the last of the [[Prime (rank)|Primes]]. He told tales to his much younger Cybertronian brethren of how the [[Dynasty of Primes]] had called upon a legendary artifact, the star-powered [[AllSpark]], to give life to their world. But the AllSpark had been lost to history, and their world had tumbled through the cosmos without a star to orbit for eons. Sentinel Prime had plans to rectify this, and he gathered followers who believed in his path to a new age of life on Cybertron. With the help of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], and their legions, they searched the planet for the legendary artifact and a way to power it. However, there were the [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacons]], a tribe of separatist Transformers who disbelieved in Sentinel Prime's vision, and warred against him and his followers. This conflict ended when, with the help of [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]], a sun to orbit was brought to Cybertron, and the AllSpark discovered and energized.

[[File:Foundation1 freedom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|"Hey, a body! Buff, tanned... yeah, this is mine alright."]]

Though Sentinel Prime had finally returned the forgotten concept of "freedom" back to Cybertron, he felt he no longer had a part in its path to the future. He was old and tired, and spoke in confidence to Optimus, believing that young Autobot was also part of the Prime lineage and requesting that he take on the mantle of leadership. Though Optimus was too humble to accept, not believing Sentinel's claims about his heritage, Megatron overheard their conversation and became jealous of his "brother." {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Sentinel formulated another plan for Cybertron's future: it would be governed by Optimus's [[Science Division]] and Megatron's [[Defense Force]]. By having Optimus investigate the remains of the Primes' civilization, it would encourage him to believe in his lineage. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

Alas, after two generations of successful shared leadership, Megatron fell under the sway of [[The Fallen]], and reshaped his Defense Force as the [[Decepticon]]s, declaring war on Cybertron. Sentinel Prime was at the archaeological dig in Simfur when the first strike took place, and was quick to opt for a technique of self-preservation, rather than attempting to save the Science Division's work. Optimus soon arrived to fend the Decepticons off, and revealed that his studies had proven the truth of Sentinel's words: he was indeed a descendant of the Primes. He did not believe that this made him a born leader, but Sentinel impressed upon Optimus the necessity that he take up command of the [[Autobot]]s, that Cybertron might be saved from Megatron's destructive ambitions.

[[File:Foundation3 sentinels torch.jpg|left|thumb|"Jim... I am, and forever shall be, your friend."]]

As time passed, and the war rolled on with no signs of stopping, Sentinel Prime was forced to make a deal with Megatron to seek out another planet whose resources they can exploit to restore their homeworld. The chosen planet was the resting place of the Primes' Star Harvester. Sentinel recreated the Primes' lost [[space bridge]] technology, fashioning hundreds of pillars that would form a bridge large enough to teleport Cybertron itself across the cosmos {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 3|Dark of the Moon #3}} Sentinel then invented a mysterious "torch" that he promised would end the war. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} The torch had to be brought into contact with the AllSpark to be activated, so the Autobots launched an attack on the Simfur temple to carry out this action while Sentinel stood by with a spacecraft, the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]], to await delivery of the active torch. [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita One]] soon returned with the torch, at which point Sentinel instructed Wheeljack to take the [[Ark (Movie)|second Ark]] and collect the remaining Autobots from [[Tyger Pax]], while he himself headed to Simfur to collect Optimus's forces. Upon arrival at Simfur, however, Sentinel's Ark was attacked by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and was consumed by a huge explosion, leaving all present to believe it, Sentinel, and all aboard had been destroyed. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

In actuality, Sentinel's Ark had not been vaporized as believed: it had been teleported away by the [[space bridge]] technology it was outfitted with. With all hands knocked into stasis by the explosion, the ship automatically jinked through space and time on a series of random space bridge jumps, until at last, its sensors locked on to the energy of the AllSpark, which had since been ejected from Cybertron and had crash-landed on the planet [[Earth]]. On its penultimate jump, the Ark crossed paths with the Decepticon ship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', which had departed Cybertron just as the war was beginning, and was now also following the AllSpark's trail. The Ark materialized from its jump into the same physical space as the ''Nemesis'', crippling both ships beyond repair; the Ark made one final bridge jump, reappearing in the immediate vicinity of Earth in 1962, where it crashed violently onto Earth's [[moon (moon)|Moon]]. All the Autobots aboard perished save for Sentinel himself, who was in the crash vault and remained slumbering in stasis. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1|Convergence chapter 1}}
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===Titan movie comics===
Sentinel was a direct descendant of [[Primus]], the first Cybertronian, and one of the last surviving Primes. With a firm but just hand, he ruled the Autobots before the war. During the war, he named Optimus his successor before departing on a mission into deep space, only for his ship to be shot down by enemy fire...

But his Ark merely crashed somewhere near Earth in 1962, a fragment of it landing in Fiesole, [[Italy]]. When a human discovered it in 2011, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] tried to prevent the Autobots from getting that fragment and finding their way to the lost Ark. The Autobots finding Sentinel was ''not'' an option for Starscream and the concept unnerved him... Apparently, the fragment had the power to make martyrs of the good and bad alike. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

===Mega-Mouth===
A [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron that hailed from another universe]] claimed that ''he'' attacked Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1#Mega-Mouth|Mega-Mouth #1}}

===''BeCool'' shorts===
'''Firetruck''' (消防車 ''Shōbōsha'') was part of the audience of ''Quiz! BeCool''. {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} He also headed a fire brigade that attempted to rescue [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]] from a burning building, only for the "emergency" to have been part of a movie. {{storylink|The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!}}

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:sentinelprimekreo-wallpaper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Sentinel Prime was rescued from the Moon by Optimus, but then turned all evil and stuff. {{storylink|Take Us Through the Movies}}

Sentinel Prime was in the audience of a tag battle pitting [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] against [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing}} He was in the audience of a dance competition too. {{storylink|Bot Stars}}

Sentinel was also part of a crowd that waited at the finish line of a race between Optimus, Bumblebee, and Megatron. He cheered for Bumblebee as he finished the race, though it turned out Optimus had already won the competition. {{storylink|The Big Race}}
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===''Timelines''===
In one reality, Megatron suddenly shifted position during the Battle of Chicago and thus took advantage of his mysteriously good luck to kill both Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime. Eventually, though, a new Prime arose, [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Timelines|BotCon 2015 Megatron profile card}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa]], Megatron, rather than Optimus Prime, defeated [[The Fallen]]. Megatron went on to gather his army and wage a successful campaign against the Autobots and [[NEST]] on Earth. Falling for baited clues that [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] left for [[Sam Witwicky]], Optimus Prime took the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' to the Moon. Backed into a desperate corner by the Decepticon offensive, Optimus revived Sentinel Prime right on the lunar surface. With Sentinel's aid, Megatron defeated and captured Optimus. With the aid of collaborationist humans, Megatron used space bridge technology to bring Cybertron to Earth orbit, and under [[Dylan Gould]]'s leadership, humans were put to work strip-mining Earth for resources to rebuild Cybertron.

All of this changed when [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] arrived. The bounty hunter demanded that Optimus be handed over to him. Megatron and Sentinel both refused, the former out of pride and the latter out of loyalty. Lockdown then offered a protomatter [[seed]] to Sentinel in exchange for Optimus. While Sentinel was sorely tempted, Optimus used the opportunity to reignite Sentinel's sense of justice. Sentinel proceeded to pretend to hand over Optimus, ambush and defeat Lockdown, and capture Lockdown's [[Knight Ship|ship]]. Allying themselves with the legendary [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]s, Optimus and Sentinel waged a long guerilla campaign against Megatron and the Decepticons, eventually restoring freedom to Earth and revitalizing Cybertron with the seed. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/22}}

In [[Tyran 208.28 Gamma]], Sentinel Prime's true colors were exposed in part by [[Strafe (TF 2010)|Strafe]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/21}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' mobile game===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (mobile game)|Dark of the Moon}}}}

===''Cyberverse Battle Builder''===
Sentinel Prime joined the rest of the Autobots in combating the Decepticons on battlefields on Earth, the Earth's Moon and on Cybertron. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Cyberverse Battle Builder}}

===''Kreon Chaos''===
Sentinel Prime met with Optimus after Bumblebee had been taken captive in the Autobots' mission to retrieve the Optimus Prime Kre-O kit parts from within Decepticon headquarters. He specialized in defense, and could hold out his shield to either block enemy fire or provide a platform for his fellow Autobots to jump onto, gaining them access to hard-to-reach places. Eventually, the Autobots managed to infiltrate the Decepticons' base, and retrieved the kit parts, which were assembled by Ratchet into a colossal Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Kreon Chaos}}
{{charstubgame|"Earth" and "Moon" stages}}

===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:Bsbg-sentinelprime.jpg|thumb|219px]]
Sentinel Prime participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Terence (AB)#As Sentinel Prime}}
Sentinel Prime appears as one of the first unlockable characters. He is portrayed by Terence. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

==Toys==
===''Dark of the Moon''===
====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:DOTM_CyberverseCommander_SentinelPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Prime 3:16!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sentinel Prime''' (Cyberverse Commander Class, [[2011]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'' '''1'''
:*''Number:'' '''002'''
:*''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV05'''
:*''Accessories:'' Primax blade, shield/fire truck roof
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro), [[Hisao Nishimoto]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Sentinel Prime was released as part of the first [[wave]] of [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'']] ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toys. He transforms from a Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 airport fire truck to robot and back. He comes with his sword and shield, both of which he can wield in either hand. The sword stores underneath his vehicle mode, whereas the shield folds in half and becomes part of the fire truck roof (including the boom arm). Because the boom arm has a grip at the middle that allows Sentinel to hold it in shield mode, the grip can be used as a [[C joint]] bar in vehicle mode.

: Because of clearance issues, bringing and folding his arms to his back for vehicle mode can be rather difficult. The shoulders are more likely to pop off the plastic swivels they're on. And due to the wheels on the waist, his thigh articulation is limited.

: On some (early?) releases, the Rosenbauer logo on the right side of the truck is reversed.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/CommanderSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Cyberverse Commander Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]
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[[File:DOTM_Cyberverse_Commander_DarkSentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Welcome to Sunnyside!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Dark Sentinel Prime''' (Cyberverse Commander Class, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Series'' '''1'''
:*''Number:'' '''010'''
:*''Accessories:'' Primax blade, shield
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Dark Sentinel Prime is a redeco of the previous ''Cyberverse'' Sentinel Prime. He's... lighter, but has some ''evil''-looking red eyes and scratched-out Autobot symbols. The color changes of the unpaintable plastic makes his robot mode somehow screen-accurate, save for some of his chest & vehicle kibble deco differences.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/DarkSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Dark Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Ark with Roller and Bonus Value Sentinel Prime''' (Cyberverse Playset, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Primax blade, shield/fire truck roof

: This [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] release includes otherwise unchanged [[Ark (DOTM)#TargetBonusValue|Ark]] and [[Roller (DOTM)#TargetBonusValue|Roller]] toys, along with a free and equally unchanged figure of the first Cyberverse Sentinel Prime toy. Good luck getting him into the cockpit.
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[File:DOTMtoy-SentinelPrimeVoyager.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|There's no fire? There ''will'' be!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sentinel Prime''' (MechTech Voyager Class, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Japanese Name'': '''Cannon Sentinel Prime'''
:*''Japanese Release Date: '''[[2011]]-[[August 13|08-13]]
:*''Japanese ID number:'' '''DA20'''
:*''Accessories:'' MechTech Boom Lift/[[Fusion cannon]]
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Released in the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Voyager Class toys, Sentinel Prime converts from a licensed Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 airport fire truck to robot and back. He features an itty-bitty flip out nozzle on his front. His rotating and extending [[MechTech]] Boom Lift (which looks like a giant cannon due to the [[5 mm post|peg]] at the tip) becomes a Fusion Cannon when a large button is pushed, but only if the button (which is rotatable) has its underside tabs aligned with its respective sockets on the weapon housing. The weapon can be locked in this mode if the button is rotated while pressed. The weapon itself features a MechTech port on each side panel, with the aforementioned peg at the tip of the Boom Lift.

:While his firetruck roof [[kibble]] is intentionally used as a cape/wings, he's still a pretty significant [[shellformer]], flopping nearly his entire firetruck side panels and front (along with his roof) onto his back, with only his wheels, leg panels, and feet being integrated in any way with his vehicle mode.

:Like the Cyberverse Dark Sentinel Prime, this figure's Autobot symbols are deliberately scratched out. However, his box bio remains coy about his true nature.

:As with all Japanese Dark of the Moon releases, Sentinel Prime (named Cannon Sentinel Prime) comes packed with a character card and an accompanying transparent plastic card of his new rifle in its combined mode for the MechTech Wars online game. The toy was originally solicited as "New Sentinel Prime"

: His vehicle stock photos are mistransformed, with the back panels covering the rear wheels and the roof rack folded down instead of up.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/VoyagerSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Voyager Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]
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[[File:TF-DOTM-Lucky-Draw-Tritanium-Sentinel.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|In case you wanted him in trailer-esque colors.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Tritanium Sentinel Prime''' (MechTech Voyager Class, [[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' MechTech Boom Lift/[[Fusion cannon]]

:This gold [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] version of Voyager Class ''Dark of the Moon'' Sentinel Prime is a prize in [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''Dark of the Moon'' MechTech campaign in 2012. This toy is limited to 10 pieces.

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====Leader Class toys====
[[File:DOTMtoy-SentinelPrimeMechtechLeader.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2.2|Live-action hyper goldfish!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sentinel Prime''' (MechTech Leader Class, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Japanese ID number:'' '''DA02'''
:*''Accessories:'' Primax Blade, MechTech Shield/Bladed Blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist), [[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)}}

:''MechTech'' Leader Class Sentinel Prime converts from a Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 airport fire truck to robot and back! In vehicle mode, he features a rotating, extending firefighting boom arm, a small flip-up nozzle on the front fender, and siren lights and sounds, activated by a small grey button on the roof of the cabin. There are two [[5 mm post]] hole MechTech ports in this mode; the one on the right hand side of the vehicle has a button inside, that when pushed in (by plugging in a MechTech weapon), activates a weapon deploying sound effect. Pressing the cabin roof button in this mode activates a weapon firing sound. Removing the MechTech weapon activates the [[Transformation#The noise|transformation sound effect]].

:A [[Stealth Force]]-style attack vehicle mode can be formed by opening panels on the rearward sides of the vehicle to expose hidden weapons (that look like missiles) and two more MechTech ports, activating the MechTech Shield's Bladed Blaster mode (by pressing the large button on it marked by the [[Cyberglyphics]]) and attaching that to the vehicle MechTech ports, and clipping the Primax Blade's handle into the two tabs on top of the Shield/Bladed Blaster's turret. In a reversal of his Cyberverse toy, Sentinel's double-bladed Primax Blade folds in half and stores underneath the grey panels forming the roof of much of the vehicle, while the MechTech shield is stored under the truck.

:In robot mode, when the button on Sentinel Prime's chest is pushed, his eyes light up, his chin moves and he says "I am Sentinel Prime!" Two more phrases, "Good to see you alive, Optimus." and "What has happened to the [[AllSpark]]?" are heard when a weapon is inserted into the MechTech port with the button inside of it and the chest button pushed. Unfortunately, international releases of the toy only say the cut-down phrase "Sentinel Prime" (replacing the extra phrases with an electronic pulsing noise and another transformation sound effect) due to the need for the figure to be released in non-English-speaking markets. The siren lights and sounds can still be activated by pressing the grey button back and to the left of Sentinel Prime's head.

:In this mode, Sentinel has four more 5mm MechTech ports: one each on either shoulder and one each on either forearm. If that's still not enough, the screw holes under his wrists can accommodate 5mm weapons as well, for a total of eight weapons beyond those included with the figure. The Primax Blade and Shield can both be held via their respective handles in either of Sentinel's articulated hands; the shield can also be plugged into the MechTech port in Sentinel's forearms. While (possibly) unintended, one of his sword’s blades can be popped off to simulate the Primax blade’s one-sided form seen in the movie.

:The red detailing on the shield as seen in the stock photography is not present on the final product.

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

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/SentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Leader Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Leader Class Sentinel Prime and Bonus Value Deluxe Class Nitro Bumblebee''' (Unreleased two-pack)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Primax Blade, MechTech Shield/Bladed Blaster

: As the name implies, this [[Walmart]]-exclusive [[giftset]] would have contained a ''Dark of the Moon'' Leader Class Sentinel Prime figure and a ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#LeaderSentinelDeluxeNitroBee|Nitro Bumblebee figure]]. They would have been unchanged from their individual releases. The existence of this unreleased set was revealed by an eBay auction after the DOTM toyline was effectively over.

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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:Sentinel Prime Kre-O.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.4|Is he a [[Sentinel Prime (One)|traitor]], a [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|jerk]], or will he just [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|show up and die?]] We don't know yet.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Sentinel Prime''' (2011)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''30687'''
:*''Pieces'': '''386'''
:*''Kreons'': Sentinel Prime, [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Soundwave]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Thundercracker]], [[Fire Chief (Kre-O)|Fire Chief]]

:Sentinel is part of the first [[wave]] of ''[[Kre-O]]'' sets and can be built in either robot or ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' inspired fire truck mode. A Kreon can fit in his cab.

:Like many other Kre-O sets, the stock photography features robot construction that differs from the final product. Sentinel Prime's shoulders, feet, and legs are a bit different than on the actual toy. The stock photography actually shows a robot mode that is more similar to his appearance in Dark of the Moon; specifically the shielded shoulders and pointed feet.

:Sentinel Prime's head shape is based on ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. The design of the Sentinel Prime Kreon is inspired by [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|IDW (2005) Sentinel Prime]]'s appearance in the ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' comic series, and his helmet is based on (and was later used for) Generation 1 [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Inferno]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Kre-OSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]''
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Galvatron Factory Battle''' (Kre-O set, [[2014]])}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''A6952'''
:*''Pieces'': '''388'''
:*''Kreons'': Bumblebee, KSI Worker (lab worker), KSI Worker (security), [[Dr. Littleman]], Optimus Prime, Vehicon

:"Galvatron Factory Battle" is based on [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]]'s factory complex, and one component of the playset build incorporates Sentinel Prime's severed head in a clear jar. He does not sport a helmet, likely due to the small size of the jar.

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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:Bot Shots S1 Super Bot 001 Sentinel Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sentinel Prime''' (2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''1'''
:*''Number'': '''Super Bot 001'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hisao Nishimoto]] (TakaraTomy)}}
:**''Fist strength'': '''980'''
:**''Blaster strength'': '''630'''
:**''Sword strength'': '''190'''

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'', Sentinel Prime is a teeny little fire truck with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. He is heavily based on the live-action movie sentinel Prime, with his head based on the above Sentinel ''Kre-O'' figure (which is in turn inspired by ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]'s head).

:As this "Super Bot" of this wave, Sentinel is mostly unpainted clear-plastic, has different power ratings (Including a much higher "Fist" score) than his (later) normal release, and is [[shortpacking|shortpacked]] to boot.

:This mold was also used to make ''Bot Shots'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Hot Spot]] and the main body for ''BeCool'' [[Ganoh#BeCool|Ganoh]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BSSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on Super Bot Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Bot Shots S1 BP002 Sentinel Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sentinel Prime / Prowl / Bumblebee''' (2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''1'''
:*''Number'': '''BP002'''
:**''Fist strength'': '''360'''
:**''Blaster strength'': '''485'''
:**''Sword strength'': '''775'''

: A [[redeco]] of his individually-carded toy, this opaque-plastic version of Sentinel was only available in a three-pack with [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Prowl]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#BotShot3Pack|Bumblebee]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BS3pkSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on three-pack Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''BeCool''===
[[File:BeCool_Firetruck_SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Firetruck (Sentinel Prime)''' (2012)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''B07'''

:''[[Bot Shots (toyline)#BeCool|BeCool]]'' "Firetruck" is a redeco of Sentinel Prime very similar to his ''Bot Shots'' three-pack toy, but with a completely red back/roof section. He also features metallic blue paint on his windshield and chest details as well as orange-painted lightbars, and instead of power levels his stickers display pictures of a fireman's uniform, a water hose and an eeevil ball of flame.

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===''Movie Edition''===
[[File:Tiny-Turbo-Changer-Series-3-Sentinel-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sentinel Prime''' (Tiny Turbo Changers, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''3'''
:*''Bag code:'' '''D'''

:[[Tiny Turbo Changers]] Sentinel Prime, released in series 3, converts from a tiny Sentinel Prime figure into a fire truck.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-61-Voyager-DOTM-Sentinel-Prime.JPG|upright=1.8|thumb|I found my sword, but where is my shield?!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Sentinel Prime''' (Voyager Class, [[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Dark of the Moon'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''61'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-49'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[April 25]], 2020
:*''Accessories'': [[Primax Blade]], Firehose, "Battle of [[Chicago]]" backdrop (1st version)
:''[[Studio Series]]'' Sentinel Prime is a Voyager Class mold accurate to his appearance in ''Dark of the Moon'', transforming to a licensed Second generation Rosenbauer Panther 6X6 in 32 steps. He comes with a new [[Primax Blade]] accessory that splits in two for transformation and a cardboard backdrop display depicting a war-torn Chicago. His Primax Blade must be separated so that each end can be plugged into both sides of Sentinel's hand. However, unlike previous figures of the character, he does not come with a shield. His firehose can be detached and has a (short) 5mm peg, which can make it a makeshift weapon, albeit with a loose fit. However, the strut that the hose attaches to and the hose itself are made of flexible plastic that does not like to detach easily and can result in stretching that either leave stress marks, or worse, make the joint not clip together firmly anymore.

:Though more of a coincidence, the tab on Sentinel's left forearm can attach with the rectangular hole behind the [[#Leader Class toys|Mechtech Leader Class]]' shield.

:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjTwjjoesw8 An alternate configuration from his instructions] has his [[kibble]] roll up into a bundle behind his butt, freeing up his waist articulation. However, this configuration makes his cape floppy, as it has no place to tab into his back. This alternate configuration also happens to be the way Sentinel is packaged. It would seem that both orientations were intended as there are tabs and slots allocated to both configurations that would otherwise get unused depending on which option the user chooses. Whether there was any other planned usage for the second configuration, beyond the way he is packed, is unknown.

:As a nod to his betrayal in the film, this is the first toy of Sentinel Prime to be explicitly classified as a Decepticon. While the front and back of the box features a Decepticon insignia, his instruction sheet features an Autobot one and uses Autobot-themed red. The figure itself lacks any faction symbols.
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==Merchandise==
===''Speed Stars''===
====''Mini Changers''====
[[File:SpeedStars_StealthForce_MiniChangers_Bumblebee&SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"''You'' were trying eat the last cheesy puff!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Stealth Force Bumblebee & Sentinel Prime''' (2011)}}</ul>

:This non-transforming toy of Sentinel Prime is packed with a non-transforming Stealth Force Bumblebee.

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[[File:SpeedStars_StealthForce_MiniChangers_Sideswipe&SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Well, that's not how I remember it.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Stealth Force Sideswipe & Sentinel Prime''' (2011)}}</ul>

:A black redeco of Mini Changers Sentinel Prime comes with a non-transforming Stealth Force Sideswipe.

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===''Thrilling 30''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sentinel Prime''' (Collectible Figurine, 2014)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number:'' '''1 / #15'''
:*''Accessories:'' Collector's base
:A super-deformed Sentinel Prime was released among the blindpacked [[Thrilling 30#Collectible Figurines|''Thrilling 30'' Collectible Figurines]] by [[Goldie Marketing]]. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Collectible Figurines''' (5-pack, 2014)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''1'''
:*''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases
:The same Sentinel Prime figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Thrilling 30|Megatron]], [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Thrilling 30|Ratchet]] and [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Thrilling 30|Starscream]].

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===Prime 1 Studio===
[[File:Prime 1 Studio Museum Masterline Sentinel Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sentinel Prime''' (2020)}}</ul>
:*''Movie:'' '''''Dark of the Moon'''''
:*''ID number:'' '''MMTFM-23''' / '''23EXS''' (exclusive)
:*''Accessories'': Base, Cosmic Rust Blaster (exclusive), Control Pillar (exclusive)

:[[Prime 1 Studio]] ''Museum Masterline'' Sentinel Prime is a huge non-transforming sculpture. The statue is made of polystone along with other materials and features LED lights on his eyes and base.

:He comes with the Primax Blade attached to his right hand and his shield attached to his left arm. The exclusive version also comes with an interchangable right arm holding the Cosmic Rust Blaster and a [[Pillar#Prime 1 Studio|Control Pillar]] that can be displayed separately.

:The standard version is limited to 200 pieces while the exclusive version is limited to 250 pieces.

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==Notes==
[[File:DOTM-SentinelPrimetrailer.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Jim, you left me on Genesis. Why did you do that?]]

{{quote|Sentinel Prime is great. He's great...I can't tell you anything else, other than he's great.|Michael Bay<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1657670/michael-bay-transformers-dark-of-the-moon.jhtml Interview at MTV]</ref>}}

*In an early draft of ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', time stops as [[Sam Witwicky]] falls down the building [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] smashed, and Sentinel appears to him via the [[AllSpark]]. Sentinel would've clarified the history of the war and the relationship between Optimus and Megatron (expanding on their history as siblings) and given him a clue to defeating Megatron with the Cube.<ref>[http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/tf1-amblin.html Blog post] from [[Ken Christiansen]].</ref>
*An early working name for Sentinel Prime for ''Dark of the Moon'' was '''Ultra Magnus'''.<ref>[http://tilallaremine.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/dark-of-the-moon-call-sheets/ Dark of the Moon Call Sheets! at Til All Are Mine blog.]</ref><ref>[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm joshnizzi.com]</ref>
*In the debut trailer for the film ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', Sentinel Prime is seen in a gold and silver color scheme. This shot was redone for the movie proper, and he consistently appears red throughout the film, though the uncorrected trailer footage was still used for the menu on the home video release of the film.
*The Rosenbauer Panther fire truck cast as Sentinel Prime was entirely repainted specifically for the film, at a cost of thousands of dollars; real-world aircraft fire-fighting vehicles are required by FAA regulations to have a much lighter color scheme.<ref>[http://www.rosenbaueramerica.com/press/2011/06/rosenbauer-panther-6x6-to-be-f/ Rosenbauer America press release, June 28, 2011]</ref> It was repainted and given to a different airport, where it remained active. At some point it ended up in use at the {{w|Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ngiverson/status/468803416391557120]</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/transformers/comments/aworcv/i_work_out_at_palo_verde_nuclear_generating/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x]</ref>
*In ''Dark of the Moon'', Sentinel Prime says "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Leonard Nimoy said the same line in the 1982 film ''{{w|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan}}'' as [[Spock]], in one of several ''[[Star Trek]]'' references in the movie.
*Sentinel Prime was physically modeled after {{w|Sean Connery}}.<ref>[http://www.awn.com/articles/3d/colossal-transformers-sequel/page/2%2C1 VFXWorld article on ''Dark of the Moon''.]</ref>
*[[Walmart]] had exclusive retailer rights to use Sentinel Prime in their signage and marketing as part of their "Power of the Primes" campaign.<ref>"The Power of Partnership." Walmart World Jun. 2011: 13</ref>
*[[Harold Attinger|Attinger]]'s playing card of Sentinel Prime was barely visible in ''Age of Extinction''. It wasn't until a prop auction for the ''Transformers'' film series held in 2019 that a clearer view of the card was shown.<ref>''[https://profilesinhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/101TransformersSs.pdf Transformers: The Auction]'' by Profiles in History</ref>
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sentinel Prime''' (センチネルプライム ''Senchineru Puraimu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Őrszem Fővezér''' ("Prime Leader Sentinel")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yùtiāndí''' (御天敌)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Sentinela Prime''' (Brazil, ''Revenge of the Fallen'' only)

==References==
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[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
[[Category:Bot Shots Autobots]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Firefighters]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Primes]]
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Optimus Prime (Kre-O)

2025-02-23T19:58:43Z

Tenreky: /* Commercial appearances */

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{{disambigm|Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Orion Pax (disambiguation)}}
:''Optimus Prime is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Continuity family|brick-built world]] of [[Kre-O]].''

[[File:optimusprimekreo-wallpaper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Freedom is the right of all sentient bricks]]
'''Optimus Prime''' doesn't take any guff and doesn't cotton to any of the foolishness some of the other [[Kreon]]s delight in. By keeping some of the biggest [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|troublemakers]] occupied with missions, he can devote himself fully to his job—protecting [[Kre-O|brick-based lifeforms]] from tyranny. One day he hopes to follow [[Sentinel Prime (Kre-O)|his predecessor]] into retirement, where he plans to waste the days away in vehicle mode, possibly fondly remembering his [[Magnus (Kre-O)|younger days]].

He defends [[Kreopolis]].

==Fiction==
===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:BigRace Optimus trophy.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|U mad?]]
Optimus Prime and Bumblebee fought in a tag battle against Megatron. He shot Megatron and disintegrated him into a pile of tiny bricks. However, [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] quickly rebuilt himself and tagged in his partner, [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing}} Optimus later took part in some sort of robot dance competition. {{storylink|Bot Stars}}

After winning a race, Optimus Prime set up a deck chair near the finish line so he could drink through a straw and brandish the winner's trophy at the other competitors as they finished. His first victim was Bumblebee. {{storylink|The Big Race}} During the holiday season, Optimus and [[Sideswipe (Kre-O)|Sideswipe]] disguised Bumblebee as a present and added him to Megatron's pile of gifts so Bumblebee could surprise Megatron. They did that sort of thing a lot. {{storylink|A Gift For Megatron}}

Optimus, Bumblebee and [[Wheeljack (G1)#Kre-O cartoon|Wheeljack]] were acting as security at the [[Autobot City Bank]] when [[Spinister (G1)#Kre-O cartoon|Spinister]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Scorponok (G1)#Kre-O cartoon|Scorponok]] attempted to rob it. When the Decepticons called in [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], the Autobots similarly called for backup, but were victims of Devastator's wrecking ball before anyone else turned up. {{storylink|Quest for Energon, Part 1}} When Prime and Bumblebee caught up with Megatron, he was using the stolen energon to make a grilled cheese sandwich. After arranging for a distraction, they commandeered his weapon and used it to explode the sandwich and him as well. {{storylink|Quest for Energon, Part 2}}

Optimus took part in a game of soccer against [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] and the Constructicons. {{storylink|Ultimate Defender}} He and Bumblebee were stuck in detention by [[Dr. Mayhem]]. The pair switched to their transparent forms in an attempt to escape, but were caught. They were only freed when [[Spock]] had Mayhem transported to an alien planet. {{storylink|Detention Escape}}

Optimus led the Autobots in a giant battle against the Decepticons. Bumblebee got blown to pieces during the fight, prompting Optimus to promise he would avenge him... despite Bumblebee insisting he was okay. After taking out his fare share of Decepticons, Optimus noticed the audience. He took a break from the fighting to recap the [[Transformers (film)|feature]] [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|film]] [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|adventures]] of the Transformers, and introduced the [[Dinobot (Kre-O subgroup)|Dinobots]]. Then the fighting started all over again when a pizza was delivered to the battlefield. {{Storylink|Take Us to the Movies}} {{Storylink|Take Us Through the Movies}}

Optimus rode in on Grimlock to interrupt a bunch of Vehicons building the Galvatron Factory Battle set. Optimus let his mount run wild and torment the Decepticons, mostly by chewing on them. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Dino Force|Kre-O Dino Force commercial}}

Optimus, under the guise of a simple hibachi chef, was forced to fight Megatron at his place of work. {{Storylink|Hibachi Chef}}

Grimlock was accompanied to the arcade by Optimus, who acted as a "backseat gamer" while Grimlock tried to beat a particularly difficult game. Grimlock gave up out of frustration, only for [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] to come along and beat the game with ease. Optimus fled the scene as Grimlock lost his cool and begun to rampage across the arcade. {{storylink|Arcade}}

Optimus and Bumblebee came upon a battleground with their respective Mini Kreons in tow. Optimus combined with his Mini Kreons, and charged in. Unfortunately, despite his need for back-up, Bumblebee never joined him. As he stumbled back, injured from the fight, and asking where Bumblebee was when he needed him, he spotted his subordinate stuck in the branches of a nearby tree, along with all his Mini Kreons. The tree then collapsed onto Optimus, and Megatron declared himself victorious over the Autobots. {{storylink|Stuck in a Tree}}

===Titan ''Kre-O'' comic===
Prime smash puny Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Kre-O Transformers}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
Optimus Prime had the [[Autobot]]s leave [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the ''[[Ark (Kre-O)|Ark]]'' in search for energy blocks to alleviate their hunger. Thanks to the boarding of the ''Ark'' by [[Decepticon]]s, the ''Ark'' crashed and the [[Transformer]]s fell into a four million year-long sleep. They woke up to a world filled with blocks. {{storylink|Kreon Story}} When [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] attempted to steal all of the blocks of Earth with his Mega-Megatron creation, Optimus Prime led the Autobots into stopped the menace by building a jail for Mega-Megatron. However, while taking thanks from the [[human]] [[Kreon]]s, Optimus Prime took a tumble off the jail! {{storylink|Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!}}

After sending Bumblebee out shopping, Optimus was shocked when he came back with the massive Mega-Bumblebee and asked if he could keep him. After Optimus refused, Bumblebee brought out a [[Bulldog (Kre-O)|dog]], which Optimus accepted. {{storylink|Bumblebee! The Gentle-Hearted Autobot Warrior}} After beating up Megatron, Optimus received a call from his rival, asking him to attack his base and chase away [[Vortex (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Vortex]]. After the successful attack, Optimus joined Megatron's gathering in the base. {{storylink|A Reliable Warrior!? Vortex the Lookout from Hell}}

Optimus was the first to test out Wheeljack's newest invention, [[Skeletron]]! The substance gave Optimus what Wheeljack dubbed "See-Through Power." Though Optimus was embarrassed by his transparent chassis, he nonetheless put his increased strength to good use by pounding Megatron. After fleeing to his base, Megatron returned with his own "See-Through Power;" he was now dressed in a woman's pink see-through negligee... Seeing his foe's new look, Optimus was relieved that he was no longer the most embarrassingly "dressed" warrior on the battlefield. {{storylink|Wheeljack's Bizarre Invention! Optimus Power Up!?}}

Optimus drove his truck like a maniac through the city streets, running over many of the most powerful Decepticons in the process, before transforming his vehicle into the "Mega Optimus Prime" robot to take down Megatron's own "Mega-Megatron" robot. With all obstacles taken care of, Optimus then rushed... to the washroom, since he had really needed to go! His business done with, he wondered what to do with all the defeated Decepticons strewn about. Optimus settled on tying them up and bringing them to a picnic the Autobots were having. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}

Optimus was pleased with the progress the Autobots were making on constructing their new base, [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]], when a group of construction vehicles volunteered themselves to help. Optimus thanked and welcomed them, only for the vehicles to transform into the [[Constructicon (Kre-O)|Constructicons]] and start mucking up the place! The Decepticon team then combined into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] to inflict even more damage on the Autobots' project. Though his Autobots began to panic, Optimus assured them that since their foe was so big, he certainly had a very big weakness as well. Optimus was right; it turned out that Devastator had very ticklish feet! The Autobots were able to thwart Devastator by sending him into a giggle-fit, and resumed construction on Scramble City. {{storylink|A New Menace! The Giant Soldier Devastator Appears!}}

Megatron next attacked the construction site with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], who were ''so adorable'' that Optimus Prime just couldn't bring himself to fight back. Their combined form, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], was another matter entirely though, and Prime's forces were quick to break the combiner apart into his cute animal parts. {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}}

The Autobots finally finished building their base, and celebrated its completion when the Decepticons attacked once more. Megatron and his troops quickly managed to take control of the base, gave it a new coat of paint, and rechristened the transforming city Metrotitan! But as soon as it assumed its robot mode, it began falling apart... Optimus admitted to Megatron that the Autobots had gotten the munchies throughout construction, and had eaten a block here and there, resulting in flimsy construction. Megatron was devastated, but the Autobots rebuilt the whole thing in short order, even including a room for Megatron for him to stay over! Megatron later came over to Optimus's room (next to his own!) to challenge the Autobot leader to battle! The pair wound up playing "Old Maid" instead. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

One day, Optimus Prime woke up to find his body and Mega-Optimus blocks had been stolen by the Decepticons, who'd used them to build [[C-X]] and the [[Alligaticon]]! Using the ability to telepathically take control of the blocks, Optimus reconstituted himself and sent the Decepticons packing, only to realize he was partially still an alligator. {{storylink|Negligence Is the Greatest Enemy! Optimus Became a Monster!?}} Hearing of Megatron's plot to build a solar energy tower, Optimus set out to investigate, but by the time he arrived, the Decepticons had messed it up themselves and all that remained of the tower was a pile of scrap. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}} When Megatron was turned into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], the other Decepticons were too scared to stop him and called up Optimus and [[Rodimus (Kre-O)|Rodimus]], who reverted Galvatron to normal by removing his helmet. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

Optimus Prime was grateful to [[First Aid (G1)#Kre-O online manga|First Aid]] for retrieving Metroplex's [[transformation cog]], but also confused that he was treating the injuries of his enemies, the [[Combaticon (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Bad at Fighting? Rescue Team Protectobots, Dispatch!}} At one point, Optimus Prime defeated Megatron in battle only to be approached by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], who buttered him up and offered to join the Autobots. Embarrassed by her intimate advance, Optimus was too distracted to notice Megatron recovering and ended up blasted in the behind. {{storylink|The Beautiful Flower Has Thorns? Temptation of the Female Soldier, Airachnid!}} Joined by two lookalikes, "[[ML Convoy]]" and "[[EXILE Convoy]]", he later helped [[Jazz (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Jazz]] out in a musical battle with [[Soundwave (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}}

When [[Inferno (Kre-O)|Inferno]] was feeling guilty over causing [[Red Alert (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Red Alert]] to get hurt, Optimus Prime reassured him that everyone makes mistakes and dwelling on the matter wouldn't make Red Alert any happier. After they two had settled their differences, Optimus reflected that forgiving each other to strengthen your bonds is what Autobots are good at. {{storylink|Dive Into the Fire! The Rescue Operation of Friendship}} Through a [[space bridge]] accident, Optimus Prime and his comrades ended up on a world of giants where he found a toy version of himself! After explaining the existence of Kreons to [[Isami Tatewaki|a human boy]], he was attacked by the Decepticons only to convince Megatron that it was in his best interest that they return home. Before going back into space on a rocket, he assured the boy they would surely meet again. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise! The Transformers Are by Your Side!?}}

At some point, Optimus Prime was present at Metroplex when Devastator, Predaking, and [[Bruticus (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Bruticus]] all attacked. They were defeated by [[Superion (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Superion]], but Optimus was unable to thank him as his victorious strategy had sent him rolling off into the distance. {{storylink|Kre-O Micro-Changers Combiners comic}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Optimus is one of several members of the [[Silver Knight (Kre-O)|Silver Knights]], a collection of renaissance festival enthusiasts. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/27}}

==Games==
===Kre-O Transformers Konquest===
[[File:Kre-O Transformers Konquest splatted Kreon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"... ow"]]
The Autobots' peaceful day in [[Kreopolis]] was shattered when the city was bombarded by the Decepticons, and Optimus Prime and his men were shattered into their component blocks. Optimus Prime's Kreon bravely dashed out into the rain of death to catch the falling blocks of his comrades, so that they could be reassembled. {{storylink|Kre-O Transformers Konquest}}
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===Prime Defence===
Earth was under attack by Decepticon who were either meteors or were throwing meteors. Optimus ran along a road, shooting the meteors with missiles until he ran out of shielding. {{storylink|Prime Defence}}

===Prime VS The Zombie Cons===
Optimus Prime had to defend [[Phoenix (city)|Phoenix]] from a horde of rampaging [[Zombie Con]]s. {{storylink|Prime VS The Zombie Cons}}

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===''Kreon Chaos''===
Arriving on Cybertron, Optimus met up with Bumblebee and the two of them looked about to find a way into the Decepticon's base, where the Optimus Prime Kre-O kit parts were being kept. Unfortunately, as they progressed, Bumblebee was captured, leaving Optimus to be once more on his own. Optimus then met up with Sentinel Prime, and the two of them working in conjunction were able to rescue Bumblebee. Later, the Autobots managed to infiltrate the Decepticon base. They spread out, and recovered the Optimus Prime kit. Ratchet then assembled the kit. Once completed, the newly assembled Optimus Prime declared: "Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost!" {{storylink|Kreon Chaos}}
{{charstubgame|"Earth" and "Moon" stages}}

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===''Feed Grimlock''===
Using a catapult, Optimus Prime fed [[Grimlock (Kre-O)|Grimlock]] with [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicons]]. {{storylink|Feed Grimlock}}
===''Megatron Take Down''===
Optimus charged Bumblebee with a mission to take down the colossal Megatron before he reached a city, and wreaked havoc there. {{storylink|Megatron Take Down}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{Note|The Optimus Prime Kreon is part of the player's power-up: They served as the player's support by attacking enemies. However the Kreons can suffer friendly fire from the player itself.}}
{{Storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

==Commercial appearances==
* Optimus Prime was part of an epic battle in a desert against the Decepticons. He managed to smash one of Megatron's arms, but the Decepticon leader simply rebuilt it from the scattered Kre-O bricks. The battle continued, with Optimus, Bumblebee and Ratchet dodging missiles and landing a few good hits of their own. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O TRANSFORMERS teaser trailer}} He also rode atop of Bumblebee's vehicle mode in order to snag Starscream out of the air. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O TRANSFORMERS Online Exclusive commercial}}
* When Megatron stole a piece of [[Dark Energon]] from a bank, Optimus sucker-punched the villain, and then battled him through the city streets to recapture the crystal. He was able to do so after a brutal beat-down. Optimus's Kreon then stuffed Megatron's Kreon into a jail cell. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|"Battle for Energon" building set commercial}}

==Toys==
===''Kre-O''===
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[[File:KreO-Toy OptimusMatrixKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|If you even ''thought'' about Transformers in 2011, you probably have two of me.]]
* '''"Matrix Optimus Prime"''' (2011)
**''Pieces'': '''10'''
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle, stand brick

: Intended to be [[exclusive]] to [[BotCon 2011]], this redeco of the regular Optimus Prime [[Kreon]] has an open chest showing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] within. He came in a very wide box —which completely lacks any identifying name for the Kreon within, thus the quotes around the name for this listing— with a catalog for the upcoming ''Kre-O'' line, plus a plain black 2x4 brick to stand on.

: We say "intended to be", because in actuality, the thing appears to have been produced in such huge quantities that it's wound up being made available in ''loads'' of other places; it was handed out at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2011, offered as a free giveaway with any order that included Transformers toys on [[Hasbro Toy Shop]], as a free gift on the cover of the ''[[Awesome Autobots Activity Book]]'', and came as a free gift attached to, of all things, issue #240 of the [[United Kingdom|UK]] children's comic ''[[Doctor Who]] Adventures'' (but not the UK's [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Transformers'' comic]], oddly enough!).

:A factory error even caused this version (minus display stand) to be included in the larger Optimus Prime kit (see below). This problem was fixed, but it was awesome while it lasted.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Kre-OMatrixOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Matrix Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy Optimus542pc.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Nigh-infinite configuration possibilities, and somehow a WORSE base mode than pretty much every other Optimus's trailer-bases. Wow.]]
* '''Optimus Prime''' (2011)
**''Set number'': '''30689'''
**''Pieces'': '''542'''
**''Kreons'': Optimus Prime, Bluestreak, Skywarp, two Stunt Drivers
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle, weapons sprue (sniper rifle, pistol, submachinegun, handcuffs, radio, ammo box), large tool sprue (shovel, hammer, electric drill, clamp), small tool sprue (socket wrench, screwdriver, wrench, hatchet), 2 traffic cones

: Naturally, Optimus Prime got the biggest of the sets in the first year of ''Kre-O''. The set can be built into a large long-nose tractor-trailer rig with a removable "sleeper" cab that hides a computer station, and a trailer that can carry the set's two motorcycles or open up to carry larger car builds. The robot mode build includes a huge Optimus, based largely on the [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action movie Optimus]], though with a head based almost directly on the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' Voyager Optimus]]. He is armed with a distressingly plain brick that fires pressure-launched missiles (aka his smokestacks). Most of the leftover parts in robot mode become a "headquarters" which is mostly just a random assemblage of mismatched-color panels and a pair of barricades. Both main builds leave numerous parts unused if you go expressly by the instructions, but hey, it's a building kit, surely you can find ''someplace'' to apply most of them.

: The set comes with a bevy of [[Kreon]]s, including Optimus Prime (this one based heavily on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus]]), [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Bluestreak]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Skywarp]], and a pair of human [[Stunt Driver]]s. A packaging error resulted in some releases of this set to come with the promotional "Matrix chest" Optimus (see above) rather than the normal version pictured here.

:Speaking of errors, the instruction manuals (he has two) both have errors in their parts listings, showing numerous pieces in the wrong colors or not making it clear that some parts are, well, clear. Making things more confusing, not all of these miscolors are reflected in the step-by-step instructions, while a couple new ones are added there.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Kre-OOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy Optimus-90pc.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Kneedom is the right of all sentient beings.]]
* '''Optimus Prime''' (2011)
**''Set number'': '''31143'''
**''Pieces'': '''90'''

: The smaller of the two Optimus Prime kits in year one, this version is based more on the [[Optimus Prime (G1)|original Optimus Prime]]. The small cabover-style tractor-trailer truck build is solid, unable to seat any Kreons inside. The robot mode is heavily restricted in its articulation, with no knees, and only single-direction-swivel elbows and shoulders.

:This is one of the few ''Kre-O Transformers'' sets to not come with any Kreons whatsoever, the other being the similarly-sized [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)#74pc|Bumblebee]] kit.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Kre-OSmallOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on "small" Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy OptimusBFE.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Battle for Energon''' (2012)
**''Set number'': '''98812'''
**''Pieces'': '''379'''
**''Kreons'': Optimus Prime, Megatron, Security Officer, Tank Driver
**''Accessories'': Energon axe

: Part of the "[[Battle for Energon]]" multi-pack, this set's Optimusses are based more on the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|incarnation]]. The larger Prime build is a smaller, simpler build than the first-year set, and is armed with a spring-loaded missile launcher brick. The truck mode build has an opening cab-front to reveal his engine. Just like before, both of these builds leave out several parts that must be just set aside... like how the truck build does not use ''a single one'' of the large ball-and-socket-joint-blocks that make up the bulk of the robot build's limbs.

: The Optimus Kreon's [[tampograph]]s are based directly on the ''Prime'' cartoon model, though he carries an energon axe akin to the one from the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]'' games. He also has a clear-blue extra "energon" torso piece. This piece was apparently intended to feature the Optimus tampographs at some point, but like all of the extra torsos in this year's assortment, it's been been left unimpressively blank.

: This set also comes with a [[Megatron (Kre-O)#BattleForEnergon|Megatron]] tank/robot build, a miniature bank playset with opening/breakaway vault to hold the set's "[[ultimate Dark Energon weapon]]" piece (though it also contains stickers that can make the bank into a museum), and Kreons of ''Prime''-styled Megatron, a human [[Security Officer (Kre-O)|Security Officer]] and evil human [[Tank Driver]].

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[[File:KreO-Toy UltimateVehiclePack.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
* '''Ultimate Vehicle Pack''' (2012)
**''Set number'': '''A4583'''
**''Pieces'': '''279'''
**''Kreons'': Bluestreak, Sideswipe

:This big ol' [[Red Bucket|bucket]] of parts contains unchanged versions of the 90-piece Optimus Prime (see above), the [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)#74pc|74-piece Bumblebee set]], and the [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Jazz]] set. But instead of the Kreons that came with Jazz, it instead includes the [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Bluestreak]] and [[Sideswipe (Kre-O)|Sideswipe]] Kreons.

:Your guess is as good as ours.

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[[File:KreO-Toy Optimus-Prime BeastBlaster.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
* '''Beast Blade Optimus Prime''' (2013)
**''Set number'': '''A2203'''
**''Pieces'': '''251'''
**''Kreons'': Optimus Prime, Energon Kicker
**''Accessories'': Robot sword, stand brick

: For the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]: [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Beast Hunters (2013)|Beast Hunters]]''-themed third year of ''Kre-O'', "Beast Blade" Optimus takes on the shape of the [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Beast Hunters|uber-bulky ''Beast Hunters'' cabover Optimus]]. In truck build, the back end dual spring-loaded missile launchers are on a ball-and-socket arm so it can be moved into different firing positions. The robot mode had a similar launcher/flight-pack on its back, only on a single-directional swivel to make them over-shoulder cannons. It's also armed with a built sword and a large arm-mounted shield. Optimus even comes with an extra open right hand and a pointing left hand.

: The included Optimus Kreon is similarly based on the ''Beast Hunters'' Optimus body, and is pretty bells-and-whistles-free apart from a sword. He doesn't even have smokestacks.

: This set also comes with the "[[Kicker Jones#Kre-O|Energon Kicker]]" Kreon and the buildable [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] beast [[Lazerback (Prime)#Kre-O|Lazerback]].

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[[File:KreO-Toy Optimus-Prime AutoCC.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bumblebee is going to pay for stealing his T-cog as a prank.]]
*'''Autobot Command Center''' (Playset, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A5412'''
**''Pieces'': '''461'''
**''Kreons'': [[Arcee (WFC)#Kre-O|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#CommandCenter|Bumblebee]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#CommandCenter|Knock Out]], [[Ratchet (WFC)#Kre-O|Ratchet]], [[Shockwave (WFC)#Kre-O|Shockwave]]

: The large "[[Autobot Command Center]]" playset comes with a multitude of ''Prime''-based Kreons, but the set's Optimus isn't a Kreon, but a brick-built mini-vehicle based on Optimus's truck mode. The truck also features a pressure-fired net launcher, in order to catch the similarly brick-built [[Rippersnapper (Prime)#AutobotCommandCenter|Rippersnapper]] beast.

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[[File:KreO-Toy OptimusCustomKreon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Custom Kreon, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A6085'''
**''Pieces'': '''41'''
**''Accessories'': Rack, large rifle, ray pistol, robot sword, wing-backpack, rocket-backpack

: Part of the first assortment of "Custom Kreons", this version of Optimus Prime comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. His [[tampograph]]s are much more heavily-detailed than the original Kreons, based on the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Optimus Prime toy]]. His "normal" helmet (and small sword) are [[chrome]]d, plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the ''Kre-O Battleship'' aliens), plus a buildable large rifle, a buildable wing-pack, and a ray pistol (originally an [[Andorian]] blaster from ''Kre-O Star Trek'').

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[[File:KreO-Toy OrionPax.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
* '''Orion Pax''' (2014)
**''Pieces'': '''10'''
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle, transparent block, brick display stand

: This Optimus-before-he-was-Optimus Kreon was available only with the ''[[Transformers: Kre-O Character Encyclopedia]]'', based on his appearance in "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]". He uses the [[Ironhide (Kre-O)|Ironhide]] helmet and the original Optimus Prime Kreon's gun. He also comes with a transparent 1x2 "blank" plate in clear-plastic with "KREO" written on it in [[Cybertronian language#Notes|Autobot text]]... for some reason.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-OOrionPax/orionpax.htm More information on Orion Pax at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Kre-o-Elite-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Elite Optimus Prime''' (2014)
**''Pieces'': '''43'''
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle

:A polybag with buildable Optimus Prime with larger brick-built arms and legs on a Kreon-sized torso, much like the Galvatron in the Factory Battle set. His helmet is completely unpainted.

:This figure was available at the "Transformers Exhibition" event in Taipei, Taiwan from [[June 27]] to [[July 6]], and as a freebie giveaway at Canadaian Toys"R"Us stores during build-a-figure event on [[September 27]].

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[[File:KreO-toy OptimusClass84.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle

: This version of Optimus, voted "Most Likely To Succeed" by the [[Kreon Class of 1984]], lays heavy on the toy-based tampographs (though they are completely different from the other iterations), and like the others in the set, has a more animation-model-inspired face deco, what with having a nose and all.

:He was only available in a pack of 30 Kreons dubbed "Class of 1984". This set was made for sale at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014. Remaining stock was to be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online after the convention, but as the set sold out at the show, that never happened.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/SDCCKre-OOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Class of 1984 Optimue Prime at TFU.info]

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[[File:Kre-O-Gashapon-Total-Commander-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb]]
*'''Total Commander Optimus Prime (Convoy)''' (Gacha capsule Kreon, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Ray pistol

:In late 2014, twelve Kreons were sold through [[TakaraTomy]]'s "TakaraTomy A.R.T.S" [[Gacha]] capsule-toy machines in Japan. Thankfully for the rest of the world, these Kreons are all basically identical to previously-released ones in the Hasbro lines. The Gacha release of Optimus Prime is basically the base [[#Custom|Custom Kreon Optimus]] using his clear-plastic helmet and carrying the small ray pistol, lacking his leg-wheels, smokestacks and backpack (and of course all those other parts and accessories).

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[[File:KreO-toy Optimus Ski.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Stupid sexy Optimus.]]
*'''Winter Optimus Prime''' (2015)
**''Accessories'': 2 skis

:Released exclusively at [[Toy Fair 2015]], the polybagged Winter Optimus Prime is a ski-themed Optimus Kreon. His body tampographs depict human ski apparel over his traditional appearance. He includes two skis but no ski poles. He uses the new retooled Optimus helmet that has no mouthplate.

:[http://www.paulmwood.com/hasbro#/armor-heroes/ Promotional artwork for this Kreon] shows him with ski poles, made up of the "pole" pieces with peg-in shuriken on one end. So, if you got spares of those parts, well, there you go.

: Optimus was one of four polybagged promotional Kreons intended for 2015, but the only one to see "release". Packaged samples of "[[Bumblebee (Kre-O)#Soccer|Soccer Bumblebee]]" and "[[Drift (AOE)#Beach|Beach Drift]]" were produced but never released, and "[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Santa|Santa Grimlock]]" seemingly exists only as promotional art.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/Kre-OTFOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Winter Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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* '''Beast Hunter Optimus Prime''' (2016)
**''Set number'': '''B6424'''
**''Pieces'': '''251'''
**''Kreons'': Optimus Prime, Energon Kicker
**''Accessories'': Robot sword

:Re-packaged and re-released through budget chains like Dollar General and Family Dollar in the US, this is a seemingly-unchanged version of "Beast Blade Optimus Prime", only with the packaging and instructions omitting any mention or visuals of the kit's large robot build. The set still has all the ''parts'' for the large robot build, there's just no instructions for said build so you get to puzzle it out yourself (or look them up online).

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[[File:KreO-toy Optimus-G1 BrickBox.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Brick Box''' (2016)
**''Set Number'': '''B2963'''
**''Pieces'': '''82'''
**''Accessories'': Optimus Rifle

: Released in the third wave of "Brick Box" sets, and found only at Dollar General stores, this version of Bumblebee uses the new 2015 style of Kreon hips and torso, with a hollow hip-peg and a central post inside the torso for increased grip... which also makes the torso incompatible with about four years' worth of Kreons. Nice. His face tampograph is new, but his torso uses the "Class of '84" deco.

: The set comes with two bags of Kre-O parts, one coming from the first-year Sideswipe set (mostly all the small bits and the now-useless neck joint), the other "new" with some basic bricks and plates. The set has no instructions, as it's just a box of bricks to make whatever with.

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====''Age of Extinction''====
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[[File:Kreo-Toy AoE Kreon Optimus evasion.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Shotgun optional.]]
*'''Cell Block Breakout''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A6951'''
**''Pieces'': '''135'''
**''Kreons'': Evasion mode Optimus Prime, [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)#CellBlockBreakout|Bumblebee]], [[Vehicon (Kre-O)#AgeOfExinction|Vehicon]]

:The Optimus Prime Kreon in this set is based on the character's "evasion mode" design from the ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'' movie. This set also includes a buildable [[Dinobot (Kre-O subgroup)|Dinobot]] beast [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]]. The Kreon also features a magnet backpack, which can be attached to Strafe's magnetic legs. (Yes, we know Strafe appears after Optimus gets his new look in the movie. We don't know either.) This Kreon does not include his shotgun, but one can be stolen from another Kreon.

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[[File:KreO-Toy AoE Kreon Optimus gold.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Destined to be the Gold Plastic Syndrome Knight someday. Maybe.]]
*'''Grimlock Street Attack''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A6955'''
**''Pieces'': '''196'''
**''Kreons'': Gold Knight Optimus Prime, Vehicon x2
**''Accessories'': Staff

:The Optimus Prime Kreon in this set is based on the character's less-screen-accurate-and-toy-only gold knight design. This set also includes a buildable yet fully-armed Dinobot beast [[Grimlock (Kre-O)|Grimlock]].
[[File:Kre-O-Gold-Knight-OP-Tampographed-Faceplate.jpg|left|100px|thumb]]
:In the ''Age of Extinction'' Guide Book, The Gold Knight Optimus Prime Kreon erroneously features a tamopgraphed mouth on his helmet. This was not present in the final photos.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-OGSAOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Grimlock Street Attack Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy AoE Kreon Optimus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*'''Galvatron Factory Battle''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A6952'''
**''Pieces'': '''388'''
**''Kreons'': Optimus Prime, [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)#GalvatronFactoryBattle|Bumblebee]], Vehicon, [[Dr. Littleman#Kre-O|Dr. Littleman]], 2 KSI workers.
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle

:The Optimus Prime Kreon in this set is based on the character's design from the Age of Extinction movie. This set also includes a buildable Dinobot beast and a [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Galvatron]] super-robot.

:The stock photos shows that his mouthplate was unpainted.

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[[File:KreO-Toy Optimus-AOE DinoHauler.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime Dino Hauler''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A7796'''
**''Pieces'': '''275'''
**''Kreons'': [[Ratchet (Kre-O)|Ratchet]], Vehicon x2, human Autobot Driver.

: The centerpiece of the "[[Optimus Prime Dino Hauler]]" set is a buildable vehicle mode Optimus Prime in longnose truck form, with a cage-like trailer, designed to carry the buildable Dinobot beast [[Snarl (Kre-O)|Snarl]]. Curiously, this set does ''not'' come with an Optimus Kreon, but it's not like there's not a ton of them in other sets.

: He comes with a driver mini-Kreon who can be [[Cade Yeager]] if you like.

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[[File:KreO-Toy Optimus-AOE CustomKreon.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Axes and guns but no sword.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Custom Kreon, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A7836'''
**''Collection'': '''Collection 1'''
**''Pieces'': '''30'''
**''Accessories'': Rack, blaster, battle-axe, smokestack backpack, wing-pack, extra body parts

: Part of the first wave of ''Age of Extinction'' Custom Kreons, this Optimus comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. His "normal" helmet and blaster are [[Vacuum metallizing|chromed]], plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the ''Kre-O Battleship'' aliens) plus a spare hand, as well as a buildable battle-axe, a buildable smokestack-pack, and an extra [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Wheeljack]]-style wing-pack.

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[[File:Kre-o-grimlock-unleashed-optimus-prime-kreon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Grimlock Unleashed''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A8600'''
**''Pieces'': '''333'''
**''Kreons'': [[Grimlock (Kre-O)|Grimlock]], Optimus Prime (Kre-O), [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)#Grimlock Unleashed|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Grimlock Unleashed|Galvatron]], [[Lockdown (ROTF)#Grimlock Unleashed|Lockdown]]
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle

:This Kreon of Optimus Prime is very, very similar to both the "[[Galvatron Factory Battle]]" and the "[[Decepticon Replicator]]" Optimus Kreons. This one however has silver hands, a light smirk under his facemask, "battle damage" on his chest tampograph, and lacks the clip-on smokestacks.

:This set popped up at Toys"R"Us a few short weeks after the initial product without any advance warning... and retailed for a mere $25, despite the size of the set.

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[[File:KreO-Toy OptimusPrimeDinobotRide.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Optimus Minor?]]
*'''Dinobot Ride''' (2014)
**''Pieces'': '''46'''
**''Kreons'': Optimus Prime
**''Accessories'': Stand-brick, robot sword

: This version of Optimus uses the micro-Kreon build introduced in the ''Kre-O Cityville Invasion'' sets. He comes with a mini-build of dino-mode [[Grimlock (Kre-O)#DinobotRide|Grimlock]] as part of a small bagged kit.

: This set was only available on [[June 28]] as part of a special promotion at Toys"R"Us, given away free from noon to 2pm (roughly) as part of an in-store building event that coincided with the opening weekend of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'' and the final day of a buy-one-get-one-half-off sale on all ''Transformers'' product.

: The building set also comes with a poster with a preview of all Kre-O Transformers products released in 2014.

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[[File:Kre-O-Decepticon-Replicator-Optimus-Prime-Kreon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Decepticon Replicator''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A8601'''
**''Kreons'': Stinger, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Nemesis Prime, human scientist
**''Accessories'' Optimus rifle

:This iteration of Optimus is incredibly similar to the "[[Grimlock Unleashed]]" and "[[Galvatron Factory Battle]]" Optimusses. In fact, the ''only'' difference between this Kreon and the Factory Battle Optimus is the face: this one has a closed-mouth frown and blue eyebrows.

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[[File:KreO-Toy Optimus-AOE SilverKnight.jpg|upright=1.67|right|thumb]]
*'''Silver Knight Autobots''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A8602'''
**''Kreons'': Drift, Optimus Prime, Hound, Crosshairs, Bumblebee
**''Accessories'': Spear

: This Optimus takes on the "Silver Knight" deco of so many toys. He comes with a dual-bladed spear, .

: He was only available in a five-pack of Kreons of main Autobots from ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', but with all of them in "Silver Knight" decos ''not'' from that movie.

: This set was made available at the "[[Transformers Exhibition]]" event in Taipei, Taiwan from [[June 27]] to [[July 6]], but was available at "normal" retail elsewhere.

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[[File:KreO-toy Optimus Universal4pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Kreon 4-Pack''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A9370'''
**''Kreons'': [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Universal4pack|Bumblebee]], [[Evac (Ride)#Kre-O|Evac]] (pre-2020 releases), [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Kre-O|Megatron]], Optimus Prime, [[N.E.S.T. Sentry]] (2020 release)
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle

:This version of "movie" Optimus is based on his ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' incarnation, as that's how he appears in "[[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]]" and as a mascot character on the park grounds. He is available exclusively in a box set sold at The Ride's gift shop at [[Universal]] Studios theme parks. After several years of ''only'' being available at the park proper, the four-pack was eventually added to Universal's online store.

: In 2015, a new run of the set was produced, this time using the revamped-from-the-head-down 2015-style Kreon bodies. Optimus's [[tampograph]]s are slightly sharper, with thinner black outlines, but are otherwise unchanged. This set would later see slight production changes; all of the figures' tampographs have gone back to thicker lines and being a bit sloppier, while Optimus's medium-pearlescent-gray plastics (his arm-mounted smokestacks) have been lightened considerably and lost a significant amount of metallic sheen.

: In mid-2020, the set was revamped again ''again'', now removing Evac and replacing him with the [[N.E.S.T. Sentry]]. This version of the set uses the latter version of the other three characters with the thicker tampograph lines and lighter medium-gray plastic.

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[[File:KreO-Toy Optimus-AOE DVD.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Yes, this is different from all the others.]]
* '''Transformers: Age of Extinction Blu-ray and KRE-O pack''' (2014)

: This version of the Optimus Prime Kreon is based on the "knight armor" version of Optimus from late in the movie. That's about it.

: He was only available in the [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive Blu-Ray + DVD release of the ''Transformers: Age of Extinction'' film, packed in with an exclusive [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#MovieGiftSet|Galvatron]].

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====''Robots in Disguise''====
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[[File:Kre-o-underbite-jetpack-takedown-optimus-kreon.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
*'''Underbite Jetpack Takedown''' (2015)
**''Set Number'': '''B0950'''
**''Kreons'': Optimus Prime, [[Underbite#Kre-O|Underbite]], [[Ped (RID)#Kre-O|Ped]]
**''Pieces'': '''189'''
**''Accessories'': Ray pistol, Jetpack, 2 missiles

:Available only to the Underbite Jetpack Takedown set, this Optimus Prime Kreon uses the new 2015 style of Kreon hips and torso, with a hollow hip-peg and a central post inside the torso for increased grip... which also makes them incompatible with about four years' worth of Kreons, and he's based on his appearance in the new Robots in Disguise series. This Prime Kreon has a darker shade on his blue deco. He also features a 2x2 backpack peg piece, which is compatible for the included jetpack, to fight against the larger (or smaller Kreon of) [[Underbite#Kre-O|Underbite]] and [[Ped (RID)#Kre-O|Ped]].

:The set was first released in Taiwan and Singapore from January 2015, and later in Canada from May 2015. It was only released in the US in late 2015 through closeout chains like Ross and TJ Maxx.

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[[File:KreO-toy Optimus-RID BeastBlaster.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime Beast Blaster''' (2015)
**''Set Number'': '''B0951'''
**''Kreons'': Optimus Prime, [[Fracture (RID)#Kre-O|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)#Kre-O|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)#Kre-O|Divebomb]]
**''Pieces'': '''247'''
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle

: Optimus got his own large vehicle set, featuring a giant longnosed cab truck with space on the back to connect the included "[[Stasis pod#2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon|stasis cell]]" for transport. That "flatbed" part is rigged to be pushed forward, which pushes a large cannon forward out through the truck's front grill; pushing the cannon ''all'' the way forward automatically launches the massive rubber-tipped missile. The somekstacks are also hinged to swing down into "machinegun" mode.

: The set comes with another Optimus Kreon, plus [[Fracture (RID)#Kre-O|Fracture]] (who comes with a hoverbike vehicle) and micro-Kreon Mini-Cons [[Airazor (RID)#Kre-O|Airazor]] and [[Divebomb (RID)#Kre-O|Divebomb]].

: This set was first released in Taiwan and Singapore from January 2015, and later in Canada from May 2015. It was only released in the US in late 2015 through closeout chains like Ross and TJ Maxx.
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[[File:Kre-O-Custom-Kreon-RID2015-Optimus-Prime.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Custom Kreon, 2015)
**''Set Number'': '''B1233 '''
**''Pieces'':'''27'''
**''Accessories'': Rack, Bazooka, Dual pick-axe

:Part of the sixth wave of Custom Kreons, and the first (and only) ''Robots in Disguise''-themed wave, Optimus Prime uses the new 2015 Kreon construction with the hollow waist-peg and "raised" hands.. He comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his extra pieces. Unlike the previous Custom Kreons, he no longer features a chromed helmet, and comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso, legs, and his arms, plus a chromed Bazooka (originally from the Kre-O Battleship sets), and some kind of a dual pick-axe with a clear red staff.

:Despite what the instructions said, the body piece ''cannot'' be pegged down between the leg parts installed on the display stand. However this can be amended by putting a 2x1 brick piece.

:For some reason: unlike the stock photos, The Optimus Prime Custom Kreon had a slight [[Quality control|QC]] issue to the opaque and transparent helmets: One had two sides sculpted, while the other one has the small flat square sculpt (similar to the details on Hound's helmet) on the right side. Depending on the individual sample, one of them has the perfect transparent helmet & a differently-sculpted opaque helmet, while the other sample has the opposite. However: later releases fixes the problem by a [[Variant#running change|running change]].
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[[File:KreO-toy Optimus-RID CustomArmor.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Armor Up Optimus Prime''' (Custom Kreon, 2017)
**''Set Number'': ??
*'''Blizzard Strike Optimus Prime''' (2017)
**''Set Number'': '''B5712'''
*'''Night Strike Optimus Prime''' (2017)
**''Set Number'': ??
***''Pieces'': 27
***''Accessories'': 3 buildable blasters (one wielding, two for mounting), 2 shoulder armors, extension parts (arms, legs)

: Released (again) without any prior announcement from Hasbro exclusively through Dollar General stores, this new Custom Kreon Optimus Prime set features extension parts for the arms and legs used for the Kreons included in the China exclusive ''Armor Hero Captor'' sets. The Kreon can be displayed without adding any armor parts, of course.

: While the packaging shows twelve figures in the assortment: four characters with three decoes for each figure (Armor-Up, Blizzard Strike and Night Strike), only ''six'' of those have been released; Optimus has only been released in the Blizzard Strike deco.
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====Battle Changers====
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[[File:KreO-toy Optimus-G1 BattleChanger.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It remains to be seen if Optimus' pieces can be rebuilt [[Alligaticon|into an alligator]].]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Battle Changers, 2015)
**''Set Number'': '''B0715'''
**''Pieces'': ''89''
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle

: Part of the first wave of "Battle Changers", this version of Optimus Prime is a ''severely'' built-up Kreon that transforms from truck into a robot and back without removing any parts! However, the sheer chunkiness of his limbs hanging off a Kreon torso make for awkward positioning and questionable balljoint grip strength.

: Like the rest of the Battle Changers, he was available in selected Asian countries in December 2014. These sets only appeared in the US through closeout chains like Ross and TJ Maxx in 2015.

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[[File:KreO-toy Optimus-G1 BattleChangerVs.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime VS Megatron''' (Battle Changers 2-pack, 2015)
**''Set Number'': '''B1506'''
**''Pieces'': ''198''
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle, trailer

: This version of Battle Changers Optimus was only available in a two pack set with [[Megatron (Kre-O)#Battle Changers|Battle Changer Megatron]]. He is ''largely'' the same construction as as the single release, but has numerous small differences. He uses a new "double harness" piece on his torso instead of using two harnesses, leaving more space for his head to grip the neck-post, and his chest/windshield parts are each a single clipped "flag" part rather than the multi-part assembly of the single-pack. And of course there's the additional trailer, which doesn't have any official robot mode rebuild, and only loosely "connects" to the truck-mode Optimus by being lightly hooked to a single short bar on the back of Optimus's right leg.

: This set, like the one above, was only available in the US through closeout chains like Ross and TJ Maxx in 2015.
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====Mini-Con Combiners====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Mini-Con Combiners, unreleased)
**''Accessories'': 4 small weapons, 1 Bazooka/Gun

:''Mini-Con Combiner'' Optimus Prime comes with one standard Kreon and four Cityville mini Kreons of the same character, each one a different incarnation from various franchises. With some extra parts, the mini-Kreons become limbs to make a larger combiner-bot. The Optimus Prime Mini-Cons were based on ''Armada'' Optimus, [[:File:FirstEncounter Prime.jpg|pre-Earth ''Armada'']] Optimus, live-action film Optimus, and one, oddly enough, based on ''Generation 1'' Micromaster [[Overload (G1)|Overload]]. The four mini Kreons used the Ironhide helmet, Sentinel Prime helmet, Knock Out helmet, and Soundwave helmet. The normal-sized Prime Kreon probably uses the 2015-style Kreon construction.

:[https://www.seibertron.com/events/fullsize.php?event_id=400&size=1&image=29 First shown at New York Toy Fair 2015], the Mini-Con Combiners were apparently cancelled without fanfare... a decision that must have come late in the day, as they went on to star in their own promotional animation, "[[Stuck in a Tree]]", released about eight months after the trade show.

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====Kreon Warriors====
[[File:KreO-toy OptimusKW Samurai.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Samurai Optimus Prime''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Collection'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': 2 katanas, display stand

:Part of the first assortment of Kreon Warriors, Samurai Optimus Prime is a feudal-Japan-themed take on the Autobot leader. Like all 2015-and-beyond Kreons, he uses the new-tooling body, leaving everything from the neck down incompatible with prior Kreon parts.

:Unfortunately, the Kreon Warriors all came in bags that completely lack any way to identify the contents, forcing buyers to use the "feel through the bag" method to determine what's inside.

:Like all Kreon Warriors, Samurai Optimus Prime was never released in the United States.

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[[File:KreO-toy OptimusKW WildWest.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Finally, [[Peter Cullen|Peter]] can just go full-on John Wayne.]]
*'''Wild West Optimus Prime''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Collection'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Revolver, display stand

:Part of the first assortment of Kreon Warriors, Wild West Optimus Prime reimagines the Autobot leader as an old-style stagecoach robot, complete with wooden wagon wheels on his legs. Check out that kicky scarf!

:Like all Kreon Warriors, Wild West Optimus Prime was never released in the United States.

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[[File:KreO-toy OptimusKW Gladiator.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Gladiator Optimus Prime''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Buildable axe, scutum shield, display stand

:Part of the second assortment of Kreon Warriors, Gladiator Optimus Prime gives him an ancient Roman warrior motif, complete with plumed helmet.

:Like all Kreon Warriors, Gladiator Optimus Prime was never released in the United States.

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[[File:KreO-toy OptimusKW Pirate.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Pirate Optimus Prime''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Sword, clip-on cannon, display stand

:Part of the second assortment of Kreon Warriors, Pirate Optimus Prime has the look of an old galleon ship. His clip-on old-style cannon uses a "plume" piece to simulate a fuse.

:Like all Kreon Warriors, Pirate Optimus Prime was never released in the United States.

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*'''Army Optimus Prime''' (Kreon Warrior, <s>2015</s>)
**''Collection'': '''3'''
**''Accessories'': Buildable machinegun, display stand

:Part of the canceled third assortment of Kreon Warriors, Army Optimus Prime puts Prime in the trenches as a World-War-era machinegunner with heavy steel military vehicle mode styling.

:The Collection 3 Kreon Warriors were never released anywhere, but sets of complete and bagged samples made their way onto the secondary market.

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*'''Ninja Optimus Prime''' (Kreon Warrior, <s>2015</s>)
**''Collection'': '''3'''
**''Accessories'': Nunchucks, 2 peg-in shuriken, display stand

:Part of the canceled third assortment of Kreon Warriors, Ninja Optimus Prime gets another feudal-Japan look, but this time geared for stealth for to whonk people on the head with his 'chucks.

:The Collection 3 Kreon Warriors were never released anywhere, but sets of complete and bagged samples made their way onto the secondary market.

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*'''Army Optimus Prime''' (Kreon Warrior, <s>2015</s>)
**''Collection'': '''4'''
**''Accessories'': Machinegun, display stand

: Part of the canceled fourth assortment of Kreon Warriors, Army Optimus now has a World-War-era truck deco, and a helmet with flip-down goggles.

: The Collection 4 Kreon Warriors were never released anywhere, but a complete (presumably unbagged) set eventually was found in China in 2023.

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*'''Knight Optimus Prime''' (Kreon Warrior, <s>2015</s>)
**''Collection'': '''4'''
**''Accessories'': Sword, shield, display stand

: Part of the canceled fourth assortment of Kreon Warriors, Knight Optimus has an ornate castle-like-truck deco. He has wagon-wheels on his legs and carried a rather plain blue shield. Kinda surprised he didn't have an axe.

: The Collection 4 Kreon Warriors were never released anywhere, but a complete (presumably unbagged) set eventually was found in China in 2023.

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==Merchandise==
[[File:KreO-merch OptimusUSBport.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Optimus Prime USB Hub'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: This gigantic action figure (nearly 8 inches tall!) of Kreon Optimus is in fact a 4-port USB hub! But it's USB1.1 so eh. Yes, the giant clip-on smokestacks can pop off, as can the legs. Anything else, best not to risk it. It's not like you can swap parts with anything else anyway.

:It was exclusive to the Family Mart store chain in Taiwan.

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{{anchor|OptimusPrimePlush}}
[[File:Kre-O Optimus Prime Plush.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Optimus Prime Plush''' (2015)

{{charstubtoys}}

==External links==
* [http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kre-O-Transformers-Optimus-Prime/16386328 Optimus Prime's Kre-O bio @ Walmart.com]

[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]

User:Tenreky

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plastics strongest soldier

Buzz Saw (BW)

2025-02-21T02:06:34Z

Tenreky: /* Legacy */

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{{disambig3|Buzzsaw}}
:''Buzz Saw is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. ''

[[File:BWBuzzSawJapan.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Kid Friendly Character Rejection: Wrong kind of Bug]]
'''Buzz Saw''' (sometimes '''Buzzsaw''') is a figure of mystery, feared and respected on both sides in the Beast Wars. He is seldom even glimpsed as he flies at extreme altitudes to gather vital recon information or to rain unexpected death down on the Maximals far below. Little do any of them realize that he is, in actuality, a complete and utter coward, and his long range tactics stem entirely from the fact that he is terrified of coming into direct contact with the enemy. On the occasions where he must appear on an actual battlefield he does his best to remain at the back of the lines, hiding as best he is able behind dozens of other attacking Predacons. Socially he's a bit of a gossip and rather prone to bragging, wanting everyone to know what a great job he did on his last mission.

Buzz Saw is equipped with boosters that make him capable of escaping planetary orbit and flying free in space.

At some point after the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] he returns to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and joins the [[Maximal]]s in their fight against Megatron's [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]].

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
Buzz Saw liked to gang up with his equally wicked partner, [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], and reveled in fighting land-based foes to give himself the extra edge in battle. His optical array was impressive, being capable of detecting Maximal activities from 200,000 feet by using infrared scanning sensors. His strategy was then to zero-in on his victims, and temporarily paralyze them with his air-to-ground "sting" missiles. {{storylink|#Beast Wars|Buzz Saw bio}}

Buzzsaw was saved from [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s virus by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and became a part of the Maximal band fighting Megatron's rule over Cybertron. {{storylink|#Beast Machines|Buzzsaw bio}}

===''Timelines''===
{{voiceactor|[[Paul Dobson]] (English)}}

The [[Tripredacus]] agent [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] was held prisoner and interrogated by a group of [[Autobot]]s and [[Maximal]]s. However, this was actually a ruse perpetrated by [[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]] and a group of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] followers, among them Buzz Saw (disguised as [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]). {{storylink|Intimidation Game}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:Buzzsawbw.jpg|thumb|left|Just buzzing about. Don't mind me.]]
The 'bot who would one day call himself "Buzz Saw" served under [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] at the tail-end of the Great War. Though the Tripredacus Council sought to let hostilities between the Autobots and the Decepticons die out after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] both fell in combat, Megatron had more aggressive plans. His squadron attacked [[Tigatron]] when he approached them to broker peace between the two factions. While [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] dealt with Tigatron's entourage, Megatron and his troops headed off for the Primal Counci's base of operation to bring them down. Once there, they managed to surround their targets, only for [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Under-3|Unit-3]], and [[Tigatron]] (who had caught up to them) to combine into [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]] and strike back. As they were being pushed back, the Tripredacus Council arrived on the scene, and surrendered to the Autobots on behalf of all Decepticons, ending the war. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

[[File:BWGatherBuzzSawTusked.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2]]
Buzz Saw later came to be one of the [[protoform]]s on [[Earth]] reprogrammed into Predacons by [[Magmatron]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}} He was sent to search for [[Razorbeast]] and his team of Maximals from the air by the recently revived [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

When [[Sky Shadow (BW)|Sky Shadow]] discovered the Maximals' lair, Buzz Saw was among the Predacons who participated in the battle that ensued. After being beaten by the Maximals and their newly arrived reinforcements, Buzz Saw presumably retreated along with the other Predacons. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

He popped up again in the air wing of the Predacons' last ditch assault on the Maximal base. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} After the initial charge, he became a victim of the [[Pack]]'s attack, with [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]] nibbling on his wings. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}} He was presumably left on Earth with many of the injured Predacons and Maximals as the rest returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to fight [[Shokaract]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}
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===3H comics===
[[File:Abduction-BuzzSawQuickstrike.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Down in front!]]
Buzz Saw took part in the battle against the [[Quintesson]] invasion of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] less than three months after the planet's reformatting into a [[technorganic]] world. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

One year after the [[Great Transformation]], Buzzsaw got a front row view of several wayward Autobots exiting their spaceship, at least until [[Rook (Universe)|Rook]] shoved him out of the way to get a better view. Otherwise, he remained silent and blended into the crowd. {{storylink|Abduction}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Buzzsaw was a Predacon-turned-Maximal who joined [[Primal Prime]]'s [[Wreckers]]. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs, 2014/06/18}} Aboard the ''[[Rodimus Major]]'', he played pranks which annoyed [[Night Viper]] and [[Stockade (Universe 2003)|Stockade]]. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs, 2015/01/07}}

===Legends World===
[[File:Legends webcomic xmas Waspinator.jpg|thumb|150px|Buzz Saw is the little guy on the left.]]

Buzz Saw and [[Venom (G1)|Venin]] were the sons of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], with whom they celebrated [[Christmas]]. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} When [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] tried to convert him into a [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] fan, Waspinator-turned-[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] refused on behalf of his kids, telling Tankor they had no idea who the [[Optimus Prime (G1)|original Optimus Prime]] was. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 17#I'm Tankor, dana!|I'm Tankor, dana!}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Buzz Saw had a helicopter alt-mode before undergoing the [[Beast Upgrade]] to become a [[pulse wasp]]. He became a reconnaissance agent for the [[Resistance]] during the [[Grand Uprising]]. When all contact was lost with the city-state of [[Damaxus]], Buzz Saw and [[Stormrazor]] were sent across the [[Rust Sea]] to scout the situation. They uncovered one of the first hives of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s, sparkless combat drones able to convert proto-formers into more of their kind. Damaxus was completely overrun by Vehicons...and they noticed the scouts. Stormrazor sacrificed himself to help Buzz Saw escape with the intelligence report, but that delayed the Vehicons for only a few moments. Unable to escape, Buzz Saw attempted to surrender, even offered to turn over Resistance data to save himself. He pled for mercy, only to find the Vehicons had none. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[File:Kingdom-Golden-Disk-Predacons-under-Blackarachnia.jpg|thumb|left|Buzzsaw's the yellow Waspinator lookalike.]]
The Predacons traveled across time to find the [[AllSpark]] and change the fate of Cybertron. While battling the [[Maximal]]s on pre-[[Ice Age]] [[Earth]], both sides were joined by the Autobots and Decepticons, their epic battle changing their combined destinies forever. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

In a possible destiny recorded on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]], Buzz Saw was present when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] ascended to the leader of the Predacons, alongside [[Retrax]], [[Predaking (Kingdom)|Predaking]], [[Manterror]], and [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]]. {{storylink|Source:Golden Disk destinies|''Kingdom'' Golden Disk cards}}

===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
[[File:TheEnd-BuzzSaw.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Buzzsaw's the one not having the best day.]]

The Cybertronian who would become Buzz Saw was one of the many Maximal protoforms aboard the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. To eliminate the Maximals and Predacons, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and the [[Vok]] brought every crashed [[stasis pod]] they could find online and reprogrammed the protoforms within into loyal "[[Children of the Vok (group)|Children of the Vok]]". Together, they attacked the crashed ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' in an attempt to take out the Maximal-Predacon alliance, and in the ensuing battle [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] used his super-speed to punch Buzz Saw. Eventually, when the Maximals and Predacons destroyed the Vok themselves, Buzz Saw and the remaining followers agreed to a truce and left to live peacefully in the wilderness. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}

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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW Buzz Saw toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Buzz Saw''' (Deluxe Class, [[1996]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''D-9'''
:*''Takara release date'': December ?? [[1997]]
:*''Accessories'': missile launcher, 2 "sting" missiles

: A [[redeco]] of the original [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Toys|Waspinator]] mold, ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Buzz Saw transforms from an organic bee or "yellow jacket bee"<ref>Buzz Saw's toy packaging exclusively refers to him as a bee, but the 1996 Hasbro Toy Fair catalog calls him a "yellow jacket bee". This is a common misnomer for {{w|yellowjacket|yellowjackets}}, which are actually a type of wasp.</ref> to a robot. His beast-mode stinger separates to become a hand-held spring-loaded missile-launcher. The "sting" missiles for the launcher store in the insect wings' undersides. His torso features a rotating center-block with a [[robot mode]] head on each end; one is a "normal" robot mode face (with which he is usually depicted), the other a "mutant" face (which is nominally used by Waspinator).

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release, part of the fourth wave of Takara's ''Beast Wars'' line in December 1997, is slightly different from the [[Hasbro]] version, using a darker purple plastic, and replacing the lime-green plastic with a muted gray. (Curiously enough, exactly the same plastic changes were done to [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Toys|Blackarachnia]]'s Japanese release. Takara's Waspinator and Tarantulas also had matching changes made to these parts, indicating the spider and hornet molds were at least partially [[gang-molding|gang-molded]].)

: This mold was also [[retool]]ed to make [[Dirge (BW)#Dirgegun|Dirgegun]] and [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Thrustinator|Thrustinator]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1996/Predacon/BuzzSaw/buzzsaw.htm More information on Beast Wars Buzz Saw at TFU.info]''
::*''[https://juusankaidan.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-188.html Takara Buzz Saw at a Japanese toy photoblog]''

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[[File:BJ's-Wholesale-Club-Wolfang-and-Buzz-Saw.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Deluxe Beast Assortment''' (two-pack, 1996)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': missile launcher, 2 "sting" missiles

: Sold exclusively at [[BJ's Wholesale Club]], Buzz Saw was released alongside [[Wolfang (Maximal)#Toys|Wolfang]] in a "two-pack", which was just the two regular-release toys on regular-release cards, inserted into a generic cardboard sleeve, and sold at a wholesale-cost discount as that's what BJ's does.

::*''[https://www.shmax.com/product_details/9282/wolfang_and_buzz_saw_deluxe_beast_assortment_two_pack More infromation on Shmax.com]''

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[[File:VS9-WolfangBuzzSaw.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|BLACKED OUT WINDOWS]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Kurayami no Taiketsu: Howlinger vs Buzz Saw''' (Multi-pack, 1997)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-9'''
:*''Release date'': December ?? 1997
:*''Accessories'': missile launcher, 2 missiles

: In Japan, Buzz Saw was also available in a "Darkness Showdown" (暗闇の対決 ''Kurayami no Taiketsu'') two-pack with [[Wolfang (Maximal)#VS9|Howlinger]]. The two-pack versions are identical to their individual releases.
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===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:Buzzsaw-BMtoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Not to be confused with Gordon Sumner or Steve Borden.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Buzzsaw''' (Basic Class, [[2000]])}}</ul>
:*''Known designers'': [[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy), [[Tim Bradley]] (Hasbro, concept artist)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Basics, Buzzsaw transforms into a [[technorganic]] wasp. His stinger/left arm is on a long flexible spring with a string "spine", letting it bend freely. It opens up to form a claw with an extending barb, also revealing his [[spark crystal]].

: Buzzsaw is one of the few flying-insect Transformers whose bug-wings don't just hang off him as [[kibble]], instead forming his robot mode legs.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Buzzsaw/buzzsaw.htm More information on ''Beast Machines'' Buzzsaw at TFU.info]''
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cyb-toy Buzzsaw.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Buzzsaw''' (Deluxe class, [[2005]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 missiles, Cybertron Decepticon Cyber Key
:*''Known designers'': [[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy)
{{note|The ''Cybertron'' [[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Buzzsaw]] toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the pre-beast form of ''Beast Wars'' Buzz Saw in ''Beast Wars: Uprising''.}}

: ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Buzzsaw is a [[redeco]] and fairly extensive [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Cyclonus (Armada)#Toys|Cyclonus]], transforming into a Cybertronian helicopter. The figure's cockpit is retooled into a "bubble" style window that resembles the head of a wasp. While one might think this removes the original [[Mini-Con]] "second cockpit" [[gimmick]], the cockpit can still be lifted up to accommodate [[Crumplezone (Armada)|Crumplezone]] (or [[Heavy Barrel (Cybertron)|Heavy Barrel]]). His primary gimmick is a trigger-activated gear assembly that runs through the length of the vehicle mode; pulling the trigger both spins the rotor blade and a gear system in the cockpit area. Normally, this simply causes his cockpit-mounted twin-cannons to shake back and forth. If Crumplezone/Heavy Barrel is attached in secondary cockpit mode, the gears make their cannon move. Attaching a compatible geared Mini-Con to the square frame on the underside of his cockpit (any member of the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]], the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]], or [[Refute (Armada)|Refute]]) allows the gear system to activate ''their'' gear-wheel gimmicks as well by pulling the trigger.

: The figure's wing-mounted missile launchers have been retooled to operate off of a [[Cyber Planet Key]] rather than a Mini-Con, which also means he cannot wield the helicopter blade as an arm-mounted weapon as the original does. The Powerlinx ports on his legs do '''not''' activate the pop-out shin-guns anymore; these are released with a simple nudge.

: In robot mode the figure features a retooled head which resembles the "robot" head of the ''Beast Wars'' character that is his namesake.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Buzzsaw/buzzsaw.htm More information on Buzzsaw at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers'' (campaign item)===
[[File:AOE-toy Buzzsaw.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Buzz Saw''' (Promotional Micron, 2014)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[May 17]], 2014

: Buzz Saw a clear-yellow and clear-blue [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Legends class [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Generations|Waspinator]], transforming into a wasp, a robot with [[C joint|3 mm-compatible]] hands, and a gun with a [[5 mm post|5 mm handle]]. He has an [[autotransformation]] feature that folds up his wings when his gun barrel is extended.

: Due to the change of plastics from softer PVC to hard ABS in the wing-jointing, the wing-blaster-backpack part can be ''very'' loose and wobbly. But given the general fragility of clear plastic joints, that might be for the best.

: He was part of the "Clear Micron Campaign", [[exclusive]] to Joshin and Bic Camera stores, free with the purchase of 3000 yen worth of [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|''Lost Age'']] product.

{{GenerationsLegendsWaspinatorMold}}
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:Legacytoy-Buzzsaw.jpg|thumb|300px|If you're wondering: No, he does not fit into [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#2020Netflix|Soundwave's]] door.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Buzzsaw''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Stinger blaster
:*''Known designers'': [[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Ittoku Kuwazu]] (TakaraTomy)

:A redeco of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Waspinator]], with a new head based on the original toy's robot head, Buzzsaw transforms from a robot into a "realistic" yellowjacket. The figure, while mostly accurate to his original toy, has a black thorax and black wings. Buzzsaw's weapon is concealed in his abdomen and has sculpting on its underside to resemble Waspinator's pistol (though its lack of transformation and color separation results in an unaltered wasp stinger from most angles). He also has far more [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]] for the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]\[[F.O.S.S.I.L. Technology]] compared to his ''Beast Wars'' compadres.

:The figure was a [[Walmart]] exclusive in the US and a Farmers exclusive in New Zealand, and unlike other boxed Deluxes from that line, his packaging has a plastic window. He and his case-mates [[Nightprowler#Legacy|Nightprowler]] and [[Sandstorm (BW)#Legacy|Sandstorm]] were notable [[shelfwarmer]]s, and then showed up in ''huge'' numbers at discount chain Ross for the 2023 holiday season and sticking around until midyear of 2024.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' [[Skywasp#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Skywasp]], who comes with a second head that's a redeco of Buzzsaw's.
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==Merchandise==
===''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''===
[[File:Buzzsawmutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
* '''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Buzz Saw 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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==Notes==
[[File:BuzzSawBMconcept.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
* Buzz Saw's ''Beast Wars'' box art shows him with his "normal" head when in robot mode. This was most likely to make him look different from Waspinator, whose box art (and subsequent fictional portrayals) depicted him with his [[mutant head]].
* The ''Beast Machines'' version of the character had the pre-production names of "Mudobber" and "Sting".
* Early concept artwork of Buzzsaw's ''Beast Machines'' body portrayed him with a different color scheme.
* The identification of ''Beast Machines'' Maximal Buzzsaw as the same character as the ''Beast Wars'' wasp stems from the fact that he was originally planned as a Predacon, until [[Hasbro]] decided more than two factions in the toyline would be confusing to kids. His [[bio]] still reflects this and talks about his conversion to the Maximals. Thus, as a Predacon wasp named Buzz Saw with the function "aerial recon" he would certainly have been the same bot. Hasbro has apparently confirmed this identification.
* The ''Beast Wars'' incarnation of Buzz Saw served as the inspiration for the [[homage]]-character [[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)|Buzzsaw]] from the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' series. Fittingly, 11 years later ''Cybertron'' Buzzsaw was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as a body for the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' incarnation of Buzz Saw.
* At some point following [[BotCon 2015]], a plan was conceived to produce new heads, based on the original Waspinator toy's non-mutant robot head, that could be included with [[Fun Publications]]' remaining unsold stock of the [[Waruder]] Marauders, allowing them to be sold as different characters. The [[Mudfighter]] toy was apparently planned to be marketed as a dual-purpose ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Waspinator (BWSG)|Waspinator]] (using the mutant head) and ''Beast Wars'' Buzz Saw (using the new robot head).<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/forums/threads/transformers-legacy-line-revealed.370/post-34915 Post by Powered Convoy on The Allspark, 2022/05/07] – "The TCC was planning on including new heads with the Waruder sets they still had and categorizing them as new characters. [...] This is where those last day bios came from despite the plans for the new heads falling through."</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=@SHIELD_Agent_47 That's correct. All four would have had the new head sculpt. Bug Bite II, Skywasp, Buzz Saw, and King Warudaros were originally planned as recolors of Buzz Saw's head.|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1524516092823191553|name=JesseWittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=5|day=11|(defunct=)}}</ref> Unlike several other bios produced for the unrealised initiative,<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/botcon-2015-post-event-discussion-t104603.php#p1849843 Official post by Jesse Wittenrich] on Seibertron about the repurposed Waruder bios published on [https://twitter.com/The_TF_Club/status/815245714766774277 Twitter] (original link now defunct)</ref> the planned profile card for Buzz Saw was never published, but would have reportedly described a rivalry between him and [[Grizzly-1|Barbearian]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=@SSS_SGRID https://t.co/oRW0wk2Ng9|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1229461821226180609|name=JesseWittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=2|day=17|(defunct=)}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Buzz Saw''' (バズソー ''Bazu Sō'')
*''French:'' '''Frelon''' (Canada ''Beast Wars'', "Hornet")
*''Spanish:'' '''Abejorro''' (America ''Beast Wars'', "Bumblebee")

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Machines Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Japanese promotion exclusives]]
[[Category:Legacy Predacons]]
[[Category:Legends World natives]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Resistance]]
[[Category:Surveillance specialists]]
[[Category:Universe Maximals]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom Predacons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Maximals]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Predacons]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

Terratronus

2024-11-30T21:45:57Z

Tenreky: /* EarthSpark cartoon */

{{factions|terran|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-QuintusPrime.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Quintus Prime|cPretty=Quintus Prime}}}}
:''Terratronus is a [[Terran]] [[Titan (group)|Titan]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TerratronusAndHashtag.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|]]

'''Terratronus''' is a [[Terran]] [[Titan (group)|Titan]], created by [[Quintus Prime]] as a guardian of his legacy (of hope) on [[Earth]].

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Claudia Black]] (English)|[[Annie Rojas]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Mônica Rossi]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Cyrielle Clair]] (French)}}
Pursued by his vengeful creations, the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]], Quintus Prime fled to a primeval planet Earth. Fearful of what would be done if others, like the Quintessons, were to obtain the [[Emberstone]], Quintus used the power of the artifact to create a guardian Titan for it, whom he named Terratronus. Though the title of Terran would come a few billion years later, her creation on the planet marks her as the first Terran. Quintus Prime left the world behind, but Terratronus sat ever-vigilant as Keeper of the Emberstone. Because of her immense lifespan and unwillingness to get off her behind, the planet Earth's geological and ecological changes over time meant that Terratronus ended up covered by mounds of soil and stone, and atop her body developed the human town of [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]].

[[Mo Malto|Mo]] and [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] stumbled on Terratronus while exploring the tunnels under Witwicky for Mo's history report. The Titan was roused into life by the disruption caused by [[Spitfire (ES)|Spitfire]] and [[Aftermath (ES)|Aftermath]] digging with the [[Cyber Slayer]], and after she retold her story to the two Maltos, they realized [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] intended to use the shattered Emberstone to corrupt the Titan's spark. {{storylink|Witwicky, Part 1}} Starscream gained access to Terratronus's [[spark]] chamber, using the reconstructed Emberstone to corrupt her spark and linking with it so he could control the Titan. Under his control, Terratronus burst from the ground for a rampage that turned out to be shortlived, as [[Robby Malto|Robby]] and Mo reclaimed the Emberstone and used their [[cyber-sleeve]]s to erect a huge [[Chaos Dome]], sealing the deactivated Terratronus inside. {{storylink|Witwicky, Part 2}}

There Terratronus remained, with Starscream trapped in her spark chamber and only able to view the outside world through her eye. {{storylink|The Need for Read}} The kids were able to attach cables to Terratronus's head to channel the chaos lightning striking it into [[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]'s crashed ship and repower it. {{storylink|No Soldier Left Behind}} The Quintessons shattered the Chaos Dome using the firepower of their ship. As part of a plan to deal with the unleashed chaos energies, [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] led a team into Terratronus's spark chamber where they retrieved Starscream and the bodies of the two Chaos Terrans, whom Starscream had terminated while reconstructing the Emberstone. {{storylink|Judgement Day, Part 1}} Mo used the [[Spark Regenerator Key]] to restore Terratronus's spark so she could help them fight the Quintessons. Though the firepower of the Quintesson ship shattered her helmet, Terratronus cyber-synced with Mo and a number of the other Terrans, granting her the power needed to destroy the ship. {{storylink|Judgement Day, Part 2}}

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Transwarp Key

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The '''Transwarp Key''' is a powerful device. For many entities, planetary travel can be considered a demanding ordeal. Whether it be distance traveled, time required to travel, or the energy required to make the entire distance, it may not be ideal, and for some, even impossible. With the Transwarp Key, however, that distance shrinks significantly, allowing for entities to travel between [[time]] and [[Space (the place)|space]], and what seems to be a challenge, even an impossibility in terms of travelling distance even for [[Unicron|gods]], has become nothing more than a short distance to travel.

==Fiction==
===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
Long ago, the Transformers on Cybertron used the Transwarp Key to open [[space bridge|space-time portals]] to [[energon]]-rich worlds all across the universe. Thousands of years prior to [[1994]], the Key was "lost" to Cybertron; the circumstances surrounding this event are unknown, but the Key wound up in the custody of the [[Maximal]]s, an advanced race of Cybertronians who evolved on [[Jungle Planet (colony)|one of the worlds]] the Transformers had spread out to. Proponents of advancing life across the universe, the Maximals used the Key to visit young worlds and help guide the development of other races.

In time, the Key drew the attention of the monster planet [[Unicron]], who sent his [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcons]] to obtain the device for him so he could use it to travel to worlds rich with [[Energon]] at any time. Maximal leader [[Apelinq (ROTB)|Apelinq]] entrusted the Key to [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]], who used it to transport himself, [[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]], [[Cheetor (ROTB)|Cheetor]] and [[Rhinox (ROTB)|Rhinox]] across space and time to then-prehistoric [[Earth]], there to hide it from Unicron and his minions.

Upon their arrival on the planet, Optimus Primal decided to have the Transwarp Key split in two, with Primal hiding his half within a temple in [[Peru]], while Airazor kept her half sealed away in a falcon statue. Some time between the initial splitting of the Transwarp Key and [[1994]], Primal moved his half of the Transwarp Key, giving it to a small village of people aware of the Maximals' existence for safe keeping. The statue containing Airazor's half was eventually unearthed and taken to a museum on [[Ellis Island]] in [[New York City]].

The Transwarp Key halves remained dormant during this time, until museum intern [[Elena Wallace]] accidentally broke the falcon statue and activated the Key's signal beacon, attracting the [[Autobot]]s as well as the Terrorcons. The former saw the Key as a means to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], while the latter saw it as a means to summon Unicron to Earth. Both factions came to blows, but Scourge ended up escaping with the half of the Key.

Scourge would present the half of the Key to Unicron, believing that it was the whole piece, but Unicron tortured the Terrorcon leader, demanding he retrieve the other half.

When the Autobots arrived in [[Cusco]], they made a plan to retrieve the other half of the Key, while their human ally, [[Noah Díaz]], made plans to destroy it. Upon meeting with the Maximals and taking the Autobots to their village, [[Amaru]] presented the other half of the Transwarp Key to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], only for it to be temporarily stolen by Airazor, who had been corrupted by Scourge. Noah attempted to destroy the Key, but was convinced by Optimus Prime not to. Upon Noah's refusal, the remaining half was stolen by Airazor once more, and handed to Scourge.

With both halves reunited, Scourge connected the Transwarp Key to a newly formed Transwarp Drive, where it then opened a vortex that allowed for Unicron to come to Earth. Though the Autobots and Maximals initially hoped that Elena could upload the Transwarp Key's override abort, the Key was ultimately destroyed in the final battle by Optimus Prime in order to stop Unicron's arrival after Scourge destroyed the control panel to ensure his master's victory. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

==Toys==
===''Studio Series''===
*'''Optimus Primal''' (Leader Class, [[2023]])
**''Movie'': '''''Rise of the Beasts'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''106'''

:A painted Transwarp Key is included with the ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)#Studio Series|Optimus Primal]] as one of his accessories. Much like the Transwarp Key in the movie, the accessory is capable of splitting in half to replicate its state from the early portions of ''Rise of the Beasts''.

==Notes==
*When the "Autobot Signal Flare" contrail is equipped in ''[[Fortnite]]'', the Transwarp Key will appear above the player while falling and split in half to create portal effects before recombining.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Clé de Transdistorsion''' ("Transwarp Key")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Transztér kulcs''' ("Trans-Space Key")

[[Category:Rise of the Beasts]]