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Ratchet (WFC)

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:''Ratchet is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:PrimeRatcht.jpg|right|thumb|300px|If we don't get Jeffrey Combs versus [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lance Henriksen]] before this series ends, there will be much, much sobbing.]]
The [[Autobot]]s' medical officer, '''Ratchet''' has a dry wit, often giving his wounded comrades a hard time for taking hits he somehow avoids. With the Energon supplies becoming less and less, he works to find new ways to make do, and he'd ''really'' prefer if the Autobots didn't risk injury (or worse) to protect [[human]]s. He'd also prefer the humans weren't brought back to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] but since ''he'' is unfamiliar with human tech, he needs [[Raf Esquivel]] to help him out. However, for all his views on humans, deep down Ratchet ''admires'' what the tiny fleshies bring to the fight.

{{quote|In a contest between resources and ingenuity, never underestimate ingenuity.|Ratchet, [[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Ratchet made his name during the [[Praxus|Praxian]] stalemate. He and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] fought in a few battles together, during which he taught the younger Autobot how to apply first aid. He repaired his throat after [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] destroyed it in revenge for ejecting the [[AllSpark]] into space, enabling Bumblebee to speak from time to time.

After Megatron invaded [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and took the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], Ratchet welded [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]]'s face and stabilized [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]'s condition. When [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] asked Ratchet if Omega was ready to fight again, the offended medic responded that if Optimus wanted Omega to fight after the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] blew him out of the sky, [[Dark Energon]]-infused gladiators attacked him and Megatron tore out the Chamber out of his chest, then he wanted another surgeon. Optimus knew he had to apologize but was too preoccupied with rescuing [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]].

When the Autobots left Cybertron on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', Ratchet informed Optimus and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] that Omega was repaired and ready to distract [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

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{{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

===''Prime'' comic===
[[Image:PrimeComicRatchet.jpg|thumb|200px|Don't worry, you won't see me as dirty later. Except [[Stronger, Faster|that one time]]...]]
Ratchet was stationed at the Autobot base on [[Earth]], opening the [[GroundBridge]] for Optimus to retrieve [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. He reattached her arm after [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] had blown it off. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jeffrey Combs]] (English)|[[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese), [[José María Carrero]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Seong-yong Ha]] (Korean), [[Claudio Moneta]] (Italian), [[Jan Spitzer]] (German), [[Mario Arvizu]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jarosław Boberek]] (Polish), [[Luiz Antônio Lobue]] (Brazilian Portuguse), [[José María Carrero]] (Spain Spanish)}}

After Bumblebee was captured at [[Tyger Pax]], Ratchet was the field medic who put him back together, but was unable to repair his voice box. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} At some point after Team Prime arrived on Earth, Ratchet modified [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s jet, allowing him to fly without a flight suit. {{storylink|Grill}}

[[Image:DarknessRising1-Ratchettragedy.jpg|left|thumb|300px|You're drawn to his eccentric charm.]]
Ratchet was on patrol in a snowy region when news came in that [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] was battling a platoon of Decepticons solo. Ratchet and the other Autobots returned to base to [[GroundBridge]] to his location, but they were too late: Cliffjumper was nowhere to be found, and Ratchet confirmed that his lifesigns had ceased. It was Ratchet's belief that continuing to operate on Earth and aid humans would only result in more tragedy, and as such, it was no surprise that he vehemently objected to the Autobots becoming protectors for [[Jack Darby]], [[Miko Nakadai]] and [[Raf Esquivel]] soon after—though the kids' incessant questions didn't help their case, either. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Ratchet's mood was not improved when [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] accidentally crushed an important piece of lab equipment, and things got even worse when he was instructed to stay at base and watch the children while the other Autobots investigated the reappearance of Cliffjumper's lifesign. He did, however, start to see the value in the kids' presence when Raf helped him in his continuing struggle to master the inferior human computer systems the Autobot base ran on. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:Optimus_Prime_Ratchet_Zombies_Darkness_Rising_4.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He performs surgery with these. Carefully.]]

The other Autobots returned from their mission with the news that Cliffjumper had been revived by the Decepticons as a [[zombie]], and when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] began feeling dizzy, Ratchet examined her and discovered a trace of the mysterious substance that had reanimated Cliffjumper. While examining it, Ratchet inadvertently dripped some on the equipment Bulkhead had broken, transforming it into a vicious little monster. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} Optimus Prime helped him destroy it, and both realized that they were dealing with [[Dark Energon]]. Realizing that [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] planned to raise an undead army, Optimus took Ratchet to the site of an ancient Transformer battle on Earth, but they arrived too late to prevent Megatron from using Dark Energon to raise the buried corpses of the warriors as a legion of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} Ratchet quickly deduced that the best way to stop them was dismemberment, and he and Prime managed to cut down the entire army despite the debilitating effects of the Dark Energon. Ratchet sustained a wounded arm in the battle, and Megatron was able to escape. Returning to base, Ratchet examined some plans that Miko had obtained from the Decepticons in his absence, and speculated that the villains were building a [[space bridge]] so they could use Dark Energon to raise a zombie army on Cybertron and bring them to Earth. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}} Given his injuries, Ratchet stayed behind at the base to man the GroundBridge, sending the other Autobots to the orbiting space bridge for battle, and the kids to the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope in [[Texas]] to cut off the Decepticons' targeting systems. While the kids failed in their endeavour, they did succeed in obtaining schematics for the space bridge, which Ratchet used to determine a means of destroying it. He instructed Arcee's team on sabotaging the space bridge, and bridged everyone back to base before the inevitable explosion. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[Image:Masters&Students-Ratch-animator.jpg|thumb|left|300px|I was busy pushing bodies around as you well know and what would a note say, Dan? "Cat dead, details later"? ]]
Ratchet was initially dismayed to learn that the kids were working on their school science projects in the Autobot base, but changed his tune in short order and actually turned down combat duty to stay and help them. Unfortunately for the kids, he completely took over their projects, building a large volcano for Raf, a model of Cybertron for Miko, and an advanced engine for Jack. None of the projects went down well at school, much to Ratchet's disappointment. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[Image:Scrapheap-Ratchetinfected.jpg|300px|right|thumb|My kingdom for a [[Charlie Fong]]!]]
Ratchet found another reason to be grateful to have the kids around when a [[Scraplet]] infestation in the base left the GroundBridge disabled, and Ratchet at the mercy of the metal-eating monsters. Jack used a fire extinguisher to freeze the creatures, saving Ratchet's life, but the medic remained too badly wounded to effect repairs to the GroundBridge, and had to entrust the job to the humans. They succeeded, and Ratchet was able to patch up himself and his fellow Autobots. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}} Problems with the GroundBridge lingered, however, and Ratchet continued working on it during a visit by Bulkhead's old buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], while trying to ignore the distractions caused by the other Autobots partying and Wheeljack and Bulkhead [[Cybertronian_sport#Lobbing| Lobbing]]. The delays caused by Ratchet's repairs resulted in "Wheeljack" being exposed as [[Makeshift (Prime)|a Decepticon imposter]]. Unfortunately this also meant that when the real Wheeljack turned up, Ratchet was subjected to another round of partying. {{storylink|Con Job}}

Ratchet continued to play the role of tech support over the Autobots next few missions. He remained in the base to monitor the Autobot convoy as they transported the [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] across country, alerting them to an incoming Decepticon attack and—under protest—working with Raf to GroundBride Miko and Jack onto a moving track so they could stop the forces of [[MECH]] from stealing the device. [[Image:SickMind-RatchetOP.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"I've heard that humans quite often wake up late with black eyes. They call the condition 'a hangover'."]]{{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}} The episode burnt Raf's laptop out, but Ratchet later helped fix it. {{storylink|Raf's Notes|Raf's Notes #5}} When the Decepticons stole an [[Energon Harvester]] from a human museum, Ratchet manufactured a replica to replace it, despite Bulkhead breaking his frame welder. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

When Ratchet and Optimus Prime investigated a [[Autobot plague ship|crashed Autobot vessel]], they discovered that it was a plague ship carrying deceased victims of [[Cybonic plague]], a pathogen created by Megatron himself. Optimus contracted the disease, which was beyond even Ratchet's ability to cure. In search of a treatment, he GroundBridged Arcee and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' so they could obtain the cure from Megatron's mind via [[cortical psychic patch]], a controversial procedure banned by Autobots but in which Ratchet was well-versed. While watching the link, Ratchet recorded the hologram of the plague antidote Megatron showed to Bumblebee, and was able later to produce a cure for Optimus. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

[[Image:OutHead-RatchetMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I hope you've been practicing "The Man Who Sold the World", Megatron, because you're about to be ''unplugged!'']] While Optimus was given a clean bill of health, Ratchet was more concerned about Bumblebee; learning that the scout was seeing visions of Megatron following their psychic link-up, Ratchet induced a shutdown to give his systems time to recover. The other Autobots soon left the base on a mission, and Ratchet was left with Raf, who was sitting by the unconscious Bumblebee's beside. Trying to explain to the boy that this was unnecessary only resulted in Ratchet being subjected to pictures of Raf's family. The discussion was cut off when Bumblebee suddenly reactivated, leading Ratchet to realize that Megatron had taken over his comrade's body. Unable to stop the Decepticon leader from escaped through the GroundBridge, Ratchet and Raf followed Bumblebee to the Decepticon ship. There, they tried fruitlessly to stop Bumblebee from restoring Megatron to life, and had to retreat under Vehicon fire after Megatron's resurrection. They found Optimus's team on the ground below and returned to base where Ratchet checked over Bumblebee's processor for any lingering traces of Megatron's influence. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

Due to his experience with Dark Energon, Ratchet—much to his own surprise—was tapped to take Arcee's place when the Autobots deployed to confront [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. He was attempting to use the evil substance to revive [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. Discovering that the kids had followed them through the GroundBridge, Ratchet ordered them to head back through to base, only for a Decepticon GroundBridge to manifest at the same time, causing a disruption that hurled the children into a parallel dimension. Deducing what had happened, Ratchet was able to recreate the original feedback loop and create a portal the kids could escape through. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} Ratchet also went into the field on the Autobots' next mission: After patching up Bulkhead following a skirmish with Breakdown in which the 'Con was captured by MECH, Ratchet joined the effort to rescue the Decepticon. Following an Energon signature but finding only Breakdown's plucked-out eye, Ratchet attempted to extract images from the eye to help in the Autobots' search, but it turned out to be a MECH booby-trap, and the team only narrowly avoided the bomb explosion that resulted. They later tracked down Bulkhead in time to rescue him from Starscream and Breakdown. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

[[Image:StrongerFaster-Ratchetvehicle.jpg|left|thumb|300px|A rare sighting.]]

Ratchet was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought Jack's mother [[June Darby]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross}} When June next visited the base, the on-edge medic assumed her car was a Decepticon, though he didn't object to June, a nurse, respectfully calling him "doctor". While in conversation with June, Ratchet detected a magnetic anomaly and dispatched Bulkhead and Arcee to find it; when they returned magnetically stuck together, he realized they were dealing with a [[polarity gauntlet]]. Bulkhead and Arcee were eventually able to retrieve the device and present it to Ratchet back at base. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} Ratchet's tech expertise came to the fore again when he detected the activation of a crashed [[Harbinger|Decepticon ship's]] computer system: when Bumblebee and Arcee returned from investigating with two frozen comrades and the pieces of the [[immobilizer|Decepticon weapon]] responsible, Ratchet was able to repair the weapon and use it to restore Prime and Bulkhead. {{storylink|Partners}}

[[Image:StrongerFaster-crouchbehindrock.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Stronger, faster, squatter]]

While most of the other Autobots went out to retrieve a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], Ratchet stayed at base to monitor them and annoy Bulkhead and Miko by interrupting their monster truck footage. After Bulkhead was called out to the field, Ratchet assigned Miko cleaning duties, only for her to rush off to the battlefield and inadvertently cause the contents of the cylinder to be downloaded into Bulkhead's brain. Ratchet initially gave Bulkhead a clean bill of health, but when Bulkhead started painting complex formulae, Ratchet made two discoveries: one, that the formulae were for [[Synthetic Energon]], and two, that the data was slowly destroying Bulkhead's mind. After much of the formula had been transcribed, the data was beamed out of Bulkhead into space, leaving him comatose. Ratchet's suggestion that a familiar sound might rouse the Autobot led Miko to wake Bulkhead with her guitar playing. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} Working from Bulkhead's incomplete formula, Ratchet appeared to succeed in synthesizing a batch of the Synthetic Energon, and used himself as a guinea pig. Supercharged by the new substance at the expense of his mental stability, Ratchet was made strong enough to trash an entire squad of Vehicons on his own and to throw Bulkhead through a wall while sparring. When he went too far in interrogating a [[Decepticon Miner]] under the auspices of being more "proactive", Optimus was forced to confine him to base. Escaping, Ratchet went to confront Megatron on his own, infiltrating the Decepticons' Energon mine and making short work of Breakdown. Unfortunately, Megatron proved more formidable than expected, and Ratchet was seriously injured and left for Knock Out to extract a sample of Synthetic Energon from. Drained of the SynthEn and its effects, Ratchet managed to raise enough strength to fight back and destroy the sample, and was then rescued by the other Autobots and taken back to base for treatment. Ratchet apologized for his behavior, though at least they'd gained a supply of real energon from the mine out of it. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

[[Image:OneShallRise2-Ratchethumans.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Professionals never look directly into the camera, Ratchet]]

When Optimus became interested in a prophecy from the [[Covenant of Primus]], Ratchet worked out that the planetary alignment mentioned was mere days away. Shortly after, Raf was injured during a mission to stop the Decepticons from gathering space bridge components. Ratchet's lack of knowledge of human physiology left him unable to treat the boy, so June Darby was called in to help. Ratchet refused to allow Raf to be taken to a hospital, as human doctors wouldn't have any experience with Energon contamination, but it became apparent that this wasn't what was ailing Raf. He had been infected with ''Dark'' Energon. Ratchet took the risk of applying an infusion of regular Energon to neutralize the Dark, and Raf recovered. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} Immediately thereafter, Ratchet joined Arcee and Bulkhead in rescuing Optimus from a battle with Megatron, then set about analyzing a series of natural disasters that began across the Earth, deducing that the tremors were the heartbeat of [[Unicron]], slumbering within the Earth and threatening to destroy it with his awakening. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}} When Megatron approached the Autobots with the proposition of an alliance to stop Unicron from destroying the planet, Ratchet scoffed at the notion. He grew increasing incredulous to the idea that he would GroundBridge the others into the Earth's very core, following co-ordinates provided by Megatron, so the Optimus could use the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to deactivate Unicron, but was nonetheless forced to go along with the plan when Optimus accepted Megatron's offer. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

Remaining behind in the base with the kids and unable to contact the Autobots in the planet's depths, Ratchet passed the time telling the humans about the old days when Optimus was known as Orion Pax, and was shocked to discover that Optimus had entrusted Jack with the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] before departing. A final tremor that Ratchet shielded the kids from heralded Autobot victory within the planet, but when Ratchet GroundBridged the others back, they reported that Optimus had lost his memories and left with Megatron. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Ratchet reasoned that Optimus's amnesia must have been a result of emptying the Matrix, and that the solution involved the Key to Vector Sigma. He started tinkering with the GroundBridge to try and find a way to reach Cybertron, though when frustrations boiled over at their lack of success in getting Optimus back, Jack suggested they might use the Decepticon space bridge instead. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Thought he continued his tinkering with the GroundBridge, Ratchet was demoralized after the first test with Raf's radio-controlled car resulted in the destruction of the toy. The real breakthrough came when Ratchet was able to trade Starscream medical attention for information on the location of the space bridge. Once Ratchet and the others secured the bridge, they sent Jack and Arcee through. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} Ratchet, Bulkhead and Bumblebee monitored Jack's progress from the Earth end of the space bridge. When Megatron arrived to take back control, Ratchet and the others were tossed around like rag dolls by the Decepticon leader. Luckily for them their plan worked out, and Ratchet and the others returned to base with Optimus Prime restored. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

[[Image:OperationBumblebee2 delirious Ratchet.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"And if you think that's bad, you should see what I did to Injector!"]]
Optimus and Ratchet followed an ancient signal and tangled with Megatron in the process of retrieving the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]]. After another altercation, Ratchet discovered that Bumblebee's [[transformation cog|T-cog]] was missing. Ratchet was therefore forced to pick Raf up after school, and told the boy the story of how Bumblebee's voice box was damaged. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} Guilty at his inability to do anything, Ratchet offered his own T-cog and, after talking Optimus into letting him do it, selected Arcee to perform the procedure. When he woke up, it was to find that the operation had been aborted, and Bumblebee had gone after MECH. Bumblebee returned with his lost cog, though in a damaged state, and Ratchet was able to repair it enough to restore Bumblebee's ability to transform. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

Ratchet patched up Wheeljack after the Wrecker returned to Earth and was involved in a scrap with [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]]. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} Receiving another coded signal, Ratchet and Bulkhead again found Starscream in need of medical attention. They were able to get information from him about Airachnid's status and the presence of an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] on Earth. {{storylink|Crossfire}} When Fowler was attacked by a truck that resembled Optimus, Ratchet tracked Optimus's signal to confirm the offender wasn't their leader. They soon established that the truck in question was a MECH-created clone of Optimus, and Ratchet patched up the Autobots after they defeated Silas and [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} Ratchet dispatched Optimus, Bumblebee and Arcee to investigate underground activity, and they returned with Airachnid in stasis lock. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

Optimus's attempt to attack the ''Nemesis'' with the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] failed, Ratchet returned the stasis-locked team to base and GroundBridged Fowler and the kids aboard the ship. With his guidance, they were able to shut down the intelligence guiding the ship, and he even stepped aboard himself to retrieve Jack and the [[transfer drive]] full of [[Project Iacon]] data. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

[[Image:Prime-TriageRatchet&Wheeljack.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Hey Wheeljack, do you think it looks weird when I cross my legs? I mean, I can't help if I have such girly legs."]]
When Optimus decided they would need to secure all four relics at once, Ratchet pointed out that they were short-manned as it was. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} He was unimpressed when Optimus decided that Wheeljack would be called in to help him on his part of the mission since he was a capable warrior. {{storylink|Triangulation}}

He disapproved of Wheeljack's behavior as they set off in the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'', particularly being called "Doc". He also was far from impressed with his methods when attacking Soundwave and Laserbeak before they crashed landed. When they noticed the downed Laserbeak nearby, he struck on the idea of implanting a virus into the disabled Laserbeak, which would upload the Iacon database to the Autobots. With Raf's help, Ratchet managed to do so while Wheeljack kept Soundwave occupied, and managed to keep out of sight when Soundwave arrived to retrieve his pet. He attempted to convince Wheeljack to return to base for repairs, and thanked him for his back-up. When he returned to base, he found the virus was downloading the Iacon database into the Autobots' mainframe, but his joy was shortlived, as Bulkhead came flying through the GroundBridge with a smoking back. {{storylink|Triage}}

Ratchet worked frantically to stabilize Bulkhead and, with the help of the other Autobots, managed to succeed, though Bulkhead remained comatose. {{storylink|Hurt}} He continued to oversee Bulkhead's recovery, though when Miko started getting too rough with the patient, he insisted on Bulkhead taking a break. {{storylink|Out of the Past}} When Raf found a report of a Cybertronian escape pod, Optimus took a team including Ratchet to investigate. Ratchet was almost slagged by an Insecticon, but newcomer [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived and helped them win. Back at base, Ratchet was left in charge when Optimus went out to retrieve some [[Red Energon]], and Smokescreen talked him into letting the new Autobot go to Optimus's aid with the [[phase shifter]]. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

Bulkhead continued to try to pressure Ratchet into letting him go back out on missions. Ratchet finally gave in during a mission to protect a military base, though rather than sending him to the base, Ratchet sent him to protect Raf, who was hacking into a [[Project Damocles]] satellite. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

Ratchet chastised Smokescreen when the latter broke cover to scare a human driver. After Optimus Prime opined that Smokescreen needed a human to teach him local customs and rules, Ratchet grumbled in disgust at the idea of ''yet another'' human being included in their ranks, to the uncomfortable silence of the other Autobots. Shortly thereafter, Ratchet detected a homing beacon from an Iacon relic and a team led by Optimus was sent to investigate in [[China]]. However, a second signal was then detected elsewhere, and with Optimus's team unreachable, Smokescreen was sent in their steed. After discovering that the Decepticons have found the legendary [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], Smokescreen was captured and Jack was pursued by Insecticons, but not before he managed to notify Ratchet of their findings, who GroundBridges to Optimus' position to fill him in. After the Autobots returned to base with their new prize, Ratchet sent Jack home at the request of a very angry Arcee and witnessed Optimus Prime enter a trance while communing through the Star Saber with [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Legacy}}

Ratchet was happy at the news they would soon be able to return home to Cybertron, and when the other Autobots realized they would have to leave their human friends behind, Ratchet suggested they could sent texts. While he worked on a way for Optimus to properly wield the Star Saber, the weapon was later destroyed in battle against Megatron, though Ratchet reminded the other Autobots that Optimus didn't need a sword to be a great warrior. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} Ratchet found himself busy repairing the other Autobots after a number of failed missions to retrieve Omega Keys and monitored Optimus's work decoding coordinates, though it turned out that the final set were a picture of Smokescreen. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}}

With Smokescreen a prisoner on the Decepticon warship, Ratchet was unable to track him, but once he freed himself, Ratchet provided a GroundBridge back to base. A short time later they were contacted by Starscream, who offered the final key they needed in exchange for the replacement of his T-Cog. Unfortunately it was a trap, and while Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead were examining the corpse of one of [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream's clones]], the real Starscream made off with the Omega Keys. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

Ratchet was surprised to learn that Optimus had kept the existence of the [[Omega Lock]] a secret from everyone. After Optimus modified the GroundBridge into a space bridge, he sent the other Autobots to Cybertron and monitored their progress, though he had to field a phone call from Jack asking why no one had picked the kids up. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} He had to field a further call from June Darby, and a power surge that disrupted the base computers. When the Autobots finally returned, it was with the news that the Omega Lock had been destroyed, much to Ratchet's shock. When the Decepticons attacked the base, the Autobots were forced to abandon it, and Ratchet GroundBridged to a location elsewhere in the US. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Despondent, Ratchet hid in a scrap yard outside Woodland Park. He was caught on camera, enabling Bumblebee and Raf to track him down, but they were at first unable to convince him to help them fight back. After experiencing a change of heart, he followed them to the ''Harbinger'' to help get the ship working. {{storylink|Scattered}}
He was able to get the ship's GroundBridge working and used the Decepticon frequencies to contact Fowler. The trio were shortly after joined by most of the other surviving Autobots, accompanied by the newly arrived [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

Ratchet utilized the GroundBridge and communications systems to lure the Decepticons away from [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], with the help of the kids. He monitored the Autobot attack on the fortress from the ''Harbinger'', and was thus able to detect the incoming Optimus Prime, shortly before their leader turned up to save the day. The Autobots later assembled at a human military base, and Ratchet assured Smokescreen that he'd made the right choice in repairing Optimus with the Forge. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

As the others salvaged technology from their old base, Ratchet set about getting it working in their new one and was able to make the GroundBridge functional again. He also restarted his work on Synthetic Energon, though he warned Optimus not to expect too much. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
[[Image:Titan4.1 Ratchet.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Optimus! Check out my giant shoulder pads!!!]]
In the lower levels of Outpost Omega One, Ratchet constructed a training room he dubbed the [[Safe]], though the inferior Earth materials he was forced to use meant it wasn't as good as it could be. Indeed, Bulkhead began tearing his way merrily through it, only to uncover something Ratchet hadn't found—a nuclear missile while promptly activated. Ratchet and Raf were assigned to deal with the bomb, however as Raf was the expert on Earth technology, Ratchet deferred to him. Luckily Raf managed to reverse the bomb's timer, and Fowler arrived with some scientists to take care of the rest. After Bulkhead apologised to Ratchet for smashing up the room, Ratchet suggested he and Raf design a new Safe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

Optimus took the Autobots and the kids on a trip to [[Valley of Fire State Park]]. When Raf impressed the others with his knowledge and worried it made himself sound geeky, Ratchet proclaimed himself Autobot geek and proud. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Ratchet alerted the others to the fact that Fowler was about to arrive at the base, and indeed, Fowler walked in moments later with the news that the Decepticons had hijacked [[Yamal|a nuclear ship]] near [[Antarctica]]. When Optimus, Bumblebee and Ratchet arrived at the ship, they found the crew were unconscious. Ratchet wondered what could have done that, but he was answered moments later by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], who knocked him out with a [[sonic lance]]. By the time Ratchet recovered, the fight was over, and as they returned to the base, he said he'd be fine so long as he stayed away from any ice. Unfortunately in their absence, the others had turned the base into an ice skating ring, and as soon as he stepped through the GroundBridge, Ratchet ended up flat on his back. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

[[Image:Titan4.4 Ratchet.jpg|thumb|right|270px]]
Raf was playing ''[[Invasionauts II]]'' at the base, Ratchet observed that the alien robots he was fighting in the game looked a lot like Autobots. After the game hypnotised Raf into operating the GroundBridge and letting in Vehicons, Ratchet initially blamed Bulkhead, but helped hold off the Decepticons until Raf recovered and reconfigured the bridge to suck the Vehicons back in. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}} Ratchet approved of the way Jack was starting to sound as paranoid as him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}} After the [[President of the United States]] was kidnapped by Starscream, Ratchet and the Autobots tracked the Decepticon to the [[Grand Canyon]]. Ratchet and Bulkhead protected [[Air Force One]] while the others rescued the President. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

When he lost contact with Optimus Prime while their leader was exploring a scrap-metal facility in [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]], Ratchet dispatched Bulkhead and Arcee to help, but was forced to drop them ten kilometers from the target due to interference. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} Ratchet was forced to GroundBridge [[Novo|Agent Novo]] to China after the MECH operative took Miko hostage. To make up for it, he discovered a way to track [[Miko's phone]], pointing the other Autobots to the location of MECH's base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

After deploying Optimus's team to the [[Deep Driller]] oil platform, Ratchet monitored the situation from base, and was amused by the sight of Prime and the others being defeated by a bunch of humans in [[robotic battle suit]]s. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}} Ratchet operated the GroundBridge so the other Autobots could take the kids onto the ''Nemesis'' to search for Bulkhead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}} During a battle in [[The Wave]], Bumblebee was injured by a sniper, so Ratchet patched him up and sent him back to base with Raf. When the Autobots later returned to base, Ratchet was surprised to find the pair had trashed the place. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}

====Ratchet's Joke Page====
At some point Ratchet got a medical degree and began treating human patients. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|Issue 4.8}}

===Commercial appearances===
Ratchet was dismayed as the [[Joker]], a criminal, stole the chorus of [[wikipedia:Jingle Bells|Jingle Bells]] as it was being performed by a group of carolers which included [[Bulkhead (Prime)|other]] [[Megatron (WFC)|Transformers]], [[My Little Pony|ponies]], and an [[wikipedia:Strawberry Shortcake|underage baker]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|The Hub Carolers (Second spot)}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
When three of the [[Rescue Bot]]s were stricken down with a mysterious virus, Optimus consulted Ratchet, who suggested that one of the antidotes from the Rescue Bots' ship would cure it. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
After [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] run into trouble in the [[asteroid belt]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] had Ratchet overload the GroundBridge. Despite protesting, Ratchet succeeded in bridging Optimus to the derelict ship the others were on. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 5}} Once the team successfully returned with mysterious Cybertronian weapons, Ratchet was put to work in his lab trying to make them function. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 7}} [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] managed to retrieve some [[data disc]]s from [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s lab, which Ratchet found contained information on Shockwave's cloning process and the weapons Bumblebee had retrieved. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 13}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)|[[Stefano Albertini]] (Italian)}}
[[Image:RatchetWFCScreenshotAttack.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Just let me patch you up with my [[Energon repair ray|ENORMOUS HEALING CANNON]]!"]]
During the [[Decepticon]]s' siege of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Ratchet was assigned to Optimus, and helped him rescue a courier named [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who informed Optimus that with the presumed death of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]], the Council was putting him in command. The three of them headed back to the command center, receiving a message from [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] that the [[Aerialbot (WFC)|Aerialbots]] were being overwhelmed and needed support. It was decided that the planetary guns, disabled earlier by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron's]] forces, needed to be brought back online. Informing Jetfire that he was taking temporary command, Optimus took Ratchet and Bumblebee with him on the mission, though when Ratchet questioned the "temporary" part, Optimus brushed it aside.

When that mission was completed, they decided their next stop was the [[Decagon]], in order to re-establish communications and coordinate Iacon's defense. Hitting serious resistance, including several [[Decepticon war machine]]s and more than a few damaged lifts which Ratchet puzzled out a way around, they nonetheless prevailed with help from Jetfire and [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]], before reaching the Decagon itself, where they encountered the former Autobot [[Air Commander|Sky Commander]], [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. They managed to defeat him as well and retook the Decagon.

After Optimus was named the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], he went on a mission to free [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s core of Megatron's [[Dark Energon]] corruption. In order to do so, however, he needed to open the [[Omega Gate]], which would require freeing [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] from Decepticon captivity. Omega was still badly damaged from his battle with Megatron's forces, so Optimus called in Ratchet, whom Prime, [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]], and Ironhide protected during his operation to repair Omega Supreme. After the Omega Gate was opened, Ratchet returned to base with Omega, as field repairs could only do so much.

When [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] fell to the surface from orbit, Ratchet organized the rescue effort. After Trypticon was defeated, he praised Optimus on his success, but was the price paid was costly - many Autobots were lost, and those remaining were now forced to abandon Cybertron while the planetary [[Primus|Core]] repaired the damage. Ratchet was one of those who stayed behind with Optimus to resist Megatron's schemes, and to build an ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' to carry them from their home when the time came. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

[[Image:WFC Ratchet.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Standing ''near'' ze point does nothing! Get ''on'' ze point, dummkopf!"]]

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron — Autobots''===
[[Image:WFCDS Ratchet.jpg|thumb|right|124px|"Doctor, are you sure this will work?" <br>
"I HAVE NO IDEA!"]]
When the Decepticons started poking around an Autobot base, Ratchet tracked their search patterns and instructed a [[Autobot rookie|rookie]] on where to go to find whatever it was they were looking for. Ratchet was in the control room to greet the rookie on arrival, and hand him over to [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]] for basic training. Unfortunately the Decepticons destroyed the rookie and found the intel they were after. Following Zeta Prime's capture, the Autobot leader managed to contact Ironhide and Ratchet, but the data links powering the communications grid were severed. Ratchet greeted another rookie, who managed to repair the data links.

Ratchet would go on to become a member of Optimus' inner circle. Following the retaking of Iacon, he reported that the Data-net was back online and Zeta Prime could contact them again. He later worked with Jetfire to analyse core samples, and discovered that the core would be healing itself if it weren't for the influence of the Dark Energon corruptors. Optimus's team successfully freed the core, but the planet was no longer able to sustain them. When Ratchet asked what they'd do, Optimus responded that their new mission was to leave the planet. Ratchet was among the Autobots who defeated Megatron's secret weapon, the monstrous titan Trypticon. Upon Trypticon's defeat, Ratchet left the planet along with Optimus's team. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)}}

===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
Ratchet attempted to aid and evacuate survivors from an orbital blast form Megatron's new weapon, [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]], when the Decepticon leader tracked him down. After exchanging gunfire, Ratchet was forced onto a ledge, and Megatron tauntingly kicked him off. The Autobot survived the fall, but was pinned down by debris. Fortunately [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] was in the area and came to the rescue. As the two made their trek back to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Ratchet informed Sideswipe that he had information about the Decepticon superweapon that needed to get to Optimus right away... {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}
{{note|Ratchet is not a playable character; he appears as a boss in the Decepticon campaign, and only in a single cutscene in the Autobot campaign.}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)}}

During the preparations for the Ark's launch, Ratchet worked with Optimus Prime, [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]], and the other Autobots to recover the energon necessary for lift-off.
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game ===
[[Image:Transformers prime the game ratchet.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jeffrey Combs]] (English)}}

When Team Prime mobilized to untether the [[Dark Energon]] meteor that the Decepticons were towing into orbit via the ''Nemesis'', Ratchet per usual stayed behind to run the GroundBridge. When the meteor fell to Earth, taking Team Prime with it, Ratchet left the human allies to man the Bridge in order to retrieve [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], who was the only Autobot whose energy signature they were able to locate... ''before'' Ratchet teleported out, at least.

Ratchet found Prime next to the largest surviving chunk of the meteorite, which also contained the colossus [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]]. The giant awoke, and quickly swatted Ratchet away with its one free arm. Ratchet made his way bac kto the ruins where Optimus and Thunderwing had landed, but the ''Nemesis'' had also arrived and began raining plasma fire into the area to subdue Thunderwing. Optimus and Ratchet bolted for a GroundBridge portal opened by Arcee (as she had luckily fallen close to [[Jasper]] and was able to make it back to the base on-wheel), but stray cannon-fire sent Ratchet flying away once again. The timed portal closed without him, and left Ratchet to be captured by the Decepticons.

Onboard the ''Nemesis'', Ratchet was forced to repair the giant Thunderwing, as the Decepticons had also kidnapped Miko and Raf and used them as hostages. Ratchet, indignant as always, performed just enough work to look like he was doing what he was told, but spent more time seeking out a weak point in the monster. When Megatron returned with the final major component to bringing Thunderwing back to full power, Ratchet looked to be out of options... until the Decepticon leader was momentarily distracted by the return of Starscream, who himself was being held hostage by Bulkhead. Ratchet took the chance to bolt from his cell and lock Megatron in, making his way through the security system and hordes of Vehicons to free Miko and Raf.

Once the humans were free, they took a service elevator up to the main communications hub of the ''Nemesis'' in order to get word out to the other Autobots, and hopefully use the Decepticon SpaceBridge to escape. After taking out numerous Vehicons, the three made it to the main comm hub, only to find Soundwave at the controls. Raf patched into the room's defense systems to briefly drop energy shielding on four computer towers, allowing Ratchet to destroy them and drop the force field that surrounded the main comm console. Forced to fight one-on-one, Soundwave made clever use of the Space bridge to warp in and out of the control room, but eventually found himself bested by the veteran Autobot and was forced to retreat. Now in control, Ratchet was able to communicate with the other Autobots who had infiltrated the ''Nemesis'', and successfully warped them off the ship as it collapsed due to the damage Thunderwing had caused in his escape.

Back at the base, Ratchet informed the others that he could develop a siphon that could drain at least some of Thunderwing's Dark Energon, hopefully weakening the beast enough to allow them to destroy him. He stayed behind to work on the device as Bumblebee, Arcee and Bulkhead mobilized near a Dark Energon volcano that Thunderwing was headed towards. Ratchet was forced to bring the incomplete device with him to the volcano upon Thunderwing's arrival. He informed the other Autobots that due to the short amount of time he had to work on it, the siphon would only be truly effective if it was practically ''inside'' Thunderwing. Things looked hopeless until stowaways Miko and Jack piped up, Miko showing thew Autobots a [[Miko's phone|cel phone picture]] of a break in Thunderwing's chest armor that Ratchet had never repaired... a break just big enough for a human to fit into. Though reluctant to put the humans at risk, Ratchet handed over the siphon to Jack, who rode Arcee to the beast, and successfully installed the siphon, allowing Optimus Prime to finish Thunderwing once and for all. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}

{{note|Ratchet is only playable in a single stage of Story Mode: "The Escape!". He is available as a playable character in the game's multi-player battle modes from the start, however.<br>
In this game, Ratchet oddly does not have his blades. Instead, when he enters his "upgrade" mode, he deploys a massive wrench from his left wrist socket (seriously, it's as big as his forearm) which he uses to clobber opponents. This is also the only time we see Prime-cartoon-era Ratchet employ a blaster for combat.}}
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==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
[[Image:Cyberverse_legion_ratchet.jpg|300px|thumb|Let's go practice medicine.]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series / Number:'' '''2 / 004'''
**''Japanese Number:'' '''EZ-06'''
**''Accessories:'' Battle blade

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 2|Cyberverse]] Legion Class toys, "Autobot Ratchet" transforms into an emergency vehicle, and comes with a translucent battle blade weapon. It can peg via its numerous [[C joint|3mm post]]s onto his robot hands, arms/vehicle sides, and robot back/vehicle roof. Early versions of the mold oddly lacked an actual face but a [http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/cyberverse-prime-ratchet-receives-an-update-aka-hasbro-i-needed-that-t86206s400.php running change] finally gave him one.

:His blade mold, in the same color, is also used by Cyberverse [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Cyberverse|Cliffjumper]] and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Mirage (Movie)#Cyberverse|Mirage]], while a green version is used by [[Bumblebee (WFC)#CyberverseQuickblade|Quickblade Bumblebee]], and a purple version is used by [[Knock Out (Prime)#CyberverseSingle|Knock Out]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/LegRatchet/ratchet.htm More information on Cyberverse Legion Ratchet at TFU.info]''

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===Prime===
{{anchor|Deluxe}}
[[Image:PrimeRID-RatchetDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|And that's how he lost his medical license.]]
[[Image:Prime-toy RatchetTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|300px|With all those craters on him, he'll probably need to see a dermatologist.]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / 006'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[March 31|3-31]]-2012'''
**''Japanese number:'' '''AM-04'''
**''Accessories:'' Dual Battle Blades (Hasbro only), "R.A." Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this larger-scale version of Ratchet has a "dramatic head reveal" [[gimmick]], with his robot-mode head being spring-loaded to pop up once his "backpack" is pulled down. He features [[5mm post|5mm peg-holes]] for his hands, a pair on his front bumpers/shins, and a pair on his vehicle roof.

:He comes with a pair of battle blades that can mount/be held via 5mm post, and his hands can be swung down at the wrist to give the appearance of the blades sprouting out of his wrists, as seen in the cartoon. The blades can mount into the peg-holes on his front bumper, creating a battle mode, and the blades can store on tabs underneath his vehicle.

:His [[instructions]] depict an alternate head apparently intended for an as-yet-unreleased Gears.

: The Japanese release of Ratchet, part of the very first assortment of [[TakaraTomy]] ''Prime'' toys, omits an incredible number of [[paint operation]]s, replacing them with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s. (On the other hand, this ''does'' give him his "lifeline" decoration missing from the [[Hasbro]] version.) As part of the "[[Arms Micron]]" gimmick, six 5mm peg-hole attachment points have been glued onto him (as opposed to having existing parts specifically [[retool]]ed to include them like many other toys in the line) on his vehicle-mode roof, doors, and side-panels, which respectively end up on his legs, forearms, and shoulders. The Hasbro version's twin blades have been replaced by the Arms Micron, [[R.A.#Toys|R.A.]], who transforms into a considerably larger version of one of the blades, and can still work as a "wrist-mounted" weapon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/Ratchet/ratchet.htm More information on ''Robots in Disguise'' Ratchet at TFU.info]''

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1464.html Arms Micron Ratchet at Alfes's blog]''

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===Beast Hunters===
{{anchor|BHDeluxe}}
[[Image:BHtoy Deluxe Ratchet.jpg|thumb|300px|"Alright, who's ready for some <strike>precision</strike> surgery?"]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 010'''
**''Accessories:'' Dragonshredder Drill

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Beast Hunters]]'' Deluxe Class toys, "Autobot Ratchet" is a [[redeco]] and extensive retool of the "Robots in Disguise" Deluxe Class Autobot Ratchet toy, transforming into a heavily modified rescue vehicle that's covered with spikes, features an exposed engine block on its hood, and has a sculpted rocket booster at the back. He retains the peg-holes at the usual places, and gains additional peg-holes at the back and near the rear wheels. He now comes with the "[[Dragonshredder Drill]]", which spins when the plunger to the side is pushed, and mounts via 5mm post. The halves of the drill can be pulled open to reveal a quad-barreled cannon inside. His head and chest greatly resemble ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot II]], while his "Dragonshredder Drill" is reminiscent of the [[Dinobot (BW)#Beast Wars|original Dinobot toy's]] [[Cyber-slash tail weapon]].

: His instructions include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 13|thirteenth chapter]] of the ''[[Tales of the Beast Hunters]]'' series.
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===Go!===
*'''Hunter Ratchet''' ([[August 31|08–31]]–13)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G19'''
:Hunter Ratchet is a [[redeco]] of the ''Beast Hunters'' Deluxe Ratchet toy, released in [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Cubed Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Transformers Go!]]'' toyline.
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==Merchandise==
===Mcdonald's===
[[Image:Primetoy-RatchetHappyMeal.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The stickers are good practice for the Arms Micron version.]]
*'''Ratchet''' (Happy Meal, 2012)
:*''McNumber:'' '''7'''
:Happy Meal Ratchet is a non-transformable emergency vehicle! Pushing on the back of his roof reveals the base of a cannon, and pressing the Autobot symbol on the roof causes the short barrel of the cannon to pop out. Ratchet (not "Autobot Ratchet", despite claim of trademark!) also comes with a sheet of stickers to complete his deco. Since the cannon gimmick and the "mCODE" coupon use up both sides of the usual instructions sheet, the sticker placement instructions are printed on the back of the sticker sheet itself. Efficient, but not terribly user-friendly!
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==Notes==
[[Image:VectorSigmaBotBuilderRatchet.jpg|thumb|I'm feeling sad and blue.]]
*Ratchet's model is usable in ''War for Cybertron'' multiplayer as the Medic Rig-type chassis for [[Leader (WFC)|Leader]]-class characters. His parts are also available in ''Fall of Cybertron'', now classified as Mercenary-type components for [[Destroyer (FOC)|Destroyer]]-class characters.
*''Transformers'' alumnus [[Michael Bell]] originally auditioned for the part of Ratchet in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', but ultimately lost the role to [[Jeffrey Combs]].
*In a number of episodes, mostly written by [[Nicole Dubuc]], Ratchet's equipment gets damaged by a fellow Autobot, prompting him to utter ''"I NEEDED THAT!"'' each time.
*His license plate number in "[[Stronger, Faster]]" is '''449 EPQ'''.
* Ratchet's body parts are available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Ratchet parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.

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===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Ratchet has several powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

[[Image:DarknessRising4 CybSat-RatchetAntiTerror.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

*'''Destroy Mode''' (デストロイモード ''Desutoroi Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': B.2, C.L., O.P., R.A.
: Ratchet's rather uncharacteristically-named "Destroy Mode", as seen on his box-back photo, uses a combined-weapon made up of [[R.A.]] and [[B.2]] in his right hand, [[O.P.]] on his left arm, and [[C.L.]] on his left leg.

*'''''Sekkensenrenzan'' Mode''' (接近戦連斬モード ''Sekkensenrenzan Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': C.L., Gora, O.P. (x2), R.A. (x2)
:Meaning "Close-combat Multi-slash Mode", and revealed in the "[[From the Cybertron Satellite, Transformers Division|Cybertron Satellite]]" segment from "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4|Infiltration Transformation! Battleship Nemesis]]", this "Anti-Terrorcon" mode is... just ''brutal''. He's got an R.A. on each forearm, with an O.P. attached to the back of each, with [[Gora]] (?) on his right leg, and C.L. on his left.

*'''Stealth Mode''' (ステルスモード ''Sterusu Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': R.A. (x4!), Zori (x2)
:''Four'' R.A.s are joined to create a super-large [[shuriken]]-like weapon that stores on Ratchet's back. A pair of [[Zori]]s hang from Ratchet's shoulders, with the claw-tails hanging down to create a "cloak of invisibility". This mode is for "stealthily backing up Optimus Prime and the others", according to the [http://youtu.be/QJUMhgggH-Q TakaraTomy developer video where it premiered], hosted by TakaraTomy designer [[Hironori Kobayashi]].
:There is also a variant configuration, '''Defense Mode''', which opens up the panels on Ratchet's arms and moves the Zoris to the "wrist-mounted blade" positions, which cross in an "X" in front of Ratchet as a stealth shield.
:Kobayashi also made custom carbon-black stickers for Ratchet's shoulders and chest, and in the video shows viewers how to customize their own stickers.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ratchet''' (ラチェット ''Rachetto'')
*''Russian:'' '''Khrapovik''' (Храповик, "Ratchet")

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Ratchet (WFC)

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The Flamewar: /* Cyberverse */

Backstop (Cybertron)

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The Flamewar: /* Universe (2008) */

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{{picsneeded|Fiction}}
:''Backstop is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cyb-Backstop01.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Short, wide rhino seeks chick for long walks on beach, eating parasites off hide]]
A wise elder of [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]], Backstop sought enlightenment beyond the boundaries of his world. But when he returned, he found himself focused not on the things he'd learned offworld, but on the strife of his people. Thus, he attempted to teach a new generation of Transformers what he learned and the ways of peace, only to see his brightest pupil, [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], succumb to the evils of tyranny.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Masahiko Tanaka]] (Japanese)
{{cleanup|September 2011|Needs storylinks}}
Years ago, Backstop sought to teach the young warriors of Jungle Planet the ways of peace and the honorable warrior. Their planet had long since been ravaged by raiders, and he thought that this new philosophy of "peaceful aggression" would usher in a new age for their people. His students included [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]], and [[Undermine (Cybertron)|Undermine]]. To the former two, he was like a father, and his charges saw one another as brothers.

However, their bond was torn apart when Scourge resolved to take the fight to the raiders. Backstop protested this, saying that Scourge would begin a cycle of vengeance that would only lead to more vengeance. Scourge left his master's side, and Snarl went with him, deciding to stand by his friend rather than his master.

Backstop's words would ring true; after Scourge defeated the raiders, his honor and decency began to fade, and the dragon-bot had all of Jungle Planet in his iron-fisted grip. What had began as a fight for peace turned into a dictatorship.

Years later, Backstop encountered [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]], who had been weakened by the harsh environment of Jungle Planet. Surprised by the fact that Overhaul could turn into a vehicle rather than a beast (though he did recognize the form), Backstop would later learn that Overhaul was in fact from the Transformers' ancient world of Cybertron. Through him, Backstop became affiliated with the Autobots and eventually told Scourge's story to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. Eventually, even Backstop learned that one had to fight at some point, and he went to tell Scourge that Optimus would be challenging him. At the same time, Backstop reminded Scourge that Optimus fought for the things Scourge had forgotten.

Optimus and Leobreaker defeated Scourge, and afterwards, Backstop helped the Autobots in their attempt to get Jungle Planet's [[Cyber Planet Key]] off the planet. He would remain on his homeworld, even after Scourge left to seek vengeance on Optimus, though he did see the effects of the [[Unicron Singularity|Black Hole]] when a [[space bridge]] appeared over his world.

Much later, Backstop joined the multi-world alliance and rushed to help Scourge (who had learned the error of his ways) to right the massive engine that was meant to restore Jungle Planet to its rightful position in space. He then oversaw a tournament to decide the new leader of Jungle Planet and declared Scourge the rightful and honorable ruler.

Afterwards, Backstop decided to join the crew of the ''[[Hyperborea]]''. When it departed, he told [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] that "sometimes the path to enlightenment leads away from home."

===Hasbro bio and key code info===
Backstop is a Transformer who once relied on anger until he traveled the galaxy, learning the way of the warrior from [[Bludgeon (Cybertron)|Bludgeon]] and [[Banzai-Tron (Cybertron)|Banzai-Tron]]. He returned and was eventually defeated in battle by Scourge. He sought to destroy the dragon-bot, having learned the true value of life—life that Scourge does not honor.

Eventually, Leobreaker taught him how to play [[baseball]].

{{Note|Hasbro's bio presents a very different image of Backstop from the one portrayed on the show. However, the text in his key-code information is more in line with the TV series and also somewhat ties in with his comment about having seen vehicular Transformers prior in his life.}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:GalaxyForce Saidos toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Yup. Definitely related to [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]].]]
[[Image:Cybertron Backstop toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He has two left feet in every mode!]]
*'''Backstop''' (Scout class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-15'''
**''Accessories'': Jungle Planet-style Cyber Key

: Backstop transforms into a robotic rhinoceros. In either mode, inserting a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into his key slot activates his spring-loaded ramming horn, which extends outward (but does not actually launch). He comes with a silver-bordered Jungle Planet-style Key; the [[Hasbro]] version has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] "'''stw7'''" on its back.

: There are several notable differences between the Hasbro and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] releases of Backstop. The Takara version is overall lighter, with a mainly medium-gray body, silvery beast-mode legs, plus coppery plastic and paint deco. The Hasbro version, however, uses a darker gray with a bit of purple tint for the main body, with medium-gray legs and a more yellow-gold on the accenting.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|the 2010 ''Transformers'' series]] [[Backstop (TF 2010)|Backstop]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Backstop/backstop.htm More information on Backstop at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act339/ Saidos gallery at TF Kenkon]''
{{-}}

===Universe (2003)===
[[Image:TFU03-toy CybBackstop.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Because sometimes you just gotta reuse stuff 2 years later.]]
*'''Backstop''' (Scout, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Jungle Planet style Cyber Key

: Backstop was one of several ''Cybertron'' Scout-class toys also made available on ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' cardbacks, and sold through discount chains like Kay-Bee Toy Works. This version is unchanged from the ''Cybertron'' release.
{{-}}

===Universe (2008)===
[[Image:TFU08-toy BackstopCyb.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Are you really surprised at this point?]]
*'''Backstop''' (Scout, 2010)
**''Series'': '''Cybertron Series'''
**''Accessories'': Jungle Planet style Cyber Key

: Backstop would see a straight re-release ''again'' in the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]], though oddly enough not until well after the line had vanished from shelves. Backstop, [[Brushguard#Toys|Brushguard]] and [[Brakedown (Cybertron)#Toys|Brakedown]] appeared as a special display in late 2010 at [[Walmart]] stores, with a price tag of a whopping $4 a pop.
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[Image:BackstopArm.jpg|right|180px|thumb|He only wanted a hug.]]

* Backstop's Japanese name is a "coolification" of ''sai'', the Japanese word for "rhinoceros". Think of it as the Japanese equivalent of the name "[[Rhinox (disambiguation)|Rhinox]]".
* Backstop had a normal left arm that unfolded from the back of the rhino very far into the design process, so far as to have a complete sculpt made. According to Hasbro employees, this was changed into his less human-like scooped arm design so that the rhino mode wouldn't appear to have a fist emerging from its rear.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Saidos''' (サイドス ''Saidosu'')

[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:KB Toys exclusives]]
[[Category:Elderly Transformers]]
[[Category:Jungle Planet]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

Backstop (Cybertron)

2012-11-13T01:11:35Z

The Flamewar: /* Universe (2003) */

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{{disambig3|Backstop}}
{{picsneeded|Fiction}}
:''Backstop is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cyb-Backstop01.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Short, wide rhino seeks chick for long walks on beach, eating parasites off hide]]
A wise elder of [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]], Backstop sought enlightenment beyond the boundaries of his world. But when he returned, he found himself focused not on the things he'd learned offworld, but on the strife of his people. Thus, he attempted to teach a new generation of Transformers what he learned and the ways of peace, only to see his brightest pupil, [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], succumb to the evils of tyranny.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Masahiko Tanaka]] (Japanese)
{{cleanup|September 2011|Needs storylinks}}
Years ago, Backstop sought to teach the young warriors of Jungle Planet the ways of peace and the honorable warrior. Their planet had long since been ravaged by raiders, and he thought that this new philosophy of "peaceful aggression" would usher in a new age for their people. His students included [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]], and [[Undermine (Cybertron)|Undermine]]. To the former two, he was like a father, and his charges saw one another as brothers.

However, their bond was torn apart when Scourge resolved to take the fight to the raiders. Backstop protested this, saying that Scourge would begin a cycle of vengeance that would only lead to more vengeance. Scourge left his master's side, and Snarl went with him, deciding to stand by his friend rather than his master.

Backstop's words would ring true; after Scourge defeated the raiders, his honor and decency began to fade, and the dragon-bot had all of Jungle Planet in his iron-fisted grip. What had began as a fight for peace turned into a dictatorship.

Years later, Backstop encountered [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]], who had been weakened by the harsh environment of Jungle Planet. Surprised by the fact that Overhaul could turn into a vehicle rather than a beast (though he did recognize the form), Backstop would later learn that Overhaul was in fact from the Transformers' ancient world of Cybertron. Through him, Backstop became affiliated with the Autobots and eventually told Scourge's story to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. Eventually, even Backstop learned that one had to fight at some point, and he went to tell Scourge that Optimus would be challenging him. At the same time, Backstop reminded Scourge that Optimus fought for the things Scourge had forgotten.

Optimus and Leobreaker defeated Scourge, and afterwards, Backstop helped the Autobots in their attempt to get Jungle Planet's [[Cyber Planet Key]] off the planet. He would remain on his homeworld, even after Scourge left to seek vengeance on Optimus, though he did see the effects of the [[Unicron Singularity|Black Hole]] when a [[space bridge]] appeared over his world.

Much later, Backstop joined the multi-world alliance and rushed to help Scourge (who had learned the error of his ways) to right the massive engine that was meant to restore Jungle Planet to its rightful position in space. He then oversaw a tournament to decide the new leader of Jungle Planet and declared Scourge the rightful and honorable ruler.

Afterwards, Backstop decided to join the crew of the ''[[Hyperborea]]''. When it departed, he told [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] that "sometimes the path to enlightenment leads away from home."

===Hasbro bio and key code info===
Backstop is a Transformer who once relied on anger until he traveled the galaxy, learning the way of the warrior from [[Bludgeon (Cybertron)|Bludgeon]] and [[Banzai-Tron (Cybertron)|Banzai-Tron]]. He returned and was eventually defeated in battle by Scourge. He sought to destroy the dragon-bot, having learned the true value of life—life that Scourge does not honor.

Eventually, Leobreaker taught him how to play [[baseball]].

{{Note|Hasbro's bio presents a very different image of Backstop from the one portrayed on the show. However, the text in his key-code information is more in line with the TV series and also somewhat ties in with his comment about having seen vehicular Transformers prior in his life.}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:GalaxyForce Saidos toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Yup. Definitely related to [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]].]]
[[Image:Cybertron Backstop toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He has two left feet in every mode!]]
*'''Backstop''' (Scout class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-15'''
**''Accessories'': Jungle Planet-style Cyber Key

: Backstop transforms into a robotic rhinoceros. In either mode, inserting a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into his key slot activates his spring-loaded ramming horn, which extends outward (but does not actually launch). He comes with a silver-bordered Jungle Planet-style Key; the [[Hasbro]] version has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] "'''stw7'''" on its back.

: There are several notable differences between the Hasbro and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] releases of Backstop. The Takara version is overall lighter, with a mainly medium-gray body, silvery beast-mode legs, plus coppery plastic and paint deco. The Hasbro version, however, uses a darker gray with a bit of purple tint for the main body, with medium-gray legs and a more yellow-gold on the accenting.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|the 2010 ''Transformers'' series]] [[Backstop (TF 2010)|Backstop]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Backstop/backstop.htm More information on Backstop at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act339/ Saidos gallery at TF Kenkon]''
{{-}}

===Universe (2003)===
[[Image:TFU03-toy CybBackstop.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Because sometimes you just gotta reuse stuff 2 years later.]]
*'''Backstop''' (Scout, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Jungle Planet style Cyber Key

: Backstop was one of several ''Cybertron'' Scout-class toys also made available on ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' cardbacks, and sold through discount chains like Kay-Bee Toy Works. This version is unchanged from the ''Cybertron'' release.
{{-}}

===Universe (2008)===
[[Image:TFU08-toy BackstopCyb.jpg|righ|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Backstop''' (Scout, 2010)
**''Series'': '''Cybertron Series'''
**''Accessories'': Jungle Planet style Cyber Key

: Backstop would see a straight re-release ''again'' in the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]], though oddly enough not until well after the line had vanished from shelves. Backstop, [[Brushguard#Toys|Brushguard]] and [[Brakedown (Cybertron)#Toys|Brakedown]] appeared as a special display in late 2010 at [[Walmart]] stores, with a price tag of a whopping $4 a pop.
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[Image:BackstopArm.jpg|right|180px|thumb|He only wanted a hug.]]

* Backstop's Japanese name is a "coolification" of ''sai'', the Japanese word for "rhinoceros". Think of it as the Japanese equivalent of the name "[[Rhinox (disambiguation)|Rhinox]]".
* Backstop had a normal left arm that unfolded from the back of the rhino very far into the design process, so far as to have a complete sculpt made. According to Hasbro employees, this was changed into his less human-like scooped arm design so that the rhino mode wouldn't appear to have a fist emerging from its rear.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Saidos''' (サイドス ''Saidosu'')

[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:KB Toys exclusives]]
[[Category:Elderly Transformers]]
[[Category:Jungle Planet]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

Joyride (Cybertron)

2012-11-13T00:59:55Z

The Flamewar:

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{{Noname-nickname}}
:''The motorcycle refugee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Moto refugee.JPG|right|250px|thumb|COWABUNGA!!!]]
The '''motorcycle refugee''' is one of the many civilian [[Autobot]]s in hiding on the planet [[Earth]] following the evacuation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. She enjoys taking long rides out in the desert, where there are no [[human]]s around to see (since a riderless motorcycle is kind of a giveaway), even though her alternate mode isn't really made for off-roading.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Nicole Oliver]] (English)

After [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime's]] team decided to enlist the aid of the civilian Cybertrons on Earth in their search for the [[Omega Lock]], they distributed an image of the [[Atlantis Pattern]] among them. The motorcycle refugee recognized the image, having seen it engraved in a rock-face. She was on her way to report this to the Autobots when she was spotted and attacked by [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. This attack was observed by another of the refugees, one disguised as a [[Pay phone refugee|pay phone]], who radioed Autobot headquarters for help.

Optimus Prime led the group of Autobots who responded and drove the attacking [[Decepticon]] off, as the motorcycle refugee's damage was repaired by [[Coby Hansen|Coby]]. She then led them to the rockface bearing the Atlantis Pattern. Although it turned out to be a copy rather than the location of the Omega Lock itself, it did contain the co-ordinates of the [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search}}

The motorcycle refugee was driving along a stretch of road when [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] made an announcement that the Autobots would be departing from Earth as part of a plan to save it from [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]'s [[Ancient Decepticon|forces]]. {{storylink|Retreat}}

When [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] returned to Earth, searching for the traitor Starscream, the motorcycle refugee was one of three Autobot civilians (along with another pay phone) who locked a stasis beam onto Megatron's warp-gate from the [[fire dimension]], stalling the Decepticons' entry long enough to evacuate the nearby humans. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}}

The refugee was present when [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] made amends, along with several [[Blurr (Cybertron)|other]] [[Longrack (Cybertron)|refugees]]. {{storylink|Family}}

==Notes==
[[Image:LongrackC-Earth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|That's, uh... my twin sister. Yeah.]]
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShesAManInJapan She's a man in Japan].
* As seen in the episode "Family", sometimes there are two of her.
* When the [[Lugnutz]] [[redeco]] [[Hightail (Cybertron)|Hightail]] was revealed, many fans felt that it was going to be the toy-version of the motorcycle refugee, what with being an Autobot cycle with vaguely the same color scheme. So much for that.

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Gender-switch characters]]

Thunderblast (Decepticon)

2012-11-13T00:57:53Z

The Flamewar: /* Cybertron cartoon */

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{{disambig3|Thunderblast}}
:''Thunderblast is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Thunderblast-Galvatron-DVD-cover.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Does anyone find it creepy she just blends into Galvatron?]]

'''Thunderblast''' is obsessed with power. She craves it, but rather than directly attaining it herself, she instead seeks to gain power by latching onto a male Decepticon who has it. She forms an instant infatuation with the strongest Decepticon she can find... but as soon as the power structure shifts, so does the focus of her affections. She is usually seen clinging all lovey-dovey to [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], ignoring the fact that he has no interest in her whatsoever beyond her ability to follow orders and destroy Autobots (and be used as a disposable pawn if necessary).

Though she's fickle and flighty (and greedy and selfish and opportunistic and vain and overconfident and...) she's not ''stupid''. She knows how to use her wiles to get what she wants and is always looking for suckers to manipulate to her advantage. She knows [[Autobot]]s are generally reluctant to shoot at a female (especially one as pretty as she ''thinks'' she is) and uses that to her advantage as long as she can... at least, long enough to give them a face full of missiles. She's an effective warrior as most are on land but when it comes to aquatic combat, few can match her skill.

She seems to have something resembling an actual friendship with her fellow "demon" [[Lugnutz]], despite his mellow, unambitious nature. And while she's generally disappointed if guys aren't fawning over her, she's found that she wants nothing to do with the geeky [[Shortround]], who is always head over wheels in love with her. On the other end of the spectrum, she has quickly gained the undying hatred of the [[human]] girl [[Lori]].

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
:''Voice actress:'' [[Maryke Hendrikse]] (English), [[Natsuko Kuwatani]] (Japanese), [[Silvia Sarmentera]] (Spain-Spanish)

[[Image:Thunderboobies.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Jeez. Let the animators go home to their wives once in a while, for God's sake.]]

Thunderblast arrived on [[Earth]] in the colony ship ''[[Atlantis]]'' millions of years ago. While the Autobots watched over and guided [[human]] evolution, the Decepticons terrorized the humans, inspiring the myths and legends of old; Thunderblast was the inspiration for the myth of [[Lorelei]] and the [[Siren (creature)|Siren]]s. {{storylink|Cyber Key Codes|Thunderblast's Cyber Key Code text}} These "monsters" were rounded up by the "monster hunter" [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]], who locked up the criminals inside a prison located in the center of the Earth (called the [[Wikipedia:Hollow Earth|"Earth's Navel"]]) where they stayed until they were released by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] in the present day. {{storylink|Assault}}

Thunderblast and Lugnutz defended Starscream's volcano-island base from the Autobots and Decepticons... up to a point. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} While Lugnutz decided simply to wander away from the "heavy scene", Thunderblast found herself less than impressed with Starscream and took to following Megatron (whose power was just soooooo dreamy), joining his forces as they journeyed to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], which transformed into [[Primus]]'s gargantuan robot mode. {{storylink|United}}

[[Image:Thunder-OhHi.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Bitch, dun make me bring out mah pimpcane!]]

There, while admiring her looks in a mirrored satellite, she was interrupted by a super-sized Starscream who gave her the choice to steal the [[Omega Lock]] or get blasted to smithereens. She took the former option but managed to weasel her way out of it by lying to Starscream, luring him planetside, and then telling Megatron that she was ordered to attack him. Starscream arrived and the two bickered until they were interrupted by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]]. All parties involved rocketed off to fight, leaving her free to wander off unperturbed. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} Shortly afterwards, she tracked [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and Wing Saber, leading Megatron to the missing [[Atlantis]] starship. {{storylink|Titans}}

[[Image:ThunderblastVsLori.jpg||250px|thumb|left|Oh no you DI'INT!]]

When Megatron returned from the [[fire dimension]], Thunderblast and the others continued to follow him all the way to [[Gigantion]]. There, when she teamed up with [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] in a hunt for the planet's [[Cyber Planet Key]], they ran across an Autobot party consisting of [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], Wing Saber and the [[human]] [[Lori]]. Thunderblast and Lori very quickly got on each others' nerves, both browbeating Scourge. When Thunderblast took off, Lori scared Wing Saber into following, leaving Scourge and Override to duke it out.

Wing Saber chased Thunderblast through the lower levels, but it was a trap since the Decepticon was leading them to a harbor area and water combat was Thunderblast's element. Wing Saber took a fair pummeling, but Lori noticed a cluster of cranes and she set them up so Wing Saber could lure the overconfident "floozy" (in Lori's words). Thunderblast was crushed under half a dozen massive claws and Wing Saber took the chance to blast her while she was down, the explosion sending her flying away uncontrollably. {{storylink|Ambush}}

[[Image:Thunderblast-Giant.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Thunderblast is on the move, Thunderblast is loose!]]

When Megatron (now Galvatron) and Starscream dueled over the [[Omega Lock]] and the four Cyber Planet Keys, Thunderblast briefly wondered if she was infatuated with the wrong 'bot. But when Galvatron emerged victorious, she happily followed him back to Cybertron. There, she and the few remaining Decepticons still loyal to Galvatron ([[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]]) were given a boost of Omega Lock power, super-sizing them so they could take on the massed armies that had gathered from all of the colony worlds to oppose them. After being assaulted (and insulted) by [[Undermine (Cybertron)|Undermine]] and [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]], Thunderblast found herself going up against her old friend [[Lugnutz]]. Though she seemed shocked he'd side with the "good guys", she got over it pretty quickly and had no compunctions about trying to blow him away.

Ultimately, Galvatron's plot failed. Thunderblast realized that Galvatron was going to let her die in the cataclysm that his plan would have caused and she ran off along with the other now de-powered Decepticons. {{storylink|End}} When the rocket boosters built on the [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]] to push the world back to its normal place in the cosmos began to fail from an attack by Galvatron, the four Decepticons arrived cackling...and helped with the efforts to keep the thrusters upright and functional, deciding to try being on the winning team for once. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

[[Image:Cyb ep51 new decepticons crash.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Men never ask for directions.]]

Afterwards, Thunderblast, Ransack and Crumplezone went to each world, trying to find a place to fit in and failing. Thunderblast in particular threw herself at about every strong male bot around but it seemed no one was even remotely interested. When the Autobots were ready to begin their [[space bridge]] initiative, the trio built a rickety rocket, shanghaied the reluctant Thundercracker (who was really enjoying being an Autobot) and took off for parts unknown as the [[New Decepticon Army]].

They made it as far as [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] before the rocket crashed. {{storylink|Beginning}}
{{--}}

===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
Thunderblast interviewed Mini-Cons [[Beta Maxx]] and [[Caliburn]] for readers of ''[[Venus (magazine)|Venus]]'', a trans-dimensional magazine for [[Female Transformer|Decepti-femmes]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cyb Thunderblast toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Oh, I think I broke a nail carrying this gun!" *pout*]]
* '''Thunderblast''' (Deluxe class, 2005)
** ''Japanese ID number'': '''GD-11'''
** ''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 torpedoes , Earth Cyber Planet Key

: Thunderblast transforms into a speedboat of undetermined model via [[Shellformer|shellforming]]. She has a small, rotating (non-firing) machine gun and a large missile rack on a rotating and elevating base in this mode. Inserting a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the back of the missile rack opens it up to reveal a spring-loaded missile launcher which uses the torpedoes mounted under her hydrofoils as ammunition. The rack becomes a hand-held weapon for her robot mode. She comes with a silver-bordered Earth-style Key; the Hasbro version has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] '''dh62''' stamped on its back.

: The original [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release of the toy has a molding defect, giving her lopsided [[wikipedia:Shannen Doherty|Shannen Doherty]] eyes. The [[Hasbro]] release fixes this, as well as changes a few minor [[Paint operation|paint applications]].

: This mold was also used for [[BotCon 2009]] [[Elita One|Elita-1]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Thunderblast/thunderblast.htm More information on Thunderblast at TFU.info]''

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* '''Sideways, Brimstone, Thunderblast''' ("Value Pack", 2005)
** ''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 torpedoes, Earth Cyber Planet Key

: Thunderblast was also available in a Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] "Value Pack" alongside [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]]; all three normally-carded toys were put in a large cardboard "sleeve" that let the bubbles stick out. This set retailed for $29.99... and since Deluxes were $9.99... not much of a "value" there.

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[[Image:Chromia Minerva toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hello, nurse-boat!]]
* '''Chromia Minerva-Type''' (DVD pack-in, 2005)
** ''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 missiles , Earth Cyber Planet Key

: Packaged with the ninth disc in the ''Galaxy Force'' DVD series, Thunderblast's only toy was [[Redeco|redecoed]] into a white and red color scheme, an [[homage]] to the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Autobot]] [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]]. This release uses the Hasbro version of the mold, with the corrected face sculpt.
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[Image:ThunderblastBoobsAndNipples01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|We were gonna circle the part in question, but we figured you guys were already staring at them.]]

* While Thunderblast isn't the first female Transformer to have a discernible [[Blackarachnia (BW)|rack]] (or ''male'' Transformer, [[Bluestreak (G1)|for]] [[Jazz (G1)|that]] [[Red Alert (Armada)|matter]]), she '''is''' the first one to have what appear to be "nipples", as seen in the episode "[[Memory]]". This would seem to imply that the "nipples" were a part of Thunderblast's CG character model, only they'd always been covered up by her "bra" so that we couldn't see them. The animators at [[GONZO]] obviously weren't taking enough cold showers.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Chromia''' (クロミア ''Kuromia'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Mennykő''' ("Thunderbolt")
*''Russian:'' '''Molnija''' (Молния, "Lightning")

[[Category:Cybertron Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Sea specialists]]

NAVI (Gung Ho)

2012-11-13T00:52:15Z

The Flamewar:

{{faction|maximal}}
{{disambig2|the NAVI from ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]''|the type of computer AI|NAVI}}

:''NAVI is a [[Maximal]] computer from the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:NaviNeo1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|HEY! LISTEN!]]
'''NAVI''' (ナビ ''Nabi'') is the [[NAVI]] AI for [[Big Convoy]]'s ship, the ''[[Gung Ho]]''. It is virtually identical to [[NAVI-chan]], save for having different colors for her LED body.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kaori Tagami]] (Japanese)
{{charstub}}

===''Beast Wars Neo'' manga===
{{charstubfiction}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Navi (Gung Ho)}}
[[Category:Beast Wars Neo Maximals]]
[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:Japanese-original characters]]

Flamewar (Prime)

2012-11-02T17:25:32Z

The Flamewar: /* Notes */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the ''Prime'' Decepticon|the Generation 1 Decepticon|Flamewar (G1)}}
:''Flamewar is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Prime-FlamewarCardArt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|You got a purdy mouth, boy.]]

'''Flamewar''' is a Decepticon serving [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] on [[Earth]]. She stalks its populace on his orders, though she's ''really'' stalking the [[Autobot]] [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]]. Having studied her moves for many years, Flamewar is hoping to draw the Autobot into a trap, and thus, her end.

Obsessive one, that Flamewar.

{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===Prime===
[[Image:Prime-toy Flamewar.jpg|right|thumb|400px|I'm so obsessed with Arcee, I even have her body!]]
*'''Decepticon Flamewar''' (Cyberverse, 2012)
**''Series / number'': '''2 / 012'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Friction rifle]]"

:A [[redeco]] of the [[Cyberverse]] Legion-Class [[Arcee (Prime)#Prime|Arcee]] toy, Flamewar transforms into a motorcycle, and comes with a redecoed version of the Legion-Class [[Vehicon (Prime)#Prime|Vehicon]]'s gun/sword. The weapon itself is made of translucent blue plastic and has both pegs and a peg-hole so that it can be combined with other Cyberverse weapons. Likewise, her vehicle mode, which is largely scale-accurate with the Deluxe and Voyager toys, has multiple peg-holes for Cyberverse weapon mounting. In robot mode, she has permanently-deployed battle blades on her arms.

==Notes==
* Flamewar is a clear [[homage]] to the [[Flamewar (G1)|''Timelines'' character of the same name]], having an obsessive sort of mentality, and using a dark-colored motorcycle with bright accents and a flame deco as her altmode. Additionally, just as the original Flamewar toy used the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Arcee (Energon)#Toys|Arcee]] mold, so does Prime Flamewar's toy use Prime Arcee's mold.
* [[Ben Yee]] creator of the original Flamewar approves of this figure! [http://bwtf.com/toyreviews/prime/legion/flamewar/]

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[[Category:Female Transformers]]

Flamewar (Prime)

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The Flamewar: /* Notes */

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{{disambig2|the ''Prime'' Decepticon|the Generation 1 Decepticon|Flamewar (G1)}}
:''Flamewar is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Prime-FlamewarCardArt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|You got a purdy mouth, boy.]]

'''Flamewar''' is a Decepticon serving [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] on [[Earth]]. She stalks its populace on his orders, though she's ''really'' stalking the [[Autobot]] [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]]. Having studied her moves for many years, Flamewar is hoping to draw the Autobot into a trap, and thus, her end.

Obsessive one, that Flamewar.

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==Toys==
===Prime===
[[Image:Prime-toy Flamewar.jpg|right|thumb|400px|I'm so obsessed with Arcee, I even have her body!]]
*'''Decepticon Flamewar''' (Cyberverse, 2012)
**''Series / number'': '''2 / 012'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Friction rifle]]"

:A [[redeco]] of the [[Cyberverse]] Legion-Class [[Arcee (Prime)#Prime|Arcee]] toy, Flamewar transforms into a motorcycle, and comes with a redecoed version of the Legion-Class [[Vehicon (Prime)#Prime|Vehicon]]'s gun/sword. The weapon itself is made of translucent blue plastic and has both pegs and a peg-hole so that it can be combined with other Cyberverse weapons. Likewise, her vehicle mode, which is largely scale-accurate with the Deluxe and Voyager toys, has multiple peg-holes for Cyberverse weapon mounting. In robot mode, she has permanently-deployed battle blades on her arms.

==Notes==
* Flamewar is a clear [[homage]] to the [[Flamewar (G1)|''Timelines'' character of the same name]], having an obsessive sort of mentality, and using a dark-colored motorcycle with bright accents and a flame deco as her altmode. Additionally, just as the original Flamewar toy used the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Arcee (Energon)#Toys|Arcee]] mold, so does Prime Flamewar's toy use Prime Arcee's mold.
* [[Ben Yee]] creator of the original Flamewar approves of this figure!

[[Category:Toy-only characters]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]