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Living metal

2017-06-16T16:07:33Z

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[[File:Primag2.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.75|The [[Prima|first Transformer]] is born from the living metal of Cybertron, which immediately reconfigures to adopt its armored robotic shape.]]
The '''living metal''' from which [[Transformer]]s are constructed is known by many names, including '''protomatter''', '''technomatter''', '''sentio metallico''', '''birth metal''', '''cyber-matter''', '''Sparked metal''', '''elemental metal''', and '''Transformium'''. Usually depicted as the living stuff of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself, it is no ordinary metal, possessing a self-replicating cellular structure and a [[CNA|genetic code]]. Transformers are sometimes presented as having a "natural" [[alternate mode]] they take on at birth, defined by the hard-coded design schematics in their [[spark]], but their living metal is malleable and adaptable, and is capable of being programmed to reconfigure into new shapes, designs, and colors, allowing 'bots to change alternate mode as needed. Indeed, newborn living metal seems to ''desire'' a shape; if complications at birth prevent it from taking one, it is likely to die, and the spark of the Transformer to be extinguished with it. As with [[human]] flesh, when living metal dies, it is often shown to become drained of color; conversely, if infused with an excess of exotic energy, it has been known to unexpectedly [[spontaneous recoloration|take on new hues]] or even [[Transmetal|mutate into new shapes]].

At the base level, living metal is composed of [[Rarified Energon]].<ref>"[[Crossing Over: Part 6]]"</ref> As living matter, it is capable of being ravaged by [[:Category: Diseases|unique diseases]], but it can heal damage done it to it over time, its metallic cells regenerating and "growing" back. This healing process can be accelerated via medical means such as hands-on maintenance, [[CR chamber|external repair devices]], or [[energon]] infusions. Lost parts can be replaced with duplicates made from ordinary metals without difficulty; a Transformer's systems can absorb and break down conventional material, convert it into living metal, and re-integrate it into their bodies.<ref>''[[Transformers: The Movie Guide]]''</ref><ref>"[[Blitzwing Bop]]"</ref> However, major organs are exceptionally complex and replacements are virtually impossible to construct from normal materials, meaning that it ''is'' possible for a Transformer to suffer irreparable damage to parts of their body and lose the function of them.

It is entirely possible for a new Transformer body to be built from scratch without using living metal at all, and for a spark to then be implanted in it. The resultant being is no less of a "real" Cybertronian, but may face some social stigma in an unenlightened society. In some universes, the infusion of the spark will actually convert such a body into living metal. <ref>[[Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime 08/03/15]]</ref>

{{quote|This is the greatest advance in modern physics since the splitting of the atom. Programmable matter... We can turn ''anything'' into ''anything''.|[[Gill Wembley]]|''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Cartoon continuities====
[[File:TFTM optimus color fades.gif|left|thumb|upright=1.5|The color of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s metal drains away at the moment of your childhood's death.]]

The earliest Transformers' living metals were forged in the fires of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} It was this universe that popularized the idea that when a Transformer dies, their living metal becomes drained of color. Some of the most famous examples of this process took place here, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] himself, but accounts differ on whether a dead Transformer's remains turn various shades of grey {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} or stark white. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} The same is even true of the living metal of Cybertron, which originally shone a healthy gold but which faded to a lifeless grey as its energy drained away. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}} {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

[[File:KTVS2 matter into metal.gif|right|thumb|upright=1.25|The [[Key to Vector Sigma]] converts the organic matter of Earth into metal.]]

By one account, the [[Quintesson]]s used the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to convert the matter of an organic world into the metal of Cybertron. {{storylink|Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|Kiss Players timeline}} In 1985, the [[Decepticon]]s discovered this power when, after stealing the key and bringing it to [[Earth]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] dropped it on the ground, and it converted the rock and soil around it into metal. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] immediately set about turning Earth into a "new Cybertron" with the key's power, starting in the forests near [[Seattle]]. The Autobots were quick to react, and in the battle that followed, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] knocked the Key from Megatron's hand and destroyed it, reverting the transformed metal back to its original organic state. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

The [[Pretender]]s were able to convert their living metal into organic matter to disguise themselves as human beings. The [[Master-Brace]]s used by [[Headmaster Junior]]s and [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]] were capable of achieving the opposite effect, temporarily converting the organic cells of human tissue into metal, thereby allowing the humans to transform and combine with [[Transtector]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce}}

The Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]] [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] wielded the [[Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon]], a powerful weapon that fired energy blasts which killed the cells of living metal. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}} However, the cannon had no effect on [[gurunium]]. {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}}
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====Marvel Comics continuity====
[[File:Prima.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.75|The original depiction of the birth of the [[Prima|first Transformer]] featured several visual differences from the version in the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comic (seen at the top of this article).]]
This universe was the first to show the Transformers being born from the fabric of Cybertron, as the [[Prima|first Transformer]] was depicted emerging fully alive straight out of the planet's surface, the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] already installed within their chest. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}} That said, modern-day accounts of new Transformer creation involved them being manually assembled by their fellow 'bots, then brought to life with the Matrix. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} {{storylink|Command Performances!}} {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] was afforded a glimpse through time at the birth of the Transformer race, he watched the moment of the first Transformer's creation, as their raw body clawed its way out of a pool of primordial metal matter on Cybertron, a mass of liquid metal over an endoskeleton that promptly took shape and color once the robot had fully emerged, a crackle of light traversing its shifting surface. As the vision continued, Optimus saw how Cybertronians had once multiplied: the living metal of their bodies replicating and dividing like a cell, forming a huge liquid metal pustule on the robot's body, which then burst to release a new, raw Cybertronian body that quickly took form. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}
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====Beast Era====
[[File:TheSpark protoform metal.gif|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Outside of the stabilizing influence of [[stasis lock]], a protoform's liquid metal "protomatter" exists in a constant state of flux.]]
Several centuries after the end of the war between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, a technological quantum leap known as the [[Great Upgrade]] bestowed new attributes on the Transformers' living metal. The bodies of those who underwent the upgrade process gained the ability to be reconfigured not just into metallic forms, but also organic ones such as beasts or plants. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search}} Such organic [[beast mode]] "skins" were used by the [[Maximal]]s of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] of the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' to shield themselves from harmful energon radiation on prehistoric [[Earth]], {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} but during their adventures there, exposure to a variety of energies including a [[quantum surge]] and the technology of the alien [[Vok]] caused [[Transmetal|further]] [[Transmetal 2|mutations]] to their bodies. {{storylink|Aftermath}}

[[File:Protoforms1.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|The [[Autoroller]]s were able to safely walk around in a raw protomatter state.]]

Brand-new Transformer life created from this new, upgraded form of living metal begins as a featureless, inanimate body known as a [[protoform]] that lacks an alternate mode or conscious mind. {{storylink|The Spark}} In this "unformed" state, their living metal exists as a [[nanite|nanotechnological]] liquid metal referred to as '''protomatter'''. {{storylink|Beast Wars Universe}} {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}} {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}} It is also possible for the body of an active Transformer to be reduced down to a protoform state. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}} {{storylink|Baldigus Chapter, Part One}} Protoforms are stored in [[stasis pod]]s, which induce [[stasis lock]] to keep their protomatter inert, locked in a mannequin-like form. Outside of stasis, their protomatter exists in a state of flux, constantly rippling around the Transformer's endoskeleton, eager to adopt a shape. When the pod activates its scanning apparatus and identifies a suitable alternate mode, stasis ceases, the protomatter is sculpted into its new form, and the Transformer is brought online; however, should the pod malfunction and stasis cease before an alt mode is scanned, the destabilized living metal and the spark will perish within a matter of hours. {{storylink|The Spark}} A [[Quantum Cycle Upgrade]] mitigated this problem by installing internal scanners inside each individual Transformer's body, {{storylink|Survivor}} which were still in use tens of thousands of years later. {{storylink|The New Forces Arrive!}} At this time, protoforms were shown to be able to function as living, walking Transformers outside of stasis, their protomatter stable even without having taken on an alternate mode, suggesting further advancements to the technology over the millennia. {{storylink|White Lion, Run!}}

[[File:TheKey nightscream technomatter.gif|right|thumb|upright=1.5|[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]'s [[technorganic]] body is converted into "technomatter" by the Key to Vector Sigma.]]

Upon the return of the crew of the ''Axalon'' to Cybertron, the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] began a plan to use the organic matter they brought back with them to convert all of Cybertron and its inhabitants from pure living metal into [[technorganic]]s. To stop this, [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] obtained the Key to Vector Sigma, intending to use its ability to convert organics into '''technomatter''' to ensure Cybertron remained a world of metallic purity. [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] was the first victim of the key, and the conversion of his technorganic body into technomatter left him delirious with pain. As the Maximals set about obtaining a [[Mole Drone]] so they could mine curative [[organic goo]] from Cybertron's [[organic core]], Nightscream's touch passed on his condition to [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], but the pair were later cured when the Maximals found sufficient quantities of goo. {{storylink|The Key}}

When [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] seized control of the key's power, he had his [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] drones use it to turn a huge organic vine that the Maximals had grown into technomatter. As the conversion spread down the length of the vine, [[Optimus Primal]] had to outpace it and sever the vine before it could spread to, and eliminate, all the crops the Maximals had cultivated. {{storylink|The Catalyst}} Subsequently, during the Maximals' assault on the [[Council Citadel]], they were overcome and transformed into technomatter by Megatron's drones, while Optimus himself was converted by Tankor. {{storylink|End of the Line}} Fortunately, the conflicting energies of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] and the Key to Vector Sigma cured all of the Maximals. {{storylink|Fallout (episode)|Fallout}} Megatron was not through with the key, however, and eventually tried to use its power on Cybertron's organic core itself. The core began to convert into technomatter, but the process was halted when Primal dragged the pair of them into the core and reformatted the whole planet into a technorganic paradise. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}
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====IDW Generation 1 comics====
[[File:LL4 sculpt the metal.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|[[Anode]] attempts to sculpt the "sentio metallico" of a protoform.]]
A "natural" Transformer birth results from a spark igniting in a region of Cybertron (or one of its moons) known as a [[hot spot]]. The ignition of a natural-born spark is accompanied by the formation of a portion of '''birth metal'''—scientifically known as '''sentio metallico'''—around it, which is harvested from the planetary surface along with the spark in a specific quantity determined by an equation. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} {{storylink|Silent Light}} The sentio metallico will soon coalesce around the spark to form a protoform, beginning with a simple geometric shape, from which it will quickly grow and mature into a full-size Transformer. The process begins with the appearance of limbs and facial features, and soon after the manifestation of its natural alternate mode; a protoform will remain warm to the touch throughout these early stages, cooling once an alt mode has been taken. {{storylink|Silent Light}} Occasionally, however, the sentio metallico may have difficulty reading the genetic "instructions" of the spark, and struggle to assume its natural form. In such instances, a Cybertronian obstetrician known as a [[blacksmith]] will help nurture the protoform and sculpt it into its "god-given" shape. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}}

[[File:LL1 sentio metallico bloom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|The fidget spinner craze even reached Cybertron.]]

If a spark is not harvested from its hot spot and left to fade out, the sentio metallico typically dies with it. In incredibly rare instances, however, it will survive as "widowed metal," re-patterning itself into a snowflake-shaped bloom of incredible value. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}}

Such naturally-born Transformers are called "[[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Forged]]." {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} By contrast, "Constructed Cold" Transformers are ones whose bodies were built in factories from conventional materials and implanted with sparks, and were for a time considered "lesser" than Forged 'bots, resulting in social apartheid. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory, Part 1}} It is possible to use sentio metallico harvested from other sources to build a Constructed Cold body, however; this was the tack taken by the Decepticons at [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore Prison]], where they smelted down the bodies of prisoners to harvest raw materials to build a better class of [[M.T.O.]] {{storylink|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}} Other chemical compounds such as {{w|polyhydroxybutyrate}} can, given enough time, break down the basic structure of a Transformer. The dissolved remains can be subsequently treated and refined into mundane but useful substances such as {{w|Lonsdaleite|lonesdaleite}}. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}}

The remains of extremely old Transformers, such as [[Censere]], dissolve into inert sentio metallico—a reddish powder—shortly after their demise. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}}
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===Unicron Trilogy===
[[File:Puppet spontaneous recoloration.gif|left|thumb|upright=1.25|An overdose of [[Mini-Con]] power [[spontaneous recoloration|spontaneously recolors]] and re-shapes [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s armor.]]

Though not limited to this [[universal stream|universal cluster]], instances of a Transformer's living metal becoming discolored due to an infusion of energy are particularly prevalent here, be it through the power of [[Mini-Con]]s, {{storylink|Puppet}} {{storylink|Mortal Combat}} {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}} {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|MTMTE: Armada #3}} the unknowable attributes of Energon, {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}} {{storylink|Wishes}} or a [[Cyber Planet Key]]. {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} Sufficient amounts of such "divine" power can even spontaneously generate more living metal, as when the partially-powered-up [[Omega Lock]] turned [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] into a towering colossus many times his normal size. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)}}

The regenerative effect of Energon on living metal was also seen often. Not only could immersion in, or ingestion of, the fuel heal gashes in a Transformer's armored skin almost instantly, their living metal replicating and "growing" back over the wound, but a big enough dose could help a Transformer—even one as huge as [[Unicron]] himself—regenerate entire lost body parts from scratch. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}} {{storylink|Energon Grid}}
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===Live-action film series===
[[File:AOE transformium formed.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.75|The Creators' [[seed]]s convert the organic matter of prehistoric Earth into elemental Transformer metal.]]
The '''"elemental metals"''' used to forge the bodies of the Transformers were created by an alien race known as the [[Creator (AOE)|Creators]]. These beings used [[eco-structuring|cyberforming]] "[[seed]]s" to convert the organic material of other planets into metal that they then harvested and took to Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} There, life was breathed into the metal by the [[AllSpark]]. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} This ultra-dense liquid metal makes up the protoform that serves as the core of every Transformer, and is capable of absorbing and integrating additional matter in order to generate the armored exoskeleton that surrounds it and forms the robot's outward appearance. {{storylink|Transformers: The Movie Guide|The Movie Guide}} When analyzed by humans, this "self-regenerating molecular armor" was noted to be capable of regenerating from received damage, but was unable to heal the 6000 degree magnesium burn of a high-heat Sabot round (at least not as fast). {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

[[File:Transformium.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.25|Kre-O Bayformerized.]]

Prehistoric [[Earth]] was one of the worlds where the Creators generated their metals. The deployment of the seeds there triggered the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, wiping out the planet's [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] and even converting some of their remains into metallic skeletons. Small deposits of the metal were left on Earth which survived into the modern day, but humanity could find no use for the mysterious substance, unaware of the true power it held. It was the arrival of the [[Transformer]]s on Earth that allowed [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] to make the connection between the mysterious metal and the physiology of the aliens. The [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Battle of Chicago]] gave the company the chance to obtain the remains of multiple deceased Transformers, and using their remains, KSI proceeded to crack the Transformer "genome", and learned how to program and manipulate the metal, to which they gave the focus-grouped, trademarked, and commercially-charged name "'''Transformium'''". Using Transformium, KSI began developing man-made Transformer prototypes, including the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] "[[knockoff]]", [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]], and the centerpiece of their line, [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]—robots that exploited the reconfigurable properties of the metal to "transform" in their own unique way by exploding into a cloud of Transformium particles and reforming in alternate mode. This mastery of their molecular structure is apparently limited to conversion between pre-set forms, and doesn't make them any tougher than an ordinary Transformer, though; nail them with a killing strike and they go down like any other 'bot.
[[File:AOE stinger transforms.gif|right|thumb|upright=1.75|[[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] transforms by reconfiguring his transformium.]]
With Earth's limited supplies of Transformium dwindling in the face of their escalating production, KSI head [[Joshua Joyce]] wound up conspiring with CIA agent and anti-Transformer fanatic [[Harold Attinger]], who provided Joyce with an additional Transformium supply in the form of the dead bodies of Decepticons that his [[Cemetery Wind]] task force rounded up (though unbeknownst to KSI, many of those corpses were in fact Autobots). Even this was not enough, however, but Attinger's secret ally [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] promised salvation in the form of a cyberforming seed that could provide them a vast quantity of Transformium for decades in exchange for assistance in capturing Optimus Prime for his own ends. They intended to safely detonate the seed in the Mongolian desert, creating enough Transformium to last for decades, but Galvatron—in actuality, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] reborn through silent manipulation of the KSI and its Transformium—sought to obtain it for himself, and had no such compunctions about protecting humanity from its effects. He took control of KSI's small army of Transformium prototypes, but his plan was foiled by Optimus Prime's Autobots and their human allies. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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===''Animated''===
[[File:5ServosofDoom yoketron protoform.gif|left|thumb|upright=1.5|The hard-coded design schematics in [[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]]'s spark reshape a protoform's protomatter into his image.]]
Cybertronian life begins with '''protomatter''', which is mined from Cybertron's [[Sonic Canyons]] and crafted into protoforms. The protoforms are then nurtured by the light of the [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]' Matrix Chamber, before being brought to life by the infusion of a spark from the [[AllSpark]] or [[Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} Though typically only occurring as the result of an accident or a scientific experiment into the abnormal, it is possible to format protomatter into organic configurations, yielding a techno-organic being. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}}

When Cyber-Ninja Corps master [[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]] was fatally wounded by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] attempted to save his life by transplanting his spark into one of the Corps' protoforms. The body's protomatter reconfigured itself to resemble Yoketron, but the old master was dismayed to learn Prowl had wasted a protoform trying to sustain "a piece of the past," and allowed his own spark to extinguish. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}
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===''Shattered Glass''===
Starscream referred to the metal and circuits of a Cybertronian body as '''technomatter''' when describing how they could break down and incorporate parts made with normal metals into their systems. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}} The [[Scraplet]]s of this mirror universe consume dead metal and regenerate it into fresh living metal. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}
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===Aligned continuity===
[[File:Deadlock omegalock cybermatter.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Pure liquid cyber-matter is a glowing blue in color.]]
The "primordial soup" from which the living metal of the planet Cybertron was formed in ancient times was known as '''cyber-matter'''. Transformers emerged from the fabric of the planet within the [[Well of All Sparks]]; the matter of their bodies was called '''Sparked metal''' by metallurgist [[Alchemist Prime]] {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} and noted by [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] to be made up of a [[Rarified Energon|"different form" of Energon]] which formed everything found on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}} Medical officer [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] described the complex inner workings of a Transformer's living metal body as "biology" rather than "technology," and made clear that vital organs like a [[Transformation cog|T-cog]] could not be built from scratch out of ordinary materials. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}
[[File:Evolution shockwave cyberforms.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Shockwave examines the erratic metallic formations created by unstable cyber-matter.]]
When [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] poisoned the [[core]] of Cybertron with [[Dark Energon]], the planet lost the ability to support life. Million of years later, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots discovered and activated the legendary [[Omega Lock]], which generated a fresh supply of living cyber-matter that could be used to re-cyberform Cybertron. Unfortunately, when the Lock fell into Decepticon hands, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] was forced to destroy it to prevent Megatron from using it to cyberform Earth. Before Prime destroyed the lock, Megatron managed to use the cyber-matter to create a [[Darkmount (Earth)|fortress]] for himself in [[Nevada]]. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Salvation for Cybertron manifested from an unexpected source when the genetic material of some failed clone [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]] was inadvertently mixed with [[Synthetic Energon]] during an explosion in [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s [[Project Predacon]] laboratory. The blending of the two materials created an unstable form of cyber-matter, which Megatron tasked Shockwave with perfecting so that he could resume his earlier plan to cyberform Earth and Cybertron. [[File:Deadlock bee heals.gif|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Immersion in cyber-matter heals would-be fatal wounds to Bumblebee's living metal.]] To this end, the Decepticons kidnapped [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], who held the Synthetic Energon formula, and coerced him into helping them in their work with the promise of restoring Cybertron. {{storylink|Minus One}} {{Storylink|Persuasion}} Ratchet's good judgement eventually prevailed and he attempted to sabotage the project, but his efforts failed and the formula was completed. The Decepticons recreated the Omega Lock aboard their [[Trypticon (WFC)|warship]] to use as a launch mechanism for the cyber-matter, and during the Autobots' attempt to stop them Bumblebee was fatally injured and fell into the Lock. Immersion in the cyber-matter healed Bumblebee's wounds, including his long-damaged voicebox, which had been beyond the ability of science to restore, and he subsequently emerged to kill Megatron.

With the Decepticons defeated, Team Prime took possession of the warship, Lock, and cyber-matter. The quantity of cyber-matter was not enough to manually re-cyberform the entire surface of Cybertron, and as Ratchet did not know Shockwave's half of the formula, they were unable to create more, but Optimus Prime had the solution: he launched the cyber-matter into Well of All Sparks, where it revitalized the core itself, so that it in turn could restore life to the rest of Cybertron. {{Storylink|Deadlock}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
When questioned on the subject, Vector Prime observed that the various names used across the [[multiverse]] to refer to the living metal of Transformers' bodies, including "protomatter", "cyber-matter", and "sentio metallico" were all different names for the same thing (but also noted that an expert might potentially distinguish subtle differences between them based on the differing physical laws of different universes). He was loathe to use the word "Transformium", to refer to it, but only because he feared legal reprisal for infringing on a KSI trademark. In response to further questioning, Vector also explained that, in some universes, the infusion of a spark into a body made with conventional materials could convert the substance of that body into living metal. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime 2015/08/03}}

==Notes==
*The word "protomatter" was first used in ''Transformers'' fiction to describe the watery-looking substance that makes up [[transwarp]] portals in the 2000 prose story "[[Schism (story)|Schism]]". This usage would never be repeated, and its subsequent use as the name of the matter protoforms are made out of—in ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|Beast Wars: The Gathering]]'', ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', and [[Ask Vector Prime]]—was not likely a deliberate repurposing of this word, but just a coincidence.
*"Technomatter" was first used in the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon to describe pure mechanical substances that had been converted from organics by the Key to Vector Sigma (an effect previously seen in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]). The ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' story "[[Blitzwing Bop]]" later used it to specifically refer to the living metal of a Transformer's body, drawing a distinction between "technomatter" and conventional metals and circuits.
*The term "sentio metallico" was created by writer [[James Roberts]] for his unofficial ''Transformers'' novel ''Eugenesis'', to refer to the living metallic stuff of Cybertron from which Transformers were birthed in the ''Generation 2'' comic. He would later introduce the term into canon through the IDW comic books, in which it was established to be the substance which makes up protoforms.

==See also==
Other named metals used in the construction of Transformers bodies, typically as armor, include:
*[[Cybernite]]
*[[Cybertitanium]]
*[[Cybertonium]]
*[[Durabyllium]]
*[[Tritanium]]
*[[Trithyllium]]
*[[Ununtrium]]

Humankind is known to have created a living metal of its own, "[[sentient metal]]," which was used to create the superhero Pepsiman, and loaned to the Autobots to create [[Pepsi Convoy]].

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Trypticon (G1)

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The Reverse-Flash:

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:''Trypticon is a [[Decepticon]] [[cityformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:TrypticonGenerations1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|After G1, he was cast as the Red Ranger's T-Rex on "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers."]]

Enormous in both size and power, '''Trypticon''' is an unstoppable engine of destruction. Utterly relentless, totally without mercy, steadfastly unwilling to stop his attack until all that is left of his target is their smoldering remains, he is programmed only to feel hate. That, however, is also Trypticon's downfall—for all he can ''do'' is hate. He loathes the [[Autobot]]s to the extent that he would destroy an entire city just to get at one, but he also hates his fellow Decepticons, and that, in turn, means he is not emotionally committed to their cause, as he sees just as little value in them and what they stand for as he does in anything else. Consequently, though he has accepted what he sees as his fated role as the ultimate Decepticon weapon, the war seems pointless and boring to him. It is a prison... and deep down, as much as he refuses to acknowledge it, the most powerful hatred Trypticon feels is hate for himself, for allowing him to be trapped in it.

Trypticon is often accompanied by smaller robots, including the autonomous [[Wipe-Out]] and the drones [[Full-Tilt]] and [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]]. They man and support Trypticon's massive artillery platform alternate mode, a form so dangerous and devastating that the Autobots usually have to resort to trickery to defeat him. The only Autobot who can go toe-to-toe with him is [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], and there is a great rivalry between the two cities—though their battles almost always end with Trypticon getting hurled into [[water]].

Sometimes he is an ancient [[Titan]] who travels between worlds crewed by [[Necro]] and hungrily gobbles living [[Titan Masters]] the way others would Energon cubes.

{{quote|Trypticon cannot be stopped! Nothing can stand in my way!|Trypticon|"[[The Ultimate Weapon]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Brad Garrett]] (English), [[Yū Shimaka|Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese)|[[Gernot Duda]] (German, "Thief in the Night", "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness", "Call of the Primitives"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2'')}}
[[File:Ff0d5 trypticon destroys ark.jpg|left|215px|thumb|Brokeback Mountain.]]
In the year 2005, the allied forces of the Decepticons and the [[Quintesson]]s sought to attack the Autobots on two fronts, besieging them on both [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Earth]]. To counter the power of the Autobots' transforming Earth city, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the Decepticons arranged for the construction of a transforming city-robot of their own: Trypticon. Surreptitiously created out of a human city by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], Trypticon sent his former human occupants running for their lives as their city shifted and changed into the giant saurian robot. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

[[File:FFOD5 Metroplex Trypticon.JPG|225px|thumb|Clash of the Badly-Animated Titans.]]
Trypticon's first mission was to attack [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], but he met resistance in the form of a team of [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]]. Trypticon knocked [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] out of the sky and shrugged off the other Autobots' attacks from below (stepping on [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] in the process) before battling his way through a barrage of cannon fire and leveling Autobot Headquarters. With this task complete, Trypticon turned his attention to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and Metroplex, and the giant Autobot could not have been at a worse disadvantage, being as he was without his [[Transformation cog|transforming cog]] and thus unable to transform to [[robot mode]]. Thankfully, the timely arrival of [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] with the cog allowed Metroplex to transform and gain the upper hand in the battle. Trypticon was seized by the Autobot giant and hurled over the horizon, crashing into the Pacific Ocean. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

While the Autobots believed that Trypticon had been destroyed, the dinosaur Decepticon had, in fact, retreated to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] to recuperate. In 2006, in the midst of his recovery, Trypticon was approached by Decepticon wheeler-dealer [[Octane]], who talked him into relocating with him to the [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]]. There, Octane made a deal with ruler [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]]: In exchange for the Carbombya's high-grade oil, he and Trypticon would guard the country's coasts.

[[File:Thiefinthenight trypticon steals kremlin.jpg|left|215px|thumb|Tom Clancy's latest novel: "Red Rex Rising."]] The deal soured when Fakkadi discovered how ridiculously energy-consumptive Trypticon was, and things came to a head when the dull-witted dino mistook a passing cruise ship for an invader and fired on it. Octane turned things around by arranging to have Trypticon use his prodigious size and strength to steal famous monuments for Fakkadi from around the world. Initially, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] were suspected of the thefts, but [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] linked the crime back to Trypticon, and the Decepticon was caught in the act stealing the [[Eiffel Tower]]. Trypticon was able to beat the Autobots back, and he then attempted to steal the [[Kremlin]] (in reality St.Vasily's cathedral), but was ambushed by the waiting Autobot forces and stopped from doing so. With help from Fakkadi, the Autobots tracked the Decepticons back to Carbombya, where Metroplex engaged Trypticon in battle once more and hurled him into the ocean again. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

Trypticon survived his dunking and was relocated to [[Chaar]], where he was the victim of the ghost of deceased Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] when the spirit made a pact with [[Unicron]] to restore his body. In exchange for this boon, the dark god charged Starscream with fulfilling three tasks, beginning with the theft of Metroplex's eyes to replace Unicron's own. One of Metroplex's eyes was destroyed in the attempted theft, necessitating that Starscream and his pawn, [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]], steal one of Trypticon's instead. Next, Starscream possessed Trypticon's body itself and brought the giant Decepticon to Unicron so that his transforming cog could be transplanted into Unicron's head. The final task was to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron itself, so the planet could become his new body, but as Starscream used Trypticon's possessed body to complete the connections, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and the [[Battlecharger]]s disabled the city-bot from within, rendering him unable to complete the task. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[File:Ultimateweapon metroplex hefts trypticon.jpg|215px|thumb|Shows that you can have sexy mudwrestling ''or'' giant robots, but not sexy, mudwrestling giant robots.]]
Later, after [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] stole Metroplex's transforming cog, Galvatron dispatched Trypticon to destroy the defenseless city. Confident of victory, Trypticon decided to have some fun, eating a naval destroyer and menacing the passengers of a train. However, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] flew into Trypticon through his mouth, firing all the while, giving the giant dinosaur [[Furmanism|the worst case of indigestion he'd ever had]]. Trypticon was forced to retreat, and he transformed back into city mode so that human repairmen recruited by the Decepticons(?!) could fix his damaged innards. As it turned out, the "repairmen" were Autobot allies [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and his son [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], who stole Trypticon's own transforming cog, intending to use it on Metroplex. This forced the Decepticons to use Metroplex's transforming cog on Trypticon, but neither cog worked particularly well in either of the two robots, and as they battled, they wound up partially transforming, shifting and stalling at various stages between their modes. At first, Trypticon had the advantage in the battle and threw Metroplex into a lake, but eventually, [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] arrived to align the Decepticon cog properly within Metroplex, allowing the Autobot to transform fully. Metroplex regained the initiative, and yet again treated Trypticon to another dunking, hurling him even deeper into the lake, where he sank. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

[[File:Calloftheprimitives trypticon vs tornedron.jpg|left|upright=1.15|thumb|"Father... pleeease! Heelp meeee!"]]
Trypticon later participated in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, during which he and all the other "[[Primitive]]" animal-based Transformers present were telepathically contacted by the being known as the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]]. Trypticon served as a transport that carried the Primitives to the dead world at the center of the universe from which the summons came, but was too large to enter the cavern in which the Oracle resided, and so he stood sentinel outside while the others ventured in. As the Oracle explained that he had summoned them to battle the energy-draining creature known as [[Tornedron]], Trypticon was the first to face off with the parasite, which took the form of a dragon and sucked his energy dry. Trypticon's lifeless husk toppled over on top of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], leading all the other Primitives to believe him destroyed, but the Dinobot leader had, in fact, survived, and was finally the one to defeat Tornedron and restore Trypticon and all the others drained by him. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the American animated series covered above occur in Japanese continuity, with the primary difference between the two being that the events of season three (set in 2006 in America) are pushed back to 2010 in the Japanese dub. As far as Trypticon is concerned, however, there is one much larger, contradictory fact established by the additional stories told in various Japanese media: In this continuity, Trypticon was built in the 1980s, despite the cartoon showing his creation in "Five Faces of Darkness". It would take until 2016 for this contradiction to be explained away by the ''[[Unite Warriors]]'' and ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'' manga.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga & story pages=====
[[File:FSRLTF6 Trypticon vs Metroplex hologram.jpg|thumb|upright=1|This week on ''Robote''—oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
In the late 1980s, while the [[Autobot]]s were in the process of constructing Metroplex, the Decepticons were just as busy creating a counter in the form of Trypticon. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 14|story page #14}} [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] were able to sneak past the Autobots' security and spy on the construction of Metroplex, acquiring the information that [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] needed to discover whether or not Metroplex was strong enough to stand up to Trypticon. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}

Trypticon was completed soon after and was unleashed by the Decepticons on an island utopia that they had conquered. The Autobots were quick to arrive, but Trypticon made short work of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and would have killed him if not for the sudden appearance of Metroplex. An over-eager Trypticon dove head-first at his rival, only to phase right through him and fall off a cliff and into the ocean. As it turned out, it was a hologram created by [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] and magnified by [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

=====Scramble City: Mobilization=====
[[File:Trypticon scramblecity alternate design.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|UP FROM THE DEPTHS, THIRTY STORIES HIGH! BREATHING FIRE, HIS HEAD IN THE SKY!]]
Upon the Autobots' eventual completion of Metroplex, the city-bot was dispatched on his first mission to aid Superion and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] in battle against their Decepticon foes. The villains were soon defeated, but as the Autobots stood victorious on a cliff overlooking the ocean, an explosion from beneath the waves caught their attention. As they watched, the sea parted to reveal Trypticon's towering form, as Megatron ordered him into battle with Metroplex. The two giant robots stared each other down, preparing to clash for the first time... {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''Unite Warriors''/''Transformers Legends'' comic=====
After emerging from the ocean, Trypticon attacked Metroplex at the command of [[Galvatron II]], a Decepticon who had traveled to the 1980s from the future of an alternate universe. Both Trypticon and Galvatron were destroyed by Metroplex's antimatter projector, but not before Trypticon tore out Metroplex's [[transformation cog]], which later left the giant Autobot unable unable to fully transform during the [[Battle of Autobot City]].<ref>These stories make a distinction between the Trypticon who appeared in ''Scramble City'' and the one that appeared in ''Transformers 2010'', explaining the differences in their character models and Japanese names, as well as finally explaining away the contradiction in the character's Japanese origins.</ref> {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}} {{storylink|Baldigus Chapter, Part Two}} {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

From the wreckage of Trypticon's remains, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] were able to recover Full-Tilt, who served as a kind of "black box" that allowed Trypticon's life-functions to be preserved. Years later, in 2010, Full-Tilt interfaced with the human city that had been recreated by the Constructicons to become the new Trypticon, and the dinosaur Decepticon was brought to life once more. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010'' story pages=====
[[File:2010storypage metroplex v trypticon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
At one point, Starscream took Trypticon into battle against Metroplex and Ultra Magnus. The two cities' strength, courage, and firepower were evenly matched, and the earth shook with the force of their combat! {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)#Part 5|Giant Base Robot Rivals}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
[[File:Trypticon and company.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|left|Trypticon's audition for the lead role in ''Jurassic Park'' was foiled when Full-Tilt ran over the cameraman.]]
On a bright and sunny day in the year 2010, the [[Autobot]]s invited a group of [[human]] families to come take a tour of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. They were all very impressed and everything was going great... until Trypticon attacked. Preoccupied with keeping everyone inside him from dying, Metroplex was left to take all of Trypticon's attacks on the chin, including his Dual Plasma Cannons and Dino-Head Attack. With [[Scamper]] quickly taken out by [[Full-Tilt]], it looked as though Metroplex would be felled by a blast from the [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt tank]].

Luckily, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] deployed [[Six-Gun]] just in time. Six-Gun took out Full-Tilt and then proceeded to turn the Brunt tank around on Trypticon, blasting the Decepticon with his own drone. The blast destroyed Trypticon's head controls, forcing [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to call a retreat. With the day won, Metroplex returned to city mode. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
[[File:Trypticon great war.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Now with iPod docking ports as well.]]
After kidnapping the scientist Doctor [[Dalton]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] forced him to upgrade a number of his Decepticons, including Trypticon. With Dalton's upgrade, Trypticon became able to link up with [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] in base mode, enhancing their power. This new ability spelled trouble for the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] and [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], who barely managed to escape their encounter with the upgraded Trypticon and rescue Dalton. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

In 2011, as part of his massive assault to retake [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Galvatron unleashed Trypticon on Metroplex, the battle thoroughly occupying the [[Earth]] forces of the Autobots, keeping them from coming to Cybertron's defense. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Trypticon rope bridge.jpg|upright=1.5|left|thumb|D'OH!]]
Trypticon continued serving the [[Decepticon]]s into the year 2011, acting under the command of the leader of the Decepticons' Earth-based unit, [[Sixshot]]. However, when the Decepticons renewed hostilities against the Autobots, Trypticon's first foray into battle was not an impressive one, as he menaced Daniel Witwicky and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] amidst the mountains close to Autobot City. The two youths tricked the giant Decepticon into walking onto a rickety rope bridge, which subsequently buckled under his weight and dumped him into a ravine. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

In battle station mode, Trypticon was later rolled into action with Sixshot at the controls. He attacked an oil refinery in order to draw out Metroplex, who was then disabled by the Decepticons' newest weapon, the electromagnetic [[Madmachine]]. Seeking to learn the secret of the Madmachine, [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] later infiltrated Trypticon and discovered that the robot was being controlled from Chaar by [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:Trypticon vs headmasters.jpg|right|upright=1.5|thumb|Nipple rocket! FIRE!]]
A little later, Trypticon was commandeered by [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] and Scourge to help them take down a mysterious blackmailer who was extorting energy from countries all around the world. Trypticon arrived in [[Tokyo]] in the midst of a battle between the blackmailer and [[Raiden]], and began attacking Raiden when the Autobot combiner opened fire on him. The Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] soon arrived to occupy Trypticon's attention, forcing Cyclonus and Scourge to bail out of the giant. Everyone wound up dogpiling on the blackmailer, but the joke was on Cyclonus and Scourge, as it turned out it was their own superior officer, Sixshot, carrying out a secret mission from Galvatron. The two Decepticons fled, leaving the badly damaged Trypticon behind. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

Trypticon was recovered and repaired in time to help Sixshot prevent the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s from aiding a team of Autobots imperiled on Mars. When Metroplex attempted to stop the six-changer's interference, Trypticon came stomping onto the scene, headbutted him, and pushed him back with a barrage of laser fire. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Later, Galvatron rendezvoused with Sixshot at Trypticon before attempting to thwart the Autobots' attempt to lend aid to the troubled planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When Sixshot mobilized the Decepticons for a series of major attacks across the Earth, Trypticon accompanied him for his approach on Autobot City. When Metroplex chased after Sixshot, Trypticon charged into action and began grappling with Metroplex, freeing up Sixshot to duel, and ultimately kill, Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} Not long after, Trypticon attacked Autobot City again when Spike was in the middle of explaining to the Autobots that he had deduced the Decepticons' current plan involving the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]]. Metroplex quickly engaged his perennial foe, but when Sixshot arrived, Metroplex focused his attentions on the six-changer, seeking revenge for the death of Ultra Magnus. Spike attempted to shout a warning to Metroplex as Trypticon jumped him from behind, but it came too late. Metroplex was at the saurian city's mercy until [[Suiken]] joined the fight and helped tear Trypticon away from him. Trypticon was then sent fleeing under a barrage of combined firepower from Metroplex and Suiken. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

=====''Transformers Legends'' comic (1)=====
In 2015, Trypticon went up against [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], literally walking all over the little Autobots. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 8|Bonus Edition Vol. 8}} Swerve tried to fight the giant beast using his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Phaser]]'s [[My First Blaster]] mode, but the helpful sound effects emitted by the blaster made it easy for Trypticon to dodge since he could tell where Swerve was aiming. {{storylink|2015's Swerve}} The battle was observed by the [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] of the [[Legends Universe]], who somehow projected himself into the middle of events via his dreams, and helped them to win by becoming Tailgate's new [[Mini-Con]] partner, incapacitating Trypticon using a [[ribbon bomb]]. {{storylink|Transformers 2015 Tailgate/G1 Micron Chapter|Tailgate/G1 Micron Chapter}}{{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

Trypticon was left wrecked by the battle, but the [[Battlecharger]]s recovered Full-Tilt once again. When Trypticon was rebuilt this time, however, it was into a smaller form, into which Full-Tilt was fully integrated, instead of simply attaching to. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

=====''Zone'' manga & story pages =====
[[File:Starsaber vs trypticon zone.jpg|left|upright=1.75|thumb]]
The new smaller Trypticon was among the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] recruited by the Decepticons' newest [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Violen Jiger]]. Outfitted with new armor and weaponry, including a club and shield, Trypticon was dubbed the "Saurian General" of the group, and sent forth to conquer planets in pursuit of Violen Jiger's goal of creating a [[Decepticon Zone]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} He and [[King Poseidon]] attempted to dominate the oceanic world of [[Wall]], where they bested [[Star Saber (Victory)|Victory Saber]], but were eventually defeated by the efforts of [[Overload (G1)|Overload]], [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], [[Missile Bull]], and [[Skywave]] commanding the [[Off Road Patrol|Off Road Patrol Team]], [[Jet Patrol Team]], and [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car Patrol Team]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 3}}

After a group of the generals stole the Autobots' [[Energon Z]] from planet [[Micro|Zone]], they handed it off to a second team consisting of Trypticon, Predaking, Devastator and King Poseidon. The capsule was stored within Trypticon's mouth, and he and his team proceeded to head for Earth to search for the second component required for the [[Zodiac]]. Trypticon tore through France before converging on Mount Fuji with the other generals, where they easily batted around the Micromasters that arrived to confront them. When the Powered Masters Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber arrived, the Micromasters kept Trypticon busy while Dai Atlas headed underground to search for the Zodiac. Dai Atlas soon emerged victorious, and everyone began grappling over the Zodiac, at which point Trypticon unleashed a beam of Energon Z from the capsule in his mouth. Timing things just right, Dai Atlas held up the Zodiac so that the Energon Z beam would hit it, unlocking its true power. Suffused with the power of the Zodiac, Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber transformed into powerful new "Zone Mode" battle stations and sent the Decepticons fleeing under a barrage of awesome firepower. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

Trypticon later returned for a rematch with the Powered Masters, engaging them in battle alongside [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. The two heroes were not particularly impressed, and they strove to end the fight in less than eight seconds. True to their word, they beat the snot out of them; Sonic Bomber besting Trypticon with his "Meteor Drop" attack. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 6}} Though this would be the Generals' last recorded battle with the Powered Masters, Trypticon and the others later schooled [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
[[File:TrypticonZone1.jpg|thumb|Master of subtlety.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Daisuke Gōri]] (Japanese)}}
{{note|The ''Zone'' cartoon tells a slightly different, expanded version of Trypticon and the other Generals' first battle with Dai Atlas.}}
After several of the Demon Generals stole the Autobots' Energon Z from the planet [[Micro|Zone]], they handed it off to a second team consisting of Trypticon, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], and [[King Poseidon]]. The capsule was stored within Trypticon's mouth, and he and his team proceeded to head for Earth to search for the Zodiac. Trypticon began tearing through China, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. A team of Autobot Micromasters soon arrived on the planet to battle the generals at [[Mount Fuji]], and though their attacks had no effect on Trypticon, they struggled on until the [[Powered Master]]s [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sonic Bomber]] arrived to take up the fight. Sonic Bomber kept Trypticon busy while Dai Atlas headed underground to search for the Zodiac, and when he re-emerged with the ancient energy source in hand, the furious Trypticon unleashed a beam of Energon Z directly at him. Dai Atlas was knocked off his feet, and Trypticon prepared to deliver another blast, but Sonic Bomber leapt in front of the beam and took the blast to save his commander. With the two Autobots now lying right in front of him, Trypticon readied another Energon Z blast, but just as he unleashed it, Dai Atlas held the Zodiac aloft. When the Energon Z and Zodiac interacted, the Zodiac's true power was unleashed, transforming Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber into powerful "Zone Mode" battle stations. Using the mighty firepower of their new modes, the Powered Masters destroyed Trypticon and the other generals in one colossal blast. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
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=====''Transformers Legends'' comic (2)=====
Following Trypticon's destruction at the hands of the Powered Masters, the [[Race Track Patrol]] recovered Full-Tilt's [[personality component]] from the wreckage. The component was re-engineered to transform into a diminutive robot form of its own. In this diminished state, Full-Tilt was contacted by the Decepticons in the Legends Universe, who had designs on restoring Trypticon to life once more. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}} They hired [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to steal data on [[Godbomber]]'s technology for use in Trypticon's new body. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{note|Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics. Trypticon is substantially smaller in this continuity than any other, standing only two or three times taller than an average Transformer.}}
[[File:KingoftheHill-interlopers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|How many little cars does this guy carry around??]]
When [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] informed Decepticon Earth commander [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] of his decision to shut down the [[space bridge]] in order to conserve energy, Shockwave petitioned him for one last use of the bridge, that they might send the deadliest Decepticon on Cybertron to attack the Ark and take its energy resources for their own. Ratbat agreed, and dispatched Trypticon into the forests of [[Oregon]], where he was spotted by paleontology student [[Rachel Becker]] as he stomped his way toward the Ark. Preferring to face his enemies head-on rather than ambush them, Trypticon launched a [[sonic-scrambler mine]] at the Ark to draw a small investigative team of Autobots out, then promptly began bombarding them with firepower in his battle station mode. With more sonic-scrambler mines carpeting the cave entrance to the Ark in order to prevent any Autobot reinforcements coming to the aid of the team, the Autobots seemed doomed, until Trypticon's attention was drawn by his minion, [[Wipe-Out]]. [[File:MarvelUS27 DinobotsVsTrypticon.JPG|275px|thumb|Probably the least embarrassing explanation for a burning sensation in your gonads.]] Trypticon's flunky had captured Rachel Becker and brought her to Trypticon to be destroyed, and Trypticon transformed back into his saurian mode, intrigued at the prospect of eliminating an organic. Suddenly, Trypticon was attacked by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], who had been observing the conflict from afar and sought to protect the human. The other Dinobots soon came stampeding into battle, and Trypticon was able to hold his own against all five of them; indeed, he might have even won the battle, had the miserly Ratbat not contacted him to inform him that he had exceeded his allotted energy expenditure for the mission. The space bridge materialized next to Trypticon, and he broke off the fight, calmly obeying Ratbat's orders to return to Cybertron. The "defeat" of Trypticon promptly led to Grimlock being elected Autobot leader. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

''Much later, when the Autobot mad scientist [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] threatened Cybertron with his [[zombie]] army, only a small band of Autobots, along with the Decepticon [[Flywheels]], stood against him. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] made the questionable decision to allow Flywheels to break off from the group to seek reinforcements, but the Autobots need not have worried: the [[Duocon]] returned with Trypticon, who smashed his way into Flame's underground base and delighted in stomping zombies underfoot.'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
Trypticon participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base. He and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] shot at [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] as they entered the conflict. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:WarWithin2Devastation-Trypticon.jpg|left|200px|thumb|It is entirely possible he speaks with a British [[accent]].]]
Trypticon began life as an early Decepticon military project, the prototype iteration of which was put to use in the Decepticons' initial wave of attacks after the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] around eight million years ago. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}

Trypticon himself was created when the prototype was upgraded during the period of time known as the "Dark Ages", between seven-and-a-half and six-and-a-half million years ago. Investigating reports that merely described a "mobile command base," [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] led a team of Autobots to the [[Praetorus Wharf]] in search of this mysterious new Decepticon weapon, and they wound up driving ''onto'' the camouflaged structure before they even knew it. Just as they realized their mistake, the base transformed into a towering saurian robot mode and introduced itself as Trypticon, delighted at the prospect of a full-fledged trial run of its destructive capabilities. {{storylink|Devastation}} Prowl's Autobots threw everything they had at Trypticon, but even with the aid of some reinforcements led by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], they proved unable even to slow down the titan. They would surely have been destroyed had Trypticon not been called away to the [[Neutral Territories]] to aid his leader, Shockwave, who had been attacked by the minions of the mysterious [[The Fallen|Fallen]]. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} Trypticon later joined an allied team of Decepticons and Autobots in battling the Fallen's minions in [[Protihex]], where he put his impressive firepower to use trying to blast open the door to the [[Well of All Sparks]]. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Despite his effectiveness as a killing machine and his delight in the use of his powers in his formative years, Trypticon came to doubt the Decepticon cause and hate his role in it. He thinks that his abilities will eventually merit his taking leadership of the Decepticons, though he accepts this with the same resignation as the rest of his futile existence. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:ArtofWar5 trypticon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Trypticon defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. A massive barrage from [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and G.I. Joe's artillery almost felled the giant Decepticon.

Later, a vision of the future witnessed by a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-empowered [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] showed Trypticon fighting alongside [[Iron Klaw]] against [[Sgt. Savage]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

====''TransTech''====
Trypticon was part of the [[S.K.A.R.]]-Decepticon alliance against the Autobots and [[Screaming Eagle]]s. A clash between him and Fortress Maximus nearly destroyed Earth's magnetosphere, but ultimately, the Autobots and Joes won the day. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/05/01}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Monstrosity11 prime vs trypticon.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Trypticon was an ancient destructive monster said to be spawned from [[Mortilus]], the god of death. Long ago, he was defeated by the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and sealed away deep underground beneath the [[Toraxxis Plains]]. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} There he remained dormant until an explosion opened up the caverns and he was rediscovered by a team of [[Autobot]] scientists sent to investigate. Old carvings nearby depicted Trypticon doing battle with normal Transformers, {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}} causing [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] to theorize that the mythical [[Knights of Cybertron]] had been responsible for the sealing. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} When [[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]] learned of the monster's existence, he had the caverns bombed, destroying the seal and awakening Trypticon in the hopes that he would bring Cybertron's civilization to its knees. {{storylink|Unleashed}}

Trypticon went on a mindless rampage across the planet, destroying everything in his path and prompting the Autobots to gather their strongest weapons in an attempt to defeat him. As he entered [[Harmonex]], the Autobots lured him close to the city's giant central structure and collapsed it on top of him. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} Unharmed, Trypticon emerged from the rubble and unleashed countless "[[cyber-morphic predator]]s", dragon-like minions created within his internal foundries, to attack the Autobots. Knowing that the monster hailed from ancient times, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] tried to use the power of the equally ancient [[Matrix of Leadership]] to defeat him, only for Trypticon to ignore the artifact and stomp on him. {{storylink|Annihilation}} After devouring [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]], Trypticon detected the presence of his old nemesis Metroplex in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and began heading in his direction. However, Grimlock and Megatron were still alive within him and located and destroyed his core, powered by a type of [[energon]] that caused increased strength and aggression, causing the monster to go offline. Megatron later returned to the fallen giant and placed the [[spark]] of the [[Quintesson]] [[Pentius]] within his extinguished core, reawakening Trypticon under his command. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}}

The method of Trypticon's resurrection caused him to inherit the intelligence and memories of Pentius, making him more than a mindless beast, and also forged a connection between his spark and Megatron's. Megatron was suspicious of Pentius's influence on the giant's mind, so Trypticon let him look into his mind and read his very memories, memories that were a jumbled mix of his own and Pentius's. Convinced that enough of Trypticon's mind and desire for destruction remained, Megatron accepted him into the Decepticons and had him use his space-faring [[alternate mode]] to take the Decepticons off Cybertron. {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}} After a journey across space to gather their forces, the Decepticons returned to Cybertron and had Trypticon dropped from orbit onto Iacon (and, thus, his rival, Metroplex). {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}}

[[File:Trypticon Old Ways.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7]]
The two giants fought in a mighty battle in which Trypticon used his beastly claws and tail to his advantage, but in the end he was grappled onto the ground where Metroplex curb-stomped his head, breaking his jaws off. As he lay defeated, however, Trypticon revealed he was merely a distraction that allowed the other Decepticons to impale Metroplex with their other starship. {{storylink|Primacy issue 3|Primacy #3}} Megatron later realized the will of Pentius and his desire to destroy Cybertron did indeed live on within Trypticon, prompting him to try to extract the Quintesson's spark from the fallen beast. Before he could do so he was confronted by Optimus Prime, who used the Matrix to purge the remains of Pentius's spark from the Decepticon leader's systems. What effect this had on Trypticon himself is unknown. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

Trypticon remained a part of the Decepticon army and was later part of a battle during which he waited in disguise for the Autobots to advance right into his arms. However, Optimus Prime suspected a trap, and ordered his troops to retreat instead. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Old Ways}}

Hundreds of years ago, Trypticon fought [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] alongside Megatron, Optimus Prime, and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} He survived the battle and was part of a major Decepticon counter-offensive on what was left of Cybertron shortly thereafter, led by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

In modern days, a fallen Trypticon was discovered frozen in the ice of [[Praetorus Wharf]] by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who used the corrupted energon within him in twisted experiments involving newborn sparks. A group of Transformers transporting a shipment of sparks drove across Trypticon's body on their way to [[Alyon]], but failed to recognize the black metallic surface. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}}}

===''Alternity''===
Trypticon was one of several powerful opponents chosen by a higher-dimensional [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]] in a "[[#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|game full of death and suffering]]", to go against [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|avatar]]. {{storylink|To Die Game!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Trypticon SEEK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Once wild, Trypticon was tamed by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and fashioned into the mobile capital of the [[Decepticon Empire]] on Cybertron, his cavernous mouth serving as Megatron's throne room. [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] targeted him during their [[G.I.Rocket]] bombing run on the planet, but the bombs were stopped by a force field and Trypticon counterattacked by unleashing Decepticon troops from his mouth to take down their [[Defiant (G.I. Joe)|ship]]. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} [[Destro]] later used the [[M.A.S.S. Device]] to travel from Earth to Trypticon for an audience with Megatron. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} Furious that the Autobots had formed an alliance with G.I. Joe, Megatron had Trypticon attack their home at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], but before he could finish off the mode-locked city-bot he was interrupted by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Trypticon bit the meddler's head off, only for said head to transform into [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] and hold his jaws open as Autobots and Joes made their way into the throne room. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} Trypticon later watched as a victorious Megatron defeated Optimus Prime and had Cybertron dig its "horns" into Earth. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

With Earth destroyed, Megatron and his Cobra allies celebrated with a feast inside Trypticon. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} As Megatron turned his attention toward the [[sun]], transforming Cybertron into [[Primus]] so the planet could absorb the star's energy, he had Trypticon wander out on one of its horns. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}} Setting out to stop this, the joint forces of the Autobots and G.I. Joe attacked Trypticon, negating his force field using a sonic signal programmed with information gathered by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Tunnel Rat]] and [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] during their time in the Decepticon base. Trypticon's insides were then punctured by Metroplex's fist, allowing the "Jotobots" entry into him, and he was ultimately taken down by a blast from [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]'s [[Peacemaker]]. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}
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===''Knights of Unicron''===
The Trypticon Dinobase, located on Planet Chaar, was the eighth venue for the [[Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
During the Great War, Trypticon was infamous as a [[cityformer]], ravager of worlds. When the [[Human Confederacy]] became fed up of Cybertronians, Trypticon was among the Decepticon forces who took part in the doomed [[Great Push]] of [[2033]]. During this, he was critically injured, and Full-Tilt volunteered to become a form of [[Powermaster]], replacing Trypticon's busted transformation cog. With the war over, Trypticon was repurposed as a spaceship, called the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', and came to be crewed largely by Predacons (and the odd Maximal), who remained unaware of their ship's true origin, merely thinking it was just a ship. Trypticon became increasingly bitter over his lack of mobility, and came to hate the Proto-races.

By the 24th century C.E., the ''Dinosaur'' was the only Cybertronian warship allowed near the border of the [[Allowed Zone]]. During this patrol they went somewhere near Arkus, and the ship's paranoid security chief [[Killer Punch]] became convinced there was a stowaway on-board, and had the ship torn apart looking for it. Nobody knew that [[Dead End (BWN)|Dead-End]] had smuggled [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], a [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] aboard. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

On Cybertron, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] mused that if he wanted to conquer Cybertron or invade other planets, few could have stood in his way other than Trypticon or the [[Titan (IDW)|Titans]], wanly noting that Trypticon never liked fair fights anyway. {{storylink|Head Games}}

Around the time the [[Grand Uprising]] began, the ''Dinosaur'' received a signal from [[Metascan Omega|LGC-8802]], a planet of interest to the Builders. It also received a signal from Cybertron, Lio Convoy's call-to-arms, which prompted the ship's political officer, Synapse, to murder Hydra to cover it up. Trypticon agreed with Synapse's decision, taking his side over Full-Tilt's objections.

Shortly after arriving at LGC-8802, the ship came under attack from an Intruder craft, which they fought off. Killer Punch became suspicious of Hydra's absence and went looking for him, but Trypticon shifted his insides about to prevent the Predacon finding his comrade's body. With some help from Magmatron, Killer Punch managed to get to the lab, only to find Synapse waiting for him. After explaining what had happened, Synapse had Trypticon murder the Predacon. Only Killer Punch had anticipated this, and broadcast the fact to Magmatron, who made his way to the bridge to recruit everyone else left. Trypticon responded by trying to kill everyone with the auto-guns. When that didn't work, Trypticon changed tack, trying to roast them with burn-off from the engine.

Elsewhere, the ship had been infiltrated by [[Medusa]], who vaporized Trypticon's main turbine, sending him into freefall. Magmatron tried using this fact to stop his trying to kill them, but Trypticon continued regardless. Magmatron's quick thinking convinced Trypticon he'd crushed him and Guiledart good, unaware they'd managed to slip through to Full-Tilt's quarters. Soon after, Magmatron told Dead-End to find Trypticon's brain and shut it down. As she got close to Trypticon's processor, he unleashed Brunt on her. As this happened, Magmatron tried fixing the engines, but was distracted by Synapse's arrival. By the time the political officer had been dealt with, Trypticon was too far gone, rendered unable to fly again as it entered the atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Dead-End used Trypticon's notorious temper to distract him, as she set her pet Sharkticon on brunt, gaining access to his computer core, and began methodically removing the chips controlling Trypticon's mind and personality. As she did, Trypticon pleaded with her to stop, as he felt his mind going. She didn't, and Trypticon died.

His body remained a problem, but Guiledart was able to revive Full-Tilt, who did what he could to slow the fall. With some assistance from the Logicon hive-mind on the planet below, Trypticon's body was slowed enough to hit the ground without destroying it, before it transformed into Trypticon's dinosaur form to control its crash-landing. Once it stopped, Trypticon's corpse turned into a badly battered city, never to fly again.

In the cycles that followed, what was left of Trypticon were salvaged, and eventually turned into a city. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

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==Commercial appearances==
When Trypticon came under attack by the Protectobots, the Decepticon city transformed into its battle station mode to fight back. The Protectobots responded by combining into Defensor, prompting Trypticon to transform once more, this time into its dinosaur mode. Trypticon then forced Defensor to fly off with a torrent of fiery breath. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Defensor and Trypticon|Defensor and Trypticon commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:MysteryofConvoy Trypticon.png|thumb|"Oh... it's MechaGodzilla. Of course! I should have known."]]
On a search for the truth behind the death of Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus endured a game of death and suffering that culminated in a final battle with Trypticon at the end of the [[Time Tunnel]]. Trypticon hurled fireballs at the City Commander, but Magnus's unrelenting barrage of attacks on his head ultimately caused Trypticon to fall. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}
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===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
[[File:HeadmastersNES trypticon.jpg|left|thumb]]
When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, Sixshot and Trypticon attacked the planet Earth. Trypticon was the first foe faced by Chromedome on his quest to rescue his allies, striking at the Autobot from an elevated platform. Although this set-up left Chromedome at a disadvantage, since he was waging the battle in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], he persevered and defeated Trypticon. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}
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===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:CalloftheFuture trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
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====Autobot story====
Right when the [[Autobot]]s had found the drill they were looking for in the [[Karzite mine]], Trypticon gave out a loud roar. [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] recognized it, but he was in disbelief about what it meant. Sure enough, Trypticon fell from the sky, stating that the Autobots were too late. The Decepticon announced that he was going to crush all of the Autobots now that they had nowhere to run. Surprisingly, the Autobots managed to take down Trypticon, who cried out and announced his being hurt afterward. Threatening the Autobots that he would not forget his defeat and warning them that he would crush them some day, Trypticon fled back to the Decepticon base.

====Decepticon story====
After [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was defeated for the second time, Trypticon arrived and offered to help, but quickly realized that he was of extremely limited usefulness in the search for the [[Zel Quartz]]. His massive size made him a liability in a search, so he sent [[Full-Tilt]] in his stead. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Trypticon, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time", was part of a Decepticon team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. He faced off against a team of Autobots in a series of one-on-one matches. If he managed to defeat Bumblebee, Rodimus, Grimlock, Jetfire, and Optimus Prime, Trypticon was declared to be the tournament's champion! {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Trypticon g1awakening stats.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb]]
Trypticon was among the Decepticons who pursued and boarded the Autobot [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the ship crashed on [[Earth]], all inside were sent into stasis, but the Decepticons woke up four million years later and resumed their conquering ways. Trypticon was put to work guarding the [[space bridge]] they were building, and was ordered to destroy [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] when the traitor scouted the area. He completely failed to keep the Autobots from the bridge, and after Optimus Prime's team was captured on Cybertron, Trypticon was placed on guard duty. He was unable to prevent the Autobots from escaping, however. He later took part in Megatron's ill-fated assault on the Ark, and completely failed to stop the Autobots when they attacked the Decepticon fortress on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
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Growing desperate, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] summoned Trypticon to the field of battle. The titan's firepower allowed Galvatron's forces to push further into Autobot territory, despite their opponents bringing out [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|The Colossus War}} After making a number of coastal attacks, Trypticon leveled [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] and set his sights on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Unfortunately for him, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] supplied Metroplex with a new [[transformation cog]], and the giant Autobot sent Trypticon crashing to the bottom of the sea. {{storylink|Monstrosity}}

[[Unicron]] had his eyes on Trypticon as a potential new body for himself, however his agents were intercepted before they could reach the giant Decepticon. {{storylink|Unicron Returns}}

===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
In every battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, Decepticon forces were deployed from Trypticon's city mode to march towards the Autobots, who were in turn deployed from Metroplex on the opposite side of the battlefield. Whenever Trypticon sustained too much damage, the Decepticons lost the battle. {{storylink|Transformers Operation Omega}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Trypticon''' (Decepticon City, 1986/1987) [[File:Trypticon g1 toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't mention the training wheels on the tail—he embarrasses easily.]]
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-63'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 loading ramps, 2 blaster stands, single-barreled blaster, double-barreled blaster, 2 scanners, 2 connectors, large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon, Full-Tilt, Full-Tilt's electro-disruptor.

:Trypticon transforms from a large grey, teal and purple dinosaur into a city mode, and from there into a mobile battle station. Trypticon shares many similarities with his contemporary and counterpart, Metroplex; he is accompanied by an entourage of smaller robots—the transforming mini-car, Full-Tilt, who forms Trypticon's chest plate, and the tank, Brunt, who is formed from several of his city mode towers and other pieces—and in city mode, he can link up with the leaders of the 1986 Decepticon [[combiner]] teams, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], when they are in their base forms. Unlike Metroplex's combiner connections, the two leaders don't plug directly into Trypticon, instead linking up to him through two smaller "connector" pieces. This interactivity was played up to a great extent in Japan, where he was released as part of the ''[[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]'' sub-line.

:Trypticon is further distinguished from Metroplex by the inclusion of several electronic gimmicks. Two C-size batteries power the electronics of Trypticon himself, allowing him to walk in dinosaur mode and causing his scanners and blasters to spin in city and battle station mode, respectively. Trypticon's main laser cannon (also part of Brunt) is powered by an AA battery and flashes orange.

:This mold was later [[retool]]ed, [[redeco]]ed, and sold with fewer accessories as ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Megastorm#Gigastorm|Gigastorm]].

:Like a fair number of larger Generation 1 toys, Trypticon was never released in the UK.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Trypticon/trypticon.htm More information on Trypticon at TFU.info]''

===Transform Jr===
[[File:Trypticon jr toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Mintasaurus]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-63'''
**''Accessories:'' 4 ramps, laser cannon

:The ''[[Transform Jr]]'' version of Trypticon shrinks and simplifies the original toy, omitting the electronics, the battle station mode and... the color purple.
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===Classics===
[[File:Classics Trypticon LOC.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Trypticon not want cuddles! Trypticon want smash Metroplex!]]
*'''Trypticon''' (Legends, 2006)
:The ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' version of Trypticon is a [[redeco]] of [[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], transforming into a three-headed robotic dragon. This redeco is awesome and [http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=10656 needs cuddles].

:This mold was later used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/ClassicsTrypticon/trypticon.htm More information on Trypticon at TFU.info]''
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===Device Label===
[[File:Device Label Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Mouseasaurus.]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (2009)

:Takara's ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' Trypticon transforms from a working USB laser mouse into a mechanoid raptor. He shares this mold with ''Device Label'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Device Label|Grimlock]].

:According to early [[BigBadToyStore]] solicitations, the mice were originally supposed to depict Generation 1 [[Overkill (G1)#Device Label|Overkill]] and ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)#Device Label|Dinobot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Destron/DLTrypticon/trypticon.htm More information on ''Device Label'' Trypticon at TFU.info]''
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Trypticon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''40551 48'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, double barreled gun, 2 claws

: Part of the fifth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Trypticon can be rebuilt from robot mode into a dinosaur. The tampographs on his torso are based on his [[#Classics|''Classics'' Legends Class toy]] rather than his [[#Generation 1|original G1 figure]].

:He shares the tyrannosaurus-head helmet along with [[Farside]].
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===Generations===
[[File:Platinum-edition-trypticon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Trypticon''' (Platinum Edition, 2015)
**''Accessories'': 2 loading ramps, 2 blaster stands, single-barreled blaster, double-barreled blaster, 2 scanners, 2 connectors, large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon, Full-Tilt, Full-Tilt's electro-disruptor.

:''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Trypticon is a reissue of his original toy. Both Brunt and Full-Tilt are included along with all his electronics, including the motorized walking gimmick.

:This reissue features golden stickers on his eyes, and has several tooling changes, such as larger power switches, battery covers that are held shut by screws, molded detail replacing the large bearings on his legs, and bizarrely, added plastic on his feet that keeps the purple "U" pieces from being flush with the rest of the foot.

:The toy was released in TakaraTomy Mall in Japan under the ''USA Edition'' line, as a lucky draw prize.

:Unlike the original version, Platinum Trypticon was sold in the UK through Toys R Us.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/PlatinumTrypticon/trypticon.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' Trypticon at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TR_Trypticon_Robot.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It's big. It's massive. It's almost as tall as Metroplex, and [[Fandom|We]] Love it.]]
*'''Trypticon''' (Titan Class, 2017)
**''Accessories:'' Full Tilt with gun and Necro Titan Master

:Trypticon beat out [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to become winner of a Facebook poll held by Hasbro in November 2015 to determine who would be the next Titan Class figure. <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606.36631.146805978722938/926169094119952/?type=3&permPage=1 November 24 2016 photo]</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606.36631.146805978722938/931380200265508/?type=3 There truly is nothing that can stand in the way of Trypticon. With your votes, he smashed his way to becoming the next ''Generations Titans Return'' Titan Class toy. Mark your calendars, and look for him to hit shelves late 2017.]</ref> Standing at 20 inches tall, he is the tallest Decepticon figure ever made, and features several new action features like a spring-loaded pop-out forehead-gun and the ability to "eat" Titan Master figures, who fall down his throat into his stomach, which can be opened to retrieve them. His city mode unfolds to around three feet wide, and the "battle station" mode of his classic toy is replaced with a similar-looking spaceship mode that can fit a Deluxe-class action figure in its forward bay. In lieu of electronics, Trypticon comes with his old partner [[Full-Tilt#TitansReturn|Full-Tilt]], who has been significantly upgraded to become a full-sized Deluxe figure in his own right, with his own Titan Master partner, [[Wipe-Out#Generations|Necro]].

:On Monday 13th February 2017, the Monday before Toyfair 2017, a picture of the toy was released and swiftly withdrawn from the Transformers Instagram account.
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===Legends===
*'''Dinosaurer''' (2017-[[September]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG43'''
**''Accessories'': Full Tilt with gun and Headmaster
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Gum===
[[File:Tfgum trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1986)
**''Accessories:'' Large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon, Full-Tilt

:A snap-together model kit of Trypticon was available as part of the fifth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' [[candy toy]] series. A much-shrunken version of the original Trypticon toy, the kit transforms into something of a cross between city and battle station modes, and still comes with all the pieces to make Brunt, as well as a non-transforming car mode Full-Tilt. Moulded from black, red, and grey plastic, Trypticon has stickers for detail rather than paint operations, and came with a stick of gum.
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===Transformers Caramel===
[[File:Trypticon keshigomu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1986)
:A small soft-rubber ''keshigomu'' figurine of Trypticon, similar to the larger [[Decoy]]s, was released as part of Kabaya's line of ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' candy toys. Like all the figures from the 1986 range, he came [[blindpacking|blindpacked]], and was available in a variety of pearlescent colors including red, yellow, blue, and green. As the name of the series suggests, he came with a piece of caramel candy.

===Forms Robo===
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1987)
:Trypticon was also among the ten characters who were rendered as part of the ''[[Forms Robo]]'' line of over-sized ''keshigomu'' figures. He came individually packaged in a plastic baggie, and was available in red, yellow, green, or blue. Of the various ''Forms Robo'' figures, Trypticon is easily one of the hardest to find, rarely appearing on the secondary market.
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===MyClone===
[[File:Trypticon myclone.jpg|thumb|All together now: Awwwwwwww!]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (MyClone, 2003)
**''ID number:'' '''MTF018'''
**''Accessories:'' Display stand
:The Trypticon [[MyClone]] is the adorablest little killer dinosaur you ever did see. He was released in the third wave of the ''MyClone'' line of Transformers PVC figures, and comes with a hexagonal teal display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other MyClone figures. His modular design allows his parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other MyClone figure.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1TrypticonHeadCompare.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]" model on top, "[[Call of the Primitives]]" model on the bottom.]]
*A [[wikipedia:triptych|triptych]] is an artifact divided into three hinged folding segments. Though obscure, this is an appropriate name for Trypticon, because his tyrannosaur mode ''is'' a triptych, unfolding into three segments when it transforms into city or battle station modes. See, parents, this stuff is educational too!
*The cut-down version of Trypticon's original [[bio]] used for his toy packaging omits basically every subtlety of his personality, mentioning only his great destructive power and none of his unfiltered hatred, boredom, and self-loathing. Which is likely a large part of why you never saw that side of him in Generation 1 media!
*Trypticon's original [[Tech Spec]]s give him a very high rank of 9, but he is never portrayed as somebody so far up in the Decepticon power structure. But then again, not many would argue with a towering dinosaur robot that's bigger than Godzilla.
*Trypticon has two completely different [[character model]]s. The first was used for his appearances in "[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]" and the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]], while the second, more toy-accurate model was used for all his appearances in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|animated series]]. Virtually ''every piece'' of Trypticon's body is different between the two models, whether in shape, detail, or both; notable features of the earlier model include rounded legs and feet, and differently shaped shoulder-buildings. The early model ''is'' superior in one regard to the early one, however: it colors Trypticon's optics. They were left uncolored on the finished model, and he spent the entire cartoon looking as if he had no eyes.
**The early model is published in ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]'' and Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'', and depicts Trypticon's translucent orange nose-panel as being open, as it was on the finished model. However, there was obviously a variant version of the early model with an alternate head design that had a ''closed'' nose panel, because that's how Trypticon looks in the actual Marvel comics and "Scramble City" animation.
*A [[:File:GanbareMetroplexAdvertisement01.jpg|wonderfully nonsensical advert]] for the Metroplex and Trypticon toys [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)#Part 1|published in ''TV Magazine'']] depicts him attacking Metroplex while the Autobot City holds the lifeless Optimus Prime in his hand.
*''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]]'s color scheme is based on Trypticon. His character [[bio]] (and this was when Grimlock was an idiot) had Trypticon's Marvel Generation 1 motto: "Total victory requires total destruction."

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dinosaurer''' ([[beast mode]], ダイナザウラー ''Dainazaurā''; "Scramble City", ダイノザウラー ''Dainozaurā''), '''Dinobase''' (city mode, ダイノベース ''Dainobēsu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Triptikon'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pàu-lóng Chīn-Kāng''' (Taiwan, 暴龍金剛, "''Tyrannosaurus'' [[Wikipedia:Vajra|Vajra]]"), '''Tiějiǎ Lóng''' (China, 铁甲龙, "Iron-Armored Dinosaur")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Tripticão'''

==References==
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