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Powermaster

2018-04-11T21:37:23Z

TheBatAccount: /* Generation 1 */

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{{disambig3|Powermaster}}
:''Powermasters are a cross-factional [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Powermaster.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't try this at home.]]
Like the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]], the '''Powermasters''' are [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] to a smaller partner, most often an organic [[Nebulan]], who in this case serves as their external power supply.

{{See also|Godmaster (lifeform)}}

{{quote|They got the power to surprise!|Commercial tagline.}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
After months of devastating war on their planet, the [[Nebulan]]s no longer cared whether the [[Autobot]]s or [[Decepticon]]s won, as long as the fighting stopped. When the forces under the command of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] left their planet for [[Earth]], {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} the Nebulans took advantage of the opportunity to poison all of their fuel and energy sources, tainting it in order to render it unusable by any Transformer.

The scientist who had devised the toxin, [[Hi-Q]], soon had a falling out with his partner [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]], who was jealous over Hi-Q's success. When a pair of Decepticons named [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] appeared to menace the planet, and were immobilized by the tainted fuel, Hi-Test saw an opportunity to act. Undergoing a binary bonding process with the inert Decepticons, Hi-Test changed himself and his ally [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]] into the first Powermasters. Using this new process, the Decepticons were able to function on the poisoned planet of [[Nebulos]] by using their Powermaster partners as living batteries.

A small team of Autobots arrived on Nebulos, hoping to construct a new body for their leader, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Seeing the Decepticons running rampant, they tried to stop their reign of terror, but soon began to run low on fuel. Hi-Q took action and used the same binary bonding process as his rival Hi-Test, bonding himself to the body of Optimus Prime. His fellow scientists, with one exception, followed suit in bonding themselves to fallen Autobots as well. The revitalized Autobots quickly defeated the two Decepticons. {{storylink|People Power!}}

Most of the Transformers known as "Powermasters" were the result of this initial bonding—the procedure is otherwise quite rare.

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Powermaster is the highest rank a Transformer can receive, with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Optimus Prime as the Powermasters for their factions. Darkwing and Dreadwind possess Powermaster rank as well, but have not been seen taking the lead.

[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], the Autobot commander on Cybertron, only has Headmaster rank and so is subordinate to Optimus.

{{note|The writers for [[Germany]]'s ''[[Transformers Comic-Magazin]]'' hadn't paid much attention.}}

===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
At some point after [[2006]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] became a Powermaster. {{Storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1#Season 5|Season 5: MTMTE, Part 1}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
An ancient Cybertronian known as [[Gigatron (G1)|Gigatron]] was responsible for the creation of the Powermaster process. It was designed as a way for them to survive on any world. By capturing hostile natives and reformatting them as biological power sources, they could greatly reduce their dependency on [[energon]]. The process was perfected on Nebulon. Organics who undergo the binary-bonding process are indistinguishable from their fellows when not wearing Powermaster armor, though they have enhanced strength, endurance, and mental abilities. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye #8}}

===''TransTech''===
After a bad experience with "colonists" from the [[Aurex]] Cluster, Nebulos made their atmosphere poisonous to Cybertronian life. In order to safely go undercover on this world, [[Vector Prime]] was binary bonded with [[Safeguard (TransTech)|Safeguard]], a friendly native, who became his Target/Powermaster. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/11/01}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
After [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] was severely injured during the [[Great Push]], [[Full-Tilt]] underwent the Powermaster process to become Trypticon's T-cog. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
Powermaster technology was invented by the [[transtector]] factory computer in [[G Nebula 89]] as part of its mission to find ways of merging organic and mechanical life. Millennia ago, the constructed but unprogrammed Powermaster bodies were stolen by [[Devil Z]], who altered them into [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] transtectors by exposing them to [[Angolmois]] and [[Zodiac]] energies. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] later adopted a Powermaster body, his partner being the [[Nebulan]] [[Hi-Q]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#NucleonQuest|Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

==Technology==
As with the other [[binary bonding]] technologies, the Powermaster procedure requires extensive cybernetic surgery and specially designed power armor used by the subject. These changes allow an organic being to transform into a powerful engine and bond themselves to a properly modified Transformer. The initial advantage to this procedure was survival: When all the ordinary fuel sources on the planet Nebulos were rendered toxically radioactive, the Powermasters provided an alternate source of energy.

When non-toxic fuel sources are available, a Powermaster partner can also function as a power booster or turbo accelerator, giving the Transformer he is bonded to a surge of additional power for increased strength or speed in dangerous situations. This benefit allows a Powermaster to be much faster or stronger than most normal Transformers for brief periods of time.

==Drawbacks==
While serving as an alternate power source the Powermaster partners had extremely high metabolisms, meaning that they need to eat large quantities of food at regular intervals just to keep themselves from starving to death. {{storylink|People Power!}} <ref>Specifically, if we consider that 1 gallon of gas equates to 31,000 calories ([http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question527.htm]), assume that a Transformer gets relatively poor "gas mileage" (12 mpg), and runs 24 hours a day, that would mean that a Powermaster using only food for energy would need to consume somewhere between 3 and 4 million calories a day! A triple "Whopper" with cheese is 1250 calories, so that would mean that, for example, Hi-Q would have to consume about 3,000 triple Whoppers a day to power Optimus Prime for 24 hours of action. Even at $4 a burger, that would be $12,000 worth of food a day. Assuming someone else was preparing and/or ordering the food, and assuming that it took 3 minutes to wolf down such a burger, Hi-Q would only be able to consume 480 burgers a day if he ate 24/7.</ref>

Over time, the bonding procedure for Powermasters seems to be similar to that of some [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], in that there is a risk of both partners being absorbed into a single being with only one mind and identity. This happened to [[Hi-Q]], who over time began to change and merge with his Transformer counterpart until he actually ''became'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

A Powermaster can't [[transformation|transform]] from [[alternate mode]] into [[robot mode]] without their partner.<ref>Toy mechanics</ref> {{storylink|Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash's toy bio}} {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Dreadwindtoyg1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is Dreadwind... not like it really matters, or like anybody cares.]]
[[File:G1 Slapdash toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is like, totally Slapdash, or something, I think, maybe.]]
*Powermasters (1988)
**[[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] / [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]]
**[[Doubledealer]] / [[Knok]] or [[Skar (Decepticon)|Skar]]
**[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] / [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]]
**[[Getaway]] / [[Rev]]
**[[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] / [[Hotwire (G1)|Hotwire]]
**[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] / [[Hi-Q]]
**[[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] / [[Giga]] and [[Mega]]
**[[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] / [[Lube]]
::The Powermasters were sold boxed at various price points. They were one of two flagship gimmicks in the [[The Transformers (toyline)#1988|1988 line]], the other being the [[Pretender]]s. Most are fairly chunky and simple figures, considering their large size. Each toy features a small mini-figure (two in Doubledealer's case) which folds up into an "engine" block. Plugging the "engine" into a slot on the toy's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] deploys a button which unlocks the joints required to transform the toy into [[robot mode]].

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==Fiction-only Powermasters==
*[[Clio]] / [[Patra]] <ref>[http://www.transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=468&page=22 Letters Page to Marvel UK 315 at Transfans.co.uk]</ref>
*[[Gigatron (G1)|Gigatron]] / two unidentified partners <ref>Gigatron's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' toy bio.</ref><ref>[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets The Eye'' #8]]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]
[[Category:Gimmicks]]
[[Category:Powermasters| ]]

Scorponok (Movie)

2018-01-09T05:05:31Z

TheBatAccount: /* Deluxe RotF Scorponok interesting note */

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{{disambig3|Scorponok}}
:''Scorponok is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Movie Scorponok Procterrender1.jpg|right|upright=1.95|thumb|He was great as Scorpitron in the ''Power Rangers'' movie!]]

'''Scorponok''' is a small [[Transformer]] with a symbiotic connection to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]. Just as Blackout would often be found looming powerful and silent by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], Scorponok is always near Blackout, except in those times he has been sent to kill.

His main drives are to hunt, destroy, and hunt some more, causing many to view him as barely sentient. Others are concerned that he actually be a cunning opponent getting friend and foe alike to underestimate him... and the latter are right.<ref name="titanprofile">Character Profile: Scorponok in [[Transformers Comic issue 9|Transformers #9]] (Titan)</ref> In secret, Scorponok has proven to be astonishingly erudite and focused on patient, long-game operations.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=841165f8-19b9-f369-1057-0b57c1e069b6 Scorponok's Battle Bio]</ref>

Since he can tunnel underground with frightening speed, he's incredibly good at ambushing. His favorite pastime is playing Hide and Seek with unsuspecting players, be they robotic or organic. He prefers to be hider ''and'' seeker. On Cybertron, he was deliberately left behind on battlefields so he could use his chameleon mesh armour plating to blend in perfectly with the background, then ambush any [[Autobot]] patrols that would arrive. Thanks to this, Megatron gave him more autonomy than other Decepticons would get, as he admired Scorponok's genocidal zeal.

He may retreat, but he'll come back. He kills Autobots. He never gives up.<ref name="titanprofile" />
== Fiction ==
===Movies===
====''Transformers'' film====
[[File:Movie Blackout Scorponok eject1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Oh, slag, I forgot the Bungee cord!]]

During Blackout's attack on the [[United States military|US]] [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], the Decepticon helicopter dispatched Scorponok to seek out and destroy an escaped unit under the command of [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]].

[[File:Movie Scorponok leapsout.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|HUUUGZ!!!]]

The next morning, as the surviving soldiers discussed the attack, Scorponok observed their conversation from a distance while hidden in the sand. Targeting Lennox for elimination, Scorponok followed the unit as they made their way to [[Mahfouz|the human boy's]] village. Choosing his moment to strike just as the men stopped on the outskirts of the settlement, his attack was foiled when [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] saw the metal scorpion tail pointed at Lennox's back and shouted a warning. (Well, it wasn't so much a warning as it was a very, very panicked "''WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!''" followed by gunfire, but hey, it counts.) The other soldiers joined in the firefight as Scorponok dove under the sand to confuse them before fatally impaling [[Patrick Donnelly|Sgt. Donnelly]] and dragging him into the sand below.

[[File:Scorponok hurt.JPG|left|upright=1.4|thumb|*Sniffle* Where'z my hugz?]]

Driving the soldiers into the village, Scorponok fired a barrage of missiles, which destroyed the ruins that the village had grown around and critically injured [[Jorge Figueroa|Figueroa]]. Unfortunately for Scorponok, Lennox's distress call to the [[Pentagon]] had gotten through, and an [[United States Air Force#MQ-1 Predator|MQ-1 Predator]] drone relayed images of the Decepticon to astonished US military commanders. They immediately sent two [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|A-10 Thunderbolt IIs]] to attack Scorponok, to little effect, then followed up with an [[United States Air Force#AC-130 Spectre|AC-130 Spectre gunship]], which damaged Scorponok enough for him to dive back into the sand and escape, leaving his broken tail behind.

Scorponok's tail was transported back to the States aboard a [[United States Air Force#C-17 Globemaster III|C-17 transport]]. Lennox, Epps, and several other soldiers examined it en route, which led to the discovery that the only damage the armor didn't either shrug off or quickly heal was the "6000-degree magnesium burn" of a sabot round. Armed with this knowledge, the humans knew they now had a weapon that could hurt the invaders. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}
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{{note|Scorponok's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels “[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]],” “[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]” and "[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]"; the "[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]” and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; the activity book "[[Look and Find Transformers]]"; and the storybook "[[Meet the Decepticons]]."}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
[[File:ROTF Scorponok leaps.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|You have to be afraid of insects because they want to kill you.]]
During the battle in [[Egypt]] between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Scorponok, having answered [[The Fallen]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron's]] call, lurked beneath the surface of the sand. He struck when the decrepit turncoat [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] was finishing off [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]], catching the ancient [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] off-guard and severely wounding him. Scorponok did not live long enough to savour his success, however, as a collapsing Jetfire managed to crush his head with his fist. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Scorponok's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''; the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]''; and the storybook "[[The Last Prime]]".}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:HoorayScorponok.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Adorably bloodthirsty.]]
Before the war, Scorponok and Blackout were members of the Cybertronian [[Defense Force]] under the authority of [[Lord High Protector|High Protector]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. When [[Ejoornian|unknown hostiles]] attacked Cybertron, Scorponok and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] were placed on recon. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}}

During the war, Scorponok and Blackout, who ordinarily never left Megatron's side, were dispatched to join [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s forces elsewhere on Cybertron while Megatron closed in on the [[AllSpark]]. After the group realized that both the AllSpark and Megatron had left Cybertron, Blackout ended an argument with Starscream over what to do next by deploying the fearsome Scorponok. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}}

Soon after the Decepticons launched a battlecruiser to pursue [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s starship, they were unwittingly led into a trap and crippled by mines. Also damaged was Starscream's forward scout [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]], who was rescued by Scorponok. The Decepticons limped back to Cybertron in humiliation. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

After repairs were made to their ship, they followed the energy signature of the AllSpark to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], then to [[Earth]], where Scorponok adorably helped out in the massacre of a [[United States military]] installation in [[Afghanistan]]. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}}
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===''Ghosts of Yesterday''===
During the long years of searching for [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], Scorponok was a member of the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' crew. After [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] left the ship temporarily with strict orders that everyone was to stay put, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] decided to attack the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'', and Scorponok went along. The small Decepticon managed to grab onto Optimus during the fight, but proved more of a nuisance than anything. Optimus was able to inflict some damage in return, and leave Scorponok struggling to return to the ''Nemesis''.

When the Decepticons later made another attack on the Autobots, Scorponok snuck aboard the ''Ark''. It wasn't until Optimus spotted him moving through the ship that the Autobots were alerted to his actions. [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] was sent to forcibly eject Scorponok, who was ill-equipped to move through space. While Ratchet pressed to the attack, the helpless Decepticon was only saved by an injured Blackout, who was still recovering from a massive beating by Starscream. What a pal. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===Titan movie comics===
[[File:Movie TitanTransformers8 ScorpieIronhide1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and a team of US Special Forces went looking for Scorponok. (Captain Lennox was originally meant to oversee this mission but was reassigned.) Hunting his hunters, Scorponok attacked Ironhide and took control of his motor functions, having him rampage through the humans. Luckily, one of them was able to sever the connection with a shot, and Ironhide smashed the Decepticon to pieces. {{storylink|Scorpion Sting}}

[[File:Titan5 "scorponok!".jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|I said ''HUGZZZZ'', '''DAMN IT.''']]

Scorponok was part of a scheme to frame [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]: while [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] got himself captured, Scorponok headed for [[Diego Garcia]] and made an attack to free the comrade. He shouldn't have been able to do this without being detected (dun dun dunnnnn) and made sure to attack right when the twins were distracting Optimus Prime. Showing some ball bearings, Scorponok personally shot at Prime before smashing apart Sideways' cuffs.

And then he got clean away! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}
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====Alternate timeline====
[[File:SkyblastVersusScorponok.jpg|left|upright=1.45|thumb|"DIE, empty space next to Autobot! DIE!"]]

In an [[Tyran 208.28 Gamma|alternate timeline]] where Megatron won the battle of Mission City, Scorponok spied on a team of Moon-based Autobot reinforcements {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} and later helped [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] battle them. {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}}

[[File:StockadeThrowsScorponok.jpg|right|upright=1.45|thumb|...HUUUGZ?]]

''Much'' later, during the [[Decepticon Civil War]], he was Blackout's trump card against [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]. He not only failed, he was thrown as a ''projectile weapon'' against Blackout. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}
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===Toy bios===
Scorponok actually ''led'' the hunt for the AllSpark during the absence of Megatron, and this gave him a taste of command. He happily started using Megatron's own style of super-brutality to keep the troops in line, and looked forward to bumping off his leader and taking full command of the Decepticons. {{storylink|#Deluxe Class toys|Desert Attack}}

The disastrous failure on Earth evidently cocked ''that'' up, as poor Scorpy was left behind by the other Decepticons in the [[Middle East]]. His attempt at remaining out of sight have failed, and he is constantly being pursued by Bumblebee. {{storylink|#Legends Class toys|Legends Scorponok}}

==Games==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
Under [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s command, Scorponok fought the Autobots using his Pulse Klaw, Blast Klaw and [[energon]] stinger. He also made use of his seldom-seen robot mode, in which he had access to an [[Anti-gravity gun|anti-gravity cannon]] and pulse blasters. Scorponok may also have participated in the seemingly inter-dimensional "Energon Wars" conflict, during which the Decepticons were led by [[Megatron (BW)|Predacon Megatron]] against [[Optimus Primal]]'s Autobots. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game}}

==="Flight of the Bumblebee" online game===
Scorponok was one of a group of Decepticons who trapped Bumblebee in a canyon. He stood around on a rocky butte, walking back and forth and waiting for Bumblebee to drive up to him. When the Autobot dropped in, Scorponok immediately opened fire, blasting Bumblebee continuously. Unfortunately, Bumblebee had the idea to shoot back, blasting him right out of the picture with just one shot. {{storylink|Flight of the Bumblebee}}

===Transformers The Game===
[[File:Scorponok 2007game babygotback.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Coolest. Backpack. Ever.]]
After Blackout scrapped the military base in Qatar, Scorponok was sent to destroy five mobile communications vehicles, succeeding in his task. Scorponok went and did his own thing while Blackout searched the databanks for information on Megatron and the AllSpark, but reunited with Blackout in time for their escape.

After arriving in [[Mission City]], Scorponok fought through a horde of [[Energon drone]]s to secure the AllSpark. Sam Witwicky nearly handed Scorponok the AllSpark, but Ironhide punted Scorponok. That made Blackout very mad... {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

===Allspark Highway===
Scorponok and the Decepticons fought hard to keep the Allspark from reaching [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. There were lots of him. {{storylink|Allspark Highway}}
===''Transformers Video Mash-Up''===
{{note|Various short clips featuring Scorponok were available for users to custom-create their own short film about the Transformers.}} {{storylink|Transformers Video Mash-Up}}

===Transformers: Battle for the Matrix===
{{Note|Battle for the Matrix is a simplified retelling of the events of [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]. It can be played from the perspective of either Bumblebee or Optimus Prime. Scorponok is a recurring enemy.}}
[[File:Scorponok battleforthematrix.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|[[Patrick Seitz|GET OVER HERE!]]]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle for the Matrix}}
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===Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Autobots/Decepticons===
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{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons}}

===Transformers: Human Alliance===
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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Voyager Class Blackout companions====
[[File:MiniScorponok.jpg|right|144px|thumb|I'm just an accessory.]]
*'''Blackout''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-01'''

: Blackout comes packed with a small silver figurine of Scorponok, who himself features a spring-loaded tail. He is usually stored in a cage on the rear of Blackout's helicopter mode. (Note: The spring in the figurine's tail is oriented not to spring the tail forward, but to help propel the figure out of the cage so that it lands right-side up.)

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* '''Blackout Ver. 4500X''' (Lawson exclusive Voyager Class, Japan 2007)

:This Voyager Class Blackout repaint, exclusive to the Japanese convenience store chain Lawson with the purchase of the movie DVD, came with a redeco of the small Scorponok figurine that came with the regular Voyager Class Blackout, in metallic colors that better match the Deluxe Class Scorponok toy (and the movie CG design, of course).

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[[File:Mov2007-toy PremiumScorponok.JPG|right|162px|thumb|I'm just a Premium accessory. But face it, I got better colours.]]
* '''Blackout''' ("Premium Series" Voyager Class, USA 2008)

:This redeco of the Voyager Class Blackout toy appears to be based on the same plastic color layout and paint mask as the Japanese Lawson exclusive "Version 4500X" redeco of Voyager Blackout, down to the improved paint on the Scorponok mini-figure. However, Hasbro's version has brighter, more contrasting gold and silver paint compared to the Japanese Lawson release's more subdued colours.

:Unlike some of the early "Premium Series" toys, Blackout was available as a mass release.

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====Legends Class toys====
[[File:TF2007-Allspark-Battles-Legends-Scorponok.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|Ironically, more robot-like than the deluxe-sized one.]]
*'''Bumblebee vs. Scorponok''' (Legends Allspark Battles two-pack, 2008)

: Legends Scorponok is the smallest transforming figure of ''Movie'' Scorponok yet. He features a better-proportioned robot mode and better articulation for the legs than the Deluxe Class version. In fact, he's one of the best articulated Legends-sized toys to date. Even his claw hands are able to rotate. He does bear a resemblance to a [[Scorponok (BW)|previous version]], though. For this release, he came packed with a slightly redecoed Legends Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Face it, ''he'' should've come with Voyager Blackout.

:Multiple reports suggest that the soft plastic used for the tail has a tendency to harden after a while, and then become prone to breaking, in a way similar to [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]] (but occurring in a much shorter span of time).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/LegendsScorponok/scorponok.htm More information on Legends Scorponok at TFU.info]''

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[File:Move DeluxeScorponok toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Ever notice [[Scorponok (disambiguation)|every Scorponok]] has the same transformation? Claws into claws, legs from the main body, tail sits behind, hoping to be ignored...]]
*'''Scorponok''' (Deluxe Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-04'''

: Scorponok is a robotic scorpion. His body is covered in military warning and command designation markings, suggesting he forms part of a larger military vehicle ([[Blackout (Movie)|hint, hint]]). Two wheels on the bottom of his [[beast mode]], when pushed along a flat, smooth surface, rotate gears that cause the turbines in his body and the pincers on his arms to spin. His tail features a spring-loaded, yet non-launching stinger that extends when a latch is released.

: In beast mode, Scorponok can combine with the underside of [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] helicopter mode to exploit the larger Decepticon's own gear gimmick system. A geared shaft linked to Blackout's rotor mechanism connects to a geared peg on Scorponok's back. Thus, pressing the button on Blackout's tail not only rotates his blades, but also rotates Scorponok's pincers and the turbines in his body. (This can also be done with Blackout's ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[redeco]] [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]], his retool [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] and Evac's ''Revenge'' redeco [[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]].) This gimmick can also be activated (more easily) by rotating the geared wheels on Scorponok's undercarriage instead.

: Deluxe Scorponok can transform into what might be ''charitably'' called a robot mode, but was most likely added as an afterthought to the design for added play value (and possibly so Hasbro could actually justify selling the toy as a "Transformer" by itself). The later Legends Class toy features a considerably better-executed bipedal robot mode. In any case, this robot mode never appears in the movie, but does appear briefly in the second Target-sponsored [[Planetfall (Movie)|Movie Prequel comic]] and in [[The Reign of Starscream issue 1]].

: Scorponok's toy tends to age very poorly for a multitude of reasons, so collectors beware! Since his gimmick requires him to be rolled across the floor, many Scorponoks on the secondary market are very scraped up. The tampographs rub off almost immediately, so any Scorponok that has been played with will be missing at least some detail. Scorponok's legs have a breakaway feature and tend to get lost, so be sure to check that the Scorponok you're buying on eBay has all six of them. The rubber tip of the stinger also warps very easily, but it can be bent back into place. The gears inside the figure are not meant to last. Over time, they will either crack or become misaligned, causing them to get stuck. Lastly, the gears make Scorponok's arms very heavy, so his joints get very loose, giving the toy a "floppy" feel.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Scorponok/scorponok.htm More information on Deluxe Scorponok at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Movie DecepticonDesertAttack 2pack.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Ignoring the vast difference in scale between Scorponok's two figures while linked to Blackout takes some imagination.]]
*'''Decepticon Desert Attack''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive two-pack, 2007)

: This package, based on their first appearance in the film, features an unchanged Voyager Blackout packaged with an unchanged Deluxe Scorponok, which was exclusively available at Toys "R" Us stores. Since Voyager Blackout was gang-molded with the miniature Scorponok figure the single release came with, this means that the set contains ''two'' Scorponok toys in different sizes.

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*'''Ultimate Bumblebee Bonus Value pack''' (Wal*Mart exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

:A Wal*Mart-exclusive special pack of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeValuePack|Ultimate Bumblebee]] with Deluxe Class [[Brawl (Movie)#BeeValuePack|Decepticon Brawl]] and Scorponok as bonus figures. None of the three toys are changed from their respective original releases.

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[[File:Movie ScreenBattles DesertAttack.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Scorponok now comes with little people to kill.]]
*'''Desert Attack''' (Screen Battles, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SB-03'''

:This pack features a minor [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class Scorponok sporting "sand" paint applications on his body. The pack also comes with non-posable figurines of [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]], [[Jorge Figueroa]] and [[Patrick Donnelly|Sergeant Donnelly]]. They are packaged in a special window box featuring a diorama depicting the battle at [[Mahfouz]]'s village.

:According to details listed in an official checklist on Hasbro's website,<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=Collectors/Checklist Hasbro Transformers Collectors Checklist]</ref> this pack was originally supposed to include "4 soldiers". Apparently budget ultimately only allowed for three. The fourth one was most probably supposed to be [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]], who was included with the Screen Battles "Capture of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]" set instead, colored as a [[Sector Seven]] soldier.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ScreenBattlesScorponok/scorponok.htm More information on Desert Attack Scorponok at TFU.info]''

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Voyager Class Grindor companions====
[[File:ROTF-toy Scorponok companion.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.85|Still just an accessory here.]]
*'''Grindor''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-18'''

:For ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', Voyager class Blackout was redecoed into [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]], so the Scorponok PVC included with Blackout got redecoed too... in a color scheme like that of his ''Fallen'' Deluxe toy (see below). Seems like he found a new partner in Grindor.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Grindor/grindor.htm More information on Grindor's Scorponok (with Grindor) at TFU.info]''

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[File:ROTF-toy StalkerScorponok.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Soon followed by Restraining Order Scorponok.]]
*'''Stalker Scorponok''' (Deluxe, 2009)

:A redeco of the original Deluxe Scorponok toy in black, grey, and red. The deco scheme bears a strong resemblance to ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]; additionally, Scorponok's legs have symbols on them that when mirrored form a [[Predacon (BW)|certain faction's symbol]], and "916-96" markings are [[tampograph]]ed on his claws. This is the date ''Beast Wars'' [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|first aired in syndication.]]

:Of note is that during part of 2010, [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/transformers-toy-giveaway.cfm Hasbro did a promotion] wherein US fans could receive three free Deluxes in exchange for receipts showing the purchase of $25 or more of select Transformers product. As noted in [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=69645&st=0 this thread over at Allspark.com], and later confirmed by [http://web.archive.org/web/20110221171904/http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HT83971G3 this listing here], this version of Scorponok was one of a pool consisting of eight figures (all from the same wave) from which the free deluxes were drawn, with several people having noted receiving him.

:This figure was a major shelfwarmer, to the point that not only was he included in the aforementioned giveaway promotion, but by post-Christmas 2009 he was actually discounted to only $1 at several Walmart locations including the location in Woodburn, Oregon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/StalkerScorponok/scorponok.htm More information on Stalker Scorponok at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
====Legends class toys====
[[File:EZ-Stalker-Scorponok.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Yes, my tail still hardens and breaks. Buy me.]]
*'''Stalker Scorponok''' (EZ Collection, 2010)

:A redeco of Legends class Scorponok in black, a color scheme based on ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Stalker Scorponok. This toy was only available in Japan.

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===''Dark of the Moon''===
====Cyberverse====
[[File:Blackout DOTM Cyberverse.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Ooh, now I'm ''slightly'' more than just an accessory!]]
*'''Blackout''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''005'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV15'''

:[[Cyberverse]] Scorponok is available only with his partner [[Blackout (Movie)#Cyberverse|Blackout]]. At such a small scale, he has minimal articulation (two points in the tail) and is made largely of a rubbery plastic. He does, however, transform into a blaster weapon that can be held by Blackout or any other Cyberverse figure with standard hands, although his post is quite short.

:Though unmentioned in the instructions, Scorponok can also peg into the (otherwise pointless) peg on the back of Blackout's robot mode, just under his rotor blades, mimicking the way he was stored and ejected off of Blackout in the movie.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/Scorponok/scorponok.htm More information on ''Dark of the Moon'' Scorponok at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Scorponok.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]

:Part of the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Scorponok consists of two cards with punch-out pieces that can be assembled into either a scorpion mode or a robot mode (or rather, a scorpion mode standing on its hind legs). He uses the same card layout as ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]].

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===Attacktix===
[[File:Attacktix-MovMegsScorp.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|I am going to KILL Yukon Cornelius.]]
*'''Battle Masters Megatron and Scorponok''' (Battle Master set)

: Scorponok was one of the many ''[[Attacktix]]'' toys that never saw release as the line was canceled. He would have been packaged with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and featured a firing missile.

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===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Rhscorpprime.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Ripped straight from that scene they didn't appear together in.]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Scorponok''' (2007)

:Scorponok is naturally sculpted in his beast mode for his ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' release. Cast in gray plastic, he has gold and black paint apps for color. His head is quirked to the side, and his pedipalps are bent into a ''possible'' standard-issue smile. He is articulated only at the pincers' shoulder joints, but his tail and legs are made of soft enough plastic to wiggle about. (The tail is much too short to sting anything other than his own back.)

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RHScorponok/scorponok.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Scorponok at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
===Sentience and relationship to Blackout and Grindor===
* In the 2007 movie, Scorponok is a silent hunter-killer sent by Blackout. This has caused some conflicting depictions in the fiction and toy bios of Scorponok's level of intelligence. Some present him as being barely alive and merely an animalistic drone, and this is a commonly accepted view. Another bio, by contrast, describes him as having ''leadership'' ambitions, and his Titan Magazines profile implies strongly that he fakes being a bestial drone to give him a psychological edge. Finally, his Battle Bio on Hasbro's website would come down on him having sentience by having Scorponok record his own personal data track!
* In the feature "From Script to Sand: The Skorponok {{sic}} Desert Attack" on the movie's bonus DVD, production designer [[Jeff Mann]] suggested that Scorponok was "birthed" from Blackout, thus suggesting that he might be more of an autonomous extension of Blackout himself, similar to [[Roller (G1)|Roller]]. Screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]] later confirmed that [[authorial intent|as far as he was concerned]], Scorponok was something between a symbiont and a "drone", rather than a fully fledged character.<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showpost.php?p=1159482&postcount=9822 Orci confirming his view of Scorponok]</ref> The ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' novel would go on to unambiguously identify him as a symbiont.
*In a [http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-04-01-transformers-first-look_N.htm USA Today interview] for ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', Roberto Orci stated that the Decepticons with "animal" forms didn't speak in the movies because it would be "strange" for audiences to hear Scorponok's English accent.
* According to writer Roberto Orci on the official Transformers Movie board, [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] was originally going to appear in the movie (back when Blackout was still supposed to be [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]),<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=234188&postcount=2008 Roberto Orci confirms that Ravage was replaced by Scorponok at the official movie boards]</ref> but was later changed to Scorponok when the setting of the opening scene was changed from jungle to desert.<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=234188&postcount=2008 Roberto Orci confirms that Ravage would have appeared in a different terrain at the official movie boards]</ref> This would imply that Scorponok's scorpion is indeed the ''[[robot mode]]'' (in the same fashion Ravage's panther mode was the robot mode), whereas his "[[alternate mode]]" is actually a part of Blackout's engine. The toys' robot modes are therefore an afterthought on behalf of Hasbro to avoid the paradox of [[Action Master|non-transforming]] [[Robot Replicas|"Transformers"]] [[Titan Heroes|toys]].
[[File:Geturboshaftengine.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Turboshaft engine that film Scorponok transforms from. You can almost see the bits of Donnelly.]]
* Exactly ''which'' parts of Blackout turn into Scorponok is a little unclear. The center of his body appears to be made of a [[wikipedia:General Electric T64|General Electric T64]] turboshaft engine; his transformation/separation sequence in the movie shows that his forearms are made up of part of the side exhausts, and therefore ''also'' consist of parts of T64 engines. How this is possible, considering an MH-53 Pave Low only features ''two'' T64 engines, is up to anyone's guess.
* Meanwhile, the various markings found on the CGI model's design, the life-sized props and Hasbro's Deluxe toy are taken from all kinds of places on Blackout's helicopter mode, most prominently the cockpit and the tail.<ref>[http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/mh53jreferencefr_1.htm Detail close-up photos of a real MH-53 Pave Low]</ref> Some of those markings can also be found on props used for the scene which features the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] dumping the Decepticons' remains into the ocean.<ref>[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2006/10/pics-from-uss-shoup-of-transformer.html Behind the scenes photos taken aboard the [[Wikipedia:USS Shoup (DDG-86)|''U.S.S. Shoup'']], depicting props from the movie used for the scene which features the US Navy dumping the Decepticons' remains into the ocean]</ref> Considering Blackout didn't appear to be missing any integral parts of his alternate mode in the movie's final act, it seems that either Scorponok reattached himself to Blackout after he escaped the US Air Force's counterattack in Qatar (and was therefore part of Blackout during the final battle), or Blackout somehow magically regrew the parts that were previously made up by Scorponok.

===Other===
[[File:Movie Scorponok headprop.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Now I'm the Headmaster!]]

* A leaked early draft of the script<ref>Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref> spells his name "Skorponok". That spelling is also used by [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s [[Transformers (novel)|novelization]] of the movie and in the menus for the movie's bonus DVD (most notably the featurette named "From Script to Sand: The Skorponok Desert Attack"). Hasbro themselves used the traditional spelling "Scorponok" for their toys, even though a wallpaper on Hasbro's website spells the name "Scorponock".<ref name="hasbrodemolishor">[http://www.hasbro.com/objects/content/wallpaper.cfm?img=wp_transformers651_1280.jpg&brand_id=496&lang_id=1 Wallpaper at Hasbro's website calling Brawl/Devastator "Demolisher".]</ref> Meanwhile, in interviews, Michael Bay constantly refers to him as "Scorponox", and a preorder listing for the movie score even uses the spelling "Skorpinok".<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Steve-Jablonsky/dp/B000VFGQHK Amazon.com preorder for the movie score]</ref>
* Real physical props of Scorponok's head and tail were made by [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM's]] crew for certain scenes, most notably Lennox and Epps's examination of the tail leftovers on the plane. The head prop was used in the close-up of Scorponok stalking the SOCCENT survivors.<ref>[http://www.benprocter.com/storage/oldersites/sitev2/html/PROJPAGE_Trans_08.html Ben Procter's portfolio, depicting CGI models and life-sized props for Scorponok]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scorponok''' (スコルポノック ''Sukoruponokku'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wēn-yì''' (Taiwan, 瘟疫, "Plague"), '''Sàkè Jùrén''' (Mainland China, 萨克巨人, "Giant Sack")

==Footnotes==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Scorponok/scorponok.htm Scorponok at TFU.info]

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