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<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{picsneeded}}<br /> :''Galactic transports are a type of spaceship from the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''<br /> '''Galactic transports''' were used by the [[Autobot]]s to evacuate [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. <br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: War For Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3)===<br /> After learning that the [[core]] was corrupted, and Cybertron could no longer sustain life, [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] ordered the evacuation of Cybertron by all Autobots. Several galactic transports were seen taking off into space, but [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon]], in his cannon mode, began to destroy the fleeing vessels. Optimus ordered [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] and his [[Aerialbot (WFC)|Aerialbot]] squadrons to take the gun offline so that the ships could continue their journey. The Autobots kept the rest of their transports grounded until the threat was destroyed, an action that prompted Megatron. After Trypticon was thought defeated, the rest of the galactic transports safely took off from the planet. Optimus Prime then announced to the remaining Autobots that he had commissioned a new galactic transport for them, an ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', for their evacuation and journey through the stars. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}<br /> <br /> ===&quot;Transformers: Fall of Cybertron&quot; (Xbox 360/PS3)===<br /> Megatron blamed Optimus Prime for the shutdown of Cybertron, and launched a ruthless assault on the ruins of Iacon, with a main objective to destroy the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]. Powerful warp cannons were mounted onto the destroyed buildings of the city, and began firing on the Autobot vessel. However, Optimus was able to destroy the cannons with the help of the newly activated [[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]], leaving the Ark unharmed but without a sufficient energon supply to fuel it. Later, Metroplex insisted that his own energon be utilized to launch the Ark to a space portal, reported by [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] to be the work of [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. However, Megatron pursued the Autobots in [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]], who was now permanently offline and locked in his new alt-mode, the Nemesis. But, the portal was rapidly becoming unstable and sucked both ships into it. <br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In the Nintendo DS version of ''War for Cybertron'', the ships used to evacuate Cybertron were referred to as &quot;arks&quot;.<br /> *According to Megatron, galactic transports were originally designed as &quot;cargo haulers.&quot;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Autobot starships]]<br /> [[Category:War for Cybertron]]<br /> [[Category:Fall of Cybertron]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Turmoil&diff=739403 2012-08-08T01:39:26Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon}}<br /> <br /> :''Turmoil is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Turmoil_MainPic.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[http://www.vimeo.com/1929867 When his fearful shears he plies, he'll cut you down to cir-cum-ciiiiise!]]]<br /> <br /> '''Turmoil''' is a commander in the Decepticon forces, in charge of a battle cruiser with at least a dozen crew members. Blunt and taciturn, he prefers to let his ginormous arm-cannon do the talking for him. This philosophy lends him a surprising degree of stealth, since remaining quiet can allow a talkative enemy to unintentionally reveal all sorts of things—his location, for instance.<br /> <br /> Turmoil once had a second-in-command named [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] who renounced all factions and tried to leave. Unfortunately, he seemingly perished before Turmoil himself could have the pleasure of destroying him. It would be quite a surprise indeed for Turmoil to hear his traitorous voice again.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===IDW Generation 1 comics===<br /> Long ago, Turmoil was in charge of a ship of Decepticons and [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] was his increasingly problematic second-in-command. Things came to a head when, during one battle with the Autobots on [[Dabola]], Deadlock ignored Turmoil's orders to not fire unless fired upon. Even though this action resulted in Decepticon victory, Deadlock's peers hated Deadlock so much that they tattled and turned on him once they returned to the ship. Turmoil had prepared to execute his wayward second-in-command when Deadlock freed himself and escaped the ship in a pod. Infuriated, Turmoil put out word that Deadlock was banished and should be killed on sight. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}<br /> <br /> In the modern era, Turmoil and his crew docked their ship on some alien world, the cruiser damaged but holding several [[Autobot]] prisoners. This stop ended up being a lethal mistake. While the locals bore some degree of hostility towards [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronians]], the real danger came from two coincidentally convergent attacks.<br /> <br /> One was carried out by a solitary warrior, Drift (formerly Turmoil's second-in-command, Deadlock). He paid some local Cybertronian-haters for access to the docking platform, then used his firsthand knowledge of the ship to get past its security systems. As he did so, the other attack commenced, to his surprise as much as anyone's: [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Twin Twist]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] blasted their way through the side of the ship, intent on freeing their imprisoned comrades. The squad didn't recognize Drift, but they accepted his help as he led them straight to the brig, where they found the other members of their individual groups ([[Triple Changer]]s, [[Jumpstarter]]s, etc.)<br /> <br /> [[Image:Turmoil_and_the_Minion.jpg|thumb|250px|left|&quot;We're not doing Madame Chao's; the service is terrible.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;But takeout, you say!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Yeah, but why should I give my business to— Moishe, dainum.&quot;]]<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Turmoil had gathered his troops and prepared to storm the brig, but they found that the door had been relocked with new block-programs. At first one of his soldiers tried to undo them within the system, but Turmoil silently ordered him away from the door. On the other side, he could hear Perceptor talking to the other Autobots while continuing to hack the ship's computer. Turmoil blasted a massive hole through both the door and Perceptor's chest, then waltzed right in.<br /> <br /> As the battle erupted, Turmoil recognized the voice of his old subordinate Deadlock. Condemning the traitor, he blasted at him and ended up sending him and Kup flying through a wall, away from the fight. Turmoil did not follow them, but his choice to stay in the battle was a poor one, as all of the other Autobots ended up escaping anyway.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Turmoil_pinned_by_Drift.jpg|thumb|right|150px|So envision it, the big boom, rubble raining down, chaos, mayhem below!]]<br /> <br /> Attempting to salvage a shred of victory, Turmoil tracked Drift and Kup to what appeared to be the engine room, where Drift had just finished sabotaging a key piece of equipment. Turmoil fired at them, sending Kup flying through a wall ''again'' (this time through an open hatch leading outside), but Drift remained to continue the fight. Dodging his shots, Drift pinned Turmoil to a wall with his two short swords and lectured him on how degraded the Decepticons had become. Turmoil scoffed, saying that the Autobots would never accept an outcast like Drift. Turmoil then dared Drift to kill him, claiming that doing so would prove that Drift was nothing more than he had been before.<br /> <br /> In a debatable moral victory, Drift declined to kill him on the spot, trusting in his sabotage to do the job instead. Drift raced back to the brig to retrieve the fallen Perceptor, then exited the cruiser just as it erupted in a massive fireball. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}<br /> <br /> Turmoil managed to survive the destruction of his cruiser, and he and a squad of Decepticons managed to enslave aliens who built him a ship with time traveling capabilities, executing them all upon completion of the task. He returned over the now-peaceful Cybertron promising to share his secretive technology. When [[Metalhawk]] objected to his presence remembering the events on Dabola, Turmoil told him the massacre was executed by his former second-in-command, now the Autobot Drift. When Wheeljack snuck aboard the ship to investigate and found out the true origin of the time travel technology, as well as the grisly fate of the enslaved aliens, Turmoil ambushed him and shot a hole through his chest. Wheeljack quickly encased him in containment field, and escaped from the ship with Metalhawk's help. Turmoil was taken into custody when Prowl's forces stormed the ship. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *[[Casey Coller]] created the initial designs for Turmoil, which [[Alex Milne]] &quot;tweaked&quot; for inclusion in the comic.&lt;ref name=&quot;turmoil&quot;&gt;[http://caliber316.deviantart.com/#/d2yi251 Turmoil on Casey Coller's deviantART page]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Unpublished design sketches reveal that Turmoil transforms into a big ol' tank with some sort of spiky plow on the front.&lt;ref name=&quot;turmoil&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Sky-Byte_(G2)&diff=739402 2012-08-08T01:36:55Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{faction|predacon|quintesson|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig3|Sky-Byte}}<br /> :''Sky-Byte is either a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] or ex-[[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> [[Image:SkyByteTimelines-boxart.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Put your best knee forward.]]<br /> <br /> '''Sky-Byte''' is a storyteller. A poet.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Wings Universe''===<br /> <br /> [[Image:G2Redux-SkyByte.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]<br /> <br /> Created as an agent of the [[Quintesson]]s, Sky-Byte is the commander of the new generation of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s. Unlike his dim-witted troops, Sky-Byte exhibits a scientific and creative nature, whether it be by making new advances in technology or writing haiku to express himself during tense and exciting moments.<br /> <br /> In 2010, Sky-Byte was sent to Earth by the Quintessons as part of an alliance with the Decepticon outlaw [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]. His army of next-generation Sharkticons successfully empowered Clench’s Decepticon Syndicate, and they were able to take control of the Large Hadron Collider in [[Switzerland]]. <br /> <br /> There, Sky-Byte worked with Clench to realize the potential of the low-grade fuel [[forestonite]]. He determined that bombarding the forestonite with high-energy particles allowed it to alter Transformers, granting them extraordinary power. Pyro teased Clench for hanging around with Quintesson flunkies, and Sky-Byte responded with pride about how his new forestonite fuel would tip the balance of power. Sky-Byte may have oversold the stuff, however, as Clench impulsively fed some to [[Cindersaur]]—''and it wasn't meant to be taken orally!''—and then insisted that Sky-Byte himself be one of the next round of test subjects. <br /> <br /> When the Autobots burst into the facility in an attempt to rescue [[Pyro (G1)|Spark]], Sky-Byte taunted them with a haiku and, when that was poorly received, then tried to zap them all with his &quot;[[Tsunami Blaster]]&quot;, a new and deadly ability bestowed upon him by the forestonite. The battle was ultimately decided when a nervous Breakdown shot the canisters of forestonite, thinking they would explode. Instead, the chemical spread out in gaseous form all over the remaining Transformers, equaling the balance of power for the Autobots. [[Rapido]] gained the power to outrun Sky-Byte's shark missile attack, and soon the Decepticons were thoroughly routed. At this point, Sky-Byte fled the scene with his Sharkticons and a sample of forestonite. Without his additional muscle, Clench was forced to retreat as well. <br /> <br /> And, yes, even while running for his life, Sky-Byte had the frame of mind to write a pretty haiku. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}<br /> <br /> Two years later, Sky-Byte teamed up with [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], providing the Decepticon with large quantities of forestonite. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} His duties included preparing the ship for takeoff to [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW comics continuity===<br /> [[Image:ABetterTomorrow-reputation.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Who's the most moderate shark in town?]]<br /> <br /> More than four million years ago, Sky-Byte was a Decepticon, but atrocities committed by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] on [[Varas Centralus]] convinced him to flee the war and his homeworld. Before Sky-Byte's retreat, he had a rivalry with [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. <br /> <br /> In the current era, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was rebooted into a primordial state and [[Vector Sigma]] sent out a signal to its planet's scattered people to return. Sky-Byte heeded this call, but had reservations about the uneasy politics between the Autobots, the Decepticons, and the nonaffiliated. The ex-Decepticon poet pursued some solitude, musing over a decapitated [[Sweep]], when he was interrupted by Ironhide. Sky-Byte expected a fight from his old rival, but Ironhide surprised him with his ease and candor. Still, Sky-Byte expressed his suspicions towards the Autobots, and so Ironhide suggested he check out the Decepticons as well to see if they were any better. Sky-Byte followed Ironhide's suggestion and met with the Decepticons, but he was followed by [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s Autobots so that they could make arrests. Things quickly got out of hand and a battle erupted until Ironhide settled everyone down. <br /> <br /> Later, Sky-Byte joined Prowl for a drink at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], which Ironhide and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] had re-opened as a place where Transformers could meet in peace regardless of affiliation. Ironhide explained to them why he had changed -- he had seen a vision of the distant future where he was alive but the war was dead... because so were Sky-Byte, Prowl, and the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}}<br /> Sky-Byte was later performing a musical/poetic duet with [[Jazz (G1)| Jazz]] at Maccadam's Old Oil House. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Timelines===<br /> [[Image:Timelinestoy-SkyByteG2Redux.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This mold's not for [[Wings of Honor|Scourge]]?&lt;br&gt;At the time we were confused.&lt;br&gt;Now we understand.]]<br /> *'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)<br /> **''Accessories'': 2 missiles<br /> <br /> :Sky-Byte is a [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Sharkticon (Energon)#Energon|Sharkticon]] with a new head, transforming into a Cybertronic submarine/battleship with dimly animalistic styling. His colors and head sculpt are heavily based on ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]. His small gun turrets are movable, plus his side panels can extend outward to reveal spring-loaded missile launchers. The area where Sharkticon's spark crystal once resided is now considered Sky-Byte's &quot;Tsunami Blaster&quot;.<br /> <br /> :Sky-Byte is part of the [[BotCon 2010]] boxed set, alongside [[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines|Breakdown]], [[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Spark]], [[Streetwise (G1)#Timelines|Streetstar]] and [[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]].<br /> <br /> :The original version of this mold was also used to make Sky-Byte's fellow BotCon 2010 exclusives, the [[Sharkticon (G1)#Timelines|Sharkticons]], as well as ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Axalon (BW)#United 2|Axalon]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Predacon/Sky-Byte/sky-byte.htm More information on Sky-Byte at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * The identity of Sky-Byte was the subject of the &quot;Who is the Wildcard?&quot; contest held by [[Fun Publications]] on their [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] forums, with ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Voyager [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]] as prizes to who guessed the character first. Other than the &quot;wildcard&quot; hint, the only other hint given was that the character was &quot;never seen in Generation 2&quot;. TCC board member EmeraldBeacon guessed Sky-Byte soon thereafter, ending the contest, but whose among all the guesses that day was the correct guess was not known until the [[BotCon 2010]] brochure went online. <br /> * Although Sky-Byte's design in the Robots in Disguise comic is not exactly the same as his namesake's, it ''is'' based on it. &lt;ref&gt;http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-robots-in-disguise-ongoing-skybyte-character-design/24724/&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * ''Generation 2: Redux'' Sky-Byte wears the insignia of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. On the other hand, in the ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] (which is the basis for the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' continuity), the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] were originally presented as being under the command of the Quintessons, like Sky-Byte is. So he might be both kinds of Predacon at once.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Convention exclusives]]<br /> [[Category:Convention-original characters]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 2 characters]]<br /> [[Category:Neutrals]]<br /> [[Category:Predacons]]<br /> [[Category:Quintessons]]<br /> [[Category:Timelines characters]]<br /> [[Category:Wings Universe characters]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Hipotank&diff=739401 2012-08-08T01:34:36Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>:''Hipotank is a [[NAIL]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Green tank NAIL.jpg|thumb|400px|]]<br /> <br /> '''Hipotank''' is easily irritated.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===IDW Generation 1 comics===<br /> Hipotank, along with the crew of a ship, left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to escape the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}} They settled in a region where they forwent currency and adopted a barter system. {{storylink|Stick Together}} When the planet was reborn, it sent out a signal to all Cybertronians to return home, and Hipotank's group followed. The planet attacked the ship as it was landing, sending Hipotank into an annoyed mood. He stormed out of his ship to confront [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Metalhawk]], but calmed down after hearing Metalhawk soundly criticize the [[Autobot]]s, who then took him on a tour of the city. He later tried to protect [[Zetca (G1)|Zetca]] from [[Needlenose]] and [[Horri-Bull]]'s beatings, but was knocked aside by Needlenose. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}} Hipotank later argued with [[Tappet]] over the former's refusal to exchange a [[Betelgusian sputtle-prog]] for [[Cassanian quadrocheque]]s. {{Storylink|Stick Together}}<br /> <br /> He was hanging out Tappet and Zetca when Metalhawk introduced [[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]] and he got to listen to Zetca explain recent events to the new arrival. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}}<br /> <br /> Hipotank was later hanging out at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}}<br /> [[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Neutrals]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Pyro_(G1)&diff=737451 2012-08-02T01:09:04Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|autobotg2|wreckers}}<br /> {{disambig2|the Wrecker from Generation 1/2|the Wrecker from Aligned|Pyro (Prime)}}<br /> <br /> {{featured}}<br /> <br /> :''Pyro is an [[Autobot]] [[Obliterator]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> [[Image:PyroSpark-packagingart.jpg|right|thumb|350px|For 17 years, this was the only art of me.]]<br /> Young '''Pyro''' is another in a proud tradition of selfless Autobot heroes. He is invariably on the front lines protecting the weak and helpless, and is so brave and steadfast as to be virtually immovable. He stands for truth, justice, and the freedom of all sentient beings. He commands a powerful multi-functional battlestation. And, hey, did we mention that he transforms into a truck? <br /> <br /> He is also known as '''Sir Pyro Ignatius Spark''' or simply '''Spark'''.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===IDW Generation 1 comics===<br /> {{bigquote|And Prime's there, and he's... he's '''awestruck'''. And then, too late, he gets it: me and '''him'''—we're the '''same'''. We're the '''very same'''.|Pyro, horrified at the idea of dying outside of glorious combat alongside Prime|[[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #4]]}}<br /> <br /> When war initially broke out on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Pyro declared himself a conscientious objector and left with a large number of refugees for the [[Neutral Territories]]. But after being ambushed by [[Decepticon]]s en-route, Pyro changed his mind and soon joined the Autobot resistance. He gained prominence after rescuing a platoon of cadets trapped behind enemy lines and continued to distinguish himself in several off-world skirmishes. Pyro nearly lost his life to the [[Crucible]] during the [[Simanzi Massacre]], alongside thousands of others, but was saved at the last moment by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].<br /> <br /> Pyro would consequently work to emulate Optimus Prime in any way he could, taking the Autobot commander's methods and ideals to heart and eventually even altering his physical appearance to more closely resemble Prime. His latest effort included a new red and blue paint job and an added [[mouthplate|faceplate]]. Far from a simple case of hero worship on Pyro's part, Autobot psy-ops specialist [[Rung]] even diagnosed him with the Cybertronian personality disorder &quot;''[[primus apotheosis]]''&quot; after studying his case. His greatest wish was to die gloriously in battle as Prime watched and understood their intimate connection. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}}<br /> <br /> Pyro was later part of the [[113th Battalion]] where they fought against the [[Infiltration protocol|phase sixer]] [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement}}<br /> <br /> Pyro would lead a platoon on [[Hydrus 5]] and successfully defended it from a [[Tremorcon]] attack, with his own heroic actions being noted as a reason for victory. {{storylink|Bullets}} Afterwards, a surprised Pyro was personally approached by Springer for recruitment into the Wreckers, with Springer claiming that the former was on the top of the list. {{Storylink|Dead Men's Boots}}<br /> <br /> Along with [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]], [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], and [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]], Pyro waited for pick-up at the Igue-Moor Fuel Depot; ''unlike'' them, he was extremely embarrassed when their bored target practice trashed the place, hurriedly putting fires out and trying to apologize to the irate foreman [[Dipstick]]. Upon pick-up, he was stunned to find [[Verity Carlo|one of those fragile humans]] was a Wrecker, and he bemused Verity with a stunned speech about how Optimus was right about the need to protect her species. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers2-Pyromotto.jpg|left|thumb|300px|In his head, Pyro likes to call them Ironhide, Warpath, and Powerglide.]]<br /> <br /> After the former (and incarcerated!) Wreckers leader, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], was picked up by the group, Pyro and the other new recruits were sidelined to a separate room while the &quot;grown-ups&quot; chatted. The others tried to help Pyro pick out a [[motto]] for himself, as he had yet to do so. His suggestions of &quot;Freedom of thought, freedom of action, freedom... to be&quot; and &quot;Sentience is the guarantor of autonomy&quot; were deemed either too pompous or too, uh, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|derivative]]. <br /> <br /> Soon, all the Autobots on board [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s ship gathered to work out the details of their planned take-back of the prison world [[Garrus-9]]. Unfortunately, the mastermind behind G-9's subjugation was the infamous Decepticon wild card, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], and Pyro joined the others in freaking out just a tad. Pyro expressed concerns that their strategy for completing their objectives wasn't terribly complex. Springer reminded him that this was the Wreckers, where planning is dumb. The group was to arrive on planet spread across two escape pods. Pyro, [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], and Ironfist were assigned to Rotorstorm's shuttle, while the other pod was to be guided in remotely also by Rotorstorm. On the way in, Pyro was surprised to learn that their pod had a stowaway: Verity Carlo in her battle suit. <br /> <br /> The Decepticons were, of course, ready for the two pods with an impressive volley of firepower. After their pods took a number of hits, Pyro and the others crash-landed on the surface of Garrus-9, right on the footsteps of Overlord. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers3-Pyroverity.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Pyro and his &lt;strike&gt;[[Kiss Player]] [[Marissa Faireborn|Marissa]]&lt;/strike&gt; [[Powermaster]] [[Hi-Q]].]]<br /> <br /> After their recovery and Rotorstorm's demise at the hands of Overlord, Pyro protected Verity by shielding her in his chest while Perceptor, Topspin, and Ironfist took on Overlord. The Autobots beat a hasty retreat as Overlord requested the rest of the Decepticons bring them a head of a Wrecker in exchange for freedom. After they escaped and found their way to where [[Aequitas]] was being held, Pyro finally remembered he was hiding Verity in his chest. After a verbal scolding from Verity, who reminded him that humans don't fold up inside chest compartments well, Pyro let his mask slip and openly questioned what Optimus Prime saw in these fragile creatures.<br /> <br /> Once Pyro's team arrived at Aequitas's cell, and with Decepticons closely on their tails, he helped helped Topspin carry the barely alive [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] inside as the prison doors opened to reveal... {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers4-blazeofglory.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Fight and die, rather than live with the knowledge that you ran! ...unless it's for something stupid.]]<br /> <br /> ...[[Aequitas]], Garrus-9's supercomputer, which judged its prisoners of their guilt. They were charged with downloading the contents of its hard drive and getting out of there, but there was one catch: With Garrus-9's command crew gone, the only way to access the mainframe for downloads was to sacrifice a spark to it. Perceptor was ineligible for this, as he was needed to interface with the supercomputer, sacrificing Topspin would also kill Twin Twist, and Verity was a human... leaving Pyro and Ironfist. <br /> <br /> Pyro balked at this, insisting his life was destined for far greater things than sacrificing himself so that they could merely turn on a computer. No, he saw himself at the end of his life going out in a blaze of glory, saving a planetful of organisms, and finally catching the attention of Optimus Prime. Like the true hero he was destined to be, he fingered Ironfist to sacrifice himself instead. After all, that guy just worked in a ''lab''. What important things had ''he'' done? This argument infuriated Verity. Just as Ironfist began sadly to agree, they were interrupted by Topspin nominating himself. Twin Twist was about to die from torture at the hands of [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]] anyhow, and this way, they could both die with relative dignity, on their own terms.<br /> <br /> Once Perceptor had access to Aequitas, another hard decision reared its head. Pyro and the others were surrounded by Decepticons, and in moments, they would be overrun and, most likely, destroyed. Perceptor could activate the deterrence chips in every prisoner on Garrus-9, thus saving them, but, as Pyro noted, Impactor was also a former prisoner and would share their fate. Perceptor put their decision to a vote, and Pyro voted against. However, Perceptor decided the needs of many outweighed the needs of Impactor, and Ironfist, with the vast database of Aequitas downloaded into his systems, had learned that Impactor wasn't so great after all and deserved to die. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers5 PyroOverwhelmed.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Don't worry, he's just re-enacting &quot;[[City of Steel]]&quot;.]]<br /> <br /> Verity made an impassioned plea to Perceptor and Ironfist not to activate the deterrence chips, arguing that the Wreckers as lionized by Ironfist would never sacrifice a teammate in this manner, no matter what Impactor had done. Perceptor decided she was correct, and they would simply fight their enemies head on. But Pyro spoke up and told them to run instead, while he offered to buy them time. Ironfist pointed out that Pyro would be slaughtered and this was hardly the blaze of glory the larger Autobot had wanted. Pyro simply told Ironfist that he had decided that dying to protect people he cared about was a fine way to go, and apologized to Verity for underestimating her worth. The others stood aside as Pyro blasted the door open. As the Decepticons charged in, Perceptor and the others slipped by while Pyro tried to hold the mob off. Verity asked Ironfist how long Pyro would be able to hold out, and Ironfist assured her that Pyro would &quot;put up a good fight&quot;.<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, Pyro was quickly overwhelmed as the mob of Decepticons swarmed over him and literally tore him limb-from-limb. After G-9 was liberated, Pyro's remains, along with the other fallen Wreckers, were placed in caskets and transported to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} Pyro's remains were eventually interred alongside his comrades in the [[Zone of Remembrance]] within [[Debris]]. {{storylink|Zero Point}}<br /> <br /> ===''Wings Universe''===<br /> [[Image:G2Redux-Pyrocaptured.jpg|left|thumb|400px|Take me to your leader!]]<br /> <br /> Born in a [[Cyberfactory]] in the [[United Kingdom]], '''Pyro Ignatius Spark''' was the first Transformer birthed on Earth to be recognized as a citizen of a human nation. He has a &quot;real&quot; name, he has a birth certificate, and he even has a job with which Pyro pays the bills: he's both a firefighter and a fire engine for the London Fire Brigade. Fearless and relentlessly cheerful, he attends to his daily chores with an eccentric, irreverent glee... even when he functions as the leader of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] [[Autobot]]s when they routinely battle [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s [[Decepticon Syndicate]]. In [[2007]], Pyro was knighted Sir Pyro Ignatius Spark for his rescue of the Queen of England from the Decepticons. <br /> <br /> In [[2010]], Pyro's G2 Autobots fought the Decepticon Syndicate once again, this time outside the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in [[Switzerland]], where Pyro feared that Clench meant to destroy the Earth. Unfortunately, Pyro was captured and brought inside by Clench, though this did not quell Pyro's ever-present good mood. Clench did not mean to destroy the Earth (he was on it!), but had teamed up with the [[Quintesson]]-aligned [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] general [[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]] and his army of next gen [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s for the purpose of using the Collider to unleashing the power of [[forestonite]]. They believed that when bombarded with particles, the forestonite would grant Transformers special powers, albeit with some color mutations.<br /> <br /> [[Image:G2Redux-Pyropurple.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Doctor, doctor, give me the news.]]<br /> <br /> Indeed, they were right, and when Pyro's team came to rescue them, both factions ended up altered by the bombarded forestonite gas. Pyro was given the power of precognition, allowing him to perpetually see a few seconds into the future. In addition to the quick reflexes his precognition made possible, he was also able to focus his new power on an object to &quot;read&quot; events from its recent past. <br /> <br /> Freed, Pyro battled Clench one-on-one, and while Clench's new powers allowed him to create local gravity wells, Pyro's precognition served him better. When it became apparent that Clench was losing, Sky-Byte and the Sharkticons abandoned him. Clench and the Syndicate also fled, and Pyro directed his team towards repairing the damage done to the Hadron Collider. And after that, there would be the exciting adventure of hunting down unaccounted-for canisters of forestonite! {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}<br /> <br /> Following a break-in at [[Quantum Laboratories]], Pyro was given the task of finding out who did it by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Generation 1===<br /> [[Image:G1-toy-Pyro.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[wikipedia:Carrot Ironfoundersson|Captain Carrot]] reporting for duty.]]<br /> *'''Pyro''' (Obliterator, 1993)<br /> **''Accessories'': Rifle, 6 missiles<br /> <br /> :Pyro transforms from a Carmichael Cobra airport crash truck into a robot (front half) and a gun emplacement featuring a six-barrel missile launcher which actually fires as one rotates the knob on the back. His sticker sheet notably includes several different windshield decals, each with the word &quot;FIRE&quot; in a different language. In robot mode he has fairly limited articulation as well as an [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]-looking headsculpt, which was the trend with Autobot leaders at the time.<br /> <br /> : He was first released as part of the &quot;transitional&quot; period of ''Transformers'' in the European market, bearing the new ''Generation 2'' Autobot symbol.<br /> <br /> :Pyro notably suffers from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]], as his feet, lower arms, wheel rims, missile launcher, his gun and his, erm, crotch, are made of this brittle plastic.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Pyro/pyro.htm More information on Pyro at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ===Generation 2===<br /> *'''Spark''' (Obliterator, 1994)<br /> **''Accessories'': Rifle, 6 missiles<br /> <br /> :Pyro was re-released in Europe without changes in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (European toyline)|Generation 2]]'' proper under the name &quot;Spark.&quot;<br /> {{--}}<br /> ===Timelines===<br /> [[Image:Timelinestoy-AutobotSpark.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Holy god yes.]]<br /> *'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)<br /> **''Accessories'': &quot;Flame&quot; missile<br /> <br /> : &quot;Autobot Spark&quot; is an extensive [[redeco]] of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'']] [[Inferno (G1)#Universe (2008)|Inferno]], transforming into an American pumper/tanker fire truck. His top-mounted spring-loaded missile launcher ends up mounted on his right arm in robot mode. He may have the most paint of any BotCon toy ever. <br /> <br /> : He's part of a ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''-themed five-figure box set available [[exclusive]]ly at [[BotCon 2010]]. The other figures in the set are [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], [[Clench (G1)|Clench]], [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] and [[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]].<br /> <br /> : This mold was [[retool]]ed to make &quot;[[Grapple#Transformers (2010)|Solar Storm Grappel]]&quot; and ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Hot Spot (G1)|Protectobot Hot Spot]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/BCSpark/spark.htm More information on Autobot Spark at TFU.info]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * Pyro's personality in ''Wings Universe'' continuity seems to be based on David Tennant's [[Doctor]].<br /> * Pyro's ''Timelines'' card art is drawn with his forearm [[kibble]] mistransformed.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Convention exclusives]]<br /> [[Category:European-original Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Timelines characters]]<br /> [[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Wreckers]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Subspace&diff=736812 2012-07-30T02:41:28Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:S3 darkawakening cyclonus subspace.gif|right|300px|thumb|&quot;Where'd you get that?&quot; &quot;Editing mistake- in my favor!&quot;]]<br /> '''Subspace''' is one name used by [[Transformer|Transformers]] to refer to the extra-dimensional &quot;space&quot; that exists between realities. Although more properly known as &quot;[[Transwarp]]&quot;, those who use the &quot;subspace&quot; term do not commonly realize that the two concepts are related (or are not even aware of the existence of Transwarp in the first place).<br /> <br /> Specifically, subspace, referred to with that name, is used as a medium for faster-than-light communication, and as an extra-dimensional storage space for Transformers to keep their weapons and other personal paraphernalia.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Story of Binaltech''===<br /> After numerous [[Autobot]]s were rendered unfit for duty by the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] virus, Wheeljack invented the [[Genetronic Translink System|GT System]] to increase their manpower. Using this system, a Transformer's [[Spark|spark]] could safely be stored in subspace, and from there, they would be able to control multiple [[Binaltech]] bodies via translink ports installed on them. [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] was the first to undergo the process. {{storylink|GT Units Online!}}<br /> <br /> Later, when [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] came under attack by the [[Decepticon]]s in the vicinity of [[Saturn]], Wheeljack attempted to use the GT System to save his friend's life. Operating from his workshop on Earth, Wheeljack attempted to transfer Prowl's spark through subspace into a new Binaltech body that he had built there. Alas, the system malfunctioned, and Prowl's spark was lost in the depths of subspace. {{storylink|Prowl &amp; Chase}}<br /> <br /> A few years later, Prowl's spark found its way through the infinite vastness of subspace and materialized in a parallel timeline where the Binaltech project had died out. Unfortunately, this did not put him beyond the reach of his timeline's Decepticons, who used a neuro-net frame, hooked up to subspace node, to locate his spark across the dimensions and drain energy from it to power a synthetic [[electrum]] monster they had created. An Autobot from the timeline Prowl had travelled to, [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], voyaged across subspace to team up with the Autobots of Prowl's home time, stop the Decepticons, and restore Prowl to his true body. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 1}} {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> ===''TransTech''===<br /> [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] explained the function of subspace storage pockets and their relation to Transwarp space to [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], who had trouble wrapping their heads around the concept. The two were familiar with subspace radio, however. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}<br /> <br /> When his spark was hijacked and transferred into a &quot;lowtech&quot; body, [[Bulletbike (TransTech)|Bulletbike]] had a subspace storage pocket in his left forearm. {{storylink|I, Lowtech}}<br /> <br /> ===Force of Habit===<br /> Some Transformers have access to an &quot;extra-dimensional storage pocket&quot; for their own personal use. As their name implies, they are extra-dimensional pockets that are used for storage. To retrieve something, a Transformer &quot;taps into&quot; the pocket, thereby &quot;summoning&quot; the object.<br /> <br /> [[Blurr (Cybertron)|Blurr]], [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runamuck]], and presumably others keep their [[Cyber Key]] in their extra-dimensional storage pocket to be retrieved as-needed. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}<br /> <br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] uses a &quot;personal storage dimension&quot;. He accesses it by means of a drawer that opens from his chest where he can store and retrieve large amounts of technology. The Autobots were able to transport [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] directly into Swindle's personal storage dimension using a [[space bridge]] after [[Sari Sumdac]] was able to hack into Swindle's private [[transwarp]] frequency. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}<br /> <br /> ===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===<br /> The [[Tracer (RB)|Tracers]] have crystals that use &quot;subspace wormhole&quot; technology, which functions to instantaneously transport any human being they come into physical contact with to a designated shelter hidden beneath [[Griffin Rock]], as part of the [[Sanctuary Plan]]. Ironically, their transporting abilities seem to have no effect on Transformers. {{storylink|Countdown (RB)|Countdown}}<br /> <br /> ==Fanon==<br /> [[Image:Ravage mtmte subspace.jpg|right|350px|thumb|]]<br /> The idea that Transformers can store equipment or portions of their body in an extradimensional space has been popular in [[Fandom|fandom]] for decades, essentially arising as an answer to perhaps the most famous question of all: &quot;Where does [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[trailer]] go when he transforms?&quot; When the Autobot leader transformed into robot mode in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] cartoon, his trailer would almost always slide out of the frame, not to be seen again until he transformed back into truck mode, at which point it would come sliding in to connect back up with him. Rather than believe that the trailer was constantly following Prime around like a puppy, conveniently perpetually out of shot, fans warmed to the notion that it was, in fact, being shunted into this extradimensional &quot;subspace&quot;, where it remained until Prime summoned it back.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Kickback subspace.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Say hello to my leetle friend!]]<br /> This &quot;subspace&quot; theory also helped to explain where characters' weaponry disappeared to when they transformed into vehicle mode, and happened to line up well with very occasional instances in the show, which featured the animation &quot;cheat&quot; of having some characters' weapons appear or disappear in a simple flash of light. This technique occurred as early as &quot;[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]&quot;, when [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] transformed into cassette mode, and his hip-mounted missiles vanished in a flare of purple energy. Despite this early precedent, the effect was ''very'' rarely used in the American series, occurring only a few more times: with [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] in &quot;[[A Plague of Insecticons]]&quot;, with [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] in &quot;[[Dark Awakening]]&quot;, and with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] in a Season 3 [[Commercial bumper|commercial bumper]]. Conversely, later Japanese series ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' used the effect like it was going out of style, with characters regularly manifesting weapons of all kinds in their hands, with light flashes of all colors, including white, golden, blue, green, purple and pink. Notably, in &quot;[[Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress]]&quot;, the idea of plucking weapons out of thin air was actually made into a plot point when [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] was unable to summon his weapons due to depleting his personal energy supply.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Optimus tud subspace.jpg|right|180px|thumb|&quot;Jesus Christ, Doc! You disintegrated Einstein!&quot;]]<br /> This &quot;subspace glow&quot; effect also saw some limited use for other means in the American series. In &quot;More than Meets the Eye, Part 2&quot;, when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] retracts his hand and replaces it with his grappling hook, his entire forearm glows orange in-between. In one particularly notable instance from &quot;[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]]&quot;, the effect was even applied to Prime's trailer; although it still rolled in from offscreen, rather than materializing out of nowhere, it was shown to be glowing with yellow light. <br /> <br /> [[Image:Soundwave jesus.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Father, eject. Operation: Forgive them, for they know not what they do.]]<br /> In a similar vein, subspace also helped to explain the assorted cases of [[Size changing|size changing]] in the cartoon series, with the notion that characters who shrank when they transformed, like [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and others, shunted their extraneous mass into subspace (because their mass ''was'' going ''somewhere'', since they became proportionately lighter when they shrank, rather than remaining the same weight). Again, the idea intersected well with one particular instance in &quot;[[Transport to Oblivion]]&quot;, which saw Soundwave's body emit a &quot;subspace glow&quot; as he transformed and grew back to robot mode (although admittedly, out of the scores of times characters changed size when they transformed, this was the only time such an effect was employed). While the original cartoon never addressed the concept of size-changing, numerous explanations for the process would be featured in later continuities (see the concept's own article for details)<br /> <br /> [[Image:Dinobothunt jazz subspace.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Dock it in yer pocket.]]<br /> Although the subspace theory originated with the cartoon, evidence to support it could even be found in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]] series; specifically the 1986 story &quot;[[Dinobot Hunt!]]&quot;, in which Jazz was shown to open a panel on his hip and remove a tiny version of his gun, which subsequently grew to full size. Years later, even ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' would feature an animation cheat that subspace could be used to explain, which would involve characters drawing their weapons by reaching behind themselves, despite the fact that any shot of the characters' backs did not show a rear holster or anyplace to keep a weapon.<br /> <br /> Regardless of the popularity of the concept in the fandom, subspace remained firmly in the realm of [[Fanon|fanon]] for years, until it finally received its first named appearance in fiction when [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] featured it in his ''Binaltech'' storyline in 2005 where it was used as a means for faster-than-light communication. A few years later, [[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]] [[Canonizing|canonized]] the whole shebang when they featured subspace by name in the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] prose stories &quot;[[Gone Too Far]]&quot; and &quot;[[I, Lowtech]]&quot;. These stories officialized the long-standing concept of subspace being used as personal storage space for Transformers (a previous story by the two authors, &quot;[[Force of Habit]]&quot;, had mentioned extra-dimensional storage pockets without explicitly referring to them as subspace), while at the same time tying it into the cross-dimensional Transwarp space from the ''Beast Wars'' animated series.<br /> <br /> Following these canonizations of long-standing fan concepts, about the only thing subspace hasn't been used to officially explain is size-changing. Even then, [[IDW Publishing]] has made use of the idea of extradimensional mass-displacement to explain characters' size-changing in their Generation 1 timeline. So we're just waiting for you to clarify where the mass is getting displaced to, guys!<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/%7Esstoneb/tf/faqs/tffaq.txt Subspace is discussed in Steve-O Stonebreaker's Transformers FAQ, from the late 1990s]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Alternators technology]]<br /> [[Category:Animated locations]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron locations]]<br /> [[Category:Dimensions]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 locations]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 technology]]<br /> [[Category:Technology]]<br /> [[Category:TransTech locations]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Tristan_38935&diff=736811 2012-07-30T02:40:07Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon|autobot}}<br /> <br /> I like this image<br /> [[Image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Ezra_Greene&diff=736810 2012-07-30T02:39:22Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the scientist from ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]''|the scientist from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]|Greene}}<br /> :''Doc Greene is a [[human]] from the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]'' portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Doc Greene profile.jpg|300px|thumb|Because &quot;Doc Brown&quot; was taken.]]<br /> <br /> '''Doc Greene''' is [[Griffin Rock]]'s very own eccentric scientist. His daughter is [[Frankie Greene]] and he owns two dogs, [[Edison]] and [[Aristotle]]. His inventions, although brilliant, endanger himself, those around him, and often the entire island on a regular basis. He drives a Delorean complete with some familiar looking kibble.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[LeVar Burton]] (English)<br /> Along with [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] and [[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]], Doc Greene had [[Morocco|Doctor Morocco]] expelled from Griffin Rock. Green subsequently became lead scientist on the island. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}<br /> <br /> Doc Greene attended the dedication ceremony for the town's new [[Rescue Bot|robotic rescue team]] with Francine. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}} He was hanging upside-down in an attempt to increase his mental acuity when he received a call from his daughter's friend [[Cody Burns]], who asked about any volcanoes on the island. Doc Greene filled him in on [[Mount Magma]] and suggested that they try to deal with the lava problem by gradually releasing the pressure. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}<br /> <br /> The Doc's experimental [[solar car]] went out of control, carrying him through the streets of [[Griffin Rock]]. Luckily the Rescue Bots prevented any major damage, and stopped the car. Doc Greene regarded the test as a success, apart from the control issues. While he was working on a newspaper dispenser to replace the one he ran over, [[Dani Burns]] visited and he was able to supply her with an old scoop claw he had in storage. {{storylink|Hotshots}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Hotshots Doc Greene at the wheel.jpg|left|300px|thumb|&quot;As soon as I get this up to 88, I'm going to go back in time and stop myself inventing it!&quot;]]<br /> While filling parade balloons with helium, Doc Greene was accidentally whisked into the air when the lobster balloon he was filling got loose. He was rescued by the Burns family and their robots, and overnight developed [[floatium]], a more reliable version of helium, which he used in all of the balloons. Unfortunately the floatium ended up turning a tank full of lobsters into [[flobster]]s, and Greene had to quickly develop a new compound to get rid of the floatium. {{storylink|Flobsters on Parade}}<br /> <br /> Doc Greene built a [[SETI]] dish for [[Huxley Prescott]] so the reporter could search for aliens. Unfortunately Prescott failed to follow safety instructions, and when Greene tried to turn it off, it was out of control and in danger of destroying the island. Fortunately the Burns family and their robots destroyed the dish. {{storylink|The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock}} He took Cody and Frankie to [[Griffin Rock Zoo]] to celebrate [[Earth Day]]. {{storylink|Walk on the Wild Side}} Greene had some [[nanite]]s stored in his laboratory for some reason. {{Storylink|Cody on Patrol}}<br /> <br /> Inspired by an accident on the island, Doc Greene created the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]] and got [[Kade Burns|Kade]] to be a test subject. When Cody wanted to try it instead, Frankie talked him into instead baby-sitting the [[Robo-Baby]] the doc had developed to record baby-related data. Greene was so impressed with the results, he let Cody test the cycle, and gave the Robo-Baby to Kade for a week. {{storylink|Four Bots and a Baby}} When Cody wanted to engineer a snow storm, Doc Greene happily supplied him with a weather machine which they set up in the town square. A snowball accident damaged the machine, and the doc had to take it back to his lab to repair it. {{storylink|Christmas in July}} When the island's automatic lighthouse failed to come on, Greene copped the flack from [[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] and soon discovered that the lighthouse's electro-magnetic sensors had been damaged. The sensor beneath his floating research lab was also attacked, and he downloaded the video from it to discover a [[shark submarine|mechanical shark]] was behind the attacks. {{storylink|Deep Trouble}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:ReturnDinoBot Doc Greene has coffee.jpg|thumb|right|220px|]]<br /> After several break-ins at the lab, Doc Greene reprogrammed the dinosaur from the [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum|museum]] as a butler/guard dog. Unfortunately someone implanted a virus in [[Trex]], which then infected the island's mainframe, and Greene had to disinfect the computer while dodging an out-of-control Trex. He succeeded in doing both that and purging the virus from Trex. Unfortunately Mayor Luskey, furious about the whole affair, relieved Greene of his post as lead scientist. {{storylink|Return of the Dinobot}} Greene and Frankie went to stay at [[Neederlander|Mrs Neederlander]]'s bed and breakfast, and Greene occupied himself building bird houses. He and his daughter were in his solar car when it went rogue, though they got out before it attempted to flatten the mayor and was crushed by the [[MorBot]]. {{storylink|The Other Doctor}} He found the reason for the failure in the remains of the car—a canister of [[nanite]]s—but it wasn't enough to convince the mayor, and he began packing to move to the mainland. As it turned out, he didn't need to go, as Cody and Frankie found evidence incriminating the recently-returned Morocco, who had been behind the recent technology failures, and Greene was reinstated as lead scientist. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:SmallBlessings Doc Greene with Minimizer.jpg|thumb|left|250px|&quot;Now it's important that you hold ''very'' still. This hasn't been properly tested yet.&quot;]]<br /> He and Frankie gave a demonstration of the [[Minimizer]] at the [[Hall of Inspiration]] during which he recklessly endangered Mrs Neederlander. When the device was later damaged during a break-in, he fixed it more or less so that Cody could return the Rescue Bots to their normal size. {{storylink|Small Blessings}} Cody consulted Doc Greene when he found a plate with strange markings and they dug up a recording of [[Anna Baranova|Professor Anna Baranova]]. After the Professor herself was brought up from the sea floor where she'd been for the last 28 years, Greene set about building her a replica of the ''[[Midgard]]'' which Frankie took as a sign he liked her. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Triangle}}<br /> <br /> Doc Greene gave Chief Burns a new experimental handheld holographic generator to try out. Amazingly, it did not explode. {{storylink|Rules and Regulations}} As well as inventing [[anti-gravity sneaker]]s, Doc Greene replicated samples of [[Squilsh]] brought back from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], and conducted tests on it. The tests went swimmingly until a sample shocked with electricity seems to come to life and started eating things. Greene was forced to rapidly trying and come up with a way to neutralize the threat, though it was ultimately [[Graham Burns]] and [[Boulder]] who worked out that alternating current was the key. Greene later gave Cody a Squilsh-powered lava lamp to give Graham. {{storylink|You've Been Squilshed}}<br /> <br /> While conducting inventory in the archives, Doc Greene encountered some [[Tracer (RB)|tracers]], which transported him to a dark place that turned out to be a cavern beneath Griffin Rock. As more people were teleported in, Greene took part in an effort to dig their way out, but ultimately they were all freed by the Rescue Bots. {{storylink|Countdown (RB)|Countdown}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Doc}}<br /> [[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]<br /> [[Category:Scientists]]<br /> [[Category:Rescue Bots humans]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Tracer_(disambiguation)&diff=736808 2012-07-30T02:36:40Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>The name '''Tracer''' has been applied to multiple ''Transformers'' characters and concepts.<br /> <br /> {{disamb|y=1988|[[Tracer (Nebulan)|Tracer]] the [[Nebulan]] [[Targetmaster]] partner to the [[Autobot]] [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] from [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]].}}<br /> {{disamb|y=1990|[[Tracer (G1 Decepticon)|Tracer]] the [[Decepticon]] [[Micromaster]] helicopter in the [[Military Patrol]] from Generation 1.}}<br /> {{disamb|y=1991|[[Tracer (ROC)|Tracer]] the Autobot Micromaster helicopter in the [[Military Team]] from ''[[Transformers: Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]''.}}<br /> {{disamb|y=2011|[[Tracer (Classified)|Tracer]] the incredibly stupid Decepticon from the [[live-action film series]].}}<br /> {{disamb|y=2012|[[Tracer (RB)|Tracers]], the small bugs from the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)| Rescue Bots]]'' episode &quot;[[Countdown (RB)|Countdown]]&quot;.}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{disambig}}</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Tristan_38935&diff=736681 2012-07-29T15:27:45Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon|}}<br /> <br /> I like this image<br /> [[Image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Tristan_38935&diff=736680 2012-07-29T15:27:36Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|Decepticon|}}<br /> <br /> I like this image<br /> [[Image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Tristan_38935&diff=736679 2012-07-29T15:27:21Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|sgDecepticon|}}<br /> <br /> I like this image<br /> [[Image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Tristan_38935&diff=736678 2012-07-29T15:26:25Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|sgdecepticon|}}<br /> <br /> I like this image<br /> [[Image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Aquafend&diff=736677 2012-07-29T15:24:08Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobotg2}}<br /> :''Aquafend is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:G2-art Aquafend.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I guess being bright pink and green, he'd have to be a master of disguise so the other Autobots wouldn't have to look at him.]]<br /> <br /> Some would say that delving too deeply into the [[Decepticon]] mindset is not a good idea. '''Aquafend''' would disagree, and it certainly hasn't had any negative affects on him. The [[Aquaspeeder]]s' intelligence expert, he's made it his mission to know ''exactly'' what the Decepticons are thinking in order to come up with the most effective countermeasures for their evil plans, if not stop them before they even have a chance to start.<br /> <br /> Of course, the fact that his own [[brother]], [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]], has turned 'Con probably plays into it a bit.<br /> <br /> Aquafend is a renowned expert in espionage, particularly in the field of disguise. No matter how rugged the terrain, he's willing to go deep into enemy-held territory to find out their latest diabolical scheme. And if he gets caught? He's got the hydro-power to blast his way free if it comes to it.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Wings Universe''===<br /> Aquafend and his twin brother [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] were brought to life on Earth in the 21st century at one of the [[Cyberfactory|Cyberfactories]]. They grew apart as the Cybertronian Wars returned to Earth and Aquafend joined [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]'s Autobots while Jetstorm became part of [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s Decepticon Syndicate. The two sides clashed at the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in Switzerland, but the Autobots were overwhelmed by the new model [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s and forced to retreat. After regrouping, Aquafend and [[Scorch (G1)|Scorch]] led the main Autobot force in a frontal attack on the Collider facility, distracting the Syndicate so that [[Rapido]]'s smaller unit could sneak in the back way. They managed to hold out long enough for reinforcements to arrive from [[Autobot City]]. <br /> <br /> Once the Autobot team was large enough to hold the line, Aquafend led a smaller unit to split off from the battle and enter the complex. He and [[Gobots]] charged in to rescue the [[human]] hostages inside the Collider, but ran into his evil brother and his partner, [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]]. Their feud was interrupted by the fast-spreading [[forestonite]] gas, which mutated all Transformers present into super-powered new forms. Aquafend developed the power to generate freezing energy from his fists. The fight soon turned against the Decepticons and they fled, leaving the hostages alive and the Autobots more powerful than ever. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}<br /> <br /> Not trusting these strange new powers, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] made Aquafend demonstrate his ice streams on Decepticon dummy targets alongside a number of other Autobots. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> ===IDW comics continuity===<br /> Aquafend was a crew member on board the ''[[Lost Light]]'' during the quest to find the legendary [[Knights of Cybertron]]. When [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] took [[Rung]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] hostage in Rung's office, he was part of a security team prepared to take action and bust their way into the room if necessary. {{storylink|Interiors}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Generation 1===<br /> [[Image:G2-toy Aquafend.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]<br /> * '''Aquafend''' (Aquaspeeder, 1993)<br /> **''Accessories'': Water cannon<br /> <br /> : Aquafend transforms into a Baja-style dune buggy. He has a [[Water-squirting gimmick|water-squirting rifle]] connected to a bellows/reservoir backpack; the rifle forms his front bumper in buggy mode while the backpack forms his spoiler. His canopy uses [[color changing]] paint, turning pale when exposed to warm water (or left out in the sun).<br /> <br /> : Aquafend was only available in various European markets during the two-year &quot;transitional&quot; period marking the changeover from [[The Transformers (toyline)|the original toyline]] to ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]''; in the original line's final year (1993), the toys were given redesigned Autobot and Decepticon symbols, but it wasn't until 1994 that &quot;Generation 2&quot; appeared on the packaging.<br /> <br /> : This mold was also used to make the ''Generation 2'' Decepticon [[Color Changer]] [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Aquafend/aquafend.htm More information on Aquafend at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ===Generation 2===<br /> * '''Aquafend''' (Aquaspeeder, 1994)<br /> **''Accessories'': Water cannon<br /> <br /> : This release is identical to the original, only this time in packaging specifically branded &quot;Generation 2&quot;.<br /> <br /> [[Category:European-original Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Spies]]<br /> [[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Lost_Light&diff=736676 2012-07-29T15:23:24Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>:''The ''Lost Light'' is a starship from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:MTMTE2 Lost Light.jpg|right|thumb|300px|&quot;...I've still got that library book!&quot;]]<br /> <br /> The '''''Lost Light''''' is a starship utilized by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and over 200 other assorted [[Transformer]]s on a quest to find the mythical [[Knights of Cybertron]].<br /> <br /> Its crew at launch includes:<br /> {{collist|3|<br /> *[[Animus]]<br /> *[[Aquafend]]<br /> *[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]<br /> *[[Bob (IDW)|Bob]]<br /> *[[Boss (G1)|Boss]]<br /> *[[Brainstorm]]<br /> *[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]<br /> *[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]<br /> *[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]<br /> *[[Deftwing]]<br /> *[[Doubletap]]<br /> *[[Drift (G1)|Drift]] ''(third-in-command)''<br /> *[[Fizzle]]<br /> *[[Gears (G1)|Gears]]<br /> *[[Grapple|Grapple]]<br /> *[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]<br /> *[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]<br /> *[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]<br /> *[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]<br /> *[[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]]<br /> *[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]<br /> *[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]]<br /> *[[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]]<br /> *[[Ore]]<br /> *[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]<br /> *[[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]]<br /> *[[Pointblank]]<br /> *[[Polaris]]<br /> *[[Powerflash]]<br /> *[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]<br /> *[[Rad]]<br /> *[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]<br /> *[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]<br /> *[[Rewind]]<br /> *[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] ''(leader)''<br /> *[[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]]<br /> *[[Rung]]<br /> *[[Sandstorm (G1)| Sandstorm]] <br /> *[[Shock]]<br /> *[[Siren]]<br /> *[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]<br /> *[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]<br /> *[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]<br /> *[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]<br /> *[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] <br /> *[[Turbine]]<br /> *[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] ''(second-in-command)''<br /> *[[Waverider]]<br /> *[[Xaaron]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> Joining the crew after their journey is underway:<br /> *[[Ambulon]]<br /> *[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]<br /> *[[Dogfight]] ''(presumably)''<br /> *[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]<br /> *[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]<br /> *[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]<br /> *[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]<br /> *[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===IDW Generation 1 comics===<br /> {{ongoing}}<br /> A [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] was kept contained in the ''Lost Light'' by its original [[NAIL]] owners. It was kept docile by [[turbofox]] meals. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}<br /> <br /> Denied the help of [[Omega Supreme (G1)| Omega Supreme]], Rodimus bought the ''Lost Light'' to find the Knights of Cybertron, a group from Cybertron's ancient past. He intended on following a map discovered in the halves of the now empty [[Matrix of Leadership]] by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Rewind]], hoping that the knowledge and power of the Knights could be used to bring Cybertron into a new golden age. Rodimus gave a rousing speech on the day prior to the launch, intending on swaying the varied Transformers currently inhabiting and feuding on Cybertron to accompany him. While [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] predicted Rodimus would fail to convince anyone to leave with him, at least 200 answered the call. After being checked and cleared by a diligent [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], the passengers boarded the ''Lost Light'', along with a &quot;[[Whirl (G1)|weapon of mass destruction]]&quot; brought on board by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], an unconscious and crippled [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], and mysterious cargo smuggled aboard on Prowl's orders.<br /> <br /> The ship launched on schedule, but something went wrong. As the ''Lost Light'' lifted off, it was rocked by an explosion and [[quantum jump]]ed before it was ready. The jump placed the ''Lost Light'' over an unknown planet somewhere in space and caused one of the rear thrusters to explode, resulting in a fire and a hull tear in one of the hangars on the upper decks. Before the tear could be sealed, 40 Autobots were ejected through the breach. Rodimus ordered the ''Lost Light'' to be set down on the planet's surface so the lost Autobots could be recovered. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} Perceptor and [[Brainstorm]] found that the reason for the explosion was that [[Ore]] had been standing close to one of the quantum generators when they were activated, and was mashed into it. By the time the rescue mission was done and the ''Lost Light'' left the planet, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] joined the crew while [[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]] and [[Polaris]] had been found dead. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}}<br /> <br /> The Sparkeater that none of the Autobots knew of broke out during their journey, killing [[Shock]] and [[Animus]] before going on a hunt for the &quot;brightest [[spark]]&quot; on the ship: [[Rung]]. Rodimus had the rest of the crew locked in their quarters and lured the Sparkeater to the engine room, where he mashed it into a generator when the ''Lost Light'' did its next quantum jump. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} <br /> <br /> The crew then had a celebration at Swerve's recently opened bar and Rodimus ordered Rewind to give Tailgate a history lesson about the Great War. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}}<br /> <br /> Ultra Magnus would later teach Tailgate the [[Autobot Code]] while Ratchet, Drift, and Pipes investigated on significant life declining in Delphi. Meanwhile, Red Alert told Rung he was hearing noises below his room in the Sparkeater chamber that was vaguely recognized as &quot;me...kill&quot; over and over again. Later on, Ratchet and his comrades returned with new crew members including [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}<br /> <br /> Despite attempts to give him therapy, Maximus shot a bunch of crew members before taking Rung and Whirl hostage so he could demand the ship be taken back to Cybertron. Swerve and Rewind, who had been replacing rivets on the ship's hull, attempted to shoot him through the window, but accidentally killed Rung instead. Elsewhere, Red Alert used the deceased Ore's drill arm to find the source of the noise he had heard earlier and found a captive [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] begging to be killed. {{storylink|Interiors}}<br /> <br /> When informed, Orion Pax thought even with the ''Lost Light'''s &quot;destruction&quot;, Rodimus and his crew were still alive. {{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *According to Roberts in an online interview, [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] intended to join the crew of the ''Lost Light'' but was talked out of it at the last minute by &quot;someone with a vested interest&quot;.&lt;ref&gt; http://www.craveonline.com/comics/interviews/182693-james-roberts-and-the-transformers-renaissance&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Generation 1 starships]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Lost_Light&diff=736675 2012-07-29T15:22:48Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>:''The ''Lost Light'' is a starship from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:MTMTE2 Lost Light.jpg|right|thumb|300px|&quot;...I've still got that library book!&quot;]]<br /> <br /> The '''''Lost Light''''' is a starship utilized by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and over 200 other assorted [[Transformer]]s on a quest to find the mythical [[Knights of Cybertron]].<br /> <br /> Its crew at launch includes:<br /> {{collist|3|<br /> *[[Animus]]<br /> *[[Aquafend]]<br /> *[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]<br /> *[[Bob (IDW)|Bob]]<br /> *[[Boss (G1)|Boss]]<br /> *[[Brainstorm]]<br /> *[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]<br /> *[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]<br /> *[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]<br /> *[[Deftwing]]<br /> *[[Doubletap]]<br /> *[[Drift (G1)|Drift]] ''(third-in-command)''<br /> *[[Fizzle]]<br /> *[[Gears (G1)|Gears]]<br /> *[[Grapple|Grapple]]<br /> *[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]<br /> *[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]<br /> *[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]<br /> *[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]<br /> *[[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]]<br /> *[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]<br /> *[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]]<br /> *[[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]]<br /> *[[Ore]]<br /> *[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]<br /> *[[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]]<br /> *[[Pointblank]]<br /> *[[Polaris]]<br /> *[[Powerflash]]<br /> *[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]<br /> *[[Rad]]<br /> *[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]<br /> *[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]<br /> *[[Rewind]]<br /> *[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] ''(leader)''<br /> *[[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]]<br /> *[[Rung]]<br /> *[[Sandstorm (G1)| Sandstorm]] <br /> *[[Shock]]<br /> *[[Siren]]<br /> *[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]<br /> *[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]<br /> *[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]<br /> *[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]<br /> *[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] <br /> *[[Turbine]]<br /> *[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] ''(second-in-command)''<br /> *[[Waverider]]<br /> *[[Xaaron]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> Joining the crew after their journey is underway:<br /> *[[Ambulon]]<br /> *[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]<br /> *[[Dogfight]] ''(presumably)''<br /> *[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]<br /> *[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]<br /> *[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]<br /> *[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]<br /> *[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===IDW Generation 1 comics===<br /> {{ongoing}}<br /> A [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] was kept contained in the ''Lost Light'' by its original [[NAIL]] owners. It was kept docile by [[turbofox]] meals. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}}<br /> <br /> Denied the help of [[Omega Supreme (G1)| Omega Supreme]], Rodimus bought the ''Lost Light'' to find the Knights of Cybertron, a group from Cybertron's ancient past. He intended on following a map discovered in the halves of the now empty [[Matrix of Leadership]] by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Rewind]], hoping that the knowledge and power of the Knights could be used to bring Cybertron into a new golden age. Rodimus gave a rousing speech on the day prior to the launch, intending on swaying the varied Transformers currently inhabiting and feuding on Cybertron to accompany him. While [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] predicted Rodimus would fail to convince anyone to leave with him, at least 200 answered the call. After being checked and cleared by a diligent [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], the passengers boarded the ''Lost Light'', along with a &quot;[[Whirl (G1)|weapon of mass destruction]]&quot; brought on board by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], an unconscious and crippled [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], and mysterious cargo smuggled aboard on Prowl's orders.<br /> <br /> The ship launched on schedule, but something went wrong. As the ''Lost Light'' lifted off, it was rocked by an explosion and [[quantum jump]]ed before it was ready. The jump placed the ''Lost Light'' over an unknown planet somewhere in space and caused one of the rear thrusters to explode, resulting in a fire and a hull tear in one of the hangars on the upper decks. Before the tear could be sealed, 40 Autobots were ejected through the breach. Rodimus ordered the ''Lost Light'' to be set down on the planet's surface so the lost Autobots could be recovered. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} Perceptor and [[Brainstorm]] found that the reason for the explosion was that [[Ore]] had been standing close to one of the quantum generators when they were activated, and was mashed into it. By the time the rescue mission was done and the ''Lost Light'' left the planet, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] joined the crew while [[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]] and [[Polaris]] had been found dead. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}}<br /> <br /> The Sparkeater that none of the Autobots knew of broke out during their journey, killing [[Shock]] and [[Animus]] before going on a hunt for the &quot;brightest [[spark]]&quot; on the ship: [[Rung]]. Rodimus had the rest of the crew locked in their quarters and lured the Sparkeater to the engine room, where he mashed it into a generator when the ''Lost Light'' did its next quantum jump. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} <br /> <br /> The crew then had a celebration at Swerve's recently opened bar and Rodimus ordered Rewind to give Tailgate a history lesson about the Great War. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}}<br /> <br /> Ultra Magnus would later teach Tailgate the [[Autobot Code]] while Ratchet, Drift, and Pipes investigated on significant life declining in Delphi. Meanwhile, Red Alert told Rung he was hearing noises below his room in the Sparkeater chamber that was vaguely recognized as &quot;me...kill&quot; over and over again. Later on, Ratchet and his comrades returned with new crew members including [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}<br /> <br /> <br /> Despite attempts to give him therapy, Maximus shot a bunch of crew members before taking Rung and Whirl hostage so he could demand the ship be taken back to Cybertron. Swerve and Rewind, who had been replacing rivets on the ship's hull, attempted to shoot him through the window, but accidentally killed Rung instead. Elsewhere, Red Alert used the deceased Ore's drill arm to find the source of the noise he had heard earlier and found a captive [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] begging to be killed. {{storylink|Interiors}}<br /> <br /> When informed, Orion Pax thought even with the ''Lost Light'''s &quot;destruction&quot;, Rodimus and his crew were still alive. {{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *According to Roberts in an online interview, [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] intended to join the crew of the ''Lost Light'' but was talked out of it at the last minute by &quot;someone with a vested interest&quot;.&lt;ref&gt; http://www.craveonline.com/comics/interviews/182693-james-roberts-and-the-transformers-renaissance&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Generation 1 starships]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Overlord_(G1)&diff=736673 2012-07-29T15:19:44Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{faction|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig3|Overlord}}<br /> {{featured}}<br /> :''Overlord is a [[Decepticon]] [[Godmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Overlord.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He's a she! She's a he! He's a she-she. He's half man, half woman. All Lord.]]<br /> <br /> [[Autobot]]s quake in fear when '''Overlord''' (オーバーロード ''Ōbārōdo'') thunders on to the battlefield. This towering warrior is an amalgamation of the deadliest [[Decepticon]] weaponry known, armed with laser blasters and grenade launchers in his stomach, and the terrifying ability to prevent the wounds he inflicts upon his opponents from healing. He is even equipped with an internal arms factory. Overlord is formed from two individual vehicles, a tank and a jet, which combine together to form his colossal robot mode, a heavily-armed advance base, or a larger jet capable of space flight.<br /> <br /> He is sometimes known as '''Gigatron'''.<br /> <br /> {{note|Exactly who—and even ''what''—Overlord is varies greatly from continuity to continuity, to the point that it could conceivably be argued whether or not the different incarnations represent different characters. See individual sections below for details.}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Japanese Generation 1 continuity===<br /> The story of the Overlord begins with the mysterious alien energy-being and self-styled Decepticon god, [[Devil Z]], who schemed to create the ultimate lifeform by merging Transformers and humans into one. Devil Z stole a collection of Transformer [[Transtector]]s from the [[G Nebula 89|G Nebula]] and brought them to Earth, where he recruited two human beings, husband and wife [[Giga]] and [[Mega]], and charged them with creating an army for him. Mega and Giga were both bonded to the largest Transtector, and together, they became the terrifying Overlord, serving as Devil Z's &quot;Ambassador of Destruction&quot; on Earth.<br /> <br /> In this continuity, each of Overlord's two components are piloted by Giga and Mega, and are hence known as the '''Gigatank''' and the '''Megajet'''. As deadly as his &quot;Chōkon Daemon Blast&quot; lasers and &quot;Chōkon Bolt Masher&quot; grenade launcher are, Overlord has little need for projectile weapons: as a [[Godmaster]], he is capable of manipulating [[Chōkon Power]], and can even employ it to inhibit the regenerative abilities of other Godmasters.<br /> <br /> ====Cartoon continuity====<br /> =====''Super God Masterforce'' cartoon=====<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Keiichi Noda]] (Japanese)<br /> <br /> [[Image:Overlord r.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Lady Mega: &quot;Does this Transtector make me look fat?&quot;&lt;br&gt;Lord Giga: *groan*]]<br /> Giga and Mega took their Transtectors into battle for the first time after a string of failures that resulted in several of the Godmaster Transtectors falling into the hands of the [[Autobot]]s. The couple had [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] lure Autobot commander [[Ginrai]] into the desert, and then confronted him as Overlord, immediately proving their superiority by beating him to near-death. {{storylink|Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?}} Believing Ginrai dealt with, Overlord subsequently departed into space, taking control of a [[Weather Observatory Moon Base|weather-monitoring base]] on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] in order to rendezvous with the approaching [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] there. Ginrai, however, proved entirely too stubborn to die, and, powered-up through his combination with the freshly-constructed [[Godbomber]] drone, soon pursued Overlord and engaged him in battle above the moon's surface. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!}} During the fight, Ginrai was blindsided by BlackZarak and sent crashing down to the moon, where he found himself hunted by the two powerful Decepticons. Luckily, the Autobot battleship [[Grand Maximus]] arrived to help, and the two Decepticon tried to break off the fight an return to Earth. Ginrai and Grand vowed to stop them, and a shot from Ginrai's God Cannon sent Overlord plummeting back to the moon, forcing Giga and Mega to split into their individual Transtectors to soften their impact and save their lives. The Autobot pair managed to drive BlackZarak back to the moon as well, and the dark Decepticon insisted that Overlord return to Earth alone and inform Devil Z of the situation. Overlord refused, furious that anyone other than Devil Z would presume to give him orders, but when Ginrai and Grand returned to press their attack, he realised the damage he had sustained prevented him from carrying on the fight, and he relented. After Overlord departed for Earth, however, the outnumbered BlackZarak was then beaten by Ginrai and sent fleeing back into the depths of space. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Overlord v.jpg|right|205px|thumb|I'm easy come. Easy go. Little High. Little Low.]]<br /> Incensed by this failure, Giga decided to reduce Ginrai's power level by destroying Godbomber. A desert again served as Ginrai and Overlord's battleground, as Overlord used his Chōkon Power to create a massive whirling tornado out of the shifting sands, but when he was thrown off balance by a sneaky God Punch attack, Overlord's &quot;Chōkon Tornado&quot; quickly backfired on him and sent him spinning off wildly through the sky. {{storylink|Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado}} Despite this setback, Overlord made another attempt to eliminate Godbomber, this time by separating him from Ginrai with an ambush in the American heartland. In their separate Transtectors, Giga and Mega wore down Ginrai until he no longer had enough Chōkon Power to animate Godbomber, but the plan was foiled when the Autobot [[Headmaster Junior]]s discovered they could combine their own energy to control Godbomber themselves. With Ginrai and Godbomber reunited, Overlord was sent packing by a blast of Chōkon Power. {{storylink|Destroy Godbomber!!}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Overlord b.jpg|left|205px|thumb|Umm, Giga? Where are we supposed to sleep?]]<br /> Overlord later adopted his base mode for the first time to act as a staging ground for the search for the final Godmaster. The search came to an abruptly end, however, when the Godmaster himself, [[Clouder]], sought out the Decepticons, and the villains decided to use his ability to adopt two robot forms to install him as a double agent within the Autobot ranks. {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}} Using information fed to them by Clouder, the Decepticons initiated a full-scale attack on the Autobots' headquarters, again using Overlord's base mode as a mobile headquarters from which the assault was masterminded. {{storylink|Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!}} When Ginrai (who had been lured away from the base so the attack to begin) returned to aid his fellow Autobots, Overlord transformed to robot mode and again engaged him in battle, intending to keep him occupied until a [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacon]] force could destroy the Autobot base from within. Although defeated in combat, Overlord was still able to gloat, as Ginrai failed to realise that he was being stalled until it was too late. Furious at his own short-sightedness, Ginrai hurled Overlord and embedded him, head-first, in the side of the mountain housing the Autobot base. At that moment, the base's magma converter power core finally exploded, and Overlord was sent flying over the horizon by a jet of lava. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Overlord spacejet.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Set controls to outer space, now, flying higher than ever before!]]<br /> Soon thereafter, BlackZarak returned to Earth, and the Decepticons began &quot;Operation M-1&quot; to cut a swathe of devastation across the Earth. While BlackZarak tore through [[New York City|New York]], Overlord landed in the heart of [[Paris]], decimating military resistance and destroying the [[Arc de Triomphe]]. With these cities in ruins, the two Decepticons began to converge on Tokyo; while passing over China, Overlord landed on the Great Wall and broadcasted a message to the leaders of the world, warning them to surrender or witness Tokyo's destruction. Overlord then carried on his way, easily defeating [[Metalhawk]], [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] and [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] when they attempted to block his path. Overlord and BlackZarak soon arrived in Tokyo, and with no surrender forthcoming, began razing the city. In the midst of the chaos, however, Ginrai and Grand Maximus—who had been trapped in a black hole by BlackZarak, and only just managed to escape—arrived to stop their evil deeds. During the ensuing battle, Ginrai manoeuvred himself between the two Decepticons, and dodged at the last second, causing them to blast each other. With his two most powerful warriors damaged, Devil Z called off Operation M-1, and initiated Operation M-2 {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}} which involved destroying the Earth's atmosphere from orbit with the unholy [[Death Para-Machine]]. Overlord transformed to his &quot;space jet&quot; mode to carry the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors into space for the operation, but naturally, the Autobots pursued their enemies, and Ginrai was able to destroy the Death Para-Machine before it caused irreparable damage to Earth. {{storylink|Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:Overlord vs ginrai.jpg|left|225px|thumb|&quot;I outrank you, Ginrai!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;You do NOT! 'God' outranks 'Overlord'!&quot;]]<br /> After a battle with [[Lightfoot]] in southern Europe, {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}} Overlord tried a more underhanded tactic, capturing Autobot Headmaster Junior [[Shūta Gō]], and using him as a bargaining chip to bring Ginrai to the Decepticon base. The battle that followed was distinctly one-sided, as Ginrai was unable to fight back due to Shūta being in danger, but this suddenly took an unexpected turn when Decepticon Junior [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] turned on his teammates and freed Shūta. Even as the shocked Overlord commanded him to stop, Ginrai got back in the fight, and flattened Overlord before escaping with Shūta and Cancer. {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} With the information Cancer provided them, the Autobots were able to stage an all-out attack on the Decepticon base, during which Overlord again battled Ginrai. The fight came to a sudden end when Devil Z merged together with BlackZarak and collapsed the Decepticon base in a failed attempt to destroy the Autobots. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}}<br /> <br /> For a time, Devil Z's hatred of humankind had been steadily growing, and rankled with Giga and Mega, reaching a head when the alien abandoned [[Wilder]] and [[Bullhorn]] in the ruins of the Decepticon base, and transformed Hydra and Buster into true robots. {{storylink|Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn}} Confronting God Ginrai for one final time in the heart of the [[Grand Canyon]], Overlord vowed to fight him without weapons, battling him only through the use of his physical strength and the power of his human flesh. He didn't explain his motives to Ginrai, but Ginrai observed Overlord's refusal to draw his weapons, and fought honourably. When Grand Maximus arrived on the scene, however, he was not so concerned, and simply shot Overlord out of the sky. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:Overlord ginrairescue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I get by with a little help from my ... uh, foes.]]<br /> After the battle in the Grand Canyon, the Decepticons relocated to the Alps, and the Autobots again gave chase. Overlord was willing to engage the Autobot Godmasters, but the merged Devil Z/BlackZarak entity held him back and instead buried them under an avalanche. Meanwhile, Ginrai again defeated Hydra and Buster, and the two brothers limped back to the peak of the Matterhorn, where Devil Z turned on them for their failure. As their punishment continued, Overlord at last stood up to his emperor and attempted to stop him, only to be on the receiving end of the emperor's wrath. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} Unexpectedly, Overlord was rescued by Ginrai, and as the Autobot leader began his final battle with BlackZarak, Giga and Mega realized that they owed him a debt of honor for saving them and finally made the decision to turn against their former master. When Overlord attempted to aid God Ginrai in his battle with BlackZarak, however, they were struck down and enveloped in a sphere of Devil Z's [[Devil Power]]. Devil Z separated Mega and Giga from their Transtectors, bringing Overlord to live as a true super-robot lifeform. As their [[Master-Brace]]s vanished from their wrists, Giga and Mega died, regretting that they could not settle their rivalry with Ginrai honourably. Alas, there was not even time to mourn, as the new, robotic Overlord lunged for Ginrai, but was tackled by Grand Maximus. Ginrai subsequently united his powers with the Headmasters Juniors to finally destroy Devil Z and BlackZarak, and at the sight of his leader being vaporized, Overlord immediately called for the Decepticons to retreat. As they fled into space, the Autobots' Transtectors were also brought to life, as Overlord's had been, by the death of Devil Z, and they took headed into space in pursuit of Overlord's Decepticons. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> =====''Victory'' cartoon=====<br /> [[Image:Decepticons in the g nebula.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Those car washes get more dangerous every year.]]<br /> The now-living Overlord Transtector and his followers rejoined the Decepticon forces in space, and Overlord briefly led the Decepticon army before the rise to power of [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]. {{storylink|Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus's toy bio}} Following this, Overlord commanded the Sector Two Decepticon force, based in the G Nebula, where they battled the Autobots under the command of his old foe, God Ginrai. {{storylink|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> =====''Zone'' cartoon=====<br /> [[Image:OverlordZone1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Robots should not wear [[Transformer clothing#Capes|capes]].]]<br /> <br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Keiichi Noda]] (Japanese)<br /> <br /> Years later, when the supernatural creature known as [[Violen Jiger]] seized command of the Decepticons, his first act was to recruit nine &quot;[[Nine Great Demon Generals|Demon Generals]]&quot; from Decepticon history. Overlord was selected to be one of those Generals and was given new power and weaponry to make him an even greater threat than before. At Violen Jiger's instruction, Overlord was sent to the planet [[Feminia]] to wreak havoc along with [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Together, the three Decepticon Demon Generals destroyed the entire planet and nearly killed Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] [[Star Saber (Victory)|Victory Saber]] in the process. <br /> <br /> Two-and-a-half months later, Overlord led Menasor, Abominus and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] in an attack on the planet of [[Micro|Zone]], gleefully blasting [[Micromaster]]s and using his trident to slice into [[Zone Base]] to retrieve a sample of [[Energon Z]] for Decepticon use. With the Micromasters completely unable to harm the Decepticon generals, Overlord left the planet in triumph, handing the Energon Z off to the second group of Generals, who went on to attack Earth, but were stopped by Autobot [[Powered Master]] [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ====Comic continuity====<br /> =====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic=====<br /> [[Image:Overlord manga.jpg|left|250px|thumb|The sound effect reads &quot;fart.&quot;]]<br /> Giga and Mega debuted their Transtectors in an attack on a city, during which they combined into Overlord and devastated the Autobot Godmasters with their Daemon Blast and Bolt Masher weapons. Blindsided and badly damaged by the newly-created God Ginrai, Overlord was goaded into pursuing the Autobot out into space, where BlackZarak was battling the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. As BlackZarak turned to face the approaching Ginrai, the cunning Autobot swiftly ducked out of the way, causing Overlord and BlackZarak to attack each other. Gravely wounded, Overlord returned to Earth, while BlackZarak fled back into space. {{storylink|God Ginrai's Amazing Super-God Combination!}} <br /> <br /> Overlord's base mode was employed by the Decepticon to hold Shūta Gō and [[Cab]] prisoner, when they attempted to torture the two boys into becoming members of the Decepticons. Their fellow Autobot Junior, [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]], came to their rescue when she crashed Godbomber through Overlord's walls and freed them, after which Overlord transformed to robot mode to face the approaching Ginrai and Grand Maximus. It wasn't his best showing: after Ginrai combined with Godbomber, Grand crashed his battleship directly into Overlord's face, and God Ginrai used the Headmaster's &quot;[[Master Blade (Masterforce)|Master Blade]]&quot; to slice off Overlord's legs. Their Transtectors forcibly separated, the battered Giga and Mega escaped. {{storylink|The Earth Family of Good and Evil}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Overlord aolaser.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]<br /> From the top of [[Qomolangma]], Overlord rained destruction down on the world using the Decepticons' newest weapon, the [[A.O. Laser]]. When Ginrai and Godbomber arrived to stop him, Overlord turned the laser on them; they dodged, but they had failed to observe the presence of the Decepticons' newest member, the Godmaster Clouder, who reflected the laser beam back at them and knocked them out of the sky. Unfortunately for Overlord, a chance comment from Cancer insulting Clouder's falcon mode plunged the Godmaster into such a rage that he turned on his Decepticon allies and blew up the A.O. Laser in Overlord's hands. Although Ginrai had been temporarily blinded by the A.O. Laser, the Headmaster Juniors were able to serve as his eyes and point him in the right direction to unleash his &quot;God Punch&quot; attack, which clobbered Overlord so hard that Giga and Mega actually popped out of his chest. {{storylink|Decepticons' Great Counterattack!}}<br /> <br /> Soon thereafter, when the Autobots were off-Earth visiting their space-based allies, BlackZarak was able to return to Earth, and he and Overlord took the opportunity to attack a city. The Autobots soon returned with, and Ginrai and Godbomber grappled with Overlord, forcing him to separate back into the Megajet and Gigatank. The two Autobots clung onto the separate Transtectors, however, refusing to let them escape, as they waited for the new weapon they had brought back from space, the [[VX Bomb]] to detonate. The explosion came seconds later, knocking Mega and Giga's Transtectors offline, but Ginrai and Godbomber survived by combining into God Ginrai. {{storylink|Live? Die?! The Desperate Super-God Combination}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Overlord vs blackzarak.jpg|left|250px|thumb|]]<br /> When BlackZarak attacked a city, Cancer happened to be here, and BlackZarak showed his disdain for humans by using the boy as a bargaining chip to prevent the Autobots from interfering with his deviltry. Horrified at this treatment of Cancer, Overlord viciously attacked BlackZarak, rescuing Cancer from his grip, but while they were fighting, it allowed the Autobots to take down both of them. {{storylink|Great Turn-Around! Autobots}}<br /> <br /> In light of this act of treachery by Overlord, it was perhaps not surprising that in the midst of his next battle with Ginrai, Overlord himself was the subject of a betrayal. In an attempt to transform himself into the ultimate lifeform, Devil Z fused with BlackZarak, and then turned on Overlord and the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors, attempting to drain theirs and Ginrai's [[Chōkon Power|Jinchōkon]] and take it for his own. They were saved by the Autobot Pretenders, who blocked the Jinchōkon-absorbing beam, and Overlord decided to join with the Autobots in defeating Devil Z. Overlord joined with all the other Transformers in combining their energies into the &quot;Perfect Transform Attack&quot;, which finally destroyed BlackZarak and Devil Z once and for all. With the alien's death, the Transformers' Transtectors were brought to life as true super-robot lifeforms, Overlord's included. Alas, Devil Z's energies had also been sustaining the lives of Giga and Mega, and his death also resulted in theirs. The now-living Overlord and Ginrai Transtectors decided to take their troops back into space, where Overlord vowed to defeat Ginrai in memory of Mega and Giga, and for the honor of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Birth of the Super Lifeforms}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> =====''Zone'' comic and story pages=====<br /> [[Image:Overlord zone manga.jpg|right|160px|thumb|]]<br /> Years after the end of the [[Masterforce War]], Overlord was among the Decepticons recruited by the new Decepticon emperor Violen Jiger to become the strongest of his Nine Great Demon Generals. In addition to his new title of &quot;Super-God General&quot;, Overlord was outfitted with new armor and weapons that made him even more dangerous than before. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}<br /> <br /> One month after the Demon Generals destroyed the planet Feminia, apparently taking the life of the Autobot Supreme Commander Victory Saber in the process, Overlord led Menasor, Bruticus and Abominus in an attack on the planet Zone, where they successfully stole a sample of the super-energy, Energon Z. When the Zone Base transformed into battle mode and opened fire on the Decepticons, Overlord called retreat, seeing no need to stay and fight when the prize was already theirs. Overlord then handed the Energon Z off to the second platoon of generals, who subsequently headed for Earth, but were defeated in battle there by the Decepticon Powered Master Dai Atlas. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}<br /> <br /> It wasn't long before Overlord got his own chance to go up against Dai Atlas, but the Powered Master didn't think much of this so-called &quot;Strongest of the Generals,&quot; aiming to finish their battle in under eight seconds. Whether or not he achieved this lofty goal is unknown, but he ''did'' lay out Overlord with his powerful &quot;Galactic Dash&quot; attack. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 6}}<br /> <br /> The Generals later schooled [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them formidable foes for the [[Powered Master]]s. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ====''Transformers PD Type''====<br /> [[Image:Pdtype_overlord.jpg|left|thumb]]<br /> During a battle between Overlord and Super Ginrai, the Autobot Godmaster prepared to attack with Chokon Power. When he raised his hands to summon Tenchokon, however, he was struck by a bolt of lightning, causing Overlord to smirk that the weather wasn't looking too good. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##7 &quot;Fight! Super Ginrai!&quot;|Fight! Super Ginrai!!}}<br /> <br /> Sitting in a field, watching the clouds float by, Overlord started to wonder what he was doing with his life and decided he needed a day off to reflect on his lot. Unfortunately, he had chosen to sit down and have this epiphany in the middle of a huge battle, and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] began shouting at him to get back up and join the fight. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##9 &quot;Oh Overlord.&quot;|Oh, Overlord}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===European toy bio continuity===<br /> [[Image:Overlord vs motorvators.jpg|right|thumb|Collect all time-displaced toys.]]<br /> A legend by virtue of his very existence, Overlord is the ultimate Decepticon anti-hero. Emerging to join the Transformers' war at some undetermined point in space and time, Overlord fights alone on the battlefield despite his Decepticon allegiance, a monolithic horror born of &quot;advanced robotic engineering&quot; whose special abilities—including the power to travel across dimensions—come from the &quot;[[Energon figure]]s&quot; that operate his multiple functions.<br /> <br /> To counter the monstrous threat posed by this powerful new breed of Decepticon, the Autobots developed their own new team of warriors, the [[Motorvator]]s, emulating Overlord's Energon figure technology to make the trio a match for his awesome power.&lt;ref&gt;Overlord's European toy bio&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;Story blurb on Overlord and the Motorvators' packaging.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===<br /> Gigatron was an ancient Cybertronian, who developed an idea to allow Decepticons to survive on alien planets by biologically integrating local inhabitants into their systems. In modern times, Gigatron's records were uncovered and used to develop the [[Powermaster]] process. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #8}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW Generation 1 comics===<br /> {{bigquote|A good strategist is half psychologist and half '''sadist'''. And I was the '''best'''.|Overlord|[[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #3]]}}<br /> [[Image:MegatronOrigin2 fightcrowd1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hey, he appeared as a rabid fan of gladiatorial combat in a crowd shot once. Wouldn't it be ''awesome'' if [[Nick Roche|someone]] built a whole character round that?.]]<br /> In the days before the Cybertronian civil war, Overlord was an avid spectator of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s gladiatorial matches. Like many, this led him to join the charismatic pit fighter's army and bear the badge of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} However, Overlord was enthralled not with the loftiness of the Decepticon cause that Megatron espoused, but with the glorious excess of the gladiator battles and the freedom of making entire worlds his arena. To Overlord, the ends didn't matter overly much when the ''means'' themselves were this pleasurable. As a result his tactics developed a reputation as unsound, and his schemes as nothing more than flights of brutal whimsy. Unlike [[Scorponok (G1)|many]] [[Shockwave (G1)|other]] powerful Decepticons, he had no interest in command, only in taking his slaughter to the next stage. Megatron was not convinced, however, believing the image of Overlord as simply interested in killing to be a façade, and began searching for a way to exert greater control over him.<br /> <br /> [[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers2-teleconference.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I am not a number!]]<br /> During the early years of the war, Overlord was embroiled in battle on [[Caldoon 4]] when he was called to a teleconference with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who announced that Overlord would join [[Sixshot]] and [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] as the &quot;phase sixers&quot; in his new [[infiltration protocol]]. Dissatisfied with being declared a weapon that operated at someone else's whim, Overlord contested his appointment, and Megatron gave him two options: do as he was told, or refuse and have Megatron hunt him down. Overlord made his choice quickly, returning to the battle outside and dispatching every Autobot save one—[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]—who he allowed to survive so a message could be sent to Megatron: Overlord had chosen option two. He proceeded to leave Caldoon 4 to plan for Megatron's inevitable coming, {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}} but soon discovered that at some point, Shockwave had infected him with an [[Achilles virus]] on Megatron's command, giving Overlord a &quot;tactical blindspot&quot; that prevented him from figuring out how to harm Megatron. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}<br /> <br /> Some time later, Overlord engaged in battle with an emperor of a star system that had developed interstellar travel and weapons of similar technology level. Finding himself in over his head, he recruited the aid of [[Gorelock]]'s Decepticon battalion from [[Spensifax B]], and the resulting battle was estimated by science officer [[Vivisector]] to have put the technological development of the empire back an estimated 250,000 years. {{storylink|The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Gorelock's prisoner clemency request}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers1-Overlord.jpg|right|thumb|250px|We peed a little.]]<br /> At the height of the [[Surge (event)|cross-galactic Decepticon uprising]], Overlord arrived at [[Garrus-9]] in the midst of the Decepticon siege of the prison, and casually murdered garrison leader [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] when he refused to turn command over to him. Intending to turn Garrus-9 into his home away from home, Overlord personally defeated warden [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and threw him to the crowd of Decepticon prisoners he had freed as a show of good faith. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}} Overlord was not done with Maximus, though, later imprisoning him and personally torturing him for information on the [[Aequitas]] computer hidden in the bowls of Garrus-9, and the mysterious secret of the prison that the computer had been created to hide. Maximus refused to give up the passcodes to the device's chamber even after Overlord threatened to kill an Autobot for every second that he withheld them. {{storylink|Interiors}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Overlord-Fort-Max-Interiors.jpg|left|thumb|250px|&quot;Do you expect me to talk?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&quot;No, I expect you to die and be a cheap funeral&quot;.]] <br /> <br /> During his time in command of Garrus-9, Overlord turn the prison into a huge gladiatorial arena, and had the prisoners fight for their lives with the promise that victory meant freedom. This was, of course, a lie; those who won in twelve bouts were offered the choice of facing Overlord himself or committing suicide. Overlord forced the imprisoned [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to watch footage of both these matches and the sacking of the prison, possibly driving him insane. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} After a year of this, some of the Decepticons began to have doubts about their sadistic leader; [[Fearswoop (G1)|Fearswoop]] was lucky to survive when he questioned Overlord's lack of sportsmanship, but [[Wingblazer]] and his partner were not so fortunate when they let an Autobot prisoner get the better of them during a hunt, and Overlord killed them for their carelessness. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}} Around this time, Overlord also released Shockwave from confinement and let him leave in return for the Achilles Virus being removed. Shockwave could tell that all Overlord was doing with Garrus-9 was trying to get Megatron's attention, though Overlord denied it. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers1-BoreholeKickoff.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Better than television!]]<br /> Two years later, Overlord and his Decepticons watched the captive Autobot [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] battle the Decepticon [[Borehole]] for his amusement. Kick-Off triumphed and was taken to Overlord's quarters {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}} where he was offered the customary choice; {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last stand of the Wreckers #4}} he evidently opted to fight Overlord, give the brutalized state of his body when it was later found. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}<br /> <br /> Not long thereafter, the Autobot strike team known as the [[Wrecker]]s arrived to liberate Garrus-9, breaking through the planetary defenses inside escape pods, one of which crashed into the gladiatorial arena chamber right in front of Overlord's feet. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}} Although disappointed to discover that the new arrivals were Autobots, rather than Decepticons sent by Megatron, Overlord was amused by the joke made by [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] about Wreckers combining... right before he put a gun between Rotorstorm's optics and shot him through the head. The Wreckers turned down Overlord's proposal of surrender but were unable to injure him, and escaped into the prison by detonating a fuel tank to cover their withdrawal. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:LastStandofWreckers4- OverlordSpringerReady.jpg|left|thumb|200px|FINAL ROUND, FIGHT!]]<br /> <br /> With help from the Decepticon [[Snare]], who had come to believe that the Decepticons on Garrus-9 were as trapped by Overlord as the Autobots were, the Wreckers regrouped with the rest of their team and established a new mission objective: kill Overlord. They did not have to hunt him down, however, as he soon arrived to take them on. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} The fight quickly made its way to the rooftop of Garrus-9, where [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] was torn in half and used to dispatch Kup. A harpoon through the eye courtesy of [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] barely fazed Overlord, who delivered a defeat more crushing than any beating: the Autobot prisoners the Wreckers had come to liberate had all been executed on his orders already. [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], and human ally [[Verity Carlo]] soon arrived to join the fight, bringing with them a huge chaingun-like weapon that Springer emptied into Overlord. The Decepticon shrugged off even its massive payload and slapped Springer to the ground, removing most of his face, before quickly dispatching Perceptor. Rounding on Ironfist, Overlord was amused by the small Autobot's warning not to get any closer, but Ironfist was quick to explain: Springer had shot Overlord with thousands of deterrence chips, which Ironfist then remotely detonated, reducing Overlord to a flaming, yet still-functional skeleton.<br /> <br /> [[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers5-brittlebones.jpg|right|thumb|250px|&quot;Megatron better not show up when I'm naked!&quot;]]<br /> <br /> Ironfist fell unconscious, leaving only Verity to hear Overlord's wrathful ranting, as he demanded to know how he could meet a challenge from Megatron in this sorry state. Realizing this what what Overlord had longed for all along, Verity dropped the bomb: Megatron was ''dead''. Overlord was stunned by the realization that while he had dedicated every waking hour of his existence to his supposedly inevitable fight with Megatron, the Decepticon leader had never cared, and would never come. He put up no resistance when Impactor recovered, but Impactor refused to kill Overlord, for Springer's sake, and promised to take him in to face justice. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Overlord-Lost-Light-Interiors.jpg|left|thumb|First class may seem like a rip off but it has advantages over the alternatives.]]<br /> <br /> Several years later, [[Rung]] claimed Overlord had been completely disassembled and his spark placed in a whiteout vacuum on Cybertron. Unfortunately this was not the whole truth. [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] started hearing voices in the depths of the ''[[Lost Light]]''. Stealing a drill, he tunneled into the base of the ship, revealing a huge chamber, in which a trapped, reconstructed but disarmed Overlord continually begged for someone to kill him. {{storylink|Interiors}}<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Classics''===<br /> [[Image:InvasionPrologue-Gigatron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Everything's shrunk except those glorious lips.]]<br /> <br /> Long ago, Gigatron, the Overlord, grew restless in his duties at [[Darkmount]], and forfeited his throne to [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]. His psychotic craving for power led him to scour the universe, ultimately leading him to Earth.<br /> <br /> Gigatron crashlanded in [[Japan]], where he adopted a robot form resembling a shogun and an M1 Abrams tank altmode. With most of Earth's Decepticons offplanet with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], he was able to gather a small army of ten warriors, and he would infrequently clash with [[Metalhawk]] and his fellow Earthbound Autobots. Once, Gigatron searched in [[Kitakyushu]] for [[Musashi]]'s sword, but legends of the sword's strength were exaggerated.<br /> <br /> Soon, Gigatron had set his sights on another potential source of power, [[Rarified Energon]]. The Autobots had been guarding it for a period of time, and had been moving it frequently to keep it out of the hands of the Decepticons. But Gigatron discovered that the Rarified Energon had been moved to [[Ironworks]], and effortlessly battled through an army of [[RUNT]]s to reach the Autobot station. There, he fought Metalhawk, and he and his Decepticons were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}}<br /> <br /> Gigatron continued to keep vigil over Ironworks, however, and when [[Spinister]] brought him news of a skirmish involving heroic Decepticons and evil Autobots, Gigatron knew it was time to strike! With this distraction, they could easily take the Rarified Energon hidden in the vaults for themselves.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Invasion-destroythem.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Gigatron's about to be really happy he got stuck on Earth.]]<br /> <br /> Once it was discovered that the evil Autobots were also after the Rarified Energon, Gigatron refused to be out-conquered. He and the majority of his troops came to the rescue of [[Sir Soundwave]], who was about to get assimilated by [[Junkion (SG)|Junkions]]. Aiming to show these heroic Decepticons how it's done, he set Soundwave loose and continued battling the Junkions. <br /> <br /> What Gigatron did not know was that the evil Autobots, led by [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]], intended to warp this iteration of Earth to their own universe's Cybertron, destroying it in the process. Though Sir Soundwave was able to expand the force field surrounding the evil Autobots' machinery large enough to protect the entire planet, saving Gigatron and his troops, no one foresaw the true scale of Magnus's intentions. And so as Earth neared the alternate universe Cybertron, its entire dimension was destroyed behind them, leaving Gigatron and the rest of his Earth's citizens the last remnants of their universe. <br /> <br /> Gigatron and the others were unsurprisingly distraught, so [[Straxus (SG)|the Bard of Darkmount]] recited for them a hopeful poem. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Super-God Masterforce===<br /> *'''Overlord''' (Godmaster, 1988)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-307'''[[Image:G1 overlord toy.jpg|right|325px|thumb|Not to be confused with Blackstar's nemesis.]]<br /> **''Accessories:'' Giga and Mega Godmaster engines, &quot;Transtector Destroyer Cannon&quot;, three missiles, tank barrel, two ramps/shin guards, central ramp, two radar arrays, double-barreled laser, rocket launcher, car<br /> <br /> : Overlord consists of two vehicles, the Gigatank and the Megajet, which are able to combine together to form a robot mode or a base mode. Like any Godmaster (or [[Powermaster]]), Overlord is only able to transform when the Giga and Mega Godmaster figures are transformed into engine mode and snapped into place in the sockets on top of the vehicles. Inserting Giga into the tank splits it in half to form legs for robot mode, or alternately, the left and right emplacements of the base (the left containing a fold-out twin cannon, the right a poseable claw arm). Fitting Mega into the jet, meanwhile, unlocks the toy's shoulder articulation for robot mode and its fold-out launchpad for base mode. Once the toy is in robot mode, the figures can be removed from their sockets and fitted into two further ports hidden beneath doors on his chest, which unlock the multi-barreled &quot;Chōkon Daemon Blast&quot; and spring-loaded &quot;Chōkon Bolt Masher&quot; weapons that pop out of his stomach. One figure can also fit into the [[Roller (G1)|Roller]]-style car that comes with the set. <br /> <br /> : There is, unfortunately, not one mode that uses all of Overlord's many accessories. Standing approximately 15&quot; in robot mode, Overlord is taller than ''most'' Transformer toys, though [[Unicron/toys|certainly]] [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|not]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|all]]. <br /> <br /> : Overlord's instructions do not feature the additional large jet mode seen in the animated series and manga, as it (like [[Sixshot]]'s &quot;Wingwolf&quot; mode or BlackZarak's &quot;Dakatsu&quot; mode) was created by the production staff after fiddling around with the toy itself. As such, it's entirely possible to put the toy in this form, although it doesn't rest evenly on a flat surface.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Destron/Overlord/overlord.htm More information on Overlord at TFU.info]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Generation 1===<br /> *'''Overlord''' (1991)<br /> <br /> : Initially exclusive to Japan, Overlord's toy was later released in Europe and Australasia with a different shade of purple plastic.<br /> <br /> ===Timelines===<br /> [[Image:Timelinestoy-BC2012Gigatron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Oh my, Bludgeon, you've never looked so... ''kissable''... before...]]<br /> *'''Invasion''' ([[BotCon 2012]] box set)<br /> **''Accessories:'' [[Wikipedia:Katana|Katana]], [[Wikipedia:Wakizashi|tanto]]<br /> : ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Gigatron is a [[redeco]]/[[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Voyager Class [[Bludgeon (ROTF)#Voyager|Bludgeon]], sporting a new head. Gigatron transforms from a Japanese [[Wikipedia:Type 90 Kyū-maru|Type 90]] tank into a samurai-esque robot mode. He features a flexible plastic sword which is made out of a portion of the barrel of the tank's main gun as well as a smaller dagger. The dagger can be stored in a sheath which is revealed from inside the tank turret, and both blades can be slotted in holes provided on the robot mode's left hip guard. Additionally, the dagger's handle can fit in the base of the sword's handle, forming a double-bladed weapon. He has [[Mech Alive]] [[gimmick]]s in his thighs and turret: Sculpted cylinders in his thighs rotate whenever his lower legs are rotated, and that pulling his turret open makes a sculpted &quot;disc&quot; at the center rotate while a scabbard for the tantō hinges over to the side and props itself up for use.<br /> <br /> :The vehicle mode is one of the very few Transformer tank toys with rubber components to its treads. Portions of the tread links can unlock, allowing them to hang from the robot mode, while the wheels of the treads are integrated separately into the robot mode form itself. The treads still do not function realistically; small plastic wheels on the underside of the treads help the tank mode roll, as is standard with nearly all Transformer tank toys. <br /> <br /> :The original version of this mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Banzaitron]], and it was differently retooled to make ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generations|Megatron]].<br /> <br /> :Gigatron was released in a box set with [[Ultra Magnus (SG)#Timelines|Ultra Magnus]], [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]], [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]], [[Sir Soundwave#Timelines|Soundwave]], and [[Metalhawk#Timelines|Metalhawk]].<br /> <br /> ==Merchandise==<br /> ===Parody Deformed===<br /> [[Image:Overlord pd model.jpg|right|thumb|]]<br /> *'''Overlord''' (1990)<br /> <br /> :A small blue and white, non-transforming [[super deformed]] model kit of Overlord was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s &quot;[[Parody Deformed]]&quot; line of [[Candy toy|candy toys]]. The eighth figure in the series, he came with a &quot;[[Transformers PD Type]]&quot; comic about himself, &quot;Oh, Overlord&quot;, and something that could charitably be described as &quot;chocolate&quot;.<br /> {{--}}<br /> ===Super Collection Figure===<br /> [[Image:HOC Gigatron.jpg|right|thumb|]]<br /> *'''Overlord''' (2001)<br /> <br /> :A PVC figure of Overlord was part of the ''Super-God Masterforce''-centric fifth act of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' series, available in both full colour and metallic silver &quot;pewter&quot; in an equal ratio of one each per case of twelve figures. In eight out of every ten cases, the pewter version of Overlord came packaged with the right leg of the wave's &quot;build-a-figure&quot;, BlackZarak, itself also available in full color and pewter versions.<br /> <br /> :The colour version of his figure was later released in the fourth wave of [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'', under the new name of Gigatron.<br /> <br /> ===Heroes of Cybertron===<br /> *'''Powermaster Gigatron''' (2003)<br /> :Gigatron is a slightly-altered version of the ''Super Collection Figure'' Overlord PVC, featuring rounded-off shoulder-cones [[for safety reasons]], plus he used the standard &quot;all clear-red-plastic painted over&quot; coloring process to give him [[Light-piping|light-piped]] eyes. He came with the left arm of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] build-a-figurine.<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Overlord was a new [[character]] created for the 1988 Japanese ''Super God Masterforce'' series. While all his fellow Godmasters had American Powermaster counterpart characters (Ginrai had Optimus Prime, Lightfoot had [[Getaway]], and so forth), Overlord's counterpart came later in the form of a 1991 European and Australasian exclusive. The bio of this figure stated that he was a dimension-hopper, which leaves the door open for him being the Masterforce character who jumped dimensions into the European toy bio continuity. Overlord did not have an American counterpart until 2003, when the ''Heroes of Cybertron'' line introduced &quot;Gigatron&quot;. However, the little-known nature of this character (existing as he did only as an obscure PVC figurine), coupled with the fact that Overlord had been around for fifteen years already, meant that the idea of a Powermaster named Gigatron who existed as a separate character from the Godmaster Overlord didn't really catch on. Surprisingly, Dreamwave stuck with the formula in their ''More Than Meets The Eye'' series, briefly mentioning the character as the originator of the Powermaster process, but when the non-Godmaster version of the character appeared again a few years later in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' series, he was &quot;Overlord&quot; once more. With this, there seems little point in distinguishing between the two characters (different as they are), and as such they are included in this article together.<br /> *Early during pre-production for ''Masterforce'', Overlord was named '''Leviathan'''. This was almost certainly a name based in series creator [[Masumi Kaneda]]'s desire to sprinkle the series with assorted Biblical allegories; the name-change is fairly symptomatic of how these references wound up being downplayed to the point of near-total obfuscation in the finished show.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-images/tech-specs/Heroes-Of-Cybertron-Tech-Specs/2003-Transformers-Tech-Specs/Powermaster_Gigatron.jpg.html Powermaster Gigatron's tech-specs] at TFW2005.com<br /> <br /> [[Category:Classics Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Convention exclusives]]<br /> [[Category:Decepticon bases]]<br /> [[Category:Decepticon leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Dimension hoppers]]<br /> [[Category:Emperors]]&lt;!--SGM comic--&gt;<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Godmasters]]<br /> [[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Powermasters]]<br /> [[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Timelines characters]]<br /> [[Category:Zone Decepticons]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Ore&diff=736651 2012-07-29T12:49:50Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Factions|autobot}}<br /> :''Ore is an [[Autobot]] [[Duobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Ore in the Generator.jpg|right|thumb|&quot;With Lost Light Insurance, you can combine your life and your generator policies.&quot;&lt;br/&gt;&quot;That's great, I JUST combined them!&quot;]]<br /> <br /> [[Brainstorm]] is pretty sure '''Ore''' is &quot;the blue one&quot;. He has a drill in place of a left hand.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===IDW Generation 1 comics===<br /> [[Shock]] and Ore were employed as [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s agents aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]''. Ore attempted to plant a tracking device on the ship when the nearby [[quantum generator]] activated. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} The Duobot was found by Brainstorm &quot;totally mashed into the generator itself&quot;. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On‎|Hangers On}} Shock covered up Ore's connection to Prowl, only to be killed by a [[Sparkeater]] soon after. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} His body was left in the generator, where it later had its drill hand stolen by [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. {{storylink|Interiors}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Wreckers&diff=734151 2012-07-21T02:43:44Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|wreckers}}<br /> {{featured}}<br /> {{disambig3|Wrecker}}<br /> [[Image:Wreckers symbol.png|right|180px|thumb|Wreck &amp; Rule]]<br /> The '''Wreckers''' are a special task force, generally composed of the best and the toughest die-hard fighters around. Its ranks comprise a who's-who of the obscure; mechs you've never heard much about, mostly because the Wreckers are often called in to fight when the odds of success are slim. Bluntly, they tend to burn through their roster at a frightening rate. The Wreckers are a close-knit group that's more concerned with bursting in, guns-blazing, and doing their Thing, than they are concerned with, say, strategy. Despite their disregard for planning and the bodycount their team mounts, the Wreckers are amazingly successful. If it's a lost cause, the Wreckers will be there, winning the day with sheer guts and determination.<br /> <br /> Perhaps the most celebrated leader of the Wreckers is [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], though the memory of his former leader, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], hangs over his head. The team also has vague ties to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and its roster often includes the other [[Triple Changer]]s, the [[Jumpstarter]]s and the [[Deluxe Vehicle]]s. The roster of the Wreckers, as noted, is always in flux, and the future will bring leaders such as [[Apelinq]] and members outside the usual pool of [[Autobot]]s, including [[Maximal]]s, [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], and even former [[Decepticon]]s. But those were [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|pretty weird times]].<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Never a dull moment when you're a Wrecker.|[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]|[[Stormbringer issue 4|''Stormbringer'' #4]]}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Marvel Comics continuity===<br /> ====UK Generation 1 comics====<br /> [[Image:Wreckersoriginallineup.jpg|right|300px|thumb|They always smile after a nice massacre.]]<br /> The initial roster of the Wreckers consisted of Impactor (the leader), Roadbuster, Whirl, Twin-Twist, Topspin and Rack'n'Ruin. They were later joined by Broadside, Sandstorm and Springer (who became the team's leader after Impactor's death). The team were set to be at the business end of [[Operation: Volcano]], killing ten of the most deadly Decepticons as they converged on a staged conference. However, when [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] called off the Decepticons' advance (truth be told, he didn't seem to know or care about it), the Wreckers' plans were also cancelled. As was Impactor's life, as one of the Decepticons, [[Macabre]], had stayed behind to kill [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], and Impactor took the 'bullet' for him. Impactor named Springer his successor as he lay dying. {{storylink|Target: 2006}} <br /> <br /> Later, the team and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] were misled into trying to kill [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] upon his return to Cybertron. Decepticons had planted misinformation that Prime was in fact a Decepticon made up to ''look'' like Prime. Fortunately for the Wreckers' record, Magnus and Xaaron uncovered the truth before anyone could kill the Autobots' Greatest Leader. {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}} During his stay on Cybertron, Optimus Prime led the Wrecks on a number of fruitful raids on [[Decepticon fuel store]]s. {{storylink|Resurrection!}}<br /> <br /> After Optimus Prime returned to Earth, [[Autobase]] in [[Kalis]] was rocked by a huge explosion caused by the venting of an active nuclear reactor. Xaaron told the Wreckers of Megatron's ancient plan to turn Cybertron into a vast mobile battle station and that Autobase was potentially built on top of the engine room. Springer led the Wreckers to try to find the entrance to the sub-terranean facility but they were unable to locate it. Upon their return Autobase was attacked by hoardes of undead Transformers including their former leader, Impactor. Once the Wreckers and Xaaron were imprisoned, [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] revealed himself to be behind the explosion as well as the reanimation of the dead. Though shaken by recent events Springer managed to escape the cell taking Impactor with him. The current Wrecker leader did enough to reawaken some sense of self in the zombified Impactor before reaching the surface where he met Ultra Magnus and the [[Sparkabot| Sparkler Mini-Bots]]. Meanwhile the other Wreckers had escaped and headed for the armoury and, aided by a curious and vengeful Impactor, managed to reach the weapons necessary to defeat Flame's undead minions. With [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon's]] assistance the Wreckers broke through to the main control room where Xaaron was preparing to sacrifice himself in order to reach the reactor shut down control. Under orders to leave, the Wreckers fought their way past more reanimated corpses leaving Impactor to save Xaaron twice again, firstly by killing Flame and then entering the radioactive chamber himself to deactivate the reactor. Xaaron made it to safety and gave thanks for the bravest being he had ever met. {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}} {{storylink|Meltdown!}}<br /> <br /> Both Roadbuster and Whirl were absent during the Flame incident. Roadbuster reappears amongst the Wreckers eventually, but Whirl is never seen again. {{storylink|Time Wars}} Inferno is later affiliated with the team. {{storylink|Firebug!}}<br /> <br /> '''Known members:'''<br /> * [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]<br /> * [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] (original leader, offline)<br /> * [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]<br /> * [[Rack'n'Ruin]] (offline)<br /> * [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (offline)<br /> * [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (offline)<br /> * [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (leader after Impactor's death)<br /> * [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (offline)<br /> * [[Twin Twist]] (offline)<br /> * [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]<br /> <br /> After the team takes major casualties during the Time Wars, the few survivors (Springer, Broadside and Inferno) joined together with other &quot;outsiders&quot;—both Autobot and Decepticon—to form the (aptly named) [[Survivors]].<br /> <br /> ====''Regeneration One''====<br /> {{noterg1}}<br /> Twenty-one years after the battle of [[Klo]], Kup led a team of soldiers known as the Wreckers. Loosely under the jurisdiction of Ultra Magnus, the Wreckers are apparently separate from the standard [[Cybertron Civil Defense]] rank-and-file. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> '''Known members:'''<br /> * [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]<br /> * [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (leader)<br /> * [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]]<br /> * [[Rack'n'Ruin]]<br /> * [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]<br /> * [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]<br /> * [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]<br /> * [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]<br /> * [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]<br /> <br /> ===''Universe: Featuring the Wreckers''===<br /> [[Image:Wreckers3hlineup.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Now taking applications for: [[Cyclonus (G1)|Traitors]], [[Arcee (G1)|Girls]], [[Fractyl|Wimps]], and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|People Who Shouldn't Be Here]].]]<br /> After the end of the war, the [[Maximal High Council]] called the Wreckers back into service to protect the fragile peace that existed between [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]. The war veteran and gifted engineer Apelinq was assigned to be a squad commander of this new iteration of the legendary Autobot strike force, and several of his former comrades were also drafted. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Major]] was also added to the ranks of the Wreckers in a commanding role. {{storylink|Disclosure|Apelinq's extended profile}}<br /> <br /> All but Rodimus and Apelinq were lost to [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon forces]] and its [[transformation virus]], but their depleted ranks were filled with other survivors, some rescued by Apelinq from the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. In this troubled time, even [[Decepticon]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] were accepted into their ranks. {{storylink|Transformers: Universe (comic)|Transformers Universe: Featuring The Wreckers}}<br /> <br /> '''Known members:'''<br /> * [[Apelinq]]<br /> * [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]<br /> * [[CatSCAN]]<br /> * [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (traitor)<br /> * [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]<br /> * [[Dillo]] (offline)<br /> * [[Fractyl]]<br /> * [[Mol]] (offline)<br /> * [[Packrat]] (offline)<br /> * [[Primal Prime]]<br /> * [[Ramulus]]<br /> * [[Rav (BM)|Rav]] (offline)<br /> * [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] (offline)<br /> * [[Rotorbolt (Universe)|Rotorbolt]]<br /> * [[Sentinel Maximus]]<br /> * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]<br /> * [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]] (offline)<br /> * [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] (offline)<br /> * [[Tap-Out (G1)|Tap-Out]]<br /> * [[Tigatron]]<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave Generation 1 comics===<br /> [[Image:Wreckersdw.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The Wreckers: Featuring Ultra Magnus' Crotch.]]<br /> The Wreckers split from the Autobot forces after the disappearance of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in a [[space bridge]] explosion. Led by Springer, they clashed with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s [[Ultracon|Ultracons]] in the [[Tagan Heights]] for a time {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} before reuniting with the Autobots and the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] immediately prior to the Age of Internment. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}<br /> <br /> '''Known members:'''<br /> * [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]<br /> * [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]<br /> * [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]<br /> * [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (leader)<br /> * [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]<br /> * [[Twin Twist]]<br /> * [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]<br /> <br /> Later on, during Shockwave's reign on Cybertron, the Wreckers whittled down to small but elite task force of Autobots dedicated to keeping the peace wherever (and however) necessary. The [[Triple Changer]]s left the group and Ultra Magnus stepped in to lead.<br /> <br /> '''Known members:'''<br /> * Topspin<br /> * Twin Twist<br /> * Roadbuster (offline)<br /> * [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (leader)<br /> * Whirl (offline)<br /> <br /> When the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] were released from imprisonment in Cybertron's [[Detention Banks]], the Wreckers responded in kind. This, however, was after [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] had already wiped out the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]] and defeated [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. In the battle, both Whirl and Roadbuster were apparently killed before Ultra Magnus took charge and brought Menasor down. {{storylink|War and Peace}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW Generation 1 comics===<br /> {{ongoing}}<br /> {{quote|What do you '''mean''', it's a lost cause? Of '''course''' it's a lost cause. That's why we're '''here!'''|[[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2]]}}<br /> <br /> {{quote|They give the Autobots something to ''believe in!'' And it's all thanks to [[Ironfist (G1)|you]]. Without Fisitron and his datalogs, the Wreckers would be nothing more than a bunch of ''thugs with a death wish.''|[[Verity Carlo]], &quot;[[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5]]}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers4-triumphoverevil.jpg|left|thumb|300px|This roster feels familiar.]]<br /> <br /> The Wreckers are the Autobots who get called in when the odds of success are nonexistent, but the job needs to be done anyway. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} They've been fighting for a long time, first under [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}} and originally with no official acknowledgement that they existed. {{storylink|Zero Point}} They've have many grand exploits and gained numerous fan-boys along the way, mainly &quot;Fisitron&quot; who writes the ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' datalogs {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}} and the odd [[Ladybird Books|stories for children]]. They even had their own Decepticon counterparts, the dreaded [[Squadron X]]! {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} The original leader was [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], until he did some ''minor'' thing to be incarcerated for. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}} Other leaders have included [[Crest]] and [[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}<br /> <br /> The Wreckers are an inspiration to the Autobots, heroes of daring exploits who never leave each other behind and always save the day... or so ''Wreckers: Declassified'' and the official line would tell them. What only a handful know is the dark reality... like the abuse of prisoners, the deliberate maimings and tortures, the dismissal of the Tyrest Accord {{storylink|Zero Point}}, or how Impactor was ''really'' locked up for murdering a helpless, chained-down Squadron X. As the Autobots are mostly ignorant of that, the Wreckers are heroes for them to believe in. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} <br /> <br /> Springer became the Wrecker leader after Impactor's arrest. He'd been asked to by the other Wreckers and thought that he could correct their increasingly immoral course; what he didn't know was that the other members were trying to cover up their collusion with Impactor's murders. {{storylink|Zero Point}}<br /> <br /> Assigned to [[Varas Centralus]] after the Decepticon infiltration on that planet went to [[Infiltration protocol|Phase Six]], they were pulled out and sent back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] at the order of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] when the Autobot leader suspected that [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] might have been behind the disappearance of the [[Calabi-Yau]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Wreckersstormbringer.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The Wreckers are so hardcore they don't even need a spaceship. Except for when they [[Xantium (G1)|do]].]]<br /> <br /> The Wreckers arrived just in time to save [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]. They then proceeded to take [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s team apart without breaking a sweat. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}} Thunderwing was ''slightly'' more challenging, but the Wreckers suffered no apparent casualties. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}<br /> <br /> When Thunderwing popped up again guarding a cave on [[Corata-Vaz]], Optimus Prime sent for the team once again. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}} While they did not succeed in stopping Thunderwing themselves, they managed to survive until he was rendered inert by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}<br /> <br /> Sometime later, some of the Wreckers were captured by the Decepticons. They were rescued by the remaining Wreckers, now led by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], who was acting independently. After this, Kup decided to form a new team that included Wreckers [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}<br /> <br /> After the great push by Megatron, Kup and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] were made into Wreckers, with Ultra Magnus and [[Verity Carlo]] providing them with transport. A few years later, Wrecker reservists [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]], [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]], [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] and [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] were added to the team. Springer was becoming weary of assembling these teams, only to see them blown apart. <br /> <br /> The first mission by the new team was to travel to [[Garrus-9]] and bring it back under Autobot control. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}} After the arrival of a battered Impactor, however, they discovered that the sociopathic [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] had seized control of the facility and the whole place had gone mental. A report from Prowl also stated they needed to find &quot;[[Aequitas]]&quot;. Splitting into two teams, the Wreckers made planetfall {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}} and soon became separated from each other. Perceptor's team were tasked to find Aequitas, but Springer abruptly changed strategy and split his group into two: one to find the prisoners, the other to &quot;get help&quot; from a maximum security cell. Perceptor's team succeeded—albeit with the loss of Rotorstorm to Overlord—but Springer, Impactor and Twin Twist were captured. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}<br /> <br /> Topspin willingly sacrificed himself to activate Aequitas, simultaneously killing Twin Twist due to their branched spark. Kup and Guzzle failed to find the help they were looking for, but managed to save Springer and Impactor from death by torture. As Springer's team faced down Overlord himself, the other Wreckers finished their mission by downloading Aequitas's data into Ironfist. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} Perceptor's group then went to aid the others in the battle against Overlord, with Pyro sacrificing himself in the process. Overlord effortlessly defeated most of the remaining Wreckers, but was eventually taken down thanks to Ironfist's connection to Aequitas. Garrus-9 was liberated, and miraculously, no further Wreckers had been killed in the fight with Overlord... though Springer was in a critical condition and Ironfist succumbed to a workplace injury and died on the way home. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}}<br /> <br /> {{spoiler|Interiors| July 27}}<br /> Convinced that their leader, Springer, was a goner, Whirl used Roadbuster's [[Sparkeater (weapon)| Sparkeater]] to attempt to euthanize Springer. Instead he was caught in the act by Roadbuster and kicked out of the Wreckers. {{storylink|Interiors}}<br /> Impactor and Guzzle fail at an alien rescue mission. {{storylink|Escape (G1)| Escape}}<br /> [[Rung]] later suggested to Roadbuster that reading something emotional could reactivate the leader of the Wreckers and after Roadbuster read a few datalogs of the ''Wreckers: Declassified'', Springer began showing signs of life. {{storylink|Zero Point}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:LastStandoftheWreckers1-newrecruits.jpg|right|thumb|300px|&quot;What's your name, soldier?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Parts, sir! Private Parts!&quot;]]<br /> '''Known members:'''<br /> * [[Blocker]] (former member)<br /> * [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (former member)<br /> * [[Crest]] (former leader)<br /> * [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]]<br /> * [[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]] (former leader, offline)<br /> * [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] (former leader)<br /> * [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] (offline)<br /> * [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] <br /> * [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]<br /> * [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] (offline)<br /> * [[Rack'n'Ruin]] (offline)<br /> * [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]<br /> * [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] (offline)<br /> * [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]<br /> * [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] <br /> * [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (leader)<br /> * [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (offline)<br /> * [[Twin Twist]] (offline) <br /> * [[Valve]] (former member, traitor, dead to them)<br /> * [[Verity Carlo]] (stowaway), the only non-Cybertronian member.<br /> * [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (former member)<br /> {{-}}<br /> {{note|Their starship, the ''[[Xantium (G1)|Xantium]]'', appears able to transform into a robot and thus may also constitute a member of the team.}}<br /> <br /> ===Shattered Glass===<br /> The Wreckers were a band of mercenaries led by [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]], who spent their time looting and pillaging the countryside. They approved of [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus]]'s campaign of conquest, but initially preferred to remain autonomous.<br /> <br /> That is, until one fateful day when Optimus hired the Wreckers to fight alongside his Autobots at the battle of [[Praxus-Delta]]. The battle was brutal and resulted in every Wrecker except Rodimus meeting the fate of most Wreckers across the [[multiverse]] at the hands of the Decepticons. Rodimus impressed Optimus by remaining in the fight regardless, in order to fulfill the contract. Thanks to his efforts the Autobots escaped without further losses, and Optimus was so impressed that he offered Rodimus leadership of the [[Seeker (SG)|Seekers]], which the former Wrecker accepted. {{storylink|Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus's toy bio}}<br /> <br /> After the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]] had successfully turned back one of the Autobots' raids, [[Side Burn (SG)|Side Burn]] reminded Prime that he ''had'' recommended reforming the Wreckers as their best counter to the Squad.<br /> <br /> Later, when trying to convince [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]] to leave the Decepticons and join up with one of his power-grabbing schemes, Rodimus hearkened back to what was likely the Wreckers' old motto, when he told them that they'd have &quot;a whole planet ready to ''wreck-and-ruin''!&quot; {{storylink|Dungeons &amp; Dinobots}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Animated''===<br /> During the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], the Wreckers were a major problem for the Decepticons, operating behind their lines as a commando unit. They are noted for interrupting supply lines, destroying the mainframe on [[Bk'n]], and demolishing the shipyards of [[Salvvatan VI]]. They operated from the [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinel]] ship ''[[Zeta Supreme|Xantium]]'', which was bonded to [[Impactor Major]], apparently the leader of the team. Megatron created the [[Decepticon Heavy Brigade]] specifically to hunt down the Wreckers. When they finally met in battle, [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] was the only survivor on either side. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity===<br /> {{bigquote|Wreckers don't call for backup. They call for clean-up!|[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]|&quot;[[Loose Cannons]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> The Wreckers were [[Autobot High Council|Council Guardians]] led by [[Ultra Magnus (Prime)|Ultra Magnus]] during the siege of the [[Hydrax Plateau]]. Afterwards, they were all that stood between [[Devastator (WFC)|Devastator]] and the [[Tagan Heights]] before [[Defensor (Prime)|Defensor]] arrived. They guarded the [[Well of All Sparks]] when [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] descended through it to free the [[core]] of its suffocation by [[Dark Energon]]. Ultra Magnus, [[Springer (WFC)|Springer]] and others team members opted to remain behind to distract [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon]] when the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' launched, gaining invaluable allies in [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]], [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] and [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}<br /> <br /> [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] were also members, though early on in the war Bulkhead left to join [[Team Prime]]. {{storylink|Con Job}} The [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] [[Hardshell]] noted that he had offlined several when fighting Bulkhead.<br /> <br /> '''Known members:'''<br /> * [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] <br /> * [[Impactor (Prime)|Impactor]] (offline)<br /> * [[Pyro (Prime)|Pyro]] (offline)<br /> * [[Roadbuster (Prime)|Roadbuster]] (offline)<br /> * [[Rotorstorm (Prime)|Rotorstorm]] (offline)<br /> * [[Ruination (Generations)|Ruination]] (the combined form of five Wreckers) <br /> * [[Seaspray (Prime)|Seaspray]] (offline)<br /> * [[Springer (WFC)|Springer]]<br /> * [[Topspin (Prime)|Topspin]] <br /> * [[Twin Twist (Prime)|Twin Twist]]<br /> * [[Ultra Magnus (Prime)|Ultra Magnus]] (leader)<br /> * [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]<br /> * [[Whirl (Generations)|Whirl]]<br /> <br /> ===''Dark of the Moon''===<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|We don't let them off the base much 'cause they're assholes.|[[Charlotte Mearing]]|''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:DOTM-Leadfoot-Topspin.jpg|thumb|250px|right|How am I gonna stop some big, mean Mother Hubbard from tearing me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer, use a gun. And if that don't work? Use more gun.]]<br /> <br /> The Wreckers, [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]], [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] and [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]], were a trio of engineering geniuses who came to Earth aboard the Autobot spaceship ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]''. The Wreckers rarely left the secret Autobot launch facility at Cape Canaveral, partially because caring for the ship dominated their time, and partially because they were assholes. The Wreckers helped engineer the Autobots' feigned exile from Earth and assassination by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and later participated in the battle for [[Chicago]]. They proved effective, if vicious, fighters, dismantling their fair share of Decepticons, challenging [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and rescuing [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] from an embarrassing situation. All three of them would continue fighting and would be among the surviving Autobots, accepting Earth as their true home.{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}<br /> <br /> '''Known members:'''<br /> *[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]]<br /> *[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]]<br /> *[[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]]<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Wreckers''' (レッカーズ ''Rekkāzu'')<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Rontók''' (''Dark of the Moon'', &quot;Ruiners&quot;)<br /> *''German:'' '''Schrotter''' (''Prime'', &quot;Wrecker(s)&quot;)<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Animated subgroups]]<br /> [[Category:Autobot subgroups]]<br /> [[Category:Beast Machines]]<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon subgroups]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]<br /> [[Category:Prime subgroups]]<br /> [[Category:Shattered Glass subgroups]]<br /> [[Category:Subgroups]]<br /> [[Category:Universe (2003)]]<br /> [[Category:Wreckers| ]]<br /> [[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Guardian_robot&diff=714867 2012-05-09T20:57:40Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot}}<br /> <br /> {{disambig3|Guardian}}<br /> <br /> :''Guardian robots are a type of [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|continuity family of the same name]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Guardianrobotminicomic.jpg|right|300px|thumb|SUMO!]]<br /> The '''Guardian robots''' were once the peacekeepers of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], powerful giants that guarded cities and quelled uprisings. The Guardians gave the [[Decepticon]]s much trouble at the outbreak of the [[Great War (G1)|Third Cybertronian War]], but by the modern era they were no longer so prevalent.<br /> <br /> The most notable surviving Guardian is [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], who is the only one seen to have his own name, distinct color scheme, and personality; it is unknown how unique these qualities actually are.<br /> <br /> They are sometimes known as '''Omega Sentinels''' or '''Omega Destructors'''.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''The Transformers'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' ? (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)<br /> [[Image:G1 GuardianRobots WarDawn.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Megaman really let himself go.]]<br /> <br /> When the [[Quintesson]]s ruled over Cybertron, they employed [[Dark Guardian]]s against the growing Autobot insurgency. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}} By the time of the [[Golden Age]] millions of years later, the Autobots themselves were using their own Guardian robots (visually identical to the Dark Guardians except for their colors) to maintain supremacy. When [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s uprising began, his troops feared the giant enforcers, but in time they eventually fell before the Decepticon onslaught. {{storylink|War Dawn}}<br /> <br /> One tool Megatron used in his strategy was the [[Robo-Smasher]], a brainwashing device. He used it to turn the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to his side, then he had them destroy [[Crystal City]]. The city's Guardian, Omega Supreme, was heartbroken and enraged by this betrayal, especially because he had been friends with the Constructicons. He tracked them down and reprogrammed them to be free of the Robo-Smasher's influence, but he was not thorough enough. They feigned rehabilitation, but only long enough to lure Omega into a trap. Megatron had given them a [[combiner]] mode, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], which they used to pin Omega against a wall while the Robo-Smasher pounced on him. The Guardian was able to destroy the machine, but it left him a taciturn, vengeance-driven shell of his former self. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}<br /> <br /> Millions of years later, after escaping an Autobot attack on their [[Kronosphere|time machine facility]], some Decepticons found the remains of the decapitated Guardian robot. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] said that it gave him the creeps, and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] remarked on how the Guardians had given them a pounding in the old days. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] repaired the giant and send it to battle against the Autobots, lamenting that the lack of a head would limit its maneuverability. Nevertheless, it was a formidable foe for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his small team; the tide was only turned with the arrival of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. The Guardian was able to put up a strong fight against [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] at first, but the combiner eventually destroyed it. {{storylink|War Dawn}}<br /> <br /> ====E-Hobby pack-in comic====<br /> Megatron and his [[Silver Soldier]]s had just successfully invaded Sectors 2, 4 and 6, killing as many Autobot civilians as possible. Megatron began to remark how easy things were proceeding, when all his soldier units began reporting sightings of a terrifying figure before their communications were cut off.<br /> <br /> As Megatron began to wonder what they were talking about, he soon came face to face with the Guardian Robot that was single-handedly destroying entire units of Silver Soldiers; its firepower impossible to evade. {{storylink|64 Cybertron Urban Defense Robot GADEP}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> [[Image:Dreamwave OmegaSentinels.jpg|right|180px|thumb|*sigh* &quot;I really got to get that transfer to Earth.&quot;]]<br /> <br /> Known as Omega Sentinels, these massive mechanoids were seen guarding various strategically vital locations in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. During the Decepticon attack on Iacon, they were among the first ''and'' last lines of defense standing between the Decepticons and the [[Decagon]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Despite their power, the Omega Sentinels began to fall under the Decepticon onslaught over time, with deactivated Sentinels littering the Iacon landscape. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] managed to kill two Omega Sentinels during the battle. <br /> <br /> With one shot. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5}}<br /> <br /> Millions of years later, during the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]' rampage on Iacon, Shockwave activated the Sentinels to stop them, brushing aside the trappings of peaceful coexistence and instituting martial law. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} The Autobot insurrection began in full force after that, with Optimus Prime leading the various splinter units into battle. United as one, the Autobots fought their way through the Omega Sentinels and Shockwave's loyal Decepticons, reclaiming Cybertron in the name of peace. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW comics continuity===<br /> [[Image:Autocracy5_Nyon_burns.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]<br /> The Omega Destructors were deployed by the ruthless [[Zeta Prime]] to stamp out any resistance to the Autobot regime in the early days of the war. The behemoths required large amounts of energy to function, which was an issue since [[energon]] was in short supply, but Zeta solved the problem by equipping them with [[vamparc ribbon]] weapons designed to drain energon straight from the bodies of Cybertronians. {{storylink|Parasites}} The modified Destructors were first unleashed on the rebel-infested city of [[Nyon]]. {{storylink|Ruins}}<br /> <br /> To buy time for the insurgents to evacuate the city, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] and his Autobot unit poured all their firepower on one of the Omega Destructors, but only succeeded in distracting it. Giving up on his attempts at evacuation, the rebel [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] then detonated a large number of powerful explosives hidden throughout Nyon, destroying both the city and the Destructors. {{storylink|Purge}} <br /> <br /> The Omega Destructors defended Zeta Prime after Orion Pax and Megatron raided the Citadel. They were quickly defeated though and the last one was destroyed by Shockwave.{{storylink|Overthrown}}<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Generation 1===<br /> [[Image:Ehobby City Guardian Toy.JPG|right|400px|thumb|The most expensive [[army-building|army-builder]] ever?]]<br /> *'''GADEP''' (2008)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''64'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' 2 small shields, 2 medium shields, 2 large shields, 4 armour halves (A, B, C, D), 4 ankle half (E, F, G, H), 2 feet, backpack, 4 tracks (J, K, L, M)<br /> <br /> : An [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]], this toy is a redeco of the ''Generation 1'' Omega Supreme toy. Using the same tooling as the Encore reissue Omega, this toy features the same retooled head.<br /> <br /> :The Guardian transforms into three individual components simultaneously: a large rocket base, a rocket and a tank. The Guardian robot involves next to no actual manipulation of the parts, &quot;transforming&quot; instead by being disassembled into its component pieces, which are then put back together in a different configuration. <br /> <br /> :The Guardian's distinctive forearms (left large cannon and right large, three-fingered claw) disconnect from their arms at the elbow and plug together end-on-end to form the rocket. Its legs are composed of quite a few independent parts; the outer casing of each one is a &quot;shell&quot; made up of two pieces held together by three sliding blue clips, concealing two further &quot;shell&quot; pieces which clip around the leg proper and are held together by its feet. All of these parts are removed and reassembled to form the &quot;core&quot; of the rocket base, which is completed with the addition of the Guardian's backpack and feet as a gantry for the rocket to stand astride, and its wings (made up of six individual pieces themselves, which can be assembled in various configurations) as an ovular track that encircles the whole affair. This leaves the Guardian's torso, which then undergoes some actual transformation to become a tank that rests on the track. The torso features a battery-operated motor which propels the tank around the track as its turret spins and flashes with orange light, or allows the Guardian to walk (very slowly) forward in robot mode.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Although no toy of the Guardian robots was made during the original ''Generation 1'' toyline, they are clearly a slightly more [[Floro Dery|Dery]]-ized, chubbier version of Omega Supreme. E-Hobby capitalized on this similarity by releasing an Omega Supreme redeco as a Guardian over twenty years later, though it is unknown if the Guardians in the cartoon were actually capable of transforming, as the toy does.<br /> *The Japanese name for the Guardian robots, &quot;GADEP&quot;, comes from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Japanese dub of the Generation 1 cartoon]], but the only known source for what the acronym means is the e-Hobby toy bio. E-Hobby's excessively clunky answer, &quot;Groundling Auto-Destruct Powerbroker&quot;, sounds like a back-formation, and some fans think the acronym originally had a different meaning, &quot;Guardian/Defender/Protection&quot;. However, no official confirmation of this theory has been found.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''GADEP''' (ガデプ ''Gadepu'', '''G'''roundling '''A'''uto-'''De'''struct '''P'''owerbroker)&lt;ref&gt;GADEP [[bio]] in the [http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/texts/e_gentei/tfe28_j.html original Japanese] and [[Talk:Guardian robot#Big in Japan|fan-translated English]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *''Russian:'' '''Ohrannik''' (Охранник, &quot;Guard&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Defense specialists]]<br /> [[Category:E-Hobby]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 drones]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Zeta_Prime_(G1)&diff=714866 2012-05-09T20:53:41Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot}}<br /> {{disambig2|the Optimus precursor from the Generation 1 continuities|the Optimus precursor from ''War for Cybertron''|Sentinel Zeta Prime}}<br /> <br /> :''Zeta Prime is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Newnarrator ffod.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The classic battle between evil and the narrator.]]<br /> <br /> Thrust into authority by the death of the previous Matrix bearer, '''Zeta Prime''' took on the thankless job of heading the Autobot forces in the wake of [[Decepticon]] conflicts.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''The Transformers'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Phillip Clarke]] (English)<br /> <br /> Zeta Prime inherited the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from [[Guardian Prime]] when he was killed during the early days of the war with the Decepticons. His stint as Autobot leader appears to have been a short-lived one, as he died before the end of the war and was succeeded by [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]].<br /> <br /> When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] journeyed into the Matrix in 2005, Zeta Prime was the fifth guide he encountered, who gave a very short account of the continuing Autobot-Decepticon war. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW Generation 1 comics===<br /> [[Image:Parasites Zeta Prime.jpg|thumb|left]]<br /> After the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Zeta Prime rose to the rank, and proved himself to be corrupt. Nevertheless, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] and the other Autobots acted as enforcers of his authority. {{storylink|Law and Disorder}} Zeta Prime solidified the Autobot security forces into a true army to withstand the civil war Cybertron suddenly found itself embroiled in. Towards this end, he locked down most recreational activities, as they were magnets for terrorist activity by the [[Decepticon]]s. This included a direct order to shut down the races which brought [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s stardom. <br /> <br /> In the wake of these shutdowns, he increased Autobot recruitment heavily, and many former entertainers joined the Autobot forces, only to find they were ill-prepared for the realities of war. Many attempts on his life were hatched, including one which was intercepted by a group of Autobots that included a young soldier named [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]]. Optimus was able to convince Blurr to carry news of the plot to Zeta Prime before the assassins could reach him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}<br /> <br /> Frustrated with the growing Decepticon rebellion, Zeta Prime procured [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[vamparc ribbon]] and outfitted his troops, including the [[Omega Destructor]]s with it. Unfortunately, the weapon came with a high energy cost, which Zeta was more than happy to draw from the citizens of Cybertron themselves, starting with the terror cell-infested city of [[Nyon]]. The spying [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] was witness to Zeta Prime's elaboration of his insane plan in the [[Senate]] and fled once his cover was blown. Zeta ordered Orion Pax to hunt down the Decepticon before his vamparc ribbon became public knowledge. {{storylink|Parasites}}<br /> <br /> To Zeta Prime's annoyance, Orion not only returned empty-handed, but also questioned his plan to drain his own citizens. Zeta brushed him off and reminded him that he had twice led his troops into Decepticon ambushes, then sent his team on a mission to capture the insurgent [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and make up for their failures. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}} Zeta Prime later revealed he had forced Hot Rod to kill his own people. Zeta and his Omega Destructors then went to Nyon and began destroying the city. Orion Pax and his troops desperately tried to fight the invasion but to no success. Zeta Prime later defeated Orion with a vamparc ribbon. {{storylink|Purge}} Zeta almost destroyed Orion Pax but was stopped by Megatron and the Decepticons. Zeta then retreated after his vamparc ribbon overloaded. {{storylink|Choices}}<br /> <br /> During a meeting with the Senate, Zeta Prime and his Omega Destructors were attacked by a joint Autobot-Decepticon force, with Megatron and Orion Pax personally battling Zeta himself. After Orion destroyed his vamparc ribbon, Megatron was able to get close and use his fusion cannon to destroy Zeta Prime's head. {{storylink|Overthrown}}<br /> <br /> In spite of having been kind of a madman, Zeta Prime still got a memorial statue near [[Sherma Bridge]]. {{storylink|Zero Point}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *The cartoon incarnation was never named in the cartoon. The distinctly unimaginative designation of &quot;'''New Narrator'''&quot; was granted in the dialogue script for &quot;Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4&quot;, and &quot;Zeta Prime&quot; comes from ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''.<br /> *The [[IDW Publishing]] version of Zeta Prime wasn't included in the lineage of Primes depicted in &quot;[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]&quot;, though given what he did in his tenure, that's understandable. Of course, the ''real world'' explanation for this was the Zeta Prime character was created after &quot;Spotlight: Optimus Prime&quot; had been published.<br /> <br /> {{spiritguides nav}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Autobot leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Matrix bearers]]<br /> [[Category:Primes]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=William_Fowler&diff=713610 2012-05-05T19:31:38Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>:''William Fowler is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:DarknessRising2-Fowler.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Someone buy him a longer tie.]]<br /> <br /> Special Agent '''William &quot;Bill&quot; Fowler''' is the type of guy that [[Theodore Galloway]] ''wishes'' he could be. A former US Army Ranger, he's the tough-talking, robot-dissing designated liaison between the [[United States of America|United States government]] and the [[Autobot]]s, who's got the guts to face down [[Starscream (Prime)|the Decepticons]] himself. And he doesn't need any military escort! He can pilot his own damn helicopter! And his own damn jet plane! <br /> <br /> Fowler is leery about trusting the Autobots to handle the [[Decepticon]]s by themselves and believes that [[Earth]] can handle its own mess, but for now, while he chews them out and slags them off, he's willing to let them have a chance.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Pretty big bearings... for a human.|Bulkhead|&quot;[[Darkness Rising, Part 2]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Prime'' cartoon===<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Ernie Hudson]] (English), [[Kenji Nomura]] (Japanese)|[[Jin-uk Hong]] (Korean), [[Dario Oppido]] (Italian), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Mario Filio]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Guilherme Lopes]] (Portuguese)}}<br /> <br /> Fowler was once a member of the Army Rangers. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}}<br /> <br /> Agent Fowler visited [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to chew the Autobots off over mass traffic accidents caused by [[Vehicon (Prime)|several]] [[Arcee (Prime)|odd]] [[Bumblebee (Prime)|vehicles]], and then demanded to know if this meant the Decepticons were back. When [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] confirmed this, Fowler stated it was time to &quot;wake up&quot; the [[Pentagon]]; he was notably ''un''impressed by Optimus's claim that only the Autobots could stop the Decepticons, clearly not believing it, but to avoid mass human casualties he agreed to give them a shot at sorting it out.<br /> <br /> [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] angrily told Fowler that the Autobots knew how to use appropriate force, but when the agent was gone he noted with respect that Fowler had ''bearings''. Prime noted that Fowler's attitude was due to being afraid for his planet. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:DarknessRising3-interrogateFowler.jpg|thumb|left|250px|&quot;This is some nice steel. How about telling me who gave them to you?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Yo mama.&quot;]]<br /> <br /> Another explosion had Fowler returning to the Autobot base, but he found only Bulkhead there. When [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]'s guitar gave away the presence of her and her two classmates, he announced he was going to take them into federal custody, but Bulkhead prevented him from phoning his superiors. He stormed out and took off in his helicopter, making a report by radio. Unfortunately, the transmission was intercepted by the Decepticons, who captured him and strung him up by chains. Fowler proved difficult to interrogate, so [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] got out an [[Energon prod]] to soften him up. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> Fowler was on the verge of breaking and telling Starscream where the Autobot base was, when weapons fire became audible outside the brig. Sensing rescue was near, he became awkward again, provoking Starscream into shocking him into unconsciousness. When he awoke, he was in a dazed, rambling state. The Autobots finally reached his location, only to become locked in a standoff with Starscream, until a random outburst from Fowler caused a distraction, and the Autobots chased Starscream off. Fowler rode back to base in Bulkhead, though his dazed state persisted and he became fixated on pie. Once they reached the base, he was given rudimentary medical attention. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}<br /> <br /> When the Autobots discovered that the Decepticons were using a radio telescope array in [[Texas]], Optimus suggested getting Fowler to put the installation on high alert, but Fowler was still too out of it to comply. He had recovered enough to cheer the Autobots on as they destroyed Megatron's [[space bridge]], and later thanked them for saving him from the Decepticons, and for saving the world, before he left the base. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Masters&amp;Students-FowlerTopGun.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Wronski Feint his ass!]]<br /> Responding to reports of strange transmissions, Fowler warned other pilots away from the area as he sped there in a new top-secret jet. He came upon the scene of a battle between Optimus, Bumblebee and the Decepticon [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], the latter of whom seized the opportunity to [[scanning|scan]] Fowler's jet. Fowler retaliated by firing on Skyquake, but the Decepticon launched a number of heat-seeking missiles that Fowler was forced to use evasive maneuvers to avoid. He later came to Bumblebee's aid, picking up the small Autobot who had just disabled Skyquake in mid-air and was plunging toward the ground as a result. {{storylink|Masters &amp; Students}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Convoy-Fowlerimpatient.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Why didn't Optimus just turn it off?]]<br /> While transporting the [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] in his jet, Fowler was shot down by what he assumed was a Decepticon. He angrily contacted the Autobots for help in shifting the D.N.G.S. and it was loaded into Optimus's trailer to get transported across country. When the convoy was attacked, it turned out not to be the Decepticons after all, but a human organization known as [[MECH]]. A MECH goon climbed onto Optimus's back to try and unhitch the trailer, and Fowler climbed out to grab the guy, but was unable to get any answers before the man was knocked out of his hand by a passing tree branch. Fowler was then contacted by the MECH operative [[Silas]] who explained they were taking the D.N.G.S. The Autobots passed the device safely off to a train, but a short time later were confronted by Vehicons. Optimus apologetically informed Fowler they'd have to break cover to fight, before placing Fowler on a rock. After Silas informed Fowler by radio that he'd worked out the D.N.G.S. was on the train, Fowler tried to warn Optimus, who was promptly clocked by a tree trunk. Fowler had to hang out on the rock for the rest of the mission, but was able to observe Optimus saving the train from where he was. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}<br /> <br /> Fowler was away when the Autobots attempted to obtain his help in retrieving an [[Energon Harvester]] from a museum. His answer phone claimed he was an intensive training retreat, though Bulkhead was unconvinced and believed him to be lounging at a poolside cabana. They eventually managed to get through to him, and he helped them slip a replica of the Harvester into the museum to replace the original, and also to retrieve Miko, who'd been detained by the museum's [[museum security guard|security guard]]. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}<br /> <br /> After the Decepticons broke into the [[Kauai Naval Observatory]] in [[Hawaii]], Fowler contacted the Autobots to ask if they'd encountered any Decepticons wearing hula skirts. He was able to tell them that the lens stolen by the Decepticons had a tracking device on it, leading the Autobots to find it in the [[Arctic]]. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}<br /> <br /> Fowler was at the Autobot base when they learned that [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] had gone missing in the middle of a fight with Bulkhead. He relayed intel that MECH had been spotted on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] where the fight had taken place. Optimus immediate took a team to mount a rescue, leaving Fowler at base with Bulkhead and Miko. Bulkhead suggested they watch a film, which Fowler was heartily in favor of, but he subsequently fell asleep while they were watching ''[[Dinolizard vs. Five-Headed Ape]]''. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}<br /> <br /> Jack called in Fowler to fend off Airachnid and MECH, and he easily forced Airachnid into retreat with some troops. However, Airachnid was able to scan Fowler's assault chopper, much to Fowler's annoyance that his vehicle had been used for a Decepticon's alternate mode again. When Airachnid and MECH fled, he wasn't surprised to hear MECH had vanished without a trace, and began briefing June Darby on the situation with the Cybertronians, only for Jack to convince him to drop it for tonight. {{storylink|Crisscross}}<br /> <br /> Fowler reported on a number of high-tech component thefts by the Decepticons. When he informed the Autobots that the Decepticons were attacking a military laboratory, Optimus told him to have the base evacuated to avoid any loss of human life. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}<br /> <br /> The first thing he did when a number of earthquakes struck simultaneously around the world was call the Autobots and let them know. By the time he arrived at their base, [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] had traced the tremors to the Earth's core, and they quickly realized that [[Unicron]], whom Optimus explained was a dark entity from Cybertron's past, was at the center of the planet. Fowler suggested sticking explosives down the hole Unicron originally crawled into, but Optimus believed Earth had formed around Unicron's slumbering form. Fowler stuck around as the Autobots investigated the tremors. {{Storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat Unicron. Fowler wondered what would stop Megatron calling in an air strike once he knew where the Autobot base was, but Prime was confident that GroundBridging Megatron in would conceal their position sufficiently. The humans hid when Megatron turned up, but when Raf ran out to confront their foe, Fowler found himself having to drag away Miko after she started yelling at the Decepticon leader. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:OneShallRise3-hug.jpg|right|250px|thumb|&quot;I love this town!&quot;]]<br /> Frustrated at not being able to do anything, Fowler almost left the base to go get assistance from the Pentagon, but was distracted by Ratchet's tale of pre-Earth Optimus. When it turned out that Prime's team were all OK, Fowler was compelled to hug a startled June Darby. He and June were waiting at the GroundBridge with the kids, as the Autobots returned to report that Optimus had developed amnesia. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> Fowler wondered if they couldn't just locate Prime the same way the US government located Fowler, via a subcutaneous microchip, but was told Optimus's signal hadn't reappeared. Some time later, when the Decepticons attacked a military base, Fowler alerted the Autobots, but to his frustration they were unable to prevent human injuries or the theft of a power source. Later, it became apparent that in order to bring back Optimus, Jack would have to travel to Cybertron via the Decepticon space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> Fowler hooked Jack up with [[NASA]] to get him a space suit to wear on Cybertron. Not long after Jack and Arcee were sent, [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] called Space Bridge Control, demanding a status report. Because [[Bulkhead (Prime)|two]] [[Ratchet (Prime)|of]] the Autobots there had voices that the Decepticon would recognize, and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|the third]] was mute, the task fell to Agent Fowler to imitate the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] stationed there and say that everything was okay, which went surprisingly well, even when he accidentally asked Breakdown how he was doing! {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} He and the other humans monitored Jack's progress on Cybertron until the Autobots returned with their restored leader. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:LooseCannons Wheeljack and Fowler.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Grr.]]<br /> After obtaining the possible coordinates of the MECH base, Fowler attempted to alert Prime, only to find Bumblebee was the only one available to take his call. He later yelled at Ratchet as well. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} Detecting two [[Transformer]]s fighting near [[Omaha]], Fowler alerted Prime to the situation with his usual subtlety. The Autobots helped newcomer [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] chase off [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], though Fowler's jet was scanned by the Decepticon in the process. Fowler followed them back to the Autobot base to yell at them some more. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}<br /> <br /> Driving out of a military base, Fowler found himself under attack by what appeared to be Optimus Prime. He was only saved from being killed by the arrival of Bumblebee and Bulkhead, the latter of whom caught his car. Back at the Autobot base, it was quickly established the real Prime wasn't behind the attack, and Fowler fielded calls from the military as the imposter attacked [[Alden Military Base]]. Once they established [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] was controlled by MECH, Fowler took part in an assault on the MECH base and kept Silas busy while Optimus finished off their experiment. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}}<br /> <br /> Fowler was called to a debriefing by [[Bryce|General Bryce]] regarding recent Autobot activities. He did his best to explain what was going on, though he eventually had to resort to getting Optimus to speak to the general in person before his superior's worries were allayed. {{storylink|Grill}}<br /> <br /> When Optimus decided to take advantage of the ''Nemesis'' crash to attack the ship, Fowler insisted on coming along. Though the attack ended in failure, they discovered that the warship had achieved sentience and was heading for North America. Fowler and the kids GroundBridged aboard to try and download the Iacon database, but when they discovered that the ship was heading for [[New York City]], Fowler tried to access navigation and was knocked out by the defenses. After disabling the ship's intelligence, the kids helped him back through the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===<br /> [[Image:Titan4.1 Fowler with scientists.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]<br /> After a bunch of alarms went off indicating that a nuclear warhead had just become live, Fowler scrambled with a team of scientists and government agents. They quickly arrived at the Autobot base, where Optimus asked how the missile had come to be left in the base. Fowler admitted it looked like a military failsafe in case the Autobots ever turned on the humans, and Prime firmly asked him to take the bomb with him when he left. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}<br /> <br /> Fowler was having a bad day—he was suffering from trapped wind, his car was under a snowdrift, his wife received a chicken instead of a turkey from the butcher, and the Decepticons had taken control of a [[Yamal|nuclear ship]] near [[Antarctica]]. Naturally, he took his problems to the Autobots. They could only help with the last one. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}} After the disappearance of [[Air Force One]], Fowler took the recovered black box to the Autobot base and played the ransom message on it to Optimus. To Fowler's relief, Optimus knew exactly where Starscream had taken the [[President of the United States|President]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Commercial appearances===<br /> Fowler had summoned the Autobots for a vague special mission. When Ratchet inquired as to backup for this mission, Fowler announced that [[Batman]] had agreed to join the mission. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|Mission: Impossibly Awesome Marathon}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[Image:Convoy-Fowlerqueasy.jpg|thumb|250px|Half the time he's like this, and the other half he's a true badass.]]<br /> *[[Michael Bell]] auditioning for &quot;General Fowler&quot; and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]&lt;ref&gt;http://voiceactors.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/transformers-gi-joe-hasbro-animated-cartoon/&lt;/ref&gt; was the first piece of news the fandom received about ''Prime'', even before the title was revealed. Apparently Fowler transitioned from &quot;General&quot; to &quot;Agent&quot; at some point after that in production.<br /> * Which agency Fowler's a Special Agent ''for'' isn't stated; since he specifically refers to the Pentagon as who he'd talk to and [[Crisscross|later]] calls his work &quot;the agency&quot;, he's presumably with the Department of Defense's [[wikipedia:Defense Intelligence Agency|Defense Intelligence Agency]].<br /> * The Autobots refer to him as their liaison with &quot;the outside world&quot;, though he appears to just represent the United States. <br /> * Fowler must have one ''awesome'' rank if he can decide on his own whether or not the Pentagon is to go on full alert! <br /> * Agent Fowler spouts his own brand of colorful idioms infused with references to Americana when he is surprised or in a tight spot, including:<br /> **&quot;Well I'll be a bald eagle!&quot; in &quot;[[Masters &amp; Students]]&quot;.<br /> **&quot;Sure thing buddy, right after you eat my star-spangled shorts.&quot; in &quot;[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]&quot;.<br /> **&quot;What in Uncle Sam's beard?&quot; in &quot;Darkness Rising, Part 3&quot;.<br /> **&quot;I don't care if Abraham Lincoln is back!&quot; in &quot;[[Loose Cannons]]&quot;.<br /> **&quot;Sweet Lady Liberty!&quot; in &quot;[[Flying Mind]]&quot;.<br /> * When asked about Fowler's mouth and eyebrows &quot;not animating right&quot;, panelists at [[BotCon 2011]] responded that he's &quot;usually hungover&quot;.<br /> * His vehicles have been [[scanning|scanned]] by the Decepticons three times now. He's beginning to get tired of it.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''William Fowler''' (ウィリアム・ファウラー ''Wiriamu Faurā'')<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Fowler, William}}<br /> [[Category: Fiction-only characters]]<br /> [[Category: Pilots]]<br /> [[Category: Prime humans]]<br /> [[Category: United States military]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Arcee_(G1)&diff=710973 2012-04-25T23:38:29Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|maximal|quintesson|wreckers}}<br /> {{disambig3|Arcee}}<br /> :''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:ArceeG1-2010storypage.jpg|right|300px|thumb|These aren't high heels, they just forgot to finish building my feet.]]<br /> <br /> Most make the mistake of noticing only '''Arcee'''&lt;nowiki&gt;'&lt;/nowiki&gt;s [[Female Transformer|gender]], but these first impressions are quickly expanded upon. Arcee is a merciless and deadly warrior who's an expert in hand-to-hand combat and one of the best sharpshooters on record. The reason for her ferocity is how much she cares for her fellow Autobots and especially the [[human]]s they protect. She knows how fragile her organic companions are, and she's equally aware of the evils the [[Decepticon]]s are capable of. Peers such as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] may be more durable than the humans, but she no less fights to defend them as well. They get in plenty of trouble, so someone has to be the level-headed one. (Some believe Arcee has a [[Transformer romance|romantic]] attraction to either of those two, but that depends on who and when you ask.)<br /> <br /> If concern for her friends is her strength, it's regrettably also her weakness. If anything would happen to, say, [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], she might just completely lose it. And she may be quick, but she's not very strong. <br /> <br /> She's also [[Rattrap]]'s &quot;[[Relatives|great-aunt]]&quot;.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Susan Blu]] (English), [[Masako Katsuki]] (Japanese, ''The Movie''), [[Yōko Kawanami]] (Japanese)|[[Atsuko Yuya]] (Japanese, &quot;The Rebirth&quot;), [[Carmen Sheila]] (Portuguese), [[Christine Stichler]] (German, ''The Movie TV Dub''), [[Irene Oberrauch]] (German, Season 3 &amp; 4)}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Springerarceecmonwoman.jpg|left|thumb|200px|&quot;I bet you Hot Rod is the Chosen One.&quot;&lt;br&gt; &quot;What? He's cute, but ''please''.&quot;&lt;br&gt; &quot;Okay, if I'm right, you have to date me instead.&quot;&lt;br&gt; &quot;You're on!&quot;]]<br /> <br /> During the assault on [[Autobot City]] Arcee was instrumental in helping [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] transform the fortress to repel the [[Decepticon]] invaders, buying precious time for reinforcements and likely saving many lives. She was among the few Autobots to survive [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s savage blitz on the city and to form the small army sent to engage the planet eater, [[Unicron]], who was threatening [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] at the time. Although she was nearly left behind when Unicron's minion [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] attacked, she, along with Autobot leader [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and his small attack force managed to hold their own against the villain long enough to befriend the citizens of the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], reunite with their lost Autobot comrades, and fight their way into the depths of Unicron where [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] was finally able to open the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and kill the giant foe. <br /> <br /> [[Image:ArceeTFMovie.jpg|right|200px|thumb|She, uh, meant to flood the tunnel.]]<br /> <br /> Throughout the entire affair, one of Arcee's top priorities was the protection and care of young [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], a human friend of Hot Rod who had wound up on the adventure with her. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}<br /> <br /> After the Matrix chose Hot Rod to become the new leader of the Autobots, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], Arcee remained as one of his closest soldiers. She helped fight a surprise attack on the first [[Galactic Olympics]]. When Ultra Magnus, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] were discovered missing, she and Springer took off after the perceived kidnapper. Although they were successful in capturing their quarry, the [[Skuxxoid]], and taking his ship, he deceived them about the identity of his employer. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} This still turned out to be beneficial as they arrived in time to save Rodimus Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] from being pummeled by a mob of Decepticons. When Rodimus learned that the [[Quintesson]]s were the real ones behind the kidnapping, she partook in the rescue mission on [[Quintessa]], saving Magnus, Kup and Spike seconds before the planet was detonated. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> She, along with the others, was sent by the explosion to the planet of [[Goo 8739B]] where they were stranded until the Junkions were called in to salvage them. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} Although she was only briefly seen in the aftermath, it was assumed she returned to Cybertron with the others, and fought when Galvatron waged a full scale assault on the planet. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}<br /> <br /> Arcee was among the small group of Autobots that managed to stop a Quintesson plot to use the resurrected body of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] as a sort of sleeper agent to lure the rest of the Autobots into a trap. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}} She was also seen among the other Autobots cheering when Unicron's plan to connect himself to Cybertron failed. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:ArceeDepth.jpg|left|thumb|250px|With this, she won't ''need'' to be a sharpshooter!]]<br /> Later she accompanied a squad sent after Galvatron and his troops who had broken into a secret chamber on Cybertron. This too would turn out to be a Quintesson trap. This time, the Decepticons were fooled into releasing the Quintessons’ dangerous experiments, the [[Trans-Organic]]s, and their most powerful member The [[Dweller]], a giant energy leech that turned all Transformers into energy vampires. After trying to fight off both Galvatron and the Dweller in the dark tunnels, only she and Ultra Magnus were able to escape and warn Rodimus Prime and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] in time to stop the Dweller and turn the other Transformers back to normal. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}<br /> [[Image:OnlyHumanlineup.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The color scheme isn't flattering on a jumpsuit, either.]]<br /> <br /> She, along with Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Springer became the targets of crime lord [[Victor Drath]] after busting one too many of his operations. With the help of [[Cobra Commander| Old Snake]], the four Autobots were captured. Their minds were transferred from their bodies into the forms of [[synthoid]] humans. They managed to escape disposal by Drath’s men, and Arcee eventually made it back to Autobot City in an attempt to warn their comrades that their former bodies were going to be used to blow up the city. Being an unrecognizable human, no one believed her, and she was locked in a detention cell instead. Luckily when Ultra Magnus and Springer managed to foil Drath's plan all four Autobots were subsequently returned to their rightful bodies. {{storylink|Only Human}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:HeadmasterDanielRebirth1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Daniel has two mommies.]]<br /> The almost maternal connection between Daniel and Arcee was a powerful one, which was only strengthened some time later when Galvatron tried his most ambitious plan. Using the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber|Key]] to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], Galvatron tried to release its destructive power. Arcee, along with Hot Rod, Kup, and a large Autobot crew, managed to snatch the key away and escaped to the far off planet of [[Nebulos]]. There, they became embroiled in the Nebulons' struggle for freedom against their own oppressors, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. In an effort to combat both the Hive and the Decepticons that had tracked them down, the Autobots and the Nebulons agreed to become partners and developed the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and [[Targetmaster]] processes. Having been critically injured trying to save her from [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]], Arcee chose Daniel to partner with as he now needed an [[exosuit]] to survive and was her ”dearest friend”. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> [[Binary bonding|Binary bonded]], the two proved quite effective in combat as did all the Autobots and, later, Decepticons who became Headmasters and Targetmasters. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}} Trying to escape with the key, Arcee and Daniel were captured by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and held prisoner until Spike and [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] were able to break them out of the Decepticon City just before it was blown out into the deep reaches of space by a blast of energy from the Plasma Energy Chamber. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> ====Japanese cartoon continuity====<br /> {{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in the Japanese timeline as detailed above, except the events of season 3 are pushed back to 2010, and &quot;The Rebirth&quot; does not occur. Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into the timeline.}}<br /> <br /> =====MC Axis comic=====<br /> [[Image:Arcee-modelkit.jpg|right|thumb|150px|&quot;My hair! He shot my hair! Son of a bitch...&quot;]]<br /> <br /> On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], following a devastating battle, [[Firestar]] and [[Moonracer]] observed their enemies retreating and presumed that things would be quiet for a while. Suddenly, they were attacked from behind by a massive [[Decepticon]]. Arcee immediately saved them by killing the villain with a single shot. Arcee reminded the two Female Autobots that war is especially tough on females. They then pondered whether danger is tripled when three beautiful women are involved. {{storylink|The Transformers (MC Axis manga)|The Transformers: Arcee}}<br /> <br /> =====''Story of Binaltech''=====<br /> In the divergent [[universal stream]] of Primax 903.0 Beta, splintered off from the mainstream timeline when the time-tossed Decepticon [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] altered history, Arcee was selected to participate in the [[Timaeus Project]], an Autobot experiment to breach super-dimensional space being carried out on the urging of the mysterious [[Optimus Primal|Protector]], a disembodied spark from the future. Arcee's consciousness was transferred into a [[Binaltech]] body, and after saying goodbye to the Protector, she began her objective: driving in around an accelerator track while a chip in her cerebro-circuitry helped focus her thoughts towards breaching &quot;superspace&quot;. Just as she succeeded in opening a rift into higher-dimensional space, however, a Decepticon attack led by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] struck Autobot City. Fearing for the safety of the Protector and the future he represented, Arcee recklessly attempted to go to his rescue, leaping off the track without taking the proper slowdown procedures. Arcee's body was crushed by undissipated kinetic energy, but in her unconscious state, the Protector's spark contacted her, and told her that he was unimportant: it was the Timaeus Project and its researchers who had to be saved. 38 seconds later, Arcee awoke, her spark having been automatically transferred to a spare S-2000 Binaltech unit, and she fulfilled the Protector's wishes, saving the project's human workforce and the [[Alternium|strange object]] that had passed through the rift she had opened. Alas, this allowed Shockwave's agents to capture the Proctor's spark, and bring it to Decepticon leader [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> When Nemesis Prime resurfaced in Australia, the Autobots confronted him. As Ultra Magnus and the others assaulted the Decepticons directly, Arcee managed to free the Protector from the villains' clutches. The liberated Protector then merged with Optimus Prime, giving him the strength to defeat his evil counterpart. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 4}}<br /> <br /> =====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms'' comic=====<br /> [[Image:Arcee2010MangaBoogie01.jpg|thumb|200px|left|She's supposed to be ''running''. Seriously.]]<br /> <br /> After receiving an SOS signal, Arcee and the Autobots responded to aid the humans. Their rescue efforts were interrupted by Galvatron and the Decepticons, but Rodimus Prime managed to defeat their enemies, and the Autobots flew the refugees to safety. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}} <br /> <br /> On another occasion, Arcee and her friends were confronted with five copies of the lost Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. They eventually uncovered Galvatron directing the &quot;[[Megatron Corps]]&quot;, and destroyed his drones. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #2}} <br /> <br /> Arcee was also present when Ultra Magnus gave a tour of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to a group of human children. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}} <br /> <br /> She was present on the planet [[Feminia]] during the Decepticon invasion of the world, as well. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> =====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Yōko Kawanami]] (Japanese)}}<br /> [[Image:Hmep3_arcee_cries.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Blurr cares not for your pain, woman!]]<br /> In 2011, Arcee was stationed at the Autobots' secondary command post on the planet [[Athenia]] when Cybertron's mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]] began to destabilize, threatening the planet and opening it up to an attack by Decepticons and their new &quot;Headmaster&quot; warriors. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} She remained there with Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Carly]] to hold down the fort while the other Autobots joined the battle on Cybertron, and watched from afar as an object that they believed to be a star also headed for the planet. The &quot;star&quot; was in actuality the colossal spaceship the Maximus, carrying the Autobot Headmasters from their homeworld of planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], and with their added strength, the Autobot forces were able to rout the Decepticons. While Optimus Prime headed into Cybertron's depths to try and stabilize the computer, Arcee helped welcome the Autobot Headmasters to Athenia, and again remained on the planet with Kup and Blurr while most of the other Autobots began searching for the missing Matrix of Leadership on Earth, required to bring Vector Sigma under control. Arcee wept when news of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s death during the quest reached Athenia. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Lack of any further news put Blurr on edge, and Arcee was trying to get him calm down before he drove her nuts when Autobot Headmaster commander [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] announced that he was going to Cybertron to try to help Optimus Prime. Arcee and the others went with him, helping to monitor Vector Sigma while he followed Prime into Cybertron's catacombs. Ultimately, the Matrix was recovered and used to stabilize Vector Sigma, but not before Optimus Prime perished once more, leaving Hot Rod—now Rodimus Prime again—as leader. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Headmasters threestooges.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]<br /> <br /> Arcee, Kup and Blurr counselled Rodimus Prime on how to deal with the Decepticons' newest weapon, the [[Madmachine]]; Arcee put both Blurr and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] in their place for underestimating the threat. She then watched as Fortress used the technology of Master to resurrect Blaster as Twincast. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} A little later, Arcee relayed a report from Fortress about the Decepticon conquest of planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]] to Rodimus. {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} Later still, she helped track the trajectory of the Decepticons' newest space-borne weapon, the meteorite [[Metamorphose]], and assured Daniel that Fortress's battleship would be able to deal with it before it posed any thread to Athenia. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}<br /> <br /> Receiving a distress call from the planet [[Praum]], Arcee conferred with Kup and Blurr on what to do, since Rodimus himself was on Earth checking up on a report of a new energy discovery. While the Autobot Headmasters went to investigate Praum, Rodimus radioed in that the energy report was a fake, prompting Arcee to re-examine the report and discover it had been given by hypnotised victim of the Decepticon Headmaster [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. Realising the energy report was a distraction, Rodimus headed for Praum and saved the Autobot Headmasters from the ambush waiting for them there. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Chromedome started to develop a crush on Arcee, and the other Headmasters made fun of him by comparing Arcee's looks to the [[Statue of Liberty]]'s. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Hm11 arcee handsonhips.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Yeah, you'll be seeing this a lot if you get married, and it'll always be while you're trying to watch football.]]<br /> <br /> When the Decepticons launched another major attack on Cybertron in order to seize control of the new alloy [[cybertonuron]] that Vector Sigma had created, Arcee rushed to the planet to join the battle, though she and Kup were held up by having to stop and pull Blurr out of a chair he'd gotten stuck in. The trio watched as Rodimus and Galvatron battled. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Unfortunately, the Autobots did not reckon with Decepticon Headmaster leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], who used [[plasma energy]] bombs to destroy Cybertron, rather than allow Galvatron to obtain the cybertonuron. Rodimus Prime decided to leave leadership to Fortress while he departed to search space for a new homeworld for the Transformers, and Kup and Blurr volunteered to go along with him; Arcee expressed her desire to join them, but Rodimus instructed her to stay behind to look after Daniel and Wheelie. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:Hm11 chromedome arcee dance.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]<br /> <br /> Arcee was downcast by these turns of events, but tried to encourage Wheelie and Daniel to keep their spirits up. They all attended a party to commemorate the completion of the joint Autobot-human project, the [[Sol 1]] satellite, at which Arcee slow-danced with Chromedome, surprised at his skill. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} Arcee later helped to monitor the mysterious Decepticon-controlled planet [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]] {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} and alerted Fortress to the appearance on Athenia of [[buridanka|a carnivorous plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}<br /> <br /> When Fortress departed Athenia to join a battle on Mars, Carly worried for the safety on Daniel, and Arcee assured her he would be fine. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} During the fight on Mars, Fortress was hit by a blast of energy by the Decepticons that drained all his power, and Arcee desperately tried to raise him on the communications channel. She analyzed the energy that had struck him, identifying it as plasma energy, and realized that the Decepticons planned to destroy Mars in order to generate more of it. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}} Unbelievably, the villains succeeded in the goal, and Arcee joined with Spike and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] in scanning the planetary debris to assess the damage the planet's destruction had caused to the solar system. After they reported their findings to Fortress, a strange new phenomenon appeared on Athenia: Daniel and Wheelie saw a UFO! Arcee filled Fortress in on the mystery sighting, and travelled with the Autobot Headmasters to watch as Daniel tried communicating with the strange visitor via music. Chromedome was particularly honored to drive alongside Arcee, and got a thrill out of seeing her transform. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Hm18_arcee_memo.jpg|right|thumb|225px|&quot;So, yeah, this is basically all I do now.&quot;]]<br /> <br /> Arcee was the first to speak out in favour of offering aid to the energy-depleted planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], and gathered information on the Autobots' energon stockpiles in order to verify the energy could be spared. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} Soon after, Arcee used [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] to send a request from Spike to Galvatron about the unlikely possibility of the two factions uniting in a new energy research programme... and received a surprised response in the positive! Unfortunately, the negotiations proved to be a Decepticon distraction, granting the rest of the villains time to depart on an interplanetary energy-plundering quest. Once the Autobots discovered they had been duped, they set off in pursuit of their foes across space; Arcee accompanied them, helping to look after Daniel and Wheelie on the trip. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:Hm19_nurse_arcee.jpg|left|thumb|225px|&quot;Hey you look a lot like...&quot;&lt;br/&gt; &quot;Riderman? Yeah, I get that a lot.&quot;]]<br /> <br /> The Autobots discovered that the Decepticons' first target was the planet [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] when they found a damaged ship and an injured soldier from the planet floating in space. Arcee did her best to save the soldier's life with the Maximus's medical equipment, but his wounds were to severe. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} Next, the Decepticons went after the planet [[Twin Star|Sperity]]; Fortress instructed [[Brainstorm]] to take Arcee, Daniel and Wheelie to Sperity's barren twin [[Twin Star|Toruin]] where they could be safe until the fighting was over. However, the quartet discovered that most of Sperity's population had evacuated to a subterranean city on Toruin, and Arcee was forced to volunteer herself as a &quot;hostage&quot;, remaining on Toruin as a show of good faith while Brainstorm went to pass this important information on to the Autobots on Sperity. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}<br /> <br /> Arcee's image was programmed into one of Daniel's video games as a hapless damsel who had to be saved from sprites of the Decepticon Headmasters. Fortunately, she didn't take any offense at this, and happily watched Daniel play the game, complimenting him on his marksmanship. Soon after, the Autobots saved the injured [[Beastformer]] [[Tekna]] from the planet Darhos, and Arcee monitored his vitals as Chromedome tried and failed to save his life. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}} Arcee then joined the Autobots in traveling to planet [[Paradise]], {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} and [[Pirate Planet]], but just really stood around on the Maximus and didn't do much. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}} She carried on doing nothing after the Autobots returned to Athenia {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} and even took the time to advocate that ''others'' do nothing as well, such as when she had Spike refrain from contacting Fortress in the face of a diversionary Decepticon attack. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} She spent most of the time that immediately followed sitting at a monitor, either sending communications or overseeing Fortress's telekinetic surgery on an injured Spike. She finally got off her butt to tell a benched Chromedome that Fortress was in trouble in a battle on Earth, but fortunately, Chromedome had just deduced the location of Scorponok's weak spot and left Arcee in charge on Athenia while he headed off to pass the info on. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Hm27 ambassador arcee.jpg|right|thumb|&quot;Weren't you a little taller the last time we met?&quot;&lt;br/&gt; &quot;Shut up.&quot;]]<br /> <br /> Fortress's victory over Scorponok forced the Decepticons off of Earth, leaving the Autobots to begin clean-up operations and restore the damage done to the planet. Arcee was appointed Spike's aide in his meeting with the [[United Nations]], working to help co-ordinate the relief effort; their first endeavour was the destruction of the Decepticons' abandoned Earth headquarters. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} Despite these new duties, however, Arcee still joined with the other Autobots in travelling to the planet Master when word reached them that Scorponok had withdrawn there and was causing chaos. She put her medical knowledge to work again treating the wounds of Chromedome's old friend [[Jack (Headmasters)|Jack]]. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} She proceeded to do absolutely nothing for the entirety of the remainder of the Autobots' time on the planet, but she sure did a good job of sitting silently in a chair. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}<br /> <br /> Arcee's massively importantly contribution to the Autobots' return flight to Earth was reminding Daniel and Wheelie to wear their seatbelts. Soon after touching down on the planet, Arcee received a report that an airliner carrying Spike and Carly had crashed in the Andes, prompting Daniel and the Headmasters to head to the rescue. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} She then ''finally'' stepped back on to the battlefield for the first time in ages when she joined all the other Autobots in a climactic final battle with the Decepticons at the North Pole. She united her energies with her team-mates, funnelling them through the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]], super-charging Fortress Maximus and giving him the strength to destroy Scorponok's [[transtector]]. This victory finally led the Decepticons to flee Earth for good, and Arcee stood stoically by Fortress and the other Headmasters as they bid Spike, Carly and Daniel goodbye, before heading into space to carry on the fight. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===Marvel UK comics future timelines===<br /> [[Image:Arceeprimesrib.jpg|left|300px|thumb|They're not men, Arcee. Transformers have no gender. We've been over this!]]<br /> Arcee was constructed by the Autobots in an alternate future 1995 as a good-will attempt to placate [[Feminist mob|angry feminists]] who thought that they were &quot;sexist&quot; for having no women in their group. After trying multiple times to explain that Autobots, being robots, had no gender, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered and ordered [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to make a new Autobot who would meet the humans' demands for sexual equality. However, when Arcee was unveiled at a public ceremony, her pink, skinny and curvaceous form enraged the very audience Prime intended to placate. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Horri-Bull]], [[Fangry]] and [[Squeezeplay]] who immediately attacked, looking to crush the &quot;secret weapon&quot; that was promised. Prime warned Arcee to stay back, lest she get hurt in battle, but the female Autobot, rightfully annoyed at the Autobots' lack of faith in her equal ability, singlehandedly forced the Decepticons into a retreat. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] thought that was pretty hot. The feminists were enraged beyond words. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Arceehotrodspacepirates.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Y'know, Arcee, if you'd stop running pidgeon-toed, maybe we'd be out of here by now.]]<br /> Arcee and Hot Rod became quite friendly, but with his ascension to Prime status in 2006, they began to drift apart. She was stationed at [[Autobot City]] on Earth and got bored by her duties. The [[Quintesson]]s attacked in 2008, stringing out the city's population to the wall and using a wounded Arcee as bait to attract Rodimus; when he tried to use the Matrix to heal her, they stole it and he reverted to Hot Rod. Despite her injuries, she assisted him in awakening [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and devastating the Quintesson fleet. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}<br /> <br /> In 2009, Arcee tracked down [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] on Earth, where they were planning to use a laser bore to leech energy right from the planet's core. Joining a small Autobot detachment, they destroyed the drill and returned to Autobot City to face the greater threat: a timestorm that threatened 20 years of history with destruction. As Galvatron had spent months back in the 20th century, the universe was unraveling from the anomaly. <br /> <br /> [[Image:TimeWars3-ArceeDinobots.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Dinobots 1, Chivalry 0]]<br /> <br /> Arcee, Rodimus and several other Autobots traveled back in time to 1989 in order to retrieve the Decepticon villain. Unfortunately, the Autobots of that day mistook them for imposters and tried to kill them. Arcee was nearly mauled to death by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] before [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] explained that they were actually travelers from the future. Even more unfortunately, Galvatron had acquired some allies in the past: Scourge, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], and the mighty [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]]. She joined Kup and Ultra Magnus in trying to triple-team Megatron, but was only swatted aside like a bothersome insect. Arcee survived, however, and managed to take a few cheap shots at Galvatron later on in the fight. Eventually, the timestorm asserted itself on the battle, and consumed Galvatron utterly, ending the temporal distortion. {{storylink|Time Wars}}<br /> <br /> Arcee and the Autobots returned to their time only to find it had reset so Galvatron never time-jumped and had instead conquered Cybertron. Their resistance movement was quickly crushed, and the Autobots were forced to leave their homeworld. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}} Arcee joined a hundreds-strong Autobot team in fleeing to Earth to regroup. When the Matrix-imprisoned [[Unicron]] possessed Rodimus, Arcee showed a more ruthless side in being the only one of the Autobots to advocate using lethal force on him. {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void}} {{storylink|White Fire}} As Unicron would go on to possess Rodimus again and devastate Cybertron in 2010—an event she witnessed—her ruthless attitude appears to have been the right one all along. Yes, Rodimus Prime managed to contain Unicron again, but at what price...? {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}<br /> <br /> {{note|Her only appearances in the Marvel U.S. comics were in their [[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)|Transformers: The Movie]] adaptation (&quot;[[The Planet-Eater!]]&quot;, &quot;[[Judgment Day!]]&quot;, and &quot;[[The Final Battle!]]&quot;), and a profile in issue #4 of ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]''. All stuff out-of-continuity with the US storyline.}}<br /> <br /> ===''Big Looker Storybook'' continuity===<br /> [[Image:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Look, Dinobots, do you get along with Arcee or not?]]<br /> Kup led Hot Rod, Arcee, and the Dinobots on a special mission to take supplies from Earth to a space station on Cybertron's second moon. Despite Kup's warnings, the Dinobots loaded too many supplies onto the ship, and the ship crashed on a planet. Everyone landed safely, but Kup recognized the place. It was the planet [[Quintessa|Quintesson]]! They were interrupted by a tribal scream and a flurry of firestones. However, the boy who made his presence known was not aiming at them, but at the Quintessons behind them. The boy's name was [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and he had been abandoned on the planet when his ship crashed there earlier.<br /> <br /> Wheelie led them through the jungle, battling Quintessons along the way, until they reached Wheelie's crashed ship. Hot Rod was able to fix it, and everyone left the planet Quintesson, Wheelie included! {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}<br /> <br /> ===Coloring books===<br /> Arcee didn't get a seat during a meeting and later shot at Decepticons. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}<br /> <br /> ===Beast Era===<br /> ====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====<br /> After digging his way out from underneath a sudden rockslide caused by an unexpected energy surge from a damaged [[stasis pod]], Rattrap demanded to know what in the name of his [[Relatives|great aunt]] Arcee was going on. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}<br /> <br /> ====3H comics====<br /> {{note|The following takes place during the [[Beast Era]], specifically its cartoon continuity, which took from both the original cartoon and the Marvel Comics. However, these stories seem to be written to be specifically taking place solely after the events of the original cartoon.}}<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|I liked her better when she had that kid in her head.|[[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]|&quot;[[Betrayal]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Arceedeparturemourns.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Gothy 'cuz all her toys get canceled.]]<br /> During a battle against a horde of killer [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] (now an adult) sacrificed their lives to end the threat. The death of Daniel took a serious toll on Arcee, who became reclusive, preferring to sit alone with images of her former [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]]. Over time, she slipped away from her friends entirely, disappearing within [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After an unspecified event, she took on the form of a techno-organic spider, and learned the skills of both [[Crystalocution]] and the previously lost art of [[Tekkaido]]. She strongly believed that she had premonitions of her friends' deaths before they would happen, and this knowledge had driven her insane. She hid herself away, hoping to spare herself the pain of experiencing this phenomenon.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Arceedeparturespider.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty fa— well, just don't underestimate me, okay?]]<br /> Hundreds of [[Stellar cycle|stellar cycles]] later, when [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] returned from [[Earth]]'s past and conquered Cybertron with his army of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]], Arcee's solitude spared her from the onslaught. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], now known as simply Rodimus, had helped form a new team of [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] and wished to enlist Arcee. But Arcee rejected his offer as she was still too embittered by her experience, though she was touched by the Wrecker [[Fractyl]]'s words. Rodimus's Wreckers were followed by Megatron's new Vehicon generals, [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] and [[Blastcharge (BM)|Blastcharge]], causing a battle that resulted in Fractyl's near-death. Refusing to lose another, Arcee used her spark to save Fractyl, also reformatting him into a Transmetal body. Arcee agreed to depart with the rest of the Wreckers, and she and Fractyl assisted them in defeating a vast Vehicon army in order to reach an old [[Autobot shuttle]]. {{storylink|Departure}}<br /> <br /> But the Autobot bounty hunter [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] had snuck aboard their ship and attacked some of their group. Arcee and the others raced to the rescue, and Arcee was quickly felled by Devcon, despite his new, smaller Vehicon body. After things were sorted out, Arcee tended to Fractyl, whose new Transmetal form was wildly unstable. At Arcee's insistence, [[Apelinq]] created a crude medical bot, [[CatSCAN]], to assist Fractyl's recovery. Arcee was oddly unable to foresee the deaths of [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] and [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], a result of a yet-unknown saboteur amongst their ranks, as she happily watched CatSCAN discover himself while working on Fractyl. Their ship set down on their [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]-given destination, the remote planet of [[Akalo|Archa Nine]]. Arcee stayed behind with a few others to repair damage to their ship by their mysterious saboteur, who turned out to be fellow Wrecker [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus stole the [[Divine Light]], the artifact the Wreckers were searching for, and returned to his true master, [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Arceedisclosure.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Just like old times, but smaller.]]<br /> Arcee blamed herself, as she hadn't been able to foresee death since she saved Fractyl. Demoralized, Arcee and the Wreckers left Archa Nine and headed to another planet at the insistence of their divinely-inspired leader, [[Primal Prime]]. They landed on a small icy planet, and a small scout team, including Arcee, was sent to investigate. After searching for hours, they stumbled upon [[Al-Badur]], a [[Quintesson]] scientist. Arcee immediately readied her weapon, as she and Rodimus had had enough of the Quintessons for several lifetimes, but Primal Prime asked her to lower them. Al-Badur was a somewhat welcome source of information regarding their quest, and before they could leave the planet with him, they were under attack by a horde of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] sent by Cryotek. Arcee and Rodimus quietly bonded as they battled the Sharkticons; it was just like old times. Slowly but surely, Arcee's demeanor had lightened. After the Sharkticons were defeated, Al-Badur explained their problem. The Divine Light was an ancient Quintesson piece of technology that allowed them to tap directly into the power of [[Primus]], and now Cryotek had it! {{storylink|Disclosure}}<br /> <br /> But when they returned to Cybertron, it had changed during their absence into a [[technorganic]] paradise by the [[Great Reformatting]]. Quintessons had seized the opportunity to invade the planet, but Primal Prime assured Arcee and the others that Cryotek was their only concern. Primal Prime, Apelinq, [[Ramulus]] and [[Tigatron]] left them to find Cryotek, leaving Arcee and the others to take their injured to safety before joining the counterattack forces on the ground. Instead, their shuttle took heavy damage and was descending in a ball of fire and smoke. Arcee, grabbing Fractyl's body and what life support she could, abandoned ship with the rest. Disregarding Primal Prime's orders, Arcee suggested they find Cryotek and help the other Wreckers defeat him. Descending into the layers of Cybertron, they met [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], who joined them on their journey. <br /> <br /> Finding the battleground between Cryotek and [[Sentinel Maximus]] (the combined form of Apelinq and Primal Prime, newly merged by Primus), Arcee reluctantly set aside Fractyl and his life support to join the fight. She helped Devcon defeat Cryotek's mutated pet [[Chro]], using her weblines to hold the monster still so the bounty hunter could shoot at it. But Cyclonus and Rodimus had disappeared beneath some rubble, so Arcee, Fractyl (who had been magically repaired by Tigatron expending all of his [[Vok]] powers) and the others went digging for him... and instead found [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]], [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]... and Arcee's nephew, [[Rattrap]]. They avoided each other's glance awkwardly. <br /> <br /> They found Rodimus, but he was in rough shape, having fought nearly to the death with Cyclonus. Arcee and the others agreed to follow Al-Badur's instruction in defeating Cryotek, and helped direct the battle between Sentinel Maximus and Cryotek to a chamber deep within Cybertron. Arcee asked Fractyl to keep on Rodimus, who was extremely weak. Their group arrived in the desired chamber, but Arcee had a bad feeling about the place. It seemed familiar. She recognized it too late. It was a Quintesson banishment chamber, and Al-Badur had activated the containment shield within, locking Sentinel Maximus, Cryotek, and himself inside a forcefield bubble that fed into a strongly gravitational portal into nothingness. To Arcee's initial horror, despite her pleas, Rodimus stood up to deal with the situation. She knew that his next action would kill him in his weakened state, but after his assurances, she resigned herself to the outcome. Rodimus and Cheetor, both [[Matrix Templar]]s, used their skills to drain Cryotek of his Primus-stolen powers. As expected, this was too much for Arcee's long-time friend, and though they succeeded in saving Cybertron, Rodimus was dead. <br /> <br /> But death isn't an ending, she realized. It was just another change. &quot;And change is what we do.&quot; Arcee and Fractyl gathered his body to take it to a secret burial ground that Arcee knew of. She promised that this time, she wouldn't disappear forever. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===<br /> Before the war, Arcee worked in a hazardous materials treatment plant. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} She was a member of Hot Rod's underground rebellion team on Cybertron, battling the forces of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Both Hot Rod and Springer appeared to be in love with her, though she seemed rather uninterested in both of them. In reality, Arcee was a sleeper agent for the [[Quintesson]]s. <br /> <br /> {{note|Due to [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s bankruptcy, this story was never concluded.}}<br /> <br /> ===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===<br /> [[Image:TheArtofWar1 girltalk.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]<br /> In order to oversee the decommissioning of all Cybertronian technology on Earth, Arcee was sent to the planet alongside [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the last of which whom she had a mutual attraction to. Shortly after the group arrived at [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]], the facility came under attack by [[Cobra]], and Arcee helped fight them off alongside [[Scarlett]], who was surprised over the existence of &quot;girl robots&quot;. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} Upon hearing about a security breach in the lower levels of Area 52, the group headed there and, to Arcee's horror, found Bumblebee injured and low on energy. Before much could be done about him, the group was attacked by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who took control of [[G.I. Joe battle mech|G.I. Joes' mechs]] and forced them to fight the Autobots before bringing the roof down on everyone. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}<br /> <br /> The Autobots and Joes survived, and quickly followed Serpent O.R. through a warpgate to Cybertron, where they were attacked by [[cannibalizer]]s. Arcee didn't think they were very threatening, but suggested that they retreat to protect the humans. During their escape, she promised that she'd rotate Bumblebee's tires if he could outrace her... only to run straight into Serpent O.R. and his new army, who remorselessly killed Bumblebee and captured the others. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} They eventually managed to escape thanks to their G.I. Joe friends. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:GIJoevsTFArtofwar5_Arceecrys.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]<br /> After hearing that Serpent O.R. had captured [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Arcee and the others made their way to his chambers, only to find that [[Cobra Commander]] had taken control of Serpent O.R.'s body after he had seized the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. &quot;Serpentor Prime&quot; effortlessly defeated most of the Autobots and Joes, but Arcee dodged his tentacles and managed to rip his chestplate off, allowing [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] to take the Matrix's power and defeat him. Some time later, Arcee cried for Bumblebee during a memorial service for him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW Generation 1 comics===<br /> {{ongoing}}<br /> [[Image:Spotlight Arcee traumatic flashback.jpg|right|220px|thumb|]]<br /> Arcee was an early test subject of the mad genius [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], after he decided to introduce gender into the Transformers just to see the results. Her fundamental [[CNA]] was altered, giving her a &quot;maddening maelstrom of contradictory sensory input&quot; and causing all other Transformers to sense a fundamental difference about her and inadvertently use feminine pronouns around her, something that she loathes. (It also gave her fangs and permanent lipstick for some unknown reason.)<br /> <br /> [[Image:IDW Arcee mad.jpg|left|180px|thumb|The writers of the Headmasters cartoon now fear for their lives...]]<br /> She didn't meet Jhiaxus' standards and was dumped. Dangerously unstable and driven by an implacable homing instinct towards her creator's experiments, Arcee cut a mech-fluid swath of carnage across several planets in her obsession with destroying everything Jhiaxus created. She was eventually taken down by [[Tyrest Accord]] enforcer [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and incarcerated on the Autobot penitentiary on [[Garrus-9]]. <br /> <br /> Her [[spark]] was kept separate from her body within the penitentiary, as were those of all prisoners. In this limbo, she found a kind of peace. Unfortunately, when the Decepticons attacked to seize the new inmate [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (another Jhiaxus experiment), warden [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] freed her as a last resort to stop the attack. She was able to carve her way through the invaders, but not before they left with their target. She headed off to intercept them, with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] convincing Maximus to allow this. Arcee apparently knows of the [[Expansion]] and Jhiaxus's part in it, and refers to herself as the &quot;servo-wrench in the works&quot;. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}<br /> <br /> Later, on the Decepticon Battle Platform [[Zuska]], Arcee tortured a Decepticon until he agreed to tell her where [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]] had taken the [[Combiner|gestalts]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}} She tracked them down, only to find the [[Dead Universe]] Transformers had activated Monstructor and taken him to places unknown, decimating the Decepticons in the process. She agreed to assist the wounded Banzaitron in getting to the Monstructor-Six, reasoning it would lead to Jhiaxus... {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:SpotlightSideswipe Jhiaxus deathbecomeshim.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Those were the best days of our lives.]]<br /> As Arcee assisted Banzaitron and his team in trying to recapture Monstructor, [[Skram (G2)|Skram]] arrived through a space bridge portal with the means to go to where Jhiaxus was. Slicing off his arm and murdering her way through [[Micromaster|Micromasters]], she finally cornered him and was surprised to find he wouldn't die— thanks to coming from the [[Dead Universe]] and in a location so close to its influence, he was effectively immortal. Which meant she could kill him over and over. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}<br /> <br /> Arcee spent several years gleefully murdering Jhiaxus, but her revenge was cut short one day when the nearby portal to the Dead Universe suddenly began to lure all life on [[Gorlam Prime]] into it. She was hypnotically drawn towards it, but [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] held her back until the allure of the portal went away. Though the two Autobots were safe, the entire population of the planet had mysteriously vanished into the portal, and they decided to investigate. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2}} A while later, they detected [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and his minions in the vicinity and attacked them, severely wounding Galvatron. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 1}}<br /> <br /> Arcee proceeded to defeat Jhiaxus again, toying with the bot brought back to life by Galvatron's [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]] and promising to renew the damage that had been repaired a thousandfold, while Hardhead pushed back Scourge and Cyclonus, the critically injured Galvatron used this time to tap into the Dead Universe through the portal, repairing and charging himself, and the pair were overpowered by Galvatron's now overwhelming Dead Universe powers. Hardhead urged her to return to the Autobot army and warn them of Galvatron's return, and despite Cyclonus and Scourge following her and blowing he off a bridge, she survived, wounded, and got away. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2}}<br /> <br /> Arcee later came to the rescue for an Autobot escape pod full of survivors from the [[Kimia Facility]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings}} After rescuing the survivors, she and Hardhead had to explain at least five times to them all about the Dead Universe, Heart of Darkness, [[D-Void]] and Galvatron's plans. Rallying the others to act, they made it to Cybertron by the time Galvatron infected [[Vector Sigma]] with the Heart of Darkness, which caused a maelstrom to break out on the planet's surface. Arcee suggested on guiding the ship through an underground tunnel and told anyone who would like to bail out to do it now. Fortunately they conveniently crashed right on top of Galvatron himself. Galvatron recovered and engaged Arcee and Hardhead, quickly defeating them. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis}}<br /> <br /> Arcee would fall into the employ of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], acting as his shadowy enforcer on the reborn Cybertron. She apparently had been acquainted with him in the past, wondering aloud if he had gone soft on &quot;[[Earth|Eart]]&quot;. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Arcee Ratbat WorldandEverythingInIt.jpg|left|150px|thumb|]]<br /> After receiving a [[Starscream (G1)|tip-off]] that [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] was planning on having Bumblebee assassinated, Prowl sent Arcee to deal with the former senator. She ambushed Ratbat in his quarters, and gleefully dismembered and killed him. When she reported back to Prowl, he made sure that they both had their story straight; Ratbat was armed and Arcee had no choice but to kill him. Arcee smirked and agreed that it was &quot;the Autobot way&quot;. {{storylink|The World &amp; Everything in It}} Later, Arcee watched with amusement from a high vantage point as a set of rockets [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] had fired into orbit successfully drew away dangerous energies that would have caused an explosion on the planet's surface. {{storylink|Stick Together}} Arcee taunted Prowl later that it was his fault of Ratbat's death and the Lost Light's apparent destruction but Prowl shrugged this off. She later killed the hypnotized Sunstorm when Bombshell took control of him with a cerebro shell.{{storylink|Devisive}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Lenne Hardt]] (English)}}<br /> <br /> In 2010, the Decepticon military commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] acquired a source of infinite power called [[Zel Quartz]]. It drove him to madness, and he destroyed Cybertron while threatening to lay waste to the rest of the galaxy. Rodimus Prime and the Autobots desperately coordinated with the [[Quintesson]]s to use a timeslip device and travel back in time, preventing Shockwave from ever getting his hand on Zel Quartz. Unfortunately, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the remaining Decepticons learned of the mission, and intercepted the Autobots on the way through the timeslip.<br /> <br /> Crashing in 2003 on [[Zel Samine]], where the quartz originated, Arcee awoke with Kup and Rodimus Prime. Separated from the rest of their team, they sent out an SOS and were met by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the present day Autobots. After explaining the situation, Arcee and her allies joined up with Optimus to search for the Zel Quartz before the Decepticons could find it.<br /> <br /> Wheeljack searched the planet for any records or power signatures that might be Zel Quartz. After three false leads, they finally located Zel Quartz at the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]]. After fighting through numerous Decepticon lieutenants, and facing the might of Megatron and Galvatron united, Arcee and the Autobots secured the Zel Quartz and ultimately disposed of it so that it could do no further harm. With the rock no longer a threat, the Autobots of 2010 vanished and returned to their home timeline. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Generation 1===<br /> [[Image:G1ArceeProto.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Orange? Where'd that come from?]]<br /> [[Image:Concept-HeadmasterArcee.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Pinkdome.]]<br /> *'''Arcee'''<br /> : Despite that she was a major character in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]], no transforming toy of Arcee was made during the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original toyline]]'s run. Images of a hand-sculpted [[prototype]] based on Arcee's original character design ([[#Notes|see below]]) have appeared in several Japanese publications, but it appears the toy never progressed beyond that stage.<br /> <br /> : The Japanese ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' book shows a piece of concept artwork of the Headmaster [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] car in pink and white labeled &quot;Arcee&quot;, a proposal for a redeco of the toy as Headmaster Arcee from &quot;[[The Rebirth]]&quot;. (Presumably, then, this was a Hasbro-initiated idea.) The idea does not appear to have gone any farther.<br /> <br /> {{canceledtoy}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Botconarceetoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE! Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE! Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE! Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE!]]<br /> *'''Arcee''' (Mega, 2001)<br /> : The very first true transforming Arcee toy is a [[redeco]] and minor [[Retool|retooling]] of the ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Transmetal 2]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], transforming into a malformed mish-mash of machine and organic parts in the form of a large spider. The spider-mode fangs become a grappling weapon for her robot mode which extend on a [[Retractable string gimmick|retractable string]]. She has a special [[spark crystal]] that changes her [[Insignia|faction symbol]] from [[Autobot]] to [[Maximal]] when rotated. The robot mode also features a spring-powered waist-swivel for &quot;power kick&quot; action. Arcee lacks the [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] toy's additional chest armor, and thus has oddly-placed holes in her... well, chest, that keep the armor in place.<br /> <br /> : Arcee was available only as an [[exclusive]] to [[BotCon 2001]], and along with [[Tigatron]] was the first time since the inception of [[3H Productions|3H]] that they were allowed to use pre-existing characters for convention exclusives. Arcee is also the first convention toy to feature retooling. Preorders received their Arcees with a bonus; the box contained a light-sensitive sound chip featuring voice actress [[Susan Blu]]'s voice saying &quot;Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE!&quot;. These chips are VERY light-sensitive. Many won't shut up to this day. <br /> <br /> :Both Arcee and Tigatron were limited to 1200 pieces.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/Arcee/arcee.htm More information on Generation 1 Arcee at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ===Titanium Series===<br /> [[Image:Arceetitanium.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Seems like a mercy killing, really.]]<br /> *'''Arcee'''<br /> : A 6&quot; transforming Arcee toy was designed and displayed at [[BotCon]] 2007, but the [[Titanium Series]] was canceled before its tooling could be completed.<br /> <br /> {{canceledtoy}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Binaltech===<br /> [[Image:Binaltech arcee toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Well, it's progress.]]<br /> *'''Arcee''' (2008)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-21'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Engine/gun<br /> <br /> :Arcee is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Decepticharge]] (himself a [[retool]] of [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]/[[Overdrive]]), using Honda's &quot;Pearl White&quot; for the car bodywork. The figure transforms into a &quot;street performance&quot; Honda S2000. Her hardtop roof can be removed for an open-top vehicle mode and used as a shield in robot mode. The engine and driveshaft may be removed and used as a long-barreled rifle (as the toy is Japanese issue and not subject to the same issues that removed the long barrel from the [[Hasbro]] versions of the mold).<br /> <br /> : In spite of fan speculation, no retooling has been applied to the mold to enhance character resemblance or make her look less butch.<br /> <br /> : A redeco of this toy as [[Paradron Medic]] was originally planned to be released simultaneously (but was canceled), a fate that also befell a redeco meant to be Arcee's occasional mold-mate [[Blackarachnia (BW)#Binaltech|Blackarachnia]]. The robot mode was used as the base model for the non-toy car-form [[Legion]].<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Merchandise==<br /> ===MC Axis===<br /> [[Image:Hybrid_model_arcee.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]<br /> *'''Arcee''' (Super Hybrid Model, 1987)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''H-03'''<br /> <br /> :Arcee was one of three non-transforming ''[[Super Hybrid Model]]'' vinyl figurines created in 1987 by Japanese collectables company [[MC Axis]]. Standing at about eight inches tall and featuring articulation in the head and neck, Arcee and her fellows (Rodimus Prime and Galvatron) were based on their [[Studio OX]] character models, featuring much more anime-styled proportions and detailing.<br /> <br /> :For reasons unknown, the retail release of Arcee and the other ''Super Hybrid Model'' figures was canceled. While Galvatron was eventually released as an exclusive at [[BotCon Japan 1997]], Arcee and Rodimus have never been officially released, though they do occasionally pop up on the secondary market, commanding prices in excess of $600.<br /> &lt;br&gt;<br /> {{canceledtoy}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> [[Image:Mcaxis_arcee.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]<br /> *'''Arcee''' (1996)<br /> <br /> :This Japanese &quot;garage kit&quot;, an unpainted resin model, was made by [[MC Axis]] and was also the first official product of Arcee that got a retail release. Included among its paperwork is a [[The Transformers (MC Axis manga)|comic strip]] starring Arcee. It is not known for its exceptional quality control - numerous unsightly air bubbles in the plastic are not an uncommon thing to encounter. <br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1492/Axis-Model+Kit/Arcee.html Gallery of an assembled and painted Arcee at Transformers @ The Moon]<br /> ::*''[http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com/2012/02/takara-mc-axis-arcee-resin-model-kit.html Photos and review of unpainted and unused complete Arcee kit at HeroicDecepticon.com]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Super Collection Figure===<br /> [[Image:Hoc_arcee_and_daniel.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Arcee should maybe reconsider something that big transforming into her head.]]<br /> * '''Arcee''' (2000)<br /> : A three-inch tall [[plastic|PVC]] figurine of Arcee was available in the first wave of Takara's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' line. In a nice spot of attention to detail, she is holding the unremarkable small grey pistol she wielded in the Generation 1 cartoon episode, &quot;[[The Dweller in the Depths]]&quot;. Like all the figures in the &quot;act&quot;, it was available as both a standard full color figure and a colorless translucent version, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures.<br /> <br /> :Arcee was redecoed to create the chase figure for the eighth wave of the series, the [[Paradron Medic]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HoCArcee/arcee.htm More information on Super Collection Figure Arcee at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> * '''Arcee and Daniel''' (2001)<br /> :The Arcee figurine was re-released as part of the fourth wave of the ''Super Collection Figure'' series, now packaged with a figure of Daniel Witwicky in his exo-suit. The pair were available in both full color and metallic &quot;pewter&quot; versions; in eight out of every ten cases, the pewter version of the set came with the body of the line's collectable [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] &quot;build-a-figure&quot;.<br /> <br /> ===Heroes of Cybertron===<br /> * '''Arcee''' (2002)<br /> :When Hasbro released the ''Super Collection Figure'' line as ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'', the Arcee figure was released as part of the first wave, now featuring a [[light-piping]] gimmick in the character's eyes, accomplished by casting the figure in translucent blue plastic and then painting over it. Rather than come blindpacked like the ''SCF'' figure, Arcee came on a blister card with a profile card included. The mold would later be redecoed in this fashion into the ''Heroes of Cybertron'' Paradron Medic.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HoCArcee/arcee.htm More information on Heroes of Cybertron Arcee at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===MyClone===<br /> [[Image:Myclone_arcee.jpg|right|thumb]]<br /> * '''Arcee''' (2003)<br /> **''ID number:'' '''MTF005'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' White display base<br /> <br /> :Released in the first wave of the ''[[MyClone]]'' line of Transformers PVC figures, this [[super deformed]] Arcee comes with a hexagonal white display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other ''MyClone'' figures. Her modular design allows her parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other MyClone figure, to hilariously hermaphroditic effect.<br /> {{-}}<br /> ===Palisades statues===<br /> [[Image:Palisades_arcee.jpg|right|thumb]]<br /> *'''Arcee''' (2004)<br /> <br /> :Inspired by a [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] pin-up lithograph/poster by [[Rob Armstrong]],&lt;ref name=&quot;dread&quot;&gt;[http://www.dreadforce.com/creators.html The creators list for Jaran Studios' ''Dread Force''] includes this information in Rob's profile.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;disguise&quot;&gt;[http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2012/03/21/dreamslaves-2-artists-in-disguise/ Matt Moylan] confirmed that it had been drawn by Armstrong, but credited to [[Pat Lee]].&lt;/ref&gt; (itself based on Arcee's Studio OX character model, complete with obnoxious shoulder-armor rig) this statue features looks-right-at-only-one-angle perspective and a face so flat you'd swear she'd flown into a window. Standing around 6&quot; tall, Arcee was limited to 2000 pieces worldwide.<br /> <br /> :The Arcee statue was later repainted into that old standby, the [[Paradron Medic]].<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Robot Heroes===<br /> [[Image:Robotheroesrumblearcee.jpg|right|300px|thumb|She's actually running after Robot Heroes Cheetor. (Or her [[Rattrap|nephew)]]]]<br /> * '''Arcee vs. Rumble''' (2008)<br /> <br /> :Part of the second wave of [[Universe (2008 franchise)|''Universe]] [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', Arcee is packaged with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] as part of the &quot;Generation 1 Series.&quot; She is sculpted as running across a patch of mechanical flooring, and she has articulation at the head and shoulders.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/RHArcee/arcee.htm More information on Robot Heroes Arcee at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Transformers - Mini Bust===<br /> [[Image:Arcee statue.jpg|right|thumb|Not pictured: Springer and Weirdwolf.]]<br /> * '''Arcee''' (Diamond Select, 2009)<br /> <br /> :Released by [[Diamond Select Toys]] in 2009, Arcee was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1000 pieces. She is featured packing two of the style of pistol she is commonly seen with and looking off to one side. As is the case in certain [[Continuity|continuities]], she is listed as a member of [[Elita One]]'s [[Female Autobots|resistance group]]. Arcee's tech specs give her the following classifications: STR 5.5, INT 8, SPD 8, END 5, RNK 6, CRG 9, FBL 6, SKL 10.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[Image:G1ArceeModelComp.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Extreme Makeover: Arcee Edition.]]<br /> * Arcee had two different [[Character model|character models]] in 1980s ''Transformers'' media. An earlier model served as the basis for her original unproduced toy (seen above), which was also the model used for most of her Marvel Comics appearances and for parts of the episode &quot;[[Only Human]]&quot;. Her final model, meanwhile, was used for her appearances in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', the rest of her season 3 appearances, and her Japanese ''Headmasters'' appearances.<br /> <br /> * When asked about Arcee's design in an interview, [[Floro Dery]]'s reply was, &quot;Arcee is the naked mechanical equivalent of Princess Leia of ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]''.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery]&lt;/ref&gt; Well, that answers that question... while raising a whole bunch of others!<br /> <br /> * Arcee has the most romantic attachments of any Transformers character: Hot Rod in the movie, Marvel Comics and Dreamwave continuities, Springer after the movie, Chromedome in ''The Headmasters'', and Bumblebee in [[Devil's Due Press|Devil's Due]] continuity. And then there is the weird affection shown toward Daniel in &quot;[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]&quot;, but most fans won't read too much into it, for their own sanity. But damn she got around.<br /> <br /> * Arcee's finalized character model was used to make a lot of the background female characters during the movie and season 3. Various Junkion ladies and the [[Paradron Medic]]s share her design, only without the shoulder-thingies, and a [[Cheesecake robot|more &quot;shaped&quot; version of her earlier model]] appeared in &quot;[[Starscream's Ghost]]&quot;.<br /> <br /> * The extras in &quot;[[Spotlight: Arcee]]&quot; reveal a few alternative color schemes [[Alex Milne]] and [[Simon Furman]] tried to get approved for IDW's version of Arcee, one blue, two red. [[Hasbro]] nixed all three, insisting on Arcee's usual coloration. Apparent reasons given were that &quot;they didn't want her to be like the other female bots[,] so they wanted the pink look&quot; and that &quot;they wanted her different from &lt;nowiki&gt; &lt;/nowiki&gt;[[Elita One]] &lt;nowiki&gt;&lt;/nowiki&gt;&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;[http://markerguru.deviantart.com/art/arcee-cover-colors-70762649 Alex Milne's comments on IDW Arcee's colors at deviantART]&lt;/ref&gt; If there's actually any plans on Hasbro's part to start promoting female characters other than Arcee so that these arguments make sense, as of 2012, that'd still be news.<br /> <br /> * Around 1999, [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] released a special version of the Replica (reissue) [[Microman]] Lady Command figure as part of a [[Lucky Draw figure|lucky draw]] for &quot;The Official Guide to Takara SF Land&quot; book in white and gold chrome named Arcee. The regular versions of the Lady Command figure all had names starting with &quot;A&quot; (Ann, Alice, Annie and Ai&lt;ref&gt;[http://microforever.com/replicam18X.htm Replica Microman Series; Reissued Lady Command M181 Ann, M182 Alice, M183 Annie &amp; M184 Ai (11/1999) at Microman Forever]&lt;/ref&gt;), so Arcee makes sense by that logic - but whether this is an incarnation of &quot;our&quot; G1 character is currently not known. Only 5 Lady Command Arcee figures were released.&lt;ref&gt;[http://microforever.com/sflandprize.htm Replica Microman Series; Kodashan Takara SF Land Book Prize - Microman Lady Command Arcee (?/00) at Microman Forever]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī'') <br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Arszi''', '''RC''' (''The Movie'')<br /> *''Italian:'' '''Saturnia''' (''The Headmasters'')<br /> *''Russian:'' '''Arcee''' (Арси ''Arsi'')<br /> *''Spanish:'' '''Silvia''' (America ''The Headmasters'')<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&amp;amp;char=Arcee Arcee's Universe profile at NTFA.net]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Alternators Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Beast Machines Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Beast Machines Maximals]]<br /> [[Category:Convention exclusives]]<br /> [[Category:Female Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Headmasters]]<br /> [[Category:Martial artists]]<br /> [[Category:MyClone]]<br /> [[Category:Robot Heroes]]<br /> [[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Universe Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Universe Maximals]]<br /> [[Category:Universe (2008)]]<br /> [[Category:Wreckers]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Breakdown_(WFC)&diff=700814 2012-03-26T00:04:30Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{faction|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig3|Breakdown}}<br /> :''Breakdown is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:DeusExMachina-prettypicture.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He ain't nobody's leg any more.]]<br /> <br /> Despite a level of skill to match any Decepticon warrior's, '''Breakdown''' is almost crippled by a persistent paranoia, especially when he is in crowds. He is much happier working alone, away from the eyes he is sure are watching him at every moment. That said, he is quick to come at [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s call, as his fear of his powerful leader may be the only thing outreaching his agoraphobic tendencies.<br /> <br /> On present-day [[Earth]], he's [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s assistant, apparently at some point having traded his paranoia for a bulkier frame and the bearings to match. He has also become somewhat careless in battle, having directly or indirectly damaged Knock Out on more than one occasion. He also has a dispute with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]].<br /> <br /> {{bigquote| Never run when you can fight.|Breakdown|&quot;[[Operation: Breakdown]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Prime'' comic===<br /> [[Image:BreakdownPrime.jpg|thumb|left|150px|His self-esteem ruined by his small size, Breakdown resorted to steroid use.]]<br /> Breakdown was on [[Earth]] when he received [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s signal. He found the air commander buried under rubble by [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|a little Autobot]], whom he promptly pummeled. [[Arcee (Prime)|An even smaller, blue Autobot]] shot at Breakdown, which pleased him, because it meant he was going to kill two Autobots today. At Starscream's insistence, Breakdown got him out of the rubble, and they began chasing and shooting at the Autobots. Breakdown finally cornered them and overwhelmed them with his missile launcher. As they lay dying and Starscream was about to finish them, [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] got the jump on him and shot Breakdown into the face of a mountainside, causing him to flee and fight another day. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Prime'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor'': [[Adam Baldwin]] (English), [[Fabio de Castro]] (Portuguese), [[Christoph Banken]] (German)<br /> [[Image:DeusExMachina-Breakdowntruck.jpg|right|thumb|200px|&quot;Shiny. Let's be bad guys.&quot;]]<br /> When Starscream requested that [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and Breakdown come to the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', Breakdown was much too busy trying to track down an [[energon]] trace. He reached an excavation site in [[Greece]], where he encountered an old friend—[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]—and spotted a depiction of an [[Energon Harvester]] on an ancient fresco. After breaking the fresco with Bulkhead's head, Breakdown proceeded to the ''Nemesis'', where [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] located the device in a museum. As the Autobots had surrounded said museum, Knock Out and Breakdown drew them around to the front for a fight, where Breakdown caused [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee to collide with each other and sent Bulkhead flying into Knock Out. This distraction allowed Soundwave to sneak in the back and steal the Harvester. The Harvester was successfully obtained, and Breakdown and Knock Out accompanied Starscream to the energy vein in Greece to test it out. When Bulkhead turned up there to stop them, the two Decepticons attacked him but came off decidedly second-best, as Bulkhead managed to make Breakdown hit Knock Out by accident which allowed Bulkhead to steal Knock Out's [[Energon prod]] and use it to shock Breakdown into submission. They fled once the Harvester was destroyed and the other Autobots turned up. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:SpeedMetal-BBvsBreakdown.jpg|thumb|left|200px|If you're going to give him as a present to Megatron, [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2#quotes|be sure to wrap him up and put a little bow on him.]]]]<br /> <br /> Breakdown was buffing Megatron's &lt;s&gt;corpse&lt;/s&gt; body when Starscream asked him where Knock Out was. Knock Out, it turned out, had been street racing with the humans again. Some time later, Knock Out radio'd Breakdown to let him know there was another street race on. Much later still, Knock Out contacted him with the news that Bumblebee' human friend had been captured. Breakdown joined the other 'Con in setting a trap for the Autobots in a storage facility. Once Bumblebee and Bulkhead turned up, Breakdown ambushed them. He was able to hold his own against the two Autobots until Knock Out announced he was bugging out, and the distraction resulted in Breakdown being knocked into a wall by Bulkhead. Returning to the ''Nemesis'', Breakdown bore silent witness to Starscream's &quot;cosmetic punishment&quot; of Knock Out. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:OutHead-BulkheadBreakdown.jpg|thumb|250px|Foefist!]]<br /> During a Decepticon plan to melt a glacier to find some energon, Breakdown was hanging around on the hull of the ship when Bulkhead and Arcee appeared nearby. On Knock Out's order, he jumped from the ship and started fighting the two Autobots, unaware that it was a diversion while Optimus Prime scaled a nearby cliff face. He was still fighting them when Optimus caused the heat ray atop the ship to explode and was sent flying by the blast wave. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}<br /> <br /> While out scouting an energon source, Breakdown took the opportunity to ambush Bulkhead. Though the Autobot fought back vigorously, Breakdown overcame him and was about to deliver the killing blow when he was zapped by an energy beam from a nearby helicopter. He came around to find himself a captive of the [[human]] organization [[MECH]], the leader of which, [[Silas]], informed him that they wanted to take him apart for his technology. Breakdown was defiant, but the MECH technicians disabled his pain receptors and began dismantling him, including removing his right eye. He was stunned when he was rescued not by the Decepticons, but by Bulkhead. The pair emerged from the rail tunnel to face the main MECH force, and when Silas's helicopter again fired its energy weapon, the 'Con knocked Bulkhead out of the way. After Starscream arrived and chased MECH off, he demanded Breakdown destroy Bulkhead. Breakdown was initially reluctant, but Starscream talked him into it. Though Bulkhead bested Breakdown and used his body to bash the Vehicons, Breakdown was still able to retreat, and Starscream later told him to remember the rescue when the time came to choose between Megatron's leadership and Starscream's. {{Storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFP_ep18_BD_optic_patch.jpg‎|thumb|left|250px|Yeah. [[Major Bludd]] knows how you feel, Breakdown.]]<br /> Breakdown took to wearing an eye-patch as a reminder of his failure. When Soundwave detected a magnetic signature, Breakdown saw the chance to redeem himself and insisted on being the one to retrieve the [[polarity gauntlet]]. Once there, however, he found himself under attack by [[Airachnid]], who also coveted the device and made a failed attempt to trap him underground. The two fought over it until Arcee and Bulkhead arrived and joined in the party. Breakdown was able to use the gauntlet to magnetically stick the two Autobots together, but while he was on his way back to the ''Nemesis'', Airachnid ambushed him and webbed him to a derelict gas station. He was freed when the Autobots turned up and the gauntlet was triggered, yanking him off the wall. At one point during the following battle, he got hold of the weapon and used it to hit Bulkhead with an oil derrick. After some more fighting, Airachnid tried to make a getaway with the gauntlet and Bulkhead threw her at Breakdown. Breakdown was forced to return to the ship without the gauntlet, but made up for it by presenting Megatron with Airachnid, who had become stuck to his back. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}<br /> <br /> Knock Out and Breakdown were sent with some Vehicons to secure a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], which the Autobots were also after. Breakdown not only got to fight, but got to be on the winning side for a change. Unfortunately when they got back to the ''Nemesis'', they discovered that the cylinder's contents had already been discharged. After Megatron went to try and find Bulkhead, whose noggin held the data, Knock Out detected where Bulkhead was hiding out, and thus he and Breakdown went to the monster truck track. Bulkhead went and hid in the car park, so the two Decepticons started searching in their own ways—in Breakdown's case, smashing random vehicles. They eventually found Bulkhead, but the cylinder data was lost in the process. The pair were ready to take out some revenge until the arrival of more Autobots forced them to retreat. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}<br /> <br /> The pair teamed up again to transport energon around. Though Breakdown was keen to GroundBridge out of there when the Autobots turned up, Knock Out reminded him that they were under orders to lead the Autobots on a chase so the foe would deplete their energon reserves. When Ratchet turned up and bashed their Vehicon escort around, Breakdown was ready to take on the newcomer, but he and Knock Out had to leave after the other Autobots attacked them. Some time later, Breakdown was chatting to a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]] when Ratchet entered the cavern. The rematch was short lived as Ratchet overpowered Breakdown. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}<br /> <br /> Breakdown and Knock Out watched Soundwave and Airachnid dispute over whether Megatron would return from a visit with [[Unicron]]. When Megatron came back to the ship, Breakdown was on the bridge to greet him, though the others had to restrain him when he saw that Megatron was being accompanied by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> The Decepticons, including Breakdown and Knock Out, hit a military base and managed to get away with the energy source they needed for their new [[space bridge]], though they did accidentally let Arcee get on board the ship. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Breakdown attempted to contact the Vehicons at the space bridge and, though he had trouble getting through at first, was told [[William Fowler|everything was fine]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> Sent with Knock Out to retrieve a hidden Cybertronian treasure, Breakdown was no doubt pleased to run into Bulkhead again. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> After their previous success, Breakdown and Knock Out went to secure the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. Breakdown again found himself fighting Bulkhead, but during a moments distraction, Bulkhead hit him with the Forge. After Megatron secured the Forge, Breakdown retreated through the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Crispin Freeman]] (English)<br /> [[Image:Breakdown-WfC.jpg|thumb|right|200px|&quot;I always feel like somebody's watching meeeeee!&quot;]]<br /> Breakdown joined [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] in the invasion of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], attacking the [[Stellar Galleries]] behind the [[Autobot]]'s front lines in order to acquire the [[Omega Key]]. When it turned out [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] had moved it, Megatron lead them on a run-and-gun mission through the city to the [[Vaults]] itself. Breakdown seemed most comfortable during their time in the train tunnels, even challenging Soundwave to a race. However, when Megatron told him in a paternalistic voice to &quot;try not to get crushed by the trains&quot;, Breakdown was confused, wondering aloud if his leader had made a joke. After utilizing [[Dark Energon]] bombers to blast their way into the Vaults, the squad came up against Zeta Prime himself. He was utilizing a vast machine that rendered him unassailable, allowed him to control portions of the ceiling so they dropped to crush anyone in the room, and generated an arbitrary number of energon clones bearing his likeness that battled savagely in melee combat. Soundwave's interest in the clones caused Breakdown to deride him as a total nerdlinger, but he didn't have any words of mockery when Soundwave discerned the machine's weakness: a core that rapidly overheated and so had to open up to cool off. Even in defeat, however, Zeta Prime had put one over on the Decepticons, as they took from him not the Omega Key, but the device that activated it. And the Key was cranky about being woken up from its nap.<br /> <br /> Though he had shot another soldier for daring to contradict him verbally, Megatron probably realized Breakdown's last-ditch maneuver to avoid crashing into [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] against Megatron's orders had saved all their lives, and so did not summarily execute him. Nor was Breakdown shot for his constant whining during the team's cat-and-mouse chase with Omega Supreme through the upper spires of Iacon towards a platform studded with some anti-air guns, which would hopefully give them a chance to fight back against the robot of unusual size. They managed to crack open Omega's armor with the emplacements, causing him to crash, but the behemoth remained on his feet—literally, as he transformed to robot mode to continue the fight. Breakdown continually expressed amazement and frustration at the seeming unstoppability of Omega Supreme, but Megatron's confidence was proven justified, as they sabotaged the means by which the giant had been repairing himself, apparently bringing him down. Seemingly unable to believe it despite having participated in the fight, Breakdown could only note, &quot;Uh...all hail Megatron!&quot; Yet even then, Omega Surpreme was not defeated, badly damaged though he was. At that point, however, he was unable to continue repairing himself and his armor was badly damaged, allowing concentrated fire to finally overwhelm him.<br /> <br /> Breakdown remained at Megatron's side as he tamed Omega Supreme, gaining access to Cybertron's core and infecting it with Dark Energon. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' - Decepticons (DS)===<br /> {{Note|Breakdown is an unlockable character for the Nintendo DS version of ''War for Cybertron''. He can be unlocked by beating Dam 6 in Arena Mode.}}<br /> <br /> When Megatron and his Decepticons destroyed a dam they had been using, Breakdown confronted them. Breakdown declared if Megatron could prove to be tougher than he was, then he'd join the Decepticons. Breakdown was eventually defeated, and, true to his word, he joined the Decepticons.<br /> {{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Online''===<br /> Breakdown found [[Zhàn Rèn Xuányì]] to be creepy. {{storylink|Transformers Online}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Prime===<br /> ====Cyberverse====<br /> {{anchor|Cyberverse}}<br /> [[Image:TF-Cyberverse-Legion-Breakdown.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Despite his rival being Commander size, if we're lucky, he might actually be the same height due to Bulkhead Syndrome.]]<br /> *'''Breakdown''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)<br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ====Voyager Class====<br /> *'''Breakdown''' (Voyager Class, 2012) &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/prime-rid-voyager-powerizer-breakdown-revealed-174575/ Prime RID Voyager Breakdown Revealed]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Breakdown's [[license plate]] in &quot;[[Deus ex Machina]]&quot; is DGOT 441.<br /> *Despite trying to kill [[Airachnid]], Breakdown now has a crush on the spider.<br /> *Breakdown's color scheme is an [[homage]] to [[Generation 1]] [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]].<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Breakdown''' (ブレークダウン ''Burēkudaun'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Dǎjī''' (打击, &quot;Strike&quot;)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Breakdown_(WFC)&diff=700811 2012-03-26T00:03:43Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{faction|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig3|Breakdown}}<br /> :''Breakdown is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:DeusExMachina-prettypicture.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He ain't nobody's leg any more.]]<br /> <br /> Despite a level of skill to match any Decepticon warrior's, '''Breakdown''' is almost crippled by a persistent paranoia, especially when he is in crowds. He is much happier working alone, away from the eyes he is sure are watching him at every moment. That said, he is quick to come at [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s call, as his fear of his powerful leader may be the only thing outreaching his agoraphobic tendencies.<br /> <br /> On present-day [[Earth]], he's [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s assistant, apparently at some point having traded his paranoia for a bulkier frame and the bearings to match. He has also become somewhat careless in battle, having directly or indirectly damaged Knock Out on more than one occasion. He also has a dispute with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]].<br /> <br /> {{bigquote| Never run when you can fight.|Breakdown|&quot;[[Operation: Breakdown]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Prime'' comic===<br /> [[Image:BreakdownPrime.jpg|thumb|left|150px|His self-esteem ruined by his small size, Breakdown resorted to steroid use.]]<br /> Breakdown was on [[Earth]] when he received [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s signal. He found the air commander buried under rubble by [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|a little Autobot]], whom he promptly pummeled. [[Arcee (Prime)|An even smaller, blue Autobot]] shot at Breakdown, which pleased him, because it meant he was going to kill two Autobots today. At Starscream's insistence, Breakdown got him out of the rubble, and they began chasing and shooting at the Autobots. Breakdown finally cornered them and overwhelmed them with his missile launcher. As they lay dying and Starscream was about to finish them, [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] got the jump on him and shot Breakdown into the face of a mountainside, causing him to flee and fight another day. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Prime'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor'': [[Adam Baldwin]] (English), [[Fabio de Castro]] (Portuguese), [[Christoph Banken]] (German)<br /> [[Image:DeusExMachina-Breakdowntruck.jpg|right|thumb|200px|&quot;Shiny. Let's be bad guys.&quot;]]<br /> When Starscream requested that [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and Breakdown come to the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', Breakdown was much too busy trying to track down an [[energon]] trace. He reached an excavation site in [[Greece]], where he encountered an old friend—[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]—and spotted a depiction of an [[Energon Harvester]] on an ancient fresco. After breaking the fresco with Bulkhead's head, Breakdown proceeded to the ''Nemesis'', where [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] located the device in a museum. As the Autobots had surrounded said museum, Knock Out and Breakdown drew them around to the front for a fight, where Breakdown caused [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee to collide with each other and sent Bulkhead flying into Knock Out. This distraction allowed Soundwave to sneak in the back and steal the Harvester. The Harvester was successfully obtained, and Breakdown and Knock Out accompanied Starscream to the energy vein in Greece to test it out. When Bulkhead turned up there to stop them, the two Decepticons attacked him but came off decidedly second-best, as Bulkhead managed to make Breakdown hit Knock Out by accident which allowed Bulkhead to steal Knock Out's [[Energon prod]] and use it to shock Breakdown into submission. They fled once the Harvester was destroyed and the other Autobots turned up. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:SpeedMetal-BBvsBreakdown.jpg|thumb|left|200px|If you're going to give him as a present to Megatron, [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2#quotes|be sure to wrap him up and put a little bow on him.]]]]<br /> <br /> Breakdown was buffing Megatron's &lt;s&gt;corpse&lt;/s&gt; body when Starscream asked him where Knock Out was. Knock Out, it turned out, had been street racing with the humans again. Some time later, Knock Out radio'd Breakdown to let him know there was another street race on. Much later still, Knock Out contacted him with the news that Bumblebee' human friend had been captured. Breakdown joined the other 'Con in setting a trap for the Autobots in a storage facility. Once Bumblebee and Bulkhead turned up, Breakdown ambushed them. He was able to hold his own against the two Autobots until Knock Out announced he was bugging out, and the distraction resulted in Breakdown being knocked into a wall by Bulkhead. Returning to the ''Nemesis'', Breakdown bore silent witness to Starscream's &quot;cosmetic punishment&quot; of Knock Out. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:OutHead-BulkheadBreakdown.jpg|thumb|250px|Foefist!]]<br /> During a Decepticon plan to melt a glacier to find some energon, Breakdown was hanging around on the hull of the ship when Bulkhead and Arcee appeared nearby. On Knock Out's order, he jumped from the ship and started fighting the two Autobots, unaware that it was a diversion while Optimus Prime scaled a nearby cliff face. He was still fighting them when Optimus caused the heat ray atop the ship to explode and was sent flying by the blast wave. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}<br /> <br /> While out scouting an energon source, Breakdown took the opportunity to ambush Bulkhead. Though the Autobot fought back vigorously, Breakdown overcame him and was about to deliver the killing blow when he was zapped by an energy beam from a nearby helicopter. He came around to find himself a captive of the [[human]] organization [[MECH]], the leader of which, [[Silas]], informed him that they wanted to take him apart for his technology. Breakdown was defiant, but the MECH technicians disabled his pain receptors and began dismantling him, including removing his right eye. He was stunned when he was rescued not by the Decepticons, but by Bulkhead. The pair emerged from the rail tunnel to face the main MECH force, and when Silas's helicopter again fired its energy weapon, the 'Con knocked Bulkhead out of the way. After Starscream arrived and chased MECH off, he demanded Breakdown destroy Bulkhead. Breakdown was initially reluctant, but Starscream talked him into it. Though Bulkhead bested Breakdown and used his body to bash the Vehicons, Breakdown was still able to retreat, and Starscream later told him to remember the rescue when the time came to choose between Megatron's leadership and Starscream's. {{Storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TFP_ep18_BD_optic_patch.jpg‎|thumb|left|250px|Yeah. [[Major Bludd]] knows how you feel, Breakdown.]]<br /> Breakdown took to wearing an eye-patch as a reminder of his failure. When Soundwave detected a magnetic signature, Breakdown saw the chance to redeem himself and insisted on being the one to retrieve the [[polarity gauntlet]]. Once there, however, he found himself under attack by [[Airachnid]], who also coveted the device and made a failed attempt to trap him underground. The two fought over it until Arcee and Bulkhead arrived and joined in the party. Breakdown was able to use the gauntlet to magnetically stick the two Autobots together, but while he was on his way back to the ''Nemesis'', Airachnid ambushed him and webbed him to a derelict gas station. He was freed when the Autobots turned up and the gauntlet was triggered, yanking him off the wall. At one point during the following battle, he got hold of the weapon and used it to hit Bulkhead with an oil derrick. After some more fighting, Airachnid tried to make a getaway with the gauntlet and Bulkhead threw her at Breakdown. Breakdown was forced to return to the ship without the gauntlet, but made up for it by presenting Megatron with Airachnid, who had become stuck to his back. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}<br /> <br /> Knock Out and Breakdown were sent with some Vehicons to secure a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], which the Autobots were also after. Breakdown not only got to fight, but got to be on the winning side for a change. Unfortunately when they got back to the ''Nemesis'', they discovered that the cylinder's contents had already been discharged. After Megatron went to try and find Bulkhead, whose noggin held the data, Knock Out detected where Bulkhead was hiding out, and thus he and Breakdown went to the monster truck track. Bulkhead went and hid in the car park, so the two Decepticons started searching in their own ways—in Breakdown's case, smashing random vehicles. They eventually found Bulkhead, but the cylinder data was lost in the process. The pair were ready to take out some revenge until the arrival of more Autobots forced them to retreat. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}<br /> <br /> The pair teamed up again to transport energon around. Though Breakdown was keen to GroundBridge out of there when the Autobots turned up, Knock Out reminded him that they were under orders to lead the Autobots on a chase so the foe would deplete their energon reserves. When Ratchet turned up and bashed their Vehicon escort around, Breakdown was ready to take on the newcomer, but he and Knock Out had to leave after the other Autobots attacked them. Some time later, Breakdown was chatting to a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]] when Ratchet entered the cavern. The rematch was short lived as Ratchet overpowered Breakdown. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}<br /> <br /> Breakdown and Knock Out watched Soundwave and Airachnid dispute over whether Megatron would return from a visit with [[Unicron]]. When Megatron came back to the ship, Breakdown was on the bridge to greet him, though the others had to restrain him when he saw that Megatron was being accompanied by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> The Decepticons, including Breakdown and Knock Out, hit a military base and managed to get away with the energy source they needed for their new [[space bridge]], though they did accidentally let Arcee get on board the ship. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Breakdown attempted to contact the Vehicons at the space bridge and, though he had trouble getting through at first, was told [[William Fowler|everything was fine]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> Sent with Knock Out to retrieve a hidden Cybertronian treasure, Breakdown was no doubt pleased to run into Bulkhead again. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> <br /> After their previous success, Breakdown and Knock Out went to secure the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. Breakdown again found himself fighting Bulkhead, but during a moments distraction, Bulkhead hit him with the Forge. After Megatron secured the Forge, Breakdown retreated through the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Crispin Freeman]] (English)<br /> [[Image:Breakdown-WfC.jpg|thumb|right|200px|&quot;I always feel like somebody's watching meeeeee!&quot;]]<br /> Breakdown joined [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] in the invasion of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], attacking the [[Stellar Galleries]] behind the [[Autobot]]'s front lines in order to acquire the [[Omega Key]]. When it turned out [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] had moved it, Megatron lead them on a run-and-gun mission through the city to the [[Vaults]] itself. Breakdown seemed most comfortable during their time in the train tunnels, even challenging Soundwave to a race. However, when Megatron told him in a paternalistic voice to &quot;try not to get crushed by the trains&quot;, Breakdown was confused, wondering aloud if his leader had made a joke. After utilizing [[Dark Energon]] bombers to blast their way into the Vaults, the squad came up against Zeta Prime himself. He was utilizing a vast machine that rendered him unassailable, allowed him to control portions of the ceiling so they dropped to crush anyone in the room, and generated an arbitrary number of energon clones bearing his likeness that battled savagely in melee combat. Soundwave's interest in the clones caused Breakdown to deride him as a total nerdlinger, but he didn't have any words of mockery when Soundwave discerned the machine's weakness: a core that rapidly overheated and so had to open up to cool off. Even in defeat, however, Zeta Prime had put one over on the Decepticons, as they took from him not the Omega Key, but the device that activated it. And the Key was cranky about being woken up from its nap.<br /> <br /> Though he had shot another soldier for daring to contradict him verbally, Megatron probably realized Breakdown's last-ditch maneuver to avoid crashing into [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] against Megatron's orders had saved all their lives, and so did not summarily execute him. Nor was Breakdown shot for his constant whining during the team's cat-and-mouse chase with Omega Supreme through the upper spires of Iacon towards a platform studded with some anti-air guns, which would hopefully give them a chance to fight back against the robot of unusual size. They managed to crack open Omega's armor with the emplacements, causing him to crash, but the behemoth remained on his feet—literally, as he transformed to robot mode to continue the fight. Breakdown continually expressed amazement and frustration at the seeming unstoppability of Omega Supreme, but Megatron's confidence was proven justified, as they sabotaged the means by which the giant had been repairing himself, apparently bringing him down. Seemingly unable to believe it despite having participated in the fight, Breakdown could only note, &quot;Uh...all hail Megatron!&quot; Yet even then, Omega Surpreme was not defeated, badly damaged though he was. At that point, however, he was unable to continue repairing himself and his armor was badly damaged, allowing concentrated fire to finally overwhelm him.<br /> <br /> Breakdown remained at Megatron's side as he tamed Omega Supreme, gaining access to Cybertron's core and infecting it with Dark Energon. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' - Decepticons (DS)===<br /> {{Note|Breakdown is an unlockable character for the Nintendo DS version of ''War for Cybertron''. He can be unlocked by beating Dam 6 in Arena Mode.}}<br /> <br /> When Megatron and his Decepticons destroyed a dam they had been using, Breakdown confronted them. Breakdown declared if Megatron could prove to be tougher than he was, then he'd join the Decepticons. Breakdown was eventually defeated, and, true to his word, he joined the Decepticons.<br /> {{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Online''===<br /> Breakdown found [[Zhàn Rèn Xuányì]] to be creepy. {{storylink|Transformers Online}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Prime===<br /> ====Cyberverse====<br /> {{anchor|Cyberverse}}<br /> [[Image:TF-Cyberverse-Legion-Breakdown.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Despite his rival being Commander size, if we're lucky, he might actually be the same height due to Bulkhead Syndrome.]]<br /> *'''Breakdown''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)<br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ====Voyager Class====<br /> *'''Breakdown''' (Voyager Class, 2012) &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/prime-rid-voyager-powerizer-breakdown-revealed-174575/ Prime RID Voyager Breakdown Revealed]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Breakdown's [[license plate]] in &quot;[[Deus ex Machina]]&quot; is DGOT 441.<br /> *Despite trying to kill [[Airachnid]], Breakdown now has a crush on the spider.<br /> *Breakdown's color scheme is an [[homage]] to [[Generation 1]] [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]].<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Breakdown''' (ブレークダウン ''Burēkudaun'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Dǎjī''' (打击, &quot;Strike&quot;)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Facial_hair&diff=700285 2012-03-24T23:36:47Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:TFTM-WreckGarsits.jpg|right|300px|thumb|But [[teeth]] are out of the question.]]<br /> Some [[Transformer]]s have facial features that resemble [[human]] '''facial hair'''. These features sometimes indicate age, but this is not always the case.<br /> <br /> ==Transformers with facial hair==<br /> ===Generation 1===<br /> [[Image:FFOD1-Scourgeface.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Just like daddy.]]<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (G1)|A3/Alpha Trion]]<br /> *[[Maccadam's bartender#The moustachioed bartender|The moustachioed bartender]]<br /> *[[Detritus]]<br /> *[[Early Decepticon leader]]<br /> *[[Riker]]<br /> *[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]<br /> *[[Sweep]]s<br /> *[[Unicron]]<br /> *[[Venerable One|The Venerable Ones]]<br /> *[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]<br /> {{--}}<br /> ====Beast Era====<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (''Wreckers'')<br /> *[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] ([[Transmetal 2]])<br /> *[[Longrack]]'s [[relatives|father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and his ancestors]]<br /> *[[Ramulus]]<br /> *[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (''Beast Machines'')<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Unicron Trilogy===<br /> [[Image:Alphatrionsigomega.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I've got a wicked sweet mustache! Who wants to touch me?]]<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion/Sig-Omega]]<br /> *[[Avalon]]<br /> *[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]]<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]]<br /> *[[Levitacus]]<br /> *[[Quickstrike (Energon)|Quickstrike]]<br /> {{--}}<br /> ===Shattered Glass===<br /> [[Image:Rodimus goatee.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Mustache Rides 5 Credits]]<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]]<br /> *[[Bug Bite (SG)|Bug Bite]]<br /> *[[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]]<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Movie===<br /> [[Image:ROFT Jetfire Bay clip.jpg|thumb|right|200px|What are you looking at?]]<br /> *[[The Fallen]] (braided beard)<br /> *[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] (beard)<br /> *[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] (walrus moustache)<br /> *[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] (goatee and sideburns)<br /> *[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] (beard)<br /> *[[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] (bushy beard)<br /> *[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] (mustache and braided beard)<br /> *[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] (eyebrows and whiskers)<br /> *[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack/Que]] (mustache)<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Animated===<br /> [[Image:Imgdirtboss-animated.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I drew a pencil moustache. I like it 'cause it's just above my lip. The kind of moustache that says &quot;Yeah I've been nude on camera, what of it?&quot;]]<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (Mustache and Beard)<br /> *[[Dead End (Animated)|Dead End]] (Van Dyke)<br /> *[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] (Mustache)<br /> *[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] (Mustache)<br /> *[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] (Mustache)<br /> *[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (Jawline, with Soul Patch attachment)<br /> *[[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] (The Lemmy)<br /> *[[Pipes (Animated)|Pipes]] (Mustache)<br /> *[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] (Sideburns)<br /> *[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] (Soul patch)<br /> *[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] (Jamie Hyneman's face)<br /> *[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] (Van Dyke)<br /> *[[Motormaster (Animated)|Motormaster]] (The Lemmy)<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Hunt for the Decepticons===<br /> [[Image:Newlabassistant-HftD.jpg|right|thumb|200px|No, I'm not [[wikipedia:Tory Belleci|Tory]] in disguise!]]<br /> *The [[new lab assistant]] (goatee)<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Rescue Bots===<br /> <br /> * [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (horseshoe mustache)<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Prime===<br /> <br /> * With the exception of [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] and the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], all characters in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' have eyebrows.<br /> {{--}}<br /> * [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] both have goatees.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Humanization]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transformer anatomy]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Facial_hair&diff=700284 2012-03-24T23:35:20Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:TFTM-WreckGarsits.jpg|right|300px|thumb|But [[teeth]] are out of the question.]]<br /> Some [[Transformer]]s have facial features that resemble [[human]] '''facial hair'''. These features sometimes indicate age, but this is not always the case.<br /> <br /> ==Transformers with facial hair==<br /> ===Generation 1===<br /> [[Image:FFOD1-Scourgeface.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Just like daddy.]]<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (G1)|A3/Alpha Trion]]<br /> *[[Maccadam's bartender#The moustachioed bartender|The moustachioed bartender]]<br /> *[[Detritus]]<br /> *[[Early Decepticon leader]]<br /> *[[Riker]]<br /> *[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]<br /> *[[Sweep]]s<br /> *[[Unicron]]<br /> *[[Venerable One|The Venerable Ones]]<br /> *[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]<br /> {{--}}<br /> ====Beast Era====<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (''Wreckers'')<br /> *[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] ([[Transmetal 2]])<br /> *[[Longrack]]'s [[relatives|father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and his ancestors]]<br /> *[[Ramulus]]<br /> *[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (''Beast Machines'')<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Unicron Trilogy===<br /> [[Image:Alphatrionsigomega.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I've got a wicked sweet mustache! Who wants to touch me?]]<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion/Sig-Omega]]<br /> *[[Avalon]]<br /> *[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]]<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]]<br /> *[[Levitacus]]<br /> *[[Quickstrike (Energon)|Quickstrike]]<br /> {{--}}<br /> ===Shattered Glass===<br /> [[Image:Rodimus goatee.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Mustache Rides 5 Credits]]<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]]<br /> *[[Bug Bite (SG)|Bug Bite]]<br /> *[[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]]<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Movie===<br /> [[Image:ROFT Jetfire Bay clip.jpg|thumb|right|200px|What are you looking at?]]<br /> *[[The Fallen]] (braided beard)<br /> *[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] (beard)<br /> *[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] (walrus moustache)<br /> *[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] (goatee and sideburns)<br /> *[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] (beard)<br /> *[[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] (bushy beard)<br /> *[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] (mustache and braided beard)<br /> *[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] (eyebrows and whiskers)<br /> *[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack/Que]] (mustache)<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Animated===<br /> [[Image:Imgdirtboss-animated.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I drew a pencil moustache. I like it 'cause it's just above my lip. The kind of moustache that says &quot;Yeah I've been nude on camera, what of it?&quot;]]<br /> *[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (Mustache and Beard)<br /> *[[Dead End (Animated)|Dead End]] (Van Dyke)<br /> *[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] (Mustache)<br /> *[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] (Mustache)<br /> *[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] (Mustache)<br /> *[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (Jawline, with Soul Patch attachment)<br /> *[[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] (The Lemmy)<br /> *[[Pipes (Animated)|Pipes]] (Mustache)<br /> *[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] (Sideburns)<br /> *[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] (Soul patch)<br /> *[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] (Jamie Hyneman's face)<br /> *[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] (Van Dyke)<br /> *[[Motormaster (Animated)|Motormaster]] (The Lemmy)<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Hunt for the Decepticons===<br /> [[Image:Newlabassistant-HftD.jpg|right|thumb|200px|No, I'm not [[wikipedia:Tory Belleci|Tory]] in disguise!]]<br /> *The [[new lab assistant]] (goatee)<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Rescue Bots===<br /> <br /> * [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (horseshoe mustache)<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Prime===<br /> <br /> * With the exception of [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] and the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], all characters in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' have eyebrows.<br /> {{--}}<br /> * [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] and [[KnockOut (Prime)|Knock Out]] both have goatees.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Humanization]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transformer anatomy]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=List_of_Prime_episodes&diff=693762 2012-03-10T04:27:26Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{main|Transformers: Prime (cartoon)}}<br /> ==Season 1: 2010-2011==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; style=&quot;margin: auto; width: 100%;&quot;<br /> |-<br /> !#!!Title!!Writer!!Director!!Original airdate!!Production code<br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=1<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[November 26]], [[2010]]<br /> |Aux1=[[Duane Capizzi]]<br /> |Aux2=[[Dave Hartman|David Hartman]]<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=After eliminating [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]], the [[Decepticon]]s target [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and three humans become involved in the Transformer war.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Darkness Rising, Part 2]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=2<br /> |OriginalAirDate=November 26, 2010<br /> |Aux1=[[Nicole Dubuc]]<br /> |Aux2=David Hartman<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=The [[Autobot]]s attempt to rescue Cliffjumper, whom they believe to be alive, only to discover that the Decepticons have been experimenting on him with [[Dark Energon]].<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=3<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[December 1]], 2010<br /> |Aux1=[[Marsha Griffin]]<br /> |Aux2=[[Todd Waterman]]<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] investigate Megatron's plans with Dark Energon, while [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] is abducted by the Decepticons.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=4<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[December 2]], 2010<br /> |Aux1=[[Steven Melching]]<br /> |Aux2=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=The Autobots and the three kids rescue Fowler while Optimus and Ratchet continue fighting Megatron's Dark Energon zombies.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=5<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[December 3]], 2010<br /> |Aux1=[[Joseph Kuhr]]<br /> |Aux2=[[Vinton Heuck]]<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=With [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s plan revealed, the Autobots attempt to stop him using the [[space bridge]] to send Dark Energon to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Masters &amp; Students]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=6<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[February 11]], [[2011]]<br /> |Aux1=[[David Slack]]<br /> |Aux2=Todd Waterman<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=While [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] battles Optimus Prime, [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] recovers the nearly dead Megatron.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=7<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[February 18]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Marsha Griffin<br /> |Aux2=Shaunt Nigoghossian<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=While Optimus and Arcee are trapped in the [[Arctic]], the base is invaded by deadly [[Scraplet]]s.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Con Job]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=8<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[February 25]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Steven Melching<br /> |Aux2=Vinton Heuck<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] awaits a visit from his buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], but his arrival does not go as planned.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=9<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[March 4]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Joseph Kuhr<br /> |Aux2=Todd Waterman<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=The Autobots are attacked by a new foe while assisting Fowler with transporting the [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System|DNGS]].<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Deus ex Machina]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=10<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[March 11]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Nicole Dubuc<br /> |Aux2=Shaunt Nigoghossian<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=When Bulkhead makes a discovery in [[Greece]], the race is on to recover an [[Energon Harvester]] before new Decepticon arrivals Knock Out and Breakdown get it.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Speed Metal]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=11<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[April 9]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=[[Dean Stefan]]<br /> |Aux2=Vinton Heuck<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=[[Jack Darby|Jack]] is drawn into the world of street racing to impress [[Sierra]], and is aided by [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], but they encounter [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] as well.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Predatory]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=12<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[April 16]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Marsha Griffin<br /> |Aux2=Todd Waterman,&lt;br /&gt;[[Kirk Van Wormer]] (co-director)<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=When Arcee takes Jack on a routine mission, [[Airachnid]] turns up, putting him in danger.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Sick Mind]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=13<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[April 30]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Steven Melching<br /> |Aux2=Shaunt Nigoghossian<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=When Optimus is infected by a Decepticon plague, Arcee and Bumblebee sneak aboard the ''Nemesis'' to find a cure in Megatron's mind; but Starscream and Knock Out conspire to euthanize the comatose Decepticon, jeopardizing the mission.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Out of His Head]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=14<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[May 7]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Nicole Dubuc<br /> |Aux2=Vinton Heuck<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=While Starscream's plans for leadership come to a head, a vengeful Megatron takes control of Bumblebee's mind.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=15<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[May 14]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Marsha Griffin<br /> |Aux2=Todd Waterman<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Starscream resorts to reviving Skyquake with Dark Energon, but his undead warrior is trapped in another dimension with the kids after a [[GroundBridge]] incident.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Operation: Breakdown]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=16<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[June 18]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Steven Melching<br /> |Aux2=Shaunt Nigoghossian<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Bulkhead must swallow his pride if he is to rescue [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] when he is captured by [[MECH]].<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Crisscross]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=17<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[June 25]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Joseph Kuhr<br /> |Aux2=Vinton Heuck<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Airachnid teams up with MECH to plot her revenge on Arcee and Jack, targeting Jack's mother, June.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Metal Attraction]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=18<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[July 9]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Nicole Dubuc<br /> |Aux2=Todd Waterman<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Bulkhead and Arcee battle Airachnid and Breakdown for a magnetic weapon.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Rock Bottom]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=19<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[July 16]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=[[Tim Jones]]<br /> |Aux2=Shaunt Nigoghossian<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Starscream learns his place under Megatron the hard way when he and his leader are trapped in an abandoned Energon mine with Arcee, Bulkhead, Jack, and Miko.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Partners]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=20<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[July 23]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=[[Mike Johnson]]<br /> |Aux2=Vinton Heuck<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Arcee lets her lust for vengeance cloud her judgement when the disgraced Starscream asks to join the Autobots.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[T.M.I.]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=21<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[August 7]], 2011 (Canada) &lt;br&gt; [[September 10]], 2011 (U.S.)<br /> |Aux1=Joseph Kuhr<br /> |Aux2=Todd Waterman<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Bulkhead is accidentally uploaded with the information from a data cylinder, which slowly kills him.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Stronger, Faster]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=22<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[August 14]], 2011 (Canada)<br /> |Aux1=[[Mairghread Scott]]<br /> |Aux2=Shaunt Nigoghossian<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Ratchet 'finalizes' the synthetic energon formula and uses himself as a test subject, but it ends up having some negative side effects.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[One Shall Fall]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=23<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[August 21]], 2011 (Canada)<br /> |Aux1=Joseph Kuhr and Duane Capizzi<br /> |Aux2=Vinton Heuck<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=A prophecy predicts dark times ahead, which Megatron intends to see through. <br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=24<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[October 1]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Nicole Dubuc and Duane Capizzi<br /> |Aux2=Todd Waterman<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=The Autobots discover that Dark Energon is responsible for an epidemic of natural disasters.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[One Shall Rise, Part 2]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=25<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[October 8]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Marsha Griffin<br /> |Aux2=Shaunt Nigoghossian<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Megatron offers his aid to defeat Unicron, but the Autobots are wary of such an alliance.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=26<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[October 15]], 2011<br /> |Aux1=Steven Melching<br /> |Aux2=Vinton Heuck<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Jack learns more about Optimus Prime's history on Cybertron while the Autobots and Megatron continue their battle at the Earth's core. <br /> <br /> }}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Season 2: 2012==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; style=&quot;margin: auto; width: 100%;&quot;<br /> |-<br /> !#!!Title!!Writer!!Director!!Original airdate!!Production code<br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=27<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[February 18]], [[2012]]<br /> |Aux1=Nicole Dubuc<br /> |Aux2=Vinton Heuck<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Megatron manipulates the impaired Optimus into joining the Decepticons.<br /> }}<br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Orion Pax, Part 2]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=28<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[February 25]], 2012<br /> |Aux1=Mairghread Scott<br /> |Aux2=[[Scooter Tidwell]]<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=The Autobots search for the Decepticon space bridge so they can send Jack to Cybertron.<br /> }}<br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=29<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[March 3]], 2012<br /> |Aux1=Joseph Kuhr<br /> |Aux2=Shaunt Nigoghossian<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Jack and Arcee undertake a dangerous mission on Cybertron to access [[Vector Sigma]], while Orion begins to rebel against Megatron.<br /> }}<br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=30<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[March 10]], 2012<br /> |Aux1=<br /> |Aux2=<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Bumblebee questions his worthiness to his team after he is compromised.<br /> }}<br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=31<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[March 17]], 2012<br /> |Aux1=<br /> |Aux2=<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Bumblebee discovers that MECH and Starscream are responsible for his troubles; Ratchet confronts demons from his Cybertronian past.<br /> }}<br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Loose Cannons]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=32<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[March 24]], 2012<br /> |Aux1=<br /> |Aux2=<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=A legendary Autobot returns to Earth to look for a new Decepticon, but Optimus finds that something is not right with the rogue Bot.<br /> }}<br /> {{Episode list<br /> |Title=&quot;[[Crossfire]]&quot;<br /> |EpisodeNumber=33<br /> |OriginalAirDate=[[March 31]], 2012<br /> |Aux1=<br /> |Aux2=<br /> |ProdCode=<br /> |ShortSummary=Airachnid and Starscream struggle to control an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] warrior.<br /> }}<br /> |}</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Tristan_38935&diff=673652 2011-12-23T00:21:15Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|decepticon|unicron|sgAutobot|sgDecepticon|minicon|autobotg2|decepticong2|maximal|predacon|vehicon}}<br /> <br /> I like this image<br /> [[Image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Tristan_38935&diff=673651 2011-12-23T00:20:42Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|decepticon|unicron|sgAutobot|sgDecepticon|minicon|autobotg2|decepticong2|maximal|predacon|vehicon}}<br /> Hi<br /> The Insecticon Problem from their introduction episode is that they lost their Memories somehow<br /> <br /> also, I saw a purple ''Cybertron'' [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] in this image:<br /> [[Image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg]]<br /> oh, and is that [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] colored ''Cybertron'' [[Starscream</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Spotlight:_Sideswipe&diff=672320 2011-12-18T22:35:51Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Comicstory|<br /> |seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers Spotlight'']] #19<br /> |prev=Spotlight: Doubledealer<br /> |next=Spotlight: Blurr<br /> |seriesissue2=[[Revelation (IDW)|''Revelation'']]<br /> |next2=Maximum Dinobots issue 1<br /> |title=&quot;The Transformers Spotlight: Sideswipe&quot;&lt;br/&gt;&quot;Revelation: Part Four&quot;<br /> |image=SL Sideswipe Cover B.jpg<br /> |caption=You must defeat my Dragon Punch to stand a chance!<br /> |publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br /> |date=[[October 8]], [[2008]]<br /> |coverdate=September 2008<br /> |written by=[[Simon Furman]]<br /> |art by=[[E. J. Su]]<br /> |colors by=[[E. J. Su]]<br /> |letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]<br /> |edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]]<br /> |continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]<br /> |chronology=[[IDW timeline#Revelation|Revelation]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Sideswipe and company work to save Earth as the Expansion comes to its shattering end.'''<br /> <br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s team arrives on [[Earth]] to attack [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] and [[Straxus (G1)|Sraxus]]. [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] postulates to himself that everyone thinks he wanted to come to Earth for [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. This is true, but not for the reason they think... Sideswipe reveals that Sunstreaker has treated him like a rookie all his life, and he sees rescuing him from [[Machination|whatever trouble he's gotten himself into]] as a way of stepping out of his shadow. He seems more than happy to kick Grindcore's skidplate while the others secure the [[space bridge]], and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] gives them all a convenient rundown of what is going on.<br /> <br /> At the [[Benzuli Expanse]], the crew of the ''[[Mirror-Manifold]]'' is about to be destroyed by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], but they are beamed out seconds before their ship explodes by the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] in the ''[[Nightbird (ship)|Nightbird]]''. The Autobot scientists waste no time in presenting them with their own personal [[Pretender|Pretender carapaces]]. They exit the cargo ship, wanting to take on Cyclonus personally.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] works at [[Garrus-9]] with an [[axis cradle]] to subdue the enslaved [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] on [[Corata-Vaz]], giving [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and his crew the chance to get to the [[Nega-Core]]. Unfortunately, the plan suffers a minor setback when [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (under the control of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]) cuts through the wall, distracting Jetfire enough to reactivate the monstrosity.<br /> <br /> Upstairs, things take an unexpected turn for [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]]. The so-called &quot;[[Darkness (G1)|Darkness]]&quot; he covets seems more interested in the new Prime, reaching out to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. It seems the Darkness is not so different from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], seeking to be passed on to a successor. Nemesis is no longer in charge of the power, but will not take it lying down. He unleashes an attack on Optimus, keeping him at a distance to keep in control. Optimus tries to reason with him, but Nemesis is not swayed, convinced that it is the next evolutionary step and that the Cybertronians will serve as a template for a new species. Optimus is determined to stop him, as someone watches from the shadows...<br /> <br /> On Earth, Sideswipe tells Hound and the others to leave the Cybertronians to him, to which Hound responds it was an honor to serve with him. The group splits up, the majority of them going to grab the Nega-Cores while [[Skram (G2)|Skram]] fetches [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] from beating on [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. The young Autobot realizes it is a losing battle, but he regards it as a good way to die; he feels his rivalry with Sunstreaker is nothing compared to what is going on, and if anything, he has proven to himself what he is capable of doing.<br /> <br /> Things seem to be falling apart for Jhiaxus. He stops himself from killing Jetfire, and the Autobot knows there is too much for him to handle all at once, what with the Pretenders breaching the Benzuli Expanse and the Nega-Cores being removed from their locations. Just as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] reports that the fourth space bridge leads to [[Gorlam Prime]], Arcee is already there, slicing off the Cybertronian's arm before he can do anything else.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, things look bleak for Optimus Prime, but he is determined to stop Nemesis Prime. But just as the fallen Prime counts his victory, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] blasts his leader in the back. Nemesis falls over dead, while the Darkness finally enters Optimus. Prime resists as best he can, but it is a losing battle...until Galvatron offers him a choice: kill himself in the nearby [[solar pool]], or willingly pass on the Darkness to the one who has desired it for so long. It was the reason he plunged the first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' into the [[Dead Universe]], and he wants what he feels is rightfully his. Optimus seems to relent, reaching out to Galvatron... but at the last minute, just as he passes on the power, he hurls the surprised bot into the pool. Optimus looks over the body of Nemesis, telling himself that he can't mourn him because, in truth, Nova Prime died a long time ago.<br /> <br /> The Pretenders successfully push the stasis-trapped Nega-Cores into the Expanse, getting out just before they explode and cause the anomaly to close. The effect is felt all over the galaxy; Sideswipe turns to see Straxus and Grindcore dead, cut off from the power of the Dead Universe. He beams himself back to his ship, finding after all he went through, he just doesn't care about Sunstreaker anymore, and perhaps never did in the end...<br /> <br /> [[Image:SpotlightSideswipe Jhiaxus deathbecomeshim.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Ya know, maybe I shouldn't have experimented on her.]]<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Jhiaxus flees the rampaging Arcee, who is cutting through his [[Micromaster]]s, and heads for the gateway below. He is sure she will not cross over and sacrifice her life in this universe... but reckons without the reappearance of [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]—now a permanent resident of the Dead Universe—who distracts the ancient Cybertronian long enough for Arcee to tear him to pieces. Arcee comments on Jhiaxus's inability to die, to which Hardhead remarks that while the amoral scientist is on the border of the two universes, he is practically immortal. This seems to suit Arcee fine, and she decides simply to kill Jhiaxus again. And again. And again...<br /> <br /> Some time later, Jetfire muses on what has happened. He has been keeping an eye on Gorlam Prime, the residents out of their chrysalis period, evolving into something very different. In fact, the planet is no longer called Gorlam Prime. The locals now call it [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. For the Autobots, it has not been an easy time; [[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|certain]] [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|events]] have driven them to the brink. But at least for the fallen Cybertronians, it is finally ended. The [[Expansion]] is over.<br /> <br /> But not quite. Back on Garrus-9, someone has survived...<br /> <br /> ==Featured characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters<br /> |c1=<br /> * [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (1)<br /> * [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (3)<br /> * [[Skram (G2)|Skram]] (4)<br /> * [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] (5)<br /> * [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (7)<br /> * [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (8)<br /> * [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (9)<br /> * [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (11)<br /> * [[Cloudburst]] (13)<br /> * [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] (14)<br /> * [[Groundbreaker]] (15)<br /> * [[Waverider]] (16)<br /> * [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (18)<br /> * [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (19)<br /> * [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (20)<br /> * [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (21)<br /> * [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (22)<br /> * [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (23)<br /> * [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (24)<br /> * [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (25)<br /> * [[Twin Twist]] (26)<br /> * [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (27)<br /> * [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (29)<br /> * [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (30)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (33)<br /> * [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (39)<br /> * [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (44)<br /> * [[Fastlane]] (45)<br /> * [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] (46)<br /> * [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (51)<br /> |c2=<br /> * [[Sixshot]] (10)<br /> * [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (28)<br /> * [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (31)<br /> * [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]] (35)<br /> * [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (36)<br /> * [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] (38)<br /> * [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (40)<br /> * [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (41)<br /> * [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (42)<br /> * [[Axer (G1)|Axer]] (43)<br /> |c4=<br /> * [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] (2)<br /> * [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] (6)<br /> * [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (12)<br /> * [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (17)<br /> * [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] (32)<br /> * [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (34)<br /> * [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (37)<br /> * [[Tailspin]] (47)<br /> * [[Detour (G1)|Detour]] (48)<br /> *[[Blackjack]] (49)<br /> *[[Groundpounder]] (50)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Earth -- At last! The others think it's all about Sunstreaker. And it is. Just not in the way they think. All I want is to save his sorry hide and step out of his shadow forever!&quot;<br /> :—'''Sideswipe''', full of angst.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Congratulations, Jetfire, you have graduated from an irritation to a full blown nuisance. And in doing so... You merit an untidy death.&quot;<br /> :—'''Jhiaxus''' thinks a mere spanking is too lenient.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;I command The Darkness, Optimus Prime, not you.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &quot;It... commands you!&quot;<br /> :—'''Nemesis Prime''' refuses to believe '''Optimus Prime's''' assertion that he's yesterday's Prime.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;What's the matter, Jhiaxus...things not quite going to plan? Can't quite manage Bludgeon and...be aware of what's happening on other fronts? Maybe you're worried, maybe you're wondering just how much we all ready know..and how much more we'll find out? Question is, can you afford the time and effort to kill me...with your entire strategy about to fall apart?&quot;<br /> :—'''Jetfire''' mocks Jhiaxus' inability to multi-task.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Cold. Ancient. Terrible. Wonderful. Heart of darkness, it speaks to me. Please no, let me be strong.&quot;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''', member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;I wish I could find it within me to mourn your passing, Nova Prime, but in truth you died a long time ago. The part of you that mattered, the part of you that was a Prime, was lost as soon as you turned away from the light...and embraced the Darkness.&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> :—'''Optimus Prime''' will not mourn Nova Prime, but he will eulogize him.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;In the calm after the storm, I think of Sunstreaker. Maybe alive, maybe dead, certainly in some kind of purgatory... Possibly of his own making! And I find I just don't care. Maybe I never did. I trigger my Orbital Jump recall... And don't look back.&quot;<br /> :—'''Sideswipe.'''<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Yeah? Hm. Actually, that suits me fine. Means I can keep killing him... Again... And again... And again... And again...&quot;<br /> :—'''Arcee''' finally gets her happy ending. Jhiaxus has had better days.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * E. J. Su handled full art duties on this issue; penciling, inking and coloring the entire issue. The result is ''beautiful''.<br /> * The original plan was for Sideswipe actually to catch up with Sunstreaker and realize &quot;he's no longer just Sunstreaker!&quot; The story would also delve into what a &quot;brother&quot; was for a Transformer, whereas in the printed version, there's no mention of brotherhood at all.&lt;ref&gt;http://idwpublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=42871#42871 Simon Furman Q&amp;A thread on the IDW Publishing forums&lt;/ref&gt; The printed version clearly features a darker and less brotherly version of Sideswipe and Sunstreaker's relationship.<br /> * Despite this being Sideswipe's Spotlight issue, the titular character only appears on a mere 7 out of 22 pages.<br /> * In a reply on his blog before &quot;Spotlight: Sideswipe&quot; was released, Simon Furman warned in advance, &quot;I know for a fact not everyone's going to be happy with the way ''Revelation'' plays out&quot; due to the sheer amount of stuff that had to be crammed into a final issue.&lt;ref&gt;http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/double-trouble/#comments Simon Furman's blog comments on the August 19, 2008&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * Due to the truncated nature of ''Revelation'', several threads are left hanging, most notably the fates of Monstructor and Sixshot. Due to the existence of [[Devastator (G1)|Decepticon gestalts]] a year later, Furman has said we should assume the Decepticons got hold of Monstructor and that he likes the idea that the Autobots executed an offline Thunderwing and Sixshot (He ''would'' like the idea of killing more characters off).&lt;ref&gt;http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032 Simon Furman Q&amp;A thread in December 2008&lt;/ref&gt; However, Sixshot would later reappear in &quot;[[Spotlight: Metroplex]]&quot; and explain that the Decepticons revived him in exchange for Jhiaxus's technology. Bludgeon and Monstructor show up later as well, leaving Thunderwing as the only one &quot;officially&quot; unaccounted for.<br /> * The Autobot Pretender shells are different from the Decepticon ones seen previously in IDW's storyline; there's no indication these could transform, and they resemble armored suits rather than organic horrors. Unlike the toys, the armor does not make them look like 50-foot-tall humans.<br /> * The final transformation of Gorlam Prime into a new Cybertron is similar to the backstory of the ''[[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]]''; it also calls back to &quot;[[Spotlight: Nightbeat]]&quot;, in which Nightbeat wondered if the original Cybertron had [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|once been an organic world]], only for everyone to &quot;upgrade&quot; themselves. <br /> * Arcee is freaking terrifying.<br /> * In closing, Jetfire makes references to other miniseries: ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', and the then-upcoming ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]''.<br /> * Originally (the differently plotted) ''Revelation'' would have led into the six-issue miniseries ''Expansion'', until the latter was canceled in favor of ''All Hail Megatron''. <br /> * Due to the truncated nature of the series, the outcome of the fight between Banzaitron's team and Monstructor is not revealed. It will later be confirmed that Monstructor was captured and that Axer, Gutcruncher, and the Combaticons survived but the fate of Banzaitron himself is unknown.<br /> <br /> ===Errors===<br /> * Both Cover A and Cover B have an errant extra Autobot symbol floating around. On Cover A, it is located on Sideswipe's right forearm, and on Cover B, it is located in Sideswipe's armpit. Darn you, Photoshop layers!<br /> * In the one scene he appears in, Blast-Off is drawn as being extremely large in robot mode as compared to the other [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. This might have been an attempt on E.J. Su's part to justify Blast-Off's usual space shuttle alt-mode without resorting to [[size changing]]. This makes sense, until you consider that the Combaticons haven't taken Earth vehicle modes at this point in the continuity. Also consider that Blast-Off has appeared twice before, in ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer |Stormbringer]]'' and &quot;[[Spotlight: Arcee]]&quot; and both times he was depicted as being normal or average-sized as compared to his comrades. <br /> * When Galvatron asks for the Darkness, he forgets to use the word &quot;to&quot;.<br /> <br /> ===Covers===<br /> * '''Cover A:''' Sideswipe amongst rubble, fourth part of 4-issue image by [[E. J. Su]].<br /> * '''Cover B:''' Sideswipe doing an uppercut, surrounded by the series' major players; art by [[Nick Roche]]. This cover art was reused for the TPB cover.<br /> * '''Cover RI''' Front-to-back cover of Doubledealer and Sideswipe, parts 3 and 4 of a 4-issue image by E. J. Su.<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Spotlight Sideswipe a.jpg|Round 1... FIGHT!<br /> Image:SL Sideswipe Cover B.jpg|SHINRYUKEN!<br /> Image:Spotlight Sideswipe ri.jpg|Final Battle!<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]''<br /> * ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' figurines<br /> * ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' comic<br /> * ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''<br /> * ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Transformers Animated]]'' comics<br /> * ''Nightwings''<br /> * ''Star Trek: Romulans: The Hollow Crown''<br /> * ''Igor Movie Prequel''<br /> * ''Adventures in Oz''<br /> * Comics Grading Corporation<br /> * ''Presidential Material'' comics and merchandise (back cover)<br /> <br /> ===Reprints===<br /> *[[2009]] — ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|The Transformers: Spotlight: Revelation]]''<br /> *[[2009]] — ''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection Volume 2]]''<br /> *[[2011]] — ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four]]''<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Spotlight issues|Sideswipe]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Megatron_(G1)&diff=631088 2011-08-31T11:36:37Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon|decepticong2|{{factions/icons|custom=Megatron Origin Symbol.png|cSize=35x35px|cLink=Gladiatorial combat}}|hofsilver}}<br /> {{featured}}<br /> {{disambig3|Megatron}}{{suite}}<br /> :''Megatron is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Megatronguido.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Baby, why you make me gotta hurt you?]]<br /> '''Megatron''' is the founder of the Decepticon uprising, and their most well-known and feared [[Decepticon leader|leader]]. As a young, charismatic leader forged in battle and the heritage of war, he began to believe in a grand purpose for his race—it is the [[Transformer|Transformers]]' glorious destiny to rule an [[Decepticon Empire|empire]] which will span the universe. The opposite of his mortal enemy [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], he feels great contempt for other Transformers who, he feels, betray their proud heritage by demanding peace and cooperation with weaker life forms. It is the destiny of the Decepticons to bring order to the universe through conquest, though in the millions of years since coining this purpose it remains to be seen how much of his mission statement is altruistic... and how much of it is mere words built to fuel warriors to further his desire for personal power.<br /> <br /> Megatron will attempt almost anything to achieve his goals, but his schemes are rarely in any way subtle. This is perhaps due to his arrogance, but his pride is not so strong as to dissuade him from abandoning a battle he is losing. Some would question his sanity, though these few are mostly now dead by his hands... or his [[fusion cannon]], depending on his mood. Sometimes he uses his [[energon mace]] to strike them down. It does not matter how they die. Death by the hands of Megatron is an honor.<br /> <br /> His Earth [[Alternate mode]] is usually a modified [[wikipedia:Walther P38|Walther P38]]. His [[fusion cannon]] becomes the scope.<br /> <br /> Sometimes, Megatron is later [[Renaming|reborn as]] [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].<br /> <br /> {{quote|You destroy everything you touch, Megatron!}} {{quote|That's because everything I touch is food for my hunger. My hunger for ''power''!|Optimus Prime and Megatron, &quot;[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Marvel Comics continuity===<br /> {{main|Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Megatrong1marvelhumiliation.jpg|left|300px|thumb|And so it begins...]]<br /> <br /> Megatron was a [[gladiatorial combat|gladiator]] from [[Tarn]], who sought to turn Cybertron into a cosmic dreadnaught. To win his war for conquest, Megatron's Decepticons developed the art of transformation. Reawakening on Earth in [[1984]], Megatron was ousted from command by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and their power struggle continued for sometime until Optimus Prime killed himself in a video game duel. Refusing to believe his nemesis was dead, Megatron committed suicide by blowing himself up on a [[space bridge]]. However, the explosion had merely deposited him in the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]] region of Cybertron, where he wandered as an [[empties|empty]], with no recollection of who he was.<br /> <br /> After regaining his memories, Megatron forced [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to turn [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] into a [[Pretender]], but the ploy failed and the two were grotesquely fused in a [[Trans-Time Dimensional Portal|trans-time dimensional portal]] explosion. [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] separated their bodies but the two remained in stasis aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. They reawoke when [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], a future version of Megatron, attacked, and Ratchet crash landed the ship.<br /> <br /> In [[Generation 2 (Marvel comic)|one universe]], [[Cobra]] rebuilt Megatron into a tank, and he allied with Optimus against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. In [[Classics (2006)|another]], fifteen years of peace passed before Megatron rose again.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br /> {{main|Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Mtmte1 megatron throne.jpg|right|thumb|250px|FOOL! Pass me the TP!]]<br /> <br /> Megatron was responsible for bringing Cybertron out of its [[Golden Age]] when he re-started the Autobot/Decepticon civil war nine million years ago. Among his first actions was the fatal wounding of a young dock worker named Orion Pax, who was rebuilt to become Megatron's mortal enemy, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].<br /> <br /> Megatron's forces boarded the Autobots' spacecraft when it was on a mission to search for new sources of energy on other planets, and was knocked offline like all the other Transformers when the craft crashed on prehistoric Earth. When both factions reawakened in 1984, Megatron made it his mission to pillage all of Earth's natural resources and enslave its populace, with the goal of revitalizing Cybertron and dominating the entire universe. His plans were by turns cunning, wicked, outrageous, and often, utterly, utterly ludicrous.<br /> <br /> In 2005, Megatron faced off with Optimus Prime in a battle at [[Autobot City]], during which he fatally wounded the Autobot leader, but not without taking severe damage himself. Cast adrift into space, Megatron was found by the planet-eater, [[Unicron]], and recreated as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].<br /> <br /> In other timelines which branch out of this one, Megatron became a [[Transmetal]], ordered the [[murdered puppy|murder of a puppy]], and years after his transformation into Galvatron, became Megatron once again, in various powered-up forms.<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books continuity===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Earl Hammond]] (English)<br /> Tricking thousands of humans into digging a large cavern underneath the [[Kalahari Desert]] in [[Africa]], Megatron detonated them with the largest explosion the world had ever seen, transforming the coal and humans into the world's largest diamond. Transporting it to a satellite launch base in [[Brazil]], Megatron gloated the [[crystal satellite|satellite]] would use the diamond as a lens to melt the [[Rocky Mountains]]. Prime countered the attack by constructing a square mile of polished metal, which the Autobots placed below the satellite, deflecting its beam and destroying it. Megatron and Soundwave escaped underground in a [[turbine mole machine]]. {{storylink|Satellite of Doom}}<br /> <br /> The duo stole an enormous hovering fuel transport, but [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] destroyed it, forcing Megatron to come up with a new scheme: to drill the [[Prudhoe Bay oil reservoir]]. Their drill was so powerful, it caused volcanic eruptions and [[Siberia]] to approach the US, accelerating tensions between the US and USSR. Optimus had [[razon gas]] pumped into the resevoir, returning the oil below the sea floor and rising the Decepticon device. Boarding it, the Autobots once again found Megatron had fled. {{storylink|When Continents Collide}} He now intended to raise the oil from Brazil, unwittingly destroying the city of [[Machu Picchu]] and much of the [[Andes Mountains|Andes]], as well as wreacking havoc with the weather. The Autobots stopped them again, and once more Megatron and Soundwave fled. {{storylink|Storms of Destruction}}<br /> <br /> With all these failures, Megatron grew jealous of Shockwave's success in getting oil to the Decepticon soldiers. Tracking [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], Megatron found the Autobot oil supplies in [[Antarctica]]. Using the [[Crusher]] Megatron sliced icebergs off the Antarctic, causing sea levels to rise. Unwittingly, his actions revived hundreds of dormant Dinobots trapped in the tar beneath the ice, forcing him to flee once more. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}} Enslaving oil workers in the Pacific, Megatron tried to drill the oil of [[Buru]], but [[Oil driller and transporter|his transport]] overloaded and he took flight. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}} From his submersible near [[Madagascar]], Megatron sank six oil tankers. Attacking another, Megatron's submersible was completely wrecked when it emerged the oil he drained was tainted by the Autobots with corossive acid. He escaped during the subsequent Autobot attack. {{storylink|Attack of the Decepticons}}<br /> <br /> Megatron's relationship with Soundwave was very abusive; he dubbed him a &quot;blundering tape-filled idiot&quot;. {{storylink|When Continents Collide}}<br /> <br /> ===Big Looker storybooks continuity===<br /> [[Image:KidsCliff1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|MTV pimps Megatron's ride.]]<br /> As Decepticon leader, Megatron was part of the forces that attacked the Autobot Ark while it was trying to eliminate asteroids that threated to smash [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pieces. The Ark crashed on [[Earth]], and four million years later, the Decepticons were first to be woken by the ship's computer. Leaving the ship, they attempted to destroy it, but their energy levels were too low, and Megatron announced they'd have to find new sources of energy. After raiding the nuclear plant at nearby [[Kimball]], they returned to the Ark, only to find it empty. He ordered his men to split up and go in two different directions, and hence they were able to outflank the Autobots. The battle was short-lived, as the Autobots proved too much for them, and the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}<br /> <br /> A bunch of humans set up a race for charity, and the victor would receive a year's supply of oil and gasoline. Well, the Decepticons desperately wanted that bounty, so rather than just steal it, they decided to sneak into the race. [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] was one of the Autobots driving in the rally and was unaware that the scary black Cadillac was actually being driven by Megatron! Megatron dogged Cliffjumper for quite a while but ended up losing to the Minibot. Cliffjumper won the race and everybody smiled, even Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}}<br /> <br /> After a particularly damaging battle, Megatron sent the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s to distract the Autobots while he took a small squad to capture a broken-down oil truck nearby, claiming it would allow them to defeat the Autobots once and for all. While he and his men were implementing the plan, somehow [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] sneaked up and got the truck working again. Megatron furiously pursued the truck and managed to seize it from behind. Suddenly [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] appeared overhead and Megatron proved unable to shoot him down. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] dropped a bomb on the group of Decepticons, reducing them to a pile of metal scrap. An automated signal summoned a [[Decepticon rescue squadron|rescue squadron]], who arrived a short time later to retrieve the remains of Megatron and his men. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}<br /> <br /> Megatron set his sights on raiding a power plant, and promised his men that whoever came up with a fool-proof plan would be made Decepticon [[second-in-command]]. He was pleased when [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] informed him that [[Grapple]] had been captured, and even more so when [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] arrived back at base with the [[cerebro-shell]]ed Autobot. Megatron instructed Grapple to come up with a plan to steal the energy in the power plant. When the rest of the Autobots turned up to rescue their friend, Megatron took the opportunity to gloat before battle commenced. He ordered Grapple to help them fight, however Grapple, who had been de-cerebro-shelled, called him a &quot;big coffee pot&quot; and threw him on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. {{Storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers PD Type'' comic===<br /> [[Image:PDtype-Matrixattack.jpg|left|thumb|250px|This is how the movie ''should've'' gone.]]<br /> <br /> With the discovery of a new super energy source known as the [[Blackball]]s, Megatron found himself joined by numerous Decepticons from all across the timestream, all hoping to obtain the ebony spheres. Naturally, oposing him were a team of Autobots, also gathered from all across the timestream.<br /> <br /> In one confrontation with his eternal foe, Optimus Prime, Megatron got to relive their battle at Autobot City. Except this time around, Megatron was defeated when Prime launched his &quot;Matrix Attack&quot; (''literally'' launching the Matrix from his chest, bonking Megatron on the noggin). {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##1 &quot;You're Great! Optimus Prime!&quot;|You're Great! Optimus Prime!}}<br /> <br /> Later, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] managed to find what he ''thought'' was a Blackball. He presented it to Megatron and received much praise...until the Blackball turned out to be a cartoon bomb which exloded in their faces. As the Autobots stood astonished that their crude strategy succeeded, a badly singed Megatron was left in a smoking crater, strangling Starscream. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##3 &quot;Don't Cry! Megatron!!&quot;|Don't Cry! Megatron!!}}<br /> <br /> During battle with [[Victory Leo]], Megatron found himself horribly outmatched. Thinking quickly, he launched a special weapon from his fusion cannon: a ball of yarn. The giant robot kitty immediately began playing with the yarn, giving Megatron the distraction he needed to escape. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##6 &quot;Tough as Nails! Victory Leo!&quot;|Tough as Nails! Victory Leo!}}<br /> <br /> After that, he had to snap a pensive [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] out of a trance and order him to return to a battle he had walked away from in order to look at clouds. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##9 &quot;Oh, Overlord.&quot;|Oh, Overlord.}}<br /> <br /> Some time later, Starscream located yet another Blackball. This time, though, he decided to keep it's power for himself and use it to overthrow Megatron. Then it exploded in his hands because it was ''another'' cartoon bomb. Megatron watched the explosion from a distance, unaware of what was going on. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##10 &quot;Good Luck! Starscream!!&quot;|Good Luck! Starscream!!}}<br /> <br /> ===''Comic Bom Bom G-2'' comic===<br /> In the year [[199X]], the Decepticons had learned of a powerful new energy source known as [[forestonite]] which just happened to be located (surprise surprise) on [[Earth]]. Megatron sent his trio of [[Cyberjet|Cyberjets]] to Earth first to draw out the enemy Autobots. The Cyberjets made quick work of [[Electro]] but were soon halted by the appearance of Optimus Prime.<br /> <br /> Megatron then entered the fray and fired his Black Hole Burn attack from his fusion cannon, narrowly missing Optimus Prime but vaporizing [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]] in the process. Prime fought fiercely but Megatron began to take the upper hand in battle.<br /> <br /> However, Prime was encouraged to keep fighting by the cheers of a human boy named [[Junpei]]. Megatron, surprised at Prime's resilience, attempted to finish his foe off with his Tornado Axe attack. Prime countered with his Double Wheel-Torque Mega-Ton, which trumped Megatron's attack and injured the Decepticon badly. Megatron teleported back to his ship and left Earth's atmosphere, vowing to return. {{storylink|The New Battle!!}}<br /> <br /> ===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English)<br /> <br /> [[Image:G1Megatron MasterBlaster stasislock.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Sure, we all need our beauty sleep, but 4 million years, now that's taking the piss.]]<br /> After the Autobot/Decepticon war moved to Earth, Megatron hunted down the [[Voyager probe]] as it traveled through the [[Solar System]] and encoded a message on its disc. Should his efforts fail, he left detailed instructions to any Decepticon descendants who recovered the disc, instructions which apparently condoned use of [[transwarp]] technology to alter history in his favor by locating the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] before it was reactivated, with access codes to the Ark stored in the disk, and killing Optimus Prime before the Autobots and Decepticons reawaken. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:G1Megatron Disc Agenda part2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Now that's what we call a smile.]]<br /> The disk (dubbed the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]]) eventually fell into Cybertronian hands and was stolen by a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] who shared Megatron's name. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} This new [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], later stranded in Earth's past, was able to use a recording of the original Megatron to sway one of the original Megatron's most loyal troops, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], to his cause. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:G1Megs Nemesis part2 deletedclip.jpg|left|150px|thumb|I was cut out?! This is Starscream's doing!]]<br /> The original Megatron himself was stranded in Earth's past on board the Ark, offline. Before long, Predacon Megatron was able to approach the comatose body of his namesake and steal his [[spark]], integrating it into his own system. Almost immediately, however, during Predacon Megatron's painful reaction to this integration, he was thrown into a pool of lava by his treacherous underlings. In spite of—or perhaps because of—this, Predacon Megatron emerged from the lava, with a new body that could now transform into a fire-breathing dragon. It is unknown how much influence the original Megatron's Spark had in this metamorphosis. {{storylink|Master Blaster}} At the end of the Beast Wars, after Predacon Megatron was overcome, the original Megatron's Spark was returned to his body, restoring the flow of history.&lt;ref&gt;This scene was cut out of &quot;[[Nemesis Part 2]]&quot; for air-time reasons, but its occurrence is still implied by [[Optimus Primal]]'s note that all was as it should be. The clip was added as a special feature to [[Kid Rhino]]'s and [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars'' season 3 DVD box sets.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> A [[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]] is mentioned in the [[Covenant of Primus]], an ancient sacred text which claims to prophesize future events, including the Beast Wars. It is implied that both Megatrons took their name from here. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> [[Image:Megatrong1gladiator.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Gladiators can afford extra paint applications.]]<br /> Young Megatron was a rising star in gladiatorial combat in the depths of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. As victory upon victory mounted, he began to realize that the games were nothing more than an elaborate conspiracy by the [[Council of Ancients]] to divert the attentions of the masses from the dangerous truth of Cybertron’s history. When Megatron began to show interest in Cybertron's buried past through exploration and research, the Council of Ancients attempted to have him assassinated—a plan that only resulted in stirring up even more discontent among Cybertronians, allowing Megatron to begin recruiting for the Decepticon movement. <br /> <br /> First his &quot;inner circle&quot;, then many of the gladiators, and then finally disgruntled civilians answered his call to action. The Decepticons were born. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:Fledglingcause.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Megatron is so grass-roots.]]<br /> In search of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Autobot Matrix]], Megatron personally killed [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], only to find that the Autobot leader was not even carrying the Matrix of Leadership. He then sent an assassination squad to the inauguration of the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]], only for the whole squad to be killed. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} Refusing to give up, Megatron paid a visit to one of the huge planetary engines which the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s were reactivating, using it to orchestrate a disaster in the destruction of the [[Forum of Enlightenment]], all in order to lure Optimus underground. Megatron sent [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] to kill Prime and bring him the Matrix {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} As Megatron explained to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] his plan to transform [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] into a massive warworld that would cut a swathe of destruction through the galaxy, Optimus again defeated the Decepticons sent against him.<br /> <br /> Megatron finally opted to confront the new Prime personally, but Starscream blasted the bridge they were standing on, plunging them both into an abyss. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} Megatron continued to press his attack, explaining to Optimus exactly why he needed the Matrix and urging Prime to join him. When Megatron drove his fist into his opponent's chest, the Matrix enveloped them both in light, and they found themselves on [[Earth|an alien world]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Visions of the future, spawned by the Matrix, played out before the two warriors, even as they continued to fight. Finally they were returned to subterranean Cybertron, but were quickly separated. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Optimus returned with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s sword and a new resolve, defeating Megatron. Meanwhile, Starscream had activated the planet mechaforming process too soon, resulting in the destruction of the machinery. Some time later, Megatron, his memory of the battle and Matrix visions erased, found Soundwave while stumbling through the Cybertron underground. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}<br /> <br /> Roughly 7.4 million years BCE, Megatron and Optimus Prime disappeared in an early test of the then-unstable [[space bridge]] matter-transport system. {{storylink|Fragmentation}} Spending an undisclosed time on the planet [[Quintessa]], Megatron returned with an overwhelming army of lifeless [[Air Warrior|seeker clones]], arriving as the planet was on the verge of peace. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} He quickly subjugated the planet, though he kept secret the fact that he was working with the Quintessons. He took great delight in sealing Starscream in a tank of [[Piranacon (Quintesson)|Piranacons]] and placing the Autobots in internment camps, while working on a plan to access Cybertron's core. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} <br /> <br /> {{note|This story was never finished due to the closure of Dreamwave, though the seekers and presumably Megatron as well were eventually defeated.}}<br /> <br /> Four million years BCE, Cybertron was threatened by a massive approaching asteroid, so Optimus Prime led a contingent of Autobots aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to blow the rock to fragments, which were transported away by an orbital space bridge network. When this task was completed, Megatron chose this moment to strike, attacking the Ark with his troops. Crippled, the craft flew through one of the space bridge portals, and was transported to prehistoric Earth, where it crashed, entombing the occupants in stasis for four million years.<br /> <br /> The Autobots and Decepticons were reactivated in 1984, but specific details of their battles in the 1980s and 1990s are unrecorded. In 1999, a Autobot/Human military alliance succeeded in capturing and deactivating the Decepticons. However, the [[Ark II]] spaceship carrying them back to Cybertron exploded shortly after liftoff, and the Transformers were believed destroyed. In actuality, they had been scattered back to Earth, where they lay in [[stasis lock]] across the globe for three years.<br /> <br /> This slumber was brought to an end when [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]] (aka Lazarus), a rogue military scientist who had devised a method of controlling Transformers, salvaged many of the fallen Cybertronians and reprogrammed them as mass killing machines, which he then attempted to sell on the black market. Megatron was used to attack and destroy a rebel encampment in South America. Lazarus later demonstrated his voice control of Megatron to a prospective client, however though Megatron obeyed the lesser commands, he would not move when commanded to kneel. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}}<br /> <br /> Having sufficiently raised interest, Lazarus held an auction, beginning with Megatron. He was unprepared when the Decepticon leader demonstrated his autonomy, blasting his way out of the bunker. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} Megatron swiftly put into action a plan to use a [[cyber-virus]] to reformat Earth into a new Cybertron, with Lazarus as its first casualty. As the Autobots arrived, Megatron outlined his plan to Optimus, suggesting that the Autobot leader simply let it happen. Prime declined, however as the two factions fought, the US Military decided to enact [[Operation Clean-Up]] and dropped a bomb on them. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}}<br /> <br /> The bomb's energy absorbed by the virus, the Decepticons left the area before the Autobots could recover. Megatron unleashed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on [[San Francisco]], resulting in mass slaughter and the devastation of the city. The Autobots arrived and engaged the Decepticons in battle, but [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]'s defeat turned the course of the battle towards Autobot defeat. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} Although Prime took down Devastator, he still fell before Megatron, who took the time to point out how worthless the humans around them were. He again suggested that Optimus join him. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} The actions of a group of humans, including ramming Megatron with fire engines, inspired the Autobots to fight back. Optimus slammed Megatron to the ground and delivered a beating, but Soundwave's news that the humans had launched a nuke at their battleground in a virtual repeat of the events in Canada, provoked a peal of laughter from Megatron. Though the nuke was stopped by [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], the Decepticons escaped in the ensuing chaos. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Shockwavedwwarandpeace.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Megatron's a bottom.]]<br /> Several months later. Megatron was subliminally summoned to a remote area in Alaska along with the other Earthbound Transformers. There they battled until Megatron's former second-in-command, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], arrived and revealed that in their absence the war on Cybertron had ended. He arrested Megatron, Prime, and their troops as war criminals. Megatron, weakened by battle, was quickly defeated by Shockwave and loaded aboard a shuttle for return to Cybertron, only to have Starscream seize the opportunity to jettison him into space on the return trip. {{storylink|New World Order}} Megatron used the time floating in space to contemplate his existence and the Decepticon goal. Realizing that he had wasted millennia in his feud with Prime, Megatron resolved to once again conquer Cybertron as a means of enhancing the Transformer race and strengthening it from outside threats. It seemed as through he would not live to accomplish this goal, however, as death closed in on him... only for him to be retrieved by the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} Wreck-Gar took Megatron to the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] and repaired and re-armed him, as well as digging up and reactivating a number of seeker clones that had wound up there after being dumped through space bridge portals. {{storylink|Generation One issue 0|Generation One #0}} Megatron returned the favor by stabbing him in the back with an energy dagger. {{storylink|Runnin' with the Devil}}<br /> <br /> Traveling to the Planet [[Beast (planet) | Beest]], Megatron defeated the exiled Decepticon warlords, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], and rebuilt them into the mightiest of all combiners, [[Predaking]], to serve as his ace in the hole in his quest to reclaim leadership of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Welcome to the Jungle}} Moving in stealth on Cybertron, Megatron defeated Shockwave, severing his laser arm and forcing him into servitude. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} He then returned to Earth to collect the remaining Decepticons under Starscream's command. With Soundwave's help, he blasted a good-sized hole through Starscream himself, before the Air Commander revealed the recent activities of [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], a figure Megatron believed was connected to the [[Covenant of Primus]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}<br /> <br /> {{note|While it was alluded that Megatron had a grand goal in mind that also included the subjugation of the [[Quintesson]]s, the remainder of the story has yet to be told due to the closure of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]. However it has been stated by representatives of [[IDW Publishing]], the current holders of the Transformer comic license, that once Dreamwave has exited bankruptcy court, they intend to finish the story.}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===<br /> His spark within the body of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], Megatron was able to talk the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] leader into a new plan. Once they had broken into the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and implanted a fragment of Megatron's spark into Starscream, he was able to use the air warrior to attempt to return his spark to its rightful place. Unfortunately the beast Megatron resisted and overcame Megatron in a war of wills, subsuming the older Megatron. After the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] ended, the [[Maximal]]s returned Megatron's spark to his body. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}<br /> <br /> Following yet another fight between Megatron and Starscream, the latter went missing. The discovery that Starscream appeared to be working with the Autobots drove Megatron into a rage, and he unsuccessfully tried to extract the Seeker from the clutches of his foes, only to be beaten off by the Autobots. Starscream later returned of his own accord, claiming to have been feigning amnesia in order to gain access to the Autobot base. The story appeared to placate the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}<br /> <br /> Megatron was furious when Soundwave told him that [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] was selling Decepticon weapons on the black market. After chewing out [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], he commanded Skywarp to bring Swindle in, and he wasn't fussy about how many pieces the Combaticon was in. {{storylink|Two for the Price of One}}<br /> <br /> Megatron, along with [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and two [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]s, was waiting [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] emerged from a meeting with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and two [[Optimus Primal]]s. {{storylink|Prime Spark}}<br /> <br /> During the gladiatorial matches in the depths of Cybertron, Megatron encountered [[Geosensus]], and mistook him for a potential recruit. When Geosensus revealed he had no offensive capability, Megatron concluded he was a worthless idiot. Megatron prepared to terminate Geosensus, but was interrupted by Shockwave's warning that security forces were incoming. The two Decepticons left to plan their attack on Kaon. {{storylink|Parts}}<br /> <br /> ===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===<br /> [[Image:Megatronddjoe.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Joey Slick &gt; Cobra Commander]]<br /> When [[Cobra]], a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world, found a crashed spaceship full of Transformers in [[stasis lock]], Megatron proved to them that the machines weren't piloted vehicles when he briefly awoke and groaned that he still functioned. Cobra rebuilt the aliens into new vehicles and reprogrammed them to serve Cobra, with the exception of Megatron, who was rebuilt to transform into a Walther P38 handgun, but was only locked in this mode and not reprogrammed. Holstered by [[Cobra Commander]] at all times, the Decepticon mocked Cobra's decisions, such as deciding that [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], Megatron's traitorous lieutenant, would serve as the Commander's choice of transport. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}}<br /> <br /> Regardless of his complaints, Megatron's only chance to be released from his state was to follow Cobra Commander's orders, such as providing instructions on how to create [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]. Things weren't all bad, though, as he still got some enjoyment out of seeing his nemesis [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] being forced to steal and destroy. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Megatron was also pleased when [[Destro]] showed up and started bossing Cobra Commander around. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}<br /> <br /> When the Transformers were cleared of their reprogramming thanks to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Cobra Commander found himself face to face with a very stern Optimus Prime, and tried to use Megatron to shoot the Autobot. However, Megatron was still had some control of his body and strictly refused to fire, instead bargaining with Cobra Commander to return him to normal. The human gave in, and Megatron transformed and clashed with his old enemy. With Prime low on energon, Megatron came out on top, but before he could finish Prime off, Starscream attacked him and tried to take leadership of the Decepticons. Megatron got rid of him, but the distraction had allowed several Autobots to come to Optimus Prime's rescue. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}<br /> <br /> Ignoring Prime to focus on some more long-term plans, Megatron made [[Doctor Mindbender]] use the [[SPS Satellite]] to create large amounts of energon. However, his party was soon crashed when Optimus Prime attacked the facility and used the energon to power up. Finding the situation unsalvageable, Megatron tried to escape while Prime was busy with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} He ran right into [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], but was unimpressed with their firepower and fought back with his [[energon mace]], possibly killing [[Mercer]]. Things quickly turned for the worse for Megatron; his arm was heavily damaged by a stray beam from the malfunctioning SPS Satellite, he was pounded by G.I. Joe's rockets, and Optimus Prime caught up to him and beat him to a pulp. Prime then stole his [[fusion cannon]] and used it to destroy the satellite and smack Megatron across the jaw, defeating him and ending the battle. The Decepticon was disassembled, but unbeknownst to the victors, his remains were seized and experimented upon by the United States government. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:The Art of War 1 Martin vs Megatron.jpg|left|250px|thumb|]]<br /> A few years later, the human scientists had used Megatron's technology to create the [[Serpentor|Serpent Organic Robot]], a synthetic creature that combined the personalities of several of [[Earth]]'s most famous warmongers and Megatron. After being prematurely activated by Cobra Commander, Serpent O.R. flashbacked to a memory of Megatron's imprisonment and attacked the Cobra leader. He then plugged himself into Soundwave's deactivated head and learned the history of the Transformers, subsequently considering himself the son of Megatron. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===<br /> Megatron and his underlings lay buried and deactivated under a temple on the [[Fera Islands]] for some three million years, until one day in [[1938]] when they were somehow reactivated by [[Major Bludd]] touching the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. After learning that [[Cobra]], like the Decepticons, were ruthless conquerors in search of power, Megatron allied himself with the humans. However, this was merely a ruse so that he could get his hands on the Matrix, which proved hard as [[Cobra Commander]] kept on his person at all times. Megatron and his troops spent the following year helping Cobra ransack various European nations, stealing energy for themselves while leaving the useless &quot;[[Gold|yellow metal]] and painted paper&quot; for Cobra. In the summer of [[1939]], he took out the aerial defense of the English Channel alongside [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], clearing the way for an invasion of the [[United Kingdom]]. {{storylink|The Line}}<br /> <br /> Hours later at the Fera Islands, Megatron was in the process of beating up Starscream for leaving his post when he spotted an Autobot [[Sky Spy|repair drone]] in the process of reactivating [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his troops. This angered him slightly more than [[Destro]] eyeing his [[energon cube]]s. {{storylink|Transformed}} Deciding that he needed a safer place to store the energy, Megatron commandeered a submarine and forced Cobra troops to move the cubes into it, which did not please Cobra Commander. However, Megatron had decided their alliance had outlived its usefulness anyway, and prepared to squish the fleshling, only to learn the hard way that Cobra Commander could use the Matrix to cause him great pain. As Megatron collapsed, the Cobra leader warned him against ever rebelling again. {{storylink|Trial by Fire (issue)|Trial by Fire}}<br /> <br /> The Decepticon commander decided to bide his time, and stood calmly by Cobra Commander's side as their enemies closed in on the Terrordrome. When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] refused to follow Cobra Commander's orders, Megatron admonished him in order to further trick the commander that he had learned his lesson. {{storylink|Trenches}} As Cobra Commander's orders led to Shockwave breaking apart, Megatron suggested that he be given the Matrix so he could repair his underling. Unfortunately for him, Cobra Commander did not fall for it, but Megatron at least got to taunt him for wasting valuable troops like that. Shortly afterwards, [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] was unleashed, causing a rockslide that crushed Cobra Commander's legs, despite his orders for Megatron to shield him. Instead, Megatron &quot;humbly&quot; suggested that the commander use his gun mode as a means of ending his life. Cobra Commander could not go through with it, but Megatron was simply picked up by the [[Baroness]], who executed her former leader. Free at last, the Decepticon leader went after the Matrix, only to find it had been stolen by [[Snake-Eyes]]. Before he could kill the ninja, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrived and attacked him, keeping him at bay while Snake-Eyes destroyed the Matrix in an attempt to destroy Bruticus, killing all the Transformers in the process. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW comics continuity===<br /> <br /> {{ongoing}}<br /> {{quote|In the final analysis, I would happily wade across a river of corpses, chest-deep in rust and grease and engine oil, just to crush the Spark of the last Autobot standing. And I would not do so simply as a means to an end. No. I'd do it, Prime, because it would give me ''pleasure''.|Megatron to Optimus Prime|''[[Chaos Theory Part 1]]''}}<br /> <br /> Long ago, before the war and under the reign of [[Nominus Prime]], Megatron of [[Tarn]] was an [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] miner, a member of the lower class, living near [[Rodion]]. The caste-ridden social apartheid of Cybertronian society - where your form determined your role, and your role your rights - sickened him and, being an intellectual sort, he wrote [[After the Ark: Nominus Prime and the Illusion of Progress|a treatise]] on how pacifist dissent and the exchange of ideas could change things. But then he was arrested for a crime [[Impactor|a friend]] had committed against the Autobot upper classes, and [[Whirl (G1)|one of their friends]] in the police beat him in his cell, intending to kill him, while mocking him for how nobody would care about the death of a lowly miner. Police captain [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]], however, found out Megatron was innocent and let him go. But now he was filled with rage and hate, disillusioned with his former ideology and realising the power of applied violence. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}}<br /> <br /> Continuing to seeth with hate and frustration, Megatron began working at [[Mining Outpost C-12]]. One day [[Decimus|Senator Decimus]] arrived at the mine to announce that the mine was being closed immediately and the workers would be relocated. However, one of the Senator's guards killed a worker for insubordination and claims of Senate corruption, which spurred Megatron into action. He attacked Senator Decimus and killed the guard in self-defense, and was shocked to find he had done so. He and the other miners were en route to [[Penal Facility H-3|imprisonment]] when [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] broke free and started a riot aboard [[Longshot (G1)|their ship]]. They overpowered their guards, damaged Decimus's ship to ward off pursuit, as the authorities would focus on his rescue, and made their way to [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:Apexthrone.JPG|right|250px|thumb|You should have gone to IKEA.]]<br /> <br /> After evading law enforcement, Megatron joined a team of underworld gladiators under the tutelage of [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]. Initially repulsed by killing his opponents, the games eventually turned him more brutal and excessive, and he took control of the entire operation from Clench. The opportunistic Senator [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], after seeing how much money there was in the underworld matches, sent his agent [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to offer Megatron weaponry and technology to upgrade himself and his comrades. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s Autobots were sent to investigate the gladiatorial games, but when two Autobots were personally killed by Megatron, Prime's forces stepped up their pursuit. Megatron used the gladiatorial games to drum up an army of violent malcontents and spread chaos throughout Cybertron. He then deliberately allowed Sentinel Prime's forces to capture his burgeoning army, {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} so that [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (pretending to defect) and Soundwave and his hidden cassette army could exterminate the Kaon Senate and then free every last prisoner. Megatron led the army of prisoners against the Autobots, beat Sentinel Prime nearly to death, and took control of Kaon. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}<br /> <br /> Megatron's infamy spread and his message of rising up against the ruling classes struck a chord with many disenfranchised Cybertronians. One such fellow was [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], who attended a Decepticon rally and was personally asked by Megatron to fight at his side. Megatron rechristened Drift as &quot;Deadlock&quot; and welcomed him into the Decepticon fold. When Deadlock eventually deserted the cause, Megatron sent the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] to bring him back. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Megatrong1idwpreearth.jpg|left|150px|thumb|450 years ago, his helmet was black, but now it's gray. The difference time makes, huh?]] <br /> Over time, the war between Megatron's Decepticon army and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots covered the entire planet and soon beyond to the rest of the galaxy. Optimus grew to respect and fear Megatron as a calm, calculating and measured opponent, while Megatron himself respected Prime's sheer power and his skill as a tactician and as a leader. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}} Megatron also constructed [[Sixshot]], a living weapon with frightening amounts of power that only he had the &quot;off-switch&quot; for. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} Megatron would then go on to develop a six-stage [[infiltration protocol]] to be used for conquering targeted planets, and selected Sixshot and the similarly ultra-powerful Overlord and [[Black Shadow]] to be the agents who would strike the final blow in each battle. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}} As the Autobot/Decepticon war progressed, the conflict became so great that it created an impending energy crisis and threatened the stability of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself. When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] left Cybertron, secretly pursuing alternate energy sources, Megatron ordered [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to investigate his files, secretly assigning Soundwave to investigate Bludgeon. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}<br /> <br /> Later, a Decepticon scientist, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], came to Megatron with a revolutionary, controversial plan to stave off this energy death by [[Pretender|polydermal grafting]], a process where they encased themselves in &quot;symbiotic carapaces&quot;, or shells created from living tissue. When Megatron dismissed him angrily and cut him down, Thunderwing did not abandon his research, but instead experimented on himself. As a result, Thunderwing became so powerful that Megatron had to join forces with Optimus Prime to stop him. This battle at [[Thunderhead Pass]] accelerated the apocalypse destined to befall Cybertron, leaving it an uninhabitable, radioactive husk and forcing both armies to continue their war on other worlds. Megatron advocated that they simply destroy Cybertron to ensure that Thunderwing was destroyed, but Prime refused, and threatened to stop Megatron if he tried. Megatron agreed not to destroy the planet, but warned Prime that whatever happened was on his head. Shortly after the last big push by the Decepticons, Cybertron was abandoned by both factions.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Infiltration6 takeyourpunishment.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Those librarians are getting really strict on late returns.]]<br /> Seven hundred [[Units of time|stellar cycles]] later, in current times, it was discovered that as a result of digging through Shockwave's files, Bludgeon had resurrected Thunderwing's dangerous project, as well as Thunderwing himself. After being informed of Thunderwing's attack on [[Nebulos]], Megatron dispatched the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] in the ''[[Thanatos]]'' to Cybertron, authorizing [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to do whatever was necessary to destroy Thunderwing, including the destruction of Cybertron. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}} However, Optimus Prime and the [[Wrecker]]s were able to thwart both Bludgeon and Thunderwing, and so destruction of the planet was averted. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}<br /> <br /> {{quote|You will stand down. If you fight, you ''die''. There is no room anymore for mercy. In the end, you are ''all'' expendable. Choose.|Megatron's ultimatum to Starscream's troops|&quot;[[Infiltration issue 6]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> Megatron, meanwhile, was on Earth, investigating Starscream's infiltration team. He discovered that Starscream had stumbled across [[Ore-13]], an incredible energy source which had been [[Spotlight: Shockwave|mysteriously seeded there]], and that the [[Air Commander]] was planning to use it to usurp Megatron's command—this annoyed him, as he had thought they were beyond such power games. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 4|Infiltration #4}} After seriously damaging the hesitantly rebellious [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], {{storylink|Infiltration issue 5|Infiltration #5}} Megatron ordered the AWOL team to stand down and then took on a super-powered Starscream. Though the Ore-13 made Starscream a formidable adversary, Megatron was still more deadly than he, and Starscream was destroyed. All throughout, he acted eerily calm &amp; measured and made both Autobot and Decepticon wet themselves in fear. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}<br /> <br /> Megatron took stock of Starscream's progress on Earth in light of the discovery of Ore-13 and called a meeting to make Starscream's former troops aware, in no uncertain terms, that any further insurrections would be met with deadly force. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} Initiating phase two of infiltration protocol, Megatron stole a prototype [[Psycho-Prism]] from [[Doctor Doom]]'s laboratory. He created an &quot;array&quot; structure in [[Latveria]] as a base of operations. He sent Skywarp and Thundercracker to the nearby country of [[Symkaria]] in hopes they will blame Latveria and start a war. He activated the Psycho-Prism which produced an aggression wave that made nearby humans more aggressive in order to further increase international tensions. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}} Doctor Doom, not appreciating the Decepticons' setting up shop in his country, tried to remove their base with an army of [[Doombot]]s. Megatron had no problem repelling them. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}}<br /> <br /> The [[Avengers]] arrived and Megatron let them enter his facility where he scanned them looking for a suitable sample to leech power from as part of their [[mirror response mode]]. He selected [[Spider-Man]] and captured him. The remaining Avengers retreated and Megatron energized the facilities energy shield. The Autobots arrived and were attacked by the Avengers thanks to their heightened aggression. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}}<br /> <br /> Megatron energized himself and all of his troops except Ramjet, who he didn't trust. Outside, the Autobots were able to nullify the aggression wave amongst the Avengers and they teamed up and started attacking the array. Megatron sent out his energized troops to repel the invaders. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Ratchet, Prowl, and [[Luke Cage]] were able to breech the array's defenses. Megatron captured Ratchet and Luke Cage while Ramjet and Megatron's new ally, Doctor Doom captured Prowl. When his forces outside were defeated, Megatron—on the advice of Doctor Doom—sent a holographic message to those outside that he would kill his captives if they did not surrender. They did not surrender and instead renewed their attack. Megatron blamed Doctor Doom for the failure and turned on him.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Megsandspidy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]<br /> <br /> Megatron did not go through with his threat of killing the hostages. Instead he went out to face his attackers himself, holding Luke Cage. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} He was beating the opposition until Prowl, Ratchet, and Spider-Man [[orbital jump|orbital bounced]] out of the facility. They had been freed by Doctor Doom and the two Autobots used the Decepticon equipment to energize themselves with [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]'s super power. This added firepower led to his defeat. His Psycho-Prism was destroyed so there was no point in continuing the fight and ordered his troops to retreat using an [[emergency warp-out]]. Megatron himself stuck around awhile hoping to beat someone up, but Spider-Man wrapped him up in webbing, Luke Cage knocked him over, and the Autobots opened fire on him while he was down. He finally warped-out taunting Optimus Prime on the way out. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Megatrong1idwgunbody.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I also wonder.]]<br /> After getting the infiltration protocols back on track, Megatron stayed instead of leaving Earth in the hands of a new commander. He decided to try out his new [[Size changing|mass-displacing]] handgun [[Alternate mode|altmode]] and the Ore-13 power. {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}} He personally took charge of the Decepticon subterfuge in [[Brasnya]], guiding the facsimile of [[Georgi Koska]] in an attempt to escalate an international incident into a full polarizing war, and acting as Koska's personal weapon. (His alt-mode only works when a human is holding and firing him, which left him at a disadvantage against the Autobots, who could simply pin him down in that form. Maybe Megatron just wants to be held.) {{storylink|Escalation issue 3|Escalation #3}}<br /> <br /> When Optimus Prime arrived, Megatron transformed and started a full-blown to-the-death melee with his longtime foe for all the nuts and bolts—this surprised Optimus, who accused Megatron of letting the Ore-13 power go to his head and causing him to be &quot;some raging braggart&quot;. Even with his fusion cannon disabled almost right away, Megatron gained the upper hand due to his Ore-13 high. Beating his foe down, he squeezed Prime's spark casing and seemingly killed him; {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}} aghast, the Autobots moved into a full but ineffective counterattack, their only edge being that Megatron had no long-range guns left. However, Prime's death was a desperate ruse, and the Autobot leader countered with a surprise attack on Megatron, able to exploit Ore-13's weakness—the more it's used, the faster it burns itself out. Megatron almost collapsed from power loss and was forced to have Skywarp take him to safety before the Autobots could kill him. <br /> <br /> Upon returning to base and being refueled and repaired, Megatron was hopping mad. Mad enough to prematurely call in his ultimate living weapon—[[Sixshot]]—despite [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]'s panic attack on hearing that. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}<br /> <br /> During this time, he discovered a plot by [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] to overthrow him. Without saying a word, he beat the living [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of the attempted traitor. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ramjet}}<br /> <br /> Upon Sixshot's arrival, Megatron ordered him to utterly destroy the Autobots, throwing out the methodical &quot;Phase&quot; strategy. The other Decepticons were worried that Megatron was losing his grip—and since they were too scared to tell him that, they decided to revive Starscream to do it for them. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} Before Sixshot could obliterate the Autobots, Megatron recalled him to deal with a new threat—the [[Reaper|Reapers]]. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} Megatron deduced that the other Decepticons betrayed him by awakening Starscream, but decided not to punish them '''yet''', due to the present task of destroying the Reapers. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} After these foes were dead, Megatron was forced to accept Starscream and the others when it became clear the humans were aware of them now. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Bringingthehousedown.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Megatron's urban renewal program was off to a flying start.]]<br /> Some time later, the Autobots were led into a trap; false information was planted by an [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Autobot traitor]], and they were badly smashed up by the 'Cons, who had created [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. After personally ripping the [[Matrix of Leadership]] out of Optimus Prime's chest, Megatron planned to drop the Autobots into the midst of [[Insecticon swarm|three thousand horrendous things he had created]] on Cybertron. When all but Prime had gone through the space bridge, Prime grabbed Blitzwing's gun and somehow saved the other Autobots from certain death, closing the portal. Optimus was critically injured by the space bridge, which fried his circuits. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} This caused Starscream's status among the Decepticons and their concern about Megatron to go ''way'' down, with former dissenters like [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] becoming Megatron fanboys. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} By use of Sunstreaker's input with Starscream and Bombshell's experimentation on [[Hunter O'Nion]], Megatron was able to defeat [[Omega Supreme (G1)|almost]] all the Autobots in the galaxy...<br /> <br /> A year after the defeat of Optimus, Megatron decided to take Earth and make it the new Decepticon homeworld. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} Using Sunstreaker, he led the Autobots into an ambush, defeating Optimus' squad and banishing them to Cybertron to be food for the Swarm {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}, three thousand failed experiments, born during an attempt to create the Insecticons. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} He arrived on the front lines as the Decepticons attacked [[New York City]], humiliating Starscream by outdoing him in destroying things with just one shot from his fusion cannon. When the US Air Force responded with an F-22 squad, as a show of force Megatron had Soundwave disable the human's missile targeting, followed by the Decepticons just standing there shrugging off bullets before making their attack. After one jet was damaged by Skywarp, [[DJ (G1)|its pilot]] attempted to take out Megatron with a suicide run, but the Decepticon leader calmly swatted the incoming plane, causing it to explode. As flames rose from the wreckage, Megatron emerged, completely undamaged, laughing maniacally. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} Megatron continued to direct the Decepticon assault on New York, dispatching [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] to mop up the U.S. Army's ground forces and ordering the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to combine into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and destroy the underwater tunnels leading out of the city. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}}<br /> <br /> His plan executed flawlessly, the Decepticons continued their assault on the major cities of the United States, disabling or nullifying any attempt by the army or navy to counterattack. As he surveyed his handiwork in New York, he ordered Hook and the Constructicons to begin building ''something'' in the once-great human city and appreciated their &quot;sacrifice&quot; in using &quot;substandard&quot; building materials. Soon thereafter he was joined by Starscream, with whom he had a heart to heart and revealed he believed Starscream to be the embodiment of the Decepticon cause, but that Starscream was blind to realizing this. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}}<br /> <br /> When the humans had fallen, Megatron made a propaganda speech to his men in the ruins of New York. He heaped great praise on their efforts, both on Earth and across the galaxy, announcing they had finally crushed the Autobots for good. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}} After making this speech (and dispatching Ratbat to attack a small group of mercenaries led by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Commander Witwicky]]), Megatron entered one of the &quot;buildings&quot; to gaze at his newly prized possession... the Autobot Matrix of Leadership that he stole from Optimus. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:AHM6MegatronVsIsrael.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]<br /> <br /> That praise turned out to be empty, as Starscream started noticing that Megatron didn't have a plan now victory had been achieved, and the smashy-smash fun on Earth was him trying to distract the troops—because now he had an army of evil sociopathic murderers with nothing to murder and a doctrine of taking power. Not even smashing up [[Israel]] made him feel better. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} Eventually, Starscream made his move, revealing to Megatron that he had swayed the Insecticons to his side. Megatron easily swatted the insects aside, however, and explained to Starscream that he had known about his plans all along. Unfortunately, he hadn't anticipated Starscream to have rallied the Constructicons backing him up, and found himself having to fight the mighty Devastator. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}<br /> <br /> As the battle was interrupted by an attack from human jets, Megatron and Starscream put their differences aside momentarily to organize a defense. Megatron was not at all surprised by the attack, as he had planned the invasion—nay, the ''war''—down to the smallest detail. He explained to Starscream that while the Decepticon forces may have no real goal at the moment, he planned to remodel them into something greater after the war was done. Then he was suddenly interrupted by something he ''hadn't'' planned for: the return of the Autobots. After assuring Starscream that he'd be leader someday (just not right now), Megatron confronted Optimus Prime again, accusing the Autobot of coming for his Matrix rather than truly caring about Earth. He also revealed that Prime's supposedly &quot;innocent&quot; humans were planning to nuke New York, killing millions of their own just to get rid of the Decepticons. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}}<br /> <br /> Prime retorted that it wasn't about the humans, it was about the difference between him and Megatron—the difference between Autobots and Decepticons. The two came to blows, and Megatron eventually came out on top by throwing Prime into a building. He ordered the Decepticons to leave Earth, leaving the Autobots to be killed by the humans' nuke... only to be shot in the face by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], wielding a powerful weapon reverse-engineered from Cybertronian technology. Injured and disoriented by the blast, Megatron was finished off when Optimus Prime got back up and smashed his face in with his own fusion cannon. As he wanted to ''take'' leadership rather than just have it fall in his hands, Starscream picked up his damaged leader and took him off the planet. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}<br /> <br /> On board Astrotrain, Megatron was put on life support and was tended to by Soundwave and his cassettes. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}}<br /> <br /> The Decepticons eventually settled on a desolate asteroid and Megatron spent the next three years in a [[CR chamber|CR tank]]. He was somehow conscious and aware of current events during his recovery. Megatron was forced to simply watch as most of the Decepticon army languished in inactivity and slowly began to unravel under Starscream's leadership. {{storylink|The Transformers issue 7|The Transformers #7}} But despite Megatron's mental health and awareness, Soundwave eventually realized that his body was beyond repair. He convinced Shockwave, who had been given access to plenty of resources for his space bridge project, to help him build a brand new body for Megatron's consciousness to inhabit. They were successful, and even included space bridge technology in Megatron himself, allowing him to create warp portals to Earth.<br /> <br /> Back in action, Megatron devised a plan to destabilize the relationship between the humans and Autobots on Earth. Together with Soundwave and Shockwave, he chopped up his old body and used it to create human-scaled replicas of his former gun mode, containing small pieces of his own consciousness. Starscream caught them in the act, but wasn't too shocked to learn of Megatron's return, as he knew it had been inevitable. Megatron was unable to take back leadership of the Decepticons at the moment, however, as Starscream was in possession of the Matrix of Leadership, an object which Megatron considered a threat due to its mysterious nature. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Ongoing Issue 13 - Megatron.jpg|left|160px|thumb|&quot;Ever see the movie ''Tron''?&quot;]]<br /> <br /> When [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] infiltrated the Decepticons' asteroid base and recovered the Matrix from Starscream, Megatron stepped in to intercept the Autobot. Rodimus panicked when coming upon the reborn Decepticon commander and held up the Matrix to try and ward him off. But Megatron simply shot Rodimus at point-blank range, blasting him out into space, Matrix and all. Intent on reestablishing his authority, Megatron then informed Soundwave to gather the other Decepticons so he could address them. {{storylink|Heart Like a Wheel}}<br /> <br /> Megatron and Shockwave then sent a box full of Megatron guns (and his old head) through a space bridge to Earth, where it landed in [[Quetzaltenango]], [[Mexico]]. Without the knowledge of any human government, the powerful weapons were then smuggled into the United States by gun enthusiasts and civilians looking for anti-Transformer weaponry. This allowed Megatron's consciousness to spread throughout the land, until it was focused enough to contact one particular owner of a Megatron gun: [[Joe Gladki]]. He deceived and manipulated the paranoid human, and eventually convinced him to perform an assassination attempt on [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the new Autobot leader. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon}} In their ignorance, the Autobots then mistook Gladki's gun for Megatron himself and held it captive. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man}}<br /> <br /> With the Autobots in chaos, Megatron started the next phase of his plan and returned to Earth personally, where he used his new stealth bomber mode to shoot down a plane carrying Optimus Prime and several other Autobots. He then hunted down [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], who was in charge following the loss of both Bumblebee and Prime, and killed some Mexicans attacking Magnus's troops with Megatron guns just because. With his powerful new body, he effortlessly defeated the entire Autobot team and killed some of their [[Skywatch]] allies. Ultra Magnus tried to stop him, telling Megatron that he was back for the Autobots and not the humans, but Megatron assured him that humanity was his real target. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies}}<br /> <br /> {{cleanup|August 2011|Storylinks needed.}}<br /> Megatron revealed that his entire scheme was a plot to try and crush Optimus Prime's spirit and ruin the fragile alliance between humanity and the Autobots by arming deranged and unstable humans with advanced weaponry based on his old body, thus forcing the Autobots to choose between fighting the humans or allowing them to kill them. He dumped several of the Autobots in a heavily populated area and mind controlled three already paranoid humans to kill the Autobots. He also took Ultra Magnus hostage, having Soundwave keep a weapon trained on him as he taunted Prime about the no win situation he had created. However, he also revealed to Prime that he was controlling the humans, and in a bid to distract him enough to break the mental control, Prime shot Soudnwave in the head, badly wounding him. Distraught and furious that his friend and loyal second in command had been wounded, Megatron chose to flee to get Soundwave medical attention, forcing him to break communication. Unfortunately however, despite this Megatron's plan succeeded. Jazz was forced to kill a human to save Bumblebee's life, increasing the paranoia and hatred that humanity felt for the Autobots. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome}}<br /> <br /> <br /> With Soundwave wounded severely, Megatron took him to a temporary lab that Shockwave had set up on Earth, to have Soundwave repaired. However Shockwave noted that much of the Decepticon's resources had been used to construct Megatron's new body and the new Space Bridge, and it would take a great deal of time to properly rebuild Soundwave. It was at this point that Optimus Prime attacked again and after threatening Shockwave, goaded Megatron into a confrontation. Megatron ordered his troops not to attack Prime, wanting them to watch as he crippled the Autobot leader and left him for the humans to kill. However one thing Megatron didn't suspect was for Prime to be desperate enough to drop a sattelite on top of him, in an effort to kill him once and for all. <br /> <br /> However Megatron's new body, empowered greatly by Ore 13 was virtually unharmed by the attack. He beat Prime senseless but then, shockingly, surrendered to the Autobots and was promptly imprisoned inside Omega Supreme. Optimus demanded to know why he surrendered and Megatron taunted him by revealing that Spike Witwicky had murdered a Decepticon in cold blood and told him the humans couldn't be trusted, mocking Prime's desire to work with the humans and warning him that he had doomed his Autobots by allying with Skywatch. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine}}<br /> <br /> Prime immediately had Prowl begin investigating Spike and Skywatch, and one of the first things Prowl did was quiz Megatron on what he knew about Spike's activities. Megatron told him what he needed to know after a little verbal sparring. <br /> <br /> When Rodimus returned to Earth and warned the Autobots that Galvatron had taken control of Cybertron, now habitable once more thanks to Alpha Trion repairing the ravaged world and Ironhide and Sunstreaker having wiped out the Swarm, Optimus decided to lead the Autobots to claim their homeworld back from the insane Galvatron. He also decided to bring both Megatron and the Matrix, believing that the humans would be less at risk of Decepticon attacks if Megatron and the Matrix were both off earth. {{storylink| Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix}}<br /> <br /> On the way to Cybertron, Megatron was fully scanned by both Ratchet and Perceptor, who, along with Xaaron had come to assist the Autobots in making sure Megatron was secure and to provide legal counsel in how to treat him as he was now a prisoner of war. Megatron was silent while they confirmed that he had no concealed weaponry on him. Shortly after this, Prime himself came to talk to Megatron, wanting for once to have an actual conversation with his old foe and try to make peace, seeing the situation as a chance to finally end the war. Initially skeptical of Prime's reasons for talking to him, when Prime released Megatron from his bonds. Megatron challenged Prime's motto of &quot;Freedom is the right of all sentient beings&quot; by pointing out that it was he, not Prime, who had stood up for the Cybertronians who were treated as little more than slaves by the corrupt ruling class of Cybertron and claiming that the only true way to bring peace to the universe was through conquest. Aftr arguing about their conflicting viewpoints the two began to remember old battles and the numerous near death experiences, even laughing together as they shared war stories. It was then that Optimus tried to reach out to Megatron, offering him the chance to end the war once and for all with a handshake, telling him that all he had to do was tell him that he wanted the war to end and it would. Megatron appeared to consider it for a moment but ultimately remained silent. {{storylink| Chaos Theory Part 1}}<br /> <br /> Under pressure to decide whether Megatron would be executed or imprisoned should he be found guilty of crimes against the species and genocide, Prime confronted Megatron and asked him if he regretted any of his actions. Megatron coldly replied that he did not and in fact only regretted that he hadn't done more and killed more Autobots, claiming that he would kill Autobots solely for pleasure and that as long as anyone stood in his way he would kill them. He also claimed that Optimus was secretly glad for the war, taunting him in a manner simmilar to the way Whirl had once taunted Megatron by pointing out that if the war had never happened Optimus would have lived and died as a nobody, with no one knowing or caring who he was, but because of Megatron Optimus had become famous and the most respected and worshipped Cybertronian of all. It was a taunt designed to make Prime want to kill him and Optimus nearly did, activating the Variable Voltage Harness. Omega Supreme managed to cut the power in time and Megatron, struggling to stay concious, offered Prime his thanks for saving his life all those years ago in Rodion. Shocked by his actions Prime realised that Megatron wanted to die and wanted him to be the one to kill him <br /> <br /> This was confirmed when he asked Megatron what HE wanted his punishment to be if found guilty at his trial. Death or imprisonment. Megatron calmly replied that he chose death. {{storylink| Chaos Theory Part 2}}<br /> <br /> On the way to Cybertron Megatron demanded to know who or what was attacking the planet, questioning whether it was Starscream, Shockwave or even Thunderwing. Optimus refused to answer, stating that now Megatron was a prisoner everything going on outside the walls of his cell was no longer his concern and questioning why Megatron was suddenly so sentimental. Megatron ominously noted that Cybertron was more than just a metal world and that if it was in the wrong hands they were all in danger. He also threatened Prime but Optimus simply left the cell, no longer willing to speak with Megatron {{storylink| Chaos Part One: Lamentations}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{note|The events of ''Spotlight: Mirage'' possibly take place in an alternate/unknown continuity.}}<br /> <br /> With most of the Autobots in the galaxy defeated, Megatron chafed to end the war quickly. He demanded [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] track the last pocket of Autobot resistance down for the Decepticons. The mercenary demanded a majority share in all energon mining operations, a deal which outraged Megatron, until Mirage pointed out it was a small price to pay to end the war. After Optimus Prime surrendered, Megatron demanded the prisoners be executed despite Mirage's promise to spare Autobot lives. Seeing Mirage's hesitation, Megatron appealed to his greed. {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}<br /> <br /> ===''Hearts of Steel''===<br /> Megatron was referred to as a leader [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] wanted to replace. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}<br /> {{note|Unused concept art for ''Hearts of Steel'' depicts Megatron with a variety of proposed alternate modes: a giant cannon (with big studded wheels that become shoulder-shields), a 19th-century Colt revolver, possibly a [[wikipedia:Colt 1851 Navy Revolver|Colt 1851 Navy]], and another very similar revolver, with an anachronistic scope and a bulkier muzzle.}}<br /> <br /> ===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comics===<br /> In the 21st century, Megatron attacked [[Tokyo]], planning to steal its energy and enslave the population. He retreated once the Autobots arrived and a fight with Optimus ensued. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1}} Sending [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to distract his nemesis, Megatron quietly gathered a large amount of energon cubes before being attacked by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} Megatron escaped, {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}} with enough energon to transform himself into Galvatron. He nearly killed Prime and Ironhide before apparently overloading and exploding, transforming him back into Megatron. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 7}}<br /> <br /> ===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' comics===<br /> <br /> [[Image:Henkei1 enter megatron.jpg|left|thumb|220px|At last, I have returned in a— wait, am I a NERF pistol now?! CURSE YOU STARSCREAM!!!]]<br /> <br /> When the legendary [[Energon Cube]] was lost to the reaches of space, Megatron led a small team of Decepticons across the galaxy in pursuit. The cube crashed on Earth, in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]], where it shattered into innumerable fragments that were scattered far and wide. To search for the cube shards, Megatron and his Decepticons took on the forms of local vehicles and devices, so they could operate in secret. [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Optimus Prime]] and his Autobots had also followed the Cube to Earth, and so the Transformers' war continued in secret on this new world. {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}<br /> <br /> Ten years later, Megatron discovered that the humans had a &quot;secret weapon&quot; of sorts in their quest: They had allied themselves with the human boy [[Akira Kihara]], who possessed the incredible powers of a &quot;[[Booster]]&quot;, one of a small number of beings in the universe born with the power to detect and manipulate the energies of the Energon Cube. Seeking the boy's power for his own, Megatron struck, but was repelled when Akira used his powers to their fullest. Alas, Akira overloaded his body and died in the process, and Prime was consumed with guilt. {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}}<br /> <br /> One year after the battle for Akira, Megatron received word from [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Astrotrain]] that [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Starscream]] and [[Ramjet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Ramjet]] were battling Prime's Autobots at the human structure known as the [[Star Dome]]. {{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}} Joining the conflict, he berating Starscream for his failures, using the fallen Air Commander as a shield to protect himself from Optimus Prime's shots. Chastizing Prime for not going all-out in his attack, Megatron turned his Fusion Cannon on [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Bumblebee]] and the Autobots' newest human ally [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]]. At the last moment, Prime appeared to deflect Megatron's blast with a shot of his, and Megatron elected to retreat, transforming to gun mode and collapsing a large chunk of the Star Dome to cover the Decepticons' withdrawal. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Appears!}} Starscream claimed Megatron's advanced age was making him weak, but Megatron suggested that he had another reason for calling retreat... {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:Henkei6_megatron_mace.jpg|right|thumb|Even if the mace's end is only a few feet from my head, it shall never hurt me!]]<br /> <br /> When Starscream struck out on his own, attacking a power plant with the aid of the brainwashed Autobot [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Skyfire]], Megatron observed the battle via a recording made by his spy, [[Ravage (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Ravage]]. The events that unfolded during the conflict confirmed Megatron's suspicions: Wataru was also a Booster! {{storylink|Wataru's Power}} Once again seeking to take the power of a Booster for himself, Megatron tracked Prime and Wataru when they went on a mission to investigate a local relic (in actuality, a cube shard), then struck hard. Taunting Prime with the memory of the last Booster that he had allowed to die, Megatron goaded the Autobot leader into a ferocious battle with their energon-axe and flail. Throughout the duel, Megatron challenged Prime's philosophy and beliefs, eventually striking home with the claim that Prime had hoped to use Wataru's power to defeat him. With Prime's focus broken by this sadly-true accusation, Megatron was able to lay Prime low and seize Wataru, informing the boy that he would not allow him to die like Akira had if he came with him willingly. Naturally, Wataru refused, and activated his powers, forcing Megatron back with a barrier shield; this, Megatron realized, was what had deflected his shot during his first encounter with Wataru, rather than Prime's blast. Wataru used his powers to heal Optimus and power-up his energon axe into a mighty sword, which Prime used to tear a massive gash in Megatron's armor. The explosion that resulted decimated the surrounding countryside, and when Prime and Wataru awoke, Megatron was gone. {{storylink|Optimus Prime's Secret}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Henkei8_megatron_energon_bath.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Now that my bubble bath is ready, I shall go get my [[Rubber Ducky|little rubber bathtime plaything]].]]<br /> <br /> The injured Megatron had been spirited away by [[Cyclonus (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Cyclonus]], who took him to a network of caves beneath a volcano and placed him in a &quot;bath&quot; of molten [[energon cube]]s to heal him. {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}} While Megatron was recuperating, however, Starscream led Optimus Prime and Bumblebee to his location, in hopes that they would destroy him so that he could take his throne. As Starscream and Cyclonus battled in the air, Prime approached Megatron, and without hesitation, plunged his energon sword into the Decepticon leader's chest and broke the blade off within his body. Megatron howled in pain and fury, and the energon cubes around him began to react, rising to whirl around him and surround his body with their glow. The maddened Megatron seized one of the cubes and bit into it deeply, causing a huge energon explosion. As the light from the blast faded, Megatron stood restored, renewed and reformatted... now, he was [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Galvatron]]! {{storylink|Creation! The New Emperor of Destruction!!}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Alternity''===<br /> [[Image:Alternity megatron auto avatars.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br /> <br /> Numerous incarnations of Megatron from throughout the [[multiverse]] were gathered together as the &quot;[[Megatron Aggregate]]&quot; under the leadership of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|one particular incarnation]] who hailed from a universe where the Autobots had evolved into the hyperdimensional race known as the [[Alternity (species)|Alternity]]. Shackling the power of the trans-time god-beast [[Hytherion]], this Megatron conveyed time-and-space-manipulating powers similar to those of the Alternity upon himself as his different iterations, forging them into one cross-dimensional gestalt-consciousness entity. To battle the Alternity across time and space, the Megatrons copied their methods, projecting their consciousnesses into [[auto-avatar]]s. The Megatron responsible for the scheme took control of a &quot;Premium Le Mans Blue&quot; style auto-avatar, while his first known ally (from an unidentified dimension) possessed a &quot;Silver Blade&quot; body. {{storylink|To Mega Therion}}<br /> <br /> The third identified member of the Megatron Aggregate hailed from [[universal stream]] [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Primax 1286:3 Kappa]]. In a &quot;Diamond Black&quot; auto-avatar body, he engaged in battle with &quot;Ultimate Silver&quot; Optimus Prime across two [[universal stream]]s, striking at him from the year 2009. This Megatron was amused when Prime deduced that he had an ulterior motive for operating in that year, and so made him a wager: if he could defeat him in a game of his own choosing, he would answer a question honestly. Megatron proposed manipulating the inhabitants of his home universe in a &quot;game full of death and suffering&quot;, and infused a portion of his power through a legion of Decepticons (including his own past self) to be pitted against Prime's lone chosen champion, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|To Die Game!}}<br /> {{note|Alternity beings are both individuals and a collective of separate entities. More fiction about Megatron's Alternity collective can be found [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|here]].}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Universe'' cartoon===<br /> [[Image:FfE Megatron.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Cyclonus, if you would please fetch the nail clipper.]]<br /> During the war, Megatron rose up to become leader of the Decepticons. Pursuing Optimus on his quest for more Energon, he shot down his ship. Landing, he, Starscream and Soundwave saw Optimus and his Autobots had survived, and taken disguises. Megatron's eyes turned red as he prepared to scan an alternate mode... {{storylink|Action Blast 1}}<br /> <br /> Megatron and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] set up a mining operation near an abandoned [[Rock-It Fuel|gas station]] to extract Earth's natural resources and convert them to [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]]. They were discovered by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who created a diversion and knocked Cyclonus out. Megatron then blew the mining operation up with his double-barreled arm cannon and retreated with Cyclonus. {{storylink|Fight for Energon}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Commercial appearances==<br /> Megatron featured in quite a few [[commercial]]s, mostly advertising other toys:<br /> <br /> * He appears in the very first Transformers animation, a commercial announcing the upcoming 1984 comic book. He lands amid a battle on Earth and fires his cannon at incoming Autobots. This appearance uses his pre-cartoon design, with the black helmet and triggered cannon.<br /> <br /> * Footage from that commercial, as well as the show's opening credits, was recycled into an early ad for the toyline.<br /> <br /> * In the ad for [[Coleco]]'s [[Power Cycle]], Megatron and the Decepticons are raiding a &lt;s&gt;jungle gym&lt;/s&gt; power plant. This footage is recycled from the advertisement for the first issue of the comic, and features Megatron's early &quot;black helmet&quot; model.<br /> <br /> * The footage from the first issue of the comic was recycled again for the [[rubsign]] ad.<br /> <br /> * Megatron attempts to hijack a load of shoes in a South American ad for [[Bata]]'s licensed ''Transformers'' footwear. He is stopped when a pair of said shoes deflect his fusion cannon blast right back at him. No, really.<br /> <br /> * In the middle of a desert battle, Megatron summons Thrust and Dirge, in response to Optimus Prime bringing in like half a dozen new guys.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Commercial-AMMegatronpoints.jpg|right|thumb|250px|My purple fists are for POINTING!]]<br /> <br /> * Action Master Megatron points at Action Master Starscream. <br /> <br /> * Megatron, in his Action Master body, is seen in a base futilely trying to grab a pair of [[Micromaster Combiner]]s.<br /> <br /> Megatron's voice, provided by [[Frank Welker]], has narrated numerous commercials, including:<br /> * The Constructicons<br /> * Rubsigns<br /> * Sharkticons (strange!)<br /> * Wreck-Gar (stranger!)<br /> * Galvatron (stranger still!)<br /> * Stunticons<br /> * Combaticons<br /> * Trypticon<br /> * Predacons<br /> * Battlechargers<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===<br /> When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Megatron could hinder Optimus Prime's progress by blasting him with fusion cannons. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}<br /> <br /> ===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> {{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===<br /> <br /> As [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] searched for the truth behind [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s death, he was taunted by Megatron about the truth. Soon, Megatron and Ultra Magnus battled in a game of death and suffering. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals''===<br /> After defeating both the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] on ancient Earth, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] entered the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and used a prototype [[transreplication]] device to create clones of the dormant Decepticons within. The Megatron clone, equipped with all the memories and personality functions of the original, then followed Ravage back to his future in order to conquer it. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals}}<br /> <br /> ===''DreamMix TV World Fighters''===<br /> :''Voice actor'': [[Seizō Katō]] (Japanese)<br /> <br /> As part of [[DreamMix TV]]'s attempt to pull in more ratings, Megatron and his eternal rival Optimus Prime were invited to battle bunches of other beings on the television show ''[[World Fighters]]''. {{storylink|DreamMix TV World Fighters}}<br /> <br /> ===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===<br /> [[Image:TF PS2 Megatron.jpg|thumb|250px|]]<br /> :''Voice actor'': [[Jeff Manning]]<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}<br /> <br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game (Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC)===<br /> [[Image:ROTF_360PS3PC_G1Megatron_DLC.jpg|thumb|250px|Compare me to a cancelled toy, as I am only a skin for Flight ''Movie'' Me. I feel pain, as no one else can feel '''MY AWESOME POWER!!!''']]<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]]<br /> <br /> {{Note|On [[August 27]], [[2009]], Megatron was one of a handful of downloadable characters in a DLC pack for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3.}}<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Transformers Battle Universe===<br /> At the edge of time, when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] needed a new host, Megatron was among several warriors (and [[Megatron]]s) summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}<br /> <br /> ===Transformers G1: Awakening===<br /> {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> {{main|Megatron (G1)/toys}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[Image:Earlymegatron.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[fusion cannon]]'s got that handle because... well, we're not sure.]] [[Image:P-Megatron.jpg|thumb|250px|Microman Megatron's concept model. Back then, he was a little less happy to see you.]]<br /> * Early in the ''Transformers'' series preproduction, Megatron's look was based not on the toy, but on concept art for an unproduced prototype version. This early version, sporting a different, black head, a very different scope/fusion cannon, and the gun's barrel on his back, managed to make its way into not only early [[commercial]] animation and licensed material, but into the art of the early Marvel Comics. Though the model was altered before the animated series was produced, elements from the first model were perpetuated such as the back-mounted barrel in both the comic and the cartoon. The Marvel Comics continued to color Megatron's helmet black (well, blue) until the end of its run.<br /> <br /> * The name &quot;Megatron&quot; was originally used by Marvel Comics for ''another'' robot that appeared long before the Transformers toyline came about, in issue 18 of the ''Shogun Warriors'' series (written by Doug Moench, art by Herb Trimpe, released in July 1980)&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/droneracecharter.htm#Megatron Megatron and the &quot;Drones&quot; from Marvel's ''Shogun Warriors'' comic at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe]&lt;/ref&gt;. [[Bob Budiansky]] stated in an interview that the name &quot;Megatron&quot; is a portmanteau derived from &quot;Megaton&quot; and &quot;Electronic&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/features/qanda/bbudiansky_2.php ASM - Your Future Nostalgia. Today]&lt;/ref&gt; He suggested the name &quot;Megatron&quot; for the Transformers line (it's unclear if he was aware of the existing Marvel character, though as an editor it seems likely that he at least had a subconscious memory of it) but [[Hasbro]] initially rejected it, claiming that &quot;mega&quot; conjured images of nuclear bombs. Budiansky reminded them that the name was supposed to sound evil, because he's the leader of the bad guys. Hasbro responded, &quot;Oh, right&quot;, and then approved the name.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/features/qanda/bbudiansky_2.php ASM: A Little Q&amp;amp;A with... Bob Budiansky]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> *When Megatron transforms into gun mode, he most often [[Size changing|shrinks]] to a size where he can be held by either a human or fellow Transformer and has someone else aim and fire him. The exceptions are in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|episodes]] &quot;[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]&quot; and &quot;[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]&quot;, the [[The Transformers (PS2)|''The Transformers'' video game]], the manga issues [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' #4]] and &quot;[[The Stargate Battles (issue)|The Stargate Battles]]&quot; (likely &quot;[[Activation]]&quot; too, but the angles makes it impossible to say for certain) as well as the [[G.I. Joe (comic)|''G.I. Joe'' issue]] &quot;[[Realignments]]&quot;. In the cases of &quot;S.O.S. Dinobots&quot;, ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' #4 and &quot;The Stargate Battles&quot;, Megatron does not shrink and has another Transformer somewhat clumsily aim and move him. In &quot;The Ultimate Doom, Part 3&quot;, the video game and &quot;Realignments&quot; (and &quot;Activation&quot;), he floats in the air and takes a shot at his target unassisted. Regardless, the reasons Megatron chooses to Transform instead of simply using his fusion cannon are not entirely clear. The ''G.I. Joe'' comic issue states that his robot mode is an easier target than his gun mode, but it's unclear if that's the only advantage the gun mode has over the other. One could assume his gun mode's firepower is more concentrated or in some other way more powerful. <br /> <br /> *On the 1985 [[Universal Studios Tour]], a giant statue of Megatron was available for children to clamber over and have their picture taken on. It wasn't especially dignified.<br /> <br /> *Megatron [[Gone but Not Forgotten!|once]] crushed [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]'s head with his bare hands! <br /> <br /> * After his fight with Optimus Prime in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986 animated movie]], Megatron appears to have energon leaking from his eyes and mouth. Either that or he's been crying, which seems unlikely.<br /> <br /> * In the UK comics, [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] explains that Megatron is the equivalent of a 'blueblood,' possessing some royal lineage. {{storylink|Letters page (Marvel UK)|Dread Tidings #227}}<br /> <br /> * In &quot;[[Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2]]&quot;, we see that Megatron's helmet is, in fact, [[:Image:MegatronOrigin2 Megs hair.jpg|a helmet and not part of his head]] (at least in this continuity). Upon removing his helmet, Megatron then briefly unfurls a crest. The significance of this moment is not explained, nor is it ever revisited. Thankfully.<br /> <br /> *Some [[Canada|Québecquers]] loved his shiny body so much they named a communications company after him.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.megatron.net/quebec/ Megatron Dot Net Forward Slash Quebec.]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Megatron''' (メガトロン ''Megatoron'')<br /> *''Cantonese:'' '''Megaton''' (麥加登 ''Mak Gaa Dang'', &quot;Wheat Garden&quot;)<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Měi-jīa Wáng''' (Taiwan, 美加王, &quot;King Mega&quot;), '''Jǜ Wú Bà''' (Taiwan, 巨無霸, &quot;Extremely Gigantic&quot;), '''Wēi Zhèn Tīan''' (China, 威震天, &quot;Extremely Prestigious&quot;, literally &quot;Heaven-shaking Might&quot;) <br /> *''French:'' '''Mégatron'''<br /> *''Hebrew:'' '''Megatron''' (מגהטרון ''Mghjrwn'')<br /> *''Portugese:'' '''Megatrão''' (Portugal comics)<br /> *''Russian, Serbian &amp; Ukrainian:'' '''Megatron''' (Мегатрон)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]<br /> * [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&amp;amp;char=Megatron Megatron's Universe profile at NTFA.net]<br /> * [http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/44/4417_Megatron_DreamwaveProfile1.jpg Page 1,] [http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/44/4418_Megatron_DreamwaveProfile2.jpg 2 and] [http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/44/4419_Megatron_DreamwaveProfile3.jpg 3 of Megatron's MTMTE profile at Transformers-universe.com]<br /> *[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/4539/37/|e-HOBBY Megatron Black Version Manga and Profile Translation at the Allspark / TF Pulp]<br /> * [http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=269&amp;page=13 Transformers #227 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Action Masters]]<br /> [[Category:Alternators Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Alternity Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Beast Wars Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Classics Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Decepticon leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Decoys]]<br /> [[Category:Emperors]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Gladiators]]<br /> [[Category:Go-Bots]]<br /> [[Category:Hall of Fame]]<br /> [[Category:Henkei! 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Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Skyquake_(Prime)&diff=585210 2011-05-15T13:09:49Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig3|Skyquake}}<br /> {{factions|decepticon}}<br /> :''Skyquake is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:SkyquakePrime.jpg|thumb|300px|Ain't he unglamorous?]]<br /> '''Skyquake'''&lt;nowiki&gt;'&lt;/nowiki&gt;s loyalties are unlikely to be questioned anytime soon. A Decepticon guardian sent to protect Earth's energon stocks, he is completely loyal to Megatron. He will not only obey every order, he will follow them until Megatron says otherwise, regardless of the passage of time. He also possesses a rather short temper and is not beyond backhanding anyone who frustrates him.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Prime'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Richard Green]]<br /> [[Image:Masters&amp;Students-MyLittleFriend.jpg|thumb|250px|left|&quot;Now is coward-killing time!&quot;]]<br /> <br /> Millennia ago, during the great war, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] tasked Skyquake with assassinating [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] at the [[Battle of Technar]] but Skyquake failed to carry out his mission. He was later one of a number of Decepticon guardians sent to Earth by Megatron when the planet was seeded with Energon.<br /> <br /> In the modern era, he was sought out by [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]], who needed a strong presence to inspire [[Vehicon (Prime)|his troops]] into believing his reign would be a successful one. However, Skyquake was less amiable to the idea, firmly announcing both his loyalty to Megatron and his lack of faith in Starscream's claims of Megatron's death. Before the pair came to blows, Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] appeared on the scene. Skyquake reminded Prime of their encounter during the Battle of Technar, but Optimus still offered both Decepticons a chance at peace. Starscream showed some interest, as long as Optimus bowed to him, causing a frustrated Skyquake to belt him aside and attack Prime. Bumblebee threw himself into the fray but proved more of a distraction than anything else. He did manage to buy Optimus the time to realise Skyquake still lacked a [[Alternate mode|vehicle mode]].[[Image:Masters&amp;Students-SkyquakeDeceased.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I'm okay.]] Using the canyon they were battling in to their advantage, the Autobots managed to corner Skyquake. Unfortunately, [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] appeared in a high-tech military jet, which Skyquake immediately [[Scanning|scanned]]. <br /> <br /> Skyquake quickly dominated the battle until Bumblebee threw himself on the jet and, as Skyquake tried to shake him off, ripped out his internals. Bumblebee jumped onto Fowler's plane as a heavily-injured Skyquake crashed into the ground. After Skyquake closed his optics for possibly one last time, Prime sadly noted how things might have been different, before burying the Decepticon. {{storylink|Masters &amp; Students}}<br /> <br /> {{spoiler|Shadowzone (episode)|June 14, 2011}}<br /> [[Image:Shadowzone-alone.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]<br /> Some time later, Starscream attempted to resurrect Skyquake using a chunk of [[Dark Energon]]. It worked, and Skyquake rose as a [[zombie]], however a [[GroundBridge]] incident transported him to a strange alternate dimension along with the Autobots' human friend [[Miko Nakadai]], [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]]. After discovering that he couldn't harm the Autobots, who were still in the real world, Skyquake began pursuing the three kids. They managed to find Starscream's arm, left behind during the battle, and use it to shoot Skyquake. This merely resulted in his arm coming off and chasing them. It followed them back through a rescue portal created by [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] and briefly assaulted Starscream before he shook it loose. The rest of Skyquake continued to roam the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]] and made a vain attempt to repair himself with Starscream's lost arm. {{Storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * It's a lucky thing Agent Fowler provided a jet with arm and leg kibble underneath for Skyquake to scan!<br /> * While crash-landings have seldom been fatal to [[Transformer]]s in past series, ''Prime'' executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] has stated that &quot;When we kill a character, we kill a character.&quot;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/36193/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation ToonZone.net summary of a Q&amp;A session with the ''Prime'' creative team]&lt;/ref&gt; If that intent holds true, then Optimus's line about &quot;burying&quot; Skyquake would seem to indicate we won't be seeing him again.<br /> **[[Shadowzone (episode)|...or not.]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Zombies]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Museum_security_guard&diff=574384 2011-04-10T13:33:32Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the human from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]''|the planet from ''[[Victory (franchise)|Victory]]''|Guard}}<br /> <br /> {{noname-designation}}<br /> <br /> :''The guard is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:MuseumSecurityGuard DeusExMachina.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]<br /> <br /> The '''guard''' is a guard at a museum.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Prime'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Reggie Bannister]] (English)<br /> The guard was on duty guarding the museum one night when the alarm sounded. He failed to notice the Transformer battle raging outside, but he did discover that [[Energon Harvester|a sphere]] was missing. He then caught and detained [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] trying to exit a through a delivery entrance. While waiting for the authorities to arrive, the guard questioned Miko. He listened to Miko's story about researching her history report until [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] arrived and took custody of her. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *The guard was credited as &quot;Guard&quot;.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]<br /> [[Category:Prime humans]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Vehicon_(Prime)&diff=574383 2011-04-10T13:31:21Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig3|Vehicon}}<br /> {{picsneeded|Flying Vehicon vehicle modes}}<br /> :''Vehicons are [[Decepticon]] [[drone]]s from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''<br /> [[Image:Eradicons_Group_Darkness_Rising_2.jpg|thumb|450px|There are many copies, and they have a plan: to look ''bitchin'.'']]<br /> '''Vehicons''' may be [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s cannon fodder, but they do possess a sweet alternate mode.<br /> <br /> They are also called '''Eradicons'''. It's a bit confusing.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Prime'' comic===<br /> Vehicons were stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], building [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s [[space bridge]]. They captured [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]'s encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in [[Kaon]] were killed when she blew up the space bridge. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)|Transformers: Prime}}<br /> <br /> ===''Prime'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actors:'' [[Steve Blum]], (English, ''Darkness Rising, Part 4'') [[Kevin Michael Richardson]], (English, ''Masters &amp; Students'', ''Convoy'') [[Frank Welker]] (English, ''Con Job'')<br /> <br /> [[Image:DecepticonTrooperCar.jpg|thumb|Possibly the most beautiful [[army-building|army-builder]]s ever.]]<br /> <br /> When Starscream arrived on Earth, he brought a ''scrapload'' of Vehicons with him. A large squad of them jumped Cliffjumper and took him prisoner, and two were later sent to take out Arcee. They proved quite powerful opponents when it came to physical combat, able to get both Arcee ''and'' [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] on the ropes without much difficulty; only [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead's]] arrival caused them to withdraw. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} A large group of them were involved in mining energon, but proved unable to fight off an aggressive Autobot assault. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} <br /> <br /> [[Image:Bulkhead_Eradicon_Darkness_Rising_3.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Drones are people too!]]<br /> <br /> When first Bulkhead and later other Autobots made an assault on the [[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]], the drones did their best to hold them off but, while still doing damage, were taken down after a drawn-out battle. One managed to capture [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while another came close to murdering the kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}} <br /> <br /> When Megatron wanted to defend his space bridge, he sent in a squad of Vehicons with space-jet modes. In a pitched battle, the Autobots flattened them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}} <br /> <br /> In the aftermath of Megatron's demise, Starscream delivered a stirring speech to the Vehicon troopers, only for one of them to question how they'd defeat the Autobots without Megatron's leadership. Starscream's pronouncements met with a lackluster response from the Vehicons, leading him to seek [[Skyquake (Prime)|alternate help]]. {{storylink|Masters &amp; Students}}<br /> <br /> Some flying Vehicons shot down [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s ship, before he hacked them to bits with his swords. A bunch more presumably overwhelmed him so that [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] could take his place. Makeshift finished off two of the Vehicons once Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee arrived, in order to maintain his disguise. Poor disposable Vehicons. Starscream prepared a battalion of Vehicons to go through the [[ground bridge]] once Makeshift opened it, however Wheeljack killed his Vehicon guard and attacked them atop the Decepticon ship before escaping through the ground bridge itself. When the ground bridge opened a second time, the Vehicons rushed into it, only to be knocked over by Makeshift being thrown through it in the other direction. Yet more Vehicons were taken out a short time later when a bomb attached to Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:WingedVehicons.jpg|thumb|300px|&quot;The Danger Zone looks greener than I was expecting.&quot;]]<br /> A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's [[trailer]] before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}<br /> <br /> One single Vehicon was with Starscream, [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] when they were going to drain an energon seam using the recently stolen [[Energon Harvester]]. When Knock Out tried to correct Starscream on who was responsible for obtaining the device, Starscream demonstrated the Harvester's abilities by using it on the Vehicon, draining it of its energon.{{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===<br /> {{Storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[Image:DecepticonTroopers.jpg|thumb|250px|&quot;Is this gonna happen every week?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Pretty much.&quot;]]<br /> *The Vehicons were among the first ''Prime'' Transformers shown, in a preview shown at Comic-Com 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything. <br /> *The Vehicons have yet to be referred to as such on the ''Prime'' cartoon, only being referred to as &quot;Decepticon Troopers&quot; in the credits; the &quot;Vehicon&quot; name comes from creative team comments and online games. A single image on the [[The Hub|Hub]] website refers to a trooper as &quot;Eradicon&quot; instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]<br /> [[Category:Drones]]<br /> [[Category:Prime Decepticons]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Tristan_38935&diff=563481 2011-03-10T00:46:20Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|decepticon|unicron|sgAutobot|sgDecepticon|minicon|autobotg2|decepticong2|maximal|predacon|vehicon}}<br /> Hi<br /> The Insecticon Problem from their introduction episode is that they lost their Memories somehow<br /> <br /> also, I saw a purple ''Cybertron'' [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] in this image:<br /> [[Image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg]]<br /> oh, and is that [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] colored ''Cybertron'' [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] Shattered Glass Skywarp? Possibly.<br /> <br /> ==Alternate Universe==<br /> In one Universe, the Autobots were defeated. They split up &amp; hid among the stars. 1 team of Autobots have turned up and Devastated Many Decepticon Outposts, so Gigatron sent a crew of Decepticons(Gigatron's Elite) to Combat them (P.S.CLIFFJUMPER LOVES MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)<br /> <br /> ''Autobots''<br /> <br /> Bumblebee (''Leader'')<br /> Cliffjumper(''LOVES MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!'')<br /> Ravage (''Alternate Universe Ravage (Not SG Ravage)'')<br /> Frenzy (''Tough Minicon with a HUGE Autobot symbol'')<br /> Salvage(''A non TV talking Junkion Who turns into pickup truck'')<br /> Huffer (''The team's first casualty upon combating Gigatron's Elite '')<br /> Cuttup (''Rookie 1'')<br /> Star Burner (''Rookie 2'')<br /> Steelblaster (''Rookie 3'')<br /> <br /> ''Decepticons''<br /> Soundwave (''Leader'')<br /> Stockade (''LT.'')<br /> Sureshock(''Blue Minion'')<br /> Nightbeat(''Motorcycle Mini-con'')<br /> Blitzwing(''known as ''Destron Assassin''ddd'')<br /> Sixshot(''Ninja Consultant'')<br /> Dropkick(''Cloned from Salvage after the first Battle Between the Autobots and Gigatron's Elite '')<br /> <br /> ''Misc''<br /> <br /> Tainted (''The Autobots worst fear'')<br /> Megamoc (''Tainted's brother'')<br /> Megatron(''Gigatron's half-red, half-blue brother'')<br /> Battle Ravage(''This Universe's Ravage, renamed so By Tainted after he was Revived By Megamoc'')<br /> Terrorsaur(''Purple SUV,with a Green Guitar that converts into wings '')<br /> Waspinator(''Green Wasp who gets BLOWN TO SCRAP ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!'')<br /> Tarantulas(''Mad Scientist'')<br /> Sideways(A Decepticon Zombie under Magatron's command'')</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Elita-One_(Movie)&diff=557995 2011-02-26T14:50:32Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobotfilm}}<br /> {{disambig3|Elita One}}<br /> <br /> :''Elita-One is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]]. Her name is also rendered '''Elita-1'''.''<br /> [[Image:Elita-oneros4.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Hey kids, it's your teacher, Mrs. Garrison.]]<br /> '''Elita-One''' is the first of the female Transformer robots. Naturally, she receives a lot of attention, which by no means displeases her, but she's more than a pretty face. She's a cunning fighter and an excellent marksman, capable of hitting a target from at least four miles away. When it comes time to rely on more than her gun, she's able to emit an &quot;attraction field&quot; that can cause those without protection to overheat without warning.<br /> <br /> Sister to [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] and one of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime's]] closest and longest-serving officers, Elita-One shares the Autobot commander's compassion and dedication for protecting the innocent and downtrodden. Every bit as skilled as she is compassionate, Elita-One is one of the Autobots' strongest leaders. Determined to protect the weaker from the ruthless Decepticons to the bitter end, she's a living definition of an Autobot.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> {{spoilers|Foundation issue 1}}<br /> ===IDW pre-movie comics===<br /> {{ongoing}}<br /> Thousands of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Elita-One was one of [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]'s followers, alongside Optimus, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], and others, who believed in his teachings of the [[Dynasty of Primes]] and the [[AllSpark]]. When Sentinel Prime proved the truth of his claims by unearthing the lost AllSpark from beneath the surface of Cybertron at [[Simfur]], Elita helped defend it against an attack by the non-believing [[Thetacon]]s until [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] was able to warp time and space and bring a sun into Cybertronic space, thereby repowering the AllSpark and the plant. With this, the Thetacons accepted that Sentinel Prime had been right all along, and an end was called to hostilities. In the wake of the conflict, as new life began to spring on Cybertron, Elita told Optimus of her two sisters in [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]] and her desire to see them again, and Optimus decided to go with her. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}<br /> [[Image:Defiance3_labwork_RatchetArceeElita.jpg|thumb|right||Elita-One can't get enough of Optimus's eye tits.]]<br /> Years later, when the balance of power on the planet had shifted to an uneasy joint leadership between Optimus and Megatron, Elita was part of Optimus's [[Science Division]]. Shortly after the discovery of a strange [[The Fallen|ancient relic]] and an attack on Cybertron from the [[Eshems alien|aliens]] of the [[Eshems Nebula]], Megatron changed his military's mission to one of peaceful defense to aggressive offense, taking the fight to the aliens, but Elita stayed behind on Cybertron, remaining true to Optimus's belief in the peaceful core values of their planet's society. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 2}} Studying the relic fragments they had uncovered alongside Arcee and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], Elita discovered that they all bore the same symbol in the same area: a symbol was also on Optimus's head. Drawing a correlation between the symbol and the Dynasty of Primes, Ratchet theorised that Optimus was involved with it somehow, redubbing him &quot;Optimus Prime&quot;. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 3}}<br /> <br /> Later, after Megatron's military had refashioned itself as the Decepticons and war had broken out between them and Optimus's Autobots, Elita-One joined Optimus Prime in a charge toward Decepticon headquarters. Shocked at the coldness and violence her old friend was displaying on the battlefield, Elita entreated him to stand down, telling him that such actions were not who he was, but he retorted that Megatron's death was all that mattered. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Titan Magazines post-movie comics===<br /> {{notetitantlg}}<br /> [[Image:Elitag.jpg|left||thumb|Strike a pose.]]<br /> Following the Decepticon victory in Mission City, Elita-One was part of a small team of Autobot reinforcements summoned to Earth by the surviving Autobots on the planet. Touching down on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Elita-One reminded [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] that they were to wait until they heard from [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], as to act without the Earth-based Autobots' intel would be as good as just shooting themselves in the head there and then. Unfortunately, the Decepticons had detected the arrival, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] arrived to attack them, ironically just as Elita was expressing her desire for a fight. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} Starscream's appearance led Elita to mistakenly conclude that the Autobots on Earth must have been destroyed, meaning the mission was a bust, so they team decided to go to Earth themselves—just as Starscream wanted. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} <br /> <br /> Once on Earth, Elita-One's group unsuccessfully helped Bumblebee in battle against [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. The tables turned when the captive Optimus Prime was freed and joined the fight, so Elita hung back and warned Strongarm to keep out of the leaders' battle. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}<br /> <br /> After the Decepticons were beaten, she was on sentry duty with [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]]. She was too busy swearing to look in more than one direction, causing the Decepticon attack force to reach Savannah without warning simply because they were approaching from behind her. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}} Somehow this didn't get her banned from further sentry duty. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}<br /> <br /> She later piloted the [[Straxus (Movie)|''Straxus'']] on its return flight to Earth, and was ordered to fly on to [[Washington, D.C.]] when it was discovered the Decepticons had taken over the Savannah base. Insert &quot;women drivers&quot; joke here. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW post-movie comics===<br /> {{spoilers|Rising Storm issue 1}}<br /> <br /> After the Autobots claimed victory in their first great battle with the Decepticons on Earth in 2007, Starscream began a plan of his own to create an artificial [[Replica AllSpark]], and had Elita-One, [[Grindcore (Movie)|Grindcore]], [[Signal Flare (Movie)|Signal Flare]], and [[Warpath (Movie)|Warpath]] captured and put to work constructing it at Simfur. When Starscream arrived to inspect the cube, Elita pled with him for mercy, but none was dispensed. Upon the AllSpark's completion, she was strapped to it, with the intention of draining her life-force to power the cube. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream #4}} Arcee arrived too late to stop her sister's death, but blew up the generators used to store the life energy in revenge, throwing the Decepticons into disarray. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream #5}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:TalesoftheFallen6-whereishe.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br /> <br /> Not long after, Elita-One's remains were acquired by the deranged Decepticon experimentalist [[Flatline]], along with those of her sister Chromia, who had also died under as-yet unrevealed circumstances, and taken to his lab at an outpost on an unknown planet to use in his attempts to create a new breed of tripartate soldier, three bodies fuelled by a single [[spark]]. After several failures, whether by coincidence or design, Flatline was presented by [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] with a new test subject: Elita and Chromia's sister, Arcee. Through the use of Arcee's spark, implanted in a new body, Flatline reignited the life-forces of Elita and Chromia in new shells, albeit not as they had truly had been before: now, they were at one with their sister, a singular entity at the spark, each feeling the sensations and emotions of the other, yet retaining some degree of autonomy and memory of their own identity. &quot;One as three, and three as one&quot;. Grappling with their new forms, the sisters broke free, liberating Flatline's other victims, the twins [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], in the process. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 6|Tales of the Fallen #6}} {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> A short time later, the sisters, the twins and [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] arrived on Earth in response to a summons beamed into space by Optimus Prime. Joining the allied Autobot-human strikeforce [[NEST]], the new recruits received some training, and were soon called upon to put it into use: the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] had been sighted in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Grey DeLisle]] (English), [[Masako Katsuki]] (Japanese), [[Martina Treger]] (German), [[Chiara Colizzi]] (Italian), [[Gabriela Bicalho]] (Brazil)<br /> :''Holographic rider:'' [[Erin Naas]]<br /> {{note|Internal to the film itself, both Elita-1 and Chromia are simply treated as components of Arcee. We list her exploits here for completeness.}}<br /> [[Image:ROTF_Elita-1_in_Egypt.jpg|righ|thumb|250px|Elita-1? Flareup? Call me anything but Sweetie.]]<br /> <br /> Elita-1 and her sisters were held in reserve as NEST entered Shanghai to deal with Demolishor, only being called into action when the presence of a second Decepticon, [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], was detected. Together with the twins, the sisters pursued the sneaky speedster through the streets of Shanghai, smashing through buildings and everything else in their way, but they were ultimately unable to do little damage, so Sideswipe was brought up to bat, and proceeded to make short work of Sideways.<br /> <br /> When [[The Fallen]] issued an ultimatum to Earth, the US government decided that the Autobots would be shipped back to Diego Garcia, but NEST disobeyed the orders, instead shipping Elita and the others to [[Egypt]] on the advice of [[Sam Witwicky]], who had the means to resurrect the recently-deceased Optimus Prime. During the climactic battle between NEST and The Fallen's Decepticons, the sisters arrived with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to help escort Sam and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] through the warzone, but Elita-1 was one of the first Autobot casualties of the battle, being shot down from behind as she called for Sam and Mikaela to follow them. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> {{note|While the film is wholly apathetic on whether or not the shot that takes down Elita is fatal, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman would claim that all three Arcee components were killed &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/274058-dvd-blu-ray-commentary-4.html#post4226117 DVD/Blu-Ray Commentary - Page 4 - TFW2005 - The 2005 Boards]&lt;/ref&gt; at the behest of director Michael Bay.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1608508/story.jhtml Michael Bay Reveals 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen' Death]&lt;/ref&gt; As we're about to see, IDW Publishing would proceed to stick a big middle finger up to that idea and continued to present all three components as still living.}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> ===Transformers (2010) toy bios===<br /> Elita-1 came to find she had a lot in common with Sideswipe, and would team up to go Decepticon hunting with the Autobot swordsman whenever possible. In particular, the Decepticon bounty hunter [[Axor]] made an interesting challenge for the pair. {{storylink|#TF2010|Elita-1's bio}} Together with her sisters, Elita also got another shot at bringing Sideways down after they begged Optimus Prime to allow them the chance. {{storylink|#SneakAttack|Sideways Sneak Attack}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW post-''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===<br /> <br /> When NEST discovered that Starscream was selling Transformer weaponry to humans, a sting operation was staged in which [[Theodore Galloway]] would pose as a buyer to lure the Decepticons in. When [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]], [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]] and [[Fearswoop (ROTF)|Fearswoop]] took the bait, Elita and her sisters joined the twins and the human forces of NEST in tackling them. The sisters did not take kindly to his misogynistic rantings about the Autobots &quot;sending their women&quot; to do their fighting for them, and killed him with practised ease. The violent nature his old friend was now displaying gave Optimus Prime pause, reminding him of the time in the past when he too had sunk into the depths of rage, and how Elita had disapproved of it then.<br /> <br /> Returning to base after the mission, Elita shared a quiet moment with Optimus, losing herself in the sensations she could feel from the sisters' whose spark she shared: the pain of Arcee's wounds, and the feel of Chromia's sword blade as she tested it against her fingertip. Prime quietly told her that she had never told him these things before, and she simply replied that he had never asked.<br /> {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Transformers (2007)===<br /> [[Image:Movietoy-ElitaOne.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Would a &quot;town bicycle&quot; remark be too crude?]]<br /> *'''Elita-One''' (Scout, 2007)<br /> **''Accessories:'' 1 missile, 2 tailpipes, scope, projectile launcher, energon chip<br /> : A pinkish-copper and silver [[redeco]] of the ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] toy, Elita-One transforms into a &quot;superbike&quot;-type racing motorcycle of undetermined and probably made-up model. Like previous versions of the mold, she comes with several separate weapon pieces that combine into her Energon bow, which pegs into a hole just above her hand, and an Autobot-style [[energon chip]]. These items are cast in black plastic. One must take care when removing her black chip, as the star fits so tightly that careless removal can break her torso. Her deco meticulously matches that of [[Arcee (G1)|Generation 1 Arcee]].<br /> <br /> : Elita-One is part of the third wave of Target-[[exclusive]] Scout toys, but is not marked as part of the [[Robo-Vision]] promotion.<br /> <br /> : This mold also was used to make ''Superlink'' Ariel Paradron Type, as well as the [[BotCon 2005]] ''[[Descent into Evil]]'' set's [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Flamewar]] and [[Flareup (Timelines)|Flareup]], and Elita-One's fellow Target exclusive, [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]. This exact toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Arcee (SG)|Arcee]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/Elita-One/elita-one.htm More information on Elita-One at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> ===''Transformers'' (2010)===<br /> {{anchor|TF2010}}<br /> [[Image:Hunt_for_the_Decepticons_Deluxe_Elita-1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Clear a path, Prime. Your girl's just been ''swiped''!]]<br /> *'''Elita-1''' (Deluxe, 2010)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''AA-08'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Missile, display stand<br /> <br /> :Elita-1 is a black, white and pink [[redeco]] of Chromia, transforming from a unicycle-robot into a [[wikipedia:Suzuki B-King|Suzuki B-King]] motorcycle. Her vehicle mode weapon can attach as a display stand for either mode, ironically making a unicyclebot one of the most stable robot-modes. In robot mode, there is a spring-loaded missile between the tailpipes on Chromia's left hand in addition to the aforementioned non-firing blaster-stand. She is slightly retooled from the original Chromia figure, sporting an extra tab that allows her chest to lock together more securely. She was released as part of the [[Hunt for the Decepticons]] promotion.<br /> <br /> :Elita-1 features a small [[Mech Alive]] gimmick: swinging her left forearm towards and away from her body makes a blue piston slide back and forth inside the large gun. Her stand has sculpted tank threads on the bottom, most likely to make it look that she's still mobile while using it. Her license plate has ''3L 174'' written on it as an stylish way of spelling her own name. [[Headmaster (Animated)| A certain fellow]] would approve of that.<br /> <br /> :[[TakaraTomy]] initially mistakenly solicited their release of Elita-1 using the purple Arcee redeco from the &quot;Rotorwash Rumble&quot; pack. The actual released toy uses the Chromia mold just like Hasbro, with a more [[show-accuracy|screen accurate]] deco that uses more purple paint.<br /> <br /> ::''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/Elita-1/elita-1.htm More information on Elita-1 at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> {{anchor|SneakAttack}}<br /> [[Image:TF2010toy sideways sneak attack.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]<br /> *'''Sideways Sneak Attack''' (Multi-pack, 2011)<br /> <br /> :This Target-exclusive multi-pack contains redecos of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends class Arcee mold as Chromia and Elita-1, plus an Arcee who may or may not be different from the single ''ROTF'' release. The set furthermore includes a redeco of Deluxe class [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], whose painted battle damage evokes the scene in the film where he's been cut in half. Ouchies.<br /> <br /> {{comingsoontoy}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> <br /> * In both [[IDW Publishing]]'s comics and [[Titan Books|Titan]]'s [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers magazine]], Elita's head (her original body's head, that is) was redesigned to resemble that of [[Elita One|her Generation 1 counterpart]]. As far as Titan goes, however, apparent lack of communication between artists has meant that this was not consistent across various issues, and that she is sometimes drawn with her toy-based head instead. And there's about a ''million'' different versions of her G1-ised head, one for each Titan artist...<br /> [[Image:TakaraWebsiteArceeTriplets.jpg|thumb|250px|~&quot;Wheeere did he go? / That Invisi-bo! / He's a menace to the town and to property / He wants to be in charge of you and me!&quot;]]<br /> *For her ''Revenge of the Fallen'' incarnation, Elita-1's name was originally announced as &quot;Flareup&quot; at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hFSxnIsjE Hasbro's panel] during [http://www.comic-con.org/ San Diego Comic-Con] 2009.<br /> **Not long after, at BotCon 2009, it was claimed that she was going to be a redeco of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Arcee. .<br /> **The three bike girls were originally going to combine into a larger robot-form, but this was cut from the final movie. A vestigal reference to this can be found in fold-out tabs attached to their action figures, but with Elita's relegation to a redeco, no real combination appears possible with the toys.<br /> **Yeah, plans changed a lot with Elita.<br /> *In pre-production artwork, the non-pink components of the proposed combined Arcee were variously shown to be [http://www.stevejung.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=4&amp;pos=1 gold], [[:Image:ROTFConceptArceeCombinerDVD.jpg|green or silver]]. Which portions of these monstrosities may have originally been Elita-1 is anyone's guess. Meanwhile, in the &quot;Lamborghini Jump&quot; animatic featured on the &quot;Deconstructing Visual Bayhem&quot; segment of the ROTF special features disk, the third member of the Arcee combiner is [[:Image:ROTFAnimaticBikerGroups.jpg|yellow]].<br /> *A piece of (adorable!) TakaraTomy website art shows Chromia with her finalized design, but the other two bike girls as pink and red versions of Arcee. As Arcee's toy is red, this would ''ostensibly'' make the pink one Elita-1... despite her film design being entirely different and her toy being a redeco of Chromia.<br /> *''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] is actually Elita-1's model in Chromia's colors. <br /> <br /> [[Category:Autobot leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Female Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Movie Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:NEST]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Target exclusives]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers (2010) Autobots]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II&diff=548965 2011-01-31T21:36:50Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig2|the awesomely crazy Devil's Due crossover with the time traveling Transformers|other stories with G.I. Joe|G.I. Joe crossovers}}<br /> [[Image:Joetfii gatefold00.jpg|thumb|300px| Some human heads cannot rob from the awesomeness.]]<br /> <br /> '''''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II''''' is a 4-issue miniseries published by [[Devil's Due Press]] in 2004, set in [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity|their unique crossover continuity]]. <br /> <br /> <br /> {{chapters|title=''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II'' issues:|prev=G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers|next=G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War<br /> |content=<br /> *[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II preview|Preview]]<br /> *[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|#1]]<br /> *[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|#2]]<br /> *[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|#3]]<br /> *[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|#4]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Overview==<br /> Though ''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'' had been vanquished, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] has led the Decepticons to near-total control of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Cobra Commander]], meanwhile, plots to take control of the Cybertronian supercomputer [[Teletran 3]]. His scheming and interference, however, causes the computer to go berserk, transporting random groups of [[Transformer]]s through time and space. Teams of allied [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] and [[Cobra]]s must follow the displaced robots and return them to the present, before their presence will cause a time storm to scourge [[Earth]].<br /> <br /> The 4-issue miniseries was preceded by a preview issue containing a few pages from the new series, as well as interviews and sketches. Numerous Transformers were redesigned for the series, with alternate forms appropriate to the time period to which they were transported.<br /> <br /> ==Creative team==<br /> This volume was written by [[Dan Jolley]] and illustrated by [[Tim Seeley]] and [[E. J. Su]]. Su would later go on to become a major player for current Transformers license-holder, [[IDW Publishing]].<br /> <br /> ==Collections==<br /> * ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II'' TPB &lt;small&gt;(May 25, 2005) ISBN 1932796320&lt;/small&gt;<br /> * ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers Omnibus'' &lt;small&gt;(January 30, 2008) ISBN 9781934692059&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Generation 1]]<br /> [[Category:Devil's Due titles]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Big_Bang_(G1)&diff=548208 2011-01-29T15:53:51Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|eliteguard}}<br /> :''Big Bang is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> [[Image:BigBang1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dammit, Monstuh! I ain't givin' you no tree-fitty!]]<br /> '''Big Bang''' is the [[Elite Guard]]'s Communications Officer, aided by the fact that his lack of an indoor voice ensures everyone in audioshot will be paying attention when he speaks. Though he's certainly big enough to give any [[Decepticon]] pause, he spends his time at headquarters performing duties such as helping with mission briefings, rather than serving on a field team.<br /> <br /> Like many of the Elite Guard, he's a bit dismissive towards anyone who isn't a fellow soldier.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Timelines: Wings of Honor'' continuity===<br /> Before the Great War with the Decepticons began, Big Bang operated as part of the [[Autobot Guard]] in an infantry team named the &quot;[[Advanced Observation Unit]].&quot; After the battle on [[Beta Nine]], the AOU would be reconfigured into the new Elite Guard. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 35|Sentinel Major's ''Wings of Honor'' profile}}<br /> <br /> Comm Officer Big Bang ran a mission briefing for the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s and [[Metalhawk]]'s strike team alongside civilian attache, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. Despite his own feelings on the matter, Big Bang instructed the Elite Guardsmen that they were to report to [[Median]] and assist in the excavation of an archeological find by a group of civilian historians. Their discovery included a long-abandoned factory designed for parallel production of Cybertronian mechanoids. While Alpha Trion &quot;concluded&quot; these factories may have been the answer to the growing divide between Autobot and Decepticon factions, Big Bang was quick to point out that Alpha Trion's conclusions were not officially recognized by council authorities. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Big Bang was an [[Autobot]] originally designed to act as the new [[Supreme Commander]] during the post ''[[Zone (franchise)|Zone]]'' storyline which eventually turned into ''[[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]''. Big Bang would have been the successor to [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and lead [[Grandus (ROC)|Iron Baron]] and [[Sky Garry (ROC)|Star Garry]] against the forces of [[Dark Nova]], or possibly [[Unicron]] (Unicron was shown as the line's villain in early production sketches). Big Bang was later discarded in favor of the ''Return of Convoy'' angle, which resurrected [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] as Star Convoy.<br /> <br /> *Until 2010, Big Bang had never appeared in any official, finalized Transformer media, although what scant information there was on him could be found in the Japanese ''[[Transformers Generations|Transformers Generations Deluxe]]'' guidebook.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Autobot leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Communications specialists]]<br /> [[Category:Elite Guard]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Japanese-original characters]]<br /> [[Category:Return of Convoy Autobots]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=File:G2issue5-PowerandtheGlory-BuddingSteps.jpg&diff=548067 2011-01-29T00:27:01Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{MarvelG2interior<br /> |description=The birth of a new [[transformer]] ([[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]) through the process of &quot;[[budding]]&quot;.<br /> |issueno=5<br /> |storytitle=The Power and the Glory<br /> |pageno=8, panels 2 &amp; 3; page 13, panels 1 &amp; 3; and page 14, panel 1<br /> |script=[[Simon Furman]]<br /> |pencils=[[Manny Galan]]<br /> |inks=[[Jim Amash]]<br /> |colours=[[Chia-Chi Wang]]<br /> |letters=[[Richard Starkings]] with [[Gaushell]]<br /> |year=4<br /> }}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Images by Manny Galan]]<br /> [[Category:Images by Jim Amash]]<br /> [[Category:Images by Chia-Chi Wang]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Alex_Kurtzman&diff=548045 2011-01-28T21:26:33Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig3|Alex}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:AlexKurtzman.jpg|right|155px|thumb|]]<br /> '''Alex Kurtzman''' (born [[September 7]], [[1973]]) is an American film and television producer and screenwriter. Together with his friend and writing partner [[Roberto Orci]], he has written several high-profile motion pictures recently, including ''The Island'' (which was directed by [[Michael Bay]]), as well as J.J Abram's ''Mission Impossible 3'', and the critically-acclaimed eleventh ''Star Trek'' movie, featuring [[Leonard Nimoy|Galvatron]].<br /> <br /> Orci and Kurztman confirmed{{fact}} that they would not be writing [[Transformers 3|The Dark of the Moon]], but it was revealed during [[Hasbro]]'s Fall Investor Day Event on November 5, 2009 that they would be involved in some capacity with [[The Hub]]. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.enewsi.com/news.php?catid=191&amp;itemid=16117 Report on the Hasbro 2009 Fall Investor Day Event, November 5, 2009]&lt;/ref&gt; This was later revealed to be executive producer roles on the upcoming ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' CG cartoon.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i8decb5ca03594f57b1ce2fa84a0d2c9d The Hollywood reporter details Orci and Kurtzman's new television deals, February 1, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> {{quote|Make sure your story is emotionally universal. When stories are designed around the specific technical details that are part of any particular franchise, those details end up getting lost on the people who are on the outside looking in. You're always looking to honor what was great about, say ''Star Trek'', but also bring in a new audience who can appreciate it.|Alex Kurtzman [http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/features/movies/e3iecfa450e38f03b77320a92c99890ed5a on reworking ''Transformers'' into a mainstream success]}}<br /> <br /> ===Writer===<br /> * [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'']] (together with Roberto Orci)<br /> * [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'']] (together with Orci and [[Ehren Kruger]])<br /> <br /> ===Executive producer===<br /> * ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' <br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Titan Magazines===<br /> His work on Bay's documentaries (or &quot;propaganda&quot; as the Decepticons call them) have made him a marked man. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|#1's Law and Disorder}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476064/ Alex Kurtzman at the Internet Movie Database]<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurtzman, Alex}}<br /> [[Category:Convention guests]]<br /> [[Category:DreamWorks]]<br /> [[Category:Writers]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Alex_Kurtzman&diff=548044 2011-01-28T21:26:11Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig3|Alex}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:AlexKurtzman.jpg|right|155px|thumb|]]<br /> '''Alex Kurtzman''' (born [[September 7]], [[1973]]) is an American film and television producer and screenwriter. Together with his friend and writing partner [[Roberto Orci]], he has written several high-profile motion pictures recently, including ''The Island'' (which was directed by [[Michael Bay]]), as well as J.J Abram's ''Mission Impossible 3'', and the critically-acclaimed eleventh ''Star Trek'' movie, featuring [[Leonard Nimoy|Galvatron]].<br /> <br /> Orci and Kurztman confirmed{{fact}} that they would not be writing [[Transformers 3|The Dark of the Moon], but it was revealed during [[Hasbro]]'s Fall Investor Day Event on November 5, 2009 that they would be involved in some capacity with [[The Hub]]. &lt;ref&gt;[http://www.enewsi.com/news.php?catid=191&amp;itemid=16117 Report on the Hasbro 2009 Fall Investor Day Event, November 5, 2009]&lt;/ref&gt; This was later revealed to be executive producer roles on the upcoming ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' CG cartoon.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i8decb5ca03594f57b1ce2fa84a0d2c9d The Hollywood reporter details Orci and Kurtzman's new television deals, February 1, 2010]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> {{quote|Make sure your story is emotionally universal. When stories are designed around the specific technical details that are part of any particular franchise, those details end up getting lost on the people who are on the outside looking in. You're always looking to honor what was great about, say ''Star Trek'', but also bring in a new audience who can appreciate it.|Alex Kurtzman [http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/news-and-features/features/movies/e3iecfa450e38f03b77320a92c99890ed5a on reworking ''Transformers'' into a mainstream success]}}<br /> <br /> ===Writer===<br /> * [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'']] (together with Roberto Orci)<br /> * [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'']] (together with Orci and [[Ehren Kruger]])<br /> <br /> ===Executive producer===<br /> * ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' <br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Titan Magazines===<br /> His work on Bay's documentaries (or &quot;propaganda&quot; as the Decepticons call them) have made him a marked man. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|#1's Law and Disorder}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476064/ Alex Kurtzman at the Internet Movie Database]<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurtzman, Alex}}<br /> [[Category:Convention guests]]<br /> [[Category:DreamWorks]]<br /> [[Category:Writers]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Nefarious_issue_3&diff=547715 2011-01-27T17:32:26Z

<p>Tristan 38935: Soundwave didnt send Ransack to intercept Galloway</p> <hr /> <div>{{Comicstory|<br /> |seriesissue=''[[Nefarious|Transformers: Nefarious]]'' #3<br /> |prev=Nefarious issue 2<br /> |next=Nefarious issue 4<br /> |image=Nefarious3 CoverA.jpg<br /> |caption=<br /> |publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br /> |date=[[May 5]], 2010<br /> |written by=[[Simon Furman]]<br /> |art by=[[Carlos Magno]]<br /> |colors by=[[Kris Carter]]<br /> |letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]<br /> |assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]<br /> |editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]<br /> |continuity=[[Movie continuity]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''The Decepticons stage a jailbreak, while the Initiative's plans kick into high gear.'''<br /> ==Synopsis==<br /> In [[Utah]], Bumblebee is reflecting on the type of soldier he is; he doesn't waiver, doesn't compromise and NEVER disobeys an order from Optimus Prime. Bee considers that the same applies to his trio of cadets: Jolt, Knock Out and Dune Runner. However, that kind of uncompromising, unquestioning attitude is precisely what got [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]] killed.<br /> <br /> The yellow Autobot's reverie is broken by a communique from Optimus Prime. Prime informs Bumblebee that the Autobots are ready and that 'Bee should bring Soundwave in at Bumblebee's discretion. Bumblebee acknowledges the order, but it's apparent, at least to Jolt, that the yellow Autobot thinks that Prime is underestimating the danger posed by Soundwave, even in his current, imprisoned and restrained, predicament.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Nefarious 3 Buzzsaw plane.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Hidden in plane sight.]]As he is being transported in a [[NEST]] cargo plane, Soundwave smugly intones that the Autobot patrol have a mere twenty-two minutes left to live. Knock Out dismisses it as head games, but Jolt and Dune Runner are less sure, a view reinforced by Buzzsaw tailing the plane.<br /> <br /> In a disused nuclear shelter in [[Odessa]], [[Texas]], Optimus Prime is asking Ironhide for confirmation that they'll be ready for Soundwave's impending arrival. Ironhide assures the Autobot commander that things will be ready &quot;if and when&quot; Soundwave makes it to them. Optimus questions Ironhide's use of &quot;if,&quot; but Ironhide sticks to his guns. Further, Ironhide tells his senior officer that he should be there overseeing the transfer, as Soundwave is tricky to contain. Prime agrees but he claims to need Ironhide's expertise at their base more so than in the field. Ironhide pointedly asks Optimus why he's at the base instead of trying to patch things up with NEST. Prime confesses that he's not in the mood to deal with Lennox right now.<br /> <br /> Back on Soundwave's prisoner transfer flight, the Autobot field team is in trouble. Buzzsaw destroys both of the cargo plane's starboard engines, leading to the inevitable fiery crash.<br /> <br /> Over at [[Nellis Air Force Base]], [[Nevada]], Theodore Galloway boards a helicopter and tells its crew to disregard any order they might have received barring them from conducting any reconnaissance over [[Sector Seven]]'s old stomping grounds. The flight personnel acquiesce to Director Galloway and two helicopters are soon en route to the [[Hoover Dam]].<br /> <br /> Inside the Dam, some [[Initiative]] personnel are beginning a drilling operation that will lead them to reach an unspecified payload within thirty-six minutes.<br /> <br /> Somewhere in the region of [[Inyokern]], [[California]], Initiative-1 AKA Carter Newell, is bemoaning the amount of time it's taking to drill through the reinforced concrete, whilst he is in radio contact with another of the Initiative's 'cardinals,' Mr. Kirkpatrick. Mr. Newell assures Kirkpatrick that he will deal with Galloway. Newell immediately contacts Woolf who is with the [[Allspark]] cube. Carter asks Woolf for a fast thaw, specifying that it must be an airborne unit.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Nefarious 3 Bumblebee Rumble.jpg|thumb|right|150px|To be the 'bot, you gotta beat the 'bot]]<br /> <br /> At the NEST plane's crash site in [[New Mexico]], the joint human/Autobot unit are checking their wounds. Bumblebee is a little unsteady after using his body to shield much of the human crew, as well as their 'cargo' from the worst of the impact. The Autobots are unable to send out a request for medical aid as Soundwave has comprehensively taken over the regional airwaves. Bumblebee realizes that leaves them as sitting ducks, so Bumblebee and his patrol race away, dragging the still-restrained Soundwave along for the ride. Bumblebee is seriously questioning the wisdom of transporting Soundwave to Odessa Base at all costs -- something that becomes even trickier when Buzzsaw, Beastbox, Rumble, Dirt Boss, Ratbat and Ravage show up to make their acquaintance.<br /> <br /> At Odessa Base, Prime is dealing with a NEST captain, and agrees that they are unilaterally out on a limb. The operation is a risk and a subterfuge that will be entirely meaningless if Soundwave is lost.<br /> <br /> Back in New Mexico, Bumblebee and his patrol are trying to deal with Soundwave's militia so that they can bring Soundwave to Odessa. Things start off well with Bumblebee taking on Rumble directly. Unfortunately, the Autobots are unable to deal with the Decepticon air support. Realizing that they can't win the combat, Bumblebee decides he has to take decisive action.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Nefarious 3 Ingrid.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Bad girl. Badder kitty.]]<br /> <br /> During the melee, Soundwave orders Ravage to free him from his restraints. Ravage goes to obey, but before he can do so, he is once more under the control of the Initiative. Soundwave expresses his disgust at this development. Meanwhile, Bumblebee decides that this team isn't fighting to the death - not his own, nor that of his cadets. Surmising that the Initiative clearly wants Soundwave very badly, Bumblebee blasts the Decepticon prisoner's restraining sled and abandons him to the desert. Knowing that he'll face consequences for his decision, but also knowing that such a decision meant life for himself, Knock Out, Dune Runner and Jolt, Bumblebee gets his cadets together.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Nefarious 3 Ransack Galloway.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Plane old fear.]]<br /> <br /> In the airspace above the Hoover Dam, Captain Cox radios to Director Galloway that there's an unknown aircraft on an intercept course, right before Cox's 'copter explodes. The other helicopter takes evasive actions but is still hit by the unknown assailant. Soon Galloway makes visual contact with the attacker - a WWI-era biplane with clearly hostile intent...{{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Featured Characters==<br /> {{featuredcharacters <br /> |c1=* [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]] (1)<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (3)<br /> * [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] (4)<br /> * [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] (5)<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (7)<br /> * [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (8)<br /> * [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] (9)<br /> <br /> |c2=* [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (2)<br /> * [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] (6)<br /> * [[Beastbox (ROTF)|Beastbox]] (18)<br /> * [[Rumble (ROTF)|Rumble]] (19)<br /> * [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] (20)<br /> * [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]] (21)<br /> * [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] (22)<br /> * [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] (25)<br /> <br /> |c3=* [[William Lennox]] (10)<br /> * [[Theodore Galloway]] (11)<br /> * [[O'Brien]] (12)<br /> * [[Maddocks]] (13)<br /> * [[Frank Pelletier]] (14)<br /> * [[Carter Newell]] (15)<br /> * [[Kirkpatrick]] (16)<br /> * [[Woolf]] (17)<br /> * [[Ingrid]] (23)<br /> * [[Cox]] (24)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Yes, But I find that right now, I'd rather face a dozen [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]s than one Major William Lennox&quot;<br /> :- '''Optimus Prime''' is lubricating himself at the thought of talking to a mere human.<br /> ==Errors==<br /> *TBA<br /> <br /> ==Items of note==<br /> *[[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] is still drawn as the [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]] / [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] design.<br /> *Jolt finally speaks for the first time in &quot;official&quot; Revenge of the Fallen fiction, not counting the Titan comics.<br /> *Even imprisoned Soundwave still operates his own agenda. [[Megatron (BW)|That sounds like a certain someone, yessss]]<br /> <br /> ===Covers (3)===<br /> *'''Cover A:''' Renders of Bumblebee, Lennox, two soldiers and Ravage by [[Brian Rood]]<br /> *'''Cover B:''' Bumblebee under attack from Soundwave's minions, art by [[Carlos Magno]] and colors by [[Kris Carter]]<br /> *'''Cover RI:''' Text-free version of Cover A<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Nefarious3 CoverA.jpg|<br /> Image:Nefarious3 CoverB.jpg|<br /> Image:Nefarious3 CoverRI.jpg|<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Advertisements===<br /> * [[Nefarious issue 4|''Nefarious'' #4]]<br /> * ''[[The Transformers: Ironhide]]''<br /> * ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection]]''<br /> * ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: Disavowed'' Vol. 1<br /> * ''Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy''<br /> * ''Archie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo''<br /> * ''The Family Circus: The Complete Daily &amp; Sunday Comics 1962-1963''<br /> * ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''<br /> * ''Love and Capes''<br /> * ''Antiques: The Comic Strip''<br /> * ''Sherlock Holmes'', Vol. 2<br /> <br /> [[Category:IDW Revenge of the Fallen issues]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Sentinel_Prime_(G1)&diff=546410 2011-01-23T13:49:55Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig3|Sentinel Prime}}<br /> {{factions|quintesson|autobot}}<br /> :''Sentinel Prime was an [[Autobot]] leader in the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> [[Image:Sentinel prime lou.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Well, shoot, who wants the Matrix?]]<br /> '''Sentinel Prime''' was [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime's]] immediate predecessor as [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. ([[Alpha Trion (G1)|Except when]] [[Zeta Prime|he isn't]].)<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Jack Angel]] (English), ? (Japanese) <br /> <br /> {{note|The original cartoon version of the robot was never named in fiction. The designation &quot;U-Haul Robot&quot; comes from the dialogue script for &quot;Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4,&quot; and was not given the name &quot;Sentinel Prime&quot; until the [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]] [[retcon|declared it so]] via an [[Ask Vector Prime]] entry. Likewise, the earlier appearance of &quot;U-Haul Robot&quot; was dubbed &quot;Sentinel Major,&quot; giving him a pre-Matrix name.}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Aubotot gladiator.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You've got the pre-Touch. You've got the pre-Power. Pre-Yeah.]]<br /> <br /> '''Sentinel Major''' was originally one of the Quintessons' slave robots on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] around twelve million years ago. Unusual among his consumer goods brethren, Sentinel Major was equipped for combat and was forced to participate in [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial games]] for the Quintessons' amusement, wielding a spiked ball-and-chain weapon and a tire-shaped shield. He was once defeated in battle by [[Prima]], who attacked their Quintesson masters when their match was over, only to be destroyed himself.<br /> <br /> Subsequently, the consumer goods robots rose up against the Quintessons in a rebellion that ultimately forced the aliens off the planet. Sentinel Major survived this clash, but he and the rest of his race—now dubbed &quot;Autobots&quot;—were robbed of any chance of peace when the military hardware robots, now known as &quot;[[Decepticon]]s&quot;, set their sights on conquering Cybertron for themselves. Two [[Guardian Prime|Autobot]] [[Zeta Prime|leaders]] fell during the war that ensued, and Sentinel Major inherited the Matrix of Leadership and became Sentinel Prime, leader of the Autobots. Under his leadership, the Autobots realized that they would never be able to defeat the Decepticons with firepower, and they turned instead to stealth, reconfiguring their bodies to be able to [[transform]] into other forms. With the power of his new ability, Sentinel Prime defeated the [[Early Decepticon leader|Decepticons' leader]], and the Autobots won the war. <br /> <br /> [[Image:Aubotot gladiator vehicle.jpg|left|180px|thumb|He transforms into Rhi, the forgotten Beast Rider.]]<br /> <br /> The ensuing period of peace was known as the [[Golden Age of Cybertron]], but, around nine million years BC, the Decepticon threat re-emerged when they too adopted transformation, and coupled it with robot-mode flight powers. One of the first of this new breed of Decepticons, the malevolent Megatron, killed Sentinel Prime in combat. As he died, the Sentinel Prime handed off the Matrix to [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], who kept it safe until the emergence of the next Autobot leader, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].<br /> <br /> When [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] journeyed into the Matrix in 2005, Sentinel Prime was the sixth guide he encountered. Sentinel Prime recounted the development of transformation, the Autobot victory in the war and the rise of Megatron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Marvel Comics continuity===<br /> Sentinel Prime is mentioned frequently in the recitation of Primes before Optimus, but little or nothing is known of him.<br /> <br /> {{note|The retelling of [[Unicron]]'s origin in the UK comics included a brief glimpse of a dying Matrix bearer passing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime. However, as he is unnamed, the only way we can presume this being is Sentinel Prime is because, as we are told later, Sentinel Prime was the leader before Optimus.}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> {{cleanup|June 2010|The text here doesn't seem to fit our established style.}}<br /> <br /> :'' Sentinel Prime's biggest shortcoming is that he leads with his head, a peacetime leader in a time of war. His successor, Optimus Prime, leads with his heart, backed by his fists— a much more suitable combination.''<br /> <br /> Sentinel Prime was Autobot leader for the first 500,000 years of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. More physically massive than Optimus Prime, Sentinel Prime's armor was made of [[trithyllium]] alloy impregnated with irradiated carbon fibers, unbreakable short of a precisely-aimed point-blank shot.<br /> <br /> Sentinel Prime's primary weapons were his swiveling shoulder cannons, capable of firing a variety of specialized payloads including concussive and shrapnel-needle shells, and gyro-inhibiting and magnetic inducer shells. (Disruptive warheads which foul an opponent's systems.) He was also armed with a solar-energy rifle and an energon-charged sword.<br /> <br /> Sentinel Prime used an [[electro-disrupter]], a device capable of projecting several copies of his image, to disorient his opponents in battle. When interrupted, electro-disrupter images de-rez, leaving a visible path back to the real projector. Because using direct attacks would reveal which image was the real Sentinel Prime, he must limit himself to indirect weapons like shrapnel shells when using it.<br /> <br /> Sentinel Prime's only physical weakness was his shoulder-cannons. A direct hit down their barrel could cause the ammunition inside to explode, causing catastrophic damage. To minimize that risk, he swivels the cannons to his back except when about to fire&lt;ref&gt;Nearly all of his technical specifications come from descriptions found in the [[Keepers Trilogy]].&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> ====The War Within====<br /> [[Image:Sentinel prime dw.jpg|right|180px|thumb|&quot;Marley was dead to begin with...&quot;]]<br /> 8.2 million years ago, Sentinel Prime went to reason with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], seeking to reach him with sermon and doctrine. He failed and was tortured and destroyed by Megatron on the battlefields of [[Tyrest (city-state)|Tyrest]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} Megatron was chagrined to discover that Sentinel Prime (suspecting he might be killed) had not brought the Matrix with him into battle. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}<br /> <br /> ====The Keepers Trilogy====<br /> The Matrix used a vision of Sentinel Prime to strengthen Optimus Prime's resolve during a battle with Megatron by confronting him with the claim that Megatron had chosen Optimus to be Prime, knowing that he was weak. Megatron's alleged influence over the Prime selection process was never substantiated.<br /> <br /> The [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] subsequently created a robotic duplicate of Sentinel Prime to confuse Optimus and undermine his confidence. Though possessing all of Sentinel Prime's considerable abilities, Optimus eventually realized that the duplicate had been created from his own memories of Sentinel Prime, and was incapable of doing anything ''new''. Optimus destroyed the duplicate of Sentinel Prime, having largely overcome his own doubts about his fitness to be Autobot leader. {{storylink|Hardwired}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW comics continuity===<br /> [[Image:IDWSent.gif|left|120px|thumb|Do I look pacifistic enough yet?]]<br /> Sentinel Prime assumed office sometime after the disappearance of [[Nova Prime]] into the [[Benzuli Expanse]]. It is unknown if any Primes existed between Nova and Sentinel.<br /> <br /> [[Image:IDWSentface.gif|right|150px|thumb|That comes in &quot;Optimus Prime&quot; and &quot;Marvel Comics&quot; inspired varieties...]]<br /> In the ancient past of Cybertron's peacetime, Sentinel Prime operated out of the [[Security Services Headquarters]] in [[Kaon]], generally regarded as &quot;the worst place on Cybertron.&quot; Prime had much disdain for government authority, viewing the ruling [[Senate|Senators]] to be spoiled whiners. He worked alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], his [[Second-in-command|lieutenant]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}}<br /> <br /> After a surge in illegal [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial bloodsports]], he assigned [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] to stake out one of the sites associated with the matches as part of a dragnet. Unfortunately, their communications were jammed by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] just prior to their untimely demises. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} <br /> <br /> Sentinel Prime vowed not to let their deaths be in vain, and at their funeral, the Autobot leader urged others to let their deaths be a call to arms. Eventually, after Senator [[Decimus]] was kidnapped by the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] at Megatron's orders, Sentinel Prime led a raid on Megatron's base. They captured Megatron and most of the others, but were forced to free Soundwave per Senate directive, much to Prime's frustration. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:IDW SentPrime Apexarmor.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Okay, What about now?]]<br /> When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s &quot;betrayal&quot; led to the eventual eruption of the war, Sentinel Prime held the line at Kaon until he decided to take things to the next level. Thus, Prime returned with his massive &quot;[[Apex Armor|Apex]]&quot; mode, a battle-armor/super-powerful/more-firepower-than-god mode. It didn't make much of a difference, seeing as Megatron tore into it and pulled Prime off a cliff. Sentinel was defeated by Megatron. Afterwards, the former Prime's barely functional body was dumped into the middle of the Autobot forces. Prowl ordered a retreat. We would too. <br /> <br /> The next morning, Megatron discussed his next moves with Soundwave... sitting on a throne made out of Prime's Apex armor. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}<br /> <br /> He was immediately succeeded by [[Zeta Prime]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In a few instances throughout the third season of the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]], the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] appears in the U-Haul Robot's color scheme. Guess [[AKOM]] got their &quot;Hauls&quot; mixed up!<br /> *Any similarities between U-Haul Robot and [[Wikipedia:Spartacus|Spartacus]] are purely coincidental. No, really.<br /> *As revealed in the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] roundtable panel at [[BotCon 2007]], the original concept for the convention-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of [[Cybertron Defense Team|Cybertron Defense]] [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was Sentinel Prime. The mold DOES bear a decent resemblance to his IDW appearance, but in the end it was decided that [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was a better choice for the mold (and likely for the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|ongoing club comic]] story).<br /> * Despite being in four continuities, he has yet to receive a toy of any kind.<br /> * There is another ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' character called [[Sentinel Major]], who might be considered the incarnation of Sentinel Prime in [[Wings of Honor continuity|his own continuity]]. However, his design and role are obvious homages to ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. What to make of this is a matter of [[Talk:Sentinel Prime (G1)#Sentinel Major|some debate]].<br /> *The original IDW Sentinel Prime sketch included in &quot;[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]&quot; was clearly based on his first (and otherwise only) appearance in the Marvel comics panel shown above. Though his resemblance as drawn in ''Megatron Origin'' is less distinctly similar due to artistic interpretation and the helmet [[Alex Milne]] draws him wearing. He also definitely resembles, by and large, the Keepers description of the character, in that he is quite heavily armed. However the keen interest he shows in the use of those weapons and combat in general seem a stark contrast to the &quot;peacetime leader unsuitable for war&quot; portrayed in that continuity. IDW Sentinel is more likely to smash you with his [[Apex Armor]] than try to ply you with doctrine.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Template:Spiritguides nav}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Autobot leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Matrix bearers]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Sentinel_Prime_(G1)&diff=546409 2011-01-23T13:49:22Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig3|Sentinel Prime}}<br /> {{factions|quintesson|autobot}}<br /> :''Sentinel Prime was an [[Autobot]] leader in the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''<br /> [[Image:Sentinel prime lou.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Well, shoot, who wants the Matrix?]]<br /> '''Sentinel Prime''' was [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime's]] immediate predecessor as [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. ([[Alpha Trion (G1)|Except when]] [[Zeta Prime|he isn't]].)<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Jack Angel]] (English), ? (Japanese) <br /> <br /> {{note|The original cartoon version of the robot was never named in fiction. The designation &quot;U-Haul Robot&quot; comes from the dialogue script for &quot;Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4,&quot; and was not given the name &quot;Sentinel Prime&quot; until the [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]] [[retcon|declared it so]] via an [[Ask Vector Prime]] entry. Likewise, the earlier appearance of &quot;U-Haul Robot&quot; was dubbed &quot;Sentinel Major,&quot; giving him a pre-Matrix name.}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Aubotot gladiator.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You've got the pre-Touch. You've got the pre-Power. Pre-Yeah.]]<br /> <br /> '''Sentinel Major''' was originally one of the Quintessons' slave robots on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] around twelve million years ago. Unusual among his consumer goods brethren, Sentinel Major was equipped for combat and was forced to participate in [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial games]] for the Quintessons' amusement, wielding a spiked ball-and-chain weapon and a tire-shaped shield. He was once defeated in battle by [[Prima]], who attacked their Quintesson masters when their match was over, only to be destroyed himself.<br /> <br /> Subsequently, the consumer goods robots rose up against the Quintessons in a rebellion that ultimately forced the aliens off the planet. Sentinel Major survived this clash, but he and the rest of his race—now dubbed &quot;Autobots&quot;—were robbed of any chance of peace when the military hardware robots, now known as &quot;[[Decepticon]]s&quot;, set their sights on conquering Cybertron for themselves. Two [[Gaurdian Prime|Autobot]] [[Zeta Prime|leaders]] fell during the war that ensued, and Sentinel Major inherited the Matrix of Leadership and became Sentinel Prime, leader of the Autobots. Under his leadership, the Autobots realized that they would never be able to defeat the Decepticons with firepower, and they turned instead to stealth, reconfiguring their bodies to be able to [[transform]] into other forms. With the power of his new ability, Sentinel Prime defeated the [[Early Decepticon leader|Decepticons' leader]], and the Autobots won the war. <br /> <br /> [[Image:Aubotot gladiator vehicle.jpg|left|180px|thumb|He transforms into Rhi, the forgotten Beast Rider.]]<br /> <br /> The ensuing period of peace was known as the [[Golden Age of Cybertron]], but, around nine million years BC, the Decepticon threat re-emerged when they too adopted transformation, and coupled it with robot-mode flight powers. One of the first of this new breed of Decepticons, the malevolent Megatron, killed Sentinel Prime in combat. As he died, the Sentinel Prime handed off the Matrix to [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], who kept it safe until the emergence of the next Autobot leader, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].<br /> <br /> When [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] journeyed into the Matrix in 2005, Sentinel Prime was the sixth guide he encountered. Sentinel Prime recounted the development of transformation, the Autobot victory in the war and the rise of Megatron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Marvel Comics continuity===<br /> Sentinel Prime is mentioned frequently in the recitation of Primes before Optimus, but little or nothing is known of him.<br /> <br /> {{note|The retelling of [[Unicron]]'s origin in the UK comics included a brief glimpse of a dying Matrix bearer passing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime. However, as he is unnamed, the only way we can presume this being is Sentinel Prime is because, as we are told later, Sentinel Prime was the leader before Optimus.}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> {{cleanup|June 2010|The text here doesn't seem to fit our established style.}}<br /> <br /> :'' Sentinel Prime's biggest shortcoming is that he leads with his head, a peacetime leader in a time of war. His successor, Optimus Prime, leads with his heart, backed by his fists— a much more suitable combination.''<br /> <br /> Sentinel Prime was Autobot leader for the first 500,000 years of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. More physically massive than Optimus Prime, Sentinel Prime's armor was made of [[trithyllium]] alloy impregnated with irradiated carbon fibers, unbreakable short of a precisely-aimed point-blank shot.<br /> <br /> Sentinel Prime's primary weapons were his swiveling shoulder cannons, capable of firing a variety of specialized payloads including concussive and shrapnel-needle shells, and gyro-inhibiting and magnetic inducer shells. (Disruptive warheads which foul an opponent's systems.) He was also armed with a solar-energy rifle and an energon-charged sword.<br /> <br /> Sentinel Prime used an [[electro-disrupter]], a device capable of projecting several copies of his image, to disorient his opponents in battle. When interrupted, electro-disrupter images de-rez, leaving a visible path back to the real projector. Because using direct attacks would reveal which image was the real Sentinel Prime, he must limit himself to indirect weapons like shrapnel shells when using it.<br /> <br /> Sentinel Prime's only physical weakness was his shoulder-cannons. A direct hit down their barrel could cause the ammunition inside to explode, causing catastrophic damage. To minimize that risk, he swivels the cannons to his back except when about to fire&lt;ref&gt;Nearly all of his technical specifications come from descriptions found in the [[Keepers Trilogy]].&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> ====The War Within====<br /> [[Image:Sentinel prime dw.jpg|right|180px|thumb|&quot;Marley was dead to begin with...&quot;]]<br /> 8.2 million years ago, Sentinel Prime went to reason with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], seeking to reach him with sermon and doctrine. He failed and was tortured and destroyed by Megatron on the battlefields of [[Tyrest (city-state)|Tyrest]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} Megatron was chagrined to discover that Sentinel Prime (suspecting he might be killed) had not brought the Matrix with him into battle. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}<br /> <br /> ====The Keepers Trilogy====<br /> The Matrix used a vision of Sentinel Prime to strengthen Optimus Prime's resolve during a battle with Megatron by confronting him with the claim that Megatron had chosen Optimus to be Prime, knowing that he was weak. Megatron's alleged influence over the Prime selection process was never substantiated.<br /> <br /> The [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] subsequently created a robotic duplicate of Sentinel Prime to confuse Optimus and undermine his confidence. Though possessing all of Sentinel Prime's considerable abilities, Optimus eventually realized that the duplicate had been created from his own memories of Sentinel Prime, and was incapable of doing anything ''new''. Optimus destroyed the duplicate of Sentinel Prime, having largely overcome his own doubts about his fitness to be Autobot leader. {{storylink|Hardwired}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW comics continuity===<br /> [[Image:IDWSent.gif|left|120px|thumb|Do I look pacifistic enough yet?]]<br /> Sentinel Prime assumed office sometime after the disappearance of [[Nova Prime]] into the [[Benzuli Expanse]]. It is unknown if any Primes existed between Nova and Sentinel.<br /> <br /> [[Image:IDWSentface.gif|right|150px|thumb|That comes in &quot;Optimus Prime&quot; and &quot;Marvel Comics&quot; inspired varieties...]]<br /> In the ancient past of Cybertron's peacetime, Sentinel Prime operated out of the [[Security Services Headquarters]] in [[Kaon]], generally regarded as &quot;the worst place on Cybertron.&quot; Prime had much disdain for government authority, viewing the ruling [[Senate|Senators]] to be spoiled whiners. He worked alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], his [[Second-in-command|lieutenant]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}}<br /> <br /> After a surge in illegal [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial bloodsports]], he assigned [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] to stake out one of the sites associated with the matches as part of a dragnet. Unfortunately, their communications were jammed by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] just prior to their untimely demises. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} <br /> <br /> Sentinel Prime vowed not to let their deaths be in vain, and at their funeral, the Autobot leader urged others to let their deaths be a call to arms. Eventually, after Senator [[Decimus]] was kidnapped by the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] at Megatron's orders, Sentinel Prime led a raid on Megatron's base. They captured Megatron and most of the others, but were forced to free Soundwave per Senate directive, much to Prime's frustration. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:IDW SentPrime Apexarmor.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Okay, What about now?]]<br /> When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s &quot;betrayal&quot; led to the eventual eruption of the war, Sentinel Prime held the line at Kaon until he decided to take things to the next level. Thus, Prime returned with his massive &quot;[[Apex Armor|Apex]]&quot; mode, a battle-armor/super-powerful/more-firepower-than-god mode. It didn't make much of a difference, seeing as Megatron tore into it and pulled Prime off a cliff. Sentinel was defeated by Megatron. Afterwards, the former Prime's barely functional body was dumped into the middle of the Autobot forces. Prowl ordered a retreat. We would too. <br /> <br /> The next morning, Megatron discussed his next moves with Soundwave... sitting on a throne made out of Prime's Apex armor. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}<br /> <br /> He was immediately succeeded by [[Zeta Prime]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In a few instances throughout the third season of the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]], the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] appears in the U-Haul Robot's color scheme. Guess [[AKOM]] got their &quot;Hauls&quot; mixed up!<br /> *Any similarities between U-Haul Robot and [[Wikipedia:Spartacus|Spartacus]] are purely coincidental. No, really.<br /> *As revealed in the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] roundtable panel at [[BotCon 2007]], the original concept for the convention-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of [[Cybertron Defense Team|Cybertron Defense]] [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was Sentinel Prime. The mold DOES bear a decent resemblance to his IDW appearance, but in the end it was decided that [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was a better choice for the mold (and likely for the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|ongoing club comic]] story).<br /> * Despite being in four continuities, he has yet to receive a toy of any kind.<br /> * There is another ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' character called [[Sentinel Major]], who might be considered the incarnation of Sentinel Prime in [[Wings of Honor continuity|his own continuity]]. However, his design and role are obvious homages to ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. What to make of this is a matter of [[Talk:Sentinel Prime (G1)#Sentinel Major|some debate]].<br /> *The original IDW Sentinel Prime sketch included in &quot;[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]&quot; was clearly based on his first (and otherwise only) appearance in the Marvel comics panel shown above. Though his resemblance as drawn in ''Megatron Origin'' is less distinctly similar due to artistic interpretation and the helmet [[Alex Milne]] draws him wearing. He also definitely resembles, by and large, the Keepers description of the character, in that he is quite heavily armed. However the keen interest he shows in the use of those weapons and combat in general seem a stark contrast to the &quot;peacetime leader unsuitable for war&quot; portrayed in that continuity. IDW Sentinel is more likely to smash you with his [[Apex Armor]] than try to ply you with doctrine.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Template:Spiritguides nav}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Autobot leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Matrix bearers]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Tristan_38935&diff=545304 2011-01-19T23:38:37Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|decepticon|unicron|sgAutobot|sgDecepticon|minicon|autobotg2|decepticong2|maximal|predacon|vehicon}}<br /> Hi<br /> The Insecticon Problem from their introduction episode is that they lost their Memories somehow<br /> <br /> also, I saw a purple ''Cybertron'' [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] in this image:<br /> [[Image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg]]<br /> oh, and is that [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] colored ''Cybertron'' [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] Shattered Glass Skywarp? Possibly.<br /> <br /> ===Unicron heralds from Worlds Collide(minus Galvatron)===<br /> <br /> *[[User:Tristan 38935/Dirge (Worlds Collide)]]<br /> *[[User:Tristan 38935/Bludgeon (Worlds Collide)]]<br /> *[[User:Tristan 38935/Scourge (Worlds Collide)]]<br /> *[[User:Tristan 38935/Thunderwing (Worlds Collide)]]<br /> <br /> ==Alternate Universe==<br /> In one Universe, the Autobots were defeated. They split up &amp; hid among the stars. 1 team of Autobots have turned up and Devastated Many Decepticon Outposts, so Gigatron sent a crew of Decepticons(Gigatron's Elite) to Combat them (P.S.CLIFFJUMPER LOVES MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)<br /> <br /> ''Autobots''<br /> <br /> Bumblebee (''Leader'')<br /> Cliffjumper(''LOVES MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!'')<br /> Ravage (''Alternate Universe Ravage (Not SG Ravage)'')<br /> Frenzy (''Tough Minicon with a HUGE Autobot symbol'')<br /> Salvage(''A non TV talking Junkion Who turns into pickup truck'')<br /> Huffer (''The team's first casualty upon combating Gigatron's Elite '')<br /> Cuttup (''Rookie 1'')<br /> Star Burner (''Rookie 2'')<br /> Steelblaster (''Rookie 3'')<br /> <br /> ''Decepticons''<br /> Soundwave (''Leader'')<br /> Stockade (''LT.'')<br /> Sureshock(''Blue Minion'')<br /> Nightbeat(''Motorcycle Mini-con'')<br /> Blitzwing(''known as ''Destron Assassin''ddd'')<br /> Sixshot(''Ninja Consultant'')<br /> Dropkick(''Cloned from Salvage after the first Battle Between the Autobots and Gigatron's Elite '')<br /> <br /> ''Misc''<br /> <br /> Tainted (''The Autobots worst fear'')<br /> Megamoc (''Tainted's brother'')<br /> Megatron(''Gigatron's half-red, half-blue brother'')<br /> Battle Ravage(''This Universe's Ravage, renamed so By Tainted after he was Revived By Megamoc'')<br /> Terrorsaur(''Purple SUV,with a Green Guitar that converts into wings '')<br /> Waspinator(''Green Wasp who gets BLOWN TO SCRAP ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!'')<br /> Tarantulas(''Mad Scientist'')<br /> Sideways(A Decepticon Zombie under Magatron's command'')</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Hasbro_Q%26A/January_2011:_Question_submission&diff=545095 2011-01-19T00:54:08Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{SITENAME}} participates in [[Hasbro]]'s ongoing [[Hasbro Q&amp;A|Question &amp; Answer]] sessions. In celebration of the premiere of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'''s first season, our site will be allowed to submit '''one''' question to the teams at [[The Hub]] and [[Hasbro Studios]] behind the show!<br /> <br /> If you're a registered user at our site, please add your question below!<br /> <br /> Some ground rules:<br /> # The question has to relate to the ''Transformers: Prime'' TV show. Don't ask about the toyline.<br /> # Don't be a jerk.<br /> <br /> Each registered user can ask '''one''' question at this time. Please bullet and sign your question. The deadline for your questions is the evening of '''Thursday, January 20th''', and answers will be sent back on (approximately) '''February 7th'''. If you're a registered member and for some reason you can't edit this page, ask your question on the [[Talk:Hasbro Q&amp;A/November 2010: Question submission|discussion page]], then I or [[User:ItsWalky|Walky]] will move it here. <br /> <br /> Thanks!<br /> --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 16:36, 18 January 2011 (EST)<br /> <br /> ==January 2011 questions==<br /> * In both the ''Exodus'' novel and the ''War for Cybertron'' video game, both which Hasbro says are in-continuity with the ''Prime'' television show, a surplus of Dark Energon is what made Cybertron ultimately uninhabitable. But in the ''Prime'' television show, this doesn't seem to be the case, or Megatron wouldn't have had to fire a bunch of Dark Energon at Cybertron -- it should have had plenty already! Here is my question: What? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:43, 18 January 2011 (EST)<br /> * Sorta the same as above but maybe a bit more generally phrased: Hasbro has insisted that the War for Cybertron, the Exodus novel, and your cartoon are in the same &quot;universe.&quot; Yet while similar in a general sense all three contradict each other frequently on minor and some very major story points. What are your feelings on these contradictions and your shows connection to the other two? Do you consider all three the same exact universe or are they more akin to alternate versions of the same story? --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 17:53, 18 January 2011 (EST)<br /> * The high-quality animation you've created for the show must require a lot of work. How much of an animation budget do you have to work with and how much of a limit do you think it will place on introducing new characters? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:14, 18 January 2011 (EST)<br /> * Are the [[Eradicon|Decepticon troops]] in ''Transformers Prime'' regular Transformers or are they drones of some kind? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]]<br /> *when are Knockout and Breakdown featuring in the show? -[[User:Tristan 38935|Tristan 38935]]<br /> ==January 2011 answers==<br /> * [[Hasbro Q&amp;A/January 2011: Answers|Hasbro Q&amp;A January 2011: Answers]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasbro Q&amp;A question submission 2011 1}}<br /> [[Category: Hasbro Q&amp;A question submission]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Hasbro_Q%26A/January_2011:_Question_submission&diff=545094 2011-01-19T00:53:47Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{SITENAME}} participates in [[Hasbro]]'s ongoing [[Hasbro Q&amp;A|Question &amp; Answer]] sessions. In celebration of the premiere of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'''s first season, our site will be allowed to submit '''one''' question to the teams at [[The Hub]] and [[Hasbro Studios]] behind the show!<br /> <br /> If you're a registered user at our site, please add your question below!<br /> <br /> Some ground rules:<br /> # The question has to relate to the ''Transformers: Prime'' TV show. Don't ask about the toyline.<br /> # Don't be a jerk.<br /> <br /> Each registered user can ask '''one''' question at this time. Please bullet and sign your question. The deadline for your questions is the evening of '''Thursday, January 20th''', and answers will be sent back on (approximately) '''February 7th'''. If you're a registered member and for some reason you can't edit this page, ask your question on the [[Talk:Hasbro Q&amp;A/November 2010: Question submission|discussion page]], then I or [[User:ItsWalky|Walky]] will move it here. <br /> <br /> Thanks!<br /> --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 16:36, 18 January 2011 (EST)<br /> <br /> ==January 2011 questions==<br /> * In both the ''Exodus'' novel and the ''War for Cybertron'' video game, both which Hasbro says are in-continuity with the ''Prime'' television show, a surplus of Dark Energon is what made Cybertron ultimately uninhabitable. But in the ''Prime'' television show, this doesn't seem to be the case, or Megatron wouldn't have had to fire a bunch of Dark Energon at Cybertron -- it should have had plenty already! Here is my question: What? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:43, 18 January 2011 (EST)<br /> * Sorta the same as above but maybe a bit more generally phrased: Hasbro has insisted that the War for Cybertron, the Exodus novel, and your cartoon are in the same &quot;universe.&quot; Yet while similar in a general sense all three contradict each other frequently on minor and some very major story points. What are your feelings on these contradictions and your shows connection to the other two? Do you consider all three the same exact universe or are they more akin to alternate versions of the same story? --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 17:53, 18 January 2011 (EST)<br /> * The high-quality animation you've created for the show must require a lot of work. How much of an animation budget do you have to work with and how much of a limit do you think it will place on introducing new characters? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:14, 18 January 2011 (EST)<br /> * Are the [[Eradicon|Decepticon troops]] in ''Transformers Prime'' regular Transformers or are they drones of some kind? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]]<br /> *when are Knockout and Breakdown featuring in the show? -<br /> [[User:Tristan 38935|Tristan 38935]]<br /> ==January 2011 answers==<br /> * [[Hasbro Q&amp;A/January 2011: Answers|Hasbro Q&amp;A January 2011: Answers]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasbro Q&amp;A question submission 2011 1}}<br /> [[Category: Hasbro Q&amp;A question submission]]</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:Tristan_38935&diff=544575 2011-01-17T00:04:39Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|decepticon|unicron|sgAutobot|sgDecepticon|minicon|autobotg2|decepticong2|maximal|predacon|vehicon}}<br /> Hi<br /> The Insecticon Problem from their introduction episode is that they lost their Memories somehow<br /> also, I saw a purple ''Cybertron'' [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] in this image:<br /> [[Image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg]]<br /> oh, and is that [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] colored ''Cybertron'' [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] Shattered Glass Skywarp? Possibly.<br /> <br /> ===Unicron heralds from Worlds Collide(minus Galvatron)===<br /> <br /> *[[User:Tristan 38935/Dirge (Worlds Collide)]]<br /> *[[User:Tristan 38935/Bludgeon (Worlds Collide)]]<br /> *[[User:Tristan 38935/Scourge (Worlds Collide)]]<br /> *[[User:Tristan 38935/Thunderwing (Worlds Collide)]]<br /> <br /> ==Alternate Universe==<br /> In one Universe, the Autobots were defeated. They split up &amp; hid among the stars. 1 team of Autobots have turned up and Devastated Many Decepticon Outposts, so Gigatron sent a crew of Decepticons(Gigatron's Elite) to Combat them (P.S.CLIFFJUMPER LOVES MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)<br /> <br /> ''Autobots''<br /> <br /> Bumblebee (''Leader'')<br /> Cliffjumper(''LOVES MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!'')<br /> Ravage (''Alternate Universe Ravage (Not SG Ravage)'')<br /> Frenzy (''Tough Minicon with a HUGE Autobot symbol'')<br /> Salvage(''A non TV talking Junkion Who turns into pickup truck'')<br /> Huffer (''The team's first casualty upon combating Gigatron's Elite '')<br /> Cuttup (''Rookie 1'')<br /> Star Burner (''Rookie 2'')<br /> Steelblaster (''Rookie 3'')<br /> <br /> ''Decepticons''<br /> Soundwave (''Leader'')<br /> Stockade (''LT.'')<br /> Sureshock(''Blue Minion'')<br /> Nightbeat(''Motorcycle Mini-con'')<br /> Blitzwing(''known as ''Destron Assassin''ddd'')<br /> Sixshot(''Ninja Consultant'')<br /> Dropkick(''Cloned from Salvage after the first Battle Between the Autobots and Gigatron's Elite '')<br /> <br /> ''Misc''<br /> <br /> Tainted (''The Autobots worst fear'')<br /> Megamoc (''Tainted's brother'')<br /> Megatron(''Gigatron's half-red, half-blue brother'')<br /> Battle Ravage(''This Universe's Ravage, renamed so By Tainted after he was Revived By Megamoc'')<br /> Terrorsaur(''Purple SUV,with a Green Guitar that converts into wings '')<br /> Waspinator(''Green Wasp who gets BLOWN TO SCRAP ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!'')<br /> Tarantulas(''Mad Scientist'')<br /> Sideways(A Decepticon Zombie under Magatron's command'')</div>

Tristan 38935 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Sonic_cannon&diff=542809 2011-01-10T20:48:43Z

<p>Tristan 38935: </p> <hr /> <div>The powerful '''sonic cannons''' are the primary armament of the [[Decepticon]] Soundwave. Unfortunately, they do not function in the vacuum of space&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Hasbro Soundwave Battle Bio]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> , where Soundwave spends most of his time.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Cyber Missions cartoon===<br /> The sonic cannons were able to absorb the sonic energy from [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s weaponry and redirect it into an acoustic blast back at the [[Autobot]] until they were eventually overwhelmed by the weight of Bumblebee's rapid fire attacks.{{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW ''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie comics===<br /> Whilst investigating the activities of [[Initiative|an unusual group of humans]], Soundwave was forced to enter [[Earth]]'s atmosphere and intervene on behalf of his minions. He used the sonic cannons to obliterate [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]]<br /> {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1}}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> [[Category: Cannons]]<br /> [[Category: Revenge of the Fallen]]</div>

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