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Krok (G1)

2018-10-28T11:22:49Z

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon Action Master|his mirror universe counterpart|Krok (SG)}}
:''Krok is a [[Decepticon]] [[Action Master]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Krok.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Howard Stern all morning, classic rock all day.]]
'''Krok''' is Cybertron's star soc-... ''football'' player. This position isn't undeserved, as centuries of playing all-star [[mecha-soccer]] has given Krok the ability to cause earthquakes with his steps. His [[Action Master partner|partner]], [[Gatoraider]], finishes off the unlucky fools caught in the aftershocks. Krok's sports career also gifted him with leadership experience, and he often finds himself in a high-ranking position just by virtue of his notable captaining skills.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Krok the last autobot.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.4]]
After the climactic battle with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], Krok turned up out of nowhere on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], working as [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s right hand 'bot and aide-de-camp. {{storylink|Still Life!}} He even got to sit at the Big Boys' Table with Bludgeon, [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] during the united Autobot/Decepticon council meetings. He and Bludgeon both still had the urge to conquer in their circuitry, but were worried that after the war, their fellow Decepticons might actually prefer to remain in alliance with the Autobots. Fortunately for them, Grimlock engaged in a very public and very brutal beating of the Decepticon [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], quickly turning sentiment against the alliance. Krok and Bludgeon led the Decepticons in abandoning the Autobots on Cybertron and left for a new world to conquer: [[Klo]]. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Serving as site-to-site coordinator, Krok kept Bludgeon apprised of troop advancement across the planet's surface. He also uncovered an Autobot homing beacon on one of their ships during a security sweep and was able to warn Bludgeon ahead of time that they should expect company. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} After the Autobots did arrive, however, Krok was not visibly present among the Decepticon troops.
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====''Classics''====
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Krok continued to serve with Bludgeon over the subsequent fifteen years. He was ready and waiting to repel an attack from [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s faction when Bludgeon was executed by the treacherous [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]. Krok apparently chose to cut his losses, as Bludgeon's faction surrendered almost immediately thereafter, without a fight. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Bludgeons decepticons destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]
More than twenty years after the final battle on Klo, Krok continued to serve in his role as Bludgeon's adviser as the Decepticon leader led his troops in an assault on Cybertron. After unleashing their [[Blitz Engine]]s upon Cybertron's Autobots, Krok suggested using the ''[[Warworld]]'''s powerful weaponry but Bludgeon was not keen to devastate the very planet that he wanted to take back and instead decided on a single, symbolic strike—centred on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]! {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} As Bludgeon monologued about the battle unfolding below them, Krok requested assurance that they were actually going to win. Fangry suggested that he and Krok repair to the planet's surface along with [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], [[Horri-Bull]], and [[Stranglehold]] in an attempt to tip the scales in the Decepticons' balance but the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Demon]]s made short work of their Blitz Engines. When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] defeated Bludgeon aboard the ''Warworld'', [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] incapacitated [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] took out [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]], the Decepticons soon found themselves on the back foot and the Autobots declared victory. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Not long afterwards, Krok was apprehended by [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and [[Siren (G1)|Siren]] and taken into custody. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} He was then most likely converted into a [[shadow-leech]] by the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Dark Matrix]] creature, along with (almost) the entire population of Cybertron, while Rodimus Prime and his Autobots were off-planet fighting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]].

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Krok was briefly seen as a part of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]] faction during his encounter with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] on [[Moonbase One|Moon Alpha]]. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|''Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye'' #7]]

[[File:Animals-RadarGatoraider.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"This doesn't seem physically possible!"]]
The 'bot who would become known as "Krok" was [[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|constructed cold]] {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} at the same time as [[Agonizer]]. He would go to join the [[Militant Monoform Movement]] and became a [[Monoformer]]; during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], he and Agonizer both enlisted with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}} Like many Decepticons, he developed prejudice against organic species, including a particular disgust for the shapeshifting [[Dire Wraith]]s. {{storylink|Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!}}

Late in the war, the Decepticon would rise to command his own squad, a feat of which he was quite proud. When he and his squad went up against the [[Wrecker]]s, however, the Autobot commandos massacred his unit: [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], high on [[Syk]], tore out his buddy [[Radar]]'s spine and made him eat it. In his grief, he gathered up Radar's remains and kept his severed finger as a momento, discovering that it could also function as an ad-hoc communicator and a Decepticon [[spark]] detector. {{storylink|Animals}} It seems the Wreckers also killed his [[Gatoraider|pet]], and he named himself "Krok" in its honor. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}} Unable to come to grips with the death of his squad, Krok convinced himself that he had simply lost contact with them, and developed a nervous tic of "clicking" Radar's thumb (which he passed off as a "communicator") when anxious. {{storylink|Animals}}

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Following the loss of his squad, Krok served on a [[Warworld]] as a military strategist, though he was regarded as "incompetent" by his shipmate [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]]. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

Around [[2008]], he became friends with two other Decepticons named [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] and [[Thundersaur]]. When Thundersaur died, his last request was for Krok and Spinister to find and rescue another friend of his named [[Misfire (G1)|Flyhigh]], who had been tried and incarcerated. The pair deserted the Decepticon command to repay this debt; catching up with the prison ship ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]],'' they hijacked the vessel, locked its pilot [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] in the brig, and sprang Flyhigh, who was now going by the name "[[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]]." The three of them became known as the "Foragers," gathering up things that others had overlooked — though in practice this mostly meant that they scrounged [[energon]] and spare parts off old battlefields. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

As the highest-ranking Decepticon in the unit, Krok became the leader of the motley group and convinced them that he needed to find his old squad.{{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} Setting off aboard their commandeered ship, they stumbled across [[Flywheels]], who had been drifting in deep space following his escape from the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. The Foragers welcomed him aboard, though Misfire was of the opinion that they would need a snappier name. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

[[File:MTMTE8 Krok surveys.jpg|thumb|300px|"I remember when this was all fields... Thank [[Mortilus]] we came along!"]]
Over the next four years, the team became known as the "[[Scavenger (group)|Scavenger]]s" and accepted their former prisoner Crankcase as a full-fledged member of the group; when the Great War ended in [[2012]], the Scavengers glumly assumed that the Autobots had won and their aimless planet-hopping led them to the planet [[Clemency]]. Making a stopover on the dead planet for another salvage run, they recruited the defective [[K-Class]] bomber [[Fulcrum]], built a fire out of a wounded [[Autobot]] and updated Fulcrum on the war's end, then executed the Autobot when they were done. The next morning, Misfire spotted an abandoned P-6 [[Worldsweeper]] ship and the crew decided to investigate. If the contents of the ship, including lots of [[brain module]]s, aborted [[protoform]]s, a wooden robot, bleeding skin-covered rooms and [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] in a [[stasis pod]] weren't unsettling enough, Krok picked up a message from the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] informing them that one of their number was scheduled to be killed. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

Krok decided to stay behind and battle the DJD by pumping Grimlock full of [[circuit speeder]]s, putting him out in the open and releasing him from his pod when the D.J.D. got close. At the last moment, the DJD revealed they were actually after Fulcrum; before Fulcrum could explain, the DJD arrived and Krok sprang his trap. Krok attempted to fight [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]] in the ensuing battle, but was pinned down and tortured by [[Vos (DJD)|Vos]] and his detachable mask, and was further wounded by Misfire's legendarily poor aim. When the DJD retreated to pursue [[Overlord (Masterforce)|a higher-priority target]], Crankcase recovered Krok, who was still functioning despite his injuries. The other Scavengers agreed to repair their leader and then set a course for Cybertron, using a brain-damaged Grimlock as a bargaining chip when they got there. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:Scavengers arm the lonely.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it."]]
During a subsequent attempt to spring Misfire from the [[Galactic Council]]'s death row on the planet [[Constancy]], Krok was rendered inactive by the effects of [[Solomus|Tyrest]]'s [[universal killswitch]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} He recovered when the killswitch was neutralised by [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Perceptor (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

Ultimately, the Scavengers never made it back to Cybertron: after learning that [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] had seized power, and wouldn't be pleased to see Grimlock, they abandoned their plans to return home. A few months later, word reached them that [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] had publically defected to the Autobots, and the news sent them into a spiral of boredom and depression: vandalising [[Autopedia]], playing "[[Cybertronian games#Shoot Shoot Bang Bang|Shoot Shoot Bang Bang]]" and drifting aimlessly from one mishap to the next. Despite their madcap adventures, Krok grew increasingly resentful of their situation, believing that, while many Decepticons had found wealth and fame, they'd done nothing with their lives since the end of the war. Around this time, he was contacted by fellow monoformer [[Demus]] through a Triple-M subgroup on [[The Big Conversation]] with the offer of earning some easy [[Shanix]], and so Krok had Crankcase pilot the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' to [[Tebris VII]].

[[File:Krok crankcase fulcrum some of my best friends are autobots.jpg|thumb|300px]]
After crash-landing on the planet, Krok awoke hours later to fing Crankcase and Fulcrum lounging around watching Skullcruncher, who had reinvented himself as a stand-up comedian. The discovery that yet another of his former comrades had made himself rich — and by making fun of Krok, to boot — drove Krok to frustration beyond measure and he smashed the TV screen with their ''No Hard Feelings'' tour merchandise before being smashed into a wall himself by Grimlock, having another of his "fits". An argument with Misfire over keeping his "pet" locked up only narrowly avoided becoming a full-blown row by Demus making contact and inviting the Scavengers to come and meet him at his scrapyard to discuss the deal. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

Demus — unbeknownst to Krok, an employee of the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]] — {{storylink|Animals}} offered the Scavengers half a billion Shanix ''each'' in exchange for Grimlock. The Decepticons opted to put it to a vote: Krok, Crankcase, and Spinister elected to sell him, carrying it by three votes to two. However, they wouldn't get the chance to make the deal, as Demus was summarily executed by the Duly Appointed Enforcer of the [[Tyrest Accord]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

[[File:Animals-RadarsThumb.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Krok is just all thumbs today.]]
On the run from Fortress Maximus in Demus's warehouse of toy "[[Roboid]]s," Krok's incessant "clicking" prompted a frustrated Misfire to finally reveal the truth about Krok's past to the other Scavengers. Krok admitted as much, but pointed out that Radar's finger was also a spark detector, and that they were surrounded by hundreds of Decepticon sparks: the Roboids were really "[[Domestication|domesticated]]" Transformers, stuck in their [[beast mode]]s. Horrified at such needless cruelty, Krok came to realise that he had been treating Grimlock in much the same way and resolved to make things right. With Maximus now after Grimlock on the ''W.A.P.'' a hundred miles away and Spinister and Misfire [[mode lock]]ed thanks to Demus's extreme [[transformation]] phobia, the Scavengers were forced to unbox six [[Equinoid]]s on which to ride to the rescue.

Having convinced Fortress Maximus that the other Roboids' lives were in danger thanks to a fake bomb they had planted, the Scavengers escaped Tebris VII in the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'', where Krok announced to the other Scavengers that he had a new plan: to find and help all the other Decepticons out there who had been damaged by the war. They agreed that it was a good idea, but reasoned that they had time for another game of "Shoot Shoot Bang Bang" first, which Krok won. {{storylink|Animals}}

Later, aboard the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'', the Scavengers watched a video that was being broadcast to the galaxy at large of ''[[Lost Light]]'' crewmembers apparently counting down the time to their deaths, which even they found a bit dark. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

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Krok and the other Scavengers touched down in [[New Mexico]], unaware of [[Earth]]'s burgeoning [[Ore-13]] crisis, so that Crankcase could meet with his online flame "[[CONS4EVA]]." While Misfire and Spinister headed off to recapture a runaway Grimlock, Krok and Fulcrum accompanied Crankcase to meet "CONS4EVA"... who, after briefly manifesting as [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], revealed himself as a [[Dire Wraith]]. "CONS4EVA" informed the Decepticons that he wanted their help to participate in a [[Temptorian]] religious ceremony known as the "[[Crossover]];" with the help of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] washout [[MP3]], they attempted to open a portal to a new life, but were disappointed by the result. Krok offered them a spot aboard the ''Weak Anthropic Principle,'' and while the Wraith merely accepted a lift to the nearest [[starhub]], MP3 chose to join the Scavengers on their adventure... but Fulcrum, disgusted by humans, flew off before MP3 could board. {{storylink|Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!}}

After parting ways with "CONS4EVA", the Scavengers landed on the planet [[Frayus]] in the hopes of recovering a rumored cache of [[ununtrium]] from an abandoned Decepticon base. Emerging from the ruins of [[Camp Conclave]] empty-handed, they discovered that while they were underground the planet had become a three-way battlefield between the [[Galactic Council]], the [[Black Block Consortia]], and [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s contingent of Decepticon deserters for control of the rare metals in the system. Unable to teleport back to their ship, {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}} they were rescued by Agonizer, who transported them to his antique shop on [[Troja Major]].

[[File:TheTiesThatBind-Treecons.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Quick! Play some Electric Light Orchestra!"]]
Agonizer requested their help — along with ex-DJD member [[Nickel]], who had been accidentally thrown into the portal — in retrieving the mythical artifact known as the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] from [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]]. The group portalled to its last known location, [[Confluence]], discovering another Worldsweeper-class ship being guarded by more of the wooden Transformers. Though Grimlock was able to dispatch the "[[Treecon]]s," the group was taken prisoner by [[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]], who explained his history with Grimlock and the Magnificence to the group before leaving them to be torn apart by the enraged [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind}}

Thanks to Nickel's medical knowledge and Spinister's surgeon skills, the quick-thinking Scavengers were able to reverse Grimlock's brain damage; in order to sneak out of their cell, they disassembled their bodies to look as though Grimlock had disemembered them, putting themselves back together once Grimlock requested an audience with Scorponok. Arming themselves, they stormed the bridge of the ship, whereupon Fulcurm used the Magnificence to deduce the learn that Scorponok had tapped its knowledge to create a genetically engineered lifeform he called "The [[Firstborn]]" designed to repopulate the dying Decepticon race by biologically producing [[Spark]]s. Rejecting his offer to kill Grimlock in exchange for their lives, the Scavenger's Sparks were nearly extracted before Nickel managed to paralyze Scorponok. Absconding with the Magnificence and the Firstborn, the Scavengers planned to use a transmat portal to head to [[Garrus-9]] in the hopes of returning the Firsborn to normal; on learning that teleportation would be fatal to the infant, Grimlock took the infant into his chest cavity and shoved the Decepticons into the portal.

[[File:KillAllCons-Garrus9.jpg|thumb|300px]]
Krok, Nickel, and the other Scavengers arrived on Garrus-9... but discovered that they had teleported directly into Grimlock's old cell, which was still locked from the outside. With the Magnificence no longer responding to their queries, the group was left without any apparent means of escape... {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}} ...until [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] opened their cell from inside a room in the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}} Exchanging stories, Krok learned how Nautica and her crew believed they were dead, and had passed on to the Afterspark. Recognizing they couldn't be on Garrus-9 AND dead, they quickly saw the illusion dissolve around them, revealing to everyone they were actually on the medical hub [[Mederi]]. It turned out Mederi was actually the fabled [[Cyberutopia]]. A euthanasia clinic that produced soothing imagery to guide the terminally ill into the next life, it was mistaken for the real thing by the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. As the Scavengers and [[Team Rodimus|Crusadercons]] compared notes, they were suddenly attacked by a swarm of [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeaters]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

Former members of the ''Lost Light's'' crew had been transformed into Sparkeaters by Scorponok, in league with the Crusadercons' nemesis [[Getaway]] and the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]]. Grimlock managed to arrive from Troja Major with reinforcements, but the group was still on the verge of being overrun. Krok was forced to kill the Autobot Sparkeater named Slapdash to protect Rodimus. Eventually, they barricaded themselves inside a medical center while a small crew flew up to the ''Lost Light'' itself. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} The Sparkeaters were soon cured by a dose of concussive medicine. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} Once the ''Lost Light'' was secured, Krok and the Scavengers joined the Crusadercons on board as they made contact with the Grand Architect. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

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===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:A Common Foe Bravo Team Attacks.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
During [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]’s invasion of Cybertron, Krok stood by at the ready as part of a joint team of Autobots and Decepticons, awaiting [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]’s signal for their time to fight back. Once the signal came, they space bridged to Cybertron and started beating on some drones. In the heat of the battle, Krok blasted the [[Soundwave (MW)|Soundwave]] clone’s head off, much to the disappointment of [[Serpentor]], who had wanted to question him.

Thankfully, [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]] spotted Jhiaxus on the battlefield shortly thereafter, and Krok and his allies attempted to converge on the enemy’s coordinates, only to be blocked off by Jhiaxus’s clone army. [[Nacelle (G1)|Nacelle]] led Serpentor and Krok to an old sealed-off passage to circumvent the enemy forces. Though the tunnel turned out to be much too small for their use as it was, thanks to Gatoraider, it proved useful nonetheless.

They managed to get in position directly behind Jhiaxus, and Krok took care of both of the [[Prowl drone]]s acting as Jhiaxus’s bodyguards. He was shoved out of the way when [[Megaplex]] enacted his vengeance against Jhiaxus, killing the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] leader. He then helped restrain Megaplex. Krok was later present at the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}
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===''TransTech''===
In [[Axiom Nexus]], Krok was the owner of the [[Granaught Gatoraiders]] and was interviewed by [[Rook (TransTech)|Rook]] about the [[mecha-soccer]] draft. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/01}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Treadshot-KrokTV.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Krok, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] blasted through a wall together to steal the power behind becoming Action Masters. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Action Masters|Action Masters commercial}}

{{note|In this scene, Krok and the other Deceptions are not animated using [[character model]]s, but by tracing stop-motion animation of their toys. This is because that sequence is the commercial's transition from animation to live-action, the first visual image of the toys proper.}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Krok.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Krok participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy Krok.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Futbol Cybertrono]]
*'''Krok''' (Action Master, [[1990]])
**''Accessories'': "Electro Pulsator" gun

:Part of the second series of individually-carded [[Action Master]]s, Krok is a non-transforming ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''-scale action figure. His chest design hints that he was once some kind of flying craft thanks to something that looks like a cockpit, though this is the only pseudo-reliable clue we get as to what his former vehicle mode might be. As with all Action Masters, he had a good range of articulation, though he has trouble holding his partner's weapon mode and keeping balance. He comes with his alligator [[Action Master partner|partner]], [[Gatoraider#Toys|Gatoraider]], who transforms into a giant cannon Krok can hold.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Krok/krok.htm More information on Krok at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Krok.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This offends my [[Militant Monoform Movement|religious sensibilities!]]]]
*'''Krok''' (Deluxe, [[2015]])
**''Accessories'': 2 wingtips (combine to form cannon)

:Part of the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]] 3.0, Krok is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''Generations [[Thrilling 30]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Deluxe|Megatron]] with a new head. As such, he transforms into a "flying wing" stealth bomber. He includes the fusion cannon standard to the figure, but also includes a new version of his Action Master partner [[Gatoraider]] redecoed from [[Arms Micron]] [[Dai]]. As he was the sixth and final paid figure in the service, he comes with the "bonus" 7th figure included in his box, [[Nightracer (G1)#Timelines|Nightracer]], a redeco of the ''Generations'' [[Tailgate (G1)#Generations|Tailgate]] figure and her similarly recolored partner, [[Shakar]].

:This mold was also retooled into ''Generations'' [[Dreadwing (G2)#Generations|Dreadwing]] and retooled again into ''Premier Edition'' [[Megatron (Movie)#Premier_Edition|Megatron]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TFSSKrok/krok.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Krok at TFU.info]''

===Generations===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Deluxe-Krok.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|The Football star of Destiny.]]
*'''Gatorface & Decepticon Krok''' (Deluxe Class, [[2017]])
**''Accessories:'' "Gatorface" Titan Master, rifle, tail/blaster

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' "Decepticon Krok" is a retool of [[Skullcruncher_(G1)#Generations|Skullsmasher]], transforming into a robotic crocodile. He comes with his [[Titan Master]] partner [[Gatoraider#Generations|Gatorface]], who can fit inside a compartment in Krok's beast mode back or transform into his robot mode head (with new tooling for his face). As with other ''Titans Return'' toys, Krok can accommodate any compatible Titan Master figure.

:Like Skullsmasher, his crocodile head is detached in-package and must be manually attached.

:Like the previous uses of this mold, his hips are relatively loose—but unlike Hasbro's Skullsmasher, they are not excessively so. The CG mockup art included in the packaging depicts Gatorface with his legs attached backwards, though the actual toy is constructed correctly.

:His Titan Master door on his beast mode back (which is made of rubbery plastic) and his chest in robot mode oddly have Movieverse styled Decepticon insignias.
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===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kēkè''' (China, 科克, "Koke")

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Shockwave (Animated)

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{{disambigm|Shockwave (disambiguation)|Longarm (disambiguation)}}
:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TFA Shockwave.jpg|thumb|right|250px|My awesomeness is logical.]]

'''Shockwave''' is a covert agent in service to [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. This [[Size changing|size-changing]] master of disguise has infiltrated the Autobot security apparatus at the highest level: his cover persona is '''Longarm Prime''', head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]], reporting directly to [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] himself. The undercover Decepticon is the perfect agent to pull this off, as he's able to change his voice, his appearance, and even his [[energy signature]]. This puts Shockwave in the perfect position to undermine and mislead the Autobots while feeding strategic information to his true master. To establish his credibility, "Longarm" attended the [[Autobot boot camp]] alongside Bumblebee and Bulkhead. Over the years, he worked his way up the Autobot hierarchy until finally he was promoted to be the very head of the Intelligence Division itself!

Befitting a double agent, Shockwave is highly secretive and fearful of detection. Befitting a cartoon villain, he can confidently give those secrets away if he thinks he's winning. If he suspects his cover may be compromised, he's given to acts of desperation.

{{bigquote|Rise, Shockwave: my most loyal servant!|Megatron|"[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Corey Burton]] (English), [[Jon Bailey]] ([[BotCon 2015]]), [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] (Japanese)|[[Helmut Gauß]] (German), [[Ulisses Bezerra]] (Portuguese), [[Jorge Lillo]] (Latin American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Leonardo Salas]] (Latin American Spanish, season 3), [[Julio Lorenzo]] (Castillo Spanish), [[Petri Hanttu]] (Finnish)}}

[[Image:TFA Longarm.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Why am I wearing a scuba mask?]]

[[Image:TFA Shockwave DoubleAgent.jpg|thumb|right|150px|So does that mean he's Shockwave Prime?]]
''Shockwave was recruited by Megatron because his mass-shifting abilities allowed him to impersonate effectively a wide variety of shapes and sizes, making it difficult for Autobots to accurately track him during missions of infiltration and sabotage. It was these traits which led to Megatron sending him to enlist in the Autobot armed services as a means of climbing the ranks and eventually taking the organization down from within.''

''With the aid of [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]],'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}} Shockwave crafted an Autobot persona and form for himself from old historical records <ref>Shockwave's on-package bio</ref> and enrolled in [[Autobot boot camp]], where his ability to stretch his limbs to great lengths (a limited use of his ability to change shape and size) earned him the name "Longarm" from his drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]]. However, he slipped up in the early days of training and was overheard reporting to Megatron by the black sheep recruit [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]. Although Shockwave managed to avoid detection right away, Bumblebee was tipped off to the presence of a traitor in the camp and suspected fellow recruit [[Wasp]], whom he spotted leaving the building shortly afterward. Bumblebee turned to the espionage-savvy Longarm for advice, and Shockwave used the opportunity to divert attention away from himself. He suggested that the young Autobot refrain from telling their commander, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]], so that Bumblebee could take all the credit himself. Unfortunately, all of Bumblebee's efforts only got him in worse trouble, and his fellow recruits began to bully him, with Longarm being the only one to stick up for him. After several failures on Bumblebee's part, Shockwave took matters into his own hands during a training exercise and switched the training equipment to live ammo in an attempt to offline Bumblebee and keep the whole matter of a traitor a secret. Luckily for Bumblebee, this plan was foiled by [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]].

Eventually, Shockwave found out that Sentinel Minor intended to conduct a surprise inspection, and he contrived to set up Wasp to take the fall himself. After planting a Decepticon communicator in Wasp's locker, Shockwave, as Longarm, informed Bumblebee of the upcoming inspection, telling him that it was his last chance to find the evidence he needed. Using one of his extensible limbs to trip up Wasp, Shockwave allowed Bumblebee to palm Wasp's locker key as 'Bee helped him up, allowing him to find the communicator and show it to Sentinel. In the end, Wasp was dragged off to prison, and Longarm commended Bumblebee for his deductive work.

Subsequently, Shockwave graduated boot camp and eventually became the head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]]. Now "Longarm [[Prime (rank)#Transformers Animated|'''Prime''']]", he remained in this position, hiding in plain sight, for the fifty stellar cycles that Megatron was lost on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}} ''He murdered [[Highbrow (Animated)|Intel director Highbrow]] to get the job. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}''

[[File:LongarmSentinel-Dispatches.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
''After [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s ship was lost, Longarm pressed Sentinel to continue the search for the ship's crew, the AllSpark and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. His pleas fell on deaf ears. {{storylink|Dispatches}}''

After Megatron succeeded in restoring himself and the Decepticons were assembled on Earth, he re-established contact with Shockwave on Cybertron and initiated a plan to construct a [[space bridge]] that would allow the Decepticons to conquer the planet from within. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} Wasp, now criminally insane, escaped from prison, and Megatron started receiving transmissions from his double agent on Cybertron. When Megatron's captive, [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], attempted to alert the Autobots to the existence of the double agent by bouncing a transmission to their base, Bumblebee again suspected Wasp. He reported the news to Longarm Prime on Cybertron, but of course, that accomplished nothing. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

[[Image:Anim shockwave pinchy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Pinchy pinchy!]]

When the completed space bridge failed to function, Megatron contacted Shockwave and instructed him to locate the top space bridge specialist on Cybertron to help correct the problem. Shockwave was surprised to discover that the specialist was already on Earth; it was Bulkhead! Bulkhead was subsequently captured by Megatron and forced to perfect the space bridge. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}} The other Autobots arrived too late to stop him, and they were defeated by the Decepticons and strung up to watch as the bridge was activated. Shockwave revealed his alter ego of Longarm Prime to the Autobots, disclosing that he had already given Megatron an appropriate access code and forcing Bumblebee to feel the shame of sending an innocent Wasp to prison. When Megatron tried to test the space bridge by sending Optimus Prime through it, Shockwave assured his master that he awaited the "test subject" on the other side. Unfortunately, an attempt by Megatron to boost power caused the space bridge to overload, deleting the access code and setting the space bridge to random coordinates. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Megacycles later, Shockwave, as Longarm once more, assured Ultra Magnus that the Decepticons would not be able to reach the Cybertron Space Bridge nexus. Shockwave then contacted [[Team Chaar]], who had successfully taken over a space bridge and were ready to use it in order to gate to Cybertron. [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] asked for permission to begin the assault, only to have Shockwave deny her request. She was to stay put with her team and wait for Megatron to arrive, even if he was megacycles overdue.

[[Image:TransWarpedBlurrLongarm.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Whoops—there's a bug on your head, Blurr. Holllld stilll..."]]

Not long afterward, the entire Space Bridge Nexus powered down. Confused, Longarm questioned Cybertron Command, and [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] informed him that Ultra Magnus had ordered the shutdown in order to prevent the Decepticons from accessing Cybertron. Just then, Agent [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] arrived and (very) quickly informed Longarm that while on Earth, he had intercepted a transmission between Megatron and his double agent on Cybertron, Shockwave. Further, Blurr noted that Shockwave's voice didn't match that of the suspected Wasp, but quick search of the Cybertron Intel Database would allow them to find the true identity of the traitor. Shocked, Longarm asked if Blurr had shared this information with anyone else. When Blurr replied that he had not, Shockwave decided it would be wise to quiet him down—permanently. Blurr eluded his initial attempts and escaped into the corridors around the nexus control center. Rather than give chase, Shockwave simply had the corridors' security hatches slam shut and close in on Blurr, trapping and crushing him.

At the [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]], Longarm handed over Blurr's remains to Cliffjumper, calling the small cube "sensitive materials." He received an incoming transmission from Lord Megatron in his private office. They traded information on their respective setbacks, but Megatron assured Shockwave that he had [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|a method]] of preventing the Earth Autobots from blowing Shockwave's cover.

Shortly, Longarm Prime attended an [[Autobot High Council]] meeting, where Ultra Magnus declared that the Decepticons' attacks were too organized to be random acts of sabotage. Rather, evidence pointed to a double agent in the Autobots' midst. Longarm nervously pointed out that the Decepticon uprisings had started after Wasp's escape, making the cause plain. Ultra Magnus agreed and ordered [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] and Sentinel Prime to organize an Elite Guard Unit to find the escapee. He then requested that the Earth-bound Autobots be contacted. Increasingly distraught, Longarm declared that all communications should be first filtered through him, without exceptions—for the sake of security and the protection of Cybertron, naturally. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

Unfortunately, Longarm's insistence on diverting blame toward Wasp was his undoing. When Wasp headed to Earth, Ultra Magnus didn't inform him about Wasp's destination until the Elite Guard's ship was in sight of the planet. Knowing he was on the verge of being exposed, Shockwave tried to contact Megatron, but still received no response. With no other orders on how to proceed, Shockwave took matters into his own hands: In an effort to inflict one last blow to the Autobots, Shockwave attacked and seriously damaged Ultra Magnus, stealing his Magnus hammer in the process. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

When the Autobots became trapped in [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave's]] virtual reality, Shockwave appeared to invade and attack Earth. However, he didn't seem to do much besides set an apartment on fire. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

[[Image:TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Shockwave TrueColors.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Wish you'd bought that repaint now, don't you?]]
After escaping, Shockwave hid in an underground tunnel, concealed from detection, waiting for Megatron to call. The Decepticon leader, trapped inside of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] along with [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]], contacted Shockwave, who revealed a way to gain the access codes for Omega Supreme. However, Shockwave was soon discovered by [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]]. He easily defeated them and went to find the female intelligence agent [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]. To do this, he "asked" an informant-bot named [[Rattletrap]] for the directions. However, he apparently got lost, and so merely hid and waited for Fanzone and Ratchet to find her. He battled Ratchet and severely wounded the elderly Autobot. During the battle, he then found Ultra Magnus, still wounded. He was about to kill him for good when Ratchet used his EMP generator on both Shockwave ''and'' Ultra Magnus's hammer. Ratchet was then distracted by the arrival of temporary Magnus Sentinel Prime. After getting back online, Shockwave took Arcee and escaped to Omega Supreme, using the access codes to transwarp to Earth's orbit. He then celebrated his freedom to serve Megatron openly by [[electronic paint job|changing]] into more... [[Shockwave (G1)|suitable colors]], while Lugnut silently fumed at Megatron's description of him as his "most loyal servant". {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

[[Image:TFA-Endgame-ShockwavePointsAndLaughs.jpg|thumb|left|240px|It is only logical that you're an idiot.]]
Shockwave worked on the captured Arcee, initially hitting an early datatrax from her time as a teacher before the Great War. Megatron assured his "ever-loyal Shockwave" that if any bot could access the right datatrax, it was him. Combined with some taunting by Starscream, this sent Lugnut into a frenzy of jealousy, and he knocked Shockwave across the room as he begged for Megatron's favour. Shockwave in turn pointed out that while Lugnut was "fawning at Megatron's feet", he'd risked "spark and servo" as a double agent. This didn't go over well, and soon the two purple 'Cons were fighting one another. Later, with both sent to convert material from the wrecked [[Nemesis (Animated)|Decepticon flagship]] into [[Lugnut Supreme|clones of Omega Supreme]], Shockwave could be seen pointing and laughing at a misfortune on his rival's part.

After dropping a bit of stripped material from the wrecked ship, unwittingly nearly crushing a spying Bumblebee, Shockwave returned to working on Arcee and successfully restored her to the [[The Thrill of the Hunt|point at which her memory was wiped]]. Briefly returning to his grey "Longarm" mode, he confirmed that she had the activation codes, so he ripped the wires which artificially sustained her from her head, knocking her back into stasis. Outside, with the clones ready for activation, he rebooted Arcee. Despite "Longarm's" prompting, she refused to give the activation codes to Megatron voluntarily. Instead, Shockwave knocked her back into stasis and extracted the codes manually, making no comment when they ended up in Lugnut and Megatron proclaimed Lugnut his "most loyal lieutenant". As it turned out, however, the codes which Shockwave had torn from Arcee were missing a crucial "security upgrade patch", and he was forced to rig up an inelegant bypass—involving Lugnut directly puppeteering the clones—until he could retrieve the rest of the code from Arcee. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

[[Image:EndGamePartII-Longarm.jpg|right|thumb|200px|You wouldn't hit a purple guy, would you?]]

As Shockwave attempted to find the patch in Arcee's processor, Megatron grew impatient with Lugnut's giving a long speech on the greatness of his Glorious Leader before he would actually do anything with the clones, and angrily inquired of Shockwave if he was done yet. Shockwave replied, with great amusement in his voice, that he was still working on it and Megatron would have to relay all orders through Lugnut for the time being.

[[Image:TFA-Endgame-PanAcrossEveryone.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Decepticons have failed forevermore.]]

Apparently, he gave up on extracting the patch, and instead left Arcee—her datatrax once again reverted to her teaching days—on the lunar surface as a trap, while he waited to ambush any Autobots who came for her and Omega Supreme. The group which transwarped there, led by Ratchet, blundered straight into the trap, and Ratchet was forced to flee with Arcee and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] while Bumblebee and Bulkhead confronted their old classmate. While Shockwave initially had little difficulty as they attempted to attack from distance, he couldn't deal with Bulkhead's strength Bot-to-Con, and was left sprawled on the lunar surface, his cannon knocked out of reach. In a desperate attempt to buy time, he switched to Longarm mode—forgetting to activate his [[electronic paint job]]—but the pair of Autobots were not impressed, and Bulkhead smashed the cannon.

As the Autobots' prisoner, he was paraded before a large crowd on Cybertron. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}} ''Shockwave would be incarcerated in [[Trypticon Prison]] alongside his master'' {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}} ''when his [[Kremzeek]] virus was unleashed and ran rampant across Cybertron. Megatron questioned why he'd create such a dangerous weapon, and Shockwave meekly admitted that the plan had been for Kremzeek to be unleashed when the Decepticons ''weren't'' on Cybertron.'' {{storylink|The Return of Blurr}}
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===''The Cool'' comic===

With all foes defeated, Megatron contacted Shockwave on Cybertron to activate the [[space bridge]]. When the Space Bridge would not work, Shockwave deduced that it had yet to be connected to a power source. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

As Ultra Magnus lay wounded in a medical facility, Shockwave plotted to end the Autobot's vital functions once and for all. His assassination attempt was foiled by the combined efforts of Ratchet and Ultra Magnus though, and although victory seemed briefly within Shockwave's reach, having acquired the famed Magnus Hammer, he did not anticipate it still being under Ultra Magnus's control, and was electrocuted to death for his troubles. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1}}

===Toy bios===
After graduating near the top of his class at the [[Autobot Academy]], he rose through the ranks of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] to become the head of its Intelligence Division. Though he normally enjoys a subtle approach, blackmailing Autobots in positions of authority, Bumblebee's hyperactive personality annoys him enough to make him break cover and attack the Autobot directly.

==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
[[Image:TFAnimated Game Shockwave.jpg|thumb|right|134px|"Hello, Dave."]]
{{voiceactor|[[Corey Burton]] (English)}}
When [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] put out the call to his Decepticons to take as many Space Bridges as they could, Shockwave reported back that they'd captured over a dozen and were ready to invade Cybertron. Megatron radioed back to stand by and wait for his orders. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Longarmanimatedvoyager.jpg|thumb|300px|Punch.]]
[[Image:Shockwaveanimatedvoyager.jpg|thumb|300px|Counterpunch.]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Voyager, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-14'''
:Representing his double nature in the cartoon, ''Animated'' Shockwave becomes both the Autobot Longarm and Decepticon Shockwave, featuring four distinct modes. In "Infiltration Mode," the shorter, stockier Autobot Longarm transforms into a four-legged crane platform. If one fancies, one can stretch out his Shockwave-mode limbs to emulate his limb-stretching ability in Longarm mode (albeit not very well). In "Spy Mode," he stretches and converts into the taller, lankier Decepticon Shockwave, as the crane portion of Longarm's body converts into a hand-held cannon. The center panel on his chest flips between Autobot and Decepticon symbols. Both chest symbols are vacuum metalized, with very shiny silver and gold. Curiously, while the rotating faction symbols on his chest use the usual "classic" designs, the tampographed Decepticon symbol on his cannon/crane is in the movie style, and is visible in his Autobot modes. Additionally, the only mode in which Longarm's head is not fully visible is Shockwave himself.

:All the differences between Shockwave and Longarm can be difficult to remember, even for Hasbro. In the "tank mode" picture at right, the secondary guns are incorrectly folded back. On the back of this toy's box, there are several small transformation errors, the most obvious being that only ''one'' of Shockwave's shoulders has been correctly rotated up. Also, the toy [[instruction booklet|instructions]] do not show Shockwave's neck as correctly extended (his chin is touching his chestplate in the instructions, just as for Longarm). They also fail to mention that you can bend his upper torso forward as Shockwave to better replicate the slouch that he has in the cartoon. In his Longarm mode, it is also possible to extend his neck and push the tab forward, so that he maintains his Longarm face while having a better-articulated neck.

:The instructions for the trilingual packaging version of Shockwave have an odd error, in the space that should explain the transformation for his hands, is a glitched/overlapping version of the final two steps instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:Animated longarm targetexclusive.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Chugway.<ref>According to the ''Animated'' DVD closed captioning for [[Autoboot Camp]].</ref>]]
[[Image:Animated shockwave targetexclusive.jpg|thumb|right|300px|One-eyed one-horned giant purple [[Blurr (Animated)|people squisher...]] ]]
* '''Shockwave VS Bumblebee''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
:A predominantly purple [[redeco]] of the Voyager toy, this version of Shockwave is packaged with an apparently unaltered [[Activators]]-class [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] figure. Shockwave retains his four modes and gimmickry within each. A Target stores [[exclusive]], this set was available simultaneously with the [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]]/[[Ratchet (Animated)#Activators|Ratchet]] multi-pack. Although this version seems to be a less convincing Autobot due to its purple paintjob, in one respect he would be a better spy in this form, as the redeco doesn't have the Decepticon symbol on the cannon arm to give him away. The Autobot and Decepticon symbols are also now red and purple, as opposed to the original silver and gold.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Purple Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Animated-TA42-Longarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|“It's time to end this little masquerade. There ain't no Longarm, kid. Never was. Fella in my line a work takes on a variety of aliases. Hell, once I was even a Prime for six months."]]
[[File:Animated-TA42-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"But, you've been a sport, so I guess I owe you a little honesty. The name's Shockwave.”]]
* '''Shockwave Original Ver.''' (Voyager, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-42'''
: The Japanese edition of purple Shockwave is available on his own, and like most of the Japanese ''Animated'' toys, he features a shiny metallic finish for some of his purple parts, including his chest and main shoulder and leg pieces. The Decepticon insignia on his cannon also makes its return, this time in purple.
: Oddly, despite Japanese toys generally having less stringent [[For safety reasons|safety requirements]] than in America, the soft plastic used on this Shockwave's claws and antennae are made of a noticeably more rubbery plastic than in Hasbro's release.
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==Notes==
* Actor Corey Burton reprises the role of Shockwave from Generation 1, reusing precisely the same British-accented, {{w|Sark (Tron)|David-Warner-inspired}} voice for the character (while employing an American accented variation for Longarm). In an online interview with Seibertron.com in early 2009 (sadly lost owing to a server crash), Burton revealed that Shockwave's inclusion in Season 2 arose from a between-scenes conversation he had with the production team, regarding how little the original Shockwave actually had to do.
* In somewhat of a reversal, while this incarnation of Shockwave has much fewer appearances than his original incarnation, he does a heck of a lot more stuff: in just a few fleeting appearances on ''Animated'', Shockwave manages to infiltrate the Cybertronian ranks as the Chief Communications Officer, become a Prime, destroy Wasp's life, kill/nearly kill a [[Blurr (Animated)|popular recurring character]], bring down Cybertron's entire interplanetary transport and communications system, brutally assault the Magnus (and steal his hammer!), and give Megatron control of the Autobots' [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|most feared and powerful weapon]]. Oh, and according to the Almanacs, he probably offed Highbrow, and Magnus wasn't going to survive.
* While Shockwave possesses the single, round optic and window-chest of his Generation 1 counterpart, much of the rest of his body appears to be largely patterned after ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]; he transforms into an "H-tank", the front treads end up on his shoulders and the rear treads end up on the back of his lower legs, plus he has the large, spiky "antlers" on his head. Additionally, Shockwave's vehicle mode (like Armada Megatron's) appears to take some cues from the [[Transtech]] sketch designs for Megatron, with the high angled treads and turret. However, Shockwave is much thinner and taller than Megatron, and is also able to bend his knees. Regardless, he can do a fairly convincing impression of Transtech Megatron's "all terrain super aggressive attack" configuration by simply flipping his treads down into crane mode and leaving his turret in tank cannon mode.
[[Image:Chugway.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Loyal servant to the Decepticon Leader Mechatross.]]
* The [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|DVD]] closed captioning for the episode "[[Autoboot Camp]]" misspelled Shockwave's name as '''Chugway'''.
* Shockwave's status as an Elite Guard member in his Longarm identity is an issue fraught with much confusion. His on-package [[bio]] states that, as Longarm, he rose through the ranks of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] to reach his current position; this theoretically meshes with Longarm's cover story in "Autoboot Camp", where he states that he wishes to become an Elite Guard intelligence officer.<ref>On the other hand, ''everyone else'' (outside of Bulkhead) in Sentinel Minor's recruit line-up stated that they wanted to serve some function in the Elite Guard, and none of them actually ended up in it.</ref> However, [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has informed this wiki that Longarm is not actually a member of that group in the cartoon continuity. Shockwave's status as a nonmember of the Elite Guard is supported by Longarm's lack of the Elite Guard's winged Autobot symbol, and the evident fact that, while Longarm ''is'' head of the Autobot Intelligence Division, the Autobot Intelligence Division is ''not'' a part of the Elite Guard; Longarm's immediate predecessor as head of the organization, [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]], did not sport the Elite Guard symbol either. Adding to this confusion, Longarm was drawn with an Elite Guard symbol in [[Dispatches|''The Arrival'' #1]], but this seems to have been in error, as Sentinel Prime—stated to be ''the second-in-command'' of the Elite Guard in the story—sported a normal Autobot symbol throughout it, suggesting the symbol-paster got confused. ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' suggests that part of the reason Shockwave isn't an Elite Guardsman is toy-based. The toy's faction symbol rotates to switch allegiances, and the wider Elite Guard symbol wouldn't have been mechanically feasible.
[[Image:Shockwave_goodside.jpg|thumb|right|180px|I hear this is my good side...]]
*Both "Shockwave" and "Longarm" have official alternate capitalizations. The credits of "[[TransWarped]]" give "LongArm Prime", and the credits for "[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]" have "ShockWave".
* Despite not having a face, Shockwave still manages to have a [[chin]].
* Like [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], Shockwave has the ability to fly despite having a land-based vehicle mode. Unlike Soundwave, his ability is explained by having rocket boosters in his feet [[Megatron (Animated)|like]] [[Starscream (Animated)|several]] [[Lugnut (Animated)|other]] [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Decepticons]].
* Before his color change into his classic purple, Shockwave's singular optic had an iris, which disappeared after he returned to Megatron's side.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu''), '''Longarm''' (ロングアーム ''Ronguāmu'')

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
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*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], the logical Decepticon who's to blame for everything from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Shockblast]], the murderous Decepticon berserker from [[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|''Energon'']].
*[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], the Decepticon beastmaster and killing machine from [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|''Dark of the Moon'']].
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], the logical Decepticon scientist from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
*[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]], the Decepticon mad scientist from [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|''Cyberverse'']].}}

==References==
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[[Category:Animated Decepticons]]
[[Category:Council members]]
[[Category:Double agents]]
[[Category:Elite Guard]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Primes]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Transformers with multiple modes]]

Shockwave (Animated)

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:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TFA .jpg|thumb|right|250px|My awesomeness is logical.]]

'''Shockwave''' is a covert agent in service to [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. This [[Size changing|size-changing]] master of disguise has infiltrated the Autobot security apparatus at the highest level: his cover persona is '''Longarm Prime''', head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]], reporting directly to [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] himself. The undercover Decepticon is the perfect agent to pull this off, as he's able to change his voice, his appearance, and even his [[energy signature]]. This puts Shockwave in the perfect position to undermine and mislead the Autobots while feeding strategic information to his true master. To establish his credibility, "Longarm" attended the [[Autobot boot camp]] alongside Bumblebee and Bulkhead. Over the years, he worked his way up the Autobot hierarchy until finally he was promoted to be the very head of the Intelligence Division itself!

Befitting a double agent, Shockwave is highly secretive and fearful of detection. Befitting a cartoon villain, he can confidently give those secrets away if he thinks he's winning. If he suspects his cover may be compromised, he's given to acts of desperation.

{{bigquote|Rise, Shockwave: my most loyal servant!|Megatron|"[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{Idw-tfa}}
{{voiceactor|[[Corey Burton]] (English), [[Jon Bailey]] ([[BotCon 2015]]), [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] (Japanese)|[[Helmut Gauß]] (German), [[Ulisses Bezerra]] (Portuguese), [[Jorge Lillo]] (Latin American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Leonardo Salas]] (Latin American Spanish, season 3), [[Julio Lorenzo]] (Castillo Spanish), [[Petri Hanttu]] (Finnish)}}

[[Image:TFA Longarm.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Why am I wearing a scuba mask?]]

[[Image:TFA Shockwave DoubleAgent.jpg|thumb|right|150px|So does that mean he's Shockwave Prime?]]
''Shockwave was recruited by Megatron because his mass-shifting abilities allowed him to impersonate effectively a wide variety of shapes and sizes, making it difficult for Autobots to accurately track him during missions of infiltration and sabotage. It was these traits which led to Megatron sending him to enlist in the Autobot armed services as a means of climbing the ranks and eventually taking the organization down from within.''

''With the aid of [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]],'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}} Shockwave crafted an Autobot persona and form for himself from old historical records <ref>Shockwave's on-package bio</ref> and enrolled in [[Autobot boot camp]], where his ability to stretch his limbs to great lengths (a limited use of his ability to change shape and size) earned him the name "Longarm" from his drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]]. However, he slipped up in the early days of training and was overheard reporting to Megatron by the black sheep recruit [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]. Although Shockwave managed to avoid detection right away, Bumblebee was tipped off to the presence of a traitor in the camp and suspected fellow recruit [[Wasp]], whom he spotted leaving the building shortly afterward. Bumblebee turned to the espionage-savvy Longarm for advice, and Shockwave used the opportunity to divert attention away from himself. He suggested that the young Autobot refrain from telling their commander, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]], so that Bumblebee could take all the credit himself. Unfortunately, all of Bumblebee's efforts only got him in worse trouble, and his fellow recruits began to bully him, with Longarm being the only one to stick up for him. After several failures on Bumblebee's part, Shockwave took matters into his own hands during a training exercise and switched the training equipment to live ammo in an attempt to offline Bumblebee and keep the whole matter of a traitor a secret. Luckily for Bumblebee, this plan was foiled by [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]].

Eventually, Shockwave found out that Sentinel Minor intended to conduct a surprise inspection, and he contrived to set up Wasp to take the fall himself. After planting a Decepticon communicator in Wasp's locker, Shockwave, as Longarm, informed Bumblebee of the upcoming inspection, telling him that it was his last chance to find the evidence he needed. Using one of his extensible limbs to trip up Wasp, Shockwave allowed Bumblebee to palm Wasp's locker key as 'Bee helped him up, allowing him to find the communicator and show it to Sentinel. In the end, Wasp was dragged off to prison, and Longarm commended Bumblebee for his deductive work.

Subsequently, Shockwave graduated boot camp and eventually became the head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]]. Now "Longarm [[Prime (rank)#Transformers Animated|'''Prime''']]", he remained in this position, hiding in plain sight, for the fifty stellar cycles that Megatron was lost on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}} ''He murdered [[Highbrow (Animated)|Intel director Highbrow]] to get the job. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}''

[[File:LongarmSentinel-Dispatches.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
''After [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s ship was lost, Longarm pressed Sentinel to continue the search for the ship's crew, the AllSpark and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. His pleas fell on deaf ears. {{storylink|Dispatches}}''

After Megatron succeeded in restoring himself and the Decepticons were assembled on Earth, he re-established contact with Shockwave on Cybertron and initiated a plan to construct a [[space bridge]] that would allow the Decepticons to conquer the planet from within. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} Wasp, now criminally insane, escaped from prison, and Megatron started receiving transmissions from his double agent on Cybertron. When Megatron's captive, [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], attempted to alert the Autobots to the existence of the double agent by bouncing a transmission to their base, Bumblebee again suspected Wasp. He reported the news to Longarm Prime on Cybertron, but of course, that accomplished nothing. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

[[Image:Anim shockwave pinchy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Pinchy pinchy!]]

When the completed space bridge failed to function, Megatron contacted Shockwave and instructed him to locate the top space bridge specialist on Cybertron to help correct the problem. Shockwave was surprised to discover that the specialist was already on Earth; it was Bulkhead! Bulkhead was subsequently captured by Megatron and forced to perfect the space bridge. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}} The other Autobots arrived too late to stop him, and they were defeated by the Decepticons and strung up to watch as the bridge was activated. Shockwave revealed his alter ego of Longarm Prime to the Autobots, disclosing that he had already given Megatron an appropriate access code and forcing Bumblebee to feel the shame of sending an innocent Wasp to prison. When Megatron tried to test the space bridge by sending Optimus Prime through it, Shockwave assured his master that he awaited the "test subject" on the other side. Unfortunately, an attempt by Megatron to boost power caused the space bridge to overload, deleting the access code and setting the space bridge to random coordinates. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Megacycles later, Shockwave, as Longarm once more, assured Ultra Magnus that the Decepticons would not be able to reach the Cybertron Space Bridge nexus. Shockwave then contacted [[Team Chaar]], who had successfully taken over a space bridge and were ready to use it in order to gate to Cybertron. [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] asked for permission to begin the assault, only to have Shockwave deny her request. She was to stay put with her team and wait for Megatron to arrive, even if he was megacycles overdue.

[[Image:TransWarpedBlurrLongarm.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Whoops—there's a bug on your head, Blurr. Holllld stilll..."]]

Not long afterward, the entire Space Bridge Nexus powered down. Confused, Longarm questioned Cybertron Command, and [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] informed him that Ultra Magnus had ordered the shutdown in order to prevent the Decepticons from accessing Cybertron. Just then, Agent [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] arrived and (very) quickly informed Longarm that while on Earth, he had intercepted a transmission between Megatron and his double agent on Cybertron, Shockwave. Further, Blurr noted that Shockwave's voice didn't match that of the suspected Wasp, but quick search of the Cybertron Intel Database would allow them to find the true identity of the traitor. Shocked, Longarm asked if Blurr had shared this information with anyone else. When Blurr replied that he had not, Shockwave decided it would be wise to quiet him down—permanently. Blurr eluded his initial attempts and escaped into the corridors around the nexus control center. Rather than give chase, Shockwave simply had the corridors' security hatches slam shut and close in on Blurr, trapping and crushing him.

At the [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]], Longarm handed over Blurr's remains to Cliffjumper, calling the small cube "sensitive materials." He received an incoming transmission from Lord Megatron in his private office. They traded information on their respective setbacks, but Megatron assured Shockwave that he had [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|a method]] of preventing the Earth Autobots from blowing Shockwave's cover.

Shortly, Longarm Prime attended an [[Autobot High Council]] meeting, where Ultra Magnus declared that the Decepticons' attacks were too organized to be random acts of sabotage. Rather, evidence pointed to a double agent in the Autobots' midst. Longarm nervously pointed out that the Decepticon uprisings had started after Wasp's escape, making the cause plain. Ultra Magnus agreed and ordered [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] and Sentinel Prime to organize an Elite Guard Unit to find the escapee. He then requested that the Earth-bound Autobots be contacted. Increasingly distraught, Longarm declared that all communications should be first filtered through him, without exceptions—for the sake of security and the protection of Cybertron, naturally. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

Unfortunately, Longarm's insistence on diverting blame toward Wasp was his undoing. When Wasp headed to Earth, Ultra Magnus didn't inform him about Wasp's destination until the Elite Guard's ship was in sight of the planet. Knowing he was on the verge of being exposed, Shockwave tried to contact Megatron, but still received no response. With no other orders on how to proceed, Shockwave took matters into his own hands: In an effort to inflict one last blow to the Autobots, Shockwave attacked and seriously damaged Ultra Magnus, stealing his Magnus hammer in the process. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

When the Autobots became trapped in [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave's]] virtual reality, Shockwave appeared to invade and attack Earth. However, he didn't seem to do much besides set an apartment on fire. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

[[Image:TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Shockwave TrueColors.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Wish you'd bought that repaint now, don't you?]]
After escaping, Shockwave hid in an underground tunnel, concealed from detection, waiting for Megatron to call. The Decepticon leader, trapped inside of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] along with [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]], contacted Shockwave, who revealed a way to gain the access codes for Omega Supreme. However, Shockwave was soon discovered by [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]]. He easily defeated them and went to find the female intelligence agent [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]. To do this, he "asked" an informant-bot named [[Rattletrap]] for the directions. However, he apparently got lost, and so merely hid and waited for Fanzone and Ratchet to find her. He battled Ratchet and severely wounded the elderly Autobot. During the battle, he then found Ultra Magnus, still wounded. He was about to kill him for good when Ratchet used his EMP generator on both Shockwave ''and'' Ultra Magnus's hammer. Ratchet was then distracted by the arrival of temporary Magnus Sentinel Prime. After getting back online, Shockwave took Arcee and escaped to Omega Supreme, using the access codes to transwarp to Earth's orbit. He then celebrated his freedom to serve Megatron openly by [[electronic paint job|changing]] into more... [[Shockwave (G1)|suitable colors]], while Lugnut silently fumed at Megatron's description of him as his "most loyal servant". {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

[[Image:TFA-Endgame-ShockwavePointsAndLaughs.jpg|thumb|left|240px|It is only logical that you're an idiot.]]
Shockwave worked on the captured Arcee, initially hitting an early datatrax from her time as a teacher before the Great War. Megatron assured his "ever-loyal Shockwave" that if any bot could access the right datatrax, it was him. Combined with some taunting by Starscream, this sent Lugnut into a frenzy of jealousy, and he knocked Shockwave across the room as he begged for Megatron's favour. Shockwave in turn pointed out that while Lugnut was "fawning at Megatron's feet", he'd risked "spark and servo" as a double agent. This didn't go over well, and soon the two purple 'Cons were fighting one another. Later, with both sent to convert material from the wrecked [[Nemesis (Animated)|Decepticon flagship]] into [[Lugnut Supreme|clones of Omega Supreme]], Shockwave could be seen pointing and laughing at a misfortune on his rival's part.

After dropping a bit of stripped material from the wrecked ship, unwittingly nearly crushing a spying Bumblebee, Shockwave returned to working on Arcee and successfully restored her to the [[The Thrill of the Hunt|point at which her memory was wiped]]. Briefly returning to his grey "Longarm" mode, he confirmed that she had the activation codes, so he ripped the wires which artificially sustained her from her head, knocking her back into stasis. Outside, with the clones ready for activation, he rebooted Arcee. Despite "Longarm's" prompting, she refused to give the activation codes to Megatron voluntarily. Instead, Shockwave knocked her back into stasis and extracted the codes manually, making no comment when they ended up in Lugnut and Megatron proclaimed Lugnut his "most loyal lieutenant". As it turned out, however, the codes which Shockwave had torn from Arcee were missing a crucial "security upgrade patch", and he was forced to rig up an inelegant bypass—involving Lugnut directly puppeteering the clones—until he could retrieve the rest of the code from Arcee. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

[[Image:EndGamePartII-Longarm.jpg|right|thumb|200px|You wouldn't hit a purple guy, would you?]]

As Shockwave attempted to find the patch in Arcee's processor, Megatron grew impatient with Lugnut's giving a long speech on the greatness of his Glorious Leader before he would actually do anything with the clones, and angrily inquired of Shockwave if he was done yet. Shockwave replied, with great amusement in his voice, that he was still working on it and Megatron would have to relay all orders through Lugnut for the time being.

[[Image:TFA-Endgame-PanAcrossEveryone.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Decepticons have failed forevermore.]]

Apparently, he gave up on extracting the patch, and instead left Arcee—her datatrax once again reverted to her teaching days—on the lunar surface as a trap, while he waited to ambush any Autobots who came for her and Omega Supreme. The group which transwarped there, led by Ratchet, blundered straight into the trap, and Ratchet was forced to flee with Arcee and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] while Bumblebee and Bulkhead confronted their old classmate. While Shockwave initially had little difficulty as they attempted to attack from distance, he couldn't deal with Bulkhead's strength Bot-to-Con, and was left sprawled on the lunar surface, his cannon knocked out of reach. In a desperate attempt to buy time, he switched to Longarm mode—forgetting to activate his [[electronic paint job]]—but the pair of Autobots were not impressed, and Bulkhead smashed the cannon.

As the Autobots' prisoner, he was paraded before a large crowd on Cybertron. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}} ''Shockwave would be incarcerated in [[Trypticon Prison]] alongside his master'' {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}} ''when his [[Kremzeek]] virus was unleashed and ran rampant across Cybertron. Megatron questioned why he'd create such a dangerous weapon, and Shockwave meekly admitted that the plan had been for Kremzeek to be unleashed when the Decepticons ''weren't'' on Cybertron.'' {{storylink|The Return of Blurr}}
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===''The Cool'' comic===

With all foes defeated, Megatron contacted Shockwave on Cybertron to activate the [[space bridge]]. When the Space Bridge would not work, Shockwave deduced that it had yet to be connected to a power source. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

As Ultra Magnus lay wounded in a medical facility, Shockwave plotted to end the Autobot's vital functions once and for all. His assassination attempt was foiled by the combined efforts of Ratchet and Ultra Magnus though, and although victory seemed briefly within Shockwave's reach, having acquired the famed Magnus Hammer, he did not anticipate it still being under Ultra Magnus's control, and was electrocuted to death for his troubles. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1}}

===Toy bios===
After graduating near the top of his class at the [[Autobot Academy]], he rose through the ranks of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] to become the head of its Intelligence Division. Though he normally enjoys a subtle approach, blackmailing Autobots in positions of authority, Bumblebee's hyperactive personality annoys him enough to make him break cover and attack the Autobot directly.

==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
[[Image:TFAnimated Game Shockwave.jpg|thumb|right|134px|"Hello, Dave."]]
{{voiceactor|[[Corey Burton]] (English)}}
When [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] put out the call to his Decepticons to take as many Space Bridges as they could, Shockwave reported back that they'd captured over a dozen and were ready to invade Cybertron. Megatron radioed back to stand by and wait for his orders. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Longarmanimatedvoyager.jpg|thumb|300px|Punch.]]
[[Image:Shockwaveanimatedvoyager.jpg|thumb|300px|Counterpunch.]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Voyager, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-14'''
:Representing his double nature in the cartoon, ''Animated'' Shockwave becomes both the Autobot Longarm and Decepticon Shockwave, featuring four distinct modes. In "Infiltration Mode," the shorter, stockier Autobot Longarm transforms into a four-legged crane platform. If one fancies, one can stretch out his Shockwave-mode limbs to emulate his limb-stretching ability in Longarm mode (albeit not very well). In "Spy Mode," he stretches and converts into the taller, lankier Decepticon Shockwave, as the crane portion of Longarm's body converts into a hand-held cannon. The center panel on his chest flips between Autobot and Decepticon symbols. Both chest symbols are vacuum metalized, with very shiny silver and gold. Curiously, while the rotating faction symbols on his chest use the usual "classic" designs, the tampographed Decepticon symbol on his cannon/crane is in the movie style, and is visible in his Autobot modes. Additionally, the only mode in which Longarm's head is not fully visible is Shockwave himself.

:All the differences between Shockwave and Longarm can be difficult to remember, even for Hasbro. In the "tank mode" picture at right, the secondary guns are incorrectly folded back. On the back of this toy's box, there are several small transformation errors, the most obvious being that only ''one'' of Shockwave's shoulders has been correctly rotated up. Also, the toy [[instruction booklet|instructions]] do not show Shockwave's neck as correctly extended (his chin is touching his chestplate in the instructions, just as for Longarm). They also fail to mention that you can bend his upper torso forward as Shockwave to better replicate the slouch that he has in the cartoon. In his Longarm mode, it is also possible to extend his neck and push the tab forward, so that he maintains his Longarm face while having a better-articulated neck.

:The instructions for the trilingual packaging version of Shockwave have an odd error, in the space that should explain the transformation for his hands, is a glitched/overlapping version of the final two steps instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:Animated longarm targetexclusive.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Chugway.<ref>According to the ''Animated'' DVD closed captioning for [[Autoboot Camp]].</ref>]]
[[Image:Animated shockwave targetexclusive.jpg|thumb|right|300px|One-eyed one-horned giant purple [[Blurr (Animated)|people squisher...]] ]]
* '''Shockwave VS Bumblebee''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
:A predominantly purple [[redeco]] of the Voyager toy, this version of Shockwave is packaged with an apparently unaltered [[Activators]]-class [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] figure. Shockwave retains his four modes and gimmickry within each. A Target stores [[exclusive]], this set was available simultaneously with the [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]]/[[Ratchet (Animated)#Activators|Ratchet]] multi-pack. Although this version seems to be a less convincing Autobot due to its purple paintjob, in one respect he would be a better spy in this form, as the redeco doesn't have the Decepticon symbol on the cannon arm to give him away. The Autobot and Decepticon symbols are also now red and purple, as opposed to the original silver and gold.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Purple Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Animated-TA42-Longarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|“It's time to end this little masquerade. There ain't no Longarm, kid. Never was. Fella in my line a work takes on a variety of aliases. Hell, once I was even a Prime for six months."]]
[[File:Animated-TA42-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"But, you've been a sport, so I guess I owe you a little honesty. The name's Shockwave.”]]
* '''Shockwave Original Ver.''' (Voyager, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-42'''
: The Japanese edition of purple Shockwave is available on his own, and like most of the Japanese ''Animated'' toys, he features a shiny metallic finish for some of his purple parts, including his chest and main shoulder and leg pieces. The Decepticon insignia on his cannon also makes its return, this time in purple.
: Oddly, despite Japanese toys generally having less stringent [[For safety reasons|safety requirements]] than in America, the soft plastic used on this Shockwave's claws and antennae are made of a noticeably more rubbery plastic than in Hasbro's release.
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==Notes==
* Actor Corey Burton reprises the role of Shockwave from Generation 1, reusing precisely the same British-accented, {{w|Sark (Tron)|David-Warner-inspired}} voice for the character (while employing an American accented variation for Longarm). In an online interview with Seibertron.com in early 2009 (sadly lost owing to a server crash), Burton revealed that Shockwave's inclusion in Season 2 arose from a between-scenes conversation he had with the production team, regarding how little the original Shockwave actually had to do.
* In somewhat of a reversal, while this incarnation of Shockwave has much fewer appearances than his original incarnation, he does a heck of a lot more stuff: in just a few fleeting appearances on ''Animated'', Shockwave manages to infiltrate the Cybertronian ranks as the Chief Communications Officer, become a Prime, destroy Wasp's life, kill/nearly kill a [[Blurr (Animated)|popular recurring character]], bring down Cybertron's entire interplanetary transport and communications system, brutally assault the Magnus (and steal his hammer!), and give Megatron control of the Autobots' [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|most feared and powerful weapon]]. Oh, and according to the Almanacs, he probably offed Highbrow, and Magnus wasn't going to survive.
* While Shockwave possesses the single, round optic and window-chest of his Generation 1 counterpart, much of the rest of his body appears to be largely patterned after ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]; he transforms into an "H-tank", the front treads end up on his shoulders and the rear treads end up on the back of his lower legs, plus he has the large, spiky "antlers" on his head. Additionally, Shockwave's vehicle mode (like Armada Megatron's) appears to take some cues from the [[Transtech]] sketch designs for Megatron, with the high angled treads and turret. However, Shockwave is much thinner and taller than Megatron, and is also able to bend his knees. Regardless, he can do a fairly convincing impression of Transtech Megatron's "all terrain super aggressive attack" configuration by simply flipping his treads down into crane mode and leaving his turret in tank cannon mode.
[[Image:Chugway.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Loyal servant to the Decepticon Leader Mechatross.]]
* The [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|DVD]] closed captioning for the episode "[[Autoboot Camp]]" misspelled Shockwave's name as '''Chugway'''.
* Shockwave's status as an Elite Guard member in his Longarm identity is an issue fraught with much confusion. His on-package [[bio]] states that, as Longarm, he rose through the ranks of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] to reach his current position; this theoretically meshes with Longarm's cover story in "Autoboot Camp", where he states that he wishes to become an Elite Guard intelligence officer.<ref>On the other hand, ''everyone else'' (outside of Bulkhead) in Sentinel Minor's recruit line-up stated that they wanted to serve some function in the Elite Guard, and none of them actually ended up in it.</ref> However, [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has informed this wiki that Longarm is not actually a member of that group in the cartoon continuity. Shockwave's status as a nonmember of the Elite Guard is supported by Longarm's lack of the Elite Guard's winged Autobot symbol, and the evident fact that, while Longarm ''is'' head of the Autobot Intelligence Division, the Autobot Intelligence Division is ''not'' a part of the Elite Guard; Longarm's immediate predecessor as head of the organization, [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]], did not sport the Elite Guard symbol either. Adding to this confusion, Longarm was drawn with an Elite Guard symbol in [[Dispatches|''The Arrival'' #1]], but this seems to have been in error, as Sentinel Prime—stated to be ''the second-in-command'' of the Elite Guard in the story—sported a normal Autobot symbol throughout it, suggesting the symbol-paster got confused. ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' suggests that part of the reason Shockwave isn't an Elite Guardsman is toy-based. The toy's faction symbol rotates to switch allegiances, and the wider Elite Guard symbol wouldn't have been mechanically feasible.
[[Image:Shockwave_goodside.jpg|thumb|right|180px|I hear this is my good side...]]
*Both "Shockwave" and "Longarm" have official alternate capitalizations. The credits of "[[TransWarped]]" give "LongArm Prime", and the credits for "[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]" have "ShockWave".
* Despite not having a face, Shockwave still manages to have a [[chin]].
* Like [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], Shockwave has the ability to fly despite having a land-based vehicle mode. Unlike Soundwave, his ability is explained by having rocket boosters in his feet [[Megatron (Animated)|like]] [[Starscream (Animated)|several]] [[Lugnut (Animated)|other]] [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Decepticons]].
* Before his color change into his classic purple, Shockwave's singular optic had an iris, which disappeared after he returned to Megatron's side.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu''), '''Longarm''' (ロングアーム ''Ronguāmu'')

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
|charname=Shockwave
|disambig=Shockwave (disambiguation)
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*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], the logical Decepticon who's to blame for everything from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Shockblast]], the murderous Decepticon berserker from [[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|''Energon'']].
*[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], the Decepticon beastmaster and killing machine from [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|''Dark of the Moon'']].
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], the logical Decepticon scientist from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
*[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]], the Decepticon mad scientist from [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|''Cyberverse'']].}}

==References==
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[[Category:Double agents]]
[[Category:Elite Guard]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
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Promotional image of [[Shockwave (Animated)|''Animated'' Shockwave]] from the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' Season 2 DVD.

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Kill All 'Cons

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|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|The Transformers: Lost Light]]'' #15
|prev=The Ties That Bind
|next=The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis
|image=LL15_cvrA.jpg
|title=The Scavengers in: "Kill All 'Cons"
|caption=Free them
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[February 28]], [[2018]]
|coverdate=February 2018
|written by=[[James Roberts]]
|art by=[[Brendan Cahill]] (pg. 1-18), [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]] (pg. 19-20)
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
}}
'''The full extent of his plans revealed, Scorponok offers the Scavengers the easiest choice they've ever made.'''

==Synopsis==
Himself once more, [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] is shackled and brought before [[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]] and [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]], seemingly unrepentant over having killed the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]], thinking they were [[Decepticon]] guards. Grimlock's gaze falls upon the [[Magnificence]] in Scorponok's hands, and Scorponok takes the opportunity to villainously monologue; he explains that the mysterious artifact has developed a "moral code" and begun refusing to answer certain questions, but that it cannot refuse him because it is unable to read his brain patterns—a side-effect of his past [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] [[binary bonding|binary bond]] with the [[human]] [[Abraham Dante]]. Unfortunately for Scorponok, it turns out that a villainous monologue was exactly what Grimlock wanted out of him, distracting him ''just'' long enough... for the still-very-much-alive Scavengers to make their dramatic entrance! Caught by surprise, Scorponok is held at gunpoint and forced to hand over the Magnificence, as [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] reveals how they "returned" from the dead...

''Left in their cell with the rampaging Grimlock, it looks like curtains for the Scavengers until [[Nickel]] strikes Grimlock in the back of his head, triggering an involuntary transformation into [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaur]] mode, in which form she has noticed he is more communicative and receptive. This allows [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] to successfully talk to Grimlock, calming him down before anyone is badly hurt. Nickel diagnoses Grimlock with "non-fluent aphasia", explaining that when he is in alternate mode, the reconfiguration of his body subjects his damaged [[brain module]] to different pressures than when he is in robot mode, which partially relieves his condition. At Grimlock's own urging, [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] uses his surgical skills to adjust Grimlock's body so that the pressures are increased and replicated when he is in robot mode, thereby returning the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] to his old self at last. Krok then has an idea; he has Nickel and Spinister carefully disassemble the Scavengers' bodies so they ''look'' like Grimlock has torn them apart. When Grimlock is then taken to meet with Scorponok, the cell is left unlocked, and the Scavengers are able to pull themselves together and escape.''

Scorponok initially refuses to divulge his plans, but when [[Fulcrum]] just asks the Magnificence instead, the ever-dramatic Scorponok refuses to let his thunder be stolen, and launches into another lengthy explanation, which begins with the opening of his chest compartment... to reveal an organic, ''purple'' human baby gestating within him! As the [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] tattooed across its face suggests, the child—referred to as "the [[Firstborn]]" by Scorponok—is the first of a new race of "organic Decepticons" created with the help of the Magnificence's knowledge, a genetically engineered body containing the [[spark]] of a Decepticon named [[Rat-a-Tat-Tat]]. With only around ten thousand Decepticons left in the whole of existence, it is Scorponok's plan to place all their sparks into such bodies, in order for them to ''procreate''—"the one evolutionary advantage that organic life has over machine life"—after which their sparks, and the newly-sired sparks of their offspring, will be extracted and returned to mechanical bodies, thereby replenishing their depleted race and giving them the might to conquer the [[Autobot]]s once and for all. To make this happen without resistance, he has also learned how manipulate Decepticon sparks via their insignia, which are made from a portion of their spark casing—this is how he was able to earlier subdue Grimlock, who was once a Decepticon millions of years ago.

Explanations done, Scorponok offers the Scavengers a choice: kill Grimlock and he will exempt them from the process, allowing them to serve as his generals. As it turns out, this is the easiest choice the Scavengers have ever made. As one, they reject his offer, glad the war is over and having no desire to go back to the way things were. Their refusal comes as a bit of a surprise to Scorponok, but it is no impediment—with a wave of his hand, he simply begins to extract their sparks. As the group collapses, the convulsing Nickel manages to grab the fallen Magnificence, and asks it how they can win. Following its direction, she tosses her communicator at Scorponok, telling him someone is calling for him—but the "call" is a pre-recorded message left by [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]], whose weaponized voice paralyzes Scorponok, freeing the Scavengers from his thrall. As Flame calls for reinforcements, Grimlock moves to run the immobilized Scorponok through with his sword, but Misfire stops him, not wanting to see the innocent Firstborn die. Instead, he removes the child from Scorponok, and, following the Magnificence's handy directions, the team make a run for the ship's transmat suite, intending to teleport to [[Garrus-9]] so they can use its spark extraction technology to remove Rat-a-Tat-Tat's spark from its new organic home and put it back in a Cybertronian body. They slice and blast their way through all opposition—with Misfire even managing to shoot straight for once—but when they reach the transmat, the Magnificence informs them that the teleportation will be fatal to the Firstborn. Grimlock takes the child from Misfire and places it in his own chest cavity for protection, announcing his intent to stay behind and destroy the transmat once they Scavengers have gone through, to prevent Scorponok's men from following. Misfire refuses, and calls for the Scavengers to huddle so they can discuss what to do next... but as they do so, Grimlock simply pushes the entire clustered group through the transmat portal together, destroys the machine, and prepares to face the approaching horde alone.

The Scavengers materialize inside Grimlock's old cell on Garrus-9, only to find that the door is locked, the Magnificence is no longer responding, and they have no communicators to call for help. Looks like another fine mess they've gotten themselves into...!

''Years ago, after he, Scorponok, and Flame jettisoned themselves into space to escape the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], [[Flywheels]] is found floating in the void by Krok and Spinister. As a last request to a departed 'Con named [[Thundersaur]], the pair have just hijacked a [[Weak Anthropic Principle|prisoner escort ship]] in order to rescue its captive, Flyhigh—aka "Misfire"—having locked up the ship's pilot, [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]], in his place. Bringing Flywheels aboard, Krok welcomes him to their group, the "Foragers," but Misfire insists they come up with a better name...''

''Not far away, Scorponok and Flame are also drifting in space, when suddenly, from out of the darkness, a beam of light emerges to play across them, projecting the image of a familiar gear-like hieroglyph. Space explodes with white light, and from within the light, a voice emanates: the voice of the [[Grand Architect]], to whom Scorponok and Flame now belong.''

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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*[[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] (1)

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*[[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]] (2)
*[[Krok (G1)|Krok]] (4)
*[[Fulcrum]] (5)
*[[Nickel]] (6)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (7)
*[[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] (8)
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*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] (9)
*[[Firstborn]] (10)
*[[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]] (recording, 11)
*''[[Flywheels]]'' (12)
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*[[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] (3)
*''[[Grand Architect]]'' (13)

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==Quotes==
"They were '''Decepticons.''' They deserved what they got." 
"'''You''' were a Decepticon once." 
"'''They deserved what they got.'''"
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Scorponok''' discuss the Scavengers' seeming deaths

"You may have seen [Rat-a-Tat-Tat's body] in your cell." 
"Yeah—it looked like he'd gone ten rounds with a '''sparkeater.''' Well, one round."
:—'''Scorponok''' and '''Crankcase'''

'''Misfire:''' "Scorponok, mate. It's like this..." 
'''Fulcrum:''' "If there's one thing we've learnt over the last few years, it's that—" 
'''Crankcase:''' "We're glad the war's over." 
'''Spinister:''' "Yeah. The war sucked." 
'''Krok:''' "Don't get us wrong, being a Decepticon's great... so long as you don't have to fight anyone." 
'''Fulcrum:''' "At the end of the day, when all's said and done... I think everyone just wants to live their lives." 
'''Scorponok:''' "Hm. If I'm honest, I thought I'd crafted more of a '''dilemma.'''"

"If you're listening to this, my commiserations... you're about to die. I don't know who you are, and I don't need to. What's important—what '''matters'''—is that you tried to hurt my friend."
:—'''Tarn'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s recorded message

"Nickel? Get over here." 
"Me?" 
"Yeah, bad news: you're a Scavenger now. Don't worry—as far as '''ranks''' go, it's '''demotion-proof.'''"
:—'''Krok''' invites '''Nickel''' into the huddle

"Don't worry, kid. Someone looked after me for a while. Did a good job, too. Now it's my turn."
:—'''Grimlock''' pats his chest and soothes the Firstborn

"You're not a prisoner anymore, '''Flyhigh.'''" 
"Call me '''Misfire'''—everyone else does. I blame the '''trial.'''"
:—'''Krok''' and '''Misfire'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Flame compares the Magnificence's new ability to refuse to give answers based on its moral code to something called the "[[Morality Lock]]," which he claims nobody "believes in" anymore. We previously heard this term in [[Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|issue #2]], when [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] told [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] that it was one of several phrases he'd seen written in ancient dialect in his vision from [[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|issue #1]].
*As a footnote reminds us, Scorponok's bond with Abraham Dante took place in ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]''. The implication ("a trace of human still remains") is that they're not bonded anymore.
*Somewhat remarkably, the idea that a Headmaster's hybrid nature acts as a "cheat code" for Cybertronian technology is not a new one. [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] previously used the hybrid patterns of [[Hunter O'Nion]] (Sunstreaker's Headmaster partner) to backdoor into the Autobot network and shut it down during the [[Surge (event)|Surge]].
*It was first established that a blow to the back of the head (where the "neural cluster" is located) could trigger an involuntary transformation back in [[Little Victories|''More than Meets the Eye'' #22]], when [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] tried to do it to [[Rung (G1)|Rung]].
*Nickel deduces that, in alternate mode, Grimlock's brain module is located in his chest (which is roughly where the robot head goes on your average Grimlock toy). The idea that a Dinobot's brain module is not necessarily located in their dino-mode head was previously seen in [[Night and the City|''Robots in Disguise'' #9]], when it allowed [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] to survive the destruction of his dino-head.
*Fulcrum reacts with repeated disgust to the sight of the Firstborn; his revulsion toward organics was previously established in the [[Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!|''More than Meets the Eye: Revolution'' one-shot]].
*As Crankcase notes, Rat-a-Tat-Tat's body could indeed be spotted lying in the Scavenger's cell [[The Ties That Bind|last issue]]. The 'con is referred to as a male, but Scorponok makes a point of noting that the Firstborn's body, into which his spark has been transferred, is female, since... well, you need girls and boys for procreation, y'know?
*The fact that Decepticons' insignia are made from a portion of their spark casing was originally established in [[Life After the Big Bang|''More than Meets the Eye'' #4]].
*Flywheels fears he would have drifted "all the way to the [[Dark Nebula]]" if the "Foragers" hadn't found him. The Dark Nebula is home to the [[Dire Wraith]]s, and was also previously mentioned in the ''Revolution'' one-shot.
*Okay, so we jumped the gun on this—turns out Scorponok ''isn't'' the Grand Architect! It's not clear how much of an overlap there is between what Scorponok's been up to with the Firstborn and the Grand Architect's own objectives, but given that—per [[An Axe to Break the Ice|issues #8]]-[[Chasing the Infinite|9]]—the Architect has been employing [[blacksmith]]s and gathering [[living metal|sentio metallico]] for centuries, it seems that the creation of the multi-forming [[Infinite]]s is his project, especially since Scorponok refers to them in this issue as a "distraction." It's not clear to what extent the activities we've seen the Architect's other envoys involved in are connected: both the [[Treecon|organic wooden robots that turn into trees]] seen in the previous issue and in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|''More than Meets the Eye'' #7]], and the organic hand with embedded technological components glimpsed in [[Animals|''More than Meets the Eye'' #46]] are vague enough that they could be read as stepping stones on the path to either the Firstborn ''or'' the Infinite.
*Crankcase was previously established to be the ''Weak Anthropic Principle''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s pilot in ''More Than Meets The Eye'' [[Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots|#45]].

===Transformers references===
[[File:KillAllCons-GrandArchitectLight.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You have many questions and although the process has altered your consciousness you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand and some you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize that it is also the most irrelevant.]]

*Grimlock being more communicative and easier to reason with in dinosaur mode may be a reference to how he spent most of his time and ''was'' smarter [[Grimlock's New Brain|on one occasion]] in ''T. rex'' mode in the third season of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]].
*The final scene of the issue, with the Grand Architect finding Scorponok and Flame floating in space, evokes the classic scene of [[Unicron]] finding [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in the same circumstances in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. The Architect's dialogue is a direct lift of Unicron's own: "You belong to me, now."

===Real-life references===
*Grimlock's {{w|aphasia}} is a real-life condition.
*After arriving in Grimlock's cell, Fulcrum asks "Is this Garrus-9?" and Misfire responds "All signs point to yes." "Signs point to yes" is one of the standard answers found within a {{w|Magic 8-Ball}}, the real world fortune-telling toy that the Magnificence has been jokingly compared to by fans.

===Other trivia===
*Released only three weeks after issue #14, and only five weeks after [[Sardines|issue #13]], this issue sees ''Lost Light'' ship on time (that is, within the same calendar month as it was originally solicited for) for the first time since [[An Axe to Break the Ice|issue #8]].
*Rat-a-Tat-Tat was originally going to be named "Volver," until James Roberts realized that sounds a bit rude if you've got a British accent like he does.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/908968148761792512 James Roberts talks "Volver" on Twitter]</ref>
*When Misfire asks if organic life can safely travel through transmat portals, the Magnificence, normally prompt with its answers, is quiet for a bit before saying "No."

===Soundtrack===
''(To be confirmed)''

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' The Scavengers huddle, by [[Jack Lawrence]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
*'''Cover B:''' Scorponok crushes Misfire and Fulcrum in his claws, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' An unimpressed Scorponok watches as Nickel puts up her dukes, by [[Brendan Cahill]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
<gallery>
File:LL15 cvrA.jpg|Group hug!
File:LL15 cvrB.jpg|Scorps is just enjoying this too much.
File:LL15 cvrRI.jpg|You have ''got'' to be kidding me.
</gallery>

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==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category: Lost Light issues]]

The Ties That Bind (issue)

2018-09-11T00:40:30Z

Vullet: /* Featured characters */

{{Comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|The Transformers: Lost Light]]'' #14
|prev=Sardines
|next=Kill All 'Cons
|image=LL14_cvrA.jpg
|title=The Scavengers in: "The Ties That Bind"
|caption=''Heeeeeere's GRIMMY!''
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[February 7]], [[2018]]
|coverdate=January 2018
|written by=[[James Roberts]]
|art by=[[Sara Pitre-Durocher]] (pg. 1-8), [[Brendan Cahill]] (pg. 9-20)
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]]
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'''The Scavengers, accompanied by Nickel, are hired to recover the Magnificence, unaware that it is now in the clutches of Scorponok, who has a deadly connection to their most dangerous member, Grimlock.'''

==Synopsis==
''Several years ago, [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] departs [[Garrus-9]] aboard a small craft with an hand-picked crew of other prisoners, including [[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]], [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]], and [[Flywheels]]. Scorponok comments on the strange selections Shockwave has made for his crew, but the reason for his choices soon becomes apparent when the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] hail the ship, having arrived to execute Shockwave. Flywheels and Flame listen in as Shockwave offers the lives of the rest of the crew—all of them on the DJD's [[The List|list]] below him—in exchange for his own, only to be taken aback when [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]] turns down this "logical" option and instead activates his lethal ability to shut down Transformers with his voice. The two eavesdroppers alert Scorponok and together, the trio make themselves scarce, jettisoning themselves out an airlock and leaving Shockwave and the rest of the crew to their fate... a premature move, it turns out, as Shockwave is able to save his own life by blasting the radio and cutting Tarn off. Back-up then arrives in the form of Shockwave's agents [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] aboard their ship ''[[Torment]]'', and the DJD opt to retreat.''

After stepping through a portal on the planet [[Frayus]], the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]] find themselves on the world of [[Troja Major]], where their rescuer, [[Agonizer|The Curator]], offers them a job: recover the [[Magnificence]], recently stolen from his business rival [[Mengel]] by Flame. The Scavengers' unwilling companion [[Nickel]]—accidentally blasted through the portal a moment after them—wants to know what the Magnificence ''is'', so the Curator explains what he has learned of the mysterious, all-knowing artifact's history. It was formerly owned by the [[Omega Guardian]]s of [[Ki-Aleta]], but the fact they did not take it with them when they "ascended" to the "Higher Realms" led the young Senator Shockwave to conclude that this was because it was not of their race, but was, in fact, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]]. And not merely Cybertronian, but one of the [[Knights of Cybertron]] themselves, the oldest and wisest member of the order whose pursuit of knowledge, legend claims, became so all-consuming that he relinquished his body. The physical similarity of the Magnificence to one of the five heraldic symbols connected to the Knights has convinced the Curator of the possibility the legend may be true, and he wants the Magnificence for his [[Museum of Curios and Rumored Objects|museum]]. Deciding the risk is worth the sizable financial reward, the Scavengers accept, and Nickel—unable to contact [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] and the rest of her troops, and concerned with the rising levels of radioactivity and unstable weather conditions on Troja Major—agrees to accompany them in return for a cut of the profits.

The Curator teleports the Scavengers to their target location on the planet [[Confluence]], where their concerns are immediately increased upon discovering that Flame's ship is a [[Worldsweeper]], like the one they found [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] in on [[Clemency]]. Worse still, Confluence is supposed to be a desert planet, but instead, they find themselves in the middle of a lush forest... a forest that suddenly comes to life as the trees ''transform'' into robot modes and surround them, just like the wooden robot they also found on the Clemency Worldsweeper! Grimlock tears into the "[[Treecon]]s" as the rest of the Scavengers watch in awe, given cause by Grimlock's display of might to recall his brief time as a member of the Decepticons early in the war. This leads Nickel to absently comment on how Grimlock's return to the Autobots led to a rare instance of a 'bot being bumped up the DJD's list... revealing for the first time to the Scavengers that she was a member of that much-feared organization. The Scavengers all immediately turn on her, but with his opponents dispatched, Grimlock calmly comes to her defense, defusing the tension by coherently speaking a record eight words in a row. Unfortunately, a moment later, Scorponok bursts out of the ground and attacks the group—and when Grimlock charges at him, Scorponok simply waves his claw, orders the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] to "sleep," and Grimlock collapses.

The Scavengers are thrown in a cell aboard the Worldsweeper, which blasts off into space. After they fill Nickel in on their previous adventure on Clemency and the connections they have now made between it and Scorponok, [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] has [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] open up the still-unconscious Grimlock's chest, to see if Scorponok has placed a control device in him. What they find instead is an empty spherical cavity, which Krok initially mistakes for a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] chamber; a moment later, Scorponok and Flame appear on the other side of the cell bars to correct him, explaining that the cavity was the previous resting place of the Magnificence. After its recovery from Ki-Aleta by the Autobots, the Magnificence was taken to Garrus-9 and stored beneath the [[Aequitas]] computer before being transferred to "the one place in the universe harder to break into": Grimlock's chest. After their escape from the prison, Scorponok and Flame made use of the [[Warren]] to teleport Grimlock out of his cell, and proceeded to torture him until he lost control of his mind and body and released the Magnificence from its tamper-proof chamber, after which they dumped him on Clemency. Krok points out that that doesn't explain how he made Grimlock fall unconscious, but Scorponok doesn't reveal the secret of that particular trick; instead, having confirmed that the Scavengers are ''not'' the agents of an unidentified enemy whose arrival he is anticipating, he waves his claw a second time, and Grimlock awakens. Looking down to see Spinister rooting around inside his open chest, Grimlock flies into a rage and rips the surgeon's arm off. Scorponok and Flame turn and walk away as the Scavengers' screams echo down the halls...

A little later, two of Scorponok's troops enter the brig to investigate a buzzing noise; one of the electro-bars on the Scavengers' cell is shorting out. Drawing nearer, they recoil in horror: Grimlock has dismembered the entire group, and standing amid the gore and seemingly in full control of his faculties once more, he demands to see Scorponok at once.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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*[[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] (24)

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*''[[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]'' (1)
*''[[Flywheels]]'' (2)
*''[[Skullgrin]]'' (4, see Errors)
*''[[Finback]]'' (5, see Errors)
*''[[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]]'' (6, see Errors)
*''[[Skip]]'' (7)
*[[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]] (8)
*''[[Kakuryu (Victory)|Kakuryu]]'' (9)
*''[[Rairyu]]'' (10)
*''[[Doryu (Victory)|Doryu]]'' (11)
*''[[Goryu (Victory)|Goryu]]'' (12)
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*''[[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]]'' (13)
*''[[Helex (DJD)|Helex]]'' (14)
*''[[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]]'' (15)
*''[[Tesarus (DJD)|Tesarus]]'' (16)
*''[[Dominus Ambus|Dominus Ambus/ Vos/The Pet]]'' (17, see Errors)
*''[[Birdbrain]] (18)
*''[[Bristleback]]'' (19)
*''[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'' (20)
*''[[Scowl (G1)|Scowl]]'' (21)
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*''[[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]]'' (22)
*[[Nickel]] (23)
*[[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] (25)
*[[Krok (G1)|Krok]] (26)
*[[Fulcrum]] (27)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (28)
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] (29)
*''[[Vos (DJD)|Vos]]'' (31)
*[[Rat-a-Tat-Tat]]'s corpse (33)
{{!}}}
|c4=
*[[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] (3)
*[[Agonizer]] (30)
*"[[Treecon]]s" (32)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Nickel:''' "Sorry—what actually is the Magnificence?" 
'''Spinister:''' "Finally! Thank you!" 
'''Krok:''' "It's an all-knowing artifact. Ask it any question and you'll get an answer." 
'''Nickel:''' "So it's a search engine." 
'''Crankcase:''' "A '''sentient''' search engine!" 
'''Fulcrum:''' "In the shape of a ball!" 
'''Misfire:''' "A ball with an '''eye''' in it! An eye-ball!" 
'''Nickel:''' "You realize you're making it sound progressively less impressive."

"Remind me why I'm here?" 
"Greed. We offered you five percent if you helped us get the Magnificence." 
"You said '''ten''' percent!" 
"Exactly—ten percent, rounded down."
:—'''Nickel''' and '''Crankcase'''

"Scan for mechanical lifeforms." 
"Right. How do I do that? 
"You've got a scanner, haven't you?" 
"Yeah, but there's not a button for everything! You can't just say 'scan for x' and '''ping.''' You can't say 'scan for racists with a burgeoning interest in physiotheraphy' and ten second later, ta-dah! There you go."
:—'''Krok''' and '''Fulcrum'''

"Spinister's a surgeon—an exceptional one. Don't be fooled by his behavior, his attention span, or his inability to differentiate between day and night."
:—'''Krok'''

'''Scorponok:''' "'''The Magnificence.''' It's what you came for, isn't it?" 
'''Krok:''' "How do you know?" 
'''Scorponok:''' "You know what they say: the trees have ears." 
'''Flame:''' "Also, we've been standing just over there for the last hour."

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:Mtmte08-scavengers-profess-innocence.jpg|thumb]]
*Shockwave's departure from Garrus-9 follows the events of [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #3]], in which he was noted to be leaving with a "hand-picked crew."
*Knowing that Flywheels was on The List (and knew it!) since before the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]] were ever brought together puts his panic at facing the DJD in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|issues #7]] and [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|#8]] of ''More Than Meets The Eye'' in a new light, especially the part where he doesn't say anything when everybody else is professing innocence. Remember how he had a form of "psychosomatic hyperreflexia" that made him transform whenever he lied, giving him an extremely obvious tell?
*Shockwave and Tarn call each other "Senator" and "Damus," respectively, alluding to their shared past as master and student in their past lives, as seen in [[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|''More than Meets the Eye'' #11]].
*The Vos who is part of the DJD when they cross paths with Shockwave's group has hooks for hands, indicating that he is meant to be the undercover [[Dominus Ambus]], who was first described to have this particular physical attribute in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|''More than Meets the Eye'' #29]]. The notable absence of "The Pet" (the animal form Dominus would be reduced to when the DJD discovered his true identity) from the scene further validates the idea... but see "Errors."
*Shockwave talks about his "far-extending" plans, which would eventually unfold as "[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]." The implication that he was somehow aware that the DJD would show up and planned very specifically for them—that is to say, by picking a crew of entirely DJD-targeted 'bots, and as Kaon observes, arranging ahead of time for Bludgeon and Monstructor to arrive just when needed—is an allusion to the knowledge of the future that Shockwave acquired millennia earlier thanks to the time-transcending [[Ore-1]] of [[LV-117]], which was instrumental in enacting his "Dark Cybertron" plan. We urge you not to think too hard about how this works.
*Nickel and the Scavengers travelled through the portal in [[The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|issue #12]]. The 'bot responsible for opening the portal is revealed to be Agonizer, who previously appeared in [[An Axe to Break the Ice|issues #8]]-[[Chasing the Infinite|9]], the two-part adventure that also re-introduced Scorponok and the Magnificence and kicked off the events leading into this story.
*Nickel remarks that Grimlock "broke the face" of a friend of hers, which would indicate that the Dinobot is responsible for Tarn's facial scars. Indeed, back in [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|issue #8]] of ''More than Meets the Eye'', Tarn claims to have "forgotten how much I ''hate'' you" during his brief clash with Grimlock, suggesting a prior run-in that ended poorly for him.
*The story of the Autobots' recovery of the Magnificence from Ki-Aleta was originally told way back in ''[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]'', which originally introduced the mysterious orb. The creatures protecting it were identified as the "Omega Guardians" in that issue—monolithic stone golems whose depiction seemed very much at odds with the later claim, made in ''More than Meets the Eye'' #11, that Shockwave was on "speaking terms" with them back in his senator days. This issue clarifies the stone guardians were "throwbacks," left behind by the ''real'' Omega Guardians (the "unknown race" mentioned in ''Spotlight: Hot Rod'' as the ''creators'' of the stone guardians) to protect the Magnificence after they "ascended," and reveals more about Shockwave and the Guardians' connections.
*Grimlock's vacillating between Autobot and Decepticon was alluded to repeatedly in ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' but never quite elaborated on. Evidently, after starting out as an Autobot, he defected to the Decepticons, and then defected back to the Autobots. ''Why'' this happened remains unknown.
*Crankcase mentions Krok's dream of opening a mental health clinic, previously established in [[Animals|''More than Meets the Eye'' #46]].
*Misfire recalls the Scavengers' brief trip to [[Earth]], as chronicled in [[Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!|the ''More than Meets the Eye: Revolution'' one-shot]]. It was in that story that Grimlock retrieved his sword, which he's wielding in this issue.
*Firmly bringing together all the nuggets of sub-plot we've been fed over the last five years, Scorponok is confirmed to be responsible for the crashed Worldsweeper containing the wooden robot and the damaged Grimlock that the Scavengers found all the way back in their first appearance in [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|''More than Meets the Eye'' #7]].
*Krok notes that Grimlock and Scorponok "have history." The footnote only directs readers to ''[[The Transformers: Monstrosity|Monstrosity]]''; Grimlock and Scorponok's feud also spans ''[[Spotlight: Grimlock]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]''.
*The presence of a mysterious treasure hidden beneath Aequitas was previously alluded to by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] in [[Interiors|''More than Meets the Eye'' #6]] (but that said, see "Errors"). This issue reveals that it was the Magnificence. It's unclear if Overlord ever discovered it had been moved from underneath Aequitas to Grimlock's chest; it's certainly possible that the mental torture he put Grimlock through (driving him to madness by forcing him to watch the pit fights he staged, as explained in ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #3) could have been an attempt to force him into relinquishing it.
*Scorponok is readying for the arrival of an unknown enemy. His process: "Prepare, confront, repel," the three-word refrain we've previously seen Grimlock write in ''More than Meets the Eye'' #46, and which appeared in Drift's nightmarish vision from [[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|issue #1]].

===Transformers references===
*Garrus-9 is identified as being in the [[Elba System]], which is is the first time prison's location has been identified by name in IDW continuity. The name [[Elba]]—which is not that of the system's star, but of the planet on which Garrus-9 rests—comes from ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', which was making a reference to the ''[[GoBots|Challenge of the GoBots]]'' cartoon episode "[[gbwiki:Escape_from_Elba|Escape from Elba]]", in which the heroic [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardians]] were shown to maintain a prison colony of their own on the planet Elba (which was itself, of course, a reference to {{w|Elba|the real-life Mediterranean island}} that served as the exiled {{w|Napoleon}}'s prison from 1814-1815).
*In addition to gaining more dexterous claws in his robot mode, Scorponok's refurbished scorpion alt-mode is closer to his [[Scorponok (Movie)|live-action counterpart]]. Not only does he favour ambushing enemies from beneath them, but the tip of his tail now features a spikey, clawed harpoon in place of its old blaster.

===Real-life references===
*The planet "Confluence" takes as its name the real-life word meaning "the place where two rivers flow together," in reference to the ''confluence'' of major plots and myth arc story elements taking place this issue.
*Agonizer's line of "It belongs in a museum." is clearly taken from ''{{w|Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade}}''.

===Errors===
*Among the Garrus-9 escapees that are part of Shockwave's group are [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]], [[Finback]], and [[Skullgrin]]. The group are all drawn based on their Generation 1 toys; Bomb-Burst and Skullgrin, in particular, have clearly been drawn using their main TFWiki article pictures as reference (the center-panel on Skullgrin's chest is offset to his left as a result of the back-of-box artwork being misinterpreted, and Bomb-Burst's proportions and the specific shape of his head are straight from the Dreamwave artwork we use), indicating they were called for by name in the script. The characters have never looked this way in IDW continuity before, having all appeared in ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer]]'' with original designs that hybridized their robot forms with their classic [[Pretender]] shells. Also, ''Stormbringer'' depicted them as all, uh, ''dying'', such that IDW have been using Bomb-Burst and Skullgrin's Japanese counterparts [[Blood]] and [[Dauros]] ever since... but to be fair, the actual death scenes are vague enough that they could easily be retconned to have survived and been carted off to Garrus-9.
*Scorponok mentions Shockwave "letting Bludgeon go on his way," implying that the skeletal samurai escaped Garrus-9 with them then departed. But Bludgeon wasn't ''in'' Garrus-9, having escaped capture after the events of ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'' and going on, in [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|''All Hail Megatron'' #15]], to menace the Autobots with Monstructor during the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], the galaxywide offensive that also saw Overlord capture Garrus-9. It would actually make much more ''sense'' in the wider timeline of Shockwave's complex plan if he ''had'' been in Garrus-9, but [[Shockpoint|''Robots in Disguise'' #21]] previously reaffirmed that he wasn't.
*The Dominus-Vos is drawn as looking very much like the present-day Vos, just with hook-hands. He actually didn't look anything like him, as seen in his appearance in [[The Not Knowing|''More than Meets the Eye'' #44]], and was said to be ''enormous'', contrasting with his fairly dinky successor.
*While not exactly an error, Tarn's dialogue on page 3 uses the British spellings "paralysing" and "sceptical" despite the rest of the issue following IDW's American spelling policy.
*Back in ''More than Meets the Eye'' #6, when Overlord alluded to the hidden treasure beneath Aequitas, he specifically said the computer "was built to hide" it. There's the whiff of retcon at work here, as that's impossible; Aequitas was constructed, used, ''and'' mothballed ''long'' before Hot Rod ever brought the Magnificence back from Ki-Aleta (which was about ten years ago in-universe).

===Other trivia===
*Originally solicited for release in January 2018, this issue arrives just a smidge late, in the first week of Feburary. It's a noticeable speed-up, though, coming out only two weeks after the already-delayed previous issue.
*Other members of Shockwave's crew include [[Skip]], the Decepticon currently being used as a transport by [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and company, members of the [[Dinoforce]], who, like Skip, would go on to serve under Deathsaurus, and, named in dialogue but unseen on-panel, [[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]], who has not otherwise appeared in IDW continuity.
*Shockwave picking out Flame to be part of his crew for being on The List indicates that he also used to be a Decepticon at one point.

===Soundtrack===
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oQ_N0hXttk Time For You]" by {{w|Speedy (band)|Speedy}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7hh1BegcOk Adios Amigo]" by {{w|Mick Head|Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loF0bBPF-zY Let It Roll]" by {{w|The Silent League}}

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Grimlock goes berserk, by [[Jack Lawrence]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
*'''Cover B:''' Nickel flees from Grimlock, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Grimlock amid the flames, by [[Brendan Cahill]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
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Flame (Marvel)

2018-09-09T19:46:43Z

Vullet: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

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:''Flame is a renegade [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:FlameUK Robot&Tank.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"SCIENCE TANK MODE!"]]
'''Flame''' is a disgraced Autobot scientist, and with fairly good reason. His brilliance is overshadowed by an obliviousness to risk as he stubbornly pursues his grandiose ideas. His sole concern with other beings is whether they think he's right and if they don't, he only becomes more obsessed with accomplishing his goals, no matter who or what must be sacrificed. This has driven him to an eons-long reclusion spent secretly enacting his master plan. On the rare occasion when he actually has contact with others, his mannerisms are flamboyant and histrionic, and he is never without either a grin or a grimace.

He transforms into a "firetank" with a high-powered flame thrower and a very fetching red, yellow, and orange colour scheme. Also he has a [[zombie]] army, so try not to die around him.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukexclusive|Flame}}
Flame was a member of the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] [[Academy of Science and Technology]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Flame proposed adapting [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s plan—turning Cybertron into a mobile war world—so that it would instead become a mobile spaceship for exploration. [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] spoke out against the plan, as the fusion reactor required for the [[planetary engine]] would be highly dangerous.

Flame was removed from the academy and denied funds to continue his research. However, he embezzled money from the academy and continued his research in an old lab in the city of [[Kalis]].

One day he was careless and the lab was destroyed in an explosion. The Autobots thought Flame was dead, but in reality he had survived and discovered that the explosion uncovered the entrance to the experimental engines that Megatron had built.

[[File:FlameUK Giddy.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|His grant proposals were always rejected, no matter ''how'' much hysterical glee he showed.]]
Flame took advantage of the accident, allowing the world to believe him dead while he secretly pursued his goal. He worked on repairing the engines for four million years, striving for the day that he would prove himself to have been right all along. That day came into sight in the year [[1988]], when he finally began to activate the massive systems, but venting the fusion reactor ignited a subterranean gas pocket and destroyed a portion of Kalis.

While this did not disrupt his operations, it did draw attention, so he activated his defense plan: Using the Decepticon engine-control computer (with modifications), he broadcast a signal by which he could reanimate any corpses within an area that seemed to correspond to the city limits. This quickly turned Kalis into a "zombie"-infested wasteland where neither Autobots nor Decepticons dared tread.

As it happened, the headquarters of the Autobot resistance movement had recently been moved to a new [[Autobase]] in Kalis. So Flame's old rival Xaaron was there when the reactor-venting explosion and subsequent zombie assault occurred. This was another happy accident for Flame, who gloated in taking Xaaron and the [[Wrecker]]s prisoner so they could witness firsthand the fulfillment of his plan. {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}}

[[File:FlameUK HARPOONED.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Looks like Flame... got the point. ''CSI: Kalis!'']]
Xaaron, of course, was no less averse to Flame's risky venture than he had been millions of years earlier. Xaaron managed to escape from his cell and attack Flame, but the latter's firetank mode sent him running. Xaaron even considered converting to his own "combat mode" despite his fear that doing so might kill him, as it had been so very long since he had done it before. But in the end, Xaaron was able to distract Flame out of his murderous rage by pointing out that the reactor was nearing meltdown.

For a moment, it seemed that Flame would listen to reason, but when the two were actually in the control room about to shut the reactor down, his jealousy resurfaced, and he refused to let Xaaron stop his plan. The standoff was handily ended by the Wreckers, who had been joined by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], the [[Sparkabot|Sparkler Mini-Bots]], and even the Decepticons [[Flywheels]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Flame summoned his zombies, but it was one of them who proved his undoing: The corpse of the Wreckers' old leader [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] had, due to contact with his former troops, been acquiring a resistance to Flame's control. As Flame tried once again to kill Xaaron, Impactor sent a spear through Flame's head. Impactor then entered the reactor chamber and shut it off while its lethal radiation destroyed him a second time. The engines still exploded, but the damage to Cybertron was minimal compared to what could have happened if the reactor had blown up as well. {{storylink|Meltdown!}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers #5]]

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers5-atrocityafteratrocity.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Not so smiley now, is he?]]
Flame led the Autobots into battle on [[Babu Yar]] against [[Gideon]]'s Decepticons, and most of his troops were massacred by the hideous chemical weapon known as "[[Gideon's Glue]]". {{storylink|Bullets}} Surviving the battle, Flame was eventually detained on the planet [[Elba]] in the Autobot's [[Garrus-9]] prison facility, where he was one of the many 'bots tried by [[Aequitas]] for a variety of war crimes: illicit [[spark]] transplants on Babu Yar, desecration of corpses on [[Klo]], and torture by circuit-boarding on [[Elpasos]]). During the trial, [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], [[Tyrest (G1)|Chief Justice Tyrest]], [[Xaaron]], [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], and others watched in intrigue and disgust. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} Tyrest realised that all the defendants in the trials, including Flame, were [[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|constructed cold]] and came to believe that such individuals were an evil sub-species destined to carry out such acts of barbarism. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

[[File:TheTiesThatBind-ScorponokAndFlame.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"It's every non-1984 character for himself!"]]

Flame was found guilty and imprisoned for his crimes; he remained there until the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], when the rogue Decepticon [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] stormed the facility and seized control of the prison. [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] successfully bargained with the renegade for his freedom, and as part of the deal he was allowed to pick thirty-one other inmates to go with him, [[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]] and Flame among them. However, Shockwave had ulterior motives: every one of his choices was on [[The List]], and when the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] came calling, he tried to sell them out for his own survival. [[Flywheels]] and Flame, eavesdropping, were suitably alarmed. Alerting Scorponok to their predicament, the three of them ejected themselves out an airlock to escape. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind}} Scorponok and Flame was subsequently discovered floating in space by the mysterious "[[Grand Architect]]," who recruited them into his service. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

Flame and Scorponok became key associates in the Architect's scheme to advance the evolution of the Transformer race through secret genetic experiments carried out in different regions of the galaxy. {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}} Realizing that the artifact known as the [[Magnificence]] could help in this endeavor, Flame and Scorponok used the transwarp system known as the [[Warren]] to abduct [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] from his cell, as the Autobots had chosen to store the Magnificence inside the Dinobot leader's chest. Scorponok tortured Grimlock to the point of brain damage, forcing him to release the Magnificence. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind}} Under as-yet-undivulged circumstances, the Magnificence somehow went missing and eventually found its way into the hands of [[Mengel]], a [[Catharsian]] trader and another one of the Grand Architect's many affiliates. {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}}

[[File:AnAxeToBreakTheIce-Flame.jpg|thumb|left|250px|]]

One evolutionary path that the Grand Architect had been pursuing was the "[[Infinite]]," a new breed of Transformer capable of transforming into anything. The project was met with setbacks, however, so when Mengel used the Magnificence to successfully bring an Infinite [[protoform]] to term, the Grand Architect sent Scorponok and Flame to [[Troja Major]] to retrieve the Infinite, recover the Magnificence, and eliminate the [[blacksmith]]s who had procured the [[Living metal#IDW Generation 1 continuity|sentio metallico]] for these myriad experiments. Flame's men went planetside to retrieve the Infinite; it managed to escape, however, and used its chameleonic powers to conceal itself somewhere amongst the [[Howling Town]]. An irritated Flame led a squad of goons to a bar, where they encountered some of the blacksmiths he'd been sent to dispose of: [[Wipe-Out]] and [[Anode]]. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

Flame proceeded to irritate Anode with his use of needlessly ambiguous language, until she managed to punch him and escape with her friends. Once they were gone, Flame was informed about the wayward Infinite, which had been found and killed by the [[Black Block Consortia]]. In the meantime, he went to meet directly with Mengel to see if she still had what she called the "Resus Cradle", not believing her claims that she'd sold it off.

As it transpired, she did, and Flame took it. One brief exchange of words with the Black Block Consortia later, Flame returned to the Worldsweeper and presented both the rejuvenated Infinite and the Magnificence to a pleased Scorponok. {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}}

[[File:KillAllCons-worldsweepermeeting.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

With the Magnificence in his grasp, Scorponok began working on his own set of experiments independent from the Grand Architect's larger goals; able to bypass the Magnifience's [[morality lock]] due to his prior experience with [[binary bonding]], he eventually developed a [[Firstborn|organic Decepticon]]. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}} In the meantime, Scorponok and Flame rebased to the planet [[Confluence]], using some of the engineered "[[Treecon]]s" to guard their ship. When the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavenger]]s came searching for the Magnificence, they were easily captured and imprisoned by the duo. Locked in the ship's brig, Flame and Scorponok explained how they had come to acquire the Magnificence from Grimlock, before leaving the Scavengers to their fate with the berserk Dinobot. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind}} Flame watched as Grimlock, restored to his full cognitive faculties, demanded an audience with Scorponok... only to reveal that his seeming dismemberment of his friends was a ruse. As [[Nickel]] paralyzed Scorponok with some help from the Magnificence, the Scavengers stole the Firstborn and fled, prompting Flame to unsuccessfully call for reinforcements in the hopes of stopping them. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

Transferred onto the Architect's flagship, Flame's medical skills were drafted into constructing the Architect's new body. When the ''[[Lost Light]]'' and her crew were taken as prisoners, Flame directed the ship to Docking Bay 1 before the Architect convulsed from a mental attack. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}} Flame later made his way to the bridge in time for the [[Functionist Council]]'s avatar of [[Primus]] to enter their universe where he casually reminded his master that they should probably stop gaping and open fire. When the Architect later decided he had to speak to [[Team Rodimus]], Flame accompanied him, learning that the Architect was in fact [[Adaptus]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

Once Adaptus's claim was verified, and the revelation that [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] and [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]] were respectively Primus and [[Solomus]], Flame pointed out, again, that the faux-Primus was decimating their forces. Before Adaptus could give his next order, a vengeful Solomus attacked him, resulting in both their deaths. Flame then decided to cut his losses only to find the cell door locked. With no other options, Flame threw his lot in with the ''Lost Light'' crew, being brought aboard and taking part in the group brainstorm of how to defeat the Functionists, being pleased to learn his theory about morality locks was correct. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}
{{-}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Flame_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.5]]
Flame was with [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] and [[Jet-kun]] as [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] declared himself the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] leader. {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}}
{{-}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Once an Autobot, Flame left them after uncovering scriptures at the [[University of Iacon]] telling of [[Metatron]], the angel of light, and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], the angel of darkness. Having fallen to the darkness, he took up residence in a dark temple deep underneath Kalis and began performing mystic rituals, even learning how to bring dead Cybertronians back to life. For this reason, he was approached by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] with a request to resurrect [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but Shockwave learned that Flame's "miracle" was not what it seemed when Soundwave came back unable to sense or display emotions. {{storylink|Black Cybertron}}

==Notes==
*In the grand tradition of ''Kre-O'' cameo characters, Flame utilises existing Kreon parts, in this case [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]]'s helmet and two clip-on tank treads.

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Pharma (G1)

2018-07-25T13:58:23Z

Vullet:

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{{disambig3|Pharma}}
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:''Pharma is an [[Autobot]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AlexMilne-Pharma.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|They call me Mr. Pharmaceutical.]]

'''Pharma''' is the chief medical officer at [[Delphi]], an Autobot infirmary located on the planet [[Messatine]]. Despite being a haughty control freak, he is acknowledged as an excellent doctor. He hates Decepticons with a passion, but seems to be willing to take self-preservation a bit farther than any ''good'' Autobot would.

{{quote|Pharma, we really must sit down some time so I can explain why we all hate you. We'll start with your '''''personality''''' and go from there.|[[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]]|"[[Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus]]"}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{first|"[[Bullets]]" (text story); [[Life After the Big Bang|''More than Meets the Eye'' #4]] (depicited on-panel)}}

[[File:Mirage pharma remembrance day.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|''He worked at Zeta's New Institute'' ''Just another face in red jumpsuit'']]
In the early days of the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Pharma and [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] were friends and colleagues at the [[Deltaran Medical Facility]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} He also worked at the [[Institute|New Institute]] where he tended to [[Chromedome (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Tumbler]] after the [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] was injured when [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] attacked the facility. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} Pharma and Ratchet accompanied the team that arrested [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] for his brutal murders of his cadets, though they were only able to save the life of one victim: [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]]. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}}

[[File:Pharma ratchet steps shall always rhyme.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
In the early 2000s, Prowl's orders made Ratchet and Pharma go their separate ways as the former was ordered to Earth and the latter requested to go "to ''[[Delphi]]'' of all places". Pharma intended to say no until he heard Ratchet was going to be deployed and tried to ask his friend for advice, only to see that, rather than say goodbye, he'd snuck away while his back was turned. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}}

With Delphi serving as an obvious target, given its location within the territory of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], Pharma was forced to make a deal with the division, providing their [[Tarn (DJD)|transformation-obsessed leader]] with [[transformation cog]]s in exchange for the facility's safety. The arrangement worked for a time, as Pharma harvested cogs from patients that could not be saved, {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} and business proceeded as usual at Delphi: though for Pharma, "as usual" included such incredible feats as performing a four-way fuel pump transplant while being one of the donors himself. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}}

On the night after the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], Pharma caught [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] reading ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' instead of working, and ordered him to check on [[Roulette (G1)|Roulette]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}

[[File:Ratchet pharma life after the big bang.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|"I am—and always shall be—your friend."]]
Over time, Tarn's demand for transformation cogs began increasing, and Pharma found himself first euthanizing struggling patients, and then outright murdering others in order to meet his quota. Knowing he couldn't simply run away without facing repercussions, either from the D.J.D. or Autobot High Command, Pharma saw the closure of Delphi as his only way out of the deal, and so developed a [[Red Rust|plague]] triggered by transformation that he could anonymously unleash to bring Delphi to its knees. Pharma hired [[Genericon]]s [[Sonic (G1)|Sonic]] and [[Boom]] to infiltrate Delphi and spread the plague; when they arrived, claiming to be seeking asylum, Pharma deliberately misidentified them as [[Monoformer]]s in order to both lower his fellow Autobots' vigilance against them, and to ensure that there would be no issues with placing them in a cell together. Once ensconced in the same cell, the pair detonated a "soundbomb" laced with Pharma's virus, infecting all who heard it; Pharma had intended to protect himself by entering a [[CR chamber]], but finding that they were all occupied, he was forced to take refuge in Delphi's quarantine chamber, which sealed shut automatically, locking him in. Thinking he could break out once everyone had died, Pharma soon had other problems to deal with: Ratchet, [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], and [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] arrived to investigate Delphi five days later, having received a message from First Aid, and freed Pharma from the room. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}}

[[File:Pharma ratchet how ratchet got his hands back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Nope! Couldn't say that with a straight face!"]]
To avoid being found out, Pharma quickly freed Sonic and Boom and ordered them to kill everyone, only for the two Decepticons to be destroyed by an angry [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]]. Pharma tried to turn the blame on [[Ambulon]], but Ratchet and First Aid quickly worked out the truth. His corruption detected, Pharma shot out a life support machine and escaped though a secret tunnel in a CR chamber in the ensuing chaos, but Ratchet pursued Pharma, and was able to infect him with the virus, prompting him to produce the vaccine he had developed. The two combatants' battle carried them to the building's roof, where Pharma wound up toppling over the edge, clinging on for dear life, unable to use his jet mode to fly to safety without activating the virus within him. Pharma attempted to shoot Ratchet in the back, but was foiled when Drift suddenly appeared and sliced Pharma's hands off, sending him falling to his presumed doom.

The Autobots did not look for Pharma's body, though Ratchet soon found a use for the two remaining fragments of the traitorous doctor: replacing his own worn-out hands. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} Pharma, meanwhile, survived his fall. He was found by [[Chief Justice]] [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]], who used him to test the [[universal killswitch]] developed to wipe out all Cybertronians who were constructed cold. As Pharma was famous for being forged, Tyrest was able to prove the switch wouldn't work on those like him. {{Storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} In return, Pharma got a new set of hands with capabilities far beyond those he'd lost, and the use of [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]'s medbay. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

[[File:Pharma ratchet the fecund moon.jpg|thumb|left|Groovy.]]
Following the arrival of the ''[[Lost Light]]'', Pharma sarcastically (and figuratively) offered Ratchet a hand after the medic was blown off his [[Mobile Autobot Repair Bay|M.A.R.B.]] by Decepticons. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} Having rendered Ratchet unconscious, he reported to [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] that he was returning to base to open up his "present". There, he revived the Autobot medic, showing off his new hands which could turn into anything, and taunted him by repeatedly asking him to guess what was in a large box. When Ratchet refused to play the game, Pharma gleefully revealed that the box contained Ratchet's body and that he'd reduced his former friend to little more than his head and [[spark]] casing. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}}

Pharma tortured what remained of Ratchet for a little while, though Ratchet refused to scream and give Pharma any satisfaction. Ratchet asked Pharma if the act was one of revenge, and Pharma replied that although he had initially wanted revenge, Ratchet's theft of his hands back in [[Delphi]] had taken it to a whole different level. Pharma hadn't tried to take the hands back, even though the medbay was an embarrassment of repossessed technological richness. He feared Ratchet had booby trapped them to explode. Sensing a weakness, Ratchet challenged Pharma to a duel, to see who of the pair was the best doctor, and the winner could have the hands outright.

[[File:Ambulon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|And now, for my next trick, I shall saw [[Ambulon]] in half!]]
Unable to resist a decisive competition, Pharma reinstalled Ratchet in his body, initiating a race to see who could be faster in stitching together 'bots that had been ''cut in half''. But instead of a "worthless Decepticon", Pharma had Ambulon and First Aid taken from the ''Lost Light''. Ratchet pleaded to stop the race, but Pharma was committed to the game. Ratchet quickly told the two medibots to re-route their [[Circuit (circuit)#Nervecircuits|nervecircuits]] away from their waists to minimise their pain, however Pharma mocked Ratchet, and chain sawed Ambulon in half, ''lengthways''. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}

Leaving Ratchet to fruitlessly attempt to revive Ambulon, an impossible task, Pharma scurried off to the control room to salivate over the universal killswitch. When [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and crew later stormed the control room, Pharma shot [[Brainstorm (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Brainstorm]] before a request came from on high to stop shooting, on account of the large gun Rodimus had pointed at the Chief Justice's [[chin]]. Pharma was unaffected by the high-frequency signal Tyrest subsequently used to incapacitate everyone else. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

[[File:ThisCalamitousLife-FirstAid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|IMMA PHARMAIN' MAH LASER! '''*CHOOM*''']]
Once [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] disabled the signal, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] seized Pharma. When he got his chance, Pharma used his new hands to slip his bonds and make a run for Tyrest's portal to [[Cyberutopia]], only to find he couldn't pass through the guilt-detecting [[force field|forcefield]]. Pharma offered to give himself up to First Aid, but infuriated by Pharma's smugness, the Autobot instead blew Pharma's head off. A short time later, metal tentacles dragged Pharma's headless body through the portal. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}} Ratchet was very disturbed by this development and wanted his body found as soon as possible. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}}

Years later, Drift had a vision of Pharma leading an army of Worldsweepers and Sparkeaters from a blood-red sky. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}
{{-}}

====The Functionist Universe====
In an [[Functionist Universe|alternate timeline]], Pharma had a chat with his old friend Ratchet. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Pharma_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|left|]]
Pharma was with [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] and [[Jet-kun]] as [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] declared himself the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] leader. {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*He turns into a jet.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=313101768760024&set=a.313100675426800.69757.146805978722938&type=3&theater</ref>
*Pharma, along with his boss Tyrest and fellow baddie [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]], represent three pillars of society (medicine, law, and religion) gone wrong.<ref>[http://www.fullmetalhero.com/t14540/ Moonbase2's second interview with James Roberts – 02:05:34 to 02:05:57]</ref>
*As per the usual with cameo Kreons, Pharma utilities existing Kreon parts, in this case [[Prowl (Kre-O)|Prowl]]'s helmet, and 2 clip-on wing pieces (and backpack pieces to hold them), and a chainsaw blade piece in the place of his left hand.

===Foreign names===

*''Mandarin:'' '''Yào Shī''' (China, 药师, "Pharmacist")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Comic-only Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Medics]]

Kaon (G1)

2017-10-24T03:46:08Z

Vullet: /* Notes */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Kaon}}
:''Kaon is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AlexMilne-Kaon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Where we're going, we don't need eyes to see."]]

'''Kaon''' is the communications officer of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and the one responsible for maintaining its [[The List|hit list]]. A veritable dynamo, his frame arcs with electricity from the generator in his chest, arcing out from his hands and the twin [[Nikola Tesla|Tesla]] coils mounted on his shoulders. In another life he might have bent this gift to the service of his fellow bots, but when he assumes [[alternate mode]] its true purpose is made known. Thousands of watts of electricity are discharged directly into the [[cranial chamber]]s of those who would defy [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. Unlike in [[human]]s, this procedure is not ''always'' fatal.

Despite his chilly demeanor (and his creepy, cold, dead, empty, lifeless, soulless, bottomless, horrifying black eyes), he can become almost giddy in the execution of his duties, whether it's excitedly tracking down the D.J.D.'s next target or gleefully ripping an Autobot to shreds.

Kaon also owns a partially domesticated [[turbofox]] known only as "[[Dominus Ambus|the Pet]]." He's surprisingly quite emotionally-attached to it.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:MTMTE8 Kaon transforms.jpg|thumb|left|200px|thumb|Not... THE COMFY CHAIR!!!]]

'''Amp''', who would eventually become the current Kaon, was [[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|constructed cold]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

When the Decepticon [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] was caught for getting bribed to destroy a fleet of [[Warworld|War Worlds]], Kaon electrocuted him and left him to get talked to death by [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]]. Kaon and the other members were then ordered by Tarn to move on to their next target, [[Fulcrum]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

On arrival at [[Clemency]], they met with resistance from Fulcrum's new friends, the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]], which automatically got them all put on The List. After pinning [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] down so that [[Vos (DJD)|Vos]] could impale his face, Kaon went on to introduce [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] to the Pet and use his electric powers to cripple [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]]'s [[Cybernought]] long enough for Tarn to destroy it. Following the apparent death of Fulcrum, Kaon detected the [[energy signature]] of [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and informed Tarn, who immediately ordered the D.J.D. to leave in search of this new target. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}} Aboard the ''[[Peaceful Tyranny]]'', Tarn showed concern as Kaon spontaneously began [[universal killswitch|writhing in agony]] right in front of him. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Kaon was comforted by the Pet when the pain ceased. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

[[File:Mtmte08-p16-kaon-electricity.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|ONE POINT TWENTY-ONE GIGAWATTS]]

Arriving at Overlord's location, the ''[[Lost Light]]'' (in reality, one of two created by a malfunction of the ship's [[Quantum generator|quantum engine]]s), near the planet [[Ofsted XVII]], the D.J.D. set about murdering the ship's crew of Autobots. Kaon personally killed [[Dipstick]] by shocking him to death before reaching the still-restrained Overlord. Tarn chopped his head off with a chainsaw while Kaon smirked, and the D.J.D. left the wrecked ship. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

When the D.J.D. returned to the murder site 17 months later to steal the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s quantum engines, they found that the [[Galactic Council]] and the [[Black Block Consortia]] were fighting over the same prize over Ofsted. The two sides joined forces to attack the D.J.D. Kaon and Vos pursued a Council squad to the planet's surface when reinforcements arrived, forcing the ''Peaceful Tyranny'' to retreat with out them. As a result, Kaon and Vos were left near-dead in a wrecked campus. The kindness of [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] saw Vos brought back from the brink... at which point he attacked the Autobot, forcing him to raise a forcefield. Kaon was inside the field in alt-mode: the forcefield charged him up and he gleefully tore Trailcutter to pieces. When the Autobots protested that Megatron had declared the war over, Kaon took Trailcutter's post-war copy of ''[[Towards Peace]]'' to check ''but smashed Trailcutter's brain first anyway''. Vos and himself were then teleported back onto the ''Peaceful Tyranny'' by Helex. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}}

[[File:BirthsDeathsAndInterventions-kaonkillstrailcutter.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"So [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] doesn't have a [[Titan Master]] toy? I'll be the judge of that!"]]

In the D.J.D. headquarters on Clemency, Kaon explained the unique properties of [[Nuke]] to [[Nickel]]. He later accompanied Tarn to a rendezvous with [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], tapping into and hijacking the inter-Decepticon radio of the renegade's stolen [[Warworld]] for Tarn's use. He became concerned when Tarn and Deathsaurus came to blows, but Vos convinced him not to intervene.

[[File:YourFierceTears-byebyekaon.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Kaon got a little ahead of himself.]]

After the brawl, the Decepticons formed one big happy family out to get Megatron {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} and finally ambushed him and his closest allies at the [[Censere|Necrobot]]'s planet. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} A siege commenced. When [[Ten]] was caught outside of it, a gleeful Kaon and his chums ripped the mech to pieces before [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] showed up. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}} This wouldn't have mattered a damn except that Drift noticed Kaon got upset when the Pet was hurt and duly took the critter hostage. Kaon freaked out and demanded everyone let the Autobots retreat, much to [[Helex (DJD)|Helex]]'s anger.

Kaon rushed to a strategy powwow, distressed by the loss of the Pet and begging Tarn that they had to get him back. Realising just how much Kaon had truly cared for the turbofox, Tarn embraced his comrade...

...and, to Nickel's horror, ripped Kaon's head off because this sentiment was a weakness that he wouldn't allow his men to feel.

Unwittingly ironic, Tarn smashed Kaon's head and brain module flat against [[Overlord (Masterforce)|the nearest surface]]. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 3: Your Fierce Tears|Your Fierce Tears}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Kre-O Kaon.jpg|thumb|left|Ha!]]
Kaon participated in an attack led by [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] to conquer [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

{{-}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Kaon was a member of the DJD during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], operating out of the [[Mandala]] in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] under the supervision of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Three centuries after the [[Pax Cybertronia|armistice]], a statue of Kaon stood in the Mandala. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Kaon and the rest of the D.J.D. hunted down Blackshadow to the planet Clemency. Finding their target holed up with Decepticon scavengers, the D.J.D. destroyed the lot of them before moving on to their next assignment. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (Legends)|Rules of Disengagement}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*According to [[Alex Milne]], Kaon was the most difficult member of the Decepticon Justice Division to design.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/notes/transformers/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-vol-2-alex-milne-interview/395646703838863 Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye vol. 2 Alex Milne interview]</ref>
*Kreon Kaon wears a repainted [[Ratchet (Kre-O)|Ratchet]] helmet and some sort of drill setup on his back.
*It is revealed in "[[Zero Point]]" that the colour of a Cybertronian's optics are directly influenced by their spark type, and the healthier the spark, the brighter the glow. What this means for Kaon's pitch black optics (assuming he ''has'' optics) was unknown, but at a later Q&A by Roberts revealed that Kaon has no optics and sees by way of echolocation<ref>James Roberts Q&A at TFNation 2017</ref>.
*Kaon is the only member of the Decepticon Justice Division whose real name is not revealed by the end of ''More than Meets the Eye''. James Roberts eventually revealed on Twitter that his real name is '''Amp'''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/812820447440019456 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>
*Kaon was hinted to being an [[Outlier]] on Twitter. <ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/922228665135583233 jroberts332 on Twitter: "I didn't envisage him as such, but you make a good point..." in reply to an ask if he was an outlier]
</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]
[[Category:Communications specialists]]
[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]

Kaon (G1)

2017-10-24T03:45:58Z

Vullet: /* Notes */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Kaon}}
:''Kaon is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AlexMilne-Kaon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Where we're going, we don't need eyes to see."]]

'''Kaon''' is the communications officer of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] and the one responsible for maintaining its [[The List|hit list]]. A veritable dynamo, his frame arcs with electricity from the generator in his chest, arcing out from his hands and the twin [[Nikola Tesla|Tesla]] coils mounted on his shoulders. In another life he might have bent this gift to the service of his fellow bots, but when he assumes [[alternate mode]] its true purpose is made known. Thousands of watts of electricity are discharged directly into the [[cranial chamber]]s of those who would defy [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. Unlike in [[human]]s, this procedure is not ''always'' fatal.

Despite his chilly demeanor (and his creepy, cold, dead, empty, lifeless, soulless, bottomless, horrifying black eyes), he can become almost giddy in the execution of his duties, whether it's excitedly tracking down the D.J.D.'s next target or gleefully ripping an Autobot to shreds.

Kaon also owns a partially domesticated [[turbofox]] known only as "[[Dominus Ambus|the Pet]]." He's surprisingly quite emotionally-attached to it.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:MTMTE8 Kaon transforms.jpg|thumb|left|200px|thumb|Not... THE COMFY CHAIR!!!]]

'''Amp''', who would eventually become the current Kaon, was [[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|constructed cold]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

When the Decepticon [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] was caught for getting bribed to destroy a fleet of [[Warworld|War Worlds]], Kaon electrocuted him and left him to get talked to death by [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]]. Kaon and the other members were then ordered by Tarn to move on to their next target, [[Fulcrum]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

On arrival at [[Clemency]], they met with resistance from Fulcrum's new friends, the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]], which automatically got them all put on The List. After pinning [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] down so that [[Vos (DJD)|Vos]] could impale his face, Kaon went on to introduce [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] to the Pet and use his electric powers to cripple [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]]'s [[Cybernought]] long enough for Tarn to destroy it. Following the apparent death of Fulcrum, Kaon detected the [[energy signature]] of [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and informed Tarn, who immediately ordered the D.J.D. to leave in search of this new target. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}} Aboard the ''[[Peaceful Tyranny]]'', Tarn showed concern as Kaon spontaneously began [[universal killswitch|writhing in agony]] right in front of him. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Kaon was comforted by the Pet when the pain ceased. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

[[File:Mtmte08-p16-kaon-electricity.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|ONE POINT TWENTY-ONE GIGAWATTS]]

Arriving at Overlord's location, the ''[[Lost Light]]'' (in reality, one of two created by a malfunction of the ship's [[Quantum generator|quantum engine]]s), near the planet [[Ofsted XVII]], the D.J.D. set about murdering the ship's crew of Autobots. Kaon personally killed [[Dipstick]] by shocking him to death before reaching the still-restrained Overlord. Tarn chopped his head off with a chainsaw while Kaon smirked, and the D.J.D. left the wrecked ship. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

When the D.J.D. returned to the murder site 17 months later to steal the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s quantum engines, they found that the [[Galactic Council]] and the [[Black Block Consortia]] were fighting over the same prize over Ofsted. The two sides joined forces to attack the D.J.D. Kaon and Vos pursued a Council squad to the planet's surface when reinforcements arrived, forcing the ''Peaceful Tyranny'' to retreat with out them. As a result, Kaon and Vos were left near-dead in a wrecked campus. The kindness of [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] saw Vos brought back from the brink... at which point he attacked the Autobot, forcing him to raise a forcefield. Kaon was inside the field in alt-mode: the forcefield charged him up and he gleefully tore Trailcutter to pieces. When the Autobots protested that Megatron had declared the war over, Kaon took Trailcutter's post-war copy of ''[[Towards Peace]]'' to check ''but smashed Trailcutter's brain first anyway''. Vos and himself were then teleported back onto the ''Peaceful Tyranny'' by Helex. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}}

[[File:BirthsDeathsAndInterventions-kaonkillstrailcutter.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"So [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] doesn't have a [[Titan Master]] toy? I'll be the judge of that!"]]

In the D.J.D. headquarters on Clemency, Kaon explained the unique properties of [[Nuke]] to [[Nickel]]. He later accompanied Tarn to a rendezvous with [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], tapping into and hijacking the inter-Decepticon radio of the renegade's stolen [[Warworld]] for Tarn's use. He became concerned when Tarn and Deathsaurus came to blows, but Vos convinced him not to intervene.

[[File:YourFierceTears-byebyekaon.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Kaon got a little ahead of himself.]]

After the brawl, the Decepticons formed one big happy family out to get Megatron {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} and finally ambushed him and his closest allies at the [[Censere|Necrobot]]'s planet. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} A siege commenced. When [[Ten]] was caught outside of it, a gleeful Kaon and his chums ripped the mech to pieces before [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] showed up. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}} This wouldn't have mattered a damn except that Drift noticed Kaon got upset when the Pet was hurt and duly took the critter hostage. Kaon freaked out and demanded everyone let the Autobots retreat, much to [[Helex (DJD)|Helex]]'s anger.

Kaon rushed to a strategy powwow, distressed by the loss of the Pet and begging Tarn that they had to get him back. Realising just how much Kaon had truly cared for the turbofox, Tarn embraced his comrade...

...and, to Nickel's horror, ripped Kaon's head off because this sentiment was a weakness that he wouldn't allow his men to feel.

Unwittingly ironic, Tarn smashed Kaon's head and brain module flat against [[Overlord (Masterforce)|the nearest surface]]. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 3: Your Fierce Tears|Your Fierce Tears}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Kre-O Kaon.jpg|thumb|left|Ha!]]
Kaon participated in an attack led by [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] to conquer [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

{{-}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Kaon was a member of the DJD during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], operating out of the [[Mandala]] in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] under the supervision of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Three centuries after the [[Pax Cybertronia|armistice]], a statue of Kaon stood in the Mandala. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Kaon and the rest of the D.J.D. hunted down Blackshadow to the planet Clemency. Finding their target holed up with Decepticon scavengers, the D.J.D. destroyed the lot of them before moving on to their next assignment. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (Legends)|Rules of Disengagement}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*According to [[Alex Milne]], Kaon was the most difficult member of the Decepticon Justice Division to design.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/notes/transformers/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-vol-2-alex-milne-interview/395646703838863 Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye vol. 2 Alex Milne interview]</ref>
*Kreon Kaon wears a repainted [[Ratchet (Kre-O)|Ratchet]] helmet and some sort of drill setup on his back.
*It is revealed in "[[Zero Point]]" that the colour of a Cybertronian's optics are directly influenced by their spark type, and the healthier the spark, the brighter the glow. What this means for Kaon's pitch black optics (assuming he ''has'' optics) was unknown, but at a later Q&A by Roberts revealed that Kaon has no optics and sees by way of echolocation<ref>James Roberts Q&A at TFNation 2017</ref>.
*Kaon is the only member of the Decepticon Justice Division whose real name is not revealed by the end of ''More than Meets the Eye''. James Roberts eventually revealed on Twitter that his real name is '''Amp'''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/812820447440019456 James Roberts on Twitter]</ref>
*Kaon was hinted to being an [[Outlier]] on twitter. <ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/922228665135583233 jroberts332 on Twitter: "I didn't envisage him as such, but you make a good point..." in reply to an ask if he was an outlier]
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Outlier (group)

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[[File:IDWMtMtE11-Outliers.jpg|thumb|275px|To Me, My O-Men!]]
'''Outliers''' are [[Transformer]]s who possess [[ability|abilities]] that have no apparent connection to their [[alternate mode]]. Persecuted in the [[Functionism|Functionist]] era of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], some were hidden away within the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]], spending their time learning to control their extraordinary powers to [[X-Men|protect the world that hated and feared them]].

Known outliers include:
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]], whose sonic powers can debilitate other Cybertronians.
*[[Tarn (DJD)|Damus]], better known by his aliases "Glitch" and "Tarn", an [[empurata]] victim with the ability to render sentient machinery non-functional, previously able to touch non-sentient machinery to disable it.
*[[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], who possesses a mastery of electromagnetic signals.
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], who has telepathic powers.
*[[Ragnarok]], who can bud identical copies of himself.
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]], who can quickly perfect any new skill he wants to. Later underwent a stress induced secondary mutation, the effect of which is unknown.
*[[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]], who can teleport.
*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]], who has hearing so strong he can pick up thoughts.
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], who suffered a stress related mutation and developed enhanced strength, speed, and durability.
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]], who can create super-loud sonic booms.
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], who can generate forcefields.
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], whose arms act as magnets.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Senator Shockwave]] opened a school known as the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]], {{storylink|Shockwaves}} where Cybertronians could not only study science, but outliers could go to live safely and develop their abilities. Skids joined the academy as a trainee theoretician {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} and Shockwave soon began to suspect he was also an outlier. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} [[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Constructed cold]] Transformers could not normally have outlier powers. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

Senator Shockwave and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Captain Orion Pax]] would call on the aid of Windcharger, Glitch, and Skids to help steal the explosive fake [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] housed in [[Nominus Prime]]'s corpse. While they succeeded, Shockwave's patronage of his "outlier army" would be discovered in the process, and he was subjected to empurata and mind-warping "[[shadowplay]]" as a result. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

After a [[hot spot]] ignited in [[Alyon]], the Senate attempted to induce outlier-hood in the newborn sparks by bombarding them with radiation. The experiment was forcibly concluded by Orion Pax, who destroyed the platform they'd been using to irradiate the hot spot. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}} The fact that later constructed cold Cybertronians such as Skywarp exhibited outlier powers would indicate that their experiments eventually succeeded.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/650570537022955521 jroberts332 on Twitter: "Issue #36 shows the Senate's first attempts to manufacture special abilities (in this case by irradiating sparks), so..."]
</ref> {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 3|Skywarp's profile}}

Millions of years later, continuous exposure to quantum radiation turned the ''[[Lost Light]]''<nowiki></nowiki>'s entire crew into latent outliers with super strength and invulnerability, but whose powers would only "activate" following an intensely traumatic experience. Tailgate was the first to discover this new power. These activation events had the side effect of turning everyone around them into outliers for a short time. {{storylink|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}} {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Ragnarok]] was an Outlier whose body could sporadically undergo an involuntary [[reproduction#budding|budding]] event. Unlike the normal process, his copies possessed both [[CNA]] and memories identical to those of the original Ragnarok. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/25}}

[[Swindle, Swindle and Swindle]] had a [[Transmetal driver]] software patch to deal with uncontrolled Outlier abilities. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Swindle's Spiel, 2015/10/04}}

==Notes==
*[[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] is named as a suspected outlier in [[Twenty Plus One|issue #31 of ''More Than Meets The Eye'']]. Conversely, Thundercracker's profile in the ''[[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook]]'' [[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 3|#3]] describes his sonic boom ability as so minor that it might not even qualify as an outlier power.
*[[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]] was also hinted as an outlier on Twitter. <ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/922228665135583233 jroberts332 on Twitter: "I didn't envisage him as such, but you make a good point..." in reply to an ask if he was an outlier]
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==References==
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