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Roblox

2019-05-13T02:39:26Z

YourBestPal:

[[File:ROBLOX-Kre-O-Transformers-promo.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|ROBLOX! I T S F R E E!]]
'''''Roblox''''' is a Massively Multiplayer Online Social Hangout/Game Developing Engine released in 2005/2006 that allows its users to design and build a variety of games. It also looks a bit like Virtual Lego.
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==Events==
Roblox has run 2 events promoting the Transformers brand, consisting of 2 games, 5 hats and 3 gear items (which are basically virtual toys, despite them being useless nowadays)

===Transformers Prime===
Loosely based on the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|animated series of the same name]], this game had the objective of collecting 5 coins in either the [[Autobot]] or [[Decepticon]] teams. Doing so earned a "Recruit Cap", which is literally just a baseball cap with either faction's logo and colors on it.

===KRE-O Transformers===
This event took place in November of 2014 and ended in 2015. The game's objective was to collect your team’s pieces before your opponents collected their own... The teams featured Optimus Prime and Lockdown. The prizes and items featured included Optimus Prime's helmet, Lockdown's helmet, Bumblebee's helmet and a little KRE-O Grimlock. In order to gain your team's helmet, your team had to collect the most pieces before time ran out. Bumblebee's helmet was gained by losing...
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[[Category:Aligned video games]]

Lancer

2019-04-27T23:26:20Z

YourBestPal:

{{disambigr|Lancer|other uses of the word|Lancer (disambiguation)}}
{{faction|autobot}}
:''Lancer is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Femaleautobot orange.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I’m the bad guy!]]

'''Lancer''', back when she was impetuous and untested, was once one of Cybertron's most promising young scientists. She's thought about putting in an application at the [[Elite Guard]], but she always gets too nervous.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Femaleautobots.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Check out my shoulder!]]

Lancer is a member of the [[Female Autobots]]. She was holding a clipboard within the team's secret underground headquarters when [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] and her team returned from their energy-stealing mission. Later, when their headquarters was located and destroyed, she and [[Greenlight]] freed [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] from the debris. Sticking with the rest of the team, she did her share in the fight against the Decepticons and could again later be seen manning a series of monitors in the team's new base. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Lancer was understudy to the archaeometrist, [[Glyph (Universe)|Glyph]]. She and her friend [[Greenlight]] worked with Glyph on an historical dig in [[Median]] alongside [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]. When they uncovered some potentially life-threatening treasures, the historians requested support from the Elite Guard in case the Decepticons showed interest in their find. Lancer was thrilled at the idea, and eagerly made friends with the proud warriors who arrived to defend them. She joined Strika in working alongside the Elite Guard when the Decepticon [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtrooper]]s made their attempt to raid Median's dig. Lancer acted as a lure, drawing the Decepticons in through a hole in the fortifications, where the Elite Guard were waiting to ambush them.

The thrill of the situation faded for Lancer when [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] and [[Aquablast]] penetrated the inner perimeter and reached the spot where the other historians were hiding. Aquablast killed Glyph for being uncooperative and was about to kill Greenlight as well. Lancer was forced to shoot him in the back, killing an enemy in the line of duty.

Briefly shaken up by the incident, Lancer still chose to join the Elite Guard in pursuing Rage and the other Decepticons after they made off with the [[Heart of the Dragon]]. They managed to infiltrate the [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] and survived battle with [[Brimstone (G1 Decepticon)|Brimstone]], the Heart of the Dragon given life and form. After the mission concluded, Lancer returned to Strika and Greenlight, and together they planned a memorial service for the fallen Glyph. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

When the Autobots' current reserve of energies was dangerously low, Lancer joined her comrades still on Cybertron in stasis hibernation as an energy-saving measure. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[The Will of the Few|Transformers: Windblade vol. 2 #7]]

[[File:TheWillOfTheFew-lancer.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Comrade <s>Napoleon</s> Obsidian is always right!]]
Lancer served aboard the permanently spacefaring Titan [[Vigilem|Carcer]], under the command of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. During a recent roll call, Lancer opted not to pay attention, instead focusing her attention (and hands) onto [[Greenlight]]. This earned the couple the mind-numbing job of guarding Carcer's spacebridge. Greenlight complained that no one had come through the portal in weeks, and wasn't even sure that the [[Devastator (G1)|two]] [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|combatants]] who had briefly fallen through the [[space bridge|spacebridge]] were even Cybertronian. Lancer assured her that [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] had said they were, and he never lied. Proving Lancer correct, the spacebridge activated! As she quickly radioed the ship's bridge, her partner, along with several of their shipmates, trained their weapons on the arriving 'bots. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}}

[[File:0700-greenlightandlancer.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

After Carcer's inhabitants had joined the Council of Worlds, many of them emigrated to Cybertron while Carcer himself was being repaired, Lancer among them. She and [[Greenlight]] were trying to enjoy a quiet drink together at Maccadam's when a [[Drunkatron|drunk Decepticon]] began harassing them. After Lancer told him he wasn't making any sense, Greenlight stated that the couple were from Carcer, anyway, and that he should get lost. {{storylink|07:00:00}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Ping}} {{storylink|Desperate Times}}}}
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==Notes==
* Lancer was only known as the "unnamed orange Female Autobot" for a good 25 years until she was named in the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' text story, "[[Flames of Yesterday]]", as were a handful of other previously-unnamed female Autobots.
* The Club Udon special edition cover to ''[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War]]'' [[The Art of War issue 2|#2]], which is dedicated to the ladies of the two brands, surprisingly features what appears to be Lancer with Greenlight's colors. This is the only instance during the 25 years between the airing of "The Search for Alpha Trion" and the publication of "Flames of Yesterday" that these characters have been referenced.
* In IDW continuity, Lancer and Greenlight are a romantic couple, the first on-panel female couple shown in a Transformers story, though [[Proxima (G1)|Proxima]] and [[Acceleron]] were the first mentioned.
* [[Jesse Wittenrich]] noted on Twitter that he named Lancer after the heroine {{w|Atalanta}} from the Greek myth of {{w|Jason}} and the {{w|Argonauts}} and that originally her name would have been '''Atalancer'''.<ref> [https://twitter.com/jessewittenrich/status/1073380631256666115 Jesse Wittenrich on Twitter talking about Lancer's name, 13 December 2018] </ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Transformers]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]

User:YourBestPal

2019-04-13T14:21:43Z

YourBestPal:

Howdy! Youve made it to my page! Im happy to having an account on the wiki, but ive used the wiki for years. I am legally a minor, I collect obscure gen1 merchandise and any toylines figures. I may or may not have the largest transformer collection in Louisville KY. I chose my weird username so I sound and appear the friendly person I am. Anywho, I collect vintage knockoffs (four star, leader shine) toys. I also have many oddities in my collection. I am socially awkward. If you have any questions, go to the discussion tab. If your still reading this you might be wasting time.
Ps, If I’m not on the wiki, I’m probably doing fortnite, Minecraft, roblox, buying toys, or shouting at kids who leave trash on my yard. Seriously, DONT leave trash on my yard.

==Titles==
* Certified dumbass
* Professional man-child
* Macaroni Mage (don’t ask)
==I am..==
* That guy who gets into a flame war with absolutely anyone on Reddit just for the lulz
* The guy that bargains at yard sales
* That guy who turns the lights off the second you leave the office
* A person
* An internet troll (not here though, I actually care about tfwiki!)

Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)

2019-04-13T13:54:51Z

YourBestPal:

{{disambig2|[[Bumblebee (film)|''Bumblebee'' movie]] toys|[[Bumblebee (Movie)]] toys|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys}}
{{Nav-Bumblebee}}

The '''''Transformers: Bumblebee''''' toyline coincides with the [[Bumblebee (film)|sixth film]] in the [[live-action film series]].
The toyline follows the same basis as the [[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|previous film]]'s layout, with the majority of figures falling into two categories:

*The "Energon Igniters" line, a series of small-to-large toys that can activate [[gimmick]]s when used together with an [[energon core]], with a price-for-size scale similar to ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]''.
*Collector-focused figures from the ''[[Studio Series]]'' toyline.

There are also assorted other [[gimmick]] toys that don't fit into these [[play pattern]]s, or that are part of preexisting gimmick lines.
However, among these “misfit” figures, the unofficial but obvious flagship figure of the mass-retail line sits: The large, articulated, rather complicated and gimmick filled “Power Charge Bumblebee”. Compared to most other of the main line releases for the film, the Power Charge figure has more paint, articulation, complexity, and stability than its Energon Igniter counterparts.
==Hasbro ''Bumblebee'' toyline==
===Energon Igniters===
The "Energon Igniters" line is primarily focused on interaction with "energon cores" that unlock play features in a similar manner to [[Cyber Key]]s. The igniters plug into the back of the Speed Series figures in vehicle mode, and can be placed inside the larger figures in vehicle mode, often revealing extra weaponry. When the lever on top of the igniter is pressed down and then released, a wheel on the underside of the igniter will propel the figure forwards. Undocumented in all of their instructions, all power series and nitro series figures have a 5mm port on their robot mode back, for storage of the Energon cores they come with or are designed to use.

====Speed Series====
The equivalent of a Legion Class figure. Energon cores can be attached to the back of the vehicle via [[5 mm post]]s.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (DOTM)#Bumblebee|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Energon Igniters|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Barricade]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Energon Igniters|Bumblebee]] (VW)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SpeedCamaro|Bumblebee]] (Camaro)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cliffjumper (Movie)#Bumblebee|Cliffjumper]]}}
|
[[File:EnergonIgnitersSpeedHotRod.jpg|thumb|300px|Energon Igniters Speed Series Hot Rod]]
|}
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====Power Series====
The equivalent of a One-Step Changer, but lacking the one-step changing gimmick.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Power|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dropkick (Movie)#Energon Igniters|Dropkick]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (DOTM)#Power|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Blitzwing (BB)#Bumblebee|Blitzwing]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Power|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shatter#Energon Igniters|Shatter]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2.5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
|[[File:EnergonIgnitersPowerDropkick.jpg|thumb|300px|Energon Igniters Power Series Dropkick]]
|}
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====Power Plus Series====
Same as the Power Series, but these come with energon cores.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#PowerPlusVW|Bumblebee]] (VW)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#PowerPlusCamaro|Bumblebee]] (Camaro)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#PowerPlus|Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shatter#Power Plus|Shatter]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (ROTF)#Energon Igniters|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Ironhide]]}}
|
|[[File:Bumblebee-Enegon-Igniters-Power-Plus-VW-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px|Energon Igniters Power Plus Bumblebee (VW)]]
|}
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====Nitro Series====
The equivalent of a Voyager Class figure.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#NitroVW|Bumblebee]] (VW)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Nitro|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Barricade]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
{{Bp-d1|[[Blitzwing (BB)#Nitro|Blitzwing]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dropkick (Movie)#Nitro|Dropkick]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Future waves'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#NitroCamaro|Bumblebee]] (Camaro)}}<ref>[https://geekdad.com/2018/07/exclusive-transformers-bumblebee-energon-igniters-movie-toys-revealed/ "...the Nitro series will also have a Camaro ‘Bee."]</ref>
|[[File:Bumblebee-Energon-Igniters-Nitro-Barricade.jpg|300px|thumb|Energon Igniters Nitro Series Barricade]]
|}
{{Comingsoontoy|Future waves unreleased}}
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===Various toys===
====Titan Changers====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BBfilmTitanChanger|Bumblebee]] (1977 Camaro)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shatter#Bumblebee|Shatter]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BBfilmTitanChanger2016Camaro|Bumblebee]] (2016 Camaro)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Megatron]]}}
|
|}

====Other toys====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Electronic toys'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Power Charge Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Bumblebee|DJ Bumblebee]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Mission Vision'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#MissionVision|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shatter#MissionVision|Shatter]]}}
|
|[[File:Bumblebee-Movie-Power-Charge-Bumblebee.jpg|300px|thumb|Power Charge Bumblebee]]
|}
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===Exclusives===
====Bumblebee Greatest Hits====
Exclusive to [[Target]] in the United States and to Argos in the United Kingdom, this subline focuses on a 1980s "music" theme.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Multipacks'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Bumblebee Cassette Pack (w/ [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CassettePack|Bumblebee]], [[Frenzy (Movie)#Bumblebee|Frenzy]], [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)#Bumblebee|Buzzsaw]], [[Howlback (BB)#Bumblebee|Howlback]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Leader Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (ROTF)#Bumblebee|Soundwave]] & [[Doombox]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Electronic toys'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Greatest Hits|Music FX Bumblebee]]}}
|
|[[File:Bumblebee-Movie-Greatest-Hits-Leader-Soundwave-and-Doombox.jpg|thumb|250px|Greatest Hits Leader Class Soundwave]]
|}
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==Generations==
===Studio Series===
{{main|Studio Series}}
Presumably owing to the smaller number of characters in ''Bumblebee'' compared to other ''Transformers'' movies, the collector-focused toys of ''Bumblebee'' characters were released as part of the ongoing ''Studio Series'' line of movie toys. All toys branded as ''Bumblebee'' tie-ins are listed below.
;Deluxe Class
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|18 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS18|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|22 [[Dropkick (Movie)#Studio Series|Dropkick]] (helicopter mode)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|40 [[Shatter#Studio Series|Shatter]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|46 [[Dropkick (Movie)#SS46|Dropkick]] (car mode)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|[[File:Studio-Series-MV6-Deluxe-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px|''Studio Series'' Deluxe Class Dropkick]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy|Car Dropkick not released yet}}

;Voyager Class
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|38 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SS38|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:Studio-Series-38-MVBB-Voyager-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|''Studio Series'' Voyager Class Optimus Prime]]
|}

;Multipacks and Exclusives
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''15 Bumblebee'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS15|Bumblebee]] (Camaro)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Charlie Watson|Charlie]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Bumblebee Then & Now 2-Pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|24 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS24|Bumblebee]] (VW)}}
{{Bp-a1|25 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS24|Bumblebee]] (''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'')}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''19 Bumblebee Vol. 1 Retro Rock Garage
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS19|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Uruaz#Generations|Uruaz]]}} {{Bp-a1|[[Dairu#Generations|Dairu]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''20 Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS20|Bumblebee]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Uriad#Generations|Uriad]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Zauru#Generations|Zauru]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|[[File:Studio-Series-MVBB-Rebekah's-Garage-15-Bumblebee-with-Charlie.jpg|thumb|300px|''Studio Series'' Bumblebee mulitpack]]
|}
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==TakaraTomy==
In TakaraTomy's ''Bumblebee'' (バンブルビー) and ''Studio Series'' (スタジオシリーズ) lines, all figures are identical to their Hasbro counterparts, forgoing Takara's past practice of using more movie-accurate paint jobs. This is most likely due to the line being an official collaboration between Hasbro and [[TakaraTomy]]. However, there is one exclusive figure for the ''Bumblebee'' toyline, out of the ''two'' figures released. TakaraTomy and Hasbro also released a version of Bumblebee of the ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece#Masterpiece Movie Series|Masterpiece Movie Series]]'' line.

===''Bumblebee''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|BB-01 Bumblebee]]
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BBfilmLegendary|BB-02 Legendary Optimus Prime]]}}}}
|
|[[File:Bumblebee-Movie-Leader-Legendary-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|TakaraTomy exclusive Leader Class Legendary Optimus Prime]]
|}

===''Studio Series''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' ([[October 27|Oct 27]] 2018)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SS-16 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS18|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' ([[March 23|Mar 23]] 2019)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|SS-28 [[Dropkick (Movie)#Generations|Dropkick]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' ([[April 27|Apr 27]] 2019)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|SS-29 [[Shatter#Studio Series|Shatter]]}}
{{Bp-a1|SS-30 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SS38|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Tokyo Comic Con 2018/Takara Tomy Mall
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|SS-EX Bumblebee Vol. 1 Retro Rock Garage ([[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS19|Bumblebee]], [[Uruaz#Generations|Uruaz]], [[Dairu#Generations|Dairu]])}}
</ul>
|[[File:Studio-Series-MV6-Deluxe-VW-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px|''Studio Series'' Deluxe Class SS-18 Bumblebee (Hasbro and TakaraTomy versions are the same)]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy|Wave 7, not yet released}}

===''Masterpiece''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Live-action movie series''' ([[October 27|Oct 27]] 2018)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|MPM-7 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Masterpiece Movie Series|Bumblebee]]}}
[[File:Masterpiece-MPM7-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px|''Matepiece'' MPM-7 Bumblebee (Hasbro and TakaraTomy versions are the same)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bumblebee (toyline)}}
[[Category:Bumblebee| (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)

2019-04-13T13:49:21Z

YourBestPal:

{{disambig2|[[Bumblebee (film)|''Bumblebee'' movie]] toys|[[Bumblebee (Movie)]] toys|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys}}
{{Nav-Bumblebee}}

The '''''Transformers: Bumblebee''''' toyline coincides with the [[Bumblebee (film)|sixth film]] in the [[live-action film series]].
The toyline follows the same basis as the [[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|previous film]]'s layout, with the majority of figures falling into two categories:

*The "Energon Igniters" line, a series of small-to-large toys that can activate [[gimmick]]s when used together with an [[energon core]], with a price-for-size scale similar to ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]''.
*Collector-focused figures from the ''[[Studio Series]]'' toyline.

There are also assorted other [[gimmick]] toys that don't fit into these [[play pattern]]s, or that are part of preexisting gimmick lines.

==Hasbro ''Bumblebee'' toyline==
===Energon Igniters===
The "Energon Igniters" line is primarily focused on interaction with "energon cores" that unlock play features in a similar manner to [[Cyber Key]]s. The igniters plug into the back of the Speed Series figures in vehicle mode, and can be placed inside the larger figures in vehicle mode, often revealing extra weaponry. When the lever on top of the igniter is pressed down and then released, a wheel on the underside of the igniter will propel the figure forwards. Undocumented in all of their instructions, all power series and nitro series figures have a 5mm port on their robot mode back, for storage of the Energon cores they come with or are designed to use.

====Speed Series====
The equivalent of a Legion Class figure. Energon cores can be attached to the back of the vehicle via [[5 mm post]]s.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (DOTM)#Bumblebee|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Energon Igniters|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Barricade]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Energon Igniters|Bumblebee]] (VW)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SpeedCamaro|Bumblebee]] (Camaro)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cliffjumper (Movie)#Bumblebee|Cliffjumper]]}}
|
[[File:EnergonIgnitersSpeedHotRod.jpg|thumb|300px|Energon Igniters Speed Series Hot Rod]]
|}
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====Power Series====
The equivalent of a One-Step Changer, but lacking the one-step changing gimmick.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Power|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dropkick (Movie)#Energon Igniters|Dropkick]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (DOTM)#Power|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Blitzwing (BB)#Bumblebee|Blitzwing]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Power|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shatter#Energon Igniters|Shatter]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2.5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
|[[File:EnergonIgnitersPowerDropkick.jpg|thumb|300px|Energon Igniters Power Series Dropkick]]
|}
{{-}}

====Power Plus Series====
Same as the Power Series, but these come with energon cores.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#PowerPlusVW|Bumblebee]] (VW)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#PowerPlusCamaro|Bumblebee]] (Camaro)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#PowerPlus|Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shatter#Power Plus|Shatter]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (ROTF)#Energon Igniters|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Ironhide]]}}
|
|[[File:Bumblebee-Enegon-Igniters-Power-Plus-VW-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px|Energon Igniters Power Plus Bumblebee (VW)]]
|}
{{-}}

====Nitro Series====
The equivalent of a Voyager Class figure.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#NitroVW|Bumblebee]] (VW)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Nitro|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Barricade]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
{{Bp-d1|[[Blitzwing (BB)#Nitro|Blitzwing]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dropkick (Movie)#Nitro|Dropkick]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Future waves'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#NitroCamaro|Bumblebee]] (Camaro)}}<ref>[https://geekdad.com/2018/07/exclusive-transformers-bumblebee-energon-igniters-movie-toys-revealed/ "...the Nitro series will also have a Camaro ‘Bee."]</ref>
|[[File:Bumblebee-Energon-Igniters-Nitro-Barricade.jpg|300px|thumb|Energon Igniters Nitro Series Barricade]]
|}
{{Comingsoontoy|Future waves unreleased}}
{{-}}

===Various toys===
====Titan Changers====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BBfilmTitanChanger|Bumblebee]] (1977 Camaro)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shatter#Bumblebee|Shatter]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BBfilmTitanChanger2016Camaro|Bumblebee]] (2016 Camaro)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Megatron]]}}
|
|}

====Other toys====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Electronic toys'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Power Charge Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Bumblebee|DJ Bumblebee]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Mission Vision'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#MissionVision|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shatter#MissionVision|Shatter]]}}
|
|[[File:Bumblebee-Movie-Power-Charge-Bumblebee.jpg|300px|thumb|Power Charge Bumblebee]]
|}
{{--}}

===Exclusives===
====Bumblebee Greatest Hits====
Exclusive to [[Target]] in the United States and to Argos in the United Kingdom, this subline focuses on a 1980s "music" theme.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Multipacks'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Bumblebee Cassette Pack (w/ [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CassettePack|Bumblebee]], [[Frenzy (Movie)#Bumblebee|Frenzy]], [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)#Bumblebee|Buzzsaw]], [[Howlback (BB)#Bumblebee|Howlback]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Leader Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (ROTF)#Bumblebee|Soundwave]] & [[Doombox]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Electronic toys'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Greatest Hits|Music FX Bumblebee]]}}
|
|[[File:Bumblebee-Movie-Greatest-Hits-Leader-Soundwave-and-Doombox.jpg|thumb|250px|Greatest Hits Leader Class Soundwave]]
|}
{{--}}

==Generations==
===Studio Series===
{{main|Studio Series}}
Presumably owing to the smaller number of characters in ''Bumblebee'' compared to other ''Transformers'' movies, the collector-focused toys of ''Bumblebee'' characters were released as part of the ongoing ''Studio Series'' line of movie toys. All toys branded as ''Bumblebee'' tie-ins are listed below.
;Deluxe Class
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|18 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS18|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|22 [[Dropkick (Movie)#Studio Series|Dropkick]] (helicopter mode)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|40 [[Shatter#Studio Series|Shatter]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|46 [[Dropkick (Movie)#SS46|Dropkick]] (car mode)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|[[File:Studio-Series-MV6-Deluxe-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px|''Studio Series'' Deluxe Class Dropkick]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy|Car Dropkick not released yet}}

;Voyager Class
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|38 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SS38|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:Studio-Series-38-MVBB-Voyager-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|''Studio Series'' Voyager Class Optimus Prime]]
|}

;Multipacks and Exclusives
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''15 Bumblebee'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS15|Bumblebee]] (Camaro)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Charlie Watson|Charlie]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Bumblebee Then & Now 2-Pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|24 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS24|Bumblebee]] (VW)}}
{{Bp-a1|25 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS24|Bumblebee]] (''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'')}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''19 Bumblebee Vol. 1 Retro Rock Garage
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS19|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Uruaz#Generations|Uruaz]]}} {{Bp-a1|[[Dairu#Generations|Dairu]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''20 Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS20|Bumblebee]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Uriad#Generations|Uriad]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Zauru#Generations|Zauru]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|[[File:Studio-Series-MVBB-Rebekah's-Garage-15-Bumblebee-with-Charlie.jpg|thumb|300px|''Studio Series'' Bumblebee mulitpack]]
|}
{{-}}

==TakaraTomy==
In TakaraTomy's ''Bumblebee'' (バンブルビー) and ''Studio Series'' (スタジオシリーズ) lines, all figures are identical to their Hasbro counterparts, forgoing Takara's past practice of using more movie-accurate paint jobs. This is most likely due to the line being an official collaboration between Hasbro and [[TakaraTomy]]. However, there is one exclusive figure for the ''Bumblebee'' toyline, out of the ''two'' figures released. TakaraTomy and Hasbro also released a version of Bumblebee of the ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece#Masterpiece Movie Series|Masterpiece Movie Series]]'' line.

===''Bumblebee''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|BB-01 Bumblebee]]
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BBfilmLegendary|BB-02 Legendary Optimus Prime]]}}}}
|
|[[File:Bumblebee-Movie-Leader-Legendary-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|TakaraTomy exclusive Leader Class Legendary Optimus Prime]]
|}

===''Studio Series''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' ([[October 27|Oct 27]] 2018)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|SS-16 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS18|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' ([[March 23|Mar 23]] 2019)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|SS-28 [[Dropkick (Movie)#Generations|Dropkick]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' ([[April 27|Apr 27]] 2019)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|SS-29 [[Shatter#Studio Series|Shatter]]}}
{{Bp-a1|SS-30 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SS38|Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Tokyo Comic Con 2018/Takara Tomy Mall
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|SS-EX Bumblebee Vol. 1 Retro Rock Garage ([[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS19|Bumblebee]], [[Uruaz#Generations|Uruaz]], [[Dairu#Generations|Dairu]])}}
</ul>
|[[File:Studio-Series-MV6-Deluxe-VW-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px|''Studio Series'' Deluxe Class SS-18 Bumblebee (Hasbro and TakaraTomy versions are the same)]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy|Wave 7, not yet released}}

===''Masterpiece''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Live-action movie series''' ([[October 27|Oct 27]] 2018)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|MPM-7 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Masterpiece Movie Series|Bumblebee]]}}
[[File:Masterpiece-MPM7-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px|''Matepiece'' MPM-7 Bumblebee (Hasbro and TakaraTomy versions are the same)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bumblebee (toyline)}}
[[Category:Bumblebee| (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Talk:Size changing

2019-03-22T14:20:12Z

YourBestPal:

Subspace is canon now thanks to Binaltech... [[User:69.14.158.214|69.14.158.214]] 23:07, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
:Before we incorporate it, could we have a link to the specific citation? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
::"The "life force" that is the source of a TF's life is propagated through its entire body by a "laser core," which is at the center of a force field. The GT System separately contains this laser core outside the body in subspace storage"
::http://bwtf.com/binaltech/smokescreengt/booklet.shtml
::: But that doesn't have anything to do with size changing. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:53, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
::::Yes, but the wording makes it seem that every thing about Subspace is un-official, when we know that some aspects of it are indeed official.

Also, what about when Transformers materialize things in their hands from thin air with a flash of light? Like in "Plague of Insecticons", Kickback makes a gun appear in his hand with a bright flash of energy. In the season 3 bumpers, Blurr does the same thing with his gun. I'm sure there are other examples. Anyway to explain that away? "Subspace" or thereabouts seems to be the best explanation. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 00:24, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
: Those are already addressed in the Fandom explanations section, at the bottom. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

==Scale==
Scale is linked to multiple times in this article. Is this a mistake, or intentional, meant to hammer in a point? --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 10:39, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

==Possible explanation?==

I have no reference to back it up, but I am very sure that I read an explanation for the size changing in the Marvel Comics waaay back when. It was in the letters page and someone had asked how Soundwave could be both small enough to be a cassette player and also big enough to hold Megatron as a gun and fire him. The "explanation" given was that they released a "sort of gas" which shrank their molecular structure - totally impossible, obviously. Can anyone back this up? I used to get the comics in the late eighties. [[User:216.239.212.187|216.239.212.187]] 07:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

:: On a similar note, Shockwave's A-Z bio notes that since he was not granted an Earthen form by the Ark he 'remains in a size consistent with his robot mode', implying that size-changing is exclusive to the Auntie-modified Decepticons such as Megatron et al. [[User:Smith|Smith]] 17:12, 25 March 2011 (EDT)

==Did you mean==
Did you mean in the sense of overall or all-encompassing when writing the following: " ill-defined holistic transformations" ?[[User:ChoHIlqoq|ChoHIlqoq]] 21:17, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

== WFC Omega Supreme ==

Recently, i've noticed that Omega Supreme appears in Horizon with a mass size changing, also the planes that fly over him are the size as his eye, while on Campaign they grow up to his ankles.

--[[Special:Contributions/190.203.168.31|190.203.168.31]] 18:28, 25 April 2011 (EDT)
==scientific idea==
I’m here to explain a theoretical possibility. So, with most earthly objects, including ourself, there is a WHOLE lot of void in between molecules. The electrons are like fan blades, spinning around the molecule. Now, these electrons spin so fast, it’s like a really fast fan. You can’t go through it unless you move really quick, right? In theory, you could compress the entire human race into a box the size of a sugar cube if they moved quickly enough or the electrons for some reason stopped moving. Is it possible, that size changing is just like this? I’m not sure how they could stay small, but if my theory is true, Megatron is easily the densest handgun in the galaxy.
[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 20:57, 21 March 2019 (EDT)
:If that were the mechanism, then Megatron would maintain his full mass as a handgun and no human would be able to pick him up. Since we've seen humans pick him up in gun mode, your idea doesn't work.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 21:26, 21 March 2019 (EDT)

Yeah, I realized that. Perhaps this is why he is normally wielded by cybertronians? Most humans in the g1 cartoon have uhh, “superhuman” qualities, so for the fact spike and his dad have survived being thrown around and pushed and chip also been jostled around in his wheelchair, it isn’t unfeasable with the other superhuman crap[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 10:20, 22 March 2019 (EDT)

Talk:Size changing

2019-03-22T00:57:52Z

YourBestPal:

Brawn (ROTF)

2019-03-21T20:27:29Z

YourBestPal:

{{factions|autobotfilm|NEST}}
{{disambig3|Brawn}}
:''Brawn is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Titan13 BrawnTHWUMM.jpg|thumb|250px|Yummy yummy yummy I got THWUMM in my tummy!]]

'''Brawn''' lives to pit himself against physical challenges and to prove his mighty strength. In his opinion, the Autobot alliance with [[NEST]] is a great thing, as it gives him ready opportunity to do just that. Brawn possesses special indestructible fists that he's dying to put to the test against the legendary Decepticon powerhouse [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]].

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Kirk Baily]] (English)}}
[[File:TF-BB-Brawn-Stand-Fast.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Bet you weren't expecting me to appear in this movie."]]
Brawn was among the Autobots fending off a wave of Decepticon forces led by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. After warning his allies about snipers, he was promptly [[The Transformers: The Movie|shot in the shoulder]]. In spite of this wound, he survived and was eventually ordered to retreat by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Tasked with finding other Autobots scattered throughout the galaxy and rendezvous on [[Earth]], he managed to leave Cybertron in an escape pod. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{--}}

===Titan movie comics===
[[File:Titan13 BrawnVersusBludgeon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''Whoa.'']]
Brawn, along with [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]] and [[Wideload (ROTF)|Wideload]], had the misfortune to be on duty at [[NEST]]'s [[South Africa]]n prison when [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] staged a jailbreak! The Autobot took charge, telling his partners things were likely to get ugly, and ordered Smokescreen to stay behind him while he, having tougher armour, soaked up enemy firepower. Unfortunately, it proved too much and despite his determination, Brawn fell before Bludgeon's might. He would have died if reinforcements hadn't turned up, and was horrified when (to prevent civilian casualties) those reinforcements let the Decepticons go, in full view of the human media. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}
{{--}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Nefarious6 Brawn.JPG|left|thumb|240px]]
Brawn, at some point, was captured and brainwashed by the [[Initiative]] into being one of their soldiers. His colours were altered and he was thrown at an Autobot/[[NEST]] team in the Initiative's final battle. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

Along with the other brainwashed Autobots, he was eager to return to battle but Optimus told them they still needed to recuperate after the mental trauma they'd suffered. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} While Optimus and his team went to save [[Sam Witwicky]] from a Decepticon attack, Brawn and the other refugees remained on [[Diego Garcia]], nostalgically staring at pictures from Cybertron's past. In their docile state, they were found and killed by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

===''Unite for the Universe''===
Brawn helped [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] defend [[N.E.S.T. Advanced Research Facility]] from [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]'s attempt to steal the results of [[Project Unite]]. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
[[File:ROTF Brawn Deluxe.jpg|thumb|300px|Macho-bot.]]
*'''Brawn''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-29'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 pistols

:''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen:]] [[N.E.S.T. Global Alliance]]'' Brawn transforms into a modified [[NEST]] {{w|Hummer HX}} attack vehicle. He is armed with a pair of removable pistols with grooves in the handles (which, in an undocumented feature, can be clipped to the thin ridges on his back or shoulder [[kibble]]) and a non-removable machine gun that can be positioned to aim over either shoulder in robot mode and is mounted on his roof in vehicle mode. As another undocumented feature, his head is mounted on a jointed neck strut, and can be pushed back to reveal his neck and bring his head up past his shoulders. The bars at the back are also compatible with [[C joint|the 3mm clips]] featured in later toylines.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers:]] [[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Fallback (TF 2010)|Fallback]] and served as the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' version of [[B'Boom#Beast Wars: Uprising|B'Boom]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/Brawn/brawn.htm More information on Brawn at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:ROTF Brawn Original Resin Sculpt.jpg|thumb|250px]]
*Brawn's overall design and color scheme are, of course, an homage to his [[Brawn (G1)|G1 counterpart]]. Specifically, the robot mode details and proportions are heavily based on the details of his original ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Mini Vehicle]] [[Brawn (G1)#Generation 1 2|toy]], with his head and the panel kibble on his arms being specific examples.
*Brawn's design appears to have been used as the basis for the [[Robot Powered Machines]]-original character, [[Rollbar (RPM)|Rollbar]].
*Design documents and the resin sculpt for Brawn both indicate that the toy's vehicle mode was originally supposed to have a stronger resemblance to the NEST Hummer that it is based on. The toy's final vehicle mode is, in comparison, rather genericized.
*Brawn's design in ''Bumblebee'' is heavily inspired by his Generation 1 [[Brawn (G1)|namesake]].
*In “Bumblebee”, Brawn’s model reuses Bumblebee/Cliffjumper’s feet, albeit recolored.
[[Category:Bumblebee Autobots]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:NEST]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]

Starscream (Cyberverse)

2019-02-18T14:21:29Z

YourBestPal:

{{factions|decepticon|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Starscream}}
:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:CyberverseStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Between you and the Namekian, I think I've lost my touch at genocide.]]
One of the co-leaders of the [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]]s and [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]]'s [[second-in-command]]<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/cyberverse Character bios] at the official ''Cyberverse'' website</ref>, '''Starscream''' is the kind of guy who'd sell you out to Megatron in a heartbeat, then sell ''Megatron'' out to whoever offers him more power. He's not a very loyal sort, and often comes at odds with the heroic and loyal [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] - both traits Starscream despises.

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Billy Bob Thompson]] (English)|[[Axel Lutter]] (German), [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian)}}
[[File:Starscream - Cyberverse - Megatron Is My Hero promo.jpg|thumb|left|250px|You think now that you're this so-called Prime that you're better than me?]]
[[File:Cyberverse - Matrix of Leadership - Sleek Screamy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Seekers, the scavenger hunt will proceed-]]
Starscream was present when Megatron located the [[AllSpark]] on [[Earth]], {{storylink|Fractured}} and later contacted the [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] shuttle he'd sent to the planet to find out how his scouts [[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)|Thundercracker]] and [[Nova Storm (Cyberverse)|Nova Storm]] were doing on their search mission. He wasn't very happy when the [[Autobot]] [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] answered his call instead (the [[Decepticon]] scouts being buried under tons of rubble thanks to [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]). {{storylink|Memory (Cyberverse)|Memory}}
{{Charfictionstub|{{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}} {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}}{{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}}{{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}{{storylink|Siloed}}}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Awaken Sleeping Giants}}{{storylink|Eruption}}}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
====Scout Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Scout-Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|Sure is Zarbon in here.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Scout Class, 2018)
**''Action Attack'': "Wing Slice"
:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Scout Class Starscream is roughly the size of a Legends Class figure that converts from robot to <s>Gerwalk mode</s> jet with limbs (Also known as a "transformational mode") and back. His wings swing around in a spring loaded "Wing Slice" attack attached to his waist, which can be locked in using the landing gear.

:This figure is one of the few ''Cyberverse'' Starscream toys to feature knee joints. The figure was later redecoed into [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Toys|Slipstream]].
{{-}}

====1-Step Changers====
[[File:Cyberverse-2018-One-Step-Changer-Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|Love this show.]]
*'''Starscream''' (1-Step Changer, 2018)
{{charstubtoys}}
{{-}}

====Warrior Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Warrior-Class-Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|How many arms do you think we're up to? I think we're up to twenty-four.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Warrior Class, 2018)
**''Action Attack'': "Wing Slice"
:Released as part of the first wave of ''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class lineup, this Starscream is a Deluxe-sized figure that converts from robot to jet and back. His "Wing Slice" Action Attack gimmick is activated by winding up a spring in his waist and releasing the upper part of the figure, allowing it to spin and flip out its spring-loaded wing blades with centrifugal force. The underside of these panels, normally hidden, are painted over in bright pink with large silver Decepticon [[Insignia]]. The waist can be locked in place by pegging his landing gear onto a peg on his backside. Additionally, he has non-firing Null Ray blasters molded into his forearms with [[5 mm post]] hole hands.

:While his arms have articulation comparable to other ''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class toys, Starscream has the unusual distinction of having his hip swivels molded together, meaning the front-to-back movement is in tandem. He also lacks knees, likely due to his whole legs being cast from the same grey plastic. Despite this otherwise restricted movement, he can splay his legs out to the sides due to hinges on his hips, allowing splits and high kicks. Also unusual, the middle recess on his forehead is shown as unpainted in promotional images (including on the back of his box) and yellow in character art, but is painted in metallic blue on the actual toy. He lacks the red stripes on the inner wings on the final product as well.

:This mold was redecoed into [[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Thundercracker]] and [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Acid Storm]].
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====Ultra Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultra-Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|You see, that was my first guess.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Ultra Class, 2018)
**''Action Attack'': "Starseeker Missile"
:This ''Cyberverse'' Starscream is a Voyager-sized figure that converts from a robot to a jet with two giant missile pods under his wings and back. His Action Attack gimmick, when triggered, pops fourteen non-firing missiles from his missile pods (seven on each side), with molded 'smoke trails' to simulate a carpet bombing attack.
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====Battle Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Battle-Class-Starscream.jpg|upright=2|thumb|He’s coming for your knees!]]
*'''Starscream''' (Battle Class, 2019)
**''Accessories'': Bulldozer/Battle Armor

:Battle Class Starscream is a smaller (probably in the size of an older Scout Class toys), less Action Attack-laden new mold that transforms from robot with poseable knee joints to a fighter jet. He also comes with a bulldozer accessory that also forms his battle armor.

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==Merchandise==
===McDonalds===
*'''Starscream''' (Happy Meal Toy, 2018)
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==Notes==
*As with the rest of the ''Cyberverse'' cast, Starscream's design is based on the [[Evergreen]] design also used for his [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], with some minor stylistic tweaks that, unlike almost every other version of Starscream in existence, make him look different from those of his Seeker comrades. For example, his wings are wide with a zigzagging edge compared to the other Seekers' narrow wings with a sharp tip at the end. Starscream also has forearm-mounted [[null-ray]]s while the other Seekers have theirs mounted on their upper arms. This is not reflected on their toys, however, as all current toys of the Seekers are simple [[redeco]]s of Starscream's.
*This version of Starscream is the second to exhibit an ability that ties into his name: the ability to produce powerful screams, strong enough to stun an Autobot, the first being ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]].

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
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|disambig=Starscream (disambiguation)
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*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], the conniving, treacherous [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] and Decepticon [[second-in-command]] from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], the conflicted Decepticon (and briefly Autobot) jet from the [[Unicron Trilogy]].
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], the conniving, treacherous Seeker and Decepticon second-in-command from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], the conniving, treacherous Seeker and Decepticon second-in-command from the [[live-action film series]].
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], the conniving, treacherous Seeker and Decepticon second-in-command from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Cyberverse Seekers]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]

Lolly Licks

2019-02-14T20:28:55Z

YourBestPal:

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:''Lolly Licks is a member of the [[Sugar Shocks]] from [[Transformers: BotBots|BotBots]].''

[[File:Botbots Lolly Licks stockart.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Say love, say love, oh, love's gonna get you down!]]
Unlike fellow [[Sugar Shocks]] team member [[Remorsel]], '''Lolly Licks''' always tries to look at everything in a positive light, even when she gets stuck to something because of how sticky and sweet she is.

==Toys==
===BotBots===
*'''Sugar Shocks''' (5-pack, 2018)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Part of the first Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots|BotBots]]'', Lolly Licks transforms from a 1-inch tall soft-plastic robot into a lollipop. Lolly Licks was available in one of the "Sugar Shocks" themed 5-packs, along with [[Ms. Take]], [[Shredder Jack]], [[Sippy Slurps]], and [[Lost Bots|Lost Bot]] [[Clogstopper]].

*'''Greaser Gang''' (8-pack, 2018)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Lolly Licks was also available in one of the "[[Greaser Gang]]" themed 8-packs, along with [[Arctic Guzzlerush]], [[Cuddletooth]], [[Duderoni]], [[Frohawk]], [[Hawt Diggity]], [[Screen Fiend]], and Lost Bot [[Stinkeye Stapleton]].

*'''Jock Squad''' (8-pack, 2018)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Lolly Licks was also ''also'' available in one of the "[[Jock Squad]]" themed 8-packs, along with [[Angry Cheese]], Arctic Guzzlerush, [[Grit Sandwood]], [[King Toots]], [[Pucksie]], Screen Fiend, and Lost Bot Stinkeye Stapleton.
==Notes==
On promotional art, Lolly Licks is shown to have only one hand, the other arm ending in a stumpy, blunt tipped cone and a red eye, though the final figure has TWO hands and a white eye.

[[Category: Female Transformers]]
[[Category: Sugar Shocks]]

Talk:Studio Series

2019-02-03T21:28:28Z

YourBestPal:

==New category==
I am creating a new category called Category:Generation Studio Series toy images. If you have any objections, please state why. Cheers. [[User:Notirishman|--westjames/notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 11:31, 7 April 2018 (EDT)
:The category is created, as no one objected, in these 3 days. When uploading images, please use the category stated above. [[User:Notirishman|--westjames/notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 18:12, 9 April 2018 (EDT)

==Drift leaked==
Drift was revealed, and other leaked figures too. For the drift one, it's legit because it has an image, but the others, hightower and Cogman were leaked with no images. Should we add them? [[User:Memeuser17|Memeuser17]] ([[User talk:Memeuser17|talk]]) 13:33, 19 October 2018 (EDT)
:Definitely don’t add anything from unofficial leaks -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 13:44, 19 October 2018 (EDT)

== Multipacks ==

Both are "exclusives" one way or another. The Bumblebee 2-pack is more straightforward; it's offically a Traget exclusive in the US (and a Kmart exclusive in Australia), while the Bumblebee/Charlie set is a canceled Toys"R"Us exclusive (for obvious reasons, though it ''is'' still a TRU exclusive in Canada) that's now some sort of "shared online exclusive" (even though one shipment somehow made it to a single Target store despite the set not even being in Target's system). Anybody got an idea how to handle this?

On top of that, those alleged "Entertainment Earth exclusives" are also available from competitors Big Bad Toy Store, TFScource, Toywiz and even friggin' Diamond Comic Distributors.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 14:57, 25 November 2018 (EST)

==bb prime==
There’s a bumblebee voyager Optimus on the way, Should we add it? {{unsigned|YourBestPal}}
:No. The Optimus toy has only been seen in leaked images and isn't officially announced yet. Per our [[Help:Official info|guidelines]], we don't add information until it's been officially released. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 17:08, 20 December 2018 (EST)
::The only exception we add something if it isn't officially revealed, is if it starts poppin' up in many brick-and-mortar stores. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:42, 20 December 2018 (EST)
Uhh, just found one at my local Walmart.[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 16:28, 3 February 2019 (EST)

Piranacon (G1)

2019-01-21T15:40:22Z

YourBestPal:

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{{disambig3|Piranacon}}
:''Piranacon is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Piranacon.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Seafood SLEWis.]]
When it comes to [[combiner]]s, most suffer from the same problem: an inability to agree on ''anything'' while in their super-robot form, resulting in limited intelligence and limited effectiveness. Such is not the case with '''Piranacon'''. The [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] who compose Piranacon can all agree on one thing, they ''love'' to hunt. In fact, they love it so much, that once they combine, they absolutely ''will not stop'' until they've either run out of energy or are destroyed. This has gotten to be such a problem that their commander, [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]], has been forced to activate an [[automatic timer]] upon combination, forcing Piranacon to disassemble after a period of time. Despite this one set-back, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] considers Piranacon an ideal warrior and wishes he had more Decepticons like him.

Piranacon is the combined form of:

*[[Nautilator]]
*[[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]]
*[[Skalor|Skalor]]
*[[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]]
*[[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]]

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Enemy action seacons.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Eh, he's not so big.]]
[[File:Piranaconcoldwar.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Also available in Tropical Berry.]]
''[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] sent the Seacons to attack [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] when the future Decepticon neared the Decepticons' [[Club Con|island base]] and threatened his position as Decepticon leader. When the six warriors failed to put a dent in Galvatron, they combined into Piranacon and renewed their attack. Even in this massive form, after a long and brutal underwater battle, Galvatron defeated them. Blasted into their component parts, the Seacons were abandoned where they fell. {{storylink|Enemy Action!}}''

Soon after their island base was relocated to the Arctic, Piranacon's might was called upon again. A [[Semper Tyrannis|mysterious starship]] had entered their airspace, and this potentially hostile action had to be answered with a show of strength. Piranacon assembled and grappled the edge of the starship as it landed, but he was called off when [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] announced that these were no intruders, but a second group of Decepticons led by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] come to visit. Piranacon set the starship gently on the ground. {{storylink|Cold War!}}
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====Transformers Comic-Magazin====
When Megatron made peaceful gestures to humanity in [[New York City]], he gave a "statue" of [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] as a gift to the city. Just what they always wanted. Unsurprisingly, this statue turned out to be Snaptrap in disguise. Once night fell, Snaptrap transformed into Piranacon (on his own apparently) and went on a rampage. He was eventually stopped by the mighty force of the [[Sparkabot]]s, [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4#Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle|The Troy Principle}} Those events were also recorded on a videotape that was later found and watched by Autobots on Cybertron after a [[City of Fear!|nuclear disaster]] in [[Kalis]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 21|In Memory of Earth}}

The characteristics of "Pirranacon" and the "Small Targetmaster Seacons" were reviewed by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] in a simulation watched by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]].{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|Memories of Bumblebee}}

====''Classics''====
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During [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] campaign against [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], the Seacons sided with the skeletal samurai Pretender. When Bludgeon was informed that [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] had betrayed him in favor of Megatron, he and the Seacons confronted the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] leader. Hun-Grrr was outraged at the accusation, and hostilities lead to both teams combining. Abominus put up a good fight, but in the end, Piranacon jammed his sword into his opponent's back. The Terrorcons collectively entered [[stasis lock]].

Fearing that Hun-Grrr was able to leak his battle plans to Megatron's forces, Bludgeon prepared for an immediate strike. Back at his command station, he issued orders to the Seacons. They made as if to obey, but secretly combined into Piranacon once more. Bludgeon turned, discovering the true traitors, and acknowledged that Megatron was his tactical superior. Piranacon blasted the Pretender to oblivion with his [[Mass-Compression Cannon]]. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

Following their arrival on prehistoric [[Earth]] in [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|another reality]], [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]] and [[Nautilator]] were killed {{storylink|Shattered Time}} and later replaced with [[Scylla]]. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}} The net result was that Piranacon was effectively dead, and their merged form became [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]]. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Piranacon AoW4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|Ocean man, take me by the hand...]]
The Seacons formed Piranacon as a response to the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] assaulting Nautilator and wrestling in on their part of the [[Gladiator Zone]]. The Seacons' combined form proved inferior to [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], however, and Piranacon was defeated and nearly killed. He was saved due to the intervention of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who recruited both combiners into his Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}} Soon afterwards, Piranacon helped capture a group of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] who had arrived on Cybertron in search of Serpent O.R. During an assault on an Autobot peace ceremony, Piranacon helped Predaking and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] fight [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} After the three combiners disabled the giant Autobot, Piranacon started hunting down civilians until [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] steered [[Sixshot]] into crashing into his face. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Who was that new Transformer talking with [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]? Why, it was [[Doubledealer]], the Powermaster Mercenary! And, uh, he was also talking to Piranacon! Who was holding onto [[Skar (Decepticon)|Skar]] for him, while he was over at the Autobots' camp. Well, lets hope that's addressed at some point. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Doubledealer|Doubledealer commercial}}
*The Seacons combined into Piranacon to attack a city. Partway during the attack, Skalor and Seawing swapped positions in the gestalt; Seawing became Piranacon's right arm while Skalor become his gun. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Seacons|Seacons commercial}}
*Despite Piranacon guarding the entrance to the Decepticons' lair, several Autobot [[Micromaster]]s were able to make it inside the base and muck about the place. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Micromaster Patrols|Micromaster Patrols commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Piranacon.jpg|right|thumb|400px|]]
Piranacon participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. He could be recruited to a team if all of his components were at max level.{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
{{picsneeded|Better image for the original G1 release.}}
===Generation 1===
*'''Piranacon''' (Seacon giftset, 1988)

[[File:Piranacong1toy.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|It was 1988. Can you tell?]]
:The Piranacon giftset is unique among [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner giftsets in that it does not include all the members. For some reason—possibly cost concerns—the set includes only [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]], [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]], [[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]], [[Skalor]], and [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]]. [[Nautilator]] is not included.

:His motto "Underwater, no one can hear you scream" is a reference to the film ''{{w|Alien(film)|Alien}}''.

: This mold-set was redecoed to make ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[God Neptune (BWII)|God Neptune]], and with the addition of [[Lobclaw]] was released in Japan as [[King Poseidon]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Piranacon/piranacon.htm More information on Piranacon at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
*'''Piranacon''' (Seacon giftset, 2008)

[[File:Piranacontimelinestoy.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Red Lobster's Ultimate Feast]]
: A [[redeco]] of the Generation 1 mold above, ''Timelines'' Piranacon was available exclusively as a [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]-[[exclusive]] giftset containing all six Seacons in new color schemes. This set, unlike the original US giftset, includes Nautilator. The box looks like a modified version of King Poseidon's.

:The toy is packaged with a reproduction of the original ''Generation 1'' Piranacon instructions, which show Skalor as the right arm, Seawing as the left arm, and Nautilator as the right leg. However, the box art and on-package photos show Nautilator as the right arm and Skalor as the right leg, while the accessory layout gives the right fist to Seawing and the left fist to Nautilator.

:This toy was originally intended as an exclusive set of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''-series [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], but was shelved due to a lack of retailer interest. The team were called the Piranhacons and their combined form was Piranhaking.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/TFCCPiranacon/piranacon.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Piranacon at TFU.info]''

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===Transformers (2010)===
[[File:TF 2010 Piranacon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|right]]
*'''Decepticon Piranacon''' (Seacon giftset, 2010)

:The Piranacon giftset was released as an exclusive for several online toy merchants ([[BigBadToyStore]] in particular). Unlike the previous 1988 version gift set, the set now includes all the Seacons: [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]], [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]], [[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]], [[Skalor]], [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], and [[Nautilator]].

: The set is packaged in a way reminiscent of the Hasbro Masterpiece style transparent display box. The toys are fully combined in Piranacon mode, holding [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]]'s Targetmaster mode in his right hand and [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]]'s newly chromed "incendiary sword" in the left. The decals are already pre-applied unlike previous re-issues in the ''Commemorative'' and ''Encore'' lines. Aside from the inclusion of [[Nautilator]], the set also includes seven metallic finish biocards (the seventh being for Piranacon).

: Just like the previous use of the mold set, certain degradations of the mold are very obvious, especially in Nautilator's hip area, although the 5mm holes and pegs have been readjusted somewhat from the much degraded state they were in on the Timelines release. The pegs and holes on all figures still are not exact fits in all cases, however.

: Noted differences from the original set, aside from the chromed sword, include: some mold colors have been changed and Snaptrap's head has apparently been moved from a black plastic [[sprue]] to a green one. The head change is likely a holdover from the Timelines run, as it was not the case on [[Halfshell]]. Previous screwed on connectors have been changed to riveted points. The stickers also appear to have been remastered after a fashion, as new highlights and gradients have been added to almost all stickers, as well as just being remarkably crisp and vibrant in general.

:The set is packaged with Nautilator as the right leg and Skalor as the right arm, a combination also reflected in the new packaging art, box photo and instructions. However, the Piranacon collector card included with the set reuses the G1 box art, which depicts Skalor as the right leg and Nautilator as the right arm.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/BBTSPiranacon/piranacon.htm More information on 2010 Piranacon at TFU.info]''

===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Piranacon.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

*'''Decepticon Piranacon''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A4475'''
**''Pieces'': '''95'''

:Part of the second wave of [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]] combiner sets, Piranacon comes as a set of four component Kreons, which can be built into their robot modes or their beast modes, or they can be built into Piranacon by taking them apart and combining their pieces. Piranacon gets to wield Snap Trap's axe and a gun made of other leftover parts.

:Like the entire Micro Changer combiner sets, Piranacon comes with only one Kre-O display brick, and a sticker sheet composed of his leg detailing & a Kre-O logo. Due to the leg stickers being slightly transparent, applying them into the black-colored leg parts can render the details being semi-transparent. The instructions also did not mention on where you should put the Kre-O logo sticker. Also, Piranacon's combined mode's waist part is somehow prone to falling off from the assembly while posing, and he has a problem standing straight due to how the legs are constructed.

:Some packages of Piranacon contained a duplicate Overbite rather than a Tentakil.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OPiranacon/piranacon.htm More information on Piranacon at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Piranhaking-combined.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Khanna? Guidi? We'd like to know!]]
*According to Piranacon's [[bio]], he can lift '''''four million tons''''', which is so openly ridiculous you'd have to assume there was a typo involved. Especially since [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] can only lift 500!
*Originally, as shown at [[OTFCC 2004]], Piranhaking was to have his own, original box-art. However, the box-art of the ''Timelines'' Piranacon is a recolored version of his original art instead of that newly commissioned piece. Piranhaking's unused art appears to have been drawn by [[Dan Khanna]].
*The Seacons' unique variation on standard "Scramble-city" style [[Combiner|combination]], whereby one member serves as a Targetmaster for Piranacon, means that whichever of the six Seacons takes on this role is actually excluded from the usual mental merging. It is for this very reason that, although any member other than Snaptrap can take turns, the team usually try to make sure that their resident screw-up Nautilator be the one most commonly relegated to the role of weapon. Nautilator's incompetence is so severe that his fellow Seacons strongly prefer to exclude him from the primary gestalt, having discovered that Piranacon's effectiveness is noticeably impaired whenever his mind is part of the mix.<ref>Nautilator and Piranacon profiles from Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' #5</ref>
===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kuáng Pài Hǎi Dǐ Kuáng Mó''' (China, 狂派海底狂魔, "Decepticon Seafloor Mad Devil")<ref>2010 [[Hasbro]] China [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] set instruction booklet</ref>

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==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Fan Club exclusives]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Seacons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Decepticons]]

Talk:Blitzwing (BB)

2019-01-13T23:42:33Z

YourBestPal:

''Starscream ended being revealed to be in the movie after all''

I do not believe that this correct. The footnote sources it to the Empire article which has this to say:

''We're swiftly disabused of that notion thanks to a barrage of familiar faces including Decepticon premiereship players Shockwave, Starscream and Blitzwing, all in their original, first generation forms.''

This is obviously an incorrect take on the trailer, as Blitzwing is assuredly not there in his "original, first generation form." We therefore can't take the article's identification of Starscream as definitive, especially given that this isn't the first time we've seen a Starscream-looking dude in a trailer, and he turned out named something else. Note that Starscream is not mentioned in any of the article's direct quotes of Travis Knight. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 16:59, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
:I understand what you mean, but in the background of the Shockwave shot, we see a bot that looks different than Blitzwing, and has more similarities to Starscream. We can especially tell because the international trailer shows us Blitzwing's body. If this ends being Blitzwing ''too'' (for some reason) than sure. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 17:30, 25 September 2018 (EDT)

== Triple Changer? ==

I will admit I haven't been reading every article published for the movie, but when did they say Blitzwing was a Triple Changer? I'm not seeing a source, so...
:I think SDCC with an interview with Knight? I think? There is also the fact in the trailer, he is a jet and has a toy of him that is a tank, and the prequel comics having tank kibble on him... I think. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 17:02, 8 October 2018 (EDT)

==wrong guy?==
In the prequel comics, there is definitely a guy named blitzwing. I dont think he is the starscream looking guy in the trailer, for a few reasons. In the trailer, he has red bits, but in the comics he is all grey/brown. In the comics, he sports a noticeably different head design than in the trailer. In the comics, the tank tread kibble is on his back, jutting up enough to see, but in the trailer, you see no tank treads when the angle should be giving a good view of the treads. In place of the treads are thrusters in the trailer. His toy is colored closer to the comic version, which backs up the comic blitzwing and the movie seeker being different. The head design on the toy is similar, but noticeably different from the seeker in the trailer. The toy has a tidal wave style “mohawk” crest, but the one in the trailer doesnt. The 2 vents on top of the head also dont align with blitzwing and the seeker. Could they be two seperate entities? Please reply your thoughts below. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 21:08, 18 November 2018 (EST)
:Bumblebee doesn't look like his movie self either, what is your point? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:23, 18 November 2018 (EST)
::Bumblebee looks like his Volkswagen design, as Far as I know [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 21:29, 18 November 2018 (EST)
::: [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/a/aa/BumblebeePrequelSketches.jpg A-hem]. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 21:36, 18 November 2018 (EST)
==legs==
His legs design and detail resemble g1 skyfires toy. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 17:19, 12 January 2019 (EST)
:No such thing. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 17:30, 12 January 2019 (EST)

Flat, downwards angled black feet. Lower legs being curved and slightly wider than the upper leg. Little black and red details on the lower legs. It’s probably unintentional, but they do look eerily similar. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 20:26, 12 January 2019 (EST)
:You missed the point: there is no G1 Skyfire toy. ---[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 23:35, 12 January 2019 (EST)

You know what I mean. Jetfire and skyfire are the same character.[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 18:42, 13 January 2019 (EST)

Talk:Blitzwing (BB)

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Talk:Blitzwing (BB)

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Fortress Maximus (G1)

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:''Fortress Maximus is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and occasional [[cityformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:FortMax1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Nobuyuki Hiyama|Link]] called. He wants the [[Master Sword]] back.]]

Despite his great power, size, and rank, '''Fortress Maximus''' is a weary and reluctant warrior. Fighting is against his pacifist nature, even for the most noble of causes. Over time, the endless conflict on Cybertron has worn him down, to the point that he's willing to walk away from the war entirely to preserve himself and his ideals.

Fortress Maximus is big. ''How'' big generally depends on the universe, but often as not he's binary-bonded to a smaller robot named [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] who forms his head; Cerebros's own head is formed by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], or in some universes: [[Emissary (Generations)|Emissary]]. Sometimes he is known as '''Fortress Tiberious. '''

{{note|Fortress Maximus is one of those fun characters whose incarnations are very different. See individual fiction entries below for continuity specific profiles.}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
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{{main|Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
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===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Stephen Keener]] (English), [[Kunihiko Yasui]] (Japanese)}}

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When a battle for possession of the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]] led a group of Autobots and Decepticons to be stranded on the planet [[Nebulos]], partnership between the Transformers and the native Nebulans led to the development of Headmaster and Targetmaster technology. The planet's evil ruling council, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]], took the technology to its most powerful extreme when its leader [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] created the massive city-sized Scorponok to serve as his Headmaster partner and used his power to steal back the chamber key. The Decepticons departed for Cybertron, and the Autobots were poised to give chase when Spike Witwicky announced that he and the pacifistic Cerebros would be staying behind. While the other Autobots left in pursuit, Spike had Cerebros lead him to the ruins of the Hive's original city, which they had lived in before moving underground. Taking control of the various abandoned machines there, Spike rebuilt the city, Cerebros and even himself into a Headmaster robot that could stand up to Scorponok's power: Fortress Maximus!

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The completed Fortress Maximus quickly flew to Cybertron and made a dramatic entrance, setting down in city mode and then transforming to battle station mode to bombard Scorponok and the Decepticons with a hail of weaponsfire. When Zarak transformed Scorponok to [[robot mode]], Spike did likewise with Fortress Maximus, and the two titans battled, with Maximus on the losing end until Zarak threatened the life of Spike's son, Daniel. With a burst of strength, Fortress Maximus took Scorponok down, causing him to collapse with such force that he transformed back to city mode. Spike and Cerebros then disconnected from Maximus and headed inside Scorponok to recover the captive Daniel and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], leaving Maximus to keep the other Decepticons at bay with his many weapons. The Decepticons were able to get through Maximus's firestorm and got Scorponok airborne, but not before Spike succeeded in his rescue.

Subsequently, with the Plasma Energy Chamber back under Autobot control, Fortress Maximus flew the Autobot Headmasters and Targetmasters back to Nebulos. There, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] announced that after they had eradicated the Hive's evil from the planet, Cerebros would live on the planet as its guardian, presumably meaning that Fortress Maximus would be staying there too. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

{{note|It is unclear if Fortress Maximus had any sentience of his own; he did speak once in his own voice, but for the most part, even Cerebros's will seemed to be pushed aside so Spike could run the whole thing himself.}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{note|In Japan, Fortress Maximus's mental functions are housed in a small robot who transforms into a head and connects to a larger, lifeless transtector body. This larger body in turn becomes the head of a ''giant'' transtector, forming the robot known as Fortress Maximus. The ''Headmasters'' toyline referred to the smallest robot as '''Cerebros''', who formed the head of the intermediate robot '''Fortress''', but this distinction was never actually made in fiction, and the character was always referred to as "Fortress" regardless of whether he was in small or intermediate form.}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Ikuya Sawaki]] (Japanese)|[[Simon Broad]] (English), [[Liu Xirui]] (Chinese)}}

[[File:Hm7 fortress small bot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Drang nach Master!]]
Four million years ago, Fortress was a [[Cyberdroid|diminutive Cybertronian]] who had not yet mastered the art of transformation, and was a friend of [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]'s. He was among the many Transformers that fled Cybertron in an attempt to escape the corrosion of war without end, and led a group of his fellow small Cybertronians in search of a new peaceful world they could call home. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Alas, engine trouble caused their ship to crash on the inhospitable world of planet Master, whose hazardous environmental conditions began threatening the lives of Fortress and his men almost as soon as they departed the wreckage of their ship and began trekking through a desert of shifting sands. The need for survival fostered many technological and mental advancements, however, and Fortress and his people endured.

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Fortress was responsible for many of the technological quantum leaps, the most significant of which was the invention of "[[transtector]]s": larger, lifeless Transformer bodies to which the small Cybertronians could connect as heads. After a rigorous physical and mental training program that allowed them to finally master transformation and even instilled powerful telepathic and telekinetic powers in them, Fortress and nine other warriors bonded with these transtectors to become "Headmasters". {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Fortress even took the process one step further, and with the aid of other Master scientists like [[Jack (Headmasters)|Jack]], created a ''huge'' transtector that could transform into the battleship, Maximus. Fortress's own transtector was engineered to also transform into a head, which could control the many functions of the Maximus from a special docking bay on the battleship's bridge, {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} and which could form the head for the battleship's own colossal robot mode, known as "Fortress Maximus". Fortress also created the powerful [[Master Sword]] for himself, and tied the Maximus's transformation into it; in order to convert the battleship to robot mode, Fortress had to draw a small version of the blade from a sheath beneath his command console, but this feat could only be accomplished when his physical and mental energies were in perfect synchronization. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Unfortunately, half of the Headmasters eventually rebelled against Fortress's leadership, siding with a traitor named Scorponok against him. The traitors were defeated by Fortress and his comrades and exiled from Master, but eventually, they came to ally themselves with the Decepticons under the command of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

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In the year 2011, when Galvatron launched his latest attack on Cybertron with the added power of his new Decepticon Headmasters, Fortress Maximus brought the Autobot Headmasters back to their homeworld aboard the Maximus. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Even the mightiest of the Decepticons' [[combiner]]s could not stand against Battleship Maximus's firepower, and the evil robots were forced into retreat. This task complete, Fortress set the Maximus down at the Autobots' secondary headquarters on the planet [[Athenia]], where he introduced himself and his comrades and explained their origins, and was reunited with Kup. After being filled in by the Autobots on the current crisis—[[Vector Sigma]] had become destabilized, putting the planet at risk—Fortress deduced that the [[Matrix of Leadership]] was necessary to bring the computer back under control. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Unfortunately, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] had already ventured into the depths of Cybertron without the Matrix, willing to sacrifice his own life to stabilize Vector Sigma, so Fortress headed into the planet's catacombs after him while the other Headmasters helped [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] search for the Matrix, hidden somewhere on [[Earth]]. Though Fortress was not able to catch up to Prime before he reached Vector Sigma's chamber, he was able to use his telepathic powers to contact Prime's companion, the spirit of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], helping to guide him safely through the maze of tunnels. It turned out that [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] had made it to the chamber ahead of Prime, however, and Fortress raced through the remainder of the tunnels to aid Prime against the two Decepticons. Hot Rod soon arrived with the Matrix, which he used to become Rodimus Prime again, but before he could use it to bring Vector Sigma back under control, Optimus Prime merged with the computer to stabilize it, giving up his life in the process. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Prime was not the only casualty of the crisis: [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] also lost his life in the search for the Matrix. Luckily, Fortress was able to use the advanced technology of Master to rebuild and resurrect him, as Twincast. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

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While patrolling space for Decepticon activity aboard the Maximus, the Autobot Headmasters discovered [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] stowed away on board. After explaining the function of his Head Mode to the shocked youngsters, Fortress agreed to let the pair join them on the patrol. Soon after, the Autobots came upon two stranded [[Beastformer]]s from the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], and learned that the Decepticons had invaded their planet; the infuriated Fortress made for the planet with all due speed, after sending a report to Rodimus Prime on Athenia. The Autobot Headmasters helped the native Beastformers liberate their planet from Decepticon control, but Fortress was concerned with a blueprint recovered from an underground factory that indicated the Decepticons were building something. {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}}

[[File:Hm6 fortmax funnyfaces.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|:D]]
When the Decepticons launched a [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteor]] at Athenia, Fortress and his battleship were powerless to do anything, for fear of being destroyed by the meteor's gravity sensors. It fell to Daniel Witwicky to destroy the meteor, so Fortress transported him as close to it as he was able. Daniel lost his nerve at the last minute, so Fortress calmed him down by making some silly faces. Dignified! {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} Later, a phoney distress call lured Fortress and the Autobot Headmasters into a trap on the planet [[Praum]] set by their old foe, Scorponok. Despite being trapped in a subterranean chamber with the endless desert sands pouring in on top of him, Fortress kept his head and reminded his young allies of the similar hardships they had suffered on Master and the training they had undergone to overcome them. With the skills they had learned back then, they were able to escape. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}}

[[File:Hm10 fortress appointed commander.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Take my job, New Toy! I don't want it!"]]
When Galvatron launched an attack on Cybertron in an attempt to steal a new alloy developed by Vector Sigma named [[cybertonuron]], Fortress advised Rodimus Prime against striking back in full force, preferring to find another way to stop the Decepticons than putting all their warriors in danger. Rodimus refused, and Fortress quietly acquiesced to his commander's wishes, ferrying him to Cybertron on Battleship Maximus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} The battle ended catastrophically, however, when treachery on the part of Scorponok led to the detonation of a collection of bombs in Vector Sigma's chamber, devastating Cybertron and rendering it uninhabitable, and apparently killing Galvatron in the process. Realizing with deep regret that Fortress's caution had been warranted, Rodimus Prime decided that the era of his generation of Transformers was over, and vowed to search the universe for a new planet the Transformers could call home. He passed the title of [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots (though not the Matrix of Leadership) to Fortress, who was visibly uncomfortable with the appointment, but accepted it graciously, telling himself not to contest it because it was his destiny. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:G1FortressMaximus HMstockfootage.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"...But it's the pelvic thruuuuuust / that really drives you in-sa-a-a-ane..."]]
Fortress's tenure as leader got off to a strong start with the successful completion of the [[Sol 1]] satellite, a joint venture between the Autobots and humanity to gather solar energy. Unfortunately, the satellite was stolen by the Decepticons, forcing the Autobot Headmasters to destroy it to keep it out of their hands. Before being destroyed, however, the satellite's energy was beamed by the villains to the planet [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]]. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} Fortress attempted to study Zarak from afar in hopes of deducing what the Decepticons were up to, but the planet's gaseous shroud prevented remote observation of its surface, and the Decepticons began staging concentrated attacks on Earth to keep the Autobots' attentions divided. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} One such attack saw the Decepticons unleash a carnivorous, ambulatory plant upon [[San Francisco]], which Fortress identified as a [[buridanka]] from the planet [[Darhos]]. When the Autobot Headmasters responded, Battleship Maximus was caught in the plant-monster's vines, and Fortress's lack of focus left him unable to draw the Master Sword and transform. Galvanized by the cries of the other Headmasters, however, his energies soon came into alignment, and for what was apparently the first time (given everyone else's surprise when it happened) Fortress transformed the Maximus and combined with it to form Fortress Maximus. With the power of the Master Sword, he easily dispatched the giant plant. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

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Weakened by the great energy demands of his transformation, Fortress sent the Autobot Headmasters to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] without him when news of Decepticon movement on the planet reached the Autobots. When the Headmasters discovered that the Decepticons were planning to blow up Mars, however, Fortress went into action, only to be struck with a [[plasma energy]] bomb by the Decepticons Headmasters just as he was in the middle of transforming into Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Although Fortress survived the blast, his energies were severely drained, and the powerless Maximus was unable to depart Mars as the countdown to the Decepticons' planet-destroying explosion continued. Even worse, into the middle of this crisis stepped Scorponok, now outfitted with a gigantic transtector of his own: the end result of the mysterious construction operations on planets Beast and Zarak. Scorponok pummelled the paralyzed Maximus, then pulled out just before the chain of explosion began. Fortress told the Headmasters to leave him and the Maximus to their fate, but luckily, at the last minute, the battleship began absorbing the energy released by the early stages of the explosion. Fortress was able to use this energy to transform into Fortress Maximus, and escaped the destruction of Mars, slashing Scorponok with the Master Sword as he came bursting from the conflagration. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

[[File:Hm17 maximus vs scorponok.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|That's how the scorpions breed!]]
While Fortress and the Headmasters were patrolling the edges of Decepticon space to keep an eye on their enemies' activities, Scorponok attacked the Maximus, only for the fight to be broken up by a strange UFO. Back on Athenia, Fortress met with the Autobots' deep cover spy, [[Punch (G1)|Punch]], and learned that Scorponok was holding a coronation ceremony for himself on Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]]. The Autobots attacked the ceremony, during which Fortress again pitted his battleship against Scorponok, but the fighting was brought to an end when the UFO returned, and was revealed to belong to Galvatron, who had survived Cybertron's destruction. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Fortress fought Scorponok again soon after, when the Autobots tried to provide energy relief to the other-dimensional planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

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When the Decepticons embarked on an interplanetary energy quest, the Autobots determined to follow them aboard Fortress's battleship; Fortress had to be convinced to allow Daniel to come with them. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} Their first port of call was the planet [[Hive (planet)|Hive]], but before the Maximus could set down, they were attacked by the planet's force. Fortress was intent on a show of non-resistance and would not fire back, while [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] went down to the planet's surface and proved the Autobots' good intentions to Hive's [[Queen Bee]]. The Autobots joined forces with the natives to fend off the Decepticons; Fortress disconnected the Maximus's "Master Shot" cannon so the Headmasters could wield it, then transformed into Fortress Maximus to send Scorponok packing with the Master Sword. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} Fortress then used the Maximus to fly the Autobots to [[Twin Star]], where he dealt with Scorponok by hauling him into the air and dropping him, {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} and [[Daros]], where he used the Maximus's internal defense systems to stop [[Curl|a gang of prisoners]] from taking control of the battleship. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}} The battleship needed some repairs before it could take the Autobots to [[Paradise]], which Fortress had Chromedome and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] perform. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} Fortress again transformed to Fortress Maximus on the final planet of their journey, [[Pirate Planet]], taking Scorponok out with a Master Sword-slash to the chest. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

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After returning to Athenia, Fortress and the Headmasters received news of a Decepticon attack on Earth and headed there with all due haste, but they were not in time to stop [[Sixshot]] from mortally wounding [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. Fortress held Magnus as he died, then carried his body aboard the Maximus for burial along an Earth coastline. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} Soon after, with Decepticon attacks intensifying, Fortress had to talk [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] out of risking his own life in the pursuit of revenge against Sixshot. When word came through from Punch that Galvatron intended to use the gathered energy to fuse himself with the Earth itself, Fortress and the Headmasters immediately departed to confront the Decepticon leader in [[Alaska]]. The Headmasters were able to use Punch's information to finally end the threat of Galvatron with their [[Head Formation]], burying him in the Arctic ice. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:Hm26 weak spot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|From USSR with "love"!]]
Galvatron's demise left a power vacuum that Scorponok immediately filled, and once appointed leader again, he immediately put into motion a plan to destroy the Earth by simultaneously erupting every volcano on the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]]. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] deduced his plan, but a Decepticon attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] left Spike fatally wounded, with a chunk of shrapnel embedded in one of his arteries. Medical science could do nothing for Spike, so Fortress used his telekinetic powers to dissolve the shrapnel, saving Spike, but draining all of Fortress's energy. Even in his weakened state, unable to transform, Fortress still attempted to stop Scorponok from initiating his plan on the Kamchatka Peninsula, but Scorponok simply hurled the Maximus into a volcano. As it turned out, this allowed Fortress to absorb the geothermal energy of the volcano's magma, restoring his power and ability to transform. Following information decoded by Chromedome, Fortress Maximus was able to puncture Scorponok's weak spot, the Decepticon symbol on his chest, forcing the villain and his followers to flee the planet. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

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With Earth finally free of the Decepticons, the Autobots set about removing every trace of their evil from the planet. Fortress co-ordinated the effort, but just as he was meeting with three new Autobot arrivals—[[Pointblank]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]—a report came through from Chromedome that one of the plasma energy bombs he had been tasked with gathering up had become active. Fortress quickly picked up the bombs in Battleship Maximus, intending to transport them into space so they could detonate harmlessly, but as the ship departed the atmosphere, it crossed paths with another vessel containing refugees from Master. While the Autobots held off the Decepticons pursuing the Master vessel, Fortress and Twincast welcomed the refugees on board, and learned from them that Scorponok's Decepticons had attacked Master. The refugees then helped get the plasma bombs off Battleship Maximus, but they proceeded to detonate before everyone could get clear, and the explosion fused the refugees to the arms of the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} Fortress used his scientific know-how to remove the refugees from the Autobots' arms, but a strange link remained between the warriors. With these "[[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]]" added to their ranks, Fortress piloted Battleship Maximus to Master to stop Scorponok's evildoings there. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

[[File:MasterSwordDanger Floppydisk.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Insert 80s computer joke here.]]
Seeking to forge a weapon to counter Fortress's Master Sword, Scorponok arranged for the kidnap of Wheelie so that he could be ransom for information on the sword. Fortress agonized over what to do, but the decision was made for him when Chromedome and Daniel snuck away to rescue Wheelie themselves. Learning of their insubordination, Fortress played along, keeping the Decepticons' attentions on his battleship and preparing a data disk to "hand over". Unfortunately, when the Decepticons learned that Wheelie had been rescued, a fight broke out over the disk and it was snatched from Fortress's grasp. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} The Decepticons retreated underground, but Fortress was able to track them down by equipping the Master Sword with sensors that would allow the Maximus to track any surges of the energy needed to create it, which Scorponok was sure to require to forge his own weapon. Unfortunately, [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] was able to sneak aboard the Maximus, and although Fortress repelled him, he had secretly planted bombs on the battleship that covered the Decepticons' escape when they went off. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}}

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As Battleship Maximus was repaired, Fortress debated strategy with the Autobots, eventually agreeing with the Targetmasters' plan to lure the Decepticons into space to avoid collateral damage to Master. Unfortunately, the hot-headed Chromedome disagreed, and staged his own attack on the Decepticons with the aid of the young warriors of Master. Chromedome's strategy went sour, forcing Fortress Maximus to go into action, but when the Master Sword clashed with Scorponok's newly forged "[[Zarak Shield]]", it was the Zarak Shield that emerged triumphant! Defeated, Fortress Maximus could only watch as Scorponok departed for Earth, intending to destroy it once and for all. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

The Autobots gave chase in the Maximus, but during the space battle that resulted, Daniel was set adrift when the Maximus's Laser Block unit was damaged and jettisoned. Fortress was forced to divert to rescue the boy, allowing the Decepticons a substantial lead in the race back to Earth. {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}} Their lead was lost when they were forced to set down on the asteroid [[Pallas]] for repairs, and the Maximus set down on [[Ceres]] in order to attack. During the fight, Sixshot challenged Chromedome to a one-on-one duel, and Fortress's pleas that he not accept the challenge fell on deaf ears. Even as Scorponok took off for Earth again, Fortress concluded that he and the other Autobots would have to leave Chromedome to his duel and carry on the chase. As it happened, the duel was interrupted by an explosion courtesy of bombs Scorponok had planted on the battlefield, so Chromedome was able to rejoin Maximus not long after. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

[[File:Hm35 master sword zappped.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|By the power of Grayskull!]]
As the Maximus entered the final stretch back to Earth, reports began coming in from the Autobots down on the planet of Decepticon attacks, accompanied by the emergence of strange towers at specific points around the globe. Once back on Earth, Fortress met with Punch, who unfortunately had to report that Scorponok had disappeared into the Mediterranean Ocean. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} The Autobots soon realized that the "Death Towers" were composed of energy-amplifying [[crysmagnetal]], and were creating a field of energy that was surrounding the Earth. Following Punch's lead, Fortress led the Autobots to Egypt, where Scorponok was outfitting a Death Tower with an induction booster to magnify the amount of energy it was projecting. The Master Sword played the unfortunate role of lightning rod in the presence of the Death Tower, attracting bolts of the tower's energy and stunning Fortress, preventing him from stopping Scorponok. As Scorponok fled, he told Fortress to meet him at the North Pole, where even he would have a role to play in his scheme.

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With no other choices, Fortress followed his enemy's instructions, and the entire Autobot and Decepticon armies clashed in battle in the frozen north. There, Scorponok lured Fortress Maximus onto a crysmagnetal dais, at which point, an orbiting Decepticon satellite that had been gathering the energies projected by the Death Towers activated, beaming the collected energy down to the dais. Scorponok disconnected from his transtector, and left the paralyzed Fortress Maximus trapped in the satellite's beam, part of a deadly circuit of energy that threatened to tear the Earth apart. The four Headmasters joined in Head Formation and tried to channel their energy into Fortress Maximus in hopes of giving him the strength to break free, but their own power was not enough. At Daniel's suggestion, all the other Autobots linked up as part of the chain, and together combined in "Final Formation", they infused Maximus with enough energy to deflect the satellite's beam with the Master Sword, destroying it. With one mighty slash, Fortress Maximus bisected Scorponok's transtector, finally ending the Decepticon threat.

The Decepticons subsequently fled Earth, and the Autobots gathered to pursue them. Fortress told the tearful Daniel that it was necessary in order to continue defend peace throughout the universe, but promised the boy that they would meet again. Together, the Autobots all boarded Fortress's battleship, and took off into the setting sun. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Kiss Players/15 Go! Go!''====
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Slumped miserably on the barren surface of Master in their smallest robot forms, Fortress, Chromedome and Highbrow's attention was caught when a [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|time-travelling spaceship]] materialized over their heads and crashed nearby. {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 1}} By studying and reverse-engineering the technology found in this spaceship, Fortress and the scientists of Master invented transtectors and the Headmaster process. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players radio drama #48}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 3}}

====''The Great Transformer War''====
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In the year 2010, while significant Transformer battles were being waged throughout space and on Earth, Fortress was active on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. After the younger Headmaster warriors under his command were defeated in battle by [[Sixshot]] and the Decepticon Headmasters, Fortress quickly roused his fallen comrades and ordered them to board his battleship, the Maximus, so that they could pursue the villains. Their destination: Cybertron! {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}
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====''The Headmasters'' manga====
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Soon after Optimus Prime died stabilizing Vector Sigma, the Decepticons staged an attack on Athenia, and Fortress and the Autobot Headmasters quickly took off in Battleship Maximus to intercept them as they approached the planet. Daniel opined that the Decepticons were "a lot like parasites", to which Fortress murmured an agreement. At that point, the Decepticons appeared in front of them, and the Autobots realized that they had played into the villains' hands: they intended to destroy Fortress's battleship with a bomb. Luckily, Chromedome moved quickly enough to snatch the bomb away and save the Maximus. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 1|The Headmasters #1}}

Responding to an SOS from their Beastformer comrades, Fortress escorted the Autobot Headmasters to planet Beast to investigate. No sooner had the young warriors left Battleship Maximus to search, Rodimus Prime radioed Fortress for an update. Fortress didn't have anything to tell him, but assured Rodimus that the Headmasters would get to the bottom of the mystery. {{storylink|Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}} Later, once they were back on Earth, Fortress sent the Headmasters on their next mission, to respond to a Decepticon attack on an Alaskan energy plant. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 2|The Headmasters #2}}

When a fire tore through [[Shinjuku]], Chromedome, [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]], and [[Artfire]] responded, but their rescue effort was impeded by the Decepticon Targetmaters. Luckily, Fortress soon arrived to extinguish the fire by dumping a massive amount of water on it from above using Battleship Maximus, freeing up the others to deal with the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 7|The Headmasters #7}}
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====''Super-God Masterforce Master File''====
Following the expulsion of the Decepticons from Earth after the battle at the North Pole, the Transformers' war shifted into a series of space-based exchanges between Athenia and Chaar known as the [[Master Wars]]. With the space bridge destroyed, interstellar transportation was severely limited, and it fell to Fortress and the Maximus to patrol space for the Decepticons. While on one such patrol, Fortress received a transmission from Sixshot alerting him to the existence of a [[Devil Z|new shadowy puppet master]] who had taken control of the Decepticons. This news came at the same time as a report from the Trainbots which indicated that Scorponok had constructed a new transtector for himself, and so Fortress had no choice but to focus on dealing with this mystery. With access to the ever-important Earth now greatly reduced and his attentions now focused elsewhere, Fortress left guardianship of the planet in the hands of [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] and his [[Pretender]]s. {{storylink|Master File No, 1}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
Fortress dispatched a team of [[Pretender]]s led by [[Marduk]] to retrieve the [[Ultra Matrix]] from [[Beast (planet)|Beast]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon continuity====
=====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====
Archive footage of Fortress Maximus destroying the MegaZarak transtector was used to educate the future [[Headmaster Junior]]s about the [[Master Wars]]. {{storylink|Birth! Headmaster Jrs}}

Fortress's younger brother, [[Grand Maximus|Grand]], travelled to Earth to aid the Autobots there against the approaching threat of [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]. Grand was physically identical to his big bro, save for his coloration, and even piloted a smaller Maximus-style battleship of his own. {{storylink|Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
The battle between Fortress and Scorponok began on Master when Fortress discovered and put an end to his kidnapping and experimenting on citizens. {{storylink|Mutant Targetmaster Birth Chapter}} Years later, [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] told a visiting [[Legends World|Legends]] [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] the story about how he and other diminutive Autobots, including Fortress, left Cybertron and settled on Master. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 9|Bonus Edition Vol. 9}} Fortress later showed up when [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] was complaining about Brainstorm's recent upgrade and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] was getting angry at Rattrap for not caring about ''The Headmasters'', and commented that everyone was getting worked up as usual. {{storylink|Transformers 2015 Brainstorm Chapter|Brainstorm Chapter}}

[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] harbored regrets over the fact that [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] had parted ways with him and moved onto spending her time with Fortress. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}}

During development of [[Master-Brace|technology]] that would let [[Headmaster Junior]]s wield [[Masterforce]], Fortress created a Headmaster [[exosuit]] for human use and let [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] test pilot it on his own transtector. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 54|Bonus Edition Vol. 54}}

By 2021, Scorponok had returned and Fortress continued to fight him in space, culminating in a battle to stop the Decepticon from detonating a black hole. The Autobots failed and were infected with [[blackball|miniature black holes]] that shrunk their bodies, threatening to eventually make them disappear entirely. After having all non-Headmasters on his crew converted into Headmasters to save their lives, Fortress told his forces they could find new transtectors in the Legends World, then set a course there before the battleship Maximus itself could disappear. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} On arrival, Fortress requested help from the local [[Axalon Trading Company]], but was told by [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] that they didn't work for free. In lieu of money, Fortress offered them access to Headmaster technology and negotiated a partnership between the Autobots and Axalon, leading to him and his soldiers becoming office workers. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 21|Bonus Edition Vol. 21}}

Fortress was later called up by Grand, who asked him to open a portal and receive some humans he was sending to the Legends World. He was resistant to taking them in, being busy with managerial duties, but backed down when an angry Grand told him people's lives were at stake and accused him of getting too cozy in the peaceful dimension. {{storylink|LG24 Shockwave & Cancer Prologue}} When the Autobot Axalon Trading Company finished building a new battleship Maximus, Chromedome urged Fortress to use it to crush the Decepticons, only for Fortress to collapse while trying to argue for a peaceful solution. In sickbed, he let Chromedome in on a big secret: the process of controlling Maximus had been eating away at his life force all along, weakening him every time he combined. He then broke into tears, despairing that he was nothing but a coward who avoided having to use the transtector for his own safety, but Chromedome reassured him that he was a great commander who had only kept this secret from his troops to keep morale up. Despite his condition, Fortress didn't hesitate to become Fortress Maximus once more to defend his friends from [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who was being mind-controlled by [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] into attacking the Maximus. After defeating Tarantulas by piercing his control device with the Master Sword, he told his comrades he was happy as long as he could keep defending the world. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}}

Highbrow began researching a cure to Fortress's condition and eventually found that it could be reversed by feeding him [[Zodiac]] energy, which was related to the Headmasters' telepathic energy. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 33|Bonus Edition Vol. 33}} When the Decepticon Headmasters stole Metroplex's [[transformation cog]] to rebuild [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Megatron contacted Fortress as he was the only other Transformer large enough to stop Trypticon. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} However, Trypticon's new ability to fly caught Fortress by surprise before he could transform the Maximus, and the battleship was damaged and crashed. Fortress removed its transformation cog and had it delivered to Metroplex, then ended up among the victims devoured by Trypticon before he could be defeated. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} The Maximus base was subsequently integrated into the city when it was rebuilt. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]] and Spike later arrived at Axalon and informed Fortress that the Spike acting as a chairman of the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] was an impostor. Noting that Spike had kept the exosuit, Fortress lent him his transtector so he could fight off the fake, then promised he would lend a hand when the time came to defeat him for good. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 54|Bonus Edition Vol. 54}} The Maximus was drowned when [[Tigerburn]] flooded the city {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 64|Bonus Edition Vol. 64}} and damaged when [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] attacked, but got repaired by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] using the Zodiac. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}} When Grand came to the Legends World to battle [[Devil Z]] and BlackZarak using his own gigantic transtector, Fortress tried to stop him as didn't have the training required to control it, but Grand insisted on showing his worth and defeated Devil Z before collapsing. Fortress rushed to his fallen brother, who praised him for his ability to control such a huge body and joked that they would both be needing the Zodiac treatment now. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
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When a new and powerful Autobot warrior named [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] rose to prominence on Earth, he distinguished himself to the point that Fortress decided to step down as Supreme Commander and appoint Ginrai in his place. The Trainbots brought Ginrai and his [[Headmaster Junior]] allies to Athenia, where Fortress formally handed over leadership, then departed to take care of some business on Master. In his absence, the united forces of the Earth- and space-based Decepticons attacked Athenia, but Ginrai was able to repel them. Fortress arrived back just as the Decepticons were pulling out, and announced that the Autobots must pool their resources as their enemies had, uniting their forces on Earth and space to commence the [[Godbomber|Bomber Project]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

Later talking to [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]], Fortress would check on the progress of the project after Chromedome arrived at Earth to assist with it. {{storylink|Headmasters VS Masterforce}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Fortress Maximus served as transport when Ultra Magnus lead a mission to a small asteroid in search of a new source of [[Energon]]. The Autobots discovered a [[Observer|small alien]], and [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] utilized Maximus's laboratory to determine that the creature turned its food into Energon. A later fracas with the Decepticons resulted in Fortress Maximus getting involved, leading to a fight with Scorponok. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

===''Transformers PD Type''===
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While casually minding his own business one day, Fortress Maximus was suddenly shocked to see a wave of Decepticons led by Galvatron bearing down on him. He immediately transformed into robot mode... but he had completely forgotten that he had been in city mode, leaving all the poor Autobots who had been inside him squished and thinking there had been an earthquake. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##12 "Bigger than Life! Fortress Maximus!"|Bigger Than Life! Fortress Maximus!}}

Fortress Maximus later met Scorponok in battle, vowing to never surrender. All the other Transformers would probably have preferred that he ''did'' surrender, though, since the battle put them ''all'' in danger when the two towering titans toppled over, threatening to accidentally crush them all! {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##14 "Watch Out! Mega Zarak!"|Watch Out! MegaZarak!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
A normal-sized Fortress Maximus was a co-leader of the Autobot forces on Cybertron, along with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. As Cybertron's resources ran low, they struggled to hold the Autobot army together; several of the newly created Micromasters grew increasingly dissatisfied with their lot in life within the Autobot army, and came to question if their larger counterparts were leading them in the right direction. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}} The war continued despite their best efforts, and after a fruitless and disastrous skirmish with the Micromaster [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] and the Decepticons, Fortress Maximus gave up on the war. He left the Autobot army in order to seek a new path. {{Storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

A gargantuan Fortress Maximus was also seen in a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision of future [[Nebulos]] by Optimus Prime and Megatron. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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While imbued with the wisdom of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], General [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] had a vision of Fortress Maximus and [[Sgt. Savage]] fighting against [[Iron Klaw]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

====''TransTech''====
Binary bonded to [[Emissary (RID)|Brave]] and Sgt. Savage as [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s, Fortress Maximus was part of the alliance between the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] [[Screaming Eagles]] against the Decepticons and [[S.K.A.R.]] A clash between Maximus and Trypticon nearly destroyed Earth's magnetosphere, but ultimately, the Autobots and their human allies won the day. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/05/01}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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===''United''===
When the [[Autobot]]s fell down with a [[nano-virus]], Fortress Maximus was in city mode as part of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}

===''Transformers GT: Mission GT-R''===
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In a world where the Transformers' war settled into a series of friendly competitive races known as the [[Transformers GT]], Fortress Maximus took on a race car form and became the [[GT Transformer]] known as '''GT-R Maximus'''. He was a fair and sportsmanlike racer who boasted the highest strength of all GT Transformers, and though normally averse to combat, he was willing to punish cheaters with his [[Master Jack Sword]]. Like other contestants, GT-R Maximus put a limit on his own strength by separating his Matrix into a [[GT Sister]], creating his partner [[Hiiro]].

====Comic====
GT-R Maximus was racing against [[Optimus Prime (G1)|GT-R Prime]] and [[Star Saber (Victory)|GT-R Saber]], cheered on by Hiiro on the sidelines, when the race was interrupted by the arrival of [[Megatron (G1)|GT-R Megatron]]. The intruder announced his intent to crush all racers inferior to him, causing a scuffle, but GT-R Prime talked him down and convinced him to join the race instead. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (comic)|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R}}

====Story pages====
Like other racers, GT-R Maximus attended photo shoots alongside Hiiro in order to promote coexistence between humans and Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|The Work of the GT Sister Race Queens?}} When a reincarnated [[Unicron]] attacked the Transformers GT finals and absorbed the huge [[energon]] pool saved up for the final prize, Maximus threw aside his usual dislike for battle and attacked the villain with his mighty sword. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|Bringing Down the Sword}} But Maximus alone wasn't enough to defeat Unicron, so he used the "Matrix In" process to recombine with Hiiro and restore his true strength. Together with the other powered up racers and their GT Sisters, he fought and defeated Unicron, saving Earth. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|The True TFGT}}

====''Story of Transformers GT''====
GT-R Maximus raced in the 19th Transformers GT in his usual pacifistic manner, refusing Hiiro's requests to prepare the Master Jack Sword and instead relying on his fists when he was forced into combat. His resolve was tested when he heard that GT-R Megatron was using unnecessarily violent methods to get ahead, however, and he ultimately relented and had Hiiro transfer the sword to him so he could teach the brute a lesson. {{storylink|A Biggest Sword! –The Last Resort–}}

===''Knights of Unicron''===
The Ft. Max Forum, located on Earth, was the third venue for the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]'s corruption of his brain reduced Fortress Maximus to a mindless, energy-starved zombie who wandered Cybertron in a daze. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} When [[U.S.7]] and the [[Oktober Guard]] passed by on a ship, Maximus grabbed it out of the sky and swallowed the occupants whole. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} A group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] and Autobots infiltrated the giant on a mission to save U.S.7, leading to their discovery and defeat of Blackarachnia and the restoration of Maximus's mind. He subsequently joined the battle against the Decepticons and [[Cobra]], going up against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] who bit his head off only to for the head to transform into Cerebros in his mouth. In spite of the surprise attack this allowed for, the Autobots were defeated and the decapitated body of Fortress Maximus was left where it lay. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

Through circumstances unknown, [[Snake-Eyes]] bonded with Fortress Maximus through the [[Master Sword]], replacing his original head partner, [[Galen]]. He teamed up with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], in turn controlled by Snake-Eyes's compatriot [[Scarlett]], and together they coerced [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to fight again before marching on the Decepticon position as part of a joint Autobot-Joe army. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} During the battle, even Maximus and Scorponok were dwarfed by Megatron's "Mega-Megatron" form, but fortunately they didn't have to fight the giant long before he was broken apart by [[Shipwreck]]. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
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Fortress was at the newly constructed Autobot base, [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
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Cerebros and Spike Witwicky were turned into Fortress Maximus when the war spread to Nebulos to counter the rise of [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]]. But the destructive power of the city-bot brought only more devastation to the planet, and the existence of Maximus and weapons like him was a major reason why the [[Human Confederacy]] confined the Transformers and their war to the [[Allowed Zone]]. {{storylink|Head Games}}

When Galvatron threatened the planet [[Master (planet)|Rebirth]], Fortress Maximus—now bonded to Daniel Witwicky—returned to duty after the Decepticons deployed the newest incarnation of MegaZarak. When the two clashed for the second time, it was Fortress Maximus who fell. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}

As energy became scarce, Fortress Maximus could no longer move and ground to a halt in robot mode in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], where his frozen, towering form was repurposed as a prison by the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]]. Cerebros himself died at some point, but his consciousness remained active within Maximus through three [[Cyberdroid]]s, [[Grand Maximus|Gran]], [[Galen|Kord]], and [[Cerebros (RID)|Plasma]].

When Cerebros learned of the Terran singularity, bringing back all humans who ever lived and died, he petitioned the Terrans to bring back his Witwicky partners as well. They refused, but instead gave Cerebros the [[Energon Matrix]] technology to create a new proto-race of Cybertronians. One of the earliest protoformers birthed was [[Maxima]], known as the first daughter of Fortress Maximus and ''She Who Sang''. Her principles led to the development of a proto-race faction called the Maximals, derived from Autobot teachings and named in part for Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Head Games}} {{storylink|The Predacon Manifesto}}

[[Lio Convoy#Beast Wars: Uprising|Lio Convoy]]'s [[Resistance]] against the Builders sought to infiltrate Fortress Maximus and free the prisoners within, but their initial attempts were foiled by Cerebros's ability to get into the heads of the intruders and turn them against each other. The third strike team was able to turn the tide by willingly sacrificing [[Buzzclaw (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Buzzclaw]] to Cerebros's control and using the mental link to paralyze him, allowing them to kill Kord and Plasma and kidnap Gran, effectively shutting down Maximus. {{storylink|Head Games}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 1086.0 Kappa]], Fortress Maximus and Scorponok were killed by the Nebulans during the Transformers' battle on Nebulos, and their remains were fused together by [[Zarak (G1)|Mortilus Zarak]] into a giant robot body. After he binary bonded with the body, however, the faint traces of Maximus's and Scorponok's sparks began affecting his mind and eventually drove him mad, turning him into "[[Zarak Maximus]]". {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/11}}

In some other realities, Fortress Maximus survived the Great War and went on to found the [[Maximal]]s. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/08}}

===''TransTech''===
During the destructive conflict between the [[Screaming Eagles]] and [[S.K.A.R.]] in [[Primax 806.30 Gamma]], both sides found themselves binary-bonded to Cybertronian partners. Fortress Maximus formed a partnership with [[Sgt. Savage]] through [[Emissary (RID)|Brave]]. After a globe-spanning confrontation which almost destroyed Earth, the Autobots and G.I. Joes emerged victorious. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/05/01}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
Fortress Maximus was one of the many casualties of the Great War before the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
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One of the last [[Titan (group)|Titans]] in the universe, {{storylink|#Generations|''Titans Return'' Fortress Maximus online bio}} the legendary Fortress Maximus had slumbered underneath [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], until the battle for the [[Titan Master]]s roused him from his slumber. He awoke just in time to witness [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s attack on Cybertron, frightening the Decepticon communications officer something fierce. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}} With a city alt-mode, Fortress Maximus served as the ultimate Autobot weapon and base. {{storylink|#Generations|''Titans Return'' Fortress Maximus online bio}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
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[[File:FortMaxPoster.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''The sky is blue and all the leaves are green The sun's as warm as a baked potato I think I know precisely what I mean When I say it's a shpadoinkle day'']]

Fortress Maximus was a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] constructed during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], and was aided by his Titan Master, [[Emissary (Generations)|Emissary]]. Once the conflict ceased, he was decommissioned and left dormant. {{storylink|Our Heroes Respond}} After the conclusion of the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]], [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] experienced a vision of Fortress Maximus, indicating that the Titans had indeed returned. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

When Trypticon was reawakened, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] proposed seeking out Fortress Maximus to combat the rogue Titan. At Perceptor's suggestion, the [[Mistress of Flame]] sent [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], [[Victorion]], [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] to locate and awaken Maximus. {{storylink|Our Heroes Respond}} The inert Titan was eventually located in a frozen wasteland by the four combiners, and Menasor accidentally fired a missile from one of Maximus's cannons that launched Emissary towards [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}}
Computron determined that Fortress Maximus's [[transformation cog]] was damaged, rendering him unable to directly join the battle. However, Victorion saw fit to target Maximus' functioning missiles at the saurian giant–with Metroplex expected to be killed in the process as an acceptable casualty of friendly fire–thereby fulfilling her own [[Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Victorion|personal vision of the Combiners saving the galaxy]]. {{storylink|Overlord and Emissary}}

The barrage ultimately failed, {{storylink|At the Last Second}} and the Combiners were distracted by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s arrival, leading to a confrontation that was eventually halted by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and Emissary. After the others had departed, Emissary attempted to link to Fortress Maximus's mind, but was unable to access it. Instead, he initiated a procedure to link Windblade and Maximus via her [[Cityspeaker]] abilities. However, the process proved volatile and soon spiraled out of control. {{storylink|Desperate Actions}}

Windblade communed with Fortress Maximus, begging for his help, though he at first rejected her, having sworn a life of peace. She ultimately managed to convince Maximus, however, and he transformed himself back to robot mode, following Windblade back towards Metroplex City. {{storylink|Run for Our Lives}} Witnessing Trypticon's fight with Victorion from afar, Fortress Maximus admitted he was unsure he could win, but swore to try anyway for Cybertron's sake. He arrived in Metroplex City just in time to catch [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] before he could fall into some sharp rubble. {{storylink|In Good Hands}} He engaged in battle with Trypticon, refusing help from Emissary, and managed to get the upper hand until Trypticon swallowed Victorion and the [[Enigma of Combination]], powering himself up. Between attacks from the powered-up Trypticon and the now mind-controlled [[Combiner]]s, Maximus found himself at a disadvantage. When Trypticon swallowed [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]], even he was knocked away by the sudden surge of power it triggered. {{storylink|Consumed}}

Ultimately, however, the Matrix's power couldn't be controlled by Trypticon, and he released all those he had swallowed, along with Starscream's ghost. Catching Trypticon's deactivated body, Maximus lamented the loss of another Titan, but was interrupted by the return of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]. He and Optimus attempted a sneak attack, but Megatronus effortlessly caught Maximus's Master Sword and tossed him away before killing Optimus. No longer able to bring himself to try attacking again, Maximus could only watch as Megatronus escaped with the Enigma and Matrix in hand. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}} He was later severely weakened by the spark-draining power of [[Megatronus]]'s doomsday weapon. {{storylink|Collision Course}} Thankfully, he survived and began working under Windblade, who became the Magistrate of [[Cityspeaker]]s and aided those who communicated with the Titans. {{storylink|Saga's End}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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As [[World War III]] swept Earth, the Autobots abandoned [[Earth]] aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] Fortress Maximus, using his starship configuration to roam the cosmos in search of [[energon]]. Decades passed, and as Maximus passed by [[Cygnus Seven]] the Autobots were ambushed by the Decepticons aboard their own Titan, Trypticon; in the ensuing battle, the badly damaged Fortress Maximus crash-landed on the planet's surface, sending everyone aboard—Autobot and Decepticon alike—into stasis. Centuries later, the [[Federation]] set up a [[dilithium]] mine on the planet, and while surveying a potential mineshaft Federation miners accidentally stumbled on the Titan's inert form, and inadvertently reactivated Fortress Maximus's repair systems in the process.

Unable to distinguish between Autobot and Decepticon, Maximus's autonomous subsystems brought the Decepticons back online, who proceeded to attack the mining colony before the ship could reawaken Prime and the other Autobots. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} When [[Jim Kirk|Captain Kirk]] and the crew of the ''[[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' investigated the distress signal, they discovered Fortress Maximus's resting spot, only to be ambushed by the rest of the Autobots {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}} before Kirk could convince them of his good intentions. The Decepticons soon got the upper hand by sealing the Autobots in the mine with their new allies, and so [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] hatched a risky plan to bring Fortress Maximus back online. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

[[File:STvsTF3-FortressTiberious.jpg|thumb|right|250px|So do Gasket and Grommet turn into ''Enterprise'' shuttles now, or...?]]

To bring the Titan back online, Ratchet rigged up a device that would access Kirk's memories through Fortress Maximus. Using scans of the ''Enterprise'', plucked from Kirk's brain, Ratchet was able to bring their living ship back to full functionality by rebuilding Fortress Maximus into a copy of the ''Enterprise''. Shortly after coming back online, Fortress Maximus burst from the ground to take on the Decepticons and their new [[Klingon]] allies; now fully under Kirk's mental control, the Starfleet captain was able to blast Trypticon with the ship's inbuilt [[Phaser (weapon)|phasers]] before beaming [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Kuri]]'s Federation prisoners to safety. To take on the gigantic Decepticon, Kirk was able to transform the Titan into his new robot mode, their shared mind declaring themselves "Fortress Tiberious." {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Fortress Maximus grappled with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] on [[Nebulos|Nebulon]] while other [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] scuffled at their feet. With a show of prodigious strength, Fortress Maximus picked up Scorponok by his tail and tossed his opponent about like a ragdoll. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*When the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] threatened to attack Fortress Maximus, the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] sprung up to oppose them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}
*The Terrorcons attacked Fortress Maximus once more; this time, the massive Autobot warded off their attack on his own by blasting them with his battle station mode. The Terrorcons regrouped and combined into [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] to tare away at Fortress Maximus's armament. Little did they know that Fortress Maximus could still transform into a robot that dwarfed even the mighty combiner! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Fortress Maximus|Fortress Maximus commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
When the Decepticons struck out at four planets, including Cybertron and Earth, Fortress Maximus was joined by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and the Headmasters of Justice to save the final planet from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
{{Note|Although Fortress Maximus was not included in a storyline for the ''Transformers Legends'' game, he was featured as a playable character.}} {{storylink|Signature Series featuring Marcelo Matere|Signature Series}}

==Toys==
{{Main|Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:Fortmaxsize1.jpg|thumb|upright=1|DAAAAAAAAAAAANG, that boy must eat his veggies.]][[File:FortMaxsize2.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
*"Fortress Maximus" was an early name for the characters that eventually became [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. The [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)|comic adaptation]] of the [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986 movie]] even refers to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] as "Fortress Maximus" in a caption.
*Fortress Maximus was the first toy to be released with a bona-fide Earthling figure. All of the other Headmasters' companions were from Nebulos. (Although Maximus's on-package [[bio]] refers to "the Nebulan leader, Spike", the general consensus is that it was supposed to be the popular figure from TV and other media, who is almost certainly an Earthling.)
*Both Scorponok and Fortress Maximus suffer from the writers struggling to reconcile the characters' high rank with their size. In their comic appearances, they are portrayed as commanders in some capacity but are shrunk down to interact with other Transformers, and their city modes pretty much don't exist. Conversely, the cartoons have opted to portray them as giant city Transformers, though they seem to be merely extensions of the smaller beings that bond with them, with no real life or will of their own.
**According to Japanese media, Fortress Maximus is much larger than Metroplex. According to the Headmaster scale infographic to the right and assuming the standard 16 meter (~53') height of combiners in the animated continuities, Metroplex would stand about 50 meters (~164') compared to Fortress Maximus standing roughly '''150 meters''' ('''~492'''') tall. According to the 1997 issue of "''The Super Robots Chronicles''" Fortress Maximus is a ''gigantic'' '''3 kilometers''' or '''3,000 meters''' ('''~9,843'''') tall, compared with the 800 meter (~2,625') height of Metroplex according to Comic Bom Bom and Hobby Japan.
[[File:FortMaxReds.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Once you rip it off, it can never stay on again.]]
*Fortress Maximus appeared in an unusual red-accented color scheme on the cover of Marvel's [[Ring of Hate!|''Headmasters'' #1]]. This color scheme was repeated in the corner box for [[Love and Steel!|''Headmasters'' #3]] and on the cover of [[The Man in the Machine!|''The Transformers'' #51]]. Its origin is unknown, though it may be related to the [http://www.allspark.com/images/Transformers_Generations/2011/Vol2/07.jpg tan with red accents hard copy Takara possessed].
*The Battleship ''Maximus'' bears a slight resemblance to the {{w|White Base}}, a battleship from the ''{{w|Gundam}}'' franchise.
*When Spike transforms to join Fortress Maximus for the last time in the ''Generation 2'' book, Cerebros is not shown, and Spike transforms directly into Fortress Maximus's head. Maximus is shown to be no larger than Megatron. In real-life terms, it's an obvious series of art errors; in the context of the story, one might wonder if Maximus was reduced back to his original, smaller, size. It seems improbable, considering that Spike had been retired for years by that point.
*Fortress Maximus has the distinction of having one of the most well known Transformers [[knockoff]]s in existence. While Cerebros has been omitted, the Spike figure is the same, and the body has been scaled down to match, effectively making the body compatible with any other Headmaster head. It also fetches absurd prices for a knockoff.
*Like most comic-only Kreons, Fortress is made up of existing Kre-O parts, namely the [[Hound (Kre-O)|Hound]] helmet and the sword first used by [[Headstrong (G1)|Torox]] and [[Tantrum (G1)|Headlock]] (in reference to the [[Master Sword]] used by the original Fortress).
*An [http://news.tfw2005.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/Fortress-Maximus-Prototypes-1_1315944004.jpg early prototype] for Fortress Maximus's toy featured, among other things, waist-guns that pushed straight out on levers instead of swinging out on an axis. This appears to have formed the basis for his character model's waist-guns, which feature red circles rather than hinges.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cerebros''' (セレブロス ''Sereburosu''), '''Fortress''' (フォートレス ''Fōtoresu''), '''Fortress Maximus''' (フォートレスマキシマス ''Fōtoresu Makishimasu'')
*''English:'' '''Spaceship Bruce''' (spaceship mode, [[Omni Productions]] dub), '''Cerebros''' (Fortress, [[Shout! Factory]] sub)
*''French:'' '''Forteresse Maximus''' (Canada)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fúthè Chǜ-jén''' (Taiwan, 福特巨人, "Fort Giant"), '''Jùwúbà Fútè''' (China, 巨无霸福特, "Extremely Gigantic Fort"), '''Furmon''' (Taiwan, 福蒙 ''Fú Móng''), '''Fortry''' (Taiwan [[Omni Productions]] dub, 福崔 ''Fú Tsuēi'')
*''Russian:'' '''Krepysh Maximus''' (Крепыш Максимус ''Krepysh Maksimus'', "Sturdy Fellow Maximus")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Fortetsya Maxima''' (Фортеця Максима ''Fortetsya Maksyma'', "Fortress Maxima")

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Talk:Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)

2019-01-11T13:19:41Z

YourBestPal:

The Happy Meal toy is on this page. But, like, the Happy Meal Toy is AUTHENTICS, not Cyberverse. If we're going to put Authentics toys with Cyberverse (and there's an argument for), they need to all go on here, not just the one. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 00:43, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
:wait a sec, these happy meal toys are bee movie product in the states, aren't they. ...we have a movie windblade now. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 11:37, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
Is that opening caption a reference to FNAF? I don’t think that reference belongs here.
[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 18:23, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
:FNAF is this page's caption theme. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 19:24, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
That makes no sence. Why the hell would someone associate demented animatronics with a heroic robot? This theme doesnt fit for Optimus, ill wait for other people to weigh in on their feelings about this before I think about changing it. If im correct, only the first caption is actually FNAF related, the others are still oddly dark sounding. Don’t get me wrong; FNAF is an okay game, but it’s fandom is too toxic to be welcome here (not kidding, about a year ago if you googled any of the character’s names you would get furry porn, I’ve been to traumatized to see if that still shows up so quickly).This definitely doesnt fit for Prime. Put your opinions below this post if you want, I say we need to vote on this.
[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 21:32, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
::If anybody cares, the quotes are from [https://freddy-fazbears-pizza.fandom.com/wiki/Springtrap#Audio William Afton/Springtrap] from the 6th game (also featuring [[Kellen Goff]]), except from the cartoon screencap, and the mainpic, which are from a famous fangame and the character's reveal in the 3rd game trailer, respectively. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:01, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
::: That still doesn't really answer what on Earth this has to do with Optimus Prime, though. (For what it's worth, the main quote was originally a reference to [http://imgur.com/sofT8z6 this scene] from [[The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|Optimus Prime #19]], where Starscream blithely remarks on Optimus - in the "evergreen" body that his ''Cyberverse'' counterpart also uses - falling into the black hole and dying... not sure when it was changed.) [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 22:25, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
:::: ...I'm not aware of there being a requirement for the quotes to "have to do" with the subject. They should generally be appropriate but I don't see an overwhelming reason for these to suddenly be demanded to be changed. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 22:36, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
::::: I mean... yes? Baron Karza's page is funny because both he and Dark Helmet are low-rent Darth Vader knockoffs. Rom's page is funny because both he and Buzz Lightyear are space heroes who look like action figures. There's nothing that connects Optimus Prime with Five Nights at Freddy's so the quotes are just, well, quotes... and not really even funny quotes on their own, so it's just confusing. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 22:51, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
I've reverted all the captions back to an earlier time. I was the one who added all the quotes (quite frankly, it may have been a long night for me, heh), and, I personally don't care if they are replaced. You are right, they would be much better fitted somewhere else. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 23:00, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
:Fair enough! - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 00:52, 31 October 2018 (EDT)
Thank you! FNAF might be a decent series but is completely irrelevant to any transformers. There are a few good people in its fandom, but they usually aren’t as vocal as the cringey ones. I don’t want to attract people who draw porn of Chuck E. Cheese lookin possesses robots to our (not perfect, but) decent fandom. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 11:35, 31 October 2018 (EDT)
: The pearl-clutching is a bit much. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 14:03, 31 October 2018 (EDT)
::I don’t know what that means, I assume your asking me to stop talking about the negativity in the FNAF fandom so I will stop, I realized that kind of talk won’t get us anywhere.[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 17:19, 31 October 2018 (EDT)

Ok, who changed the opening caption to a FNAF reference again? This was already decided, it doesn’t belong on this page. It’s not funny, even if Optimus does die and come back a lot, it just feels forced and awkward. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 16:45, 10 January 2019 (EST)
Edit: okay, it was Soundsky who did that, but someone needs to change it. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 16:50, 10 January 2019 (EST)
: ... It's not an FNAF reference? [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 16:54, 10 January 2019 (EST)
:: Yes it is, originally someone made all the captions references to it. The quote, minus the word “Optimus” and using “he” instead was in the trailer for the third game referring to springtrap (if I remember correctly, haven’t been into FNAF in years). This caption was used in its original form as the heading caption before being removed. It makes no sense either because cyberverse prime hasn’t died yet, so it’s just wasted potential for a caption. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 17:00, 10 January 2019 (EST)
::: That first caption is a [http://imgur.com/sofT8z6 verbatim quote from the IDW comic]. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 17:02, 10 January 2019 (EST)
:::: Thanks for clearing that up, but it still makes no sense with cyberverse Optimus Prime. That’s like using movie starscream quotes for g1 starscream: they are different universes.[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 17:05, 10 January 2019 (EST)
::::: And yet parallels can exist between the two; we draw comparisons between two versions of the same character all the time. You really need to calm down. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 17:36, 10 January 2019 (EST)
Not to be rude, but that last sentence cyberlink420 said confuses me, I am not aware I showed any signs of being worked up. I am awful with social cues, If I sounded worked up I wasn’t. I was only making a comparison. Sincerely,[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 08:19, 11 January 2019 (EST)

Talk:Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)

2019-01-10T22:05:46Z

YourBestPal:

The Happy Meal toy is on this page. But, like, the Happy Meal Toy is AUTHENTICS, not Cyberverse. If we're going to put Authentics toys with Cyberverse (and there's an argument for), they need to all go on here, not just the one. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 00:43, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
:wait a sec, these happy meal toys are bee movie product in the states, aren't they. ...we have a movie windblade now. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 11:37, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
Is that opening caption a reference to FNAF? I don’t think that reference belongs here.
[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 18:23, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
:FNAF is this page's caption theme. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 19:24, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
That makes no sence. Why the hell would someone associate demented animatronics with a heroic robot? This theme doesnt fit for Optimus, ill wait for other people to weigh in on their feelings about this before I think about changing it. If im correct, only the first caption is actually FNAF related, the others are still oddly dark sounding. Don’t get me wrong; FNAF is an okay game, but it’s fandom is too toxic to be welcome here (not kidding, about a year ago if you googled any of the character’s names you would get furry porn, I’ve been to traumatized to see if that still shows up so quickly).This definitely doesnt fit for Prime. Put your opinions below this post if you want, I say we need to vote on this.
[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 21:32, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
::If anybody cares, the quotes are from [https://freddy-fazbears-pizza.fandom.com/wiki/Springtrap#Audio William Afton/Springtrap] from the 6th game (also featuring [[Kellen Goff]]), except from the cartoon screencap, and the mainpic, which are from a famous fangame and the character's reveal in the 3rd game trailer, respectively. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:01, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
::: That still doesn't really answer what on Earth this has to do with Optimus Prime, though. (For what it's worth, the main quote was originally a reference to [http://imgur.com/sofT8z6 this scene] from [[The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|Optimus Prime #19]], where Starscream blithely remarks on Optimus - in the "evergreen" body that his ''Cyberverse'' counterpart also uses - falling into the black hole and dying... not sure when it was changed.) [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 22:25, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
:::: ...I'm not aware of there being a requirement for the quotes to "have to do" with the subject. They should generally be appropriate but I don't see an overwhelming reason for these to suddenly be demanded to be changed. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 22:36, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
::::: I mean... yes? Baron Karza's page is funny because both he and Dark Helmet are low-rent Darth Vader knockoffs. Rom's page is funny because both he and Buzz Lightyear are space heroes who look like action figures. There's nothing that connects Optimus Prime with Five Nights at Freddy's so the quotes are just, well, quotes... and not really even funny quotes on their own, so it's just confusing. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 22:51, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
I've reverted all the captions back to an earlier time. I was the one who added all the quotes (quite frankly, it may have been a long night for me, heh), and, I personally don't care if they are replaced. You are right, they would be much better fitted somewhere else. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 23:00, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
:Fair enough! - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 00:52, 31 October 2018 (EDT)
Thank you! FNAF might be a decent series but is completely irrelevant to any transformers. There are a few good people in its fandom, but they usually aren’t as vocal as the cringey ones. I don’t want to attract people who draw porn of Chuck E. Cheese lookin possesses robots to our (not perfect, but) decent fandom. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 11:35, 31 October 2018 (EDT)
: The pearl-clutching is a bit much. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 14:03, 31 October 2018 (EDT)
::I don’t know what that means, I assume your asking me to stop talking about the negativity in the FNAF fandom so I will stop, I realized that kind of talk won’t get us anywhere.[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 17:19, 31 October 2018 (EDT)

Ok, who changed the opening caption to a FNAF reference again? This was already decided, it doesn’t belong on this page. It’s not funny, even if Optimus does die and come back a lot, it just feels forced and awkward. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 16:45, 10 January 2019 (EST)
Edit: okay, it was Soundsky who did that, but someone needs to change it. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 16:50, 10 January 2019 (EST)
: ... It's not an FNAF reference? [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 16:54, 10 January 2019 (EST)
:: Yes it is, originally someone made all the captions references to it. The quote, minus the word “Optimus” and using “he” instead was in the trailer for the third game referring to springtrap (if I remember correctly, haven’t been into FNAF in years). This caption was used in its original form as the heading caption before being removed. It makes no sense either because cyberverse prime hasn’t died yet, so it’s just wasted potential for a caption. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 17:00, 10 January 2019 (EST)
::: That first caption is a [http://imgur.com/sofT8z6 verbatim quote from the IDW comic]. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 17:02, 10 January 2019 (EST)
Thanks for clearing that up, but it still makes no sense with cyberverse Optimus Prime. That’s like using movie starscream quotes for g1 starscream: they are different universes.[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 17:05, 10 January 2019 (EST)

Talk:Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)

2019-01-10T22:00:32Z

YourBestPal:

The Happy Meal toy is on this page. But, like, the Happy Meal Toy is AUTHENTICS, not Cyberverse. If we're going to put Authentics toys with Cyberverse (and there's an argument for), they need to all go on here, not just the one. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 00:43, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
:wait a sec, these happy meal toys are bee movie product in the states, aren't they. ...we have a movie windblade now. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 11:37, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
Is that opening caption a reference to FNAF? I don’t think that reference belongs here.
[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 18:23, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
:FNAF is this page's caption theme. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 19:24, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
That makes no sence. Why the hell would someone associate demented animatronics with a heroic robot? This theme doesnt fit for Optimus, ill wait for other people to weigh in on their feelings about this before I think about changing it. If im correct, only the first caption is actually FNAF related, the others are still oddly dark sounding. Don’t get me wrong; FNAF is an okay game, but it’s fandom is too toxic to be welcome here (not kidding, about a year ago if you googled any of the character’s names you would get furry porn, I’ve been to traumatized to see if that still shows up so quickly).This definitely doesnt fit for Prime. Put your opinions below this post if you want, I say we need to vote on this.
[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 21:32, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
::If anybody cares, the quotes are from [https://freddy-fazbears-pizza.fandom.com/wiki/Springtrap#Audio William Afton/Springtrap] from the 6th game (also featuring [[Kellen Goff]]), except from the cartoon screencap, and the mainpic, which are from a famous fangame and the character's reveal in the 3rd game trailer, respectively. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:01, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
::: That still doesn't really answer what on Earth this has to do with Optimus Prime, though. (For what it's worth, the main quote was originally a reference to [http://imgur.com/sofT8z6 this scene] from [[The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|Optimus Prime #19]], where Starscream blithely remarks on Optimus - in the "evergreen" body that his ''Cyberverse'' counterpart also uses - falling into the black hole and dying... not sure when it was changed.) [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 22:25, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
:::: ...I'm not aware of there being a requirement for the quotes to "have to do" with the subject. They should generally be appropriate but I don't see an overwhelming reason for these to suddenly be demanded to be changed. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 22:36, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
::::: I mean... yes? Baron Karza's page is funny because both he and Dark Helmet are low-rent Darth Vader knockoffs. Rom's page is funny because both he and Buzz Lightyear are space heroes who look like action figures. There's nothing that connects Optimus Prime with Five Nights at Freddy's so the quotes are just, well, quotes... and not really even funny quotes on their own, so it's just confusing. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 22:51, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
I've reverted all the captions back to an earlier time. I was the one who added all the quotes (quite frankly, it may have been a long night for me, heh), and, I personally don't care if they are replaced. You are right, they would be much better fitted somewhere else. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 23:00, 30 October 2018 (EDT)
:Fair enough! - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 00:52, 31 October 2018 (EDT)
Thank you! FNAF might be a decent series but is completely irrelevant to any transformers. There are a few good people in its fandom, but they usually aren’t as vocal as the cringey ones. I don’t want to attract people who draw porn of Chuck E. Cheese lookin possesses robots to our (not perfect, but) decent fandom. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 11:35, 31 October 2018 (EDT)
: The pearl-clutching is a bit much. [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 14:03, 31 October 2018 (EDT)
::I don’t know what that means, I assume your asking me to stop talking about the negativity in the FNAF fandom so I will stop, I realized that kind of talk won’t get us anywhere.[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 17:19, 31 October 2018 (EDT)

Ok, who changed the opening caption to a FNAF reference again? This was already decided, it doesn’t belong on this page. It’s not funny, even if Optimus does die and come back a lot, it just feels forced and awkward. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 16:45, 10 January 2019 (EST)
Edit: okay, it was Soundsky who did that, but someone needs to change it. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 16:50, 10 January 2019 (EST)
: ... It's not an FNAF reference? [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 16:54, 10 January 2019 (EST)
Yes it is, originally someone made all the captions references to it. The quote, minus the word “Optimus” and using “he” instead was in the trailer for the third game referring to springtrap (if I remember correctly, haven’t been into FNAF in years). This caption was used in its original form as the heading caption before being removed. It makes no sense either because cyberverse prime hasn’t died yet, so it’s just wasted potential for a caption. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 17:00, 10 January 2019 (EST)

Talk:Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)

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YourBestPal:

Talk:Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)

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Talk:Bumblebee (film)

2019-01-10T20:29:30Z

YourBestPal:

==Lawsuit?==
So Hasbro just filed a Lawsuit with DC Comics for the Bumblebee Name. [http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/bumblebee-trademark-transformers-dc-comics-warner-bros-1202541577/] [[User:Energizer|Energizer]] ([[User talk:Energizer|talk]]) 04:45, 30 August 2017 (EDT)
:Ah no wait, it's over. DC & Hasbro are cool. [http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/08/17/the-battle-of-the-bumblebees-is-over-hasbro-and-dc-comics-settle-bumblebee-trademark-dispute-370180] [[User:Energizer|Energizer]] ([[User talk:Energizer|talk]]) 19:22, 11 September 2018 (EDT)
==To Scream or not to Scream==
Should Starscream be in the cast list here, when we've not actually had any official announcement/confirmation that the character in the trailer is him? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 12:58, 8 June 2018 (EDT)
:Nope. --[[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul|talk]]) 01:11, 9 June 2018 (EDT)
::Aw, come on! Its quite obviously supposed to be starscream, the head design is a slightly more g1-ifies version of michael bay starscream. The colors of the jet (what can be seen of it) are starscream colors, red air intakes, white nose area, and even a orange cockpit. It is highly unlikely this starscream homage isnt him, its clearly a more g1-ified version of michael bay starscream. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 13:13, 9 June 2018 (EDT)
:::It's not uncommon for [[Blackout (Movie)|movie]] [[Grindor (ROTF)|characters]] to [[Crankcase (DOTM)|not]] [[Berserker|be]] who you think they are. Until Starscream is officially confirmed, we gotta play it safe. [[User:Ikkad|Ikkad]] ([[User talk:Ikkad|talk]]) 14:14, 9 June 2018 (EDT)
::: Only one [[Barricade (Movie)|decepticon]] has been confirmed for the movie. Starscream has not been confirmed yet. [[User:Puppetroblox|Puppetroblox]] ([[User talk:Puppetroblox|talk]]) 19:34, 9 June 2018 (EDT)
Get rekt, it’s confirmed as screamer now! [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 08:24, 21 June 2018 (EDT)
:The rudeness is hardly necessary. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 08:51, 21 June 2018 (EDT)
Sorry, I meant it in a friendlier manner. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 13:53, 25 June 2018 (EDT)

The reason they had to make an official announcement was because you people kept speculating that it wasn't Starscream when it blattantly was. It's a soft reboot. He doesn't have to turn into a Dorito F-22 to be the same character. This has been common knowledge for months.[[User:Leo1452|King Kid]] ([[User talk:Leo1452|talk]]) 12:03, 28 June 2018 (EDT)
:Well I for one have always enjoyed crow when topped with a little (Whataburger) ketchup. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 21:55, 21 July 2018 (EDT)

This just in: That Scream is now Blitzwing. [[User:FigureGunplaFan|FigureGunplaFan]] ([[User talk:FigureGunplaFan|talk]]) 07:48, 15 August 2018 (EDT)
:...that just in literally a month ago hence my last comment above. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 20:33, 15 August 2018 (EDT)

== /* Timeline and Continuity */ ==

This movie is a reboot because if not they should find the way to explain how Bumblebee fought in the WW2, because this movie is supposedly to be the first time Bumblebee came to Earth--[[User:Crosshairs|Crosshairs]] ([[User talk:Crosshairs|talk]]) 22:42, 9 June 2018 (EDT)
:Stop. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 23:29, 9 June 2018 (EDT)
==toyline?==
Is there a toyline? I know the movie has a while to release, but we knew about titans return about a year before release. Why do t we know about this toyline?
[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 13:39, 10 June 2018 (EDT)

There might be. I have seen pictures showing a prototype of a volkswagen beetle Bumblebee ( redeco from TLK new bumblebee ) [[User:Puppetroblox|Puppetroblox]] ([[User talk:Puppetroblox|talk]]) 20:29, 10 June 2018 (EDT

:The toyline will be absorbed into ''Studio Series.'' [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 20:49, 10 June 2018 (EDT)
==Is this really a reboot?==
I have heard that the reboot is cancelled, but the past events in the movies just don't match up.
Bumblebee went to earth with Hot Rod and fought in world war 2 (ww2) there. Instead the movie shows bumblebee's first time on earth.
So is this a start to the reboot or just a confusing event in the Bayformers Movies? [[User:Puppetroblox|Puppetroblox]] ([[User talk:Puppetroblox|talk]]) 20:39, 10 June 2018 (EDT)
:Dude, it really doesn't matter right now, the movie isn't out yet. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 20:49, 10 June 2018 (EDT)
==bumblebee design==
Is it me, or does bumblebee kinda look like the cancelled alternators g1 bumblebee? If anyone else picks up on this, should we put it in the (currently nonexistent) trivia area that his design is possibly an homage to said toy? [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 13:55, 25 June 2018 (EDT)

==female Decepticon==

A youtuber, AndySupreme99, claims that he saw the trailer at Cinemacon. He says that there is a female Decepticon. Have any of you seen the trailer he mentioned?
:We obviously know now that this was referring to Shatter, but for the record, we need a better source than "This YouTuber says..." next time. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 01:19, 22 July 2018 (EDT)

==new characters confirmed==

The director has confirmed that Cliffjumper, Soundwave and Shockwave will be on Cybertron. [[User:Puppetroblox|Puppetroblox]] ([[User talk:Puppetroblox|talk]]) 06:53, 15 August 2018 (EDT)
:Source? [[User:FigureGunplaFan|FigureGunplaFan]] ([[User talk:FigureGunplaFan|talk]]) 07:47, 15 August 2018 (EDT)
::When I googled, I found a bunch of excited fan videos pointing back to a wordpress blog which mentioned Travis Knight in terms of his appearance at San Diego Comic Con, and then launched into a bunch of other details that were not obviously sourced to anything Knight said. I don't think we should be inclined to add them based on that. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:33, 15 August 2018 (EDT)

::Now we all know that it is true because of the second trailer, but we should get an official source first next time instead of info from a fan made video. [[User:Memeuser17|Memeuser17]] ([[User talk:Memeuser17|talk]]) 13:38, 19 October 2018 (EDT)

== Can we not add pages for background randos who may or may not be characters? ==

Have people already forgotten when everyone though Blitzwing was actually Starscream? We shouldn't be saying Acid Storm is in the film, when there's the possibility that the green dude might well turn out to be a completely new character. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 22:38, 24 September 2018 (EDT)
:Sorry, I should've probably just waited or not do it at all instead of telling people to delete if they didn't like it. But I didn't think it would be taken to this extent where pages were being made. Once again, I'm sorry for the inconvenience. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 23:09, 24 September 2018 (EDT)
::The first rule of wikis is that if there is a red link, *somebody* is gonna fill it. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 01:29, 25 September 2018 (EDT)

==To Scream or not to Scream Part 2==
This fits better here than on Bltizwing's article's talk page, where I'd posted it first:

''We're swiftly disabused of that notion thanks to a barrage of familiar faces including Decepticon premiereship players Shockwave, Starscream and Blitzwing, all in their original, first generation forms.''

This is obviously an incorrect take on the trailer, as Blitzwing is assuredly not there in his "original, first generation form." We therefore can't take the article's identification of Starscream as definitive, especially given that this isn't the first time we've seen a Starscream-looking dude in a trailer, and he turned out named something else. Note that Starscream is not mentioned in any of the article's direct quotes of Travis Knight. --KilMichaelMcC (talk) 16:59, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
:I understand what you mean, but in the background of the Shockwave shot, we see a bot that looks different than Blitzwing, and has more similarities to Starscream. We can especially tell because the international trailer shows us Blitzwing's body. If this ends being Blitzwing ''too'' (for some reason) than sure. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 17:30, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
::We cannot positively ID that guy as Starscream at this point, certainly not based on a sentence that contains at least one clear error. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 17:37, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
:::Blitzwing being in his Generation One style form can just be the error, and that's it. And besides, if Starscream wasnt in the actual movie, wouldn't you think they would've scrubbed his name by now? [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 17:49, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
::::A version of G1 Blitzwing does not appear in the trailer, and that mistaken impression by the author has not been corrected. That mistake renders the sentence unreliable. The author thinks that one Seeker on Cybertron is Starscream, and maybe it is, but we've been down the "this Seeker-looking dude is clearly Starscream" road once already, and we know how that turned out. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 17:58, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
:::::One incorrect part of a sentence doesn't cancel out the whole sentence. It is true that Shockwave and other characters appear in their G1 style bodies. Let's get at a compromise. If the movie comes out and that Seeker in the background isn't Starscream, then, we remove it. But for now we keep it so we can remember. Dealio? [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 18:30, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
::::::No. What? No. When the movie comes out this'll all be moot. We're talking about what our articles are presenting to readers right now as confirmed facts about an upcoming release. And actually, yes, that one error does make the whole sentence unreliable, as it auggests that it's just the author's impression of the trailer and not info from an actual production source. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 19:13, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
::::::Yeah, let's just delete the Starscream stuff for now and see what happens. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 20:04, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
:::::::Fine. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 20:17, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
Welp, looks like the new, short featurette made this guy look EVEN more like Starscream. By the way, I have "Starscream" hidden along with the other background bots; if the movie comes out, and it turns out this isn't Blitzwing or anyone else, then we can probably un-hide him, along with everyone else. Guess we'll find out soon! [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 17:48, 5 December 2018 (EST)

== Mr. Bee caption ==

I really don't care for it, but the context of that caption is that it's from the Bee Movie during the trial scene with Barry Vs. The Human Race. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 11:03, 16 October 2018 (EDT)
:I know what it's from, I just think it's gross.
:Also Sipher removed it once already, and he's an admin, so. -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 11:15, 16 October 2018 (EDT)
::Yeah, I totally agree. Just figured I might add some context. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 13:07, 16 October 2018 (EDT)
:::Good news, its been taken care of in the form of the famous "You like Jazz?" [[User:Energizer|Energizer]] ([[User talk:Energizer|talk]]) 18:29, 17 October 2018 (EDT)

== Officialy Confirmed Characters ==

Recently characters like Arcee,Cliffjumper, Ratchet and Starscream were confirmed in an official featurette. Should we add them?[[User:Memeuser17|Memeuser17]] ([[User talk:Memeuser17|talk]]) 13:17, 27 November 2018 (EST)
:I feel like at this point we can afford to wait three weeks for the film to actually come out before adding tons of characters to the cast list. We've previously had shots of characters in trailers/preview material which have not been in the finished film. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 15:28, 27 November 2018 (EST)
::Besides, just because someone looks like a character doesn't mean they actually are. Remember "Starscream"? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:30, 27 November 2018 (EST)
:::If the "featurette" is the video linked here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRFv6JVFApk Bumblebee - First Generation Design - Paramount Pictures UK], there is nothing in that video that confirms those characters. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 15:46, 27 November 2018 (EST)
::::Seems to be referencing this TFW2005 article about that featurette http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/11/27/transformers-bumblebee-designing-g1-featurette-jointhebuzz-377449 Which includes some blurry screenshots with background characters circled. Which is not confirmation of who these characters are, especially since you can barely see them. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 15:57, 27 November 2018 (EST)
:::::'''EDIT:''' Yeah, that. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:58, 27 November 2018 (EST)

==The novel==
Warning: Spoilers!

The movie novel confirms that there is one more human character named Sheriff Lock who chases Bee and the humans in a tunnel before Bee damages his cop car by jumping on the hood. We should add him because this is from an official source.[[User:Memeuser17|Memeuser17]] ([[User talk:Memeuser17|talk]]) 11:00, 29 November 2018 (EST)
: Characters in novelizations don't always show up in the movie itself. There's no rush; we can wait a few weeks. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 11:02, 29 November 2018 (EST)

== The Hoover Dam in the Trailer. ==

This may be useless information, but it could also be of some interest to some.
I was born in Las Vegas and have lived here for most of my life.....I was born in the 70's BTW.
Anyways as a kid (and even now) I loved going to the Hoover Dam, so I know a bit about it's appearance throughout the years and decades.
So the movie takes place in 1988 right?
If that is the case the way the Dam looked in the trailer (I believe it was in the second trailer) is not correct for the time period.
The parking structure and new visitors center that can be seen on the west (Nevada) side the Dam in the trailer was built (added) in the mid 90's.
I did try to find some sample pics from the 80's online, but could not find any that were stamped for that time period. But I do have two post cards from my personal collection that I did get around that time, that shows how the Hoover Dam would appear in 1988. (I can send pics of them if need be).
So like I said this is not really important info about the movie, but I thought it should at least be said and addressed, you know for the whole "real world" "continuity" section or something. --[[User:Michael Alex Kawa|Melissa]] ([[User talk:Michael Alex Kawa|talk]]) 04:55, 3 December 2018 (EST)
:I would suggest waiting until after the film is released before adding any real-world comparisons like that, so as to make sure it accurately reflects the final version. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 08:11, 3 December 2018 (EST)
:I agree and that does makes sense, because they may change it, or perhaps the scene takes place at some other time period in the film, when I do see the movie I will let you know if it still is an issue. [[User:Michael Alex Kawa|Melissa]] ([[User talk:Michael Alex Kawa|talk]]) 01:35, 5 December 2018 (EST)
:I just wanted to give a follow up to this subject that I began in the first place. I finally saw the movie, which was awesome BTW, and it seems that the shot of the Dam that was used in the trailer was NOT used in the final film, and the shot that was seemed to be done in such a way to not show any of those structures that I mentioned as being built after the 80's. So I have to say they (the director and editor) did a pretty decent job. --[[User:Michael Alex Kawa|Melissa]] ([[User talk:Michael Alex Kawa|talk]]) 03:04, 4 January 2019 (EST)

==thundercracker==
I’m not sure if it’s just a generic or not, but there’s a seeker colored suspiciously like thundercracker. Does anyone else think it’s thundercracker or is it just me? [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 16:35, 14 December 2018 (EST)
:Dude, just wait a WEEK and you can find out for sure. Geez, what is this obsession people have with playing "wow, that blur in the background looks kind of like random character number 382. If I squint."?--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 20:24, 14 December 2018 (EST)

==Open editing please?==
When will regular users be able to edit this? The movie's already out... [[User:Autoboty|Autoboty]] ([[User talk:Autoboty|talk]]) 05:18, 21 December 2018 (EST)
:"expires 21:17, 21 December 2018 (UTC)". It's only 6:30 am on the East Coast. Not many have had a chance to see it yet... - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 06:26, 21 December 2018 (EST)
:For Christ's sake, would it kill people to just wait a few days and then add information? This does not need to be immediately added; in fact, it's better that it's not, because it gives you time to write up a concise summary. Just...chill. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 10:01, 21 December 2018 (EST)
:The article is unlocked now. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 22:03, 21 December 2018 (EST)

== New universe ==

Since the new film is clearly settled in a new continuity, should we move the new informations of the characters in a separate section in their own pages or create totally new pages ? {{unsigned|RoboWarriorPrime}}
:Same page, we would only make a new page if it's a new continuity family. There is also a discussion on how to tackle the Bee movie [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal#The Bumblebee Movie|here]]. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 10:26, 22 December 2018 (EST)

== Next movie ==

It will be about Grimlock. --[[User:RandomDecepticon67|Random]][[File:Decepticon symbol.png|20px|link=User:RandomDecepticon67]][[User:RandomDecepticon67|67]] ([[User talk:RandomDecepticon67|talk]]) 06:21, 23 December 2018 (EST)
:Source or didn’t happen [[User:Indridcold13|Indridcold13]] ([[User talk:Indridcold13|talk]]) 13:06, 23 December 2018 (EST)

== Caption theme for this film? ==

So what is it this time around? [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 00:33, 27 December 2018 (EST)
:It has been Bee Movie so far, don’t know if it’s going to change [[User:Indridcold13|Indridcold13]] ([[User talk:Indridcold13|talk]]) 00:46, 27 December 2018 (EST)
:Bee Movie. There can be only one. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 03:01, 27 December 2018 (EST)
::''Hey, I've never seen the Bee Movie. I had no clue!'' [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 10:46, 27 December 2018 (EST)
:::I hear it made a real buzz at the box office! - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 21:04, 27 December 2018 (EST)

== Sector Seven's "first contact" ==

The Sector Seven unit seen in the film calls the entire Bumblebee/Blitzwing fight, and later the meeting with Shatter and Dropkick as "first contact", which seems to imply that this is the first time that Sector Seven has seen Cybertronians. But as we know, at that point in time, Megatron and the Allspark are very clearly in possession of S7. Currently, this is stated to be a continuity error... But is there a chance that the Unit involved under Burns doesn't know of the entire story behind Megatron? Remember, in TF1, Banachek, said that the entire footage acquired from Transformers was deemed "beyond Top Secret." Using real-life Top Secrecy protocols, it isn't hard to imagine that even S7 wouldn't tell their field teams what was going on in their secret base, either A. because they simply don't have to know, or B. in case of interrogation, the soldiers can't tell anything useful.

The same can be said of allowing Shatter and Dropkick inside Hoover Dam: the field team could know the HQ, but wouldn't know the entirety of the story. And of course, the files that Shatter/Dropkick search through could be doctored, with some sensitive information removed or placed behind bars, allowing access but keeping some of the files a secrecy. Traces of Cybertronian-originated tech inside the files could simply be replaced with the cover-up stories S7 has used before, possibly even to the field teams.

Just a theory based on real-life protocols, and some careful speculation.

[[User:Jirr'kel|Shockblaster's Hideout]] ([[User talk:Jirr'kel|talk]]) 07:34, 27 December 2018 (EST)
:Given they cut a scene they filmed showing frozen ('''G1''') Megatron, they may or may not have Megs and the Allspark in the *Bumblebee* continuity. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 21:05, 27 December 2018 (EST)

:Admittedly it's been a while since I watched the 2007 film, but Megs was (a) found frozen (and offline?) and (b) kept frozen (and offline?), right? So they can still have him in the freezer and consider this first contact, because it was the first ''actual'' contact, with the words and the talking. Like many things with continuity between these movies, I think it can work if you squint. A lot. --[[User:Guntrip|Guntrip]] ([[User talk:Guntrip|talk]]) 05:54, 28 December 2018 (EST)
::If I were Sector 7, I would not consider Megatron's body to be first contact. And as Travis Knight made clear in interviews, Megatron does not cameo in this film because he is meant to be frozen at the Hoover Dam when the film is set. [[User:Alientraveller|Alientraveller]] ([[User talk:Alientraveller|talk]]) 12:39, 28 December 2018 (EST)

== Bumblebee's potential design change ==

Wasn't 100% sure if this was noteworthy enough to add, so I figured I'd bring it up here first. The more complex toys, namely the Studio Series and Masterpiece figures, depict Bumblebee as having the traditional "car wings"- this is an element that is present in some promotional material as well, specifically with [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6e/92/ed/6e92edad8057c2a68dee54513fd80a59.jpg Entenmann's products showing Bee with his "wings"], leading me to believe it was a minor design change late into the game and not the result of general kibble. In the final film, as far as I can recall, his doors are just folded onto his back to give him a cleaner look. [[User:RazorSlash|RazorSlash]] ([[User talk:RazorSlash|talk]]) 20:37, 4 January 2019 (EST)

== Cliffjumper's cameo ==

So I could just start a revert war, because 'NO' isn't a real persuasive argument, but I'll do this instead, 'cause I think I got a solid case.

In the last 20+ years of Transformers lore, Cliffjumper is famous for one thing and one thing only: showing up as a named, headlining character in a flagship TV show, only to be captured, interrogated and brutally murdered within minutes of his debut. This is ''by far'' the most distinctive and memorable thing the mythos-arc character of Cliffjumper has done. You gotta go back 35 years to him calling people traitor to find something similarly definitive.

Now for the movie scene on whatever moon it was, the writers could have chosen ''literally any character''. They coulda put Huffer or Gears or Cosmos or Windcharger or Blurr or Outback or a generic or ''anybody'' in that scene, but no. When they needed a character to be captured, interrogated, act defiant and get shockingly killed, they went to the one character whose ''defining trait'' is that he was ''captured, interrogated, acted defiant and got shockingly killed''.

If that seems like a reach, the bigger reach is saying that they just landed on that character ''totally by coincidence''; that out of 18 '84 Autobots and dozens of subsequent ones available, they just. so. happened. to pick that one, ''without'' being aware of his recent history. I don't buy that.

Now if we've heard from the scriptwriters or whoever added that character in there that, whoa, hey, wow, we had no idea that was a thing!, then that's different; but y'all gotta show me the money. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] ([[User talk:Repowers|talk]]) 12:46, 7 January 2019 (EST)
: Conversely, the interrogation scenes are different enough (Prime Cliffjumper gets his spark crushed, BB Cliffjumper is bisected) that I'd need to see it from the the scriptwriters that it was intentional. And being honest, I'm willing to be the reason why Cliffjumper was chosen to die was because he's about 95% the same model as Bumblebee's Cybertronian form, and thus was easy to do instead of some other all new guy.

: All in all, sometimes a similar scene is just a similar scene. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 13:42, 7 January 2019 (EST)

::I also call bull on the notion that Cliffjumper's "defining trait" is "get shockingly killed". On top of that, it further strains credibility of the claim to have just this one singular non-G1 non-movie reference out of aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the past-TF references in the movie, especially when, as noted, it involves a recycled model for a scene that would almost certainly predate the reshoots and added Cybertron footage. In a movie where they actually re-create specific shots from the old animation, you'd think they'd have done that there too if they were actually making the reference. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 14:04, 7 January 2019 (EST)
:Rob, they used Cliffjumper because Cliffjumper can use the same Cybertronian body that they already modeled for Bumblebee. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 14:16, 7 January 2019 (EST)
:: Fair enough, outvoted etc.
:: Not sure this comment works as an explanation, though. Of course they reskinned a model where it was an option, but they coulda reskinned anybody. They coulda killed off Bluestreak or Smokescreen or Outback or an obscurity or a generic. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] ([[User talk:Repowers|talk]]) 18:11, 8 January 2019 (EST)
::: The expanded Cybertronian scenes were a later addition, and so Bumblebee's Cybertronian mode was likely available much sooner. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 20:34, 8 January 2019 (EST)

Even if the authors didn't intend it, it still happened. We're the ones who spot the similarities and I'm on board with noting it on the page, though using phrases like "...is similar to..." as opposed to "...is inspired by...". Same thing goes with "homage," which assumes deliberate planning. Two things can resemble each other either on purpose or by accident, it's still fair to point out the resemblence. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 14:54, 7 January 2019 (EST)
:That's always been something we've ''actively'' avoided doing. We even have a template for it. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 15:06, 7 January 2019 (EST)
::And I quote...
{{Notareference}}
::-- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:24, 7 January 2019 (EST)
:::Yeah, we are not filling up our references sections with things that we merely find similar. That's not what the references section is for. That's why we have the template. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 20:27, 7 January 2019 (EST)
==seekers==
It says dirge is in the film, the only conehead you see clearly (and even has a pic on this site) is green. Also, the purple seeker on Cybertron resembles slipstream in colors more than it does Skywarp. Hell, it probably isn’t even either character, just a generic. I think we should remove the seekers names from the characters list besides starscream, as the others aren’t named. While starscream isn’t named in the film, the shots on Cybertron resemble his g1 self and he is the closest standing to shockwave in the scene with the green cone head. Starscream, Soundwave, and shockwave are all Megatrons generals, so it would make sense for them to be together with Megatron being gone. As far as I’m aware, starscream is the only seeker that can be safely associated with an established character. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 09:14, 10 January 2019 (EST)
:Scroll down to Notes section. There's a reference to an EW article saying all the G1 characters in the opening Cybertron scene. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 10:33, 10 January 2019 (EST)
::I'm not sure how reliable that source is in this case. They can't spell Chris Latta. They state that the instructions for the coneheads were changed, when they were not. Various paragraphs mix the old toys and the new movies in confusing ways. And the quotation used to support Dirge's presence does not actually include his name, that is added by the author of the article and could be either saying that the specific conehead Dirge is in the movie or simply giving an example of a conehead from past fiction without saying what the names of any coneheads in the movie are (or even if they are named). Honestly, the writer needs to return not just the paycheck they received for that article, but also any and all diplomas, degrees, and certifications of education that they may have received. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 10:48, 10 January 2019 (EST)

So we can remove them from the list except starscream? He is thus far the only one who has enough to be inferred who he is. Just because he is named doesn’t mean it’s not him, shockwave goes unnamed in the film. See my first post if you are unaware of my reasoning. Sincerely [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 15:29, 10 January 2019 (EST)

Talk:Bumblebee (film)

2019-01-10T20:28:18Z

YourBestPal:

Talk:Bumblebee (film)

2019-01-10T14:14:44Z

YourBestPal:

Talk:Hot Spot (G1)

2019-01-06T18:53:43Z

YourBestPal:

== Universe: The Wreckers caption ==

The caption for the Wreckers image says "Leave it to a fan to actually show, for the first time ever, his weapons doing what they're supposed to do." Any idea what it's talking about? [[User:Excise|Excise]] 18:52, 16 June 2010 (EDT)
:According to his tech specs, his Fireball cannons fire high-temperature blue flame. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 19:13, 16 June 2010 (EDT)

== G1 Hot Spot Fire Engine model ==

"Hot Spot transforms into a blue Mitsubishi Fuso Great fire engine" - can we get some kind of evidence for this? I can't even find a picture of such a thing. Despite the off-beat wheel configuration, Hot Spot looks a lot more like this [https://www.google.com/search?q=pierce+RMA+ladder+truck&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=wcviVI_8F8W-ggSLioGICQ&ved=0CCEQsAQ&biw=1542&bih=873] than this [https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&tbs=rimg%3ACY9MAcxuy3_1vIjhTi13P5whXc2uwRXO4KGkIbP1aCXFQVAaBWj6EUHopshSi2VB2AD2fh7jroAuJ4cAjsqTGQBNH6ioSCVOLXc_1nCFdzEUeonSND2ZhFKhIJa7BFc7goaQgRIhIh7GFi_10oqEgls_1VoJcVBUBhFI5YAr63Oy9SoSCYFaPoRQeimyEafooGSAlDQiKhIJFKLZUHYAPZ8RgCebg5n2YvgqEgmHuOugC4nhwBEehMhW91mezSoSCSOypMZAE0fqEXAtpfD9CZqS&q=Mitsubishi%20Fuso%20great%20ladder%20truck]. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] ([[User talk:Repowers|talk]]) 00:06, 17 February 2015 (EST)
==yellow==
I am determined to confirm the yellow eye variant of the g1 figure once and for all. I’ve hunted all over the internet and he only pictures I have found are poor quality and fuzzy, if there is a yellow eye variant wouldn’t someone have mentioned it other than on this site? Seriously, the only mention of a yellow eye variant of him is on this site. Post what color your g1 hot spot has for eyes, I will try to solve this survey style. Sincerely, [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 13:53, 6 January 2019 (EST)

Bumblebee (G1)/toys

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[[File:Bumblebeeg1toys.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Sure, just one Bumblebee's pretty nonthreatening. But get an army...]]
'''[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]''' gots lots of toys!

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Bumblebeeg1toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeSpfUHqxG8 The original sweet boy.]]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Mini Vehicle, 1984~1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''11''', '''C-56'''

:Bumblebee's original toy, released in 1984 and in Japan in 1985, originally hails from the ''[[Micro Change]]'' series, transforming into a "penny-racer"-proportioned Volkswagen Beetle. He was available through the first three years of the ''Transformers'' series, the entire duration of the [[Mini Vehicle]] assortment, the only 1984 Mini Vehicle to do so.

:'Bee has a lot of minor variations. Throughout 1984 and 1985, Bumblebee was produced in both yellow and red (as was [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys|Cliffjumper]]), a move meant to "make the line look bigger" according to former [[Hasbro]] R&D Vice President [[George Dunsay]].<ref name="dunsay">[http://www.tfarchive.com/fandom/interviews/george_dunsay/george_dunsay_interview.php Interview with George Dunsay at TFArchive.com]</ref> For his 1984 release, both color versions had an Autobot sigil on the roof/chest. In 1985, this was replaced by a [[rubsign]]. The rubsign remained on the 1986 release, though he was only released in yellow that year.

:Packaging-wise, there are several more variations. In 1984, the Mini Vehicles were packaged in vehicle mode. Come 1985, a picture of the toy in vehicle mode was added to the front of the card, and ''later'' the toys proper were packaged in robot mode. From this point on, the Mini Vehicles were also part of two different pack-in promotions; the [[Mini-spy|Mini-Spies]] and iron-on reflective patches.

: For his 1985 Japanese release, Bumblebee came in a small box rather than on a card. He was available in both red and yellow, both versions having the rubsign rather than the foil faction symbol. He was also released in the 1986 assortment, but only in yellow. This is why he has two ID numbers in Japan; in 1986, the line switched from a single-series number listing to splitting it up between "C" (Cybertron/Autobot) and "D" (Destron/Decepticon) groupings.

: Bumblebee was released in a wide variety of colors in markets south of the border, which will be covered in separate entries below (as to not make this entry unreadably long; there's a ''ton'' of variants and more keep popping up!).

:This mold was later [[retool]]ed into a [[#Keychain|keychain version of Bumblebee]], as well as for a [[#TFCollection|''Transformers Collection'' multipack]] (see below).

:The original mold is also used by the [[Optimus (faction)|Optimus-faction]] [[Volks (G1)|Volks]]. Later [[retool]]ings of this mold were used to make [[Glyph (Universe)#Toys|Glyph]] and [[Bug Bite (GoBots)#Toys|Bug Bite]].

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-mini-vehicles-bumblebee/19/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Bumblebee at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Bumblebee at TFU.info]''


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*'''Bumblebee''' (Mini Vehicle, 1985)

: When he was released in Mexico by [[IGA]], Bumblebee came in a wide variety of colors: both the original red and yellow, as well as blue, silver, and white. The silver and white versions are particularly notable (and significantly rarer), as they have red-painted faces. The sticker on the back of Mexican Bumblebee's head is also slightly different from the Hasbro/Takara release, being the same general design, but smaller and with thicker, simpler lines.

: Years later, large numbers of Mexican Transformers somehow made it to various European markets.

:*''[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=bluemexbee More information on blue Mexican Bumblebee at TF-1.com]''
:*''[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=whitemexbee More information on white Mexican Bumblebee at TF-1.com]''

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[[File:G1toy silver volks.jpg|thumb|''"Eu vou a pé eu vou de fusca / Eu vou em busca de um amor..."''|upright=1.67]]
*'''Volks''' (Robocar, 1985)

: Bumblebee was released in Brazil by [[Estrela]] in 1985 as the Robocar "Volks", initially available in two color schemes: his original yellow and black, and slick-looking silver and black with a gold face, both decorated with a new thin tech-detailing sticker on their chests based on the original ''[[Micro Change]]'' decals. The design of the sticker on the back of his head was also changed to a more complex grid pattern. The raised "DUNLOP" branding on the tires was also removed.

: Later, Estrela released red and orange versions of Volks sporting the new "[[Optimus (faction)|Optimus]]" faction insignia; given this new factional alignment, for the purposes of this wiki, the Optimus-aligned Volks is considered a [[Volks (G1)|separate character]] from Bumblebee.

::*''[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=silverbee More information on Silver Bumblebee/Volks at TF-1.com]''

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[[File:AntexVolks.jpg|thumb|''"... Eu vou a pé vou de fusca / Aonde tem amor eu vou!"''|upright=1.66]]
*'''Volks''' (Robocar, 1985)

: The aforementioned red and orange versions of Volks were released in Argentina by [[Antex]] in 1985, both sporting the Estrela stickers and "DUNLOP"-less tires. Later releases of the orange version have been found with different paper stickers: the one on his chest/roof being one that was originally applied to [[Salt-Man Z]]'s groin. (The back-of-the-head decal was ''probably'' also changed, but right know we don't know for sure.)

: The card's toy photogrpahy depicts the Estrela yellow and silver versions, but it is believed this was merely a holdover from the Estrela-designed packaging, and that neither coloration was never sold in Argentina.

: These toys are more readily available on the secondary market than their Estrela predecessors. They also have lower quality control.

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*'''Bumblebee''' (Mini Vehicle, 1985)

: As far as foreign Mini Vehicle variants go, the Venezuelan release of Bumblebee by [[Rubiplas]] is pretty tame. He came in both the Hasbro yellow and red versions, and retains the Hasbro stickers. However, his head lacks both the silver paint on his face, and the [[Vacuum metallizing|chrome silver]] on the "plate" part of the head, leaving it as black plastic.

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*'''Bumblebee''' (Mini Vehicle, 1986)

: Manufactured by Argentinean company [[Lynsa]] but sold in Peru, this version of Bumblebee is similar to the Rubiplas release, lacking any paint or chrome, but this version also has plastic tires instead of rubber. So far, three different colorations have been confirmed: the original yellow-and-black, red-and-black, and peachy-orange-and-black. It is claimed that there may be ''six'' different versions of Peruvian Bumblebee all told, with the three others being unique to that market, but no-one has been able to find and confirm the others so far.

{{note|Peruvian company BASA (which eventually changed to HUDE) apparently also (briefly) sold ''Transformers'' in Peru, but these were straight imports of Hasbro Mini Vehicles with a company sticker applied to the packaging.}}

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[[File:Goldbugg1toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Older, squatter, faster.]]
*'''Goldbug''' (Throttlebot, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-97'''

:The [[Throttlebot]] Goldbug was released in 1987, and like the other Throttlebots, he has a pull-back motor and a simple transformation. The vehicle mode was not designed to look like a penny racer, as the original toy was, so its variation on the Volkswagen Beetle was much more realistically-proportioned. Though the other Throttlebots seem to have always been intended to be new characters, Goldbug's head was based directly on that of Bumblebee's original toy. Bumblebee was the second Transformer to be given a second toy (as both [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Hot Rod]] and Rodimus Prime had been released the year previous).

:This toy was reissued in Europe in 1991 as part of the [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] reissues, along with the rest of the Throttlebots. It was [[retool]]ed to remove the [[rubsign]] indent, the heat-sensitive decal proper replaced with a glossy-paper faction symbol. Ironically enough, he doesn't suffer from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|gold plastic syndrome]], given his plastic is not swirly or even particularly brittle despite being gold.

:This toy also doubles as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of [[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Goldbug/goldbug.htm More information on Goldbug at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1987/instr_goldbug.jpg Instructions for Goldbug at Botchthecrab.com]''

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[[File:G1toy pretender bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Still not Herbie.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Pretender, 1989)
**''Accessories'': Pretender shell, helmet, large "sonic blaster" rifle, small "laser pistol"

:As part of the sixth year of Generation 1, Bumblebee was released as a "[[Classic Pretender]]", expanding the range of [[Pretender]]s toys. This version of Bumblebee is still a Volkswagen Beetle, but now has what look like off-road tires. His vehicle mode has a realistically-proportioned front end, but the cab area is more relatively compact than on the Goldbug toy (though not quite as deformed as the original Bumblebee). He came with a gun for his robot mode that could be mounted on his roof and another gun for his human shell. Oddly, the robot's head is modeled after [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys|Cliffjumper's]] toy head.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on ''Pretender'' Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1989/instr_bumblebee_(pretender).jpg Instruction booklet for ''Pretender'' Bumblebee at Botchthecrab.com]''

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*'''Bumblebee''' (Legends, 1989)
**''Accessories'': "Laser pistol"

:The inner robot to Pretender Classics Bumblebee was sold without the shell as a [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] [[Legends (G1)|Legends]] figure, but with the inner-robot gun to his teammate [[Jazz (G1)/toys#G1Legend|Jazz]], who had Bumblebee's small gun in exchange.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on ''Legends'' Bumblebee at TFU.info]'' (scroll down)
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1989/instr_bumblebee_(legends).jpg Instructions for ''Legends'' Bumblebee at Botchthecrab.com]''

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[[File:G1toy japanese legends giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67| S W E E T B O I ]]
*'''Hero Set''' (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Accessories:'' "Laser pistol"

:In Japan, Legends Bumblebee was only available in a boxed "Hero Set" with the Legends versions of [[Jazz (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Jazz]], [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Grimlock]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Heroset|Starscream]]. Bumblebee was identical to the Hasbro release.

:In Italy, [[GiG]] released their own version of the Hero Set, named "Set Commandos", instead of the Classic Pretender versions of the toys. Bumblebee was given the name "Saetta", which was originally the Italian name of [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]]. The "Set Commandos" toys were identical to the Japanese "Hero Set" versions.

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[[File:G1toy action master bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Sadly, despite its charm, Hasbro's crossover attempt with [http://data.whicdn.com/images/133507565/large.png Doraemon] wouldn't be enough to save the Action Masters from flopping.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories'': Heli-pack, "Astral Exploder Rifle"

:Part of the second wave of single-carded [[Action Master]] figures, Bumblebee is a non-transforming action figure that mixed cartoon model with toy-detail. He comes with his [[Heli-pack]] that transforms into a large "high-powered air rifle" with spring-loaded deploying barrel. Bumblebee and his Heli-pack are cross-compatible with any other Action Master figure, vehicle or accessory; plus the hole in his back is compatible with [[5mm post]]s.

:This release makes Bumblebee the only character to have a toy of ''some'' kind available during the entire original ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' production run (from 1984-1990).

::*''[http://tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on ''Action Master'' Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/action_masters/instr_bumblebee.jpg Instructions for ''Action Master'' Bumblebee at Botchthecrab.com]''

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[[File:G1toy bumblebee keychain.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.67|If you're feeling bitter, you might need a sweet boy in your pocket!]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Keychain, 2001/2003/2007)

:Bumblebee was reissued as a keychain by [[Fun4All]] under license from [[Hasbro]] in the US in 2001. Along with having its rear bumper [[retool]]ed to accommodate the chain, the keychain form lacked the "Dunlop" text on the tires. The toy also returned to its original sticker set-up, doing away with the rubsign and restored the Autobot symbol on his chest. Hasbro made the figure available again in 2007, this time under the "[[Heroes of Cybertron]]" banner.

:In Japan, all four Mini-Bot keychains were released in Japan in 2003 as [[7-Eleven]] [[exclusive]]s. Each of the keychains also had black "[[Chase figure|chase]]" versions. The black deco was later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Black Bumble|an evil clone]] of Bumblebee.

:This mold was also used to make [[Glyph (Universe)#Toys|Glyph]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2003/Cybertron/BlackBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on the black keychain Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2Bumblebee Minicar toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|A gold bug, but not Goldbug.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Mini Vehicle, 1993)

:Bumblebee's first ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' toy was a [[redeco]] of his original toy, transforming into a "Penny Racer"-proportioned Volkswagen Beetle. However, this version has yellow chrome on the previously matte-yellow plastics. Thankfully, there seem to be few to no reports of chrome flaking on any of the ''Generation 2'' Mini Vehicles.

:The figure pictured here features a G1 Autobot [[Insignia]] on his chest/roof, but this is nonstandard. The figure as released featured a bare chest/roof. The only symbol on the figure is the G2 Autobot Insignia stamped on the bottom of his foot followed by the word Autobot.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Generation 2 Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G2toy gobot bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Now he's just gold.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Go-Bot, 1995)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

:Bumblebee's second release in the ''Generation 2'' line was as a recolor of the [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]] [[High Beam]], transforming into a concept race car with exposed rear engine. He features through-axle construction for incredibly fast zipping on flat, smooth surfaces, and is compatible with many tracks and playsets from ''Hot Wheels'' and ''Matchbox''.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Crosswise (RID)#Toys|Crosswise]] and [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]]. It was later [[repurposing|repurposed]] to be a [[Bumblebee (G2)|"next-generation" clone of Bumblebee]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1995/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Go-Bots Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
[[File:Smallest transforming bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|50% smaller, still 100% sweet.]]
*'''Bumble''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF 04'''

: Not much more than an inch tall, ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Bumblebee is a scaled-down version of his original toy, retaining the larger figure's [[transformation scheme]] but losing its rolling wheels by sheer necessity of size. Bumblebee was sold as part of the line's first wave, and like all the figures, came [[blindpacking|blindpacked]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2003/Cybertron/SmallestBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Smallest Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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*'''Bumble (Red)''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF X-2'''

:Bumblebee also came in red! A red variant of the toy was one of two [[chase figure]]s sold in the first ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' wave.
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===The Transformers Collection===
{{anchor|TFCollection}}
[[File:G1toy reissue Bumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Sweet Boy: Upgraded!]]
*'''Minibot Team Set''' (6-pack, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''12'''

:"Bumble" was again reissued in Japan as part of ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' "bookbox" series in a six-toy multi-pack, with [[Huffer (G1)#The Transformers Collection|Drag]], [[Cosmos (G1)#The Transformers Collection|Adams]], [[Gears (G1)#The Transformers Collection|Gears]], [[Powerglide (G1)/toys#The Transformers Collection|Powerglide]], and [[Warpath (G1)/toys#The Transformers Collection|Warpath]]. This time around, Bumblebee was [[retool|retooled]]to have a new [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]] head. Additionally, this version of the figure gave Bumblebee both an Autobot symbol ''and'' a rubsign, keeping the former in its traditional placement on his chest, and relocating the rubsign to the back of his head, replacing the original tech-detailing sticker that had previously been there.

:The entire set was redecoed to make the [[G1 GoBots|"G1 GoBots"]] set; this version of Bumblebee became [[Bug Bite (GoBots)#Toys|Bug Bite]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/ReBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Transformers Collection Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
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===Alternators/Binaltech===
[[File:AlternatorsBumblebeeDesign.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

: One of the earliest proposals in the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' line was for Bumblebee as a Volkswagen New Beetle, with [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Cliffjumper]] as the redeco. Unfortunately, VW evidently did not want to be associated with "war toys" [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|at that time]], and therefore the design never made it past the control drawing stage. Control drawings for both Bumblebee and Cliffjumper have been published in the Japanese ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide]]'' book. The design did, however, end up appearing fictionally as Bumblebee's form in the "[[Descent into Evil]]" comic.
 
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===Titanium Series===
[[File:Titanium bumblebee.jpg|thumb]]
*''' ''War Within'' Bumblebee''' (Cybertron Hero, unreleased)
**''Accessories:'' Unknown, likely display stand

:Prior to the line's cancellation, a 6-inch resin copy depicting a transformable Bumblebee was seen at [[BotCon 2006]]. His alternate mode was the saucer-like car seen the Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' (which was itself based on the first cartoon appearance of Bumblebee). An alternate head of Cliffjumper was seen as well, indicating a retool. Unfortunately these never made it into production.
 
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===Classics===
[[File:Bumblebeeclassicstoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Flight-enhancement buddy #2]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Wave Crusher trailer/backpack

:The Deluxe ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Bumblebee transforms into a yellow hatchback sports car (labeled as a "cruiser" on the package) that's basically Hasbro's typical cross between several existing car models: The general shape of the car is based on a heavily customized one-of-a-kind 1992-1995 {{w|Honda Civic (fifth generation)|fifth generation Honda Civic hatchback}} with lots of aftermarket "ricer" add-ons (such as a large front bumper, large fenders and a large rear wing).<ref name="ricercivic">[http://www.tuningfever.fr/fr/pics/gal-1596-stephan/pic-33883-honda-civic.php Photos of a "ricer" 1992-1995 Honda Civic], photos taken from an eBay auction posted before September 2005.</ref> The front section takes some design cues from various models of the {{w|Subaru Impreza WRX}}, namely the hood vent present on all models, the front grille of the 2004-05 WRX and the headlights and the midsection of the front bumper from the 2006-07 WRX STi.<ref name="wrxsti06">[http://www.insideline.com/subaru/impreza-wrx/2006/first-drive-2006-subaru-impreza-wrx-and-wrx-sti.html 2006-2007 Subaru WRX STi], officially unveiled in September 2005.</ref> The shape of the rear fenders is also vaguely inspired by the {{w|Volkswagen New Beetle}}.

:Bumblebee comes with a single accessory, a jet ski called "[[Wave Crusher]]" on a trailer. This is a bit similar than his Action Master toy's transforming heli-pack. His robot mode is designed to look like a typical teenager, dressed in a hoodie with pockets and wearing big chunky trainers.<ref>[http://pingmag.jp/2007/06/29/transformers/ Interview] with [[Alex Kubalsky]]</ref> He is articulated with ball joints at the head, shoulders, elbows, hips, and has hinge knees. Wave Crusher converts into a [[jet pack]] that mounts onto his back.

:Later versions [[retool]]ed the area the [[rubsign]] rests on to be larger.

:This retooled version of this mold was also used to make ''Classics'' [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Classics|Cliffjumper]], and [[Glyph_(Universe)#United|''United'' Glyph]], which remains unreleased.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2006/Autobot/ClassicsBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Classics Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Classics LegendsBumblebee toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hot Bee? Bumbleshot?]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Legends, 2007)

:This ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Bumblebee toy is a redeco of ''[[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#CyLOC|Hot Shot]], transforming into a modified Chrysler ME Four Twelve concept car. In either mode he has flip-out "wings". We have gone full circle.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Red Alert (G1)#Universe (2008)|Red Alert]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2007/Autobot/ClassicsLegendsBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Classic Legends Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers (2007)===
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[[File:Movietoy legacyofbumblebee classic.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.66|Do I need to have these black stripes? the white ones were fine.]]
*'''Legacy of Bumblebee''' (Deluxe class multi-pack, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Wave Crusher trailer/backpack

:A [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] three pack, the ''Legacy of Bumblebee'' collector's set comes with [[#Classics|''Classics'']], [[Premium Series]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Premium|live-action movie]], and ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Bumblebee (Animated)#Toys|Bumblebee]] figures. While the ''Movie'' and ''Animated'' Bumblebees are identical to their original, single carded releases, the ''Classics'' Bumblebee has been redecoed to more closely resemble his ''Movie'' and ''Animated'' counterparts, changing his white stripes to black, his gray/silver plastic to yellow (similarly to ''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bumble, see immediately below), and the clear parts from a very faint blue-ish tint to deeply saturated clear blue plastic. In addition, the shoulder straps are no longer painted yellow, instead showing the clear blue plastic they are cast in; the head is no longer be painted over in yellow, due to the change of the plastic color from gray to yellow; and the [[Wave Crusher]] replaces the white paint with black paint for the upper half and an unpainted yellow lower half, and the orange stripe with a yellow one.

:This three-pack was available in ''Movie'' style packaging.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2008/Autobot/WMClassicBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Legacy Classics Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[File:Henkei Bumble toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The difference is mind blowing.]]
*'''Bumble''' (Deluxe, 2008-[[March 13|03-13]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Wave Crusher trailer/backpack

:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Bumblebee is a redeco of [[#Classics|''Classics'' Bumblebee.]] Bumblebee swaps some of his black plastic for dark gray, and his light gray plastic for yellow. His yellow plastic is almost entirely covered in yellow paint to deal with the common problem of yellow plastic being near-translucent against darker plastics and the inconsistency between bare plastic parts and painted clear parts. His eyes are painted blue despite being molded in translucent plastic. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the ''Classics'' heat-sensitive rubsign, but has some [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] parts: his hood-mounted scoop and his spoiler.

:This mold was also used to make ''Classics'' [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Classics|Cliffjumper]].
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===Encore===
[[File:G1toy encore bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Hey, I can see!]]
*'''Bumble & Minibots''' (5-pack, 2008)
** ''Japanese ID number'': '''10'''

:The ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' series of reissues featured a set similar to the 2004 ''The Transformers Collection'' Minibots set; this time, rather than a mix of 1984 and 1985 Mini-Vehicles, it included mostly figures from 1986 plus Bumblebee (whose original toy had still shipped in 1986), bundling him with [[Outback (G1)#Encore|Outback]], [[Pipes (G1)#Encore|Pipes]], [[Swerve (G1)#Encore|Swerve]], and [[Tailgate (G1)#Encore|Tailgate]]. ''Encore'' Bumblebee retains the [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]] head sculpt from the ''Transformers Collection'' release, but now sports several additional paint operations: his eyes are blue, his headlights are white, his brake lights are red, and his bumpers are silver.
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:TF-Universe-(2008)-Legends-Class-Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Stingers and plasma cannon not included. (Neither is a laser pistol.)]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Legends, 2008)

:''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Legends class Bumblebee has a vehicle mode that is something of an amalgamation of the vehicle forms recent Bumblebees have adopted. While he forms a modern hatchback like the ''Classics'' Bumblebee and ''Animated'' Bumblebee toys, the more aggressive design with large flared wheel arches, and small windows evoke the look of the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]] version of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. He transforms similarly to, but not exactly the same as, his [[#Generation 1|Generation 1 toy]].

:Care must be taken while rolling the vehicle: pushing down while moving the vehicle forward can chip the paint underneath the hip section.

:This mold was redecoed into ''Henkei! Henkei!'' [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Cliffjumper]], [[#Transformers (2010)|''Transformers'' "Gold Bumblebee"]], and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Cybertronian [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Bumblebee]] from the Bumblebee/Starscream [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] four-pack.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Universe Legends Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
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===Alternity===
[[File:Alternity bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Bee not included]]
*'''Bumble''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''A-03'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "chrono-venom stinger guns"

:''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' Bumble transforms into a licensed 1:32 scale Suzuki Swift featuring die-cast metal parts and rubber tires, as well as an opening hood, trunk and doors. In robot mode, the figure can hold twin pistols that are normally stored in the legs, and features light-piped eyes.

:Bumblebee was [[retool]]ed to make ''Alternity'' [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys|Cliffjumper]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2009/Cybertron/Bumble/bumble.htm More information on ''Alternity'' Bumble at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Alternity Gold Bug.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Now for the rest of the throttlebots. Cancelled? Oh well.]]
*'''Suzuki Swift Sport / Gold Bug [Throttle Gold]''' (2011/2012)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''A-03G'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 guns

:''Alternity'' Gold Bug is a redeco of the above mold. He features an extensive glittery metallic gold paint scheme for his vehicle parts and knee panels, and has blue arms, hands, legs, and head. He comes packaged in a box that is similar to the one used by ''Alternity'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Alternity|Ultra Magnus]].
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===Transformers (2010)===
[[File:TF2010-toy Legends Gold Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I feel like a Gold... Bumblebee!]]
*'''Gold Bumblebee''' (Legends Class, 2011)

:In ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers:]] [[Reveal the Shield]]'', [[#Goldbug|Goldbug]] was [[renaming|renamed]] Gold Bumblebee for this redeco of [[#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Legends Class Bumblebee]]. As part of the "Reveal the Shield" promotion, he sports a [[rubsign]].

:The [[prototype|sample]] used for Hasbro's official [[stock photography|stock photos]] sported unpainted gold legs, but the final toy has the legs painted over in blue. So far, no gold-legged specimens have been found in the wild. Conversely, the vehicle mode stock photo on the back of his packaging implies that the ''entire'' leg pieces (or at least his ankle joints) have been painted blue, as there are two very obvious blue patches on his hood.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Autobot/RTSLegGoldBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Gold Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TF2010-toy Deluxe Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"... I'm always going to have these black stripes from now on, aren't I?"]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Wave Crusher trailer/backpack

:This Bumblebee is a redeco of ''Classics'' Deluxe Class Bumblebee in a [[Bumblebee (Movie)|live-action movie-inspired]] paint scheme. He also features a rubsign, this time on his roof/chest.
::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Autobot/RTSBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on 2010 Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TF2010-toy BumblebeeDollarStore.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wear your allegiance on your sleeve.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Legends Class, 2012)
:A minor redeco of "[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Bumblebee]]" from the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] Bumblebee/[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Starscream]] four-pack, itself a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Legends Class Bumblebee, was released as a "Dollar Store" exclusive (available at stores such as Dollar General and Big Lots) in generic 2010 ''Transformers'' packaging alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Optimus Prime]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Starscream]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#DollarLegends|Megatron]].

:While the overall deco is similar to that of ''Dark of the Moon'' Cybertronian Bumblebee, some of the [[paint operation]]s are different: The Autobot [[insignia|logo]] is now placed on the side of his right arm/passenger door of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] (the official [[stock photography|stock photos]] on the back of the packaging are flipped, depicting it on the opposite side instead) rather than on the robot mode's chest/vehicle mode's roof, and the red stripes on the "running boards" on the sides of his vehicle mode have been omitted.

:In addition, this release of the sculpt also sports a very minor [[retool]] compared to all previous releases, namely additional pegs and holes that allow for his arms to attach more securely to the torso in vehicle mode.<ref name="legendspegs">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/575525-rts-legends-dollar-general-generic-packaging-11.html#post7646534 Comparison of ''Reveal the Shield'' Legends Class Gold Bumblebee and ''Generations'' Legends Class Bumblebee, with newly-sculpted pegs.]</ref>
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===United===
{{anchor|UnitedCybertron}}[[File:Unitedtoy cybertron bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Meet my steak knives... OF <s>MURDER</s> <s>DEATH</s> JUSTICE!!]]
*'''Bumblebee Cybertron Mode''' (Deluxe, 2010-[[December 25|12-15]])
**''ID number'': '''UN02'''
**''Accessories'': "Energy gun"

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' product, Bumblebee is a [[redeco]] of the [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Toys|''War for Cybertron'' Bumblebee toy]], transforming into a "[[Cybertronian courier]]." He comes with a handgun and features two wrist-mounted flip-out blades. The handgun can be stored inside his rear bumper in either robot or vehicle mode. Like the original mold, His legs are generally loose at the mid-thigh joint due to being used for transformation.

:TakaraTomy's release features an extensive metallic paint job on the car mode panels as well as some of the robot's parts (such as the head and forearms). In addition to some painted detail differences from the Hasbro release, United Bumblebee features a lighter gray as well as a brighter pink than the Hasbro version.

:This mold was also used to make [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Toys|''War For Cybertron'' Cliffjumper]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#United|''United'' Cliffjumper Cybertron Mode]].
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[[File:Unitedtoy bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Bumblebling.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe, 2010-[[December 25|12-25]])
**''ID number:'' '''UN07'''
**''Accessories:'' Wave Crusher trailer/backpack

:Another redeco of the ''Classics'' Deluxe toy, ''United'' Bumblebee is painted mainly in chromed golden yellow with silver bumpers. He was sold alongside his Cybertron Mode (see above) in the first assortment of ''United'' product.

:While very similar in appearance, this version of Bumblebee is cast in a lighter yellow plastic than the ''Henkei'' release, with most of his car mode parts (along with his robot mode head and forearms) painted over in gold. As noted above, he also features a silver front bumper and other painted details different from his previous TakaraTomy release.

:Unfortunately, because he is packaged in robot mode and his vehicle shell is entirely coated in paint, quite a number of Bumblebees have the gold paint between their jointed leg/hood panels and feet scratched off ''out of the box'', resulting in ugly scored lines on the hood in vehicle mode.
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===Chronicle===
[[File:EZCollectionChronicleBumbleToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Now 85% creamier!]]
*'''Bumble''' (EZ Collection, 2011)

:''[[Transformers Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' EZ Collection Bumble is a redeco of the ''Universe'' [[Legends Class]] Bumblebee toy, featuring sky blue windows and painted lower legs, and his inner arms are entirely painted black. His vehicle front grill's paint applications is also removed. Like other ''Chronicle'' Legends toys, he was sold in a blindpacked box.
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===Kre-O===
{{Note|This section only lists Generation 1-inspired Bumblebee Kre-O toys.}}
[[File:Kre-o-G1-Bumblebee-Kreon.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb]]
* '''Bumblebee''' (2011)
**''Set number'': '''36421'''
** ''Pieces'': '''336'''
** ''Kreons'': Bumblebee, [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Red Alert]], Driver
** ''Accessories'': Small pistol

: While the [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Kre-O|larger Bumblebee]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' kit is mostly based on the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|live-action movie version of the character]] (though the noggin is a moosh of movie and Generation 1), the accompanying Bumblebee [[Kreon]] is unquestionably based on the Generation 1 Bumblebee.

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[[File:KREOtoy-Bumblebeesmall.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hey everybody! Do the Bumblebee!]]
* '''Bumblebee''' (2011)
**''Set number'': '''31144'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2013-[[March 20|03-20]]'''
**''Pieces'': '''74'''

: The smaller Bumblebee ''Kre-O'' kit is loosely based on the [[Bumblebee (G1)|original Bumblebee]], with a head that's a straight copy of that Bumblebee's ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' toy head. He can be rebuilt into a hatchback and comes with no Kreons. Since his vehicle mode is basically a solid brick that can't hold any Kreons, this isn't such a big thing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Kre-OSmallBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on "small" Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-toy Bumblebee Energon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Razzlebee Blast!]]
* '''Energon Bumblebee''' (2012, NYCC Exclusive)
**''Accessories'': Small pistol

: A [[redeco]] of the Bumblebee Kreon in clear blue plastic, [[exclusive]] to [[New York Comic Con]] 2012, Energon Bumblebee comes in its own special little window box with an outer sleeve.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/Kre-OEnergonBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Energon Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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* '''Kreon Figure Pack''' (2013)
**''Set number'': '''A4642'''
**''Accessories'': Small pistol

: A boxed set of five Kreons, with Bumblebee, [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Red Alert]], [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Mirage]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Jazz]] and a fifth "mystery" Kreon; a randomly-packed robot Kreon from the first year of the line.

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[[File:KreO-Toy BumblebeeCustomKreon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Don't even think about how would these things make good prank tools.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Custom Kreon, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A6087'''
**''Pieces'': '''40'''
**''Accessories'': Rack, rifle, large gun, axe, [[jet pack|rocket-pack]]

: Part of the first assortment of "Custom Kreons", this version of Bumblebee comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. His [[tampograph]]s are much more heavily-detailed than the original Kreon, based on the [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Bumblebee toy]]. His "normal" helmet and large rifle are [[chrome]]d, plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the ''Kre-O Battleship'' aliens), plus a buildable hand-cannon, rocket-pack and energon axe.

: Bumblebee's tampos were also used to make Custom Kreon [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Custom|Cliffjumper]].

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[[File:KreO-toy Bumblebee Class84.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, 2014)
**''Voted'': Best Spark
**''Accessories'': Scoped pistol

: This version of Bumblebee, part of the [[Kreon Class of 1984]], has much more toy-based [[tampograph]]s than his prior versions, including visored-and-masked face. He uses the [[Prowl (Kre-O)|Prowl]] style door-wings, which is really odd considering the toy he's based on does not have said feature.

:He was only available in a pack of 30 Kreons dubbed "Class of 1984", [[exclusive]] to [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014. Remaining stock was be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online, but the set actually sold out at the show.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/SDCCKre-OBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Class of 1984 Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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*'''Brick Box'''
**''Set number'': '''B2962'''
**''Pieces'': '''77'''
**''Accessories'': Scoped pistol

: Sold only at discount chains like Family Dollar, this version of Bumblebee uses the new 2015 style of Kreon hips and torso, with a hollow hip-peg and a central post inside the torso for increased grip... which also makes the torso incompatible with about four years' worth of Kreons. Nice. His face tampograph is new, but his torso uses the "Class of '84" deco.

: The set comes with two bags of Kre-O parts, one coming from the first-year large Bumblebee (mostly all the small bits and the now-useless neck joint), the other "new" with some basic bricks and plates, as well as a set of axles, rims and tires. The set has no instructions, as it's just a box of bricks to makes whatever with.

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[[File:Kre-O-Battle-Changers-Bumblebee.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Prank first, then convert to run away.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Battle Changers, 2014)
**''Set number'': ''' B0716'''
**''Pieces'': ''81''
**''Accessories'': 2 pistols

:Part of the new Battle Changers line, Battle Changers Bumblebee transforms from a vehicle that vaguely resembles a sports car with a proportions of a Volkswagen Beetle into a robot and back without removing any parts!

:All of the 2015 ''Transformers [[Kre-O]]'' product was skipped by retailers in the US (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia and various Asian markets. In late 2015, much of the line was finally released at discount in the US through TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores, including this set.

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*'''Bumblebee''' (Mini-Con Combiners, unreleased)
**''Accessories'': Rifle, scoped pistol, grenade launcher, clip-on gatling gun, blaster

:"Mini-Con Combiner"' Bumblebee comes with one standard Kreon and four ''Cityville''-syle mini-Kreons of the same character, each one a different incarnation from various franchises. With some extra parts, the mini-Kreons become limbs to make a larger combiner-bot.

: The torso-Kreon and one Mini-Con are based on versions of Generation 1 Bumblebee: [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'']] (with an arm-cannon instead of a hand-held blaster, oddly) and [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe|"Thrilling 30" Bumblebee]] (Prowl helmet) respectively. The remaining three Mini-Con Bumblebees are based on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|"Aligned" Bumblebee]] bodies: ''[[Bumblebee (WFC)#Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'' (Bumblebee helmet), ''[[Bumblebee (WFC)#Prime cartoon|Prime]]'' (Ratchet helmet), and ''[[Bumblebee (WFC)#Rescue Bots cartoon|Rescue Bots]]'' (Jazz helmet).

:Unfortunately, the Mini-Con Combiners apparently never saw release anywhere.
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===Bot Shots===
[[File:Bot Shots S1 B001 Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''B001'''
***''Fist strength'': '''110'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''630'''
***''Sword strength'': '''970'''

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' Series 1 single-packs, Bumblebee is a teeny little sports car ''vaguely'' like a Camaro, with a [[Autotransformation|spring-loaded automatic transformation]] to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. He is heavily based on the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|live-action movie Bumblebee]], with his head based on the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' version of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Bumblebee (G1)#Classics|Bumblebee]].

: Bumblebee's main car body, arms, and legs are also used by many ''many'' other car Bot Shots, such as [[Barricade (Movie)/toys|Barricade]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], [[Topspin (DOTM)|Autobot Topspin]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Autobot Jazz]], [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]], [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]], ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]] [[Bot Shots (toyline)#BeCool|BeCool]]'' [[Kenzan#BeCool|Kenzan]], and their numerous [[redeco]]s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BSBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on ''Bot Shots'' Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Bot Shots S1 Super Bot 002 Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': ''' Super Bot 002'''
***''Fist strength'': '''910'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''460'''
***''Sword strength'': '''270'''

:Part of the second wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 1 single-packs, this redeco of Bumblebee is cast in clear-orangey-yellow plastics with minimal paint. As this wave's Super Bot, he has more lopsided stats, but is [[Shortpacking|shortpacked]] to one a case.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BSSBBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Super Bot Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Bot Shots S1 BP001 Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Sentinel Prime / Prowl / Bumblebee''' (Multi-pack, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BP001'''
***''Fist strength'': '''765'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''530'''
***''Sword strength'': '''325'''

: Part of the first wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 1 three-packs, this version of Bumblebee has a metallic shade of orange-yellow plastic, black painted windows instead of blue, light gray tires, and extra silver paint on his torso and grill. He comes with [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#BotShot3Pack|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BS3pkBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on three-pack Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BStoy-BattlefortheMatrix-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Ultimate Battle Set, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''UB002'''
***''Fist strength'': '''200'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''640'''
***''Sword strength'': '''780'''

: Part of a large multi-pack, this Bumblebee is redecoed in lighter yellow plastic and gray tires compared to his original release, features a painted grille on both his chest and bumper, and has silver windows.

: The set also comes with [[Megatron (G1)/toys#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Megatron with his launcher]], [[Brawl (Movie)#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Decepticon Brawl]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#BotShotBattleForMatrix|Optimus Prime with his launcher]], as well as a [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Bot Shots|Matrix]] prize.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BSBFTMBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on "Battle for the Matrix" Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Bot Shots Battlemask Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''B019'''
***''Fist strength'': '''610'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''390'''
***''Sword strength'': '''620'''

:Part of the fifth wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 1 single-packs, this [[retool]] of Bumblebee features a remolded head to give him a battle mask not dissimilar to the face of the original [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Bumblebee's toy]], rather than the one based on that Bumblebee's character model.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/BSB019Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on battle mask Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots FlipShot Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''B001'''
***''Fist strength'': '''160'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''705'''
***''Sword strength'': '''740'''

:Part of the first wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 single-packs, this new-mold Bumblebee features a new sports car alternate mode, albeit this time without a rear spoiler. As a Flip Shot, an impact to the front of his vehicle mode causes him to flip up when autotransforming. This mold was redecoed into [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#3packFlipShot|Flip Shot Cliffjumper]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSFSBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Flip Shot Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots Launcher Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Bumblebee Launcher''' (Launcher, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''BL001'''
**''Accessories:'' 3 Cyber pin targets
***''Fist strength'': '''380'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''745'''
***''Sword strength'': '''480'''

:Part of the first wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 launchers, this new-mold Bumblebee is a Jump Shot, and an impact to the front of his vehicle mode causes him to spring up and autotransform into a robot armed with a pistol. He comes with a launcher used to propel him to great speeds, as well as three targets for him to knock over. The targets feature an assortment of pegs and peg-holes, allowing them to peg into each other to form various structures, although since you only get three of them, there's not a lot to make out of them.

:This version of the Bumblebee mold was retooled into [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Super Bot Cliffjumper]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSLBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on launcher Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots S2 3pack Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Bumblebee / Shockwave / Skyquake''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''BP004'''
***''Fist strength'': '''795'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''335'''
***''Sword strength'': '''485'''

: Part of the first wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 three-packs, Bumblebee is a redeco of Super Bot Cliffjumper in the same shade of orange-yellow as the original Jump Shot Bumblebee toy (see above). He features purple windows, black robot details, and a painted spoiler. He comes with [[Shockwave (WFC)#BotShot3pack2|Jump Shot Shockwave]] and [[Skyquake (Prime)#BotShot3pack2|Super Bot Skyquake]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BS3pkBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on second three-pack Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots PolarAssault Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Well, that's different.]]
*'''Polar Assault Team''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''T002'''
***''Fist strength'': '''595'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''615'''
***''Sword strength'': '''410'''

: Part of the first wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 five-packs, this is a redeco of the original Bumblebee toy in white with blue details that resembles [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite's]] colors. He comes with similarly-themed redecos of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#BotShotPolarAssaultTeam|Optimus Prime]], [[Mirage (G1)#BotShotPolarAssaultTeam|Mirage]], [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#BotShotPolarAssaultTeam|Ironhide]], and [[Jetfire (G1)#BotShotPolarAssaultTeam|Jetfire]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSPABumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Polar Assault Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BStoy-3packSuperBotBumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ever feel like you're going in circles?]]
*'''Twinstrike / Skystalker / Bumblebee''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''Super Bot 010'''
***''Fist strength'': '''438'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''984'''
***''Sword strength'': '''199'''

: Part of the third wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 three-packs, the second Super Bot Bumblebee is another redeco of the original Bumblebee toy, this time cast in clear-golden-yellow plastics. He comes in a three-pack with [[Twinstrike (Prime)#3pack|Flip Shot Twinstrike]] and [[Skystalker (Prime)#3pack|Jump Shot Skystalker]].

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===BeCool===
[[File:BeCool YellowSportsCar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Yellow Sports Car (Bumblebee)''' (2012)
**''ID number'': '''B04'''

:''[[Bot Shots (toyline)#BeCool|BeCool]]'' "Yellow Sports Car" is a slight [[repaint]] of the ''Bot Shots'' battle-masked Bumblebee toy, featuring silver paint on his grill and windshield instead of black. Rather than power levels, the stickers in his chest spinner feature drawings of his vehicle mode racing, a checkered flag and a crying face.

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[[File:BeCool SpecialSportsCar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Special Sports Car (Bumblebee Clear Color)''' (2012)
**''ID number'': '''B12'''

:"Special Sports Car" is practically identical to the first ''Bot Shots'' Super Bot Bumblebee, the only difference being that his chest stickers are now pictures of his vehicle mode, a star and a parking sign. This toy was only available for purchase for three months, during which it was sold at a lower price than other ''BeCool'' toys as an incentive. After getting taken off shelves it was replaced by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Garbage Truck|Garbage Truck]], a new, full-price B12.

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===Generations===
====Thrilling 30====
[[File:Generationstoy-BumblebeeBlazemaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Just walk into the spinning blades; it'll be fun!]]
*'''Bumblebee & Blazemaster''' (Legends Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #002'''
**''Accessories'': Rotors

:Part of the third wave of [[2012]]-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Bumblebee is a new mold that is roughly the same size as a ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toy. He transforms from an Earth-style car into a robot styled after [[Andrew Griffith]]'s design for the character in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' (which is in turn modified from ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]), and features [[5mm post|5mm-compatible]] front wheels, back/roof, and hands.

:He comes with [[Blaze Master#Generations|Blazemaster]], who can transform into a helicopter, a robot with [[C joint|3mm-compatible]] hands, and a weapon with a 5mm handle. In weapon mode, his rotors detach and mount onto Bumblebee's forearm wheel peg-holes.

:There are two packaging [[variant]]s of this two-pack: One version (which is also reflected by the official [[stock photography|stock photo]] of the toy in packaging) features the same layout for the cardboard name insert as its [[wave]]mate [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Legends|Optimus Prime]] & [[Roller (G1)#Generations|Autobot Roller]], while the other version has various texts and logos rearranged and relocated, and is lacking both the difficulty level and the [[Hasbro]] company logo.<ref name="genvar">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generations-classics-44/generations-legends-bumblebee-with-blazemaster-packaging-variant-177748/ Comparison] between both variants of ''Generations'' Bumblebee & Blaze Master's packaging</ref>

:This mold was also used to make ''Generations'' Legends Class [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Generations|Cliffjumper]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Autobot/GenLegBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More informations on ''Generations'' Legends Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Generationstoy-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #004'''
**''Accessories'': 2 stinger blasters

:Part of the fifth wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, this ''Thrilling 30'' Bumblebee is a new mold with a robot mode based on the character's body from IDW's ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' ongoing series; more specifically, it is the version used by [[Guido Guidi]] in [[Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|issue #21]]. He transforms into a muscle car that resembles a fifth generation [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Ford Mustang|Ford Mustang]], and comes with two "stinger blasters" which peg via 5mm post into his hands, forearms, and rear vehicle sides, and can also combine into a large weapon.

:The American release is packed in with a copy of ''[[The Question|Spotlight: Bumblebee]]'', with a cropped version of the [[Clayton Crain]] RI cover that is called out as a '[[Hasbro]] Exclusive Cover'. In European and Canadian markets the figure is packed without the comic.

:For some reason, Hasbro's official [[stock photography|stock photos]] provided to retailers which depict a [[prototype|(pre-)production sample]], including a photo of the toy in [[packaging]], feature a Bumblebee that lacks the [[paint operation|painted]] stripes on the [[kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake]] car hood on his robot mode chest. The same applied to the packaged sample on display at [[BotCon 2013]]. Fortunately, the final toy sports the stripes after all. For their own official website, Hasbro remedied this with a new set of stock photos that are more representative of the final product... which were later replaced with the inaccurate photos.

:This mold was retooled into ''Generations'' [[Nightbeat (G1)#Generations|Nightbeat]] and [[Goshooter#Generations|Goshooter]] as well as ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Carzap (BT)#Timelines|Carzap]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Autobot/GenBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Deluxe ''Generations'' Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''01 OF 30'''

:An [[exclusive]] version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#SDCC|Metroplex]] was made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013. He comes with 12 small, non-transforming figurines of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#SDCCMetroplex|Orion Pax]], [[Megatron (G1)/toys#SDCCMetroplex|Megatron]], Bumblebee, [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#SDCCMetroplex|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)#SDCCMetroplex|Trailcutter]], and [[Hoist (G1)#SDCCMetroplex|Hoist]], all in both modes. The figurines are based on their Thrilling 30 ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, and similarly to [[Decoy]]s, the Autobot figurines are cast in red plastic, and the Decepticons in purple.

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[[File:Generationstoy-T30-Metroplex-Bumblebee-HKACGCON.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|There's been a walnut uprising.]]
*'''Metroplex''' (Titan Class, 2013)
**'''05 OF 30'''

:Another exclusive version of Titan Class [[Metroplex (G1)#HKACGCON|Metroplex]] was made available at [[Hong Kong ACG-CON]] 2013. This Metroplex also has the 12 figurines of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HKACGCONMetroplex|Orion Pax]], [[Megatron (G1)/toys#HKACGCONMetroplex|Megatron]], Bumblebee, [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#HKACGCONMetroplex|Thundercracker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)#HKACGCONMetroplex|Trailcutter]], and [[Hoist (G1)#HKACGCONMetroplex|Hoist]], but casts the Autobot figurines in gold plastic, and the Decepticons in silver.

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[[File:TTGenerationsTG24BumblebeeBlazemaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Bumblebee has become the legendary SUPER SAIYAN!]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Bumblebee''' (Multi-pack, 2013-[[September 28|09-28]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TG24'''
**''Accessories'': Rotors

:The Japanese release of ''Generations'' Legends Class Bumblebee [[redeco]]es him in an extensive metallic gold paint job. He comes in a [[TakaraTomy]] four-pack with [[Blaze Master#OPandBee|Blazemaster]], as well as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#OPandBee|Optimus Prime]] and [[Roller (G1)#OPandBee|Roller]].

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[[File:Generationstoy-Goldfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Yeah, he's gonna live a long, full life.]]]]
*'''Goldfire''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #010'''
**''Accessories'': 2 hand-held blasters

:Part of the seventh wave of 2012-onwards ''Generations'' Deluxe Class toys, ''Thrilling 30'' Goldfire is a [[retool]] of ''Generations'' Bumblebee in Goldbug-inspired colors, using a new head that draws upon both Bumblebee/Goldbug's original faceplated design and the "speaker mouth" of the modern [[Movie (franchise)|movie]] and ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' versions of the character.

:He is packed in with a copy of ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Second Exodus|#18]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenGoldfire/goldfire.htm More information on Goldfire at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Transformers-Generations-TG26-Bumblebee-Goldbug.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Bumblebee Goldbug''' (Deluxe, 2013-[[November 30|11-30]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TG26'''
**''Accessories'': 2 stinger blasters

:Bumblebee Goldbug is a redeco of ''Generations'' Deluxe Bumblebee in a more orange shade of yellow, with blue translucent plastic and black limbs. His head is painted metallic blue in homage to Goldbug (though it's still Bumblebee's head instead of Goldfire's), and he also features metallic gold paint on his bumper, torso, forearms, and feet.

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====Cyber Series====
[[File:Generations-Cyber-Battalion-Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Cyber Battalion, 2015)
:Part of the new ''Generations'' Cyber Battalion series, Bumblebee is a new mold which stands 7 inches tall, and transforms from a sports car, which is probably a combination between ''Generations'' Legends Class' Bumblebee's and ''Prime'' Bumblebee's alt mode, into a robot in just 5 simple steps. The figure's transformation engineering takes cues from the ''Prime'' Cyberverse Bumblebee figure. Bumblebee also features 5mm-compatible hands.

:Like every Cyber Series figures, Bumblebee was available in limited quantities from online retailer BigBadToyStore.com, initially not hitting mass retail anywhere besides Asia and Latin America. However, alongside Starscream and Optimus Prime, it eventually saw a limited release in the Universal Studios Theme Park, and was later widely available as a Walgreens exclusive.

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[[File:Generations-Cyber-Commander-Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Cyber Commander, 2015)
:Released in the first wave of Cyber Commander figures, Bumblebee is a new mold figure and changes from muscle car to robot in a few easy steps. His transformation scheme is largely based on that of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Robots in Disguise Legion Bumblebee]]. His arms feature a decent range of articulation as well as 5mm-compatible hands. His robot mode stands taller than most modern Leader class figures.

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====Masterpiece====
:''See also:'' [[#Masterpiece 2]]
[[File:Hasbro MP Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|With added skirt flap]]

*''' Bumblebee & Exosuit Spike Witwicky''' (2016)
**''ID Number'': '''MP-08'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster, rear-view mirrors, [[Spike_Witwicky_(G1)/Generation_1_cartoon_continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (Exosuit), spare tire cover, license plate, neutral face, smiling face

:This Hasbro version of [[#Masterpiece 2|''Masterpiece'' MP-21 Bumblebee]] is virtually unchanged from its Takara counterpart. All accessories included with the MP-21 version (minus the retailer-exclusive battle mask) are present in this release. Unlike the Takara version which (confusingly) identifies the Exosuit figure as Spike or Daniel, this version identifies him as just Spike.

:Oddly, the instruction manual and package has a couple quirks—first, stock photos of Bumblebee's robot mode show his hood vent flap exposed and his backpack untransformed, where the flap should be tucked into its compartment in his pelvis and the backpack rotated, then the bumper folded in. The instructions also show this, but it shows the steps for tucking in the flap and transforming the backpack. Second, the instructions for the swappable face gimmick has two errors: The regular face is shown twice instead of the smiling face being swapped, and the battle mask is shown in the instructions, despite not being included with the actual toy.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/MPBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on ''Masterpiece'' Bumble/Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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====Alt-Modes====
[[File:Alt-Modes Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Alt-Modes, 2016)

:''[[Alt-Modes]]'' Bumblebee is a super deformed toy whose body transforms into a car when the Autobot faction symbol on his head is flipped. He was [[Blindpacking|blind-boxed]] and available in two cases of the first collection and the only case of the second collection.

:This mold was redecoed into ''Alt-Modes'' [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Cliffjumper]].
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====Titans Return====
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Legends-Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't expect him to shelfwarm like his [[Bumblebee (Movie)|''Movie-verse'' counterpart]] anytime soon.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Legends Class, 2016)
:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Bumblebee is a new Legends Class mold who transforms from a robot to car, with a vehicle mode based on his alt mode in ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]''. As with some of the ''Titans Return'' Legends Class figures, Bumblebee features an opening canopy for his cockpit, which allows any Titan Master figures to ride inside him. He also features 5mm-compatible hands, although the yellow piece can prevent any weapon's slightly longer posts to peg down through his hands. Also, take note that the vehicle back wings/shoulder kibble can sometimes block the way for wielding weapons; however the shoulder parts can be swapped for better tolerance, but prevents him from fully transforming into vehicle mode. Oddly, his molded license plate reads "100 STRA" which is a variation of his movie counterpart's "900 STRA" plate.

:Although the instructions tell [[you]] to immediately swing down the chest/vehicle roof to his shoulders/vehicle rear, you have to give a slight opening gap on the shoulder parts in vehicle form before you swing the roof piece down, and squeeze the shoulders against the piece properly until it clicks (make sure the rear vehicle's pegs and the shoulder's rectangle holes are in place first). Take note that where the tail-end of the chest/roof piece connects is prone to paint chipping due to the poor tolerance of the fold-able vehicle rear piece.

:This mold was also used to make [[Chase (G1)#Generations|Roadburn]].
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:Construct_bot_bumblebee_triple.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You guess this is the Triple-Changer one?]]

* '''Bumblebee''' (Triple-Changer, 2013)
**''Pieces: '''69'''
: Part of Wave 1 of Construct-Bots Triple-Changers, Bumblebee can transform into a sports car-like thing or a jet-like thing. He is heavily armed with two large shoulder-mounted launchers, a third launcher hidden in his jet mode nosecone as well as two large swords.

:Many of his parts were used to make himself again (see below) as well as [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Construct-bots|Cliffjumper]].
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[[File:ConstructBots_ArsenalPackBumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I feel lighter."]]
* '''Bumblebee''' (Scout, 2013)
**''Pieces: '''45'''
: Part of Wave 2 of Construct-Bots Scouts, Bumblebee can transform into a car. He uses largely the same part scheme as Triple Changer Bumblebee, except his head is remolded to have his battle mask up, and uses Ironhide's shoulders. He also lacks the two shoulder-mounted launchers as well as his rear wheel wells and spoiler attachments, making his vehicle mode appear much smaller. He swaps out his dual longswords for the fork blade originally included with Optimus Prime. His color scheme changes the original's orange to a neon yellow and most of his black details to a lighter blue.
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* '''Arsenal Pack Bumblebee''' (Scout, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''51'''
: Arsenal Pack Bumblebee turns into a car. He is almost identical to the previous Scout release. Like all Arsenal Pack toys it was canceled and you'll never own one.

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===Age of Extinction===
[[File:AoE now & then Bumblebee 1984.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|OH GOD WHY??? JUST KILL ME!!!]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**'''22 OF 30'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': '''[[2014]]-[[August 3|08-03]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster/Hand Cannon

: Available only at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in the US, Canada, the UK, and Germany, this two-pack includes a "Classic" Bumblebee [[redeco]]ed from the ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Legends Class Bumblebee, cast in a slightly lighter yellow with blue headlights and taillights and armed with a black and yellow redeco of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Jolt (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 3|Deluxe Jolt]]'s [[MechTech]] weapon that turns into a hand cannon when the scope is pulled. This weapon can either be plugged via 5mm post on his roof/back or held in hand. As with all other ''MechTech'' Deluxe weapon accessories, the converted weapon cannot lock into place.

: The two-pack was one of the three Evolution 2-packs available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in Japan, with no changes on the figures with an exception of the packaging, which the front box features Japanese translated versions of the English text, and a sticker on the back confirming that this was a Japanese release.
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===Hero Mashers===
[[File:HeroMashers_Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

* '''Bumblebee''' (Basic, 2014)
**''Pieces:'' '''9'''
: Part of the first wave of basic Hero Mashers toys, Bumblebee is a non-transforming robot heavily resembling his Deluxe Class ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Thrilling 30]]'' toy. He includes a small drill-like blaster. Bumblebee's parts can be removed and interchanged with any other ''[[Hero Mashers]]'' figure to create numerous (mostly garish) combinations.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/HMBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on ''Hero Mashers'' Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

* '''Bumblebee & Strafe Team Pack''' (Team Pack, 2014)
**''Pieces:'' '''?'''
:An unchanged basic Bumblebee was also released in a 'Team Pack' with [[Swoop (G1)#Hero Mashers|Strafe]]. Bumblebee lacks the blaster from his individual release, but can be equipped with any of the pack's various accessories, including a wing-pack and a "dino claw missile" launcher.
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===Transformers (2014)===
[[File:Transformers-2014-Legion-Class-Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|(Black insignia version pictured)]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Legion Class, 2014/2015/2017)
:Another release of the 2014 ''Universe'' sculpt. The deco is a hybrid between the [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Cybertronian [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Bumblebee]] release of the sculpt and the ''Transformers'' release from 2012: The Autobot insignia is placed on the chest/roof again (like on the ''Dark of the Moon'' version), but the "running boards" on the sides of the vehicle mode are still unpainted (like on the 2012 release). Bizarrely, the [[package art]] is lifted directly from the ''Generations'' Legends Class Bumblebee/Blazemaster two-pack's packaging, whereas the [[stock photography|stock photos]] depicted on the back of the packaging are taken from ''Universe'' Bumblebee's packaging and only slightly altered, sporting a highly inaccurate deco and even advertising a "[[Reveal the Shield]]" [[rubsign]] [[gimmick]] the toy doesn't actually have. Meanwhile, Hasbro's official stock photos provided to online retailers (including an in-packaging photo) depict the sculpt's 2012 release's deco.
:[[File:Transformers-2014-Legion-Class-Bumblebee-packaging-variants.jpg|left|200px|thumb|left|2014 packaging left, 2015 packaging right.]]
:Legion Class Bumblebee has been found at Family Dollar and Dollar General stores in the United States. A later [[variant]] repleaced the red Autobot insignia with a black version. This later version was also released at general retail in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. In addition, the version with a black insignia was later re-released in 2015, this time in packaging mimicking the then-current ''Generations'' packaging design, but replacing the name "Generations" with "Authentic Transformers". It was also given a new Hasbro product code number and UPC barcode, thereby technically making it a separate product. In 2017, it was re-released ''again'', this time in a minor variant of the 2014 version's packaging (including the original product code number and barcode) that now lacked the reference to the non-existing "Reveal the Shield" gimmick.

:Like [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Transformers (2014)|Starscream]], the Black Insignia variant of the toy ended up being dumped to some hobby shop dealers in Asia.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/FDBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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===Bearbrick===
[[File:Bearbrick Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (2014)

: A special edition [[Bearbrick]] released in celebration of the ''Transformers'' 30th anniversary, Bumblebee is a [[retool]] of the Bearbrick [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Optimus Prime]]/[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Megatron]] mold with a new chest and head, transforming from a Bearbrick painted up like himself to a bear-eared robot. He has no accessories, but holes in his robot mode hands can accommodate other toys' weapons.

: The chest used for this mold was also used to make the simultaneously released Bearbrick [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Starscream]].

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===Masterpiece===
:''See also:'' [[#Masterpiece]]
{{MPVolkswagenBeetleMold}}
[[File:Bumble Bee Masterpiece.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I've been all around the world, seen all the sights; but this is the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen.]]
*'''Bumble''' (2014-[[November 29|11-29]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-21'''
**''Accessories'': "Laser Gun" pistol, rear-view mirrors, [[Exosuit]], spare tyre cover, license plate, neutral face, smiling face, "Battle Face" ([[Amazon (website)|Amazon.jp]] exclusive)

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Bumble transforms into an officially-licensed Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle. As with other figures in the ''Masterpiece'' line, he is intended to be an accurate representation of his cartoon model. Roughly as tall as a [[Size class|Deluxe Class]] figure, he is also in [[scale]] with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#mp10|MP-10 Optimus Prime]] in robot mode (making his car mode very out of proportions with the other ''Masterpiece'' cars), and can fit inside [[Combat Deck (G1)#mp10|Prime's trailer]] in vehicle mode. In contrast to larger entries in this line, Bumblebee lacks [[die-cast]] parts, and his tires are cast in hard, non-rubberized plastic. Additionally, following the trend started with [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Wheeljack]], his side mirrors come detached out of the box, and can be found separately packaged inside the instruction bag. Accurate to the real-life Type 1 Beetle, he only has one mirror, on the driver's side; an extra is included in case of loss or breakage.

:For accessories, he comes with his gun (called ''Lazer Gun'' {{sic}} in the instructions), a second interchangeable face with [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|an open-mouth smile]] to replace his regular neutral face, and a spare tire cover that can be plugged on the rear of his vehicle mode by pulling away the license plate, which then fits inside the cover. The cover mounts on his back in robot mode; indeed, it only ''exists'' in order to replicate the large yellow circle on the back of Bumblebee's [[character model]], a visual adaptation of some molded circular detail on his original toy. Illustrating its non-essential vehicle mode role, it can also be stored out of view on the car's underside.

:To make up for the smaller size of Bumblebee when compared to other figures in the Masterpiece line (and to keep up with the price tag), MP-21 comes with an Exosuit figure, which can transform into its vehicle mode as seen in Transformers: The Movie. The figure itself is referred to only as "Exosuit" on the instruction book, but according to the lineart included in ''[[The Transformers Masterpiece Official Guide]]'' it's supposed to be [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#Masterpiece|Daniel Witwicky]], though the back of the box refers to it as Spike.

:If purchased in Japan through [[Amazon (website)|Amazon.jp]], one additionaly gets an interchangeable "Battle Face" based on the original G1 toy's one. If purchased in other Asian markets outside of Japan, a collector's coin is included instead of or in addition to the face. The coin package is shaped like his head, and identifies him as "Bumblebee Autobot".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/MPBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on ''Masterpiece'' Bumble/Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Bumble Bee Masterpiece G2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|With all the cash from my multi-million dollar movie promotions, I got myself coated in solid gold Baby!]]
*'''Bumble G-2 Ver.''' (2015-07)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-21G'''
**''Accessories'': Laser gun, spare left-side rearview mirror, 3-piece jetpack, spare tire cover, "normal" and "smile" extra faces

:A redeco of ''Masterpiece'' Bumble in shiny ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' gold, this version does not come with an Exosuit figure. Instead, he comes with a three-piece jetpack, as worn by Bumblebee in the cartoon episode "[[Dinobot Island, Part 1]]". The toy-inspired "battle face" from the normal version's Amazon Japan special release is included as the default face, along with the two cartoon-based faces from the original release.

: He also comes with an extra [[sticker|sticker sheet]] for customization. The sheet includes both Generation 1 and ''Generation 2'' style Autobot insignias in two different sizes, two yellow ''Generation 2'' style "AUTOBOT" logos (as was stamped on the original toys), ''180 Deceps'' and ''I♥Cybertron'' (from his appearance in the [[The Planet-Eater!|Marvel Comics adaptation of ''Transformers: The Movie'']]), and the "'''I♥NY'''" license plate decal as seen in the episode "[[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]]".

:The non-Japanese Asian market version came with a special collector's coin. The coin package is once again shaped like Bumblebee's head (with the "battle face" faceplate on the front), but actually identifies him as Goldbug. Go figure.

: This toy was released by Hasbro [[#Masterpiece|under ''Generations'' co-branding]].

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[[File:MP21R-RedBumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And Takara will forever use this as an excuse not to make a Masterpiece Cliffjumper.]]
*'''Bumble Red Body''' (2015-[[December 26|12-26]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-21R'''
**''Accessories'': pistol, rear-view mirrors, spare tyre cover, license plate, neutral face, smiling face

:Another redeco of ''Masterpiece'' Bumble, in red colors (based on his original G1 toy variant) and chromed bumpers. ''Masterpiece'' Bumble Red Body was released as a Cybertron Satellite exclusive.

:As usual, the non-Japanese Asian market version came with a special collector's coin. This time, the package is shaped like the Beetle's front hood, and the coin identifies him as "Bumblebee Red Boby" {{sic}}
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===Nanoblock Motion Choro-Q===
[[File:NanoblockChoroQBumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Bumble''' (2014-[[December 11|12-11]])

:Produced as a collaboration between toylines ''[[Diablock|Nanoblock]]'' and ''[[Choro-Q]]'', this Bumblebee is a building block toy that can be built into a super deformed robot or car (or something else, given it's blocks and all). His car mode is built on a generic ''Choro-Q'' chassis outfitted with an electric motor and can be remote-controlled using a smartphone app.

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===Q-Transformers===
[[File:QTransformers Bumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Bumble''' (2014-[[December 26|12-26]])
**''ID number:'' '''QT-08'''

:''[[Q-Transformers]]'' Bumble transforms from a licensed [[super deformed]] Daihatsu Copen to a cute little robot. In spite of his new vehicle mode, molded detail on his feet still evoke the traditional Volkswagen Beetle hood. He comes with a code for unlocking Generation 1 Bumblebee as a playable character in the ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (mobile game)|Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'' game.

:Bumblebee was retooled into ''Q-Transformers'' [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Cliff]].
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===Legends===
[[File:TF-Legends-Bumble-and-Excel-Suit-Spike.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I have clear windows! Buy me again!]]
*'''Bumble & Excelsuit Spike''' ('''Bumblebee & Exo-suit Spike''') (2017-[[December 30|12-30]])
**''ID Number'': '''LG-54'''

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Bumble is an extensive redeco of the [[#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Legends Class figure]], with most of the yellow parts now recast in transparent plastic with yellow paint applied. This allows his windows to be transparent.

:Bumble comes with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Legends|Excelsuit Spike]].
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===au x Transformers===
*'''INFOBAR Bumblebee (ICHIMATSU)''' (2017)
**''Accessories'' display stand, swappable display cards

[[File:INFOBAR-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|... some joke about a bee-line.]]
:Released in conjunction with Japanese cellphone maker au<ref>[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/product_release/pdf/p170201.pdf TakaraTomy au x Transformers Project press release]</ref>, ''au x Transformers'' INFOBAR Bumblebee is a remold of the same line's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#au x Transformers|INFOBAR Optimus Prime]], with a new head and decoed in black and yellow.

:The INFOBAR figures celebrate 15 years since the 2002 au Design Project that resulted in the INFOBAR cellphone, as well as the 10th anniversary of the [[Live-action film series|live-action films]]. He transforms into a (non-functional) scaled-down replica of the 2002 au INFOBAR, and in lieu of cellphone functions, the figure can be paired via Bluetooth with a smartphone, such as an iPhone, to act as a notification alarm in either robot or INFOBAR mode. The screen is also non-functional, but pre-printed cards are included which can be slid into the screen to show an Autobot logo, Decepticon logo, a mockup of a cellphone home screen, or a technical "Transformers INFOBAR" design. The figure also includes a display stand.

:The project was crowdfunded through Japanese crowdfunding site Makuake<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/01/31/transformers-x-au-transforming-phones-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-332289 Transformers x au Transforming Phones Launch Crowdfunding Campaign at TFW2005.com]</ref>. Both Bumblebee and Megatron could only be obtained by contributing 16,2000 yen to the project to receive a package of all three INFOBAR figures; at the 5,400 yen level, contributors received only INFOBAR Optimus Prime. The project received one million yen in the first 24 hours, ultimately topping out at over 32 million yen.

:This figure was differently remolded, with another head, and redecoed into [[Megatron (G1)/toys#au x Transformers|INFOBAR Megatron]].

::*''[https://time-space.kddi.com/au-transformers/ More information on au x Transformers website (Japanese)]''
::*''[https://www.makuake.com/project/au-transformers/ More information on INFOBAR Bumblebee at Makuake crowd-funding site (Japanese)]''
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===Authentics===
[[File:Authentics_5inch_Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Somebody give him a [[Bumblebee_(G1)/IDW_Generation_1_continuity|walking stick]].]]
*'''Autobot Bumblebee''' (5 Inch, 2017)
:Released in the first wave of the [[Transformers Authentics|''Authentics'']] toyline, "Autobot Bumblebee" is a new mold the size of a 2015 [[Transformers:_Robots_in_Disguise_(2015_toyline)#Mini-Con_Battle_Packs|''Robots in Disguise'' Battle Pack]] toy. In just four steps, he changes from an [[evergreen]]-inspired robot into a car reminiscent of his [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'']] iteration, and he features ''very'' limited articulation consisting of his head and his shoulders.

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[[File:Authentics_7inch_Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Who asked for this?]]
*'''Autobot Bumblebee''' (7 Inch, 2017)
:Around the height of the average Voyager figure, "Autobot Bumblebee" is nigh-identical to his smaller equivalent. He features the same four-step transformation, while adding some sideways-oriented elbows and additional paint. His legs are stiff as ever.

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*'''Super Bumblebee''' (20 Inch, 2018)
:4 inches below the size of a Titan Class figure, "Super Bumblebee" is a retool of another [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Super Class|Super Bumblebee]] toy from the ''Robots in Disguise (2015)'' line, with a new upper body and a head with the arms, legs & vehicle body remain unchanged. He is packed with 15 sounds and phrases that activate when his [[Autobot]] symbol is pushed on his chest. He transforms in 3 steps.
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===Vintage G1===
[[File:Walmart-Vintage-G1-Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sweet boy will outlive us, mere mortals, with periodical re-releases on a per decade basis. As it should be.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' ("Legion Class" reissue, 2018)

: Part of the first (and so far only) wave of the "[[Vintage G1]]" line, Bumblebee is a seemingly straight reissue of the ''Encore'' Bumble, using the newly tooled head utilized for ''[[Bumblebee_(G1)/toys#The_Transformers_Collection|The Transformers Collection]]'' and the ''[[Bumblebee_(G1)/toys#Encore|Encore]]'' release, as well as the ''Encore'' version's improved deco. Despite this, card still displays the original toy-based package art. Of particular note is that this is the first ever release of this figure that's identified on its packaging as being an "official licensed product" approved by Volkswagen.

:Like all ''Vintage G1'' figures, Bumblebee was [[exclusive]] to [[Walmart]] in the United States and Canada. He was also available at general retail in Hong Kong, and exclusive to the website of Australian fashion chain Cotton On. Oddly, the Australian release came in [[multilingual packaging]] intended for the European market, a rare but not entirely unheard of occurrence. Due to the limited space on the back, this, unfortunately, means the iconic [[Tech Spec]] card is omitted, replaced by parental warnings in 24 languages about the possibility of breakage due to excessive force, and that parts are not designed to reattach. In Singapore, Bumblebee is released as a giveaway for their screenings of the [[Bumblebee (film)|''Bumblebee'' live-action movie]].

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==Fictional toys==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
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[[File:Bumblebee Fictional Toy Power Struggle.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[Anthony Duranti]]'s toy Bumblebee was articulated in the knees and probably the shoulders and elbows. {{storylink|Power Struggle}}
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[[File:Bumblebee christmas toy marvel uk 250.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|[insert obligatory innuendo about "''playing with yourself''"]]]
At the [[1989]] [[Transformer]]s' [[Christmas]] party, Bumblebee was given a box containing a toy of himself in his alternate mode. {{storylink|:File:MarvelUK-250.jpg|''The Transformers'' #250 cover}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Alternity Autobots]]
[[Category:Authentics]]
[[Category:Bot Shots Autobots]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Go-Bots]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Autobots]]
[[Category:Hero Mashers Autobots]]
[[Category:Kmart exclusives]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:Mini Vehicles]]
[[Category:Pretenders]]
[[Category:Q-Transformers characters]]
[[Category:SDCC exclusives]]
[[Category:Titanium Series]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Autobots]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]
[[Category:Sea specialists]]
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Talk:The Transformers: The Movie

2018-12-23T22:57:47Z

YourBestPal:

==Another variation==
Hmm, that's odd. The version of the DVD I have has the scrolling text, the "Optimus Prime will return" voiceover, AND the part where Spike lets an "oh shit" slip.
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I saw a Variation on the HUB Network in 2012, that had an extra 2-5 minute voice over that said something like the following "4 million years ago the Autobots and Decepticons crashed landed on Earth, they awoke in the year 1984, and a war started, in the years that followed the Decepticons have defeated the Autobots, it is now 2005, and the Autobots are on the verge of extinction." then the movie started as normal with Unicron eating the planet, then the opening title, then the Narrator doing the "It is the year 2005 and ....."
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==aspect ratio==

When the movie was released it was in 1.78.1 widescreen, But it was animated in 1.33.1 (4:3)
I think widescreen was its original ratio in cinema.
Which is correct? [[User:Asda|Asda]] ([[User talk:Asda|talk]]) 04:02, 3 October 2015 (EDT)
:I don't know what you think you're saying. The movie was animated in fullscreen, then it was cut down from there to widescreen for cinemas. This is what the article says, this is what happened. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 07:59, 3 October 2015 (EDT)

==Shockwave==
Did he die or what? I remember hearing that the original script EXPLICITLY says that he died when Unicron crushed the building he was in, but the actual finished movie is considerably more vague about this... [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 13:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
:According to the TFTM script:

ANGLE ON CYBERTRON

Unicron enters shot and grasps at Cybertron with a hideous claw...

ANGLE ON A TOWER ON CYBERTRON

Shockwave talks into a communications device, as alarms sound and troopers run everywhere.

SHOCKWAVE:
Decepticons...we're under attack...Scramble -

Then his voice is cut off as...

SHOCKWAVE'S POV - OUT HIS WINDOW

Unicron's hand reaches towards the window, squeezes, and the walls crash in.

SPACE - UNICRON AND CYBERTRON

Unicron tears off the tower and crushes it as...

A FLEET OF DECEPTICON SHIPS

streak out of Cybertron and begin firing on the enormous planet.

Here, we see the true scale of Unicron. The fighters are the size of bees as they attack.

-- While Shockwave's character model sometimes appeared in the third season (once in grey, once in Constructicon Green), I'm not sure that a properly-colored Shockwave ever showed up post-movie - not that that would necessarily mean anything in light of Evil Zombie Brawn And Huffer from Carnage In C Minor. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 18:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

*That's pretty much what I figured. Shockwave kindasorta dies, and doesn't show up properly ever again, so you could argue that he's dead. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 19:43, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

He doesn't even kindasorta die in the final cut of the movie. He just has that one shot then we never see him again. No tower-crushy, no nothing. So it can really be argued either way. [[User:M Sipher|M "I'd Hesitate To Make A Call Either WAy" Sipher]]

Could those season 3 episodes Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3 and Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 animation errors be his clones?.

==German Dub==

Does anyone know who spoke all the roles in the german dubbing? i can't find that info anywhere on the net, and neither on the german dvd :(

:You should not look for the cast of the dvd version because, first the dub is tital crap, second the voiceactors are unknown, there are no information which studio did the dub nor who directed the dub. You can find the dublist here: http://215072.homepagemodules.de/t511208f11776731-Transformers-Kampf-um-Cybertron.html

==The?==
Shouldn't this article be called "The Transformers: The Movie"? That is the film's full title, isn't it? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 06:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

==Here's a question.==

Do we really need the (1986) at the end of this? It's not like "Transformers: The Movie" redirects to a disambiguation page with this and the '07 movie, or that the '07 movie is titled something different. It just seems...redundant, don't you think? There's only 'one' TFTM, and this is it. That, and I highly doubt there's gonna be another "Transformers: The Movie" within the next five or even ten years--when this Wiki would, realistically, still be operating. So yeah. Shouldn't we can that?
:[[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)]] exists. As will "The Transformers: The Animated Movie (comic)" for the current adaptation when someone gets around to it. We do need to have a disambiguation system for them though. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:37, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
::I agree with the above, but am inclined to say this article still doesn't need a paranthetical in its title, it being far more prominant than the other Transformers: The Movies. Of course, the last time I moved an article that has disambiguation to the non-parenthetical location I got a bunch of people saying "WTF?" even though that's what [[Help:Disambiguation]] has said to do since I wrote it back at the dawn of time. (See "Talk:Constructicon".) --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 06:28, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
::Walky's point: Then I don't really see the relevance of the year. On top of that, all of those have different titles; there's no real conflict. It's kinda the same principle as [[Kremzeek (G1)|Kremzeek]] and [[Kremzeek!]]. Just note that the reader may be looking for whatever at the top. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 09:46, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

== Worth Noting...somewhere ==

I found my old VHS version of the movie, and it refers to the Decepticons reformatted by Unicron as the "Unicrons." Just wanted to point that out. -- [[User:Hunter-113|Hunter-113]] 18:00, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
:Though officially publishedd, the Aaustralian character bios are generally ignored because-- Bwuh?
:Hasbro/Dreamworks recently put out some bios of the movie characters-- describing half the cast in terms of their cartoon versions, including events that did not occur in the movie. At some point you have to say "no, there's no point in trying to integrate that."
:I think poorly-conceived DVD extras (or VHS extras as the case may be) since they really don't stand on their own but only reflect the producer's (often limited) understanding of the source material are one of those ignored-unless-useful things. (It's also why we don't cover the Dinobots seldom-seen combiner mode. *shudder*) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:24, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

::The Dinobots'... what? -[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 20:07, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

:::I've heard of that combiner, my friend said it had no head. Anyways, I got that info off the synopsis from the back of the VHS Case. -- [[User:Hunter-113|Hunter-113]] 20:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

::::Yeah, this has nothing to do with "Australian character bios" Deirk. The "Unicrons" thing comes from the back of the Rhino VHS case. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 21:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::I believe it was an Australian video release which tried to use its weight to assert that yes, Skywarp is definitely Cyclonus. Or maybe Bombshell. I don't remember which. But whichever way, it was totally inappropriate. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 02:50, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

::::::No, seriously... Dinobots'... what?--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 03:11, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::I don't recall which country, or whether it was TF:TM or the cartoon, but some non-US DVD release included a comic book in which the Dinobots combined. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 03:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::Metrodome's Season 3 DVD's, wasn't it? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::::You got to be kidding. That's certainly worth a mention, er, somewhere. On the Dinobots page. Trivia tab. With a scan.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 06:32, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::But ti was the most vapid, stupidest, mis-concieved-idea-of-cool addition to the canon ever! -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 10:03, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::::::Ugh, seriously. Kindly note that for all I did with Metrodome, I had ''nothing'' to do with that!! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::::Did the story ever end? I thought it was a deliberate cliffhanger- which really reinforces how the entire concept was "wouldn't it be cool if?" and there was no story to tell. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 10:15, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::::::::Yeah, it was a two-parter. Part 1 was in Season 2, Part 2, then part 2 was in Season 3/4. Basically, everyone runs like crap from "The Beast," and then Prime tricks it into falling off a cliff. Sigh. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:19, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

:::::::::::::::the Dinobots seem to be doing a lot of that combining these days, must be a thing going around lol [[User:Tony Spike|Tony Spike]] ([[User talk:Tony Spike|talk]]) 06:53, 9 April 2018 (EDT)

== Japanese name ==

What is it exactly? --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 18:47, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
:Not "Matrix Forever". --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 19:04, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
::I am guessing some translation of "The Transformers: The Movie." --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:29, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
:::Transliteration, actually. トランスフォーマーザ・ムービー, which comes out to "Toransufōmā za Mūbī". [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 19:36, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

== Widescreen ==

Derik: No, the screen is definitely cut off the top for the "widescreen." Look at the scene where you see through Perceptor's ''micro''-scope at the approaching Decepticons. The bars at the top of his vision display the difference perfectly. You can count the bars to see the difference between them. Oddly enough, your picture certainly looks stretched... --[[User:70.190.251.10|70.190.251.10]] 03:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

:I've for some time wondered what aspect ratio this movie is best viewed in, and suspect that while intended as 4:3, given that widescreen presentations reveal at least a bit more edge, the film is ideally considered something between 4:3 and 1.85:1, say 1.66:1? I'll have to to rip my DVD and make a comparative study with my HD copy to see what's best, though there are some good comparisons on-line:[http://www.hometheaterforum.com/topic/234130-the-transformers-the-movie-1986-20th-anniversary-dvd/page-7], [http://www.cybernetspacecube.com/tftm/technical_details.shtml]. If they ever release it to Blu-ray in the US, I'd prefer they get this right once and for all. (But then why release it to Blu-ray in the States? It would of course not sell at all(?!)

1.77:1 aka 16:9 is fine. The animation while sometimes painting outside of this ratio, was animated with this ratio in mind. 99% of films that are shown on TV or in the Cinema in the 16:9 aspect ratio and weren't made in the last 10 years, were photographed in 4:3 but with the intention that they would have top and bottom of the picture cropped off. The cinematography takes this into account. The reason there is stuff outside the 16:9 border is so a 4:3 transfer would be "Acceptable" but it is not preferred. [[User:Siccoyote|Siccoyote]] ([[User talk:Siccoyote|talk]]) 16:51, 13 January 2016 (EST)

== Caption Quotes ==

The pic of Megatron with a lightsaber has a Jedi quote instead of a New Hope quote. Do we care? [[User:JW|JW]] 22:17, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
:I care! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 23:09, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
:"An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age". That's from ''A New Hope''. Good enough? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 23:13, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
[sigh] Now the pic of the Junkions dancing has a Jedi quote instead of a New Hope quote . . . [[User:JW|JW]] 13:39, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

== Poster Caption ==

Hm,, I'm thinking about changing the caption on the poster at the top to "If your favorite Transformers character isn't on this poster, it's best to start grieving now." The current caption is just a bit misleading, since none of the characters on the poster died (as they were all brand new toys (except for [[Arcee (G1)|the ones who didn't get toys]])). [[User:JW|JW]] 01:31, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
:That's not quite true. Unicron died. And so did Ultra Magnus, but he got better. -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 01:40, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
::I'm not sure how the suggested new caption is any less misleading. My favorite Transformers characters are Jazz and Bumblebee! Also, Hound. Probably Nightbeat. I think I'm okay. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:14, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Wanted: A caption for that poster pic that both A) points out that all the characters on the poster are brand new and never-been-seen-before (since I think that's an important bit of info), and also B) preserves the current caption's comment on how "all your favorite characters" die. Suggestions? [[User:JW|JW]] 03:15, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

"Who the hell are those guys and where's Prime?" Or stick with the current, honestly. - Some Guy 22 March 2008

What about a caption pointing out that the only major characters on the poster are Galvatron and Unicron? It shows Ultra Magnus in the spotlight, and while he kicked some aft at the Battle of Autobot City, he was not the hero. The heroes were Optimus and Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime. Rodimus Prime, whom we could call, "Sir Not-Appearing-On-This-Poster." So the poster is a bit misleading, and as good pedants we should point that out somewhere. [[User:ZeldaTheSwordsman|ZeldaTheSwordsman]] 12:01, 4 October 2009 (EDT)

==Colon?==
Why is there a colon in the page title? There's no colon in the movie title. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 00:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
:Because "The Movie" is a subtitle. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 13:20, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

== Blitzwing animation error ==

In the battle for Autobot City, when Prime drives up behind the Decepticons, Blitzwing turns his head and its color changes to purple for a split second. However, when he turns it back its tan again. Just thought we should add this under animation errors.-[[User:Proconix|Proconix]] 20:37, 24 May 2008 (UTC)Proconix

== more animation errors ==

Watched the Movie again today and this is what I found. In the scene where Blaster ejects his tapes, He first ejects what looks like Eject. He stays blue up until he gets to the edge of the screen. He then turns black like Rewind. Then Blaster ejects a another blue cassette, which after about a second, turns black. This one gets through half his transformation colored black, then turns blue for a split second then turns black again. And later when the cassettes are fighting each other, Eject runs in from the left and jumps over Perceptor. And then he runs in from the left ''again'' to shoot Ravage. Im gonna go ahead and add these.-[[User:Proconix|Proconix]] 17:43, 25 May 2008 (UTC)Proconix

== Scourge ==

Not to chat or anything, but does anyone know why Scourge pops his head up when he asks galvatron if he wants him to gut ultra magnus? Just thought that was wierd.-[[User:Proconix|Proconix]] 22:33, 25 May 2008 (UTC)Proconix

It is Cyclonus who says that. Scourges only line is "Remember, we belong to him!" [[User:Wavage|I am Wavage! Fear mweee!!! ]] ([[User talk:Wavage|talk]]) 04:56, 16 March 2015 (EDT)

== Cyclonus ==

<nowiki>When the Decepticons get reformatted, both Skywarp, and what might be Bombshell, become Cyclonus. Unicron refers to them as 'Cyclonus and his Armada'. And when they all fly to the ship, Galvatron goes first, followed by Scourge, two Sweeps and two Cyclonus'. There a reason for this? </nowiki> [[User:Thyunda|Thyunda]] 13:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
:Does [[Cyclonus's Armada|this]] answer your question? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 13:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

==Intro quote==
I'm admittedly in kind of an orgasmic endorphin rush over this, but I'd love to use a chunk of Orson Welles' description of his own role as an intro quote: "The Japanese have funded a full-length animated cartoon about the doings of these toys, which is all bad outer-space stuff. I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then I'm destroyed. My plan to destroy Whoever-it-is is thwarted and I tear myself apart on the screen." If there's a better summary of TF:TM's plot, I've yet to hear it. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 16:56, 17 July 2009 (EDT)
:Seconded. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 17:43, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

== Cast list - woefully incomplete ==

Shouldn't we have a complete list of characters on here, rather than the headline billings alone? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:38, 7 August 2009 (EDT)
:Oh yea! How did that happen for so long? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 01:17, 8 August 2009 (EDT)

==Japanese TFTM==
Someone has uploaded the entire thing, in fifteen parts, to youtube.

:[http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B6%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93&search_type=&aq=f TFTM In Japanese]

If anyone who has time to kill or knows the language (preferably both!) wants to go through it to document any significant changes from the US version that we don't already have, that'd be great. I already noticed, watching the first part, that the Japanese version uses the "Star Wars" text-scroll of the UK version, though the narrator doesn't actually seem to be reading a translation of the text {{m-}} I caught him voicing a reference to Unicron the text doesn't have. And, skipping ahead, Grimlock appears to refer to his "me Grimlock kick butt" moment as his "Kick Attack". Erm.

There's also something I'd sort of like confirmed... I've heard a rumor that the Japanese-dubbed Junkions, instead of talking in TV quotes, all have Chinese accents. But I have no idea if it's true.

Adding a screenshot with someone's function and name in kanji/kana from the movie would also be neat, I think. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 10:19, 11 August 2009 (EDT)
:Immediately noticed they added speech to the Lithone part - in the original version, the Lithonians don't speak at all before the "Look, it's Unicron!" line. -[[User:Mazenoise|Mazenoise]] 10:31, 11 August 2009 (EDT)
::I have to wonder if a list of every slight dialogue alteration would really be a good idea. I've owned the thing on VHS for a while and, well, there are a LOT of dialogue changes. And I don't mean anything important, like some added in line revealing Unicron is actually Motormaster's grandfather or whatever. I mean itty bitty changes, like the aforementioned "Kick attack" from Grimlock, Megatron specifically ordering the Insecticons to breach Autobot City's defenses and so on. A list of every slight dialogue change would be...massive (especially since the dub ''added'' so much dialogue during scenes that were previously silent). We currently have a handful of examples in the "Japanese release" section of the article that I think suffice. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 11:17, 11 August 2009 (EDT)
:::Well, bear in mind that my suggestion was ''document any '''significant''' changes''. Random yattering is one thing, yeah, but I was curious as to whether there were any major changes, such as characters talking when they didn't originally have ''any'' dialogue at all... like, the Lithones talking in the opening qualifies to me, because I think it may be the only time the Lithone scientist speaks in fiction. (Which in turn makes me wonder if he's given an official title in the Japanese credits for the film; it'd qualify him for an article.)
:::I do feel that bringing up the scrolling text is noteworthy, since we note it up in the other countries' entries. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:25, 11 August 2009 (EDT)

== Voice credits ==

I filled in the voice credits in the "featured characters" chart from the film credits. I think some of them, like Gears and Brawn have voice credits, but no actual lines. There may also be some characters that have uncredited speaking roles (I don't know for sure). Just an FYI if anyone wants to adjust the chart. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:59, 18 August 2009 (EDT)
:I think the inaccurate cast listing is simply a case of whoever animated the credits confusing characters. Gears has a VA but doesn't speak, however, Scavenger (also voiced by Don Messick) clearly speaks on Junkion when he's attacking Danielle with Scrapper. Gears briefly appears in the movie on Moon Base 1, but has no speaking lines. I also wonder if this is why Prowl is credited (Bell also voiced Swopp who speaks on Quintessa), however, I believe Prowl had some lines in the original script that may have been recorded but not animated.

== Jettison some weight ==

Why is this listed as confusing? Aside from the (common) misuse of weight for mass I see nothing weird here. The more mass there was on board Astrotrain, the more fuel that would be needed to push him to Cybertron. Therefor, dumping extra mass makes sense. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:47, 17 September 2009 (EDT)
:I agree. Astrotrain was just using common speech. People don't often say things like "jettison some mass". If Astrotrain says he needs to lighten up, it stands to reason it is because he is still accelerating and too much weight would make it more difficult to accelerate. He is still accelerating because when they threw the bodies overboard, they quickly fell back. If they had already reached top speed, they would just float along side Astrotrain. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 23:23, 17 September 2009 (EDT)
::Plus, how close is Cybertron to Earth? If the Decepts didn't want to settle down for a multi-year trip, Astrotrain must have been going FTL, at which point all bets about moving without burning fuel are off. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 23:26, 17 September 2009 (EDT)
:::But maneuvering to land later would be made at sublight, normal inertial conditions. Less mass would be useful then. Basically, less mass is always better for movement. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 04:23, 18 September 2009 (EDT)

:::How much fuel does it take to get from Cybertron to Earth, I wonder. The whole battle of Autobot city seems to take place over one night, and Optimus' shuttle makes it from Cybertron to Earth in that time, implying that both it and the hijacked Autobot shuttle were going faster than light speed. The whole reason the hijacked shuttle was going to Earth in the first place was to pick up more energy, ergo it must take much less than one shipload of energy to get a shuttle at FTL speeds from Cybertron to Earth and back. They either have really efficient FTL drives, or really efficient energy storage. Or both.
:::Of course we've seen that [[Microbots|one energon cube is enough to get a full-sized Transformer drunk off his can]], so perhaps it's the latter. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 05:00, 18 September 2009 (EDT)

:::There were several scenes in "Apollo 13" where the stranded astronauts in the capsule and their Houston support crew had to do all those calculations about the amount of weight (or mass, whatever) they could have in the capsule versus the amount of fuel they could burn in order to get home alive. Common sense understanding actually wins in this case, I think. Also, all bets are off as to how far Cybertron is from Earth in TFTM, considering "The Ultimate Doom". --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 07:59, 18 September 2009 (EDT)
::::In Apollo 13, they did mass calculations to: 1) be able to escape Moon's gravity, 2) project a course to slingshot around the moon, 3) make any necessary course corrections. ''All'' of those are aspects of acceleration. In a constant velocity situation, jettisoning mass does not make you go any faster, as momentum is divided proportionally with mass. -[[User:Noviere|Noviere]] 11:16, 18 September 2009 (EDT)
:::::It wasn't a constant velocity situation. If it were, when Starscream dropped Megatron out the door, Megatron would just float alongside. They were accelerating and more mass means more force needed to accelerate. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:21, 18 September 2009 (EDT)
::::::Which was already accounted for in the page, which essentially says "here are some speculations, but we don't really know what the hell was going on here". Nothing wrong with that. I'm just rebutting Thylacine's statement above. -[[User:Noviere|Noviere]] 11:28, 18 September 2009 (EDT)
:::::::You added that they were going faster than light as a fact, but do we know that? I've never thought Transformers or even their dedicated starships could go FTL, hence the need for a space bridge. Cybertron moves around. Where was it in the Movie? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:58, 18 September 2009 (EDT)
::::::::Well, of COURSE they're going faster than light. Otherwise Quintessa and Junkion and Cybertron would all be in Earth's solar system. Just because you have FTL ships doesn't mean that instantaneous transportation isn't useful. I mean, we had horses, but cars are better even they they both provide transportation over land.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 12:23, 18 September 2009 (EDT)
:::::::::For some reason I never thought about that before. It never looks like they are doing anything special to break the light barrier. I'm thinking [[scale]] is just as loose in the astronomical sense as it is in the Transformer sense. ;) So what happens if you throw a Transformer out the door of a ship traveling faster than light? Apparently nothing much. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 12:58, 18 September 2009 (EDT)
::::::::: I thought Astrotrain was saying that because he was helping Starscream take over the Decepticons, he was the one that was putting the crown on Starscream's head -- Marc Chase

==Cast Layout==

The cast lay out has the Insecticons and Seekers listed next to their Unicronian counterpart. This is a major problem considering it lists Skywarp as Cyclonus and Bombshell as the Armada. Now, ignoring the fact that in all honesty the Skywarp is Cyclonus argument is based solely on people preferring it that way, surely the ambiguity should be recognised, and they should be listed as separate characters, but add in a note or something (especially since it gives him a VA when he didn't have any confirmed lines). Also, I think listing the Heralds next to their formers is very iffy when either the originals didn't speak in the movie or the new forms didn't speak. Now, I'd just go ahead and change it but I want to know what the official stance is here, cause it seems like an injection of fanon into a fairly major article. [[User:Eire]] 13.49 Jan 13 2010
:An anon user did that. He also went through a lot of trouble to put their order of appearance number in there, even though it is set to "nonumbering=true". Both changes could be reverted. Sorry anon guy. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:08, 13 January 2010 (EST)

==Snarl==
On the "four Dinobots" paragraph, it specifically mentions Swoop as the absent Dinobot whenever Snarl appears. However, Swoop is clearly the far-left Dinobot standing in the Quintesson ship window scene (the screen cap is actually on the page next to this paragraph). Are we sure it isn't Sludge thats missing, or maybe Sludge one time and Swoop another time?
:At the scene in Autobot City where Snarl appears, the other Dinobots present are the original trio, Grimlock, Slag, and Sludge. When Snarl next appears, Swoop is present, and you are correct, it seems to be Sludge who isn't in that shot (however, he is in the one immediately following). I believe it should be rewritten to something akin to "When he ''does'' appear, another Dinobot is missing. Hmm." Either way, it's somewhat interesting that all the Dinobots are never on screen at the same time. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 17:05, 10 April 2010 (EDT)

== Big find! Jim Sorenson has made the original Ron Friedman script available ==

At http://boltax.blogspot.com

I started this thread for discussion at tfw2005 as well: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/347571-early-ron-friedman-draft-tftm-available-download.html

There is a LOT of material that could enrich this article, particularly in the "Notes" section. Not to mention Friedman's own article, since we now have a better idea of what he contributed.

It's well worth a read. Certainly wasn't suitable to be the finished film, due to extreme length, some super-clunky dialogue, and the fact that the plot just kind of falls apart toward the end.

The imagery is really something though, a lot of ideas that never made it into any future Transformers project. The battle scenes are also noticeably more graphic. Probably the biggest (and oddest) change is no Matrix, and the concept substituted is the "Life Spark" of Optimus himself. The Life Sparks of other Decepticons and Megatron also play a role (you can likely guess how). {{unsigned|97.77.78.14}}
:[[Life Spark|We]] [[Anibot|are]] [[Roboto-zoo|aware]]. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 01:37, 11 December 2010 (EST)

::It does beg the question of how the wiki is going to handle some of this information - especially some of the stuff about earlier designs or concepts for characters (all the stuff about the Junkions VERY specifically being a B-movie biker gang, down to Wreck-Gar having a "furry vest" and one of the Junkions having a "Nazi" helmet and etc. for instance). Is it rolled into the Movie page? Is it rolled into the individual character articles? both? Neither?! [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 08:48, 13 December 2010 (EST)

:::Some stuff can definitely go into character articles, but I'd also suggest going the whole hog and creating a page for the draft itself, like we did for the Toy Fair catalogue, as a sub-page of the movie article, and talk about all the differences there. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:24, 13 December 2010 (EST)

::::That'd make the best sense, yeah. Especially if the other early draft script eventually sees the light of day (there were two, right? The one Jim posted and the one that went for two grand?) [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 09:37, 13 December 2010 (EST)

:::::I believe there was even a third on top of that. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:52, 13 December 2010 (EST)

::::::Yeah, there was a "final draft." I imagine it's probably close to what Monzo posted below. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 10:43, 13 December 2010 (EST)

:There's [http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/transformers.html this version], which has never really been written up here aside from a few tidbits. Whatever draft iteration it is, it's closest to the version used for the Marvel adaption, since a few scenes from it appear there. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 10:14, 13 December 2010 (EST)
::By all appearances, I've always believed that was the "shooting script", as they say, the script that the actors actually worked from during recording, and that any changes to it happened subsequent to that. I may be completely wrong, of course. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:20, 13 December 2010 (EST)

== Who gets tossed into space? ==

This article could use a list of precisely which six characters are tosssed out of Astrotrain. It's Megatron, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Bombshell, Shrapnel, and Kickback, yah? [[User:JW|JW]] 17:07, 28 February 2011 (EST)
:As far as I can tell, yeah. I always wondered who was saying "Brothers, don't," though. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 17:15, 28 February 2011 (EST)
:: the Seekers (Thundercracker or Skywarp) to Starscream and if they are in the movie Thrust, Dirge, Ramjet, since they are "brothers" of sorts.

== Doctor Who reference? ==

According to Wikipedia's article on [[Wikipedia:Jon Pertwee|Jon Pertwee]]'s [[Wikipedia:The Third Doctor|Third Doctor]], ''TF:TM'' uses the "revers the polarity" line. Looking back at the movie, Kup's line "Oh, yeah, we inverted polarities" presented itself to me as that reference. Now Wikipedia, as I understand it, is stupid when it comes to articles about Transformers that were not influenced by TFWiki. Is this a valid "Real-World Reference" (I've seen other pages here that say "This ''might'' be a reference to...") or just a coincidence that some presumptuous Whovian-Transfan decided to put on Wikipedia just because they wouldn't remove it?
 - [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] 12:59 AM, 15 April 2011 A.D.
:I have a really, REALLY hard time buying the notion that Doctor Who invented that little bit of common sci-fi technobabble, and an even harder time buying the notion that this dim similarity is a direct reference. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:22, 15 April 2011 (EDT)
::I think wikipedia got it mixed up with "[[The Rebirth]]", where ''Doctor Who'' fan [[David Wise]] got the line in. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 01:45, 15 April 2011 (EDT)
:::I figured Wikipedia was wrong (I'll fix the page there). Just thought I'd bring it up! Also, just to fill you in, M Sipher, ''Doctor Who'' is definitely the origin of at least the popular use of "reverse the polarity of the nuetron flow", if not the original use as technobabble. Terrance Dicks wrote it in an episode script in WAAAAY back in the early '70s.
:::- [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] <strike>3:25 AM</strike> An ungodly hour of the night, 15 April 2011 A.D.
::::I'd have expected them to use wording closer to the original if they were referencing Who! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:17, 15 April 2011 (EDT)

::::::: Fairly sure that phrase has been used on Star Trek a few times, usually through the main deflector dish, its not mutually exclusive to The Doctor .....or Kup for that matter[[User:Tony Spike|Tony Spike]] ([[User talk:Tony Spike|talk]]) 06:56, 9 April 2018 (EDT)

==Image category?==
I propose putting all screenshots from ''The Transformers: The Movie'' into their own image category because of the film's significance. Also, we have a bunch of toyline-specific image categories, and expanding that practice to fictional works only makes sense to me. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 16:06, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
:Maybe we could divide the original series by season (and movie). "Category: Generation 1 Season 1 screen captures", "Category: Generation 1 Season 2 screen captures", "Category: Generation 1 Movie screen captures", "Category: Generation 1 Season 3 screen captures" and "Category: Generation 1 Season 4 screen captures". The same thing could be done for Beast Wars, Animated and (eventually) Prime. UT shows were only 1 season each, so they wouldn't need it. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:24, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
::I support doing it for the movie. Not sure about by season... --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:07, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
:::I second Abates' thoughts. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 18:12, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
::::I wouldn't be opposed to dividing screencaps up by season, since they're kind of a bear to navigate right now. Or, heck, going even further and dividing everything by season and then by episode, though with how long some episode titles can be, especially Japanese ones, I'm not sure how feasible that would be. Though, it would allow Armada/Energon/Cybertron screencaps to be broken up more easily...--[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 21:59, 5 May 2011 (EDT)
:::::I would kinda like there to be categories by episode, so then we could do like artist pages and have a link to the category somewhere on the episode page, but it would create a ''massive'' number of categories... --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:28, 5 May 2011 (EDT)

==Buildings in Unicron's mouth: an error?==

The flickering images of post apocalyptic buildings in Unicron's mouth is certainly neat, but is it really an "animation error"? I'd think including blinking images of ruined cities would have been done on purpose since Unicron destroys planets and all that. Citing something that elaborate as an "error" doesn't seem right. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 10:59, 13 July 2011 (EDT)
:No, I don't think it is an animation error. It is a deliberate special effect. It sounds like it isn't even noticeable at normal speed. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:20, 13 July 2011 (EDT)
:It's fairly noticeable, you have to just look at it. It's not as prominent on the Rhino release, but the Sony DVD really makes it stand out. --[[User:Capnpwned118766|Capnpwned118766]] 23:25, 6 March 2012 (EST)

If I made add, those buildings are from the movie Hokuto No Ken (Fist of the North Star), also a Toei movie from 1986.......... so......... [[User:Protoman|Protoman]] 23:49, 5 July 2013 (EDT)

==After G.I. Joe the Movie?==
Okay here is something I just can't figure out. It has been stated in several sources that both Transformers: The Movie, and G.I. Joe: The Movie were in production at the same time, and in fact G.I. Joe was meant to be released first. However, Transformers' 1986 season took place after the movie while G.I. Joe's 1986 season predates the movie. Unless Transformers was going to postpone their season by a whole year, there is no way G.I Joe's film could predate Transformers or even be shown in the same year. It would have to wait an entire year to premiere. That is unless their entire plot was rewritten from the ground up. Does anyone have any information on this?[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] 23:36, 5 May 2013 (EDT)

they changed the GI Joe movie's ending so that Duke lives at the end, that would also force them to change the TV Show to add him to episodes (since he was one of the leaders, he would be in most if not all episodes) that might have forced a wait of an entire year to premiere GI Joe [[User:Chasemarc1701|Chasemarc1701]] ([[User talk:Chasemarc1701|talk]]) 03:31, 12 July 2014 (EDT)

== Starscream crown redesign ==

Something that I think is often missed is that when Starscream is in his corination gear, it's not just the crown, shoulder pads and cape. He's also got a much bigger chest and enlarged forearms. I'm guessing it's deliberate, but those modifications are never mentioned when that form is (in, say, his Masterpiece toy). I'm aware that we don't want this page drowning in trivia, but is that worth noting? [[User:LiamK|LiamK]] 18:18, 5 November 2013 (EST)
:Those two things just seem to be stylized elements of the animation in that particular scene. Check out Ramjet when he and Astrotrain are standing behind Starscream just as he does his cape-flourish - he's got the big pecs and swollen forearms too. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:42, 5 November 2013 (EST)

== Metroplex ==

Should Metroplex be added to the cast last? The consensus on his relation to Autobot City here is kinda murky [[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] ([[User talk:Riddlerj|talk]]) 12:48, 21 November 2013 (EST)

== Star Wars captions? ==

[[File:ShockwaveBattleAutobotcity.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|I think I can see my home from here!]]

Should we replace this with a quote from ''Star Wars''? Maybe one of these lines from when R2-D2 and C-3PO launch their escape pod:
*- Imperial gunner: "Hold your fire. There's no life forms."
*- C-3PO: "That's funny--the damage doesn't look as bad from out here."

--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 19:44, 18 January 2015 (EST)

== character list ==

On many articles, TFWiki lists characters sorted first by faction, then by order of appearance (with numbers indicating order of appearance regardless of faction). Is there a reason TFTM's article does not follow that pattern? Is there some other organizational method in use? Not alphabetical by character or by voice actor, clearly.

i'm fairly certain these earlier discussions are not relevant to this matter, but just in case:
*[[Talk:The_Transformers:_The_Movie#Cast_list_-_woefully_incomplete]]
*[[Talk:The_Transformers:_The_Movie#Voice_credits]]
*[[Talk:The_Transformers:_The_Movie#Cast_Layout]]

--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 01:07, 19 February 2015 (EST)

==Replacing screencaps==
Since the Shout Factory release of TF:TM has a Full Frame edition, hopefully one would replace those widescreen screencaps into their original full frames. [[User:FigureGunplaFan|FigureGunplaFan]] ([[User talk:FigureGunplaFan|talk]]) 22:33, 23 August 2016 (EDT)

== Old Script page? ==

Did we ever reach a conclusion about making a page for [[Talk:The_Transformers:_The_Movie#Big_find.21_Jim_Sorenson_has_made_the_original_Ron_Friedman_script_available|the Friedman script]]? Did it get made? If so, where is it? If not, how would such a page be categorized and organized? Sorry, I just have a lot of questions. About this. -[[User:TheLiegeDecado|TheLiegeDecado]] ([[User talk:TheLiegeDecado|talk]]) 15:42, 14 June 2017 (EDT)

== Grapple ==

"*Also curiously absent are the 1985 Autobot cars and Mini-Vehicles, such as Inferno, Smokescreen, Cosmos, Warpath, etc. It would seem that these characters were available at the time of the movie:
**Grapple is [[:File:BattleAutobotCity.jpg|seen ''very'' briefly]] during the battle for Autobot City."
Not sure that Grapple is really supporting evidence here, given the whole [[Hauler]] situation. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 08:16, 15 February 2018 (EST)

==Cybertron's Moons==

Hey guys, first contribution here and thought i would share some of my minor knowledge in the hopes the entry might get a possible explaination note added to it (Similar to the note that says Magnus second matrix placement was just an Adjustment)

I wouldnt class a third visible moon as a mistake, not from a pure technical standpoint at least (it probably is from a lore standpoint) but depending on a number of factors (and i apologise for turning all Perceptor here) such as orbital height, radius, apogee ect its totally possible to find moons that have not been observed yet whilst taking pictures of others

For example (and its loose ..since the planet is pretty large in comparison and the two are technically captured asteroids) Mars two moons Phobos and Deimos are rarely photographed together because they are so small and have different orbital planes

Similarly their are 4 large Julian (Jupiter) moons (Io, Europa, Calisto, Ganymede) and its rare to get them all in one shot during a flyby

Its possible the third moon is behind Cybertron most of the time or is out of shot because its orbit takes it far out,and also quite possible that it is boring, the other two moons have bases on them making them scenes in the movie,it may exist but simply not have been mentioned, after all plenty of planet shots exist in the carton that show the planet having no moons at all, moons being added for the film

Now correct me if im wrong but im sure i once heared the third moon was an unused plot point in a story (movie,comic or otherwise) once upon a time

But even if this isnt true i think an addendum should be added saying that the moon could just be out of shot most of the time ....or something along those lines

Anyways ..keep up the good work

[[User:Tony Spike|Tony Spike]] ([[User talk:Tony Spike|talk]]) 06:49, 9 April 2018 (EDT)

Edit, just read the next section where this gets addressed so my bad [[User:Tony Spike|Tony Spike]] ([[User talk:Tony Spike|talk]]) 07:04, 9 April 2018 (EDT)
==Ultra Magnus==
Back around 2015, I purchased a Korean bootleg of the film off eBay under the assumption it was the authentic one. It can be switched between Korean and English, the English versions audio is normal. The Korean audio has the music tracks awkwardly looping halfway through the song. Until this weekend, I didn’t pick up on the whole “being shot apart by the sweeps bit”, but my copy had magnus ripped apart by single laser beams. The animation was the same as the finished product, but purple laser beam thingies wrapped around his shoulders, hips, head, and elbows if I remember correctly . Sadly, the disk got lost when I moved about 6 months ago. Has anyone else found a copy like this? [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 17:57, 23 December 2018 (EST)

Bumblebee (film)

2018-12-23T21:43:34Z

YourBestPal:

{{disambig3.5|the feature film|the Autobot it features|Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee}}
{{Nav-Bumblebee}}
[[File:BumblebeeMovieNewPoster.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway, because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.]]

'''''Bumblebee''''' is the sixth movie in the [[live-action film series]]. A "reset" of the film series as a whole,<ref name="reboot">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/02/16/transformers-cinematic-universe-current-movie-series-rebooted-358641 Transformers Cinematic Universe Is Over: Current Movie Series To Be Rebooted] at TFW2005</ref> ''Bumblebee'' acts as a prequel to the previous five movies, albeit [[retcon|taking some liberties]] with continuity. The film is directed by [[Travis Knight]] rather than [[Michael Bay]], written by newcomer [[Christina Hodson]], and produced on a far lower budget of around $70 million.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-rethinks-key-movie-franchises-a-mixed-summer-at-box-office-1022322/ THR: Hollywood Rethinks Key Movie Franchises Amid a Mixed Summer at the Box Office]</ref> The film was released in the US on [[December 21]], [[2018]].

When [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] is sent to [[Earth]] to establish a base for the [[Autobot]]s, he finds himself hunted by both [[Sector Seven]] and the [[Decepticon]]s. With his memory and voice lost in battle, he is found by [[Charlie Watson]], a young woman in search of a direction in life. The pair work together to try to discover who Bumblebee is and why he's on Earth, but ultimately they'll find themselves with the fate of the planet in their hands...

{{quote|Thank you...so much...for giving me...my voice.|[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]}}

==Synopsis==
{{stub}}
''War rages on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and things look bad for the [[Autobot]]s. Contact has been lost with the front lines, and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Brawn (ROTF)|Brawn]], [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]], [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] are pinned down under [[Decepticon]] assault until [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] arrives to momentarily repel their foes. Prime looks for scout [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]], who arrives only a moment after. The Autobots fall back to a launchpad, and Prime instructs the Autobots to board escape pods and flee from the planet. He also gives B-127 a secret mission: go to [[Earth]], a well-hidden planet Prime has identified, and establish a base for the Autobots to regroup and strike back. As the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s under [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]'s command begin attacking the launchpad directly, Prime leaps into the horde of Decepticons to buy B-127's pod some time to escape...''

The year is [[1987]], and Agent [[Jack Burns]]' team of [[Sector Seven]] agents emerge victorious from a mock battle after leading the other team into an ambush. As Burns good-naturedly chides his unlucky opponent, however, an unknown projectile appears overhead and plows into their midst. Many agents are injured, and Burns, believing his team to be under projectile assault after confirming that no other military practices using live ammo are occurring nearby, immediately calls for backup... upon which he comes face to face with a [[Bumblebee (Movie)|giant yellow robot]] rising from the crater. He immediately orders his forces to give chase, and the robot flees after [[scanning]] and [[transformation|transforming]] into a nearby military jeep. Even though the military attempts to capture him with harpoons and machine guns, the robot evades them and emerges into a clearing leading to an empty mineshaft. Burns gives the order to cut it off from escaping into the mine... which one of his soldiers executes by blindsiding the robot with his own jeep. However, the robot begins to talk to them in [[United States of America|English]], assuring them of his peaceful intentions and that he is not here to hurt anyone. Burns orders the soldiers to stand down... only for a jet to appear overhead. Burns is baffled that the Air Force was alerted this early, but the robot corrects him - the jet is in fact [[Blitzwing (BB)|a Decepticon]], who bombards the clearing with missiles and swoops in to attack the yellow bot!

B-127 puts up a valiant effort against the Decepticon [[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]] and even manages to damage his opponent's flight systems, but is soon subdued and dangled over a cliff. Blitzwing interrogates the scout about Optimus Prime's whereabouts, but the scout valiantly refuses and asserts that he will "never talk", a move that prompts his foe to "make it official" by ripping out his voice synthesizer. Badly injured, he is thrown off the cliff and prepared for execution... but uses a moment of quick thinking to rip a missile from the Seeker's arm and shove it into his chest. B-127 takes advantage of the Decepticon's momentary confusion to kick himself away before opening fire on the missile, detonating it and killing Blitzwing. As he limps away, Burns watches him leave trapped under a destroyed jeep. The Autobot limps to a riverbank before collapsing from his injuries, his memory cells critically damaged. His systems scan a nearby VW Beetle before he finally fades away to unconsciousness...

[[Charlie Watson]], a 17-year old girl one day away from becoming 18, awakens from her slumber. After dealing with her annoying [[Otis Watson|younger brother]] and the news that her [[Sally Watson|mother]] will be marrying her [[Ron (BB)|new boyfriend]], she bikes to her job at a fair where she is utterly humiliated by Tina and her posse for having no car. She visits [[Uncle Hank]]'s junkyard after hours to clear off, but discovers an old VW Beetle under a tarmac after accidentally knocking over a series of motorboats. She finds the key in the ignition and tries it on, but is surprised when the car emits a high-pitched shriek...

On one of the moons of [[Saturn]], Decepticon hunters [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] interrogate Cliffjumper about Optimus Prime's whereabouts. The Autobot remains resolute, which angers his interrogators... until B-127's signal, activated on Earth by Charlie, reaches the three [[Transformer]]s. The two Decepticons agree to go to Earth and hunt down B-127 instead... but not before Shatter vertically bisects Cliffjumper, killing the Autobot.

In a trailer park, dysfunctional couple Ray and Amber argue, among other things, Ray spending their rent money on purchasing a tricked-out new car. Their spiel is interrupted when a meteor crashes mere feet from them... thankfully to Ray, missing his new car. He's not so lucky when a second one falls, however, as it obliterates both his prized car and the trailer they live in. Headlights shining from inside the inferno give the irresponsible man some hope... until Shatter and Dropkick reveal themselves and transform before them. Dropkick kills the unlucky Ray before the Decepticons drive off to the West Coast following B-127's signal.

==Quotes==
"I'll never talk." 
"Is that right? Then let's make it official."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Blitzwing''', right before the latter destroys the former's voice box.

"They literally call themselves Decepticons. That doesn't set off any red flags?"
:—'''Agent Burns''' doesn't trust the giant alien robots.

"Look, I know what you saw is a little crazy. I can explain. ... Yeah, I can't explain, but here's the deal: If you tell anyone what you just saw, I'm going to have to run you over with my car." 
"...Jeez!"
:—'''Charlie''' and '''Memo'''

"You think these little chains can hold-"
:—'''Dropkick''' before being sliced to pieces by said little chains.

"My name... is Bumblebee."
:-'''Bumblebee''' asserts his new name to Optimus Prime.

==Characters==
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*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] ([[Dylan O'Brien]])
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] ([[Grey Griffin]])
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] ([[Andrew Morgado]])
*[[Brawn (ROTF)|Brawn]] ([[Kirk Baily]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] ([[Dennis Singletary]])
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
*[[Teletraan-I|Teletraan 1]]

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*[[Shatter]] ([[Angela Bassett]])
*[[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] ([[Justin Theroux]])
*[[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]] ([[David Sobolov]])
*[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] ([[Jon Bailey]])
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (Jon Bailey)
**[[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]
*[[Seeker (Movie)|Seekers]]
**[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
**[[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]
**[[Skywarp (Movie)|Skywarp]]
**[[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]]
*Decepticon soldiers (Kirk Baily)

|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=
*[[Charlie Watson]] ([[Hailee Steinfeld]])
*[[Memo]] ([[Jorge Lendeborg Jr.]])
*[[Sally Watson]] ([[Pamela Adlon]])
*[[Otis Watson]] ([[Jason Drucker]])
*[[Ron (BB)|Ron]] ([[Stephen Schneider]])
*[[Sector Seven]]
**[[Jack Burns]] ([[John Cena]])
**[[Dr. Powell]] ([[John Ortiz]])
**[[General Whalen]] ([[Glyn Turman]])
**[[Seymour Simmons]] ([[Nick Pilla]])
*[[Uncle Hank]] ([[Len Cariou]])
*[[Craig]] ([[Kollin Holtz]])
*[[Tina]] ([[Gracie Dzienny]])
*[[Tina's girlfriends]] ([[Isabelle Ellingson]], [[Mika Kubo]])
*[[Trip Summers]] ([[Ricardo Hoyos]])
*[[Sheriff Lock]] ([[Fred Dryer]])
*[[Ray]] ([[Lenny Jacobson]])
*[[Amber]] ([[Megyn Price]])
*Charlie's Dad ([[Tim Martin Gleason]])
*[[Bill (BB)|Bill]] ([[Antonio D. Charity]])
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Continuity notes==
As a prequel to the rest of the live-action film series, ''Bumblebee'' includes set-up elements for several of the films.
*Ancillary media dating back to 2007 has credited [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] with inflicting the injuries that caused Bumblebee to lose his voice (with both the [[Aligned continuity family]] and the [[Transformers: Cyberverse|''Cyberverse'' cartoon]] adapting the idea for their continuities), but internal to the films themselves, no specifics were ever provided, with "damage in battle" being the only reason given for the little Autobot's muteness. ''Bumblebee'' tells the on-screen version of the story, revealing that Blitzwing was the culprit.
*Megatron himself, meanwhile, is notable by his absence from the film's Cybertron-set prequel, owing to the fact that, per the events of the first movie, he is frozen on Earth at the time it occurs.
*Sector 7 and their Hoover Dam headquarters were introduced in the first film. A young [[Seymour Simmons]] (played by [[John Turturro]] in the present-day films) appears among the organization's ranks.
*Thanks to Charlie fitting him with a working radio, Bumblebee learns how to "speak" by using snippets of music to express himself, which is, of course, how he communicates in all the other films.
*At the end of the movie, Bumblebee scans the 1977 Camaro mode that he had at the start of the original ''Transformers'' film.

Despite its notional "prequel" status, there are several big discontinuities between ''Bumblebee'' and the other films (even by the standards of the films' usual ''laissez-faire'' approach to continuity), leading many a fan to consider it a "stealth reboot" in the vein of ''{{w|X-Men: First Class}}.
*Most obviously, the film completely throws out ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> premise that Bumblebee and the Autobots were active on Earth during [[World War II]], showing Bumblebee's initial landing on Earth in 1987. There's no {{w|No-Prize}} for this one — just go with it!
*Sector 7 seem completely unaware of the Cybertronians and consider their meeting with Shatter and Dropkick to be "first contact", when, per the first film, they have been in possession of the AllSpark and the frozen form of Megatron since the early 20th century. Neither Megatron nor the AllSpark are mentioned in the film, and the fact that Dropkick and Shatter are actually invited into the Hoover Dam base and are allowed to interface with their computers and don't become aware that both Megatron and the Allspark are there raises a lot of questions.
*In-keeping with there being no mention of the AllSpark, the Autobots' departure from Cybertron is shown to be necessitated by their being on the losing end of the war, rather than a search for the cube, with Bumblebee going to Earth to establish a fallback position for his comrades. This is not particularly incompatible with the information provided in the first film, but the fact that the Autobots are shown arriving on Earth at the end of the movie, when the first film showed them arriving in 2007, is more incongruous. It's quite possible they will all leave again over the following twenty years to search other planets and systems for the AllSpark, as mentioned in the first film's prologue, only to then return when Bumblebee discovers it had been on Earth all along, but like we said, this movie doesn't mention that. We'd note that, by making it to so that Bumblebee only loses his voice after coming to Earth, this movie actually ''necessitates'' a meeting between 'Bee and the other Autobots prior to the first movie, as Ratchet noted in that movie that he'd been trying to fix Bumblebee's voice for a while, meaning his arrival in 2007 couldn't be the first time he'd seen Bumblebee since he lost his voice.
*Bumblebee's '77 Camaro robot mode, seen in the film's post-credits sequence, is completely different than his appearance in the 2007 film, utilizing a variant of the body he used throughout the ''Bumblebee'' film.

==Transformers references==
* Most of the characters' designs are based on their G1 incarnations, such as [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. Notable exceptions are [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] who are wholely new Movieverse designs.
* The Seekers' vehicle modes use their Cybertronian "Tetrajet" designs from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
* The concept of Cybertron falling into Decepticon hands and the Autobots initiating a mass exodus originates from the [[Aligned continuity family]], although in this case the Autobots depart in individual escape pods instead of [[Ark (disambiguation)|a single gargantuan starship]].
* Optimus Prime's entrance inro the battle on Cybertron is a direct reference to his famous leap into battle from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* In keeping with the original movie, Brawn is downed by a shot to the shoulder during his cameo. This time, however, he survives and is seen among the Autobots getting into the escape pods.
* [[Teletraan I]] can be sighted in the background as the Autobots are entering their escape pods.
* As is time-worn tradition, [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]'s design is a retool of Bumblebee's.
* A snippet of [[The Touch]] plays when Bumblebee is 'encouraging' Charlie to dive from the cliff.
* Optimus' vehicle mode at the end of the film is a Freightliner cab-over truck ''very'' similar to his G1 counterpart. He's even pulling the classic trailer, which has the signature 'stripe' on its side! (The Autobot logo is missing, though, presumably for Prime to disguise himself better.)
*Memo is reading a Gobots comic(or catalog of some sort) before he drops it when he sees Charlie.
==Real-life references==
*One of the vehicles Bumblebee rejects scanning is the Urban Assault Vehicle from ''{{w|Stripes (film)|Stripes}}''.
*Charlie visits the Dragon of the Black Pool restaurant, a nod to ''{{w|Big Trouble in Little China}}''.
*Uncle Hank and Charlie's family were watching ''[[ALF]]'', a sitcom from the 80's about an alien taking refuge in a human home. Fitting.
*The station wagon Charlie's family drives is based on that of ''{{w|National Lampoon's Vacation}}''.
*The transmission that Cliffjumper and the Decepticons pick up from B-127 is the theme song to ''[[Cheers]]''.
*Bumblebee watches ''{{w|The Breakfast Club}}'', leading to him emulating [[Judd Nelson]]'s fist pump a number of times throughout the rest of the film.
*Charlie is a fan of {{w|The Smiths}}. After repairing Bumblebee's radio, she inserts a cassette of their album ''{{w|Strangeways, Here We Come}}'' and "{{w|Girlfriend in a Coma (song)|Girlfriend in a Coma}}" briefly plays before Bee ejects the tape.
*One of the tapes Charlie inserts into Bumblebee is [[Rick Astley]]'s "{{w|Never Gonna Give You Up}}".
*Other musicians featured in Charlie's drawer of cassettes include {{w|Joan Jett}}, {{w|Adam and the Ants}}, {{w|Guns N' Roses}}, {{w|Talking Heads}}, {{w|INXS}}, {{w|Pink Floyd}}, {{w|Oingo Boingo}}, {{w|Huey Lewis and the News}}, and {{w|Prism (band)|PRiSM}}. She also mentions {{w|Stevie Nicks}} and {{w|The Rolling Stones}} while searching for tapes.
*The record Charlie takes from her father's collection is {{w|Sam Cooke}}'s 1961 album ''Sam's Songs'', and when she puts it on, Sam Cooke's version of "{{w|Unchained Melody}}" plays. However see Errors.
*The words 'BFG' are written on Charlie's jean jacket. This is a reference to ''{{w|The BFG}}'', a children's book about a young girl befriending a big, friendly giant and defeating a group of evil giants together. Also quite fitting.
*Charlie has a poster for the rock band {{w|The Pretenders}}, which coincidentally is the name of a Transformers [[Pretender|sub group]] involving the robots disguising themselves as human.
*Sector Seven uses a variant of the WOPR supercomputer from ''{{w|WarGames}}''.
*Powell remarks that the Decepticon modifications to the S7 computers have created an "Interconnected Network," implying that the Decepticons created the Internet. However, the idea of an interconnected network of computers for communications and data transfer had been developing for decades prior to the film's setting of the late 1980s, and the term "Internet" first appeared in the mid-1970s.

==Errors==
*Charlie starts playing the first track on Sam Cooke's album ''Sam's Songs'', which ought to have been "Little Things You Do" rather than "Unchained Melody". The latter song doesn't even appear on the album, being the last track on side A of Cooke's earlier release ''Hits of the 50's''.

==Tie-in material==
During the lead-up to the release of the movie, [[IDW Publishing]] released the four-part comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel]]'', detailing an adventure set in the 60s, during which Bumblebee works with British intelligence to foil the plans of a group of Decepticons, including Blitzwing... though this comic can't be in continuity with the actual film, which depicts Bumblebee as having first arrived on Earth in the year 1987.

==Music==

==Home video releases==

==Theatrical posters==
<center><gallery>
File:BumblebeeCharlieSilhouettePoster.jpg|Yellow-black,
File:BumblebeeCrouchingPoster.jpg|yellow-black,
File:BumblebeeUSMoviePoster.jpeg|yellow-black,
File:BumblebeeMovieNewPoster.jpeg|yellow-black...
File:BumblebeePosingPoster.jpg|Ooh, black and yellow!
File:BumblebeeBurnsDecepticons.jpg|Yeah, let's shake it up a little.
</gallery></center>

==Reception==

==Production staff==

==Development details==
*March 27, 2015 — [[Paramount Pictures]] negotiates with [[Akiva Goldsman]], hiring him to create a "writer's room" with the intention of building a cinematic universe.<ref name="goldsman">[http://deadline.com/2015/03/transformers-akiva-goldsman-paramount-sequels-spinoffs-1201400027/ Paramount Enlisting Akiva Goldsman To Ramp Up 'Transformers' Output] on deadline.com</ref> Goldsman goes on to hire a number of writers over the next few months: [[Steven DeKnight]] (''Daredevil''),<ref>[http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/transformers-cinematic-universe/35696/transformers-cinematic-details-more-writers-over-10-films Transformers cinematic details]</ref> [[Robert Kirkman]] (''The Walking Dead''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-writers-robert-kirkman-zak-penn-art-marcum-matt-holloway-jeff-pinkner-1201430601/ 'Transformers' Spinoff & Sequel Scribes Set] on Deadline.com</ref> [[Art Marcum]] and [[Matt Holloway]] (''Iron Man''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> Christina Hodson (''Shut In'', ''The Fugitive''),<ref name="hodsonbeer">[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/446175-christina-hodson-and-lindsey-beer-join-transformers-writing-team Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer Join the Transformers Writing Team]</ref> [[Lindsey Beer]] (''Dig''),<ref name="hodsonbeer" /> [[Zak Penn]] (''Pacific Rim 2''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Jeff Pinkner]] (''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'', ''Lost''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Andrew Barrer]] and [[Gabriel Ferrari]] (''Ant-Man''),<ref name="barrerferrari">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-ant-man-andrew-barrer-gabriel-ferrari-cybertron-1201433402/ 'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room] on Deadline</ref> [[Ken Nolan]] (''Black Hawk Down''), and [[Geneva Robertson-Dworet]].<ref name="nolandworet">[http://www.slashfilm.com/transformers-writers-room/ Akiva Goldsman Teases 'Transformers' Franchise Plans]</ref> Involved in the pitching process are [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Michael Bay]], [[Brian Goldner]], [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], [[Mark Vahradian]], and [[Don Murphy]].<ref name="deadlinereveal">[http://deadline.com/2015/09/transformers-writers-room-akiva-goldsman-transformers-5-1201531918/ 'Transformers' Writers Room Wraps] on Deadline</ref>
*October 3, 2015 — During his keynote speech at the MIP Junior Conference, [[Hasbro Studios]]'s [[Stephen J. Davis]] notes that the writing team has come up with film concepts for Transformers 5, 6, 7, and 8.<ref name="stephendaviskeynote">[https://youtu.be/F_P2fw_DlS4?t=812 Stephen Davis's keynote speech] at MIPJunior.</ref>[[File:TransformersUniverseBumblebeePoster.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"My sweater is Ralph Lauren, and I have no pants."]]
*February 12, 2016 — At ToyFair, Hasbro reveals the projected release date of Transformers 6, along with those of its predecessor and [[Transformers 7]], as well as the fact that Transformers 6 will focus on Bumblebee.<ref name="toyfairreveal">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/02/12/transformers-5-transformers-6-bumblebee-spin-off-movie-revealed-309503 Transformers 5, Transformers 6 And Bumblebee Spin-Off Movie Revealed] ToyFair news at TFW2005</ref>
*December 29, 2016 — Lorenzo di Bonaventura names Christina Hodson as the screenwriter in an interview.<ref name="hodson">[http://collider.com/transformers-5-plot-characters-dinobots-details/ 'The Last Knight' Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura Reveals How a 'Transformers' Movie Is Made] on Collider</ref>
*March 3, 2017 — [[Travis Knight]] is appointed director.<ref name="deadlinedirector">[https://deadline.com/2017/03/bumblebee-movie-travis-knight-director-kubo-and-the-two-strings-1202034882/ Travis Knight To Direct ‘Transformers’ Spinoff ‘Bumblebee’ At Paramount]</ref>
*May 26, 2017 — A poster at Licensing Expo 2017 gives the name of the film as ''Transformers Universe: Bumblebee''.<ref name="expoposter">[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1724400/the-bumblebee-movie-just-got-a-new-title-and-a-cool-80s-logo "The Bumblebee Movie Just Got A New Title And A Cool 80s Logo"]</ref>
*June 10, 2017 — [[Hailee Steinfeld]] reveals in an interview that she's been cast in the film.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/pitch-perfect-pop-star-hailee-steinfeld-hits-charts-with-most-girls-single-and-lands-transformers-role/news-story/47a238f0e75bf06a0ffc34a18e9906e4 Pitch Perfect pop star Hailee Steinfeld hits charts with Most Girls single and lands Transformers role]</ref>
*July 11, 2017 — [[Jorge Lendeborg Jr.]] is reported by The Hollywood Reporter to have been cast as the male lead.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-spinoff-bumblebee-casts-jorge-lendeborg-jr-as-male-lead-1017547 'Transformers' Spinoff 'Bumblebee' Casts Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Male Lead (Exclusive)] on Hollywood Reporter</ref>
*July 13, 2017 — More actors including [[Jason Drucker]], [[Abby Quinn]], [[Rachel Crow]], [[Ricardo Hoyos]], and [[Gracie Dzienny]] join the cast.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-spinoff-bumblebee-rounds-cast-1019823 'Transformers' Spinoff 'Bumblebee' Rounds Out Cast (Exclusive)]</ref>
*July 23, 2017 — [[Pamela Adlon]] joins the cast.<ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/07/pamela-adlon-bumblebee-movie-transformers-casting-1202133812/ Pamela Adlon Joins Cast Of 'Transformers' Spinoff 'Bumblebee']</ref>
*July 31, 2017 — [[John Cena]] is announced as a cast member. Also Bumblebee is a Volkswagen this time. The film is pushed back to December of 2018. Production begins,<ref name="cenareveal">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/john-cena-joins-transformers-spinoff-bumblebee-1025411 John Cena Joins 'Transformers' Spinoff 'Bumblebee' (Exclusive)] on Hollywood Reporter</ref> with the filming going under the codename "Brighton Falls".<ref>[https://screenrant.com/transformers-bumblebee-working-title-filming-start/ Bumblebee Spinoff Working Title & Filming Start Date Revealed] on Screenrant</ref>
*August 6, 2017 — Hailee Steinfeld reveals on Twitter that her character's name is [[Charlie Watson]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/haileesteinfeld/status/894296888643432448 Tweet by Hailee Steinfeld]</ref>
*September 9, 2017 — At [[HasCon 2017]], di Bonaventura discusses some hints on the film, including that the movie is set in [[1986]].<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/09/hascon-2017-bumblebee-movie-tidbits-348630 Hascon 2017: The Bumblebee Movie Tidbits] on TFW2005</ref>[[File:BumblebeeMovie firstlook.jpg|thumb|350px|"You like jazz?"]]
*September 12, 2017 — Actor and stuntman [[Rory Markham]] reveals on Instagram that he is playing a [[Sector Seven]] agent named [[Agent Adams|Adams]]. <ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/12/sector-7-returns-transformers-universe-bumblebee-movie-348886 Sector 7 Returns in Transformers Universe: Bumblebee Movie] on TFW2005</ref>
*September 20, 2017 — Travis Knight reveals the first Decepticon vehicle mode in the form of a 1971 Plymouth GTX.<ref>[https://twitter.com/LAIKAStudios/status/910549230602788864 Laika Studios tweet]</ref>
*October 2, 2017 — [[Peter Cullen]] has a role in the movie.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/10/02/peter-cullen-confirmed-bumblebee-movie-351131 Peter Cullen Confirmed In The Bumblebee Movie] on TFW2005</ref>
*October 26, 2017 — [[John Ortiz]] is revealed to be a cast member.<ref>[http://deadline.com/2017/10/john-ortiz-paramount-bumblebee-spinoff-peppermint-stxfilms-1202195412/ John Ortiz Cast In 'Bumblebee' Spinoff & 'Peppermint'] on Deadline.com</ref>
*November 12, 2017 — A wrap party for the movie reveals the movie's title as ''Bumblebee: The Movie''.<ref>[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1724400/the-bumblebee-movie-just-got-a-new-title-and-a-cool-80s-logo The Bumblebee Movie Just Got A New Title And A Cool 80s Logo] on Cinema Blend</ref>
*December 11, 2017 — [[Martin Short]] is revealed to be doing some voice work for the film.<ref>[http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/attheshore/headliners/steve-martin-and-martin-short-head-to-borgata-for-an/article_7d516048-de98-11e7-9fa4-c7175ccf2b9d.html Steve Martin and Martin Short head to Borgata for an unforgettable evening] on pressofatlanticcity.com</ref>
*December 29, 2017 — A "first look" photo is released showing Hailee Steinfeld and Bumblebee's Volkswagen alternate mode.<ref>[https://twitter.com/AwardsCircuit/status/946794788988293121 Tweet by @AwardsCircuit]</ref>
*January 28, 2018 — During an interview at the Grammys, Hailee Steinfeld suggests Bumblebee may sing during the movie.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/8096803/hailee-steinfeld-hair-waves-2018-grammys-how-to Interview on Billboard.com]</ref>
*February 16, 2018 — At [[Toy Fair 2018]], Hasbro states that the film series will be reset after ''Bumblebee: The Movie''.<ref name="reboot" />
*April 24, 2018 — Footage of the film is shown at Cinemacon.<ref>[http://comicbook.com/movies/2018/04/26/first-bumblebee-footage-transformers-cinemacon/ First 'Bumblebee' Footage Previews the 'Transformers' Spinoff at CinemaCon] at comicbook.com</ref>
[[File:BumblebeeMovieShatter&Dropkick.jpeg|thumb|300px|"Thanks for the coffee. Sorry, I couldn't finish it. If I did, I'd be up the rest of my life."]]
*June 5, 2018 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAIX12F6958 official teaser trailer] is posted by Paramount Pictures, also revealing the film's title has been shortened to just ''Bumblebee''.
*June 6, 2018 — [[Charlie Adler]] reveals he is not in ''Bumblebee''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/charlie_adler/status/1004401979597025280?s=19]</ref>
*June 8, 2018 — [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] is initially stated to be in the film in a blog post on Paramount's parent company, before his name is later scrubbed from the post afterward.<ref>[http://blog.viacom.com/2018/06/bumblebee-transforms-hailee-steinfelds-life-in-first-trailer/ Original text: "But things get hectic. The military lurks. So does dreaded Decepticon Starscream." Revised text: "But things get hectic. The military lurks. So does a dreaded Decepticon."]</ref>
*July 13, 2018 — Entertainment Weekly reveals [[Angela Bassett]] and [[Justin Theroux]] will voice new Decepticons [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] respectively.<ref>[http://ew.com/movies/2018/07/13/bumblebee-decepticon-trackers-first-look/ First Look: Bumblebee unveils two new Decepticon muscle cars]</ref>
*July 20, 2018 — A ''Bumblebee'' panel at the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018 reveals more information on the film, such as details regarding the characters.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-bumblebee-movie-panel-in-hall-h-at-sdcc2018-jointhebuzz/41645/ Seibertron's coverage on the SDCC'18 Bumblebee panel.]</ref> Also John Cena dressed as Bumblebee.<ref>[https://twitter.com/JohnCena/status/1020800460125605890 Tweet by John Cena]</ref>
*August 26-30, 2018 — [[David Sobolov]] confirms he is part of the cast of ''Bumblebee'' as the voice of [[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]].<ref>https://twitter.com/volobos/status/1033867788824309760</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/volobos/status/1035346211392368640</ref>
*September 22-23, 2018 — Three teasers were released on various platforms with many different languages, revealing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]'s appearance in the movie, as well as Optimus Prime's design. Additionally, shots were revealed of the three [[Triple Changer]]s in the movie, as well as [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. <ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/soundwave-and-optimus-prime-featured-in-teaser-for-next-bumblebee-movie-trailer/42075/ Seibertron's article including the two of the teasers released] and [https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-bumblebee-movie-teaser-with-blitzwing-and-barricade/42078/ an article with one of the teasers.]</ref>
*September 24, 2018 — The official trailer is uploaded by Paramount Pictures' YouTube channel, revealing (among other things) [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and the [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]]s' appearances in the movie. A second international trailer is released showcasing some more scenes. An interview with Travis Knight on the new trailer is also published, revealing [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]]'s appearance in ''Bumblebee''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcwmDAYt22k Bumblebee (2018) - New Official Trailer] and [https://www.cbr.com/bumblebee-international-trailer-optimus-prime-cybertron/ an article showcasing the international trailer.] [https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/bumblebee-trailer-breakdown-travis-knight/ Interview with Knight.]</ref>
*September 27, 2018 - Before a special showing of [[The Transformers: The Movie|the animated movie]], another interview with Travis Knight and Hailee Steinfeld was seen AND a brief scene of Charlie and Bee's first interaction.
*November 13, 2018 - ''Bumblebee'' is rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/11/13/transformers-bumblebee-movie-rated-pg-13-376496]</ref>
*November 23, 2018 - A new trailer is released showcasing some new scenes, namely, Bumblebee's Cybertronian robot mode. Another trailer is released animated with...[[Play-Doh]].<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/bumblebees-cybertronian-mode-shown-in-a-new-movie-trailer-playdoh-trailer/42450/ Seibertron's article on the 2 new trailers]</ref>
*November 27, 2018 - A new featurette demonstrates the more G1-inspired designs of the Transformers, including a proper look at Optimus's model and brief shots of [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], Wheeljack and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRFv6JVFApk Bumblebee - First Generation Design - Paramount Pictures UK]</ref>
*December 2, 2018 - Lorenzo di Bonaventura confirms [[Dylan O'Brien]] as the voice of Bumblebee.<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/03/transformers-bumblebee-movie-voice-actor-dylan-obrien</ref>
*December 4, 2018 - New footage of the movie drops, showing Soundwave's voice, as well as many new shots of Cybertron and the battle between Bumblebee and Blitzwing.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/soundwave-speaks-more-footage-china-release-date-and-sponsor-and-more-bumblebee-news-roundup/42538/ Seibertron's coverage of the new trailer, as well as a general roundup of new footage.]</ref>
*December 8, 2018 - Special early screenings of the film take place in specific areas. Fans who attended are given free [[Tiny Turbo Changers]] toys, and short behind-the-scenes featurettes are shown before and after the film. <ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/early-reactions-and-impressions-for-2018-live-action-transformers-bumblebee-film/42550/ Seibertron's roundup of people's thoughts on the early screening.</ref>
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===Changes before, during and after production===
*Travis Knight originally intended [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] to make an appearance during the opening battle on Cybertron. However as ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' had Megatron frozen on Earth at this point in time, he ultimately didn't make an appearance.<ref>[https://comicbook.com/movies/2018/12/19/bumblebee-deleted-megatron-decepticon-scene/ 'Bumblebee' Deleted A Megatron Scene] on comicbook.com</ref>

==Notes==
*During production, the film was referred to in presentational material under a variety of names including "Transformers 6", "Bumblebee: The Movie", "The Bumblebee Movie", and "Transformers Universe: Bumblebee".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Daai Wong Fung''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Hungarian:'' '''ŰrDongó''' ("Space Bumblebee")
*''Korean:'' '''Bumblebee''' (범블비 ''Beombeulbi'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dàhuángfēng''' (Taiwan, 大黃蜂; China, 大黄蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Russian:'' '''Bumblebee''' (Бамблби ''Bamblbi'')

==References==
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==External links==
*{{w|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}} on Wikipedia
*[[IMDB:tt4701182|Bumblebee]] on IMDB

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Dropkick (Movie)

2018-12-22T16:09:47Z

YourBestPal:

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{{disambig2|the movieverse individual/drones|the Generation 1 drones|Dropkick (G1)}}
:''Dropkick is a [[Decepticon]] and also a bunch of mass-produced [[Drone Unit (Movie)|drones]] used by both sides from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BumblebeeMovie Dropkick.jpg|thumb|250px|This planet is too loud. I'm hungry. I wish I was on Cybertron playing simultronics. My feet hurt.]]

'''Dropkick''' really doesn't like being on [[Earth]], but [[Shatter]] made him come. If he had his way, he'd be back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] right now, sitting alone in the dark and feeling angry. He doesn't really "get" why folks are so interested in the [[AllSpark]] or why the [[Autobot]]s like [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] are making things so hard for him, and he thinks having to pretend to work with [[Sector Seven|the humans]] is humiliating... but at least once the [[Decepticon]]s get what they want, he'll have plenty of things to blow up and humans to liquefy.

[[Transformers The Game|Sometimes]] there are lots of him. On both sides.

==Fiction==
===''Bumblebee'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Justin Theroux]] (English)}}
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{{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

===Titan movie comic===
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[[Image:Titan9_Dropkick.JPG|right|200px|thumb|In Soviet Russia, You want Dropkick. Here, DROPKICK WANTS '''YOU'''!]]

Dropkick was Megatron's right-hand man in the occupation of [[Earth]]. The other Decepticons heard Megatron's orders through him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

Having gone ''way'' down in the world after Starscream seized command, he ended up acting as "escort" to ensure [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] would leave human areas. In a final "up yours", Bumblebee led Dropkick in a high-speed chase which saw the Decepticon damaged and humiliated. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Dropkickincineratorscanningalliance3.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|It looks like he's scanning that truck. But he's actually crying all over it.]]
[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] dispatched Dropkick and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] to [[Florida]], where they completely destroyed an American military base before scanning suitable Earth forms. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Their victory was short-lived, as soon afterwards, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and their [[human]] allies tracked the Decepticons down and systematically destroyed them one by one. Dropkick was defeated by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and was finished off by [[NEST]] soldiers. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}
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===''The Veiled Threat''===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
Dropkick was one of a number of Decepticons who responded to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s signal and came to Earth. He admired the alternate form he'd chosen for its primitive elegance. After Starscream enlisted the help of the [[Human Accessory Force]], Dropkick helped them raid a [[Zambia]]n dam construction site, confronting [[Ghiwa|Major Ghiwa]], whom he was disappointed to realize was not armed, and therefore not much sport. He tried to do a trick with a piece of fencing to entrap the Major, but it didn't work as he'd hoped.

When Autobots responded to the Decepticon activities, Dropkick, [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]] and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] lured them into the Zambezi River. Dropkick attempted to keep Ratchet distracted as they were pulled downstream towards Victoria Falls, but the plan didn't work as well as hoped, and he retreated with a damaged arm. The Decepticon trio next went to cause havoc at Kariba dam. The Autobots, however, followed them. Optimus rammed Macerator and Dropkick, the latter of whom found himself wrestling with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. After Macerator was terminated by Optimus, and Payload was lost in the waters released from the dam, Starscream ordered Dropkick to retreat. Dropkick fled, though not without being stung by [[Kaminari Ishihara]]'s [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] gun. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
[[Image:Dropkick-gamedrone.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Hey, who let this guy have a new name?! What the hell?]]
Hordes of identical Dropkick units are used by both the Autobot and Decepticon armies. Decepticons are blue like Blowpipe with a lens-face, while Autobot versions are red like Salvage and have a facemask with individual optics. They are protected from most artillery by energy shields in robot mode ([[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] EMP bombs can penetrate the shields & damages them easily), and are fond of throwing stuff at foes rather than getting in with melee attacks.

Dropkicks are most commonly found in [[Tranquility|urban missions]], but pop up for certain sub-missions in other areas as well. {{Storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===''Battle for the Allspark''===
{{note|Dropkick was used as the basis for a chassis available to players as their combatant for the ''Battle for the Allspark'' game. Units using this body came in two variations. Autobot-aligned units had a helmet and facemask that vaguely resembled Optimus Prime, while the Decepticon-aligned units had the single-lens design seen in other film-related media.}}
[[Image:Dropkick head.jpg|thumb|left|Dropkick units can be either Autobot (top) or Decepticon (bottom). Both feel nobody understands them.]]
Dropkick units had equal Attack & Speed abilities with a strong Defense skill. {{Storylink|Battle for the Allspark}}
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===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (3DS)===
{{Note|Dropkick appears in the [[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark]] game for Nintendo 3DS as support a unit. Equipping him allows all Earth Mercenaries with the Ranged Attack ability to deal double damage.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie2007_Dropkick_toy.jpg|upright=1.66||thumb|His Decepticon symbol can be seen from space.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Claw/plier weapon
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MD-18'''

: Dropkick transforms into a customized {{w|Chevrolet Silverado}} pickup truck (or a similar model just different enough to avoid paying a licensing fee). His hood and roof feature a fairly cleverly done gigantic Decepticon symbol. His flatbed cover conceals a giant claw/plier deployed from the tailgate by a sliding knob on top. This assembly becomes a hand-held weapon for his robot mode. He also has (non-firing) twin blasters on the underside of each forearm in robot mode.

: Unlike most of the other "drone" toys, Dropkick does not use the Decepticon "lens-face", instead going with a new, more complicated face design with a visor. (It is ''not'' the Autobot face from the game, but it is similar.)

:This mold was later [[redeco]]ed as the Autobot [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Blowpipe (ROTF)|Blowpipe]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Dropkick/dropkick.htm More information on Dropkick at TFU.info]''
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===Bumblebee===
[[File:EnergonIgnitersPowerDropkick.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb| All right, who honestly expected me to come back?]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Power Series, 2018)
:Standing at approximately 5-inches, Power Dropkick transforms into a blue and black muscle car loosely based on the first generation Chevrolet Camaro (rather than the AMC Javelin mode he has in the film). As with other Power Series figures, he can interact with the Cores of larger Energon Igniters toys. Note that his stock photography is slightly mistransformed, with the arms not completely tabbed I. For vehicle mode.

:This mold was also used for the simultaneously released [[Hot Rod (DOTM)#Bumblebee|Energon Igniters Power Hot Rod]] and was later retooled into [[Shatter#Energon Igniters|Shatter]].
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*'''Dropkick''' (Nitro Series, [[2019]])
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===Generations===
====Studio Series====
[[File:Studio-Series-MV6-Deluxe-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Blue Thunder/Transformers'' crossover we never thought we’d get.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Deluxe Class, 2018)
**''Number:'' '''22'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''SS-28'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[March 23]], 2019'''
**''Accessories:'' Two guns, Aerial Dogfight backdrop
:''[[Studio Series]]'' Dropkick transforms from an officially-licensed {{w|Bell AH-1 SuperCobra}} attack helicopter to robot and back! Similar to [[Drift (AOE)#Toys|his fellow]] [[Shatter#Toys|triple changers]], he only transforms into ''two'' of his three modes. The figure comes with two guns and a cardboard backdrop display depicting an aerial dogfight scene from ''Bumblebee''.
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====Movie Edition====
[[File:Movie-Edition-Tiny-Turbo-Changers-Series-4-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px| He really wanted to become a Tiny Triple Changer, but turned even bluer upon hearing he was mistaken.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''D'''
:Released in Series 4 of [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Dropkick is a blue redeco of the Series 2 [[Cogman#Toys|Cogman]] figure.
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*'''Chopper Mode Dropkick''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''G'''
:Also released in Series 4 of Tiny Turbo Changers, Chopper Mode Dropkick is a blue redeco of the Series 1 [[Blackout (Movie)#The Last Knight|Blackout]] figure.

:This mold was also used to make [[Chopter]].
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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[Image:3DBattleCard_Dropkick.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Face down in the gutter, won't admit defeat...]]
* '''Dropkick''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)
**''Card number:''

: In the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Dropkick is on the Decepticon side. Pieces punched out from two different cards can be assembled to form a pickup truck or a robot, while a third double-sided card gives its stats and attacks for each mode. He (it?) uses the same parts layout as Movie [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and Generation 1 [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (or Movie [[Skids (Movie)|Skids]]).

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==Notes==
* Artist [[Ken Christiansen]] designed Dropkick, along with the other new characters in the [[Transformers The Game|''Transformers'' - The Game]] and [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game]] video games.
[[Image:DropkickWipers.jpg|thumb|right|100px|I'm angsty because my [[gimmick]] sucks.]]
* Dropkick's card art shows him with windshield wipers on his visor. They are probably to wipe away his tears.
* Dropkick appears on several covers for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' comic despite not actually appearing in the story itself.
* ''Bumblebee'' Dropkick is, admittedly, probably not intentionally based on the movie toyline's Dropkick... but, whether through coincidence or otherwise, they're both blue Decepticon grunts who love to grumble and moan about being on Earth, so we're considering them to be the same character!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dropkick''' (ドロップキック ''Doroppukikku'')

==External links==
* [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-truck-drone-01.html Dropkick concepts] and [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-truck-drone-02.html final rendering] on Ken Christiansen's blog.
* [http://www.transformersgame.com/battle/index.html ''Battle For the Allspark'' online game]
* [http://www.wizards.com/transformers/ 3D Battle Card Game at Wizards of the Coast]

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Shatter

2018-12-22T04:18:15Z

YourBestPal:

{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Shatter is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Bumblebee (franchise)|Bumblebee]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[File:BumblebeeMovie Shatter.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Inspired by the Terminator, but better in every way.]]

'''Shatter''' takes great joy in her work as a hunter. Partnered with [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]], she's not so much the "good cop" of the pair as the "not going to kill you ''yet'' cop." Unquestionably the brains of the pairing, she's a smooth-talking manipulator who enjoys twisting the knife once she's found their quarry. She tends to let Dropkick do the dirtiest part of their work in the end, but she's a highly-skilled combatant on her own.

Her capabilities as a [[Triple Changer]] enable her to go "undercover" as a... okay, as a fairly conspicuous customized muscle car, and when the need for speed and firepower arises, change into a VTOL jet with under-slung artillery cannons. She and Dropkick made the internet. Yes, you read that right.

==Fiction==
===''Bumblebee'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Angela Bassett]] (English)}}
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

==Toys==
===Bumblebee===
[[File:Bumblebee-Movie-Titan-Changer-Shatter.jpg|thumb|300px|Love and hope and sex and dreams are still surviving on the street]]
*'''Shatter''' (Titan Changer, 2018)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)| Bumblebee]]'' Titan Changers, Shatter is a simple 12-inch-tall figure that transforms into a jet of possibly made-up model in seven steps, but it is definitely not her {{w|Harrier Jump Jet|Harrier jet}} mode from the movie.

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[[File:Bumblebee-Energon-Igniters-Power-Plus-Shatter.jpg|thumb|300px|Look at me, I'm in tatters!]]
*'''Shatter''' (Power Plus Series, 2018)
**''Accessories'': "Energon Core"

: Part of the second wave of "Power Plus" Energon Igniters, Shatter is a [[retool]]ing of the "Power Series" [[Dropkick (Movie)#Bumblebee|Dropkick]] toy, transforming into a muscle car loosely based on the first generation Chevrolet Camaro in four steps. Plugging an "Energon Core" into the back of her car mode flips a pair of huge cannons from her windshield, as well as giving the toy a pull-back-motor action.

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[[File:IgniterShatterJet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYmER9fpk-w I'm-a-going to fly for you!]]]
*'''Shatter''' (Power Series, 2018)

: Part of the second wave of "Power Series" Energon Igniters, Shatter transforms into a jet that's ''closer'' to her film form than the above Titan Changer, but not by a lot. Plugging an Energon Core (not included) into her vehicle-mode back gives it a pull-back-motor action.

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*'''Shatter''' (Mission Vision, 201?)
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{{Comingsoontoy}}
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===Generations===
====Movie Edition====
[[File:Movie-Edition-Tiny-Turbo-Changers-Series-4-Shatter.jpg|thumb|200px|Life's just a cocktail party on the street.]]
*'''Shatter''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''P'''
: Released in Series 4 of [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Shatter is a red [[redeco]] of the Series 3 [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Movie Edition|Barricade]] figure, although her instructions depict her as the original ''The Last Knight''-style Barricade instead. This small soft-plastic figurine transforms to car mode in a single step, two if you consider each arm an individual step.
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====Studio Series====
[[File:Studio-Series-MVBB-40-Deluxe-Shatter.jpg|thumb|300px|Don't think of her being Brock Sampson's ride.]]
*'''Shatter''' (Deluxe Class, [[2019]])
**''Number'': '''40'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''SS-29'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[April 27]], 2019'''
**''Accessories'': 2 arm-mounted blasters, "Decepticon Arrival" backdrop

: ''[[Studio Series]]'' Shatter is a new Deluxe Class mold that transforms into the most screen-accurate version of her 1971 Plymouth GTX mode, complete with rally lights and rollcage. Her robot mode, though, drops the more overt jet-mode [[kibble]] the movie model uses, because ([[Drift (AOE)|as far as]] [[Dropkick (Movie)|standards go]]) that would be kinda hard to pack in at the Deluxe size. She comes with two "blaster" weapons that can attach to her robot-mode forearms. Her head has her battle mask lowered and ready for combat.

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==Notes==
* Shatter was the first Decepticon revealed for ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'', when a promotional photo of director [[Travis Knight]] posing with Shatter's car mode was released. Both the character's name and gender weren't revealed until months later.

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Talk:Punch (G1)

2018-12-21T13:55:08Z

YourBestPal:

== Mosaic ==

This seems as good a place to ask as any: How will this site treat the Mosaic pieces published by IDW in their comics? I ask here because, while "[[Hound (G1)|Rain]]" and "[[Beachcomber (G1)|Reason]]" are relatively timeless character pieces, "Ghost in the Machine" actually provided new information in the form of an "origin" for Punch / Counterpunch, something which hasn't been addressed in his other limited appearances in fiction. It's interesting, I think worth putting on his page...if it counts as canon.

So...do published Mosaic pieces have as much continuity value as the fan-art occasionally seen on the Marvel Comics letter pages, or might they be "official" enough to count as micro-canons and therefore referenced on the Wiki? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 01:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
:I think the disclaimer printed beneath them, claiming no affiliation with IDW or Hasbro, makes them fan-art. - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 01:38, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
::But we're counting [[Hail and Farewell]] as official, because it's written by Furman and he said so. Are we going to pick and choose which Mosiacs are 'official' and which are merely 'officially published fanart'? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Hail and Farewell was a very unique case where the first and foremost writer of the IDW Universe happened to make a Mosaic and said it was in-canon. It's not really "picking and choosing" when there's just one clearly special exception. Now, I could see an argument for Hail and Farewell only being as official as Alignment (i.e. Not), but either way Ghost in the Machine and the other Mosaics would still be unofficial. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 03:17, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
:::"Hail and Farewell" is murky ground. It's only been published in Furman's blog thus far, right? I think if it actually showed up printed in a comic AND carried the same disclaimer as the other Mosaics, we'd probably have to treat it as non-canon as well. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 03:15, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
:I'd assumed we were taking the Mosaics disclaimer as seriously as the 'these stories don't count' notice in Legends, (read: not at all) and treating it like the 'lil formers or Microwhosits strips-- "the ones that make it into an official publication are real, the ones that don't aren't." There is some active choices being made on TDW's part after all- they're not going the choose to publish a strip about Death's Head, even though IIRC such a Mosaic is in the pipeline. "We cannot tell an 'official' story about Death's Head, because we don't own him." Unlike the general body of Mosaic strips, which are fanworks- these have to be vetted- Hasbro's not going to let them go to print with a strip where, say, Optimus Prime makes a deal with Satan (to pick a random example of something no major media company would want one of their characters seen doing.) There is some filtering process taking place on an official level with decisions being made. prior to publication. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 06:17, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
::You make some good points, but the fact that the printed Mosaics are required to carry a "These stories are not affliated with Hasbro" disclaimer makes their status as non-canon pretty clear, to me at least. That's much stronger and clear-cut wording than the notice in ''Legends'', I think. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 14:30, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

== Move somehow? ==

Seeing as how there's a [[Punch (SG)|Punch (Shattered Glass)]], I think this probably needs to go to "Punch (G1)" and have "Punch" change to a redirect to that, for consistency's sake. Could an admin delete the "Punch (G1)" redirect and move this page over, if that's the case? --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 10:36, 21 July 2009 (EDT)
:Thanks Chris! --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 10:48, 21 July 2009 (EDT)
::De nada. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:56, 21 July 2009 (EDT)

== Correct Punch Mode? ==

I'm not completely following the "intended robot mode" leg thing in the toy description. Does someone have pictures of what it's talking about? --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.72.27|76.28.72.27]] 07:38, 25 October 2009 (EDT)
:[http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t285/Detour84/TF/PunchMidget.jpg Right here.] --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 12:52, 25 October 2009 (EDT)

==1800 Units (club toy)==

Although this number can be deduced from numbers released by FP personnel, I don't know that it's been made official yet. As such, I question whether it's appropriate to be included as a "fact" here.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 18:36, 21 June 2010 (EDT)

== Power of the Primes Shoulder fix ==

Is the ”misassembled shoulder joints” on the Power of the Primes figure officially a misassembly, or have fans just decided they like it better that way?

I've got to say that the shoulder looks better with the rounded part on top even if the other way lets the arms fit better in alt mode.

[[User:Sarpiedon|Sarpiedon]] ([[User talk:Sarpiedon|talk]]) 21:45, 23 October 2018 (EDT)
:The transformation doesn't work properly with the toy misassembled as in package, and the renders in the instructions, which are straight from the designers' files, show the shoulders flat-side up. Evidently not everyone feels that it's necessary, but the fix is unquestionably restoring the intended construction. -[[User:LV|LV]] ([[User talk:LV|talk]]) 23:48, 23 October 2018 (EDT)

==headmasters==
I remember a while ago in the trivia, it said something about his animation model(s, four of them!) for the American cartoon and headmasters being different, I feel it should be added again. {{unsigned|YourBestPal}}
:Well, it's quite obvious from the pictures. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:32, 20 December 2018 (EST)
Yes, but not everyone will notice, and if we can find both of the animation models I think there needs to be a comparison in the trivia section.[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 08:55, 21 December 2018 (EST)

Talk:Punch (G1)

2018-12-21T03:16:06Z

YourBestPal:

==headmasters==
I remember a while ago in the trivia, it said something about his animation model(s, four of them!) for the American cartoon and headmasters being different, I feel it should be added again.
== Mosaic ==

This seems as good a place to ask as any: How will this site treat the Mosaic pieces published by IDW in their comics? I ask here because, while "[[Hound (G1)|Rain]]" and "[[Beachcomber (G1)|Reason]]" are relatively timeless character pieces, "Ghost in the Machine" actually provided new information in the form of an "origin" for Punch / Counterpunch, something which hasn't been addressed in his other limited appearances in fiction. It's interesting, I think worth putting on his page...if it counts as canon.

So...do published Mosaic pieces have as much continuity value as the fan-art occasionally seen on the Marvel Comics letter pages, or might they be "official" enough to count as micro-canons and therefore referenced on the Wiki? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 01:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
:I think the disclaimer printed beneath them, claiming no affiliation with IDW or Hasbro, makes them fan-art. - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 01:38, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
::But we're counting [[Hail and Farewell]] as official, because it's written by Furman and he said so. Are we going to pick and choose which Mosiacs are 'official' and which are merely 'officially published fanart'? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Hail and Farewell was a very unique case where the first and foremost writer of the IDW Universe happened to make a Mosaic and said it was in-canon. It's not really "picking and choosing" when there's just one clearly special exception. Now, I could see an argument for Hail and Farewell only being as official as Alignment (i.e. Not), but either way Ghost in the Machine and the other Mosaics would still be unofficial. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 03:17, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
:::"Hail and Farewell" is murky ground. It's only been published in Furman's blog thus far, right? I think if it actually showed up printed in a comic AND carried the same disclaimer as the other Mosaics, we'd probably have to treat it as non-canon as well. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 03:15, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
:I'd assumed we were taking the Mosaics disclaimer as seriously as the 'these stories don't count' notice in Legends, (read: not at all) and treating it like the 'lil formers or Microwhosits strips-- "the ones that make it into an official publication are real, the ones that don't aren't." There is some active choices being made on TDW's part after all- they're not going the choose to publish a strip about Death's Head, even though IIRC such a Mosaic is in the pipeline. "We cannot tell an 'official' story about Death's Head, because we don't own him." Unlike the general body of Mosaic strips, which are fanworks- these have to be vetted- Hasbro's not going to let them go to print with a strip where, say, Optimus Prime makes a deal with Satan (to pick a random example of something no major media company would want one of their characters seen doing.) There is some filtering process taking place on an official level with decisions being made. prior to publication. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 06:17, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
::You make some good points, but the fact that the printed Mosaics are required to carry a "These stories are not affliated with Hasbro" disclaimer makes their status as non-canon pretty clear, to me at least. That's much stronger and clear-cut wording than the notice in ''Legends'', I think. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 14:30, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

== Move somehow? ==

Seeing as how there's a [[Punch (SG)|Punch (Shattered Glass)]], I think this probably needs to go to "Punch (G1)" and have "Punch" change to a redirect to that, for consistency's sake. Could an admin delete the "Punch (G1)" redirect and move this page over, if that's the case? --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 10:36, 21 July 2009 (EDT)
:Thanks Chris! --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 10:48, 21 July 2009 (EDT)
::De nada. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:56, 21 July 2009 (EDT)

== Correct Punch Mode? ==

I'm not completely following the "intended robot mode" leg thing in the toy description. Does someone have pictures of what it's talking about? --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.72.27|76.28.72.27]] 07:38, 25 October 2009 (EDT)
:[http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t285/Detour84/TF/PunchMidget.jpg Right here.] --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 12:52, 25 October 2009 (EDT)

==1800 Units (club toy)==

Although this number can be deduced from numbers released by FP personnel, I don't know that it's been made official yet. As such, I question whether it's appropriate to be included as a "fact" here.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 18:36, 21 June 2010 (EDT)

== Power of the Primes Shoulder fix ==

Is the ”misassembled shoulder joints” on the Power of the Primes figure officially a misassembly, or have fans just decided they like it better that way?

I've got to say that the shoulder looks better with the rounded part on top even if the other way lets the arms fit better in alt mode.

[[User:Sarpiedon|Sarpiedon]] ([[User talk:Sarpiedon|talk]]) 21:45, 23 October 2018 (EDT)
:The transformation doesn't work properly with the toy misassembled as in package, and the renders in the instructions, which are straight from the designers' files, show the shoulders flat-side up. Evidently not everyone feels that it's necessary, but the fix is unquestionably restoring the intended construction. -[[User:LV|LV]] ([[User talk:LV|talk]]) 23:48, 23 October 2018 (EDT)

Talk:Studio Series

2018-12-20T21:51:45Z

YourBestPal:

==bb prime==
There’s a bumblebee voyager Optimus on the way, Should we add it?
==New category==
I am creating a new category called Category:Generation Studio Series toy images. If you have any objections, please state why. Cheers. [[User:Notirishman|--westjames/notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 11:31, 7 April 2018 (EDT)
:The category is created, as no one objected, in these 3 days. When uploading images, please use the category stated above. [[User:Notirishman|--westjames/notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 18:12, 9 April 2018 (EDT)

==Drift leaked==
Drift was revealed, and other leaked figures too. For the drift one, it's legit because it has an image, but the others, hightower and Cogman were leaked with no images. Should we add them? [[User:Memeuser17|Memeuser17]] ([[User talk:Memeuser17|talk]]) 13:33, 19 October 2018 (EDT)
:Definitely don’t add anything from unofficial leaks -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 13:44, 19 October 2018 (EDT)

== Multipacks ==

Both are "exclusives" one way or another. The Bumblebee 2-pack is more straightforward; it's offically a Traget exclusive in the US (and a Kmart exclusive in Australia), while the Bumblebee/Charlie set is a canceled Toys"R"Us exclusive (for obvious reasons, though it ''is'' still a TRU exclusive in Canada) that's now some sort of "shared online exclusive" (even though one shipment somehow made it to a single Target store despite the set not even being in Target's system). Anybody got an idea how to handle this?

On top of that, those alleged "Entertainment Earth exclusives" are also available from competitors Big Bad Toy Store, TFScource, Toywiz and even friggin' Diamond Comic Distributors.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 14:57, 25 November 2018 (EST)

Bumblebee (Cyberverse)

2018-12-15T23:41:34Z

YourBestPal: Undo revision 1298398 by Cyberlink420 (talk)

{{factions|autobot|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Bumblebee}}
:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:CyberverseBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Hey, kid, what's your name?" "I can't remember." "Where you from?" "I can't remember." "Can't you remember anything?" "I remember the Alamo."]]

'''Bumblebee''' is totally the bravest, coolest, most epic scout in the [[Autobot]] ranks... or, at least, he ''thinks'' he is. Problem is, his memory chip was damaged on [[Earth]], and now he can't remember his critical mission, or how he got to the planet in the first place. It's a good thing that he has the help of his best friend [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] and his leader [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] to rely on, because with [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] and the [[Decepticon]]s hot on his tail, getting his memories back isn't going to be easy.

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jeremy Levy]] (English)|[[Alessandro Bevilacqua]] (French), [[Steven Merting]] (German), [[Alessandro Capra]] (Italian)}}
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e1-Fractured-Windblade-hugs-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Wait hold on, where did you [[Windblade_(G1)#Notes|come from]]?]]
Bumblebee was part of the crew of the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]], but somehow ended up on [[Earth]] with severe amnesia. {{storylink|Memory (Cyberverse)|Memory}} He was enjoying a drive in the desert and attempted to enjoy himself even further by driving off a cliff, but ended up falling from said cliff instead when he was distracted by [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]. Windblade attempted to communicate with him after she rescued him from the fall, but she only learned that his memory wasn't functioning. He mistook the [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] [[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)|Thundercracker]] for a friend Windblade had brought and asked her if he was staying for dinner, but attacked him with his [[Stinger (weapon)|stinger]] and momentarily paralyzed him when he proved himself an enemy by attacking Windblade. After Windblade blew off Thundercracker to parts unknown, she attempted to use a [[cortical psychic patch]] to connect with his mind and jog his memories. This didn't work so well, as the device instead inflicted pain on both [[Autobot]]s and rendered them unconscious. {{storylink|Fractured}}
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e2-Memory-Windblade-in-Bumblebee's-mind.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Boo!!]]
The cortical psychic patch also emitted a powerful energy pulse, which alerted the [[Decepticon]]s Thundercracker and [[Nova Storm (Cyberverse)|Nova Storm]] to their location. Bumblebee tried his best to hold Thundercracker off while Windblade fought Nova Storm in the air, but his stinger malfunctioned and Windblade ordered him to retreat to a nearby mineshaft instead. He did as instructed, allowing Windblade to bury both Decepticons under a pile of rubble. They later located the Decepticons' ship, and Bumblebee decided to rush in straightaway instead of listening to how Windblade thought they ought to break in. He was playing with the ship's controls when Windblade made it in, and engaged in a more successful cortical patch session in which he learned how to tap into his undamaged memories. However, he was only able to recover a small fragmentary memory detailing the launch of the Ark. That memory also came with memories about Windblade, and Bee finally recognized her as his old friend. The happy moment was cut short when [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]] contacted the ship to know how his scouts were doing... only for Bumblebee, not remembering that Starscream was an enemy, to immediately seize the communicator and blow their cover. Oops. {{storylink|Memory (Cyberverse)|Memory}}
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e3-Allspark-Bumblebee-holds-the-AllSpark.jpg|300px|thumb|left]]
{{Charfictionstub|{{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}}{{storylink|The Journey}}{{storylink|Whiteout}}{{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}}{{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}}{{storylink|Terminal Velocity}}{{storylink|Shadowstriker}}{{storylink|Maccadam's}}{{storylink|Sabotage}}{{storylink|Teletraan-X (episode)|Teletraan-X}}{{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}{{storylink|Siloed}}}}

==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
====Scout Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Scout-Class-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Finally, a toy where you can't tell if the stock photos are mistransformed!]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Scout Class, 2018)
**''Action Attack'': "Sting Shot"
:''Cyberverse'' Scout Class Bumblebee is a Legends scale toy that transforms from a robot to <s>a robot sitting down</s> a "transformational" mode in six easy steps. His "Sting Shot" [[Action Attack]] gimmick causes a blade to pop out of his right arm when triggered.<ref name=io9>[https://io9.gizmodo.com/these-new-transformers-cyberverse-figures-are-fantastic-1823007404 These New Transformers Cyberverse Figures Are Fantastic Callbacks to the Original '80s Toys] at io9.gizmodo.com</ref>
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====1-Step Changers====
[[File:Cyberverse-2018-1-Step-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|That's not my son! That's a single dad!]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (1-Step Changer, 2018)
:''Cyberverse'' 1-Step Changer Bumblebee is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' "Patrol Mode" [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#PatrolMode|Bumblebee]], painted to disguise the fact that he's a completely different design, and transforms from robot to vehicle in a single step. He lacks the scannable roof insignia from the ''Robots in Disguise'' toy.
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{{anchor|New1Step}}
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-1-Step-Bumblebee-New.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (1-Step Changer, 2018)
:This Bumblebee is an all-new mold, sharing the same transformation scheme with [[Drift_(AOE)#Turbo_Changers|Turbo Changers Drift]]. His left arm also features a spinning Stinger gimmick.

{{comingsoontoy}}
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====Warrior Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Warrior-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| Not Combiner Wars Blackjack.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Warrior Class, 2018)
**''Action Attack'': "Sting Shot"
:''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class Bumblebee transforms from robot to car. His "Sting Shot" Action Attack gimmick is activated when his left arm is clicked in place, pushing the chest up. Pushing his chest down causes his arm to spring up and the stinger on his hand to [[Cyber-slash tail weapon|spin and spin]]. Due to this, he lacks articulation in his left arm entirely, save for this gimmick. The right arm contains a forward swivel in the shoulder and a hinge at the elbow, and the hips are ball jointed.

:The knees are seemingly meant to have joints, but due to their design have a tendency to just pop off - the lower leg is a single piece that simply snaps over the end of the thigh and the small rounded pegs that are meant to hold it together are very small. Additionally, a thick ridge on the rounded bottom end of the thigh forces the two sections apart when the knee is rotated; removing this ridge or swapping the thighs seems to restore this functionality.

:The stock photography (to the right) shows the figure with yellow joints sticking out of the hood, which are grey and black and the final version. The same stock photo also strangely has the right arm lower down the body than the actual figure, despite the toy ''not being able to do that.'' Meanwhile: the switch that activates his spinning stinger is yellow in the stock photo instead of the final product's unpaintable black plastic.
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====Ultra Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultra-Class-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Ultra Class, 2018)
**''Action Attack'': "Hive Swarm"
:''Cyberverse'' Ultra Class Bumblebee is a Voyager-sized toy that transforms from robot to car in seven steps. His "Hive Swarm" Action Attack gimmick flips his windows down and springs a cannon on each side.<ref name=io9 />
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====Ultimate Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultimate-Class-Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Ultimate Class)
**''Action Attack'': "Sting Shot"
:Released as part of the second wave of Ultimate Class, this Bumblebee is an all-new Leader-sized mold. While he transforms into a very show-accurate robot unlike most of his previous toys, his left arm possesses 2/3 of the vehicle hood chunk, which features a spring-loaded flip-out stinger as his Action Attack gimmick. This gimmick can be activated in both robot and vehicle mode.

{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Merchandise==
===McDonalds===
*'''Bumblebee''' (Happy Meal Toy, 2018)
Bumblebee is a [[super deformed]], non-posable toy, except at the right arm, which is a little missile launcher. It's pretty big. That's it... that's his [[gimmick]]
{{stub}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*As with the rest of the ''Cyberverse'' cast, Bumblebee's design is based on the [[Evergreen]] design also used for his [[Bumblebee (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], with some minor stylistic tweaks.

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
|charname=Bumblebee
|disambig=Bumblebee (disambiguation)
|body=
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the plucky yellow [[kid-appeal character]] from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], the voiceless yellow one-man franchise from the [[live-action film series]].
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], the hothead yellow kid-appeal character from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], the yellow kid-appeal character turned leader from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Cyberverse Autobots]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:Scouts]]

Talk:Bumblebee (film)

2018-12-14T21:35:51Z

YourBestPal:

Ricochet (Headmasters)

2018-12-14T16:32:24Z

YourBestPal:

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambigm|Ricochet (disambiguation)|Stepper (disambiguation)}}
:''Ricochet is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Ricochetdoesnthavemuchart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] gets pimped.]]
'''Ricochet''' (aka '''Stepper''')'s function is Rapid-Fire Attack, and he's well suited to it. He is the most accurate marksman the Autobots have and a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] as well, further augmenting his incredible skill. Unfortunately he's also quick-tempered and very easily provoked. This leads to him having a hard time maintaining friendly relations or even conversations with his teammates. In his favor, Ricochet has an uncommonly strong sense of justice (exactly twice as strong as the ordinary Autobot).

His Targetmaster partner is [[Nebulon (Headmasters)|Nebulon]].

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Transformers Collection'' reissue bio====
[[File:Manga-Stepper.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Would ''you'' make more than one appearance if you kept talking in Comic Sans?]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ricochet often had marksmanship contests with his friends [[Fusion]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]].
(It's anyone's guess how the hot-tempered Ricochet, who couldn't maintain friendly conversations with other Autobots, could be pals with the chatterbox Bluestreak.)

Ricochet's metabolic functions were damaged in an unspecified "incident." Nebulon, an engineer on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], volunteered to help him by undergoing a unique form of [[binary bonding]]. While ostensibly becoming a Targetmaster, Nightstick's gun mode wasn't merely hand-held. He instead plugged into Ricochet's [[robot mode]] back, serving as a life-support system.

====''Legends'' comic====
In the late 1980s, Ricochet was among the Autobots who fought to protect the [[Transform Super Cog]] from being stolen by the [[Decepticon]]s, but the [[Battlecharger]]s were able get past their defenses. {{Storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

====''The Headmasters'' manga====
Ricochet accompanied [[Artfire]], [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] in responding to a building fire. While the Autobots attempted to rescue people and put out the flames, the [[Decepticon]] Targetmasters attacked. However, the arrival of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], who dropped [[fire-retardant foam]] on the buildings in starship mode, gave the two Autobot Targetmasters the chance they needed to combine with their gun-partners and send the Decepticons flying away uncontrollably. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 7|The Headmasters #7}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:NightoftheCombaticons-MagnificusSoundblasterRicochet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Apparently this is how post-1985 [[redeco]]es are made.]]
Ricochet was one of several clones created by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in the same program that produced [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. While in a tube, he was discovered by the [[Battlecharger]]s, who released Sunstorm. The laboratory the clones were stored in was soon destroyed by Sunstorm. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
When [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] broke into the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary, Ricochet was among the [[Autobot]] guards who tried to hold him back in vain. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-Stepper.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"Ricochet, you're in charge, because the colorblind Decepticons might think you're Jazz, who's much cooler."]]
A devastating [[nano-virus]] plagued the Earthbound Autobots, a plague that Headmasters or Targetmasters like Ricochet were mysteriously immune from. [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] charged Ricochet with leading a team of unafflicted Autobots to [[Nebulos]], where the supreme scientist [[Zella]] had crafted an antidote. Ricochet worried aloud that their departure would leave Autobot City vulnerable, but Perceptor assured him that it would be [[Drift (G1)|properly guarded]].

As Ricochet's team arrived on Nebulos, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] warned him he was having a bad feeling about all this. And sure enough, Kup's intuitions were correct, as an army of Decepticons led by [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] appeared via an inter-dimensional portal. The nano-virus was part of a larger plot to draw out the Headmasters and Targetmasters so that their Nebulan partners could be collected. As the Autobots concentrated their attacks on Straxus, Ricochet slipped through the battle to pick up Zella's antidote, blasting his way through [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in the process. By the time he returned with a cart full of the stuff, his Autobots had defeated the Decepticons.

The antidote was successful, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] personally thanked Ricochet for his brave efforts. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
{{-}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Stepper was one of the Autobots present on the disastrous campaign on [[Nebulos]]. He was partners with the Targetmaster Nightstick, until Nightstick, along with [[Fracas]], defected to the Decepticons. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Ricochet-(G1).jpg|thumb|400px|He shoots without Nightstick in vehicle mode!]]
Ricochet (G1) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character available to 100 leagues in the "Disaster: Code Blue" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===The Headmasters===
[[File:G1-toy Stepper.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Former holy grail.]]
*'''Stepper''' (Targetmaster, [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-109'''
**''Accessories:'' "Nebulon" Targetmaster partner, gun mount backpack
:A [[retool]] and [[redeco]] of the [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Jazz toy]], Stepper transforms into a 1976 Porsche 935 Turbo sports car. As a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]], he came with a smaller partner robot named [[Nebulon (Headmasters)|Nebulon]]. In gun mode, Nebulon could peg into Stepper's car mode spoiler, or could attach to a separate bracket that mounted over his robot mode shoulder. Stepper did not come with any of Jazz's accessories.

:As a late addition to the Japanese ''Headmasters'' series (he was a tail-ender release and was unlikely to have been on shelves for very long as stores would reset for the new [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|''Super-God Masterforce'' toyline]]) and one of the earliest Japanese-only Transformers, though Stepper was not ''particularly'' rare, he was perceived as such in the West. As such, for several years Stepper commanded top dollar on the secondary market... until the reissue (see below) pretty much iced that.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Cybertron/Stepper/stepper.htm More information on Ricochet at TFU.info]''
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===The Transformers Collection===
[[File:G1 Stepper reissue.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Modern heavily-discounted shelfwarmer.]]
*'''Stepper''' ([[2004]])
**''ID number:'' '''TFC-15'''
**''Accessories:'' "Nebulon" Targetmaster partner, gun mount backpack, rifle, missile launcher backpack, 3 missiles
: Stepper was reissued as part of Takara's ''[[The Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]'' series, and almost simultaneously by Hasbro in their [[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]] (see below). This version of the figure featured a bolstered arsenal that now included golden-chromed versions of Jazz's weapons; additionally, Nebulon was retooled with a slender peg extension to allow Stepper to actually hold him in his hand.

:The reissue also featured some small remolding, with the easily-broken plastic clasp that held Stepper's legs in being altered to a more sturdy pin and solid plastic holder combination. Also, the [[mold]] degradation that had plagued Jazz's head sculpt since the days of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]]—which had reduced his face to a distorted grimace—was finally amended, restoring the figure's original appearance. This restored tooling was subsequently used for the ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' reissue of Jazz.

:Unlike every other [[Generation 1 reissues|Generation 1 reissue]] up to that point, Stepper was initiated by Hasbro, to be released alongside their ''Commemorative Series'' release (see below). Even the sticker sheet uses Hasbro's ''Transformers'' logo.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Ricochet/ricochet.htm Transformers Collection Stepper at TFU.info]''
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===Commemorative Series===
[[File:G1-toy RicochetCommSeries.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|thunmb|Because Jazz wasn't black enough.]]
*'''Ricochet with Nightstick''' (2004)
**''Accessories:'' "Nightstick" Targetmaster partner, gun mount backpack, rifle, missile launcher backpack, 3 missiles
:[[Hasbro]] actually announced their reissue of Stepper prior to [[TakaraTomy|Takara]], finally christening him with the new English name of "Ricochet" seventeen years after his creation. Released as part of the ninth and final wave of [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' reissues, Ricochet shared all the modifications made to Takara's reissue, except that—as had previously been the case with Hasbro's [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|''Commemorative Series'' reissue of Jazz]]—his rifle and missiles were un-chromed black plastic, and both the missiles and launcher were elongated to standard [[for safety reasons|safety-regulation]] length.

:Ricochet was initially listed as "[[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys|Sunstreaker]]" in Canadian and Australian [[Toys"R"Us]] computers, leading to some confusion among fans. What's worse, the public Canadian Toys"R"Us website even illustrated their listing with a non-[[stock photography|official photo]] of the Generation 1 Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark!

:Amusingly enough, after years of demand by the fandom, Ricochet didn't sell particularly well at all. He was eventually sent to the "closeout" chain Tuesday Morning, where he could be purchased for $8 (original TRU price: $35). Japan saw similar clearance sales on its version.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Ricochet/ricochet.htm Commemorative Series Ricochet at TFU.info]''
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===Alternators===
[[File:Alternators Ricochet toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sadly, Ricochet's brilliant plan to score fembots by becoming a lifeguard failed miserably.]]
*'''Ricochet''' (Alternator, [[2006]])
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''20'''
**''Accessories:'' Intercooler/gun
:Part of the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' line's second, relaunched assortment, Ricochet is a [[redeco]] of ''Alternators'' [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Silverstreak]], who was retooled into [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Smokescreen]] (who in turn was released first for marketing reasons). Like Silverstreak, Ricochet's alternate mode is a [[licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]] Subaru Impreza WRX featuring opening doors, hood and trunk and a detailed interior. The intercooler becomes a hand-held (non-firing) weapon. Ricochet was among the first ''Alternators'' figures to feature a state-specific [[license plate]]; Ricochet is registered in [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]]. With his attitude, he'll fit right in.

:Though early official Hasbro [[stock photography|stock photos]] (including those printed on the underside of the packaging) depict Ricochet with a fully-gold face, the final product's nose is white for unknown reasons. Contrary to popular belief, it was not left unpainted, as his head is made out of black plastic.

:This sculpt was also retooled to make [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Binaltech Asterisk|Red Alert]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/AltRicochet/ricochet.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Ricochet at TFU.info]''
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===United===
[[File:Unitedtoy-Stepper.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|SWEET! Now where does the Targetmaster store?]]
*'''Stepper''' (Deluxe Class, [[2011]])
**''Accessories:'' Blaster, two speakers, [[Nebulon (Headmasters)|Nebulon]] Targetmaster
:Available only as a mail-away exclusive offered through ''[[Transformers Generations 2011]]'' Vol. 1, Stepper is a redeco of ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]], and includes Nebulon, a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Nightstick (G1)#Universe (2008)|Nightstick]]. He transforms from robot into a "street rally" sports car that looks like his original Porsche front-end wearing [[Jazz (Movie)|Pontiac Solstice]] headlights for a hat. Stepper has deployable speakers in both robot and vehicle mode, which can combine with his rifle via clips to form a super rifle or be used on any other [[C joint|clip-compatible]] ''Transformers'' toy.

:Stepper and Nebulon are the only ''United'' figures that retain their original Japanese names rather than being sold under their Hasbro-market names.

: This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Longarm (SG)#Timelines|Longarm]] and [[Stepper (SG)#Timelines|Stepper]], and the mold's alternate head was used to make [[Treadshot (SG)#Timelines|Treadshot]]. It was also retooled to make ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Wheelie (G1)#Generations|Wheelie]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Kick-Off (G1)#Timelines|Kick-Over]].
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===Generations===
[[File:Selects-Deluxe-Ricochet.jpg|300px|thumb]]
*'''Ricochet''' (Deluxe Class, [[2019]])
**''Accessories'': Blaster, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun
:Transforming into a Le Mans-like racing car [[Porsche#Porsche 962|subtly inspired by a Porsche 962]], ''[[Transformers: Generations#Selects|Selects]]'' Ricochet is a redceo of ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]], which reuses the wheels and combiner peg of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Drag Strip (G1)#Generations|Dragstrip]]. Ricochet can form a limb for any ''Combiner Wars''-style combiner (or become one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs).

:He comes with Prime Armor with a place for a [[Prime Master]], a [[Titan Master]], [[Enigma of Combination]], or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix core]], and can transform into a hand for a combiner. He also comes with a piece that can fill the gap in the Prime Armor or be held as a gun. To connect the armor, the grill portion of Ricochet's chest has two indents that fit the tabs on the "thumbs" when inserted at a slight angle. Curiously, Ricochet's engineering includes wrist swivels, but the panels molded underneath his forearms render them largely worthless. On another note, his Prime Armor was previously used for [[Moonracer (G1)#Generations|Moonracer]], [[Firestar (G1)#Generations|Novastar]], and [[Punch (G1)#Power of the Primes|Punch-Counterpunch]].
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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Robotheroesricochetpredaking.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Finally, someone to redeco every Jazz into.]]
*'''Ricochet vs Predaking''' (2-pack, [[2009]])
:A redeco of ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Autobot Jazz, Ricochet is a small [[super deformed]] figurine with articulated shoulders. He was only available in a two-pack with [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]].

:The United States release of this two-pack was canceled, but it was released in other markets such as Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/RHRicochet/ricochet.htm More information on Robot Heroes Ricochet at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Ricochet is a very rare example of a character who existed in Japan for many years—under the name "Stepper"—before making the jump to Hasbro markets, only gaining an English name ''well'' after the fact. As is TFWiki's policy, we use his English-market name throughout this article, though we do admit that it can sometimes feel a little... dishonest? ...given that he was known as "Stepper" all throughout the world for nearly twenty years. We no longer do the same for [[Nebulon (Headmasters)|his partner]] due to the unique complications with that matter.
*Stepper and Artfire's Targetmaster partners' names were switched from their [[Nightstick (G1)|English-language]] [[Fracas|counterparts]]. There has been some speculation among fans that "Stepper" and "Artfire" may have been switched as well; this is fueled by the fact that [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]], the Ricochet homage in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' franchise]], was named Artfire in Japan, not Stepper.
*Stepper’s Select Series toy had been “leaked” several months prior in Elita 1’s Power Of The Primes combiner mode art, with a “black Jazz” visible as one of the legs.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Stepper''' (ステッパー ''Suteppā'')

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Talk:Autorooper

2018-11-30T20:12:40Z

YourBestPal:

How is this a pun!? --[[User:Blue Spider|Blue Spider]] 20:02, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:In Japan, "auto" is pronounced "auto," but "trooper" is pronounce "toroopa." Cue the one great love of the Japanese people - jamming together two English words to produce a short-form equivalent - and you get "autoroopa," which unfortunately doesn't translate to English in any way that functionally preserves the word play. The title of the article is bascially the best that could be hoped for. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:28, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Lol I’ve been pronouncing it “autotrooper” instead of autorooper.
[[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]])
Shouldn't this be at "Autorooper"? That's the name on the box, and it's not really as if "Autrooper" is objectively better. "Autrooper" doesn't complete the "auto" part, and "Autorooper" relies on a mispelling of "trooper", so I'd say they're about equal, if not the fact that Autorooper is the one on the box. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 17:06, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
: See: [[Talk:Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Talk:Kiss_Players (franchise)]]
::I think this one's going to be subjective. Personally, I think the "Autrooper" version makes the pun work vastly better in English, since the "-orooper" pretty much kills any possibility of intuitively making "trooper" out of the word. An incomplete "auto", on the other hand, is still pretty recognizable.

::I do definitely recommend making Autorooper, Autolooper and Autrooper all redirect to the same entry, though, whatever is ultimately settled on.

:I can PRONOUNCE Autolooper. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 21:41, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
::"AW-troo-per". Or "OH-troo-per" if you want to pronounce it more like the Japanese version.

:Eh. I like "Autrooper" better for aesthetic reasons, but felt "Autorooper" had more official standing. Either one, I guess. As long as it isn't "Autolooper". That's simply awful. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 23:23, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

::Is there someine we can... '''ask'''? "Is this ''supposed'' to be Autotrooper?"-[[User:Derik|Derik]] 23:37, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Heh. Having fun there, Chris?
--[[User:Swift|Swift]] 23:27, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
:Oh, just a smidge. :) On a completely random whim I just happened to read the summary of the whole "Legion in Atari's tummy" thing, and I think something broke in my brain. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 23:42, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Interrobang, your edit is incorrect. See http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/kiss/kiss02_atari.html
:--[[User:Swift|Swift]] 02:08, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

We've got another Savleback/Deathzaras/Minerba thing that'll just go on forever here, don't we? Me, I'm gonna refer to them as "Awe Troopers" just because I can. :P --[[User:Nemesis Primal|Nemesis Primal]] 01:11, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

== Autotrooper divisions ==

Can we get a list of the Autotrooper devisions? I think they're based on the zodiac animals...? (I have no idea what those divisions would be though.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 13:08, 17 October 2006 (PDT)

:You watched Digimon season 3 and you don't know the Chinese Zodiac? Rat (or mouse in this case), horse, snake, tiger, rooster, dragon, monkey, rabbit, dog... sheep, pig, ox. The Devas. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 20:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

::But the Devas were just used to pad the storyline out, taking vital character development time away from Kazu and Kenta! -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

:I uploaded [[:Image:EDC_Zodiac.jpg|an image from Autorooper's box]] that shows the different zodiac signs and what districts they're assigned to. All in Japanese, though. [[User:Evan1975|Evan1975]] 04:31, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Blitzwing (BB)

2018-11-19T02:29:19Z

YourBestPal:

''Starscream ended being revealed to be in the movie after all''

I do not believe that this correct. The footnote sources it to the Empire article which has this to say:

''We're swiftly disabused of that notion thanks to a barrage of familiar faces including Decepticon premiereship players Shockwave, Starscream and Blitzwing, all in their original, first generation forms.''

This is obviously an incorrect take on the trailer, as Blitzwing is assuredly not there in his "original, first generation form." We therefore can't take the article's identification of Starscream as definitive, especially given that this isn't the first time we've seen a Starscream-looking dude in a trailer, and he turned out named something else. Note that Starscream is not mentioned in any of the article's direct quotes of Travis Knight. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 16:59, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
:I understand what you mean, but in the background of the Shockwave shot, we see a bot that looks different than Blitzwing, and has more similarities to Starscream. We can especially tell because the international trailer shows us Blitzwing's body. If this ends being Blitzwing ''too'' (for some reason) than sure. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 17:30, 25 September 2018 (EDT)

== Triple Changer? ==

I will admit I haven't been reading every article published for the movie, but when did they say Blitzwing was a Triple Changer? I'm not seeing a source, so...
:I think SDCC with an interview with Knight? I think? There is also the fact in the trailer, he is a jet and has a toy of him that is a tank, and the prequel comics having tank kibble on him... I think. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 17:02, 8 October 2018 (EDT)

==wrong guy?==
In the prequel comics, there is definitely a guy named blitzwing. I dont think he is the starscream looking guy in the trailer, for a few reasons. In the trailer, he has red bits, but in the comics he is all grey/brown. In the comics, he sports a noticeably different head design than in the trailer. In the comics, the tank tread kibble is on his back, jutting up enough to see, but in the trailer, you see no tank treads when the angle should be giving a good view of the treads. In place of the treads are thrusters in the trailer. His toy is colored closer to the comic version, which backs up the comic blitzwing and the movie seeker being different. The head design on the toy is similar, but noticeably different from the seeker in the trailer. The toy has a tidal wave style “mohawk” crest, but the one in the trailer doesnt. The 2 vents on top of the head also dont align with blitzwing and the seeker. Could they be two seperate entities? Please reply your thoughts below. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 21:08, 18 November 2018 (EST)
:Bumblebee doesn't look like his movie self either, what is your point? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:23, 18 November
2018 (EST)
Bumblebee looks like his Volkswagen design, as Far as I know [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 21:29, 18 November 2018 (EST)

Talk:Blitzwing (BB)

2018-11-19T02:08:39Z

YourBestPal:

==wrong guy?==
In the prequel comics, there is definitely a guy named blitzwing. I dont think he is the starscream looking guy in the trailer, for a few reasons. In the trailer, he has red bits, but in the comics he is all grey/brown. In the comics, he sports a noticeably different head design than in the trailer. In the comics, the tank tread kibble is on his back, jutting up enough to see, but in the trailer, you see no tank treads when the angle should be giving a good view of the treads. In place of the treads are thrusters in the trailer. His toy is colored closer to the comic version, which backs up the comic blitzwing and the movie seeker being different. The head design on the toy is similar, but noticeably different from the seeker in the trailer. The toy has a tidal wave style “mohawk” crest, but the one in the trailer doesnt. The 2 vents on top of the head also dont align with blitzwing and the seeker. Could they be two seperate entities? Please reply your thoughts below. [[User:YourBestPal|YourBestPal]] ([[User talk:YourBestPal|talk]]) 21:08, 18 November 2018 (EST)

''Starscream ended being revealed to be in the movie after all''

I do not believe that this correct. The footnote sources it to the Empire article which has this to say:

''We're swiftly disabused of that notion thanks to a barrage of familiar faces including Decepticon premiereship players Shockwave, Starscream and Blitzwing, all in their original, first generation forms.''

This is obviously an incorrect take on the trailer, as Blitzwing is assuredly not there in his "original, first generation form." We therefore can't take the article's identification of Starscream as definitive, especially given that this isn't the first time we've seen a Starscream-looking dude in a trailer, and he turned out named something else. Note that Starscream is not mentioned in any of the article's direct quotes of Travis Knight. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 16:59, 25 September 2018 (EDT)
:I understand what you mean, but in the background of the Shockwave shot, we see a bot that looks different than Blitzwing, and has more similarities to Starscream. We can especially tell because the international trailer shows us Blitzwing's body. If this ends being Blitzwing ''too'' (for some reason) than sure. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 17:30, 25 September 2018 (EDT)

== Triple Changer? ==

I will admit I haven't been reading every article published for the movie, but when did they say Blitzwing was a Triple Changer? I'm not seeing a source, so...
:I think SDCC with an interview with Knight? I think? There is also the fact in the trailer, he is a jet and has a toy of him that is a tank, and the prequel comics having tank kibble on him... I think. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 17:02, 8 October 2018 (EDT)

Blitzwing (BB)

2018-11-17T19:05:33Z

YourBestPal:

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Blitzwing}}
:''Blitzwing is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Bumblebee (franchise)|Bumblebee]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[File:BumblebeeMovie-Blitzwing-flies.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You thought I was [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], BUT IT WAS I, BLITZWING!]]

'''Blitzwing''' is a Decepticon [[Triple Changer]] who holds a grudge against [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].
==Fiction==
===''Bumblebee Movie Prequel''===
During the Great War, Blitzwing functioned as [[Diabla (BB)|Diabla]]'s handler during her stint as an Autobot spy, being the one who ultimately had her return to her faction. A later encounter with the Autobot [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] ended in a humiliated Blitzwing being left for dead and swearing revenge on the scout. Several thousand years later, Blitzwing made his way to [[Earth]] during the [[Cold War (history)|Cold War]] and fell under the command of [[Malignus (BB)|Malignus]].

In [[1964]], Blitzwing reunited with Bumblebee in [[London]] and eagerly began exacting his revenge. Unable to match the Triple Changer's strength, Bumblebee was forced to detonate a gas main and flee underground. The encounter with his thought-dead foe led to Bumblebee erroneously believing that Blitzwing was in charge of the Decepticon forces on Earth, only realizing his error when Blitzwing appeared among Malignus's troops. {{storylink|Energon Is Forever}}

Unfortunately, Malignus' master plan began going sideways when Diabla suddenly turned on the Decepticons by saving Bumblebee from a [[Sharkticon (BB)|Sharkticon]]. With [[Runabout (BB)|Runabout]] butchered by [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]] and [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|Astrotrain]] fleeing the battle out of disgust for Malignus' leadership, Blitzwing was the only one left to deal with the renegade Diabla. He was almost succeeded in killing her before Bumblebee tackled him, throwing off his aim and accidentally striking the nuclear warhead fired by Malignus. Blitzwing tried to use the chaos to fire at the unsuspecting Bumblebee only for [[P.R.O.G.R.A.M.M.E.]] agent [[David Reeve]] to warn his friend in time, the blast instead killing Dead End. Using Dead End's corpse as a shield, Blitzwing was able to survive the base's collapse and flew off into the night, being hunted by Bumblebee for the next two decades. {{storylink|From Cybertron with Love}}

===''Bumblebee'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[David Sobolov]] (English)}}
{{comingsoon|when=December 21,2018}}{{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
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==Toys==
===Energon Igniters===
[[File:Bumblebee-Energon-Igniters-Power-Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|300px|"The name's Lobo. That's L as in "Lacerate", O as in "Obliterate", B as in "disem- Bowel" and O as in, uh... Well, I guess I can use "Obliterate" twice, huh?"]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Power Series, 2018)
Blitzwing is a redeco of the Megatron figure in the energon igniters line. This figure is retooled to have a Starscreamy head, but the colours are very inaccurate to the bot’ seen in the trailer.
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==Notes==
*When the first trailer for the ''Bumblebee'' movie was released, pretty much every viewer assumed that this very ''very'' [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]-y looking Decepticon, who features many design and transformation elements lifted from the original Generation 1 [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] bodytype and the classic red and grey/white colours of the [[Starscream (G1)|original Starscream]]... was obviously friggin' Starscream. A synopsis for the film posted on the official Viacom blog even referred to the treacherous Decepticon by name<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/06/20/paramount-reveals-the-possible-identity-of-the-mysterious-seeker-from-transformers-bumblebee-movie-366024 "Paramount Reveals The Possible Identity Of The Mysterious Seeker From Transformers: Bumblebee Movie" - TFW2005.com]</ref>—only for the synopsis to be edited within hours to remove it. Director [[Travis Knight]] then stated at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018 that the Decepticon was, in fact, Blitzwing. Hmn. Yeah, we're as incredulous as you are. 
*Blitzwing was used as a "cover" name on concept art of [[Shockwave (Movie)|''Dark of the Moon'' Shockwave]].<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Bumblebee Decepticons]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]

Red Alert (Armada)

2018-11-17T16:27:49Z

YourBestPal:

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{{disambig3|Red Alert}}
:''Red Alert is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Redalertut.jpg|283px|thumb|Baby shark woo woo woo woo woo!]]

'''Red Alert''' was once a fierce warrior. It was not until he was seriously wounded, losing his hand permanently in battle, that he was able to sit back and realize how terrible war is. He is now a reluctant fighter, and somewhat emotionally detached, preferring to repair his friends than tear his enemies to shreds. This does not mean he is now a coward. To the contrary, when a fellow Autobot on the battlefield needs his immediate medical attention, he will be there no matter what it takes. He's a brilliant medic and scientist, but he's also extremely cautious.

His nominal [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], though during the search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, he was accompanied to [[Velocitron]] by [[Dirt Boss (Armada)|Dirt Boss]].

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
Red Alert cheered on [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s defeat of [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. During Galvatron's trip to prison, Red Alert alerted the transporting Autobots of an incoming [[Decepticon]]. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 4}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
[[File:DWArmada2 RedAlert filtrekshields.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Red Alert, all I'm hearing from you is '[[Pīpō|WOO WOO WOO WOO!]]'"]]
One million years ago, a new faction of Transformers, calling themselves "[[Decepticon]]s" attacked various [[Mini-Con]] villages on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for unknown, but most likely nefarious purposes. Red Alert was under [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s personal squad, sifting through the ruins of [[mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con Village C-52]] hoping to find survivors, though Red Alert was more interested in the fact that the Mini-Cons were using outdated [[Filtrek|Filtrek-A forceshields]]. What had happened to the Mini-Cons was that they had been forcibly re-engineered to "[[Powerlinx|powerlink]]" with the Decepticons, granting the [[bulk]]s increased power, which the Autobots learned first hand when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] attacked [[Cyber City]]. Realizing that they were no match for the Decepticons, Red Alert desperately asked Prime for orders. Knowing that they would be killed if they stayed, Optimus ordered a retreat. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

For a million years the civil war raged on, the once-proud Autobots struggled to defend themselves against the powerful, Mini-Con augmented Decepticons, who were in possession of Cybertron's only remaining Mini-Cons, the others having escaped at the beginning of the conflict. Hope came in the form of a Mini-Con Reactivation Signal detected by Cybertron's Decepticon-controlled communications satellites, which Red Alert was able to hack into. The Autobots resolved to travel to this distant world of [[Earth]] and resolved to fight for Truth, Justice and Freedom. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}}

[[File:DWArmada4 RedAlert Scavenger yourface.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"From now on, losing is verboten!"]]
Arriving on Earth at the [[Allspark Power Generator Station]], Red Alert attempted to communicate with the indigenous [[human]] species, asking for their help in finding the Mini-Cons, but only managing to frighten them off. [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] jokingly suggested it was because of his face. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticons had already arrived and were chasing after [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]'s group of Mini-Cons and their human friends, [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]. Just as [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] were about to jump Scavenger, Red Alert and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] arrived to outflank them. Eventually Megatron powerlinked with all of his Mini-Cons and gained the upper hand, but help came in the form of [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]'s group of Mini-Cons, who powerlinked with the Autobots. [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] linked with Red Alert, a chest-mounted disk launcher. At a tactical disadvantage, the Decepticons were forced to flee. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

The Autobots attacked the Decepticons after they'd captured Rad and Carlos, with Red Alert taking on Starscream and tricking him into knocking himself out on Smokescreen's crane. They were ultimately defeated by Megatron and captured, but escaped after the Mini-Con [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] had a change of heart and turned on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Armada Free Comic Book Day}} After establishing a base on Earth on the outskirts of [[Lincoln, South Dakota|Lincoln]], [[South Dakota]], Megatron attacked the human city with the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], the forcibly combined form of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]], to goad the Autobots to emerge from their hidden [[Autobase]]. Red Alert tried to contact the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] to no avail, and the Autobots realised the Autobot-allied Mini-Cons must have left earlier to infiltrate the Decepticon base at [[Silver Ridge]]. Despite the considerable tactical disadvantage, the Autobots emerged and fought off the Decepticons as best they could, Red Alert somehow gaining the ability to use his claw rifle without powerlinking with not-present [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]]. Fortunately just as Megatron was about to deal a fatal blow to Optimus Prime, Longarm and the Mini-Cons arrived, powerlinked with their respective Autobot partners, allowing the good guys to free the Air Defense Team and send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

[[File:DWArmada10 RedAlert HotShot VENTSURPRISE.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb]]
Soon afterwards, when Red Alert was looking in on the Mini-Cons, he discovered that they had vanished. Again. He thought that as they were free to come and go as they pleased, perhaps they needed some time to cool off after Optimus Prime admonished them for disobeying his orders during the Air Defense Team incident. The Autobots received an answer to the mystery when local news networks reported strange lights in [[Tranquility, Kansas|Tranquility]], [[Kansas]]. Racing there in a [[Autobot shuttle|shuttle]], they discovered that the Mini-Cons were being subconsciously drawn to a strange obelisk. Unfortunately, the Decepticons were there as well and a fight quickly broke out, but as they fought, the Mini-Cons (and Rad) were taken into the obelisk and it blasted off to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} With the shuttle destroyed, Optimus Prime prepared to use the [[space bridge]] to go back to Cybertron and retrieve specialised equipment needed to fly to the Moon, but the Decepticon sensors had to be neutralised before he could do so without compromising security. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Hot Shot and Red Alert infiltrated the Decepticon base at Silver Ridge, knocked out [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] and erased the space bridge trace data of Prime travelling to Cybertron. Unfortunately, just before Prime returned, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] returned to Silver Ridge, forcing Red and Hot Shot to hide inside a wall panel. Determined not to let the Decepticons learn of their secret Autobase locations on both Earth and Cybertron, Red Alert and Hot Shot blasted the hapless Decepticons and destroyed their computer. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

[[File:DWArmada13 Prime RedAlert.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Doctor, we need your help defusing this atom bomb!" "OPEN THAT SLAG UP!"]]

After the crisis on the moon was diverted, Red Alert picked up an emergency transmission from Smokescreen and Scavenger, who had detected a Decepticon rocket launch pad in Death Valley, [[California]]. At the same time, a Mini-Con escape pod from the moon was detected in [[Alaska]], and Optimus Prime, needing to play politics to keep the Mini-Con refugees on side, decided to deploy the Autobots to the icy north. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} Arriving in Alaska, Red Alert and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] were tasked with cutting the ice that entombed the escape pod with their [[sonic cannon]] while the other Autobots and Mini-Cons defended the area from the Decepticons. Unfortunately, at this moment Megatron attacked the Autobot shuttle with his [[Solar Scalpel]], an orbital superweapon launched from the rocket base in Death Valley. As if they weren't having enough problems, an-over-powerlinked [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] attacked, forcing Hot Shot and Red Alert to intercept. The two Autobots were flattened by the overpowered Cyclonus, until Optimus Prime stepped in and crushed the Decepticon's chest. With the Solar Scalpel destroyed by the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], rescue operations recommenced. Suddenly, Optimus Prime vanished. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}

[[File:WorldsCollide2 RedAlert hit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]

Returning to Autobase: Earth via space bridge, Red Alert and the others discovered that while Optimus Prime didn't return to their base, they did have ''an'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. While the Mini-Cons postulated that he may be from another dimension, Red Alert did his best to stabilize the mysterious Autobot's condition. Sadly, the Prime briefly reactivated to warn them of the "walls" of reality crumbling and that "chaos" was coming, before expiring. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} With the arrival of the dimension-crossing Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], the Autobots got some clues into what happened to "their" Optimus Prime and the means to search for him throughout the [[multiverse]]. Red Alert and Longarm returned to the scene of Over-Run's appearance on Earth, but could not find his [[null-reality pod]], as it had been seized by the Decepticons. Unfortunately, this search for Optimus Prime prompted Megatron to lead an assault on Autobase: Earth, blowing up the computer in the unwitting Red Alert's face as he was using it. With Optimus missing, Red Alert assumed command and ordered the Autobots to roll out, but the Autobots were swiftly defeated. Red Alert was knocked unconscious by Starscream, but Megatron demanded the right to strike the final blow. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}}

[[File:DWArmada18 TheEnd Autobots Smokescreen.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|"What's the diagnosis?" "There are deep lacerations in the sternum- WHERE ALIENS HAVE TAKEN OVER HIS BODYYYY!!" "HOO-WHAAAAAAAT?!"]]

The Autobots were inadvertently saved from a fate exactly the same as death when a [[Galvatron (G1)|mysterious, powerful Cybertronian]] appeared and took the Decepticons apart, though the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]] were forced to intervene to prevent the being from defeating Megatron. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} After the Decepticons limped away, a seriously-trashed Red Alert reported to Optimus Prime (who had been rescued and was now on Autobase: Cybertron) on the bad condition of the Earthside Autobots, in particular Smokescreen. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

With this in mind, those who survived Megatron's attack were less-than-pleased when they learned of Optimus Prime's alliance with the Decepticons to defeat [[Unicron]], the Chaos Bringer and eater of worlds. To prevent a fight from breaking out on Earth, Optimus sent them ahead to Autobase: Cybertron, where its less-damaged facilities could be used to save Smokescreen's life. However, Red Alert and the others still thirsted for revenge against Megatron, and assigned [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] to keep an eye on him. When Megatron isolated himself from the other Transformers by landing on Unicron in the hopes of striking a deal with the Choas Bringer, they attacked, sending the Decepticon leader into Unicron's depths as it disappeared from this reality. {{storylink|The End}}
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====''Energon'' comic====
While Optimus Prime waited for a meeting with the High Council, Red Alert, Scavenger and [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] were seen travelling on a highway in the center of [[Cyber City]]. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} Red Alert later returned to Earth in response to the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] attacks on four major cities, {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} being stationed in [[Toronto]] where he had to withstand [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebombs]] as well as [[Beachcomber (Energon)|Beachcomber]]'s puns. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Dobson]] (English), [[Ikuya Sawaki]] (Japanese)|[[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German), [[Stefan Berglund]] (Swedish), [[Ettore Zuim]] (Portuguese - Brazilian), [[Guillaume Orsat]] (French), [[Jyrki Kovaleff]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:Base redalert newgun.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Let's go practice medicine"]]
Red Alert and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] were old comrades in the war over the [[Mini-Con]]s on Cybertron, with Red securing victory for his leader many times through his dedication to careful planning and preparation. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} When a beacon from the planet [[Earth]] reached Cybertron in [[2010]], alerting the Autobots and Decepticons to the awakening of the long-missing [[Mini-Con]]s on the far-off world, Red Alert journeyed there with Optimus and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] to investigate. Teleporting to the planet's surface at the same time as the Decepticons, Red immediately engaged [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], protecting the Mini-Con [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the humans he had befriended from the Decepticon. The villains were driven off, but soon returned to menace the humans and their Mini-Con friends again, and Red—now sporting an ambulance [[alternate mode]]—and the Autobots came to their rescue once more. {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Armada)|Metamorphosis}} Red and Hot Shot shielded their new allies against a blast from [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], which yielded great reward: the explosion unearthed two Mini-Con stasis panels, which Red and Hot Shot activated, gaining new Mini-Con partners of their own. [[Powerlinx]]ing with [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], Red Alert obtained a new laser gun, with which he blasted [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. The Decepticons withdrew, and the Autobots set about the business of constructing a base on Earth out of the Mini-Con's crashed [[Exodus (Armada)|ship]]; after helping explain Cybertronian history to the kids, Red Alert gifted them with a protector in the form [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]]. {{storylink|Base}}
[[File:Soldier redalert disklauncher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Save the rainbow. Taste the rainbow.]]
On a mission to track down the signal of a Mini-Con panel in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]], Red Alert partnered up with [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]]. After some off-roading fun to kick things off, the pair soon got lost and Carlos quickly got tired of Red Alert's humorless personality, but when the Decepticons attacked, Carlos had an up-close view of Red Alert's battle prowess as the medic used a grappling line to evade attacks from Demolishor. {{storylink|Comrade}} Hot Shot also expressed discontent with the officious Red Alert after he scolded him for not pulling his weight, but Red was soon to prove his value to the young Autobot while in [[Antarctica]]: in addition to quickly repairing Optimus Prime's malfunctioning trailer, Red saved Hot Shot's life by taking out [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] with his grapple, saved him ''again'' by clonking Megatron with his disk launcher, saved the ''kids'' from falling to their doom with his disk, ''and'' snatched the Mini-Con panel out of Starscream's hands! {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}}
[[File:Carnival redalert and longarm.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|If you don't leave me alone, I will obtain the rights to make an eighth Rocky movie...and I know you don't want that.]]
While searching for a Mini-Con in a forest, Red Alert was the one who deduced that Optimus's trailer could be used to fight a forest fire. {{storylink|Jungle}} He later supervised maintenance work on the Autobot base, {{storylink|Carnival}} and accompanied his team-mates on a mission to the [[Sahara]]. This mission ended with yet another Mini-Con under the Decepticons' control. {{storylink|Palace}} Red Alert was furious when the Decepticons captured their human allies, and had to be physically restrained by Optimus from attacking Megatron as he ransomed the humans for the Autobots' Mini-Cons, but things turned out okay thanks to the efforts of [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] and [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]]. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

After working with a disinterested Hot Shot to continue salvaging what they could from the Mini-Con ship, Red joined in searching the caverns beneath a human city for the next Mini-Con, puzzling train passengers by driving through subway tunnels in his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} Later, looking for a Mini-Con at the bottom of the ocean, Red helped keep the Decepticons busy while the kids explored the ruins of an undersea civilisation, and carried Carlos to safety when the ruins began to collapse. {{storylink|Ruin}} The Decepticons succeeded in obtaining both these Mini-Cons, but Red Alert finally scored a win for the Autobots when he used his grapple to secure a panel on a volcanic island. The Autobots found they couldn't awaken this Mini-Con, causing Red to wonder aloud about the mysterious nature of the little 'bots, and the legends he had heard that they were the key to peace in the universe. {{storylink|Prehistory}} [[File:Gale redalert altmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]] As it turned out, the Mini-Con was part of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword, and required its two partners—one currently in the hands of the Decepticons—in order to awaken. The Decepticons soon invaded the Autobot base to bring the sword together, and Red Alert unleashed the base's defense systems on them. When this put their human allies in danger they turned to more tricky tactics, and Red took Starscream out of the equation with the confusing powers of a hall of mirrors. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

With the Star Saber successfully formed an in Autobot hands, Red Alert found the time to tinker, upgrading Laserbeak so that the kids would be able to direct him across greater distances. {{storylink|Overmatch}} He encouraged Hot Shot to train harder with the weapon, then partook in a search for a Mini-Con on a busy highway, helping Optimus hold off Starscream. The Autobots won the day thanks to the arrival of the mysterious [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]; Red was unsure if the newcomer was entirely trustworthy, but considered the search for the Mini-Cons of greater import. {{storylink|Gale}} As it turned out, Red Alert was right: Sideways soon changed sides to the Decepticons, and lured Hot Shot—who had, as Red feared, placed too much confidence in the Star Saber—into a battle on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Hot Shot lost the sword to the Decepticons, and was returned to Earth, where Red tended to his wounds. {{storylink|Credulous}}
[[File:DecisiveBattle redalert gunarm.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Dead or alive, you're coming with me!"]]
On a mission to a foggy forest, Red Alert and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] battled Starscream and Demolishor, after which Red was tasked with using his grapple to recover a Mini-Con panel from a cliff-face, only to be foiled by Cyclonus. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Soon after, the Autobots were joined by former Decepticon [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]], who Red Alert defended to the distrustful Smokescreen and kids by explaining his long-standing friendship with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}} Red and Smokescreen supervised the kids when they went on vacation to the countryside, but when a flash-flood swept the area, Red, Carlos and a young boy named [[Shaun]] were buried in a mudslide. Unable to transform with the local news network present, Red Alert had to wait to be dug out by Smokescreen, Optimus and Scavenger, after which he used his grapple to get them all to safety. {{storylink|Vacation}}

On another Mini-Con search, Red Alert tried to snipe Demolishor as he made a grab for the newest stasis panel, but was stopped by Cyclonus. The Mini-Con was recovered by the newest Autobot, [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]], and Red backed him up when he and Hot Shot took point on the next Mini-Con hunt. Unfortunately, this mission ended in failure for the Autobots, and the Decepticons acquired control of the Skyboom Shield. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Red Alert later took part in a decisive battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, taking out Sideways with a single well-aimed blast. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}} He stayed at base for the next battle, but was on hand to repair Optimus's injuries after the fight was over. {{storylink|Vow}} When Sideways sucked the kids into cyberspace, Red Alert managed to extricate them before an evil force within the the digital realm was able to do them any harm. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}} He then put a firewall in place to prevent further incidents, and remained at the base to observe the Autobots next mission alongside the kids. {{storylink|Tactician}} Optimus Prime was badly injured in this encounter, and Red Alert conducted the extensive repairs needed while the other Autobots went into another battle without them. The battle went badly, and Red prepared to join his comrades in action until Optimus forcibly removed himself from the medibay against Red's recommendation and helped win the day. {{storylink|Linkup}}
[[File:Detection redalert bossing around.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Show me your moves!"]]
In another moment of downtime, Red Alert again supervised repairs to the Autobot base, but got fed up of nobody really knowing what they were supposed to be doing and finished the job himself. {{storylink|Detection}} Red stayed at the base with the kids, spectating over a monitor, while the rest of the Autobots enaged the Decepticons and their newest member [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]. While the boys went off to search for a Mini-Con panel that activated somewhere in the bowels of the ship, Red and Alexis were contacted by Sideways and informed that the new panel contained one of the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], who formed the third Mini-Con weapon, the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} When the boys returned with the Mini-Con, [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]], Red Alert took them to the battlefield, and was subsequently injured shielding them from Decepticon fire. His selfless action convinced the timid Sky Blast to act, and he sent out a call that awoke the other two components of the Requiem Blaster. The Space Mini-Con Team combined, and the weapon wound up in Optimus Prime's hands, ensuring an Autobot victory. {{storylink|Desperate}}

[[File:Regeneration redalert repairs smokescreen.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
The Autobots called a meeting to determine what to do with the Requiem Blaster, and Red agreed with the other Autobots who voted to put it to aggressive use. Overhearing this decision, the kids helped the pacifistic Space Team run away, and Red joined the other Autobots in searching for them. {{storylink|Runaway}} Understanding the Space Team's feelings, the Autobots decided not to employ the blaster in battle, so Red Alert and Smokescreen stayed behind at the Autobot base to safeguard the trio while the rest of the team went on their next mission. Unfortunately, the Decepticons staged a feint operation that allowed them to attack the under-manned base, overpowering Red Alert, seizing the Requiem Blaster, and fatally wounding Smokescreen with its power. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} Luckily, Red went to work on Smokescreen quickly, saving his [[Spark]] and rebuilding his body anew, giving him new life as "Hoist". {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}}

Once again, Red Alert remained behind while the other Autobots, acting on information from a turncoat Starscream, invaded the Decepticon base and liberated their captive Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Rescue}} He checked over Starscream's wounds when the Decepticon returned from a later mission to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} then joined in the effort to construct a [[Axalon (Armada)|new starship]] for the Autobots, making sure to keep the others on-project in his usual straightforward way. Before the ship was finished, however, Starscream defected back to the Decepticons, allowing them to gain control of all the Mini-Con weapons {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}} and form the [[Hydra Cannon]], with which they threatened to destroy Earth. Red analyzed the Decepticon weapon from afar, but ultimately it took Optimus Prime sacrificing his life to destroy it. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}}
[[File:Miracle grinning red.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Nice shooting, son. What's your name?" "It's Murphy."]]
With Optimus's death, the mantle of leadership fell to a conflicted Hot Shot, and Red Alert helped—though some aggression therapy—to convince him to take the title. {{storylink|Remorse}} The Autobots proceeded to complete their ship, the ''Axalon'', to pursue the Decepticons, but it fell to Red Alert to inform the kids that they would not be joining the Autobots on the journey. While Red was running final checks on the bridge, however, the Mini-Cons swarmed the room, blocking his access to the consoles in a silent protest that convinced the Autobots allow the humans to join them. {{storylink|Depart}} Red helped pilot the Autobot ship when it subsequently took off; a space battle with the Decepticons resulted in short order, during which the Mini-Cons used their powers to resurrect Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Miracle}}
[[File:Puppet redalert blackhole.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|I am fully charged!]]
No sooner were they reuinted with Prime than a worm hole opened in space alongside the Autobots' craft, sucking Red Alert and Hot Shot into its depths. The pair were disgorged on a strange, dead planet where they and a trio of Decepticons found themselves menaced by a sinister clone of Optimus Prime named [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]. While Optimus Prime soon arrived to dispatch his dark doppelgänger, Red, Hot Shot and the Decepticons all sustained serious injuries, but were saved by their partner Mini-Cons, who used their powers to heal their wounds, [[spontaneous recoloration|changing the color]] of their armor. {{storylink|Puppet}}

Both factions returned to Cybertron, and during the first battle back on their homeworld, Red Alert and [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] remained aboard the ''Axalon'' to protect the kids and Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} A little later, Red caught Hot Shot in the act as he was preparing to depart on an unsanctioned solo mission. Learning that Hot Shot was aiming to make contact with Megatron—now Galvatron—in hopes of uniting the two factions against the danger posed by the emerging [[Unicron]], Red let him go. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}} While Hot Shot was off on his mission, Red Alert helped co-ordinate troop movements across Cybertron, {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} recommending the deployment of backup for Hot Shot as his mission took him underground on the trail of Unicron. {{storylink|Portent}}

[[File:Puppet powerlinx redalert.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

Red Alert remained aboard the ''Axalon'' with the kids for the next battle, which concluded with the Autobots and Decepticons finally agreeing to combine forces in the face of Unicron's threat. {{storylink|Cramp}} Red stood by Optimus Prime's side for the impromptu ceremony that saw the two armies formally unite, then took part in the first strike against Unicron before withdrawing to the ''Axalon'' to watch the demi-god's transformation from Cybertron's moon to titantic robot. {{storylink|Alliance}} When the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] informed them that the key to stopping Unicron was to free the three Mini-Con weapons powering him, Red Alert brought them and the kids to the underground warp-gate previously discovered by Hot Shot that would teleport them inside Unicron's body. Tremors caused by the battle raging outside caused the subterreanean tunnel to collapse, but Red shielded the kids and Mini-Cons and got them through the portal before he was buried in the subsidance. {{storylink|Union}} He soon extricated himself from the cave-in and returned to the surface, horrified at the devastation. {{storylink|Origin}} Red Alert participated in the final attack on Unicron that culminated in the chaos bringer's apparent destruction when Galvatron sacrificed himself, robbing Unicron of the hatred needed for him to exist. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}
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=====Alternate timeline=====
In a timeline where the Cybertronians' conflict never left their home planet, the Mini-Cons' influence on the Autobots and Decepticons subjugated the larger robots. Red Alert and the rest of his kind were left entangled in a semi-organic growth spawned from Unicron's cells, and were shut down by Unicron's power. Carlos, Alexis, and Rad appeared before him, visitors from another time, and beheld Red Alert's inert form before shooting off into time once more, eventually leading to Red Alert's fate being prevented. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}
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====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Dobson]] (English), [[Yasuyuki Kase]] (Japanese)|[[Robert Kotulla]] (German), [[Stefan Berglund]] (Swedish), [[Samuel Harjanne]] (Finnish, eps. 1 - 39), [[Jari Salo]] (Finnish, "[[Fury (Cybertron)|Fury]]" onwards)}}
[[File:Landmine redalert robotmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Twenty years after the war for the Mini-Cons ended, Red Alert—having gained a [[Accent|new accent]] somewhere in the intervening two decades—was assigned to a remote station to monitor the activity of a colossal [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] created by the destruction of Unicron. From this location, he reported in on the destruction of the planet [[Moriturus]]. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} With the black hole threatening Cybertron itself, Optimus Prime led the Autobots in evacuating to Earth, but Red remained at his station, preparing a [[gravitron grid]] that could hopefully be used to collapse the black hole in upon itself. Teleconferencing with Prime's forces on Earth for the grid's activation, Red Alert found that his efforts had sadly been in vain, as the grid proved unable to combat the black hole's force. Ancient Transformer [[Vector Prime]] urged that the lost [[Cyber Planet Key]]s held the key to stopping the singularity, and while the other Autobots were uncertain, Red Alert spoke up on his behalf, convincing Prime's team to focus their full efforts on locating the Keys. {{storylink|Hidden}}
[[File:Rush redalert helps brakedown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Red Alert soon joined his fellow Autobots on Earth, arriving just in time to help [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] reinforce the [[Autobot]]s during their conflict outside a museum. A relic from within the museum yielded up the coordinates to the resting place of the first Cyber Planet Key, [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet. Red Alert was sent there along with Hot Shot on a covert mission to locate the key, though Red was not too happy at the prospect of a secret mission with the impetuous younger Autobot. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}} Red Alert could see little point in the race-centric society of Velocitron, but was instead far more interested to observe the Velocitronians' unique [[Cyber Key]]s. In accordance with Optimus's instructions, he tried to keep Hot Shot from interacting with the natives, but their mission was barely underway before Hot Shot had disobeyed and intervened in a local dispute. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} With non-interference now a dead prospect, Red helped Hot Shot defeat local bullies [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]], then checked over their injured victim, [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]]. Initially attempting to pose as native Velocitronians, the pair were found out by Brakedown's young friend [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] when he overheard Red Alert giving Hot Shot a dressing down for his insubordination. With Clocker's aid, the pair were brought before planet leader [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], who offered them information if Hot Shot could beat her in a race; he failed to do so, but Red accused him of racing for his own ego, rather than for the mission. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}
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After Hot Shot blew his systems in his next race with Override, Red Alert went scavenging for parts in a junkyward, where he was attacked by Crumplezone and Ransack, who had fallen in with the Decepticons. Although he was able to overpower them, Red was felled with ease by their commanding officer, Starscream. {{storylink|Speed}} Red recovered, but his disposition was not helped by the experience, as he continued to lambast Hot Shot for putting himself ahead of the mission, causing the pair to almost come to blows. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}} Nonetheless, Red refrained from confessing their breach of protocol to Optimus Prime when he next reported on their progress. He observed Crumplezone and Ransack beating up [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]], and overcame his reluctance to intervene, but was fortunately prevented from having to do so by the arrival of Override. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}
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With the [[Planet Cup]] about to start—the race which would determined the leader of Velocitron and conferred upon its winner possession of the world's Cyber Planet Key—Red Alert summoned Optimus Prime to the Speed Planet. {{storylink|Ship}} Forced to confess their failure to follow his orders upon Prime's arrival, Red Alert explained the situation, and Prime excused their actions after seeing Override's obstinacy for himself. Red himself participated in the opening heat of the Planet Cup, helping Hot Shot overcome a mechanical hiccup that prevented him from accelerating by dragging him along in his slipstream. {{storylink|Hero (episode)|Hero}} Red and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] guarded Hot Shot's rear for the rest of the race, and despite Decepticon interference, Red progressed to the second heat. {{storylink|Race}} Racing took its toll on the pair during this round of the contest, they dropped out to help put out fires Decepticon meddling had caused. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}}
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During training for the next leg of the Planet Cup, Red Alert relayed a distress call from Overhaul on the [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]] to Optimus, and gave voice to the theory he had formed based on observing the Velocitronians' Cyber Keys that the Transformers had been shaped in different ways by the Cyber Planet Keys. {{storylink|Savage}} Red was a spectator for the next race, discovering stowaway Mini-Cons [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] in the crowd. {{storylink|Sand}} In preparation for the final round of the cup, Red had bad news for Hot Shot: the stress on his system from the races so far would require a passenger to ride with him to constantly modify his system. He achieved victory with [[Coby Hansen]]'s help and won the Autobots their first Cyber Planet Key, though this didn't stop Red from good-naturedly ribbing him on the winner's platform. {{storylink|Champion}} When the key was inserted into the [[Omega Lock]], it emitted a signal that Red and the other Autobots followed to the [[Arctic]], though their search for whatever it was pointing the way to was fruitless. {{storylink|Ice}}
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After having some of the damage he had sustained during his Velocitronian adventures repaired by Coby, {{Storylink|Honor}} Red Alert put his own repair skills to work giving Optimus Prime a tune-up so that he could battle [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], leader of Jungle Planet. {{storylink|Primal (Cybertron)|Primal}} Prime won ownership of Jungle Planet's Cyber Planet Key, and Red Alert and all the other Autobots [[space bridge]]d to Jungle Planet to help fight off Megatron when he tried to steal it. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} The addition of this key to the Omega Lock again directed the Autobots to the Arctic, but Red stayed behind at base while Prime led a small team to investigate. {{storylink|Trap}} Prime's team was trapped in an avalanche caused by the emergence of the Arctic mystery—ancient Decepticons hidden in stasis who had been freed by Starscream—so Red Alert and the other Autobots sped to their rescue, digging them out so they could take the fight to their new enemies. When Optimus was injured in the subsequent fight, Red Alert called retreat so he could tend to his leader's wounds. {{Storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Seeing no recourse but to retreat to Cybertron with the Omega Lock, the Autobots attempted to leave, but were systematically cut down in their escape attempt by Starscream; Red fell alongside Landmine as the renegade Decepticon smashed through their Cyber Key powers. {{storylink|Retreat}}
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With the Omega Lock in Starscream's clutches, the Autobots had to focus their efforts on recovering it from his island base, only to be stymied by a battle with Megatron at [[Niagara Falls]]. Red Alert, Hot Shot and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] faced off against the Decepticon leader and were mowed down by his "Death Machine Gun". {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Vector Prime transported the grievously wounded trio to a nearby military base where their human allies began trying to repair them, but Red Alert insisted they were too damaged to save. [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] refused to take accept his fatalism, and as Hot Shot and Scattorshot announced their desire to keep living and fighting, he realized how shamefully he was acting. Their hearts [[Burning justice|burning for justice as one]], the three Autobots were able to tap into the power of the Omega Lock from afar, and were reformatted into powerful new forms, becoming the [[Cybertron Defense Team]]. They returned to Niagara Falls to resume their battle with Megatron, allowing Optimus to depart to track the energy surge from the Lock that had reformatted them to Starscream's secret island base. {{storylink|Critical}} After Megatron was repelled, Red Alert and his new team joined the battle on Starscream's island, from which they were sent back to Cybertron to clear the way for the impending arrival of the recovered Omega Lock, {{storylink|Assault}} riding the unstable space bridge with the help of Coby, Lori and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]]. Upon reaching the planet, they discovered it infested with insectoid [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} and set about exterminating them. [[File:Balance red scans jolt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]] {{storylink|United}} Just after they got through wiping them out, the team were confronted with Megatron once more and leapt to battle him, but were easily repulsed by his energy aura. Instead, they just stood back and watched as Optimus Prime appeared to destroy Megatron with the Omega Lock, then used the Lock's power to transform Cybertron into the body of their god and creator [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}}

After communion with Primus revealed that the fourth and final Cyber Planet Key lay on [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet, First Aid scanned [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]]'s memory banks to uncover the co-ordinates of the planet, which lay in another dimension. {{storylink|Balance}} When Jolt, the other Mini-Cons and the kids were snatched by [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] to gain the same info, Red Alert helped Vector Prime trace their whereabouts, {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} eventually locating them on Starscream's starship, the ''[[Atlantis]]''. Red and Scattorshot joined Vector Prime in warping to the ship to rescue their stranded friends. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

[[File:Cyb ep38 this may sting.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Ze healing is not as rewarding as ze hurting."]]

In preparation for the dimensional crossing required to reach Gigantion, Red Alert studied Optimus Primes's [[Matrix of Leadership]] and Vector Prime's [[Rhisling|sword]] and distilled a stabilizing "vaccine" from them that would allow the Autobots to endure the reality flux the crossing would subject them. {{storylink|Family}} Red helped to co-ordinate the distribution of Primus's energy so that the god could fend off an attack from Starscream, {{storylink|Titans}} then administered his vaccine to the other Autobots as they readied for departure aboard the ''[[Ogygia (Cybertron)|Ogygia]]''. While travelling between dimension, the ''Ogygia'' had its main engine damaged by the ''Atlantis'', but Red Alert and Coby's combined mechanical skills fixed it in the nick of time. {{storylink|Warp}}

Red Alert and the other Autobots proceeded to make contact with native Gigantions and explained their mission, {{storylink|Giant}} but were soon served their first major defeat on the planet when they were bested by Megatron, who had become Galvatron again through the power of the Cyber Planet Key. {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} After Red helped to rescue Bud from the ''Atlantis'', the Autobots divided into teams to work their way towards the centre of the many-layered planet, where the Cyber Planet Key lay. {{storylink|City}}[[File:Challenge redalert cyberkeypower.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]] Red Alert and his Cybertron Defense Teammates took one route together, overcoming the illusions of Sideways and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], {{storylink|Challenge}} besting [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]], but again falling before the might of Galvatron. {{Storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} They recovered in time to join the other Autobots in battle on the planet's lowest level, besting Galvatron and securing the Cyber Planet Key. {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} Galvatron soon returned to seize the complete set of keys, cutting Red and the other Autobots down in the process and leaving them stranded on Gigantion with no way back to their universe. {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} Red Alert and Scattorshot handled the programming side of things as the Autobots attempted to create a new space bridge to return home, but the endeavor met with failure, forcing Vector Prime to sacrifice himself using his powers over space and time to return his allies to Cybertron. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}}

Upon their return to their homeworld, Red Alert, Hot Shot and Scattorshot engaged the Decepticons in battle to allow Optimus Prime to tussle with Galvatron. {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} Galvatron then used the Cyber Planet Keys to enlarge his Decepticons to giant size, and the Cybertron Defense Team joined in the effort to take on [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], allowing Prime to pursue Galvatron and reclaim the keys. {{storylink|End}} Primus subsequently sealed the black hole, and Red Alert turned his attention to helping in the construction of planetary engines that would move the displaced Jungle Planet back to its proper orbit. He was among the assembled Cybertronians who helped right the engines when they were damaged, saving Jungle Planet, then gathered on Cybertron's moon with his comrades to watch Optimus Prime's final battle with Galvatron. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

With the war over, the Autobots embarked on a mission to build a new space bridge across the galaxy, linking all their worlds together. Red Alert was among the crew of the ''Atlantis'', ever by Optimus Prime's side. {{storylink|Beginning}}
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====''Cybertron'' comic====
Several months after the end of the war, Red Alert and other comrades of Optimus Prime met with a group of Autobots responsible for fighting off [[Unicron]] and saving the [[Mini-Con]] colonies while Prime's team was busy with the whole Cyber Planet Key business. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
During the war, Red Alert suffered a terrible injury that nearly killed him. This near-death experience taught him to value life in all its forms. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Red Alert's profile}} During one of his many battles on Cybertron, Red Alert defended the main Autobot headquarters from a Decepticon attack alongside [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]]. When it was revealed that angry Mini-Cons planned to bomb the base, he and the others retreated. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}} A few million years later, Red Alert participated in another battle with the Decepticons, but ended up retreating again as the enemy's Mini-Con augmentations rendered them too powerful. He wondered where the Mini-Cons who escaped from Cybertron had disappeared to, but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] told him it was best if nobody ever found out. {{storylink|First Encounter!}}

But it was not to be. Just a short while later, a Mini-Con reactivation beacon reached Cybertron, and the Autobots tracked it to [[Earth]] to protect the Mini-Cons from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. While Red Alert and the others were outgunned by the Decepticons at first, the Mini-Cons pitched in and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] joined with Red Alert, allowing him to shoot down [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}} After the Decepticons were chased off, the Autobots stood watch as the Mini-Cons and their new [[human]] friends made their way into some small caves. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} They later decided that the best way to keep the Mini-Cons safe was to send them back to Cybertron, so Red Alert prepared a [[space bridge]] for them. In the end, the Mini-Cons refused to leave their friends, and a Decepticon attack wrecked the space bridge anyway.
{{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}}

Alongside Hot Shot and Optimus Prime, Red Alert later helped save the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]] from Starscream. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|Devices and Desires!}} When the Autobots learned that the Decepticons were planning to nuke their base from the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Red Alert despaired that their space bridge was still offline, so they couldn't prepare a counteroffensive. Thankfully, Hot Shot managed to repair the bridge and used it to send the missiles straight back at the Decepticons. Not Red Alert the scientist, but ''Hot Shot''. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}}

===The Balance of Power===
Red Alert and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] were entrusted with a mission to track down an ancient Mini-Con relic deep in Decepticon territory. The duo ran afoul of [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] and numerous [[Decepticlone]]s backing him up, forcing Red Alert to send out a distress signal. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]] arrived to bolster their firepower in short order, which in turn drew [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] into the conflict. Though Red Alert was willing to do battle with the Decepticon leader himself, Optimus told him to stand down, so he could take on Megatron on his own. As the two leaders clashed, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] uncovered the artifact and activated it, and a portal opened, leading to the Mini-Cons' hiding place. The Decepticons flung themselves into the portal, and the Autobots followed them... to Earth. The search for the Mini-Cons began in earnest on this new world. {{storylink|The Balance of Power}}
{{note|This comic was written as a tie-in to the [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' video game]], but its details differ from the introduction seen in the game itself. [[#PS2|See below]] for Red Alert's role in the game.}}

===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
Red Alert was one of the Autobots teleported to Earth by the warp gate within the remains of a Mini-Con ship. Despite the radical change in scenery, Red Alert continued to do battle against the Decepticons who had been teleported alongside them. The fighting came to an end, temporarily, thanks to the efforts of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: The Battle Begins|The Battle Begins}}

After securing their base on Earth, Optimus, Hot Shot and Red Alert headed to a nearby highway to adopt new alternate modes based on local vehicles. Red Alert took on the form of a four-wheel drive rescue vehicle that was part ambulance, part firetruck, part armored car. When their human allies joined them, Red Alert scrutinized their Mini-Con companions with great interest, as he had only heard of the diminutive robots in old war stories up until that point. Explosions emanating from nearby interrupted Red Alert's observations. The Decepticons were attacking the Autobots' base! The Autobots launched a counter-attack, with Red Alert deflecting a missile the Decepticon Demolishor aimed towards Optimus Prime. A stray shot from Megatron then caused a rockslide, prompting Hot Shot to leave the battlefront in order to keep the children out of harm's way. Red Alert reconvened with him afterwards, only to find that Hot Shot had gotten himself a Mini-Con partner! The children had recovered several Mini-Con panels that had been unearthed by the rock slide. One of the panels responded to Red Alert’s presence, the robot within bonding with him mentally. The Mini-Con then transformed into an additional arm for Red Alert, prompting him to name his new partner “Longarm.” Rejoining the battle, Red Alert used Longarm to lift Demolishor off the ground and toss him at Megatron. Realizing they were outmatched, the Decepticons retreated, though they managed to steal away the remaining Mini-Con panels as they warped off-planet. The children were saddened that the Decepticons had managed to take off with Mini-Cons in tow, but the Autobots assured them that they had done everything they could, and joined them in a "circle of friendship." {{storylink|Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots|Race for the Mini-Con Robots}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Red Alert was part of the Autobot forces during a battle in [[Yellowstone National Park]]. Following the Decepticon withdrawal, he was able to successfully retrieve a Mini-Con from a mud pit. {{storylink|Lonesome Diesel}}

===''Universe'' comic===
[[File:TFUjailbreak.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm a doctor, not a dimension traveller!]]
A Red Alert hailed from [[Aurex 606.0 Kappa]]. He, [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]], and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] had just battled and driven off the Decepticons [[Landslide (Decepticon)|Landslide]], [[Drench (Universe)|Drench]], and [[Wind Sheer (Universe)|Wind Sheer]] when Unicron abducted him. Unicron would have also gotten Longarm if [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] hadn't shoved Longarm out of the way and taken his place. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 14/9/2015}} Red Alert and Firebot were subsequently held prisoner in the [[Cauldron]] arena. The quick thinking of [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] released them, and Red Alert participated in the great escape led by [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} However, Red Alert and Firebot's home reality had seemingly ceased to exist, and thus they ended up in [[Aurex 204.0 Kappa]] with another [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] who had also been in the Cauldron. This Smokescreen helped them adapt to their new home. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 14/9/2015}}
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===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Devil's Dogfight! Coby's Courage}} {{storylink|Intense Race Planet! Velocitron}} {{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Fastest Dream! Hot Shot's Run}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.8}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}
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===Cyber Key Code content===
Red Alert fought beside [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] until one day [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] used his Energon Saber to cut off his hand. Red Alert has never forgiven him.

===''Cybertron'' toy bios===
Red Alert's first duty was to defend and heal the sick and injured. Thusly, Optimus Prime sent the Mini-Con [[Dirt Boss (Armada)|Dirt Boss]] under Red Alert's protection to the [[Velocitron|Speed Planet]] (although Dirt Boss viewed it as him doing the protecting). They happily worked side by side to ensure that all who needed protection were safe. {{storylink|#Cybertron|Wal-Mart exclusive two-pack toy bio}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Daran Norris]] (English)}}

When Optimus Prime took to the field, Red Alert served as his dispatcher, alerting him via radio to mission objectives and giving him warnings.

As like the other playable Autobots, Red Alert fights the Decepticons and their army of [[Decepticlone]]s through various location including Amazon, Antarctic, Mid Atlantic, Deep Amazon, Alaska, Decepticons' Starship, Pacific Island, and eventually merged with all the [[Mini-Con]]s which form the [[Matrix Cannon]], and ultimately defeats [[Unicron]] and saves [[Cybertron (planet)|his home planet]].

He is accompanied by [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], his [[Mini-Con]] partner, who also enables Red Alert to [[Powerlinx]].

Based on his specs, Red Alert has the highest skills of all (Despite this, it's safe to assume that he's [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|less popular]]). He has less Mini-Con slots too.

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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Red-Alert-Armada.jpg|thumb|400px|"Dammit, I'm a doctor-" "Not a pawn in this game, we know!" "...am I really that predictable?"]]
Red Alert participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 25 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Armada===
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[[File:Armada RedAlertLongarm toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|RED UH-LURT!]]
*'''Red Alert w/Longarm''' (Max-Con, 2002/2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MC-02'''
**''Accessories'': Claw-missile, disc, blaster hand-attachment, triple-blaster hand attachment

:''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Red Alert transforms into a white Nissan Patrol rescue SUV, loaded up with Mini-Con-activated [[gimmick]]s and electronics. Placing his partner Longarm or any other Mini-Con on the Powerlinx port on his lightbar and pushing it forward triggers flashing LED lights and a voice chip that proclaims "RED-ALERT! WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO-WOO!" (The Japanese version only plays the siren sound effect.) Pulling back, on the other hand, releases a spring-loaded missile launcher that flips out his roof and into place over his hood, accompanied by an electronic firing noise. This weapon fires a missile with a hinged grappling claw, and in [[robot mode]], comes up all the way over his shoulder and can even be removed and held in his hand. In either mode, placing a Mini-Con on his hood/chest port causes his grill to spring open, revealing a pressure-firing disc launcher that fires a single projectile when the Mini-Con is pulled back, also accompanied by a "rat-tat-tat" firing sound effect. Red has no left hand, instead sporting a [[5mm post|5mm peg-hole]] in his wrist into which can plug one of two translucent red attachments that are stored in the door-panel on his right leg. The panel of his left leg, meanwhile, unfolds into a Mini-Con repair bay with a flip-up translucent red monitor screen and a port for mounting Mini-Con patients.

:The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version has some slight [[Paint operation|paint application]] differences from the [[Hasbro]] version, mainly a "separated" Autobot insignia and the addition of dark blue paint on his kneecaps.

:This mold was later used to make ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Sam's Club-exclusive [[Prowl (Energon)#VsStarscream|Prowl]] and [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|2007 movie line]] [[Inferno (Movie)#Toys|Inferno]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2002/Autobot/RedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Red Alert at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Powerlinx Red Alert toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|ORANGE UH-LURT!]]
*'''Powerlinx Red Alert w/Longarm''' (Max-Con, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MC-12'''
**''Accessories'': Claw-missile, disc, blaster hand-attachment, triple-blaster hand attachment

:This [[redeco]] of ''Armada'' Red Alert, depicting him in his powered-up "Powerlinx" form seen in the "Unicron Battles" portion of the ''Armada'' cartoons, makes him predominantly orange with white stripes and [[tampograph]]ed "RESCUE" lettering, giving him a more beach-rescue vibe. He retains all of the same gimmicks and sounds as the previous version of the mold, and also a redecoed Longarm.

:The Japanese version has some slight paint application differences, mainly additional metallic red paint on his arms (notably his right hand), and the removal of the "EMERGENCY" text on his hood.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2003/Autobot/PXRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Powerlinx Red Alert at TFU.info]''
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===Built To Rule===
[[File:BTR ArmadaRedAlert.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Red Alert's left hand is restored by the power of not-{{w|Lego}}.]]
*'''Red Alert w/ Longarm''' (Built to Rule, 2003)
**''Accessories'': Three missiles

:One of the larger ''[[Built to Rule]]'' sets, Red Alert can be built into an emergency SUV, robot, or whatever your imagination can make out of the blocks provided. The set features a large pressure-launch triple-missile "Gatling" cannon. He also came with a [[Longarm (Armada)#Built To Rule|block-version of Longarm]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2003/Autobot/BTRRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Built To Rule Red Alert at TFU.info]''
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===Cybertron===
[[File:Cybertron Red Alert toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Cut you up, geezer!]]
*'''Red Alert''' (Deluxe Class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GC-11'''
**''Accessories'': Clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Earth Cyber Key

:''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Red Alert transforms into a {{w|Dodge Magnum}} emergency vehicle. Plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the back of his car mode causes two rear side-panels to pop out and reveal two spring-forward non-firing blasters. This gimmick is retained in robot mode, where they become over-shoulder blasters. He features an unusual transformation sequence where both the front and rear halves of the [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] come together to form his legs. His hood halves open to reveal storage space for extra tools (a hammer-head and an opening claw) that can be attached onto his left arm blaster. He came with a silver-bordered [[Earth]]-style Cyber Planet Key which, in the Hasbro version, has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''d26w'''" [[tampograph]]ed on the back. Later releases of the mold had slight indents made in the leg pieces to allow them to clip together better.

:The Takara version of this toy lacks the gold paint on the robot mode shoulders.

:This mold was later used to make [[Cannonball (Cybertron)#Toys|Cannonball]], the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|live-action movie-verse]] [[Crankcase (Movie)#Toys|Crankcase]], and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Kup (G1)/toys#Timelines|Kup]]. The Kup tooling was also the model for the non-toy [[Kup (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Kup]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2005/Autobot/RedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Red Alert at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cybertron Defence Red Alert.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Just what every injured robot wants to see... a giant shoulder-mounted cannon aiming at them.]]
*'''[[Cybertron Defense Team|Cybertron Defense]] Red Alert'''<ref>Possibly because the Western name for the Vanguard Team (Cybertron Defense Team) was decided very late in the game, early batches of this toy available at retail and from online stores were lacking the "Cybertron Defense" portion of the name on the packaging. However, the more widespread version with the full name was found within mere days of the original version's initial retail sighting.</ref> (Ultra-Class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GC-21'''
**''Accessories'': Large missile, projectile, spring-loaded shield/multi-tool arm, clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key

:An upgraded, all-new tooling of Red Alert, he now transforms into a cross between a Russian {{w|R-400 Oka}} mobile ballistic missile launcher and a {{w|BTR-90}} armored personnel carrier. The left side of his vehicle mode has a flip-up non-firing double-blaster, which can also be "used" in robot mode. Inserting a Cyber Key into the rear of the missile rack splits the missile open, activates lights and an electronic beeping sound, and exposes the inner spring-loaded projectile-launching translucent "laser cannon". When the missile itself is "launched"/slid off, it lights up and plays a sound of it taking off.

[[File:GalaxyForce-UltraFirstAid-toy.jpg|left|upright=1.95|thumb|That looks a bit more lethal than injection.]]
:In robot mode, Red Alert finally has two normal robotic hands, and he comes with a shield that can be mounted on either arm. When a Key is inserted into the top of the shield, a cannon flips out, and its barrel tip can be equipped with several tools stored in his shins (a spring-loaded hammer-head or a gripping claw), emulating his old multi-tool arm. He has two (nonfunctional) Mini-Con hardpoints in vehicle mode, and two ''different'' hardpoints in robot mode. He comes with a clear [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]-Autobot Cyber Key bordered in greenish-blue, and the Hasbro version has the Key Code "'''up0t'''" tampographed on the back.

:The Japanese release features additional red details on the missile, paints the gripping claw blue, and replaces the greenish-blue border on the Cyber Key with silver.

:This mold was also used to make the ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Timelines|Darksyde Megatron]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Countdown (G1)#Universe 2008|Countdown]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2005/Autobot/CybDefRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Red Alert at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cyb-toy RedDirtTins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|First he tried [[Powerlinx]]ing with the [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|other Dirt Boss]]. That didn't go so well.]]
*'''Red Alert with Dirt Boss''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Earth Cyber Key

:Available [[exclusive]]ly at [[Walmart]] stores, this multi-pack features an unchanged [[#Cybertron|Deluxe-class Red Alert]] with a new [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Mini-Con [[Dirt Boss (Armada)#Cybertron|Dirt Boss]], who also came with his own carrying tin.

:[[Hasbro]] copy writer [[Forest Lee]] confirms that the ''Cybertron'' [[Tiny Tins]] exclusives were originally planned with two different [[Race Mini-Con Team|Race Team]] decos in mind, hence the backstory involving one version of the Team being from an alternate universe and the Tins' decos showing the Mini-Cons in silhouette rather than the normal full-color images. He could not confirm what the then-chosen decos were, however, but it seems likely they were re-packs of the two schemes from ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'', given the use of "[[Race Mini-Con Team#RoadAssault|Road Assault Team]]".

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[[File:Cyb-toy CriticalPath.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No, we don't know why the path is so critical either.]]
*'''Critical Path Pack!''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Earth Cyber Key

:This two-pack of the Deluxe-size Red Alert and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Sideways (Armada)#Cybertron|Sideways]] toys was made available only at [[Target]] stores, retailing for $16.99. The toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:LOC CD Red Alert.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|In this instance, the "C" in "ICBM" stands for "cul-de-sac".]]
*'''Red Alert''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)

:A much-simplified version of the "Cybertron Defense" incarnation of Red Alert in terms of detail and articulation, this toy was made available in the third wave of the ''[[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]]'' series. The missile is permanently in its split-open state.

:This mold was later used to make ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Perceptor (G1)#Classics|Perceptor]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Onslaught (G1)#Universe (2008)|Onslaught]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2006/Autobot/LOCRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Legends Red Alert at TFU.info]''

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==Merchandise==

===Fast food promotions===
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[[File:Armadatoy happymeal redalert.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Red Alert''' (McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 2003)
**''McID number'': '''6'''

:Part of the ''Armada'' Happy Meal promo at [[McDonald's]], this simplified version of Red Alert features a pull-back motor that zips him along in SUV mode. The toy also features [[Powerlinx]] plugs, which enable him to form a "leg" to the really silly-looking [[Mighty Robot]] into which the four Autobots in the range combine; his normal placement is as the left leg.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2002/Autobot/McRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on McDonald's Red Alert at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Cybertrontoy burgerking redalert.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Red Alert''' (Burger King kids meal toy, 2005)

:Available only as part of Burger King's ''Cybertron'' promotion, this version of Red Alert is a very simplified version of the original toy, transforming into a Dodge Magnum emergency vehicle, devoid of any [[gimmick]]ry... and that includes ''functional wheels''. That's right, this toy doesn't even ''roll'' in vehicle mode.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2005/Autobot/BKRedAlert/redalert.htm More information on Burger King Red Alert at TFU.info]''
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===Super Collection Figure===
[[File:SCF armada redalert.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Ratchet''' (2002)
**''Accessories:'' Display base
:A three-inch tall non-transforming PVC figurine of Red Alert was released in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''-specific ninth wave of Takara's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' line. The figure came in both full colour and metallic silver "pewter" variants, available at an equal ratio one each in every case of twelve blindpacked figures.

*'''Ratchet (Cybertron Mode)''' (2002)
**''Accessories:'' Display base
:A rare [[chase figure]] of Red Alert in his Cybertronian body, as seen in the [[Metamorphosis (Armada)|second episode]] of the ''Armada'' cartoon, was available in the tenth ''Super Collection Figure'' wave. It could only be found in one out of every ten cases, taking the place of the full-color version of the Optimus Prime figure from that assortment.
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===Mini Car Collection===
*'''Ratchet''' (die-cast vehicle, 2003)
:French die-cast model producers [[Majorette]] teamed with Kabaya to produce the ''[[Transformers Mini Car Collection]]'', a line of ''Armada''-themed die-cast vehicles, all of which were redecos of pre-existing Majorette toys. Red Alert was a redeco of Majorette toy #285—a 4WD patrol car— now bearing the Autobot insignia, the ''Micron Legend'' logo, and an image of the Autobot medic on its hood. The toy came with a pack of gum.

::*''[http://www.shmax.com/product_details/4443/ratchet More information on Mini Car Collection Ratchet at Shmax.com]''

===Battle for Cybertron Game===
*'''Transformers: Armada - Battle for Cybertron Game''' (2003)
:A small figurine of Red Alert was among the eight Transformers character playing pieces included with the [[Milton Bradley]] ''[[Battle for Cybertron Game|Battle for Cybertron]]'' board game.
::*''[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6841/transformers-armada-battle-for-cybertron More information on Battle for Cybertron at BoardGameGeek.com]''
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==Notes==
*The ''Armada'' Red Alert toy's "WOO WOO WOO" sound effect has since become a famous in-joke within the Transformers [[fandom]]. For a short time, it also became something of an impromptu chant among fans at Transformers conventions. Reportedly, at the start of the [[OTFCC 2003]] [[Hasbro]] Panel, several fans started chanting "WOO WOO WOO WOO!" to the initial confusion of Hasbro designer [[Aaron Archer]], until he realized what was occurring.
*As a result of Hasbro using the "red cross on white backdrop" symbol on the original ''Armada'' Red Alert toy, the [[Red Cross|International Committee of the Red Cross]], who have the symbol [[trademark]]ed and ''vigorously'' protect their claim to it, took Hasbro to court over the use of their symbol. This in turn resulted in the symbol only being dropped from the toy's "Powerlinx" [[redeco]], but also having to be removed from the then-current [[Dreamwave Productions]] comics.<ref name="redcross">[http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2012/04/05/dreamslaves-4-red-crosses/ "DREAMSLAVES #4: Red Crosses"] by Matt Moylan.</ref>
*One concept drawing in the ''[[Micron Densetsu Year Book 2003|Micron Legend Yearbook 2003]]'' depicts Red Alert as having a large siren perched atop his cranium.
*According to the [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' PlayStation 2 game]] instruction booklet, Red Alert's ''Armada'' body has the following statistics:
**Mass: 3,838 lbs
**Robot height: 19' 8"
**Robot top speed: 37 mph
**Vehicle height: 7' 3"
**Vehicle top speed: 155 mph
**Vehicle power: 450 hp @ 6600 rpm
*According to Aaron Archer, Red Alert's head sculpt seems to be based on RoboCop, hence his personality.
*His Cybertron Defense toy's Cyber Key Code info contains a reference to [[The Transformers: The Movie|the '86 movie]]. According to the info, Hot Shot had his arm torn off during the battle with the Scrapmetals. Red Alert mended the arm better than it had been before, even fixing a bad rotator cuff. This references [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s repair of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] ("You even got rid of a nasty burr on my rotator").

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ratchet''' (ラチェット ''Rachetto''), '''First Aid''' (''Galaxy Force'', ファストエイド ''Fasuto Eido''), '''First Gunner''' (Vanguard Team, ファストガンナー ''Fasuto Gannā'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Riadó''' ("Alert")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hóngsè Jǐngbào''' (China, 红色警报, "Red Alert")
*''Korean:'' '''Patrol''' (패트롤 ''Paeteurol''), '''First Aid''' (''Cybertron'', 퍼스트에이드 ''Peoseuteu Eideu''), '''Ultra First Aid''' (Cybertron Guard, 울트라 퍼스트에이드 ''Ulteura Peoseuteu Eideu'')
*''Polish:'' '''Alarmus'''
*''Russian:'' '''Paniker''' (Паникёр, "Alarmist")

==References==
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[[Category:Armada Autobots]]
[[Category:Athletes]]
[[Category:Built to Rule]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Energon Autobots]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:Medics]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Talk:B.O.T. (G1)

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This page needs to be rewritten to be in past tense. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:18, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
:You know, despite how terrible this episode is, I felt sorry for the robot when it waved in victory and was blown up. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:29, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
::And I feel sorry for the people who've watched this episode! XD --[[User:akindofdrifter|akindofdrifter]]
:::I feel sorry for anyone who's ever even heard of it. --[[User:Monty_Prime|Monty Prime]]
::::It's weird how there were so many errors in the story, and so many animation errors to name. It's good that this wasn't the last episode of ''The Transformers'' ever. --[[User:Shackwave123|Shackwave123]]

== Article move ==

I don't think this article should have been moved. The character's most prominent onscreen name was "B.O.T.", and "Biotronic Operational Telecommunicator" was only used once. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:53, 6 December 2010 (EST)
:I agree. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 17:03, 6 December 2010 (EST)
:: Yeah. What the hell. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 23:17, 6 December 2010 (EST)
==Brawl?==
Should we put B.O.T in Brawl’s disambiguation bar? Arent they literally the same guy just with different bodies?
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Professor Wellread

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:''Professor Wellread is a member of the [[Backpack Bunch]] from [[Transformers: BotBots|BotBots]].

[[File:ProfessorWellread.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Im the Globglogababgalab. I love books, and this basement is a true treasure trove.]]

Thanks to the power of [[energon]] [[Energon radiation|radiation]], a normal book full of knowledge was brought to life and became the super-intelligent robot bookworm '''Professor Wellread'''. The Prof banded together with other new [[Botbots|Botbot]] brainiacs from the store where he was created to form the brainy and cool [[Backpack Bunch]].

==Toys==
===BotBots===
*'''BotBots Blind Bag Mystery Figures''' (Single pack, [[2018]])
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Level'': '''1 Star'''

: Part of the first Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots|BotBots]]'', Professor Wellread changes from a book into an inch-tall soft plastic robot and back. Wellread is available randomly in individual [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] bags.

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Megatron (Cyberverse)

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:''Megatron is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:CyberverseMegatron.jpg|thumb|300px|Don't tell him he doesn't have his back cannon, or he'll shoot the disambiguation bar!]]

'''Megatron''' is the tyrannical leader of the [[Decepticon]]s, being ruthless, cruel, and evil to the core. He was once friends with [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]], though exactly how boggles the mind. He plans to achieve total global domination, though his corrupt plans are often thwarted by the [[Autobot]]s. <ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/cyberverse Character bios] at the official ''Cyberverse'' website</ref>

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Marc Thompson]] (English)| [[Maurizio Trombini]] (Italian), [[Erwin Grunspan]] (French)}}
[[File:Megatron - Cyberverse - Megatron Is My Hero promo.jpg|thumb|left|250px|There's a little of him in all of us.]]
[[File:Cyberverse Decepticon Plankowners (Cyberverse - Megatron Is My Hero).jpg|thumb|300px|"Imagine seven million people all wanting to die together."]]
Megatron believed the [[AllSpark]] to be on [[Earth]], and sent his Decepticons there to retrieve it.

When attempting to recover the memories of an amnesiac Bumblebee, [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] came across an undamaged memory of Megatron within Bumblebee's mind; however she was unable to access it before the [[cortical psychic patch]] malfunctioned and shut her out. {{storylink|Fractured}}
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|Memory (Cyberverse)|Memory}}{{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}}{{storylink|Shadowstriker}}{{storylink|Maccadam's}}}}

==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
====Scout Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Scout-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You call that a tank?]]
*'''Megatron''' (Scout Class, [[2018]])
:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Scout Class Megatron is a Scout scale toy that transforms from a robot to <s>a robot sitting down</s> a "transformational" mode in six easy steps. His [[Action Attack]] gimmick causes an Energon mace to pop out of his right arm when triggered.

:Prototype photos depict him having a silver painted body which are not featured in the final product.
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====1-Step Changers====
[[File:Cyberverse-2018-One-Step-Changer-Megatron.jpg|thumb|300px|Now THIS is a tank!]]
*'''Megatron''' (1-Step Changer, 2018)
:Released as part of the second wave of the ''Cyberverse'' [[Transformers:_Cyberverse_(toyline)#1-Step_Changers|One-Step changers]], this Megatron is an all-new mold, sharing a similar transformation scheme with the [[Megatron_(Movie)/toys#OneStepROTF|other Megatron]].
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*'''Megatron''' (1-Step Changer, 201?)
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====Warrior Class====
[[File:Cyberverse-Warrior-Megatron.jpg|thumb|300px|"The funnelweb spider can kill a man in eight seconds, just by lookin' at him!"]]
*'''Megatron''' (Warrior Class, 2018)
Warrior class Megatron transforms from tank to robot mode in 9 steps. His lower legs have a tendancy to fall off, they are held in with (nearly flat) plastic nubs.
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====Ultimate Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultimate-Class-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|No wonder you have so many accidents around here, the steering wheel's on the wrong side of the tank!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Ultimate Class, 2018)
:''Cyberverse'' Ultimate Class Megatron is a roughly Leader Class-sized toy that transforms from a heavily G1-inspired robot to tank in around eleven steps. He comes with a "Fusion Mega Shot" Action Attack gimmick, <ref name=io9>[https://io9.gizmodo.com/these-new-transformers-cyberverse-figures-are-fantastic-1823007404 These New Transformers Cyberverse Figures Are Fantastic Callbacks to the Original '80s Toys] at io9.gizmodo.com</ref> which unfolds the cannon into an elongated pink barrel when the button to his left is pushed, reminiscent of a similar attack used by [[Megatron (Movie)|his live action counterpart]]. Additionally, he has an autotransforming head reveal activated when his waist is swing down, though his arms still need to be in turret mode for it to work correctly. Due to this feature, he has no neck swivel.

:Megatron is unusual for his size in lacking elbows. Otherwise, he features ratcheted swivels and outward hinges in his hips, hinged knees, and shoulders with forward and lateral joints. Despite his Fusion Cannon being permanently attached to his arm, his right fist still has a covered-up hole for 5 mm pegs.
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==Merchandise==
===McDonalds===
*'''Megatron''' (Happy Meal Toy, 2018)
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==Notes==
*As with the rest of the ''Cyberverse'' cast, Megatron's design is based on the [[Evergreen]] design also used for his [[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], with some minor stylistic tweaks.

==See also==
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|disambig=Megatron (disambiguation)
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*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], the evil Decepticon leader from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]], the less-than-proactive six-changer Predacon leader from [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]].
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], the cosmically power-hungry Decepticon leader from the [[Unicron Trilogy]].
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], the violent and murderous Decepticon leader from the [[live-action film series]].
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], the cruel but suave tyrant from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], the evil and sadistic Decepticon leader from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}

==References==
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[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]

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