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Smashdown

2020-10-14T15:47:12Z

ZacWilliam: /* Notes */

{{faction|autobot|wreckers}}
:''Smashdown is an [[Autobot]] [[Battle Master]] from the [[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:WFC-Siege-Smashdown-Card-Art.jpg|thumb|400px|Impactor ''wishes'' he looked this good!]]

'''Smashdown''', the mascot of the [[Wrecker]]s,<ref>Hasbro presentation at New York [[Toy Fair 2019]]</ref> transforms into hammer mode to...well, "smash down". Smashdown the robot is exactly what you'd expect from someone with his alternate mode. He's very loud, he's very proud of his ability to hit things real real hard, and he leaves a trail of destruction behind him. Smashdown doesn't know the meaning of the word subtle and would probably punch you if you tried to explain it to him. Most Autobots feel the need to cover their audio receptors and leave his presence in fairly short order, but for the Wreckers his ability to always be a bull in any china shop suites them just fine.

==Fiction==
===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===
[[File:Volcanicuscomic1-Smashdown.jpg|left|thumb|300px| Super! Smashdown! MELEEEEEE!!!]]
Smashdown was one type of [[Selector]], a race of [[Transformer]]s created by [[human]]s with the power of [[Angolmois Energy]] to serve mankind. In particular, Smashdowns were used as tools in the evacuation of more Angolmois Energy. However, the Selectors didn't care for their position in life and sought to rebel against humanity with the help of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]]s. {{Storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}} With their assistance, the Selectors, including Smashdowns, began their rebellion in [[Neo Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Generations''===
====''War for Cybertron: Siege''====
[[File:Siege-toy Smashdown.jpg|thumb|300px|Red bull gives you dings.]]
*'''Smashdown''' (Battle Master, [[2019]])
**''ID number'': '''WFC-S31'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''SG-29'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[September 30]], 2019'''
**''Accessories'': Hammer handle, "Fire Blast" impact effect

:Part of the third wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Battle Master]]s, Smashdown transforms from a robot mode inspired by the mythical {{w|Minotaur}} into the "Airquake Hammerclaw" weapon. In an undocumented feature, the hammer handle can be slotted into the inside of the left forearm (under their "main" arm) to give them a blaster rifle. Otherwise, the handle either sits unused... or stays awkwardly sticking out of their robot-mode butt.

:Smashdown comes with a "Fire Blast" effect part, which can be attached to the "face" of the hammer mode, to simulate smashing against objects. This effect can also be attached in reverse to small pegs on other figures in the line.

====''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''====
*'''Smashdown''' (Battle Master, [[2020]])
**''Accessories'': Hammer handle, "Fire Blast" impact effect

: Smashdown was later re-released in the first wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'', one of a handful of ''Siege'' toys used to "bridge" the two lines. Because of this, they are, alongside [[Rung (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Rung]], the only ''Earthrise'' Battle Masters so far ''not'' to transform into a shield. The two releases are identical outside of packaging.

:Like all ''Earthrise'' toys, the cardboard back of the ''Earthrise'' version of Smashdown's package includes an exclusive cut-out collectible piece of a larger star map. Unlike most larger toy size classes, this piece does not include a named location. Sadly, if you already bought Smashdown in ''Siege'' but you want to collect the whole ''Earthrise'' star map, you'll have to buy another one. Or at least the package.

==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W3PPrivateSmashdown.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Private Smashdown, Ground Command-Artillery''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3P: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''P3/2019'''
**''Stars: ''5
:Private Smashdown, Ground Command-Artillery was released as an in-store play promo for the Transformers Trading Card Game's Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I release. As a [[Battle Master]], when Smashdown is KOd, the card is played on the '''Airquake Hammerclaw''' side as an Upgrade - Weapon onto another character. The art on the robot mode side reuses Smashdown's stock art.
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Smashdown's gender is... undetermined. They have been referred to as male by Hasbro reps at New York [[Toy Fair 2019]] and in his Earth War video game bio, and female by members of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] crew. It remains to be seen if any full-scale fiction will present a more concrete answer.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Smashdown''' (スマッシュダウン ''Sumasshudaun'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Battle Masters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Man-made Transformers]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege Autobots]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Autobots]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

Smashdown

2020-10-14T15:44:44Z

ZacWilliam: Hey he actually got an official bio from one of the games. Cool.

{{faction|autobot|wreckers}}
:''Smashdown is an [[Autobot]] [[Battle Master]] from the [[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:WFC-Siege-Smashdown-Card-Art.jpg|thumb|400px|Impactor ''wishes'' he looked this good!]]

'''Smashdown''', the mascot of the [[Wrecker]]s,<ref>Hasbro presentation at New York [[Toy Fair 2019]]</ref> transforms into hammer mode to...well, "smash down". Smashdown the robot is exactly what you'd expect from someone with his alternate mode. He's very loud, he's very proud of his ability to hit things real real hard, and he leaves a trail of destruction behind him. Smashdown doesn't know the meaning of the word subtle and would probably punch you if you tried to explain it to him. Most Autobots feel the need to cover their audio receptors and leave his presence in fairly short order, but for the Wreckers his ability to always be a bull in any china shop suites them just fine.

==Fiction==
===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===
[[File:Volcanicuscomic1-Smashdown.jpg|left|thumb|300px| Super! Smashdown! MELEEEEEE!!!]]
Smashdown was one type of [[Selector]], a race of [[Transformer]]s created by [[human]]s with the power of [[Angolmois Energy]] to serve mankind. In particular, Smashdowns were used as tools in the evacuation of more Angolmois Energy. However, the Selectors didn't care for their position in life and sought to rebel against humanity with the help of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]]s. {{Storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}} With their assistance, the Selectors, including Smashdowns, began their rebellion in [[Neo Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Generations''===
====''War for Cybertron: Siege''====
[[File:Siege-toy Smashdown.jpg|thumb|300px|Red bull gives you dings.]]
*'''Smashdown''' (Battle Master, [[2019]])
**''ID number'': '''WFC-S31'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''SG-29'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[September 30]], 2019'''
**''Accessories'': Hammer handle, "Fire Blast" impact effect

:Part of the third wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Battle Master]]s, Smashdown transforms from a robot mode inspired by the mythical {{w|Minotaur}} into the "Airquake Hammerclaw" weapon. In an undocumented feature, the hammer handle can be slotted into the inside of the left forearm (under their "main" arm) to give them a blaster rifle. Otherwise, the handle either sits unused... or stays awkwardly sticking out of their robot-mode butt.

:Smashdown comes with a "Fire Blast" effect part, which can be attached to the "face" of the hammer mode, to simulate smashing against objects. This effect can also be attached in reverse to small pegs on other figures in the line.

====''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''====
*'''Smashdown''' (Battle Master, [[2020]])
**''Accessories'': Hammer handle, "Fire Blast" impact effect

: Smashdown was later re-released in the first wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'', one of a handful of ''Siege'' toys used to "bridge" the two lines. Because of this, they are, alongside [[Rung (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Rung]], the only ''Earthrise'' Battle Masters so far ''not'' to transform into a shield. The two releases are identical outside of packaging.

:Like all ''Earthrise'' toys, the cardboard back of the ''Earthrise'' version of Smashdown's package includes an exclusive cut-out collectible piece of a larger star map. Unlike most larger toy size classes, this piece does not include a named location. Sadly, if you already bought Smashdown in ''Siege'' but you want to collect the whole ''Earthrise'' star map, you'll have to buy another one. Or at least the package.

==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W3PPrivateSmashdown.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Private Smashdown, Ground Command-Artillery''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3P: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''P3/2019'''
**''Stars: ''5
:Private Smashdown, Ground Command-Artillery was released as an in-store play promo for the Transformers Trading Card Game's Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I release. As a [[Battle Master]], when Smashdown is KOd, the card is played on the '''Airquake Hammerclaw''' side as an Upgrade - Weapon onto another character. The art on the robot mode side reuses Smashdown's stock art.
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Smashdown's gender is... undetermined. They have been referred to as male by Hasbro reps at New York [[Toy Fair 2019]] and female by members of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] crew. It remains to be seen if any full-scale fiction will present a more concrete answer.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Smashdown''' (スマッシュダウン ''Sumasshudaun'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Battle Masters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Man-made Transformers]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege Autobots]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Autobots]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

Biosfera

2020-09-26T23:25:23Z

ZacWilliam: spelling :p

{{mainpic}}
'''Biosfera''' (also spelled '''Biosphera''') is a planet covered to some extent in jungle. Early Transformers refugees settled there and adopted beast alternate forms to better fit the environment. Their descendants eventually became distrusting of robots with vehicle alternate modes.

==Fiction==
===''Earthrise'' marketing material===
When the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' detected [[energon]] on the planet, they dispatched the [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]] [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] to investigate. Unfortunately, after arriving they made contact with [[Decepticon]] Clones [[Pounce]] and [[Wingspan]]. Even more unfortunately, the Decepticons' beast modes have them a distinct advantage in jungle warfare. {{storylink|Autobot Clones Galactic Odyssey Amazon Page}}

==Notes==
* The 2016 SDCC exclusive ''Titan Force'' 3-pack of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#SDCC2016|Sentinel Prime]], [[Windblade (G1)#Titans Return|Windblade]], and [[Brainstorm (G1)#Titans Return|Brainstorm]] included a map of 15 worlds. Labeled in Cybertronian were fifteen planets: [[Micro|Micron]], [[Botropolis]], [[Aquatron]], [[Gigantion]], Biosfera, [[Velocitron]], [[Earth]], [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Antilla]], [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], [[Nebulos|Nebulon]], [[Master (planet)|Dominius]], [[Paradron]], [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and [[Unicron]].
** We don't know for sure, but the way that the planet's name suggests "{{w|biosphere}}"—combined with the fact that neither [[Animatron]] (unlike the other [[Cybertronian colonies]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'') nor [[Eukaris]] (which appears in ''[[Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters]]'') appear on the ''Titans Return'' map—suggests that it was conceived as an alternative, perhaps [[trademark]]-friendly name for the "Beast Planet" archetype that both of those represent.
* "Biosphera" appeared as a hidden item to be decoded on a map fragment packaged with the [[2020]] ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' Voyager Class [[Snapdragon (G1)#Generations|Snapdragon]] figure. It is a circular, probably spherical object, similar to objects on the map that are known to be planets. Markings on the map seem to depict things in orbit around it, and multiple "hidden paths" through or near it.

[[Category:Generation 1 planets]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]

Biosfera

2020-09-26T23:24:32Z

ZacWilliam: Wrong source for the story bits.

{{mainpic}}
'''Biosfera''' (also spelled '''Biosphera''') is a planet covered to some extent in jungle. Early Transformers refugees settled there and adopted beast alternate forms to better fit the environment. Theit descendants eventually became distrusting of robots with vehicle alternate modes.

==Fiction==
===''Earthrise'' marketing material===
When the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' detected [[energon]] on the planet, they dispatched the [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]] [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] to investigate. Unfortunately, after arriving they made contact with [[Decepticon]] Clones [[Pounce]] and [[Wingspan]]. Even more unfortunately, the Decepticons' beast modes have them a distinct advantage in jungle warfare. {{storylink|Autobot Clones Galactic Odyssey Amazon Page}}

==Notes==
* The 2016 SDCC exclusive ''Titan Force'' 3-pack of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#SDCC2016|Sentinel Prime]], [[Windblade (G1)#Titans Return|Windblade]], and [[Brainstorm (G1)#Titans Return|Brainstorm]] included a map of 15 worlds. Labeled in Cybertronian were fifteen planets: [[Micro|Micron]], [[Botropolis]], [[Aquatron]], [[Gigantion]], Biosfera, [[Velocitron]], [[Earth]], [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Antilla]], [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], [[Nebulos|Nebulon]], [[Master (planet)|Dominius]], [[Paradron]], [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and [[Unicron]].
** We don't know for sure, but the way that the planet's name suggests "{{w|biosphere}}"—combined with the fact that neither [[Animatron]] (unlike the other [[Cybertronian colonies]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'') nor [[Eukaris]] (which appears in ''[[Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters]]'') appear on the ''Titans Return'' map—suggests that it was conceived as an alternative, perhaps [[trademark]]-friendly name for the "Beast Planet" archetype that both of those represent.
* "Biosphera" appeared as a hidden item to be decoded on a map fragment packaged with the [[2020]] ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' Voyager Class [[Snapdragon (G1)#Generations|Snapdragon]] figure. It is a circular, probably spherical object, similar to objects on the map that are known to be planets. Markings on the map seem to depict things in orbit around it, and multiple "hidden paths" through or near it.

[[Category:Generation 1 planets]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]

Biosfera

2020-09-26T22:30:30Z

ZacWilliam: Updated from the Galactic Odyssey set 3 Amazon page.

{{mainpic}}
'''Biosfera''' (also spelled '''Biosphera''') is a planet covered to some extent in jungle. Transformers refugees settled there and adopted beast alternate forms to better fit the environment. They eventually became distrusting of robots with vehicle alternate modes.

==War for Cybertron: Earthrise: Galactic Odyssey==

When the Ark detected Energon on the planet they dispatched the Clones Fastlane and Cloudraker to investigate. Unfortunately after arriving they made contact with Decepticon Clones Pounce and Wingspan. Even more unfortunately the Decepticon's beast modes have them a distinct advantage in jungle warfare.

==Notes==
* The 2016 SDCC exclusive ''Titan Force'' 3-pack of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#SDCC2016|Sentinel Prime]], [[Windblade (G1)#Titans Return|Windblade]], and [[Brainstorm (G1)#Titans Return|Brainstorm]] included a map of 15 worlds. Labeled in Cybertronian were fifteen planets: [[Micro|Micron]], [[Botropolis]], [[Aquatron]], [[Gigantion]], Biosfera, [[Velocitron]], [[Earth]], [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Antilla]], [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], [[Nebulos|Nebulon]], [[Master (planet)|Dominius]], [[Paradron]], [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and [[Unicron]].
** We don't know for sure, but the way that the planet's name suggests "{{w|biosphere}}"—combined with the fact that neither [[Animatron]] (unlike the other [[Cybertronian colonies]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'') nor [[Eukaris]] (which appears in ''[[Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters]]'') appear on the ''Titans Return'' map—suggests that it was conceived as an alternative, perhaps [[trademark]]-friendly name for the "Beast Planet" archetype that both of those represent.
* "Biosphera" appeared as a hidden item to be decoded on a map fragment packaged with the [[2020]] ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' Voyager Class [[Snapdragon (G1)#Generations|Snapdragon]] figure. It is a circular, probably spherical object, similar to objects on the map that are known to be planets. Markings on the map seem to depict things in orbit around it, and multiple "hidden paths" through or near it.

[[Category:Generation 1 planets]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]

Cuddletooth

2018-10-29T13:06:38Z

ZacWilliam: Created page with ":''Cuddletooth is a member of the Shed Head tribe from BotBots. Changed forever when mysterious Energon mist descended on a mall Home and G..."

:''Cuddletooth is a member of the [[Shed Head]] tribe from [[Transformers: BotBots|BotBots]].

Changed forever when mysterious [[Energon]] mist descended on a mall Home and Garden store, an everyday chainsaw, one of the most dangerous power tools around, became something else entirely: ''Cuddletooth'', a love-filled hug-loving little Transformer. He quickly teamed up with the rest of the new Botbots from his store to become perhaps the most affectionate member of the [[Shed Heads]].

==Toys==
===BotBots===
*'''BotBots Blind Bag Mystery Figures''' (Single pack, [[2018]])
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Level'': '''2 Star'''

: Part of the first Series of ''[[Transformers: BotBots|BotBots]]'', Cuddletooth changes from a chainsaw into an inch-tall soft plastic robot and back. Cuddletooth is available randomly in individual [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] bags.

{{comingsoontoy}}

{{DEFAULTSORT: Cuddletooth}}
[[Category: Shed Heads]]

Professor Wellread

2018-10-29T12:42:30Z

ZacWilliam: Created page with ":''Professor Wellread is a member of the Backpack Bunch tribe from BotBots. Thanks to the power of Energon radiation,..."

:''Professor Wellread is a member of the [[Backpack Bunch]] tribe from [[Transformers: BotBots|BotBots]].

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.

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
* Wellread's facial design includes "glasses" (visual shorthand for intelligence) and a fairly classic "anime nerdy" style expression.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Professor Wellread}}
[[Category:Backpack Bunch]]

Transformers: BotBots (toyline)

2018-10-29T12:23:02Z

ZacWilliam: /* Notes */ More info on "extra" bots

[[File:BotBotsPromoArt.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Don't eat the ones that turn into food, or you'll get botbotulism!]]

'''''Transformers: BotBots''''' is a toyline set for release in late [[2018]], involving small, cartoony, [[super deformed]] robot characters who transform into mundane items. These 1-inch tall soft-plastic bots are marketed in the same style as the insanely popular ''Shopkins'' toys and other collectible mini-toys.

==Overview==
Each BotBot is a tiny, 1-inch tall soft-plastic toy that converts from a robot into... something else... in a few short, simple steps. Each character belongs to a themed team depending on the "store" their [[alternate mode]] is found in, though the individual members of the team are spread out among a '''''lot''''' of packages:

* Single-Bot [[Blindpacking|Blind Bag Mystery Figures]]
* 5-Packs with two Bots from the pack's theme team, two Bots from two other teams, and an additional blind-packed rare "Lost Bot"
* 8-Packs with two Bots from the pack's theme team, five Bots from five other teams, and an additional blind-packed rare "Lost Bot"

Naturally, there is a ton of overlap, with many figures available in multiple different packs. These redundant Bots are meant to encourage trading among the kids.

{{-}}

==Toys==
As each individual toy can appear in multiple multi-packs, we're simply listing them by team, with ''which'' packs they come in listed on the individual entries.

===Series 1===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Backpack Bunch]]'''
* eraser (name TBA)
* file folder (name TBA)
* label maker (name TBA)
* pencil (name TBA)
* pencil sharpener (name TBA)
* [[Professor Wellread]]
* ruler (name TBA)
* scissors (name TBA)
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Greaser Gang]]'''
* [[Angry Cheese]]
* [[Duderoni]]
* [[Fottle Barts]]
* [[Hawt Diggity]]
* [[S'up Dawg]]
* [[Shredder Jack]]
* [[Spud Muffin]]
* [[Twerple Burple]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Jock Squad]]'''
* [[Arctic Guzzlerush]]
* [[Batsby]]
* [[Fit Ness Monster]]
* [[Kid Klobber]]
* [[Laceface]]
* [[Pucksie]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''The [[Lost Bots]]'''
* [[Bonz-Eye]]
* [[Burgertron]]
* [[Clogstopper]]
* [[Dimlit]]
* [[Frostferatu]]
* [[Game Over]]
* [[Stinkeye Stapleton]]
* baseball "Lost Bot" (name TBA)
* soccerball "Lost Bot" (name TBA)
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TransformersBotBotstoys.jpg|thumb|right|250px|If ever there was a time to give us a new toy of [[Ejector]], Hasbro, this is it.]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Shed Heads]]'''
* belt sander (name TBA)
* [[Cuddletooth]]
* fungus (name TBA)
* hammer (name TBA)
* houseplant (name TBA)
* power drill (name TBA)
* rock (name TBA)
* venus flytrap (name TBA)
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Sugar Shocks]]'''
* [[Cocoa Crazy]]
* [[Lolly Licks]]
* [[Nrjeez]]
* [[Plop Father]]
* [[Remorsel]]
* [[Sippy Slurps]]
* [[Sprinkleberry D'uhnut]]
* [[Unilla Icequeencone]]
* [[Waddlepop]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Techie Team]]'''
* [[Chilla Gorilla]]
* [[Dr. Moggly]]
* [[Fomo]]
* [[Goob Toob]]
* [[Raddhax]]
* [[S.A. Cheez]]
* [[Screen Fiend]]
* [[Skillz Punk]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Toilet Troop]]'''
* [[Frohawk]]
* [[King Toots]]
* [[Nobeeoh]]
* [[Poo Sham]]
* [[Sergeant Scrubadub]]
* [[Stinkosaurus Rex]]
* [[Sudsbeard]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
* Hasbro press materials say that "Series 1" features 61 brand-new characters. <ref>[https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/hasbro-announces-collectible-new-transformers-botbots-range-exclusive-080930064.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&guccounter=1 "Hasbro announces collectable new Transformers BotBots range"] </ref> However, promo art shows two Bots (a Baseball and a Soccer ball) who are not pictured in any actual product photography, which would bring the number of bots up to ''63''. However as these are not included on the official Series 1 Checklist included with the toys it seems likely they are from a later series.
* All of the characters introduced thus far are entirely new, separate from any traditional "Generation 1" characters: a rarity in today's ''Transformers'' toy market.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:BotBots| ]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Titan (group)

2017-06-09T00:33:03Z

ZacWilliam: Damn bracket

{{disambig3|Titan}}
:''Titans are a type of [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:MtMtEAnn2012-Metrotitans.jpg|upright=2.5|thumb|[[Tyrest (G1)|Gotta catch'em all!]]]]

'''Titans''' (sometimes also known as '''Metrotitans''') are giant city-sized bots, created long, long ago. Able to transform into cities and massive starships they and their crews traveled out from Cybertron in ancient times, vanishing into legend... forgotten almost entirely by the world they left behind until the day they began to return.

Although few Transformers can meaningfully interact with a hibernating Titan, the [[Caminus|Camien]] tradition known as "[[Cityspeaker|cityspeaking]]" allows normal-sized Transformers to communicate with these beings by observing the readouts of their colossal [[brain module]]s.

Known Titans include:
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
*[[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]
*[[Metrobase]]
*A Titan who would later become the "[[Necrotitan]]"
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]
*[[Trypticon (G1|Trypticon (G1)]]

{{quote|Wonderful creatures, hard to shop for—almost impossible to find hats in their size.|[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]|[[New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Titans were living starships, city-sized Cybertronians of unspeakable power who (legend has it) served the Knights of Cybertron before they departed from the homeworld of the Transformers. [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] claimed that the Titans still existed on Cybertron during his time, and that he used to pray in their shadow. Sometime after the war with Mortilus, the Knights of Cybertron led the followers to the stars aboard the Titans, to usher in a new era of [[Cyberutopia]]. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

Thirteen Titans left Cybertron to establish colonies on other planets using [[hot spot]]s within their bodies. These include:
*[[Caminus]], Titan of [[Solus Prime]], who settled and was incorporated into the planet of the same name.
*[[Chela]], Titan of [[Onyx Prime]], who colonized [[Eukaris]].
*[[Navitas]], who founded the city of [[Delta]] on [[Velocitron]].
*[[Prion]], Titan of [[Micronus Prime]], who founded an unnamed colony.
*[[Tempo]], who carried truth-seeking philosophers.
*[[Vigilem]], alias "Carcer", villainous Titan of [[Liege Maximo]].
*A deceased Titan who colonized [[Devisiun]].

Several Titans remained on Cybertron into the age of the [[Thirteen]], each one allying with at least one Prime. Among them was the massive Titan [[Vigilem]], who served the [[Liege Maximo]]. When the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] swept their world, the Titans cast Vigilem and his leader into space, renaming their fallen brother "Carcer". {{storylink|Rubicon}}

[[File:Windblade4 CaminusRobotMode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]

The conclusion of the war led to a brief age of interstellar colonization spearheaded by the Titans. Thirteen Titans left Cybertron, carrying hot spots in order to populate new worlds. According to the [[Mistress of Flame]], the Colony Titans were sent into space to prepare new worlds, one for each member of the [[Thirteen]] to rule over. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} In many cases, these colonies developed unique adaptations that set them apart from Cybertronians; the Titans themselves were often repurposed into cities and building materials. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}} {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}}

Over time, Titans fell into the realm of myth and legend. By the time Cyclonus had become part of [[Nova Prime]]'s inner court, only two Titans remained on Cybertron, both in hiding. One, [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], slumbered in secret beneath [[Crystal City]], and was guarded by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. When Nova discovered the upper city and allied himself with Omega, the guardian hid the Metrotitan's existence from the Prime. His recalcitrance paid off when Nova fell into megalomania and departed Cybertron to conquer other worlds, at which point Omega revealed Metrotitan to Nova's more respectful former follower, [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. Omega explained that the Titan would only awaken in the presence of a great Cybertronian, but that it would be Dai Atlas's task to protect it until then. When the Autobot/Decepticon war subsequently broke out in the following millennia, Dai Atlas became a conscientious objector and gathered together many like-minded Transformers to form the [[Circle of Light]], and used Metrotitan's energies to power their departure from Cybertron. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} Settling on the planet [[Theophany]], the Circle built a new Crystal City atop the still-sleeping Metrotitan, continuing to use his energies to power their new home. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

The other remaining Titan on Cybertron was called [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], "the first Titan". {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} Metroplex was a long time friend of the ancient Cybertronian called [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], and in the past they surveyed and mapped most of the planet together, including the [[Rust Sea|Rust Spot]]. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} At one point, Metroplex entered a deep slumber as the "[[Acropolex]]" of Nyon, until the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon War when the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], the former [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]], woke him with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to aid him against [[Zeta Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Rise}} After the battles were done, {{storylink|Endgame}} he served as Autobot headquarters for some time until he departed the planet with Alpha Trion to investigate and counteract [[Regenesis|Shockwave's star-spanning project]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} One group of Decepticons, led by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], attempted to follow, and travelled to a planet where he was refuelling, but [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]] woke him rather than inform his superior, and prompted Metroplex to teleport onward before Bludgeon discovered his presence. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

At some point afterward, [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] obtained his space bridge nodes to install them in Megatron's new body, {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}} apparently forcing him to travel physically through space thereafter.

[[File:ReluctantSpecialist-LeviathansOfTheSky.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5]]
Millions of years later, the few remaining Titans were growing increasingly decrepit and weak from underfuelling. Believing that the ancient giants held the key to reaching [[Cyberutopia]], the supposed location of the Knights of Cybertron, Chief Justice [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]] hired [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] to hunt down and kill Titans so that he could use their parts to cobble together an antique space bridge leading directly to the Knights. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} Lockdown and his group of [[Titan Hunter]]s tracked down the weakened Titans, killed them, then took them to be stripped down for profit before using the remains to find the next one. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} The leftovers were left on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], Tyrest's headquarters, in a veritable elephants' graveyard of Titan corpses. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} At one point Lockdown's hunters followed a Titan signal to the ''[[Lost Light]]'', which had a sloughed-off piece of Metroplex aboard that had recently struck the ship, and aimed to use it to detect Metroplex himself, before being forced off by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] without their prize. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}}

At some point, Crystal City was razed by Tyrest's [[Legislator]]s, leaving no sign of life, save the Titan slumbering underneath. When the crew of the ''Lost Light'' arrived to investigate, a subsidence sent them tumbling into the cavern beneath the city where the Titan lay, and they decided to enter its very body so that the their resident [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Chromedome (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Chromedome]] could tap its brain and hopefully find out what had befallen the Circle of Light. Doing so, Chromedome discovered that the Titan's mind was still alive and screaming in frustration—it had heard the call sent out by Cybertron upon the planet's reformatting to "come home", but having been drained by the Circle for so long, it lacked the necessary power to teleport its giant bulk across space. With the Titan willing to destroy itself to separate its [[spark]] from its body in order to return home, [[Brainstorm (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Brainstorm]] used miniaturization technology to shrink the giant down to a size that its reduced power could teleport away from the planet. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

[[File:PrimusAllGoodThings-MetrotitanEmbedded.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7]]
The shrunken Titan successfully quantum jumped back to Cybertron, to its old home in Crystal City, but wound up physically enmeshing its molecules into those of the city, causing a destabilization of local reality. As Autobot scientist [[Wheeljack (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] worked to contain the impending disaster, [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] got closer to the Titan, and were shocked when it awoke, crediting Starscream's presence as the reason. The Titan dubbed Starscream the conqueror who would unite Cybertron and thanked him for allowing him to awaken one last time, then bid the Transformers to depart so that they would not be destroyed along with it. The Titan was then seemingly obliterated as reality erupted in an antimatter explosion, {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} but somehow Metrotitan in fact wound on [[Earth]], beneath the surface of [[Monument Valley]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

When the ''Lost Light'' found its way to the Missing Miracle Moon of Luna 1 via a portal in space, [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and the rest of the away team discovered Tyrest's Titan graveyard and unsuccessfully tried to take refuge from Lockdown and crew inside of the huge relics. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} Tyrest was finally able to activate his Titan-made space bridge, but whether or not its destination was truly Cyberutopia remains a mystery. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

[[File:RID26 MetroplexPunchingNecrotitan.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7]]
Meanwhile, on a decaying [[Gorlam Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] summoned a dormant Titan to rise from the ground in order to fight off [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. However the combiner attack was a ruse, as the Decepticon scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] desired to bring the [[Ore-2]] and [[space bridge]] technology the Titan contained to Shockwave. Via the marooned Titan Hunter [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] Jhiaxus took control of the Titan and teleported back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}} The Titan was brought to Shockwave's lair, the [[Crystal City]], {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} where its Ore-2 reacted with the [[Ore-14]] of the city, turning it into the undead "[[Necrotitan]]". {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} The Necrotitan was eventually felled by a reinvigorated Metroplex. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

With the Dark Cybertron crisis over, Metroplex integrated himself into the ruins of Iacon while his body recuperated from the effects of an [[alchemical virus]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} As he recovered, he began scanning the galaxy, searching for his lost siblings. He located Chela on Eukaris, Navitas on Velocitron, and the dead Titan on Devisiun; when [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] tapped into his brain she received glimpses of these other Transformer colonists. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}} After Metroplex's spacebridge was repaired, Cybertron reached out to its forgotten Titan colonies to form the [[Council of Worlds]]. Several Titans played key roles in the formation of the Council: Windblade hacked into Navitas's brain module to manipulate a Velocitronian racetrack, {{storylink|Race Against the Light}} while on Eukaris she and Starscream were forced to put down the berserk Chela. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

The reunion of Cybertron and the colonies proved beneficial for the isolated Titans. Carcer's crew was able to begin ordering parts from Cybertron to repair him while Camien cityspeakers were able to conduct therapy on Navitas. {{storylink|07:00:00}}

Meanwhile on Earth, Optimus Prime and his forces combatted the machinations of [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]], and at the Autobot bivouac in [[Monument Valley]], Optimus sensed a presence. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} Soon thereafter, Optimus realized what he had felt, and reawoke Metrotitan. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} Subsequently, Metrotitan became the Cybertronian embassy on Earth, an [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. As a result of [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]] capturing Metrotitan's revival on live camera, opinion among the Cybertronian public and the Council of Worlds became more positive towards Optimus's activities, Optimus seemingly proving himself a divine true Prime. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}} Pleased by this turn of events, Metrotitan broadcasted a beacon of information across the universe immortalizing the deeds of Optimus Prime - unaware that this same broadcast would awaken [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] – in reality the diminuitive and ancient [[Titan Master]] [[Infinitus]] – slumbering beneath the ruins of [[Kaon]]. Disgusted by what Cybertron had become in his absence, Sentinel cut a swathe through Cybertron and Earth as he hatched a new plan to wipe Cybertron clean and begin anew. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} {{storylink|White Light}}

[[File:LastLight Titanarmy.jpg|upright=2.4|thumb|left|Sentinel Prime will make Cybertron great again by returning it to the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|neon era]].]]

Joined by his fellow Titan Master [[Sovereign]], the two travelled to Luna 1 and the Titan graveyard. Using Blackrock as an amplifier, Sentinel awoke the entire population of the graveyard and ordered the [[zombie]] army to return to Cybertron via [[space bridge]] and kill everything that moved. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} Though Sentinel Prime was killed by the skeleton crew of Autobots on the moon — [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]], [[Cerebros]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] – the vast majority of the undead Titans made it through the space bridge portal, materializing far away from Cybertron. {{storylink|Last Light}}

Several months later, the Titan army arrived near Cybertron, where Carcer's long-range scanners picked them up. The [[Council of Worlds]] convened to strategize against the upcoming threat and eventually decided to stand and fight against the menace. Metroplex transformed into his robot mode once more to do battle against his undead brethren, but even though he and the population of Iacon fought hard they were unable to stave off the endless waves of building-sized zombies. {{storylink|Ping}} The zombie army was ultimately defeated only after Windblade seized control of Vigilem and used his heavily armed body to rescue Metroplex and mop up the last stragglers of the invasion; though Vigilem perished, it wasn't before he disgorged the evil [[Liege Maximo]] from his innards, who promised to avenge the death of his Titan. {{storylink|Rubicon}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] mused that if he had wished to conquer Cybertron or invade other planets, few could have stood in his way other than [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] or the long since vanished Titans. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====Wars manga====
Confronting the brainwashed Autobot [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], Metroplex stated that he would banish Metrotitan from their "clan". {{storylink|Metrowars}}

====''Transformers Legends'' comic====
[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] noted that there were many like [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
When the universe was still forming, before Autobots or Decepticons existed, the Titans were created and sent out to discover the powers and mysteries of the universe. Each Titan was crewed by [[Titan Masters]], tiny robot caretakers charged with up-keeping their systems. The Titan Masters also had a greater purpose: Each had a unique superpower they could grant to other Transformers, a gift intended to forge links with other civilizations they might discover. The Titans and their crews were eventually forgotten by all but a few power-hungry and entirely unsuccessful legend hunters. Until the Titans mysteriously returned, and the Titan Masters partnered up with Autobots and Decepticons alike.

Searching for info on the mysterious return of the Titans and their crews Alpha Trion followed a trail of clues to the "Beast Planet" Eukaris. Amid jungle covered buildings Alpha Trion and Titan Master Clobber located a mysterious ancient artifact that was linked to the Titans and Titan Masters. Mindwipe led Astrotrain, Wolfwire, and Titan Master Apeface in an Ambush to steal the artifact.

Later, back on Cybertron, Soundwave led an all out assault. Scourge, Astrotrain, Skullsmasher, Laserbeak, Rumble and Ravage, among others, pressed the attack while Powermaster Prime, Chromedome, Highbrow, Wheelie, Blaster and Hardhead were among the defenders. The battle was interrupted when what first seemed like an Earthquake attack by Rumble was actually the landscape itself transforming into the Legendary Titan: Fortress Maximus.
{{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] was one of only a handful of Titans known to still exist. As a city, his ability to expand and grow was essentially limitless as he links up with other Transformers. Fortress Maximus himself is unique as the only Titan with the ability to link with a [[Titan Master]] partner.<ref>''Titans Return'' Fortress Maximus's on-package bio.</ref>

In the depths of space the monster Titan Trypticon and his Titan Master [[Necro]] traveled in starship mode between worlds, landing as a dark fortress or a terrible giant beast, brining doom and ultimate destruction wherever they passed. Trypticon ever hungered for Titan Masters to devour the way another robot would Energon cubes, while the macabre Necro longs to harvest and devour the sparks of all Transformers who cross his dark path.
<ref>Titans Return Trypticon on-package bio</ref>

===''Combiner Wars'' cartoon===
Upon the conclusion of the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]], Windblade declared that a new problem lay on the horizon: the Titans were returning. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
When the [[Quintesson]]s dosed Windblade with [[Dark Energon]], she began to have hallucinations that the titans were demanding her to destroy her comrades. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight|Voices}}

==Toys==
{{main|Metroplex (G1)#Toys|Metrotitan (Zone)#Toys|Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Metroplex (G1)#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*When originally introduced in IDW continuity, in the [[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|2012 ''More than Meets the Eye'' annual]], the Titans were called "Metrotitans," repurposing the name of the [[Metrotitan (Zone)|''Zone'' Decepticon]] as that of an entire species. This was abandoned almost immediately, however: in the [[Primus: All Good Things|2012 ''Robots in Disguise'' annual]], released the same month, the species were called only "Titans," and the single Titan involved in the story was referred to as "The Metrotitan"; soon after, [[The End of the Beginning of the World|''Robots in Disguise'' #11]] dropped the "The" when referring to him, using the word as an individual's name. Nobody really noticed, though, and the subject didn't come up again until Metrotitan returned in the build-up to the ''[[Titans Return (comic)|Titans Return]]'' event, and his name being different to that of the species was clearly reiterated.
*The existence of thirteen Titan-stewarded colonies seems to imply a connection to the [[Thirteen]] Primes, and/or their Thirteen Tribes, who were established to have vanished from Cybertron in [[The Crucible|issue #34]]. Though later issues revealed that Solus Prime and Onyx Prime apparently departed with two of the colony Titans, directly inspiring the cultures on Caminus and Eukaris respectively, it is evident that not all of the Thirteen each left with one of the Titans—the planets that Shockwave believed the Thirteen settled on were the worlds later seeded with [[Regenesis]] ores, and the Regenesis worlds we have seen are completely separate from the colony worlds. In addition, [[Nexus Prime]] died at the conclusion of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] while Alpha Trion remained on Cybertron for millions more years to come. The Mistress mentions that the thirteen colonies were an early attempt at [[Pax Cybertronia]]; presumably each Prime would control one world, but this plan fell through for reasons unknown.

==References==
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Titan (group)

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{{disambig3|Titan}}
:''Titans are a type of [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:MtMtEAnn2012-Metrotitans.jpg|upright=2.5|thumb|[[Tyrest (G1)|Gotta catch'em all!]]]]

'''Titans''' (sometimes also known as '''Metrotitans''') are giant city-sized bots, created long, long ago. Able to transform into cities and massive starships they and their crews traveled out from Cybertron in ancient times, vanishing into legend... forgotten almost entirely by the world they left behind until the day they began to return.

Although few Transformers can meaningfully interact with a hibernating Titan, the [[Caminus|Camien]] tradition known as "[[Cityspeaker|cityspeaking]]" allows normal-sized Transformers to communicate with these beings by observing the readouts of their colossal [[brain module]]s.

Known Titans include:
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
*[[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]
*[[Metrobase]]
*A Titan who would later become the "[[Necrotitan]]"
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]
*[[Trypticon (G1|Trypticon (G1]]

{{quote|Wonderful creatures, hard to shop for—almost impossible to find hats in their size.|[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]|[[New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Titans were living starships, city-sized Cybertronians of unspeakable power who (legend has it) served the Knights of Cybertron before they departed from the homeworld of the Transformers. [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] claimed that the Titans still existed on Cybertron during his time, and that he used to pray in their shadow. Sometime after the war with Mortilus, the Knights of Cybertron led the followers to the stars aboard the Titans, to usher in a new era of [[Cyberutopia]]. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

Thirteen Titans left Cybertron to establish colonies on other planets using [[hot spot]]s within their bodies. These include:
*[[Caminus]], Titan of [[Solus Prime]], who settled and was incorporated into the planet of the same name.
*[[Chela]], Titan of [[Onyx Prime]], who colonized [[Eukaris]].
*[[Navitas]], who founded the city of [[Delta]] on [[Velocitron]].
*[[Prion]], Titan of [[Micronus Prime]], who founded an unnamed colony.
*[[Tempo]], who carried truth-seeking philosophers.
*[[Vigilem]], alias "Carcer", villainous Titan of [[Liege Maximo]].
*A deceased Titan who colonized [[Devisiun]].

Several Titans remained on Cybertron into the age of the [[Thirteen]], each one allying with at least one Prime. Among them was the massive Titan [[Vigilem]], who served the [[Liege Maximo]]. When the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] swept their world, the Titans cast Vigilem and his leader into space, renaming their fallen brother "Carcer". {{storylink|Rubicon}}

[[File:Windblade4 CaminusRobotMode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]

The conclusion of the war led to a brief age of interstellar colonization spearheaded by the Titans. Thirteen Titans left Cybertron, carrying hot spots in order to populate new worlds. According to the [[Mistress of Flame]], the Colony Titans were sent into space to prepare new worlds, one for each member of the [[Thirteen]] to rule over. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} In many cases, these colonies developed unique adaptations that set them apart from Cybertronians; the Titans themselves were often repurposed into cities and building materials. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}} {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}}

Over time, Titans fell into the realm of myth and legend. By the time Cyclonus had become part of [[Nova Prime]]'s inner court, only two Titans remained on Cybertron, both in hiding. One, [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], slumbered in secret beneath [[Crystal City]], and was guarded by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. When Nova discovered the upper city and allied himself with Omega, the guardian hid the Metrotitan's existence from the Prime. His recalcitrance paid off when Nova fell into megalomania and departed Cybertron to conquer other worlds, at which point Omega revealed Metrotitan to Nova's more respectful former follower, [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. Omega explained that the Titan would only awaken in the presence of a great Cybertronian, but that it would be Dai Atlas's task to protect it until then. When the Autobot/Decepticon war subsequently broke out in the following millennia, Dai Atlas became a conscientious objector and gathered together many like-minded Transformers to form the [[Circle of Light]], and used Metrotitan's energies to power their departure from Cybertron. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} Settling on the planet [[Theophany]], the Circle built a new Crystal City atop the still-sleeping Metrotitan, continuing to use his energies to power their new home. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

The other remaining Titan on Cybertron was called [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], "the first Titan". {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} Metroplex was a long time friend of the ancient Cybertronian called [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], and in the past they surveyed and mapped most of the planet together, including the [[Rust Sea|Rust Spot]]. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} At one point, Metroplex entered a deep slumber as the "[[Acropolex]]" of Nyon, until the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon War when the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], the former [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]], woke him with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to aid him against [[Zeta Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Rise}} After the battles were done, {{storylink|Endgame}} he served as Autobot headquarters for some time until he departed the planet with Alpha Trion to investigate and counteract [[Regenesis|Shockwave's star-spanning project]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} One group of Decepticons, led by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], attempted to follow, and travelled to a planet where he was refuelling, but [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]] woke him rather than inform his superior, and prompted Metroplex to teleport onward before Bludgeon discovered his presence. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

At some point afterward, [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] obtained his space bridge nodes to install them in Megatron's new body, {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}} apparently forcing him to travel physically through space thereafter.

[[File:ReluctantSpecialist-LeviathansOfTheSky.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5]]
Millions of years later, the few remaining Titans were growing increasingly decrepit and weak from underfuelling. Believing that the ancient giants held the key to reaching [[Cyberutopia]], the supposed location of the Knights of Cybertron, Chief Justice [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]] hired [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] to hunt down and kill Titans so that he could use their parts to cobble together an antique space bridge leading directly to the Knights. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} Lockdown and his group of [[Titan Hunter]]s tracked down the weakened Titans, killed them, then took them to be stripped down for profit before using the remains to find the next one. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} The leftovers were left on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], Tyrest's headquarters, in a veritable elephants' graveyard of Titan corpses. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} At one point Lockdown's hunters followed a Titan signal to the ''[[Lost Light]]'', which had a sloughed-off piece of Metroplex aboard that had recently struck the ship, and aimed to use it to detect Metroplex himself, before being forced off by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] without their prize. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}}

At some point, Crystal City was razed by Tyrest's [[Legislator]]s, leaving no sign of life, save the Titan slumbering underneath. When the crew of the ''Lost Light'' arrived to investigate, a subsidence sent them tumbling into the cavern beneath the city where the Titan lay, and they decided to enter its very body so that the their resident [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Chromedome (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Chromedome]] could tap its brain and hopefully find out what had befallen the Circle of Light. Doing so, Chromedome discovered that the Titan's mind was still alive and screaming in frustration—it had heard the call sent out by Cybertron upon the planet's reformatting to "come home", but having been drained by the Circle for so long, it lacked the necessary power to teleport its giant bulk across space. With the Titan willing to destroy itself to separate its [[spark]] from its body in order to return home, [[Brainstorm (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Brainstorm]] used miniaturization technology to shrink the giant down to a size that its reduced power could teleport away from the planet. {{Storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

[[File:PrimusAllGoodThings-MetrotitanEmbedded.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7]]
The shrunken Titan successfully quantum jumped back to Cybertron, to its old home in Crystal City, but wound up physically enmeshing its molecules into those of the city, causing a destabilization of local reality. As Autobot scientist [[Wheeljack (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] worked to contain the impending disaster, [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] got closer to the Titan, and were shocked when it awoke, crediting Starscream's presence as the reason. The Titan dubbed Starscream the conqueror who would unite Cybertron and thanked him for allowing him to awaken one last time, then bid the Transformers to depart so that they would not be destroyed along with it. The Titan was then seemingly obliterated as reality erupted in an antimatter explosion, {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} but somehow Metrotitan in fact wound on [[Earth]], beneath the surface of [[Monument Valley]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

When the ''Lost Light'' found its way to the Missing Miracle Moon of Luna 1 via a portal in space, [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and the rest of the away team discovered Tyrest's Titan graveyard and unsuccessfully tried to take refuge from Lockdown and crew inside of the huge relics. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} Tyrest was finally able to activate his Titan-made space bridge, but whether or not its destination was truly Cyberutopia remains a mystery. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

[[File:RID26 MetroplexPunchingNecrotitan.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7]]
Meanwhile, on a decaying [[Gorlam Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] summoned a dormant Titan to rise from the ground in order to fight off [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. However the combiner attack was a ruse, as the Decepticon scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] desired to bring the [[Ore-2]] and [[space bridge]] technology the Titan contained to Shockwave. Via the marooned Titan Hunter [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] Jhiaxus took control of the Titan and teleported back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}} The Titan was brought to Shockwave's lair, the [[Crystal City]], {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} where its Ore-2 reacted with the [[Ore-14]] of the city, turning it into the undead "[[Necrotitan]]". {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} The Necrotitan was eventually felled by a reinvigorated Metroplex. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

With the Dark Cybertron crisis over, Metroplex integrated himself into the ruins of Iacon while his body recuperated from the effects of an [[alchemical virus]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} As he recovered, he began scanning the galaxy, searching for his lost siblings. He located Chela on Eukaris, Navitas on Velocitron, and the dead Titan on Devisiun; when [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] tapped into his brain she received glimpses of these other Transformer colonists. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}} After Metroplex's spacebridge was repaired, Cybertron reached out to its forgotten Titan colonies to form the [[Council of Worlds]]. Several Titans played key roles in the formation of the Council: Windblade hacked into Navitas's brain module to manipulate a Velocitronian racetrack, {{storylink|Race Against the Light}} while on Eukaris she and Starscream were forced to put down the berserk Chela. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

The reunion of Cybertron and the colonies proved beneficial for the isolated Titans. Carcer's crew was able to begin ordering parts from Cybertron to repair him while Camien cityspeakers were able to conduct therapy on Navitas. {{storylink|07:00:00}}

Meanwhile on Earth, Optimus Prime and his forces combatted the machinations of [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]], and at the Autobot bivouac in [[Monument Valley]], Optimus sensed a presence. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} Soon thereafter, Optimus realized what he had felt, and reawoke Metrotitan. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} Subsequently, Metrotitan became the Cybertronian embassy on Earth, an [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. As a result of [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]] capturing Metrotitan's revival on live camera, opinion among the Cybertronian public and the Council of Worlds became more positive towards Optimus's activities, Optimus seemingly proving himself a divine true Prime. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}} Pleased by this turn of events, Metrotitan broadcasted a beacon of information across the universe immortalizing the deeds of Optimus Prime - unaware that this same broadcast would awaken [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] – in reality the diminuitive and ancient [[Titan Master]] [[Infinitus]] – slumbering beneath the ruins of [[Kaon]]. Disgusted by what Cybertron had become in his absence, Sentinel cut a swathe through Cybertron and Earth as he hatched a new plan to wipe Cybertron clean and begin anew. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} {{storylink|White Light}}

[[File:LastLight Titanarmy.jpg|upright=2.4|thumb|left|Sentinel Prime will make Cybertron great again by returning it to the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|neon era]].]]

Joined by his fellow Titan Master [[Sovereign]], the two travelled to Luna 1 and the Titan graveyard. Using Blackrock as an amplifier, Sentinel awoke the entire population of the graveyard and ordered the [[zombie]] army to return to Cybertron via [[space bridge]] and kill everything that moved. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} Though Sentinel Prime was killed by the skeleton crew of Autobots on the moon — [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]], [[Cerebros]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] – the vast majority of the undead Titans made it through the space bridge portal, materializing far away from Cybertron. {{storylink|Last Light}}

Several months later, the Titan army arrived near Cybertron, where Carcer's long-range scanners picked them up. The [[Council of Worlds]] convened to strategize against the upcoming threat and eventually decided to stand and fight against the menace. Metroplex transformed into his robot mode once more to do battle against his undead brethren, but even though he and the population of Iacon fought hard they were unable to stave off the endless waves of building-sized zombies. {{storylink|Ping}} The zombie army was ultimately defeated only after Windblade seized control of Vigilem and used his heavily armed body to rescue Metroplex and mop up the last stragglers of the invasion; though Vigilem perished, it wasn't before he disgorged the evil [[Liege Maximo]] from his innards, who promised to avenge the death of his Titan. {{storylink|Rubicon}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] mused that if he had wished to conquer Cybertron or invade other planets, few could have stood in his way other than [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] or the long since vanished Titans. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====Wars manga====
Confronting the brainwashed Autobot [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], Metroplex stated that he would banish Metrotitan from their "clan". {{storylink|Metrowars}}

====''Transformers Legends'' comic====
[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] noted that there were many like [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
When the universe was still forming, before Autobots or Decepticons existed, the Titans were created and sent out to discover the powers and mysteries of the universe. Each Titan was crewed by [[Titan Masters]], tiny robot caretakers charged with up-keeping their systems. The Titan Masters also had a greater purpose: Each had a unique superpower they could grant to other Transformers, a gift intended to forge links with other civilizations they might discover. The Titans and their crews were eventually forgotten by all but a few power-hungry and entirely unsuccessful legend hunters. Until the Titans mysteriously returned, and the Titan Masters partnered up with Autobots and Decepticons alike.

Searching for info on the mysterious return of the Titans and their crews Alpha Trion followed a trail of clues to the "Beast Planet" Eukaris. Amid jungle covered buildings Alpha Trion and Titan Master Clobber located a mysterious ancient artifact that was linked to the Titans and Titan Masters. Mindwipe led Astrotrain, Wolfwire, and Titan Master Apeface in an Ambush to steal the artifact.

Later, back on Cybertron, Soundwave led an all out assault. Scourge, Astrotrain, Skullsmasher, Laserbeak, Rumble and Ravage, among others, pressed the attack while Powermaster Prime, Chromedome, Highbrow, Wheelie, Blaster and Hardhead were among the defenders. The battle was interrupted when what first seemed like an Earthquake attack by Rumble was actually the landscape itself transforming into the Legendary Titan: Fortress Maximus.
{{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] was one of only a handful of Titans known to still exist. As a city, his ability to expand and grow was essentially limitless as he links up with other Transformers. Fortress Maximus himself is unique as the only Titan with the ability to link with a [[Titan Master]] partner.<ref>''Titans Return'' Fortress Maximus's on-package bio.</ref>

In the depths of space the monster Titan Trypticon and his Titan Master [[Necro]] traveled in starship mode between worlds, landing as a dark fortress or a terrible giant beast, brining doom and ultimate destruction wherever they passed. Trypticon ever hungered for Titan Masters to devour the way another robot would Energon cubes, while the macabre Necro longs to harvest and devour the sparks of all Transformers who cross his dark path.
<ref>Titans Return Trypticon on-package bio</ref>

===''Combiner Wars'' cartoon===
Upon the conclusion of the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]], Windblade declared that a new problem lay on the horizon: the Titans were returning. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
When the [[Quintesson]]s dosed Windblade with [[Dark Energon]], she began to have hallucinations that the titans were demanding her to destroy her comrades. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight|Voices}}

==Toys==
{{main|Metroplex (G1)#Toys|Metrotitan (Zone)#Toys|Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Metroplex (G1)#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*When originally introduced in IDW continuity, in the [[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|2012 ''More than Meets the Eye'' annual]], the Titans were called "Metrotitans," repurposing the name of the [[Metrotitan (Zone)|''Zone'' Decepticon]] as that of an entire species. This was abandoned almost immediately, however: in the [[Primus: All Good Things|2012 ''Robots in Disguise'' annual]], released the same month, the species were called only "Titans," and the single Titan involved in the story was referred to as "The Metrotitan"; soon after, [[The End of the Beginning of the World|''Robots in Disguise'' #11]] dropped the "The" when referring to him, using the word as an individual's name. Nobody really noticed, though, and the subject didn't come up again until Metrotitan returned in the build-up to the ''[[Titans Return (comic)|Titans Return]]'' event, and his name being different to that of the species was clearly reiterated.
*The existence of thirteen Titan-stewarded colonies seems to imply a connection to the [[Thirteen]] Primes, and/or their Thirteen Tribes, who were established to have vanished from Cybertron in [[The Crucible|issue #34]]. Though later issues revealed that Solus Prime and Onyx Prime apparently departed with two of the colony Titans, directly inspiring the cultures on Caminus and Eukaris respectively, it is evident that not all of the Thirteen each left with one of the Titans—the planets that Shockwave believed the Thirteen settled on were the worlds later seeded with [[Regenesis]] ores, and the Regenesis worlds we have seen are completely separate from the colony worlds. In addition, [[Nexus Prime]] died at the conclusion of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] while Alpha Trion remained on Cybertron for millions more years to come. The Mistress mentions that the thirteen colonies were an early attempt at [[Pax Cybertronia]]; presumably each Prime would control one world, but this plan fell through for reasons unknown.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising subgroups]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 legends]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
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Trypticon (G1)

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ZacWilliam:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:According to early [[BigBadToyStore]] solicitations, the mice were originally supposed to depict Generation 1 [[Overkill (G1)#Device Label|Overkill]] and ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)#Device Label|Dinobot]].
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Trypticon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''40551 48'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, double barreled gun, 2 claws

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Forms Robo===
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1987)
:Trypticon was also among the ten characters who were rendered as part of the ''[[Forms Robo]]'' line of over-sized ''keshigomu'' figures. He came individually packaged in a plastic baggie, and was available in red, yellow, green or blue. Of the various ''Forms Robo'' figures, Trypticon is easily one of the hardest to find, rarely appearing on the secondary market.
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===MyClone===
[[File:Trypticon myclone.jpg|thumb|All together now: Awwwwwwww!]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (MyClone, 2003)
**''ID number:'' '''MTF018'''
**''Accessories:'' Display stand
:The Trypticon [[MyClone]] is the adorablest little killer dinosaur you ever did see. He was released in the third wave of the ''MyClone'' line of Transformers PVC figures, and comes with a hexagonal teal display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other MyClone figures. His modular design allows his parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other MyClone figure.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1TrypticonHeadCompare.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]" model on top, "[[Call of the Primitives]]" model on the bottom.]]
*A [[wikipedia:triptych|triptych]] is an artifact divided into three hinged folding segments. Though obscure, this is an appropriate name for Trypticon, because his tyrannosaur mode ''is'' a triptych, unfolding into three segments when it transforms into city or battle station modes. See, parents, this stuff is educational too!
*Trypticon's original [[Tech Spec]]s give him a very high rank of 9, but he is never portrayed as somebody so far up in the Decepticon power structure. But then again, not many would argue with a towering dinosaur robot that's bigger than Godzilla.
*Trypticon has two completely different [[character model]]s. The first was used for his appearances in "[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]" and the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]], while the second, more toy-accurate model was used for all his appearances in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|animated series]]. Virtually ''every piece'' of Trypticon's body is different between the two models, whether in shape, detail, or both; notable features of the earlier model include rounded legs and feet, and differently shaped shoulder-buildings. The early model ''is'' superior in one regard to the early one, however: it colors Trypticon's optics. They were left uncolored on the finished model, and he spent the entire cartoon looking as if he had no eyes.
**The early model is published in ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]'' and Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'', and depicts Trypticon's translucent orange nose-panel as being open, as it was on the finished model. However, there was obviously a variant version of the early model with an alternate head design that had a ''closed'' nose panel, because that's how Trypticon looks in the actual Marvel comics and "Scramble City" animation.
*A [[:File:GanbareMetroplexAdvertisement01.jpg|wonderfully nonsensical advert]] for the Metroplex and Trypticon toys [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)#Part 1|published in ''TV Magazine'']] depicts him attacking Metroplex while the Autobot City holds the lifeless Optimus Prime in his hand.
*''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]]'s color scheme is based on Trypticon. His character [[bio]] (and this was when Grimlock was an idiot) had Trypticon's Marvel Generation 1 motto: "Total victory requires total destruction."

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Alternity Decepticons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]
[[Category:City Transformers]]
[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decepticon bases]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]
[[Category:MyClone]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:Zone Decepticons]]

Wipe-Out

2017-06-08T13:33:51Z

ZacWilliam:

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|Trypticon's little helper from the Marvel comics|Trypticon's little helper that became his chestplate in dino mode|Full-Tilt}}
:''Wipe-Out is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:KoH! Wipe-Out catch.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|"[[Visionaries|Lord Darkstorm]] will be most pleased!"]]

A lumbering, powerful Transformer like [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] has many important things to attend to (like ''destruction''). When he needs some small task done, he calls on '''Wipe-Out''' to do it. Wipe-Out serves Trypticon with an astonishing level of toadying sycophancy, layering on so many compliments that he actually irritates the giant with them.

This small Decepticon's super-quiet engine lets him perform recon work ahead of the slow-moving dinosaur, and he is armed with a grease gun. One of Wipe-Out's duties as Trypticon's all-purpose attendant includes lubricating his immense joints.

Sometimes he is an ancient [[Titan Master]] robot known as '''Necro'''. As Necro he is a macabre creature who harvests and devours the living [[sparks]] of any Transformers he and Trypticon happen upon as they travel the stars spreading doom and destruction. As Necro he forms the head of [[Full-Tilt]]

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:KingoftheHill-interlopers.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Wipe-Out needs a spellchecker.]]
Wipe-Out arrived on Earth with Trypticon, who had been sent to directly attack the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' Headquarters]].

Trypticon sent Wipe-Out to scout for any possible interference while he prepared the attack. Wipe-Out encountered [[Rachel Becker]], a human student drawn by dinosaur tracks left recently by the Dinobots. He brought her to Trypticon, who was delighted with the chance to destroy an organic, something he'd never destroyed before.

When Rachel tried to escape, Wipe-Out stopped her with his grease gun. Uncharacteristically, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] attacked Trypticon to save her, but the behemoth threw the Dinobot commander against a hill. Wipe-Out then greased Grimlock's feet to keep him from retaliating, but the rest of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] joined the fray, and Wipe-Out was destroyed by [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]]. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

Wipe-Out's death didn’t seem to concern Trypticon much, but he may have just been distracted by [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] setting his head on fire. Stuff like that tends to be an attention grabber.
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==Toys==
===''United''===
[[File:Unitedtoy_wipeout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8__EwAT8VM A celebratory jingle.]]]
*'''Windcharger vs Decepticon Wipe-Out''' (two-pack, January [[2012]])
**''ID number:'' '''UN-27'''

:Wipe-Out is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Windcharger (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Windcharger]] for the ''[[Transformers United]]'' toyline. Sold in a two-pack with ''United'' Windcharger, Wipe-Out transforms into a genericized modern muscle car that's a cross between a fifth generation {{w|Ford Mustang}} and a fifth generation {{w|Chevrolet Camaro}}. The front end is primarily based on the Mustang, including a trapezoid front grille inspired by the 2010 facelift, a GT hood scoop and a chin spoiler, while the rear half of the car is heavily inspired by the Camaro's distinct curves. The shape of the taillights, meanwhile, is also taken from the Mustang's 2010 facelift. In robot mode, Wipe-Out features flip-out "grease guns" in his wrists, which feature [[C joint]] bars that can be used even when the guns are retracted.
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Necro.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"'''Nek'''-ro"? The proper way to say it is "'''Knee'''-cro".]]
*'''Trypticon''' (Titan Class, [[2017]])
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==Notes==
[[File:TailgateWipeout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Once you go black, you never get made until 25 years later.]]
*Wipe-Out was a comic-only character whose appearance was based on [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s [[Mold|toy]]. (To clarify, Wipe-Out is not based on Tailgate's [[character model]]. Wipe-Out's details match up with the sticker on Tailgate's toy's chest, not Tailgate's character model's chest.) Artist [[Don Perlin]] has said that he was given toys from Hasbro since many of the Transformers' [[character model]]s lacked art of their backs.<ref>[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscomics/wipeout.htm Wipeout] at Obscure Transformers</ref> Presumably, a gifted Tailgate toy was part of how this made-up little dude was born.
*Since Tailgate was a retool of Windcharger, ''United'' Wipe-Out happened. Toy gods, we are eternally grateful.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wipe-Out''' (ワイプアウト ''Waipu Auto'')
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==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titan Masters]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]

Wipe-Out

2017-06-08T13:31:47Z

ZacWilliam:

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|Trypticon's little helper from the Marvel comics|Trypticon's little helper that became his chestplate in dino mode|Full-Tilt}}
:''Wipe-Out is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:KoH! Wipe-Out catch.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|"[[Visionaries|Lord Darkstorm]] will be most pleased!"]]

A lumbering, powerful Transformer like [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] has many important things to attend to (like ''destruction''). When he needs some small task done, he calls on '''Wipe-Out''' to do it. Wipe-Out serves Trypticon with an astonishing level of toadying sycophancy, layering on so many compliments that he actually irritates the giant with them.

This small Decepticon's super-quiet engine lets him perform recon work ahead of the slow-moving dinosaur, and he is armed with a grease gun. One of Wipe-Out's duties as Trypticon's all-purpose attendant includes lubricating his immense joints.

Sometimes he is an ancient [[Titan Master]] robot known as '''Necro'''. As Necro he is a macabre creature who harvests and devours the living [[sparks]] of any Transformers he and Trypticon happen upon as they travel the stars spreading doom and destruction.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:KingoftheHill-interlopers.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Wipe-Out needs a spellchecker.]]
Wipe-Out arrived on Earth with Trypticon, who had been sent to directly attack the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' Headquarters]].

Trypticon sent Wipe-Out to scout for any possible interference while he prepared the attack. Wipe-Out encountered [[Rachel Becker]], a human student drawn by dinosaur tracks left recently by the Dinobots. He brought her to Trypticon, who was delighted with the chance to destroy an organic, something he'd never destroyed before.

When Rachel tried to escape, Wipe-Out stopped her with his grease gun. Uncharacteristically, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] attacked Trypticon to save her, but the behemoth threw the Dinobot commander against a hill. Wipe-Out then greased Grimlock's feet to keep him from retaliating, but the rest of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] joined the fray, and Wipe-Out was destroyed by [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]]. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

Wipe-Out's death didn’t seem to concern Trypticon much, but he may have just been distracted by [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] setting his head on fire. Stuff like that tends to be an attention grabber.
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==Toys==
===''United''===
[[File:Unitedtoy_wipeout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8__EwAT8VM A celebratory jingle.]]]
*'''Windcharger vs Decepticon Wipe-Out''' (two-pack, January [[2012]])
**''ID number:'' '''UN-27'''

:Wipe-Out is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Windcharger (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Windcharger]] for the ''[[Transformers United]]'' toyline. Sold in a two-pack with ''United'' Windcharger, Wipe-Out transforms into a genericized modern muscle car that's a cross between a fifth generation {{w|Ford Mustang}} and a fifth generation {{w|Chevrolet Camaro}}. The front end is primarily based on the Mustang, including a trapezoid front grille inspired by the 2010 facelift, a GT hood scoop and a chin spoiler, while the rear half of the car is heavily inspired by the Camaro's distinct curves. The shape of the taillights, meanwhile, is also taken from the Mustang's 2010 facelift. In robot mode, Wipe-Out features flip-out "grease guns" in his wrists, which feature [[C joint]] bars that can be used even when the guns are retracted.
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Necro.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"'''Nek'''-ro"? The proper way to say it is "'''Knee'''-cro".]]
*'''Trypticon''' (Titan Class, [[2017]])
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[File:TailgateWipeout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Once you go black, you never get made until 25 years later.]]
*Wipe-Out was a comic-only character whose appearance was based on [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s [[Mold|toy]]. (To clarify, Wipe-Out is not based on Tailgate's [[character model]]. Wipe-Out's details match up with the sticker on Tailgate's toy's chest, not Tailgate's character model's chest.) Artist [[Don Perlin]] has said that he was given toys from Hasbro since many of the Transformers' [[character model]]s lacked art of their backs.<ref>[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscomics/wipeout.htm Wipeout] at Obscure Transformers</ref> Presumably, a gifted Tailgate toy was part of how this made-up little dude was born.
*Since Tailgate was a retool of Windcharger, ''United'' Wipe-Out happened. Toy gods, we are eternally grateful.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wipe-Out''' (ワイプアウト ''Waipu Auto'')
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==References==
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[[Category:Titans Return]]
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Lione

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot sometimes named Sawback|the Aligned Autobot Mini-Con|Sawback}}
:''Lione is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Tapestry Lione.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFoS9bho2Ww AYEYAYYAI! (wah wah waaaaa)]]]

'''Lione''' (リオーネ ''Riōne'') is sometimes one of the [[Autobot Master Warrior]]s, the group of diminutive young robots training on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] to become fully-fledged [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. Don't let the [[beast mode]] fool you; Lione is smart as a whip, and when hooked up to a [[transtector]], has the speed and power to back up his brains.

In other realities he is an ancient [[Titan Master]] robot who is a skilled specialist in armor and its development. When he combines with other robots he gives them a firepower boost that can cut through thicker and stronger armor.

He is sometimes known as '''Sawback'''.

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==Fiction==
===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
[[File:Lione.jpg|left|thumb|If you want his toy, you'd better have a Fistful of Dollars.]]

Lione was among the members of the resistance formed to force the [[Decepticon]]s off of planet Master. When the Autobot Headmasters arrived on Master to aid the resistance in a battle against the Decepticon forces, Lione was in the group that emerged after the fighting to thank them for their assistance. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

===''Master File''===
Some time later, after the Decepticons had been forced off of Earth and a larger war began based around use of advanced technology from Planet Master, Chromedome and the other Headmasters took it upon themselves to train Lione and the other Master Warriors in the use of their powers. {{Storylink|Master File No, 1}}

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==Toys==
===The Headmasters===
[[File:HM-toy Lione.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Hey Lione, why the long face?]]
*'''Lione''' (Autobot Master Warrior, 1987)

: Available exclusively in [[Japan]] in a tiny individual box, Lione transforms from an orange and dark-yellow robotic lion into a humanoid head, in which mode he can connect to any of the larger Headmaster toys, activating their built-in [[Tech Spec]]s meter. Lione grants his host body a Speed rating of 8, Strength of 8, and Intelligence of 10. Lione and his fellow [[Autobot Master Warrior]]s go for ludicrous sums of money on the secondary market.

: What go for even ''more'' ludicrous sums of money are the super-rare, entirely white versions of the figures. These were only available as part of the "[[Throttlebot]] Promotional Sales Campaign", where a bagged all-white Headmaster was given away with the purchase of any Throttlebot at select Japanese retailers (sadly, we do not know which retailers these were).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Cybertron/Lione/lione.htm More information on Lione at TFU.info]''

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===Generations===
[[File:TitansReturntoy-Sawback.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|TIME TO HARNESS THE "whispers" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5sjiezdrs4 power of the lions.]]]
*'''Sawback''' (Titan Master, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Lion/shield/jet drone

: Part of the third wave of individually-carded ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Titan Master]]s, "Sawback" (renamed for [[trademark]] reasons) is a tiny robot that transforms into a robot head that can be plugged into the neck socket of every Deluxe, Voyager, or Leader ''Titans Return'' figure. To further [[homage]] his original beast mode, his robot mode features a leonine snout rather than a humanoid face.

:He comes with his vehicle partner which transforms from a shield that can be used by larger figures thanks to its [[5mm post]]s, to a winged lion (of which he forms the mane) or a jet any Titan Master can ride.

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==Notes==
[[File:Lione toy.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|The white version can be yours For A Few Dollars More.]]
* The original catalogue photos of Lione show him with a lion head set deeper into the mane, and with a much shorter head mode face than the final product.
* Cartoon Lione sure is colored like [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], isn't he?

===Foreign names===
*''Chinese:'' '''Jùchǐ Dāo''' (锯齿刀, "Sawtooth blade")

[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
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Horri-Bull

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:''Horri-Bull is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Horri-bull robot.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"The fish rots from the head, as they say. So my thinking is, why not cut off the head?"]]

'''Horri-Bull''' is indeed horrible, as well as Aw-Ful, Dis-Gusting, and Gnaw-C-8-Ing, but at least he's not a slob like [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] or [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] or [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]]. Oh, he's a slob, all right, but he's a different sort; neither an ignorant, involuntary slob like the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]], nor an oblivious slob like Landfill, not even a lazy slob like Snapdragon. Never! He's a proud, oil-spitting, grease-oozing, smoke-belching filthmaster. Horri-Bull boasts, with real pride, that he can't remember his last bath. He believes this makes him unique among the Decepticons. If one were to object that it was not a specialty to take pride in, it would only bring pain and perhaps death by flamethrower, because Horri-Bull is also a horrible bully (ha ha), with a nasty temper and a mean streak wider than the oily trails he leaves.

It is only fitting that this uniquely repulsive Decepticon is paired with such a vile specimen of [[Nebulan]] ooze with legs—the vulgar talk shock-jock known as [[Kreb]]. Together, they make a team to be avoided.

Sometimes he is an ancient [[Titan Master]] robot who grants those he merges with the power to release a corrosive rust cloud He is sometimes known as '''Terri-Bull''' or '''Rot-Gut'''.

{{quote|His contempt for personal hygiene—his revelry in the malodorous—makes him by far one of the most foul foes I have yet encountered. Be always vigilant in cleanliness, for it is truly next to Primusness.|[[Vector Prime]]|[[Ask Vector Prime]]}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Cash Carnage Headmasters.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"I'm talking about an overhaul of the system. Putting the power in... different hands."]]
Horri-Bull's partner [[Kreb]] served as frontman for the [[Z Foundation]], organizing a team of human bounty hunters called the [[Roadjammers]] to hunt Autobots for his leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Unfortunately, the Roadjammers discovered Horri-Bull and his fellow [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] "behind the curtain" and tried to take them out as well. Lord [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] was forced to sacrifice his "jammer"ed control over captured Autobots in order to revive his soldiers. {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

''Horri-Bull and the other Decepticon Headmasters and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s took Scorponok's headless body with them to ambush the Autobot [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], who had taken Zarak from his shoulders in a [[All in the Minds!|previous battle]]. Though they succeeded in reuniting their leader with his head, Horri-Bull's part in the proceeding battle was cut short when he was [[Mass substitution|shunted]] into [[Limbo]] along with [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Fangry]], [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], and [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] to make room for the [[time travel]]ing [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] from [[2009]].'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:ColdWar-Horribullleads.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Go ahead! Run away! Say it was Horri-Bull! Spread the word! Tell a friend! Tell them the tale!"]]
When Scorponok and his greeting party were attacked while meeting with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s crew, Horri-Bull led the remaining army into battle against their fellow Decepticons. However, he was quickly sliced in two by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], {{storylink|Cold War!}} and carried back in pieces to the [[Club Con|Decepticon base]]. {{Storylink|Dark Star}} He was up and about by the time [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered to Scorponok in order to join their forces against the encroaching threat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. Horri-Bull made sure that [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] did nothing funny as the Autobot was escorted to a holding cell. {{Storylink|Surrender!}} He was later caught in the collapse of the [[New Jersey base]] caused by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Decepticon faction. He was helped up on his feet by Soundwave. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} During the battle that followed, the [[Transformer]]s on [[Earth]], including Horri-Bull, were suddenly teleported to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Primus]]. There, they were forced to listen to Primus's warning about [[Unicron]]. {{Storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:EndoftheRoad-Horribull.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"It's a brand new day and the sun is high! All the birds are singin' that you're gonna die!"]]
Following Unicron's attack and Scorponok's death, Horri-Bull fell under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s leadership and was part of his invasion force on [[Klo]]. {{Storylink|The Last Autobot?}} When the [[Neo-Knights]] came to Klo, Horri-Bull was about to crush them when the reborn Optimus Prime landed in front of the Decepticons, shocking Horri-Bull. Horri-Bull and a few others fought the Autobot leader, but the battle turned against the Decepticons and Bludgeon forced the Decepticons into exile. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Primes Rib Arcee Headmasters.jpg|thumb|Listen close to everybody's heart and hear that breaking sound.]]
In [[1995]], Horri-Bull joined [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], [[Fangry]], and [[Squeezeplay]] in attacking the Autobots at a football stadium in [[California]]. While his partners disabled [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], Horri-Bull roasted [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] with his flamethrower breath. They then turned their attention on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], but were interrupted by the newly created Autobot, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. She kept the Decepticons occupied long enough for the other Autobots to recover, and so they fled. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Horri-Bull wanted to be disguised as a bull but his jet engine was a bit of a giveaway. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|Attack At Dawn}} He was part of a Decepticon raid on the nuclear arms cache [[Nevada Alpha]], melting all human opposition with his weapons and smashing his way into the missile storage room. Well, at least the Autobots could stop him! Unless those Autobots were the Small Targetmasters because Horri-Bull singlehandedly hospitalised them with one charge! Optimus had to personally wrestle him and even that took a long time. ''Don't mess with Horri-Bull.'' {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Save Nevada Alpha}}

The characteristics of Horri-Bull and the other Headmaster Decepticons 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''====
{{noteclassics}}
[[File:InvasionPrologue-Decepticonspushforward.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|You've got more than enough evil hours to get into the Henchmen's Union.]]
Twenty years after the battle of Klo, Horri-Bull had joined [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]]'s Decepticons on Earth, and was present when Gigatron's team attacked the Autobots' [[Construction station|Ironworks]] headquarters for their hidden [[Rarified Energon]] reserves. {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}}

They were plotting a second assault when invaders from another dimension complicated the plans. The Decepticons found themselves allied with the forces of good, defending their hunting ground on Earth from [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Evil Autobots]] who wanted to destroy the entire world. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{noterg1}}
[[File:Bludgeons decepticons 2 destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|"The League is watching. I gotta do this alone."]]
Twenty-one years after the battle of [[Klo]], Horri-Bull was still at Bludgeon's side aboard the ''[[Warworld]]'' as the Decepticon leader unleashed his [[Blitz Engine]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s Autobots and fired the ''Warworld'''s weapons at [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} At [[Fangry]]'s suggestion, [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]], [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], [[Stranglehold]], and Horri-Bull went down to the planet's surface to join the battle, but as the Blitz Engines, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons and finally Bludgeon himself were all defeated in turn, Ultra Magnus's Autobots rallied and claimed victory. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

After the battle, any Decepticons not killed in the fighting were taken into Autobot custody and were then most likely converted into [[shadow-leech]]es by the Dark [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] creature, along with (almost) the entire population of Cybertron, while [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his Autobots were off-planet fighting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]].
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:Decepticons Underground Headmasters.jpg|thumb|left|"Oh, goodness, look at my wrist. I gotta go."]]
Horri-Bull, Fangry, and Squeezeplay operated a secret underground base on Nebulos within the "[[Nebulos Triangle]]". They maintained this secrecy by shorting out electronics and causing whoever wandered into the area to disappear... at least until Optimus Prime decided that these phenomena were probably caused by a secret Decepticon base. The Autobots stormed in, and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] poured [[Nebulite]]-enriched concrete all over the fleeing Decepticons, leaving Horri-Bull and the others trapped in a living tomb. {{Storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Fragmentation Horri-Bull Krok.jpg|thumb|A heinous crime, a show of force, a murder would be nice of course!]]
Horri-Bull was a member of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] during the [[Dark Ages]], and was present when the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] stole one of their [[energon]] shipments. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Transgressors done with this.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|"Hey, sexy, fancy some backstory?"]]
Horri-Bull was one of the early Decepticons and passed on its class warfare rhetoric to his close compatriot, [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]]. [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], Needlenose's brother, was disparaging of Horri-Bull and his Decepticonism. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}

Millions of years into the war, Horri-Bull was a member of [[Turmoil]]'s detachment of Decepticon soldiers. He fought against [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s Autobot forces under the leadership of Turmoil's lieutenant, [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]]. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

[[File:Autonomy Lesson Horri-Bull Zetca.jpg|thumb|right|"Look at him! Not a word! Hammer, meet NAIL!"]]
Much later, Horri-Bull was among the Decepticons captured and affixed with [[inhibitor/deterrence chip]]s in the wake of [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s defeat on Cybertron. When they were released to take down the [[NAIL]]s protesting against the Autobots' presence on the planet, Horri-Bull strangled one unlucky rioter. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

Horri-Bull enjoyed his new position as "enforcer" and joined Needlenose in harassing NAILs, including [[Tappet]]. When they were caught in the act by the Autobots, they were turned over to [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], then the appointed leader of the Decepticons and who chewed them out for blindly serving the Autobot government. Nevertheless, the two were at it again, this time beating up [[Zetca]]. When Horri-Bull refused to back off, [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] detonated the I/D chip in Horri-Bull, blowing his head off. (Unknown to the horrified Needlenose, the I/D chips had been disabled: the Decepticon leadership had ''allowed'' Horri-Bull to die to keep this quiet) {{Storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} {{storylink|The World & Everything in It}}

When lamenting how their leaders just kept bringing them more fighting, Needlenose said that he missed Horri-Bull. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} Later, as a disgruntled Needlenose began to become a Decepticon leader himself, he was driven to rage when Tracks said Bumblebee could have given the Decepticons a better peace, saying he would never have worked with the Transformer who'd killed his lover. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}}}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] regarded Horri-Bull, and his contempt for modern hygiene, as one of the vilest evils he had ever faced. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/12}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
[[File:TPotTM Rot-GutSkullsmasher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|"It's not a death ray or an ice beam - that's so Johnny Snow."]]
Though Terri-Bull was a filthy slob, his comrades didn't call him that to his face because he could give them the ability to fire a toxic rust cloud. {{storylink|#Generations|''Titans Return'' Terri-Bull online bio}} Rot-Gut accompanied [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullsmasher]] and [[Grax]] to [[Caminus]], where they stole some secret Autobot codes. Pursued by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Stripes]], and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], the Decepticons eluded their pursuers by having Rot-Gut combine with Skullsmasher's body. Rot-Gut imparted his power onto Skullsmasher, allowing Skullsmasher to fire a cloud of toxic rust from his blaster. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Squeezeplayhorribullfangrycommercial.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Torro!]]
*[[Fangry]], Horri-Bull, and [[Squeezeplay]] burst through a wall, and the three engaged the new Headmaster Autobots. [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] noted that their new Headmasters would give the Decepticons "more brainpower than ever." {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Small Headmasters|Small Headmasters Commercial}} Given that it's Galvatron who said it, the utterly ludicrous nature of this comment can just be explained as him being particularly crazy that day.
*During a battle on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Horri-Bull attempted to tackle down [[Quickswitch]]. The Autobot dodged out of the way, and used his puma mode to take down his attacker. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Quickswitch|Quickswitch commercial}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|There is no Dana, only Zuul.]]
*'''Horri-Bull''' (Headmaster, 1988)
**''Accessories'': [[concussion weapon|Concussion blaster]], double-barreled "flamethrower"-tail

:Horri-Bull transforms into a robotic bull (though he more closely resembles the "terror dogs" from the ''[[Susan Hoffman#Related characters|Ghostbusters]]'' movie). His [[beast mode]] back opens up to contain his Nebulan partner Kreb, who forms the [[robot mode]]'s head. Plugging Kreb (or any other Headmaster) into the neck socket activates the [[Tech Spec]] meter in Horri-Bull's chest; as a smaller Headmaster, the stats are part of a single plate rather than individual rollers. His twin-barreled tail-blaster becomes a hand-held weapon in robot mode.

:His beast mode forelegs feature articulated claws, but what purpose this serves is unknown, since they only fold down, useless in beast mode and actually covering up his fist-holes in robot. Making matters worse, he can't hold his double-barreled tail gun without partially untransforming his fist away from the claws to clear room for the weapon. Like most larger toys of the era, he features 5mm [[peg]]holes for holding weapons.

:This mold was released in Japan without changes as the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' human villain [[Bullhorn (Masterforce)|Bullhorn]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Horri-Bull/horri-bull.htm More information on Horri-Bull at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TitanMasterToy Terri-Bull.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Needlenose is desperately trying to import this.]]
*'''Terri-Bull''' (Titan Master, 2016)
** ''Accessories'': Tank vehicle

:Terri-Bull transforms from robot to a head compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' figure. The companion vehicle changes from a tank to a plane which Terri-Bull (or any other Titan Master/''Legends'' Headmaster figures) can ride on/combine with, and has a 5mm post that folds out to become a weapon for larger figures. His promo shots show a purple face & light grey arms, while the final toy has yellow-colored face & blue arms. His guns are also shown in blue rather than light grey.

:The gun barrels connect to the tank turret via 3mm [[C joint]]s. This allows them to pivot up and down, as well as clip onto other compatible figures.

:Unlike most of the ''Titan Master'' vehicle accessories, Terri-Bull's tank vehicle's gun mode handle does not seem to be pop off when wielded by many 5mm-compatible closed hands. However, like Loudmouth, the upper portion of Terri-Bull's legs has been installed backwards in every sample. This can be fixed by lightly knocking out the pin, flipping the leg pieces, and reassembling the toy.

:Terri-Bull was originally designed by [[Emiliano Santalucia]] as a new character, and sported an original head design. Terri-Bull was retooled into ''Titans Return'' [[Flywheels|Skytread]], whilst for the ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' line the head was redecoed as [[Bullhorn (Masterforce)#Legends|Bullhorn]] and the vehicle into [[Tankette]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/TRTerri-Bull/terri-bull.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Terri-Bull at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Horribull bullhorn toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Our wiki is so... horrible.]]
*Horri-Bull's yellow color in "[[The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson]]" stems from the image TFWiki used to have for Horri-Bull's toy and [http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Horri-Bull/horri-bull.htm TFU.info's screencap of Horri-Bull]. [[Josh Perez]] chose to use the yellow to "help him stick out a lot more".<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=84653&view=findpost&p=1997013 Post from Josh Perez on The Allspark]</ref>
*"Horribull" is also the Japanese ''Galaxy Force'' name of [[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Drill Bit]]. Drill Bit's fellow [[Gigantion]] Mini-Cons [[Stripmine]] and [[Heavy Load (Cybertron)|Heavy Load]] have similar Japanese names, "Kiribull" and "Bullbull".

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Taureu''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Szörny-bika''' ("Monstrous-bull")
*''Italian:'' '''Thorror'''

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Ladybird Books Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Slobs]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]

Shuffler

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:''Shuffler is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Tapestry Shuffler.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The mp3-era counterpart to [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]].]]

'''Shuffler''' (シャフラー ''Shafurā'') is sometimes one of the [[Autobot Master Warrior]]s, the group of diminutive young robots training on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] to become fully-fledged [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. He may be slow as dirt even when hooked up to a [[Transtector]], but he's pachyn (ha ha) a lot of power and he never forgets how best to use it against the Decepticons.

In other realities he is an ancient Titan Master who may be slow physically but is also a master battle strategist. As such, his unique power is to grant any robot he joins with an encyclopedic knowledge of every Cybertronian battle ever fought.

==Fiction==
===''TV Magazine Super-God Masterforce'' prologue===
After the Decepticons had been forced off Earth and a larger war began based around use of advanced technology from Planet Master, Chromedome and the other Headmasters took it upon themselves to train Shuffler and the other Master Warriors in the use of their powers. {{Storylink|Master File No, 1}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Shuffler was somehow related to the development of [[Brainmaster]] technology. When the Decepticons learned of the technique, he, [[Toraizer|Trizer]], and [[Kirk]] destroyed the laboratory rather than let them get their hands on it. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/23}}

==Toys==
===The Headmasters===
[[File:HM-toy Shuffler.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Autobabar]]
*'''Shuffler''' (Cybertron Master Warrior, 1987)

:Available exclusively in [[Japan]] in a tiny individual box, Shuffler transforms from a dark-purple and off-gray robotic [[elephant]] into a humanoid head, in which mode he can connect to any of the larger Headmaster toys, activating their built-in [[Tech Spec]]s meter. Shuffler grants his host body a Speed rating of 4, Strength of 10, and Intelligence of 8. Shuffler and his fellow [[Autobot Master Warrior]]s go for ludicrous sums of money on the secondary market.

:What go for even ''more'' ludicrous sums of money are the super-rare, entirely white versions of the figures. These were only available as part of the "[[Throttlebot]] Promotional Sales Campaign", where a bagged all-white Headmaster was given away with the purchase of any Throttlebot at select Japanese retailers (sadly, we do not know which retailers these were).
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Titan-Master-Shuffler.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"Every Day I'm Shufflin'."]]
*'''Autobot Shuffler''' (Titan Master, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Elephant/tank/launcher vehicle

:Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Titan Master class toys, Shuffler transforms from robot to a head compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger ''Titans Return'' figure. His robot mode head has an adorable little elephant trunk nose rather than a traditional humanoid face.

:He comes with a vehicle which can transform from an elephant based on his original toy to a tank, or a multi-rocket launching system which can be held by larger figures. Shuffler himself (or any other Titan Master figure) fits inside the elephant and launcher modes, and "pilots" the tank form in his robot mode.

:Shuffler was [[retool]]ed into [[Ramhorn (G1)#TitansReturn|Ramhorn]].

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==Notes==
[[File:Shuffler toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I been done seen about ever'thing when I see an elephant that looks like this.]]
*Unlike his fellow Master Warriors, neither Shuffler nor any robots resembling him appeared in ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' cartoon during the efforts to free planet Master from [[Decepticon]] influence.
*The original catalog photos of pre-final Shuffler show him with a much broader trunk and lower-set head than the final product, as well as a robo-soul-patch on his head mode's chin.

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Oiler

2016-12-23T02:03:41Z

ZacWilliam: /* IDW Generation 1 Continuity */ "Sister... You have a twin sister!"

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:''Oiler is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Oiler_cardart.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Don't call him Captain Planet... seriously.]]

'''Oiler''', leader of the [[Metro Squad]], is an oil addict—in reverse. Determined to preserve energy at all costs, he under-fuels himself to conserve energy, and thus runs dry in precarious situations. His squadmates think this is just the result of his ceaseless efforts to protect the innocent, though Oiler does use his above-average intelligence to hide the truth from them, rationalizing away as he does. However, his actions are beginning to take a toll on his functions.<ref>''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' #4</ref>

His [[combiner]] partner on the Metro Squad is [[Slide]].

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==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 Continuity===
Oiler and his [[twin]] sister Slide were [[Devisiun|Devisien]]s who joined the [[Autobot]]s on [[Earth]] after the [[Ore-13]] crisis. The twins were excited to be working alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], and like the other recently-arrived colonists they began wearing [[mouthplate]]s to emulate what they percieved as a [[Prime (rank)|holy figure]].

The new recruits got their first taste of real action when they were sent to [[Mexico City]] with [[Aileron]] in the hopes of locating a cache of recovered Cybertronian technology. They discovered that an anti-Transformer mob had set up a protest that had quickly turned into a riot. When a human protester shot [[Midnight Express]] with a weapon of Cybertronian origin, Optimus summoned reinforcements. While [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]], [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]], and [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] saved the day, the new meat watched in awe. Back aboard [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Autobot City]], the assembled colonists continued to laud the myriad deeds of Optimus; Oiler mentioned that he would follow Optimus no matter where the Prime travelled. Their combined hero-worship managed to annoy even Aileron. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-toy Oiler.jpg|thumb|right|300px|He wants to oil on you!]]
* '''Metro Squad''' (Micromaster Combiner Squad, 1990)

: Oiler transforms into a trailer truck that is intended to be the front half of a blue and white tanker truck that he forms with his combiner partner [[Slide]]. He can, of course, combine with any other [[Micromaster Combiner]] to form a new vehicle, as well as connect to any [[Micromaster Combiner Transport]]. Oiler was only available in a six-pack with his squadmates Slide, [[Power Run]], [[Roadburner]], [[Strikedown]], and [[Wheel Blaze]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Oiler/oiler.htm More information on Oiler at TFU.info]''

===Return of Convoy===
*'''Fire Tanker W Team''' (Micro Trailer W Team, 1991)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-365'''
**''Accessories'': Micro Trailer #5

: In Japan, Oiler came as part of the [[Fire Tanker W Team]] with Slide, Wheelblaze, and Roadburner. All four components were identical to their [[Hasbro]] releases. The group also came with [[Micro Trailer]] #5.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Oiler''' (オイラー ''Oirā'')
*''French:'' '''Aéro''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Pluton'''

==Footnotes==
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Titans Return (franchise)

2016-08-22T20:31:32Z

ZacWilliam: Notes on SDCC weird "story" bits on Map/Poster

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'''''Titans Return''''' is a [[2016]] multimedia branding used by [[Hasbro]], encompassing ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' toys, comics, and other merchandise. It focuses on [[Titan Master]]s (renamed from the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s of the 1980s).

As the second installment in the [[Prime Wars Trilogy]],<ref>Titans Return toy [[instructions|instruction sheets]].</ref> ''Titans Return'' follows the ''[[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]]'' subline.

==Toys==
[[File:Generations 2015 Toyline logo.png|right|100px]]
{{Main|Transformers: Generations#Titans Return}}
Following the conclusion of the [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'' toyline]]'s ''Combiner Wars'' [[subline imprint]], it was refreshed with ''Titans Return'' branding. This new subline ushered in a new, unified [[play pattern]] whereby most toys have a detachable head which transforms into a robot of its own, a [[Titan Master]]. Voyager Class toys are [[Triple Changer]]s while Leader Class toys have a base mode. Furthermore, some Legends Class toys can also interact with Titan Masters.

Takara released these molds under the ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' banner, utilizing the toys as new forms of classic characters from ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' cartoons.
 

==IDW comic==
{{Main|Titans Return (comic)}}
Similarly to "[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]" with the ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' toyline and "[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]", [[IDW Publishing]] produced an "event" storyline tying into ''Titans Return'', which overlapped with the IDW "[[Revolution]]" event.

==SDCC comic==
{{Main|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}
At [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016, Hasbro released a [[catalog]] comic highlighting current ''Titans Return'' toys, expanding upon the toy bios.

==Notes==

* The SDCC exclusive Titan Force 3-pack included a map of 15 world. It's labeled in Cyberronian "Titans Return" and "Find the 13". Also labeled in Cybertronian the 15 worlds are: Micron, Botropolis, Aquatron, Gigantion, Biosfera,Velocitron, Earth, Caminus, Antilla, Junkion, Nebulon, Dominius, Paradron, Cybertron, and Unicron.

* The Poster given away with the SDCC version of Titans Return Fortress Maximus also features Cybertronian writing along the bottom that says "They voyaged far with worlds to seed, on their return the smallest voice do heed."

==References==
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Viper (CW)

2016-08-04T19:53:07Z

ZacWilliam: Viper character bio and info from Earth Wars

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:''Viper is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:GenerationsViper-packagingart.jpg|thumb|right|250px|He's come to vipe your vindows.]]

'''Viper''' is well named. Among his very "serpentine" qualities are attacks and transformations that hit like the lightning fast strike of a cobra. His venomous bite often takes the form of a barrage of lethal acid pellets. Yet an even better word to describe him would be "Toxic." Viper's personality is so destructively malevolent that just being around him negatively affects the mental health of his allies as well as his enemies. This emotional collateral damage concerns the "mad, bad, and dangerous to know" Viper not at all.

Sometimes he is a tough [[drone]] airframe carrying a healthy supply of firepower into battle.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Viper, the "[[DeceptiCobra]] Alliance Incarnate", joined [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in attacking a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] searching for [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. The two jets were defeated when Omega turned out to be the very road below them, which coiled up and grabbed them out of the air. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Viper.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Watch out, XCOM!]]
Viper participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Common character who could be recruited after collecting 24 units of Cybermetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===

During "Operation Snakebite" Sideswipe embarked on a covert-operation that discovered an entire military base of suspicious origin, cut off from the world. However, his recklessness left a trail, and an unforeseen threat soon followed: Viper. The Autobots knew little about this new enemy, but it seemed like the Decepticons had made an alliance with someone…

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:CW-toy Viper.jpg|300px|thumb|So, after all this time, Cobra was hiding their own Transformer?!]]
*'''Decepticon Viper''' (Legends class, 2015)

:Part of wave 3 of ''[[Combiner Wars]]'' Legends class, Viper is a [[retool]] of [[Powerglide (G1)#Generations|Powerglide]], transforming into a modified-for-legal-reasons approximation of an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 Thunderbolt II assault plane]]. He can also transform into a multi-barreled cannon that can be held by larger toys.

: Viper's deco is an overt [[homage]] to the Cobra [[Rattler]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', including two [[Cobra]] insignias (with [[:File:GI_Joe_vs_Transformers_hc.jpg|integrated]] [[:File:Cobra_Decepticon_symbol.png|Decepticon]] [[:File:TF2015-Legends1.jpg|insignia]], no less), and the "ZØ6" marking of Rattler pilot [[Wild Weasel]]'s personal Rattler on his right wing. His new face is even styled after Wild Weasel's flight mask.

: His packaging identifies him as an adjunct to [[Galvatronus]].

: The mold was redecoed to make ''Adventure'' [[Dogfight (Adventure)|Dogfight]].
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==Notes==
* Viper appeared in the ''Battle Tactics'' game before his toy was announced, leading some to believe he was an original character to the game. That didn't last long.
* When introduced at [[Toy Fair 2015]], Viper was referred to as a "[[generic]]" style Transformer (i.e. fully-sentient, but with a shared design, such as [[Omnicon]]s or [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s). This characterization is intended to facilitate [[army-building]], recalling his [[Cobra Viper|namesake]].
* Viper's product description on [[Hasbro]]'s website describes him as having robot, jet, and "quick-strike drone" modes, presumably the result of some inexplicable misinterpretation of his gun mode.
* Viper's individual character bio comes from the Earth Wars video game "Operation Snakebite" event.
* The line used to describe Viper in that bio "mad, bad, and dangerous to know" is a famous historical description of the English Romantic Poet and rebellious, pro-Satan bad-boy, Lord Byron.

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[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]

Nightbeat (G1)

2016-07-31T00:31:28Z

ZacWilliam: Titan Master Bio

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:''Nightbeat is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Nightbeatg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Nightbeat in: "The Mystery of the Jaunty Irish Jig!"]]
'''Nightbeat''', a self-declared detective, loves mystery, suspense, and conspiracy. When Nightbeat is on the trail for clues, nothing else matters. This monomania has famously gotten him into trouble over his head more times than he can count, yet in the face of adversity, he remains cool, confident, and even irreverent. He has insulted creatures many times his size and committed huge faux-pas to uncover the truth. It is not so much that Nightbeat is brave, but more that, when the thrill of the hunt has him, he will not be denied.

Nightbeat has a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] partner, [[Muzzle]], whom he gets along ''amazingly'' well with. The two seem to have been of one mind even before they were [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]].

Occasionally he is an ancient [[Titan Master]].

{{bigquote|For me, it's all about the '''details'''. Look closely at something and it'll make sense. If it '''doesn't''', look '''closer'''.|Nightbeat|"[[Omega's Conundrum]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Sirennightbeatbigshutdown.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Nightbeat, I thought 'Truth is revealed in the smallest detail' is what you always say."{{-}} "...Shut up, Siren."]]
''Shortly after being made a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and joining [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s crew on Earth, Nightbeat learned of a mysterious robot corpse which had seemingly washed up on the California shoreline. He decided to investigate, bringing along [[Siren (G1)|Siren]] to serve as his personal "Watson". At the scene of the crime, they found a pair of Transformers hovering over [[Playback|the body]], and who quickly burned rubber once they spotted the Autobots. Sending Siren off to chase them down, Nightbeat pulled out the giant retractable magnifying glass in his sleeve and went to work collecting evidence from the body.''

''Finding a serial brand from a Decepticon prison on the body, and identifying a signature Decepticon blaster as the murder weapon, Nightbeat concluded that a lone, well-armed Decepticon was hunting down escaped Autobot prisoners. Siren returned at that moment, correcting Nightbeat's analysis by informing him the prisoners weren't escapees, but deliberately let loose as prey to be hunted down. His source? The surviving prisoner, [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], and the lone, well-armed Decepticon named [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] who was right on their tails. Thinking quickly, Nightbeat had his Nebulan partner Muzzle binary-bond with the dead Autobot in order to partially reactivate his motor functions. Caught off-guard by his prey supposedly coming back to life right in front of him, Thunderwing left himself wide open when Muzzle disengaged and Nightbeat blew up the Autobot's fuel core at close enough range to send Thunderwing packing into the waves to dose the flames. Hosehead then returned to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] with Nightbeat and Siren.'' {{storylink|The Big Shutdown!}}

[[File:Nightbeatdeathbringer.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Get your head out of 1984, Prime!]]
''Optimus Prime was confiding in Nightbeat his desire to find a way to restore the warriors who were destroyed during the [[Underbase Saga]] when they received a distress signal from the Earth's surface. Nightbeat assembled a combat team that included [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]], Siren, Hosehead, [[Getaway]], and himself, and under Optimus Prime's command, they rushed to Earth to help their fallen comrades. There they found the [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]], who had come to cleanse the planet of life. Ironically, Deathbringer was powered by the energies of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], the very thing Prime had desired earlier to restore his fallen warriors! And it must be destroyed to save Earth! While the rest of the combat team were getting slaughtered by Deathbringer, Nightbeat pulled away and consulted via comlink [[Waverider]] on the Ark. Through Waverider's information digging, Nightbeat learned that Deathbringers are mechanoids who are designed to give death painlessly to the terminally ill. Though this particular Deathbringer's purpose had been twisted, Nightbeat used its own programming against it. Nightbeat told the Deathbringer that its own body was diseased, and it should destroy itself. It did, leaving Nightbeat and Prime a hollow victory with questions about the true essence of the Matrix.'' {{storylink|Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer}}

''Later, Thunderwing emerged from the ocean, intent on destroying Nightbeat, Hosehead, and Siren, the Autobots who had defeated him earlier.'' {{storylink|Rage!}} ''To this end, he led his troops on a suicidal attack on the Ark. Though Thunderwing and his troops were forced to retreat, when he returned to Cybertron he was named Decepticon leader for his single-minded ruthlessness.'' {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}

[[File:Nightbeatincontrol.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|But what does he think about waterboarding?]]
During the Matrix Quest, Nightbeat led Hosehead and Siren on a search of the planet [[Pz-Zazz]] for any sign of the Matrix. Pz-Zazz was on file as a vibrant, lush world; in reality it was a cesspool, festering with mob violence and untamed decadence. While questioning the wrong sort of people, the Autobots were caught in the middle of a crossfire between B'hgdad's men and Gutt's boys. One alien on the street fared worse than they did, passing on a mysterious [[bird|bird statue]] to Siren before dying in his arms. Despite Nightbeat's keen interest in the clear film noir plot developing around them, Siren and Hosehead convinced him to put the bird aside and continue searching for the Matrix.

At the next bar they were canvassing, the Autobots were confronted by the delightful Miss [[Fatale]]. Fatale informed them of a legendary Font of Life which had once lit a nearby mountaintop. The sick and weak would pilgrimage to the mountain in order to touch a "sacred idol" and heal their wounds. She offered to lead them to the temple on the mountain in exchange for the bird, which she claimed was her property. Suspicious, Nightbeat sent Hosehead and Siren ahead to the mountain with Fatale while he retrieved the bird from where they had stashed it. Confronted by B'hgdad and his men, Nightbeat only managed to escape after chipping off a piece of the bird's outer enamel, revealing the radiant life-source within. Briefly considering keeping the bird as a replacement for the Matrix, to help heal all his comrades aboard the Ark, Nightbeat quickly rejected the idea and returned the bird to its rightful place on the mountain's altar, releasing waves of pure light and hope to revitalize Pz-Zazz and its people.

Then he got shot in the back. No good deed goes unpunished. {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}}

Thunderwing and his [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] had gotten wind of Autobot parties searching this one area of the galaxy, and his curiosity was piqued. Hooking Nightbeat and the others up to his torturous [[Mind Leech]] device, Thunderwing extracted all he needed to know about the Matrix Quest and the possible planets on the search list. {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier.}} The Autobot trio remained captives on board the [[Thunderwing's ship|Decepticon ship]] until Thunderwing backhanded his minion [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] into some equipment. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}} This caused a short circuit which, unknown to the Decepticons, freed Nightbeat and his team. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} Learning that Thunderwing had successfully found the Matrix in their absence and was planning to sneak aboard the Ark in a stolen [[Ark shuttlecraft|Autobot shuttle]], Nightbeat and pals stowed away on the shuttle in the hopes of disrupting the Decepticons' schemes somehow.

[[File:Nightbeatmatrixguideme.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Stop writing our captions for us, Nightbeat.]]
The situation was worse than they thought. The Matrix was corrupted from a series of unstable hosts, and now had an evil sentience that had overwhelmed Thunderwing and made him a puppet to its will. With the combined forces of the Ark unable to best the Thunderwing / Matrix combo, Nightbeat devised a desperate plan. As Siren triggered the shuttle's self-destruct sequence, Nightbeat fired the ship's grappling harpoon straight through Thunderwing's chest and shut off the docking clamps, just as Hosehead turned off the [[artificial gravity]] in the hangar bay. The result was the shuttle being sucked out into the black void, taking Thunderwing and the Matrix along with it before exploding. Thunderwing was last seen hurtling through space, still harpooned to a piece of flaming debris. {{storylink|All Fall Down}}

[[File:Nightbeateyeofthestorm.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|And a second gunman! On the grassy knoll!]]
Optimus Prime next gave Nightbeat an investigational assignment to look into the disappearance and supposed death of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in a massive explosion on Cybertron some months back. After review witness statements and making a few leaps of deductive logic, Nightbeat reached the hypothesis that Ratchet may have been cast into a [[trans-time dimensional portal|dimensional portal]] they knew had been active at the time of the explosion, and then been caught between space as the explosion destroyed the delicate portal mechanism. To test his theory, Nightbeat arranged for an inter-dimensional probe to search for and retrieve Ratchet's spark signature in [[Transwarp|unspace]], assuming it was anywhere to be found. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

It was. Ratchet reappeared on the Ark fused at a molecular level to Megatron. This wasn't a [[Silverbolt (BW)|"pure, strong, and fast"]] fusion; it was a horrific blending of two mechanoids, both in constant and indescribable agony. Prime managed to subdue the creature, and Autobot medic [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] took steps to separate the pair, who were then placed in stasis chambers. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}} During the aftermath, Optimus Prime surrendered his forces, including Nightbeat, to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok's]] Decepticons on Earth, hoping to use his desperate action to unite both factions against [[Unicron]]. This alliance was about to form when the entire Decepticon base imploded in on itself due to an attack from [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s small team of rival Decepticon forces. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Nightbeat survived this initial strike, and along with Optimus Prime and the other Autobots, emerged and tried to keep the new Decepticon Civil War from spreading beyond the area. Optimus charged himself and Nightbeat with keeping Scorponok specifically out of Manhattan. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} However, when [[G.B. Blackrock]]'s team of robot-fighting mutants, the [[Neo-Knights]] arrived, Nightbeat was the first to fall at the hands of the psychotic [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]]. As the fighting neared its end, and the alliance began to form again, [[Primus]] teleported the Earth-bound Transformers to Cybertron; Nightbeat's antenna was in contact with the Neo-Knight's helicopter, accidentally bringing them to Cybertron as well! {{storylink|Out of Time!}}

[[File:Nightbeatsnapdragon.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|Oh no! Muzzle!]]
Once on Cybertron, Nightbeat, able to stand up again, watched as Primus spoke through [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], telling "his children" of their origin and their charge to defeat Unicron. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Once Unicron arrived, the alliance was put to the test, and Nightbeat was among several Autobots who utilized [[sky-sled]]s in their attacks on the Dark God. Nightbeat survived this cataclysmic battle. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Nightbeat was seen nailing both an Autobot and Decepticon logo on the wall of their fragile alliance's headquarters {{storylink|Still Life!}} and joined the Autobots in their delayed evacuation of Cybertron. As they headed for [[Klo]], he urged [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] to cool down and save his bring-a-prick for the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} Unfortunately, the Decepticons were aware of the Autobots' surprise attack, and all but five Autobots were destroyed. [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] kicked a head away from Nightbeat's remains. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

{{note|It can be assumed that Nightbeat was revived along with the other casualties by the [[Last Autobot]].}}
=====Another Time & Place=====
{{note|The "Another Time & Place" text story was meant to be a conclusion to the Marvel continuity, but its events were ignored by ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''. It was [[Withered Hope|later labeled]] a "dead end" [[splinter timeline]].}}

When the Decepticons took control of the [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] on [[Hydrus Four]], Nightbeat joined a commando unit of Autobots to infiltrate their position. Their first obstacle was [[Fangry]], but luck was on their side. The Decepticon tracker was looking to kill something, and bent waaaaay over the water trying to skewer a fish. Nightbeat just had to give him a tiny nudge, and Fangry fell over into the waiting arms of the Autobots hidden in the murky water. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Nightbeat was present when Powermaster Optimus Prime led the Autobots against the joint Decepticon leaders Shockwave and Megatron, who had tried to hijack the oil reserves of [[Alaska]]. Nightbeat was hit by a laser, causing him to transform into [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. The Autobots drove off the Decepticons, but not before [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] shot a minibot because he turned off his targeting computer. Optimus then sat his troops down and explained to them the differences between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|Attack at Dawn}}

Recordings of of the attack on Alaska, along with Optimus Prime reviewing Nightbeat's characteristics to Bumblebee, were used in a wayward simulation experienced by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|Memories of Bumblebee}}

Nightbeat was among the Autobots who fought to safeguard the nuclear arms at Nevada Alpha. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Save Nevada Alpha}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Dirge DeathSwarm.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|We hate you, Furman, forever.]]
Nightbeat worked on a computer console as Optimus Prime and Megatron observed some data on the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian army]] attacked the base, Nightbeat's console exploded, sending him flying across the room. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

He later appeared among the Autobot forces just long enough to sacrifice himself futilely against the Swarm, self-destructing alongside [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. Moments later, Megatron showed up with the [[rheanimum]] that could have saved him. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====''Classics''====
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[[File:Nightbeatsirencheapshots.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Detective by trade, but moonlights as a babysitter.]]
When the war ended with the Decepticons' defeat on Klo, Nightbeat initially accepted [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s offer to search the galaxy for [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his scattered troops. However, Nightbeat soon tired of this mission and left. He and his former [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] partner [[Muzzle]] were put back on track when Optimus hired them as his personal investigative agents, but they quickly found themselves stifled by military authority, and struck out on their own. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|''Classics'' Muzzle profile}} They teamed up with [[Siren (G1)|Siren]] and his partner [[Quig]], and afterwards picked up [[Lug]] from [[Nebulos]] {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|''Classics'' Lug profile}} The group was afterwards joined by a new [[human]] recruit, [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]]. [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] became part of the gang when the two intoxicated Dinobots burst in on one of their sting operations. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|''Classics'' Slag profile}} Together, they formed a detective agency and began scouring the galaxy for mysteries to solve. {{storylink|At Fight's End}} {{storylink|Cheap Shots}}

[[File:Nightbeatcheapshotsnoggin.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|You'd lose the ears, too, if you hung out with Siren.]]
Nightbeat's crew once had to <s>set their ship down on the planet [[Azure]] for repairs</s> crash their ship into the only repair bay on Azure equipped to repair their ship, and they were stranded there for the interim. After a barroom brawl, Nightbeat found that he was a person of interest to a potential client, a sentient ship named ''[[Amory]]''. ''Amory'' required the services of Nightbeat and his team in finding her pilot, [[Phyrion]]. However, the entire arrangement was a setup put together by the Decepticons [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] and [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], who had assembled an alleged "new [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]" by promising payment to [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] and [[Stranglehold]] for their assistance. Ruckus wasn't very smart, however, and had brought his hostage with him. The Decepticons were brutalized and Phyrion was returned to ''Amory''. Regretting her involvement, ''Amory'' paid the Autobots for her services, plus she chipped in for a new head for Nightbeat, as his was damaged during the battle.

Despite their short run-in with good luck, Nightbeat and his crew were still stranded on Azure without a working ship. In the meantime, surely someone was in need of a detective... {{storylink|Cheap Shots}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Zero unit the war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"I'm afraid we're not going to get much help from the Batcomputer, Robin. It can't go back to prehistoric times." ]]
When "[[Primus]]" set [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] adrift in [[Zero Space]] he witnessed a series of events that could spell the end of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] including Nightbeat and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] battling the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Dark Matrix]]-infected [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]]. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}} After becoming Rodimus Prime, he formed Nightbeat and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] into the "[[Zero Unit]]", a group tasked with finding the cause of the Zero Effect around.

Working out of [[Ops-Command HQ]], the Zero Unit decided that out of the four disparate strands of the Zero Effect, their time would be best spent investigating the missing Senator [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], realising that as a prominent Cybertronian he would most likely have had offworld dealings. They sent bulk pulsewaves to any mech civilisations that might have encountered him asking for information but received nothing back in reply until they launched a probe... and suddenly Jhiaxus's entire fleet materialised in the skies above Cybertron! {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

Rodimus returned to the [[Presidium (building)|Presidium]] to consult with Nightbeat, Bumblebee and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. They cautioned against making any aggressive moves, instead advising the Autobot leader to meet with Jhiaxus at the [[Eugenesis Plaza]] where he could be covered by snipers nearby. The Zero Unit monitored the situation as Prime took the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] leader to [[Nova Point]] to continue their conversation in "private", moving in along with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] the moment diplomacy went out of the window and Jhiaxus turned violent. Nightbeat directed [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] to attend to the casualties while he, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] dug out their leader. Appraising Prime of the situation, he noted that the Zero Unit had managed to capture a large amount of data during the Cybertronians' visit and had perhaps come up with a way to hurt them, convincing Rodimus to take the fight to the enemy. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

[[File:Nightbeat the war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"To the Beat-Mobile!!"{{-}}"You mean your Chevy?"{{-}}"...Yes."]]
Along with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and Bumblebee, Nightbeat landed at area 59, subdivision 17.4, branch 5: Z-9-#J-4 of the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]] and using telemetry from the probe they had launched and structural analysis of the Hub itself, he postulated that striking a key link of the superstructure—with the warhead yields synchronised with the local frequency harmonics—would cause a chain reaction, destroying the whole network. While the Autobot ships ''[[Lancer One]]'' and ''[[Lancer Two]]'' launched the warheads successfully, Jhiaxus had anticipated this entire strategy and taken steps to protect the Hub. He then sent his troops to retaliate against the invading Autobot forces, forcing Rodimus Prime to surrender. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}

Locked up in the [[Corral]] and forced to watch their comrades being arbitrarily executed, Nightbeat and the rest of the Autobots were eventually freed when Rodimus Prime took advantage of the distraction afforded by the [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]/[[Underbase]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]/[[Ark (G1)|Ark]] hybrids. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

Upon their return to Cybertron they found that it was a ghost planet, populated by energy-draining [[shadow-leech]]es that Nightbeat quickly surmised were deadly to the touch after they sucked the lives out of [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]] and [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]. As Rodimus Prime headed into Zero Space to confront the leeches' Dark Matrix master, the rest of the Autobots secured the [[Star Chamber]] where Nightbeat deduced that the situations unfolding on [[Earth]] and [[Nebulos]] were also part of the Dark Matrix's plan and dispatched teams of Autobots via [[space bridge]] to deal with them. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Nightbeatageofwrath.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|''War Within'' Nightbeat transforms into Roger Clemens.]]
One of the few remaining Autobots battling the Decepticons during the [[Age of Internment]], Nightbeat was leader of a strike team consisting of Hosehead, Siren, [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]], and [[Getaway]]. They were tasked with acquiring a member of the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] for [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] to study and, hopefully, find some sort of defense against. Using Getaway as a decoy with the rest of the team hiding under a [[null-field cloak]], they managed to lure three of them into a trap at [[Nova Cronum]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} After the first two drones were destroyed, the third simply shut itself down. As Nightbeat discussed the best course of action with [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], he approached it with an [[inhibitor claw]] - only for it to suddenly reactivate and slam Nightbeat against a wall, temporarily knocking him out of commission. Nightbeat revived shortly afterwards but was helpless to stop the rampaging drone, which was eventually put down by Getaway. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}
{{note|Due to [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s closure, the ''War Within'' series ended prematurely. Years later, [[Simon Furman]] released the unpublished scripts to the final three issues: Nightbeat and Getaway brought the inert drone to Perceptor, who discovered upon analyzing it that it was powered by cyberstatic energy. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}} When Optimus finally returned to Cybertron, Nightbeat and Perceptor brought him up to date with their current situation. Under his leadership, the Autobots were able to overthrow Megatron and thwart a Quintesson invasion. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[File:Nightbeat quark maccadams post hoc.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Quark finds out that his role of Dr. Watson has been recast for Hardhead.]]
'''Nightbeat of Yuss'''{{storylink|The Not Knowing}} was [[reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|constructed cold]]. He was in fact the first of the first wave of constructed cold Cybertronian brought online. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} Four million years ago, Nightbeat was a hostage negotiator with an interest in political news. He disapproved of the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]] and watched the early Decepticon movement with interest. Nightbeat was sharing a drink outside of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's New Oil House]] with his friend [[Quark]] when they discovered the body of Senator [[Sherma]] hanging from the underside of the [[Sherma Bridge|Interstate Bridge]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}}

Years later, Nightbeat was assigned by [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] to work a hostage exchange with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. The whole thing turned out to be a trap set by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to capture Alpha Trion. Nightbeat and the others managed to get away while Orion Pax covered their escape. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}}

After the war officially began, Nightbeat was part of the [[113th Battalion]] and took part in a massive battle against [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

[[File:Nightbeat The Hunting Party.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
Some time after Metroplex's departure from Cybertron, Nightbeat, [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] were in space pursuing [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Empirion|ship]] from a distance, trying to put a stop to them despite being outnumbered and outmatched. When Bludgeon found a remote asteroid with a small civilization of [[Urtuskian]]s and his troops attacked the outpost, the Autobots intervened to save as many lives as they could. Nightbeat was left on the asteroid's surface while Jetfire took care of the Decepticons' shuttle, and Bumblebee pursued Thundercracker down a tunnel. Though tired after having been through a long day, Nightbeat warded off the Decepticons until they broke off their attack. With their ship destroyed, Nightbeat and the others found themselves stuck on the planetoid for an unspecified amount of time. Thankfully, this was another of those "Bumblebee makes a friend" stories, as Nightbeat put it, and so they had hospitable hosts until they were rescued. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

Decades ago, [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] was tried by [[Aequitas]] for several crimes as [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], [[Tyrest (G1)|Chief Justice Tyrest]], [[Xaaron]], Nightbeat, and others watched in disgust and/or intrigue. They decided that the records of the trials would be sealed until the final verdict would be reached, for fear of the damage the information about the trials would do to Autobot morale and potential for Decepticon propaganda usage. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} Nightbeat also participated in the infamous [[Magnus Inquiry]] in [[Room 113]] of the [[Kimia Facility]], where High Command investigated allegations that "[[Gideon's Glue]]", the substance which brought such devastation on Flame's original troop on [[Babu Yar]], had been created originally by an Autobot. The investigation was ultimately inconclusive, and no formal charges were filed. {{storylink|Bullets}}

At some point Nightbeat was talking with Rewind, who recorded what he said. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

[[File:SpotlightNightbeat NightbeatKrakon.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Nightbeat, star of CSI: Kalis.]]
Nightbeat, passing the time by trying to answer the mystery of the first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', went to meet with a mechanoid trader named [[Krakon]], only to find him dead by unknown means. Nightbeat followed the clues that the late Krakon (and his killers) left behind and was lured into an apparent trap on [[Gorlam Prime]]. He found a strange dimensional portal deep beneath the world, but got captured by an [[Straxus (G1)|unknown villain]] before he could tell anyone. They put something in his head, erased his memory, and then sent him back out into space. Shortly thereafter he was contacted by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and ordered to head for [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}}

Nightbeat was one of the many bots surprised to hear of Blaster's miraculous return. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Aboard ''[[Ark-32]]'', Nightbeat arrived in Earth orbit with [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] in tow just as Optimus Prime and his troops were confronting [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] head-on in the breakaway Soviet state of [[Brasnya]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 3|Escalation #3}} While his two rather over-eager companions headed to the surface, Nightbeat remained aboard the ship and provided intel for the Autobots below. {{storylink|Escalation issue 4|Escalation #4}}

Planetside, Hot Rod succeeded in carrying out his primary mission, the capture of the Decepticons' [[Facsimile construct|facsimile avatar]]. Anxious to re-join the battle, he requested Nightbeat to send him through a double orbital bounce—transporting him up to the ship just long enough to drop off his captive, then returning to the planet. Nightbeat was rather bemused at the thought of the thrill-seeking Hot Rod abandoning a combat zone, but complied. At that instant, though, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] arrived and attacked Hot Rod. Nightbeat reported back to [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] that Hot Rod was in a [[CR chamber]], and the facsimile—injured by flak—had expired. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}

[[File:Nightbeat-devastation1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|I can bluff my way through anything, he thought, even Pictionary.]]
After [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker's]] disappearance, Nightbeat began investigating the sequence of events that led to his capture. Examining the [[SM-40]] Notepad stolen by [[Verity Carlo]], he discovered a homing device that had allowed Sunstreaker's unknown assailants to discover the underwater location of ''[[Ark-19]]''. Nightbeat ordered [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] on a scouting mission along the shores of [[Lake Michigan]], where Bumblebee discovered a great deal of advanced surveillance equipment. Deducing that ''Ark-19''’s location was compromised, Nightbeat advised Optimus and Prowl to move the ship immediately. Nightbeat handled navigation chores as the ship lifted off. Unfortunately, the Decepticon [[Sixshot]] attacked shortly thereafter, sending ''Ark-19'' plummeting to Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}}

Per Optimus Prime's order, Nightbeat transferred the damaged ship's data to ''Ark-32'', then moved with the other Autobots to the ship's cargo bay shortly before it crashed into the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and self-destructed. {{storylink|Devastation issue 2|Devastation #2}}

Nightbeat and the others survived, however {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}} and while the other Autobots battled Sixshot, Nightbeat attempted to activate the orbital bounce abilities of the ''Ark-32''. After a few Autobot injuries, Nightbeat was able to beam them up to the ship, along with [[Jimmy Pink]] and Verity Carlo, who nearly died during the bounce. Optimus Prime stayed behind to battle Sixshot alone, but once Sixshot left the battle, Nightbeat also evacuated Prime seconds before an air strike by the U.S. military. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}}

Afterward, Nightbeat studied the telemetry [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s unit sent on [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot's]] death. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} After examining the data, Nightbeat observed that it was as though a virus of unlife had attacked and destroyed every living cyber-cell in Leadfoot simultaneously, in a fraction of a [[Units of time|nano-klik]]. While it was something he had never encountered before, he couldn't shake the nagging feeling that he had forgotten something important, as if his memory had been tampered with. Seeking inspiration to jog his memory, he went down to the hangar of ''Ark 32'' where his personal ship was stored. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

[[File:Nightbeatexecuted.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Watson had finally had enough of Holmes' lip.]]
He soon found out that he logged a message about his trip to Gorlam Prime, which he had no recollection of. He asked Hardhead to help him with his investigation. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Discovering a large part of his memory missing, a worried Nightbeat realised someone may have tampered with him and asked Hardhead to accompany him to Gorlam Prime, with orders to terminate Nightbeat if he turned. Upon arrival, they found the entire planet frozen. Nightbeat theorised that the planet was evolving somehow, from organic to techno-organic... to something like Cybertronians. His musings were interrupted by a force of small Transformers. As Hardhead held them off, Nightbeat found some kind of tunnels leading down to a strange cavern. There, losing control of himself, he turned his gun on Hardhead and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] revealed himself to be in control of the Autobot. After providing some background on their plans, Jhiaxus, as Nightbeat, shot Hardhead in the head. However, he had not counted on Hardhead's resilience, and the Autobot escaped to the strange pool that served as a portal between the living and Dead universes. Jhiaxus attempted to persuade Hardhead into accepting a quick death over pointless resistance, but as he did so, Hardhead suddenly shot Nightbeat. As the Autobot died, Jhiaxus screamed, revealing to [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] that their agent was gone. Nemesis considered that he was now forced to take Nightbeat's mission as his own: Find and kill Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

However, thanks to the Dead Universe, Nightbeat wasn't as dead as he seemed. Kept alive by it's properties, he was dragged into the other universe, unbeknownst to Hardhead or anyone else, included the fabled Necrobot. But his brush with death left Nightbeat feeling that there was no Afterspark, no life ''after'' death. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}}

[[File:FinestHour-Nightbeat.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Probably sounds like Benedict Cumberbatch.]]
Nightbeat would eventually reappear 7 years later, following Orion Pax's group when they entered the Dead Universe. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} He later appeared to the group after [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] started to leak strange fluids from his face. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} He then proceeded to convince them of his reliability by recounting the [[Spotlight: Hardhead|circumstances of his death]]. He then performed a cold-reading of Cyclonus and reassured him that [[Tailgate (G1)|his friend]] would recover, he finally started to lead the group to the contraction point of the Dead Universe.

All of this turned out to be a ruse on Nova Prime's part to lure the team into a trap with Nightbeat still being a sleeper agent. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} He was then left by Nova to protect the containment field that Pax's team were trapped in, he was briefly broken out of Nova's control by the contents of [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]]' palm just before Nova Prime arrived. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} He was then ordered to take the group to a separate cell where he explained that Nova was planning to use their [[spark]]s to strengthen the [[Kup (G1)|space bridge]] at the center of the Dead Universe.

He was broken out of Nova's control by Rodimus asking him to ask him the solve the mystery of what was in his palm and then he set them free from the cell. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} He then led the team through the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] horde to the chamber holding Kup and was there when Nova Prime arrived. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} He helped the others keep the Sweeps busy while Orion Pax fought Nova Prime and reclaimed the title of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

However, the team still had more problems as the Dead Universe was rapidly contracting around them and the Gorlam Prime portal was nowhere to be found. Nightbeat found a miniscule tear in the fabric of the universe which the group used to send a transmission through to [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The group escaped the Dead Universe in time to save [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], via [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s chest. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Unfortunately Nightbeat, Cyclonus and Kup started to collapse due to the destruction of the Dead Universe. He later explained to Rodimus how the group managed to escape the Dead Universe: by creating a Space Bridge from Nova Prime's corpse. He also explained to Brainstorm on why he had a space bridge in his chest, he was later interested in how Rodimus had gotten the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

[[File:WordsHangInTheAir-Nightbeat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Nightbeat's door is too cool for the silent K.]]
Nightbeat later joined the crew of the ''Lost Light''. Before Megatron's trial took place Nightbeat exposed [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s "crew auditions" as fake due to the fact that Ultra Magnus would never allow them to be advertised as "Crewditions". He was also present at Megatron's trial on Luna-2. Six months later, Nightbeat was with [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] when he tried to get [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] to leave his hab suite (number 208) and was instead intrigued by the number 8 being missing from the door. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Toward Peace}} Chromedome approached the detective to investigate a sudden change in the content of [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind's]] [[The Gloaming|message]], Nightbeat was quick to blame the change on the mnemosurgeon's grief (as the message had returned to its normal content) but quickly changed his mind when he saw Rewind himself standing in the doorway to the room. On the way back to Nightbeat's quarters the detective explained that he had seen a [[data ghost]] of Rewind due to the little 'bot's function as an archivist but Nightbeat was shocked to find that the walls of his quarters had disappeared! {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} As part of "Team Rodimus" Nightbeat was called in to investigate the dead body of a duplicate Rodimus. When Rodimus came to the conclusion that hacking off his right arm was the best way to proceed, Nightbeat stopped him. He reasoned that the body was not Rodimus' future self due to the Crisis Vote missing from his right hand. However, Rodimus revealed he had removed the results from his hand due to a talk with Ratchet, only to be ignored as the wall in the room disappeared.

When the entire ship began disintegrating Nightbeat and twenty other bots crammed into the new [[Rodpod]]. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Rodimus then put out an order that everyone was to regroup at Ofsted XVII. Crosscut then suddenly disappeared followed by Gears, Blaster, Huffer, Chromedome, Hound and Highbrow. Ravage then made his presence known and was knocked out by Megatron. Nightbeat dedicated himself to finding a pattern linking those who had been taken. Inspired by Cyclonus, he put forward the theory that those who were taken were all Forged. The theory seemed to be accepted by the M.T.O.s (Made to Order Soldiers) present only for Ratchet to point out several in the room where Forged and a few taken were constructed cold. Ultra Magnus eventually made contact with the Rodpod via holomatter and informed them everyone else had disappeared on the [[Leading Light]] only for he himself to disappear mid-sentence. Nightbeat then requested all the information on the crew trying to find the common denominator. It was only when Riptide revealed that he was '''not''' on board the ''Lost Light'' when it first launched did Nightbeat make the connection. Everyone who disappeared was part of the original crew. Megatron was not amused and scolded him for failing to save anyone. Nightbeat, rattled, tried (badly) to suggest that it still counted that he'd worked it out.

[[File:Slaughterhouse2-BeneathBrainstormsFaceplate.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"Oh yeah? Then what is THIS?"]]
Shortly after the Rodpod arrived at Ofsted XVII and found a bisected ''Lost Light'' {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} Boarding the ship, the Autobots released Ravage to use his tracking ability. Ravage eventually found a dead Ultra Magnus or rather [[Minimus Ambus]] stripped of his armour. Skids identified that Magnus had been killed by a [[Fusion cannon]] and Megatron and Ravage were locked up the Autobots at Megatron's request. Nightbeat and Nautica made their way to the engines to try and stop the leakage of quantum foam. The two began to discuss the strangeness of recent events and began to bond in the process, Nautica eventually came across Brainstorm's [[Time case|briefcase]]. Opening it they found nothing-failing to notice local space-time warping around them. Eventually they came to stairs leading to a lower deck, despite them being on the lowest deck. There they found [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord's]] headless corpse, Nightbeat realized who had attacked the ship and when he called his crew mates they all realized that the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] had attacked the ship. Nautica, however, refused to leave until they had searched the entire ship for survivors with Megatron arguing there would not be any. Ravage however soon detected Rewind hiding in the [[Magnus Armor]] {{storylink|slaughterhouse}}
Nightbeat's being alive, combined with a ''female'' Nautica and an ''Autobot'' Megatron proved too much for the alternate Rewind who began whimpering and offered a data slug to Nightbeat to explain what happened. While he analyzed it Nautica realized that the ''Lost Light'' undergone a quantum duplication at launch creating an exact copy, just as valid as the original. Nightbeat confirmed this saying the Rodimus they found in the coffin was from this ship and died during the [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] fiasco. Drift interred him and someone (according to Rewind ''deliberately'') deactivated Overlord's cell luring the D.J.D. to the ship. Nautica proposed deactivating the engines as the foam would destroy Ofsted XVII and theoretically restore their ship. Rewind offered to deactivate one of the quantum drums but would need someone of equal size to deactivate the other. The Autobots went to find the [[Mass-displacement gun]] that their Brainstorm invented hoping the alternate one had also built one, in order to shrink someone down to help Rewind. While there Nightbeat and Nautica theorized that the alternate Rewind and his altered message appeared on their ship due to cross-contamination. They concluded that their ship disappeared because of how close it got to the alternate one, the paradox being too massive to ignore. Nightbeat then made the startling discovery that Brainstorm had a Decepticon insignia painted in his faceplate and that made their Brianstorm a spy! When they could not find the gun, Megatron offered to shrink himself down and help Rewind. The drums were deactivated and the Autobots blasted off in Rodpod with the alternate Rewind in tow. Nightbeat and Nautica theorized over how Rewind survived the quantum erasure with Nightbeat joking it was the "Power of Love". Nautica then asked him to explain how he managed to hold onto the alternate Brainstorm's briefcase. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

It turned out the briefcase was actually part of an intricate time-travel machine. Nightbeat immediately went to work studying it, until Perceptor borrowed it.{{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}}}

A few days later, the ''Lost Light'' set down on Scarvix. While wandering the ship, Nightbeat nearly got hit by Tailgate joyriding about on a hoverboard. Shortly thereafter he was present at Brainstorm's hearing at the hands of the Lost Light Internal Legal Affairs Committee. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}}

When Rodimus summoned the entire ship's crew to make the momentous announcement that they'd actually accomplished something, Nightbeat and Nautica were some of the last to actually arrive, something Nightbeat felt was cool. It turned out Thunderclash was dying, and the entire crew had been invited to his pre-wake on the ''Vis Vitalis''. Once there, Nightbeat was one of the four people present who didn't dance at all. Eventually, feeling judged by everyone else, he decided to borrow Nautica's wrench and go off for a snoop, brushing off Nautica's attempt to introduce him to her ''Amica Endura'' Firestar. He soon stumbled upon Getaway having a lie-down, and tried to fake concern at him. This was interrupted by a manic Ravage running past, babbling about "them" being "everywhere". Following him into the morgue, Nightbeat wasn't interested in the bodies contained within, until he looked over Getaway's corpse and found it was covered in ticks, which were also suddenly on Getaway too. Almost immediately, the two found themselves surrounded by strange shambling creatures. {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}}

Sadly, the creatures did not appreciate Nightbeat determining how they'd managed to remain hidden, and attacked him. Fortunately, Ravage appeared to drive them off, and at Getaway's suggestion they fled the morgue, though not before Nightbeat took a moment to study Photon's corpse. The three soon met up with everyone else who'd ran into the creatures at the same time. Nightbeat began examining everyone, and found the creatures had already gotten to Skids, though he was confused as to why they seemed drawn to some people and not others. It was thanks to Firestar pointing out those people all had charismatic traits that finally clued Nightbeat in on what they were: personality ticks, something he'd always dismissed as a myth, but he worked it out from Firestar was burning a black diamond, which only came from the planet the idea originated on.

He had an idea to kill the creatures, summoning the most charismatic people he knew of to kill them, but before he could implement it, the ticks attacked again. As the motley crew fought the ticks, they suddenly perished at the arrival of Rodimus and Megatron, baffling Nightbeat, since he hadn't had a chance to summon them. Turned out some other bunch of people had already come up with the idea and done it themselves. Afterward, Nightbeat attended an Earth Dance party at Swerve's, where he contributed to the dancing by tapping his foot. {{storylink|The Frail Gaze}}

[[Image:Luther, Bender, and an engineer walk into a bar.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|]]

When Swerve disappeared suddenly and was found half-dead, it was Nightbeat that worked out how the bartender had been using a [[holomatter avatar]] to appear in public for him while he wasted away. Everyone went on a massive rescue effort on the hologram planet of "[[Swearth]]" in human avatars, with Nightbeat working with Rodimus, Nautica, and Megatron. While there, he rebuked Megatron for commenting that humans were fragile, believing the man was calling them weak. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}} It turned out the cause of Swerve's ailment was an old injury, inflicted during an encounter with the D.J.D. many years ago. When Velocity examined the wound, she found a message from Agent 113, which included the location of the Necrobot's homeworld. Naturally, the investigative Nightbeat leapt at the chance to "explain" that, and joined the expedition. When the ship landed, Nightbeat spotted the Necrobot at the front door of the vast structure he lived in, only to get the door slammed in his face. This did not deter Nightbeat, who made it clear he wouldn't leave until he got answers.

So the Necrobot opened the door and ushered him in. As they walked and talked, surprised to find the Necrobot (or Censere) could talk, and was old. Old enough to remember the ''first'' war. Nightbeat expressed profound disappointment that the Necrobot wasn't in fact magic, that he was just a "phony" using technology to track death, rather than what Nightbeat wanted: Proof of life after death, proof he hadn't gotten after his headshot back on Gorlam Prime, which was causing him a severe amount of distress. However, Censere countered that just because there wasn't proof of the Allspark didn't mean there ''wasn't'' either. Then Nightbeat asked why the Necrobot had let him in. It turned out it was because Nightbeat's unusual manner of death had made him a mystery, one of the disappeared. Learning of the list of the disappeared, Nightbeat examined it, and found the name of Dominus Ambus, something he showed to a depressed Rewind. Later, as the crew prepared to leave, Nightbeat asked whether Censere would've saved him, had he been able to. When he was told he wouldn't, Nightbeat suggested that maybe the ancient 'bot should try saving those still living in the future. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}}

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===Titans Return marketing material===

An ancient Titan Master as well as a skilled Detective, Nightbeat helped crew the massive Titan robots as they explored the Universe near the dawn of time. His special spark gifts that he carried out to the friendly worlds they met and is able to share with any robot he joins with are enhanced tracking abilities. Upon returning in modern times he joined up with the Autobots.

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:NightbeatTV.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Feel the beat of the rhythm of the Nightbeat.]]
While being driven by [[Muzzle]] on the surface of an unidentified planet (with [[Siren (G1)|Siren]] and [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]] at his side), Nightbeat transformed into [[robot mode]]. Shortly thereafter, three [[Decepticon]] Headmasters burst through a wall, and Nightbeat engaged [[Horri-Bull]] in battle. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Small Headmasters|Small Headmasters Commercial}}

{{note|This is the only time that Nightbeat's [[character model]] was animated. His "shades", like the eyes on his toy, would have been black, though they glow blue as Muzzle connects.}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Early in the war, Nightbeat, Orion Pax and Alpha Trion escorted the Decepticon prisonners Rack'n'Ruin towards a prisoner exchange. After encountering Slicers and fending them off, the group met with Bludgeon, only to be ambushed by the Decepticons. In the confusion, Alpha Trion was captured, only to be later rescued by the combined efforts of Nightbeat and Orion. {{storylink|Orion's Gambit}}

Nightbeat teamed up with [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] to investigate when a suspicious pattern emerged in a string of Decepticon victories. They eventually uncovered [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s infiltration and sent the Decepticon and his tapes packing. {{storylink|Covert Operations}}

Nightbeat and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] were dispatched from the [[Lost Light]] to explore a distant planet. There they met a group of Decepticons, and joined forces with them to battle their mutual foes, the [[Ammonite]]s. Though several Ammonite attacks were thwarted by the alliance, soon differing opinions caused infighting in the group. Eventually, both the Ammonites and the Decepticons were defeated, and the two Autobots returned to their spaceship. {{storylink|Into the Abyss}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsNightbeat.jpg|thumb|right|400px|His objective here is to find out what is the purpose of these battles.]]
Nightbeat participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Rare character that could be recruited by collecting 75 units of Cybermetal, 35 units of Transmetal, and 20 soldier cores. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Nightbeat toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Too cool for Playskool.]]
*'''Nightbeat with Muzzle''' (Headmaster, [[1988]])
**''Accessories'': "Muzzle" Headmaster driver, seat/helmet, "Plasma Blaster" rifle, right and left "[[Photon pistol|Photon Pistols]]"

:Nightbeat transforms into a blue and yellow Porsche 959. The roof is hinged and can be opened to reveal an interior that his Headmaster unit, Muzzle, can sit inside of. His head guns can be stored just above the headlights while his rifle can be plugged onto the roof.

:In [[robot mode]], like all Headmaster toys, Nightbeat has a flip-down panel on his chest which covers a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readings for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. The tumblers are activated when Muzzle (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket. Muzzle has Nightbeat's face plainly visible on his back because, as a smaller Headmaster toy, he lacks the flip down panel that covers the face, featured on larger Headmasters. As another consequence of being a smaller Headmaster, his chest cavity was apparently too small for 3 individual tumblers. As a result, all Headmaster heads inserted will display Nightbeat's pre-molded (and painted) Speed, Strength, and Intelligence readings (7, 5, 8) on one large sliding plate.

:He shares a mold with the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Headmaster Junior]], [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]], who also got a mail-order exclusive version in Nightbeat's colors.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Nightbeat/nightbeat.htm More information on Nightbeat at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPATD311042&id=O6IoAAAAEBAJ&pg=RA1-PA4#PPA2,M1 Nightbeat's patent on Google.]''
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===Timelines===
[[File:Nightbeattimelinestoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your...]]
*'''Nightbeat''' (Deluxe, [[2008]])
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, radar

:This [[redeco]]/[[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is one of two 2008 [[Fun Publications]] Fan Club exclusives. The new head is based on the character model's head (by which we mean [[Siren (G1)|Siren]]'s with some nods to the toy-Nightbeat's, see Notes below), but is missing its "ears" thanks to clearance and production timing issues. Nightbeat comes with a clear-plastic spring-loaded missile launcher. He can also form the top or bottom half of a combined robot with any other "[[Powerlinx]]"-style 2-bot combiner toy. Though the toy is compatible with the [[energon star]]s from its parent toyline, its [[spark crystal]] lacks the internal chroming characteristic of earlier uses of the mold.

:Nightbeat was originally announced to be available by [[BotCon 2008]] in April, but after multiple delays, preorders finally went up months later on [[August 27]], 2008, with a release date of "within four weeks" of September 30, 2008.

:The retooled version of this mold was used to create ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Nightbeat (SG)|Nightbeat]] at [[BotCon 2008]]'s customization class.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFCCNightbeat/nightbeat.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Nightbeat at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnhbeRLlVnI Promotional YouTube video for Timelines Nightbeat, featuring lots of spinny-spinny]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-Nightbeat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Why is he not a retool of Jazz? That's a mystery for ''[[you]]'' to find out.]]
*'''Nightbeat''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #020'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 blasters

:Part of the tenth wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Nightbeat is a retool of ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe|Bumblebee]] with a new head. He comes with two blasters which peg via [[5mm post]] into his hands, forearms, and rear vehicle sides, and can also combine into a large weapon. The new head is designed to feature [[light-piping]], but is painted over on both the front and back in red, thus rendering the [[gimmick]] useless. Some units have shins that are glued into place so that they no longer move laterally during transformation.

[[File:GenerationsNightbeatJazzvsBumblebees.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|One of these is not like the others.]]
:He comes packaged with a copy of "[[Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9]]", in which Nightbeat appears in the background of a single panel.

:Evidence indicates that a different sculpt was originally intended to be redecoed into Nightbeat for this release: In January 2014, Japanese online retailer Red Mercury listed preorders for the wave containing Nightbeat, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], and [[Jhiaxus (G2)#Generations|Jhiaxus]], making this the first official confirmation of Nightbeat and Jhiaxus. The images used for Nightbeat depicted a retool of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] ''[[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]] with a new head sculpt and spotlight accessories.<ref name="redmerc">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generations-classics-44/generations-2014-deluxe-wave-4-is-jhiaxus-nightbeat-and-windblade-179062/ TFW2005 news story] on the Red Mercury preorders for Nightbeat, Windblade and Jhiaxus.</ref> In addition, the [[package art]] for the Nightbeat toy itself, i.e. the cover of the [[pack-in material|included]] [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comic, ''also'' depicts him in the 2010 Jazz body,<ref name="botcon2014">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2014-hasbro-transformers-figure-display-photos-180437/ Nightbeat and other ''Generations'' toys on display] at BotCon 2014.</ref> suggesting that the decision to use the Bumblebee sculpt instead was made at a very late point in the development process.

:Nightbeat was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Goshooter#Generations|Goshooter]], and the mold was separately retooled into ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Carzap (BT)|Carzap]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenNightbeat/nightbeat.htm More information on ''Generations'' Nightbeat at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TitansReturntoy-Nightbeat.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Nightbeat in "The Mystery of the Disappearing Bodies!"]]
*'''Nightbeat''' (Titan Master, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' jet/drill-tank
:Part of the first wave of individually-packed ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Transformers: Generations#Titans Return|Titans Return]]'' [[Titan Master]]s, Nightbeat transforms from robot to a head based on the original Nightbeat toy's. (Yes! Not Siren's!) In this mode, Nightbeat can serve as the head of any ''Titans Return'' Deluxe, Voyager, or Leader Class figure. He also features ports in his feet that allow him to peg onto a wide variety of ''Titans Return'' figures. Between the promotional render and the final product, the plastic color of Nightbeat's shins was changed from yellow to blue.

:Nightbeat is packaged with a small vehicle that can transform into three modes: a jet for Nightbeat to ride, a drill-tank formed by combining with Nightbeat, and a 5mm weapon for larger figures.

:A redeco of his vehicle was packaged with ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]].
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===Legends===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG28-Nightbeat.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Rewind & Nightbeat''' (August 2016)
**''ID number:'' '''LG28'''
:Nightbeat ([[Minerva (Masterforce)|you're reading that right]]) is a redeco of his ''Titans Return'' figure to better match the deco of the fullsized 1988 figure.
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==Notes==
[[File:Nightbeatsirenswappedheads.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Top row: toy Nightbeat, toy Siren. Bottom row: comic Siren, comic Nightbeat.]]
*In Nightbeat's [[:File:Transformsfromracecartorobot.jpg|toy packaging photography]], Muzzle's legs are blue instead of the final black, and the flame stickers on Nightbeat's doors are different. This early flame design made it into [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Nightbeat Nightbeat's ''Universe'' profile art] and, as a result, into some Marvel Comics stories.
*For their [[character model]]s, the face/Nebulan and helmet/seat pieces of Nightbeat and [[Siren (G1)|Siren]] were inexplicably switched. (It is difficult to tell for sure, but they may have kept the correct antennae/guns judging by the basic shapes involved.) This switch gave comic book Nightbeat the "shades" he's remembered for, as well as the crest on his forehead, while comic book Siren ended up with his trademark combined brow/nosepiece. How or why this switch happened, and in what stage of development it occurred, is unknown.
*He was depicted with his own toy's head (for the first time) in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath]]''. Nightbeat's appearances in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''Transformers'' comics retain the Siren face design, but inside the Nightbeat helmet. In [[Fun Publications]]' "[[Cheap Shots]]", his appearance is based on his new toy, whose head is based on Siren's face and helmet.
[[File:Nightbeatchests.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Where'd he get that extra boob?]]
*Another Nightbeat visual oddity is the large difference between the design of his toy's chest and of the character model's chest. While the toy's chest is an asymmetrical shape with one "boob" and a "tummy grill" not unlike Optimus Prime's, the character model gives him a concave octagon which symmetrically houses two hollow boxes. Where did this design come from, and why is it the only thing on his character model, other than the swapped head, that departs from his toy design?
*Due to his asymmetrical chest details, Nightbeat's original [[package art]] is noticeably flipped horizontally, putting his "boob" on the left instead of the right. Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile art of him, seen at the top of this page, seems to have been based on the boxart's flip, as well as IDW's material for a long time. In ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'' [[Devastation issue 6|#6]], IDW's Nightbeat chest is symmetrical, mirroring the half of his chest with the "boob," giving him an approximation of the made-up Marvel Comics/character model chest — but in "[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]", it's back to the asymmetrical design again.
*Nightbeat has worn the trenchcoat and fedora on occasion. [[:File:MarvelUK-230.jpg|Sometimes]] the artist remembers he has very tall shoulders under there, [[:File:MarvelUS-62.jpg|sometimes not]].
*In the (hilariously bad) [[Omni Productions|dub]] of ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] is called "Nightbeat."
*At [[BotCon 1997]], [[Simon Furman]] was asked why he killed Nightbeat in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]''. He said:
{{bigquote|I don't have a good answer for you... It was too easy to say, I'll kill off all the incidental characters, all the ones I don't like. It sort of added to the bigger picture by ... some of the favorites got it in the neck as well... It's like, say [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] or something died, it's like.. Who cares? I do like Beast Wars as well... it was too easy to just knock off 'B' characters...}}
:Suffice to say, Furman wasn't very familiar with ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' at the time.<ref>[http://www.builtstlouis.net/tf/nightbeat/index.html Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About NIGHTBEAT at builtstlouis.net]</ref>
*A "dinner mystery theatre" starring Nightbeat was planned for [[OTFCC 2004]], with Optimus Prime as the murder victim. Instead, the Transformer theme was shelved and attendees were subjected to [[DEATH BY CHOCOLATE]].
*Quite bizarrely, the Chinese and Korean release of the original toy had a sticker depicting [[Shūta Gō]] put on the box; conversely, Minerva was on the box for Siren. Don't believe us? [http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/NightbeatKoreaStickerMISB1.html Here's your proof].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Nightbeat''' (ナイトビート, Naitobīto)
*''French:'' '''Veilleur''' (Canada, "Watcher")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Éjvadász''' ("Night Hunter")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-MDd7cdi0 1988 Headmasters commercial starring Nightbeat, on Youtube]
*[http://www.builtstlouis.net/tf/nightbeat/index.html Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About NIGHTBEAT]

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:''Siren is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:G1 Siren boxart.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Known for his "thumbs-aside" attitude.]]
'''Siren'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s voice modulator goes to eleven—and stays there. Thanks to his ear-splitting upbringing in the [[Sonic Canyons]], he operates at full volume all the time. While this may annoy his pals [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], it drives his partner [[Quig]] nuts. Eventually, Quig's efforts to teach Siren about the concept of an "indoor voice" may succeed, but for now Siren doesn't really listen to him, either because he can't hear him or because he doesn't ''want'' to.

Sometimes he is known as '''Loudmouth'''.

{{bigquote|Loud, brash... and totally ''brain dead!''|Nightbeat, regarding Siren|"[[On the Edge of Extinction!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Sirennightbeatbigshutdown.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|Siren, you hypocrite, your motto is "Act first, ask questions later."]]
''Shortly after being made a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and joining [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s crew on Earth, Siren accompanied Nightbeat to Earth to investigate a mysterious robot corpse which had seemingly washed up on the California shoreline. At the scene of the crime, they found a pair of Transformers hovering over [[Playback|the body]], who quickly burned rubber once they spotted the Autobots. Siren was sent to chase them down, and after he had cornered the two in an alley, he learned that the two were actually Autobots! Though [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]] and [[Horsepower (G1)|Horsepower]] made their introductions, the latter exploded in gunfire as the real culprit, the [[Decepticon]] leader-in-training [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] announced his presence. The two barely managed to escape, and Hosehead explained that the well-armed Decepticon was hunting down purposefully-released Autobot prisoners. Nightbeat and his partner [[Muzzle]] were able to detonate the inspected corpse's fuel core at close enough range to send Thunderwing packing into the waves to dose the flames. Hosehead then returned to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] with Nightbeat and Siren.'' {{storylink|The Big Shutdown!}}

[[File:AssaultontheArk a noble sentiment.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
''When the Autobots received a distress call from Earth's surface, Nightbeat assembled a combat team that included Siren, [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]], Hosehead, [[Getaway]], and himself. Under Optimus Prime's command, they rushed to Earth to help their fallen comrades, but there they found the [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]], who had come to cleanse the planet of life. Ironically, Deathbringer was powered by the energies of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], the very thing Prime had desired earlier to restore his fallen warriors! And it must be destroyed to save Earth! Siren and the others fought valiantly, but were getting slaughtered. Nightbeat used its own programming against it, and the Deathbringer destroyed itself, removing Siren and the others from danger.'' {{storylink|Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer}}

''Siren was relaxing on the Ark, playing a board game with Nightbeat, when the spacecraft came under attack from a small detachment of Decepticon lead by Thunderwing, who was hungry for revenge against Siren, Nightbeat, and Hosehead for his earlier defeat at their hands. Though shocked to see Thunderwing alive, Siren realized that the Decepticon had come for him and his friends, and was unwilling to let Optimus Prime risk his life in battle for him. Fortunately, the Autobots far outnumbered Thunderwing's team, and the villains were soon driven off with relative ease.'' {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}

[[File:Sirengeethanks.jpg|left|upright=1.6|thumb|Siren: Worst Green Lantern ever.]]
In search of the Creation Matrix, Siren, Nightbeat, and Hosehead took a journey to the planet [[Pz-Zazz]]. Nightbeat's zeal quickly got them in trouble with both local mobs, and in the midst of a skirmish, Siren found himself in possession of the artifact both mobs desired—the [[bird]]. Though with the help of Miss [[Fatale]], Siren, Hosehead, and Nightbeat were able to use the artifact to restore the decrepit planet, they failed to find the Matrix. However, they ''did'' manage to get shot in the back and captured by Thunderwing and the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}} Siren demonstrated remarkable self-control in not revealing information to Thunderwing while being tortured by [[Thunderwing's ship|his ship]]'s [[Mind Leech]], despite the incredible pain. {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier.}}

[[File:Sirenendoftheroad.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Do you not understand? It's [[Furmanism|Over! '''Finished!''']]]]
Presently, due to a system malfunction caused by [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] colliding with the machinery when he was "disciplined" by Thunderwing, {{storylink|Dark Creation}} Siren and his comrades were able to break free. Finding themselves on the Ark in the middle of a fierce battle against Thunderwing, who had become possessed by the Matrix, Nightbeat quickly hatched a plan. After Nightbeat harpooned Thunderwing to a shuttle, Hosehead released the [[artificial gravity]], and after Thunderwing and the shuttle had been sucked out, Siren pulled Nightbeat back into the Ark's ship bay. {{storylink|All Fall Down}}

After the [[Matrix Quest]] ended, the Autobots enjoyed some much-needed downtime. Siren and Hosehead spent time watching mystery films on one of the Ark's monitors; Siren was even able to guess that the servo-droid was the culprit. Later, Siren told Hosehead a joke he'd already heard. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} This holiday was interrupted when the gruesomely-combined [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]/[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] went on a rampage through the Ark, and Siren expressed displeasure when Optimus Prime made the unpopular decision to spare the creature. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}}

After the second [[Decepticon Civil War]], Siren and the rest of the Earthbound Transformers were teleported to Cybertron to battle [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} During this costly battle, despite the incredible foe he and his race faced, he raced recklessly on his [[sky-sled]] for his personal amusement. Despite Nightbeat's warnings, this resulted in him colliding with Jazz. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

With Unicron defeated, the Autobots secretly followed the Decepticons to [[Klo]], but their presence became known, and they were ambushed upon arrival. Siren managed to survive the first round of the massacre, desperately grabbing for his weapon under the feet of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], but he was noticed and put out of his misery. The [[Last Autobot]] arrived to revive all the Autobot casualties magically, and Siren was presumably revived as well. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:ShadowofEvil siren blasted.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
In an alternate [[2009]], Siren was one of the Autobots who had to abandon Cybertron to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons after the [[Time Wars]] rebooted history. To make matters worse, their ship crashed on Earth after their leader, [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], was possessed by Unicron's corrupting influence. Siren was seen being blasted around the landscape by his fearless leader after impact. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Siren was present when Powermaster Optimus Prime led the Autobots against the joint Decepticon leaders Shockwave and Megatron, who had tried to hijack the oil reserves of [[Alaska]]. Siren was hit by a laser, causing him to transform into vehicle mode. The Autobots drove off the Decepticons, but not before [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] shot a Minibot because he turned off his targeting computer. Optimus then sat his troops down and explained to them the differences between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|Attack at Dawn}}

Siren was among the Autobots who responded to a Decepticon attempt to steal the United States military's [[Nevada Alpha]] arms cache, making a path through traffic for his team-mates with his lights and sirens. During the battle, his right leg was badly damaged by [[Snarler]], but the Autobots soon triumphed and Siren and the other wounded were taken to receive medical treatment from [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Save Nevada Alpha}} He wasn't so lucky during later battles, falling alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|He Who Laughs Last...}}

Recordings of of the attack on Alaska, along with Optimus Prime reviewing Siren's characteristics to Bumblebee, were used in a wayward simulation experienced by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|Memories of Bumblebee}}

====''Classics''====
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[[File:Nightbeatsirencheapshots.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|Yet to discover the fine art of whispering.]]
When the war ended with the Decepticons' defeat on Klo, Siren and Quig nearly undid the binary-bonding process that connected them, only to realize they had come to rely on one-another to balance out their clashing personalities. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|''Classcs'' Quig profile}} Together, they joined Nightbeat and [[Muzzle]] to form their own team. They then picked up [[Lug]] from [[Nebulos]] {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|''Classics'' Lug profile}} before being joined by [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and a new [[human]] recruit, [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]]. Together, they formed a detective agency and scoured the galaxy for mysteries to solve. {{storylink|At Fight's End}} {{storylink|Cheap Shots}}

Nightbeat's crew once had to set their ship down on the planet [[Azure]] for repairs, and they were stranded there for the interim. After a barroom brawl initiated by Nightbeat's crew (and aggravated by Siren), Nightbeat found that he was a person of interest to a potential client, a sentient ship named ''[[Amory]]''. ''Amory'' required the services of Nightbeat and his team in finding her pilot, [[Phyrion]]. However, the entire arrangement was a setup put together by the Decepticons [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] and [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], who had assembled an alleged "new [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]" by promising payment to [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] and [[Stranglehold]] for their assistance. Ruckus wasn't very smart, however, and had brought his hostage with him. Soon after Siren disoriented Ruckus with his [[sonic-screamer pistol]]s and Slag separated Ruckus from the hostage by ''chopping off his arm'', the Decepticons were defeated and Phyrion was returned to ''Amory''. Regretting her involvement, ''Amory'' paid the Autobots for their services.

Despite their short run-in with good luck, Siren and the rest of the crew were still stranded on Azure without a working ship. In the meantime, surely someone was in need of a detective... {{storylink|Cheap Shots}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:LessThanZero yow siren.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
Twenty-one years after the battle on Klo, Siren was stationed on Cybertron and alongside [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]] was charged by [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] with keeping the renegade [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] in custody. They managed to keep him for about thirty seconds before he apparently infected Perceptor with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[Gene Key]] and escaped to look for his [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}} Siren presumably fell victim to the Gene Key around this time; when Grimlock met up with Grapple, Hosehead, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] later, they believed themselves the only Autobots to escape conversion.

When Rodimus Prime was sent on a journey through space and time via [[Zero Space]], he was transported back to the time of the Deathbringer's attack on Earth, and narrowly avoided being struck by Siren when the loud-mouthed Autobot was sent hurtling through the air and smashed through a window. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}}

During the invasion of Cybertron by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Blitz Engine]]s, Siren found himself fighting on the front line along with [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and a horde of other Autobots, most of whom were slaughtered in the first action. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} Siren, by contrast, survived and was seen after the battle arresting [[Krok (G1)|Krok]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Sirendarkages.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|We'd tilt back too if we were carrying those things around.]]
Siren was part of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s organized resistance to Decepticon rule during the [[Age of Internment]]. Along with [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], [[Getaway]], and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]], he participated in a bait-and-capture mission in [[Nova Cronum]] to disable one of the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] and bring it in for study. Curiously, they engaged a group of three of the Air Warriors, disabled the first two, and the third just shut down. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} However, when Nightbeat tried to apply an [[inhibitor claw]], the Air Warrior automatically upgraded into enhanced attack mode and began to attack them again. The ensuing onslaught was overwhelming, but while Siren ended up being blinded by one of the Air Warrior's blasts, he and Joyride latched their [[alternate mode]]s together, rammed their opponent into a spike on the wall, and finally attached the inhibitor claw. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[File:SpotlightKup Siren.jpg|left|upright=1|thumb|It seems [[Springer (G1)|somebody]] better be careful.]]
Initially stationed on the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]], {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} Siren was requisitioned into action on board the ''[[Ark-17]]'' for a mission to rescue [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] from [[Tsiehshi]]. Unfortunately, Kup had been driven mad by the planet's [[Ore-8]] radiation and, unable to recognise his would-be rescuers thanks to the antique anti-radiation armor they were wearing, believed the were [[zombie]]s and attacked them. Siren was the only one to escape alive (minus an arm), and loudly berated both [[Perceptor (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Perceptor]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] on the foolhardy rescue mission, which had cost loyal Autobots their lives. Though Springer reminded Siren of how valuable Kup's training had been to all the Autobot soldiers, the [[Wrecker]]s commander was silenced when Siren stated that no Autobots deserved to die at the hands of their comrades, especially by the hand of somebody as revered as Kup. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

Sometime later, [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] had hatched a plan to boost Autobot morale by rebuilding and rehabilitating Kup using [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s [[Pretender]] technology that [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] and the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] had perfected. To maintain Kup's mental stability, it was agreed that he would never be told what he did to the ground teams from ''Ark-17'', and survivors such as Siren and [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]] were sworn to silence. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|All Hail Megatron #15}}

After Cybertron was reborn in the wake of [[D-Void]]'s attack, Siren joined [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]]'s mission to use the map within the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to find the [[Knights of Cybertron]] at [[Cyberutopia]]. Their departure aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' was interrupted by an explosion within the ship, sending it into premature [[Quantum generator|quantum jump]]. The resulting hull breach sucked Siren out of the ship, {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} but he survived the experience and was soon recovered and repaired. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}}

[[File:IntimateBeheading BRILLIANT.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|thumb|You know you're loud when you can make [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] ''cringe''.]]
''Someone'' thought it was a good idea to give Siren the PA system and let him do the ship-wide announcements. He reported on the hostage situation taking place in [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s office. {{storylink|Interiors}} Later, he was invited to [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind's]] first attempt to awaken Rung from his coma with a storytelling session alongside [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Perceptor (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Perceptor]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]], and [[Bob (IDW)|Bob]], though his piercing voice caused his fellow Autobots to shield their ears. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

Some time later, Siren and the rest of the crew of the ''Lost Light'' returned to Cybertron to help thwart the machinations of [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]'s "[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]" prophecy. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} In the aftermath, Siren was a spectator at the trial of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] on [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Six months after that, once the ''Lost Light'' was back on its quest, Siren sat in rapt attention as [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] related the story of how he saved the universe. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}

A while afterwards, Siren was walking through the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s corridors when a [[hoverboard]]-riding Tailgate almost knocked his head off. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}}

At some point Siren was approached by [[Getaway]] and [[Atomizer]] and vouched that he would support them in the event of a mutiny against their "co-captains" Megatron and Rodimus. When the time came, Siren stood alongside Getaway on the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge as he stranded Megatron, Rodimus, and their supporters on the [[Censere|Necrobot]]'s [[Necroworld|planet]] and left them to the tender mercies of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}
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===Titans Return Marketing Material===

Loudmouth was an extremely loud ancient [[Titan Master]] that crewed the giant Titan robots at the dawn of time. His special [[Spark]] gift that he was meant to share with peaceful races he met across the galaxy was the ability to damage enemies with a devastating Circuit Shock Disruptor.

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:SmallHeadmastersCommercial autobots.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Siren raced across the surface of an unknown planet in alternate mode alongside Nightbeat and Hosehead. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Small Headmasters|Small Headmasters commercial}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Siren toy.jpg|upright=1.7|thumb|CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WHAT? WHAT?!]]
*'''Siren''' (Headmaster, [[1988]])
**''Accessories'': "Quig" Headmaster pilot, helmet/seat, "C02 Shotgun", left & right "[[Sonic-screamer pistol|Sonic-Screamer Pistols]]"

:Siren transforms into a grey [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Mazda RX-series|Mazda RX-7]] with "Fire chief" decorations. The roof is hinged and can be opened to reveal an interior in which his Headmaster unit, Quig, can sit, with the helmet portion of the head forming a seat of sorts. His head guns can be stored on the hood while his rifle can be plugged onto the roof.

:In [[robot mode]], like all Headmaster toys, Siren has a flip-down panel on his chest which covers a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives reads for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. The tumblers are activated when Quig (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket. Quig has Siren's face plainly visible on his back because, as a smaller Headmaster toy, he lacks the flip-down panel featured on larger Headmasters.

:The same mold was [[redeco]]ed into Japanese [[Headmaster Junior]] [[Shūta Gō|Goshooter]]. A Siren-colored version of Shūta was also offered in Japan via [[Robot Point]] offer.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Siren/siren.htm More information on Siren at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:TitanMasterToy Loudmouth.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]|THIS IS A BOAT, DEFINITELY BOAT!<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTCgR-ZBueU#t=10m14s</ref>]]
*'''Loudmouth''' (Titan Master, [[2016]])
:Part of the first wave of individually-packed Generations ''[[Titans Return]]'' [[Titan Master]]s, Loudmouth (renamed for [[Trademark|trademark reasons]]) transforms from robot to a head based on that of the original Siren toy. In this mode, Loudmouth can serve as the head of any Titans Return Deluxe, Voyager, or Leader Class figure. He also features ports in his feet that allow him to peg onto a wide variety of Titans Return figures. Loudmouth is packaged with a small vehicle that can transform into three modes: a car that Loudmouth can ride, a tank that Loudmouth can transform and become a part of, and a 5mm weapon for larger figures.

:Loudmouth's head was redecoed as [[Shūta_Gō#Legends|Goshooter]] and came packaged with ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], while a redeco of his vehicle came packaged with ''Legends'' [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]].

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==Notes==
[[File:Nightbeatsirenswappedheads.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Clockwise from top left: Toy Nightbeat, toy Siren, comic Nightbeat, comic Siren.]]
* According to the Deluxe editon of ''[[Transformers Generations]]'', Siren was originally conceived as either an upgrade or homage to [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. While the [[robot mode]] was largely blue, unlike Red Alert, its head was similar to that of the earlier Autobot. The car mode featured a near carbon copy of Red Alert's paint scheme. The Red Alert references were dropped early in the design process.
* For the animation/comic book models, the face/Nebulan and helmet/seat pieces of [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and Siren were inexplicably switched. (It is difficult to tell for sure, but they may have kept the correct antennae/guns judging by the basic shapes involved.) This switch gave comic book Nightbeat the "shades" he's remembered for, as well as the crest on his forehead, while comic book Siren ended up with his trademark combined brow/nosepiece. How or why this switch happened, and in what stage of development it occurred, is unknown.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Sirène''' (Canada)

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Alpha Trion/Generation 1

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:''Alpha Trion is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AlphaTrionG1-Legendsartclean.jpg|300px|right|thumb|I'm sure I'm just a wise old sage and nothing any more complicated or cosmic than that!]]
'''Alpha Trion''' is one of the oldest living Transformers, and with that age comes a nuanced understanding of his race and their place within the universe. In his youth, he went by the name '''A-3''', and in this time, he helped lead the enslaved Cybertronians in their rebellion against their cruel masters, the [[Quintesson]]s. As a result, he was instrumental in first establishing [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as an independent planet.

In his older years, he has found a comfortable role in serving as advisor to other Transformers. Though not taking part in the battles of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], he is firmly on the side of the Autobots, serving as a mentor and guide, especially to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Elita One]]. He is an enigmatic old robot, though he is known to be the guardian of [[Vector Sigma]] and the custodian of its [[Key to Vector Sigma|circuit key]]. His sage-like manner paints him in almost a mystic tone, and possible connections between Alpha Trion, [[Primus]], and the history of Cybertron itself have boosted him into legendary status.

Sometimes the [[Titan Master]] [[Sovereign]] becomes his head.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[John Stephenson]] (English), [[Corey Burton]] (English, "War Dawn"), [[Tony Pope]] (English, "Forever Is a Long Time Coming"), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese, "War Dawn"), [[Hiroshi Naka]] (Japanese, "The Rebirth")|[[Wolfgang Mascher]] (German, Season 3 & 4)}}

[[File:YoungA3.jpg|left|thumb|Silverbolt never misses a chance to check out A-3's rugged mustache.]]
11 million years ago, a mechanoid named A-3 was part of the [[Autobot Rebellion|rebellion]] against the [[Quintesson]]s on a [[Cybertron (planet)|factory world]], creating a device called the [[Coder Remote]] that would stop their [[Dark Guardian]]s. Due to a timerift created by Quintessons from the future, he was briefly pulled from his position in the [[Empty Lands]] into the year 2006. Fortunately, his partner [[Beta (G1)|Beta]] managed to start the rebellion as scheduled, and A-3 was soon returned by future [[Autobot]]s to fulfill his role in Cybertronian history. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

[[File:Alphatrionagesbackwards.jpg|thumb|He grew a beard, picked up the Matrix, shaved his beard, and then built Optimus, apparently.]]
Years later, he would be given the [[Matrix of Leadership]] by the dying [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], but Alpha Trion himself did not become Autobot leader. It would sit in his possession, unused, until the coming of the next Autobot leader. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} In the meantime, Alpha Trion developed plans to rebuild Autobots to better combat the escalating [[Decepticon]] menace.

The next Autobot leader would actually come to ''him'' when a [[Aerialbot (G1)|group of time-travelers]] lugged a dying youth named Orion Pax to his repair center. Reluctant at first, Alpha Trion sensed a strong spirit in Orion Pax, and decided to rebuild him entirely... into [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. When Prime asked if Alpha Trion could rebuild his fallen girlfriend Ariel as well, Alpha Trion agreed, and mused that [[Elita One]] would be a good name for a female warrior. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

[[File:AlphaTrion.jpg|left|thumb|Alpha Trion has secret liquor stashes in the strangest of places.]]

Over the intervening millennia, Alpha Trion's two greatest creations, whether by design or coincidence, forgot their relationship to the ancient Autobot. Five million years after his creation, Optimus Prime was lost when his spacecraft crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, but Alpha Trion kept in contact with Elita One, acting as a sagely advisor to her team of [[Female Autobots]] as they spent the following four million years stealing [[energon]] from [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Eventually, in the Earth year 1985, Shockwave caught the Female Autobots in the act and tracked them back to their headquarters, prompting Elita One to consult with Alpha Trion on a course of action. Trion suggested they move their headquarters, telling Elita to scout for a new location alone, but in the event that she encountered the Decepticons, warned her not to use her life-draining time-freezing power. Alas, Elita was captured, and used by the Decepticons to lure Optimus Prime into a trap. To save her beloved's life, Elita used her fatal power, and the Autobot leader was forced to track Alpha Trion to [[Alpha Trion's base‎|his secret base]] in hopes that he could save her. Alpha Trion repaired her to the best of his ability, but revealed to Optimus Prime that only Prime could save Elita by interfacing to her with his power filter. An astonished Optimus Prime stated that only his creator could know that! {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

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A short time later, while he was looking for a [[10.2 ultra-drill|misplaced tool]], Alpha Trion was attacked in his workshop by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his Decepticons, who demanded that he hand over the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]. Trion pled ignorance, but Megatron knew better, and the elderly Autobot was soon overpowered while the Decepticons made off with the key. Alpha Trion was rescued from the chunk of metal the Decepticons left him stuck in by Optimus Prime and the Autobots, and after his injuries were repaired by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], he journeyed with them into Cybertron's depths, leading the way to Vector Sigma's chamber. Their way, however, was barred by [[Centurion droid]]s that Megatron used the Key to command, and Alpha Trion helped reactivate some discarded worker robots to fight the droids off. The droids had done their job, however, and prevented the Autobots from reaching Megatron before he used Vector Sigma to bring his newest Decepticons, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to life. To combat these new land-based Decepticons, Optimus Prime hit on the idea of creating some new aerial Autobots, and Alpha Trion set to work reconstructing some Cybertronian aircraft. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} When the work was done, Alpha Trion professed that he had another key to Vector Sigma "on him," and he would use it to reactivate the computer so that it could bring the jets to life. His "key," however, was his own life force: as a first generation product of Vector Sigma, his computation matrix could interface with the computer and bring it back online, at the cost of his own continued existence. Optimus Prime tried to stop him, but Alpha Trion refused to listen, reminding Prime that he was his creator and insisting that the jets were more important that he was. Prime relented, and Alpha Trion merged with Vector Sigma, which activated and brought the new [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to life. Before Prime and the Autobots departed for Earth, Alpha Trion spoke to them through Vector Sigma, warning them of a fact merging with the computer had revealed to him: on Earth, the Key to Vector Sigma had even greater power. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Many years later, when the [[Hate Plague]] was raging throughout the universe in the year 2006, Optimus Prime entered the Matrix to consult the ancient Autobots within on a possible cure. Alpha Trion was the first Prime spoke to, but he had no information to give, save a warning that Prime should take care on his journey into the Matrix, lest he be unable to return. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

The following year, after the Decepticons stole the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], Optimus Prime used the Matrix to reactivate Vector Sigma so that he could converse with Alpha Trion, hoping that the old sage knew something more about what was going on. Alpha Trion revealed to Prime that Vector Sigma had ''allowed'' [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to become aware of the key's existence, as the chamber was key to the dawning of a new [[Golden Age]] for Cybertron... as was the merging of an [[Cerebros (G1)|Autobot]]'s life with that of a [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|human]]'s. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}} Alpha Trion appeared to Optimus one final time, urging him to preserve the key at all costs, as it would be vital in fulfilling Vector Sigma's prophecy. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masaharu Satō]] (Japanese)}}
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in the Japanese timeline as described above, except that the events of 2006 take place instead in 2010, and "The Rebirth" does not occur. Japanese continuity inserts many additional stories into the timeline, only one of which features Alpha Trion.}}

[[File:AlphaTrionGhost.jpg|thumb|Alpha Trion's Spooooooky Ghost]]
In the year 2011, one year after Optimus Prime released the energy of the Matrix to cure the Hate Plague, Vector Sigma began to destabilize as a result. Optimus Prime voyaged into the planet's depths to try and bring the computer back under control, but the mission seemed doomed to failure, as he did not have the Matrix to help him. While the other Autobots searched Earth for the Matrix, which had been hidden away to recharge, the spectral form of Alpha Trion appeared to Optimus Prime to help lead him through the many dangers blocking the path to Vector Sigma's chamber. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} When they finally reached their goal, however, it turned out the Decepticons had beaten them there. [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] was not far behind, with the recovered Matrix in his grasp, and when the young Autobot arrived, Alpha Trion instructed him to hold the talisman aloft. Trion's ethereal form flowed into the Matrix, completing its recharging process and transforming [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] back into Rodimus Prime, who joined Optimus in thrashing the Decepticons. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}
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=====Wars comics=====
The incorporeal Alpha Trion sensed a threat to [[Vector Sigma]] from inside the Matrix, and rematerialized on the physical plane to address the problem. He discovered the [[Fallen]] attempting to steal and assume the power of Vector Sigma for himself. Downplaying his own importance, Alpha Trion attempted to advise [[Shouki]] and the other Autobot defenders present. {{storylink|Train Wars}}

Upon recovering Vector Sigma from the Fallen, Alpha Trion once again sacrificed his physical form to merge with Vector Sigma, giving it the drive necessary to reformat Shouki into a "train bazooka" mode, powerful enough to defeat the Fallen. {{storylink|Train Wars 2}}

=====''G-2'' story pages=====
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When Optimus Prime was fatally injured in battle with Megatron, the spirits of Alpha Trion and former leaders residing within the Matrix activated its [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] mechanism, reviving Prime as Battle Convoy. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 Part 5}}
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=====''Transformers Legends'' comic=====
Alpha Trion and the Matrix—possibly the Reconfiguration Matrix again—had a hand in Rodimus Prime's transformation into a [[Micromaster]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Transformers 2015 Tailgate/G1 Micron Chapter|Transformers 2015 Tailgate/G1 Micron Chapter}}

To counter the rise of [[Galvatron II]], Battle Convoy contacted the spirit of Alpha Trion within the Matrix and requested his help in reviving [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. Locating Magnus among the spirits of former leaders residing in the Matrix, Trion convinced him he was needed in the world of the living and entered his chest, using his unique connection with the Matrix to act as a substitute Matrix and bring both himself and Magnus back to life. Trion was restored in a tiny body that popped out of Magnus's chest. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Resurrection Chapter|Resurrection Chapter}} Granted the ability to predict the future by his merging with Vector Sigma, Alpha Trion then foresaw that Megatron would return to his evil ways in the [[Legends Universe]] he had settled in. Seeking to stop this, the sage himself traveled to this other universe, using his diminutive body to disguise himself as a janitor at the [[Axalon Trading Company]] while waiting for Megatron to make his move. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 14|Bonus Edition Vol. 14}}

When the employees of Axalon Co. got curious about Metroplex—who'd ended up as their new office building after getting summoned into the Legends Universe—Alpha Trion taught them about the city-bot's past. He accidentally blew his cover by explaining he knew this much because he was from "the other world", though fortunately(?) the employees wrongly assumed he meant the world of the dead. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}} Alpha Trion was present when Megatron made his move, teaming up with [[Megatron (Armada)|Armada Megatron]] to conquer the Legends world. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#The Autumn Megatron Festival Chapter|The Autumn Megatron Festival Chapter}} In response, he cast his disguise aside and used an [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] to summon Ultra Magnus from their home universe. At first Magnus told Trion to get back in his chest, but the sage assured him he no longer needed Trion's Matrix power but had to rely on his own strength. After the Megatrons were defeated by Magnus, Alpha Trion confirmed to a curious [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] that he could indeed predict the future, and had had a vision of the imminent arrival of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], and [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] as well. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 14|Bonus Edition Vol. 14}}

Alpha Trion later confirmed to a curious Rattrap that his new body was a [[Mini-Con]]-type one, though he got defensive when asked to display the third weapon mode Mini-Cons are supposed to have. Transforming into his hovercar mode, he claimed it was ''clearly'' a shield and displayed its usefulness by shielding Ultra Magnus from a barrage of lasers. Unfortunately his size meant he only took a fraction of the blasts, and Magnus was gunned down. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Ultra Magnus Sequel Alpha Trion Chapter|Ultra Magnus Sequel Alpha Trion Chapter}} Armada Megatron later bought an Ultra Magnus toy in order to examine it for the Autobot's weaknesses, defending his purchase of a non-Mini-Con toy to [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]] by pointing out the Alpha Trion accessory. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Ultra Magnus Sequel Armada Megatron Chapter|Ultra Magnus Sequel Armada Megatron Chapter}}

Thanks to Alpha Trion's premonitions, the Autobots were prepared for Slipstream's arrival in the Legends Universe and easily defeated her. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 16|Bonus Edition Vol. 16}} While doing janitor work at [[Tera-Kura Co.]], he overheard Megatron talk about his plan to steal energy from people, and summoned [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] into the Legends Universe as reinforcement. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}} When [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Starscream]] attempted to sacrifice himself to prevent [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] from destroying the Legends Universe, Alpha Trion opened a portal to Starscream's home universe and brought forth [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] to stop him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}}

Alpha Trion was later contacted by the [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] of his home universe, who requested to be brought to the Legends Universe. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#LG19 Sprung Prologue Part 2|Sprung Prologue Part 2}} Following Springer's arrival, Trion had his ultra-drill stolen by a jealous [[Tigatron]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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After the ''[[Van De Graaff]]'' was shot down on [[Beta-Nine]], the proemial Alpha Unit of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] managed to retrieve its cargo. The [[Matrix of Leadership|mysterious item]] was then delivered by [[Magnum]] to its custodian, Alpha Trion. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

Over the next ten years, the Decepticon insurrection became more fierce. Councilor Magnum continued to champion his Elite Guard, a series of strike teams dedicated to hunting down the [[Decepticon Warlord]]s to cut the many heads off the serpent. Councilor Alpha Trion, however, favored his own Prime Initiative, a general of sorts who would oversee the entire Autobot army as a unified force against the Decepticons. {{Storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}

Despite their political differences, Alpha Trion and Magnum worked together as the situation called for it. When a group of civilian scientists and historians needed demolitions assistance at a dig site in [[Median]], Alpha Trion requested the help of Magnum's Elite Guard for the job. Of course, he neglected to mention some of the finer points of the mission, but such is politics. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

After [[Dion]] and [[Magnum]] were injured in a Decepticon attack, they were taken to Alpha Trion. He was only able to save one of them, rebuilding the survivor into [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. As the war drained Cybertron's energy to dangerously low levels, Optimus left the planet on a mission to find more energy. Alpha Trion prepared stasis pods within which most of the remaining Autobot population would hibernate. As they placed the other Autobots in the pods, he warned [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] that remaining online during periods of low energy as he intended to do would greatly accelerate the aging process. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

When Optimus Prime and the other Autobots aboard the Ark were considered lost, Alpha Trion set about uniting the divided Cybertronian through other means. Using the remains of a Decepticon deep-space shuttle, he built Jhiaxus and brought him to life with the power of Vector Sigma, instructing the super-computer to imbue him with a need to unite Cybertron under one banner. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 44|Jhiaxus's ''Wings of Honor'' profile}}

In 2984 C.E. as the sage of Cybertron [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] engaged in combat against the [[Star Seeker]]s, the faces of his mentor [[Optimus Primal]] and his predecessor Alpha Trion flashed through his mind. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}

====''Deviations''====
In an alternate timeline where [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] killed [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] in the [[Battle of Autobot City]], [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] ended up sacrificing himself to defeat [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megascream]] and [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. In the following [[Autobot]] celebration, Optimus Prime saw a vision of Alpha Trion and Rodimus Prime as equals within the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and swore to never question its ways. {{Storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===3H comics===
[[File:DepartureBetrayal-AlphaTrion.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Alpha Trion was various lions for all of two seconds, in one person's mind.]]
In the distant past, during the Cybertronians' rebellion against their Quintesson oppressors, A-3's meddle was tested in an encounter with a [[Dark Guardian]]. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

During [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s rule of Cybertron, Alpha Trion was seemingly resurrected and/or reformatted as a lion by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] to guide [[Primal Prime]] and his [[Wrecker]] in much the same way as he aided many previous Autobot leaders. {{storylink|Departure}} It is unclear whether this new form ever existed physically; its only appearance was as a vision in Primal Prime's head. {{storylink|Betrayal}} The ancient Autobot reached out and made contact with Primal Prime's spark, but his messages came through garbled and incomplete. Of the small amount of information he was able to transmit to Primal Prime was the fact that the Wreckers should believe in Primus's vision, and that their creator sometimes worked in mysterious ways... {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

[[File:Alphatrionuniverse.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He said he was reformatted into a [[beast mode]], but he was lyin'.]]
Alpha Trion did not make a physical appearance after this enigmatic reintroduction until [[Unicron]] posed a new threat to the balance of the multiverse. Alpha Trion, though technically still merged with [[Primus]]/[[Vector Sigma]]/Whatever, was again in his original body (but now with a cape!). He/they pulled Cybertron's greatest hero, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], back from the dead in order to rescue recently abducted Cybertronians from the center of the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|Abduction}}

Thoug Primal was at first taken aback by the enormity of the task he had been assigned, Alpha Trion's pontification goaded him on in accepting the mission. When Primal succeeded at this monumental task, {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} he confronted the [[Maximal Elder]]s with one of his overblown speeches and was thrown in jail. Alpha Trion sent [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] to stage a small rescue of his own, and Primal was returned to the center of Cybertron. Here, Alpha Trion presented Primal with a window into the past, present, and future of the [[Allspark]], from which he could pluck any warrior, whether they be living or dead. Primal chose [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depthcharge]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], the former of whom rejected Primal's calling. Alpha Trion quieted Primal's disappointment, letting Depthcharge go, expecting him to return of his own accord. To take his place, Alpha Trion pulled [[Omega Prime]] from [[Viron 903.0 Beta|a Viron universe]]. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Alphatriondw.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Most people kill their prizes before hanging them on their wall. Shockwave is not most people.]]
Eons ago, Alpha Trion kept watch over the Transformers when Primus entered his eternal sleep to hide Cybertron from Unicron. However, a nomadic alien race eventually conquered Cybertron, and Alpha Trion was forced into hiding. Thousands of Transformers were slaughtered, and Alpha Trion was unable to act. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} Alpha Trion performed actions that would make him known as the savior of his race. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

Alpha Trion was attached to the supercomputer Vector Sigma, and was its caretaker from the [[Golden Age]] to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. He was considered the only Transformer capable of accessing all of the computer's functions. In his position, he disagreed with the [[Council of Ancients]]' esoteric mysticism, wishing to make the Transformers' place in the cosmos more known. {{Storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #8}} Despite this, he was a secret guiding force behind the Council and its selection of Primes. He was fond of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], both with whom he had a special bond. {{Storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #1}}

After the [[Great Shutdown]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was awakened. Soon after, he met [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], who somehow led the [[Decepticon]] to Alpha Trion. Alpha Trion was incapacitated and hung on a wall in Shockwave's laboratory for analysis, to assist Shockwave in his attempt to control Vector Sigma. The ancient Cybertronian constantly foiled his attempts to analyze him; nevertheless, Shockwave swore that the savior of their race would become its "greatest destroyer". {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} As Shockwave's plans reached fruition, the last remaining "ancient program" for him to decode was Alpha Trion. However, Shockwave's machinations were foiled by his apparent and untimely demise. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Alpha Trion's last days were recorded to be deep within Cybertron, preparing the Transformers and Cybertron for their darkest hour. {{Storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #1}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Historyofcybertron.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Trukk... and munky?]]
When [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] downloaded some of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s memories, he saw Alpha Trion and his role in the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|rebellion]] against the [[Quintesson]]s. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:OmegasConundrum-Metroplex.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Because he's the wise sage Cybertron deserves, but not the one it needs right now.]]
Countless ages ago, Alpha Trion explored the entire surface of Cybertron with the legendary Titan, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}}

Alpha Trion approached [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] during the 43rd Day of the Battle of Aegiax to propose that the Ancient Barbarian unite the Thirteen warring tribes of Cybertron. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} After approaching Galvatron, Alpha Trion led the Barbarian to the headquarters of [[Prima]], the [[Citadel of Light]]. There, Alpha Trion stood by and watched as Galvatron and the only remaining survivor of Prima's clan, a young 'bot named [[Nova Prime|Nova Major]], single-handedly slaughtered the bestial forces of [[Onyx Prime]]. After the battle was over, Alpha Trion approached Nova and Galvatron. When Nova demanded to know who Alpha Trion was, Trion calmly revealed himself to be the last remaining member of [[Thirteen|the original thirteen Cybertronians]].

Nova was not quick to believe Trion, but soon accepted the truth after being pummelled into submission by Trion, seemingly confirming the rumor that only a Prime could defeat another Prime. Alpha Trion was quick to correct him, claiming that although a Prime ''could'' be defeated by a non-Prime, they could only be ''killed'' by another Prime, and that there were no other Primes left on Cybertron. Nova, finding this hard to believe, suggested that they go to Onyx Prime's castle in [[Kalis]] to see if Onyx had disappeared as Trion claimed. When they arrived, they found their way into the castle blocked by Onyx Prime's last surviving follower and gatekeeper of his castle, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox of the Mournsong]]. Although Rhinox tried to bar their way, he was quickly intimidated into submission by Galvatron, and let them pass, already knowing they would find Onyx gone. As Rhinox wondered aloud what would become of them, Nova announced his plan to take control, with a vision of a united Cybertron with no tribes dividing its people. Alpha Trion, feeling this was the best course of action for Cybertron's people, gladly stood aside and let Nova assume the title of Prime.

After taking control of Cybertron, Nova directed his attentions to decoding the secrets of the Thirteen; chiefly, [[Nexus Prime]]'s [[Enigma of Combination]]. Galvatron was the only one of them who ''didn't'' want to uncover the Enigma, and continually insisted that the Enigma was gone, just like its creator. Trion became curious by Galvatron's claims, and questioned him, pointing out that everyone ''except'' Galvatron talked of the Enigma as if it were merely a concept, but Galvatron spoke of it as a physical object. One look in Galvatron's eyes provided Alpha with all the explanation he needed to arrive at the answer. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

He blessed Nova Prime's [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] before its departure from the planet six million years ago. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Following the disappearance of the vessel and its crew, memorial lectures were held in honor of Nova, during which Alpha Trion held a speech about [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}}

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Four million years ago, Alpha Trion attended the funerals of [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Because of Alpha Trion's intimate knowledge of Cybertron's surface, he accompanied Orion Pax and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] on a mission into the treacherous [[Rust Spot]] to swap Decepticon prisoners for the captured [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]]. This was merely a ruse to draw out Alpha Trion, who the Decepticons wanted in order to help locate Metroplex. Due to Orion Pax's valiant actions, Alpha Trion and the other Autobots escaped with their lives. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} The Autobots did get something out of Alpha Trion though; confirmation that the Titans were indeed real. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

Once Orion Pax had become Optimus Prime, he broadcast a message to all Cybertronians, asking them to join him in the fight against the Decepticon oppression. Alpha Trion watched this broadcast with interest from the archives of [[Kutanzuule]]. {{storylink|Broadcast}} He soon came in contact with the young Prime to offer him advice and guidance in his early days as Autobot leader. {{storylink|Derelicts}} When Optimus blamed himself for being unable to stop the [[Exodus (G1)|Exodus]], Alpha Trion assured him that sometimes a leader's role is to let their followers go and make their own decisions. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} Alpha Trion was surprised when Optimus rediscovered the long lost [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], and advised him to accept that the ancient guardian would not easily reintegrate into society. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}}

500,000 years ago, Alpha Trion chose to leave Cybertron together with Metroplex, partly to keep the Titan out of Decepticon hands, but also to investigate and stop whatever scheme [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] had put into motion out in space. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} They didn't return until after Cybertron had been rendered virtually uninhabitable by normal Transformers because of the war, so Alpha Trion began working to restore it all by himself. The isolation evidently did not do the wise old Autobot any good, as he seemed to have more than a few screws loose and had become tremendously self-aggrandizing by the year 2010.

[[File:Ironing Out the Details Alpha Trion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Metal beards are ridiculous! But ''cloth'' beards are super okay.]]
Operating out of Metroplex, Trion spent "dozens of meta-cycles" processing the corrosive elements out of Cybertron's atmosphere, slowly making it habitable again, but was still faced with the problem of the monstrous [[Insecticon swarm]] that had overrun the planet. Requiring the toughest of the tough to obliterate the swarm, Alpha Trion selected [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] to do the job. That Ironhide was across the galaxy on Earth mattered little: Ironhide would eventually die some day, Trion rationalized, and so he built a duplicate body on Cybertron into which he could implant Ironhide's spark and memories once he passed on and returned to the "[[Allspark|core]]". With Vector Sigma having been essentially erased in the event that devastated Cybertron, this took Alpha Trion years and pushed his skills to their limit, but once Ironhide died on Earth in 2010, the ancient Autobot's grand work was complete, and Ironhide returned to life on Cybertron in the new body constructed for him. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}}

Ironhide awoke in confusion, his memories incomplete due to damage he had suffered millions of years beforehand that had disrupted his link to the core, and wandered Cybertron's wastes until Alpha Trion dispatched his [[Scamper|page]] to bring the befuddled warrior to the city mode Metroplex. Alpha Trion took umbrage at the fact Ironhide had never heard of his ancient greatness, and revealed his incredible powers over his own electromagnetic aura by using it to control Ironhide's actions when the ornery Autobot started to get a little rough. Ironhide further tested Trion's patience when he ignored his cautions and ventured out to track down the near-dead [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (even if Sunstreaker ''had'' heard of him). Finally, Trion relented to Ironhide's constant questioning and explained the reason he had brought him back online: to exterminate the swarm. {{storylink|Ironing Out the Details}} While Ironhide took out of most of the swarm in a brutal battle, Trion busied himself repairing Sunstreaker. After Ironhide returned, Trion announced that he and Metroplex were leaving Cybertron for parts unknown while Ironhide mopped up the remaining Insecticons. Infuriated by the old 'bots condescending attitude, Ironhide slugged him one, but Alpha Trion let it slide, putting Ironhide in his place by telling him he was just a small playing piece in a very large game. Before departing, however, Alpha Trion softened, congratulating Ironhide on saving the entire planet. After all, the only other Autobot would could make that claim... was he. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}}

At some point, Alpha Trion left Metroplex's side to search for a "Holy Grail", a quest of such importance that he was unable to turn back and help when his Titan companion was infected with an [[alchemical virus]]. Coming across the ''[[Vis Vitalis]]'', he convinced the [[Caminus|Camiens]], [[Cityspeaker]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and her compatriots [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] and [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]], to aid the injured Metroplex in his place. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}}{{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} Alongside this task Alpha Trion tasked the three with delivering a single word message to Optimus Prime- [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} Shockwave saw Alpha Trion in a vision of things that would come to pass during the Dark Cybertron prophecy. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}}

[[File:Full Fathom Five Alpha Trion.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Not one of his better days...]]
Concluding from Shockwave's plans that the Enigma of Combination had landed on [[Earth]], Alpha Trion went to search for it only to be shot down and captured by the [[Earth Defense Command]]. {{storylink|The Crucible}} He was brought to their base on [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]] for study and discovered months later by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] during an investigation into the EDC's use of Cybertronian tech. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} Knowing he was hooked up to an alarm and that the EDC's "[[mind bomb]]" couldn't have been created from just ''his'' brain, [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] stopped Jazz from rescuing Alpha Trion immediately in order to investigate further. After deactivating the alarms they took Alpha Trion and fled on [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], where a merry Trion's reunion with Optimus Prime was cut short by a coughing fit, prompting [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] to take him away and have a look at his injuries. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

Alpha Trion had Optimus Prime take him to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], away from prying ears, to share with him why Earth was so important. He told the story about how he brought Galvatron and Nova Prime together, shocking and angering Optimus with the fact that he was one of the Thirteen Primes and let Nova Prime's reign happen, before revealing the presence of the Enigma of Combination on Earth. {{storylink|The Crucible}} They subsequently returned to the ''[[Ark-7]]'', where Jetfire found their trip had worsened Alpha Trion's condition and admonished Prime. When Prime then returned to Cybertron for what he claimed were political reasons, Trion poked fun at him until he admitted he also had a personal reason, namely the anniversary of him becoming Prime. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}}

When the ''Ark-7'' came under attack and the Autobots lost control of the ship, Alpha Trion recognized why—its computers had been infected with the source code of the Enigma of Combination. {{storylink|The Nothing Man}} Joining [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] as they fought their way through the ship's defenses towards its [[space bridge]], Trion described the Enigma as one of the "metaphors made real" devised by the ancient Primes and that normal Transformers couldn't fight against it. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} They reached their goal only to be greeted by a group of Decepticons who'd arrived through the space bridge to capture the ship, {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} prompting Sideswipe to hide the still injured Alpha Trion away from harm in a storage compartment. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}}

After the Decepticons had crashed the ship onto Earth, Trion and the others were recovered by Optimus Prime's forces. Once they'd relocated, he was shocked to hear that Optimus had started a war with Earth in an attempt to to annex it, and wondered what his plan was now. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} He was present when Optimus returned after an ill-fated confrontation between [[Aileron]] and the [[President of the United States]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}} When the Autobots joined forces with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s Decepticons against Galvatron, Alpha Trion's status as another Prime distressed Soundwave. He remained at their [[Monument Valley]] base caring for [[Buster (IDW)|Buster]] during the actual attack, but an attack on ''them'' by the humans caused the dog to run off with [[D.0.C.]] {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} As the battle raged on, Alpha Trion encouraged Optimus Prime to search within himself for the reason he'd chosen this particular valley as their base, which led to Optimus realizing there was a Titan hidden beneath the earth and awakening it. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

====Possible future====
In a vision of the future seen by Ironhide and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] during the reformatting of Cybertron, Alpha Trion lived on a prosperous [[Gorlam Prime]] fifteen million years from now, telling young Transformers the history of their race and their struggles. His closest friend at this time was an aged Ironhide, who Alpha frequently comforted as Ironhide struggled to find his place in the new civilization. {{storylink|Pax Cybertronia (issue)|Pax Cybertronia}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
As he lay dying, Alpha Trion passed the Matrix of Leadership down to Optimus Prime, an event that would later be plucked from Prime's memories and scrutinized during his [[Quintesson]] trial. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} His spirit passed into the Matrix, where it would later haunt [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] after he'd stolen the artifact. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} The spirits of Alpha Trion and other past Matrix holders manifested again when Optimus Prime took back the Matrix. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
When questioned if Alpha Trion was [[Solomus]], [[Vector Prime]] just said that he went by many names. Make of that what you will. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 1/8/2015}}

===''The Power of the Titan Masters''===
On the planet [[Eukaris]], Alpha Trion and [[Grimlock (G1)|Clobber]] discovered an ancient artifact linked to the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]]s and [[Titan Master]]s. They were attacked by a contingent of Decepticons intent on ambushing the two Autobots and stealing the artifact for themselves, but [[Apeface]] managed to blow their cover and give the Autobots time to fight back. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
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Alpha Trion was one of the oldest Transformers alive. {{storylink|Orion's Gambit}}

Sentinel Prime sent Alpha Trion out to investigate an uprising of working-class robots. Alpha Trion uncovered that Senator Ratbat has shut down a mine, which catapulted into motion the Decepticon movement. He reported his findings to Sentinel Prime, and Ratbat was forced to flee for his life. {{storylink|Megatron Origins}}

[[File:AlphaTrionG1-GoldenAgeLegends.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]

Alpha Trion, alongside Nightbeat and Orion Pax, was to escort the Decepticons Rack'n'Ruin in a prisoner exchange with the Decepticons. Though they encountered [[Slicer (group)|Slicers]] en route, the group eventually met up with Bludgeon. But instead of the agreed upon exchange, Bludgeon and the Decepticons ambushed the Autobots, leading to Alpha Trion's capture. He was rescued and returned to Zeta Prime's protective custody thanks to Nightbeat and Orion Pax's efforts. {{storylink|Orion's Gambit}}

When Orion Pax and Ariel were seriously injured by the Decepticons, the Aerialbots took the pair to Trion, who rebuilt them into [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Elita One]]. He also aided the Aerialbots in returning to their own time through the [[Chronogon]] portal. {{storylink|Golden Age (Legends)|Golden Age}}
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==Toys==
===Timelines===
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*'''Alpha Trion'''/'''Weirdwolf''' (souvenir add-on, BotCon 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Sword, missile, Cyber Key
{{note|''Shattered Glass'' [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]] was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Alpha Trion by ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]''.}}

: A bagged set of Alpha Trion, [[Beta Maxx (RID)|Beta Maxx]], and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] was released at [[BotCon 2007]] as a souvenir set add-on, limited to 1400 pieces. Alpha Trion was a [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Vector Prime]], [[redeco]]ed in purple, white, and red, plus a new head.

: Alpha Trion transforms into a large Cybertronian space cruiser with "solar panel" wings. His nosecone has a spring-loaded missile launcher at the tip. Inserting his [[Cyber Key]] (painted gold to resemble the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]) does not activate any sounds, unlike Vector Prime's toy. Alpha Trion has the more flexible translucent plastic parts ([[for safety reasons]]) of the [[Hasbro]] version of the mold.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/BCAlphaTrion/alphatrion.htm More information on Alpha Trion at TFU.info]''
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy AlphaTrionKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Alpha Trion''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''33501 33'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, buildable sword/spear-thing

: Part of the fourth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Alpha Trion can be rebuilt from a humanoid to a starship seemingly based on the BotCon 2007 Alpha Trion toy (above). His vehicle-mode bits are rebuilt into a massive spear/sword/thing weapon for robot mode.

:He uses the [[Jazz (Kre-O)|Jazz]] helmet... which covers his eyes when pushed all the way down on the noggin.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-OAlphaTrion/alphatrion.htm More information on Alpha Trion at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-Toy AlphaTrionClass85.jpg|right|thumb|200px|There's always that one old guy who hangs out at school long after he graduated...]]
*'''Kreon Class of 1985''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)
**''Set number'' '''B5152'''
**''Accessories'': Longsword

:Voted "800th Year Senior", this version of Alpha Trion has more intricate, cartoon-accurate detailing, and uses the ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]]'' [[Galvatron (Kre-O)#Age of Extinction|Galvatron]] helmet. He also comes with the longsword accessory from the ''Kre-O Dungeons & Dragons'' series for... some reason.

:He was only available in the "[[Kreon Class of '85]]" 30-Kreon box set, a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2015 [[exclusive]], also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] following the convention.

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===Legends===
[[File:Takaratomy-lg-14-ultra-magnus-and-alpha-trion.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So I'm basically Optimus Prime's brother and father figure? How is that acceptable?]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' ([[September 19|9-19]]-2015)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''LG-14'''

:The ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Transformers Legends]]'' release of ''[[Transformers: Generations#Combiner Wars|Generations Combiner Wars]]'' Leader Class [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Generations|Ultra Magnus]] includes a small Alpha Trion figure, which is a redeco of the [[Minimus Ambus]] figure (as Minimus does not appear in any Japanese fiction). He transforms into a Cybertronian hovercar, which can tab onto three grooves on the lower level of Magnus's trailer. In robot mode, Alpha Trion can sit inside Ultra Magnus's robot mode torso, "wearing" the Magnus head like a helmet.

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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Voyager-Alpha-Trion.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Destined to be repurposed as [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]].]]
*'''Autobot Sovereign & Alpha Trion''' (Voyager class, 2016)
**''Accessories: Sword
:Alpha Trion transforms from a robot to lion to spaceship. His head transforms into the [[Titan Master]] [[Sovereign]], although his neck socket is compatible with any other Titan Master figure.

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===Unreleased===
[[File:Alphalion.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You'll never own me.]]
A redeco of [[Snarl (BM)|''Beast Machines'' Snarl]] was planned as Alpha Trion for the [[BotCon|OTFCC]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (comic)|Wreckers]]'' storyline, but this concept never made it past the paint mock-up stage.

A redecoed [[Lio Convoy]] was also considered by [[3H Productions|3H]] for Alpha Trion around the same time, and it was sort of this version that briefly appeared in the comic book (see above). Though the toy [[Prototype|mock-up]] used Snarl, 3H hoped they could finagle the use of the Lio Convoy mold. "Alpha Lion"'s wireframe appearance in [[Departure|''Wreckers'' #1]] used Lio Convoy's body, but Snarl's head, hopefully allowing 3H to fudge either way, should they come to a decision. They didn't!

::*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/universe/alpha+trion/3368 Image gallery of the Alpha Trion Snarl repaint purchased from the Hartmans]

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==Merchandise==
===Super Collection Figure===
*'''Alpha Trin''' (2002)

: A three-inch-tall [[plastic|PVC]] figurine of Alpha Trion was available in "Act 8" of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' line. Like all the figures in the wave, it was available as both a standard full-color figure and a metallic-silver "pewter" version, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures. Additionally, the pewter version of Alpha Trion came packaged with the left leg of the [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] collectible "build-a-figure".

: Alpha Trion was not among the ''Super Collection Figures'' brought over to the West for [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' line.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/AlphaTrin/alphatrin.htm More information on ''Super Collection Figure'' Alpha Trin at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/PewterAlphaTrin/alphatrin.htm More information on pewter Alpha Trin at TFU.info]''

===EX Gōkin===
[[File:EX Gokin Alpha Trion.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Alpha Trin''' {{sic}} (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Two fists, two open hands, two gripping hands, right pointing hand, A-3 head, two A-3 shoulders, display stand

:Produced by [[Art Storm]] as part of their ''[[EX Gōkin]]'' line, this Alpha Trion is a 6-inch tall posable figure based on his cartoon [[character model]]. He comes with a plethora of extra hands and has an articulated cape that splits in two pieces for easier posing. Alpha Trion can (sort of) be turned into his younger self, A-3, by use of an alternate head based on his appearance in "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]" and two smaller, spike-less shoulderpads.

::*''[http://artstorm.co.jp/exgokin_transformersseries_alphatrion.html More information on ''EX Gōkin'' Alpha Trin at Art Storm's official site]''

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==Notes==
[[File:Alpha Trion through the epochs.jpg|thumb|Once you go white, you'll never, er... be right?]]
*Alpha Trion is one of the very few Cybertronians to show signs of aging and [[Facial hair|hair growth]].
*According to a note in Japan's ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' magazine,{{fact|source needed}} A-3 was the first successful Cybertronian, [[A1]] and [[A2]] being failures. However, the presence of Cybertronians within the Matrix of Leadership older than Alpha Trion (as seen in "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|The Return of Optimus Prime]]") makes the actual [[canon]]icity of this questionable.
*Alpha Trion may be named after the [[Wikipedia:Triple-alpha process|Triple-Alpha Process]], the method through which carbon is created, which in turn is the reason (human) life came to be. Given that Alpha Trion essentially "created" Optimus Prime, who in turn formed the Autobots, this is actually quite fitting.
[[File:ImAlphaTrionsHovercraftMode.jpg|thumb|"I'm Alpha Trion's hover-craft mode!"]]
*Alpha Trion had a hover-craft [[alternate mode]] designed for his appearance in ''[[The Transformers: Ironhide]]'', but ultimately didn't end up transforming in that mini-series. The vehicle mode was first revealed in the trade paperback's extras, and would eventually be used in-continuity as part of a flashback sequence in "[[Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb]]" and in the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' episode "[[Megatron Origins]]".
*A mock-up of an Alpha Trion toy in the form of a ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Scourge (G1)#Generations|Scourge]] redeco was shown in ''[[Transformers Generations 2014]]'' Vol. 1 as one of ten potential exclusives for Vol. 2. During the fan poll held to determine which of the ten would be produced, Alpha Trion claimed 28.9% of the votes but ultimately came second place under [[Goshooter#Generations|Goshooter]].<ref>[http://millionhero.sblo.jp/article/101898683.html Poll results at Hero-X]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Alpha Trin''' (アルファートリン ''Arufā Torin''), '''Alpha Trion''' (The Rebirth, アルファ・トライオン ''Arufā Toraion'')
*''Hebrew:'' '''Alpha Trion''' (אלפא טריון, "Alpha Trion")
*''Indonesian:'' '''Alfa Trion'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Alpha Tellion''' (Taiwan, 阿法特利昂 ''Ā Fǎ Tè Lì Áng''), '''Tài Shīfù''' (China, 钛师傅, "Master Titanium")

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Sovereign

2016-07-30T23:53:05Z

ZacWilliam: Bio

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:''Sovereign is an [[Autobot]] [[Titan Master]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
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'''Sovereign''' is an ancient [[Titan Master]] partnered with [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. Probably the most powerful of all Titan Masters his [[spark]] is infused with the energy of [[Primus]], the creator of the Universe itself. Infinite power is not a gift all are capable of handling, nor one to share with just anyone and Sovereign only shares Primus' might with those he deems to be worthy.

==Fiction==
===''The Power of the Titan Masters''===
As Alpha Trion's head, Sovereign accompanied his partner and [[Grimlock (G1)|Clobber]] to the planet [[Eukaris]], where they discovered an ancient artifact linked to the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]]s and [[Titan Master]]s. They were attacked by a contingent of Decepticons intent on ambushing the Autobots and stealing the artifact for themselves, but [[Apeface]] managed to blow their cover and give the Autobots time to fight back. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
*'''Alpha Trion''' (Voyager, [[2016]])
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==Notes==
*Sovereign's design is based on [[Beta Maxx (RID)|Beta Maxx]], the diminutive companion of [[Alpha Trion (SG)|another Alpha Trion]].

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Squeezeplay (G1)

2016-07-30T19:36:19Z

ZacWilliam: /* The Power of the Titan Masters */ Expansion

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:''Squeezeplay is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Squeezeplay boxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Rar! I'm all scary and the like!]]
'''Squeezeplay''' doesn't draw much of a line between sabotage and devastation. He considers himself an unstoppable engine of destruction, and will charge into any situation without regards to safety. He's not an idiot — he's merely harnessed the tactical advantages of brute force and intimidation. As Squeezeplay figures it, he is strong enough, tough enough, and fierce enough to plow through most battlefield fortifications and opponents without much damage, so...why not simply do that?

His [[Nebulan]] partner, [[Lokos]], was a smuggler and air pirate on his home planet before joining the Decepticons. His relationship with Squeezeplay is two-fold. On the one hand, Lokos was always a creative and crafty criminal, and so he tries to get Squeezeplay to use his head more in combat. On the other hand, though, he recognizes the sheer brutal effectiveness of his partner's methods, and so more often than not is comfortable just to let Squeezeplay have his fun.

Why mess with what works?

Sometimes he is known as '''Crashbash'''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Headmasterscashandcarnage.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|That's not the way to get ahead in life.]]
Squeezeplay worked with his partners [[Horri-Bull]] and [[Fangry]] in manipulating a group of human bounty hunters called the [[Roadjammers]] into capturing the Autobots for them. Unfortunately, the Roadjammers discovered that their human partners were actually robots in disguise, and the plan fell through before they could successfully terminate any Autobots. {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

[[File:SqueezeplayRaptureDynamo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Dynamo]] sets his phasers to "butter."]]
When the Decepticons under [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] came to blows with one another, Squeezeplay led the charge against their foes along with [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]], [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] and Horri-Bull. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Sometime later, he was with Scorponok's army when they were transferred to Cybertron in time to battle [[Unicron]] and his hordes. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} When Unicron showed up, Squeezeplay fled in fear. {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

After Unicron's and Scorponok's death, Squeezeplay came under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s leadership and stood in a meeting for the joint Autobot-Decepticon government. {{storylink|Exodus!}} The coalition soon gave away and Squeezeplay joined Bludgeon in his invasion of [[Klo]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} When the newly-reborn [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrived on Klo with the [[Last Autobot]], Squeezeplay was one of many Decepticons who tried and failed to disable him. When the Autobots reorganized with the [[Neo-Knights]] for a counter-offensive, Squeezeplay was blasted with considerable power by the humans [[Rapture]] and [[Dynamo]]. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Arceeprimesrib.jpg|thumb|left]]
In [[1995]], Squeezeplay and his fellow Headmasters joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in attacking the Autobots at a [[Feminist mob|feminism rally]]. He and Fangry double-teamed [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and then all the Decepticons joined up against Optimus Prime. However, Squeezeplay was then shot in the back by the new Autobot warrior, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!|Prime's Rib!}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
The characteristics of Squeezeplay and the other Headmaster Decepticons 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}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Squeezeplay bludgeon loose ends.jpg|thumb|150px]]
Twenty-one years after the battle of [[Klo]], Squeezeplay remained a member of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s forces aboard the ''[[Warworld]]''. He interrupted his commander's genocide of the inhabitants of [[Torkulon]] to deliver an important superstring-slingshot from [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:Decepticons Underground Headmasters.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|The story's called "Decepticons Underground" because the Autobots bury them alive. No joke.]]
Squeezeplay, Fangry, and Horri-Bull operated a secret underground base on Nebulos within the "[[Nebulos Triangle]]." They maintained this secrecy by shorting out electronics and causing whoever wandered into the area to disappear... at least until Optimus Prime decided that these phenomena were probably caused by a secret Decepticon base.

Anyway, the Autobots stormed in, and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] poured [[Nebulite]]-enriched concrete all over the fleeing Decepticons, leaving Squeezeplay and the others trapped in a living tomb. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===''Universe'' comic===
[[File:TFUjailbreak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You've given me a snake head, [[Dan Khanna|Dan]].]]
Hailing from [[Primax 113.12 Gamma]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 20/9/2015}} Squeezeplay was one of the many dimension-displaced Cybertronians released from the [[Cauldron]] due to the actions of [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} but he somehow switched places with the [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] of [[Primax 1108.12 Kappa]] when they returned to their home universes. Squeezeplay quickly adapted to the battles of his new universe. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 20/9/2015}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
During the [[Dark Ages]], when the Decepticons and Autobots splintered into several smaller factions, Squeezeplay fell in with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s [[Ultracon]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} Following [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s return to Cybertron, the Decepticons were once more united under a single rule, and the Autobots were conquered. At this time, Squeezeplay was put to work as a guard in [[Internment Camp Pi]], where he overlooked the Autobot workforce as they were forced to dig to Cybertron's core. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Squeezeplay served under [[Turmoil]] during [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]]'s failed attempt at a mutiny. He was present when Deadlock escaped and fled from Turmoil's troops. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

After the Chaos War, Squeezeplay was one of the Decepticons who started rioting on the streets of Cybertron in celebration of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s return. {{storylink|City on Fire}}

Following the [[Necrotitan]] event, the Autobot city [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] became the core of the New Iacon city-structure. Squeezeplay and many Decepticons moved out of the city into a ghetto on the outskirts. When Prime-loving [[Caminus|Camiens]] began preaching on the streets, Squeezeplay objected when [[Acid Storm]] took a look at their literature. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}

Decepticon rallies soon started being held again in the ghettos, thanks to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Squeezeplay was recruited by [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] into a raid on the Space Bridge nexus, taking advantage of another Bridge node on the Autobot shuttle ''[[Ark-7]]''. The Decepticons overrode the shuttle's node, transporting as a boarding party to claim the Autobot's ship. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} After securing the vessel, Squeezeplay and the others rode it down to Earth, joining Galvatron at Shanghai, China. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}}}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Squeezeplay was an immobilized Builder overseeing [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. He had become addicted to animal death sports in his twilight years, spending most of his remaining power monitoring various broadcasts for his pleasure. When the Resistance mounted an assault on Fortress Maximus, Squeezeplay was largely ineffectual in coordinating the Micromaster defense of the city, and was killed in an explosion. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===''The Power of the Titan Masters''===
Crashbash was an ancient Titan Master robot, traveling the early universe as support crew for the great Titans. As a gift to the civilizations they met along the way his unique spark had the power to grant powerful berserker rages to others. Ok... Anyway, upon reemerging in modern times he joined up with the Decepticons.

Crashbash, his robo-chicken thing, and Scourge tracked [[Hyperfire]] to [[Velocitron]], and attempted to kidnap Blurr's Titan Master on the final lap of the planet's biggest race. They didn't get far before having to fight [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Hardhead, and Optimus. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Squeezeplayhorribullfangrycommercial.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|OH YEAH!]]
[[Fangry]], [[Horri-Bull]], and Squeezeplay burst through a wall, and the three engaged the new Headmaster Autobots. [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] noted that their new Headmasters would give the Decepticons "more brainpower than ever." {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Small Headmasters|Small Headmasters Commercial}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy Squeezeplay.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Craaab people...Craaab people...Taste like crab...Talk like people...]]
*'''Squeezeplay''' (Headmaster, 1988)
**''Accessories:'' Lokos trainer/robot head, tail/mace, "overrider rifle"

:Squeezeplay transforms into a crab monster, which looks something like a bipedal creature grew out of the underside of a crab, wearing the crustacean as a hat. His tail detaches into a handheld mace. Like the other Small Headmasters, there is a compartment in which Squeezeplay can store [[Lokos]] while in crab monster mode.

: In robot mode, like all Headmaster toys, Squeezeplay has a panel on his chest which houses a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readouts for Speed, Strength, and Intelligence. The tumbler is activated when Lokos (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket. As a smaller Headmaster, Squeezeplay's power meter is on a single tumbler — so any head plugged into Squeezeplay will result in the same stats. His small size also robbed him of the door that usually hides the tech spec meters on larger Headmasters.

: Squeezeplay's box showed a picture of his gun protruding from the back of his crab mode. However, the actual toy lacked any compatible attachment points for it. It was possible to nest it in his back by opening up the two parts of his shell (his arms in robot mode), but this resulted in an irregular appearance that didn't match the picture and the gun wasn't secure.

:This mold was released in Japan without changes as ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Cancer (Masterforce)#Toys|Cancer]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Squeezeplay/squeezeplay.htm More information on Squeezeplay at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Crashbash titan master.jpg|thumb|Sentinel Prime says you're a Robo-Chicken, so you're a Robo-Chicken, recruit!|upright=1.66]]
*'''Crashbash''' (Titan Master, 2016)
:*''Accessories:'' Gun/Dragon/Dinosaur

:Part of the first wave of Titan Master figures in the ''[[Transformers: Generations#Titans Return|Titans Return]]'' subline, Crashbash (renamed for trademark issues) can interact with other figures from the line. As a robot he can ride on Legends Class figures in their altmodes, and can be plugged on every Deluxe, Voyager, or Leader figure as a head. He comes with his vehicle partner, that can transform into a dragon (which can be ridden by Crashbash in botmode), a dinosaur (which is completed by Crashbash forming its lower jaw and arms) or a gun that can be used by larger figures. The dinosaur mode bears a striking resemblance to [[Snapdragon]].

:The mold was [[redeco]]ed into [[Overkill|Overboard]] and retooled into [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]].

:Takara released the head as [[Cancer (Masterforce)#Legends|Cancer]] along with [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Legends|Shockwave]], while its partner was included as an accessory with [[Skullcruncher (G1)#Legends|Skull]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)#Legends|Wipe]].
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==Notes==
* Squeezeplay was depicted as one of the Transformers fleeing the Cauldron in the ''Universe'' comic (see above) because he is a favorite of convention organizer [[Glen Hallit]].
* Some people think Squeezeplay is a snake monster rather than a crab monster. [[GEEWUN|These people]] are wrong.

===Foreign names===
*''Hungarian:'' '''Szorítókar''' ("Squeezearm"), '''Facsargó''' ("Squeezer")
*''Italian:'' '''[[Morsa]]''' ("Grip")

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Talk:Haywire (Targetmaster)

2016-07-28T20:32:26Z

ZacWilliam:

===Hyperfire = Haywire?===

Soooo, Titans Return Hyperfire looks nothing like Haywire (he's based on Stylor design-wise), has an entirely different nature/backstory than Haywire, transforms into something different, and obviously has a different name. Is the only reason we're considering them "the same guy" because he's a small toy figure partnered with Blurr? Is that enough reason? I kinda feel like he might rate a separate page. Thoughts? --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] ([[User talk:ZacWilliam|talk]]) 16:18, 28 July 2016 (EDT)
:I think the name is pretty obviously "We couldn't get Haywire, so here's something close enough". Hyperfire is Haywire like how TR Fracas is Targetmaster Fracas. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:21, 28 July 2016 (EDT)
::Also, [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbJBoiyUAAEUJBd.jpg early packaged samples we saw at cons] even mistakenly used the name Haywire in the bio. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 16:23, 28 July 2016 (EDT)
:::Fair enough, if that's good enough for folks it's not a big deal. I just kinda think that if the end result released is a bot that doesn't look like Haywire, doesn't have the backstory/profile of Haywire, doesn't transform into or have the same powers as Haywire, and isn't named Haywire there's not too much reason to decide he's Haywire. Other than the precident of other existing partners being reused of course. Shrug. --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] ([[User talk:ZacWilliam|talk]]) 16:31, 28 July 2016 (EDT)

Talk:Haywire (Targetmaster)

2016-07-28T20:31:10Z

ZacWilliam:

===Hyperfire = Haywire?===

Soooo, Titans Return Hyperfire looks nothing like Haywire (he's based on Stylor design-wise), has an entirely different nature/backstory than Haywire, transforms into something different, and obviously has a different name. Is the only reason we're considering them "the same guy" because he's a small toy figure partnered with Blurr? Is that enough reason? I kinda feel like he might rate a separate page. Thoughts? --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] ([[User talk:ZacWilliam|talk]]) 16:18, 28 July 2016 (EDT)
:I think the name is pretty obviously "We couldn't get Haywire, so here's something close enough". Hyperfire is Haywire like how TR Fracas is Targetmaster Fracas. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:21, 28 July 2016 (EDT)
::Also, [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbJBoiyUAAEUJBd.jpg early packaged samples we saw at cons] even mistakenly used the name Haywire in the bio. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 16:23, 28 July 2016 (EDT)
:::Fair enough, if that's good enough for folks it's not a big deal. I just kinda think that if the end result released is a bot that doesn't look like Haywire, doesn't have the backstory of Haywire, doesn't transform into or have the same powers as Haywire, and isn't named Haywire there's not too much reason to decide he's Haywire. Other than the precident of other existing partners being reused of course. Shrug. --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] ([[User talk:ZacWilliam|talk]]) 16:31, 28 July 2016 (EDT)

Talk:Haywire (Targetmaster)

2016-07-28T20:18:30Z

ZacWilliam: Thoughts?

Haywire (Targetmaster)

2016-07-28T20:13:08Z

ZacWilliam: A little more detail about Hyperfire himself. /* The Power of the Titan Masters */

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:''Haywire is an [[Autobot]]-aligned [[Nebulan]] [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Rebirth2 HaywireTargetmaster.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I think we got to Scatman's Land.]]
One of the younger Nebulans to [[binary bonding|binary bond]] to a Transformer, '''Haywire''' is very much of the "act first, think later"-impulsive-teenage mold. In that respect, the relationship between Haywire and his partner [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] is one where they get on like a house on fire, but also a classic example of the lack of planning in the early stages of Targetmasters bonding for how effective a combat team they would make. Transforming into an electro-laser cannon, Haywire is just as hyperactive as his partner in combat, often more concerned with how often he fires than where he's aiming or how effective his shots are.

Sometimes he's actually Blurr's [[Titan Master]] partner and goes by the name '''Hyperfire'''.

Haywire's nature varies. In some universes he is an organic Nebulan; in others he is a robotic Cybertronian.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
Haywire was among those Nebulans who joined the Autobots and binary-bonded to Transformers—in his case, Blurr—to defend his planet from the [[Decepticon]] forces, first seeing action in the Autobots' unsuccessful defense of [[the Nursery]]. Shortly afterwards, the Autobot forces fled to join those on Earth in an attempt to lure their enemies away and save [[Nebulos]] from further harm. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!|Brothers in Armor!!}}

Haywire and Blurr went along with the other Autobot Targetmasters selected to accompany [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] to Earth to rescue [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], brother of the newly binary-bonded [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], who proceeded to [[Introdump|introduce]] his team to his [[Sparkplug Witwicky|father]]. The group's rescue attempt at the Decepticons [[Club Con|island base]] was ultimately unsuccessful. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!|The Desert Island of Space!}}

{{picsneeded|Comic appearances}}

===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Rob Paulsen]] (English), [[Jin Horikawa]] (Japanese)|[[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 1'')}}
[[File:Rebirth2 HaywireNebulon.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm Green, but not Big & Mean.]]
A member of [[Gort]]'s group of freedom fighters, Haywire took part in an ambush to capture beings whom the Nebulans assumed were Hive machines. He was quick to notice that the machines had humans with them and, as it turned out, the machines were actually heroic Autobots. Haywire mused aloud that if they had the physical power of the Autobots, the Hive machines would be no problem. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

When the Autobots stole Targetmaster technology from the Decepticons, Haywire volunteered to be binary bonded to Blurr. He greeted the Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to [[Nebulos]] by boasting about his ability to hit a target from a distance of four thousand yards. {{Storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}} Like the other Nebulans, he traveled to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the Autobots, and helped to close the [[plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] and bring a new [[Golden Age]] to the planet. Afterward, they returned to Nebulos to rid the planet of the Hive's machines. {{Storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

===''The Power of the Titan Masters''===

Hyperfire was one of the ancient Titan Masters that once crewed the vast Titan robots at the dawn of time. His unique Spark possessed the power to grant the gift of enhanced speed to any being he joined with. This speed made him one of the few beings alive who could keep up with the Autobot Blurr and made him a target for power hungry Decepticons.

On the planet [[Velocitron]], Hyperfire was driving Blurr, as the pair competed in the planet's biggest race against [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. Before they were finished, Hyperfire found himself the target of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Crashbash]], who tried to capture him. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy Haywire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Blurr''' (Targetmaster, 1987)

: Haywire was first released in 1987, boxed with the [[Blurr (G1)#Targetmaster|Targetmaster version of Blurr]]; he is a small humanoid in robot armor that transforms into an "electro-laser cannon". Like most Targetmaster weapons, his transformation is simple; just fold his legs up, and the barrels of his gun form are revealed. Haywire could be placed in either of Blurr's hands or in a plug just in front of his windshield. This resulted in a noticeable difference between Blurr's Targetmaster mold and his earlier release: his hands and chestpiece needed to be [[retool]]ed to add [[5mm post|peg-holes]] large enough to accommodate his new partner.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Blurr/blurr.htm More information on Haywire (with Blurr) at TFU.info]''
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===United===
[[File:United-toy Haywire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You'd think a sniper'd want a better grip on his gun...]]
*'''Haywire''' (Targetmaster Micron, [[December 28|12-28]]-2010)

: A [[redeco]] of ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Caliburst (PCC)|Caliburst]], Haywire transforms from robot mode a hand-held rifle. He was only available at Yamada Denki stores with the purchase of over 3000 yen worth of ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' product, and is meant to complement the [[Blurr (G1)#United|''United'' Blurr toy]]. Though loose in the ''[[Transformers: Generations]]'' Blurr's hands, Haywire fits snugly in the United version's hands.

: His instructions only show the hand-held mode, but as he is a ''Power Core Combiners'' Mini-Con mold, he can also be converted into anti-aircraft artillery meant for vehicle-mode use (attached by his [[Powerlinx]] socket), plus an "armor" mode that connects to a ''Power Core Combiners'' [[Commander (PCC)|Commander]] toy's chest or back-mounted [[Powerlinx]] plug for use in either of their robot modes.

: This mold was also used to make [[Darkray]].
{{--}}
===Generations===
[[File:TitansReturn-toy Hyperfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*'''Hyperfire & Blurr''' (Deluxe, 2016)

: Released as part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations#Titans Return|Titans Return]]'' Deluxe Class figures, Hyperfire (presumably renamed because of [[trademark]] reasons) is only available with his larger partner Blurr. He can sit in Blurr's cockpit in vehicle mode, or form his partner's head. He can also pilot Blurr's hood, which unfolds into a sort of tiny vehicle. Haywire is designed to interact with any Deluxe, Voyager or Leader class figure from the same line, compatible with their various accessories and capable of forming their heads.

: Hyperfire's robot mode is based on Generation 1 [[Stylor]], and, unsurprisingly, he was retooled into ''Titans Return'' Stylor.
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Haywire''' (The Rebirth, ヘイワイアー''Heiwaiā''), '''Haywire''' (United, ヘイワイヤー ''Heiwaiyā'')

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[[Category:Targetmasters]]
[[Category:Titan Masters]]
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Infinitus

2016-07-04T20:58:11Z

ZacWilliam: Trivia point

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Infinitus is an [[Autobot]] [[Titan Master]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:titans_return_infinitus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|I turn into a [http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/face/ FAAACE].]]
'''Infinitus''' is a [[Titan Master]] partnered with [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] who can power up his larger partner by forming his head. His ability to slow time allows Sentinel to strike with percision on the battlefield even during an intense battle.

==Toys==
===Generations===
*'''Sentinel Prime''' (Voyager, [[2016]])
:"Autobot Infinitus" (the 'Autobot' prefix presumably added for [[trademark]] reasons) was packaged with his partner [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Generations|Sentinel Prime]] as part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations#Titans Return|Titans Return]]''. He can transform into the larger robot's head, or that of any other ''Titans Return'' Deluxe, Voyager, or Leader Class toy. Infinitus's robot and head modes are both based directly on [[Alex Milne]]'s Sentinel Prime design from ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]''.

==Trivia==

* Unlike the other Titan Masters the Hasbro product description copy given to retail sites for Infinitus differs from what is on the toy package. It lists his Titan Master power as a near inpenetrable forcefield instead of time manipulation.

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Titan Master

2016-07-04T10:57:59Z

ZacWilliam:

[[File:crashbash_titan_master.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Crashbash]]
'''Titan Masters''' are a kind of [[Transformer]] with the ability to turn into other Transformers heads, not unlike [[headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. More uniquely, these ancient Cybertronians are capable of controlling the mighty [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Titans]] and they grant particular individual superpowers to any regular transformer to whom they bond.

==Fiction==

==Toys==
===Generations===
*'''Titan Master''' ([[2016]])
**[[Squeezeplay#Generations|Crashbash]] with dragon/dinosaur
**[[Siren (G1)#Generations|Loudmouth]] with hovercar/hovertank
**[[Nightbeat (G1)#TitansReturn|Nightbeat]] with jet/drilltank
**[[Horri-Bull#Generations|Terri-Bull]] with tank/jet
**[[Apeface#Generations|Apeface]]
**[[Brawn (G1)#TitansReturn|Brawn]]
**[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Clobber|Clobber]] with dragon/dinosaur
**[[Flywheels#Generations|Skytread]] with tank/jet

*'''Deluxe''' ([[2016]])
**[[Grax#Generations|Grax]] & [[Skullcruncher (G1)#Generations|Skullsmasher]]
**[[Duros#Generations|Furos]] & [[Hardhead (G1)#Generations|Hardhead]]
**[[Fracas#Generations|Fracas]] & [[Scourge (G1)#TitansReturn|Scourge]]
**[[Haywire#Generations|Hyperfire]] & [[Blurr (G1)#TitansReturn|Blurr]]
**[[Stylor#Generations|Autobot Stylor]] & [[Chromedome (G1)#Generations|Chromedome]]
**[[Monzo#Generations|Monxo]] & [[Weirdwolf (G1)#Generations|Wolfwire]]
**[[Vorath#Generations|Vorath]] & [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]]
**[[Gort#Generations|Xort]] & [[Highbrow (G1)#Generations|Highbrow]]

*'''Voyager''' ([[2016]])
**[[Infinitus#Toys|Autobot Infinitus]] & [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Generations|Sentinel Prime]]
**[[Nucleon (Generations)#Toys|Nucleon]] & [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Galvatron]]
**[[Darkmoon#Toys|Darkmoon]] & [[Astrotrain (G1)#Generations|Astrotrain]]
**[[Sovereign#Toys|Autobot Sovereign]] & [[Alpha Trion (G1)#Generations|Alpha Trion]]

*'''Leader''' ([[2016]])
**[[Twin Cast#Toys|Twin Cast]] & [[Blaster (G1)#TitansReturn|Blaster]]
**[[Hi-Q|Autobot Apex]] & [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Optimus Prime]]
**[[Soundblaster (Generations)#Toys|Soundblaster]] & [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Soundwave]]

*'''Titan''' ([[2016]])
**[[Emissary (BW)#Toys|Emissary]] & [[Cerebros (G1)#Generations|Cerebros]] & [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generations|Fortress Maximus]]

{{comingsoontoy}}

==See also==
[[Headmaster (technology)#Toys]]

[[Category:Titans Return]]

Talk:Titan Master

2016-07-04T10:51:25Z

ZacWilliam: Where should Package/Ad Copy fiction go?

I want to add the Superpowers that each head gives to the bots they combine with from the Hasbro package/advertising copy but I wasn't sure where that best goes? Should it be under a subsection of Fiction or under Trivia? Thoughts? --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] ([[User talk:ZacWilliam|talk]]) 06:51, 4 July 2016 (EDT)

Rust Dust

2016-06-05T15:47:24Z

ZacWilliam: Updated with Earth Wars bio.

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Rust Dust is a [[Caminus|Camien]] [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:RustDust-charactermodel.jpg|right|thumb|200px|You don't know what hard times are, daddy.]]

'''Rust Dust''' is unbalanced in multiple senses. She's a wobbly enough as a motorcycle that her teammates wonder how she stays on two wheels and she's got hair trigger reflexes that send her racing off at the merest possibility of an enemy. Often she's as likely to be racing into danger as out of it, but to Rust Dust's line of thinking a moving target is just harder to hit and if she leads her friends on a wild turbofox chase... again... well there are worse things.

She can combine with her fellow [[Torchbearer]]s to form [[Victorion]].

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:AnUneventfulNight-Rustdust.jpg|left|thumb|250px|DanananadaDADA! Dusty POWER!]]
Soon after [[Caminus]] entered the [[Council of Worlds]], her team (under [[Pyra Magna]]) was sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to search for the remains of [[Crystal City]].

It was Rust Dust that spotted strangers entering the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] and alerted Magna. That led to them intervening in a fight between [[Arcee (G1)|some rando called Arcee]] and [[Cityspeaker]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] herself, with Arcee attempting to destroy the fabled [[Enigma of Combination]]. A horrified Rust Dust tried to save the Enigma and in the process, she accidentally turned all her team into the new combiner Victorion!

After a brief rampage, the gestalt separated and Rust Dust suggested they hide the Enigma on Caminus, if Arcee was so worried [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] would use it. Windblade overrode her, saying they needed to ensure Cybertron and Caminus stayed allies. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}

The Torchbearers opted to stay in the Rust Sea for a time, still learning to control their new powers. The inhabitants of the wasteland soon learned to avoid them. On one occasion, the team appeared to scare off a group of zombified [[Sweep]]s. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

They remained in exile until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]- seeking answers about what it ''truly'' meant to be a [[Prime]], decided to visit the group. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Merging into Victorion, the Torchbearers tested Optimus's physical and spiritual resolve. Optimus's agnosticism about the [[Matrix of Leadership]] prompted Victorion to lay claim to the Matrix and vow to build Optimus into a worthy Prime. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

She went to Earth with the other Torchbearers, remaining out of sight for some time, though she was a part of the combiner when they saved Optimus from a human-built kilsat. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}} And again when Victorion went into battle against the human-made combiners, at least until the combiner was forcibly separated thanks to trickery from Galvatron, leaving Rust Dust floating in the ocean. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:CombinerWarstoy-RustDust.jpg|right|thumb|300px|There were two bad people... one was John Wayne, and he's dead, brother, and the other's right here.]]
*'''Victorion''' (Giftset, 2016)

:Rust Dust is a [[redeco]] of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and transforms into a motorcycle. She can combine with [[Pyra Magna]], [[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]], [[Dustup]], [[Jumpstream]], and [[Stormclash]], and forms the chestplate of Victorion.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Override (Adventure)|Override]] and was [[retool]]ed into ''Combiner Wars'' [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Generations|Wreck-Gar]].

==Notes==
* Much like Groove in the ''Combiner Wars'' miniseries, Rust Dust has the rather unfortunate distinction of being neglected by the artists. She's usually absent from group shots of the Torchbearers, and has only sporadically been seen as Victorion's chest armor, either. Oops?
* Also much like Groove, when Rust Dust is drawn as part of Victorion, she's drawn upside-down -- with the front wheel erroneously pointing down instead of correctly up. She also only appears like this in all stock photography, which probably informs why she's drawn like this.

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[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]

Pyra Magna (G1)

2016-06-04T01:12:52Z

ZacWilliam:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Pyra Magna is a [[Caminus|Camien]] [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:PyraMagna-modelsheet.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

A tough, serious, thoughtful commander, '''Pyra Magna''' excels at making the hard choices and transforming challenges that would break others into advantages. Though she has been shaped by the hardships of the Rust Sea, her true strength comes from deep within her Spark. Pyra Magna's soul burns with a powerful flame that fuels her absolute, relentless will to survive. She is the leader of a group of [[Torchbearer]]s. These "Rust Renegades" from [[Caminus]] are explorers who seek out Cybertronian artifacts for preservation. She is dedicated to her job and the [[Mistress of Flame]].

Pyra's internal water system has been compromised by corrosive gasses. She utilizes this unfortunate circumstance to power her Corrosion Cannons, weapons that weaken enemy armor and jam up their gears.

Following the recovery of [[Enigma of Combination|one ancient artifact]], she gained the ability to [[combiner|combine]] with her teammates to form the goliath [[Victorion]].

{{bigquote|Okay, Torchbearers! Let's light the way!|Pyra Magna [[To Catch a Phrase|slings a good catchphrase]]|"[[An Uneventful Night]]"}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:AnUneventfulNight-PyraMagnanowords.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
In the past, the Torchbearers once visited the village where [[Aileron]] lived. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}}

Soon after Caminus entered the [[Council of Worlds]], her team was sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to search for the remains of [[Crystal City]]. While combing the [[Rust Sea]], Magna was alerted to a bunch of other Transformers entering the area. Curious, she ordered her team to investigate and fought [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] attacking [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]. Attacking ''a [[Cityspeaker]]''?! Windblade told them to leave it but an angry Pyra Magna ordered her team to intervene. She also tried to hold Windblade back when Arcee threatened to destroy some object, as she couldn't allow a Cityspeaker to risk herself for it, until that object turned out to be the legendary [[Enigma of Combination]]. One accident later, and Pyra Magna was part of a new combiner!

After a new and angry Victorion was convinced to stand down and separate, Magna apologized to Windblade for their brief rampage. She also apologized to Arcee, but told her not to call their new state an "abomination"; while she sympathised with Arcee's fear that people would be forced into becoming gestalts, she said they ''had'' become one and had the right to be "what we are". {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}

The Torchbearers opted to remain in the Rust Sea for a time, still learning to control their new powers. The inhabitants of the wasteland soon learned to avoid them. On one occasion, Pyra Magna and her team appeared to scare off a group of zombified [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

They remained in exile until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] - seeking answers about what it ''truly'' meant to be a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], decided to visit the group. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Merging into Victorion, the Torchbearers tested Optimus's physical and spiritual resolve. Optimus's agnosticism about the [[Matrix of Leadership]] prompted Victorion to lay claim to the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and vow to build Optimus into a worthy Prime. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

[[File:OnceUponATimeOnEarth-killthehumans.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It's always polite to ask permission.]]

Pyra Magna led the Torchbearers back to Iacon, where they combined and joined Starscream's forces in quelling a Decepticon riot at the space bridge. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} After Optimus declared [[Earth]] a member of the [[Council of Worlds]], the Torchbearers- still combined- took part in a skirmish against [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s splinter force of Decepticons, but had to fall back after [[China]] deployed its anti-Transformer weaponry. As the Autobots regrouped at [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]]'s old house, Pyra Magna argued with [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

As a show of good faith, the Autobots began patrolling impoverished and troubled regions around the world. Pyra Magna and the other Torchbearers defended a Middle Eastern girl's school from religious fanatics. The Torchbearers would later travel to the [[White House]] after Aileron went rogue, forming Victorion and extricating the Autobots from the White House lawn. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}}}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:CombinerWarstoy-PyraMagna.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Victorion''' (Giftset, 2016)
:''Accessories:'' Cudgel

:Pyra Magna is a [[retool]] of ''Generations'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#CombinerWars|Hot Spot]], with a new head, forearms, chestplate, and some different ladder-boom parts. She transforms into a fire truck resembling a modified Rosenbauer Panther 6x6, with a working ladder-boom. She can also form the torso to super-robot [[Victorion]], though in this mode she can also use any combination of ''[[Transformers: Generations#Combiner Wars|Combiner Wars]]'' limb-bots. Her cudgel forms the hilt of Victorion's sword.

:Many (if not all) samples of Pyra Magna come with [[Misassembly|misassembled]] knee struts. They are reversed on both legs, preventing her knee assemblies from locking in properly for robot mode.

:She was available only as part of a box set with her teammates [[Stormclash]], [[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]], [[Dustup]], [[Jumpstream]], and [[Rust Dust]].
{{CWHotSpotMold}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* "Pyra magna" is (roughly translated) Latin for "great fire".

[[Category:Caminus]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Firefighters]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]

Pyra Magna (G1)

2016-06-04T01:11:18Z

ZacWilliam: Added Bio/Personality details from Earth Wars profile

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Pyra Magna is a [[Caminus|Camien]] [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:PyraMagna-modelsheet.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

A tough, serious, thoughtful commander, '''Pyra Magna''' excels at making the hard choices and transforming challenges that would break others into advantages. Though she has been shaped by the hardships of the Rust Sea, her true strength comes from deep within her Spark. Pyra Magna's soul burns with a powerful flame that fuels her absolute, relentless will to survive. She is the leader of a group of [[Torchbearer]]s. These "Rust Renegades" from [[Caminus]] are explorers who seek out Cybertronian artifacts for preservation. She is dedicated to her job and the [[Mistress of Flame]].

Pyra's internal water system has been compromised by corrosive gasses. She utilizes this unfortunate circumstance to power her Corrosion Cannons, weapons that weaken enemy armor and jam up their gears.

Following the recovery of [[Enigma of Combination|one such artifact]], she gained the ability to [[combiner|combine]] with her teammates to form the goliath [[Victorion]].

{{bigquote|Okay, Torchbearers! Let's light the way!|Pyra Magna [[To Catch a Phrase|slings a good catchphrase]]|"[[An Uneventful Night]]"}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:AnUneventfulNight-PyraMagnanowords.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
In the past, the Torchbearers once visited the village where [[Aileron]] lived. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}}

Soon after Caminus entered the [[Council of Worlds]], her team was sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to search for the remains of [[Crystal City]]. While combing the [[Rust Sea]], Magna was alerted to a bunch of other Transformers entering the area. Curious, she ordered her team to investigate and fought [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] attacking [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]. Attacking ''a [[Cityspeaker]]''?! Windblade told them to leave it but an angry Pyra Magna ordered her team to intervene. She also tried to hold Windblade back when Arcee threatened to destroy some object, as she couldn't allow a Cityspeaker to risk herself for it, until that object turned out to be the legendary [[Enigma of Combination]]. One accident later, and Pyra Magna was part of a new combiner!

After a new and angry Victorion was convinced to stand down and separate, Magna apologized to Windblade for their brief rampage. She also apologized to Arcee, but told her not to call their new state an "abomination"; while she sympathised with Arcee's fear that people would be forced into becoming gestalts, she said they ''had'' become one and had the right to be "what we are". {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}

The Torchbearers opted to remain in the Rust Sea for a time, still learning to control their new powers. The inhabitants of the wasteland soon learned to avoid them. On one occasion, Pyra Magna and her team appeared to scare off a group of zombified [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

They remained in exile until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] - seeking answers about what it ''truly'' meant to be a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], decided to visit the group. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Merging into Victorion, the Torchbearers tested Optimus's physical and spiritual resolve. Optimus's agnosticism about the [[Matrix of Leadership]] prompted Victorion to lay claim to the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and vow to build Optimus into a worthy Prime. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

[[File:OnceUponATimeOnEarth-killthehumans.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It's always polite to ask permission.]]

Pyra Magna led the Torchbearers back to Iacon, where they combined and joined Starscream's forces in quelling a Decepticon riot at the space bridge. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} After Optimus declared [[Earth]] a member of the [[Council of Worlds]], the Torchbearers- still combined- took part in a skirmish against [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s splinter force of Decepticons, but had to fall back after [[China]] deployed its anti-Transformer weaponry. As the Autobots regrouped at [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]]'s old house, Pyra Magna argued with [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

As a show of good faith, the Autobots began patrolling impoverished and troubled regions around the world. Pyra Magna and the other Torchbearers defended a Middle Eastern girl's school from religious fanatics. The Torchbearers would later travel to the [[White House]] after Aileron went rogue, forming Victorion and extricating the Autobots from the White House lawn. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}}}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:CombinerWarstoy-PyraMagna.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Victorion''' (Giftset, 2016)
:''Accessories:'' Cudgel

:Pyra Magna is a [[retool]] of ''Generations'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#CombinerWars|Hot Spot]], with a new head, forearms, chestplate, and some different ladder-boom parts. She transforms into a fire truck resembling a modified Rosenbauer Panther 6x6, with a working ladder-boom. She can also form the torso to super-robot [[Victorion]], though in this mode she can also use any combination of ''[[Transformers: Generations#Combiner Wars|Combiner Wars]]'' limb-bots. Her cudgel forms the hilt of Victorion's sword.

:Many (if not all) samples of Pyra Magna come with [[Misassembly|misassembled]] knee struts. They are reversed on both legs, preventing her knee assemblies from locking in properly for robot mode.

:She was available only as part of a box set with her teammates [[Stormclash]], [[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]], [[Dustup]], [[Jumpstream]], and [[Rust Dust]].
{{CWHotSpotMold}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* "Pyra magna" is (roughly translated) Latin for "great fire".

[[Category:Caminus]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Firefighters]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]

Pyra Magna (G1)

2016-06-02T16:37:47Z

ZacWilliam: Small adjustment to mention both team names

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Pyra Magna is a [[Caminus|Camien]] [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:PyraMagna-modelsheet.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

'''Pyra Magna''' leads a group of [[Torchbearer]]s. These "Rust Renegades" are a team of [[Caminus|Camien]] explorers who seek out Cybertronian artifacts for preservation. A tough, no-nonsense yet thoughtful sort, she is dedicated to her job and the [[Mistress of Flame]].

Following the recovery of [[Enigma of Combination|one such artifact]], she gained the ability to [[combiner|combine]] with her teammates to form the goliath [[Victorion]].

{{bigquote|Okay, Torchbearers! Let's light the way!|Pyra Magna [[To Catch a Phrase|slings a good catchphrase]]|"[[An Uneventful Night]]"}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:AnUneventfulNight-PyraMagnanowords.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
In the past, the Torchbearers once visited the village where [[Aileron]] lived. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}}

Soon after Caminus entered the [[Council of Worlds]], her team was sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to search for the remains of [[Crystal City]]. While combing the [[Rust Sea]], Magna was alerted to a bunch of other Transformers entering the area. Curious, she ordered her team to investigate and fought [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] attacking [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]. Attacking ''a [[Cityspeaker]]''?! Windblade told them to leave it but an angry Pyra Magna ordered her team to intervene. She also tried to hold Windblade back when Arcee threatened to destroy some object, as she couldn't allow a Cityspeaker to risk herself for it, until that object turned out to be the legendary [[Enigma of Combination]]. One accident later, and Pyra Magna was part of a new combiner!

After a new and angry Victorion was convinced to stand down and separate, Magna apologized to Windblade for their brief rampage. She also apologized to Arcee, but told her not to call their new state an "abomination"; while she sympathised with Arcee's fear that people would be forced into becoming gestalts, she said they ''had'' become one and had the right to be "what we are". {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}

The Torchbearers opted to remain in the Rust Sea for a time, still learning to control their new powers. The inhabitants of the wasteland soon learned to avoid them. On one occasion, Pyra Magna and her team appeared to scare off a group of zombified [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

They remained in exile until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] - seeking answers about what it ''truly'' meant to be a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], decided to visit the group. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Merging into Victorion, the Torchbearers tested Optimus's physical and spiritual resolve. Optimus's agnosticism about the [[Matrix of Leadership]] prompted Victorion to lay claim to the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and vow to build Optimus into a worthy Prime. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

[[File:OnceUponATimeOnEarth-killthehumans.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It's always polite to ask permission.]]

Pyra Magna led the Torchbearers back to Iacon, where they combined and joined Starscream's forces in quelling a Decepticon riot at the space bridge. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} After Optimus declared [[Earth]] a member of the [[Council of Worlds]], the Torchbearers- still combined- took part in a skirmish against [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s splinter force of Decepticons, but had to fall back after [[China]] deployed its anti-Transformer weaponry. As the Autobots regrouped at [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]]'s old house, Pyra Magna argued with [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

As a show of good faith, the Autobots began patrolling impoverished and troubled regions around the world. Pyra Magna and the other Torchbearers defended a Middle Eastern girl's school from religious fanatics. The Torchbearers would later travel to the [[White House]] after Aileron went rogue, forming Victorion and extricating the Autobots from the White House lawn. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}}}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:CombinerWarstoy-PyraMagna.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Victorion''' (Giftset, 2016)
:''Accessories:'' Cudgel

:Pyra Magna is a [[retool]] of ''Generations'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#CombinerWars|Hot Spot]], with a new head, forearms, chestplate, and some different ladder-boom parts. She transforms into a fire truck resembling a modified Rosenbauer Panther 6x6, with a working ladder-boom. She can also form the torso to super-robot [[Victorion]], though in this mode she can also use any combination of ''[[Transformers: Generations#Combiner Wars|Combiner Wars]]'' limb-bots. Her cudgel forms the hilt of Victorion's sword.

:Many (if not all) samples of Pyra Magna come with [[Misassembly|misassembled]] knee struts. They are reversed on both legs, preventing her knee assemblies from locking in properly for robot mode.

:She was available only as part of a box set with her teammates [[Stormclash]], [[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]], [[Dustup]], [[Jumpstream]], and [[Rust Dust]].
{{CWHotSpotMold}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* "Pyra magna" is (roughly translated) Latin for "great fire".

[[Category:Caminus]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Firefighters]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]

Dust Up

2016-06-02T15:08:56Z

ZacWilliam: Tweaked team line slightly to try and capture the whole "Job vs Team" duel names the group has going on.

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Dustup is a [[Caminus|Camien]] [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Dustup-charactermodel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Not [[Nightbird]] in disguise....Or ''is'' she?]]
Not one for subtlety, '''Dustup''' has trouble acting with moderation. Once she decides on a course of action, it's best to work with her than against her, because nothing is likely to stop her. Even in the absence of conflict, she's more likely to start something than stand idly by. The other [[Rust Renegade]]s worry this flaw will inevitably put her in a situation even she can't fight her way out of, but in the meantime they feel secure knowing all that fury and passion she wields is always on their side, no matter the odds.

Dustup can combine with her team of [[Torchbearer]]s, sometimes known as the Rust Renegades, to form [[Victorion]].

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===

[[File:AnUneventfulNight-JumpstreamDustup.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Yes, I'm a retool.In fact, we're ''all'' retools.]]

Soon after [[Caminus]] entered the [[Council of Worlds]], her team (under [[Pyra Magna]]) was sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to search for the remains of [[Crystal City]].

Dustup and [[Jumpstream]] were ''really'' excited when Magna decided to investigate a nearby fight, and soon found themselves involved in a battle to save the [[Enigma of Combination]]. Said Enigma turned Dustup and her friends into a new combiner, Victorion, and after they uncombined, a startled Jumpstream had learned ''something'' about her. A somber Dustup told her to stay quiet about it. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}

The Torchbearers opted to stay in the Rust Sea for a time, still learning to control their new powers. The inhabitants of the wasteland soon learned to avoid them. On one occasion, the team appeared to scare off a group of zombified [[Sweep]]s. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

They remained in exile until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]- seeking answers about what it ''truly'' meant to be a [[Prime]], decided to visit the group. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Merging into Victorion, the Torchbearers tested Optimus's physical and spiritual resolve. Optimus's agnosticism about the [[Matrix of Leadership]] prompted Victorion to lay claim to the Matrix and vow to build Optimus into a worthy Prime. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

The Torchbearers travelled back to Iacon, where they combined and joined Starscream's forces in quelling a Decepticon riot at the space bridge. {{Storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} After Optimus declared [[Earth]] a member of the [[Council of Worlds]], the Torchbearers- still combined- took part in a skirmish against [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s splinter force of Decepticons, but had to separate and fall back to the ''[[Skyroller]]'' after [[China]] deployed its anti-Transformer weaponry. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

As a show of good faith, the Autobots began patrolling impoverished and troubled regions around the world; Dustup and the other Torchbearers would defend Middle Eastern girl's school from religious fanatics. The Torchbearers would later travel to the White House after Aileron went rogue, forming Victorion and extricating the Autobots from the White House lawn. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}}}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Earth Wars''===
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:CombinerWarstoy-Dustup.jpg|right|thumb|300px|That is....A '''lot''' of red]]
*'''Victorion''' (Giftset, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' Blade

:Dustup is a [[retool]] of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Dead End (G1)#CombinerWars|Dead End]], with a new head, forearms, and chestplate, transforming into a sports car that resembles a Ferrari 458 Italia. She can combine with [[Stormclash]], [[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]], [[Pyra Magna]], [[Jumpstream]], and [[Rust Dust]] to form Victorion, with her weapon forming the chappe of Victorion's sword.

:Dustup has a [[design flaw]], in that her chest is unable to peg onto her torso due to her pegs being too thick to fit in their slots.

:The original version of the mold was also differently retooled into [[Wildrider (G1)#Generations|Brake-Neck]], and differently retooled into [[Streetwise (G1)#Generations|Streetwise]] and further retooled from that into [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Generations|Prowl]] who was then [[redeco]]ed into [[Smokescreen (G1)#Generations|Smokescreen]].
{{CWDeadEndMold}}

{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:AnUneventfulNight-CrashTest.jpg|right|thumb|200px|When you think about that name from a Cybertronian's perspective....It's pretty gruesome.]]
*According to a slide at a Comic-Con International 2015 presentation, an early name for Dustup was "Crash Test".
*Her toy packaging parses her name as "Dust Up."

==External links==
*[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/05/16/dustup-transformers-earth-wars-first-look-315532 Dustup's ''Earth Wars'' bio on TFW2005]

[[Category:Caminus]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]

Skyburst (G1)

2016-05-31T20:27:56Z

ZacWilliam: Added character/personality info from Hasbro Earth Wars preview bio.

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the component of Victorion|the ''Power Core Combiners'' guy|Skyburst (PCC)}}
:''Skyburst is a [[Caminus|Camien]] [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Skyburst-charactermodel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]

It would be hard to find a pair of sisters more different than '''Skyburst''' and her [[twin]] [[Stormclash]]. Skyburst is in many ways the embodiment of Autobot ideals. She believes to the core of her spark in Justice, restraint, morality and mercy. She is a warrior because she must be, and a skilled one, but she is a warrior who fights only when the cause is for the greater good and only as an absolute last resort. It is this last point that truly separates her from her aggressive and less morally restrained sister. Stormclash's violent abandon sometimes really worries Skyburst.

She can combine with her fellow [[Torchbearer]]s to form [[Victorion]]. She and her sister have a tendency to finish each other's sentences.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:AnUneventfulNight-SkyburstStormclash.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I'm Xamot on the left.]]
Soon after [[Caminus]] entered the [[Council of Worlds]], her team (under [[Pyra Magna]]) was sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to search for the remains of [[Crystal City]].

When investigating a commotion, Skyburst and Stormclash were horrified to find this [[Arcee (G1)|nutter Arcee]] had attacked [[Cityspeaker]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]! The Torchbearers confronted Arcee for this blasphemy and when it turned out she was going to smash the fabled [[Enigma of Combination]], the twins demanded she step off. In the chaos, the group were turned into a combiner named [[Victorion]] and afterwards, the twins remarked how they'd been even more unified than before. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}

The Torchbearers opted to stay in the Rust Sea for a time, still learning to control their new powers. The inhabitants of the wasteland soon learned to avoid them. On one occasion, the team appeared to scare off a group of zombified [[Sweep]]s. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

They remained in exile until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]- seeking answers about what it ''truly'' meant to be a [[Prime]], decided to visit the group. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Merging into Victorion, the Torchbearers tested Optimus's physical and spiritual resolve. Optimus's agnosticism about the [[Matrix of Leadership]] prompted Victorion to lay claim to the Matrix and vow to build Optimus into a worthy Prime. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

The Torchbearers travelled back to Iacon, where they combined and joined Starscream's forces in quelling a Decepticon riot at the space bridge. {{Storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} After Optimus declared [[Earth]] a member of the [[Council of Worlds]], the Torchbearers- still combined- took part in a skirmish against [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s splinter force of Decepticons, but had to separate and fall back to the ''[[Skyroller]]'' after [[China]] deployed its anti-Transformer weaponry. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

As a show of good faith, the Autobots began patrolling impoverished and troubled regions around the world; Skyburst and the other Torchbearers would defend Middle Eastern girl's school from religious fanatics. The Torchbearers would later travel to the White House after Aileron went rogue, forming Victorion and extricating the Autobots from the White House lawn. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}}}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:CombinerWarstoy-Skyburst.jpg|right|thumb|300px|You probably own at least five of this mold by now.]]
*'''Victorion''' (Giftset, 2016)
:''Accessories:'' Sword
:Skyburst is a [[retool]] of ''Generations'' [[Alpha Bravo]], and transforms into a helicopter that resembles an Aerospatiale Dauphin. She can combine with [[Pyra Magna]], [[Stormclash]], [[Dustup]], [[Jumpstream]], and [[Rust Dust]] to form Victorion, with her weapon forming the blade of Victorion's sword.
{{CWAlphaBravoMold}}

[[Category:Caminus]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]

Autotrooper (disambiguation)

2015-01-13T17:26:07Z

ZacWilliam: Felt these at least needed a note here.

The name '''Autotrooper''' has been applied to multiple ''Transformers'' groups.

{{disamb|y=2006|[[Autorooper]]s, the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] [[Transformer]]s from ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]''.}}

{{disamb|y=2009|[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotroopers]], the [[Autobot]] subgroup from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}

{{disamb|y=2012|[[Autotrooper (SG)|Autotroopers]], the evil Autobot subgroup from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}

{{disamb|y=2014|[[Autotrooper (Prime)|Autotroopers]], the Autobot subgroup from ''[[Transformers Universe]]''.}}

They may or may not be the same general thing as the '''2012''' - [[Autobot Trooper]]s. Their being Kreo makes it a little hard to tell.

{{disambig}}

Bisk (RID)

2014-10-10T12:37:42Z

ZacWilliam:

{{faction|decepticon}}

:''Bisk is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

For '''Bisk''' it's all about clawing his way to the highest score (read: [[Autobot]] body count). He's kinda shellfish that way.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

Bisk battles the Autobots in a field, despite holding them off for awhile, he is taken out of the fight when Grimlock jumps on him.

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===

{{charstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Bisk (RID)

2014-10-10T12:35:15Z

ZacWilliam: Just stubbing this in. Once there's more to say I expect many many Lobster puns.

{{faction|decepticon}}

:''Bisk is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

'''Bisk''' it's all about clawing his way to the highest score (read: [[Autobot]] body count). He's kinda shellfish that way.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===

{{charstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Torosaur

2014-06-07T15:54:49Z

ZacWilliam:

{{faction|autobot}}
:''Torosaur is a [[Dinobot]] from the brick-built world of [[Kre-O]].
[[File:KreO-Toy Torosaur.jpg|thumb|right|400px|If the designers didn't care about what animal he will be, then why should we?]]

'''Torosaur''' turns into some kind of beast.

==Toys==
===Kre-O===
*'''Torosaur''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''40551 55'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, scoped pistol

: Part of the fifth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Torosaur can be rebuilt from robot mode into a beast. He sports the generic animal head helmet.

==Notes==

*There is an actual dinosaur species named the Torosaurus, so that would be a very logical guess at Torosaur's alt mode. If his alt-mode resembled it much. It doesn't really, but then Kreon alt-modes are all pretty abstract so... maybe...

[[Category: Kreons]]

Micronus Prime

2014-03-14T19:49:49Z

ZacWilliam: Was just surprised how much of a stub this was. Will work on filling out better soon...

'''Micronus Prime''' is the first [[Mini-Con]] and one of the [[Thirteen]].<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2011-hasbro-story-building-panel-172316/ TFW coverage of Botcon 2011 Hasbro Story Building Panel]</ref> Micronus's special gift was the ability to impart power to his siblings. He was especially close to [[Solus Prime]] and [[Onyx Prime]]. At the end of the Age of Primes he traveled to the bottom of the Well of Allsparks with the injured Onyx to keep him company.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
According to legend, at the beginning of time, [[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

===''The Covenant of Primus''===
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Thirteen}}
[[Category:Prime Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Thirteen]]

Talk:Front-Line

2014-03-14T01:30:52Z

ZacWilliam: Created page with " Do we have enough vigilantes between TFs and humans to warrant a category? We have "superheroes" but that's not always the same thing. Just a thought... --~~~~"

Do we have enough vigilantes between TFs and humans to warrant a category? We have "superheroes" but that's not always the same thing. Just a thought... --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] ([[User talk:ZacWilliam|talk]]) 21:30, 13 March 2014 (EDT)

Transformers Universe (Jagex)

2014-03-14T01:20:23Z

ZacWilliam: /* Featured Characters */

{{disambig3|Universe}}
[[Image:TransformersUniverseMMOlogo.jpg|thumb|250px]]
'''''Transformers Universe''''' is a free to play browser based massively online tactical action game, or MOTA<ref>http://www.transformersuniverse.com/en/news/2014/2/state-of-the-factions-050214</ref> set to begin in 2014. It is being developed by [[Jagex]] and it is set in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' universe. Gamers can choose to be an [[Autobot]] or a [[Decepticon]] and choose their class, while gameplay is very team-based. The game will feature ''Prime'' characters as well as introduce new ones like [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] and [[Barricade (WFC)|Barricade]].

== Synopsis ==
{{comingsoon}}

== Featured Characters ==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]]
* [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]]
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]
* [[Meltdown (Prime)|Meltdown]] <ref>https://www.vineclient.com/v/q2CsUPOpBpb</ref>
* [[Front-Line]]

|c2=
* [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]
* [[Barricade (WFC)|Barricade]]
* [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]]
* [[Duststorm (Prime)|Duststorm]]<ref>https://vine.co/v/MKe2bbKmlFV</ref>
* [[Conduit (Prime)|Conduit]]
|nonumbering=true}}

== Notes ==
*[[BotCon 2012]] attendees were able to reserve their in-game name at the convention.
* The game has gone through a couple of genre shifts. Initially slated to be released as an MMORPG with multiple classes and conventional character creation, but the [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|difficulty of customizing robots]] was cited as part of the reasoning in changing it to the quickly expanding MOBA genre. Right. <ref>
http://www.edge-online.com/features/jagexs-transformers-universe-is-a-massively-multiplayer-action-rpg-that-puts-the-toy-box-robots-onto-the-battlefield/</ref> It has since been declared to be a massively online, tactical action game by Mark Gerhard, CEO/CTO of Jagex.

==See also==
*[[Transformers Online]], the game's counterpart for Asian markets.
*[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)| War for Cybertron]], a store-bought game with online multiplayer gameplay.

==External links==
*[http://transformersuniverse.com/ Official website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyc0fuDuPcc&feature=player_embedded Video interview]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Gamestub}}

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[[Category:Aligned video games]]
[[Category:Online games]]
[[Category:Prime media]]

Talk:Centuritron

2014-03-14T01:14:57Z

ZacWilliam: /* Dark Cybertron Ch. 10 */

Sooo, how exactly do we deal these guys' fiction sections? These toys only appear on the ''cover'' of [[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Dark Cybertron #4]] - in the issue proper the Ammonites are all original designs... Do we describe them as partaking in that issue's events? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 17:36, 13 December 2013 (EST)
:I'm not sure. Did the scene on the cover happen in the issue, or was it something made up to make a good cover? - [[User:Gimmick|Gimmick]] ([[User talk:Gimmick|talk]]) 18:31, 13 December 2013 (EST)
::It was just a cover for the toy so they could use it for the comic that came with the toy. I'd say make him toy only, since these guys seem like actual Cybertronians. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 18:46, 13 December 2013 (EST)
:::No, they're on the regular cover too, which depicts Ratchet, Rung and Skids fighting them out in the water. And in the issue proper, Ratchet and Skids stay inside the Rodpod the whole time, so... But I don't really see there's anything that explicitly suggests these guys are Cybertronian - all their bio really says is "they're good at fighting". [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 04:13, 14 December 2013 (EST)
::::Name(s) do(es)n't fit the Ammonite numbering scheme, and they have a Mini-Con rather than [[:File:AmmoniteInsignia.png|Ammonite sigil]]. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] ([[User talk:SanityOrMadness|talk]]) 08:29, 14 December 2013 (EST)

==Dark Cybertron Ch. 10==
Since we're considering the Centuritron gang as Mini-Cons whose toys are repurposed (or dual-purposed or whatever) as Ammonites, surely we shouldn't be chronicling the toy's appearance in DC here? The guy in the comic is, I dunno, 14452/3 the Ammonite combiner, not Centuritron the Mini-Con combiner. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 17:29, 13 March 2014 (EDT)
:1)The Ammonites ARE Mini-Cons in IDW. Since that name only exists there as a descriptor the Lost Light crew invented for them. 2)Until we have any evidence that the guy in the splash scene is not named Centuritron the info is fine here I think --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] ([[User talk:ZacWilliam|talk]]) 21:14, 13 March 2014 (EDT)

Conduit (Prime)

2014-03-13T18:01:43Z

ZacWilliam: From his game page

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Conduit}}

:''Conduit is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Universe]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

If you see the eerie green glow of '''Conduit''''s healing weapons coming your way you better hope he's on your side, because on the battlefield Conduit, as [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] says, is the one who "deals the hand." He's a frightening spiritual killer. A healer who is also a stone cold gangsta possessed of a "demonic faith." In touch with the black side of fate he roams the roads of the night keeping his Decepticon boys rolling on their dark ride of destiny. <ref> http://www.transformersuniverse.com/warriors/conduit </ref>

==Games==
===''Transformers Universe''===

{{comingsoon}}

==Notes==
*His in-game Weapons are the [[Xal]] Blaster Rifle, [[Enduro Shotgun]], and [[Etherial Pistols]].
*His in-game abilities are [[Spark Duplicator]], [[Lightfoot Armor]] and [[Backfire Circuits]]. His active subsystem is "System infusion" where his healing can sometimes boost an alies armor and speed.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]
[[Category:Medics]]

Front-Line

2014-03-13T17:25:43Z

ZacWilliam: From his game page

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{{disambig3|Front-Line}}

:''Front-Line is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Universe]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

Before the war, '''Front-Line''' was a vigilante known for getting to the scene of a crime first, crashing through the gates and smashing together criminal heads. Bad guys that met him were more likely headed to a scrap pile or a critical med bay than to a jail cell. Now he puts all that combat skill and power to work as an Autobot close combat specialist, annihilating Decepticons close up and personal on the front line of the battlefield.

<ref> http://www.transformersuniverse.com/warriors/front-line</ref>

==Games==
===''Transformers Universe''===

{{comingsoon}}

==Notes==
*His in-game Weapons are the [[Orbital Minigun]], [[Riot Hand Axes]], and [[High-Rise Hammer]].
*His in-game abilities are [[Reduction Inducer]], [[Deflection Grid]] and [[Infantry Overdrive]]. His active subsystem is "Critical Absorption" which positively fuels his Energon flow and S-Tech Gauge when he takes a critical hit.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

Anibot

2014-02-09T02:46:31Z

ZacWilliam: More Particularly.

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[[File:Anibot-MechanoBeastSecondConcept-FloroDery.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Second of (at least) three concepts.]]
The '''Anibots''' were an [[Autobot]] sub-group that featured in early drafts of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Their ranks include:

* '''Clump''' the rhinoceros
* '''Pardo''' the leopard
* '''Shriek''' the eagle
* '''Simba''' the lion
* '''Thump''' the buffalo

The Anibots merge to form the giant, lightning-breathing '''Dragon Beast''' or '''Mechano-Beast'''.

Per an April 1985 draft of the film by [[Ron Friedman]], the Anibots would have lived in the "[[Roboto-zoo]]" in the south quadrant of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. When the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] attacked as part of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces during the [[Battle of Autobot City]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] released the Anibots from their cages as a desperation move. Although the Anibots' unexpected appearance and unbridled ferocity initially gained them the upper hand, the Constructicons were able to turn the tide, forcing them into retreat with concentrated weapon fire. Later, when the Constructicons merged into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] to break through the city's walls as seen in the finished film, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] would have merged the Anibots into their colossal Dragon Beast form. Dragon Beast and Devastator battled, causing as much damage to the city around them as to one another, until the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] occupied Devastator's attention. Dragon Beast took advantage of the opportunity to smash [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]].

Concept art was created by [[Floro Dery]] of at least their combined mode as "the Mechano-Beast"<ref>[http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/178671700/the-mechano-beast-signed-print-of?ref=shop_home_active_8 Dery's Etsy shop]</ref>. The second version is shown at the head of the article as a [[dragon]]. The note on the right states that a third version existed as a five-headed hydra, although this and any other versions have yet to surface.

==Notes==
*Given their alternate mode descriptions, it seems highly likely that the characters were eventually reworked to become the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], although the fact that early concept art was done of them combined into a '''beast mode''', rather than a humanoid as with the final [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] suggests that the concept evolved significantly before coming to rest in its final form.

==External links==
*[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/heritaage-auctions-transformers-movie.html TFTM script draft at Disciples of Boltax]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Things that don't exist]]

The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7

2014-01-23T01:08:15Z

ZacWilliam: /* Trivia */ Fixed, per talk page

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|date=[[January 22]], [[2014]]
|coverdate=January 2014
|written by=[[John Barber]] and [[James Roberts]]
|art by=[[James Raiz]], [[Atilio Rojo]] and [[Livio Ramondelli]]
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'''The ''Lost Light''ers have a close encounter of the unexpected kind deep within Metroplex, while old allies are found and won back in the Dead Universe. All this, plus: Megatron vs. Galvatron! '''

==Synopsis==

The battle between the ''[[Lost Light]]'' crew and the [[Ammonite]]s continues, with [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] leading his crewmates in the fight. [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] comes to the aid of [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]], but is mildly affronted to learn that the former-senator-turned-playwright doesn't know who he is. Moments later, the Ammonites appear to retreat, but [[Waverider]], observing from above, realizes they are actually heading for the dormant [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Within the Titan, meanwhile, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s team discover that they have been protected against the explosion of the [[Rodpod]] by a wall that sprang up to shield them. Just as [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] is deducing that Metroplex's constantly-shifting interior was the reason for the confusing pattern of arrows they followed earlier, [[Brainstorm]] shushes him to point out that [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] has vanished. When [[Getaway]]'s communicator rings, they think Whirl is contacting them, but it's actually Swerve responding to Getaway's earlier message with some alarm. The metallurgist explains that the [[Admium]] flakes found in Metroplex's interior indicate he has contracted a contagious [[alchemical virus]] that is breaking down his metal... but that even this "death plague" is the least of the team's worries with the Ammonites bearing down on them!

In the [[Dead Universe]], [[Nova Prime]] uses his control over the collapsing reality to bring [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]]'s captive team to his citadel, crafted in the image of his own head and protected by an army of undead [[Sweep]]s. He presents them with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], on the verge of death, who Nova has sliced open and transformed into a fledging [[space bridge]]. Mocking [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]]'s suggestions for how they could overpower him and escape, Nova orders [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to take them to a cell. As he locks them up, Nightbeat explains that Nova intends to take their [[spark]]s to strengthen the space bridge and allow him to cross over. Remembering his previous reaction, Rodimus shows Nightbat the mysterious contents of his palm once more, explaining that in order to break Nova's control over him, they must force the detective to engage the part of his brain that Nova has shut off: the part that represents his true nature, the part that loves mystery. Rodimus challenges Nightbeat to solve the mystery of what lies in his hand: the numbers "89/101", carved into his palm. Rodimus permits him to ask one question, and Nightbeat struggles to think the conundrum through, finally succeeding in breaking Nova's control by deducing that the sum of the numbers represents the 190 active crew members of the ''Lost Light''. Nightbeat releases them, but Orion remains confused, and Rodimus grimly prepares to explain the truth to him...

In [[Crystal City]], [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] angrily advocates pursuing the escaping [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, his ancient warrior spirit disgusted by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]'s passive, big-picture attitude. [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] soon arrives in his stolen timeship, and while he and Shockwave prepare to discuss their plan, Galvatron brusquely takes up [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]'s given task of taking [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s body back to Shockwave's lab, distrustful of the current generation of Transformers. On the way, Galvatron and Waspinator find their way barred by [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]], who demands they had Megatron over. Galvatron is highly amused, and proceeds to beat the stuffing out of Bumblebee... until Megatron revives, takes down Waspinator despite lacking his own legs, and knocks Galvatron out with a barrage of [[fusion cannon]] fire. Bumblebee carries the Decepticon leader out of the city, and while the sight of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] burning in the distance affords Megatron no pleasure, he does smile at the thought of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s suffering. And life is indeed hard for his traitorous lieutenant right now, as he sits in the ruins of Iacon and endures [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]'s vitriolic fire-and-brimstone pontifications.

Back inside Metroplex, Whirl rejoins the team, having tracked down their Ammonite stowaway and tortured him for information, discovering that the Ammonites were recruited by Shockwave in case "the dead were not enough". The Ammonite further explains that the Decepticon ordered them to track the ''Lost Light'' and prevent the crew from interfering with his plans in exchange for his bringing an end to the Ammonite/[[Terradore]] war; this confession triggers a failsafe that causes the little 'bot to involuntarily self-destruct. Deducing the connection between "the dead" and the Dead Universe and realizing Shockwave is behind everything, the Autobots are planning what to do next when a hooked cable suddenly drops through a hole in the ceiling and clocks Ultra Magnus on the head. Two figures slide down the cable, warning (with some uncertainty) the Autobots not to move: two figures that reveal themselves to be [[Nautica]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], a pair of [[Female Transformer|''female'' Transformers]]!

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*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (3)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (4)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (5)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (6)
*[[Waverider]] (7)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] (8)
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (9)
*[[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]] (10)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (11)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (12)
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (13)
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*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (14)
*[[Brainstorm]] (15)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (16)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] (17)
*[[Getaway]] (18)
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (20)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (22)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] (23)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] (25)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (40)
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*[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] (28)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] (29)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (30)
*[[Slog]] (32)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (33)
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (34)
*[[Wildfly]] (35)
*[[Scowl]] (36)
*[[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]] (37)
*[[Birdbrain]] (38)
*[[Bristleback]] (39)
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*[[Sweep]]s (19)
*[[Nova Prime]] (21)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] (24)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] (26)
*[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] (31)
*[[Necrotitan]] (41)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (42)
*[[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] (43)
*[[Nautica]] (44)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (45)
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==Quotes==

'''Brainstorm:''' "Something's not right." 
'''Skids:''' "What it is, Brainstorm? '''Trouble?'''" 
'''Brainstorm:''' "The opposite. There's a sudden lack of tension in the room. I can't explain it." 
'''Ratchet:''' "It's '''Whirl.''' Where's he gone?" 
''(Getaway's communicator rings.)'' 
'''Ratchet:''' "I bet that's him, and I bet he's '''done something.'''" 
'''Brainstorm:''' "If he needs help disposing of a body, tell him I'm not bailing him out. Not again."

"In my time, being a warrior meant something. How do you '''stand''' it, '''Shockwave?''' This '''planet''', and the '''cowards''' who live here." 
"I am a scientist, not a warrior. I suppose other principles govern my actions." 
"''Hmpf.'' A world ruled by scientists..."
:—'''Galvatron''' and '''Shockwave'''

"'''This''' scratch? I've had '''worse.'''"
:—'''Megatron''', on getting his legs ripped off

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Given that Hound has spent the last five years in IDW continuity filling out crowd scenes and little else, it may be surprising to see him taking charge of the ''Lost Light'' crew in Rodimus and Magnus's absence, but he was actually a unit commander back during [[Simon Furman]]'s tenure, first seen in ''[[Spotlight: Galvatron]]''.
*Swerve is wielding his [[My First Blaster]], previously seen in ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|#18]].
*Unable to recall Swerve's name, Crosscut wonders if he's [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], the gag being that nobody outside of the "main guys" ever seems able to remember the psychiatrist's name.
*The presence of the Sweep army in the Dead Universe implicitly confirms that when Galvatron and his army were thwarted at the climax of "[[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos]]" and disintegrated, they were just being sucked back into the Dead Universe.
*The Ammonites referred to potentially teaming up with the "Dark Cyclops" back in [[Little Victories|''More than Meets the Eye'' #22]].

===Errors===
*Nautica's line in the second-to-last page is attributed to Chromia's silhouette.

===Trivia===
*The title of this chapter was accidentally left out of the finished issue.
*Artist breakdown continues as as normal this issue, with Rojo on Cybertron, Ramondelli on the Dead Universe, and Raiz on the ''Lost Light'' crew.
*This is the first story in this continuity where Transformers characters pass the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test Bechdel Test].

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Ultra Magnus and Whirl in the darkened interior of Metroplex, with eyes watching them from the shadows, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
*'''Sub cover:''' Crosscut by [[Phil Jimenez]] and [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]
*'''Cover RI:''' Megatron versus Galvatron, by [[Andrew Griffith]] and Josh Perez
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==External links==
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[[Category:Dark Cybertron issues]]

No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6

2014-01-19T18:04:39Z

ZacWilliam: That's not what I see. Tankor 1 in distance, Tankor 2 moving toward them, Tankor 1 now withUndo revision 848256 by Brawlastator (talk)

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|date=[[January 15]], [[2014]]
|coverdate=January 2014
|written by=[[James Roberts]] and [[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Atilio Rojo]], [[James Raiz]], and [[Livio Ramondelli]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]] and Livio Ramondelli
|letters by=[[Gilberto Lazcano]]
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'''The ''Lost Light'' crew explore the mysteries within Metroplex, the Necrotitan descends upon Iacon, and two Primes come face to face!'''

==Synopsis==

In the wastelands surrounding [[Crystal City]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] stand watch over those wounded by the [[Necrotitan]]'s death-wave. Although badly injured himself, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] expresses his desire to have gone with the other [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s into the city; [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] talks him down, but arguing is certainly something Slag has the energy left to do, including the insistence that his name his now "Slug", after [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] told him his old name was "offensive". When the Necrotitan suddenly moves, a pair of binoculars donated by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] lets Swoop get a closer look at the action, as the small surviving crowd of 'Bots and 'Cons comes running towards them, the Titan hot on their trail and heading straight for [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]!

On an alien world, deep underwater, the [[Rodpod]] carries its small crew deeper into the eye socket of the unmoving [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. With [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] unsure if Metroplex is either alive or dead, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] scans for lifesigns and finds eight: a positive outcome, as there are only seven 'bots in the pod. [[Brainstorm]] analyzes the water on suspicion it may have reduced Metroplex to his sorry state, and, upon finding traces of what he believes to be [[Admium]], has [[Getaway]]—struggling to cope with the enormity of the situation—call [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] for his metallurgical expertise. Swerve is too busy fighting [[Ammonite]]s to answer his phone, but [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] rations that if they can save Metroplex, ''he'' can end the battle. That prospect suddenly looks a lot less likely when the Rodpod enters the Titan's brain chamber, and the crew find his [[brain module]] to be ''gone'', surgically removed. The pod heads for Metroplex's [[spark]] chamber to investigate further, even as the Titan's internal lights die out around it, his lifeforce ebbing away.

In Iacon, [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] seeks an update on the wounded from [[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]], though the medic at first misinterprets his request as a report on the spread of the mysterious "deathmark" left on his chest by the Necrotitan's wave. Medical aide [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] loses patience with Starscream and bellows a stream of insults at him before stalking off; Flatline's immensely obvious observations of the situation do nothing to improve Starscream's mood, but just as he is yelling at the doctor, the Nectrotitan comes stomping into the city, and fiery chaos ensues.

In the [[Dead Universe]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]]'s team remained trapped in a containment field by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], awaiting the arrival of [[Nova Prime]]. [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] tries headbutting his way out, to no avail, but Orion follows his lead, landing a hand-shattering haymaker on the cube wall. Orion appears to lose his composure, and begins screaming threats at Nightbeat, but when [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] tries to intercede, Pax punches ''him'' too—but only, he quickly explains in whispers, to keep Nightbeat distracted from the small crack he successfully made in the cube with his punch. Rodimus joins in the effort, raising his palms to the detective in an imploring gesture, but with unexpected results: the sight of the mysterious object in Rodimus's hand affects Nightbeat's mind, bringing him to his knees... just as Nova Prime arrives.

The Rodpod berths at a dry dock within Metroplex (unsurprising, Magnus notes, as he ''is'' a city), where the team finds a series of hand-painted arrows drawn on its walls and floors that lead them on a disorienting Escher-esque tour of the Titan's insides. Alas, the final arrow brings them right back to where they started, and when [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] starts to take out his frustrations on the Rodpod, Magnus stops him... but in the process gets closed enough to the pod to hear ''ticking''. Following a length of new cable running from the Rodpod with their eyes, the team spots a stowaway Ammonite—Perceptor's eighth lifesign—standing in a doorway, holding a detonator. Before any of them can move, the tiny 'bot pushes the switch, and the Rodpod explodes!

Nova Prime greets Orion as "Optimus Prime", waving aside Pax's attempted correction and instead musing that they are all trapped in the Dead Universe now, and that the two Primes may go down side by side. Spotting [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]], Nova mocks his status as a perennial "hanger-on"... at which point Cyclonus gives Hardhead the word. The taciturn 'bot barrels into the cracked wall and smashes through, though the cube re-seals before the others can escape. Hardhead tries to take on Nova himself, but the ancient Prime simply catches his punch and crushes his protective force-field generator. As the others look on in horror, Hardhead is consumed by the Dead Universe, disintegrating and blowing away on the winds. Nova then informs Orion that he is taking him to meet a "friend" of his... a friend who turns into a [[space bridge]]... a friend we know as [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]!

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*[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] (7)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (9)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (12)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]('s insides, 13)
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*[[Getaway]] (14)
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (15)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] (16)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (17)
*[[Brainstorm]] (18)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (19)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (20)
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (22)
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*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (27)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] (29)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (30)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] (31)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (33)
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*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (4)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (8)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (11)
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*[[Necrotitan]] (1)
*[[Ammonite]] (21)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (23)
*[[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]] (24)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] (25)
*[[Octane (G1)|Tankor]] (26)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] (28)
*[[Nova Prime]] (32)
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==Quotes==

"Well, '''something's''' not right." 
"Easy on the '''jargon,''' Ratchet, we didn't all go to medical school." 
"Sarcasm: the first sign of a damaged brain module. Other symptoms include me '''hitting you in the face.'''"
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Whirl'''

"He's not even the first guy named Tankor to yell at me today."
:—'''Starscream''' on the quirks of Transformer naming. Like they say, all the good ones are taken.

'''Getaway:''' "Weird. Some kind of '''arrow'''..." 
'''Ratchet:''' "Hand drawn. And pointing towards the spark chamber..." 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "And another one over there. Pointing in a different direction." 
'''Brainstorm:''' "What do we do, fearless leader? Follow them?" 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "Well we certainly can't ignore them... it'd be like ignoring a '''traffic sign.'''" 
'''Brainstorm:''' "And that way anarchy lies..." 
''(The team sets off.)'' 
'''Whirl:''' "Come on, Perceptor!" 
'''Skids:''' "No one's locking the '''Rodpod?'''" 
'''Whirl:''' "Hopefully someone will steal it."

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

*True to his word, we here see that Swerve has indeed made Orion Pax's distress call his ringtone, as he promised back in [[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Chapter 1]].
*Ultra Magnus remarks on a sense of deja vu when the team finds Metroplex's brain to be missing, presumably a reference to the [[sparkeater]] incident from [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|''More than Meets the Eye'' #3]], where said sparkeater removed its victims' brain modules first in preparation for harvesting their sparks. Hence, Magnus's decision to check on Metroplex's spark upon noticing his brain was gone.
*To see ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' Tankor appearing in this issue in such a manner is perhaps a little disarming; he is, of course, only here because this issue is packed in with his new ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' toy. But! This is actually ''not'' his first appearance in IDW continuity! Given the timings involved, it can only have been an incredibly fortuitous coincidence, but Tankor first showed up in a crowd-scene cameo (as his original toy) back in the [[Primus: All Good Things|2012 ''Robots in Disguise'' annual]].
*The mysterious object on Rodimus's hand was alluded to back in [[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Chapter 2]].
*Kup was last seen in [[The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|''Transformers: Infestation'' #2]], in which he was sucked into the Dead Universe through a magic portal.

===Transformers references===

*The story catches up to the "Roll Call" pages this issue, with Slag officially renaming himself "Slug", the name Hasbro now uses for versions of the character which originated with his [[Slug|Aligned universe counterpart]]. The full details of his change of heart aren't gone into, merely that Arcee told him that his name was offensive—a double-reference to its status as both a [[Slag (slang)|Transformer swear word]] and a disparaging term for a woman in the United Kingdom, the latter being the reason Hasbro shelved it as the character's name. The story has tactfully avoided actually ''using'' "Slag" in dialogue up until now, which is not a problem IDW stories have faced before, but ''Dark Cybertron'' is packed in with toys.

===Errors===
*As has already occurred twice, in chapters [[Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|three]] and [[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|four]], Sludge is among the Dinobots on the first page of the story, despite the fact that he was sent back to the Autobot camp in [[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|chapter two]]. When Swoop speaks to him, though, he calls him "Snarl", and further, dino-mode Sludge vanishes on page 3 and is replaced with robot-mode Snarl, suggesting that Rojo may be mixing up the characters regularly.
*In the medibay scene, in panel one, ''Beast Machines'' Tankor is standing behind Starscream and Flatline, but in panel two, he's suddenly replaced with Generation 1 Tankor, aka [[Octane (G1)|Octane]]. Starscream proceeds to make a crack about there being more than one guy named Tankor, so this may not be an error, but the way the G1 character appears for only one panel in place of the ''Beast Machines'' character and isn't evident in the rest of the scene suggests not.
*The last panel of the first dry dock page: Presumably, the lines that begin with "Come on, Perceptor!" should not be coming from Perceptor himself. Whether the other balloon in that panel, trailing from Skids, is properly placed is not clear (we've attributed the questionable dialogue, quoted above, to Whirl, the only other character to appear in the panel).

===Trivia===
*Artist breakdown: Per the established pattern, Rojo draws the scenes on Cybertron, Raiz covers the ''Lost Light'' crew, and Ramondelli the Dead Universe.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Orion and Rodimus in the grip of Nova Prime, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
*'''Sub cover:''' Tankor by [[Phil Jimenez]] and [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]
*'''Cover RI:''' The Dinobots open fire, by [[Brendan Cahill]] and [[Josh Perez]]
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