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:''Quickstrike is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BW-Quickstrike-render.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|NOBODY TOUCHES PETE'S PIECE!!!]]

'''Quickstrike''' is a violent, trigger-happy desperado who rarely thinks beyond the next "keister he's gonna kick." This simple-minded lust for beating others up seems to be his overriding personality trait. While this makes him easy to manipulate, which [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] finds extremely useful, the problem he has found is that Quickstrike is ''so'' easy to manipulate that Megatron's not the only one doing so! Both [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have their hooks in him in some form or another, leading Megatron to consider controlling the vicious little bugger through the good old-fashioned method: fear of death. Quickstrike may be stupidly brave most of the time, but only to a point.

{{bigquote|Well, howdy! Don't bother gettin' up, I'll just kick you while you're down!|Quickstrike|"[[Code of Hero]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)|[[Yao Jude]] (Chinese), [[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian, 2nd dub), [[Fabio Tomasini]] (Portuguese) [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Jorge Ornelas]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Pascal Renwick]] (French)}}
[[File:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Quickstrike intro.jpg|thumb|left|Say howdy to mah head!]]
Quickstrike was originally one of the [[Maximal]] [[protoform]]s stored aboard the ''Axalon'', prior to it crashlanding on prehistoric [[Earth]]. When the [[Planet Buster]] exploded, his [[stasis pod]] was knocked out of orbit and crashed in [[Delta Quadrant]], an unstable region. His malfunctioning [[DNA scanner]] gave Quickstrike a dual scorpion/snake [[beast mode]], however when he was awakened, he had no knowledge of his identity as a Maximal. His first action was to engage his fellow [[Fuzor]] [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] in a sparring match. His aggressive nature made him an easy convert to the Predacon cause for [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and he was soon happily attacking the Maximals. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} He took part in the defeat of the Maximals, but only until [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] was resurrected as a [[Transmetal]]. During the fight against the Maximal leader, he was slagged by one of [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]'s errant missiles. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:TangledWeb-Quickstrikeface.jpg|thumb|"'Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate'... Ah don't ''like'' you wiki writers no more."]]
A short time later, Quickstrike was sent with [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] on a mission to build a refueling station at a cave full of energon. Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate, as all he was really interested in was a good fight, and possibly relations with Blackarachnia. Quickstrike was overjoyed when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and Silverbolt turned up and threw himself into the battle with his usual gusto. When the cave they'd been sent to build at was apparently destroyed, he only retreated after a lengthy parting shot. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} Taking part in an ambush, Quickstrike got the drop on Rattrap, but Rattrap was able to out-draw him and blasted him off a cliff. Quickstrike survived, and when [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] attempted to change sides, was only too happy to face the much-larger Maximal in one-on-one combat. Though he was defeated, Dinobot refused to terminate him, claiming he'd make a good soldier with some training. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

Quickstrike and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] attempted unsuccessfully to defend a jamming tower against Dinobot and Rattrap. Once they reported back to Megatron, they and the other Predacons proceeded to an alien site which had been discovered in the meantime, and set up a [[refractive web]]. They were unprepared when an [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] appeared and blasted them all. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Quickstrike, due to some Transmetal-like quality of his form, recovered quickly from the blast, and ventured into the construct with Megatron and Tarantulas. Megatron soon used him as a guinea pig to see if the construct's defences would respond to them — luckily for Quickstrike, they didn't. After Megatron had taken control of the ship, Quickstrike and the other Predacons defended it against a Maximal attack. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:CodeofHero Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|left|"Awww, this happens every time Ah try to do a barbeque..."]]
While Blackarachnia and Silverbolt were traipsing around the jungle together, Megatron, Quickstrike and Inferno spied on them using a bugging device planted earlier. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} Perhaps uncharacteristically, while the other Predacons were torching a valley full of [[anthropoid]]s, Quickstrike hung back with Megatron. Once Dinobot had exhausted most of his power defeating the others, Quickstrike leaped into battle, believing Dinobot to be less of a warrior without his weapons. Dinobot responded by physically beating the Predacon and slamming him head-first into the ground. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

[[File:Agenda3-QuickstrikeonRampage.jpg|thumb|And the lady shall ride a tiger! Wait, no.]]

Quickstrike took part in a desperate attack on the ''Axalon'' when it seemed as though the Maximals would be receiving help from Cybertron. As it turned out they did, and the Predacons were repelled by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s [[transwarp cruiser]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Once Megatron had convinced Ravage to switch sides, the Predacons mounted another attack on the ''Axalon''. Quickstrike rode triumphantly atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]'s tank mode... only to be blasted off by Cheetor and subsequently run over by his comrade. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Quickstrike worked to reassemble himself as Megatron called on the Predacons to get themselves ready for battle. Apparently he wasn't finished in time to take part in the subsequent destruction of the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

After Rampage disappeared while on a mission, Megatron sent Quickstrike to look for him. Quickstrike soon found the crab at the mercy of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], and was only too happy to lend a hand by shooting the Maximal newcomer. Sadly he didn't have long to celebrate his victory before a cluster of missiles fired by Primal blew him away. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} When the Maximals attempted to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] from the wreck of the ''Axalon'', Quickstrike helped Waspinator by taking on Rattrap and Silverbolt, while his fellow Predacon headed for home with the computer module. He headed over to finish off the unconscious Silverbolt... only to be flattened when Rampage fell on him. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

[[File:CuttingEdge-Quickstrikeyoumaylead.jpg|thumb|left|I never thought the FaceEatingacons would eat MY face.]]

While the bulk of the Maximal forces were distracted by Megatron's [[Cyber-Raptor]]s out in the field, Quickstrike accompanied the Predacon leader in an assault against the Maximals' home base. He was given lead position as they entered the base, arising jealousy from Inferno. The reason as to why Quickstrike was allowed to go first became clear moments later as Quickstrike was taken out by a sequence of booby traps. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}}

Attempting to find out what had happened to the [[Transmetal driver]], the Predacons interrogated Depth Charge, only to be attacked by a strange feral cat creature. After promising to make the creature into a ghost, Quickstrike chased it behind a rock. His snake head came back minus the rest of him. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}} During the construction of the [[disruptor cannon]], Quickstrike was the only one <s>foolish</s> brave enough to be welding ''inside'' the weapon barrel when Inferno plugged it in, and was knocked off his perch by the energy surge. Once they got the cannon working, Quickstrike's prognosis of "lookin' good!" proved premature, as it exploded in their faces. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} Quickstrike and the other Predacons attempted to disrupt the power in the Maximal base during an attempt by the Maximals to remove Blackarachnia's Predacon [[shell program]]. He was swiftly dispatched by Cheetor. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

[[File:MasterBlaster Quickstrike in Optimus suit.jpg|thumb|Check out mah fancy duds!]]
Using one of Tarantulas's devices, Optimus Primal was able to be controlled using an exo-suit manipulated by Quickstrike. The Fuzor was able to rapidly disable the other Maximals, allowing the Predacons to take control of the Maximal base. Using the [[Teletraan I]] control codes stored in Primal, Quickstrike and Megatron gained entry to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], within which lay the body of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Megatron took his predecessor's spark into himself and, while he was weakened from the struggle of doing so, Quickstrike revealed it was a double-cross. On Tarantulas's orders, Quickstrike used Primal to seize the Predacon leader and throw him into the lava outside the Ark. Unfortunately for both the arachnids, Megatron lived, upgraded into a new form. Quickstrike was defeated by Blackarachnia, losing his link with Primal. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

[[File:OtherVictories-DinobotRampagetrial.jpg|left|thumb|I have nothing BUT contempt for this court! And your wig!]]

Furious, Megatron held a trial for Quickstrike, however it was interrupted by an unexpected incursion — the [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. Quickstrike was literally blown away along with his Predacon comrades, leaving Megatron the only one standing to face Tigerhawk. {{storylink|Other Victories}} In the aftermath, Inferno, Quickstrike and Waspinator were sent by Megatron to find a new base. They decided on attacking an anthropoid colony, though Waspinator refused and was slagged by the other two. Quickstrike and Inferno charged, only to meet with heavy resistance from the natives. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} They finally got the early humans on the run, and were overjoyed to see the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] appear overhead... until the main [[fusion cannon]] fired on the site, killing them both. Among the parts of him salvaged by the early humans were his cobra tail, used as a trumpet, his claws used as a spit, and his faceplate, used as a mask. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

====3H comics====
After Megatron gained his dragon body, a temporal distortion drew the attention of both the Maximals and Predacons to a remote canyon, where Quickstrike and his fellow Predacons met their foes. The Maximals were losing, having been fought into a corner, when suddenly the battle was interrupted. The [[Dark Essence]], the source of the temporal distortion, had possessed the newcomer [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] with the life force of [[Unicron]]. Quickstrike and the others were immobilized by Windrazor/Unicron's psionic force blasts, and the merged creature advanced on the Maximals. {{storylink|Paradox}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
While waiting for his trial for betraying Megatron, Quickstrike was approached by his leader (who'd seemingly taken to talking to himself of late) and given a new mission. He flew over Maximal territory on a small glider, dropping off a small device into the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] before retiring to a safe position to observe. The device soon caused the Maximals to be at each other's throats, a fact he gleefully reported to Megatron. As his leader proceeded with the rest of the plan, Quickstrike relaxed in the sun, and was subsequently unprepared when the Maximals, having overcome the effects of the device, pounced on him. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
[[File:BWGatherQuickstrike.jpg|thumb]]
As [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among these moments was Quickstrike and Silverbolt's initial initiation into the Predacon ranks. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Hearing a commotion at some point after the Predacons acquired Sentinel, a distressed Inferno rushed to where he last left Megatron, bringing Quickstrike in tow. Both were surprised to see that Megatron had completely vanished. In reality, their leader had been chronologically displaced by Magmatron and his lackeys. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Quickstrike joined the hybrid [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] entity's successful coup against Megatron. Waspscream later released [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] from containment to force Protoform X into his service, but not before Protoform X offlined Quickstrike. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
[[File:QuickstrikeMetalsManga01.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|He's a tall drink a' water, ain't he?]]

Following the [[Quantum surge]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Quickstrike was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]]. Combining the mutated blood in his body with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s warrior drones, Quickstrike fashioned himself the [[Scorpion Corps]] and [[Cobra Corps]]. With his new army, he proceeded to attack the weakened Maximal base, gradually depleting [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel's]] defenses. When the Maximals were forced to shut Sentinel down to let [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in, Quickstrike's attacks really began to take a toll. Seeing an opening, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] entered the base and confronted the Maximals inside.

After she had finished, she left the base just as Quickstrike's forces caused it to collapse completely. Angry at her "interference", Quickstrike began to berate her. Not in the mood, Blackarachnia proceeded to kick Quickstrike's head clean off. Weeping, Quickstrike's noggin sat helplessly on the ground as his decapitated body scrambled around blindly. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Quickstrike recovered, but was promptly killed alongside his troopers by [[Jaguar]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} When Megatron freed the sparks eaten by Rampage, however, the released energies revived Quickstrike as a mindless zombie. He attacked Optimus Primal along with several other zombies, but was ultimately destroyed for good by Primal's rocket-fists. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Quickstrike participated in Battle MCMXXIII of the [[Games (competition)|Games]], a three-day long struggle that culminated in a stand-off between him and [[Stinkbomb]]. After a heated hand-to-hand battle between the two, Stinkbomb's chemical gun failed him, giving Quickstrike the opening he needed to fire his tail weapon and kill his opponent, winning the game for the Predacons. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:MLPTFII-2B-QuickstrikeKO.jpg|thumb]]
Under the control of [[King Sombra]], Quickstrike attempted to interrupt a duel between [[Applejack]] and [[Wildwheel (G1)|Wildwheel]] in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], only for the two to knock him out cold before he could make a move. {{storylink|One-Trick Pony}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Ian James Corlett]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)}}

====Maximal story====
Quickstrike joined the other Predacons in an assault on the ''Axalon''. Unfortunately for them, Optimus Primal and his team fought back, beating the Predacons all the way back to the ''Darkside''. By the time it was all over, Quickstrike was left dazed on the ground, unsure of what had just happened. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Predacon story====
Quickstrike was all too eager to kick some keister as Megatron announced his newest plan. When the Maximals took the bait and approached the ''Darkside'', Quickstrike joined a team of Predacons in beating them back, chasing them back to the ''Axalon''. On the ship's bridge, with the Maximals all but defeated, Quickstrike and the others prepared to finish them. However, Rhinox arrived at that moment and activated Sentinel's auto-guns, forcing the Preds to make a hasty retreat. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Move list====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Robot Mode'''
!colspan=2|'''Beast Mode'''
|-
|Special attack||Poison Strike
|Special attack||Poison Mist
|-
|Super attack||Quick-draw Venom Shot
|Super attack||Venom Bite
|}

===3D Battle Card Game===
Quickstrike fights under the command of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] once more, this time with several allies from (potentially) different universes and/or timelines. He now possesses a new body; although his [[beast mode]] is an approximation of his original form, his transformation scheme and [[robot mode]] are distinctively different. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Quickstrike-Fuzor.jpg|thumb]]
Quickstrike Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward for the "Transmetals Episode 3" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Damage to Quickstrike's stasis pod resulted in the creation of a violent, highly aggressive Cybertronian with few compunctions. It didn't take long before Quickstrike fell in with Megatron's forces without even having to install the customary [[shell program]] that would turn him into a loyal Predacon.

In an alternate universe, Megatron tested the [[Transmetal driver|Transmetal Driver]] on Quickstrike before creating [[Dinobot II]]. With his newfound strength and intelligence, Quickstrike trained a horse named [[Fang (RPG)|Fang]] and adopted it as his new steed. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW-toy Quickstrike.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Space ship of death hole snake]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Quickstrike''' (Basic Fuzor, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク)
:*''Takara ID number'': '''D-45'''
:*''Release date'': September ??, [[1999]]
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of third-year ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Basics, [[Fuzor]] Quickstrike transforms into a scorpion with a cobra as its tail. The cobra head has a soft-plastic bladder than can be used to store and [[Water-squirting gimmick|squirt water]]. Most of its orange parts are translucent plastic, and make extensive use of [[ball joint]]s, particularly in its tail. While this provides excellent articulation, care should be taken as the joints loosen rather quickly with play.

: [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s version of the toy, released in September 1999 as part of the first wave of ''Metals'' toys, has extra blue paint applications on its face and red paint for its eyes. Its scorpion legs are cast in a darker orange color.

:The Hasbro version of Quickstrike, in Hasbro packaging with a large Japanese-language sticker on the back, was available in Japan long before the ''Metals'' release as a prize at KFC restaurants in December 1998 as part of a promotion for the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]'' movie. Kids' meals came with a special token used to activate a "gacha" capsule machine in the restaurants; among a number of ''Beast Wars'' themed goods was a special capsule that won the contestant a Hasbro Quickstrike.<ref>[http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Quickstrike/quickstrike.htm More information on Quickstrike at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Kagerō no Taiketsu: Metals Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (Multi-pack, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-45'''
:*''Release date'': September ??, 1999

: The Takara ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWM|Metals]]'' release of Quickstrike was available both individually or packaged in the "Heatwave Showdown" set (陽炎の対決メタルスエアラザーVSクイックストライク) with [[Transmetal|Metals]] [[Airazor (BW)#TM1|Airazor]].

: Both toys are original to their individual (Japanese) releases.
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP-Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Round em up, get on back!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Quickstrike''' (Deluxe Class, [[2026]])}} </ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''AOTP-26'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 28]], 2026
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Tomoki Tatsumi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

: Released as part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Deluxes (the first wave slated for the line's second year), just in time for the 30th anniversary of the original ''Beast Wars'' toyline, Quickstrike is a modern update of the character, transforming into an organic scorpion with a cobra for its tail. As might be expected from a modern ''Generations'' figure, his sculpt and deco are more accurate to his show model (not that the show model was far from the original toy), with expanded articulation and [[5 mm post]] compatibilty.

: The transformation joint to reposition his scorpion head in robot mode gives it a bit of articulation in beast mode. His opening cobra mouth also has an articulated [[Fire Blast effect]]-compatible peg inside, so you can have him breathe lasers or fire, which is awesome.

: Quickstrike and his wavemate [[Sureshot (G1)#Age of the Primes|Sureshot]] were both [[shortpacking|shortpacked]] to single copy per [[case]].<ref>[https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/transformers-generations-age-of-the-primes-deluxe-wave-4-case-of-8/hsg0474d ''AOTP'' Deluxe Wave 4 Case Assortment, Entertainment Earth]</ref>
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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Quickstrike''' (2007)

: A 33-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Quickstrike "transforms" from a gold and green scorpion to a gold and green scorpion standing on its hind legs. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]] [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].

==Notes==
* Quickstrike's beast mode [[character model]] has toy-accurate exposed robot parts on its underside, an oddity for organic beast modes. These parts include his ''robot mode head'', which is sometimes removed from the model in shots that would prominently display it.
* In the jovial Japanese dub, ''Beast Wars Metals'', Quickstrike's cobra tail could talk and think independently from Quickstrike. It would always end its sentences with either ''ko'', ''bura'', or ''kobura'' (コブラ, "cobra"). Quickstrike's own quirk in both the cartoon and the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|comic]] was that he'd end his sentences with ''gitchon'' or ''gitchonchon'' (ギッチョンチョン), which essentially translates to "snippity" or "snippity-snip".
*The ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Decepticon]] [[Darksteel (DOTM)|Darksteel]] is an intentional [[homage]] to Quickstrike. This occurred because designer [[Lenny Panzica]] likes snakes.<ref>[[BotCon 2011]]</ref>
* If the [[Transformers: Beast Wars|2021 Beast Wars comic]] had continued, Quickstrike would have been featured as a rival for Scorponok, intent on taking his position.{{fact}}

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク ''Kuikkusutoraiku'')
*''French:'' '''Cinglant''' (Canada, "Scathing")
*''Italian:'' '''Serpex''' ("Snakex")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kuài Dāo''' (快刀, "Quick Cutter")
*''Polish:'' '''Szybki Cios''' ("Quickstrike")
*''Spanish:'' '''Sorpresivo''' (Spain, "Surprise"), '''Cobra''' (America)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Age of the Primes Predacons]]
[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Predacons]]

Silverbolt (Fuzor)

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{{disambig3|Silverbolt}}
:''Silverbolt is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Silverboltfuzor.jpg|400px|thumb|He was on "The Daily Show" before Jon Stewart. For real.]]
"Pure, strong, and fast", '''Silverbolt'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sense of right and wrong is so overdeveloped his fellow Maximals wonder if his programming has a glitch. He speaks in lofty platitudes of chivalry, nobility, and idealized heroism; his speeches make even [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] roll his optics. His conviction is both his strength and his weakness. He sees the world in black and white—and not just because his [[beast mode]] is partly canine. The only gray area for Silverbolt is [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. His fierce love for the "evil" [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] causes him to question his preconceived notions of right and wrong. He was very proud of his ability to convert Blackarachnia to the Maximals, and, though most of the Maximals are skeptical of her loyalty to the cause and to him, he has nothing but faith in her.

{{bigquote|Though threatening your own comrade is no doubt business as usual in the Predacon guide to villainy... it is simply unacceptable behavior in ''my'' book!|Silverbolt|"[[Bad Spark]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Mitsuo Iwata]] (Japanese)|[[Yu Zhenbo]] (Chinese), [[Bruno Rocha]] (Portuguese), [[Marco Pagani]] (Italian), [[Pierre Forest]] (French), [[César Soto]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

[[File:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Megatron fuzors.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|The more you know! ''(da da da daaaaa)'']]
The explosion caused by the destruction of the [[Vok]] [[Planet Buster]] sent all [[stasis pod]]s crashing to Earth. Some pods' scanners were damaged in the shock wave and eventual crash-landing, resulting in the [[Fuzor|Fuzors]], a blend of two beast forms and the advanced Transmetal technology. One of these Fuzors was the winged wolf Silverbolt, while his neighbor was the violent, psychotic cobra-scorpion [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], who immediately picked a fight with the peaceful Silverbolt upon their activation. The fight was interrupted by [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who tricked both Fuzors and recruited them into the Predacons. Silverbolt felt the faction's activation code and Megatron's orders to attack the passing [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] to be distasteful (seeing how the cat had not attacked them), earning furious punishment from the Predacon leader. Soon, he and the other Predacons faced the remaining Maximals in battle. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}}

Silverbolt and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] were sent on to attack the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' directly, only for Silverbolt to be shot down by the ship's auto-guns. To his surprise, the Maximals took him back to their base for repairs, rather than finish him off. This act of compassion and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'s own admission of defection led him to make an important decision and he joined the Maximals, saving the newly reborn [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] from Megatron. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:Tangled Web Silverbolt.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Brave, strong, fast ... and never without utensils.]]
Soon afterwards, while on patrol with the much more laid-back [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (who spent a lot of the time pointedly ignoring Silverbolt's lines of honor and virtue), Silverbolt encountered the alluring Blackarachnia when [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and Quickstrike were attempting to set up a forward base. She was somewhat surprised by his complete refusal to strike her simply because she was a female and used it to her advantage to attack him. However, the Maximal had no such compunction against fighting the coarse Quickstrike. {{storylink|Tangled Web}}

During another mission, Silverbolt was shot down by Waspinator, who was prevented from taking the Maximal away by Rattrap. Silverbolt was able to return to base to fetch Optimus, and the pair were in time to prevent Dinobot, who had attempted to defect back to the Predacons, from being slagged by Megatron. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}} Silverbolt and Optimus arrived at an alien site unfortunately much too late to prevent [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] from being abducted. They returned to the alien site later, and were blasted by an [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] which appeared there. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Silverbolt and Cheetor, recovering quickly from the blast by virtue of their [[Transmetal]] properties, returned to the ''Axalon'' carrying [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and Dinobot. They would later take part in a diversionary assault on the Metal Hunter in order to allow Rattrap and Tarantulas to slip inside and rescue Primal. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:BadSpark battle-damaged Silverbolt.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Blackarachnia likes it rough.]]
The discovery of a stasis pod containing [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] led Silverbolt to once again encounter the dark temptress Blackarachnia, who was less than amused that he refused to fight her. After an energon explosion blasted them both across the jungle, damaging Silverbolt's wings, they were forced to journey together by foot. Silverbolt saved Blackarachnia from a [[saber-toothed cat|saber-toothed tiger]], and she in turn saved him from a nasty fall, however he was unable to get her admit there was any sort of Maximal goodness lurking within her. They soon encountered Protoform X, and Blackarachnia helped the Maximals defeat it, but was knocked off the cliff. Silverbolt once again came to her rescue, despite her protests that she didn't need help. {{storylink|Bad Spark}}

Though not having known Dinobot for long, Silverbolt took part in his funeral. {{storylink|Code of Hero}} While searching for a Predacon jamming tower, Silverbolt protected a stasis pod from [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. The pod contained a strange mutated Transformer which would later be dubbed [[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]]. Silverbolt appealed to Transmutate that the Maximals offered it friendship, however Transmutate fell in with the Predacons, swayed by Rampage. Transmutate led Silverbolt into a trap, allowing Rampage and Inferno to damage the Fuzor, but joined the Maximals following a rescue mounted by Optimus. Though the other Maximals wanted to put Transmutate into stasis lock, Silverbolt argued strongly against it. After Transmutate was accidentally destroyed by Rampage and Silverbolt who were fighting over the creature, Silverbolt was anguished, and told the other Maximals to leave Rampage to mourn. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

[[File:Agenda 2 Silverbolt Optimus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Silverbolt's in the dog house.]]

Silverbolt found himself reluctantly sneaking off to meet with Blackarachnia, providing her with a [[graviton generator]] for the hoversled she was building. Despite his secrecy, the other Maximals seemed all aware of what he was up to, with Rattrap insinuating all sorts of activities. The Maximals were joined by a Predacon secret agent, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], who invited them to help him capture Megatron. During their attack on the ''Darksyde'', Silverbolt again refused to attack Blackarachnia, allowing her to leave the field of battle, much to Primal's annoyance. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

[[File:Agenda3-remindsmeofyou.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"See that star? I bought it for $300 on the Internet. Totally legitimate!"]]

Though Cheetor was assigned the task of bringing Blackarachnia in, Silverbolt rendered his fellow Maximal unconscious, himself going to find Blackarachnia. Locating her in pursuit of Waspinator, he pleaded with her to join the Maximals, and refused to leave until she did, even after she shot him in the thigh. While they were distracted, the hoversled hit Waspinator, forcing Silverbolt to once again save a disgusted Blackarachnia. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}} He subsequently aided her in digging into the side of a [[Mount St. Hilary|mountain]], to discover within the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When Megatron arrived, Silverbolt was the playing card to convince Blackarachnia to open the doors to the Ark and allow him inside. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

[[File:BWSilverbolt Blackarachnia OptimalSituation.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damn you, [[Salazar]]! DAMN YOU, SALAZAAAARRR!]]
Soon after, when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was injured enough to cause a time storm, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt used the Ark's systems to start repairs on the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. Silverbolt helped his fellow Maximals defend the Ark against Megatron and, a short time later, stumbled on Blackarachnia who had been shot by the Predacon leader during his escape. Silverbolt cradled Blackarachnia in his arms, delivering a long melodramatic speech and howling when she went offline... only for the others to point out that she was just in [[stasis lock]] and would be fine once she got some repairs. With the loss of the ''Axalon'', the Maximals moved in to the cavern housing the Ark. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[File:ChangingOfTheGuard-Silverbolt.jpg|left|thumb||300px]]

He and Blackarachnia would hang out on sentry duty together. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} Sent on another mission, Silverbolt delivered Rattrap in a [[subaquatic stealth vessel]] to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] from the remains of the ''Axalon''. Though Rattrap retrieved the module, the pair ran into trouble in the form of the Predacons, and were ultimately prevented from getting away clean when they literally ran into [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

When Cheetor seemed to be developing a crush on Blackarachnia, Silverbolt made no secret of his jealously, especially when the pair were assigned a mission together without him. Cheetor and Blackarachnia quickly got into danger, attacked by Tarantulas and some [[Cyber-Raptor]]s, and naturally Silverbolt was first to come to their aid. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}} Cheetor would later go missing after a dangerous mission with Depth Charge. Though he joined in the search, Silverbolt was jealous at Blackarachnia's apparent concern for their comrade. Confronted by a feral beast, Silverbolt and Rattrap were surprised to be told by Primal that it was Cheetor, upgraded into a [[Transmetal 2]] form by Megatron's [[transmetal driver]]. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}}

The Maximals investigated the possibility of removing Blackarachnia's Predacon shell program, causing her to flee into the woods. Silverbolt convinced Rattrap not to tell the others, so he could find her personally, only to get in the middle of a fight between Blackarachnia and [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]]. Though he and Blackarachnia managed to defeat Dinobot, she was still determined to leave the Maximals, until they revealed that the decision to go through with the procedure to remove her shell program was up to her. {{storylink|Proving Grounds (BW)|Proving Grounds}}

[[File:CrossingtheRubicon Silverbolt and Blackarachnia in profile.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|There's a new boy in the neighborhood / I'd like to meet him if I could]]
Silverbolt interrupted Blackarachnia during an experiment she was attempting to undergo in order to convert herself into a Transmetal 2. The failure of the experiment caused her shell program to degrade, leading the Maximals to attempt the tricky procedure of removing it. Disruption caused by the Predacons caused Blackarachnia's death, and an enraged Silverbolt set out to dismantle Tarantulas in retaliation. Though he swiftly defeated Tarantulas, Silverbolt was brought down by Rampage, who was about to finish off the Maximal when a revived and upgraded Blackarachnia arrived to rescue her boyfriend. Silverbolt was overjoyed at her recovery. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

[[File:MasterBlaster Silverbolt tongue out.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|thumb|Space Invaders is serious business!]]
When Waspinator mounted a solo attack on the Ark, Silverbolt was his only casualty. The attack was simply a diversion to allow Tarantulas to deliver a device to put Quickstrike in control of Optimus Primal. The other Maximals ended up locked in a cage, bar Blackarachnia, who was able to rescue them so that they could help fight off Megatron, who had upgraded himself by stealing the spark of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

Following the destruction of the Predacon base, Silverbolt and Depth Charge searched for the Predacons by air. They found their foe, however Depth Charge set off a boobytrap, which damaged Silverbolt. Despite his protests that it was merely a scratch, the fact that his head fell off severely undermined his argument, and Silverbolt found himself being escorted back to base for repairs. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} He was repaired in time to help the other Maximals attempt to get the Ark moving before Megatron arrived with the newly discovered ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. Though they failed, Megatron was still defeated, and the Maximals set course for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the Autobot shuttle they'd found. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Mitsuo Iwata]] (Japanese)|[[Fang Shuqiao]] (Chinese), [[Marcus Jardym]] (Portuguese), [[Massimo Bitossi]] (Italian), [[Helmut Gauß]] (German), [[Daniel Lema]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Saúl Alvar]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[David Manet]] (French)}}

[[File:RevelationsDescent-Silverboltvirus.jpg|left|thumb|but i... finally got... shadows...]]

When the Autobot shuttle arrived in Cybertron's orbit, it was attacked by shots from from the surface. Once it crash-landed, Silverbolt fled with the other Maximals while being chased by tank drones. However, he and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] were among the last to be hit with canisters of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s [[transformation virus]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}}

When the Maximals found themselves back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] running for their lives from armies of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]], their memories of their past had been tampered with. Even [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] could not remember Silverbolt fully until she hacked into the memory backup on their ship. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

[[File:Silverboltjetstorm.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Sadly, this was the coolest Silverbolt would get in ''Beast Machines''...]]
Blackarachnia began to suspect that Silverbolt's [[spark]] might be inside one of the [[Vehicon General]]s. At first, she erroneously thought it was within [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]], but after a mishap with some technorganic goop, Silverbolt's spark was proven to be inside [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (and Thrust turned out to be [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], whose amorous advances were tragically spurned by the arachnid chick). For a precious few moments, Silverbolt's consciousness was completely awoken within Jetstorm's body, reverting him to his old personality, until the goop was absorbed completely and Jetstorm's [[shell program]] reasserted itself. {{storylink|The Catalyst}}

Obsessed with bringing Silverbolt back, she hounded Jetstorm, demanding he remember their shared love and return to the Maximals. Needless to say, Jetstorm was vexed by this. When [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] created a gizmo that would help them transfer the stolen Transformer sparks into new bodies, Blackarachnia stole it. Leading Jetstorm into the planet's organic core, she attached the gizmo to his back and trapped the Vehicon in a pool of the technorganic goop with her webs. After much screaming, reformatting, and brilliant light, Silverbolt was reborn as a condor, having scanned skeletal remains inside the cavern in the process.

[[File:Silverboltbm.jpg|left|upright=1.15|thumb|...for he later became... Purplebolt! The World's Deadliest Peacock!]]
Counter to Blackarachnia's expectations, Silverbolt was not pleased. Gone was the Maximal who exemplified honor and chivalry, replaced with one who desired only retribution and vengeance. "I was a fool back then", he once said. "I ''believed'' in things". Distraught, Blackarachnia managed to convince him to come along with her to help rescue [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] from inside [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Grand Mal|Big Floating Head]], but Silverbolt did not accompany her for their friends, as he was not interested in them. He went to confront Megatron.

Megatron, seeing that his general had been reformatted into a Maximal, tried to seduce Silverbolt back to his side. Silverbolt was told he was a creature of honor who fought for just causes, and that Megatron gave Silverbolt not only a just cause (the technological purity of Cybertron), but also the power and strength to fight for that cause. Blackarachnia countered at every point, pleading with Silverbolt to remember their love and friendship. Silverbolt ignored her, bitterly retorting that Megatron had given him ''nothing''. With nearly insane fury, he let loose a volley of feather bombs, disrupting Megatron from within. Cheetor and Primal were rescued, and Silverbolt was dragged away from the battle.

Slightly calmed, Silverbolt was later approached by Blackarachnia. He confided in her the real reason for his anger: it was not what Megatron had done to him, but that he'd been freed from his code of honor and ''enjoyed'' the experience. He did not trust himself any longer. This did not deter Blackarachnia. She believed, no matter what, that Silverbolt had goodness in his heart. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}}

[[File:Wolf in the Fold Silverbolt infected.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Who goosed the goose?]]
Silverbolt's return to the Maximals was not without its hiccups, however. When he formally returned to the group, Megatron used giant mechanical drill-tentacles to damage the city and get the Maximals' attention... as well as activate a new strain of the ancient [[Hate Plague]] virus hidden in Silverbolt. After infecting everyone and nearly scrapping each other, they managed to cure themselves. Silverbolt was bummed about being used, but Optimus gave him a pat on the shoulder and said "Hakuna matata". Or words to that effect. {{storylink|A Wolf in the Fold}}

When a spaceship was shot down and crashed into the city, Silverbolt was teamed with [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] to reach it from the air, and he had to endure the young Maximal's harsh words and attitude, brought on by the Hate Plague incident. Silverbolt fought against the [[Botanica (BM)|crazed space plant]] on the shuttle, then against a horde of Tank Drones in their underground base, and his actions finally allowed Nightscream to warm up to him. {{storylink|Home Soil}}

[[File:Sparkwar2 Silverbolt beast mode.jpg|left|upright=1.34|thumb|"You are all ''weirdos!''"]]
After a battle against Thrust and his cycle drones, Silverbolt chewed Blackarachnia out for losing focus during the battle. Nightscream later approached Silverbolt to tell him not to be such a jerk to Blackarachnia, but Silverbolt wasn't interested in listening and flew off, pursued by the younger Maximal. The pair soon encountered trouble in the form of two new Vehicon Generals, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]. Though they were joined by the other Maximals, the Vehicon Generals out-thought them at every turn, and they were only saved when Botanica intervened. Still, Silverbolt didn't fancy their chances against the new generals. {{Storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike|The Strike}}

During the search for the missing sparks, Silverbolt was teamed with Cheetor and Blackarachnia. Though he wasn't keen on taking orders from Cheetor, whom he regarded as a kid, despite Blackarachnia asserting that Cheetor had grown up a lot since the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. Eventually Cheetor was able to prove himself sufficiently to earn Silverbolt's respect. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}} With the discovery that the missing sparks were aboard the Grand Mal, Cheetor, Nightscream and Silverbolt set about keeping the Vehicons busy while Optimus and the others sneaked on board. They were too late to prevent the beginning of Megatron's spark-fueled ascension, though it was ultimately halted by Nightscream. Silverbolt joined the other Maximals in mourning the loss of Nightscream's friend [[Noble (BM)|Noble]]. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege|The Siege}}

[[File:Silverboltblackarachniaseedsofthefuture.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Now that we've won, we can bang like everyday ordinary really ugly people.]]
Despite Megatron's apparent demise, Silverbolt was reluctant to renew relations with Blackarachnia. The pair's discussion was interrupted by an attack by a [[zombie]] animated by a strange red spark. The Maximals hunted the spark through the streets of [[Cybertropolis]], only for it to turn out to be Megatron after Rattrap forced it into the body of a [[Diagnostic Drone]]. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}}

The Maximals struggled to protect the Grand Mal and the sparks it contained, Silverbolt, Blackarachnia and Nightscream were sent out to wreak havoc in the ranks of the Vehicons in an attempt to distract them. The Vehicons eventually overcame the Grand Mal's shields. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral|The Downward Spiral}} The Maximals received a power up from the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] and were able to hold their own against the Vehicons, until Megatron cut off their power boost. Silverbolt was taken out by Thrust, and Blackarachnia by Obsidian. Their sparks were subsequently torn out by cycle drones. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|When Legends Fall}} Though unable to aid physically, the Maximals gave Optimus Primal moral support during his duel with Megatron. Following the [[Great Transformation]], the Maximals' sparks were returned to their bodies. Silverbolt's old personality reemerged—only for him to ruin the moment by saying the corniest line he could think of. And more power to him. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}

====3H comics====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English)}}

Silverbolt and Rattrap came upon [[Packrat]] and [[Onyx Primal]] battling the Predacons [[Vice Grip]] and [[Fractyl]]. Although Silverbolt was gung-ho as always when it came to rescue fellow Maximals, Rattrap didn't want to bother, them being "repaints" and all. Silverbolt disregarded Rattrap's commentary and charged right in. Apparently, their phenomenal entrance took out half the landscape. It must have really been something to see. After the Predacons had been driven away, the Maximals were attacked by a [[Antagony (BW)|mysterious shadowy figure]]. Thankfully, Optimus Primal soon came around to help out with the situation. {{storylink|Visitations}}

Later, Silverbolt and the other Maximals set out to investigate a temporal anomaly detected by Rhinox. They encountered the Predacons en route. The two factions were locked in a firefight, though the advantage lay with the Predacons. After Megatron took off to reach the time-traveller that both teams had previously detected, Optimus was forced to pursue him, leaving his troops against insurmountable odds. The Predacons eventually began to push the Maximals back towards a cliffside. Then, suddenly, Predacon fire ceased entirely. The situation had not become any safer however, the Maximals now had to contend with [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]], the aforementioned time-traveler, possessed by Unicron's dark essence. Though Windrazor was able to expunge Unicron from his systems, the much more powerful Shokaract appeared immediately aftwerwards... {{storylink|Paradox}}

Shortly after the [[Great Transformation]] of Cybertron, the [[Quintesson]]s invaded in full force, hoping the recent ecological and biological upheaval would tip the balance in their favor. Silverbolt and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] led a counterforce in [[Cybertropolis]], where they had little trouble against the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] armies. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

[[File:Blackarachniaabduction.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Y'know, his life would have been way easier if he'd just settled down with Airazor instead.]]
One year later, five great Autobot heroes ([[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Shadow Striker (Universe)|Shadow Striker]], and [[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]]) returned home to a peaceful planet. Amidst a media blitz and celebration, Silverbolt, Blackarachnia, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] were among the Maximals to greet them.

However, what appeared to be celebratory fireworks struck Silverbolt and Blackarachnia and also the five Autobots. They were transported to the fiery [[Pit (Universe)|Pit]] deep within [[Unicron]], where all but Trailbreaker were rebuilt painfully into new bodies. Silverbolt was piece-by-piece reassembled into a version of his original [[Fuzor]] form.

[[File:Silverbolt tfu.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Angsty Redux]]
Seeing an arena up ahead, the seven moved towards it, only to be attacked by a swarm of [[Cauldron drone|shape-shifting, lava-like creatures]]. Though they fought, they were overwhelmed and taken into a nearby arena, the [[Cauldron]], where they were caged along with a multitude of Transformers kidnapped from across the multiverse. Silverbolt believed he recognized some of their jailers, such as variant versions of [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]], but the being he thought was [[Tigerhawk]] wanted Silverbolt to know that he was, in fact, [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]! The three (and [[Reptilion]]) were from different universes, and they oversaw the battles that took place within the Cauldron. Here, Silverbolt would fight and die, his extinguished spark meant to feed the damaged Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|Abduction}}

As Sunstreaker and Sideswipe battled, Silverbolt noticed another intruder within the Cauldron - Optimus Primal! Could it be? Silverbolt and Trailbreaker used this distraction to hatch an escape plan. Since their cells were tuned to [[Bio-mechanical aura|their bodies]], the two [[Primary system program transfer|swapped personality data]], allowing them to leave their cages. Freeing the others, they and Optimus Primal rushed the guards and headed back outside of the arena. Optimus Primal and [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] opened a portal back home to Cybertron, which would have made a happy ending for Silverbolt, but instead Blackarachnia and Shadow Striker betrayed them. Corrupted by the [[Unicron virus]] that persisted within their bodies since their experience within the Pit, Shadow Striker and Silverbolt's beloved had finally succumbed to its demands. Blackarachnia bid a final goodbye to Silverbolt and pushed him through the portal to safety. Once Silverbolt arrived back home, he quietly vowed to bring Blackarachnia back into the light. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}

[[File:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Okay, is it my turn to be evil again next?]]
Silverbolt joined several other of the escapees at the [[Oasis Research and Development Facility]], where a stranded alternate universe [[Ratchet (Universe)|Ratchet]] attempted to remove the virus from Sideswipe's new form with no success. He and Cheetor wondered aloud whether they could truly trust this resurrected Primal. Silverbolt noted that they'd all seen how the virus had corrupted Blackarachnia, and the same could have happened to their former leader. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

During the war, Rhinox built a device to counteract Unicron's attempts to abduct Transformers from across the multiverse. Two such attempts were only partially successful, sending the would-be abductees to a barren, icy planetoid. This necessitated the deployment of a rescue team consisting of Rattrap, Silverbolt, and Waspinator but also prompted Unicron to deploy a team of Minions to the planetoid. Working with the victims of Unicron's abduction attempt as well as the crew of an Autobot freighter accidentally pulled in from the past by Rhinox's device, the rescue team successfully fended off the Minions and sent everyone back to their proper realities and eras. {{storylink|Voice Actor Drama}}

This conflict with Unicron went on for an unspecified amount of time, until one last desperate raiding party on the Chaos Bringer, which included Primal, Silverbolt, and many others. As they fought the armies of Unicron, suddenly, without warning, Unicron began to [[Unicron Singularity|dissolve]] beneath them. The Universe War finally resolved, Silverbolt carried away a presumably redeemed Blackarachnia with him towards a portal leading home. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
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====Razorclaw continuity====
In one splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], minor atmospheric fluctuations caused Silverbolt's stasis pod to crash on the far side of Earth from the ''Axalon''. With the absence of Silverbolt's intervention, Megatron killed the Maximals who opposed him. Silverbolt's stasis pod was presumably destroyed later when his reality was consumed by the [[timestorm]] caused by Megatron's machinations. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
On the way back to Cybertron after the end of the Beast Wars, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt dozed off to sleep while cuddling each other. {{storylink|Ain't No Rat}}

{{BW Shell Game}}
They awoke, affected by a Transwarp agitator planted on the shuttle by a new team of Predacons hiding on Earth. This device caused Silverbolt and the other Maximals aboard to act aggressively towards one-another, and they tried to force Rattrap into the ship's C.R. Chamber due to its influence. Rattrap resisted, managed to get away, and deactivated the ship's Transwarp drive. Though this restored the Maximals to their senses, it also returned them to prehistoric Earth. {{storylink|Shell Game issue 1|Shell Game #1}}

====''Legends'' anthology (1)====
Not long after Megatron combined his spark with that of the original Megatron, he had Quickstrike plant a device in the Maximal base. The device magnified the Maximals' aggression, and Silverbolt was soon trying to stop Rhinox from mangling Blackarachnia. After Optimus intervened, Silverbolt attacked him and was thrown aside, as Primal too succumbed to the device's effects. Luckily the Maximal leader was able to use his recent experiences to overcome the device and free the other Maximals, and they then chased Megatron off. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

Blackarachnia was trying to persuade Silverbolt that it was all right for them to resume their romance after Megatron's apparent death, when they were attacked by a strange zombie-like creature. Silverbolt assumed the creature was a Maximal with its spark restored, and tried to reassure it that it was safe, only to be blasted by it. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}
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====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
As [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments taking place during the Beast Wars. Among those moments was Silverbolt and Quickstrike's initial recruitment into the Predacon ranks. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

====''Wings Universe''====
Following the Great Transformation of Cybertron, Silverbolt and his friends stood guard over Cheetor as their leader attempted to commune with the Oracle. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag|Alpha Trizer's profile}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], the machinations of the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from [[Primax 206.15 Gamma]] resulted in Silverbolt awakening in a scenario where the Maximals were losing to the Predacons. Realizing that he had little in common with either side, Silverbolt struck out on his own, but after the hybrid [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspscream]] seized control of the Predacons, he had Silverbolt captured in order to tie up loose ends. However, on the return trip to Cybertron, Megatron escaped and conquered the planet with a transformation virus, converting the populace's bodies into Vehicons. Upon the arrival of Waspscream's crew, Silverbolt, [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] were captured and converted into Vehicon Generals, Silverbolt becoming [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]. Waspscream's Predacons later liberated Silverbolt from his Vehicon slavery, but he and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] later died screaming at the command of brutal Vehicon General [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}} During the [[Universe War]], this Obsidian would remark on this event to the Silverbolt of [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon]]. {{storylink|Abduction}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
As a result of spacetime shockwaves caused by [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] in [[G1 World|Primax 785.06 Alpha]], a quantum duplicate of the Autobot shuttle carrying the victorious Maximals home from the end of the Beast Wars in [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]] was spawned. The shuttle was shunted to [[BT World|Primax 903.0 Beta]], where [[Unicron]] destroyed it, scattering its crew into [[unspace|transwarp space]]. The Alternity shepherded the "shipwrecked" Primal, Rhinox, Rattrap, and Silverbolt to [[Viron 102.0 Beta]] in order to fight the similarly displaced Megatron, who schemed to take over this reality's Cybertron by capturing the populace's sparks and converting their bodies into Vehicons. Guided by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], Primal's forces fought the long and arduous "[[Allspark Battles]]", eventually triumphing over Megatron's Vehicon hordes. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Following the [[Great Transformation]], Silverbolt and the other surviving Maximals listened to Cheetor explain that Rhinox's spark was not gone for good, but lost in [[Legends World|another universe]]. {{storylink|LG-EX Rattrap}} After [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] were sent to retrieve their comrade, Silverbolt was elated to see the two return with Rhinox accompanying. {{storylink|LG-EX Rhinox}}

====A Change to the Agenda====
After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] attacked [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and was thrown out of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] activated the ship's defense systems, Silverbolt and the other Maximals attempted to heal the wounded Autobot. However, Megatron was not thrown far enough and the Predacon managed to reenter the Ark and blast the Autobot leader, decisively erasing the Maximals from the timeline. {{storylink|A Change to the Agenda}} In [[Primax 209.0 Gamma|the wildly different timeline]] that followed, Silverbolt's life would take [[#Beast Wars: Uprising|a very different track]].

===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
Following the [[Quantum surge]], Silverbolt was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]] and left stranded somewhere on [[Earth|Energoa]], far away from the other [[Maximal]]s and presumed dead by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. After [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] was reborn, Silverbolt could be seen staring poetically at the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] from somewhere on the planet. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Following the defeat of Megatron, Silverbolt was collected by [[Tigerhawk]] and reunited with his crew. He also encountered Blackarachnia and the two hit it off immediately. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}

===''Universe'' CD-ROM===
The Autobot Silverbolt followed Optimus Primal in fighting against [[Reptilion|Reptillion]] and his Decepticon forces. He engaged [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] in combat, but was probably defeated by him as the latter moved on to fight [[Striker]]. After the Decepticons were abducted by [[Acheron|a mysterious ship]], Silverbolt asked his leader just what the heck that thing was. {{storylink|Transformers: Universe CD-ROM|Universe CD-ROM}}

===''Legends'' anthology (2)===
The ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' crashed in [[Mexico]] sometime around 1,000 BCE, and the Maximals and Predacons fought many battles across the land. After Tarantulas and Waspinator enslaved a local [[Natiltec|tribe of humans]], one of the young warriors escaped and encountered Silverbolt. Detecting the energon dust on the human's hands, Silverbolt tracked it back to a cave inside which he found the two Predacons. He swiftly dispatched Tarantulas, but was still struggling with Waspinator when the cave collapsed, and he was later forced to dig his way out. The Natiltec, who had been able to escape during the battle, dubbed Silverbolt "Fire-in-the-Dark", and inscribed the story of his great battle into a cave wall. The inscriptions were found and translated some three thousand years later by an archaeological team of [[human]]s and [[Mini-Con]]s. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
As one of the Maximals forced to continue the war which the Autobots were no longer able to fight, Silverbolt was part of a small team under the command of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] that went up against the [[Darksyder]]s. He and Rhinox were both killed early in the conflict, spurring the others to rebel against Primal and the status quo. {{storylink|Alone Together: Prologue|Prologue}}

===Metals Silverbolt===
====Train Wars====
When [[the Fallen]] attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the hopes of merging with [[Vector Sigma]], [[Overdrive]] sought additional help using the power of his [[Quantum Dial]]. Further empowering the dial with the help of the Oracle, Overdrive reached across space and time to recruit inter-dimensional warriors, including a [[Transmetal]] version of Silverbolt. {{storylink|Train Wars}} The Fallen assumed a combination form, however, and managed to impale Silverbolt and the reinforcements using energy spikes. [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the [[Trainbot]]s, the [[Train Team]], and the [[Liner Team]] soon arrived to turn the tide, and the Fallen was ultimately defeated. In the aftermath, Silverbolt was returned home by the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]]. {{storylink|Train Wars 2}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] cheered on the Fallen in the battle against Silverbolt and the heroic opposition. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}}

==Commercial appearances==
An eagle and a wolf screamed in horrifying agony as they were sucked inexorably toward their searing, fiery death in a lava pit... Only to emerge as Silverbolt, who burst out of the molten lake and flew off! {{storylink|Commercial/Beast Wars#Fuzors|Fuzors commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Mitsuo Iwata]] (Japanese)}}
====Maximal story====
When the ''Axalon'' came under heavy Predacon fire, Silverbolt concurred with Optimus's plan to use it as an opening to retake the Golden Disk. He joined Primal's team in chasing the Predacons back to the ''Darkside'', successfully retaking the Disk. However, though Megatron appeared cornered, the group learned that the Predacons had managed to infiltrate the ''Axalon'' in their absence. As Megatron took off, Silverbolt and the others hurried back to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Predacon story====
Silverbolt joined Optimus Primal in an attack on the ''Darkside'', but this was revealed to be part of a plot by Megatron, and he and the other Maximals were swiftly overtaken, being beaten all the way back to the Axalon before being left badly damaged on the ground. Fortunately, Rhinox arrived and activated Sentinel's defenses before the Predacons could finish them off. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Move list====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Robot Mode'''
!colspan=2|'''Beast Mode'''
|-
|Special attack||Feather Missile
|Special attack||Sonic Cutter
|-
|Super attack||Spark Feather Barrage
|Super attack||Rising Talon Barrage
|}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Silverbolt was the first to arrive at the crash-site of a large stasis pod marked with a red "X". Soon joined by the Predacons Blackarachnia, Waspinator, and Terrorsaur however, Silverbolt finds himself having to fight the new arrivals until the scuffle leads to unleash Rampage from within the stasis pod. Rampage subsequently blows away Blackarachnia and Silverbolt into a hostile swamp, where they need to rely on one another to survive. Despite starting out as bitter enemies, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt soon find they have much in common and begin to form a bond. When they return to the battleground where Depth Charge has joined Blackarachnia's teammates, Silverbolt and Blackarachnia aided in Rampage's defeat, just in time for Megatron's arrival. {{storylink|When Sparks Fly}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Silverbolt-Fuzor.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Silverbolt Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 2" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Silverbolt was a deeply moral Maximal, and even cynical comrades like Rattrap couldn't help but admire his willingness to put himself in harm's way to protect his teammates. Silverbolt's Spark was later used to power the Vehicon General [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:Silverboltfuzortoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Watch out for my deadly spoons!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Silverbolt''' (Deluxe Fuzor, [[1998]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-41'''
:*''Accessories'': Left & right feather-missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of [[Fuzor]]s, Silverbolt transforms into a wolf with the wings, forelegs, and tail of an eagle. In either mode, pulling his tail activates a spring-loaded "wing flap" gimmick. Moving the wings far enough forward triggers their built-in spring-loaded missile launchers. Silverbolt's missiles are also designed to be held in his hands like clubs. Unlike in the show, Silverbolt's wings are permanently horizontally aligned in robot mode, rather than shifting vertically.

: For his [[Japan|Japanese]] release as part of ''Beast Wars Metals'', Silverbolt's grey plastic was made much lighter, and the wolf eyes were given painted irises and pupils.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[BotCon 1999]]'s [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] and the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of Silverbolt.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
{{-}}{{anchor|VS41}}

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Yūmō no Taiketsu: Silverbolt VS Metals Rampage''' (VS pack, [[1999]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''VS-41'''
:*''Accessories'': Left & right feather-missiles

: In Japan, Silverbolt was available both individually and in a "Brave Showdown" (勇猛の対決 ''Yūmō no Taiketsu'') two-pack with [[Rampage (BW)#VS41|Metals Rampage]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:Silverboltbmtoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Guess why I was packaged in robot mode!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Silverbolt''' (Basic, [[2000]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Wing-pack/sword
:*''Known designers'': [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Basics, Silverbolt transforms into a technorganic condor. His wings have a snap-together feature, and the entire wing assembly detaches to form a hand-held shield-blade for [[robot mode]]. His condor mode looks so awkward that it’s possible his real [[beast mode]] was originally intended to be a [[:File:Silverboltbmtoygriffin.jpg|griffin]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Beast Machines Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-SilverboltDeluxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Admit that I'm beautiful. ADMIT IT.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Silverbolt''' (Deluxe, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right feather-missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] and [[Brian Parrish]] (Hasbro)}}<ref name ="TripleParrish">[[December 9]], [[2024]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCb-L1RAH_U Interview] with [[Hasbro]] designer [[Brian Parrish]] on the "Triple Takeover" podcast, from their YouTube channel.</ref>

: A purple redeco of the original Fuzor toy and part of the very first assortment of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' product, Silverbolt transforms into a wolf/eagle fusion. He retains all of his previous [[gimmick]]s, but includes more paint applications this time around, such as pupils in his wolf mode eyes and the lightning-like "energon surge" deco on his back. This version also adds an Autobot sigil to his tummy gem. The socket for the gem is [[retool]]ed from the prior version, though this is not externally visible.

: According to the toy's deco artist [[Brian Parrish]], then-design lead [[Aaron Archer]] threw out purple as the base color when he asked for a starting point,<ref name ="TripleParrish"/> ostensibly simply to "fill out the color roster".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Evan worked with the person who made the Universe 2003 Silverbolt, the designer just wanted to make him purple to fill out the color roster.|link=https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/28/sdcc-2023-hasbro-show-floor-qa-legacy-studio-series-video-games-more-488215|name=Evan Brooks|site=TFW2005|title=SDCC 2023 Hasbro Show Floor Q&A – Legacy, Studio Series, Video Games, More!|year=2023|month=07|day=28}}</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Universe Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===''Beast Wars Returns''===
{{anchor|BWR}}
[[File:Silverboltbwrtoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Like lipstick on a... condor... thing.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Silverbolt''' (Basic, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''BR-10'''
:*''Release date'': [[March 31]], 2005
:*''Accessories'': Wing-pack/sword

: In 2005, the ''Beast Machines'' toy was [[redeco]]ed for the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' series in a much more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] purple color scheme. Like the rest of the line, he was only available at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Beast Wars Returns Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations'' (Japan)===
[[File:TFGenerations2014 Rejected Silverbolt.jpg|thumb|]]
*'''Metals Silverbolt''' (<strike>[[2015]]</strike>)
** ''Accessories:'' Presumably grapple launcher, 2 shoulder weapons

:A mock-up of a "Metals Silverbolt" (メタルシルバーボルト) toy in the form of a ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' Deluxe Class [[Grimwing (Prime)#Toys|Grimwing]] redeco was shown in ''[[Transformers Generations 2014 Vol. 1]]'' as one of ten potential exclusives for ''[[Transformers Generations 2014 Vol. 2|Vol. 2]]''. In the [[Fan polls#Generations Magazine Exclusive Character Popularity Vote|poll]] held to determine which of the ten would be produced, Silverbolt came in third place with 14.8% of the votes, losing out to [[Goshooter#Generations (Japan)|Goshooter]].<ref>[http://millionhero.sblo.jp/article/101898683.html Poll results at Hero-X]</ref>
{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Voyager-Class-Silverbolt.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wow, they remembered season 2 happened!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Beast Wars Universe Silverbolt''' (Voyager Class, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Silverbolt'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''TL-58'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[March 25]], 2024
:*''Accessories:'' Left & right feather-missiles/blades
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[October 27]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQDGvr0oGqs 1027 Hasbro Pulse Premium Event] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]] and [[Ben MacCrae]].</ref>

: Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' Voyager-class toys, Silverbolt is an updated version of his original ''Beast Wars'' design, featuring greater articulation and show accuracy. Most conspicuously, in robot mode his now-articulated wings now rest on his back (albeit considerably lower than on his show model), and his feather-swords are painted. The toy is in fact ''so'' show-accurate that it has large [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|non-functional]] hinges sculpted in front of the shoulders to mimic the original show model (and original toy).

: Strangely, Silverbolt's upper wing segments and missiles are sculpted asymmetrically: on one side he has one large peg-and-socket interface, on the other he has two smaller ones. The reason for this is unknown.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C3brwiWMk5B/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Silverbolt from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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==Merchandise==
===''Beast Wars Ramune''===
[[File:Metalsheroramune.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Outnumbering enemies 6-to-1: heroic!]]
*'''Silverbolt''' ([[1998]])
:*''Accessories'': stand

:[[Kabaya]] released a painted, non-articulated PVC figurine of Silverbolt in its ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Ramune|Beast Wars Ramune]]'' line - specifically, in the final wave known as "Metals Hero Ramune."
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===''Metallic Beast Ramune''===
[[File:RamuneBWSilverbolt.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Moral clarity]]
*'''Silverbolt''' ([[1999]])
:*''Accessories'': Feather swords (2)

:A non-transforming snap-together kit produced by Kabaya, depicting Silverbolt's robot mode sculpted almost entirely from transparent plastic, with only the wings being opaque grey. Visible through the clear plastic is a chromed metallic endoskeleton and chromed wing feathers to play into the Transmetals / "Metals" theme of this product line (even though Silverbolt himself was, of course, a Fuzor). This figure was produced in two variants, with the chromed pieces available in either blue or gold.
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Robotheroessilverboltmegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He will beat you to death with his mighty wheat!]]
*'''Silverbolt & Megatron''' (Two-pack, [[2008]])
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the "Beast Wars Series" of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]''-branded ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', Silverbolt comes packaged with [[Transmetal]] [[Megatron (BW)/toys#RHTransmetal|Megatron]]. He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Maximal/RHSilverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Robot Heroes Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*According to [[Bob Forward]], Silverbolt's "white knight" personality was based on that of {{w|Lancelot|Lancelot du Lac}}.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19980702112138/http://www.transformers.org/bwz/fd1.htm TFFW.com January 1998 interview with Bob Forward] (archived)</ref>
*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Silverbolt was not portrayed as a stereotypical "knight in shining armor" as he was in the West. Instead, his unique character quirk was that he was ''psychotically polite'' and always happy no matter what. Silverbolt spoke in polite-form Japanese and had a habit of shouting English-language phrases, speaking like a stereotypical American (polite-form Japanese being the form Americans are taught, the Japanese often mock them for constantly using it). His verbal tic was a habit of shouting "DESU!" over and over again ("desu" being a part of polite-form Japanese, used to end sentences respectfully). Like all verbal tics in the Japanese dub, Silverbolt chanted it incessantly, including every time he fired his weapon.
*In ''Beast Wars'', like his fellow Fuzor Quickstrike, Silverbolt seems to benefit from the same protections the [[Transmetal|Transmetals]] possess. This did not extend into ''Beast Machines'', where he and the non-Transmetal Rhinox were the only ones of their group to be paralyzed by the [[transformation virus]].
*According to various [[Hasbro]] representatives, ''Universe'' Silverbolt's colors (and those of pretty much the entire first wave of ''Universe'' product) were done by Hasbro employees from outside the ''Transformers'' team.
*Silverbolt's [[robot mode]] in ''Beast Machines'' was heavily designed after a traditional Japanese samurai.
*According to [[Steven Melching]]'s commentary on [[Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|''Beast Machines'' episode 25]], he made the changes to Silverbolt based on the evolution of the Adam West Batman into the Dark Knight.
*The ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' incarnation of Silverbolt was never visually depicted, but a concept redeco was mocked up using ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' Deluxe Class [[Dreadwing (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Dreadwing]], the same toy used to model ''Uprising'' [[Windrazor (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Windrazor]].<ref>Concept digibash shown at Pete's Robot Convention 2018</ref>
*According to [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]], handling Silverbolt's original ''Beast Wars'' toy is what inspired prolific [[TakaraTomy]] design legend [[Shogo Hasui]] to become a ''Transformers'' designer in the first place.<ref>[[March 21]], 2024's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPkQZZ4zasE Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 21, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Silverbolt''' (シルバーボルト ''Shirubāboruto'')
*''French:'' '''Silverbolt''' (''Beast Wars'' dub), '''Silverbot''' (''Beast Machines'' dub), '''Vif-Argent''' ("Quicksilver", Canada toy)
*''Italian:'' '''Grifo'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yín Láng''' (Taiwan ''Beast Wars'', 銀狼, "Silver Wolf"), '''Yín Shǎndìan''' (Taiwan ''Beast Machines'', 銀閃電, "Silver Bolt"), '''Shǎndìan''' (China ''Beast Wars'', 闪电, "Bolt"), '''Pīlì Xiá''' (China ''Beast Machines'', 霹雳侠, "Thunderbolt Knight")
*''Polish:'' '''Srebrny Grom'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Silverbolt''' (Spain), '''Rayo de Plata''' (America, toy, "Silver Bolt"), '''Lobo Plateado''' (America, cartoon, "Silver Wolf")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Silverbolttranstechconcept.jpg|Proposed ''Transtech'' concept art
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Armada Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Machines Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:Children of Primus]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Legacy Maximals]]
[[Category:Legends Maximals]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) characters]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us Japan exclusives]]
[[Category:Trackers]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]
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[[Category:Universe Autobots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Maximals]]

Quickstrike (BW)

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{{disambig3|Quickstrike}}

:''Quickstrike is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BW-Quickstrike-render.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|NOBODY TOUCHES PETE'S PIECE!!!]]

'''Quickstrike''' is a violent, trigger-happy desperado who rarely thinks beyond the next "keister he's gonna kick." This simple-minded lust for beating others up seems to be his overriding personality trait. While this makes him easy to manipulate, which [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] finds extremely useful, the problem he has found is that Quickstrike is ''so'' easy to manipulate that Megatron's not the only one doing so! Both [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have their hooks in him in some form or another, leading Megatron to consider controlling the vicious little bugger through the good old-fashioned method: fear of death. Quickstrike may be stupidly brave most of the time, but only to a point.

{{bigquote|Well, howdy! Don't bother gettin' up, I'll just kick you while you're down!|Quickstrike|"[[Code of Hero]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)|[[Yao Jude]] (Chinese), [[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian, 2nd dub), [[Fabio Tomasini]] (Portuguese) [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Jorge Ornelas]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Pascal Renwick]] (French)}}
[[File:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Quickstrike intro.jpg|thumb|left|Say howdy to mah head!]]
Quickstrike was originally one of the [[Maximal]] [[protoform]]s stored aboard the ''Axalon'', prior to it crashlanding on prehistoric [[Earth]]. When the [[Planet Buster]] exploded, his [[stasis pod]] was knocked out of orbit and crashed in [[Delta Quadrant]], an unstable region. His malfunctioning [[DNA scanner]] gave Quickstrike a dual scorpion/snake [[beast mode]], however when he was awakened, he had no knowledge of his identity as a Maximal. His first action was to engage his fellow [[Fuzor]] [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] in a sparring match. His aggressive nature made him an easy convert to the Predacon cause for [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and he was soon happily attacking the Maximals. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} He took part in the defeat of the Maximals, but only until [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] was resurrected as a [[Transmetal]]. During the fight against the Maximal leader, he was slagged by one of [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]'s errant missiles. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:TangledWeb-Quickstrikeface.jpg|thumb|"'Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate'... Ah don't ''like'' you wiki writers no more."]]
A short time later, Quickstrike was sent with [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] on a mission to build a refueling station at a cave full of energon. Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate, as all he was really interested in was a good fight, and possibly relations with Blackarachnia. Quickstrike was overjoyed when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and Silverbolt turned up and threw himself into the battle with his usual gusto. When the cave they'd been sent to build at was apparently destroyed, he only retreated after a lengthy parting shot. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} Taking part in an ambush, Quickstrike got the drop on Rattrap, but Rattrap was able to out-draw him and blasted him off a cliff. Quickstrike survived, and when [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] attempted to change sides, was only too happy to face the much-larger Maximal in one-on-one combat. Though he was defeated, Dinobot refused to terminate him, claiming he'd make a good soldier with some training. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

Quickstrike and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] attempted unsuccessfully to defend a jamming tower against Dinobot and Rattrap. Once they reported back to Megatron, they and the other Predacons proceeded to an alien site which had been discovered in the meantime, and set up a [[refractive web]]. They were unprepared when an [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] appeared and blasted them all. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Quickstrike, due to some Transmetal-like quality of his form, recovered quickly from the blast, and ventured into the construct with Megatron and Tarantulas. Megatron soon used him as a guinea pig to see if the construct's defences would respond to them — luckily for Quickstrike, they didn't. After Megatron had taken control of the ship, Quickstrike and the other Predacons defended it against a Maximal attack. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:CodeofHero Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|left|"Awww, this happens every time Ah try to do a barbeque..."]]
While Blackarachnia and Silverbolt were traipsing around the jungle together, Megatron, Quickstrike and Inferno spied on them using a bugging device planted earlier. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} Perhaps uncharacteristically, while the other Predacons were torching a valley full of [[anthropoid]]s, Quickstrike hung back with Megatron. Once Dinobot had exhausted most of his power defeating the others, Quickstrike leaped into battle, believing Dinobot to be less of a warrior without his weapons. Dinobot responded by physically beating the Predacon and slamming him head-first into the ground. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

[[File:Agenda3-QuickstrikeonRampage.jpg|thumb|And the lady shall ride a tiger! Wait, no.]]

Quickstrike took part in a desperate attack on the ''Axalon'' when it seemed as though the Maximals would be receiving help from Cybertron. As it turned out they did, and the Predacons were repelled by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s [[transwarp cruiser]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Once Megatron had convinced Ravage to switch sides, the Predacons mounted another attack on the ''Axalon''. Quickstrike rode triumphantly atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]'s tank mode... only to be blasted off by Cheetor and subsequently run over by his comrade. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Quickstrike worked to reassemble himself as Megatron called on the Predacons to get themselves ready for battle. Apparently he wasn't finished in time to take part in the subsequent destruction of the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

After Rampage disappeared while on a mission, Megatron sent Quickstrike to look for him. Quickstrike soon found the crab at the mercy of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], and was only too happy to lend a hand by shooting the Maximal newcomer. Sadly he didn't have long to celebrate his victory before a cluster of missiles fired by Primal blew him away. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} When the Maximals attempted to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] from the wreck of the ''Axalon'', Quickstrike helped Waspinator by taking on Rattrap and Silverbolt, while his fellow Predacon headed for home with the computer module. He headed over to finish off the unconscious Silverbolt... only to be flattened when Rampage fell on him. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

[[File:CuttingEdge-Quickstrikeyoumaylead.jpg|thumb|left|I never thought the FaceEatingacons would eat MY face.]]

While the bulk of the Maximal forces were distracted by Megatron's [[Cyber-Raptor]]s out in the field, Quickstrike accompanied the Predacon leader in an assault against the Maximals' home base. He was given lead position as they entered the base, arising jealousy from Inferno. The reason as to why Quickstrike was allowed to go first became clear moments later as Quickstrike was taken out by a sequence of booby traps. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}}

Attempting to find out what had happened to the [[Transmetal driver]], the Predacons interrogated Depth Charge, only to be attacked by a strange feral cat creature. After promising to make the creature into a ghost, Quickstrike chased it behind a rock. His snake head came back minus the rest of him. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}} During the construction of the [[disruptor cannon]], Quickstrike was the only one <s>foolish</s> brave enough to be welding ''inside'' the weapon barrel when Inferno plugged it in, and was knocked off his perch by the energy surge. Once they got the cannon working, Quickstrike's prognosis of "lookin' good!" proved premature, as it exploded in their faces. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} Quickstrike and the other Predacons attempted to disrupt the power in the Maximal base during an attempt by the Maximals to remove Blackarachnia's Predacon [[shell program]]. He was swiftly dispatched by Cheetor. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

[[File:MasterBlaster Quickstrike in Optimus suit.jpg|thumb|Check out mah fancy duds!]]
Using one of Tarantulas's devices, Optimus Primal was able to be controlled using an exo-suit manipulated by Quickstrike. The Fuzor was able to rapidly disable the other Maximals, allowing the Predacons to take control of the Maximal base. Using the [[Teletraan I]] control codes stored in Primal, Quickstrike and Megatron gained entry to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], within which lay the body of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Megatron took his predecessor's spark into himself and, while he was weakened from the struggle of doing so, Quickstrike revealed it was a double-cross. On Tarantulas's orders, Quickstrike used Primal to seize the Predacon leader and throw him into the lava outside the Ark. Unfortunately for both the arachnids, Megatron lived, upgraded into a new form. Quickstrike was defeated by Blackarachnia, losing his link with Primal. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

[[File:OtherVictories-DinobotRampagetrial.jpg|left|thumb|I have nothing BUT contempt for this court! And your wig!]]

Furious, Megatron held a trial for Quickstrike, however it was interrupted by an unexpected incursion — the [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. Quickstrike was literally blown away along with his Predacon comrades, leaving Megatron the only one standing to face Tigerhawk. {{storylink|Other Victories}} In the aftermath, Inferno, Quickstrike and Waspinator were sent by Megatron to find a new base. They decided on attacking an anthropoid colony, though Waspinator refused and was slagged by the other two. Quickstrike and Inferno charged, only to meet with heavy resistance from the natives. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} They finally got the early humans on the run, and were overjoyed to see the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] appear overhead... until the main [[fusion cannon]] fired on the site, killing them both. Among the parts of him salvaged by the early humans were his cobra tail, used as a trumpet, his claws used as a spit, and his faceplate, used as a mask. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

====3H comics====
After Megatron gained his dragon body, a temporal distortion drew the attention of both the Maximals and Predacons to a remote canyon, where Quickstrike and his fellow Predacons met their foes. The Maximals were losing, having been fought into a corner, when suddenly the battle was interrupted. The [[Dark Essence]], the source of the temporal distortion, had possessed the newcomer [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] with the life force of [[Unicron]]. Quickstrike and the others were immobilized by Windrazor/Unicron's psionic force blasts, and the merged creature advanced on the Maximals. {{storylink|Paradox}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
While waiting for his trial for betraying Megatron, Quickstrike was approached by his leader (who'd seemingly taken to talking to himself of late) and given a new mission. He flew over Maximal territory on a small glider, dropping off a small device into the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] before retiring to a safe position to observe. The device soon caused the Maximals to be at each other's throats, a fact he gleefully reported to Megatron. As his leader proceeded with the rest of the plan, Quickstrike relaxed in the sun, and was subsequently unprepared when the Maximals, having overcome the effects of the device, pounced on him. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
[[File:BWGatherQuickstrike.jpg|thumb]]
As [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among these moments was Quickstrike and Silverbolt's initial initiation into the Predacon ranks. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Hearing a commotion at some point after the Predacons acquired Sentinel, a distressed Inferno rushed to where he last left Megatron, bringing Quickstrike in tow. Both were surprised to see that Megatron had completely vanished. In reality, their leader had been chronologically displaced by Magmatron and his lackeys. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Quickstrike joined the hybrid [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] entity's successful coup against Megatron. Waspscream later released [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] from containment to force Protoform X into his service, but not before Protoform X offlined Quickstrike. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
[[File:QuickstrikeMetalsManga01.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|He's a tall drink a' water, ain't he?]]

Following the [[Quantum surge]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Quickstrike was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]]. Combining the mutated blood in his body with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s warrior drones, Quickstrike fashioned himself the [[Scorpion Corps]] and [[Cobra Corps]]. With his new army, he proceeded to attack the weakened Maximal base, gradually depleting [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel's]] defenses. When the Maximals were forced to shut Sentinel down to let [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in, Quickstrike's attacks really began to take a toll. Seeing an opening, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] entered the base and confronted the Maximals inside.

After she had finished, she left the base just as Quickstrike's forces caused it to collapse completely. Angry at her "interference", Quickstrike began to berate her. Not in the mood, Blackarachnia proceeded to kick Quickstrike's head clean off. Weeping, Quickstrike's noggin sat helplessly on the ground as his decapitated body scrambled around blindly. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Quickstrike recovered, but was promptly killed alongside his troopers by [[Jaguar]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} When Megatron freed the sparks eaten by Rampage, however, the released energies revived Quickstrike as a mindless zombie. He attacked Optimus Primal along with several other zombies, but was ultimately destroyed for good by Primal's rocket-fists. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Quickstrike participated in Battle MCMXXIII of the [[Games (competition)|Games]], a three-day long struggle that culminated in a stand-off between him and [[Stinkbomb]]. After a heated hand-to-hand battle between the two, Stinkbomb's chemical gun failed him, giving Quickstrike the opening he needed to fire his tail weapon and kill his opponent, winning the game for the Predacons. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:MLPTFII-2B-QuickstrikeKO.jpg|thumb]]
Under the control of [[King Sombra]], Quickstrike attempted to interrupt a duel between [[Applejack]] and [[Wildwheel (G1)|Wildwheel]] in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], only for the two to knock him out cold before he could make a move. {{storylink|One-Trick Pony}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Ian James Corlett]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)}}

====Maximal story====
Quickstrike joined the other Predacons in an assault on the ''Axalon''. Unfortunately for them, Optimus Primal and his team fought back, beating the Predacons all the way back to the ''Darkside''. By the time it was all over, Quickstrike was left dazed on the ground, unsure of what had just happened. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Predacon story====
Quickstrike was all too eager to kick some keister as Megatron announced his newest plan. When the Maximals took the bait and approached the ''Darkside'', Quickstrike joined a team of Predacons in beating them back, chasing them back to the ''Axalon''. On the ship's bridge, with the Maximals all but defeated, Quickstrike and the others prepared to finish them. However, Rhinox arrived at that moment and activated Sentinel's auto-guns, forcing the Preds to make a hasty retreat. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Move list====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Robot Mode'''
!colspan=2|'''Beast Mode'''
|-
|Special attack||Poison Strike
|Special attack||Poison Mist
|-
|Super attack||Quick-draw Venom Shot
|Super attack||Venom Bite
|}

===3D Battle Card Game===
Quickstrike fights under the command of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] once more, this time with several allies from (potentially) different universes and/or timelines. He now possesses a new body; although his [[beast mode]] is an approximation of his original form, his transformation scheme and [[robot mode]] are distinctively different. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Quickstrike-Fuzor.jpg|thumb]]
Quickstrike Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward for the "Transmetals Episode 3" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Damage to Quickstrike's stasis pod resulted in the creation of a violent, highly aggressive Cybertronian with few compunctions. It didn't take long before Quickstrike fell in with Megatron's forces without even having to install the customary [[shell program]] that would turn him into a loyal Predacon.

In an alternate universe, Megatron tested the [[Transmetal driver|Transmetal Driver]] on Quickstrike before creating [[Dinobot II]]. With his newfound strength and intelligence, Quickstrike trained a horse named [[Fang (RPG)|Fang]] and adopted it as his new steed. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW-toy Quickstrike.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Space ship of death hole snake]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Quickstrike''' (Basic Fuzor, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク)
:*''Takara ID number'': '''D-45'''
:*''Release date'': September ??, [[1999]]
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of third-year ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Basics, [[Fuzor]] Quickstrike transforms into a scorpion with a cobra as its tail. The cobra head has a soft-plastic bladder than can be used to store and [[Water-squirting gimmick|squirt water]]. Most of its orange parts are translucent plastic, and make extensive use of [[ball joint]]s, particularly in its tail. While this provides excellent articulation, care should be taken as the joints loosen rather quickly with play.

: [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s version of the toy, released in September 1999 as part of the first wave of ''Metals'' toys, has extra blue paint applications on its face and red paint for its eyes. Its scorpion legs are cast in a darker orange color.

:The Hasbro version of Quickstrike, in Hasbro packaging with a large Japanese-language sticker on the back, was available in Japan long before the ''Metals'' release as a prize at KFC restaurants in December 1998 as part of a promotion for the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]'' movie. Kids' meals came with a special token used to activate a "gacha" capsule machine in the restaurants; among a number of ''Beast Wars'' themed goods was a special capsule that won the contestant a Hasbro Quickstrike.<ref>[http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Quickstrike/quickstrike.htm More information on Quickstrike at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Kagerō no Taiketsu: Metals Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (Multi-pack, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-45'''
:*''Release date'': September ??, 1999

: The Takara ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWM|Metals]]'' release of Quickstrike was available both individually or packaged in the "Heatwave Showdown" set (陽炎の対決メタルスエアラザーVSクイックストライク) with [[Transmetal|Metals]] [[Airazor (BW)#TM1|Airazor]].

: Both toys are original to their individual (Japanese) releases.
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP-Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Round em up, get on back!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Quickstrike''' (Deluxe Class, [[2026]])}} </ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''AOTP-26'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 28]], 2026
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Tomoki Tatsumi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

: Released as part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Deluxes (the first wave slated for the line's second year), just in time for the 30th anniversary of the original ''Beast Wars'' toyline, Quickstrike is a modern update of the character, transforming into an organic scorpion with a cobra for its tail. As might be expected from a modern ''Generations'' figure, his sculpt and deco are more accurate to his show model (not that the show model was far from the original toy), with expanded articulation and [[5 mm post]] compatibilty.

: The transformation joint to reposition his scorpion head in robot mode gives it a bit of articulation in beast mode. His opening cobra mouth also has an articulated [[Fire Blast effect]]-compatible peg inside, so you can have him breathe lasers or fire, which is awesome.

: Quickstrike and his wavemate [[Sureshot (G1)#Age of the Primes|Sureshot]] were both [[shortpacking|shortpacked]] to single copy per [[case]].<ref>[https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/transformers-generations-age-of-the-primes-deluxe-wave-4-case-of-8/hsg0474d ''AOTP'' Deluxe Wave 4 Case Assortment, Entertainment Earth]</ref>
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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Quickstrike''' (2007)

: A 33-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Quickstrike "transforms" from a gold and green scorpion to a gold and green scorpion standing on its hind legs. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]] [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].

==Notes==
* Quickstrike's beast mode [[character model]] has exposed robot parts on its underside, an oddity for organic beast modes. These parts include his ''robot mode head'', which is sometimes removed from the model in shots that would prominently display it.
* In the jovial Japanese dub, ''Beast Wars Metals'', Quickstrike's cobra tail could talk and think independently from Quickstrike. It would always end its sentences with either ''ko'', ''bura'', or ''kobura'' (コブラ, "cobra"). Quickstrike's own quirk in both the cartoon and the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|comic]] was that he'd end his sentences with ''gitchon'' or ''gitchonchon'' (ギッチョンチョン), which essentially translates to "snippity" or "snippity-snip".
*The ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Decepticon]] [[Darksteel (DOTM)|Darksteel]] is an intentional [[homage]] to Quickstrike. This occurred because designer [[Lenny Panzica]] likes snakes.<ref>[[BotCon 2011]]</ref>
* If the [[Transformers: Beast Wars|2021 Beast Wars comic]] had continued, Quickstrike would have been featured as a rival for Scorponok, intent on taking his position.{{fact}}

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク ''Kuikkusutoraiku'')
*''French:'' '''Cinglant''' (Canada, "Scathing")
*''Italian:'' '''Serpex''' ("Snakex")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kuài Dāo''' (快刀, "Quick Cutter")
*''Polish:'' '''Szybki Cios''' ("Quickstrike")
*''Spanish:'' '''Sorpresivo''' (Spain, "Surprise"), '''Cobra''' (America)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Age of the Primes Predacons]]
[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Predacons]]

Silverbolt (Fuzor)

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{{disambig3|Silverbolt}}
:''Silverbolt is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Silverboltfuzor.jpg|400px|thumb|He was on "The Daily Show" before Jon Stewart. For real.]]
"Pure, strong, and fast", '''Silverbolt'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sense of right and wrong is so overdeveloped his fellow Maximals wonder if his programming has a glitch. He speaks in lofty platitudes of chivalry, nobility, and idealized heroism; his speeches make even [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] roll his optics. His conviction is both his strength and his weakness. He sees the world in black and white—and not just because his [[beast mode]] is partly canine. The only gray area for Silverbolt is [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. His fierce love for the "evil" [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] causes him to question his preconceived notions of right and wrong. He was very proud of his ability to convert Blackarachnia to the Maximals, and, though most of the Maximals are skeptical of her loyalty to the cause and to him, he has nothing but faith in her.

{{bigquote|Though threatening your own comrade is no doubt business as usual in the Predacon guide to villainy... it is simply unacceptable behavior in ''my'' book!|Silverbolt|"[[Bad Spark]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Mitsuo Iwata]] (Japanese)|[[Yu Zhenbo]] (Chinese), [[Bruno Rocha]] (Portuguese), [[Marco Pagani]] (Italian), [[Pierre Forest]] (French), [[César Soto]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

[[File:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Megatron fuzors.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|The more you know! ''(da da da daaaaa)'']]
The explosion caused by the destruction of the [[Vok]] [[Planet Buster]] sent all [[stasis pod]]s crashing to Earth. Some pods' scanners were damaged in the shock wave and eventual crash-landing, resulting in the [[Fuzor|Fuzors]], a blend of two beast forms and the advanced Transmetal technology. One of these Fuzors was the winged wolf Silverbolt, while his neighbor was the violent, psychotic cobra-scorpion [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], who immediately picked a fight with the peaceful Silverbolt upon their activation. The fight was interrupted by [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who tricked both Fuzors and recruited them into the Predacons. Silverbolt felt the faction's activation code and Megatron's orders to attack the passing [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] to be distasteful (seeing how the cat had not attacked them), earning furious punishment from the Predacon leader. Soon, he and the other Predacons faced the remaining Maximals in battle. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}}

Silverbolt and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] were sent on to attack the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' directly, only for Silverbolt to be shot down by the ship's auto-guns. To his surprise, the Maximals took him back to their base for repairs, rather than finish him off. This act of compassion and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'s own admission of defection led him to make an important decision and he joined the Maximals, saving the newly reborn [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] from Megatron. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:Tangled Web Silverbolt.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Brave, strong, fast ... and never without utensils.]]
Soon afterwards, while on patrol with the much more laid-back [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (who spent a lot of the time pointedly ignoring Silverbolt's lines of honor and virtue), Silverbolt encountered the alluring Blackarachnia when [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and Quickstrike were attempting to set up a forward base. She was somewhat surprised by his complete refusal to strike her simply because she was a female and used it to her advantage to attack him. However, the Maximal had no such compunction against fighting the coarse Quickstrike. {{storylink|Tangled Web}}

During another mission, Silverbolt was shot down by Waspinator, who was prevented from taking the Maximal away by Rattrap. Silverbolt was able to return to base to fetch Optimus, and the pair were in time to prevent Dinobot, who had attempted to defect back to the Predacons, from being slagged by Megatron. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}} Silverbolt and Optimus arrived at an alien site unfortunately much too late to prevent [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] from being abducted. They returned to the alien site later, and were blasted by an [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] which appeared there. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Silverbolt and Cheetor, recovering quickly from the blast by virtue of their [[Transmetal]] properties, returned to the ''Axalon'' carrying [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and Dinobot. They would later take part in a diversionary assault on the Metal Hunter in order to allow Rattrap and Tarantulas to slip inside and rescue Primal. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:BadSpark battle-damaged Silverbolt.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Blackarachnia likes it rough.]]
The discovery of a stasis pod containing [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] led Silverbolt to once again encounter the dark temptress Blackarachnia, who was less than amused that he refused to fight her. After an energon explosion blasted them both across the jungle, damaging Silverbolt's wings, they were forced to journey together by foot. Silverbolt saved Blackarachnia from a [[saber-toothed cat|saber-toothed tiger]], and she in turn saved him from a nasty fall, however he was unable to get her admit there was any sort of Maximal goodness lurking within her. They soon encountered Protoform X, and Blackarachnia helped the Maximals defeat it, but was knocked off the cliff. Silverbolt once again came to her rescue, despite her protests that she didn't need help. {{storylink|Bad Spark}}

Though not having known Dinobot for long, Silverbolt took part in his funeral. {{storylink|Code of Hero}} While searching for a Predacon jamming tower, Silverbolt protected a stasis pod from [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. The pod contained a strange mutated Transformer which would later be dubbed [[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]]. Silverbolt appealed to Transmutate that the Maximals offered it friendship, however Transmutate fell in with the Predacons, swayed by Rampage. Transmutate led Silverbolt into a trap, allowing Rampage and Inferno to damage the Fuzor, but joined the Maximals following a rescue mounted by Optimus. Though the other Maximals wanted to put Transmutate into stasis lock, Silverbolt argued strongly against it. After Transmutate was accidentally destroyed by Rampage and Silverbolt who were fighting over the creature, Silverbolt was anguished, and told the other Maximals to leave Rampage to mourn. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

[[File:Agenda 2 Silverbolt Optimus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Silverbolt's in the dog house.]]

Silverbolt found himself reluctantly sneaking off to meet with Blackarachnia, providing her with a [[graviton generator]] for the hoversled she was building. Despite his secrecy, the other Maximals seemed all aware of what he was up to, with Rattrap insinuating all sorts of activities. The Maximals were joined by a Predacon secret agent, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], who invited them to help him capture Megatron. During their attack on the ''Darksyde'', Silverbolt again refused to attack Blackarachnia, allowing her to leave the field of battle, much to Primal's annoyance. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

[[File:Agenda3-remindsmeofyou.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"See that star? I bought it for $300 on the Internet. Totally legitimate!"]]

Though Cheetor was assigned the task of bringing Blackarachnia in, Silverbolt rendered his fellow Maximal unconscious, himself going to find Blackarachnia. Locating her in pursuit of Waspinator, he pleaded with her to join the Maximals, and refused to leave until she did, even after she shot him in the thigh. While they were distracted, the hoversled hit Waspinator, forcing Silverbolt to once again save a disgusted Blackarachnia. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}} He subsequently aided her in digging into the side of a [[Mount St. Hilary|mountain]], to discover within the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When Megatron arrived, Silverbolt was the playing card to convince Blackarachnia to open the doors to the Ark and allow him inside. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

[[File:BWSilverbolt Blackarachnia OptimalSituation.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damn you, [[Salazar]]! DAMN YOU, SALAZAAAARRR!]]
Soon after, when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was injured enough to cause a time storm, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt used the Ark's systems to start repairs on the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. Silverbolt helped his fellow Maximals defend the Ark against Megatron and, a short time later, stumbled on Blackarachnia who had been shot by the Predacon leader during his escape. Silverbolt cradled Blackarachnia in his arms, delivering a long melodramatic speech and howling when she went offline... only for the others to point out that she was just in [[stasis lock]] and would be fine once she got some repairs. With the loss of the ''Axalon'', the Maximals moved in to the cavern housing the Ark. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[File:ChangingOfTheGuard-Silverbolt.jpg|left|thumb||300px]]

He and Blackarachnia would hang out on sentry duty together. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} Sent on another mission, Silverbolt delivered Rattrap in a [[subaquatic stealth vessel]] to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] from the remains of the ''Axalon''. Though Rattrap retrieved the module, the pair ran into trouble in the form of the Predacons, and were ultimately prevented from getting away clean when they literally ran into [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

When Cheetor seemed to be developing a crush on Blackarachnia, Silverbolt made no secret of his jealously, especially when the pair were assigned a mission together without him. Cheetor and Blackarachnia quickly got into danger, attacked by Tarantulas and some [[Cyber-Raptor]]s, and naturally Silverbolt was first to come to their aid. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}} Cheetor would later go missing after a dangerous mission with Depth Charge. Though he joined in the search, Silverbolt was jealous at Blackarachnia's apparent concern for their comrade. Confronted by a feral beast, Silverbolt and Rattrap were surprised to be told by Primal that it was Cheetor, upgraded into a [[Transmetal 2]] form by Megatron's [[transmetal driver]]. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}}

The Maximals investigated the possibility of removing Blackarachnia's Predacon shell program, causing her to flee into the woods. Silverbolt convinced Rattrap not to tell the others, so he could find her personally, only to get in the middle of a fight between Blackarachnia and [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]]. Though he and Blackarachnia managed to defeat Dinobot, she was still determined to leave the Maximals, until they revealed that the decision to go through with the procedure to remove her shell program was up to her. {{storylink|Proving Grounds (BW)|Proving Grounds}}

[[File:CrossingtheRubicon Silverbolt and Blackarachnia in profile.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|There's a new boy in the neighborhood / I'd like to meet him if I could]]
Silverbolt interrupted Blackarachnia during an experiment she was attempting to undergo in order to convert herself into a Transmetal 2. The failure of the experiment caused her shell program to degrade, leading the Maximals to attempt the tricky procedure of removing it. Disruption caused by the Predacons caused Blackarachnia's death, and an enraged Silverbolt set out to dismantle Tarantulas in retaliation. Though he swiftly defeated Tarantulas, Silverbolt was brought down by Rampage, who was about to finish off the Maximal when a revived and upgraded Blackarachnia arrived to rescue her boyfriend. Silverbolt was overjoyed at her recovery. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

[[File:MasterBlaster Silverbolt tongue out.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|thumb|Space Invaders is serious business!]]
When Waspinator mounted a solo attack on the Ark, Silverbolt was his only casualty. The attack was simply a diversion to allow Tarantulas to deliver a device to put Quickstrike in control of Optimus Primal. The other Maximals ended up locked in a cage, bar Blackarachnia, who was able to rescue them so that they could help fight off Megatron, who had upgraded himself by stealing the spark of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

Following the destruction of the Predacon base, Silverbolt and Depth Charge searched for the Predacons by air. They found their foe, however Depth Charge set off a boobytrap, which damaged Silverbolt. Despite his protests that it was merely a scratch, the fact that his head fell off severely undermined his argument, and Silverbolt found himself being escorted back to base for repairs. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} He was repaired in time to help the other Maximals attempt to get the Ark moving before Megatron arrived with the newly discovered ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. Though they failed, Megatron was still defeated, and the Maximals set course for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the Autobot shuttle they'd found. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Mitsuo Iwata]] (Japanese)|[[Fang Shuqiao]] (Chinese), [[Marcus Jardym]] (Portuguese), [[Massimo Bitossi]] (Italian), [[Helmut Gauß]] (German), [[Daniel Lema]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Saúl Alvar]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[David Manet]] (French)}}

[[File:RevelationsDescent-Silverboltvirus.jpg|left|thumb|but i... finally got... shadows...]]

When the Autobot shuttle arrived in Cybertron's orbit, it was attacked by shots from from the surface. Once it crash-landed, Silverbolt fled with the other Maximals while being chased by tank drones. However, he and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] were among the last to be hit with canisters of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s [[transformation virus]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}}

When the Maximals found themselves back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] running for their lives from armies of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]], their memories of their past had been tampered with. Even [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] could not remember Silverbolt fully until she hacked into the memory backup on their ship. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

[[File:Silverboltjetstorm.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Sadly, this was the coolest Silverbolt would get in ''Beast Machines''...]]
Blackarachnia began to suspect that Silverbolt's [[spark]] might be inside one of the [[Vehicon General]]s. At first, she erroneously thought it was within [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]], but after a mishap with some technorganic goop, Silverbolt's spark was proven to be inside [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (and Thrust turned out to be [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], whose amorous advances were tragically spurned by the arachnid chick). For a precious few moments, Silverbolt's consciousness was completely awoken within Jetstorm's body, reverting him to his old personality, until the goop was absorbed completely and Jetstorm's [[shell program]] reasserted itself. {{storylink|The Catalyst}}

Obsessed with bringing Silverbolt back, she hounded Jetstorm, demanding he remember their shared love and return to the Maximals. Needless to say, Jetstorm was vexed by this. When [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] created a gizmo that would help them transfer the stolen Transformer sparks into new bodies, Blackarachnia stole it. Leading Jetstorm into the planet's organic core, she attached the gizmo to his back and trapped the Vehicon in a pool of the technorganic goop with her webs. After much screaming, reformatting, and brilliant light, Silverbolt was reborn as a condor, having scanned skeletal remains inside the cavern in the process.

[[File:Silverboltbm.jpg|left|upright=1.15|thumb|...for he later became... Purplebolt! The World's Deadliest Peacock!]]
Counter to Blackarachnia's expectations, Silverbolt was not pleased. Gone was the Maximal who exemplified honor and chivalry, replaced with one who desired only retribution and vengeance. "I was a fool back then", he once said. "I ''believed'' in things". Distraught, Blackarachnia managed to convince him to come along with her to help rescue [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] from inside [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Grand Mal|Big Floating Head]], but Silverbolt did not accompany her for their friends, as he was not interested in them. He went to confront Megatron.

Megatron, seeing that his general had been reformatted into a Maximal, tried to seduce Silverbolt back to his side. Silverbolt was told he was a creature of honor who fought for just causes, and that Megatron gave Silverbolt not only a just cause (the technological purity of Cybertron), but also the power and strength to fight for that cause. Blackarachnia countered at every point, pleading with Silverbolt to remember their love and friendship. Silverbolt ignored her, bitterly retorting that Megatron had given him ''nothing''. With nearly insane fury, he let loose a volley of feather bombs, disrupting Megatron from within. Cheetor and Primal were rescued, and Silverbolt was dragged away from the battle.

Slightly calmed, Silverbolt was later approached by Blackarachnia. He confided in her the real reason for his anger: it was not what Megatron had done to him, but that he'd been freed from his code of honor and ''enjoyed'' the experience. He did not trust himself any longer. This did not deter Blackarachnia. She believed, no matter what, that Silverbolt had goodness in his heart. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}}

[[File:Wolf in the Fold Silverbolt infected.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Who goosed the goose?]]
Silverbolt's return to the Maximals was not without its hiccups, however. When he formally returned to the group, Megatron used giant mechanical drill-tentacles to damage the city and get the Maximals' attention... as well as activate a new strain of the ancient [[Hate Plague]] virus hidden in Silverbolt. After infecting everyone and nearly scrapping each other, they managed to cure themselves. Silverbolt was bummed about being used, but Optimus gave him a pat on the shoulder and said "Hakuna matata". Or words to that effect. {{storylink|A Wolf in the Fold}}

When a spaceship was shot down and crashed into the city, Silverbolt was teamed with [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] to reach it from the air, and he had to endure the young Maximal's harsh words and attitude, brought on by the Hate Plague incident. Silverbolt fought against the [[Botanica (BM)|crazed space plant]] on the shuttle, then against a horde of Tank Drones in their underground base, and his actions finally allowed Nightscream to warm up to him. {{storylink|Home Soil}}

[[File:Sparkwar2 Silverbolt beast mode.jpg|left|upright=1.34|thumb|"You are all ''weirdos!''"]]
After a battle against Thrust and his cycle drones, Silverbolt chewed Blackarachnia out for losing focus during the battle. Nightscream later approached Silverbolt to tell him not to be such a jerk to Blackarachnia, but Silverbolt wasn't interested in listening and flew off, pursued by the younger Maximal. The pair soon encountered trouble in the form of two new Vehicon Generals, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]. Though they were joined by the other Maximals, the Vehicon Generals out-thought them at every turn, and they were only saved when Botanica intervened. Still, Silverbolt didn't fancy their chances against the new generals. {{Storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike|The Strike}}

During the search for the missing sparks, Silverbolt was teamed with Cheetor and Blackarachnia. Though he wasn't keen on taking orders from Cheetor, whom he regarded as a kid, despite Blackarachnia asserting that Cheetor had grown up a lot since the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. Eventually Cheetor was able to prove himself sufficiently to earn Silverbolt's respect. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}} With the discovery that the missing sparks were aboard the Grand Mal, Cheetor, Nightscream and Silverbolt set about keeping the Vehicons busy while Optimus and the others sneaked on board. They were too late to prevent the beginning of Megatron's spark-fueled ascension, though it was ultimately halted by Nightscream. Silverbolt joined the other Maximals in mourning the loss of Nightscream's friend [[Noble (BM)|Noble]]. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege|The Siege}}

[[File:Silverboltblackarachniaseedsofthefuture.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Now that we've won, we can bang like everyday ordinary really ugly people.]]
Despite Megatron's apparent demise, Silverbolt was reluctant to renew relations with Blackarachnia. The pair's discussion was interrupted by an attack by a [[zombie]] animated by a strange red spark. The Maximals hunted the spark through the streets of [[Cybertropolis]], only for it to turn out to be Megatron after Rattrap forced it into the body of a [[Diagnostic Drone]]. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}}

The Maximals struggled to protect the Grand Mal and the sparks it contained, Silverbolt, Blackarachnia and Nightscream were sent out to wreak havoc in the ranks of the Vehicons in an attempt to distract them. The Vehicons eventually overcame the Grand Mal's shields. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral|The Downward Spiral}} The Maximals received a power up from the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] and were able to hold their own against the Vehicons, until Megatron cut off their power boost. Silverbolt was taken out by Thrust, and Blackarachnia by Obsidian. Their sparks were subsequently torn out by cycle drones. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|When Legends Fall}} Though unable to aid physically, the Maximals gave Optimus Primal moral support during his duel with Megatron. Following the [[Great Transformation]], the Maximals' sparks were returned to their bodies. Silverbolt's old personality reemerged—only for him to ruin the moment by saying the corniest line he could think of. And more power to him. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}

====3H comics====
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English)}}

Silverbolt and Rattrap came upon [[Packrat]] and [[Onyx Primal]] battling the Predacons [[Vice Grip]] and [[Fractyl]]. Although Silverbolt was gung-ho as always when it came to rescue fellow Maximals, Rattrap didn't want to bother, them being "repaints" and all. Silverbolt disregarded Rattrap's commentary and charged right in. Apparently, their phenomenal entrance took out half the landscape. It must have really been something to see. After the Predacons had been driven away, the Maximals were attacked by a [[Antagony (BW)|mysterious shadowy figure]]. Thankfully, Optimus Primal soon came around to help out with the situation. {{storylink|Visitations}}

Later, Silverbolt and the other Maximals set out to investigate a temporal anomaly detected by Rhinox. They encountered the Predacons en route. The two factions were locked in a firefight, though the advantage lay with the Predacons. After Megatron took off to reach the time-traveller that both teams had previously detected, Optimus was forced to pursue him, leaving his troops against insurmountable odds. The Predacons eventually began to push the Maximals back towards a cliffside. Then, suddenly, Predacon fire ceased entirely. The situation had not become any safer however, the Maximals now had to contend with [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]], the aforementioned time-traveler, possessed by Unicron's dark essence. Though Windrazor was able to expunge Unicron from his systems, the much more powerful Shokaract appeared immediately aftwerwards... {{storylink|Paradox}}

Shortly after the [[Great Transformation]] of Cybertron, the [[Quintesson]]s invaded in full force, hoping the recent ecological and biological upheaval would tip the balance in their favor. Silverbolt and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] led a counterforce in [[Cybertropolis]], where they had little trouble against the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] armies. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

[[File:Blackarachniaabduction.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Y'know, his life would have been way easier if he'd just settled down with Airazor instead.]]
One year later, five great Autobot heroes ([[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Shadow Striker (Universe)|Shadow Striker]], and [[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]]) returned home to a peaceful planet. Amidst a media blitz and celebration, Silverbolt, Blackarachnia, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] were among the Maximals to greet them.

However, what appeared to be celebratory fireworks struck Silverbolt and Blackarachnia and also the five Autobots. They were transported to the fiery [[Pit (Universe)|Pit]] deep within [[Unicron]], where all but Trailbreaker were rebuilt painfully into new bodies. Silverbolt was piece-by-piece reassembled into a version of his original [[Fuzor]] form.

[[File:Silverbolt tfu.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Angsty Redux]]
Seeing an arena up ahead, the seven moved towards it, only to be attacked by a swarm of [[Cauldron drone|shape-shifting, lava-like creatures]]. Though they fought, they were overwhelmed and taken into a nearby arena, the [[Cauldron]], where they were caged along with a multitude of Transformers kidnapped from across the multiverse. Silverbolt believed he recognized some of their jailers, such as variant versions of [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]], but the being he thought was [[Tigerhawk]] wanted Silverbolt to know that he was, in fact, [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]! The three (and [[Reptilion]]) were from different universes, and they oversaw the battles that took place within the Cauldron. Here, Silverbolt would fight and die, his extinguished spark meant to feed the damaged Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|Abduction}}

As Sunstreaker and Sideswipe battled, Silverbolt noticed another intruder within the Cauldron - Optimus Primal! Could it be? Silverbolt and Trailbreaker used this distraction to hatch an escape plan. Since their cells were tuned to [[Bio-mechanical aura|their bodies]], the two [[Primary system program transfer|swapped personality data]], allowing them to leave their cages. Freeing the others, they and Optimus Primal rushed the guards and headed back outside of the arena. Optimus Primal and [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] opened a portal back home to Cybertron, which would have made a happy ending for Silverbolt, but instead Blackarachnia and Shadow Striker betrayed them. Corrupted by the [[Unicron virus]] that persisted within their bodies since their experience within the Pit, Shadow Striker and Silverbolt's beloved had finally succumbed to its demands. Blackarachnia bid a final goodbye to Silverbolt and pushed him through the portal to safety. Once Silverbolt arrived back home, he quietly vowed to bring Blackarachnia back into the light. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}

[[File:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Okay, is it my turn to be evil again next?]]
Silverbolt joined several other of the escapees at the [[Oasis Research and Development Facility]], where a stranded alternate universe [[Ratchet (Universe)|Ratchet]] attempted to remove the virus from Sideswipe's new form with no success. He and Cheetor wondered aloud whether they could truly trust this resurrected Primal. Silverbolt noted that they'd all seen how the virus had corrupted Blackarachnia, and the same could have happened to their former leader. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

During the war, Rhinox built a device to counteract Unicron's attempts to abduct Transformers from across the multiverse. Two such attempts were only partially successful, sending the would-be abductees to a barren, icy planetoid. This necessitated the deployment of a rescue team consisting of Rattrap, Silverbolt, and Waspinator but also prompted Unicron to deploy a team of Minions to the planetoid. Working with the victims of Unicron's abduction attempt as well as the crew of an Autobot freighter accidentally pulled in from the past by Rhinox's device, the rescue team successfully fended off the Minions and sent everyone back to their proper realities and eras. {{storylink|Voice Actor Drama}}

This conflict with Unicron went on for an unspecified amount of time, until one last desperate raiding party on the Chaos Bringer, which included Primal, Silverbolt, and many others. As they fought the armies of Unicron, suddenly, without warning, Unicron began to [[Unicron Singularity|dissolve]] beneath them. The Universe War finally resolved, Silverbolt carried away a presumably redeemed Blackarachnia with him towards a portal leading home. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
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====Razorclaw continuity====
In one splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], minor atmospheric fluctuations caused Silverbolt's stasis pod to crash on the far side of Earth from the ''Axalon''. With the absence of Silverbolt's intervention, Megatron killed the Maximals who opposed him. Silverbolt's stasis pod was presumably destroyed later when his reality was consumed by the [[timestorm]] caused by Megatron's machinations. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
On the way back to Cybertron after the end of the Beast Wars, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt dozed off to sleep while cuddling each other. {{storylink|Ain't No Rat}}

{{BW Shell Game}}
They awoke, affected by a Transwarp agitator planted on the shuttle by a new team of Predacons hiding on Earth. This device caused Silverbolt and the other Maximals aboard to act aggressively towards one-another, and they tried to force Rattrap into the ship's C.R. Chamber due to its influence. Rattrap resisted, managed to get away, and deactivated the ship's Transwarp drive. Though this restored the Maximals to their senses, it also returned them to prehistoric Earth. {{storylink|Shell Game issue 1|Shell Game #1}}

====''Legends'' anthology (1)====
Not long after Megatron combined his spark with that of the original Megatron, he had Quickstrike plant a device in the Maximal base. The device magnified the Maximals' aggression, and Silverbolt was soon trying to stop Rhinox from mangling Blackarachnia. After Optimus intervened, Silverbolt attacked him and was thrown aside, as Primal too succumbed to the device's effects. Luckily the Maximal leader was able to use his recent experiences to overcome the device and free the other Maximals, and they then chased Megatron off. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

Blackarachnia was trying to persuade Silverbolt that it was all right for them to resume their romance after Megatron's apparent death, when they were attacked by a strange zombie-like creature. Silverbolt assumed the creature was a Maximal with its spark restored, and tried to reassure it that it was safe, only to be blasted by it. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}
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====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
As [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments taking place during the Beast Wars. Among those moments was Silverbolt and Quickstrike's initial recruitment into the Predacon ranks. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

====''Wings Universe''====
Following the Great Transformation of Cybertron, Silverbolt and his friends stood guard over Cheetor as their leader attempted to commune with the Oracle. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag|Alpha Trizer's profile}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], the machinations of the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from [[Primax 206.15 Gamma]] resulted in Silverbolt awakening in a scenario where the Maximals were losing to the Predacons. Realizing that he had little in common with either side, Silverbolt struck out on his own, but after the hybrid [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspscream]] seized control of the Predacons, he had Silverbolt captured in order to tie up loose ends. However, on the return trip to Cybertron, Megatron escaped and conquered the planet with a transformation virus, converting the populace's bodies into Vehicons. Upon the arrival of Waspscream's crew, Silverbolt, [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] were captured and converted into Vehicon Generals, Silverbolt becoming [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]. Waspscream's Predacons later liberated Silverbolt from his Vehicon slavery, but he and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] later died screaming at the command of brutal Vehicon General [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}} During the [[Universe War]], this Obsidian would remark on this event to the Silverbolt of [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon]]. {{storylink|Abduction}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
As a result of spacetime shockwaves caused by [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] in [[G1 World|Primax 785.06 Alpha]], a quantum duplicate of the Autobot shuttle carrying the victorious Maximals home from the end of the Beast Wars in [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]] was spawned. The shuttle was shunted to [[BT World|Primax 903.0 Beta]], where [[Unicron]] destroyed it, scattering its crew into [[unspace|transwarp space]]. The Alternity shepherded the "shipwrecked" Primal, Rhinox, Rattrap, and Silverbolt to [[Viron 102.0 Beta]] in order to fight the similarly displaced Megatron, who schemed to take over this reality's Cybertron by capturing the populace's sparks and converting their bodies into Vehicons. Guided by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], Primal's forces fought the long and arduous "[[Allspark Battles]]", eventually triumphing over Megatron's Vehicon hordes. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Following the [[Great Transformation]], Silverbolt and the other surviving Maximals listened to Cheetor explain that Rhinox's spark was not gone for good, but lost in [[Legends World|another universe]]. {{storylink|LG-EX Rattrap}} After [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] were sent to retrieve their comrade, Silverbolt was elated to see the two return with Rhinox accompanying. {{storylink|LG-EX Rhinox}}

====A Change to the Agenda====
After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] attacked [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and was thrown out of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] activated the ship's defense systems, Silverbolt and the other Maximals attempted to heal the wounded Autobot. However, Megatron was not thrown far enough and the Predacon managed to reenter the Ark and blast the Autobot leader, decisively erasing the Maximals from the timeline. {{storylink|A Change to the Agenda}} In [[Primax 209.0 Gamma|the wildly different timeline]] that followed, Silverbolt's life would take [[#Beast Wars: Uprising|a very different track]].

===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
Following the [[Quantum surge]], Silverbolt was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]] and left stranded somewhere on [[Earth|Energoa]], far away from the other [[Maximal]]s and presumed dead by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. After [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] was reborn, Silverbolt could be seen staring poetically at the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] from somewhere on the planet. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Following the defeat of Megatron, Silverbolt was collected by [[Tigerhawk]] and reunited with his crew. He also encountered Blackarachnia and the two hit it off immediately. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}

===''Universe'' CD-ROM===
The Autobot Silverbolt followed Optimus Primal in fighting against [[Reptilion|Reptillion]] and his Decepticon forces. He engaged [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] in combat, but was probably defeated by him as the latter moved on to fight [[Striker]]. After the Decepticons were abducted by [[Acheron|a mysterious ship]], Silverbolt asked his leader just what the heck that thing was. {{storylink|Transformers: Universe CD-ROM|Universe CD-ROM}}

===''Legends'' anthology (2)===
The ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' crashed in [[Mexico]] sometime around 1,000 BCE, and the Maximals and Predacons fought many battles across the land. After Tarantulas and Waspinator enslaved a local [[Natiltec|tribe of humans]], one of the young warriors escaped and encountered Silverbolt. Detecting the energon dust on the human's hands, Silverbolt tracked it back to a cave inside which he found the two Predacons. He swiftly dispatched Tarantulas, but was still struggling with Waspinator when the cave collapsed, and he was later forced to dig his way out. The Natiltec, who had been able to escape during the battle, dubbed Silverbolt "Fire-in-the-Dark", and inscribed the story of his great battle into a cave wall. The inscriptions were found and translated some three thousand years later by an archaeological team of [[human]]s and [[Mini-Con]]s. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
As one of the Maximals forced to continue the war which the Autobots were no longer able to fight, Silverbolt was part of a small team under the command of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] that went up against the [[Darksyder]]s. He and Rhinox were both killed early in the conflict, spurring the others to rebel against Primal and the status quo. {{storylink|Alone Together: Prologue|Prologue}}

===Metals Silverbolt===
====Train Wars====
When [[the Fallen]] attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the hopes of merging with [[Vector Sigma]], [[Overdrive]] sought additional help using the power of his [[Quantum Dial]]. Further empowering the dial with the help of the Oracle, Overdrive reached across space and time to recruit inter-dimensional warriors, including a [[Transmetal]] version of Silverbolt. {{storylink|Train Wars}} The Fallen assumed a combination form, however, and managed to impale Silverbolt and the reinforcements using energy spikes. [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the [[Trainbot]]s, the [[Train Team]], and the [[Liner Team]] soon arrived to turn the tide, and the Fallen was ultimately defeated. In the aftermath, Silverbolt was returned home by the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]]. {{storylink|Train Wars 2}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] cheered on the Fallen in the battle against Silverbolt and the heroic opposition. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}}

==Commercial appearances==
An eagle and a wolf screamed in horrifying agony as they were sucked inexorably toward their searing, fiery death in a lava pit... Only to emerge as Silverbolt, who burst out of the molten lake and flew off! {{storylink|Commercial/Beast Wars#Fuzors|Fuzors commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Mitsuo Iwata]] (Japanese)}}
====Maximal story====
When the ''Axalon'' came under heavy Predacon fire, Silverbolt concurred with Optimus's plan to use it as an opening to retake the Golden Disk. He joined Primal's team in chasing the Predacons back to the ''Darkside'', successfully retaking the Disk. However, though Megatron appeared cornered, the group learned that the Predacons had managed to infiltrate the ''Axalon'' in their absence. As Megatron took off, Silverbolt and the others hurried back to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Predacon story====
Silverbolt joined Optimus Primal in an attack on the ''Darkside'', but this was revealed to be part of a plot by Megatron, and he and the other Maximals were swiftly overtaken, being beaten all the way back to the Axalon before being left badly damaged on the ground. Fortunately, Rhinox arrived and activated Sentinel's defenses before the Predacons could finish them off. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Move list====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Robot Mode'''
!colspan=2|'''Beast Mode'''
|-
|Special attack||Feather Missile
|Special attack||Sonic Cutter
|-
|Super attack||Spark Feather Barrage
|Super attack||Rising Talon Barrage
|}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Silverbolt was the first to arrive at the crash-site of a large stasis pod marked with a red "X". Soon joined by the Predacons Blackarachnia, Waspinator, and Terrorsaur however, Silverbolt finds himself having to fight the new arrivals until the scuffle leads to unleash Rampage from within the stasis pod. Rampage subsequently blows away Blackarachnia and Silverbolt into a hostile swamp, where they need to rely on one another to survive. Despite starting out as bitter enemies, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt soon find they have much in common and begin to form a bond. When they return to the battleground where Depth Charge has joined Blackarachnia's teammates, Silverbolt and Blackarachnia aided in Rampage's defeat, just in time for Megatron's arrival. {{storylink|When Sparks Fly}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Silverbolt-Fuzor.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Silverbolt Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 2" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Silverbolt was a deeply moral Maximal, and even cynical comrades like Rattrap couldn't help but admire his willingness to put himself in harm's way to protect his teammates. Silverbolt's Spark was later used to power the Vehicon General [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:Silverboltfuzortoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Watch out for my deadly spoons!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Silverbolt''' (Deluxe Fuzor, [[1998]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-41'''
:*''Accessories'': Left & right feather-missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of [[Fuzor]]s, Silverbolt transforms into a wolf with the wings, forelegs, and tail of an eagle. In either mode, pulling his tail activates a spring-loaded "wing flap" gimmick. Moving the wings far enough forward triggers their built-in spring-loaded missile launchers. Silverbolt's missiles are also designed to be held in his hands like clubs. Unlike in the show, Silverbolt's wings are permanently horizontally aligned in robot mode, rather than shifting vertically.

: For his [[Japan|Japanese]] release as part of ''Beast Wars Metals'', Silverbolt's grey plastic was made much lighter, and the wolf eyes were given painted irises and pupils.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[BotCon 1999]]'s [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] and the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of Silverbolt.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
{{-}}{{anchor|VS41}}

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Yūmō no Taiketsu: Silverbolt VS Metals Rampage''' (VS pack, [[1999]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''VS-41'''
:*''Accessories'': Left & right feather-missiles

: In Japan, Silverbolt was available both individually and in a "Brave Showdown" (勇猛の対決 ''Yūmō no Taiketsu'') two-pack with [[Rampage (BW)#VS41|Metals Rampage]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:Silverboltbmtoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Guess why I was packaged in robot mode!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Silverbolt''' (Basic, [[2000]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Wing-pack/sword
:*''Known designers'': [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Basics, Silverbolt transforms into a technorganic condor. His wings have a snap-together feature, and the entire wing assembly detaches to form a hand-held shield-blade for [[robot mode]]. His condor mode looks so awkward that it’s possible his real [[beast mode]] was originally intended to be a [[:File:Silverboltbmtoygriffin.jpg|griffin]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Beast Machines Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-SilverboltDeluxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Admit that I'm beautiful. ADMIT IT.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Silverbolt''' (Deluxe, [[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right feather-missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] and [[Brian Parrish]] (Hasbro)}}<ref name ="TripleParrish">[[December 9]], [[2024]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCb-L1RAH_U Interview] with [[Hasbro]] designer [[Brian Parrish]] on the "Triple Takeover" podcast, from their YouTube channel.</ref>

: A purple redeco of the original Fuzor toy and part of the very first assortment of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' product, Silverbolt transforms into a wolf/eagle fusion. He retains all of his previous [[gimmick]]s, but includes more paint applications this time around, such as pupils in his wolf mode eyes and the lightning-like "energon surge" deco on his back. This version also adds an Autobot sigil to his tummy gem. The socket for the gem is [[retool]]ed from the prior version, though this is not externally visible.

: According to the toy's deco artist [[Brian Parrish]], then-design lead [[Aaron Archer]] threw out purple as the base color when he asked for a starting point,<ref name ="TripleParrish"/> ostensibly simply to "fill out the color roster".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Evan worked with the person who made the Universe 2003 Silverbolt, the designer just wanted to make him purple to fill out the color roster.|link=https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/28/sdcc-2023-hasbro-show-floor-qa-legacy-studio-series-video-games-more-488215|name=Evan Brooks|site=TFW2005|title=SDCC 2023 Hasbro Show Floor Q&A – Legacy, Studio Series, Video Games, More!|year=2023|month=07|day=28}}</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Universe Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===''Beast Wars Returns''===
{{anchor|BWR}}
[[File:Silverboltbwrtoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Like lipstick on a... condor... thing.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Silverbolt''' (Basic, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''BR-10'''
:*''Release date'': [[March 31]], 2005
:*''Accessories'': Wing-pack/sword

: In 2005, the ''Beast Machines'' toy was [[redeco]]ed for the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' series in a much more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] purple color scheme. Like the rest of the line, he was only available at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Beast Wars Returns Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations'' (Japan)===
[[File:TFGenerations2014 Rejected Silverbolt.jpg|thumb|]]
*'''Metals Silverbolt''' (<strike>[[2015]]</strike>)
** ''Accessories:'' Presumably grapple launcher, 2 shoulder weapons

:A mock-up of a "Metals Silverbolt" (メタルシルバーボルト) toy in the form of a ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' Deluxe Class [[Grimwing (Prime)#Toys|Grimwing]] redeco was shown in ''[[Transformers Generations 2014 Vol. 1]]'' as one of ten potential exclusives for ''[[Transformers Generations 2014 Vol. 2|Vol. 2]]''. In the [[Fan polls#Generations Magazine Exclusive Character Popularity Vote|poll]] held to determine which of the ten would be produced, Silverbolt came in third place with 14.8% of the votes, losing out to [[Goshooter#Generations (Japan)|Goshooter]].<ref>[http://millionhero.sblo.jp/article/101898683.html Poll results at Hero-X]</ref>
{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Voyager-Class-Silverbolt.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wow, they remembered season 2 happened!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Beast Wars Universe Silverbolt''' (Voyager Class, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Silverbolt'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''TL-58'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[March 25]], 2024
:*''Accessories:'' Left & right feather-missiles/blades
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[October 27]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQDGvr0oGqs 1027 Hasbro Pulse Premium Event] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]] and [[Ben MacCrae]].</ref>

: Released in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' Voyager-class toys, Silverbolt is an updated version of his original ''Beast Wars'' design, featuring greater articulation and show accuracy. Most conspicuously, in robot mode his now-articulated wings now rest on his back (albeit considerably lower than on his show model), and his feather-swords are painted. The toy is in fact ''so'' show-accurate that it has large [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|non-functional]] hinges sculpted in front of the shoulders to mimic the original show model (and original toy).

: Strangely, Silverbolt's upper wing segments and missiles are sculpted asymmetrically: on one side he has one large peg-and-socket interface, on the other he has two smaller ones. The reason for this is unknown.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C3brwiWMk5B/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Silverbolt from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===''Beast Wars Ramune''===
[[File:Metalsheroramune.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Outnumbering enemies 6-to-1: heroic!]]
*'''Silverbolt''' ([[1998]])
:*''Accessories'': stand

:[[Kabaya]] released a painted, non-articulated PVC figurine of Silverbolt in its ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Ramune|Beast Wars Ramune]]'' line - specifically, in the final wave known as "Metals Hero Ramune."
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===''Metallic Beast Ramune''===
[[File:RamuneBWSilverbolt.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Moral clarity]]
*'''Silverbolt''' ([[1999]])
:*''Accessories'': Feather swords (2)

:A non-transforming snap-together kit produced by Kabaya, depicting Silverbolt's robot mode sculpted almost entirely from transparent plastic, with only the wings being opaque grey. Visible through the clear plastic is a chromed metallic endoskeleton and chromed wing feathers to play into the Transmetals / "Metals" theme of this product line (even though Silverbolt himself was, of course, a Fuzor). This figure was produced in two variants, with the chromed pieces available in either blue or gold.
{{--}}

===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Robotheroessilverboltmegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He will beat you to death with his mighty wheat!]]
*'''Silverbolt & Megatron''' (Two-pack, [[2008]])
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the "Beast Wars Series" of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]''-branded ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', Silverbolt comes packaged with [[Transmetal]] [[Megatron (BW)/toys#RHTransmetal|Megatron]]. He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Maximal/RHSilverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Robot Heroes Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
*According to [[Bob Forward]], Silverbolt's "white knight" personality was based on that of {{w|Lancelot|Lancelot du Lac}}.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19980702112138/http://www.transformers.org/bwz/fd1.htm TFFW.com January 1998 interview with Bob Forward] (archived)</ref>
*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Silverbolt was not portrayed as a stereotypical "knight in shining armor" as he was in the West. Instead, his unique character quirk was that he was ''psychotically polite'' and always happy no matter what. Silverbolt spoke in polite-form Japanese and had a habit of shouting English-language phrases, speaking like a stereotypical American (polite-form Japanese being the form Americans are taught, the Japanese often mock them for constantly using it). His verbal tic was a habit of shouting "DESU!" over and over again ("desu" being a part of polite-form Japanese, used to end sentences respectfully). Like all verbal tics in the Japanese dub, Silverbolt chanted it incessantly, including every time he fired his weapon.
*Unlike his fellow Fuzor Quickstrike, Silverbolt's beast mode does not appear to be Transmetalized, though he seemed to benefit from the same protection as those who were. This did not extend to his role during ''Beast Machines'' however, where he was susceptible to paralysis after the Transformation virus disabled him and Rhinox, the only two explicitly non-Transmetalized Maximals.
*According to various [[Hasbro]] representatives, ''Universe'' Silverbolt's colors (and those of pretty much the entire first wave of ''Universe'' product) were done by Hasbro employees from outside the ''Transformers'' team.
*Silverbolt's [[robot mode]] in ''Beast Machines'' was heavily designed after a traditional Japanese samurai.
*According to [[Steven Melching]]'s commentary on [[Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|''Beast Machines'' episode 25]], he made the changes to Silverbolt based on the evolution of the Adam West Batman into the Dark Knight.
*The ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' incarnation of Silverbolt was never visually depicted, but a concept redeco was mocked up using ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' Deluxe Class [[Dreadwing (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Dreadwing]], the same toy used to model ''Uprising'' [[Windrazor (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Windrazor]].<ref>Concept digibash shown at Pete's Robot Convention 2018</ref>
*According to [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]], handling Silverbolt's original ''Beast Wars'' toy is what inspired prolific [[TakaraTomy]] design legend [[Shogo Hasui]] to become a ''Transformers'' designer in the first place.<ref>[[March 21]], 2024's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPkQZZ4zasE Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 21, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Silverbolt''' (シルバーボルト ''Shirubāboruto'')
*''French:'' '''Silverbolt''' (''Beast Wars'' dub), '''Silverbot''' (''Beast Machines'' dub), '''Vif-Argent''' ("Quicksilver", Canada toy)
*''Italian:'' '''Grifo'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yín Láng''' (Taiwan ''Beast Wars'', 銀狼, "Silver Wolf"), '''Yín Shǎndìan''' (Taiwan ''Beast Machines'', 銀閃電, "Silver Bolt"), '''Shǎndìan''' (China ''Beast Wars'', 闪电, "Bolt"), '''Pīlì Xiá''' (China ''Beast Machines'', 霹雳侠, "Thunderbolt Knight")
*''Polish:'' '''Srebrny Grom'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Silverbolt''' (Spain), '''Rayo de Plata''' (America, toy, "Silver Bolt"), '''Lobo Plateado''' (America, cartoon, "Silver Wolf")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Silverbolttranstechconcept.jpg|Proposed ''Transtech'' concept art
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Armada Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Machines Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:Children of Primus]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Legacy Maximals]]
[[Category:Legends Maximals]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) characters]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us Japan exclusives]]
[[Category:Trackers]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Maximals]]

Quickstrike (BW)

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{{disambig3|Quickstrike}}

:''Quickstrike is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BW-Quickstrike-render.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|NOBODY TOUCHES PETE'S PIECE!!!]]

'''Quickstrike''' is a violent, trigger-happy desperado who rarely thinks beyond the next "keister he's gonna kick." This simple-minded lust for beating others up seems to be his overriding personality trait. While this makes him easy to manipulate, which [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] finds extremely useful, the problem he has found is that Quickstrike is ''so'' easy to manipulate that Megatron's not the only one doing so! Both [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have their hooks in him in some form or another, leading Megatron to consider controlling the vicious little bugger through the good old-fashioned method: fear of death. Quickstrike may be stupidly brave most of the time, but only to a point.

{{bigquote|Well, howdy! Don't bother gettin' up, I'll just kick you while you're down!|Quickstrike|"[[Code of Hero]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)|[[Yao Jude]] (Chinese), [[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian, 2nd dub), [[Fabio Tomasini]] (Portuguese) [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Jorge Ornelas]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Pascal Renwick]] (French)}}
[[File:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Quickstrike intro.jpg|thumb|left|Say howdy to mah head!]]
Quickstrike was originally one of the [[Maximal]] [[protoform]]s stored aboard the ''Axalon'', prior to it crashlanding on prehistoric [[Earth]]. When the [[Planet Buster]] exploded, his [[stasis pod]] was knocked out of orbit and crashed in [[Delta Quadrant]], an unstable region. His malfunctioning [[DNA scanner]] gave Quickstrike a dual scorpion/snake [[beast mode]], however when he was awakened, he had no knowledge of his identity as a Maximal. His first action was to engage his fellow [[Fuzor]] [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] in a sparring match. His aggressive nature made him an easy convert to the Predacon cause for [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and he was soon happily attacking the Maximals. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} He took part in the defeat of the Maximals, but only until [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] was resurrected as a [[Transmetal]]. During the fight against the Maximal leader, he was slagged by one of [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]'s errant missiles. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:TangledWeb-Quickstrikeface.jpg|thumb|"'Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate'... Ah don't ''like'' you wiki writers no more."]]
A short time later, Quickstrike was sent with [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] on a mission to build a refueling station at a cave full of energon. Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate, as all he was really interested in was a good fight, and possibly relations with Blackarachnia. Quickstrike was overjoyed when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and Silverbolt turned up and threw himself into the battle with his usual gusto. When the cave they'd been sent to build at was apparently destroyed, he only retreated after a lengthy parting shot. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} Taking part in an ambush, Quickstrike got the drop on Rattrap, but Rattrap was able to out-draw him and blasted him off a cliff. Quickstrike survived, and when [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] attempted to change sides, was only too happy to face the much-larger Maximal in one-on-one combat. Though he was defeated, Dinobot refused to terminate him, claiming he'd make a good soldier with some training. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

Quickstrike and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] attempted unsuccessfully to defend a jamming tower against Dinobot and Rattrap. Once they reported back to Megatron, they and the other Predacons proceeded to an alien site which had been discovered in the meantime, and set up a [[refractive web]]. They were unprepared when an [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] appeared and blasted them all. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Quickstrike, due to some Transmetal-like quality of his form, recovered quickly from the blast, and ventured into the construct with Megatron and Tarantulas. Megatron soon used him as a guinea pig to see if the construct's defences would respond to them — luckily for Quickstrike, they didn't. After Megatron had taken control of the ship, Quickstrike and the other Predacons defended it against a Maximal attack. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:CodeofHero Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|left|"Awww, this happens every time Ah try to do a barbeque..."]]
While Blackarachnia and Silverbolt were traipsing around the jungle together, Megatron, Quickstrike and Inferno spied on them using a bugging device planted earlier. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} Perhaps uncharacteristically, while the other Predacons were torching a valley full of [[anthropoid]]s, Quickstrike hung back with Megatron. Once Dinobot had exhausted most of his power defeating the others, Quickstrike leaped into battle, believing Dinobot to be less of a warrior without his weapons. Dinobot responded by physically beating the Predacon and slamming him head-first into the ground. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

[[File:Agenda3-QuickstrikeonRampage.jpg|thumb|And the lady shall ride a tiger! Wait, no.]]

Quickstrike took part in a desperate attack on the ''Axalon'' when it seemed as though the Maximals would be receiving help from Cybertron. As it turned out they did, and the Predacons were repelled by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s [[transwarp cruiser]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Once Megatron had convinced Ravage to switch sides, the Predacons mounted another attack on the ''Axalon''. Quickstrike rode triumphantly atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]'s tank mode... only to be blasted off by Cheetor and subsequently run over by his comrade. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Quickstrike worked to reassemble himself as Megatron called on the Predacons to get themselves ready for battle. Apparently he wasn't finished in time to take part in the subsequent destruction of the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

After Rampage disappeared while on a mission, Megatron sent Quickstrike to look for him. Quickstrike soon found the crab at the mercy of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], and was only too happy to lend a hand by shooting the Maximal newcomer. Sadly he didn't have long to celebrate his victory before a cluster of missiles fired by Primal blew him away. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} When the Maximals attempted to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] from the wreck of the ''Axalon'', Quickstrike helped Waspinator by taking on Rattrap and Silverbolt, while his fellow Predacon headed for home with the computer module. He headed over to finish off the unconscious Silverbolt... only to be flattened when Rampage fell on him. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

[[File:CuttingEdge-Quickstrikeyoumaylead.jpg|thumb|left|I never thought the FaceEatingacons would eat MY face.]]

While the bulk of the Maximal forces were distracted by Megatron's [[Cyber-Raptor]]s out in the field, Quickstrike accompanied the Predacon leader in an assault against the Maximals' home base. He was given lead position as they entered the base, arising jealousy from Inferno. The reason as to why Quickstrike was allowed to go first became clear moments later as Quickstrike was taken out by a sequence of booby traps. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}}

Attempting to find out what had happened to the [[Transmetal driver]], the Predacons interrogated Depth Charge, only to be attacked by a strange feral cat creature. After promising to make the creature into a ghost, Quickstrike chased it behind a rock. His snake head came back minus the rest of him. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}} During the construction of the [[disruptor cannon]], Quickstrike was the only one <s>foolish</s> brave enough to be welding ''inside'' the weapon barrel when Inferno plugged it in, and was knocked off his perch by the energy surge. Once they got the cannon working, Quickstrike's prognosis of "lookin' good!" proved premature, as it exploded in their faces. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} Quickstrike and the other Predacons attempted to disrupt the power in the Maximal base during an attempt by the Maximals to remove Blackarachnia's Predacon [[shell program]]. He was swiftly dispatched by Cheetor. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

[[File:MasterBlaster Quickstrike in Optimus suit.jpg|thumb|Check out mah fancy duds!]]
Using one of Tarantulas's devices, Optimus Primal was able to be controlled using an exo-suit manipulated by Quickstrike. The Fuzor was able to rapidly disable the other Maximals, allowing the Predacons to take control of the Maximal base. Using the [[Teletraan I]] control codes stored in Primal, Quickstrike and Megatron gained entry to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], within which lay the body of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Megatron took his predecessor's spark into himself and, while he was weakened from the struggle of doing so, Quickstrike revealed it was a double-cross. On Tarantulas's orders, Quickstrike used Primal to seize the Predacon leader and throw him into the lava outside the Ark. Unfortunately for both the arachnids, Megatron lived, upgraded into a new form. Quickstrike was defeated by Blackarachnia, losing his link with Primal. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

[[File:OtherVictories-DinobotRampagetrial.jpg|left|thumb|I have nothing BUT contempt for this court! And your wig!]]

Furious, Megatron held a trial for Quickstrike, however it was interrupted by an unexpected incursion — the [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. Quickstrike was literally blown away along with his Predacon comrades, leaving Megatron the only one standing to face Tigerhawk. {{storylink|Other Victories}} In the aftermath, Inferno, Quickstrike and Waspinator were sent by Megatron to find a new base. They decided on attacking an anthropoid colony, though Waspinator refused and was slagged by the other two. Quickstrike and Inferno charged, only to meet with heavy resistance from the natives. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} They finally got the early humans on the run, and were overjoyed to see the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] appear overhead... until the main [[fusion cannon]] fired on the site, killing them both. Among the parts of him salvaged by the early humans were his cobra tail, used as a trumpet, his claws used as a spit, and his faceplate, used as a mask. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

====3H comics====
After Megatron gained his dragon body, a temporal distortion drew the attention of both the Maximals and Predacons to a remote canyon, where Quickstrike and his fellow Predacons met their foes. The Maximals were losing, having been fought into a corner, when suddenly the battle was interrupted. The [[Dark Essence]], the source of the temporal distortion, had possessed the newcomer [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] with the life force of [[Unicron]]. Quickstrike and the others were immobilized by Windrazor/Unicron's psionic force blasts, and the merged creature advanced on the Maximals. {{storylink|Paradox}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
While waiting for his trial for betraying Megatron, Quickstrike was approached by his leader (who'd seemingly taken to talking to himself of late) and given a new mission. He flew over Maximal territory on a small glider, dropping off a small device into the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] before retiring to a safe position to observe. The device soon caused the Maximals to be at each other's throats, a fact he gleefully reported to Megatron. As his leader proceeded with the rest of the plan, Quickstrike relaxed in the sun, and was subsequently unprepared when the Maximals, having overcome the effects of the device, pounced on him. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
[[File:BWGatherQuickstrike.jpg|thumb]]
As [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among these moments was Quickstrike and Silverbolt's initial initiation into the Predacon ranks. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Hearing a commotion at some point after the Predacons acquired Sentinel, a distressed Inferno rushed to where he last left Megatron, bringing Quickstrike in tow. Both were surprised to see that Megatron had completely vanished. In reality, their leader had been chronologically displaced by Magmatron and his lackeys. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Quickstrike joined the hybrid [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] entity's successful coup against Megatron. Waspscream later released [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] from containment to force Protoform X into his service, but not before Protoform X offlined Quickstrike. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}
{{--}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
[[File:QuickstrikeMetalsManga01.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|He's a tall drink a' water, ain't he?]]

Following the [[Quantum surge]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Quickstrike was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]]. Combining the mutated blood in his body with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s warrior drones, Quickstrike fashioned himself the [[Scorpion Corps]] and [[Cobra Corps]]. With his new army, he proceeded to attack the weakened Maximal base, gradually depleting [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel's]] defenses. When the Maximals were forced to shut Sentinel down to let [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in, Quickstrike's attacks really began to take a toll. Seeing an opening, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] entered the base and confronted the Maximals inside.

After she had finished, she left the base just as Quickstrike's forces caused it to collapse completely. Angry at her "interference", Quickstrike began to berate her. Not in the mood, Blackarachnia proceeded to kick Quickstrike's head clean off. Weeping, Quickstrike's noggin sat helplessly on the ground as his decapitated body scrambled around blindly. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Quickstrike recovered, but was promptly killed alongside his troopers by [[Jaguar]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} When Megatron freed the sparks eaten by Rampage, however, the released energies revived Quickstrike as a mindless zombie. He attacked Optimus Primal along with several other zombies, but was ultimately destroyed for good by Primal's rocket-fists. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Quickstrike participated in Battle MCMXXIII of the [[Games (competition)|Games]], a three-day long struggle that culminated in a stand-off between him and [[Stinkbomb]]. After a heated hand-to-hand battle between the two, Stinkbomb's chemical gun failed him, giving Quickstrike the opening he needed to fire his tail weapon and kill his opponent, winning the game for the Predacons. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:MLPTFII-2B-QuickstrikeKO.jpg|thumb]]
Under the control of [[King Sombra]], Quickstrike attempted to interrupt a duel between [[Applejack]] and [[Wildwheel (G1)|Wildwheel]] in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], only for the two to knock him out cold before he could make a move. {{storylink|One-Trick Pony}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Ian James Corlett]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)}}

====Maximal story====
Quickstrike joined the other Predacons in an assault on the ''Axalon''. Unfortunately for them, Optimus Primal and his team fought back, beating the Predacons all the way back to the ''Darkside''. By the time it was all over, Quickstrike was left dazed on the ground, unsure of what had just happened. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Predacon story====
Quickstrike was all too eager to kick some keister as Megatron announced his newest plan. When the Maximals took the bait and approached the ''Darkside'', Quickstrike joined a team of Predacons in beating them back, chasing them back to the ''Axalon''. On the ship's bridge, with the Maximals all but defeated, Quickstrike and the others prepared to finish them. However, Rhinox arrived at that moment and activated Sentinel's auto-guns, forcing the Preds to make a hasty retreat. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Move list====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Robot Mode'''
!colspan=2|'''Beast Mode'''
|-
|Special attack||Poison Strike
|Special attack||Poison Mist
|-
|Super attack||Quick-draw Venom Shot
|Super attack||Venom Bite
|}

===3D Battle Card Game===
Quickstrike fights under the command of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] once more, this time with several allies from (potentially) different universes and/or timelines. He now possesses a new body; although his [[beast mode]] is an approximation of his original form, his transformation scheme and [[robot mode]] are distinctively different. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Quickstrike-Fuzor.jpg|thumb]]
Quickstrike Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward for the "Transmetals Episode 3" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Damage to Quickstrike's stasis pod resulted in the creation of a violent, highly aggressive Cybertronian with few compunctions. It didn't take long before Quickstrike fell in with Megatron's forces without even having to install the customary [[shell program]] that would turn him into a loyal Predacon.

In an alternate universe, Megatron tested the [[Transmetal driver|Transmetal Driver]] on Quickstrike before creating [[Dinobot II]]. With his newfound strength and intelligence, Quickstrike trained a horse named [[Fang (RPG)|Fang]] and adopted it as his new steed. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW-toy Quickstrike.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Space ship of death hole snake]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Quickstrike''' (Basic Fuzor, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク)
:*''Takara ID number'': '''D-45'''
:*''Release date'': September ??, [[1999]]
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of third-year ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Basics, [[Fuzor]] Quickstrike transforms into a scorpion with a cobra as its tail. The cobra head has a soft-plastic bladder than can be used to store and [[Water-squirting gimmick|squirt water]]. Most of its orange parts are translucent plastic, and make extensive use of [[ball joint]]s, particularly in its tail. While this provides excellent articulation, care should be taken as the joints loosen rather quickly with play.

: [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s version of the toy, released in September 1999 as part of the first wave of ''Metals'' toys, has extra blue paint applications on its face and red paint for its eyes. Its scorpion legs are cast in a darker orange color.

:The Hasbro version of Quickstrike, in Hasbro packaging with a large Japanese-language sticker on the back, was available in Japan long before the ''Metals'' release as a prize at KFC restaurants in December 1998 as part of a promotion for the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]'' movie. Kids' meals came with a special token used to activate a "gacha" capsule machine in the restaurants; among a number of ''Beast Wars'' themed goods was a special capsule that won the contestant a Hasbro Quickstrike.<ref>[http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Quickstrike/quickstrike.htm More information on Quickstrike at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Kagerō no Taiketsu: Metals Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (Multi-pack, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-45'''
:*''Release date'': September ??, 1999

: The Takara ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWM|Metals]]'' release of Quickstrike was available both individually or packaged in the "Heatwave Showdown" set (陽炎の対決メタルスエアラザーVSクイックストライク) with [[Transmetal|Metals]] [[Airazor (BW)#TM1|Airazor]].

: Both toys are original to their individual (Japanese) releases.
{{-}}

===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP-Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Round em up, get on back!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Quickstrike''' (Deluxe Class, [[2026]])}} </ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''AOTP-26'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 28]], 2026
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Tomoki Tatsumi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

: Released as part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Deluxes (the first wave slated for the line's second year), just in time for the 30th anniversary of the original ''Beast Wars'' toyline, Quickstrike is a modern update of the character, transforming into an organic scorpion with a cobra for its tail. As might be expected from a modern ''Generations'' figure, his sculpt and deco are more accurate to his show model (not that the show model was far from the original toy), with expanded articulation and [[5 mm post]] compatibilty.

: The transformation joint to reposition his scorpion head in robot mode gives it a bit of articulation in beast mode. His opening cobra mouth also has an articulated [[Fire Blast effect]]-compatible peg inside, so you can have him breathe lasers or fire, which is awesome.

: Quickstrike and his wavemate [[Sureshot (G1)#Age of the Primes|Sureshot]] were both [[shortpacking|shortpacked]] to single copy per [[case]].<ref>[https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/transformers-generations-age-of-the-primes-deluxe-wave-4-case-of-8/hsg0474d ''AOTP'' Deluxe Wave 4 Case Assortment, Entertainment Earth]</ref>
{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Quickstrike''' (2007)

: A 33-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Quickstrike "transforms" from a gold and green scorpion to a gold and green scorpion standing on its hind legs. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]] [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].

==Notes==
* Quickstrike's [[beast mode]] [[character model]] has exposed robot parts on its underside, an oddity for organic beast modes. These parts include his ''robot mode head'', which is sometimes removed from the model in shots that would prominently display it.
* In the jovial Japanese dub, ''Beast Wars Metals'', Quickstrike's cobra tail could talk and think independently from Quickstrike. It would always end its sentences with either ''ko'', ''bura'', or ''kobura'' (コブラ, "cobra"). Quickstrike's own quirk in both the cartoon and the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|comic]] was that he'd end his sentences with ''gitchon'' or ''gitchonchon'' (ギッチョンチョン), which essentially translates to "snippity" or "snippity-snip".
*The ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Decepticon]] [[Darksteel (DOTM)|Darksteel]] is an intentional [[homage]] to Quickstrike. This occurred because designer [[Lenny Panzica]] likes snakes.<ref>[[BotCon 2011]]</ref>
* If the [[Transformers: Beast Wars|2021 Beast Wars comic]] had continued, Quickstrike would have been featured as a rival for Scorponok, intent on taking his position.{{fact}}

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク ''Kuikkusutoraiku'')
*''French:'' '''Cinglant''' (Canada, "Scathing")
*''Italian:'' '''Serpex''' ("Snakex")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kuài Dāo''' (快刀, "Quick Cutter")
*''Polish:'' '''Szybki Cios''' ("Quickstrike")
*''Spanish:'' '''Sorpresivo''' (Spain, "Surprise"), '''Cobra''' (America)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Age of the Primes Predacons]]
[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Predacons]]

Transformers (2023) issue 23

2025-08-21T05:55:05Z

Zandergb: /* Continuity notes */ Not everybody reads the previews, this is a spoiler. Save this note for when the full issue actually releases.

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'''As his comrades make their last stand against the Decepticons, Optimus unexpectedly reunites with an old friend in the heart of the Matrix.'''

==Synopsis==
In the middle of the [[Pacific Ocean]], [[Shredhead]] reconstitutes from the shattered remains of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''' portal. After a brief moment to gather their bearings, Shredhead leaves to find [[Carly (G1)|Carly]].

Meanwhile, in the war-torn city of [[Chicago]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] are fending off an assault from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] as they try to get citizens from the city's north side to safety. Once that's been accomplished, Arcee advises that the [[Autobot]]s make some distance, knowing that the [[Decepticon]]s are after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]]' head. At the suggestion of [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], Wheeljack has the Autobots relocate to the {{w|Adler Planetarium}}. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] bears witness to all this from afar, and berates Starscream for ruining an ambush that's been in the works for a week when he returns to his leader's side. [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] confirms that the [[United States military]] forces defending the city have been successfully obliterated, and asks if they should continue slaughtering humans to break the Autobots' morale, but Megatron declines — the time has come for the Decepticons to move in, and for Optimus to learn his most important lesson...

Within the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Optimus wanders through the [[Hall of the Primes]] in search of wisdom. However, all he finds is an infestation of purple tendrils that latch onto him, causing his visions to re-emerge. He's quickly re-awoken by the unexpected appearance of [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparky]], who tells Optimus to transform and follow his lead.

[[File:TF2023 no. 23 - Autobots Vs Decepticons.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
The Autobots' respite within the Adler Planetarium is interrupted by the beginning of the Decepticons' assault. With the end nigh, Wheeljack tells the still-comatose Optimus that he tried making him a new arm, but even if he somehow woke up, he's not sure it'd even work. [[Doctor Lio]] interrupts to allow the many refugees that've gathered in the Planetarium to pay their respects to their hero, and as people from the likes of [[Seattle]] and [[Tacoma]] say their pieces, Carly suddenly arrives with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Magnus remarks that he'd wanted to be the kind of leader Optimus was ever since he first came to know of him, but despite being outwardly strong, he lacks the bravery and leadership skills needed. Nevertheless, he's prepared to die for Optimus' dream of a better world, and Magnus' words rally the other Autobots. And so, as [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] keeps watch from the back lines, the Autobots and Decepticons charge into battle.

In the Hall of the Primes, Optimus asks Sparky how long he'd been in there, but all he can recall is waking up and seeing Optimus being attacked right after. The tendrils latch onto Optimus again, triggering a memory of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s body lying dead aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. Sparky remarks that the two's memories seem to be mixed-up as he makes a hard turn to de-entangle Optimus, replacing Optimus' memory with one of Sparky playing catch with a younger [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]. Though Optimus is keen on seeing what the [[Thirteen|Primes]] have to show him, Sparky observes that whatever's infesting the Matrix has already claimed everything... except, that is, for a monument to Sparky himself, for reasons even the man himself can't explain.

With the Autobots' front line broken, Starscream disobeys Megatron and swoops in to eliminate Optimus, Spike, and Carly. Beachcomber flings himself in the way of Starscream's blasts, but despite reassuring Carly that he's fine, another shot from Starscream takes him down, seemingly for good...

Arriving at Sparky's monument, Optimus and Sparky open the doors to find Spike's body partway through a blue portal shaped like the Matrix's core. Optimus informs Sparky of his son's attempted sacrifice, a gesture that touches the old veteran. Sparky puts Spike's hand to his face, and as Optimus recalls the [[Jetfire (G1)|surrogate]] [[Ratchet (G1)|sons]] he's let down, Sparky muses on the nature of the Matrix's infection: whatever it is, it wants Optimus to surrender to nihilism and block the world around him, just as Sparky did, but it was thanks to Optimus' belief in a better world that Sparky was able to move past it all. To save both Optimus and his son, Sparky gently pushes Spike back through the portal, causing a wave of energy that dissipates the purple tendrils. As the world fades around them, Sparky makes Optimus promise to be there for his son, and Optimus says he'll do it with his entire being.

In the waking world, Starscream prepares to eliminate Carly and the still-comatose Optimus and Spike, only for Megatron to catch up with him and start beating him senseless, intending to do more to Optimus than give him a quick, violent end. Upon noticing the crowd of refugees, Megatron decides to dispose of them... only for Optimus to wake up and warn Megatron that they're under ''his'' protection. The Decepticons are prepared to engage, but Megatron orders them to stand down as he removes his [[fusion cannon]] — this battle is between him and Optimus. Megatron tosses his weapon aside, Optimus puts Carly and Spike on a nearby pile of rubble, and the two rivals' ultimate showdown begins...

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Shredhead]] (1)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (2)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (3)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (4)
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (7)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (13)
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (14)
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (15)
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (16)
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (17)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (21)
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (25)
* ''[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'' (27)
* ''[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'' (30)
* ''[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]'' (31)

|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (9)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (10)
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (22)
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (23)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (24)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (26)

|c3=
* [[Chicago]] Residents (5)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (11)
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparky]] (12)
* [[Washington (state)|Washington]] Refugees (18)
* [[Doctor Lio]] (19)
* [[Carly (G1)|Carly]] (20)

|h4=Others|c4=
* [[Maccadam|Alchemist Prime]] (28)
* [[Vector Prime]] (29)
}}

==Quotes==
"''Um''... Optimus Prime, sir? My sister was in Seattle. She was going to be crushed by a skyscraper. Until you stopped it. With your own body." 
"We were in Tacoma." 
"I thought we were going to die." 
"But you saved me." 
"You rescued us." 
"You rescued me."
:— Refugees from all over [[Washington (state)|Washington]], including '''Carly''', pay their respects to a comatose Optimus Prime.

"Ever since I knew of Optimus... I wanted to be just like him. But that was always impossible. I am strong on the outside. But on the inside... I don't know how to be strong. I don't know how to be a leader. I don't know how to be brave. But I know how to die. I can die for his dream of a better world for all of us. Including those who are small. '''We can all die!!!''' Protecting the one who has been strong for us, '''for so many years!!!''' For Optimus Prime."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' rallies the Autobots as he reflects on his nature as a soldier.

"This infection... it wants to take you away from yourself. It wants you to give up. To put walls up. Just like I did. But I'm not that way anymore. Thanks to you, Optimus."
:—'''Sparky''' finds the Matrix's infection all too familiar.

"'''MEGATRON!!!''' These people. This planet. They are under '''my''' protection." 
"Megatron, stand clear! We shall ruin him--" 
"No. This is between me... and him." 
"One shall stand. '''ONE SHALL FALL!'''"
:—'''Megatron''' denies '''Starscream''''s aid as he and '''Optimus Prime''' prepare to duel.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* As was noted [[Transformers (2023) issue 22|last issue]] by [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], the Earth side of the ''Nemesis''' portal was blown to smithereens during the Autobots' and Decepticons' battle and scattered across the ocean floor, causing Shredhead's body to initially manifest in pieces before painfully recombining.
* When we see Arcee in the first few pages, her entire right arm, from the ''shoulder'' to her ''hand'', seems to have been reduced to its skeletal components, possibly from the earlier stages of the battle in Chicago in this issue, when they are helping civilians escape from the Decepticon onslaught.
* Megatron observes that the Decepticons have been quietly following the Autobots for a week, giving us a rough idea of how long the time gap between the end of last issue and the start of this one is. The time gap can also be observed through the Autobots, who were all largely intact last issue, but are now in varying states of disrepair after fending off Decepticon attacks for so long.
* Thanks to being an astral projection within the Matrix, Optimus is finally able to manifest his [[energon-axe|axe]] for the first time since [[Transformers (2023) issue 3|issue #3]], where his physical self's right arm was wrecked ''just'' as the axe made its debut.
* Sparky (or rather, his spirit) makes his first physical appearance since his sacrifice in [[Transformers (2023) issue 6|issue #6]]. He also confirms the obvious: that Optimus' visions, which have been appearing on-and-off since [[Transformers (2023) issue 7|issue #7]], are distorted due in part to Sparky's memories being mixed with Optimus'.
** Sparky has also been given a statue within the Hall of Primes. Likely confirming he has been added to the lineage of the Primes after being absorbed into the Matrix.
* The refugees recall the Decepticons' attacks on Tacoma and Seattle, which began in issues [[Transformers (2023) issue 15|#15]] and [[Transformers (2023) issue 17|#17]], respectively. The Tacoma survivors' words of remembrance are particularly notable, as they considered the Autobots unwelcome visitors when they arrived to help them.
* Rumble had his right arm destroyed by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in [[Transformers (2023) issue 5|issue #5]], but this issue confirms that he had it repaired off-panel (probably shortly after the conclusion of [[Transformers (2023) issue 20|issue #20]], given that Megatron's eyes were similarly repaired between issues).
* The remaining Aerialbots re-combine into [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to battle the Decepticons, but owing to poor [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]'s death in [[Transformers (2023) issue 21|issue #21]], he has a stub where his left arm used to be.
* Bumblebee's deactivated body was shot to death by Starscream in [[Transformers (2023) issue 1|issue #1]]. Jetfire went offline the same issue and was only able to be brought back by being [[Transformation paralysis|locked]] into his [[alt-mode]] in [[Transformers (2023) issue 8|issue #8]], but he hasn't been seen since he was retrieved by Silverbolt in issue #20, and considering that he was aboard the ''Ark'' when it was teleported away by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] in issue #21, his current fate remains up in the air.
* When we first saw him in a flashback from [[Transformers (2023) issue 2|issue #2]], Beachcomber was being shot in the back by Starscream, leading us to (incorrectly) assume that he'd died before the Autobots arrived on Earth. Now, 21 issues later, it's happened again...
* Ratchet died taking a shot meant for [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] in [[Transformers (2023) issue 10|issue #10]].

===Transformers references===
* Within the Hall of the Primes, Optimus (at least his head) is colored like he was in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]]. His eyes are yellow and his face is blue (behind his faceplate). Once he wakes up from his coma, he’s back to normal.
* Ultra Magnus' speech begins with him remarking on how he's not cut out for leadership, just as he did when Optimus passed the Matrix onto him in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* Of the three statues of the Primes seen in this issue, the only two that can be readily identified are those of [[Maccadam|Alchemist Prime]] (who we saw last issue) and [[Vector Prime]], who like the previously-seen Primes, is visually based on his ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]'' design.
* The sword Ultra Magnus wields in this issue bears a striking resemblance to the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]''.
* Optimus punctuates the beginning of his and Megatron's duel by saying, what else, [[The Transformers: The Movie|"One shall stand. One shall fall."]]
* [[Daniel Warren Johnson]]'s sign-off on the letters pages paraphrases the lyrics of "[[Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way]]", one of the licensed songs featured in the '86 movie.

===Errors===
* As aforementioned, when we first see Arcee, her entire right arm is reduced to a skeletal frame. In the Adler Planetarium however, her arm is damaged from the ''bicep'' to the hand, rather than from the ''shoulder''. But once Ultra Magnus and Carly arrive to the Adler Planetarium, her shoulder is once again reduced to its skeletal form.

===Other notes===
* In his response to one of the letters, [[Daniel Warren Johnson]] says he's sure time will tell if other combiners like the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s and [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]]s will show up and opts to cheekily remark "Hmmmmm NO COMMENT." when asked if Bumblebee will wind up being resurrected as Goldbug down the line.
* Energon Experience: Presented by editor [[Ben Abernathy]].
** Character Spotlight: Wheeljack!
** Flashback Fun: A reminder that Wheeljack's as much a gadget man as he is a scientist, with specific mention of him getting the dam to generate [[energon]] in issue #5 and his intergalactic radio from the [[Transformers Energon Universe 2025 Special story|''Transformers'' story]] from 2025's ''[[Energon Universe 2025 Special|Energon Universe Special]]''.
** Creator Spotlight: Ben asks colorist [[Mike Spicer]] which Autobot he'd want with him on a stranded island and why. Mike says [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], because it means he'd at least have tunes!

===Covers (11)===
{{Comicstub|The 616 Comics Cover B}}
* '''Cover A:''' Ultra Magnus holds firm with a flag bearing the Autobot [[insignia]], by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover B:''' Optimus and the Autobots in silhouette, by Jorge Corona and Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover C:''' Connecting cover by [[David Nakayama]].
* '''Cover D:''' Optimus Prime with his right arm torn off, by [[Doug Mahnke]] and [[David Baron]].
* '''Cover E:''' Soundwave, by [[Simon Parr]].
* '''The 616 Comics Cover A:''' Jazz, by [[Björn Barends]].
* '''The 616 Comics Cover B:''' Foil variant of Björn Barends' cover.
* '''PCB Hobby Cover A:''' Soundwave, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], by [[Sajad Shah]].
* '''PCB Hobby Cover B:''' Logoless variant of Sajad Shah's cover.
* '''ThatGuyWill Cover A:''' A watercolor painting of Optimus, by [[Ito]].
* '''ThatGuyWill Cover B:''' An oil painting of Optimus blocking an attack, by Ito.

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===Advertisement===
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==External links==

==References==
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The Trigger, Part 2

2025-05-15T05:01:47Z

Zandergb: /* Animation and technical errors */ music

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=17
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=14
|prev2=The Trigger, Part 1
|next2=Victory (episode)
|image=The Trigger Blackarachnia chair.jpg
|caption=Lord Zedd got a makeover.
|title="The Trigger" Part 2
|season=1
|season ep=17
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 19]], [[1996]]
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Michaela Zabranska]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
|packaged with=[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|DX Megatron]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq_jsWd1fyw
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''With the flying island under Predacon control, the Maximal base and the Beast Wars are in jeopardy.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:The Trigger Blackarachnia symbol.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Even rocks have tattoos.]]
On the [[Brigadoon|floating paradise island]] of unknown origin, [[Tigatron]] resolves to be the island's dedicated defender, protecting it from the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] who would abuse its power. With the injured [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] on his back, he gets moving. Meanwhile, the Predacons plan to make Tigatron's fear come true. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] deduces how to detect traps on the island and that the obelisk that fires the laser weapon must be where the island is controlled.

At the same time, [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (with [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] on his back) flies towards the island, maintaining radio contact with [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'''s bridge. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] rushes onto the scene again, as he's spotted [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] leaving the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]]. As soon as he receives the news over the radio, Primal gets into an aerial scuffle with the two fliers, and because of his handicap from carrying Rattrap, is soundly blasted. Primal and Rattrap free-fall out of control.

[[Image:The Trigger Rattrap optimus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Terrorsaur probably felt like he had a monkey on his back; it turned out to be a rat.]]
Rattrap, falling to his death, transforms and blasts the taunting Terrorsaur, commandeering the pteranodon as his new mode of transport. The battle between Primal and Waspinator ends in Waspinator's usual fashion.

Airazor and Tigatron have trouble with another of the island's deadly traps, but Tigatron cleverly blasts his and Airazor's way to freedom. Out of danger, they rendezvous with Primal and Rattrap (who is abandoned by his steed). Tigatron fills in his allies on how the symbols around the island denote the location of traps. Rattrap speculates the function of the island is, in fact, a test of the survival capabilities of whomever visits it.

Blackarachnia and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] reach the obelisk that controls the island. Seeing the fliers, she fakes aggression against them so they attack her, which triggers the island's laser defense, giving Blackarachnia the chance to blast her way inside of the obelisk safely. The black widow marvels at the power of the alien technology she discovers inside. She gleefully announces her plan to use the island to win the Beast Wars for herself. Scorponok objects, but is quickly tricked into one of the island's traps.

[[Image:The Trigger Blackarachnia power.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I AM THE POWER!]]
Inside of the ornate control room, Blackarachnia steps on a strange symbol on the floor, which bathes her in light. The light alters her colors and her voice and gives her mind a direct connection to the island's power. She blackens the sky and uses the obelisk to rain destruction on the island (in a literal sense). The monolith elongates as she directs the island towards the Maximal base. Optimus radios to Rhinox the command for the crew to evacuate the ''Axalon''.

Rattrap's leg is pinned down by some heavy stone debris, but he commands Tigatron to leave him behind so the cat can stop Blackarachnia's chaos. As Tigatron presses forward, Rattrap uses an energy weapon to get the obelisk's defense beam to free himself. Inside the obelisk, Tigatron reluctantly destroys the island's reactor, knowing that this action will doom the paradise.

[[Image:The Trigger Island crash.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Someone stole the Master Emerald.]]
Without an energy source, the island loses altitude and guidance, narrowly swooping over the Maximal base. The island crumbles as it crashes into the ground, robbing Blackarachnia of her chance to dominate. The fallen obelisk sends one final pulse of energy into the sky, which bounces off of a similar obelisk on [[Planet Buster|the smaller of the planet's two moons]], then vanishes into space.

Tigatron knows the beam was a signal, telling [[Vok|the creators]] of the island how the Maximals and Predacons ruined their island paradise. A reoccurring butterfly symbolically dies. The Maximals wonder what's next, and how the builders of the island will react to the vandalism.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Tigatron]] (1)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (5)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (7)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (8)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (11)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (3)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (4)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (9)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"Have a nice... trip? Hehehahahahaha!"
:—'''Scorponok''' is easily amused.

"We should move... how are you feeling?" 
"Better. Still thrashed... ''(grunts)'' ...can't fly". 
"In that case... the lady shall ride a tiger!"
:—'''Tigatron''' and '''Airazor'''

"A scared little mousie... This is just too good to be true!" 
"You know, beak-face... you're right!"
:—'''Terrorsaur''' will wish he didn't tease a seemingly helpless '''Rattrap'''.

"You're a real piece of work, Rattrap." 
"Eh, ain't it the truth?"
:—'''Optimus''' and '''Rattrap''' on the latter's hijacking of Terrorsaur as a ride.

"...Oops." 
"Pterodactyl ''idiot''!"
:—'''Terrorsaur''' and '''Waspinator''' realize that they've been duped.

"Uhhhh... yeeeesss... I FEEL the power. I have the control! Let there be... ''light.''"
:—'''Blackarachnia''' takes control of the flying island

"May I be forgiven for what I must do."
:—'''Tigatron''', just before destroying the flying island's power source

==Notes==
* First draft: 14th June 1996
* Second draft: 19th July 1996
* Finalised: 13th August 1996
* As Air: 26th November 1996

===Animation and technical errors===
*Unique to this episode, the intro theme and some of the background music are oddly pitched.
*Following the island's establishing shot at the beginning, when we first see Tigatron, he appears to be floating an inch or two above the ground.
*An open gap can be seen on Scorponok's [[beast mode]] head, specifically the back of his left "cheek", when Blackarachnia climbs out of the hole.
*There's also a tiny gap visible on Blackarachnia's spider mode as she contemplates on the trap markings, inside the "ring" around the base of her front leg.
*Tigatron's tail passes under his back right foot when he offers Airazor a ride, making it look like he's floating.
*When Scorponok stands back up after being thrown on his back by Blackarachnia, the following shot has his legs frozen mid-stride instead of resting on the ground, with the front left leg clearly clipping through the second.
*When Terrorsaur goes back into beast mode after the falling Rattrap blasts him out of the sky, his pterosaur back sports the texturing of his belly for a handful of frames, which is then suddenly replaced by the regular textures.
*The closeup shot of Terrorsaur's eye popping out at the sight of Rattrap's gun has oddly low resolution.
*While riding on Terrorsaur's back, Rattrap's left hand keeps clipping through the former's neck and head.
*How is Terrorsaur staying aloft without flapping his wings when he meets up with Primal under Rattrap's "persuasion"? He and his passenger just float there. Furthermore, the angle of the shot reveals there's a gap between Terrorsaur's arm and wing membrane.
*When Tigatron grabs Airazor to escape from their trap, his hand clips into her. As the run towards the screen, they even clip through the "camera" for a moment, allowing you to see this better.
*As Terrorsaur begins to glide toward the tree branch, Rattrap's right lower arm is twisted around, having come off its hinge, and slowly begins rotating before the shot ends.
*After he hits the ground, both of Rattrap's arms are on backwards – take note of the position of the pink "handles" on his shoulders.
*As it happens in many other episodes, Scorponok's eye color shifts from yellow to red throughout his [[robot mode]]'s screentime.
*When Terrorsaur takes Blackarachnia's bait, the upper edge of his pterosaur neck is visibly protruding through the top of his head.
*All other characters are missing from the background as Waspinator quips "Pterodactyl idiot."
*Blackarachnia's reflection textures are missing, causing her normally glossy robot pieces to appear matte, as she shoots her way into the obelisk.
*The brick texturing on the obelisk's wall doesn't in any way line up to the edges of the hole Blackarachnia blows into it.
*When Blackarachnia makes her way into the structure, the rim around her right claw-hand keeps moving independently from her lower arm, stretching and shifting to the side.
*As the Maximals dart toward the monument in beast mode, Rattrap's tail keeps passing under his feet, making it appear like he's floating.
*The hole is missing from the obelisk's side when Airazor and Optimus begin flying toward it.
*The obelisk's blast hits on the ground are animated inconsistently. Sometimes, the erupting dirt takes its time to dissolve somewhat realistically, other times it just disappears between frames.
*All the blasts spewed by the obelisk cause strange outlines and texture errors to appear on the island's lake whenever they pass by in its vicinity.
*The blasts also affect the characters' texturing. Just before Tigatron and Rattrap duck behind a boulder for cover, they are missing their glossy texture effects when they're on the right half of the screen, but once they jump to the left, the reflection textures reappear.
*Just before he begins firing at the obelisk, Rattrap's shin twists off its hinge.
*Rattrap's mouth doesn't move while he cheers after freeing himself from the rock.
*The island's size varies wildly as it approaches the ''Axalon'' and subsequently crashes. While previously it was shown to be absolutely massive- large enough for a bunch of Transformers to undertake a long trek to reach its center- it suddenly shrinks to being roughly the same size as the ''Axalon''.
*As the island crashes and falls apart, the lake doesn't seem to be disturbed. At one point, the solid ground around the lake seems to rise just before the shot cuts, with the oddly stationary lake clipping through it.
*More of an understandable shortcut than an outright error or oversight, but it's plainly clear that the island's trees are actual, separate models in some shots, but for shots that require less detail, they're replaced by green-colored, irregular-shaped 3D clumps that vaguely look like greenery if you squint.

===Continuity errors===
*Despite Blackarachnia's observation that the monolith needs to recharge when it fires, it has no difficulty in firing a precise blast at Rattrap when he shoots at it, and it's dispersing energy all over the place at the time. Even if there are separate mechanisms for the different kinds of fire, the apparently large amount of energy consumed by the main beam seems as though it would cause some sort of pause in the barrage, at the least.
*Speaking of which, the monolith's main weapon has wildly varying power levels throughout the two-part episode. It was previously shown to be strong enough to badly damage Terrorsaur and Waspinator with one shot apiece, but in this episode, it only knocks them out of the sky, no worse for the wear. Later, it hits Airazor dead-on, and she's back after a short while with no ill effects, even being able to carry Rattrap – rather jarring, given that she had spent over half the episode barely being able to move after being hit by one of Scorponok's missiles. Rattrap also gets a dose of its firepower, which leaves him seemingly uninjured save for a bout of dizziness. A possibility is that the repeated firings in such a short period of time are depleting the beam's charge, leaving it at the level of a strong blaster rather than a devastating superweapon.
* Tigatron's continual assertions that the island was a paradise or "land of peace" make little sense given that it was filled with death traps that activated purely on proximity (as opposed to the monolith punishing the use of energy weapons). Most paradises tend not to include arbitrary death by boulders.

===Real-world references===
* When Airazor is too injured to fly, Tigatron declares that "The lady shall ride a tiger". This is a reference to Frank Stockton's famous short story, "[http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LadyTige.shtml The Lady or the Tiger?]"
* In the {{w|Bible}}, "Let there be light" is a phrase used by God when he creates the universe.
* At the end, Tigatron relates how all they had to do was live in peace on the floating paradise — but instead they destroyed it. Optimus then shakes his head and replies that it is an "old story", and maybe someday they will all learn. This seems to be a reference to the Garden of Eden from the Bible.

===Trivia===
* This is the only episode of ''Beast Wars'' not to feature Megatron in any way, including [[Law of the Jungle|flashbacks]], [[The Web|dreams]], or [[A Better Mousetrap|holograms]]. However, Blackarachnia does mention him when she gloats that the island's power will allow her to defeat "even Megatron".
* Dinobot appears but gets no lines at all (which is odd given they had [[Scott McNeil]] there to voice Rattrap anyway).
*[[Cybertronix]]:
** As Rhinox makes contact with Primal, much Cybertronix appears on his screen. Though some is gibberish, the words "toilet", "Rod was here", and "you look too close" can be made out.
** Upsidedown text at the bottom of the screen when Airazor spies on Blackarachnia includes the names "PAM" and "KRIS", as well as "MCM10C4" (1994 in the Maximal numbering system).
* Like [[Dark Designs|Rhinox before her]], Blackarachnia's temporary color change never got a toy. Come on Hasbro, get on the ball!

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'Île Volante - 2e partie'''" ("The Flying Island - Part 2")

:*''Title:'' "'''Île Volante 2'''" ("Flying Island 2")

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die fliegende Insel, Teil 2'''" ("The Flying Island, Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 26|26 July]] [[1998]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il grilletto - Parte 2'''" (The Trigger - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ukishima no Death Match Kōhen'''" (浮島のデスマッチ後編, "Floating Island Death Match Part 2")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 31|31 December]] [[1997]]
::*Tigatron's verbal tic of ending sentences in "gozaru" is suddenly played to excess beginning with this episode, as he now ends practically ''every'' sentence in the phrase. It is an archaic manner of speech often associated with the samurai (as, for humor, Tigatron was played as a wandering samurai ronin in this dub).
::*This is the first episode to feature the characters chattering through the [[commercial bumper]]s. In the Japanese version, all bumpers are themed to a different character. As Rattrap falls through the sky after being shot from Optimus's back by Terrorsaur, his scream of terror continues into the bumper (themed around him, naturally).
::*At the very end of the episode, as the camera pulls out, looking ominously down at the Maximals who are staring up at the sky, each character recites their verbal tic for comedic effect ("Da na", "Jaa--an", "gozaru", etc.).

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Gatilho Parte 2'''" ("The Trigger Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Detonante Segunda Parte'''" ("The Explosive Second Part")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yī Chù Jí Fā '''" (一触即发, "Touch and Go")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Warning from Space ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — Alert Dans L'Espace (Alliance Video) — French audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Floating Island Deathmatch ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 3 ([[Universal]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 3 — The Battle Rages On! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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Call of the Wild

2025-04-04T06:17:49Z

Zandergb: /* Animation and technical errors */ BA lip clip

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=19
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=19
|prev2=Spider's Game
|next2=Dark Voyage
|image=Call of the Wild Optimus scope.jpg
|caption=Scopes munky trial?
|title="Call of the Wild"
|season=1
|season ep=19
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[January 7]], 1997
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Jonathan Goodwill]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwyQWZ8c5e8
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''The Predacons steal the rectifier coil from the Maximal base, which causes the Maximals to revert into a more feral state.'''

==Synopsis==
A cheetah enthusiastically chases some antelopes, when the ground around it breaks up and it is sent falling into hot lava. Before the cat gets burned, the sequence ends, revealed to be a dream of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s. Cheetor awakens from his nightmare in time to hear the alarms triggered by a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] assault. As the other [[Maximal]]s prepare [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] drags Cheetor outside to battle.

[[File:Call of the Wild Waspinator Terrorsaur.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|What do we do about the slime?]]
[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Primal]] exits the Maximals' control room via the roof hatch, but is unable to prevent [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] from grabbing a piece of Maximal hardware off the roof and retreating with the other Predacons. A well-placed rocket from [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] prevents Primal from chasing the fliers. [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] is just able to catch the Maximal leader before he crashes into the ground, but lowering Primal after taking a hit from Terrorsaur seriously taxes Airazor's systems. On the upside, the Predacons are no longer attacking.

Inside the base, recuperating, the Maximals suddenly feel the harmful effects of [[energon]] build-up. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] explains that without the [[rectifier coil]] the Predacons stole, the Maximals will have to stay in [[beast mode]]. Meanwhile, the Predacons, after an uncharacteristically successful mission, enjoy a hearty laugh together.

[[File:Call of the Wild Rhinox Optimus Rattrap.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Maximals look on as [[Michael Bay]] attempts to direct a scene.]]
Days later, Rhinox interrupts a dream Primal has (of being a real ape) to mention that Predacons are still haunting the local area. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] suffers frustration from his beast mode's diminutive size and limb length. Primal and Rattrap almost get into a fight with each other, their minds suffering from bestial traits leaking into their personalities, but Rhinox lays down the line. Once the Preds leave, the Maximals take some much-needed rest.

[[File:Call of the Wild Hunt.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Shhh. Be vewy, vewy quiet. We'ah hunting Maxies. Heheheheheh.]]
In his dreams, Primal is tormented by eyes glowing in the dark, Dinobot dreams of hunting surprisingly tiny hadrosaurs, and Rattrap dreams of rat stuff. The dreams overpower their respective dreamers, and the Maximals awaken, trapped in the mindsets of the creatures whose forms they wear. The animals all eventually exit [[Axalon (BW)|their base]]. Their foes' intellects gone, Megatron and the Predacons begin their hunt.

Airazor exits the [[CR chamber]] to meet [[Tigatron]] in the empty Maximal base. Tigatron resolves to reform his Maximal companions before they're killed, while Airazor has her own mission. She heads to the unoccupied [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], deftly dodging the automated defenses. Inside, the rectifier coil is under no protection she can't destroy.

[[File:Call of the Wild Optimus Megatron.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Peter Jackson likely watched this episode.]]
In the jungle, Tigatron comes to face the feral Cheetor and Rhinox. The two follow him for reasons their animal minds don't comprehend. Next Tigatron recruits the primal Optimus into his party, and finally Dinobot and Rattrap. His friends gathered, Tigatron speaks to the dormant minds of his friends. He explains how the schism that exists between the Maximals' two modes is a side effect of a programming block, and as long as that program exists, the animal and Maximal identities will never reach cohesion. Now embracing the beasts within, the restored Maximals are ready to "Slag some bot!"

Primal swings Megatron off of his throne as the two Maximal cats tackle the two Predacon goons who were carrying their leader. Dinobot's raptor mode conquers [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Rhinox knocks over a tree to ground the Predacon fliers, and a ratball special puts Rattrap into position to pump gunfire into Terrorsaur. After the Predacons start to feel the effects of energon build-up, Megatron orders a retreat, and Optimus beats his chest, roaring in victory.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (4)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (5)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (7)
* [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (12)
* [[Tigatron]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (2)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (3)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (9)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (10)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Man, I swear them polka-dots go clear through to the brain."
:—'''Rattrap''' on Cheetor.

"Trouble with the neighbors again."
:—'''Airazor''' spots the ''Axalon'' under attack.

"Predacons, fall back!" 
"''Now'' he tells me!"
:—'''Megatron''''s order comes a wee bit too late to save '''Tarantulas'''.

"Waszzpinator ''love'' it when prey cannot shoot back!"
:—'''Waspinator''' in a rare moment of having the upper hand... It won't last.

"Hunting from the air with automatic weapons—now ''that's'' a sport!"
:—'''Terrorsaur'''

"She stoops to conquer!"
:—'''Airazor''' shows some wit.

"Rat...robot. Rat...robot. I'm a robot ''and'' a rat! Yeahh, I ''like'' it!" 
"Hrmf, I do not see why."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Remember; do not fight your beast instincts. Let them help your robot forms, both in battle and in peace. But for now, let us Maximize..." 
''[Tigatron transforms, and cocks his gun!]'' 
"AND SLAG SOME BOT!!" 
:—Nothing short of poetry from '''Tigatron!'''

==Other notes==
===Script timeline===
* First draft: 29th August 1996
* Second draft: 11th September 1996
* Finalised: 20th September 1996
* As Air: 8th January 1997

===Animation and technical errors===
* When the Predacon hunting party arrives, Terrorsaur's gun appears to be floating between his hands.
* Tigatron's legs clip through a nearby rock after he beckons gorilla-Optimus to follow him.
* When he transforms after completing his speech, Tigatron's right arm passes through the moonrays, which seems to make its reflection textures vanish.
* Blackarachnia's lower lip clips through Dinobot's talon in a very jittery way as he pins her head down.

===Continuity errors===
* At first glance, Megatron's plan seems to have a rather large glitch / continuity error. If his theories are based on researching Maximal programming, ''why would Dinobot be affected as well?'' Still, none of the dialogue explicitly ''denounces'' the idea that Predacons rely on similar programming -- perhaps Megatron started from an identical flaw in Pred programming, and his research merely confirmed Maximals would have the same flaw. (They could have probably saved themselves the bother by having him say "Cybertronian programming", but oh well.)
* Primal seems obsessed with not letting the Maximals transform in case they are attacked. Would it really be that bad just to convert to robot mode for 5 minutes to clear their heads, especially if they did it one at a time? For that matter, what exactly was the plan? The Maximals clearly knew that their beast mode instincts were taking over, but seemed to be making no plans to either retrieve or repair the rectifier coil. Were they really just going to wait around for Tigatron to turn up and hope he'd solve everything?

===Continuity notes===
* When Optimus is dreaming in his quarters, the plant that Dinobot left for him at the end of "[[Gorilla Warfare]]" can be seen next to his bed.
* Rhinox mentions that the Predacons have been attacking the base off and on for "two days", an increasingly rare use of non-cycle based unit of time.
* Gadgets and powers:
** This episode marks the only use of Megatron's right arm-mounted missile launcher, which fires from the same port the laser beam emanates from. What is with Transformers and the one-use weapons?

===Transformers references===
* Tigatron says that once, the Maximals were merely "[[Robots in Disguise (disambiguation)|robots in disguise]]".

===Real-world references===
* The episode was likely named after {{w|Jack London}}'s 1903 novel ''{{w|The Call of the Wild}}''.
* Airazor's "she stoops to conquer" line is a ''double'' reference: first, and most obviously, to 1773 play ''{{w|She Stoops to Conquer}}'', and secondly to a ''stoop'', which is the dive of a bird of prey.

===Trivia===
* An unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode named "[[A Greater Ape]]" would have adopted the basic premise of a Maximal believing themselves to be a real animal, focusing specifically on Optimus Primal. It's unknown if this episode was written after Mainframe scrapped the aforementioned concept, citing the need for too many expensive models.
** Similar concepts regarding how well Maximals integrate their beast and robot modes would later surface in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''. The idea of the Maximals temporarily turning feral was revisited in that series in "[[Forbidden Fruit]]", but for different reasons.
* When the Maximal computer announces that the Predacons are withdrawing from the area, text in the Maximal version of the Cybertronix [[Cybertronian language|language]] scrolls by the bottom of the screen, and more text flashes in blue in the middle of the screen. The blue flashing text reads "area clear", and the text on the bottom reads "its been a long time since ive had sweet thistle pie".
* In his beast dream, Dinobot—supposedly experiencing the instincts of his [[beast mode]], Asia's ''{{w|Velociraptor}}''—dreams of chasing what appears to be a ''{{w|Parasaurolophus}}'', which only lived in the Americas and which furthermore is portrayed as far too small. Since the creature is never actually named, it may be taken as representing a different dinosaur species as-yet-undiscovered.
* When Megatron "suggests" to his troops to laugh with him, Blackarachnia is the only one who refuses to pay him that courtesy. Clearly, Dinobot is not the only who's got some bearings of chrome steel.
* Despite them regularly sporting Predacon symbols since "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]", Scorponok's missiles are yet again shown with Maximal insignias when he attacks the Axalon.
* This is the first and only appearance of Megatron's double-barreled hunting gun, a weapon that seemingly conceptualized out of nowhere rather than being taken from his toy, which included no such accessory. The purple scaly skin texture of the weapon suggests it originates from Megatron's Beast Mode construction as opposed to having been made just for the occasion, in the same vein as Cheetor's Gut Gun.
* If you look closely at the start of the hunt, Tarantulas seems to be struggling under Megatron's weight. Scorponok seems okay, though.
* Inferno appears but has no lines, despite this being his first appearance under Megatron's command. Perhaps [[Jim Byrnes]] wasn't available?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chassez le Naturel'''" ("Hunt the Natural")

:*''Title:'' "'''Appel Sauvage'''" ("Savage Calling")

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der Ruf der Wildnis'''" ("The Call of the Wilderness")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 8|8 August]] [[1998]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il richiamo della foresta'''" ("The Call of the Wild")
::*In some scenes Rattrap calls himself a mouse instead of a rat. Similar cases already happened in previous episodes, but in those cases it could be considered a nickname (like when Dinobot in called "lizard" or when Cheetor is called "cat").

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yomigaere Beast Power!'''" (よみがえれビーストパワー!, "Revive, Beast Power!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 4|4 February]] [[1998]]
::*During the opening assault on the Axalon, Tarantulas seems to have adopted Cheetor's habit of shouting "Utsumashi!" ("Fire!") every time he fires his weapon. He also giddily sings to himself as he opens fire on the base.
::*After Scorponok fumbles and falls off his hover platform, the other Predacons all chant ''sayonaraaaa'' in unison.
::*The tortured squealing of the small dinosaur Dinobot eats in his dream has strangely been dubbed. It now sounds "cuter", making high pitched, processed "peeping" noises like a baby chick.
::*Even when he's trapped in an animal mindset, Rattrap continues to speak and mutter asides to himself about food and danger... which completely defeats the purpose of the Maximals going feral and losing higher reasoning capabilities.
::*Perhaps the most infamous change made for the Japanese version of this episode (thanks to being prominently showcased in the clip movie "[[Clash! Beast Warriors]]"), when the Predacons begin their safari and start beating the drums, they sing a musical number. The lyrics aren't especially clever, as it's mostly each Predacon sounding off and then the others chanting their unique verbal tic ("Orya! Orya!" for Scorponok, "Bun! Bun!" for Waspinator, etc.).
::*Airazor's dramatic declaration, "She stoops to conquer!" is altered into the rather bland, "I will return the Rectifier Coil!"
::*After Megatron sees the explosions and says ''uh-oh'', Optimus Primal does the famous Tarzan yell (or ''tries'' to, anyway) as he comes swinging in on the vine.
::*In one of the worst moments of character brutalization, even by the Japanese dub's standards, when Dinobot pins Blackarachnia down with his foot and hisses at her, she pathetically cries, "It hurts! Stop!"
::*When the Predacons each retreat into the jungle upon defeat, each character calls out a humorous "excuse" for running away. Megatron whimpers a pathetic, "I have to return to my piano lessons" as he dashes away.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Instinto Selvagem'''" ("Wild Instinct")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Llamado de la Bestia'''" (America, "The Call of the Beast")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yěxìng de Hūhuàn '''" (野性的呼唤, "The Call of the Beast")

===Toys inspired by this episode===
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-43 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Masterpiece|Megatron (Beast Wars)]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2019)
:Megatron includes the hunting rifle he wields during the Maximal hunt.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Resurrected Beast Power ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 3 ([[Universal]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 3 — The Battle Rages On! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==External links==
===Official uploads (Japanese)===
*''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again|Beast Wars Again]]'' re-airings:
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt6PWj9eAng "Revive, Beast Power!"] on YouTube
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO3wO0Zx7nQ "Revive, Beast Power! (Part 2)"] on YouTube

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[[File:Sparks.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] is a Bellarian.]]
The '''spark''' is the core of [[Transformer]] life, an electrically charged mass of [[positron]]s formed from the supernatural substance known as [[Rarified Energon]]. Sparks come in a wide range of colors—while most are some shade of blue; green, yellow, orange, white, and red sparks have all been observed. While their appearances may vary, every spark functions as a combined heart and soul for an individual Cybertronian: like a heart, a Spark "pulses" at a certain frequency to animate a mechanical bodyframe; like a soul, a spark is generally accepted to contain some part of a Transformer's immaterial being, which persists after death by transcending into the [[Transformer afterlife|afterlife]]. Indeed, most Cybertronian religions hold that each spark contains an infinitesimally small portion of [[Primus]]'s divine essence. To protect their sparks, which usually can't survive outside of a compatible body for very long, most Cybertronians possess a specialized "spark chamber" somewhere in their body.

Most forms of Cybertronian [[reproduction]] involves the creation of a new spark—in many realities, [[Sacred treasure|supernatural artifact]]s such as the [[Vector Sigma]] supercomputer or the [[AllSpark]] can generate sparks at will, which can be implanted into a suitable receptacle to create a new Transformer. These newborn sparks contain the [[CNA|hard-coded design schematics]] that act as a Transformer's "genetic code", which dictates a Transformer's appearance and sometimes even their [[alternate mode]]s. Sparks can be safely stored in [[stasis pod]]s, "frozen" within [[photonic crystal]]s, or even transplanted from one body to another with no ill effects, but they are susceptible to weaponsfire and exotic forms of radiation. When a Transformer's body can no longer support its spark, it is "extinguished" and the Transformer is considered dead. As long as the spark is intact, however, it is possible to repair a Transformer, re-implant its spark, and effectively bring them back from the dead.

{{bigquote|When a spark goes online, there is great joy. When one is extinguished, the universe weeps.|[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] being all mystical|"[[The Spark]]"}}

==Conceptual history==
[[File:Brain module.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Marvel comic]] introduced the [[brain module]] as the "core" of Transformer life.]]
Although the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon was the first piece of ''Transformers'' media to introduce and codify the nature of the spark and its role in Cybertronian physiology, various works of "[[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]]" fiction had presented a number of similar concepts and ideas to prove that the [[Transformer]]s were true "living beings" and not just simple machines acting out preprogrammed directives. [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|Issue #10]] of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|original Marvel comic]] introduced the [[brain module]] as the core of Cybertronian life, which could only be manufactured and activated with the help of the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]—without one, the resulting Transformer would be a mindless, emotionless automaton, functional but not truly "alive". Although the word "spark" did appear offhandedly in some [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Generation 1'' comic stories]] (a "spark of life", a "life spark", [[The Bridge to Nowhere!|"Let no spark remain flickering in a single Autobot microchip!"]], [[Pretender to the Throne!|"For as long as a spark exists within a single Mechabot..."]]), these were clearly metaphorical statements and otherwise unconnected to the concept that would eventually evolve. [[The Transformers (cartoon)|The original Generation 1 cartoon]] introduced the [[laser core]] as a crucial component of Cybertronian anatomy, and the later episodes "[[Starscream's Brigade]]" and "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]" featured [[personality component]]s that governed a Transformer's ability to think, speak, and emote.

Early drafts of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' featured "Life Sparks", which were small glowing versions of the Transformers to whom they belonged. In one early draft, Life Sparks are said to depart the body of a Transformer upon death and dissipate into nothingness unless they are contained within another vessel. In this version of the script, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s Life Spark took the place of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]; upon his death, he bequeathed it to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], who became the next Autobot leader for a time. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] requested to have his enshrined in an urn at the Decepticon [[Hall of Heroes]] only for his pleas to be ignored; his Life Spark then drifted into space, and [[Unicron]] eventually recreated it as [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. Although this idea was discarded from the finished film entirely, a vestigial reference persisted in the UK comic story "[[Target: 2006]]" where author [[Simon Furman]] misinterpreted "Life Spark" as the name of [[Life Spark|a character]] who was rebuilt into [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]].

[[File:The Spark Rhinox spark.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The concept of the spark as we know it today was first detailed in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[The Spark]]".<ref>[[Gorilla Warfare|An earlier episode]] included an offhanded reference to [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s spark, but its significance was not explained.</ref> Compared to brain modules and laser cores, ''Beast Wars'' couched the idea of sparks in explicitly supernatural terms and all-but compared them to a tangible "soul" that served as a Cybertronian's animating life-force. Sparks remained prominent throughout ''Beast Wars''; events in seasons two and three further established that all Transformers—be they [[Maximal]], [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], [[Autobot]], or [[Decepticon]]—possess sparks. Sparks played a major role in the follow-up ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon, which gave more information about the Transformer life cycle: each spark was a fragment of the immaterial [[Transformer afterlife|Matrix]], the "Allspark" through which all sparks arose from and eventually returned to.

The [[BotCon 1999]] prose story "[[Paradox]]" was the first to connect sparks to the benevolent creator-god [[Primus]], noting that each Spark contained an infinitesimal fraction of his divine lifeforce. In [[2004]], [[Dreamwave Productions]]' [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Generation One continuity]] introduced the supernatural "[[Well of All Sparks]]" as the mechanism through which new sparks entered the material world from the essence of Primus at Cybertron's core. In addition to the [[AllSpark|physical AllSpark artifact]] from the [[Transformers (film)|first live-action film]], the ability to generate sparks at will has since been backported to two [[sacred treasure|artifacts]] from the original Generation 1 cartoon: the [[Vector Sigma]] supercomputer and the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]]—this latter [[retcon]] is almost assuredly based on the role the Creation Matrix played in the original Marvel comics.

Since their introduction, sparks have featured in basically all continuities in some way, shape or form. This includes new works set in the long-running [[Generation 1 continuity family]], which has successfully introduced the concept into modern Generation 1 stories like [[IDW Publishing]]'s various comic continuities and contemporary universes like the [[Aligned continuity family]] and ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''.

==Unusual sparks==
===Immortal sparks===
[[File:Possession-StarscreamsSpark.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Many versions of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] have somehow cheated death, persisting as a kind of "ghost" even after the complete destruction of his physical form. The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episodes "[[Possession]]" and "[[Bad Spark]]," attributed this behaviour to the presence of an immortal, indestructible "mutant spark"—as a disembodied spark, he retained his memories, personality, and the ability to move around under his own power; he could travel through space and time and even possess other Transformers.

In the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity, [[Maximal]] scientists attempted to replicate Starscream's aberrant spark—their reckless experimentation created the murderously insane Profotorm X, who later took on the name "[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]". Like Starscream, Rampage's spark could not be extinguished through the simple destruction of his body, though it could be "split" by carving with an [[energon crystal]]. Megatron kept part of the spark in a case lined with energon crystals, and squeezing the case caused Rampage great physical pain. Rampage's spark turned out to not be completely indestructible, however; when [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] pierced his spark with "pure" crystalline energon, it created an explosion strong enough to destroy Rampage's physical body and the portion of the spark that he carried within his body, seemingly killing him for good.
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===Multiple sparks in one body===
[[File:OptimalSituation-Sparks.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
In rare cases, a Transformer may be able to take the spark of another Cybertronian into their body—essentially using their body to sustain this second spark while still maintaining their own sparks and personalities. In the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] temporarily housed the spark of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]; he grew into an enormous, exponentially more powerful "Optimal Optimus" form, and Megatron later pulled off a similar stunt by doing the same thing with [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]]. When the aberrant disembodied spark of Starscream had earlier possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] the only physical change was the body's [[Insignia|allegiance emblems]] shifting from [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] to [[Decepticon]]. Based on information from the series there is no basis for determining whether this phenomenon is a result of a single body housing two sparks, a Beast Era body housing a Generation One spark, a body being implanted with an especially "powerful" spark conceivably like those of Optimus Prime and Megatron or some combination of these. The ''Beast Wars'' comic miniseries ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' implies that Generation One sparks may be intrinsically more powerful than Beast Era sparks.

The [[Prime Master]] Transformers are specifically noted to carry the sparks of the [[Thirteen]] within their bodies; when they link with another Cybertronian, they bestow a portion of that power upon the Autobot or Decepticon in question by [[Prime Master/Combinations|granting them supernatural power boosts and sometimes completely altering their personalities]]. It is unclear if these Prime Masters have sparks of their own, or if they are solely powered by the sparks of the Thirteen they carry.
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===Spark powers===
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[[File:FeralScreamPt2-Cheetorspark.gif|thumb|right|200px]]
Some rare Cybertronians possess spark-based powers that set them apart from average Cybertronians. Most prominenetly, Maximals and Predacons who had been mutated into [[Transmetal 2]] forms by the [[Transmetal driver]] all possessed abnormal sparks with supernatural powers. As [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] mutated into his Transmetal 2 form, tendrils of energy emerged from his spark chamber that changed his body; after fully becoming a Transmetal 2, he was able to telekinetically holster and unholster his pistol using his spark powers.

In other continuities, Cybertronians with strange powers like technopathy or teleportation are known as "outliers". The exact relationship between these powers and the nature of the spark is not clearly understood; in ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|#36]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] attempted to create an army of outliers by dousing the recently-arisen sparks at the [[Alyon]] [[Hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]] with radiation, but the attempt was thwarted early and it is unclear if his experiments succeeded.
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===Biological sparks===
[[File:IHaveNoMouthAndIMustStarscream-VoinSpark.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
In rare cases, sparks can even graft themselves into an organic body. During a climactic battle against [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[beast mode]] body somehow divided himself between his organic and technological components; his spark wound up inside a purely organic form and suffered no ill effects. When Megatron disentangled his spark from this form, the "[[Noble (BM)|Savage Noble]]" creature survived the process and became a mindless animal.

In the ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' comic, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] genetically engineered a number of strange organic lifeforms with sparks like the [[Treecon]]s; using the knowledge encoded within the [[Magnificence]], he was able to extract the still-living spark from [[Rat-a-Tat-Tat|a Decepticon]] and implant it into the body of a genetically engineered humanoid creature he called "the [[Firstborn]]". Scorponok planned to engineer an entire race of spark-powered organics; he precipitated his plan on the theory that their sparks would divide and carry on to the next generation, and that he could one day "harvest" the sparks from their bearers and use them to repopulate the dying Decepticon race. As only one being was created before his plan was thwarted, it is unclear if this plan would have succeeded.

[[Cryak]]'s spark was able to exist, apparently indefinitely, within the body of a cybernetically enhanced [[Voin]] ape, although the experience drove her insane.
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===Technorganic sparks===
[[File:Spark colors.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Transformers who are reformatted into [[technorganic]] forms through the power of the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] possess unusually-colored sparks that generally match the color of their robot-mode eyes (for instance, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] possessed red eyes and a red spark). Whenever the technorganic Maximals transformed, they would glow with the light of their spark color; after being infused with extra power from the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] during the final battle against Megatron's [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s, their sparks became visible as if parts of their torsos were translucent.

Technorganic Transformers appear to be able to sense and communicate with the sparks of other Transformers through a process that appears analogous to telepathy. According to dialogue from "Revelations Part III: Apocalypse" this ability is related to the sparks' mutual connection to the Allspark. While Blackarachnia's spark was outside of her body, her consciousness did not remain in the "real world". Instead, she experienced a conversation with the meditating Optimus Primal—not a hallucination—which took place on an abstract "higher plane of existence" perhaps within the Allspark itself.
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===Branched sparks===
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[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4- JumpstartersEnd.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Much like a human zygote, a spark can, either naturally or through artificial induction, split into two healthy but inextricably linked sparks. The resulting Cybertronians are considered [[twin]]s and possess a "branched" or "split" spark. Some Cybertronians born with branched sparks, like the small Transformers who inhabit the planet [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]], may [[combiner|combine]] with their spark-sibling to form a single combined [[alternate mode]], though most possess independent transformations. Still others, like [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], can combine with their sibling or assume an independent vehicle form as needed.

Individuals who share a branched spark have been known to experience a phenomenon known as "vicarious perception", where one twin can feel the pain of the other. In extreme situations, the death of one twin can even kill the other.
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===Mitotic sparks===
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[[File:TF84 FlywheelsDullBot.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Cybertronians who possess a mitotic spark inhabit and control multiple Transformers simultaneously. Unlike [[combiner]]s, who are five individual beings who can temporarily unite their minds and bodies into a single gestalt entity, mitotic Transformers possess ''one'' consciousness and will spread across many separate bodies, usually somewhere between two and three independent forms who often possess their own [[alternate mode]]s. This unusual power grants them great flexibility on the battlefield and supreme durability—a mitotic Transformer can generally survive the destruction of one body.

Some mitotic Transformers like [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] possess multiple interlinked Transformers who can all combine into one single shape; others like [[Magmatron]] and the [[Duocon]]s possess multiple non-transforming [[alternate mode]]s who combine into a single robot. [[Exarchon]] possesses a more dangerous version of this talent—he can forcibly overwrite the minds and personalities of other Transformers and subsume them into a "collective" of mind-controlled bodies.
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===Prime Spark===
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The Prime Spark has been entrusted by [[Primus]] to at least three Transformers from different dimensions and time periods: "Generation 1" [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], ''Armada'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. When they all encountered each other at moment of their respective deaths, the assembled leaders realized that their sparks all resonated as one. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would go on to elaborate on the concept, and it could be considered a loose precursor to the idea of "[[multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]]" that Hasbro and Fun Publications would later introduce.

===Embers===
[[File:Grimlockember.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]]'s red ember is visible on his chest.]]
The Cybertronians who inhabit the backwards universe of ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' possess red, electron-charged "embers" instead of blue, positron-charged sparks. Beyond this, there are no observable differences between embers and the spark of the dimension-hopping [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] during his visit to this strange reality.
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===Anti-sparks===
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As each Transformer possesses a portion of Primus's divine life-force, so too is [[Unicron]] powered by an animating force all his own—a malevolent "anti-spark". Transformers who use [[Dark Energon]] as a fuel source invariably corrupt their being by binding Unicron's anti-spark to their own. Dark Energon has the power to resurrect dead Transformers as mindless, undead [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]]s, invariably hostile creatures who possess a portion of Unicron's own anti-spark in place of their own spark.

The Vehicons of ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' possess anti-sparks, though theirs are only loosely related to Unicron, the result of experimentation with the energies of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. In this universe, Vehicons with anti-sparks are able to assimilate other Cybertronians and forcibly transform them into more Vehicons.

Anti-sparks should not be confused with the [[Dark Spark]], the supernatural antithesis to the [[Matrix of Leadership]].
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===Point One Percenters===
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In some realities, a small number of Cybertronians possess enhanced green sparks. These rare ‘bots are known as “Point One Percenters”, so named for their extreme rarity. Point One Percenters possess enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and durability compared to the baseline Cybertronian average, though just ''how'' strong a Point One Percenter is varies from one to the next. Some possess additional abilities; "loadbearing" Point One Percenters, for instance, were the only Cybertronians capable of safely wearing and operating the mighty [[Magnus Armor]].
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===Titansparks===
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The enormous Transformers known as [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s are said to possess unique sparks; in the [[2019 IDW continuity]], these are specifically identified as "Titansparks". What exactly differentiates Titansparks from ordinary Cybertronian sparks isn't entirely clear, though [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] claims in the ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|annual]] that these "super sparks" supposedly span multiple planes of existence and allow Titans to "commune with the divine". These unique sparks appear to be the differentiating factor between Titans and other giant Cybertronians—[[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]] is extremely large, roughly the size of a [[combiner]] like [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], but she is specifically noted to be no different from someone like [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]].
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===Sparkless Transformers===
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Within the traditional Cybertronian worldview, a Transformer needs a spark to be considered truly "alive"—the spark gives them the ability to think, feel, and emote. Traditionally, Cybertronians without sparks are either mindless [[drone]]s, who operate on a set of preprogrammed directives, or [[zombie]]s, unliving shells forced back to life through science or sorcery. Across the [[multiverse]], Cybertronians frequently utilize nonliving machines in their starships and buildings, which vary in both complexity and functionality—sophisticated artificial intelligences like the [[Diagnostic Drone]]s, [[Deployer (BM)|Deployers]], or [[T-AI]] are by all appearance fully sentient beings, but lack sparks.

The Japanese Generation 1 continuity regards Transformers built without the assistance of [[Primus|Vector Sigma]], such as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], to lack sparks, resulting in more bestial and less intelligent personalities.

In ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] was brought back to life with a fragment of the [[AllSpark]] in place of a normal spark, and Titan's tie-in comics would reveal that comic-original character [[Afterburn]] was really a sparkless drone. Although he showed emotion, initiative and thought beforehand, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] wrote him off as not having been a "real" bot after learning of his true nature and viewed it as pointless to mark Afterburn's death.

In rare instances, Transformers have somehow managed to transfer an engram of their mind into a new, Sparkless body—in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s mind survived the destruction of his original body, then invaded [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]]'s sparkless "Galvatron" prototype and turned it into a new body for himself. The resulting "Galvatron" was by all accounts a sentient being with free will, but lacked a spark—but does he count as a "real" Cybertronian lifeform, or is he just an advanced copy?
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==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity====
[[File:OptimusPrimalSparkChamber.gif|thumb|left|250px|Most Cybertronians can open and close their spark chambers at will.]]
All Sparks stem from the mystical dimension known as the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]], a metaphysical matrix that contains the joined sparks of all Transformers who ever lived or ever will live. Each spark passes into the material world to learn and grow; when it is extinguished, it adds its knowledge to the totality contained within. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}} The physical mechanism by which new Sparks enter the material world is not clear. Different sources have alluded to the existence of "Matrix" and "Pit" facilities where Maximal and Predacon sparks are respectively created, but details are scarce and sometimes contradictory. {{storylink|Beast Wars Universe}} {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

Though the intrinstic essence of the spark cannot be altered through any known means, [[shell program]]s can be used to overwrite a Transformer's personality. In extreme cases, shell programs can create entirely new beings with no apparent relation to the Maximal or Predacon they might've once been. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}} {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery|Discovery}}
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=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon=====
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Newly born sparks were placed within a [[protoform]]. On long-range exploration and colonization missions, they would be stored within [[stasis pod]]s, which would keep both the protoform safe until it could acquire a [[beast mode]] using the pod's built-in [[DNA scanner]]. {{storylink|The Spark}} Most sparks were susceptible to [[energon]]; the [[energon radiation|radiation]] from raw energon could short out mechanical bodies and damage the spark, {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} and pure energon could completely destroy the spark. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}} Traditionally, [[stasis lock]] was a way to preserve the spark by shifting into an energy-conserving low power mode until sufficiently repaired. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

[[File:FeralScream2 Cheetor's spark.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The [[Transmetal driver]] changes the color of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s spark.]]
The Decepticon Air Commander [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] possessed a mutant spark; {{storylink| Possession}} when Maximal High Command sought to recreate this power, they got the murderous [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]]. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} The original Starscream found his way to the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] and possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]'s body for a time, but [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] soon exorcised the errant spark by detonating an [[energon]] cache beneath Waspinator. {{storylink|Possession}} When Rampage awoke on prehistoric Earth, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] later used an energon knife to carve out a piece of the experiment's spark, {{storylink|Bad Spark}} and tortured him by using a cage of energon crystals to squeeze half of his spark. {{storylink|Bad Spark}}

During a desperate battle to save the original [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] made the drastic decision to carry Prime's spark in his own body until the other Maximals could repair his body. Carrying two sparks at once drastically altered Primal's body into a powerful "Optimal" form, which carried over even after he returned Prime's spark to its correct vessel. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}} Not to be outdone, Megatron would later pull off a similar feat with the spark of the [[Megatron (G1)|original Megatron]]. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

The enigmatic [[Vok]] took an interest in the Cybertronians that had contaminated their experiment and abducted [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Tigatron]] to extract their sparks. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Their [[Transmetal driver]] had a drastic effect on Cybertronian sparks; it displayed the ability to mutate both Maximals and Predacons into powerful [[Transmetal 2]] forms, which all displayed abnormal Spark-based powers like telekinesis or enhanced healing. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}} The Vok eventually created [[Tigerhawk]] from the sparkless bodies of their captives, and Tigatron and Airazor took the chance to merge into one spark and inhabit Tigerhawk as a new composite entity. {{storylink|Other Victories}}
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=====''Beast Machines'' cartoon=====
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After the end of the Beast Wars, Megatron escaped Maximal captivity, returned to Cybertron ahead of his captors, and used this head start to construct an army of sparkless [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] drones. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}} Eager to ensure that his would become the ''only'' spark on a Cybertron stripped of free will, a "single elegant machine" of his own devising, Megatron successfully took over the planet with a [[transformation virus]] and [[Spark extractor|extracted]] the sparks from every other Cybertronian. He stored the disembodied sparks inside the former [[Council Citadel]], where he one day planned to abosrb them into his own spark. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege|The Siege}} Megatron laboured to purge himself of his now-hated [[beast mode]] but refused the simple option of simply transferring his spark to a purely mechanical frame, noting that doing so would leave his spark vulnerable. {{storylink|Survivor}} When Optimus Primal and his Maximals finally returned to Cybertron, they were beset by the Vehicons and infected with the virus. Their escape from the Vehicons led them to the [[Oracle (BM)|the Oracle]], who recognized Primal's "receptive spark" and reformatted the four into [[technorganic]] bodies. {{storylink|The Reformatting}} Whenever Primal used his powers to reformat another Cybertronian into a technorganic form, his spark would shine from his body. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}} {{storylink|Home Soil}}

Though Megatron first sought to crush the Maximals through sheer numbers, he conceded that free will and the capacity for lateral thought had its uses and made the decision to place three of his captured sparks into Vehicon bodies, using [[shell program]]s to create the [[Vehicon General]]s. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}} Primal felt something familiar about the general [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]'s spark, {{storylink|Mercenary Pursuits}} and the Maximals soon discovered the truth: Tankor was really [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], just as [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] and [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] were really [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery|Discovery}} {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}} Though the Maximals believed that the shell program had corrupted Rhinox's spark and turned him into an amoral villain, Optimus maintained that his former compatriot had voluntarily chosen to stand with Megatron and they had to respect this decision. {{storylink|Revelations Part III: Apocalypse|Apocalypse}}

[[File:Spark consumption.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Megatron's spark ensnares and consumes other sparks from his collection.]]
When a clash between the Maximals and Megatron resulted in the anti-organic energies of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] meeting the anti-technological energies of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], {{storylink|End of the Line}} Optimus sacrificed himself to ensure the powers did not destroy Cybertron. His spark went on a vision quest in the afterlife for a time before he returned to his body. {{storylink|Fallout (episode)|Fallout}} At the same time, Megatron attempted to purge his organic form once and for all by transferring his spark into a new mechanical form. However, his spark was instead transferred into the "[[Noble (BM)|Savage Noble]]" creature that had coalesced from his body's organic elements. Megatron posed as a Maximal to gain access to the Council Citadel and uploaded his spark into the [[Grand Mal]], the body he'd intended to wear. {{storylink|Prometheus Unbound}} Megatron later moved the sparks into a [[spark containment unit]] inside his body, where he brought forth the sparks of the legendary generals [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] and [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and implanted them into Vehicon bodies to act as his new enforcers. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike|The Strike}} Optimus Primal baited Megatron with access to the Oracle so that the Maximal leader could learn where Cybertron's sparks now resided. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}} Megatron used the knowledge he'd gleaned from the Oracle to begin absorbing the captured sparks into his own; his spark grew to an enormous size before Nightscream depolarized it with a powerful sonic scream. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege|The Siege}}

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Megatron's depolarized spark was unable to inhabit a material body for very long; it bounced across Cybertron, randomly possessing dead bodies before Rattrap was able to re-polarize the spark and trap it inside a helpless [[Diagnostic Drone]]. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}} With the Grand Mal still in their possession, the Maximals made defending Cybertron's sparks their priority as Megatron ordered his generals to recapture them. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral|The Downward Spiral}} Communing with the sparks, the Maximals tapped into their own sparks for a power boost when the battle turned against them. Though the Maximals managed to defeat the Vehicon Generals, Megatron had managed to transfer his spark into a new combat-ready body, Optimus Primal's "Optimal Optimus" form, and extracted the sparks of every Maximal save Primal himself. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|When Legends Fall}}

In the following battle, Megatron emerged victorious and absorbed every spark into himself. At the cusp of his ascension however, Primal managed to manipulate the technorganic matter to shove Megatron and himself into Cybertron's [[organic core]]. As Primal reformatted the core itself and initiated the [[Great Transformation]] that saw the entire planet transformed into a [[technorganic]] world, Megatron's stolen sparks were all released and promptly returned to their original bodies. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}
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=====''Transformers Legends'' anthology=====
A portion of [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]] attempted to manipulate his successor into returning his disembodied spark to his original body. After the end of the Beast Wars, the Maximals ensured that this spark was returned to its original vessel to preserve the timeline. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

During his time as Cybertron's ruler, Megatron's disembodied spark flashed between the material world and the Allspark, which presented itself as a [[Tree of Life|metaphysical "tree"]]. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] explained that all sparks can only "ascend" through the eight realms as far as they can share their self with the world around them. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}

=====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity=====
During the [[Golden Age]] of Cybertron, Transformers referred to sparks as their "Life Force" or "Laser Core". The term "spark" did not come into usage until after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] and the rise of the Maximals and Predacons. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
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Sparks were a feature of robotic life in the [[Precursor World]] that preceded the [[G1 World]]. Seeking to bring his [[Primus Vanguard]] through the rebirth of the universe, [[Primus]] attempted to use his [[Golden Noah]] to collect and ferry the wayward sparks of members of the [[Blue Order]] after they were done in by the [[Straxus (G1)|Straxuses]]'s betrayal. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}} In this world, at least the leaders of the Primus Vanguard were able to transfer their spirits to other objects, such as when [[White Gallant Convoy]] lived on within [[God Neptune]]'s [[Neptune Sword]]. [[Blue Big Convoy]] was able to do the same with the [[Matrix Sword]], {{storylink|God Neptune comic 2}} which allowed Straxus to use his spark energies to create [[Convobat|an experimental clone]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic}}

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Primus's efforts were in vain, as the only beings that would ultimately make it over to the new world were himself and [[Primacron]]. But thanks to the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] that carried Primus's essence, Primus himself was able to act as a conduit between the life from the previous universe and the present universe. As such, Primacron used Primus to create living robotic beings such as the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]], the [[Lithone (species)|Lithone]], and many others. Primus was able to escape Primacron's clutches, eventually settling on the planet that would later be known as [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. There, he was discovered and exploited by the [[Quintesson]]s to create another kind of robotic life with sparks: the [[Transformer]]s. As Vector Sigma, Primus acted on the behalf of several to grant true life—sparks—to various Transformers. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale}} Transformers created without Vector Sigma were of low intelligence, being considered as more akin to animals. {{Storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}}

However, the existence of sparks was unknown to Transformers in general, with them believing that the [[personality component]] contained the essence of a Transformer {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} and that their "personality data" was executed by a unique energy signature referred to abstractly as "lifeforce" which was propagated throughout their bodies by laser cores. {{Storylink|GT Units Online!}} This was the case till [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], inspired by a conversation with Primacron in [[2011]], {{storylink|Controverse}} investigated the existence of the Transformer soul. His research led him to open up his personality component in [[2025]] and discover his own spark within. From this time onward, sparks were common knowledge, although the particulars of where sparks went to after death were still a mystery. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 2}}

In some cases, an individual's spark was used to animate another being, such as when [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]'s personality component gave life to the rudimentary human-made robot, [[B.O.T. (G1)|B.O.T.]], in [[1985]] {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}} and when [[2005]]'s [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] was used to give life to [[Central Consciousness File X-9|a copy of his future self]]. {{storylink|Ghosts of the Past}} Around [[2030]], [[Violengiguar]] was created by the [[Vok]] from an aggregate of deceased Decepticons' sparks. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 5: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two}}

In the [[BT World]] that split from the G1 World in [[2005]], the Transformers learned of the spark earlier when the [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Protector]]'s spark possessed the body of [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

{{note|Japanese Generation 1 continuity includes the ''Beast Wars'' and ''Beast Machines'' cartoons. See [[#Beast Wars cartoon]] and [[#Beast Machines cartoon]] for further details.}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
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Traditionally, the spark of a Cybertronian is created when a [[protoform]] is imbued with enough energy to bring it to life. The spark can uses its hard-coded genetic instructions to reformat the protoform into a suitable robotic body with an [[alternate mode]], or it can simply animate a pre-built body. In ancient times, it was believed that the energies of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] were the font of all life and that all sparks possessed a connection to [[Primus]] himself, but as Cybertronian society developed a more atheistic worldview this was eventually dismissed as superstition. In the years before the war, scientists attempted to deduce a rational explanation for the origin of sparks.

The spark is suffused throughout the body; when a Transformer dies, their corpse releases a measurable energy burst, which was speculated to be the spark leaving the body. Certain sparks were known to have aberrant properties that counted [[Ability|special powers]] among them. A spark was known to sometimes split, resulting in the creation of siblings. The Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] managed to artificially replicate this to create clones, but this process was noted to be overall inferior to natural spark separation. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}}

During his [[Unbinding]] ritual, [[the Fallen]] gathered four Cybertronians with unique sparks, specifically those with great "genetic potential": [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]. {{storylink|Conflagration}} While Blitzwing would eventually mutate into a [[Triple Changer]] and Hot Spot was already a member of a [[combiner]] team, an [[The Age of Wrath Pt.5|unproduced issue of ''The War Within'']] would've revealed that Grimlock's spark was part of a "lineage" that dated back to the [[Thirteen]] themselves, though Jetfire's significance will forever remain a mystery.
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====Marvel Comics continuity====
{{note|The original Marvel comics were published long before the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon that would codify the concept of sparks. Subsequent stories that involve sparks in this continuity are the product of an elaborate, if not particularly smooth, [[retcon]].}}
=====''Classics''=====
The nature of the Cybertronian body and spark is highly dependent upon the rarified energon that shapes it—the "base element" of Transformer life is present across the [[multiverse]] and is responsible for the highly varied, heterogeneous properties of the Cybertronian species. Though each spark reflects the nature of [[Primus]], Rarified Energon is finite in nature and must be carefully guarded, so [[Primus]] tasked [[Nexus Prime]] of the [[Thirteen]] with guarding this miraculous substance so that it could not be used for evil. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}

The [[Last Autobot]] considered his [[Mini-Con]] creations to be "children of his own spark", though it is unclear if this sentiment is literal or metaphorical. {{storylink|The New World}}

=====''Regeneration One''=====
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The malevolent [[Dark Matrix]] creature discovered a way to consume the vestigial sparks of warriors who had made the pilgrimage to Primus's chamber, and grew more powerful with each new spark he consumed. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

Following the second crash of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', a damaged [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] willingly wired himself into the craft's systems to preserve his spark. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}} When the [[Wreckers]] crashed on [[Earth]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] ordered his horde of [[zombie]] Decepticons to bring them to him in a state where he could see dread in their optics before he snuffed out their sparks. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] later engaged Megatron in battle the [[Decepticon leader]] swore to open Prime's spark chamber with his teeth. His own spark was ripped out of his chest and crushed seconds later by an apologetic Prime. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}

After the Cybertronians had been separated from [[Primus]] and the larger [[multiverse]], they lost their biological immortality. Millenia in the future, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] had become the last Cybertronian; when he finally died, the vestiges of his spark energy provided the final catalyst for the [[Demons]] to complete their millennia-long metamorphosis and emerge as [[Botanica (BM)|a new generation]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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=====''Transformers '84''=====
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Prior to the initial launch from Cybertron, the sparks of the wounded [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] were separated from their bodies and held within a magnetic containment field aboard the ''Ark'' until their bodies could be mended; their minds, on the other hand, were removed from their bodies, uploaded onto [[crystalline containment vessel]]s, and stored in the [[mind bank]] that held the engrams of multiple Autobot reservists. When the Ark later crashed on Earth, [[Aunty|AUNTIE]] rebuilt the Dynobots with alien alternate modes and re-uploaded their sparks into their bodies. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 2|Secrets & Lies #2}}

Not long afterwards, AUNTIE would bring five more Autobots back to life as an ad-hoc defense against a berserk [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]; as these facsimile warriors contained only copied mind engrams and not their sparks, they were not truly alive, but possessed all of the memories and tactical knowledge they had possessed in life. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}}
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====2005 IDW continuity====
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Across the galaxy, multiple mechanical races possess sparks, including the [[Quintesson]]s, {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s, {{storylink|The Next Day, and the Next}} and the [[Transformer]]s themselves. The durability of a spark and its role in mechanoid physiology varies from species to species; [[Pentius]]'s spark contained a semblance of his memories and personality, which reasserted themselves when his disembodied spark found its way into [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s body, {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}} while the Junkion [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] could readily survive as a disembodied head after the apparent destruction of his spark. {{storylink|The Next Day, and the Next}} Machine races that did not possess sparks, like the [[Catharsian]]s, derive their sentience from a "warm-wired" physiology. {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}}

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the spark, [[brain module]], and [[transformation cog]] constitute [[Rossum's Trinity]], three vital, interconnected organs essential to Transformer life. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} The light from a spark illuminates a Transformer's [[Sensor#Optical sensors|optics]], {{storylink|Zero Point}} and affects the colour of the [[energon]] in their systems; while most Cybertronian sparks pulse at a high frequency and turns their energon purple, [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] Transformers evolved lower-frequency sparks and "bleed" blue energon instead. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} Cybertronian science has identified at least eight known spark types, {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} though some proposed variations like estriol-positive sparks have been discredited and abandoned. {{storylink|After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|After Megatron}}

In ancient times, [[Vector Sigma]] created sparks by sending energy pulses across the planet, igniting "[[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]s" that birthed clusters of newborn sparks. After the "first flash", Cybertronians harvested these new sparks; they could either be implanted into a mass of [[living metal|sentio metallico]] to become a healthy [[protoform]] {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}} or "frozen" indefinitely within a [[photonic crystal]]. {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}} Though most unharvested sparks evaporated soon after their first flash, a particularly strong spark like a [[Point One Percenter]] could remain buried underground for some time. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}}

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Although various Cybertronian religions held that sparks would burn forever as a result of the Cybertronian race destroying the death god [[Mortilus]] in ancient times, {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} the truth was that sparks were as mortal as any other life-force and could potentially burn out from old age or a disease like [[cybercrosis]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} Several [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s carried perpetually-regenerating hot spots within their bodies and used these to colonize distant worlds during the reign of the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} Exotic technologies like [[positron core]]s were once used to treat spark-related aliments but these miraculous devices were considered lost after the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}} At some point after this war, the enigmatic [[Mortilus|Necrobot]] began a tradition of harvesting the residual spark pulses from corpses and using that energy to create blue flowers to mark the graves of the many Cybertronians who had been killed in the conflict—a tradition that would only grow in complexity in the years to come. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}}

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By [[Nova Prime]]'s era, the hot spots weren't producing as many sparks and occurred less and less frequently, and the looming population crisis threatened Nova's vision of a grand galactic empire. In desperation, Nova's scientists found a way to tap the [[Matrix of Leadership]] itself, and discovered a way to generate a limitless supply of new sparks from the mass of photonic crystals embedded within its frame. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} Realizing that not all Cybertronians would approve of this act, the government established a cover story: they were creating life through "spark-splicing" experiments that supposedly used energy from existing sparks to ignite new ones, which were then implanted into pre-built bodies. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} This "[[Silver Harvest]]" single-handedly revitalized the Cybertronian race, and Transformers who were born this way were said to have been "[[Reproduction#2005 IDW continuity|constructed cold]]". {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} During this time in Cybertron's history, wealthy Cybertronians who wanted to experience a new alternate mode could visit a [[Relinquishment Clinic]] to have their spark temporarily transferred into an empty body using a [[spark extractor]]; the donor's spark was held in a secure [[whiteout vacuum]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}}

During the reign of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], a lone, hand-shaped hot spot ignited in [[Alyon]]. Realizing that this portentous shape would only embolden the waning [[Functionist Council]], the Autobot leader deliberately kept the spot a secret and had his men experiment on the sparks by bathing them with radiation in an attempt to turn them into [[Outlier (group)|outlier]]s until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] and a group of time-travelling Autobots drove them off. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

When the war finally broke out, the Autobots were able to recover a stockpile of leftover sparks frozen within photonic crystals; these became the basis for an expansive program of [[M.T.O.|"Made to Order" warriors]], purpose-built soldiers literally raised from birth to fight and die for their cause. {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}} The Decepticons possessed their own M.T.O.s, but where they sourced their sparks from is not entirely clear. {{storylink|The Not Knowing}} The [[Decepticon Justice Division]] leader [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]] possessed a fearsome [[Outlier (group)|Outlier]] power—using only his voice, he could synchronize his voice with the sparks of his victims and extinguish them using only his voice. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

[[File:SpotlightArcee Garrus-9 inmates.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Reminds me of the reptile cages at the zoo...except less stinky.]]
In the early days of the conflict, [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and [[Tarantulas (BW)|Mesothulas]] collaborated on a number of inventions for Autobot use, including spark extraction, which they viewed as a humane method of keeping prisoners under control. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 2|Sins of the Wreckers #2}} The technology saw use at the [[Garrus-9]] detention center, where the Autobots incarcerated [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. Arcee found this limbo peaceful but was later reunited with her body to deal with the [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] six; despite [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s orders, the Autobots couldn't break through his destructive programming to safely extract the sparks for rehabilitation. To control her behavior, a "g-force crush" device was installed in her spark chamber, which could be operated via remote control. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

After being possessed by [[Vekktral]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] managed to resist enough to open his spark chamber so [[Rom]] could kill them both. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

[[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]]'s sparkhousing was unstable due to age and [[Ore-8]]-induced radiation poisoning. While stranded on [[Tsiehshi]], he finally experienced sparkcore stabilizer failure which threatened to blow him up. [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] saved him by extending a [[force field]] around the crashing spark. Later, Kup recovered in a [[CR chamber]] fitted with a placeholder powercore to maintain his spark. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

[[File:TheFecundMoon-Luna1HotSpot.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Some years after the end of the war and the rebirth of Cybertron, two hot spots re-emerged. The first was discovered by the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' while investigating Cybertron's lost moon, [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]; when [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] set foot on the lunar surface, it ignited a particularly large hot spot that contained over one ''billion'' unborn sparks. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} The sparks were not harvested in time, however, and the hot spot quickly burned out. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}}

The second hot spot occurred on Cybertron, in the abandoned Alyon region. As the Transformers were mostly concentrated in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] at the time, the rogue scientist [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] was the first to find the site and began experimenting on the sparks—using some of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s corrupted energon, he was able to implant newborn sparks into the bodies of unliving creatures like [[turbofox]]es and the countless [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] corpses that littered the wasteland to create mindless abominations. Around this time, [[Slag (G1)|Slug]], the other [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, and a group of Camiens discovered that the hot spot had already activated while transporting a cargo of unborn Camien sparks to plant in the Alyon region, and saved the unborn sparks by chasing Bludgeon off. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

[[File:Salvation - Trypticon's Protoforms.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Later, however, Bludgeon returned to Alyon, slew the guards that [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] had posted to keep the sparks safe, and stole the sparks before using a replica [[Void Scepter]] to raise Trypticon. Once he'd been defeated, however, Trypticon announced that he wished to protect the sparks, took them into his own body, and allowed them to use his own [[Living metal|sentio metallico]] to develop into full-fledged protoforms. Though Slug had perished during the initial hunt for Bludgeon, Starscream was able to bring him back to life by implanting a ''new'' spark—one of the mutant Sweep sparks recovered from Bludgeon's possession—into his body. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}

[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] utilized the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] to create the [[Firstborn]], a spark-powered organic capable of sexual reproduction that would reproduce with others of its kind and create a new generation of Decepticon sparks. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

In a subsequent struggle with the [[Darkling Lord]]s, the [[Spectral Knight]] [[Galadria]] was able to cast a [[magic]] spell that healed [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]]'s spark. {{storylink|The Curtain}} Not long afterwards, [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] used some fresh sparks harvested from Trypticon's hot spot to create new bodies for Optimus Prime and [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] to inhabit after they'd been rescued from [[infraspace]]. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

During the final battle against the [[Functionist Council]], [[Team Rodimus (G1)|Team Rodimus]] opened twelve Matrices of Leadership at the [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]s on Functionist Cybertron; [[Vector Sigma]] shunted the excess energy to the orbiting Luna 1, which reignited the hot spot. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}} Over the following years, the new sparks harvested in the "[[Bronze Harvest]]" were brought online and became known as the [[Lunarian]]s. Taking after their progenitor Rung, they possessed an unusually high number of Point One Percenters to the point where the term would likely have to be changed in the coming years. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}
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=====Characters by spark type=====
{{quote|Rewind's '''''vitreous positive'''''. It's a relatively rare spark type. One in 150, one in 200.}}
{{quote|I'm V-positive.}}
{{quote|I know.|[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]|[[Before & After]]}}
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!Ferrum-positive
!Ferrum-negative
!Isomeric-positive
!Isomeric-negative
!Vitreous-positive
!Vitreous-negative
!Unknown shared type
!Either ferrum-negative or vitreous-positive<ref group="idw">In "Elegant Chaos", Brainstorm's time-machine is coded for two spark-types: ferrum-negative and vitreous-positive, since Tailgate and Rewind can both use it. By extrapolation, Rodimus, Brainstorm, Megatron and Rung are either of those two.</ref>
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*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]
*[[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]]
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]
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*[[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]
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*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
*[[Getaway]]
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]
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*[[Dipstick]]
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]]
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]
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*[[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]]
*[[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]]
*[[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]]
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]
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*[[Ammo]]
*[[Crosscut (G1)|Crosscut]]
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
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*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]
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*[[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]]
*[[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]]
*[[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]
*[[Rung (G1)|Rung]]
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====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Primax 185.0 Beta]], during a war between the [[Decepticon Empire]] and the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]], Galvatron sought to turn his homeworld into the ultimate weapon, intending to transfer his spark into Cybertron and become [[Grand Galvatron]]. As the transfer occurred however, the Decepticon's spark was destroyed through the sacrificial efforts of [[Ratchet (G1)|The Autobot]] and the [[Dreadnok]]s. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/04}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
Traditionally, the Vector Sigma supercomputer was the source of Cybertronian life, which continually generated new sparks. During the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], however, Vector Sigma was extinguished. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

When [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] attacked Cybertron, he was repelled by a small number of Cybertronians who possessed unusually powerful Point One Percenter sparks. Inspired by the sight—and foreseeing a day when the Point One Percenters would be needed again—[[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] and a number of other Cybertronians began studying the properties of sparks in the hopes of artificially creating a new generation of Point One Percenters. His work after the end of the war yielded only two successes, however: the immortal [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and the deceptively powerful [[Transmutate (BW)|Trans-Mutate]]. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

The Great War came to an end when the [[Decepticon leader]] Thunderwing claimed the [[Underbase]], absorbed its contents into his own body, and used its power to fuse his spark with the other members of the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}} With the Cybertronian race damaged, divided, and teetering on the brink of extinction, the Autobot scientist [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] bartered with the [[Human Confederacy]] and received the [[Energon Matrix]] as an alternate method of generating sparks. His fellow [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders]] used the device to create the Maximals and Predacons, proxy armies who would carry on the war in a series of ritualized [[Games (competition)|Games]], and hid the artifact away inside [[Lio Convoy]] once they'd grown their population to a sufficient number. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

After Lio Convoy went rogue and kickstarted the [[Grand Uprising]], [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] created a clone with his own Matrix. The clone, [[Galva Convoy]] was influenced by a [[Lord Imperious Delirious|dark source]] and eventually utilized the [[G-Virus]] to corrupt the Matrix within him and birthed the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] who had "anti-sparks". {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

[[Second-born intellect]]s were mechanical entities created by organic beings and not animated by sparks. When the highly advanced second-born intellect [[Lord Imperious Delirious]] learned of the Cybertronian race, he initially believed them to be an entire race of beings like himself; when he learned that they possessed sparks, however, he was instinctually disgusted by the idea of "energy beings" animating mechanical shells and began a genocidal campaign against the Cybertronian species. {{storylink|Derailment}}

====''Of Masters and Mayhem''====
[[File:OMAM-ThunderMayhemSpark.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] performed several arcane experiments on his spark, which enhanced its power and turned it green. Learning of this, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had the spark extracted and placed it into what would become the [[Matrix of Malice]]. When the [[combiner]] [[Thunder Mayhem]] incorporated this Matrix into itself, [[Fractyl]] suspected that the additional spark was what gave the combiner such power and stability. In the process of making [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]] to defeat Thunder Mayhem, Fractyl hoped that the introduction of [[greenergon]], which radiated the same signature as Thunderwing's spark, would react with [[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]]'s spark and produce a similar power boost. {{storylink|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}

When the [[Teklaan]]s began rebuilding Cybertron's ruined biosphere, [[Cergo]] remarked that understanding the Wreckers' sparks was necessary to resurrect the Cybertronian race. When [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] was convinced to turn against the aliens and joined Wreckage, the combiner highlighted his spark as proof that he was not a thing, but a true being, unlike the static Teklaans. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}
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====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons====
[[File:POTP-Ep2-Volcanicus-Computron-dies.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
In a bid to resurrect [[Solus Prime]], [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] began draining the sparks of every Cybertronian to reconstitute her. {{storylink|Collision Course}} When his scheme was halted, thanks in part to Solus herself, the majority of the drained sparks were returned to the living universe—including the spark of Optimus Prime, who had been previously killed by Megatronus. {{storylink|Saga's End}}
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====''Power of the Primes'' marketing material====
The [[Prime Master]]s were diminutive Cybertronians who each held the sparks of one of the original [[Thirteen]] Primes. {{storylink|Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes}}

====2019 IDW continuity====
[[File:IHaveNoMouthAndIMustStarscream-Spark.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
New sparks emerged from the AllSpark, {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} ascending to the surface via the Well of All Sparks. By the [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]], the Cybertronian government had constructed the [[Forge Pyramid|Pyramid]] atop the Well, so that new sparks could be diverted directly into the forges that would provide the new sparks with [[living metal]] harvested from the surface of Cybertron. In ancient times, these included Titansparks; however, after the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], [[Nominus Prime]] decided that forging new Titans and keeping them fuelled would exceed the limits of the [[Nominus Edict]] and restart the cycle of conquest and colonization that he sought to avoid, and as a result deliberately had all new Titansparks diverted to a secret chamber underneath the building, where they would remain in indefinite stasis. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

When a Transformer grew tired of living, they would traditionally go "[[immersant]]", a kind of prolonged stasis that segues into some kind of death. During this journey, the spark begins to travel to the next world, a gradual dissolution of the self as the spark returns to a place where "all are one". {{storylink|Escape Part Three}} All but immortal, this leisurely perspective on life and death made it difficult for short-lived organic species like the [[A'ovan]]s to comprehend the Cybertronian worldview. {{storylink|Escape Part One}}

[[File:DarknessOnceGazedUponPartOne-Exarchonspark.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
An unknown alien race captured and modified [[Exarchon]] into a new breed of life entirely, something no longer wholly Cybertronian: although he still possessed a spark, it now acted like a living virus that could infect potential hosts, snuff out their own sparks, and turn them into receptacles for his consciousness. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part One}} When he used this ability, it involved opening his own spark chamber, which manifested a torrent of swirling black energy that ensnared his victims. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}} Exarchon's ultimate plan was to use his abilities on the AllSpark itself, becoming Cybertron. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}}

[[Cloning|Clone]]s, like the [[Skywarp drone]]s produced during the [[War of the Threefold Spark]] or the [[Insecticon clone]]s created by the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, lacked sparks. {{storylink|Escape Part Three}} [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]], a more advanced breed of clone, possessed a "demi-spark". {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}

When faced with the looming threat of a returned Exarchon, the Decepticons masterminded a plan to bait him with the last surviving Titanspark and trap the Threefold Spark in its cage. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} After being compelled by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], Exarchon used his abilities on the Titanspark, being sealed in its cage which was quickly destroyed by [[Pyra Magna]]. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}
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====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
The [[AllSpark|Allspark]] was the source of all Cybertronian life, and generated sparks as it travelled across the planet. With the devastation wrought by the Great War, the mindless [[zombie]] hordes known as the [[Sparkless]] attempted to reanimate themselves by feeding on the sparks of the living. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}} After the Allspark had been ejected from Cybertron, Megatron willingly drained the sparks of both Autobots and Decepticons in order to hasten the construction of his new starship, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

In one alternate timeline, the AllSpark was extinguished, although the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s who inherited Cybertron still possessed sparks generated through some unknown method. [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'s spark persisted after his death; acting on the will of the AllSpark, it displayed the ability to take on a semi-corporeal form as it guided [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] to the AllSpark. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 4}}

====2021 IDW ''Beast Wars'' comic====
[[File:MaximalsStrikeBackPart2-Terrorsaurdies.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The artificial intelligences aboard the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' reconstructed Maximals and Predacons with techno-organic material to protect the sparks of their crews from harmful [[energon radiation]]. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}}

When an enraged [[Skold]] turned on [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] after he'd murdered [[Razorbeast]], she killed him by ripping his spark from his chest. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 2}}
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===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] used his spark energy to turn six Autobot [[protoform]]s into Decepticons. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} After becoming Galvatron, the Predacon leader used his spark to forcibly turn them into loyal servants. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity====
[[File:Regeneration-SmokescreenSpark.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Unlike most Cybertronians, the [[Mini-Con]]s possessed unique "[[Digital Entity Frame]]s" instead of sparks. This mass of energy functioned similarly to a Cybertronian spark, but was connected to the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage dimension]] that served as a repository of their souls. {{storylink|Linkage Part 8}}

After being shot by the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], {{storylink|Sacrifice}} ninety percent of [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]]'s body was damaged beyond repair but his spark was intact allowing [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] to extract it and build Smokescreen a new body. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}} After his death, the [[Mini-Con]]s were able to summon [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s spark back to the physical plane via the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Miracle (episode)|Miracle}}

After seizing the [[Omega Lock]] and three of the Cyber Planet Keys, {{storylink|Retreat}} [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] began absorbing the spark of Primus into himself which eventually caused him to grow to titanic proportions and enhanced his physical abilities. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}}

Once all four Cyber Planet Keys were placed in the Omega Lock, Primus's spark was fully restored. {{storylink|End}}

In their final battle, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] stabbed [[Rhisling]] directly into [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s spark, finally ending the Decepticon's threat. {{storylink|Unfinished}}
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====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
After his defeat, Megatron's essence was imprisoned within Unicron's spark core, where the Chaos-Bringer attempted to subsume his essence. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}}

At some point in the brief peace that followed, Cybertronian scientists conducted experimental research to determine a connection between Energon and the "core life force" of the Transformer race. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More than Meets the Eye #3}} [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]]'s [[Spark Rewriter]] could forcibly convert Autobots into Decepticons. {{storylink|Omni-Potent}}

===Movie continuity===
====Live-action film series====
[[File:OptimusSparkChamber.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
Sparks were generated by the [[AllSpark]], a sacred artifact of unknown origin which could bring any machine to life by imbuing it with a spark. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} This spark contains a Transformer's memories and feelings; this manifestation of their metaphysical being has been compared to a human soul. Sparkless robots composed from the same [[living metal|elemental metal]]s as the Cybertronian race, like the human-built drones mass-produced by [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]], were considered to be "soulless" and not truly alive, even if they displayed the ability to speak and think independently. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] was said to devour the sparks of his fallen foes, {{storylink|Optimus Prime Versus Megatron}} {{storylink|Transformers (novel)}} and the mercenary bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] was fond of tearing the spark chambers of his victims from their lifeless bodies. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

While searching for the AllSpark on Earth, Optimus planned to put the artifact beyond Megatron's reach by inserting the artifact into his own spark chamber, which would assuredly kill him but deny Megatron the opportunity to raise an army from Earth's machines. Ultimately, however, [[Sam Witwicky]] saved the Autobot leader by forcibly inserting the AllSpark into Megatron's exposed spark chamber and killing him instead. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

[[File:AgeOfExtinction-OptimusSpark.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
Two years later, the Decepticons revived Megatron by inserting a shard of the AllSpark into the remains of his spark chamber, and the Decepticon leader soon felled [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] by shooting him through his own spark chamber. Sam was able to reignite his spark by inserting the [[Matrix of Leadership]] into Prime's empty chamber; not long afterwards, a wounded Jetfire deliberately sacrificed himself by ripping out his own spark chamber so that Optimus could use his parts, and the Autobot leader eventually killed [[The Fallen]] by crushing his spark. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

After his second defeat in [[Chicago]], Megatron's [[Core consciousness|consciousness]] manipulated KSI into producing a new body for him and its lack of a spark proved an invaluable asset when he later fought Optimus as "Galvatron". Thanks to a [[Vortex Grinder]] in place of his spark chamber, he was able to fight Optimus and win. After Optimus left Earth to confront the [[Creator]]s, Optimus asked his family on Earth to think of a star in the night sky as his soul. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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====IDW movie comics====
[[File:TheReignOfStarscream5-sparkdestroyed.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
After the failed [[Ejoornian]] invasion of Cybertron, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s post-mortem on one of them led to him discovering that they possessed internals eerily similar to the Cybertronians, including what may have been a spark core. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

Following the destruction of the AllSpark in [[Mission City]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] conspired to use [[Sector Seven]]'s data on the artifact to create it. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}} After using slave labor to construct the [[Replica AllSpark]], Starscream sacrificed five Autobot sparks to ignite it but the device remained inert. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream #5}}
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===Animated continuity family===
====''Animated'' cartoon====
[[File:AllSparkAlmanac-sparks.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The [[AllSpark]] was the wellspring of sparks; life began when a spark was created, {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} and when a spark expired it returned to the Well of All Sparks. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} Traditionally, Autobot protoforms were forged from the [[Living metal|protomatter]] mined from the [[Sonic Canyons]], incubated in the Matrix Chamber of the [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]], and eventually exposed to the lifegiving energies of the AllSpark to bring a new Transformer online. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

A spark could be preserved indefinitely by putting the Transformer into [[stasis lock]]; during the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], the [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinel]]s [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega]] and [[Sigma Supreme]] were both able to permanently transform into their starship forms at the cost of their higher functions. {{storylink|TransWarped}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} Toward the end of the conflict, the young martial artist [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] attempted to save his mentor [[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]] by transferring his spark into a blank [[protoform]], but Yoketron voluntarily allowed his spark to fade. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} Lockdown delivered Yoketron's stolen protoforms to the Decepticons but they found no method of igniting a spark in them without the AllSpark. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

As the Autobots had deliberately jettisoned the AllSpark into space to keep the artifact out of Decepticon hands, {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} the victorious Autobots turned to Vector Sigma as an alternate method of generating new sparks. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[File:5ServosofDoom yoketron protoform.gif|thumb|right|250px|The hard-coded design schematics in [[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]]'s spark reshape a protoform's protomatter into his image.]]
[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]]'s unique [[AllSpark Key]] could reignite extinguished sparks {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} and even generate new sparks under the correct circumstances—when she used the key to enhance [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]'s [[Stinger (weapon)|stinger]] weapons during a battle with the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s, the AllSpark energy gave the human-built robots sparks, granting them sentience and the power to transform into robots. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

Upon his reconstruction via the AllSpark Key, Megatron used it to drain [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'s spark as punishment for his earlier betrayal. When Megatron later claimed the AllSpark, he inserted it into his spark chamber before his equilibrium sensors were short-circuited by [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]]. Though impressed by the human's ingenuity, Megatron quickly recovered, proclaiming that the spark was the core of all Cybertronians and that compared to it, such things as [[armor-plating]] and servo mechanics were superficial. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

After the destruction of the AllSpark, its individual shards were scattered across [[Detroit]]; these "AllSpark fragments" caused havoc by interfering with human machinery and occasionally bringing them to life as new Transformers. One shard brought Starscream back to life and acted as a substitute for his extinguished spark; Starscream was then able to subdivide this crystal even further and used each fragment to animate an army of [[Starscream clone (Animated)|clone]]s. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}} In the battle for Megatron's [[space bridge]], Ratchet used a handful of AllSpark fragments and the AllSpark Key to jumpstart Omega Supreme's spark. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} Megatron used a similar tactic when he brought the [[Lugnut Supreme]]s online, using the same AllSpark fragments that had revived Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} When Prowl and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] used [[processor-over-matter]] to summon together all the AllSpark fragments, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] recognized that they could not summon the totality of the pieces in time to save [[Detroit]] forcing him to surrender his spark back to the AllSpark, granting it the power it needed to protect the city. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

====Titan Magazines====
[[Afterburn]] was a sparkless drone sent by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] to bring down the Autobots from within. Although Afterburn displayed signs of an independent personality, when the truth of his nature came to light after his death Optimus told [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] that he was never truly alive. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Megatron's Revenge}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:Topspin&BulletbikesSpark TheComingStorm1.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The Decepticon [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]] possessed the unusual power to manipulate sparks—without any kind of mechanical assistance, he could telepathically remove the spark from a body, implant it into a new shell, or even rip it to its component atoms with a single thought. After arriving in the multiversal city of [[Axiom Nexus]], Topspin fell into the employ of [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]], who saw Topspin's power as a way to facilitate his escape back to his [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|native reality]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|Topspin's profile in Club magazine #25}} Using this power, Topspin was able to incapacitate various [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s native to the reality and swap their sparks with those of his various acolytes, secretly building up a powerbase in high places that would assist Trion's master plan. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|Blackarachnia's profile in Club magazine #25}} Topspin could not bring himself to destroy the helpless TransTechs' sparks, though, and hid them away inside life-sustaining containment capsules. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/12/02}}

The [[GoBot]] [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] was fascinated by the concept of Sparks, and considered Transformers to be hybrids of machinery and energy in the same way that GoBots were hybrids of machinery and organic tissue. While stranded in Axiom Nexus, he stole six sparks; {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (1), 2015/10/15}} upon returning to his home reality, he used those stolen sparks to create a new version of the GoBot [[combiner]] [[Puzzler]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric}} [[Waspinator (BW)|Thrustinator]] recruited the [[Spychanger|Spy Changers]] of [[Primax 085.0 Eta]] to travel to Cy-Kill's reality to rescue the six hostage sparks. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/07/14}}
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===''Shattered Glass''===
====Fun Publications ''Shattered Glass'' continuity====
In this backwards universe, Transformers are created when the malevolent [[Omega Terminus]] supercomputer implants an negatively-charged "ember" into a newborn Transformer. Though he was originally built as an artificially-intelligent warrior who lacked an ember, [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]] later received one from the Omega Terminus. Under its influence, he rapidly evolved into a fully-sentient Cybertronian and unlocked the power to transform into a robot mode. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

After the dimensionally-displaced [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] arrived in this negative universe, the native Decepticons were confused when they analyzed his body and found evidence of a "backwards", postiron-charged energy matrix. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}

====IDW ''Shattered Glass'' comic====
[[File:ShatteredGlass5-Goldbugescapes.jpg|thumb|right|150px|And it was all yellow.]]
Before the Great War, [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] would've used his unique spark to communicate with the dormant [[Metroplex (SG)|Metroplex]], but [[Jetfire (SG)|Jetfire]]'s last-second betrayal forced him to bind vital information regarding his [[Titan (group)|Titan]] research to his spark to keep it out of the hands of the Autobots. The process was only a partial success, however, and Starscream's internal files were left damaged and corrupted for many megacycles until he returned to Cybertron and attempted the data transfer again. This time, the process succeeded, but his efforts drew the attention of [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]]'s Autobots. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 3|Shattered Glass #3}} After killing Starscream and ripping out his spark, Goldbug was able to use the information encoded on his spark to awaken Metroplex. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 5|Shattered Glass #5}}

Powered by Starscream's spark, Metroplex reactivated and began a lumbering march towards New Kaon. This began merging his and Starscream's minds into one before Jetfire and [[Soundwave (SG)|Soundwave]] managed to remove it. As Metroplex, bereft of a power source, fell back into stasis, Jetfire fled with the spark to the [[Static Zone]]. {{storylink|Shattered Glass II issue 5|Shattered Glass II #5}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
[[File:COP-WellOfAllSparks.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Of the original [[Thirteen]] Transformers, it was [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], the thirteenth and final Prime, who possessed a spark closest to that of their progenitor [[Primus]]. During their first battle against [[Unicron]], their plan was that this unique spark would hopefully react with Unicron's anti-spark and knock both of them offline—a plan that ultimately worked, but not before Unicron nearly crushed the sparks of the remaining twelve with apocalyptic visions of doom and despair.

After the War of the Primes, [[Solus Prime]]'s body was returned to the core of Cybertron, leaving the [[Well of All Sparks]] behind; once the Well was "ignited" through the sacrifices of [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] and [[Onyx Prime|Onyx]], the well became the passage through which new sparks created by the AllSpark would emerge into the physical world. when the Quintessons invaded Cybertron and ushered in the [[Age of Wrath]], their malign influence was such that newborn sparks were born without names and defaulted to bland alphanumeric designations.

In the subsequent Golden Age, miniature Wells would be ignited on Cybertronian colony worlds like [[Archon]] and [[Velocitron]] to provide the inhabitants of those planets with a steady source of new sparks.

During the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Primus entrusted Optimus Prime with a portion of his spark, which also restored Optimus Prime's long-forgotten memories of his time as a member of the Thirteen. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

====Aligned novels====
In a galaxy predominately populated by mechanical beings, alien races like the [[Quintesson]]s used the term "spark" to refer to the life-force of any given creature, biological or robotic. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

Through [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s experimentation, the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] research station was given a spark and imbued with life. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

During a later encounter with the Quintessons on [[Aquatron]], the aliens fed several Autobots and Decepticons to their legions of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s and harvested their sparks to power a [[space bridge]] to Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:OutOfHisHead-MegatronSpark.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Before the war, new sparks were generated by the AllSpark. During the war, Optimus was forced to jettison the artifact offworld so that Megatron could not use its powers for evil. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

Over the protests of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] inserted a shard of Dark Energon directly into his spark. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} The shard managed to keep him alive after being at ground zero of a Space Bridge explosion, {{storylink|Masters & Students}} before another shard, plunged directly into his spark, restored his body to full functionality. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:PredaconsRisingWellofAllSparks.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] shared a split spark. This allowed the former to feel the latter's emerging from stasis and subsequent death. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

A variant of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]]s, born from a mixture of Dark and [[Synthetic Energon]], could only be destroyed if their spark was extinguished. {{storylink|Thirst}}

After Megatron perished, {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}} the lasting consequence of his abuse of Dark Energon was revealed with Megatron's polluted spark now severed from the [[Transformer afterlife|AllSpark]] and bound to Unicron's Anti-Spark, allowing the Dark God to possess Megatron's corpse.

In order to prevent Unicron from devouring the physical [[AllSpark]], Optimus Prime merged the AllSpark with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and thus his own spark. Unable to separate the three, Optimus willingly surrendered his life to allow new generations to exist on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The AllSpark rejoining the [[Core]] caused it to ignite and birth a multitude of new sparks. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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====''Robots in Disguise'' (2015 cartoon)====
[[File:Battlegrounds1 Optimus + Primes.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Before Optimus could pass into the afterlife, the Thirteen intercepted his spark and brought it to the [[Realm of the Primes]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} To provide Optimus with the power needed to defeat [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], the Primes empowered him using their own spark energy. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} When they eventually took that power back, it left Optimus substantially weakened for some time. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}}
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====''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon====
The [[Sparksayer]] was an ancient piece of lost technology which could scan the spark of a Cybertronian and grant them an appropriate tool. {{storylink|Power Up And Energize}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Any part of [[The One|The Source]]—Primus, Unicron, the [[Chronarchitect]] and even supernatural substances like [[Angolmois Energy]] or [[Dark Energon]]—can be harnessed to create Cybertronian life. Vector Prime noted that it was not the ''origin'' of a spark that mattered, and firmly believed that even sparks generated from "evil" sources like Dark Energon had the capacity for good. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 23/07/2015}}

In one Cybertronian folktale regarding a friendly contest between a [[Titan (group)|Metrotitan]] and a [[Malignus (G1)|Malignus]], the prideful Malignus tried to scan entropy itself, which only destroyed his body and scattered his spark to the cosmos. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/17}}

The [[Hate Collector]]s who dwelt within the abandoned [[Cauldron]] were particularly drawn to the [[Prime Spark]] carried by many iterations of [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Optimus Primal (disambiguation)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[File:BattleForCybertronIV-ShockwaveSpark.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
By [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|Cheetor]]'s account, his spark had been brought out of the [[AllSpark]] to serve as its guardian. {{storylink|Dark Birth}}

When [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]] had acquired the AllSpark and used it to birth a race of [[scraplet]]s, {{storylink|Trials}} he believed that they held the sparks of the [[Ancient]]s, {{storylink|Dark Birth}} though Cheetor would later denounce his creations as sparkless abominations. {{storylink|Starscream's Children}} After witnessing Cheetor's affinity for the AllSpark, Starscream attempted to extract the guardian's spark and merge it with his own. When he tested the procedure on [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] however, Cheetor managed to stop the transfer and escape with his friend. {{storylink|Spotted}}

Upon gaining full control of the AllSpark, Starscream merged it with his spark. His first act was to extract the sparks of his [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seekers]], merging them with his own. He would have done the same to the other Autobots and Decepticons before [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] managed to use the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to punch the AllSpark out of Starscream, saving everyone. {{storylink|I Am The Allspark}}

After Bumblebee and Cheetor had returned the AllSpark to Cybertron's core, [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]] willingly extracted his own spark and used it to corrupt the AllSpark. Without hesitation, Cheetor did the same, his spark purifying Shockwave's malignant energies from the AllSpark. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron IV}}

When the [[Quintesson]]s invaded Cybertron, they trapped the populace in a virtual reality while their sparks were drained to fuel Starscream's metamorphosis into a Quintesson [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]]. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} Before [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]]'s resistance managed to free the Cybertronians, some of their sparks had been completely drained. {{storylink|The Scientist}}
==Toys==
===''Masterpiece''===
*'''Rhinox''' (June [[2024]])
**''ID number'': '''MP-59'''
:[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'']] Rhinox comes with a ''Beast Wars'' style spark with it's display stand. The spark can also be cradled in his hands.

==Merchandise==
===''ReAction''===
[[File:Hypersteel holding spark.JPG|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal Hyper Steel''' (2023)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 swords, spark

: Part of the long-running series of ''[[Super7|ReAction]]'' 3.75-inch "retro" action figures, this [[Target]] [[exclusive]] semi-clear plastics version of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#ReAction|Optimus Primal]] comes with a spark accessory (not found in other decoes of the figure) he can actually hold in his hand thanks to a small thumb-hole.

==Notes==
*''Beast Wars'' writer [[Larry DiTillio]] envisioned Maximal and Predacon sparks as small fragments split from [[Nexus Zero]]. When a spark is split from the Vok nebula, a "good" one travels to the [[Matrix (facility)|Matrix]] and an "evil" one to the [[Pit (BW)|Pit]].<ref>[[Beast Wars Universe]]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Spark''' (スパーク ''Supāku'')
*''German:'' '''Mastermodul''' (''Armada'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Huǒzhǒng''' (火种, "spark")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Centelha''' ("sparkle"), '''faísca''' ("spark"), '''fagulha''' ("spark"), '''chama''' ("flame")
*''Swedish:'' '''Gnista''' ("spark")
*''Latin Spanish:'' '''Chispa''' ("spark"), '''Spark'''
*''Serbian'' '''Искра''' / '''Iskra''' ("spark")

==See also==
*[[Reproduction]]
*[[Death]]
*[[Transformer afterlife]]
*[[Laser core]]
*[[Personality component]]
*[[AllSpark]]
*[[Vector Sigma]]

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 Transformer anatomy]]
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Transformers One (film)

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'''''Transformers One''''' is an animated film released on [[September 20]], [[2024]]. It is written by [[Eric Pearson]], [[Andrew Barrer]] and [[Gabriel Ferrari]] from a story by Barrer and Ferrari,<ref name="deadlinereveal">[https://deadline.com/2015/09/transformers-writers-room-akiva-goldsman-transformers-5-1201531918/ 'Transformers' Writers Room Wraps] on Deadline</ref> and directed by [[Josh Cooley]].<ref name="cooleyreveal">[https://deadline.com/2020/04/transformers-animated-movie-paramount-hasbro-toy-story-4-director-josh-cooley-1202921100/ Animated 'Transformers' Prequel Activated; 'Toy Story 4's Josh Cooley To Direct For Hasbro/eOne & Paramount]</ref> The movie is an origin story set on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] three billion years ago<ref name="collidercinemacon">[https://collider.com/transformers-one-animated-movie-title/ New ‘Transformers’ Animated Movie Rolls Out a New Title at CinemaCon] on Collider</ref><ref name="screenrantsandiegocomiccon">[https://screenrant.com/transformers-one-timeline-setting-takes-place// When Transformers One Takes Place In The Franchise Timeline] on Screen Rant</ref> in the days before the Autobot-Decepticon war, and focuses on [[Optimus Prime (One)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (One)|Megatron]] as they go from brothers-in-arms to enemies.<ref name="cooleyreveal" />

{{bigquote|The line between friend and enemy is not as clear as I once believed. Once it's crossed, there is no going back. Because some transformations are permanent...|[[Optimus Prime (One)|Optimus Prime]]}}

==Synopsis==
Long ago, the benevolent [[Primus]] sacrificed his life essence to become the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and created the [[Thirteen|first generation of Transformers]], the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s. Through the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], [[energon]] flowed freely from the planet's core, and the Primes ruled justly for a time. However, when the alien [[Quintesson]]s began a long war of invasion, the Primes were eventually slain, and the Matrix of Leadership was lost, leaving only [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel Prime]] to rule the planet in their absence after the Cybertronians relocated to massive underground cities, abandoning the dangerous surface.

[[File:TFOne Orion caught.jpg|left|thumb|300px|She's exhausted from the day's work. Uh, not that it was too much! We-we quite enjoyed it!]]
Fifty cycles after the war, Cybertronian society now relies on an underclass of manual laborers born without [[transformation cog]]s, including a caste of miners who physically extract what few veins of usable energon remain from the tunnels beneath the subterranean [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] City, while Sentinel Prime makes periodic journeys to the surface in search of the missing Matrix. One impulsive miner named [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]] has been searching for information regarding the Matrix, in the hopes that finding the artifact will restore Cybertron to prosperity and allow him and his fellow miners to choose their own path in life. Unfortunately, this search for information has led him to repeatedly break into the city's data archives without authorization. His latest attempt draws the unwanted attention of two [[Guard (One)|guards]] who have caught him several times in the past already, leading to a wild (and nearly lethal) chase through the skyways, through buildings, and eventually into the ground-level public transport station. Though the guards eventually catch up to Orion, the miner's friend [[Megatron (One)|D-16]] provides a distraction and sends the guards off on a wild goose chase. On the train to work, the pair discuss Orion's latest life-endangering adventure, and Orion, knowing that his friend idolizes the strongest Prime, gifts D-16 a rare first-edition decal of [[The Fallen|Megatronus Prime]]'s helmet he'd found.

[[File:TFOne Mine Explosion.jpg|right|thumb|300px|We're trying to get the funny man out of the well!]]
In the mines, D-16 and Orion work under the supervision of their go-getting captain [[Elita-1 (One)|Elita-1]], using [[jet pack]]s and deployable support poles to keep Cybertron's shifting geology stable long enough for them to extract raw energon. However, [[Wheeljack (One)|Wheeljack]] accidentally hits a vein of unstable energon, and the ensuing explosions trap [[Jazz (One)|Jazz]] under a rockfall. Orion and D-16 defy protocol and use a jet pack to save their coworker, but the chaos ends up damaging and destroying a lot of mine equipment. One of the mine's guards, [[Darkwing (One)|Darkwing]], blames Elita for the disaster, and informs her she's been demoted to waste management duty, despite Orion sticking up for her and taking the blame.

That evening, Sentinel Prime returns to Iacon to announce that he still has not found the Matrix; to take the blow off this bad news, Sentinel declares that the prestigious [[Iacon 5000]] race will be held the next day. Orion tries to persuade D-16 to join him in the race, hoping that they can prove to the rest of Cybertron that mining bots deserve respect, but D-16 has no interest in the idea. On the day of the race, Orion discreetly leads D-16 to the maintenance area inside the giant starting signal above the race's starting line; while D-16 is initially excited to watch from a perfect vantage point, Orion reveals his true intention as he straps jet packs to the two just as the race begins and they're dropped into the thick of a throng of racing robots. Using their jet packs and some quick thinking to compensate for their inability to transform, the two dodge the numerous traps and obstacles and briefly manage to take the lead, sending bots across the city into a frenzy, especially their fellow cogless miners. The pair are just about to limp across the finish line and take first place, but end up being run down by [[Chromia (One)|Chromia]], who snags victory for herself. The pair figure they can still be proud of second place... until several dozen other racers whip by them in vehicle mode.

[[File:TFOne Sentinel visits.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I seek to build an empire, and your only goal is to amuse yourselves by tearing it down. Have I taught you nothing?]]
In Iacon's medical center, where many, many racers have ultimately ended up, Sentinel Prime meets with Orion and D-16; the pair are immediately certain they are in ''massive'' trouble, especially when they're scanned by Sentinel's creepy aide [[Airachnid (One)|Airachnid]] before his arrival, but it turns out it's quite the opposite. Sentinel ''loved'' their little stunt, and tells them that the miners' productivity after that showing was already at 150%. Sentinel offers them a chance to tour the mines and help inspire their comrades to work harder, with promises of some pampering along the way, and the pair quickly agree. However, Darkwing arrives before Airachnid can escort them to Sentinel's private quarters; infuriated that he nearly lost the race to the pair after they humiliated him, he drags them to the planet's fiftieth sub-level (ten levels below what they ''thought'' was the lowest level of the planet) and locks them in a trash incineration station.

The two bots soon meet the eccentric and exceptionally talkative [[Bumblebee (One)|B-127]], who has been trapped at the job of "look at garbage and take anything of value out before it's burned" for years, with only garbage statues for "company". When one of B's pals "[[Steve (One)|Steve]]" utters some electronic gibberish, Orion accidentally beheads the "bot", but discovers within the wreckage an old beacon from the Quintesson war, still broadcasting a set of coordinates located somewhere on the planet's surface. Orion, B-127, and D-16 decide to investigate, escaping the only way they can: by climbing up the dump chute. Ew. The trio stow away aboard an automated surface-bound garbage train but coincidentally encounter Elita-1, who now works the refuse line. She handily clobbers the three but ends up locked in the train with them as it departs. She heads for the front, intending to report them to security, a mad dash that gets all the harder as the train starts moving vertically towards its destination. She manages to pop a hatch and make it out of the train, and the trio gives chase, but all four are stopped cold as they're enveloped in light and they find themselves traveling along Cybertron's surface.

The four are stunned by the planet's natural beauty, only to become horrified as said natural beauty starts violently heaving upwards behind them, tearing up the self-building rail and scattering train cars. They run for it but are thrown off, waking in just enough time to completely miss another train, the rail un-building behind it. Elita is furious, but agrees to join Orion's search for the Matrix, on the conditions that 1) she's in command, 2) she holds the map, and 3) after they find the Matrix and bring it back, the other three turn themselves in for their idiotic plan and sing her praises to the authorities. Orion very quickly agrees, and the four head off, confused by the weird not-metal life growing on the surface. They spy a group of robotic quadrupedal lifeforms, which suddenly snap to attention and run for it as the ground begins to tremble. It's soon apparent the cause of their panic: a massive Quintesson spaceship! As the ship scans for any lifeforms (obliterating one of the Cybertronian fauna with a massive cannon blast when it ends up in the tracking beams), the four barely evade detection and the ship moves on.

[[File:TransformersOne-AlphaTrionTransformationCogs.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Take the staff in your hand, Moses. With it, you shall do My wonders.]]
Soon they find themselves at the end of the map's trail, a hidden and extremely creepy cave. Inside they find a scene of absolute horror: the spot where the ancient Primes made their final stand against the Quintessons, the bodies of the thirteen lying broken and covered in overgrowth. Although the Matrix is nowhere to be found, Orion discovers that [[Alpha Trion (One)|Alpha Trion]]'s spark still pulses and uses an [[energon cube]] provided by B to revive him. The four attempt to bring Trion up to speed on recent events, but their mention of "Sentinel Prime" causes Trion to reveal the terrible truth: Sentinel is an imposter, a traitorous aide who led the Primes into a Quintesson ambush in exchange for "ruling" Cybertron under the invaders' command. However, when Sentinel tried to claim the Matrix after prying it from [[Zeta Prime (One)|Zeta Prime]]'s corpse, the artifact judged him unworthy and disappeared. To appease his new masters, Sentinel has deliberately stolen transformation cogs from newborn Transformers to keep them producing energon in the mines; at Trion's urging, the four emerge from the cave to witness Sentinel pledging servitude to the [[Quintesson High Commander]] and learn the city's garbage trains are actually transporting Cybertron's dwindling energon supplies to Quintesson ships, leaving barely enough for the people of Cybertron. These revelations leave the bots horrified, but D-16 takes it the worst of all, having also looked up to Sentinel for years. Alpha Trion decides to give the team hope by gifting them the transformation cogs from four of the fallen Primes, as well as a recording of Sentinel's treachery. However, Airachnid spotted the four when they were watching Sentinel's meeting with the Quintessons, and a squad of Sentinel's [[Death Tracker]]s arrive. Despite his disrepair, Alpha Trion uses his leonine alternate mode to wipe out the squad, allowing Orion and the others to escape, but is quickly incapacitated by Airachnid.

The four bots have a very rocky time learning to transform in the middle of fleeing a squad of Death Trackers, tumbling downhill with only ''parts'' of them shifting into their new vehicle modes, but desperation forces them to adapt ''very'' quickly. Each one finds new abilities and an aptitude for combat, and soon they're able to destroy their pursuers. Overjoyed at their victory, they make the plan to use the incriminating information Trion gave them by returning to Iacon and exposing Sentinel as a traitor... although D-16 snatches the evidence and takes the lead, his ever-growing intensity and openly stated desire to kill Sentinel leaving Orion more and more unnerved.

Back in Iacon, Alpha Trion is brought before Sentinel, who mocks the "old-timer" and gloats about his station, complaining to Airachnid about the Primes' stuffiness and boring speeches. Trion's word of warning that Sentinel's time will soon be over only annoys the false Prime further, and in a fit of rage he kills the ancient Prime before sending Airachnid back to the surface to hunt down the wayward miners.

[[File:TFoneStarscreamSoundwaveShockwaveInterrogation.jpg|left|thumb|300px|You're playing with the big boys now!]]
Along the path to Iacon, a series of shots ring out, and each bot slips into stasis... Orion and the others are brought back online, bound (and gagged in B's case) as prisoners of the former members of Cybertron's [[High Guard]], who have been fighting a guerrilla war against the Quintessons ever since the fall of the Primes, led by [[Starscream (One)|Starscream]]. D-16 is not impressed, and giving into his growing rage, challenges Starscream's authority, and the two quickly end up in a brawl. While Starscream plays it tough even as D-16 crushes his neck and damages his speech module, his attitude soon changes as D-16 manifests a massive cannon on his arm, aimed directly at Starscream's head. The Guard quickly rallies behind their new leader, ready to take the fight to Sentinel... but Airachnid's forces arrive and ambush them.

[[File:TFOne Airachnid attacks.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Not much of a snake-charmer, are you?]]
Orion, having been buried in the battle, awakens when Elita drags him from the rubble to find that D-16, B-127, and much of the Guard have been taken prisoner, and the data crystal containing the evidence of Sentinel's betrayal has been shattered. Orion despairs, believing their quest to be hopeless now, but Elita won't have it. Though she's still not above taking some digs at Orion, she points out that it is the bot's endless ''optimism'' that makes him a true leader, one that can make bots do amazing (and occasionally amazingly ''stupid'') things. Orion takes the praise (and insults) and decides it's time to rally, and the two quickly formulate a plan; the Guard may be strong, but the last battle proved they aren't enough on their own, they need a true army... and Orion knows exactly where to get one. After Elita quickly shuts down any dissent from the remaining Guard (thanks to a very swift punch to [[Shockwave (One)|Shockwave's]] eye), Orion primes the warriors for the coming battle, with a cry of "''[[Roll out|Transform and ROLL OUT]]!''"

The captives have been brought to Sentinel's tower, where the puppet leader gloats over them, mocking Starscream's scrambled voice and sneering at D-16. But the miner does not cower or balk at all, declaring that he is not afraid of Sentinel, as he has nothing left to lose. Noticing the worn Megatronus decal, Sentinel reveals that he took Megatronus's transformation cog when he killed him, ripping the decal from the miner's arm before slapping it back onto his chest... and then, knocking the miner on his back, using a mining tool to crudely ''carve'' the Prime's face into D-16's chest.

Orion uses his new form to rocket-glide into the depths of Iacon City, entering the miners' quarters (and bodily hurling Darkwing aside in the process). Orion reveals the truth to the miners and rallies them to join forces with the High Guard and rebel against Sentinel's regime. Meanwhile, Elita, Shockwave, and [[Soundwave (One)|Soundwave]] have commandeered a returning "garbage" train, transporting the Guard into the city in a sneak attack. But the sudden appearance of hundreds of Death Trackers makes things look very bad for the plan... until Orion and the miners leap into the fray and cut a swath through the incoming horde, armed with their jet packs and mining tools. Airachnid attempts to kill Orion, slamming him into the train engine, and revealing the ''incredibly horrifying'' array of optics hidden in the back of her head. But her multi-scanning abilities give Orion a sudden idea as the train plows towards Sentinel's tower.

Sentinel, angered as D-16 once again attempts to rise up, is just about to blow the miner's head off when the train slams into his tower. Soundwave frees the prisoners and the fight spills across the city. Sentinel transforms into combat mode, but D-16 will not be deterred, the two launch into battle. Elita leaps into action, tackling Airachnid and attempting to take her prisoner (with only ''some'' gratuitously satisfying pummeling along the way). She drags the semi-conscious bot to one of Iacon's broadcast stations, and B makes a ''very'' over-enthusiastic entrance. Airachnid's memory banks are quickly scanned, and her memories of Sentinel's most recent meeting with the Quintessons are broadcast throughout the city, leading the populace to also join the fight.

Sentinel fares badly in his fight with D-16, and seeing his cowering before the Quintessons on dozens of screens, his empire in ruins, tries to flee, and when that fails, begs D-16 to spare him, claiming they can co-rule Cybertron. D-16 insists that Sentinel must die for his crimes, but Orion tries to convince his friend that they can be better than their enemies. D-16 violently disagrees, knocking his friend aside and readying the kill shot... only for Orion to leap in the path, the cannon blast tearing through his torso and sending him tumbling over the edge. D-16 grabs Orion's one good arm, horrified... ''that Orion would stop him from killing Sentinel''. With this betrayal, he vows he is ''done'' saving Orion from his mistakes and lets his dying friend plummet into Cybertron's depths. As Orion falls, D-16, insistent that there will be no more Primes, kills Sentinel by bisecting him with his hands. He then seizes Megatronus' cog from Sentinel's chest, replacing the one gifted to him by Trion, which transforms him into an even ''more'' battle-ready form. Declaring himself "Megatron", he commands the High Guard to destroy everything Sentinel built... in other words, what's left of the city.

[[File:One-Megs-Prime-face-to-face.jpg|thumb|300px|Goodbye... brother.]]
Meanwhile, the mortally wounded Orion falls through the planetary strata, which slides and shifts out of his way, until he finally reaches Cybertron's core. There, he encounters the spirits of the Primes as Trion announce that Primus has deemed him worthy for the future of Cybertron and to carry the Matrix of Leadership, reformatting Orion and restoring his spark to declare him the newest of the Primes: "Optimus Prime", before being sent rocketing back to the surface in a blaze of blue light.

Elita and B try and fail to stop Megatron's rampage, their former friend ready to kill them too, but Optimus smashes onto the scene. Megatron is incensed at this new betrayal both by his former friend ''and'' the Matrix itself, and launches himself at Optimus. During their fight, Optimus manifests a energy battle axe to fight against Megatron along with Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave before using it to destroy Megatron's new cannon. Optimus ultimately triumphs in their fight, and, unwilling to kill his oldest friend, reluctantly banishes Megatron and his new allies to the surface. Megatron seethes but decides that now is not the time, and takes his new army to the surface.

With the return of the Matrix of Leadership, Cybertron is restored to life: energon flows once again from the planet's core to the surface, and ''all'' of the cogless bots receive transformation cogs, becoming fully autonomous "[[Autobot]]s" who vow to defend Cybertron from any future Quintesson incursions. However, the Quintessons are not the only looming threat—though banished from Iacon, Megatron and his followers rechristen themselves the "[[Decepticon]]s" and swear revenge.
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==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=Miners
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax / Optimus Prime]] ([[Chris Hemsworth]])
*[[Megatron (One)|D-16 / Megatron]] ([[Brian Tyree Henry]])
*[[Elita-1 (One)|Elita-1]] ([[Scarlett Johansson]])
*[[Bumblebee (One)|B-127]] ([[Keegan-Michael Key]])
*[[Jazz (One)|Jazz]] ([[Evan Michael Lee]])
*[[Arcee (One)|Arcee]] ([[Jinny Chung]])
*[[Bluestreak (One)|Bluestreak]]
*[[Brawn (One)|Brawn]]
*[[Hound (One)|Hound]]
*[[Huffer (One)|Huffer]]
*[[Firestar (One)|Firestar]]<ref group=note name="uncredited">Denotes a character, or unidentified members of a group, who speaks, but has no credited voice actor. The performance was likely done by an ADR voice cast member.</ref>
*[[Ironhide (One)|Ironhide]]<ref group=note name="uncredited"/>
*[[Mirage (One)|Mirage]]
*[[Moonracer (One)|Moonracer]]<ref group=note name="uncredited"/>
*[[Prowl (One)|Prowl]]<ref group=note name="uncredited"/>
*[[Ratchet (One)|Ratchet]]
*[[Red Alert (One)|Red Alert]]
*[[Sideswipe (One)|Sideswipe]]<ref group=note name="uncredited"/>
*[[Smokescreen (One)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Sunstreaker (One)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Wheeljack (One)|Wheeljack]]<ref group=note name="uncredited"/>
*[[Windcharger (One)|Windcharger]]

|h2=[[High Guard]]
|c2=
*[[Starscream (One)|Starscream]] ([[Steve Buscemi]])
*[[Soundwave (One)|Soundwave]] ([[Jon Bailey]])
*[[Shockwave (One)|Shockwave]] ([[Jason Konopisos-Alvarez]])
*[[Skywarp (One)|Skywarp]] (Josh Cooley)
*[[Thundercracker (One)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Dirge (One)|Dirge]]
*[[Ramjet (One)|Ramjet]]
*[[Thrust (One)|Thrust]]
*[[Slipstream (One)|Slipstream]]
*[[Redwing (One)|Redwing]]

|h3=[[Thirteen|Primes]]
|c3=
*[[Alpha Trion (One)|Alpha Trion]] ([[Laurence Fishburne]])
*[[Zeta Prime (One)|Zeta Prime]] ([[James Remar]])
*[[The Fallen|Megatronus Prime]]
*[[Alchemist Prime]]
*[[Amalgamous Prime]]
*[[Liege Maximo]]
*[[Micronus Prime]]
*[[Nexus Prime]]<ref group=note name="uncredited"/>
*[[Onyx Prime]]
*[[Prima|Prima Prime]]
*[[Quintus Prime]]
*[[Solus Prime]]<ref group=note name="uncredited"/>
*[[Vector Prime]]

|c4=
*[[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel Prime]] ([[Jon Hamm]])
*[[Airachnid (One)|Airachnid]] ([[Vanessa Liguori]])
*[[Quintesson High Commander]]
*[[Quintesson Soldier]]s
*[[Primus]]
*[[Death Tracker]]s<ref group=note name="uncredited"/>
*[[Death Tracker|Gold Tracker]]s
*[[Death Tracker|Silver Tracker]]s
*[[Guard (One)|Guards]] ([[Steve Blum]], Jason Konopisos-Alvarez)
*[[Announcer Bot]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Control Room Guys]] (Josh Cooley)

'''Racers'''
*[[Darkwing (One)|Darkwing]] ([[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]])
*[[Chromia (One)|Chromia]] (Jinny Chung)
*[[Injured Racer]] ([[Dillon Bryan]])

|nonumbering=true
}}
<references group=note/>

==Quotes==
"Are you ''crazy?!''" 
"Sure feels like it!"
:—'''D-16''' and '''Orion Pax''' summing up their initial relationship.

"What do you think he's gonna do to us when he finds out that we know?!" 
"I'm not thinking about what ''he's'' going to do, I'm thinking about what ''we're'' going to do." 
"That's the whole thing! You're never thinking about anything else, just yourself. Fantastic! Another Orion Pax master plan! I can't wait to hear this!" 
"Don't you want to stop him?" 
"NO, '''I WANT TO KILL HIM!''' I wanna put Sentinel in chains and march him through the mines so everyone can see him for the '''false Prime''' that he is! I want him to suffer, and then to ''die'' in ''darkness.''"
:—The first cracks show in '''D-16''' and '''Orion Pax''''s friendship.

"They were one. ''You'' are one. '''ALL''' are one!" 
:—'''Alpha Trion''' inaugurates our heroes with the tried and true phrase.

"Uh, why is he gagged?" 
"He wouldn't stop talking." 
"Even when he was unconscious?" 
"''ESPECIALLY'' WHEN HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS!"
:—'''Elita-1''' asks '''Shockwave''' about B-127's restraints.

"Listen to me, I really want you to hear this. Are you listening? I'm better than you." 
"Yeah, okay, I'm hearing you.." 
"I'm better than you in every way, except you have hope. You always have. You went back into the mine to rescue Jazz, you snuck up to the surface to find the Matrix of Leadership!" 
"Oh, yeah, and how'd that work out?" 
"My point is that your instincts tell you to break protocol for a ''reason''. This blind optimism that you have is why you make such bold and courageous choices. That are also extremely stupid." 
"First time giving a pep-talk?"
:—'''Elita-1''' attempts to give '''Orion Pax''' a pep-talk. ''Attempts'' to.

'''Soundwave''': "What is our first move?" 
'''Orion Pax''': ''(quietly and intensely)'' "We roll out." 
'''Skywarp''': "...what?!" 
'''Elita-1''': ''(quietly)'' "Louder!" 
'''Orion Pax''': "TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT!"
:—Orion realizes that dramatic one-liners aren't that dramatic if no one can hear them.

"What defines a Transformer is not the cog in its chest but the spark that resides in their core... a spark that gives you the will to make your world better, and that is something Sentinel can ''never'' take from us. If we want to be in control of our own destiny, we will have to fight for it. Now is the time for us to stand up. For ourselves. Stand up for this injustice! I promise you, this fight will be worth it. Follow me; nothing can stop us when we stand together! Together as '''one!'''"
:—'''Orion Pax''' delivers his first heroic speech.

"It's over, Sentinel! You can't escape the truth!" 
"What truth? That I plucked the cogs from your newborn chests? Forced you to mine so I could pay off the Quintessons and live like a king? None of that matters! Because the truth... is. ''What. I. '''Make it!'''''"
:—'''Orion Pax''' learns '''Sentinel Prime''' won't go down without a fight.

"I'm ''done'' saving you."
:—<s>D-16</s> '''Megatron''' lets his ''former'' friend fall.

"Impossible... Primus gave ''you'' the Matrix?" 
"We could have built the future ''together!"'' 
"I'll build it myself, after I tear down everyone '''''IN MY WAY!'''''"
:-'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' set the stage for eons of conflict to come.

"We were given the power to change our world, and you chose to destroy it. Just like Sentinel. You have betrayed Cybertron and its citizens, and you betrayed... ''me.'' Go. Take the High Guard, and leave. You are... banished from Iacon. It didn't have to end this way." 
"This isn't over, ''Prime.''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' share one final exchange.

"This is the greatest day of my life... I get to work for the ''government''!"
:—'''B-127''' knows a good benefits package when he sees one.

"And now we stand here together as one, proving we all have the power to transform; to become who we were destined to be; to right wrongs; to make our world better. Because here, freedom and autonomy are the right of all sentient beings. Here, all are truly ''Autobots''. This message is a warning to all Quintessons: If you dare return to Cybertron, the Autobots will be waiting. ''I'' will be waiting. I... am ''Optimus Prime''."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' gives his first dramatic ending monologue...

"Sentinel the betrayer is dead. But his death has given life to a new enemy...a stronger enemy... a ''personal'' enemy. We will not be blinded by his deception! We are the ones who are... '''DECEPTICONS! ''RISE UP!'''''"
:—...and '''Megatron''' gives the coming darkness its new name.

==Continuity notes==
The movie that would ultimately become ''Transformers One'' entered preliminary development in early 2015, when the project was first pitched as part of a writer's room that would lay out a number of sequels, prequels, and spinoff films that would turn the ongoing [[live-action film series|slate of live-action movies]] into a proper "cinematic universe", an attempt to cash in on the then-meteoric hype of the {{w|Marvel Cinematic Universe}}. Like pretty much all the other "cinematic universes" pitched at around this time, this ambitious vision was not to be: following the box-office bomb that was ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'', most of these projects were shelved, while others were heavily reworked—perhaps most infamously, ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' was reworked into a film that contradicted with the character's [[World War II]] flashbacks in ''The Last Knight'', shifting the film into a more ambiguous timeframe with regards to the other five live-action films.

It appears that a similar conceptual drift occurred over the course of ''Transformers One'''s production. When the film entered full production in mid-2020, ''One'' was said to be "separate and apart" from the ongoing live-action films, though at the time just how distinct the film would be from its predecessors remained a mystery.<ref name="cooleyreveal" /> When later asked if the film was a prequel to the live-action films, a reboot, or its own universe, director Josh Cooley answered "yes" to all of the above.<ref>[https://comicbook.com/movies/news/transformers-one-director-confirms-new-movies-canon-status/ Transformers ONE Director Confirms New Movie's Canon Status - ComicBook.com]</ref> While a few details and visual nods—such as Bumblebee's original name of "B-127" and the incorporation of a closing monologue delivered by Optimus—referenced the live-action films, the film otherwise draws heavily upon the mythology first laid down in the [[Aligned continuity family|"Aligned" continuity family]], particularly in its depiction of Orion Pax and D-16 as former allies fighting against a corrupt Cybertronian government.

As the film's release date drew closer, multiple comments from the film's creatives indicated that the filmmakers viewed the movie as something entirely separate from the ongoing live-action films. In July, Josh Cooley stated that the film was set in a "new Transformers continuity"<ref>{{citesocial|quote= "Hey little nerd in my profile picture, what if I told you someday you'll create a new Transformers continuity, that begins earlier than anything you've seen on the Transformers lore timeline, with the greatest crew and cast ever assembled?"|link= https://x.com/CooleyUrFaceOff/status/1817235351095894510?t=Oju3b9v53cYIHlH4MLEsXg |name=Josh Cooley|site=Twitter|year=2024|month=7|day=27}}</ref>; in another interview from a week before release, di Bonaventura ultimately admitted that ''One'' didn't fit into the chronology of the live-action films, and described ''One'' and the live-action films as "two universes" that would be "[kept] separate".<ref>[https://comicbook.com/movies/news/is-transformers-one-a-prequel-optimus-prime-origin-story-exclusive/ Is Transformers One a Prequel or Reboot? The Animated Movie's Origin Story Is Both, Director Says]</ref> These statements were ultimately borne out by the movie itself, which featured multiple plot points that are pretty much irreconcilable with the live-action films—early on, the film establishes that [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] is long dead, negating his appearance in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''; additionally, the movie ends with the newly christened Megatron killing Sentinel Prime, leaving no wiggle room for the events of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' to occur. As a result, the wiki has opted to treat the ''One'' franchise and any potential sequels as a new [[continuity family]], entirely separate from the ongoing live-action films.

==Transformers references==
* As with pretty much every major ''Transformers'' project since 2010, ''Transformers One'' is the latest interpretation of the modernized ''Transformers'' backstory that originated with [[Binder of Revelation|Hasbro's internal design documents]] and was first laid down in ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''—the story of [[Primus]], the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Transformers]], and the origins of Optimus Prime and Megatron as former friends who fought against inequality on pre-war Cybertron until Megatron's extremism drove them apart. Notably, this version of the story portrays both Orion and Megatron as [[energon]] miners on the bottom of Cybertron's caste system—most other interpretations have instead depicted Orion as a somewhat higher-ranking data clerk. While other tellings of the story have Orion advocating for non-violent social change, this take on the origin ends with Orion Pax working alongside the future Decepticons to directly overthrow the reigning Prime, evoking [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'' miniseries.
* Many contemporary works of pre-war ''Transformers'' fiction have established that pre-war Cybertronians organized themselves under a job-based [[Functionism|caste system]], with miners and other manual laborers occupying the lowest ranks of Transformer society. ''One'' features a very simplified version of this hierarchy, where Cybertronians without transformation cogs are an oppressed underclass while other Transformers receive additional rights and job opportunities.
* With the exception of D-16—whose origins as a low-ranking miner date back to IDW's ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]''—all of the other miners shown in the film go on to join the Autobots, while the forerunners of the Decepticons are depicted as ex-members of the elite [[High Guard]]. This specific class divide dates back to the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]" and, to a lesser extent, "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]", which explained the war between the Autobots and Decepticons as an entrenched conflict between civilian laborers and military robots.
* All the character designs are far closer to their Generation 1 designs (both the cartoon and the original toys) than the previous films. Characters also earn their iconic design traits in pivotal scenes, such as Optimus Prime's [[Energon-axe]] and [[mouthplate]], or Megatron's [[fusion cannon]]. In the final scene, many miners gain details to match their Generation 1-selves even closer after they receive their cogs; in particular, Arcee gains her pink visor from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Starscream, Soundwave, and Megatron's newly applied insignias in the post-credits scene are also in the same place as their original counterparts, with Starscream's even being upside-down!
* Optimus Prime's original identity of "Orion Pax" is a name taken from the ''The Transformers'' episode "War Dawn". Notably, the cartoon's version of Orion Pax was also a manual laborer, although the film does seemingly pay homage to Orion Pax's other famous job by having him sneak into the Cybertronian Archives at the very beginning of the film.
* The 'bot who will one day be known as "Megatron" initially goes by the name "D-16", a moniker lifted from ''Exodus'' and itself based on the [[TakaraTomy]] ID number of the [[Megatron (G1)/toys#The Transformers|original Megatron toy]]. D-16's original body—with a black, dome-shaped helmet and yellow eyes—references Megatron's [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics appearance]], which in turn was based on concept art for an unproduced prototype version of the original Takara Micro Change figure. Much like Orion Pax, his modern gladiator job is paid homage in his fight with Starscream.
* B-127 is heavily based on his [[Bumblebee (Movie)|live-action film series counterpart]]: his helmet design and blasters bear a resemblance to his appearance in those films; additionally, his overly-talkative nature is a meta-gag about his "future" self being best known for not being able to speak. The name "B-127" derives from the [[Bumblebee (film)|''Bumblebee'' movie]], where, much like this film, he did not receive the name "Bumblebee" on Cybertron. B-127's battle mask resembles his [[Bumblebee (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart's]] [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#The Transformers|original toy]]; towards the end of the film, he fights with a pair of "knife hands" seemingly based on ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' Bumblebee's melee weapons.
* In general, Elita-1 doesn't draw upon as many specific references as her co-stars, although her purplish-pink color scheme and motorcycle [[alternate mode]] may be a reference to her [[Elita-One (Movie)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' design]]. Notably, of the four main protagonists, Elita's the only one who ''doesn't'' have an alternate alias—especially odd given that her [[Elita One (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]] originally went by "Ariel" in the ''The Transformers'' episode "War Dawn".
* Sentinel Prime is based on [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]], the former leader of Cybertron in the "Aligned" continuity. Like that version of the character, this take on Sentinel Prime is explicitly a "false" Prime who never carried the Matrix of Leadership, and a puppet ruler who was appointed to the position by the Quintessons. Design-wise, this take on Sentinel draws from his "Aligned" counterpart, his [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|''Dark of the Moon'' appearance]], and has details from his [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' toy]] and the thematically similar character, [[Nominus Prime]]. Sentinel's battle mode is inspired by his [[Apex Armor (G1)|Apex Armor]] from the ''Megatron Origin'' comic. He also has his [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]]'s glorious chin.
* Like Sentinel Prime, the Quintessons are primarily based on their depiction in [[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|''The Covenant of Primus'']], which depicted them as shadowy manipulators who ruled Cybertron and exploited its natural resources through a proxy government; notably, the Quintessons in the ''Covenant'' helped maintain their hold on Transformer civilization by withholding the power to transform from the general populace. In a notable deviation from traditional ''Transformers'' lore, the bodies and starships of the film's Quintessons appear to be organic in nature.
* Primus's design seen in the hologram Orion plays invokes his ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' appearance, even using a simplified version of [[Primus#Cybertron|his toy]]'s transformation scheme, but with the origins of his "Aligned" counterpart. The color scheme is drawn from his [[:File:WarWithinPrimus.jpg|Dreamwave look]].
* The Thirteen are primarily based on their "Aligned" counterparts for their backstory and designs. Nexus, Megatronus, Solus, and Alchemist Prime also draw from their ''[[:File:NexusPrimeflankedbyotherPrimes.jpg|Timelines]]'', ''[[:File:Megatronus.jpeg|Titans Return]]'', ''[[:File:SolusPrime-PowerofthePrimes.jpg|Power of the Primes]]'', and ''[[:File:TheCitizen IaconusCitizens.jpg|Cyberverse]]'' designs, respectively, while Vector Prime is based squarely on his [[:File:VectorPrimeGoldCG.jpg|original ''Galaxy Force'' concept art]].
* Megatronus is also inspired by his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' design, including his face being based on the Decepticon symbol (or vice versa in-universe), although it is far more obvious in this movie, coincidentally evoking [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]]. Megatronus's face becoming the in-universe inspiration for the Decepticon symbol reflects the real life story of [[Soundwave (G1)|Generation 1 Soundwave]]'s face inspiring the iconic symbol.
* Alpha Trion's abilities to recreate and store memories as information calls back to the archival role of his [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Aligned counterpart]]. His alternate mode being a leonine beast with a unicorn-esque horn is a direct homage to his [[Alpha Trion (G1)#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' toy]], itself based on his [[Alpha Trion (G1)#Toys|cancelled BotCon toy]].
* The mysterious [[Thirteenth Prime]] is replaced with Zeta Prime, who also takes [[Prima]]'s role as leader and Matrix-bearer, though Prima himself is still present. Zeta's design is also based on "Aligned" Sentinel Zeta Prime, as he appears in the ''War for Cybertron'' video game.
* The Thirteen are not actually referred to as the "Thirteen", but rather the Primes or the "Council of Elders", a term that originated in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''. This is likely because it would contradict Sentinel's narrative painting himself as a fourteenth Prime. Notably, none of the archives or displays of the Thirteen include Sentinel.
* The cameo miners mostly draw from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)/cast#Season 1|1984 cast of the original cartoon]], along with the 1985 [[Female Autobots]], and recolors such as [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. The High Guard, meanwhile, are based on the endless Starscream recolors that have appeared throughout ''Transformers'', commonly known as the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], plus Soundwave and Shockwave. One of their helmet variations is based on [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity#Cybertron cartoon|''Cybertron'' Starscream]]'s.
* Shockwave, Soundwave, Starscream/the Seekers, and the cogged versions of Ironhide, Ratchet, and Arcee have details based on their ''Bumblebee'' designs.
*Starscream's/the Seekers' jet modes are also based on ''Bumblebee'', while Soundwave's vehicle mode is based on his [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#SS83|''Studio Series Bumblebee'' toy]]. Shockwave's alternate mode resembles his [[Shockwave (WFC)|''War for Cybertron'' counterpart]], and both he and Starscream/the Seekers have details from their [[War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' toys]].
* Sentinel Prime's Death Trackers take heavy inspiration from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s, in both their design and their role as generic enemy troopers.
*When Orion "transforms" to run away from the guards, he moves his limbs in a way that evokes [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Toys|his original toy]]'s transformation.
* The Matrix causing Energon to flow and 'killing' the planet when lost calls back to the [[AllSpark]].
* When discussing their mining ability, Elita says Orion "[doesn't] have the touch or the power," a reference to the [[The Touch|beloved song]] from ''The Transformers: The Movie.''
* The Iacon 5000 derives from the Marvel UK ''The Transformers'' [[Source:Darn 'n' Blast#Issue 326|issue 326's "Darn 'n' Blast" letter page]]. Many of the racers in the Iacon 5000 are characters from Generation 1 and ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'', with their colors and vehicle modes next to their names on the leaderboard, though they do not correspond to specific models except for the miners, Darkwing, and Chromia.
** Racers based on their Generation 1 counterparts include [[Mirage (One)|Mirage]], [[Clampdown (One)|Clampdown]], [[Silverbolt (One)|Silverbolt]], "[[Deadend (One)|Deadend]]", [[Slingshot (One)|Slingshot]], [[Cliffjumper (One)|Cliffjumper]], [[Dragstrip (One)|Dragstrip]], [[Swerve (One)|Swerve]], [[Powerglide (One)|Powerglide]], [[Jetstorm (One)|Jetstorm]], [[Windblade (One)|Windblade]], [[Afterburner (One)|Afterburner]], [[Blurr (One)|Blurr]], [[Fireflight (One)|Fireflight]], [[Cordon (One)|Cordon]], [[Breakdown (One)|Breakdown]], [[Swindle (One)|Swindle]], [[Tailgate (One)|Tailgate]], [[Lightspeed (One)|Lightspeed]], "[[Spinout (One)|Spinout]]", [[Greasepit (One)|Greasepit]], [[Scattershot (One)|Scattershot]], [[Inferno (One)|Inferno]], [[Motormaster (One)|Motormaster]], and "[[Hotrod (One)|Hotrod]]".
** Racers based on their ''Generation 2'' counterparts include [[Blowout (One)|Blowout]], [[High Beam (One)|High Beam]], [[Double Clutch (One)|Double Clutch]], [[Meanstreak (One)|Meanstreak]], [[Motormouth (One)|Motormouth]], [[Speedstream (One)|Speedstream]], "[[Roadrocket (One)|Roadrocket]]", [[Jolt (One)|Jolt]], and [[Staxx (One)|Staxx]].
** [[Override (One)|Override]] and [[Tankor (One)|Tankor]] are based on their ''[[Override (Cybertron)|Cybertron]]'' and ''[[Tankor (BM)|Beast Machines]]'' counterparts, respectively.
**Racers that are only named through dialogue are [[Tailwind (One)|Tailwind]], [[Strafe (One)|Strafe]] (spelled "Streak" in the Spanish subtitles), [[Skyfire (One)|Skyfire]], and original characters [[Thunderglide]] and [[Behemoth]]. Phew!
* B-127 naming one of his pals 'Steve' could be a reference to [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve the Vehicon]], a popular fandom joke during the ''Prime'' cartoon that got official recognition in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 comic)|''Robots in Disguise'' comic]].
* After being knocked off the train and stranded on the surface, Elita-1 calls Orion, D-16, and B-127 a bunch of "idiot [[GoBots|go-bots]]".
* The film's themes, "Resting Place of the Primes" and "The Fall", includes a leitmotif from the main theme of ''Transformers: Prime'', which was also composed by Brian Tyler. "The Fall" also plays a motif lifted from ''The Transformers: The Movie'''s "[[Death of Optimus Prime]]" in a different key. More specifically, the motif is from when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] flatlines and dies. Fitting, as "The Fall" plays when Orion Pax is dropped into Cybertron's core and Optimus Prime is born.
* The notion of the Matrix actively rejecting an "unworthy" candidate and disintegrating was a plot point in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
* Alpha Trion announces "All are one!" as he bequeaths the main quartet their new transformation cogs, a reference to the classic slogan "[['Til all are one]]!" originating from ''The Transformers: The Movie''.
* An empty Matrix chamber is visible behind Orion's chest window after receiving his cog, even before finding the actual Matrix.
* The throne Starscream sits on is loosely based on the crown his [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]] wore during his coronation in ''The Transformers: The Movie''.<ref>[https://youtu.be/fo7EwIlSNAs?si=8y1UWHCLv46WKzE7&t=190 Brian Tyree Henry & Josh Cooley Dissect The Evolution Of Megatron | Transformers One Behind The Shot]</ref>
*Soundwave scans Orion's electrical impulses to check if he is lying, a rarely referenced ability from his [[Soundwave (G1)|original toy's bio]].
*Shockwave's eye flickers when he speaks, just as it did in the original Generation 1 cartoon. Similarly, Optimus Prime's faceplate bobs up and down when he speaks.
* Starscream has a normal-sounding voice when he first appears, but after D-16 crushes his [[voice box]] during their duel, his voice becomes shriller and scratchier in the style of [[Chris Latta]]'s portrayal of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]].
*Shockwave and Elita have a small rivalry, reflecting their Generation 1 versions in Elita's introduction episode, "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]".
* Soundwave orders the High Guard to "[[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|eject]]" when descending on Sentinel's tower.
* During the battle in Sentinel Prime's tower, Orion leaps into the air and shoots one of the Death Trackers, with his midair pose homaging Optimus Prime's famous midair shooting pose from ''The Transformers: The Movie''.
* Megatron is the 'bot who shoots Orion and leaves him on the brink of death until he is resurrected as Optimus Prime in what is likely a reference to the ''The Transformers'' episode "War Dawn". However, the specific framing of the scene—in which Megatron shoots Orion and drops him into the depths of the planet, only for him to find the Matrix and return as Optimus—is, however coincidentally, nearly identical to the events of [[Transformation (issue)|issue #9]] of ''Autocracy''. Orion finding the Matrix in the planet's core also evokes the climax of the ''War for Cybertron'' games.
* The fatal wounds Orion Pax sustained from D-16 before his descent into Cybertron's core strongly resemble the wounds Optimus Prime sustained at the end of the ''The Transformers'' episode "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]".
* Megatron disposes of Sentinel Prime in the same manner that his [[Megatron (Movie)|live-action counterpart]] killed [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]—by bisecting the bot with his bare hands. Similarly, this is also how the [[Rainmaker]]s disposed of Sentinel in the [[2019 IDW continuity]].
* When both Orion Pax and Sentinel Prime die, [[aggressive depigmentation|their bodies turn grey]].
* "Arise, Optimus Prime", intones Alpha Trion as Orion receives the Matrix, evoking the climax of ''The Transformers: The Movie'', in which a ghostly Optimus Prime said the same to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] as he transformed into Rodimus Prime.
* Megatron using a long piece of sharp, orange shrapnel to attack Optimus comes from their iconic fight in ''The Transformers: The Movie''.
* Optimus using a defeated Shockwave's cannon to attack another enemy is a fighting move Optimus made in ''Dark of the Moon''.
* Megatron's last words to Optimus are, "This isn't over, Prime", bookending his line, "It's over, Prime", from ''The Transformers: The Movie''.
* When restoring Cybertron's Energon supply, Optimus holds the Matrix in the same pose Hot Rod holds it when transforming into Rodimus at the end of ''The Transformers: The Movie''.
* Optimus's concluding narration is presented as a "message" being sent into space, continuing the recurring concept of the ''Transformers'' films ending in such a way, introduced in the [[Transformers (film)|first live-action movie]].
* In the post-credits scene, Megatron brands the Decepticon insignia onto his troops much like his [[Megatron (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]] did in "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]]". Megatron also orders the Decepticons to "[[Roll out#Transformers_Animated|rise up]]", quoting his ''Animated'' counterpart who originated the phrase "transform and rise up" in "[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]".
* While the newly christened Decepticons fire into the sky, the glow of the laser beams shines on Megatron's insignia in a way that homages the metallic effect of the [[:File:TF-G1-HD-Logo-Evil-Decepticon.png|original Decepticon ''The Transformers'' logo]], and many a [[scene transition]].

==Real-life references==
* One of B-127's "friends" is named [https://youtu.be/Dd7FixvoKBw?t=104 A-A-Tron].
* Optimus spins his Energon-axe in a very similar manner to the signature weapon of his [[Chris Hemsworth|voice actor]]'s [[Thor|most notable role]].

==Errors==
* Many of the miners based on recognizable characters appear multiple times in the background or between shots.
* Mirage, with the colors and land-based vehicle mode of his [[Mirage (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], appears on the leaderboard of the Iacon 5000, but one of the cogless miners is clearly based on Generation 1 Mirage.
* Chromia is the racer that wins the Iacon 5000, but a bot that better resembles [[Chromia (G1)|Generation 1 Chromia]] appears as a miner too.
* One of the cogless miners is clearly meant to be [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], with a black crest, red pelvis, and red pips on his shoulders. However, the scene after the Iacon 5000 in Iacon's medical center has a voice on the intercom paging a "Dr. Ratchet".
* The incriminating clips of Sentinel replayed from Airachnid's mind reuse clips from previous scenes of the movie instead of being from Airachnid's point of view. Most egregious is the footage where Sentinel and his entourage kneel to the Quintesson High Commander, where Airachnid herself is fully visible. She wasn't exaggerating when she said "I see ''everything''"!

==Music==
A score album, ''[[Transformers One (Music from the Motion Picture)]]'', features the original music by composer [[Brian Tyler]] and was released concurrently with the film. It notably repurposes a leitmotif from his work on [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Transformers: Prime'']] into this film's main theme. The composer, under his electronic side project "Are We Dreaming", also produced the end credits song, "If I Fall", featuring rappers [[W:Quavo|Quavo]] (of Migos fame) and [[W:Ty Dolla $Sign|Ty Dolla $ign]].

==Development timeline==
[[File:Transformers-One-Teaser-Poster.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''There can be miracles when you believe Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill Who knows what miracles you can achieve When you believe, somehow you will You will when you believe'']]
* March 27, 2015 — As part of the development of ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight]]'', [[Paramount Pictures]] negotiates with [[Akiva Goldsman]], hiring him to create a "writer's room" to build a cinematic universe.<ref name="goldsman">[https://deadline.com/2015/03/transformers-akiva-goldsman-paramount-sequels-spinoffs-1201400027/ Paramount Enlisting Akiva Goldsman To Ramp Up 'Transformers' Output] on deadline.com</ref> Among the writers hired are ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' scribes [[Andrew Barrer]] and [[Gabriel Ferrari]], who pitch the concept of an animated ''Transformers'' prequel set in the [[Live-action film series|live-action series universe]].<ref name="barrerferrari">[https://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-ant-man-andrew-barrer-gabriel-ferrari-cybertron-1201433402/ 'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room] on Deadline</ref>
* December 20, 2018 — Following the release of ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'', [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] hints in an interview that the animated prequel is still in the works.<ref>[https://www.metro.us/will-there-be-a-bumblebee-2-whats-the-future-for-the-transformers-universe-heres-what-its-producer-told-us/ Lorenzo di Bonaventura interview for Metro USA]</ref>
* April 29, 2020 — Director [[Josh Cooley]] (''Toy Story 4'') is reported to have been brought into the project to oversee a final draft, which is said to be "separate and apart" from the live-action films.<ref name="cooleyreveal" />
* May 18, 2021 — [[Allspark Pictures]] President [[Greg Mooradian]] credits the animated ''Transformers'' film on his Linkedin page with a 2023 release.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-mooradian-4a5062200/ Greg Mooradian's Linkedin:] "TRANSFORMERS (Animated Feature), with Oscar-winner Josh Cooley directing (2023 release)"</ref>
* May 24, 2021 — Hasbro CEO [[Brian Goldner]] confirms the animated feature is in development, and will be released at some point after ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]''.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/24/tfw2005-coverage-of-49th-j-p-morgan-conference-434088 TFW2005 Coverage Of 49th J.P. Morgan Conference]</ref>
* January 21, 2022 — Paramount announces an untitled animated Transformers movie will be released on July 19, 2024.<ref>[https://collider.com/new-transformers-animated-movie-release-date/ Collider: New 'Transformers' Animated Movie Release Date Set For 2024]</ref>
* April 20, 2023 — di Bonaventura reveals that the entire film takes place on Cybertron, and the setting explores how they begin to question the hierarchy of how their society has gotten stratified, and how the common man doesn't have the voice that they want to have.<ref name=collider2023>[https://collider.com/transformers-animated-movie-characters-plot-cybertron-lorenzo-di-bonaventura-comments/ Here’s What the New Animated ‘Transformers’ Movie Is About (Exclusive)]</ref>
* April 21, 2023 — A day after the previous interview, di Bonaventura confirms [[Industrial Light & Magic]]'s involvement as the film's animation studio, bringing the company back to the franchise for the first time since ''Bumblebee''.<ref>[https://collider.com/new-transformers-animated-movie-ilm-lorenzo-di-bonaventura-comments/ The New 'Transformers' Animated Movie Is Partnering With an Industry Giant for the CGI (Exclusive)]/</ref>
* April 27, 2023 — The first members of the film's voice cast are revealed, consisting of [[Chris Hemsworth]] as Optimus Prime, [[Brian Tyree Henry]] as Megatron, [[Scarlett Johansson]] as Elita, [[Keegan-Michael Key]] as Bumblebee, [[Jon Hamm]] as Sentinel Prime, and [[Laurence Fishburne]] as Alpha Trion.<ref>[https://variety.com/2023/film/news/transformers-animated-prequel-chris-hemsworth-scarlett-johansson-1235596692/ ‘Transformers’ Animated Prequel Sets Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and More Voice Cast]</ref>
* May 24, 2023 — Paramount moves the film's release date to September 13, 2024.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2023/05/transformers-one-release-date-pushed-by-paramount-1235379167/ ‘Transformers One’: Paramount Pushes Date For Animated Feature]</ref>
* June 7, 2023 — di Bonaventura teases how the film stands out from previous entries in the franchise, praises Chris Hemsworth's casting as Optimus Prime, and mentions a vocal transition from Hemsworth's voice to [[Peter Cullen]]'s as the character for audiences to witness. [[Steve Desmond]] and [[Michael Sherman]] (''Knock at the Cabin'') were revealed to be additional writers for the film, but where uncredited when the final credit came in.<ref>[https://collider.com/transformers-one-chris-hemsworth-optimus-prime-lorenzo-di-bonaventura-comments/ 'Transformers One' Producer Is Already Hyped for Chris Hemsworth's Optimus Prime]</ref>
* June 15, 2023 — Scarlett Johansson discusses the film's animation and praises Cooley as director.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWqG5mlRxzs Scarlett Johansson Says Transformers One Looks So Cool]</ref> Chris Hemsworth later brings details on voicing Optimus Prime for the film and his reasoning he joined the project through his love of the script. He confirms that he will not use his regular voice for the character.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWrsvSzWHoE Chris Hemsworth's Optimus Prime Sadly Won't Be Australian in Transformers One]</ref>
* July 20, 2023 — di Bonaventura confirms Optimus Prime and Megatron in the film will be depicted under their Orion Pax and D-16 identities.<ref>[https://onetakenews.com/2023/07/20/lorenzo-di-bonaventura-transformers-one/ Lorenzo di Bonaventura Teases Upcoming Film ‘Transformers: One’: “It’s Something I’ve Wanted To Do For A Long Time” (Exclusive)]</ref>
* December 15, 2023 — Keegan-Michael Key mentions his voice for Bumblebee is closer to his regular speaking voice.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLM71B5xmFY Transformers One: Keegan-Michael Key Reveals What Bumblebee Sounds Like in New Animated Film]</ref>
* April 11, 2024 — The cast of the movie previews the trailer and reveals a new logo for the film at Cinemacon 2024, The Hollywood Reporter also confirms [[Steve Buscemi]] has joined the cast.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/transformers-one-animated-movie-chris-hemsworth-scarlett-johansson-1235871998/ Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Brian Tyree Henry Debut Origin Story 'Transformers One' - The Hollywood Reporter]</ref> During the presentation, Hemsworth revealed that Cullen served as a consultant on the getting the voice down.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-one-news-film-is-testing-very-well-and-peter-cullen-consulted-chris-hemsworth-on-voice/48127/ Transformers One News: Film is Testing Very Well and Peter Cullen Consulted Chris Hemsworth on Voice]</ref>
* April 16, 2024 — Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry announce the date of the film's first trailer being on Thursday, April 18, 2024, as it will be launched into space.<ref>[https://collider.com/transformers-one-trailer-premiered-from-space/ The 'Transformers One' Trailer Will Be Premiered From Space - Collider]</ref>
[[File:TransformersOne-weatherballoon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''So how do you judge what a man is worth? By what he [[Toy|builds or buys]]? You can never see with your eyes on Earth Look through Heaven's eyes Look at your life. Look at your life Look at your life through Heaven's eyes'']]
* April 18, 2024 — A livestream hosted by Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry follows a small craft launched towards space, with a screen that plays the trailer once it reaches 125,000 feet. The movie's release date has been pushed back by one week, to September 20, reportedly to avoid the release conflicting with that of ''{{w|Beetlejuice Beetlejuice}}''.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2024/04/transformers-one-trailer-release-date-1235889037/ ‘Transformers One’ Launches Trailer In Space, A First For A Movie Studio; Pic Going Later In September]</ref> When asked whether the film is a fresh start, a prequel to the live-action films, or its own thing, Cooley replies "yes to all of the above".<ref>[https://comicbook.com/movies/news/transformers-one-director-confirms-new-movies-canon-status/ Transformers ONE Director Confirms New Movie's Canon Status - ComicBook.com]</ref>
* May 20, 2024 — [[Brian Tyler]] is attached as the film's composer.<ref>[https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/05/20/brian-tyler-scoring-josh-cooleys-transformers-one/ Brian Tyler Scoring Josh Cooley’s ‘Transformers One’ - Filmmusicreporter.com]</ref>
* June 7, 2024 — Production for the film is revealed to be finished in the following month.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/06/07/work-on-transformers-one-animated-movie-is-set-to-wrap-up-in-july-513038 Work On Transformers: One Animated Movie Is Set To Wrap Up In July - TFW2005]</ref>
* June 10, 2024 — A work-in-progress cut of the film was screened at the {{w|Annecy International Animation Film Festival}} to a standing ovation.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/transformers-one-chris-hemsworth-scarlett-johansson-1235918820/ Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Transformers One’ Draws Laughs, Cheers in Its Annecy Debut - Hollywood Reporter]</ref>
* June 18, 2024 — Production designer Jason Scheier confirms animation for the film is finished.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ScheierJason/status/1803227407404638226/ Production Designer Jason Scheier's post on Twitter]</ref>
* June 27, 2024 — Sound-mixing for the film is finished, with production finally now complete around three months in advance of release.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/C8vPCEUS3Bs/ @CooleyYourFaceOff - Instagram]</ref>
* July 9, 2024 — A panel for the film has been announced for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2024 on Thursday, July 25 at 11:45 am PST at Hall H.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2024/07/transformers-one-comic-con-1236004636/ Paramount Animation & Hasbro Entertainment’s ‘Transformers One’ Will Be More Than Meets The Eye At San Diego Comic-Con]</ref>
* July 13, 2024 — Chris Hemsworth, Bryan Tyree Henry, and Keegan-Michael Key reveal a new clip of the main cast transforming for the first time at the Kids' Choice Awards 2024.<ref>[https://twitter.com/transformers/status/1812285185427431646/ Post from the official Transformers account on Twitter]</ref>
* July 23, 2024 — Cooley discusses how ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' influenced ''One''.<ref>[https://ew.com/transformers-one-comic-con-preview-optimus-prime-megatron-origin-story-8676886 Transformers One director reveals how infamous 1986 animated movie influenced new prequel film]</ref> A screening of the finished film was shown at a fan-event at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles and in New York City.<ref>[https://comicbook.com/anime/news/transformers-one-review-first-reactions/ Transformers One First Reactions are Raving Over "Best Transformers Film to Date"]</ref> Hemsworth talks about voicing Optimus Prime in the film and how his depiction stands out.<ref>[https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/transformers-one-chris-hemsworth-optimus-prime-orion-pax/ Chris Hemsworth on Becoming Optimus Prime for Transformers One (Exclusive)]</ref>
* July 24, 2024 — Several new posters are released, along with the announcement of a new trailer the following day at the SDCC panel.<ref>[https://twutter.com/transformers/status/1816111093917573615/ Second trailer announcement on Twitter]</ref>
* July 25, 202.4 — Details at the SDCC panel were revealed, along with the debut of the second trailer and Bucsemi's role announced to be Starscream.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2024/07/transformers-one-chris-hemsworth-comic-con-1236022134/ ‘Transformers One’ Ignites Comic-Con With Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry & Keegan-Michael Key: How Two Best Friends Became Immortal Enemies]</ref> [[Eric Pearson]] was revealed to be an additional writer.<ref>[https://www.awn.com/news/paramount-drops-transformers-one-trailer-2 Paramount Drops ‘Transformers One’ Trailer #2]</ref>
* August 21, 2024 — A new clip of Orion Pax and D-16 competing in the Iacon 5000 race is released on Paramount's YouTube channel.<ref>[https://youtu.be/7o-bGIBZxdc?feature=shared/ TRANSFORMERS ONE Film Clip IACON Race Begins (2024)]</ref>
* August 23, 2024 — Evan Michael Lee is revealed to be voicing Jazz.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Evanmichaellee/status/1826960202920530306/ Evan Michael Lee on Twitter]</ref>
* August 24, 2024 — [[Jon Bailey]], [[Jason Konopisos-Alvarez]], [[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] and [[Vanessa Liguori]] are revealed to be voicing Soundwave, Shockwave, Darkwing and Airachnid respectively, with Bailey reprising his role from ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''.<ref>[https://punto.com.ph/paramount-pictures-our-crew-rolls-deep-meet-the-voice-cast-behind-the-characters-in-transformers-one-in-cinemas-september-18/ PARAMOUNT PICTURES : OUR CREW ROLLS DEEP: MEET THE VOICE CAST BEHIND THE CHARACTERS IN “TRANSFORMERS ONE,” IN CINEMAS SEPTEMBER 18 on Punzo.com]</ref>
*September 6, 2024 — The film's credits song, '[[If I Fall]]' by [[Quavo]], is released.<ref>[https://youtu.be/M3FCIf0HFnk?si=NB1J3bT9XNPOpKCc/ If I Fall (Music from the Motion Picture Transformers One / Lyric Video)]</ref>
*September 12, 2024 — In an interview, Lorenzo di Bonaventura clarifies that ''One'' doesn't directly connect to the live-action films, and describes them as "two universes" that will be "[kept] separate". However, he notes that ''One'' will likely have an influence on future live-action projects.<ref>[https://comicbook.com/movies/news/is-transformers-one-a-prequel-optimus-prime-origin-story-exclusive/ Is Transformers One a Prequel or Reboot? The Animated Movie's Origin Story Is Both, Director Says]</ref> The film's review embargo is also lifted, and the film debuts with an 89% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-one-critic-reviews-are-out-currently-89-on-rotten-tomatoes/48337/ Transformers One Critic Reviews are Out, Currently 89% on Rotten Tomatoes]</ref>
*September 13, 2024 — The film's main theme is released.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFnuXrOH0fs/ Brian Tyler - Transformers One Theme | Transformers One (Music from the Motion Picture)]</ref>
* September 18, 2024 — An early fan event screening is held, preceded by a seven-minute featurette consisting of interview segments with Hemsworth, Henry, and Key, footage of main cast recording their dialogue, and some [https://twitter.com/damnyouwillis/status/1836584462341054907 hilarious trivia]. Attendees receive one of four exclusive keychains and poster prints featuring Orion Pax, D-16, B-127, or Elita-1.<ref>https://bleedingcool.com/movies/transformers-one-4-new-posters-tickets-go-on-sale-fan-screenings/</ref>
* September 20, 2024 — The first 300 ticket holders at participating theaters receive a poster print of {{w|Shadow the Hedgehog}} to promote the upcoming release of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]''.<ref>https://kotaku.com/sonic-3-shadow-print-transformers-one-theater-showtimes-1851649010</ref>

===Changes before, during, and after production===
* Although the broad story beats of ''One'' remained more or less consistent over the course of the film's development, the first draft—written before Josh Cooley's involvement—was a silly, joke-heavy script that was very different in tone from the final product. When first brought on to direct, Cooley pushed for a more serious treatment to bring the film closer in line to the usual tone of the ''Transformers'' franchise.<ref name="gizmodo">[https://gizmodo.com/transformers-one-director-interview-josh-cooley-easter-eggs-2000489187 ''Transformers One'' Director Josh Cooley Talks Lore, Easter Eggs, and Alternate Versions] </ref>
* At one point, a bird robot based on ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Aerobolt]] would've played a role in the story. <ref>{{citesocial|quote= "In an older version of the story we explored Aerobolt being part of the story. It never made it into the final."|link=https://x.com/ScheierJason/status/1840624306465755358|name=Jason Scheier|site=Twitter|year=2024|month=9|day=30}}</ref>
* An early draft had a scene where Orion and D-16 played an arcade game together, which would've featured an 8-bit version of "The Touch". The gag was eventually dropped, although the arcade machine and a different reference to the song made it into the final film.<ref name="gizmodo" />
* Another draft had D-16 as a gladiator, alluding to another part of the character's standard origin story, but ultimately this concept was cut for time.<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/features/animation/transformers-one-star-wars-old-republic-interview-1235017651/ ‘Transformers One’ Director Talks Bringing the Franchise to Its ‘Old Republic’ Era - Indiewire]</ref>
* Originally, the film would've ended on a smash cut to the film's title, accompanied by a rendition of the classic ''Transformers'' [[theme song]]. However, Cooley decided that the scene would be overly self-referential, and instead [[Brian Tyler]] scored an original composition to close out the film.<ref name="gizmodo" />
*A shot of Orion, Elita, Soundwave, and Shockwave exiting the train after crashing into Sentinel's tower is not in the final film, and only appears in promotional material.

==Notes==
*As seen in the cast list above, Arcee and Chromia are voiced by Jinny Chung, the film's story / script coordinator. The Injured Racer is voiced by Dillon Bryan, Josh Cooley's assistant. Cooley himself cameos as Skywarp, the "Control Room Guys", and the PA system.
* Several international releases of the film are edited to cut away from Orion's "finger transformation" a few seconds earlier, as well as changing any mention of Bee's "knife hands" to refer to them as "sword hands" instead.
* The credits feature a dedication to former Hasbro CEO [[Brian Goldner]], who passed away in October 2021.
*Darkwing was named by Hasbro designer [[Mark Maher]], when his boss asked him "If this was a Decepticon flyer, who would it be?"<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.instagram.com/stories/markclonus/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|year=2024|month=09|day=08}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers/One''''' (トランスフォーマー/ONE ''Toransufōmā Wan'')
*''French:'' '''''Transformers : Le Commencement''''' (France, "Transformers: The Beginning"), '''''Transformers : Un''''' (Canada, "Transformers: One")
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Qǐyuán''''' (变形金刚：起源, "Transformers: The Beginning")
*''Portuguese:'' '''''Transformers: O Início''''' ("Transformers: The Beginning")
*''Korean:'' '''''Transformer ONE''''' (트랜스포머 ONE ''Teuraenseupomeo ONE'')
*''Russian:'' '''''Transformery: Nachalo''''' (Трансформеры: Начало, "Transformers: The Beginning")
*''Spanish:'' '''''Transformers One''''' (Spain), '''''Transformers : Uno''''' (Latin America, "Transformers: One")

==References==
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[[Category:Real world films]]

Optimus Primal (BW)/toys

2024-04-07T08:39:21Z

Zandergb: /* Beast Wars */ fixed arm gimmick description, added sword storage

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[[File:Optimus Primal toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Monkey see, Monkey screw you up!]]
'''[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]''' has had a barrel full of toys. None of them [[Optimus Minor|monkeys]]!

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWtoy-Primalbat.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Cheetor. ''Cheetor.'' I'm Batman.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1| '''Optimus Primal vs Megatron!''' (Basic Class versus two-pack, 1996)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Amazon no Taiketsu: Convobat VS Megalligator'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''VS-6'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 swords
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

:The first ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Optimus Primal is a Basic Class blue bat which can autotransform into a robot by pulling the tail. Two swords are removable from under its wings for use as weaponry in [[robot mode]]. In the [[Hasbro]] line, he is packaged along with an [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|alligator version of Megatron]] and a [[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!|''Beast Wars'' mini-comic]]. The Japanese release of the two-pack, dubbed "Amazon Showdown" (アマゾンの対決), lacks the comic, but does come with individual character bio cards.

:Whether this toy can be considered the Optimus Primal character is a matter of debate. Released before the animated series began, which establishes Optimus Primal as a separate entity from Optimus Prime, the accompanying profiles and mini-comic imply that the Beast Wars are a direct progression of the Autobot/Decepticon war. Whether the animated series's [[retcon]] affects this set of toys is probably a matter of personal preference. It can be interpreted as representing one of the more interesting micro-continuities.

:The 2007 ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' asserts that, in [[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)|IDW's version of the ''Beast Wars'' continuity]], Primal's bat form is suggested by the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s computer as a potential alternate mode, but he rejects it in favor of the more powerful gorilla without ever actually reformatting into it. Thus, this [[micro-continuity]] posits bat mode Primal as a theoretical alternate form that never actually comes to be.

:This mold was also used to make the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#VSS1|Optimus Prime-recolored Convobat]] (explicitly identified as Optimus Prime), the separate individual [[Convobat#Toys|Convobat]], [[Onyx Primal#Toys|Onyx Primal]] as well as inspire the comic character [[Nyx]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/OptimusPrimalBat/optimusprimal.htm More information on Optimus Primal (bat) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Optimusprimaltoyultraape.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yes, missiles come out of his butt.]]
[[File:Prizeprimals.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Brass monkeys.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal''' (Ultra Class, 1996/1997/1998)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''C-1'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 "spinal swords", 4 "mega-blast missiles", "mace whip"
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: The second Optimus Primal toy is an ape in the Ultra size class. Though the transformation from primate to humanoid is a relatively simplistic one, the toy compensates with more than a fair share of weaponry and action features. A compartment on his right forearm opens to reveal a skull-shaped "mace whip" he can hold in his fist. His left forearm can open into a double-barreled "mega-blast missile" launcher. On his back are two more spring-loaded "mega-blast missile cannons"/launchers which auto-flip over each shoulder by pressing a button on his butt. This also reveals the storage for his two swords. By pulling a lever in the center of his back, both arms can either spin at the bicep or bend in and out at the shoulder, depending on the placement of notch-buttons located on either bicep. This gimmick can be used to simulate a gorilla beating its chest while Optimus is in [[beast mode]], or to make him swing his weapons wildly before himself in robot mode. And finally, like many first-year ''Beast Wars'' toys, a battle mask/"[[mutant head]]" can be deployed over his robot head. The mask is attached to a turntable around the neck, meaning it can either be deployed over Primal's face (with the forehead vent visible) or covering the back of his head, with the red plastic showing through to create a different look and the antenna folded down to make tusks (the intended configuration as per Primal's concept art).<ref>[https://www.tfraw.com/p/beast-wars-concept.html?m=1 "Beast Wars Toy Concept Designs" on TFRaw]</ref>

:The European version released in English/Spanish/Italian ''Beast Wars/Biocombat'' packaging features the additional alternate name "Black Jack" for the Italian market, whereas the ''other'' European version released in French/Dutch/German ''Beast Wars/Ani Mutants'' packaging is simply named "Optimus Primal".

:Takara released the toy under the name of "Convoy" as part of their ''Beast Wars'' line in July of 1997, nearly identical to the Hasbro version. The missiles for the Takara version are thinner and simpler than the original Hasbro version, and would be used in all subsequent releases of the sculpt.

:This sculpt was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Optimus Primal and [[Transformers: Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Beast Wars Telemocha Series]] DX Convoy, and [[retool]]ed into ''Beast Wars Reborn''/''Beast Wars Tenth Anniversary'' versus pack Optimus Primal. Takara also created multiple special variants, including all-gold (from ''[[TV Magazine]]'', only ten awarded), red body with gray head & chest plate (''TV Magazine'' again, but only twenty pieces for lucky draw), and blue-fur (a ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' design-contest prize, only thirty awarded).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/OptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Optimus Primal (gorilla) at TFU.info]''
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Convobat''' (Basic, July 1997)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''C-6'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 swords

: "Convobat" was also available in Japan as a single boxed toy. This release is identical to the two-pack version.

: This toy would go without Japanese market fiction until all the way in [[2021]], when it was [[Scorching Heat Showdown|finally characterized...]] as a [[Convobat#Beast Wars|yet third guy.]] [[Megalligator#Beast Wars|At least they're symmetrical now.]]

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[[File:BW-toy VS01 Convoy Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Megatron, master of manspreading.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Saikyō Beast no Taiketsu: Convoy VS Megatron''' (VS pack, July 1997)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''VS-1'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 swords, 4 missiles, flail

:In Japan, Ultra "Convoy" was available both individually and in a ''very large'' "Strongest Beast Showdown" (最強ビーストの対決 ''Saikyō Beast no Taiketsu'') two-pack with Ultra [[Megatron (BW)/toys#VS1|Megatron]].

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.
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[[File:BW Biocombat Ani Mutants Orcanoch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Maximal Orcanoch Micro Playset''' (Playset, 1997)}}</ul>

:In Europe, the ''Beast Wars''-branded ''[[MicroVerse]]'' playsets (see below) were released solely as ''Beast Wars/Biocombat'' (English/Spanish/Italian packaging) or ''Beast Wars/Ani Mutants'' (French/Dutch/German packaging) products.

:This release is entirely identical to the [[#MicroVerse|US ''MicroVerse'' release]] of the toy, aside from the packaging and the branding.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Special Convoy Real Gray Type''' (1998)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''C-1'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 swords, 4 missiles, flail

:In January of 1998, Takara released a redeco of the Ultra Optimus Primal toy as '''Special Convoy Real Gray Type''' (スペシャルコンボイリアルグレータイプ), changing the black to dark gray, the blue eyes of Gorilla to red, and the blue to metallic blue, although the packaging is the same as the original release save for a sticker on the front of the box. According to the sticker, this limited figure is meant to celebrate the "20,000,000 Unit Breakthrough Commemoration"—apparently commemorating ''20 million'' units of Beast Wars toys sold. Whether this is supposed to represent 20 million worldwide or just in Japan is unclear.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/OptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Special Convoy Real Gray Type at TFU.info (scroll down)]''
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[[File:SkeletonClearOptimusPrimal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|250px|"So, I believe I made myself clear."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Special Convoy Skeleton Type''' (1998?)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''C-1'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 swords, 4 missiles, flail

: A [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] redeco of the Ultra figure, Special Convoy Skeleton Type (スペシャルコンボイスケルトンタイプ) is colorless-clear and black with silver paint detailing. The packaging is the same as the general release except for a sticker on the front of the box.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Cybertron/ClearConvoy/clearconvoy.htm More information on Special Convoy Skeleton Type at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BW-toy OptimusPrimalBurning.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Grape Ape's lesser-known cousin Cherry Ape. Currently an insurance broker in Oak Park, Illinois.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Burning Convoy''' (1998)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''C-1'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 swords, 4 missiles, flail

: A Takara redeco of the Ultra Class Primal toy in almost entirely semitransparent red plastic with with metallic gold "flame" markings on his fists and gorilla-mode chest.

: He was released as a limited-edition figure to promote the [[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers|''Beast Wars Special'' movie]], alongside the [[Lio Convoy#Flash|Flash Lio Convoy]] toy. As with the above "Skeleton Type" toy, his packaging and paperwork is identical to the regular retail release; only a sticker on the box window is added to mark the special release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/BurningConvoy/burningconvoy.htm More information on Burning Convoy at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWtoy-PrimalTM.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Check out those abs!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal''' (Mega Class Transmetal, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Metals Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''C-40'''
:*''Accessories:'' Gun, two clubs/missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Jerry Palmer]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: [[Transmetal]] Optimus Primal is a mechanical gorilla that transforms into a partially organic robot. Like all Transmetals, it featured chromed plastic and a third vehicle-inspired mode. In Primal's case, his gorilla mode could transform into a gorilla on a [[hoverboard]]. Two maces were stored on his back and could double as missiles for his hip-holstered blaster.

:Continuing a trend from Generation 1 where Italian releases of toys representing the same characters as previous toys released under the same name were sometimes given names that didn't reflect the Italian market names of those previous releases, the European version released in English/Spanish/Italian ''Beast Wars''/''Biocombat'' packaging features the additional alternate name "Metal Gorilla" for the Italian market. Like with the Ultra figure, the other European version released in French/Dutch/German ''Beast Wars''/''Ani Mutants'' packaging is simply named "Optimus Primal".

: Some units feature a chromed purple variant for the Beast Mode chest.

: [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s version of the toy exchanged the brown plastic for translucent maroon; other changes included additional paint on the waist and a different eye color. The figure is also available in a set with Transmetal Megatron.

: This mold was used to make [[Apelinq (BM)#Toys|Apelinq]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/OptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Transmetal Optimus Primal at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWtoy-OpOp.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It's really about two modes, not four, if you're honest.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimal Optimus''' (Super Class Transmetal, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Metals Powered Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''C-47'''
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle, four missiles, six break-away armor plates
{{toydesigner|[[Jerry Palmer]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Daniel Sanfilippo]] (deco artist), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Transmetal Optimal Optimus is the first toy in the Super size class, featuring electronics and four transformations: robot, ape, jet, and armored transport. When a back section of the cannon module is pulled, the eyes and shoulder-mounted missile launchers lit up and the launchers fired. It came with four missiles, two of which stored on its legs. Its forearms featured blast-away armor plates that could also be pegged to its upper arms. His cockpit perfectly fits a [[MicroVerse]] figure in the seat.

: Optimal Optimus's on-package [[bio]] states that he has Cybertronian "air guardian" technology and twin scramjet modules, most likely in reference to [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], whose function is Air Guardian, and his Tech Specs said he had these same scramjet modules.

: The European version released in English/Spanish/Italian ''Beast Wars''/''Biocombat'' packaging featured the most bizarre choice for the additional alternate name for the Italian market yet, naming this figure "Optimus Primal". The other European version released in French/Dutch/German ''Beast Wars''/''Ani Mutants'' packaging is simply named "Optimal Optimus".

: This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Optimal]]. This sculpt was also used to make [[Primal Prime]], with a redesign that had separate triggers for the missile-lighting and missile-launching so users would be less likely to shoot themselves in the eye. This body was also the template for [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s (non-toy) "Optimal" body, seen in "[[Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future]]".

: The Japanese version features several deco changes including: a more yellow shade of orange, no blue paint on the helmet in robot mode, and black tires instead of purple. Also, the translucent missiles are molded slightly differently. This changed mold is also used by Primal Prime.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/OptimalOptimus/optimaloptimus.htm More information on Optimal Optimus at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Shukumei no Taiketsu: Metals Convoy VS Metals Megatron''' (VS pack, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''VS-40'''
:*''Accessories:'' Gun, two clubs/missiles

: In Japan, Metals Convoy was available both individually and in a "Fateful Showdown" (宿命の対決) two-pack with [[Megatron (BW)/toys#VS40|Metals Megatron]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

: As mentioned below, this two-pack saw a variant release using the Gold Convoy and Silver Megatron toys in their place. While the figures inside the packaging were different, the packaging remained the same.

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[[File:GoldConvoySilverMegatron.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|"Oh? You're approaching me? Instead of running away, you come right to me?"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Gold Metals Convoy''' (Lucky Draw, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''C-40'''
:*''Accessories:'' Gun, two clubs/missiles

: A gold version of Metals Convoy was made available as a [[Lucky Draw|sweepstakes]] figure. Five were produced for individual sale, while more were made available in a variant of the above VS pack with [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Silver Megatron]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=ゴールドコンボイシルバーメガトロン(各5名) 此方は単品箱版となっており他にもVS-40 宿命の対決セットで同仕様のモノが他雑誌でプレゼントされている(後々紹介予定)。セット版は秋葉原まんだらけやヤフオク等で長期に渡って販売されていたので見たことある方も多いのでは？|link= https://web.archive.org/web/20210710054142/https://twitter.com/kongoriki/status/900705968043868160|name=Kongoriki|site=Twitter|year=2017|month=08|day=24|(defunct=no)}}</ref>

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[[File:BWGenerations2020 Pioneer Silver Metals Convoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Buy my DVDs".]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Silver Metals Convoy''' (DVD pack-in, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''C-40'''
:*''Accessories:'' Gun, two clubs/missiles

:Silver Metals Convoy was available via an offer on a ''Beast Wars'' Pioneer DVD. The figure swaps out the blue chrome for silver and replaces the word "Cybertron" with "Pioneer" on his beast mode chest. Silver Metals Convoy was limited to only 100 pieces.
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===''MicroVerse''===
[[File:BWMicroversetoy-Primal.jpg|100px|thumb|Seamunky?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Maximal Orcanoch Micro Playset''' (Playset, 1997)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''''Beast Wars: Transformers'''''
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the short-lived ''[[MicroVerse]]'' toyline (from before [[Hasbro]]'s acquisition of rival [[Galoob]] and their micro-toy empire), [[Orcanoch]] transforms into a Maximal base. It came with tiny, non-transforming versions of Optimus Primal and [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]. These figures were designed to sit in the various mini-vehicles and control modules of the ''MicroVerse'' playsets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/OptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on ''MicroVerse'' Optimus Primal at TFU.info]''
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===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:BM-toy OpPrimalDx.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I am the exact opposite of show-accurate.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Optimus Primal''' (Deluxe Class, 2000)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Energy [[shuriken]]
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Tim Bradley]] (concept artist)}}

: The first ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Optimus Primal is a dark bronze and translucent blue technorganic gorilla that transforms into a technorganic robot. Based on early concept art, he has a...loose relationship to show accuracy, with a skeletal beast mode face and entirely different arms. Thankfully his gimmicks ''are'' more or less accurate. His right robot mode arm is spring-loaded to throw the shuriken that stores in his left leg (the ape mode's left shoulder). Like all ''Beast Machines'' toys, he has a hidden "[[spark crystal]]" that displays his faction allegiance; Primal's is in his chest, revealed with the spring-loaded "flexing" motion that also moves his beast mode face up for snarling while posing. His robot mode head also features a changing expression via sliding brow/skullcap.

: Official [[Hasbro]] stock photography of this toy shows a differently-molded shuriken, lacking the "energy flame" effect.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/OptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Beast Machines Optimus Primal (Deluxe) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BMtoy-PrimalMcD.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Monkey play in the Jungle'' ''Robot work in the Factory'' ''They will have a Giant Rumble''!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Optimus Primal''' (Happy Meal toy, 2000)}}</ul>

: McDonald's ''Beast Machines'' Optimus Primal is an incredibly simple toy that transforms from a technorganic robot to technorganic ape. Its sculpted detail is based directly that of the television show's model for Primal. It uses translucent plastic for the body, and, like the other McDonald's ''Beast Machines'' toys, there's a sculpted spark crystal on the toy's surface; on Optimus Primal, it is placed on the stomach. Additionally, there are two organic flaps on the toy's back, and in robot mode, nobody's entirely sure exactly what to do with them. Are they rotated all the way down to make his booster jets? Are they rotated out to the sides to make the backs of his shoulder pads? Are they rotated back to where they go in gorilla mode, once you get his heads swapped? We may never know.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/McOptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Beast Machines Optimus Primal (McDonald's) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BMtoy-PrimalMega.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Monkey mates in the Jungle'' ''Robot replicated in Factory'' ''They both love their Mother'' ''Why must they hate each other''?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Blast Punch Optimus Primal''' (Mega Class, 2001)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:One of the last toys released in the ''Beast Machines'' line (under the "Battle for the Spark" rebranding), "Blast Punch" Optimus Primal transforms into a technorganic gorilla more like the show model, though with a considerably brighter color scheme. His main [[gimmick]] is his left arm, which contains a hidden missile launcher. Pushing down on his shoulder armor "winds" the mechanism in his gauntlet. Pushing the spark crystal on his bicep spins his gauntlet around, simultaneously triggering the spring-loaded missile launcher and activating his spring-loaded ramming "blast punch" action, extending his fist forward nearly a full inch. He also has hidden jet thrusters under a panel on his back. In beast mode, a small button on the top of his head pushes his upper face up in a "snarling" action.

:Due to the small size of the two gears used to rotate the forearm, manually transforming Optimus's left arm can damage the gimmick to the point of no longer working. The soft plastic used in the gears prevents them from crumbling apart and allowing them to be glued to the pin, but damage can be prevented by using the wind-up mechanism exclusively to transform the arm. If it must be moved by hand, turning the forearm in the same direction as the motor allow the larger gears to safely ratchet to minimize damage.

:Blast Punch Optimus Primal was [[#Beast Wars Returns|the only Japanese release]] of a ''Beast Machines'' toy of Primal, with the only difference between the releases is that Convoy has blue eyes in robot mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Maximal/BlastPunchOptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Blast Punch Optimus Primal at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Optimus Primal''' (Jollibee Kids Meal, 2009)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Pen Keeper

: Optimus Primal was available as one of three figures in a [[Jollibee]] promotion. The toy is a greatly simplified version of his ''Beast Machines'' Deluxe toy.

===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)===
[[File:RIDtoy-Suprimal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Monkey versus robot!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1m1|'''Air Attack Optimus Primal''' (Supreme Class, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Disc
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Intended for release in the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' toyline, Air Attack Optimus Primal was eventually released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] as part of the ''Robots in Disguise'' toyline. Positively oozing light-and-sound gimmicks in both modes, Optimus Primal does ''all'' sorts'a crazy crap, all of which is first activated by pressing his chest plate. Doing so "turns on" his electronics with a metallic shrieking noise, and the toy proceeds to hum constantly while the chest glows with a red LED. The electronics will eventually "turn off" if the toy is left idle, but you don't want to do that! You want to push his head (in either mode), which activates glowing lights in his eyes and actual speech samples of [[Garry Chalk]] from the ''Beast Machines'' cartoon (making Primal the first English-speaking ''Transformers'' toy to have speech clips performed by his actual cartoon voice actor). On top of that, the toy also features a pressure-launching disc-shooter in its robot mode stomach (accompanied by blasting sound effect), and a geared right arm with a spring-loaded punch action (and suitably pained electronic grunt).

:The ''big'' feature— the one that gives the toy its name— is his jetpack, which pops out (with translucent blue jet flames trailing behind) at the push of a button. This puts the toy into "flight mode", and it constantly produces the sound of whooshing jets, which then rises and falls depending on how the figure is held. Tilt him upwards, and the pitch rises as he ascends! Tilt him down, and ''zoom!'' When the jetpack is not deployed, the jet flames are folded up and form Primal's backplate, with the flame blast effect details being repurposed as ape fur.

:Also, he has a butt on his head.

:The [[Gold_Plastic_Syndrome|sparkly brown plastic]] in this figure's chest and legs is prone to breaking.

:The toy's packaging features both an Autobot and Maximal insignia. The Maximal symbol used, however, is the one used during the "Beast Wars" rather than the one from "Beast Machines", the toyline this toy was meant to be part of.

: This toy was released in Japan on [[August 8]], 2002 as a Toys"R"Us-exclusive "[[USA Edition]]".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Maximal/SupremeOptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Air Attack Optimus Primal at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-Primal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Kinda looks like Don Rickles, don't you think?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Primal''' (Ultra Class, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Two swords, four missiles, flail

:A redeco of the [[#FirstUltra|original Ultra Class Optimus Primal]] mold, with a color scheme that reflects the "infected" look several other toys were sporting in this line, reflecting the events taking place in-fiction. He retains all weapons and gimmicks of the previous releases of this mold, but with a reworked system for his arm mechanism, making his crazy arm swinging much more controlled.

: This toy was released in Japan in [[August]], 2003 as an [[e-HOBBY]]-exclusive "[[USA Edition]]".

:This deco was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' incarnation of [[Optimus Primal (BWSG)|Optimus Primal]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/OptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Universe Optimus Primal at TFU.info]''
{{BWUltraOptimusPrimalMold}}
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===''Robotmasters''===
[[File:RMtoy-Primal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|There he is, my littler guy.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Beast Convoy''' (2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''RM-11'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 5]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': 2 "Cyber Blades", sword connector, missile launcher, missile

: Part of the second wave of Takara's ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)#Toys|Robotmasters]]'' toys, Beast Convoy is a more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] mold primarily based upon the original Ultra Class Optimus Primal figure, and using the original Ultra Class toy's color scheme. The mouthplate features a sculpted mouth, although it is painted silver like the rest of the face, and lacks the Mutant Head from the original figure.

: Both forearms contain small, non-firing cannons in them (and thus a skull mace is not included), which can be revealed by flipping up the panels on his arms. Similarly, the missile launchers from the Ultra-class version of the toy have been replaced by non-firing cannons based more closely on the ones from the TV show.

: Beast Convoy features open-palmed hands, thus preventing him from holding both of his swords in the same hand, but a small connector-piece is included to connect the swords together, allowing Beast Convoy to hold the lower sword with the upper sword connected.

:Like [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Robotmasters|Beast Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|G1 Convoy]], Beast Convoy comes with a generic blue missile launcher which can fit in his palm.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/BeastConvoy/beastconvoy.htm More information on Beast Convoy at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Burning Beast Convoy''' (2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''RM-21'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 28]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': 2 "Cyber Blades", missile launcher, missile

: Released in the fifth wave of ''Robotmasters'', this is a redeco of the above Beast Convoy mold using the "Burning Convoy" color scheme from the theater-release ''[[Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!]]'' "movie".

: Inexplciably, this release did ''not'' include the tiny sword connector part.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/BurningConvoy/burningconvoy.htm More information on Burning Beast Convoy at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Beast Convoy Limited Black Version''' (2005)}}
:*''Accessories'': 2 "Cyber Blades", sword connector, missile launcher, missile, "Boost Hammer"

: Available only via mail order through ''Hobby Japan'' magazine, the "Limited Black Version" of Beast Convoy is just that: a straight [[black redeco]] of the Beast Convoy toy. He comes with all his original accessories, appropriately redecoed, as well as a gold-chromed version of the "[[Boost Hammer]]" [[solitarium]] weapon that came with [[Tow-Line (RID)#Robotmasters|Wrecker Hook]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/HHBeastConvoy/beastconvoy.htm More information on Beast Convoy Limited Black Version at TFU.info]''
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===''Beast Wars Returns''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Convoy''' ([[November 18]], [[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''BR-01'''
:*''Accessories'': Missile

:The Mega Class [[#BlastPunch|Blast Punch Optimus Primal]] toy was released in Japan in 2004 as "Convoy" as part of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)#Japan|Beast Wars Returns]]'' line, exclusive to [[Toys"R"Us]] stores. The only difference between the releases is that Convoy has blue eyes in robot mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Maximal/BlastPunchOptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Blast Punch Optimus Primal at TFU.info]''

===''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary''===
[[File:Optimusprimalbwx.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Surf monkey / That funky monkey'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal''' (Beast Wars 10th Anniversary, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Surfboard, assault blade, missile, Jungle Planet Key, ''Axalon'' figurine
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Tim Bradley]] (concept artist), [[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist, packaging artist)}}

: ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' Optimus Primal is based loosely on his original ultra ape action figure while pulling some elements from other figures, including a transformation very similar to the Playskool Go-Bot [[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]], which itself was a nod to Optimus Primal's ''Beast Machines'' form. The sculpts for both BWX leader toys were intentionally designed to blend in with the Jungle Planet aesthetic, "in case" they didn't get a Beast Wars Anniversary release (according to [[Aaron Archer]]'s statements at [[BotCon 2005]]).

:Similar to his Transmetal form, BWX Optimus Primal also comes with a hoverboard with two [[5 mm post|5mm post]]s at the base, allowing him to ride it in his gorilla mode, or hold it in robot mode via the 5mm posts on his robot palms/gorilla feet. When a [[Cyber Key]] is inserted at the rear of the board, a spring-loaded extending "assault blade" (or "ass lt blade" as the instructions call it) deploys, and a trigger is revealed to allow one to use the spring-loaded missile launcher at the tip.

:He is also packaged with a mini-comic-sized reprinting of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' #1, a small [[Axalon (BW)#Toys|''Axalon'']] ship figurine, and a [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]-style Cyber Key.

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Gorilla|Optimus Prime]], [[BotCon 2014]] [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] and [[Primal Prime]], and ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#United|Optimus Primal]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/OptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Optimus Primal vs Megatron''' (Multi-pack, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Two swords, four missiles, flail

: This Toys"R"Us-exclusive set is the Hasbro release of the ''Beast Wars Reborn'' set (see below), but in different packaging with a DVD of the ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[Possession]]". As such, this version of Optimus Primal is identical.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/TRUOptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Optimus Primal (Toys"R"Us Exclusive) at TFU.info]''
{{BWUltraOptimusPrimalMold}}

===''Beast Wars Reborn''===
[[File:BWReborntoy-Primal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The eighth Optimus of the world... PRIMAL!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Convoy vs Megatron''' (Multi-pack, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''BWR-01'''
:*''Accessories:'' Two swords, four missiles, flail

: This release is a [[retool]] of the original 1996 Ultra toy, with new beast and robot heads, plus a new robot chest piece sculpted to match the television series's portrayal. The color scheme was also altered to be show-accurate, changing the black to dark gray, much of the light gray to medium gray with hints of bronze, primary red to crimson, and blue to a more dull steel blue. All of the toy's previous [[gimmick]]s are retained with the sole exception of the "mutant head."

:This figure came packaged with a similarly-remolded [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Reborn|Megatron]] and a [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disk]] CD-ROM that contains control art for a number of ''Beast Wars'' toys.
{{BWUltraOptimusPrimalMold}}
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===''G-2''===
{{anchor|LaserOptimusPrime}}
[[File:LaserPrime reissue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Argh TFWiki headache.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Battle Convoy''' (Reissue, 2006)}}</ul>
**''ID number:'' '''TRF-13'''
**''Accessories:'' Laser rifle, sword, 5 discs, 3 air power missiles, ripple rocket launcher, 10 rockets
{{repurposed|Optimus Primal}}

:In 1995, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|Laser Optimus Prime]] was a new [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'']] mold that transformed into mid-1990s Western Star 4964EX, pulling a grey and black fuel tank trailer. On the sides of the trailer is a humorous sticker depicting Laser Optimus Prime using a flamethrower to burn down a forest, with the words "Optimus Prime Octane" over the image.

:In robot mode, like Hero Optimus Prime, the bottom of the truck became his familiar windowed chest based upon the original Optimus Prime toy. His main gimmick was light up LED headlights, and a [[light-piping|lightpipe]] in the bottom of his right fist, illuminated by an LED in his right forearm, that would illuminate his clear sword or his double-barreled rifle if they were used in that hand. All three LEDs were activated simultaneously by pressing the sunroof-like depression on the roof of the truck.

:The trailer unfolds to form a battle station bristling with many firing weapons. Primarily, it can fire an air-powered missile launcher, a ripple rocket launcher with 5 missiles that can be launched individually (this turret can also be mounted in Laser Prime's hand) and a 'disc launcher', that fired several blue plastic discs adorned with the ''Generation 2'' Autobot sigil. This disc launcher is the only weapon that can be used in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].

:This mold was redecoed in 2000 as ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots]]'' [[Scourge (RID)#Toys|Black Convoy]], and slightly retooled as Scourge. After Scourge, the next use of this mold was planned to be ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Toxitron (Universe)#Toys|Toxitron]], which ended up being canceled. The slightly retooled version of this mold was released in 2006 in Japan as reissue Battle Convoy, which was the name of this toy during the Japanese ''Generation 2''. The reissue used the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] modified tooling, with a slightly modified deco using silver vacuum-metallized plastic on his chest and trailer sides along with additional paint applications and G2 symbols. The mold was also redecoed to create a ''Generation 2'' version of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Ultra Magnus]] as an [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive.

:Within the ''[[Beast Wars Reborn]]'' text story, the reissued Laser Prime toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as a temporary form for Optimus Primal.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1995/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Laser Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
{{G2LaserOptimusPrimeMold}}
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-PrimalDoFP.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Trukk munky?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Dawn of Future's Past''' ([[BotCon 2006]] boxset)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Two missiles, Maximal [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disk]] key
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Moore]] (concept artist)}}<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Here's a closer look at the Optimus Primal photoshopped concept, alongside with the final version. This one stayed really close all the way through to production. Cybertron was my only real choice for obvious reasons. I have a test shot of this figure to..|link=https://twitter.com/Joe_Toyark/status/1370236091152920581|site=Twitter|name=Joe Moore|year=2021|month=03|day=11}}</ref>

:A [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Voyager Class [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)#Toys|Crumplezone]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' "''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' Optimus Primal" transforms into a three-wheeled Cybertronic race car with huge turbine thrusters. These thrusters each contain a spring-loaded missile launcher,and can be swung forward in both vehicle and robot mode by plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into his key-jack. This also activates electronic sound effects. He has a new head that replicates Optimus Primal's first [[character model]].

:Available only in a multi pack with the ''Axalon'' versions of [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Timelines|Cheetor]], [[Rhinox (BW)/toys#Timelines|Rhinox]], and [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Timelines|Rattrap]], as well as the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' version of [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Timelines|Dinobot]].

:Some consider this toy somewhat of an in-joke, because when fans initially saw pics of Crumplezone, they criticised it for looking like a monkey.

::*''[https://twitter.com/Joe_Toyark/status/1370236091152920581 Designer commentary on Axalon Optimus Primal from Joe Moore on Twitter]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/BCOptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Axalon Optimus Primal at TFU.info]''
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===''Titanium Series''===
[[File:Titanium Optimal Optimus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Ready? And... Faceplant!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimal Optimus''' (6" Cybertron Hero, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Stand with nameplate
{{toydesigner|[[Don Figueroa]] (concept artist)}}

:Released in the third wave of the 6-inch Cybertron Heroes assortment, ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Optimal Optimus transforms from robot mode into either his ground vehicle or jet forms, but likely for budgetary reasons, he does ''not'' have his usual gorilla mode. Also unlike the original toy, his chest cannons can be flipped back into his torso. This toy was denoted as an [[Autobot]] both on his stand and on his shoulder, even though Optimal is generally a [[Maximal]].

:This figure was going to be used for [[Primal Prime]], but that toy was ultimately canceled late in its development.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/TitOptimalOptimus/optimusprimal.htm More information on Titanium Series Optimal Optimus at TFU.info]''
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===''Binaltech''===
[[File:BTBlackConvoy toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|There! He's a trukk! Ya happy now?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Black Convoy''' (2007)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''BT-17'''
:*''Accessories:'' Engine/blaster
{{Repurposed|Optimus Primal}}

: Black Convoy is the first ''Binaltech'' release since [[Skids (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Skids]] in early 2006, and was available exclusively in Japan at the winter Wonder Festival in 2007. His plastic colours are different from Nemesis Prime's, with grey plastic replacing the black on his shins, waist, shoulders, and forearms. In addition, Nemesis Prime's windows are tinted red, but Black Convoy's windows are completely clear. His paint deco is based upon ''Kiss Players'' Convoy's, arranged in the same patterns but using teal, and he has vacuum-metallized wheels and front grill. The paint deco on his head is meant to evoke that of ''Car Robots'' [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]]. Perhaps the most important differences are that he has die-cast metal parts, and most of his truck body panels are coated in gloss black paint.

: Perhaps due to cost-cutting, this toy was released in the large bubble-on-a-tray packaging also used in the ''Alternators'' line. However, he came with no character or packaging art.

: The ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' fiction [[Repurposing|repurposes]] this figure as a new body for Optimus Primal, based on how Primal's disembodied spark had previously taken possession of Nemesis's body earlier in the ''[[Story of Binaltech|Binaltech]]'' story.
::*[[Source:Transformers Binaltech bios#17|Archive of ''Binaltech'' Black Convoy's bio and tech specs]]
{{AlternatorsOptimusPrimeMold}}
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===''Beast Wars Telemocha Series''===
[[File:BWTelemocha Convoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Anyone else feel like we're going in circles?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Convoy''' (2007)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''TM-01'''
:*''Accessories:'' Two swords
:''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]'' Convoy is an extensive redeco of the ''Robotmasters'' Deluxe-sized Beast Convoy figure in a similar style to the ''Beast Wars Reborn'' retool of the original Ultra Class figure.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Cybertron/Convoy/convoy.htm More information on Telemocha Convoy at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BWTelemochaDXPrimal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Seriously, we're getting dizzy!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''DX Convoy''' (2007)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''TM-SP'''
:*''Accessories:'' Two swords, four missiles, flail
:An extensive show-accurate redeco of the original Ultra-class Optimus Primal mold ''without'' the recently remolded head and chestplate. Oh [[TakaraTomy]], you so crazy.
{{BWUltraOptimusPrimalMold}}
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===''United''===
[[File:Unitedtoy-OptimusPrimal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Chicks dig hoverboards that turn into giant blasters - right?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Primal''' ([[February 25]], [[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''UN-30'''
:*''Accessories:'' Surfboard, assault blade, missile, Jungle Planet Key

: Part of the sixth wave of ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' toys, Optimus Primal (using his Hasbro market name) is a [[repaint]] of the Deluxe-sized ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' Optimus Primal toy, and is the first release of the mold in Japan. He features warmer, more yellowish paint for the gorilla chest and face, and relocates the [[Maximal]] [[insignia]] to the ''underside'' of his gorilla backside [[kibble]] panel. His hoverboard, meanwhile, uses a darker shade of blue paint for the Cyber Key jack, and the front of the hoverboard features both the "stripes" from [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Gorilla|the ''Cybertron'' redeco]] of this toy, and the fully-painted vents from the "10th Anniversary" version.

:Like the 5th and 6th wave figures, Optimus Primal's package feature a sticker that said "limited quantity (数量限定)", indicating that this figure is released in limited numbers after its first and only shipment. Both his [[instructions]] and packaging brand him as an [[Autobot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/UnitedOptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on ''United'' Optimus Primal at TFU.info]''
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===''Legend Commander Collection''===
[[File:Legend-Commander-Collection-LC-02-Optimus-Primal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb| The old man's back again.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Convoy (Beast Wars)''' (2014)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''LC-02'''
:*''Accessories'': Two swords

: Part of the ''[[Legend Commander Collection]]'' sold at [[Transformers Expo]], Convoy (Beast Wars) is a redeco of ''Robotmasters'' Beast Convoy. The toy also features several deco differences: While the paint applications were similar to the first ''Robotmasters'' Beast Convoy toy, the mouth was painted blue like the ''Telemocha'' Convoy, the white paint uses on this toy are brighter white compared to the first toy, some of the Robot Mode's chest detailing features lavender white paint details, and the gunmetal paint were used for the Beast Mode face. Like G1 Convoy, Convoy (Beast Wars) doesn't come with the launcher accessory.

:Remaining stock of the toy was sold through [[TakaraTomy Mall]].
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TakaraLegends Lg02 Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Get up...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Convoy''' ('''Optimus Primal''')<ref>LG02 Convoy's packaging has "Optimus Primal" as the accompanying English subtitle to "コンボイ".</ref> ([[October 25]], [[2014]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''LG02'''
:*''Accessories:'' Two swords, four missiles, flail

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' "Convoy" is a redeco of the [[#Beast Wars Reborn|''Beast Wars Reborn'' retool]] of the [[#FirstUltra|original Ultra Class Optimus Primal toy]]. While he shares mostly the same paint mask to the ''Reborn'' figure, some of his parts featured different paint applications; His gunmetal gray chest, face, fingers & chest paint details are now replaced with dark grey. He comes with a leaflet featuring a character profile, tech specs, and the [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 2|''Legends'' Bonus Edition Volume 2]] mini-comic.

:Fiction-wise, this toy represents the [[Legends World]] [[Optimus Primal (BW)#Legends World|Optimus Primal]] after he contracted [[Transformers sickness]] for the first time.
{{BWUltraOptimusPrimalMold}}

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[[File:Ape-X.jpg|right|300px|thumb|..Come on get down with the sickness.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Convobat''' ([[December 19]], [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''LG-EX'''
{{note|[[Ape X Arms]] was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Legends World]] [[Optimus Primal (BW)#Legends World|Optimus Primal]] after contracting [[Transformers sickness]] for the second time in the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'' comic.}}

:Available with the [[e-HOBBY]]-exclusive ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Convobat#Legends|Convobat]] figure, Ape X Arms is a redeco of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Apeface#Generations|Apeface]]'s accessory, in [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#OptimalOptimus|Optimal Optimus]]'s colors. Convobat and [[Megalligator#Legends|Megalligator]] can ride Ape X Arms in robot mode. Ape X Arms can also transform into a 5 mm gun for larger ''Titans Return'' or any ''Legends'' Headmaster figures to wield, or combine with either of the two Headmasters to form a jet.

:As a redeco of a Titan Master vehicle accessory, care must be taken with the gun mode's handle: the handle fits tightly in many 5 mm-compatible closed hands, and combined with the handle's lack of metal pin running through the joint, removing it by force causes the handle to pop out of the joint.
{{TRApefaceMold}}
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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:Transformers-Platinum-Edition-BM-Optimus-Primal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Probably not as fun as a barrel of munkies.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Optimus Primal''' (Year of the Monkey exclusive, 2016)}}</ul>
:* ''Accessories'': Disc
{{toydesigner|[[Ramon Campos]] (Hasbro)}}

:Sold at the rather expensive price of $140.00 (but often discounted), ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' "Year of the [[Trukk not munky|Monkey]]" Optimus Primal is a redeco of [[#Robots in Disguise (2001)|''Robots in Disguise'' Air Attack Optimus Primal]], with his coloration inspired by an amalgamation of [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Primes]] and/or [[Primal Prime]]. He retains all the electronic gimmicks from the previous toy, with an exception of the voice clips (unfortunately, only the lines "Optimus Primal" (said ''twice'') and "Transformers" are played) and sound effects/music, which was newly recorded. He also sometimes yells "transform!" when pushing his chest, and now growls if you shoot the disc in beast mode or push his monkey head. The chest no longer hums after turning it on.

:His stock photos are mistransformed: both his robot and beast mode's chests are inverted, and his beast mode's thumbs are not rotated.
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:BW-Masterpiece-MP32-Optimus-Primal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Best munky ever.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Convoy (Beast Wars)''' ([[October 29]], [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''MP-32'''
:*''Hasbro release name:'' '''Beast Convoy (Optimus Primal)'''<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/collections/transformers/products/transformers-takara-tomy-masterpiece-mp-32-beast-convoy-optimus-primal Used only on the Hasbro Pulse website listing.]</ref>
:*''Hasbro release date:'' [[June 1]], [[2022]]
:*''Accessories'': Three ape faces, four robot faces, two Cyber Blades, skull flail (Asia exclusive)
{{toydesigner|[[Yuki Ohshima]] (concept artist)}}

:Released to celebrate ''Beast Wars''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 20th anniversary, ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Convoy is a faithful recreation of the character as he appeared in the Mainframe animated series.

[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP32-Asia-exclusive-skull-flail.jpg|left|100px|thumb|It's a lost art of weaponry.]]
:Matching his original figure, Convoy has two "cyber blade" swords, which can now be stored on his back in robot mode. Each wrist has cartoon-accurate flip-out "plasma cannons", while his "mega blaster" shoulder cannons have also been recreated. In robot mode, a panel can rotate in his posterior to reveal his "convoy jet".

:Convoy has the new gimmick of light-up eyes. These are powered by two computer batteries stored in the beast mode head and activated by pressing down the robot mode head. They stay lit for about ten seconds. Convoy comes with three different gorilla faces: neutral; smiling and angry, and four different robot mode faces: open-mouthed; close-mouthed; smirking and original style mouthless faceplate.

:''Masterpiece'' Convoy is an inch or two smaller than his original Ultra Class toy, comparable to Beast Wars Neo [[Big Convoy]]. Not shown in the instructions is a peghole in the waist, designed to allow Convoy to be mounted on a flying stand. Another undocumented feature is a peg on his back, that allows ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Generations|Rattrap]] to ride on his back by plugging the aforementioned peg in the hole that is normally used for weapon storage in beast mode.

:If bought in Asian countries outside of Japan, he also comes with a die-cast skull flail based on the one that came with the original toy. It comes packaged in a cardboard box designed to look like a crate of [[banana]]s.

:Convoy was a candidate in TakaraTomy's [[Fan polls#Masterpiece Fan's Choice|''Masterpiece'' Fan's Choice]] poll in 2013, which asked fans to determine which Autobot/Maximal leader from the franchise's then-30 year history should receive a new ''Masterpiece'' toy. He only placed sixth, with 4.6% of the vote. Good things come to those who wait, we guess.

:In [[2021]], [[Hasbro Pulse]] revealed that they would be carrying Takara-Tomy's concurrent reissue of Beast Convoy exclusively through their website for a 2022 release date, with other online retailers following a couple of months thereafter. This release is identical to the original 2016 figure, except for two minor differences. First, the "Beast Wars 20th Anniversary" logo on the box front is changed to the standard Masterpiece "Long Life Design" stamp as the 20th anniversary no longer applied. Second, the figure's shoulderpads can now close fully around upper arms for ape mode, a minor error on the original run, and the previously delicate matte paint is now far more durable, no longer scratching off during normal transformation.

::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=6541 More information on Optimus Primal (Masterpiece) at Transformers-Universe.com]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Cheetus (Beast Wars)''' ([[February 25]], 2017)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''MP-34'''

:Preorders of ''Masterpiece'' [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Masterpiece|Cheetus]] supplied by Hasbro Asia come with a die-cast Optimus Primal minifigure, as opposed to the [[collector coin]] typically accompanying ''Masterpiece'' releases from Hasbro Asia.<ref>[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/masterpiece-cheetor-color-images.1066483/page-168#post-15460586 TFW2005 Forums discussion, 2 February 2018]</ref>

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[[File:TF-BW-MP32-Optimus-Primal-Legendary-Commander-Version.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Best-er Munkey]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Convoy (Beast Wars) Legendary Leader Ver.''' ([[June 24]], [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''MP-38'''
:*''Accessories'': Ape face, masked robot faces, two Cyber Blades, Double Blade, weapon rack, hammer, Beast Mask, backpack, [[banana]]s (Asia exclusive)

:This Optimus Primal is a redeco of the first ''Masterpiece'' figure above, with the deco greatly resembling his original toy colors and his appearance in the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers|Beast Wars Special]]'' "[[Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!]]" He also comes with a combined sword (representing putting both swords in the hand of the original toy), a "weapon rack" to mount said combined sword, an additional skull flail (a new mold from the Asia exclusive accessory that came from the first release), a new mask which is based on his original toy's mutant head, and a new backpack piece that mounts on the back peg to mount the combined swords, the skull mace and the mutant head mask on Primal's back.

:If bought in Asian countries outside of Japan, he also comes with a bunch of bananas in a cardboard crate. Each banana is a separate piece that can be removed from the stalk piece.

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[[File:MPBurningConvoy.jpg|thumb|300px|Super Simian]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Burning Convoy (Beast Wars)''' ([[March 25]], [[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''MP-38+'''
:*''Accessories'': Ape faces, masked robot faces, two Cyber Blades

:Released to accompany [[Lio Convoy#Masterpiece|MP-48 Lio Convoy]], Burning Convoy is yet another redeco of the first ''Masterpiece'' figure, this time resembling his Burning Convoy appearance from "Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!" He also has a reduced inventory, with only two of the gorilla and robot faces each.

:Due to shipment issues, Hasbro Pulse's release of Burning Convoy was delayed to April 2020.

:Burning Convoy was released as an EB Games exclusive in Canada and Australia.
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===''Titans Return''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Optimus Primal''' (Titan Master, <s>2017</s>)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:For ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'', Hasbro apparently intended to release a [[Titan Master]] version of Optimus Primal, which would have been a redeco of [[Apeface#Generations|Apeface]] with alternate head<ref name="allsparkint">[https://web.archive.org/web/20201128201259/https://www.allspark.com/2018/07/impromptu-allspark-com-interview-with-john-warden-hasbro-brand-team-at-sdcc-2018/ Allspark interview at SDCC 2018 (via the Internet Archive)]</ref> and would have been included in [[wave]] 5 alongside [[Ramhorn (G1)#TitansReturn|Ramhorn]] and [[Toraizer#Generations|Toraizer]]. A listing was first found in [[Toys"R"Us]]'s systems.<ref name="trutr">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/08/28/titans-return-new-listings-legends-cosmos-seaspray-voyager-blitzwing-octane-324058 Toys"R"Us listings] for then upcoming ''Titans Return'' figures, including Titan Master "Optimus Prime".</ref> Almost a year later, a listing was also found on [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]]'s German website;<ref name="amazontr">[https://www.amazon.de/dp/B06WP21QJG Amazon Germany listing] for ''Titans Return'' Optimus Primal.</ref> but ultimately, Ramhorn was the only new Titan Master figure included in wave 5, and it's currently unclear how far the Toraizer and Optimus Primal even made it in the planning stage. A [[Walmart]] listing under the UPC barcode assigned to Optimus Primal now reads as "discontinued by vendor".<ref name="walmarttr">[https://www.walmart.com/ip/Discontinued-by-Vendor/133608534 Walmart listing] for what would have been ''Titans Return'' Optimus Primal, now "discontinued by vendor".</ref>
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:POTP-Leader-Evolved-Optimal-Optimus.jpg|thumb|If you don't want ''Beast Wars'' to win, don't put it on the ballot!|300px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Evolution Optimal Optimus''' (Leader Class, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-27'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[August 25]], 2018
:*''Accessories'': Evolution Armor, two cannons/clubs, [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix of Leadership]] frame, Matrix of Leadership core, 2 blast shields
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Gray]] and [[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:In accordance with his victory in a poll to choose the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Optimus Primal received a toy in ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]''. Like all ''Power of the Primes'' Leader Class figures, Optimus is a small Deluxe-sized robot who combines with the armor to form a larger figure based on the "Optimal Optimus" toy from the original ''Beast Wars'' toyline. His smaller robot form transforms into a futuristic cargo ship; according to Hasbro at [[Toy Fair 2018]], the inner robot is meant to represent his Cybertronian form.

:He includes a Matrix of Leadership accessory with a removable center crystal, allowing any [[Prime Master]] to take its place. The Matrix can store in the cockpit, in reference to the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Optimal Situation]]", as well as two cannons which can be held as clubs or as guns in robot mode, and they can store in the legs of the Evolution Armor in ape mode. The Evolution Armor transforms into Optimal Optimus's gorilla mode, minus his backpack. The gorilla can ride Optimus Primal's ship mode as a surfboard, as a callback to Primal's [[#MegaTransmetal|Transmetal]] body and [[#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'']] Deluxe figure. Optimus Primal can transform into a backpack for the gorilla, or combine with the armor to form a jet; the toy does ''not'' turn into the wheeled "ground cruiser" mode of the original OpOp. His two cannons can be placed next to his head, or on his chest after moving the cockpit downwards. They can also be left off and combined into a larger rifle or stored on his legs. In combined robot or ape mode, the weapons (individually or as a rifle) can be pegged into a 5mm post hole on either thumb, through there is no real way to do this that isn't awkward due to the placement.

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[[File:TF-PotP-SDCC-2018-Throne-of-the-Primes-Optimus-Primal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Optimus Prime's belief that "[[Triple Takeover|thrones are for Decepticons]]" isn't shared by Optimus Primal.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Throne of the Primes''' (2018)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-43'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[January 26]], [[2019]]
:*''Accessories'': Evolution Armor, two cannons/clubs, Matrix of Leadership frame, Matrix of Leadership core, 2 blast shields, crown, [[Scepter of Sparks]], [[Throne of the Primes]], 4 Prime Master figures
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (throne designer, packaging artist)}}

:''Power of the Primes'' "Throne of the Primes" Optimal Optimus is a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018-exclusive redeco of Evolution Optimal Optimus. The biggest change in his deco is to the Evolution Armor itself, which features the same colors as the core figure. The waist and backpack of the core figure, along with the blast shields, are cast in same dark gray as his shoulders, chest, and calves. The outer shell of the Matrix core figure is recolored reddish-orange, and the cannons feature additional paint applications.

:The additional accessories tie in to Primal's winning of the [[Power of the Primes (franchise)#Notes|2017 fan vote for the next Prime]]. The Scepter of Sparks, modelled after the [[#MegaTransmetal|Transmetal figure]]'s club, which doubles as a mace, can hold up to four Prime Masters, such as the four included in this set. The crown is a new mold, featuring the Maximal logo on the front. Finally, the Throne of the Primes, while a cardboard insert, features artwork of the faces of the eight other competitors in the survey—[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], and [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Unknown Evil]]. The Prime Masters can also be stored in the [[Halo of Primus]], a circular rotating plastic tray included on the back of the throne.

:The four Primes he comes with are [[Amalgamous Prime#Generations|Amalgamous]], [[Nexus Prime#Generations|Nexus]], [[Prima#Generations|Prima]] and the [[Thirteenth Prime#Generations|Thirteenth]].

:For some odd reason, HasbroToyShop stock photography showed the figure with a [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|Inferno]] [[Prime Master/Combinations|card]], despite the figure coming with his own special card.

:Debuting at SDCC 2018, this set was later made available via [[Hasbro Toy Shop]], but sold out in about 20 minutes. The toy was later released at general retail in Taiwan and Japan.

===''Encore''===
[[File:Encore-Returns-Convoy.jpg|thumb|300px|Ha, screw you [[scale]]!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Returns Convoy''' ([[November 24]], [[2018]])}}</ul>
**''Accessories'': Disc

:''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' Returns Convoy is a redeco of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Supreme Class [[#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Air Attack Optimus Primal]], featuring a show-accurate deco on the majority of the figure (which had the pleasant side effect of curing the toy of [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]]). As a Japanese re-release, Returns Convoy's voice lines are provided by [[Takehito Koyasu]], including one referencing the infamous "Yvonco Pettanko" joke from the ''Beast Wars Returns'' episode "[[Fallout|The Cost of Victory]]".
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:TF-WFC-Kingdom-Voyager-Class-OptimusPrimal.jpg|thumb|300px|New slogan of the year: [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|TRUKK]] '''AND''' MUNKY!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal''' (Voyager Class, [[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K8'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD-01'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 27]], 2021
:*''Accessories'': Two "Cyber Blades"
{{toydesigner|[[Lenny Panzica]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Ken Christiansen]] (concept artist)}}<ref>Transformers panel at [[Hasbro PulseCon 2020]]</ref>

: Released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'', ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' Optimus Primal transforms from a robot accurate to his appearance in the first season of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon into a realistic gorilla in 22 steps, as well as a cartoon-accurate ''King Kong'' style bipedal gorilla third mode. The figure makes up for its size with above-average articulation, including butterfly shoulder joints, double-jointed knees, opening hands, rotating shins for a foot point, and toe articulation in both modes. Optimus Primal also has fold-out shoulder cannons, two Cyber Blades that store on his back in either mode and pop-out jointed forearm blasters. A rarity for the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'', Optimus Primal has no [[5 mm post|5 mm]] ports barring his hands, making him largely incompatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]. However, he still features 3 mm posts at the end of his blaster tips, as well as his buttflap; helping to replicate his "Primejets" from the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon. His hands also feature articulated fingers along with a thumb molded to approximate the 5 mm peghole, although due to this he cannot hold both Cyber Blades in one hand as the original figure could.

:Stock renders cast his robot-mode feet in a more show-accurate grey. Hasbro stock photography (right) is mistransformed, with the robot mode's shoulder cannons still extended on the gorilla's shoulders. Some pictures also pose his gorilla legs in a way that makes the flap of thigh-covering [[kibble]] appear like a loincloth, when it can plug into his [[flight stand]] port to sit flush with the legs for a natural appearance. Optimus Primal also comes packaged with his shoulder cannons deployed, although they can be folded away in robot mode. Some specimens have silver paint on the Cyber Blades, others are off-white. It is not known which [[variant]] is more common.

:Due to insufficient clearance in his waist area, it is ''very'' easy to scrape off the white paint on top of his inner thigh by simply manipulating the figure. The most permanent solution would be to disassemble the waist and shave down the contacting surfaces.<ref>[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/optimus-primal-anti-scraping-mod.1209685/ ''Kingdom'' Optimus Primal Anti-Paint Scraping Modification]</ref> Otherwise, exercise lots of caution when moving his hips.

:Like all ''Kingdom'' Voyager figures, Optimus Primal comes with a [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] card that "[[Source:Golden Disk destinies|reveals a possible destiny of a key character]]", with each character having three possible destiny variants.
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[[File:TF-WFC-Kingdom-KD-EX-Burning-Primal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Burning Optimus Primal''' (Voyager Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''KD-EX'''
:*''Release date'': [[January 4]], 2024
:*''Accessories'': Two "Cyber Blades"

:Released to promote ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'', this Optimus Primal is a redeco of the ''Kingdom'' Voyager Class figure in his "Burning Convoy" form. He reuses the packaging from the regular release with Japanese text stickers, but does not come with a Golden Disk card.

:Burning Optimus Primal was available as a Lawson Ticket exclusive item, where the customers had to buy a special ticket for the film along with the figure. He was also sold individually, unlike the concurrently released [[Nemesis Prime (AOE)#Studio Series|Nemesis Prime]].

: Orders for Burning Optimus Primal began shipping out in January 2024.
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
[[File:WFCNetflixtoy-Maximal-Optimus-Primal.jpg|300px|thumb| Reject 1984; Return to Munky]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal''' (Battle 2-pack, [[2021]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''WFC-19'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[December 29]], 2021
:*''Accessories'': Two "Cyber Blades"
:''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Optimus Primal is a minor redeco of the Kingdom figure, with the only major differences being show accurate grey feet, lighter eyes in beast mode, and all-around darker colours. Gunmetal replaces all light silver on the figure and light silver replaces the metallic blue on the inner chest section. Primal is packaged with a similarly redecoed [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Rattrap]] figure.

:In addition to same the paint-scraping hips as before, his hands are now almost completely covered in black paint, and paint in the 5mm palms can wear off over time.
{{WFCKingdomOptimusPrimalMold}}
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===''Vintage Beast Wars''===
[[File:Vintage-Beast-Wars-Optimus-Primal.jpg|300px|thumb| You have seen this toy ''so many times'' on this page.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal''' (Reissue, 2021)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Two swords, four missiles, flail

:In celebration of the 25th anniversary of ''Beast Wars'', the original 1996 Ultra Class Optimus Primal was reissued under the ''[[Vintage|Vintage Beast Wars]]'' lineup. Optimus Primal features all the same accessories and functionality as the latest mold use of the original toy but differs slightly in deco, having a slate blue instead of regular blue for the missiles, swords, and mace handle. The front and back of the head are now cast in gray plastic, painted dark metallic blue and the faceplate is then ''painted'' flat gray over that—as opposed to the original, where the back was cast in red plastic and the front was flat gray plastic with the helmet painted blue. The lack of bare red plastic on the back of the head affects the look of the mutant face in its intended configuration, where it's rotated to form the forehead. The robot mode chest is also lacking any inner red paint applications from the original.

:Much like ''[[Vintage|Vintage G1]]'', Optimus Primal is packaged in a box styled after the original ''Beast Wars'' toy packaging, [[package art]] and all. Also similar to ''Vintage G1'', the time disparity since the original release has the toy reasonably set at over double the price of the toy's 1996 release, $52.99 USD versus $20, and is exclusive to [[Walmart]] in the United States and Canada. Due to accommodating multiple languages, the bio card was also drastically changed, displaying fewer attributes as well as the numerical stats of the original ''Beast Wars'' cards being replaced with the stat icons used on ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' tech spec cards. The [[cross-sell]] for [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Vintage Beast Wars|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Vintage Beast Wars|Rattrap]] label them both inaccurately as Mega Class figures, instead of Deluxe Class and Basic Class, respectively (though both ''are'' priced the same).
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===''Classic Heroes Team''===
[[File:Classic Heroes Team Rescan Optimus Primal toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Optimus Primal''' (All Star Rescan, [[2022]])}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: ''[[Transformers: Classic Heroes Team|Classic Heroes Team]]'' Optimus Primal is a ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (toyline)|Rescue Bots]]''-style Rescan figure, featuring a simple conversion from gorilla to robot mode. He features a pair of (non-firing) missile launchers on his back in both modes.

: Somewhat of a rarity among ''Transformers'' toys, both the toy itself and its packaging lack insignias or any kind of mention to what faction the character belongs to.
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===''Authentics''===
[[File:TF-Authentic-Titan-Changers-Optimus-Primal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''King Kong Adventure Phock''.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal''' (Titan Changer, 2022)}}</ul>

:''Authentics'' Titan Changer Optimus Primal is a 28 cm figure with a very simple conversion from robot to gorilla.

:The toy was first [https://www.thetoyshop.com/action-toys-figures/action-figures/Transformers-Titan-Changers---Optimus-Primal-28cm-Figure/p/560587_PRMAL listed at thetoyshop.com], without any fanfare.
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[[File:TF-Authentics-Bravo-Optimus-Primal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal''' (Bravo, 2023)}}</ul>
*Accessories: 2 Blasters

:Released in the sixth wave of [[Transformers Authentics|''Authentics'']] "Bravo" figures, Optimus Primal is a smaller version (about the size of a Scout Class figure) of the character. He comes with two (rubbery) blasters that he can hold, mount on his robot-mode shoulders, or mount on his back in gorilla mode. Unlike most of the "Bravo" figures, Primal features fairly decent articulation, though the elbows are rather limited due to the forearm's single-direction socket joint. Like the Titan Changer, this Optimus Primal is ''not'' designed to have a bipedal gorilla form, though it still can be approximated by standing his gorilla mode up, though it leaves visible gaps on each leg and the head looking up due to being hindered by the chest panel.

:The figure was first sighted in Taiwan.
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===''Beast Wars Again''===
[[File:TF-BW-Vintage-JP-BWVS-01-Optimus-Primal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|'''Bugs Bunny:''' "Take one more step on that rope and I'll cut it!" '''Primal:''' *''pulls the entire continent over to him''*]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Kōkyū Beast no Taiketsu''' ([[August 26]], [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''BWVS-01'''
:*''Accessories'': Two "Cyber Sabers"
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] (packaging artist)}}

:Released as part of the ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again|Beast Wars Again]]'' line, the "Eternal Beast Showdown" (恒久ビーストの対決) set contains Convoy and [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Again|Megatron]]. Convoy is a redeco of [[#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' Optimus Primal]] in a slavishly cartoon-accurate deco based on his appearance in the first season of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. Unlike the previous two uses of the mold, this version of Primal solves the paint-scraping hip issue by molding the thighs themselves in white plastic, instead painting the gorilla fur details on the outsides of the thighs black.
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==Merchandise==
===''Beast Wars Transformers Slide Puzzle''===
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Slide Puzzle''' (1996)

:Released to advertise ''Beast Wars<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' airing in Japan, a small, hand-held slide-puzzle depicting Optimus Primal in robot mode, brandishing a sword, one arm cannon deployed, and looking very dynamic.

===''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''===
[[File:Optimusprimalmutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
* '''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)

:Optimus Primal was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the ''Beast Wars'' [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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===''Beast Wars Transformers Sneakers''===
* '''Beast Wars Transformers Sneakers''' (1997)
: A pair of red, black and white sneakers, with the ''Beast Wars'' logo printed on the sole, a photo of Primal's beast mode head on the toe, and the name "OPTIMUS PRIMAL" repeated around the shoe's lateral.

===Kabaya===
[[File:BWchoco primal.jpg|thumb|Grape ape.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Convoy vs Megatron''' (candy toy, 1997)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''1'''

:Part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Choco|Beast Wars Choco]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s, this small soft-rubber figurine of Optimus Primal—known in Japan as a ''keshigomu''—came in a set with a similar figure of Megatron, along with a bio card and candy-covered chocolates. The figures were available in either translucent purple or smoky grey rubber.

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[[File:Bwgum primal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Little Apetimus Prime]]
*'''Convoy''' (candy toy, 1997)
**''ID number:'' '''1'''
**''Accessories:'' Mace, two swords
:A snap together model kit of Optimus Primal was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Gum|Beast Wars Gum]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s. Based on his original Ultra-class gorilla toy, the kit was sculpted from purple and black plastic with some sparse stickers for details, and could transform from robot to beast mode by being broken down into its component parts, then rebuilt into a new mode. It came with a stick of gum.

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* '''Convoy''' (1997)
: A nontransformable figurine of bat-body Primal, sculpted in a sword-wielding action pose across a blue base. Figure is painted.

* '''Convoy''' (candy toy, 1997)

: A tiny plastic Convoy figurine in his gorilla body and molded onto an irregularly-shaped stand was released by Kabaya. Labeled toy 1 of 6, the other characters in his wave were Dinobot, Rattrap, Megatron, Cheetor, and Rhinox. As always, terrible candy is included.

* '''Transmetal Convoy''' (1999, Standard Kit)
: Another small transformable figure was based on his first Transmetal body. It was multicolored and also came with gum.

* '''Transmetal Convoy''' (1999, Standard Kit)
: A second, but non-transformable figure of Transmetal Optimus Primal was made in clear plastic, blue, and gray. Gum!
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===''1999 Summer Toei Anime Fair''===
[[File:BW-Metals-Convoy-Clear-Type-Figure.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|There's two and they're blue, with a back-view showing details just for you!]]
*'''Metals Convoy Clear-Type Figure''' (Toei Anime Fair present, 1999)

: Released along with Arthur from the ''[[Microman|Tiny Giant Microman]]'' anime, this Metals Convoy figurine is a small, rubbery, transparent light-blue figurine based on his Transmetal form.

: Each figurine was packed in a semi-translucent-gray baggie, sealed with a single piece of tape. Included inside the baggie was also a sheet of paper with warnings and choking hazards on it.

: He and Arthur were available for the boy's section of the pre-screening purchase of the ''[[1999 Summer Toei Anime Fair]]''. Metals Convoy was limited to 100 pieces.
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===''Metal Monument''===
[[File:Metalmonumentconvoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Pelvic thrust: ON! Hungh!]]
* '''Metal Monument Convoy''' (TAKARA, 1999)

: As the name suggests, the product is a [[die-cast]] statue of Optimus Primal. The head is convertible/removable in order to change the normal one with the battle mask/mutant head. The [[Package art|box art]] and the design of the product are both done by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]].
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===''Real Figure''===
[[File:RealFig Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=.88|The Transmetal monkey says "blow it."]]
* '''Real Figure Metals Convoy''' (TAKARA, 1999)
**''Accessories'': 2 shoulder panels

:A pocket-sized version of Transmetal Optimus Primal was released in Japan by Takara in 1999. The tiny figure is fully transformable from gorilla to robot, though the shoulder panels need to be removed and placed on the gorilla mode sides. The figure is low on articulation, only having movable elbows and knees, though the latter is for his transformation. It lacks the "flying surfboard" mode of the larger toy.

:This Real Figure is the only one to be transformable, as subsequent releases were merely mini-figures with limited articulation.
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===''Titanium Series''===
[[File:TitaniumSeries-Primal3inch.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|This Primal wasn't built—it was ''poured!'']]
* '''Optimus Primal''' (3" Robot Master figurine, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Stand, swords

:This 3-inch die-cast and plastic figurine of Optimus Primal features him in his ''Beast Wars'' season 1 appearance, with swords drawn in an action pose. The swords can be removed from his hands if you feel like it. He came with an [[Autobot]] figure stand, weirdly enough.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/TitOptimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Titanium Series Optimus Primal at TFU.info]''
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===First 4 Figures===
[[File:First 4 Figures Optimus Primal.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|This Primal wasn't built.]]
*'''Optimus Primal''' (<s>2006</s> unreleased)
{{toydesigner|[[Henry Cheng]]}}

:First revealed in 2006 at both the UK<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2006/01/25/first4figures-beast-wars-and-transformers-vs-g-i-joe-statuesbusts-4267 "First4Figures Beast Wars and Transformers VS. G.I. Joe Statues/Busts"] at TFW2005.com</ref> and New York [[Toy Fair]]s,<ref>[https://tformers.com/transformers-/5568/news.html "Toy Fair 2006 - First4Figures TF & GI Joe Statues& Busts"] at tformers.com</ref> this was to be an 8-inch tall resin bust of Optimus Primal released as part of a ''Beast Wars'' tenth anniversary series by model company [[First 4 Figures]]. Primal is depicted from the pelvis and upwards and mounted on a Maximal-themed base, and is sculpted in a style generally accurate to the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon series, though with the all-blue sword of the [[#FirstUltra|original Ultra Class toy]] (and a product listing that bizarrely noted an influence from [[Dreamwave Productions]]).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070214013533/http://www.first4figures.com/exclusivesproduct_detail.asp?range=3&id=40 Optimus Primal product listing on First 4 Figures's website] (archive)</ref>

:Mini busts in the planned ''Beast Wars'' line were designed to reflect the scale of the characters as seen in the cartoon, and each was set to be limited to 1,996 pieces, in a nod to the franchise's year of origin.<ref name=ASM>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070806062058/http://toyfair06.asmzine.com/first4figures/report.html "First4Figures Limited Transformers Statues and Busts Info!"] at ASMzine.com (archived)</ref> Primal was among the first intended to be released (likely ''the'' first, given both finalised stock images and a full product listing) in July 2006, though after a series of delays, he and the rest of the ''Beast Wars'' bust line were cancelled, with First 4 Figures citing a challenging marketplace and lack of retailer interest.
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===''3D Battle-Card Game''===
[[File:3DBattleCard-OptimusPrimal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|All your favorite 3D action!]]
*'''Optimus Primal''' (2007)

: A 52-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Optimus Primal "transforms" into a black ape. He uses the same parts layout as [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]], and [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]], although the figure's beast mode is assembled differently. Optimus Primal is nominally the leader of the Autobots in the set. The surface of the figure uses images of the original Ultra ape toy.
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Robotheroestarantulasprimal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Primal mocks Tarantulas's inability to display jazz hands.]]
*'''Optimus Primal & Predacon Tarantulas''' (Two-pack, 2008)
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]] [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', this PVC figurine of Optimus Primal's original gorilla body has articulation in the shoulders and neck. He was available only in a "Beast Wars Series" two-pack with [[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#Robot Heroes|Tarantulas]] (amusingly enough, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] he also came with in the ''[[MicroVerse]]'' [[Orcanoch#Beast Wars|Orcanoch]] playset).
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Maximal/RHOprimusPrimal/optimusprimal.htm More information on Robot Heroes Optimus Primal at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Robot heroes primal jetstorm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The next Bio-Force Ape? Only time will tell.]]
*'''Optimus Primal & Jetstorm''' (Two-pack, <s>2009</s>)
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

:Optimus Primal would have come with [[Jetstorm (BM)#Robot Heroes|Jetstorm]] in this "Beast Machines Series" set. Like the other later ''Robot Heroes'' waves, this toy was cancelled because retailers only wanted ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' toys. Some managed to trickle out into the wild - the picture seen here comes from an eBay auction. He looks... Unhinged, to say the least.
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===Prime 1 Studio===
====''Premium Masterline''====
[[File:Prime 1 Studio Premium Masterline Optimus Primal.jpg|upright=1.11|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Primal''' (2017)
**''ID Number'': '''PMTFBW-01''' / '''01EX''' (exclusive)
**''Accessories'': Base, alternate head, battle mask (exclusive)

:[[Prime 1 Studio]] ''Premium Masterline'' Optimus Primal is a highly detailed statue of Primal's robot mode posing over the bits of a destroyed [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Prime 1 Studio|Waspinator]]. He features LED lights on his eyes.

:The statue comes with an alternate head with an angry expression. The exclusive version also comes with another head with his face covered by his battle mask.

:The standard version was limited to 500 pieces, while the exclusive version was limited to 200 pieces.
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====''Cutie1''====
[[File:Cutie1 Optimus Primal Figure.jpg|upright=1.11|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Primal''' (2022)
**''ID Number'': '''No:058'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

:''Cutie1'' Optimus Primal is a soft vinyl figure stylized as a button-eyed doll with chibi proportions.
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===Flame Toys===
====Furai Action====
*'''Optimus Primal''' (June 2021)
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====Furai Model====
*'''Optimus Primal''' (20??)
{{toydesigner|[[Akira Amemiya]] (concept artist)}}
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===''R.E.D. [Robot Enhanced Design]''===
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[[File:TF-R.E.D.-Optimus-Primal.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Primal''' (2021)
**''Accessories'': 2 Cyber Blades, 2 alternate hands
{{toydesigner|[[Dennis Chan]] (sculptor)}}

:Released in the fourth wave of the ''[[Transformers R.E.D.]]'' line, Optimus Primal, 6-inch action figure akin to the ones from the ''[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] Legends'' and ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]] The Black Series'' lines. He features over 30 points of articulation and extensive paint operations in an attempt at [[show-accuracy]].

:Optimus Primal includes two closed fists, and a pair of open hands to hold his two Cyber Blade accessories; the blades can connect end to end at the hilt to create a double-ended weapon. A blaster is hidden in each of his forearms, which are revealed by pushing underneath his wrists. Additionally, he features a pair of blasters that flip forward over his shoulders.

:As with all ''R.E.D.'' toys, Optimus Primal was a Walmart exclusive in Canada and the United States, and was later made available on [[Hasbro Pulse]] in limited quantities.
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
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[[File:Transformers Character Card Optimus Primal and Beast Megatron.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Convoy (Beast Wars) and Megatron (Beast Wars) Set''' ([[April 14]], [[2022]])
**''ID number:'' '''15 & 16'''

:Released as part of the third wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "Convoy" and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#15|Translation of Optimus Primal's Transformers Character Card]]''
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[[File:Transformers Character Card Beast Wars Convobat and Megalligator.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Convobat & Megaligator{{sic}} Set''' ([[November 1]] 2022)
**''ID number:'' '''29 & 30'''
{{toydesigner|[[Shōji Imaki]] (illustration)}}

:Released as part of the fifth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "Convobat" and [[Megatron (BW)|"Megaligator"]] (distinct from the separate characters [[Convobat]] and [[Megalligator]]) in their Wave 1 Basic Class bodies along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]]. Optimus Primal is specifically depicted in his "[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Bat Primal]]" body.
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#29|Translation of Beast Wars Convobat's Transformers Character Card]]''
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===Jada Toys===
====''Nano Metalfigs''====
[[File:JadaNanoMetalfigsSeries2G1BW-18pack.jpg|upright=1.44|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Series 2 18-pack''' (4cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2022)
:Released by [[Jada Toys]], ''Nano Metalfigs'' Optimus Primal is an incredibly small die-cast figurine molded doing an action pose. He has a little base attached to his feet for balancing reasons.

:He is marketed as an Autobot instead of a Maximal and comes in an impressive multipack with [[Jada Toys#Nano Metalfigs|seventeen other figurines]].

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*'''Transformers Series 3 18-pack''' (4cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2023)
:''Nano Metalfigs'' Optimus Primal was re-released with no noticeable changes in ''another'' impressive multipack with [[Jada Toys#Nano Metalfigs|seventeen other figurines]].

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====''Metalfigs''====
*'''Optimus Prime / Bumblebee / Optimus Primal / Megatron''' (2 3/4" Die Cast Figure 4-pack, 2022)
:''Metalfigs'' Optimus Primal is a static die-cast figurine of super deformed proportions. He is available in a 4-pack alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Metalfigs4pack|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Metalfigs4pack|Bumblebee]] and [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#Metalfigs4pack|Megatron]].

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*'''Optimus Primal''' (2 3/4" Die Cast Figure, 2023)
:The same super deformed Optimus Primal from the 4-pack above is also available in individual packaging.
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===''ReAction''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal''' (2023)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 swords

: Released in the seventh wave of [[Super7]]'s line of multi-property 3.75-inch "retro" action figures, ''[[Super7#ReAction|ReAction]]'' Optimus Primal is a non-converting figure based on his original [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] [[character model]], with five points of articulation (swivel neck, shoulders, hips). He includes his two curved swords.

: Optimus Primal comes packaged on a small cardback that mixes the design of the original ''Beast Wars'' packaging with some nostalgic elements resembling [[Kenner]]'s ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' action figures from the late 1970s to early '80s.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal Hyper Steel''' (2023)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 swords, spark

: This redeco of ''ReAction'' Optimus Primal is cast in translucent black plastic, an odd choice for a "steel"-named deco. It also adds a new accessory, a floating [[spark]].

: This figure was a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] alongside the similar [[Megatron (BW)/toys#ReActionHyperSteel|Megatron Hyper Steel]], released at the same time as the regular ''Beast Wars ReAction'' wave.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Optimus Primal Burning Red''' (2023)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 swords

: Yet another Target exclusive redeco of ''ReAction'' Optimus Primal, this one is based on the "[[#Burning|Burning Convoy]]" redeco of the original Ultra-class toy, cast in transparent red plastic with metallic gunmetal and gold paint accents. Very ''specifically'' the toy deco, not the anime model that the [[#MP38Plus|''Masterpiece'' toy]] used.

: This figure also cost an extra two dollars over the previous exclusive's price tag, despite coming with less stuff. Good ol' greedflation.
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===''Milestone''===
[[File:DiamondSelectPrimal.jpg|upright=1.11|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Primal''' (<s>2023</s>)

:Designed by [[Diamond Select]], this "Milestone" statue of Optimus Primal was to represent his season 1 body. The statue stood 14 inches tall, posed to look as though it were suspended in midair by Primal's jet exhaust. Listing pages described a production run of 1,000 and an MSRP of $500, but it went unreleased.
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==Notes==
[[File:Manta ray bw toy.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
* Early in ''Beast Wars'' development, Hasbro conceived manta ray toys of "Optimus Prime" (before the cartoon made Primal a separate character) to go with "Megatron" as a sea turtle. The resulting [[McDonald's]] toy (at right) diverged in the final stage to become the separate character [[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]].
* In addition to the bat and manta concepts, Hasbro also conceived of an "Optimus Prime" lion retool of "[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Notes|Prowl]]", the early form of [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]] which spun off to become [[Panther]]. While the lion McDonald's toy did not come to fruition, the concept may have inspired Takara to create [[Lio Convoy]].
* The design of Optimus Primal's bat form is an [[homage]] to [[Batman]], an action figure license also held at the time by [[Kenner]].<ref>Page 78, Toy database section in ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]''</ref>
* According to Bob Forward at a BotCon panel, the "Flight Mode" Primal has in the first season of the ''Beast Wars'' animation is a vestigial reference to the bat-form, the concept being that Primal and Megatron would each have had 4(!) modes, able to transform freely between them. This was ultimately considered too difficult to animate, and the concept was dropped, Primal's "Prime Jets" being a way to prevent re-writing the flight-related parts of the scripts.
* Primal's gorilla mode, paired against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s ''T. rex'' mode, was inspired by the showdown in the film ''[[King Kong]]''.<ref>[http://obscuretf.com/hhk/BC04interviews.html Botcon 2004 Interview with Vinnie D'Alleva], p2</ref>
* According to the control art of Optimus Primal's first gorilla toy, his chest originally seemed to be a kind of launcher instead of being an homage to the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]].<ref>Page 50, Toy database section in ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]''</ref>
* The Basic class bat Optimus Primal toy, named "Convobat" in Japan, was homaged in the [[2016]] [[e-HOBBY]]-exclusive [[Convobat#Legends|Convobat]] toy, which is characterized as a separate individual from Optimus Primal.
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Atechnogenesis

2022-04-22T08:37:23Z

Zandergb: Undo revision 1606952 by Saix (talk) It's pretty new in this context, only having been discovered within the last decade. Given oft derided topic, the link inclusion seems appropriate. Lighten up.

[[File:Pulleys.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Scientists think they know everything.]]

'''Atechnogenesis'''<ref>Term first appeared in Dreamwave's 2004 Generation 1 ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' guidebook, p483</ref> is the secular scientific explanation that life on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] sprang up through the naturally-occurring interaction of gears, levers, and pulleys.<ref>This phrase dates from 1984's Marvel ''Transformers'' US #1, the first Transformers story ever published.</ref>

The strict scientific rationalism of atechnogenesis rejects traditional religious claims that [[Primus]] is the source of all life on Cybertron, and much of the ancient doctrine surrounding the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]].

==Notes==
*The [[Quintesson]]s are an example of a species that came about through the evolution of mechanical life.<ref>"Mechanical life has long since evolved in segments of the cosmos--existing alongside organic life." "This [a Quintesson ship] is a spacecraft of one such mechanical race--" {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)}}</ref>
*Japan actually developed a much more detailed atechnogenesis origin for Cybertronic life in "[[A Birth of Planet Saybertron]]", one of ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s pre-movie magazine supplements. It's probably the most serious rendering of the concept ever.
*In the [[2005 IDW continuity]], believers in atechnogenesis are referred to as "Evolutionary Engineerists".
*Atechnogenesis is likely named after {{w|abiogenesis}}, the process by which life evolved from non-living matter.
==See also==
* [[Transformer]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [https://www.shortpacked.com/comic/atheist/ Atechnogenesis defined and mocked (not official)]
* [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/this-insect-has-gears-in-its-legs Natural gears in real life!]

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Savage Landing Part 6

2022-04-22T08:33:55Z

Zandergb: Undo revision 1606948 by Saix (talk) I insist it's Kingdom because I can differentiate blue from black.

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]'' #6
|prev=Savage Landing Part 5
|next=Pod Part 1
|title="Savage Landing Part 6"
|image=BW21 6 cvrA.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 28]], 2021
|coverdate=July 2021
|written by=[[Erik Burnham]]
|art by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Jake M. Wood]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]], [[Tom Waltz]] and [[Riley Farmer]]
|continuity=''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]''
}}

'''Loyalties are tested as the Maximals and Predacons clash in the first battle of the Beast Wars.'''

==Synopsis==
A deadly game of hide-and-seek plays out in the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' as [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] searches for [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and tries to bait the little [[Maximal]] into confronting him. Rattrap's too smart to fall for the trick, however; as he spies on the Predacon from the ceiling in his [[beast mode]], he watches as the Predacon loses interest in the hunt and turns his attention to a nearby science laboratory. Rattrap watches as Tarantulas breaks into their lab, musing that he still might be able to plunder some Maximal science for his own use before he destroys the ship.

As the battle outside rages on, [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] joins the fray and immediately drops [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] by tearing his arms off. As [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] grapples with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] fights [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], the ever-ambitious [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] takes in the fight from above; although he's confident that Dinobot will take out Megatron and leave ''him'' in a position of power, [[Nyx]] takes him by surprise and challenges the Predacon flier to a rematch!

From his vantage point inside the ship's duct system, Rattrap watches as Tarantulas hacks into the Maximal computer network and accesses the flight log. The Predacon scientist discovers that the ship was hauling a cargo of [[protoform]]s; now that they're in orbit around the planet, all he has to do is hack the system, call the [[stasis pod]]s down to the surface, and raise an army for himself! Rattrap can't let Tarantulas get the stasis pods, but knows that he'll come off the worse in any direct confrontation. This gives him another idea, however, and the rat skitters off down the shaft, towards another section of the cargo hold...

Megatron overpowers Optimus, and the Predacon leader gloats that killing Optimus and his crew are just the first step on the road to galactic conquest. Magnanimous as ever, Megatron gives them a bargain: surrender now and die with dignity, and he'll memorialize them in the historical records. Primal has no intention of going down that easily, however, and frees himself from Megatron's grip with his own two fists. As he charges his cannon, Megatron decides that he'll ''still'' immortalize Primal... but as he prepares to fire, Nyx saves her captain by throwing Terrorsaur into Megatron's way!

While Tarantulas wrestles with the uncooperative Maximal security system, Rattrap has just enough time to spring an unpleasant surprise on the Predacon scientist; after goading him into the ship's corridor, Rattrap powers up the ship's [[GCMG-Five|cargo-loading exoskeleton]] and uses it to toss Tarantulas out the window before he finishes repairing the ship's shielding force field. As the force field flares to life, the Maximals fall back towards the ship; Nyx encourages Dinobot to fall back with them, as the screen is specifically keyed to prevent Predacons from getting through... unfortunately, that restriction extends to ''Dinobot'', who's left stranded on the outside as the Predacons close in. Although the honorable warrior is confident that he can take them alone, Megatron points out that he only got as far as he did because he had surprise on this side. ''This'' time, however, that advantage is ''theirs''... and no sooner does he say this before Tarantulas leaps from behind and stabs Dinobot through the chest! The warrior promptly collapses, and the other Predacons close in to finish the job; as the grisly beatdown plays out, Nyx shouts that they have to do ''something''. Primal hits on the idea of using their ship's weapons to penetrate the force field—his first volley is a warning shot, and when Primal tells Megatron to gather his cronies and leave before he fires again, Megatron does so... but not before getting in one last kick on Dinobot's prone body. As the Predacons transform and retreat, Megatron warns Primal that he was a fool for not pushing the advantage when he had it; one day, he will pay for that mistake with his life.

A few days later, Optimus and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] hold another sparring match as the Maximal leader tries to clear his head. Megatron's parting words weighed on him heavily—after all, his actions nearly got Nyx killed and his reluctance to trust Dinobot nearly cost them the fight. Rhinox reminds him that nobody's perfect, but Primal can't second-guess himself, not with rogue Predacons breathing down their necks. Rhinox asks how Dinobot's doing, but Optimus admits he doesn't know if he'll pull through; the damage was extensive, and the shipboard [[CR chamber]] can only do so much... but he finds his question answered when Dinobot limps into the gymnasium on an improvised walking stick to deliver the news—although he'll live, the injuries he sustained were severe. Unsure if he'll ever be able to fight the way he used to, Dinobot's stopped by to say his goodbyes before he exiles himself in the wilderness, but Primal stops and asks him to reconsider. The Maximal leader reminds Dinobot that he was named for [[Dinobot (G1)|the original Dinobot]]s; in Dinobot, Primal sees their ferocious brand of heroism. No matter his condition, Primal would be honored if Dinobot joined the Maximals, and after a moment's reflection Dinobot hesitantly accepts the offer.

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashback.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s/[[Autobot]]s|c1=
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (2)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
* [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] (8)
* [[Nyx]] (10)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (11)
* ''[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'' (13)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s/[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (1)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (3)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (7)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (9)
* [[Skold]] (12)
* ''[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]'' (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"The '''history of Cybertron''' is being written, yes! Here and now! But if you '''surrender''' and die with '''dignity''', I shall allow a '''brief mention''' of your pointless '''valor''' in the '''official record!'''" 
"Megatron—nff—'''YOU TALK TOO MUCH!'''"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"This thing has so much power I bet I could chuck you right through the reinforced polymer of the windows! What odds ya give me?" 
"No!" 
"No odds? That ain't very sporting. I don't think I wanna play with bad sports."
:—'''Rattrap''' versus '''Tarantulas'''

"Maximals never did understand the difference between winning a battle and winning a war. You were a fool not to press your advantage, Optimus Primal, and you will pay for it with your life one day! Mark my words—'''Megatron will be victorious!'''"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Nyx is eager for a rematch after her last bout with Terrorsaur in [[Savage Landing Part 2|issue #2]], where he managed to knock her unconscious and capture her.
* Tarantulas gloats that he's finally gotten revenge on Dinobot for destroying his [[Transformation Lock Lens|transformation lock lens]], the device he used to torture Nyx in [[Savage Landing Part 3|issue #3]].
* The first arc of the series closes as it began, with Optimus Primal and Rhinox holding a sparring session in the ship's gymnasium as per [[Savage Landing Part 1|issue #1]].
* The flashback to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] features another glimpse of the unusual "gashed" moon that orbits Cybertron as seen in issue #1, which was itself a reference to a background detail in the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon.

===Transformers references===
* Tarantulas derisively refers to Rattrap as "vermin", the insult-slash-nickname Dinobot frequently used in the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.
* Rattrap refers to himself as "no fighter" and serves solely as a technical guy. This isn't in line with ''Beast Wars'', where he was a scrapper and marksman, but is in line with the sequel series ''Beast Machines'', where he was the weakest character and techie.
* To defeat Tarantulas, Rattrap uses an [[GMCG-Five|industrial exoskeleton]] to overpower and dispose of the Predacon scientist. Visually, this walker takes some inspiration from the mech suit Rattrap briefly donned in the ''Beast Machines'' episode "[[The Weak Component]]"... though it takes a few visual cues from another robot suit famously used to fight space bugs (See "Real-world references" below for more on that).
* Tarantulas swears by the [[Pit (BW)|Pit]], a frequent Predacon curse in the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.
* Optimus namedrops the original [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s as he discusses the inspiration for Dinobot's name. While multiple sources, including ''[[Dawn of the Predacus]]'' and "[[The Hot Rod]]", have ''implied'' that the ever-honorable Dinobot took his name from the legendary Autobot warriors, this is the first work to draw an ''explicit'' connection between the two. Intriguingly, the Dinobots are noted to have "disappeared" at some point during the conflict, a detail which may or may not be relevant down the line...
* The flashback to the Great War features a glimpse of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in his pretender body sporting a white, black, and gold colour scheme that matches his [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#War_for_Cybertron:_Kingdom|''Kingdom'' toy]].

===Real-world references===
* Rattrap's exo-walker includes a few details inspired by the famous [[wikia:avp:P-5000 Powered Work Loader|power loader]] from the film ''{{w|Aliens (film)|Aliens}}'', most prominently the big hazard-striped clamp-hands, and the Metal Gear REX mecha from the video game ''{{w|Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)|Metal Gear Solid}}''.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Cry havoc and let slip the Beast Wars, by [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Cover B:''' Nyx and Skold, by [[Dan Schoening]] and [[Luis Antonio Delgado]].
*'''Cover RI:''' The Maximals, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]

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Quickstrike (BW)

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:''Quickstrike is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BW-Quickstrike-render.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|NOBODY TOUCHES PETE'S PIECE!!!]]

'''Quickstrike''' is a violent, trigger-happy desperado who rarely thinks beyond the next "keister he's gonna kick." This simple-minded lust for beating others up seems to be his overriding personality trait. While this makes him easy to manipulate, which [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] finds extremely useful, the problem he has found is that Quickstrike is ''so'' easy to manipulate that Megatron's not the only one doing so! Both [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have their hooks in him in some form or another, leading Megatron to consider controlling the vicious little bugger through the good old-fashioned method: fear of death. Quickstrike may be stupidly brave most of the time, but only to a point.

{{bigquote|Well, howdy! Don't bother gettin' up, I'll just kick you while you're down!|Quickstrike|"[[Code of Hero]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)|[[Yao Jude]] (Chinese), [[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian, 2nd dub), [[Fabio Tomasini]] (Portuguese) [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Jorge Ornelas]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Pascal Renwick]] (French)}}
[[File:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Quickstrike intro.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Say howdy to mah head!]]
Quickstrike was originally one of the [[Maximal]] [[protoform]]s stored aboard the ''Axalon'', prior to it crashlanding on prehistoric [[Earth]]. When the [[Planet Buster]] exploded, his [[stasis pod]] was knocked out of orbit and crashed in [[Delta Quadrant]], an unstable region. His malfunctioning [[DNA scanner]] gave Quickstrike a dual scorpion/snake [[beast mode]], however when he was awakened, he had no knowledge of his identity as a Maximal. His first action was to engage his fellow [[Fuzor]] [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] in a sparring match. His aggressive nature made him an easy convert to the Predacon cause for [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and he was soon happily attacking the Maximals. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} He took part in the defeat of the Maximals, but only until [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] was resurrected as a [[Transmetal]]. During the fight against the Maximal leader, he was slagged by one of [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]'s errant missiles. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:MaximalNoMore Quickstrike mid-shot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|" 'Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate'... Ah don't ''like'' you wiki writers no more."]]
A short time later, Quickstrike was sent with [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] on a mission to build a refueling station at a cave full of energon. Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate, as all he was really interested in was a good fight, and possibly relations with Blackarachnia. Quickstrike was overjoyed when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and Silverbolt turned up and threw himself into the battle with his usual gusto. When the cave they'd been sent to build at was apparently destroyed, he only retreated after a lengthy parting shot. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} Taking part in an ambush, Quickstrike got the drop on Rattrap, but Rattrap was able to out-draw him and blasted him off a cliff. Quickstrike survived, and when [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] attempted to change sides, was only too happy to face the much-larger Maximal in one-on-one combat. Though he was defeated, Dinobot refused to terminate him, claiming he'd make a good soldier with some training. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

Quickstrike and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] attempted unsuccessfully to defend a jamming tower against Dinobot and Rattrap. Once they reported back to Megatron, they and the other Predacons proceeded to an alien site which had been discovered in the meantime, and set up a [[refractive web]]. They were unprepared when an [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] appeared and blasted them all. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Quickstrike, due to some Transmetal-like quality of his form, recovered quickly from the blast, and ventured into the construct with Megatron and Tarantulas. Megatron soon used him as a guinea pig to see if the construct's defences would respond to them — luckily for Quickstrike, they didn't. After Megatron had taken control of the ship, Quickstrike and the other Predacons defended it against a Maximal attack. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:CodeofHero Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.34|"Awww, this happens every time Ah try to do a barbeque..."]]
While Blackarachnia and Silverbolt were traipsing around the jungle together, Megatron, Quickstrike and Inferno spied on them using a bugging device planted earlier. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} Perhaps uncharacteristically, while the other Predacons were torching a valley full of [[anthropoid]]s, Quickstrike hung back with Megatron. Once Dinobot had exhausted most of his power defeating the others, Quickstrike leaped into battle, believing Dinobot to be less of a warrior without his weapons. Dinobot responded by physically beating the Predacon and slamming him head-first into the ground. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

Quickstrike took part in a desperate attack on the ''Axalon'' when it seemed as though the Maximals would be receiving help from Cybertron. As it turned out they did, and the Predacons were repelled by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s [[transwarp cruiser]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Once Megatron had convinced Ravage to switch sides, the Predacons mounted another attack on the ''Axalon''. Quickstrike rode triumphantly atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]'s tank mode... only to be blasted off by Cheetor and subsequently run over by his comrade. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Quickstrike worked to reassemble himself as Megatron called on the Predacons to get themselves ready for battle. Apparently he wasn't finished in time to take part in the subsequent destruction of the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[File:DeepMetal Quickstrike firing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|BURRRRRRRRP]]
After Rampage disappeared while on a mission, Megatron sent Quickstrike to look for him. Quickstrike soon found the crab at the mercy of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], and was only too happy to lend a hand by shooting the Maximal newcomer. Sadly he didn't have long to celebrate his victory before a cluster of missiles fired by Primal blew him away. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} When the Maximals attempted to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] from the wreck of the ''Axalon'', Quickstrike helped Waspinator by taking on Rattrap and Silverbolt, while his fellow Predacon headed for home with the computer module. He headed over to finish off the unconscious Silverbolt... only to be flattened when Rampage fell on him. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

While the bulk of the Maximal forces were distracted by Megatron's [[Cyber raptor]]s out in the field, Rampage accompanied the Predacon leader in an assault against the Maximals' home base. Quickstrike was given lead position as they entered the base, arising jealousy from Inferno. The reason as to why Quickstrike was allowed to go first became clear moments later as Quickstrike was taken out by a sequence of booby traps. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}}

Attempting to find out what had happened to the [[Transmetal driver]], the Predacons interrogated Depth Charge, only to be attacked by a strange feral cat creature. After promising to make the creature into a ghost, Quickstrike chased it behind a rock. His snake head came back minus the rest of him. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}} During the construction of the [[disruptor cannon]], Quickstrike was the only one <s>foolish</s> brave enough to be welding ''inside'' the weapon barrel when Inferno plugged it in, and was knocked off his perch by the energy surge. Once they got the cannon working, Quickstrike's prognosis of "lookin' good!" proved premature, as it exploded in their faces. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} Quickstrike and the other Predacons attempted to disrupt the power in the Maximal base during an attempt by the Maximals to remove Blackarachnia's Predacon [[shell program]]. He was swiftly dispatched by Cheetor. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

[[File:MasterBlaster Quickstrike in Optimus suit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Check out mah fancy duds!]]
Using one of Tarantulas's devices, Optimus Primal was able to be controlled using an exo-suit manipulated by Quickstrike. The Fuzor was able to rapidly disable the other Maximals, allowing the Predacons to take control of the Maximal base. Using the [[Teletraan I]] control codes stored in Primal, Quickstrike and Megatron gained entry to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], within which lay the body of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Megatron took his predecessor's spark into himself and, while he was weakened from the struggle of doing so, Quickstrike revealed it was a double-cross. On Tarantulas's orders, Quickstrike used Primal to seize the Predacon leader and throw him into the lava outside the Ark. Unfortunately for both the arachnids, Megatron lived, upgraded into a new form. Quickstrike was defeated by Blackarachnia, losing his link with Primal. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

Furious, Megatron held a trial for Quickstrike, however it was interrupted by an unexpected incursion — the [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. Quickstrike was literally blown away along with his Predacon comrades, leaving Megatron the only one standing to face Tigerhawk. {{storylink|Other Victories}} In the aftermath, Inferno, Quickstrike and Waspinator were sent by Megatron to find a new base. They decided on attacking an anthropoid colony, though Waspinator refused and was slagged by the other two. Quickstrike and Inferno charged, only to meet with heavy resistance from the natives. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} They finally got the early humans on the run, and were overjoyed to see the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] appear overhead... until the main [[fusion cannon]] fired on the site, killing them both. Among the parts of him salvaged by the early humans were his cobra tail, used as a trumpet, his claws used as a spit, and his faceplate, used as a mask. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====3H comics====
After Megatron gained his dragon body, a temporal distortion drew the attention of both the Maximals and Predacons to a remote canyon, where Quickstrike and his fellow Predacons met their foes. The Maximals were losing, having been fought into a corner, when suddenly the battle was interrupted. The [[Dark Essence]], the source of the temporal distortion, had possessed the newcomer [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] with the life force of [[Unicron]]. Quickstrike and the others were immobilized by Windrazor/Unicron's psionic force blasts, and the merged creature advanced on the Maximals. {{storylink|Paradox}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
While waiting for his trial for betraying Megatron, Quickstrike was approached by his leader (who'd seemingly taken to talking to himself of late) and given a new mission. He flew over Maximal territory on a small glider, dropping off a small device into the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] before retiring to a safe position to observe. The device soon caused the Maximals to be at each other's throats, a fact he gleefully reported to Megatron. As his leader proceeded with the rest of the plan, Quickstrike relaxed in the sun, and was subsequently unprepared when the Maximals, having overcome the effects of the device, pounced on him. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
[[File:BWGatherQuickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among these moments was Quickstrike and Silverbolt's initial initiation into the Predacon ranks. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Hearing a commotion at some point after the Predacons acquired Sentinel, a distressed Inferno rushed to where he has last left Megatron, bringing Quickstrike in tow. Both were surprised to see that Megatron had completely vanished. In reality, their leader had been chronologically displaced by Magmatron and his lackeys. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Quickstrike joined the hybrid [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] entity's successful coup against Megatron. Waspscream later released [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] from containment to force Protoform X into his service, but not before Protoform X offlined Quickstrike. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:QuickstrikeMetalsManga01.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|He's a tall drink a' water, ain't he?]]

Following the [[Quantum surge]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Quickstrike was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]]. Combining the mutated blood in his body with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s warrior drones, Quickstrike fashioned himself the [[Scorpion Corps]] and [[Cobra Corps]]. With his new army, he proceeded to attack the weakened Maximal base, gradually depleting [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel's]] defenses. When the Maximals were forced to shut Sentinel down to let [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in, Quickstrike's attacks really began to take a toll. Seeing an opening, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] entered the base and confronted the Maximals inside.

After she had finished, she left the base just as Quickstrike's forces caused it to collapse completely. Angry at her "interference", Quickstrike began to berate her. Not in the mood, Blackarachnia proceeded to kick Quickstrike's head clean off. Weeping, Quickstrike's noggin sat helplessly on the ground as his decapitated body scrambled around blindly. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Quickstrike recovered, but was promptly killed alongside his troopers by [[Jaguar]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} When Megatron freed the sparks eaten by Rampage, however, the released energies revived Quickstrike as a mindless zombie. He attacked Optimus Primal along with several other zombies, but was ultimately destroyed for good by Primal's rocket-fists. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

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===Legends World===
Quickstrike arrived at Tera-Kura Co. for a job interview with Megatron but was taken aback when Megatron asked no questions but instead produced an hourglass and demands that he "appeal to me" (Megatron had recently watched [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|the third movie]]). {{storylink|Legends Vol. 16#The Results of Mega-chan's Studies|The Results of Mega-chan's Studies}} He made the cut, as he was later among Megatron's employees. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}}

After the [[Legends World]] was restored, Quickstrike watched on as [[T-AI|Ai]] attempted to arrest [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] in [[Tera-Kura Co.]] {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Quickstrike participated in Battle MCMXXIII of the [[Games (competition)|Games]], a three-day long struggle that culminated in a stand-off between him and [[Stinkbomb]]. After a heated hand-to-hand battle between the two, Stinkbomb's chemical gun failed him, giving Quickstrike the opening he needed to fire his tail weapon and kill his opponent, winning the game for the Predacons. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:MLPTFII-2B-QuickstrikeKO.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Under the control of [[King Sombra]], Quickstrike attempted to interrupt a duel between [[Applejack]] and [[Wildwheel (G1)|Wildwheel]] in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], only for the two to knock him out cold before he could make a move. {{storylink|One-Trick Pony}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Ian James Corlett]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)}}

Quickstrike participated in an extensive one-on-one beatdown involving nearly every active participant of the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

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===3D Battle Card Game===
Quickstrike fights under the command of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] once more, this time with several allies from (potentially) different universes and/or timelines. He now possesses a new body; although his [[beast mode]] is an approximation of his original form, his transformation scheme and [[robot mode]] are distinctively different. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Quickstrike-Fuzor.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Quickstrike Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward for the "Transmetals Episode 3" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW-toy Quickstrike.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Space ship of death hole snake]]
*'''Quickstrike''' (Basic Fuzor, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-45'''

: Quickstrike transforms into a scorpion with a cobra's head on his tail rather than a stinger. The cobra head has a soft-plastic bladder than can be used to store and [[Water-squirting gimmick|squirt water]]. Most of its orange parts are translucent plastic, and make extensive use of [[ball joint]]s, particularly in its tail. While this provides excellent articulation, care should be taken as the joints loosen rather quickly with play.

: [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s version of the toy, released in September 1999 as part of the first wave of ''Metals'' toys, has extra blue paint applications on its face and red paint for its eyes. Its scorpion legs are cast in a darker orange color.

: Oddly, the Hasbro version of Quickstrike, in Hasbro packaging with a large Japanese-language sticker on the back, was available in Japan long before the ''Metals'' release as a prize at KFC restaurants in December 1998 as part of a promotion for the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]'' movie. Kids' meals came with a special token used to activate a "gacha" capsule machine in the restaurants; among a number of ''Beast Wars'' themed goods was a special capsule that won the contestant a Hasbro Quickstrike.<ref>[http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Quickstrike/quickstrike.htm More information on Quickstrike at TFU.info]''

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*'''Heatwave Showdown: Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (VS Pack, 1999)
**''ID number'': '''VS-45'''

: The Japanese ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWM|Metals]]'' release of Quickstrike was available individually or packaged together with [[Transmetal]] [[Airazor (BW)#VS45|Airazor]].

:Both toys are original to their individual (Japanese) releases.

==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Quickstrike''' (2007)

: A 33-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Quickstrike "transforms" from a gold and green scorpion to a gold and green scorpion standing on its hind legs. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]] [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].
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==Notes==
*Like [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], Quickstrike did not have a Predacon shell program installed in his Maximal [[protoform]] state to turn him bad.
*In the jovial Japanese dub, ''Beast Wars Metals'', Quickstrike's cobra tail could talk and think independently from Quickstrike. It would always end its sentences with either "-ko", "-bura", or "-kobura". Another of Quickstrike's quirks in both the cartoon and the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|manga]] was that he'd constantly end his sentences in ''gitchon/gitchonchon'', which essentially translates to ''snippity/snippity-snip''.
*As revealed at [[BotCon 2011]], the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Decepticon]] [[Darksteel (DOTM)|Darksteel]] is an intentional [[homage]] to Quickstrike. This occurred because designer [[Lenny Panzica]] likes snakes.
*Quickstrike's CGI model has a considerably more toy-accurate beast mode than other non-[[Transmetal]] characters. Usually with organic beast modes, all the gaps, seams, and joints that come with the nature of being a Transformer are filled in or omitted to present a completely enclosed animal body. Quickstrike's beast mode, however, has obvious robotic joints in his claws, gaps in his back, and most notably, ''his visible robot head'' on the underside.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク ''Kuikkusutoraiku'')
*''French:'' '''Cinglant''' (Canada, "Scathing")
*''Italian:'' '''Serpex'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kuài Dāo''' (快刀, "Quick Cutter")
*''Polish:'' '''Szybki Cios''' ("Quickstrike")
*''Spanish:'' '''Sorpresivo''' (Spain, "Surprise"), '''Cobra''' (America)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends World natives]]

Savage Landing Part 6

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Quickstrike (BW)

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{{disambig3|Quickstrike}}

:''Quickstrike is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BW-Quickstrike-render.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|NOBODY TOUCHES PETE'S PIECE!!!]]

'''Quickstrike''' is a violent, trigger-happy desperado who rarely thinks beyond the next "keister he's gonna kick." This simple-minded lust for beating others up seems to be his overriding personality trait. While this makes him easy to manipulate, which [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] finds extremely useful, the problem he has found is that Quickstrike is ''so'' easy to manipulate that Megatron's not the only one doing so! Both [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have their hooks in him in some form or another, leading Megatron to consider controlling the vicious little bugger through the good old-fashioned method: fear of death. Quickstrike may be stupidly brave most of the time, but only to a point.

{{bigquote|Well, howdy! Don't bother gettin' up, I'll just kick you while you're down!|Quickstrike|"[[Code of Hero]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)|[[Yao Jude]] (Chinese), [[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian, 2nd dub), [[Fabio Tomasini]] (Portuguese) [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Jorge Ornelas]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Pascal Renwick]] (French)}}
[[File:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Quickstrike intro.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Say howdy to mah head!]]
Quickstrike was originally one of the [[Maximal]] [[protoform]]s stored aboard the ''Axalon'', prior to it crashlanding on prehistoric [[Earth]]. When the [[Planet Buster]] exploded, his [[stasis pod]] was knocked out of orbit and crashed in [[Delta Quadrant]], an unstable region. His malfunctioning [[DNA scanner]] gave Quickstrike a dual scorpion/snake [[beast mode]], however when he was awakened, he had no knowledge of his identity as a Maximal. His first action was to engage his fellow [[Fuzor]] [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] in a sparring match. His aggressive nature made him an easy convert to the Predacon cause for [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and he was soon happily attacking the Maximals. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} He took part in the defeat of the Maximals, but only until [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] was resurrected as a [[Transmetal]]. During the fight against the Maximal leader, he was slagged by one of [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]'s errant missiles. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:MaximalNoMore Quickstrike mid-shot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|" 'Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate'... Ah don't ''like'' you wiki writers no more."]]
A short time later, Quickstrike was sent with [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] on a mission to build a refueling station at a cave full of energon. Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate, as all he was really interested in was a good fight, and possibly relations with Blackarachnia. Quickstrike was overjoyed when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and Silverbolt turned up and threw himself into the battle with his usual gusto. When the cave they'd been sent to build at was apparently destroyed, he only retreated after a lengthy parting shot. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} Taking part in an ambush, Quickstrike got the drop on Rattrap, but Rattrap was able to out-draw him and blasted him off a cliff. Quickstrike survived, and when [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] attempted to change sides, was only too happy to face the much-larger Maximal in one-on-one combat. Though he was defeated, Dinobot refused to terminate him, claiming he'd make a good soldier with some training. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

Quickstrike and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] attempted unsuccessfully to defend a jamming tower against Dinobot and Rattrap. Once they reported back to Megatron, they and the other Predacons proceeded to an alien site which had been discovered in the meantime, and set up a [[refractive web]]. They were unprepared when an [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] appeared and blasted them all. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Quickstrike, due to some Transmetal-like quality of his form, recovered quickly from the blast, and ventured into the construct with Megatron and Tarantulas. Megatron soon used him as a guinea pig to see if the construct's defences would respond to them — luckily for Quickstrike, they didn't. After Megatron had taken control of the ship, Quickstrike and the other Predacons defended it against a Maximal attack. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:CodeofHero Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.34|"Awww, this happens every time Ah try to do a barbeque..."]]
While Blackarachnia and Silverbolt were traipsing around the jungle together, Megatron, Quickstrike and Inferno spied on them using a bugging device planted earlier. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} Perhaps uncharacteristically, while the other Predacons were torching a valley full of [[anthropoid]]s, Quickstrike hung back with Megatron. Once Dinobot had exhausted most of his power defeating the others, Quickstrike leaped into battle, believing Dinobot to be less of a warrior without his weapons. Dinobot responded by physically beating the Predacon and slamming him head-first into the ground. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

Quickstrike took part in a desperate attack on the ''Axalon'' when it seemed as though the Maximals would be receiving help from Cybertron. As it turned out they did, and the Predacons were repelled by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s [[transwarp cruiser]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Once Megatron had convinced Ravage to switch sides, the Predacons mounted another attack on the ''Axalon''. Quickstrike rode triumphantly atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]'s tank mode... only to be blasted off by Cheetor and subsequently run over by his comrade. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Quickstrike worked to reassemble himself as Megatron called on the Predacons to get themselves ready for battle. Apparently he wasn't finished in time to take part in the subsequent destruction of the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[File:DeepMetal Quickstrike firing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|BURRRRRRRRP]]
After Rampage disappeared while on a mission, Megatron sent Quickstrike to look for him. Quickstrike soon found the crab at the mercy of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], and was only too happy to lend a hand by shooting the Maximal newcomer. Sadly he didn't have long to celebrate his victory before a cluster of missiles fired by Primal blew him away. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} When the Maximals attempted to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] from the wreck of the ''Axalon'', Quickstrike helped Waspinator by taking on Rattrap and Silverbolt, while his fellow Predacon headed for home with the computer module. He headed over to finish off the unconscious Silverbolt... only to be flattened when Rampage fell on him. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

While the bulk of the Maximal forces were distracted by Megatron's [[Cyber raptor]]s out in the field, Rampage accompanied the Predacon leader in an assault against the Maximals' home base. Quickstrike was given lead position as they entered the base, arising jealousy from Inferno. The reason as to why Quickstrike was allowed to go first became clear moments later as Quickstrike was taken out by a sequence of booby traps. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}}

Attempting to find out what had happened to the [[Transmetal driver]], the Predacons interrogated Depth Charge, only to be attacked by a strange feral cat creature. After promising to make the creature into a ghost, Quickstrike chased it behind a rock. His snake head came back minus the rest of him. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}} During the construction of the [[disruptor cannon]], Quickstrike was the only one <s>foolish</s> brave enough to be welding ''inside'' the weapon barrel when Inferno plugged it in, and was knocked off his perch by the energy surge. Once they got the cannon working, Quickstrike's prognosis of "lookin' good!" proved premature, as it exploded in their faces. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} Quickstrike and the other Predacons attempted to disrupt the power in the Maximal base during an attempt by the Maximals to remove Blackarachnia's Predacon [[shell program]]. He was swiftly dispatched by Cheetor. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

[[File:MasterBlaster Quickstrike in Optimus suit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Check out mah fancy duds!]]
Using one of Tarantulas's devices, Optimus Primal was able to be controlled using an exo-suit manipulated by Quickstrike. The Fuzor was able to rapidly disable the other Maximals, allowing the Predacons to take control of the Maximal base. Using the [[Teletraan I]] control codes stored in Primal, Quickstrike and Megatron gained entry to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], within which lay the body of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Megatron took his predecessor's spark into himself and, while he was weakened from the struggle of doing so, Quickstrike revealed it was a double-cross. On Tarantulas's orders, Quickstrike used Primal to seize the Predacon leader and throw him into the lava outside the Ark. Unfortunately for both the arachnids, Megatron lived, upgraded into a new form. Quickstrike was defeated by Blackarachnia, losing his link with Primal. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

Furious, Megatron held a trial for Quickstrike, however it was interrupted by an unexpected incursion — the [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. Quickstrike was literally blown away along with his Predacon comrades, leaving Megatron the only one standing to face Tigerhawk. {{storylink|Other Victories}} In the aftermath, Inferno, Quickstrike and Waspinator were sent by Megatron to find a new base. They decided on attacking an anthropoid colony, though Waspinator refused and was slagged by the other two. Quickstrike and Inferno charged, only to meet with heavy resistance from the natives. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} They finally got the early humans on the run, and were overjoyed to see the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] appear overhead... until the main [[fusion cannon]] fired on the site, killing them both. Among the parts of him salvaged by the early humans were his cobra tail, used as a trumpet, his claws used as a spit, and his faceplate, used as a mask. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====3H comics====
After Megatron gained his dragon body, a temporal distortion drew the attention of both the Maximals and Predacons to a remote canyon, where Quickstrike and his fellow Predacons met their foes. The Maximals were losing, having been fought into a corner, when suddenly the battle was interrupted. The [[Dark Essence]], the source of the temporal distortion, had possessed the newcomer [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] with the life force of [[Unicron]]. Quickstrike and the others were immobilized by Windrazor/Unicron's psionic force blasts, and the merged creature advanced on the Maximals. {{storylink|Paradox}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
While waiting for his trial for betraying Megatron, Quickstrike was approached by his leader (who'd seemingly taken to talking to himself of late) and given a new mission. He flew over Maximal territory on a small glider, dropping off a small device into the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] before retiring to a safe position to observe. The device soon caused the Maximals to be at each other's throats, a fact he gleefully reported to Megatron. As his leader proceeded with the rest of the plan, Quickstrike relaxed in the sun, and was subsequently unprepared when the Maximals, having overcome the effects of the device, pounced on him. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
[[File:BWGatherQuickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among these moments was Quickstrike and Silverbolt's initial initiation into the Predacon ranks. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Hearing a commotion at some point after the Predacons acquired Sentinel, a distressed Inferno rushed to where he has last left Megatron, bringing Quickstrike in tow. Both were surprised to see that Megatron had completely vanished. In reality, their leader had been chronologically displaced by Magmatron and his lackeys. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Quickstrike joined the hybrid [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] entity's successful coup against Megatron. Waspscream later released [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] from containment to force Protoform X into his service, but not before Protoform X offlined Quickstrike. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:QuickstrikeMetalsManga01.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|He's a tall drink a' water, ain't he?]]

Following the [[Quantum surge]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Quickstrike was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]]. Combining the mutated blood in his body with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s warrior drones, Quickstrike fashioned himself the [[Scorpion Corps]] and [[Cobra Corps]]. With his new army, he proceeded to attack the weakened Maximal base, gradually depleting [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel's]] defenses. When the Maximals were forced to shut Sentinel down to let [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in, Quickstrike's attacks really began to take a toll. Seeing an opening, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] entered the base and confronted the Maximals inside.

After she had finished, she left the base just as Quickstrike's forces caused it to collapse completely. Angry at her "interference", Quickstrike began to berate her. Not in the mood, Blackarachnia proceeded to kick Quickstrike's head clean off. Weeping, Quickstrike's noggin sat helplessly on the ground as his decapitated body scrambled around blindly. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Quickstrike recovered, but was promptly killed alongside his troopers by [[Jaguar]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} When Megatron freed the sparks eaten by Rampage, however, the released energies revived Quickstrike as a mindless zombie. He attacked Optimus Primal along with several other zombies, but was ultimately destroyed for good by Primal's rocket-fists. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

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===Legends World===
Quickstrike arrived at Tera-Kura Co. for a job interview with Megatron but was taken aback when Megatron asked no questions but instead produced an hourglass and demands that he "appeal to me" (Megatron had recently watched [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|the third movie]]). {{storylink|Legends Vol. 16#The Results of Mega-chan's Studies|The Results of Mega-chan's Studies}} He made the cut, as he was later among Megatron's employees. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}}

After the [[Legends World]] was restored, Quickstrike watched on as [[T-AI|Ai]] attempted to arrest [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] in [[Tera-Kura Co.]] {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Quickstrike participated in Battle MCMXXIII of the [[Games (competition)|Games]], a three-day long struggle that culminated in a stand-off between him and [[Stinkbomb]]. After a heated hand-to-hand battle between the two, Stinkbomb's chemical gun failed him, giving Quickstrike the opening he needed to fire his tail weapon and kill his opponent, winning the game for the Predacons. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:MLPTFII-2B-QuickstrikeKO.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Under the control of [[King Sombra]], Quickstrike attempted to interrupt a duel between [[Applejack]] and [[Wildwheel (G1)|Wildwheel]] in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], only for the two to knock him out cold before he could make a move. {{storylink|One-Trick Pony}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Ian James Corlett]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)}}

Quickstrike participated in an extensive one-on-one beatdown involving nearly every active participant of the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

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===3D Battle Card Game===
Quickstrike fights under the command of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] once more, this time with several allies from (potentially) different universes and/or timelines. He now possesses a new body; although his [[beast mode]] is an approximation of his original form, his transformation scheme and [[robot mode]] are distinctively different. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Quickstrike-Fuzor.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Quickstrike Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward for the "Transmetals Episode 3" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW-toy Quickstrike.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Space ship of death hole snake]]
*'''Quickstrike''' (Basic Fuzor, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-45'''

: Quickstrike transforms into a scorpion with a cobra's head on his tail rather than a stinger. The cobra head has a soft-plastic bladder than can be used to store and [[Water-squirting gimmick|squirt water]]. Most of its orange parts are translucent plastic, and make extensive use of [[ball joint]]s, particularly in its tail. While this provides excellent articulation, care should be taken as the joints loosen rather quickly with play.

: [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s version of the toy, released in September 1999 as part of the first wave of ''Metals'' toys, has extra blue paint applications on its face and red paint for its eyes. Its scorpion legs are cast in a darker orange color.

: Oddly, the Hasbro version of Quickstrike, in Hasbro packaging with a large Japanese-language sticker on the back, was available in Japan long before the ''Metals'' release as a prize at KFC restaurants in December 1998 as part of a promotion for the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]'' movie. Kids' meals came with a special token used to activate a "gacha" capsule machine in the restaurants; among a number of ''Beast Wars'' themed goods was a special capsule that won the contestant a Hasbro Quickstrike.<ref>[http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Quickstrike/quickstrike.htm More information on Quickstrike at TFU.info]''

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*'''Heatwave Showdown: Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (VS Pack, 1999)
**''ID number'': '''VS-45'''

: The Japanese ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWM|Metals]]'' release of Quickstrike was available individually or packaged together with [[Transmetal]] [[Airazor (BW)#VS45|Airazor]].

:Both toys are original to their individual (Japanese) releases.

==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Quickstrike''' (2007)

: A 33-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Quickstrike "transforms" from a gold and green scorpion to a gold and green scorpion standing on its hind legs. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]] [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].
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==Notes==
*Like [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], Quickstrike did not have a Predacon shell program installed in his Maximal [[protoform]] state to turn him bad.
*In the jovial Japanese dub, ''Beast Wars Metals'', Quickstrike's cobra tail could talk and think independently from Quickstrike. It would always end its sentences with either "-ko", "-bura", or "-kobura". Another of Quickstrike's quirks in both the cartoon and the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|manga]] was that he'd constantly end his sentences in ''gitchon/gitchonchon'', which essentially translates to ''snippity/snippity-snip''.
*As revealed at [[BotCon 2011]], the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Decepticon]] [[Darksteel (DOTM)|Darksteel]] is an intentional [[homage]] to Quickstrike. This occurred because designer [[Lenny Panzica]] likes snakes.
*Quickstrike's CGI model has a considerably more toy-accurate beast mode than other non-[[Transmetal]] characters. Usually with organic beast modes, all the gaps, seams, and joints that come with the nature of being a Transformer are filled in or omitted to present a completely enclosed animal body. Quickstrike's beast mode, however, has obvious robotic joints in his claws, gaps in his back, and most notably, ''his visible robot head'' on the underside.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク ''Kuikkusutoraiku'')
*''French:'' '''Cinglant''' (Canada, "Scathing")
*''Italian:'' '''Serpex'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kuài Dāo''' (快刀, "Quick Cutter")
*''Polish:'' '''Szybki Cios''' ("Quickstrike")
*''Spanish:'' '''Sorpresivo''' (Spain, "Surprise"), '''Cobra''' (America)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends World natives]]

Grimlock (G1)/toys

2022-04-22T02:59:42Z

Zandergb: /* Beast Wars */

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[[File:G1 Grimlock boxart.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Me Grimlock have been shaking fists at uptight paleontologists since 1985.]]
Me [[Grimlock (G1)|'''Grimlock''']] have lots of toys and merchandise!
{{picsneeded|silver G2 toy, Decoy, Myclone}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1Grimlock toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And the debate goes on: "Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!" "No! Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!"]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, [[1985]]/[[1986]]/[[1990]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''26'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Energo weapon|energo sword]], "stunner" lasers, [[galaxial rocket launcher]], 3 [[Missile|rocket]]s
:Grimlock's toy was originally part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' Dinosaur Robo series. When [[Hasbro]] imported the toy in 1985 for the ''Transformers'' line, its blue pelvis was changed to red, its sword was changed from chrome to flat red, the Diaclone driver mini-figure was dropped but still retained the cockpit though later releases had it permanently locked shut, and its teeth were altered [[for safety reasons]].

:The original Grimlock changes from robot into a robotic ''{{w|Tyrannosaurus}}'', and comes with a red [[energo weapon|energo-sword]], a black double-barreled rifle, and a rocket launcher with three silver rockets.

:In Japan, he and the other four Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]''; Grimlock cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and 2 [[Robot Point]]s.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-dinobots-grimlock/671/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Grimlock at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Generation 1 Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1-toy GrimlockPretender.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock have fleshy bits!]]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[Classic Pretender]], [[1989]])
**''Accessories:'' Pretender shell, helmet, "Atom-Smashing Submachine Gun", "rocket launcher" dino-tail
:The [[Classic Pretender]] version of Grimlock is much smaller, simplified and slightly modified, but still transforms into a robotic ''T. rex''. His dino tail becomes a rocket-launcher-gauntlet thing that can be held by either the inner robot or outer shell, but either way has got to be a ''bear'' to aim properly. He came with a large human [[Pretender]] shell with a rather knight-like armor theme, with a helmet and large cannon with a blade on the barrel, giving him a pseudo-sword.

:His shell's head looks a lot like a younger {{w|Ed Asner}}, and also bears a passing resemblence to his voice actor, [[Gregg Berger]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Pretender Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:GrimlockLegends toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock say cut it out.]]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[Legends (G1)|Legends]], 1989)
**''Accessories:'' "rocket launcher" dino-tail
:A [[Kmart]] [[exclusive]] in its [[Hasbro]] release, this version of Grimlock is simply the inner robot of his Classic Pretender form without the shell or its accessories, leaving him only his tail/gun.

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[[File:G1toy japanese legends giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Hero Set''' (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/gun
:In Japan, Legends Grimlock was available only in a boxed "Hero Set" with the Legends versions of [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#G1Legend|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#G1Legend|Jazz]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#G1Legend|Starscream]]. Grimlock was mostly unchanged from to the Hasbro release, but sported a silver painted face instead of Hasbro's orange painted one.

:In Italy, [[GiG]] released their own version of the Hero Set, named "Set Commandos", instead of the Classic Pretender versions of the toys. Grimlock, was renamed from "Tiran" to "Drago", originally the Italian name of [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]. The "Set Commandos" toys were identical to the Japanese "Hero Set" versions.

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[[File:G1Grimlock ActionMaster.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Me Grimlock no longer able to transform, so me Grimlock over-compensate with really big gun.]]
*'''Grimlock with anti-tank cannon''' (Action Master, [[1990]])
**''Accessories:'' Anti-tank cannon partner, "[[particle beam cannon]]"

:Part of the initial assortment of non-transforming [[Action Master]] figures, Grimlock's design combines his cartoon model with extra toy-based detailing. He came with the [[Anti-tank cannon]] "partner" machine which could be ridden by Grimlock (or any other Action Master) or unfolded via spring-loaded [[gimmick]] to form a really ''big'' hand-held "long-range mortar launcher". He is compatible with any other Action Master vehicle or weapon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Action Master Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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*'''Grimlock''' (1991)
**''Accessories'': [[Energo weapon|'Energo' sword]], twin 'stunner' laser rifle, galaxial rocket launcher, 3 rockets

:Grimlock's original toy was reissued in the European/Australian-exclusive "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" series, with no notable changes. In Greece, these releases were added to re-releases of the [[Defensor (G1)#Toys|Defensor]] and [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Toys|Devastator]] [[giftsets]].

===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2GrimlockBlue.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me am Blue! Me am Blue! You could be too! ''(Blue variant pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-G2-Turquoise-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Turquoise variant pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, [[1993]])
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle,

:Grimlock's original toy was [[redeco]]ed for release in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', this time lacking the missile launcher accessory. He was available in three different colors; the first—and rarest—in his original silver (the easiest way to spot if this is a ''Generation 2'' or original is by the "Autobot" [[tampograph]] on his leg), then in a medium turquoise-blue, and finally (and most commonly) in a dark blue.

{{note|Grimlock outranked Optimus Prime in the Generation 2 toyline! Prime had a rank of 9.}}

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlcok.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWtoy-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Ben Yee]] think me Grimlock look like dalmatian... :(]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe Class, [[1997]])
**''Accessories:'' "[[Cyber-slash tail weapon|Spinning slasher sword]]", tail-bone-sword

:The only new toy in the third wave of second-year ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Deluxes, Grimlock is a [[redeco]] of [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Toys|Dinobot]] in gray and gold with dark blue spots, transforming into a "raptor" of some variety. His tail detaches and separates to form a gear-powered, spinning blade weapon, while the central "tail bone" separates to be used as a sword. The entire assembly can store in [[robot mode]] by flipping down the tail-mount and pegging the blade's base to the peg on his lower back. He also has a "mutant mask", halves of a dino-skull that flip up to cover his more robotic head. Thankfully these pieces are not pinned in, and can be easily removed for better clearance. He was also slightly [[retool]]ed from the original mold to have ratcheting shoulders and space for an "energon chip" [[rubsign]].

: Grimlock is extra-notable for suffering from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]], making his hip-joints in particular prone to snapping off. Grim.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Beast Wars'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Alternators/Binaltech''===
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[[File:AlternatorsGrimlock toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock no can munch metal, but can burn rubber!]]
* '''Grimlock''' (2005)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''9'''
**''Binaltech ID number:'' '''BT-10'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, energo-sword

: For the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' line, Grimlock's [[alternate mode]] was changed from a dinosaur into a [[licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]], 1:24 scale silver {{w|Ford Mustang}} with opening doors, hood, and trunk, a detailed interior, [[rubber tires]] and a working steering mechanism. His engine transforms into a double-barreled gun, and he also carries an orange "energo-sword" which can attach to the underside of his vehicle mode. The toy is one of the most-complained-about ''Alternators'' toys, due to its notoriously finicky transformation (with many small steps that must be performed in exactly the right order) and to several pieces which have a tendency to pop off with relatively small amounts of force. And it's a Grimlock who doesn't transform into a ''Tyrannosaurus rex.

: The main difference between Hasbro's ''Alternators'' version of the toy and the Japanese ''Binaltech'' version is that the latter has its vehicle shell partially made out of painted [[die-cast]] metal parts, whereas the ''Alternators'' version is made entirely out of plastic (not counting the rubber tires). In addition, the ''Binaltech'' version's engine/gun and the wheel's rims are [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metalized]], whereas they're simply painted silver for the ''Alternators'' version.

:This sculpt was retooled into ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/AltGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Classics''===
[[File:Grimlockclassicstoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock want to try new appearance, how me look in thigh high boots and stiletto heels?]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

: ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Grimlock, a gray and gold ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', is a re-imagined form of his original toy, and is notably designed to run rather than drag (theories on the ''T. rex'' having changed from "caveman adversary" to "Carl Lewis in lizard skin" since the Generation 1 incarnation).

:This mold features a few design elements likely influenced by Grimlock's Pretender toy; his bayonet blaster is an homage to his gun/blade combo weapon from said toy, and his tail detaches to become a handheld weapon as it does for the inner robot of his Pretender toy. Another similarity is the ''T. rex''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s upper-body forming the [[robot mode]] legs (though the ''T. rex'' head forms his feet this time around).

:Grimlock's bayonet blaster (dubbed the "[[Guardian Blaster]]" in his [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13|TFCC profile]]) can be deployed in either mode and fires a clear red projectile. Both weapons can be stored on his back when not used. As with most ''Classics'' toys, Grimlock features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]], placed on the left side of the tyrannosaurus torso/his left leg.

:A common complaint about the figure is the size of the peg being too small in relation to the peg-hole, making it impossible to lock the arms into place. The black shoulder flaps above are apparently meant to tab into these and lock the whole thing together, but the flaps are remarkably out of alignment and the tabs themselves are too short to even reach the slots. In addition, the bayonet blaster has a hair-trigger and for no apparent reason, his fist holes are a few fractions of a millimeter too small to accommodate standard 5mm peg accessories that most modern ''Transformers'' toys use.

:An unpainted ''Classics'' Grimlock was used at the [[BotCon 2007]] customization classes to create ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Overkill (G1)#Timelines|Overkill]]. The mold was also [[redeco]]ed to make [[Grimlock (SG)#Toys|''Shattered Glass'' Grimlock]] and [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|''Universe'' (2008)]] Overkill.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/ClassicsGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Classics'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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*'''Jetfire and Grimlock Twin Pack''' (2-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

:''Classics'' Grimlock was available in Asian markets in a two-pack with [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Grimlock2pack|''Classics'' Jetfire]]. Both toys are identical to their normal individual releases.
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===''Titanium Series''===
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[[File:TitaniumWarWithin Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock turn into tank? Me mash brains with style!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, Energo-sword

:Based upon his appearance from ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'', this version of Grimlock transforms into a Cybertronic heavy tank. This transforming partly die-cast and plastic Grimlock was initially unreleased due to the cancellation of the ''Transformers'' series of ''Titanium'' toys at retail (the line would continue on for ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' at the three-inch scale). The toy was eventually released in the fall of 2008 as a Toys-R-Us exclusive, alongside the also-almost-unreleased War Within [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Prowl]].

:He includes a cannon and his trademark sword. In vehicle mode, the sword can peg onto the side of his rear treads, while the cannon can peg into the back of the cabin. The cannon has a joint on its connector so it can swivel around.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TitGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Titanium'' Cybertron Heroes Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:TakaraTomy-Henkei!Henkei!-C-03-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Witness me Grimlock, shiny and chrome!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 2008-[[March 13|03-13]])
**''ID number:'' '''C-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

: ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Grimlock is an extensive redeco of ''Classics'' Grimlock, with generally more intricate paint detailing to make him more closely resemble the ''Generation 1'' toy. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, and instead features vacuum-metalized "chromed" plastic (in a similar [[gimmick]] to the ''Beast Wars'' [[Transmetal]]s toys). The vac-metal is used on his [[beast mode]] feet, as well as the ''Tyrannosaurus'' torso, which was, oddly enough, in Hasbro's original deco plan for ''Classics'' Grimlock.
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:Grimlock Masterpiece.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock be smaller than Prime, but me Grimlock more expensive!]]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[March 26]], [[2009]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-8'''
**''Accessories:'' Energo sword, twin 'stunner' lasers rifle, waiter apron, waiter bow tie, waiter tray, 7 unique waiter glasses, intelligence transfer helmet, crown (reissue exclusive), flame (reissue exclusive)

: Released in March of 2009, ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Grimlock is based upon his original toy and cartoon model, transforming into an outdated view of the ''Tyrannosaurus'' rather than the more accurate depiction seen on ''Classics'' Grimlock. Of all the Masterpiece figures, Grimlock features both the least complex transformation, as well as the least deviation from his original toy's essential [[transformation|transformation scheme]].

: ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock features the usage of [[die-cast]] metal for his dinosaur mode's toes and an LED mounted within his right fist which illuminates both his gun's barrels and his sword. As a result of said mechanism, the only articulated part of his right hand is the thumb. Similarly his left hand is modeled much like [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Masterpiece Starscream]]'s hands with the thumb and index finger fully articulated with the remaining fingers joined together. Possibly as a show of good faith regarding the sacrificed articulation, [[TakaraTomy]] designed his alternate mode's arms to be highly poseable, featuring full articulation of the claws with the arms themselves attached to the body with ball joints.

: He features many gimmicks, including the ability to change his eye color in either mode from red to blue with the flip of a switch found at the back of his head in robot mode, and by opening the top of his head in dino mode and switching the eyes around. This allows the owner the choice of representing the use of blue in the cartoon (and his IDW alternate mode) or the use of red in most other media, including his original toy. His tail is connected to his head, and by wiggling and moving it, the head rotates at the base of the neck. Pushing down on his torso in dinosaur mode makes his legs move up higher into his body, and as a result his head will look up. His alt mode's head features jaws that snap shut at the press of a button hidden on his cheek; in addition, it also has a tiny sculpted flame thrower in its mouth, but [[for safety reasons|for your safety]], it does not actually breathe fire (boo). Besides his weapons, he also comes with a cloth apron and bow tie to go with a drinks serving tray he carried in "[[Madman's Paradise]]", as well as the device he used to transfer his super-intelligence into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] in "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]".

:When he was reissued, he came with a crown redecoed from the King Grimlock release and a new flame attachment to go over his sword.

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[[File:Masterpiecetoy-GrimlockKing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Best accessory ever! Me Grimlock know you know it.]]
*'''King Grimlock''' (December, 2009)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-8X'''
**''Accessories:'' Energo sword, twin 'stunner' lasers rifle, crown

:King Grimlock is a redeco of the ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock with a color scheme based on his appearance in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 Marvel comic]]. All of his previously flat gray surfaces are coated in silver paint, his gold chrome is more vibrant, and his previously black plastic is now a dark blue in reference to the limited color palette of the Marvel Comics issues, and the colorless chrome used for his tail and arms is now a light blue chrome. He also features some different paint applications: on his dinosaur chest, inside the clear panel on his robot mode chest, and on his robot mode knees. In addition, his toes are now metallic yellow instead of metallic gray. He also lacks the faceplate paint of the original Masterpiece Grimlock. His sword is also tinted orange rather than neutral clear, and the clear panel on his chest is clear dark green plastic instead of neutral clear. Curiously what were the red eyes in dinosaur mode on the original ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock are now the blue eyes on King Grimlock, and the blue eyes are now the red. The product also features the crown worn by Grimlock in the comics instead of the accessories from the cartoon, such as the waiter apron or the glasses. The [[package art]] is drawn in an homage to the early style of ''The Transformers'' published by Marvel Comics, as well as a bilingual ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' style [[bio]] on the back of the package.

:King Grimlock was only available via [[TakaraTomy Mall|Toy Hobby Market]], the official shopping site of TakaraTomy. Pre-orders were open through [[July 31]]st through [[September 11]]th 2009, with the toy shipping out in December.

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*'''Grimlock''' (2013)
**''Accessories:'' Energo sword, twin 'stunner' lasers rifle, crown

:Another release of the Masterpiece Grimlock figure, in conjunction with [[Cybertron Con]] alongside a redeco of ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (franchise)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#CC2013|Jetfire]]. Like Hasbro's previous 2010 release, includes all the accessories from the MP-08X "King" version with the figure in traditional Grimlock colors. Packaged in minimalist black and white Chinese-themed box.

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[[File:Masterpiece-grimlock-hasbro-2014.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock's legs backwards! Me need [[Ratchet (G1)|doctor]] to fix Grimlock's legs!]]
*'''Masterpiece Grimlock''' (2014)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Dinobot Crown of Leadership, sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle

:(Yet) another Hasbro re-release of the figure, four years after the ''Transformers'' version (see below), ''again'' available as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive.

:This figure was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in many international Hasbro markets such as Canada, Australia, and Europe. Unusually for a Hasbro-branded release, if purchased through Toys"R"Us in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, or mainland China, or Toys Retailing in Thailand, this figure included a Hasbro Asia "Masterpiece King Grimlock" [[collector coin]].

:Oddly, the Hasbro stock photos display his dino-mode legs as being ''backwards''.
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===''Device Label''===
[[File:Device Label Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Me Grimlock turn into computer-thingy... something not right.]]
*'''Device Grimlock''' (Device Label, 2009)

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

: 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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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
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[[File:MPGrimlock Hasbro.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Beryllium baloney not included. Grimlock: 1. Slag: 0.]]
*'''Masterpiece Grimlock''' (2010)
**''Accessories:'' [[Dinobot Crown of Leadership]], sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle

: [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] Grimlock is a [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] redeco and minor retool of ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock with King Grimlock's accessories (also redecoed). His gray is darker, he features additional painted details on his thighs, biceps, and waist to mimic label stickers included on the original 1985 figure, the dark gray painted details on his robot mode toes are now gold, the dinosaur mode's toenails are now coated in a thick gold paint rather than the polished golden look of the TakaraTomy version, and the red paint used on the metal area on his crotch is a lighter shade, matching the adjacent red plastic less.

:Grimlock's teeth and claws have been slightly rounded for this release.

:The stock photography to the right is mistransformed, depicting Grimlock's beast mode claws as pointing straight down (as they are in robot mode) instead of laying flat to the ground.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/MasterpieceGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on 2010 Masterpiece Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generations fall of cybertron voyager grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Talk about monkey paw wishes—the most [[geewun]] version of this mold is on the ''Age of Extinction'' Grimlock page.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager Class, 2012)
**''Series / number'': '''1 / #003'''
**''Accessories'': Sword, shield
{{note|''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|Grimlock]] was repurposed as Generation 1 Grimlock by ''Transformers Legends''.}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' Grimlock transforms into a robotic ''[[Popular beast alternate modes|Tyrannosaurus rex]]''. He comes with a sword with a [[5 mm post|5mm handle]] and a peg on either side of the hilt, as well as a shield which can mount via its single peg. Grimlock features 5mm ports for his hands, as well as on his forearms/lower dino legs and shoulders/dino hips. Interestingly, the hollow sides of his dinosaur arms feature [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]-compatible [[C joint|3mm ports]].

:His main [[gimmick]]s, however, are that he has a light in his dinosaur mouth, and a chomping dinosaur jaw. When a lever behind his dino head is pulled, his mouth opens, and the light turns on, strongly illuminating his head. This gimmick can also be used in robot mode, as his dino head ends up inside his hollow chest, although it's not as effective. The [[insignia]] on his chest is the Lightning Strike Coalition variant of the Autobrand.

:This toy was [[redeco]]ed for all the other versions of ''Fall of Cybertron'' Grimlock, but was also used for ''Age of Extinction'' [[Grimlock (AOE)#Voyager Class toys|Grimlock]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/FOCGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Generations'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Age of Extinction''===
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[[File:AOEtoy-1984Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Me Grimlock feel like me once had [[Mega-Dinobot|bigger purpose in life]]...]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**'''24 OF 30'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[2014]]-[[August 3|08-03]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Sword

: Available only at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, this ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]''-branded two-pack features "1984 Grimlock" in the form of a Generation 1-inspired redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Grimlock (Energon)#Toys|Grimlock]]. The toy is slightly retooled to give it [[5 mm post|5mm ports]] in its hands, allowing it to hold the included redeco of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Generation 1 Razorclaw]]'s sword (not pictured in stock photography). Undocumented in the instructions, he can be combined with ''Energon'' [[Swoop (Energon)#Toys|Swoop]] to form an inter-continuity version of [[Mega-Dinobot]]. As an Evolution 2-Pack, Grimlock was packaged alongside an ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' Voyager Class [[Grimlock (AOE)#TRUEvolution|Grimlock]] toy.

: The two-pack was one of the three Evolution 2-packs available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in Japan, with no changes on the figures with an exception of the packaging, which the front box features Japanese translated versions of the English text, shrunken character renders for both Grimlocks, and a sticker on the back confirming that this was a Japanese release. The sword is also packaged on the center of the bubble, instead of hiding underneath it. This figure was also the first release of the [[Grimlock (Energon)#Toys|''Energon'' Grimlock]] mold in Japan.
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===''Transformers'' (2014)===
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[[File:TF2014toy-SDCCGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Me Grimlock make the Bayformer style look ''good''!]]
*'''Dinobots Generation One 4-pack''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Mace head, mace shaft

:Available only as part of the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] [[exclusive]] "Dinobots Generation One 4-pack" that was first made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[2014]], Grimlock is a redeco of the ''Age of Extinction'' Voyager Grimlock figure, and features heavy use of vacuum metalization, transparent plastic and paint applications to recreate the look of the Generation 1 Grimlock toy. He retains the mace accessory, and its head, or the entire weapon, can be attached to Grimlock's dinosaur mode tail. Grimlock was packaged with [[Swoop (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Strafe]], [[Snarl (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Snarl]], and [[Slag (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Slug]], and their box unfolds into a diorama of the crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in [[Mount St. Hilary]]. A similarly-themed toy of [[Slog (AOE)#Amazon|Sludge]] was released via Amazon in ''Age of Extinction'' packaging.

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[[File:TF2014toy-LegionGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Me Grimlock get ''bad'' [[Beast (G1)|feelings]] about combining...]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Legion, 2014)

:Part of the Generation 1-inspired 2014 Legion Class assortment, Grimlock is a redeco of ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' ''[[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]], and transforms into a vaguely shark-like dragon, although his package art, recolored from the [[:File:MTMTE8 cvrRI.jpg|RI cover]] of [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|''More than Meets the Eye'' #8]], and the Hasbro website product description would have you believe that it's a mechanical ''T. rex''. Being the sixth use of the sculpt, it's starting to show instances of [[Mold#Deterioration|mold deterioration]], as several sections (such as the tabs that hold the robot mode torso together, or the parts of the beast mode neck formed by the robot mode feet) don't fit properly anymore.

:In the United States, Grimlock has thus far been found at Big Lots and Family Dollar stores. In Australia and Europe, he is available at general retail again, just like the previous [[wave]] of Legion Class figures. In 2015, he was re-released in redesigned packaging now resembling the currently released ''Combiner Wars''-era ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''' packaging template, but replacing the name ''Generations'' with "Authentic Transformers".

:The [[stock photography|stock photo]] on the back of the packaging depicts him with ''Beast Hunters'' Cyberverse Commander Class [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BHCyberverse|Optimus Prime]]'s sword, which is also listed as an accessory in the Hasbro website product listing for this toy. The actual toy doesn't include a weapon. Furthermore, the [[instructions]] printed on the back of the packaging of the 2014 release are completely inaccurate, as they are for an [[Grimlock (AOE)#WalmartENmold|entirely different "Grimlock" toy]]! (This was fixed for the 2015 release.) Even if the instructions ''had'' been accurate, they probably wouldn't have mentioned that Grimlock can also form a leg of [[Abominus (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Abominus]] (or a combiner of his redecoes).
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===''Kre-O''===
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[[File:Kre-o-grimlock-unleashed-kreon-and-dino-grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The Lego Dino Attack line got '''''weird''''' after a while...]]
*'''Grimlock Unleashed''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A8600'''
**''Pieces'': '''333'''
**''Kreons'': [[Bumblebee (Movie)#Grimlock Unleashed|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Grimlock Unleashed|Galvatron]], Grimlock, [[Lockdown (ROTF)#Grimlock Unleashed|Lockdown]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)#Grimlock Unleashed|Optimus Prime]]
**''Accessories'': Sword, crown

:Available only in the "Grimlock Unleashed" set, both the buildable Grimlock and the Grimlock Kreon are based on the Generation One looks of the character, despite the other Kreons on the set being based on their Age of Extinction versions. The Kreon comes with his Energo-Sword and two optional helmets, a Sideswipe-style one and a crown based on the time Grimlock led the Autobots. Unlike other Kreons, Grimlock has his faceplate printed on the figure face instead of added by the helmet.

:It is incredibly poseable and well-built by Kre-O standards.

: This set popped up at Toys"R"Us a few short weeks after the initial product without any advance warning... and retailed for a mere $25, despite the size of the set.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-OGUGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Grimlock Unleashed Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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*'''Kreon Class of 1985''' (Kreon figure set, [[2015]])
**''Set number'': '''B5152'''
**''Voted'': Me Best Looking
**''Accessories'': Sword

:[[Kreon Class of '85]] Grimlock's deco is extra-detailed, even above the amount of the first figure. Like the rest of the set, he uses the almost-totally-[[retool]]ed 2015 style of Kreon body.

:This box set of thirty Kreons was a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2015 [[exclusive]], with leftovers being sold on [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online after the show.

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[[File:Kre-O-Battle-Changers-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Time to play some foosball again.]]
* '''Grimlock''' (Battle Changers, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0718'''
**''Pieces'': '''82'''
**''Accessories'': Energon-Sword

:Part of the new Battle Changers series, Battle Changers Grimlock transforms from a really badly-proportioned ''T. rex'' into a robot and back without removing any parts! His appearance is reminiscent of his Generation 1 counterpart, while the deco is based on his ''Age of Extinction'' counterpart's toys. Like all of the Battle Changers, Grimlock uses a new hip piece using larger balljoints than the normal Kreons. He also comes with a weapon that, once stickers are applied, resembles the sword used by ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], and can be wielded by his C-joint hands.

:All of the 2015 ''Transformers [[Kre-O]]'' product was skipped by retailers in the US (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia and various Asian markets. In late 2015, much of the line was finally released at discount in the US through TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores, including this set.
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===''Hero Mashers''===
[[File:HM-toy Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock no need robot mode! Me Grimlock king!]]
* '''Electronic Grimlock''' (Electronic Action, 2014)
**''Pieces'': '''18'''
**''Accessories'': Twin-cannon, left & right missile launchers, 2 missiles, left & right gun-pods, large rifle, flame-blast

: Part of the first (and only) wave of Electronic Action ''[[Hero Mashers]]'' toys, Grimlock is a non-transforming action figure with ratchet-joints... and considerably larger than any other figure in the line at that. His design is based on his ''Age of Extinction'' counterpart, but also takes some cues and the coloration from the Generation 1 version of the character. He has multiple peg-holes all over that can be used to mount any ''Hero Mashers'' accessory.

: He is designed with a removable head, forelimbs, thighs, lower legs, and tail, all of which use the same clip-peg/hole joint. This means his pieces can be swapped around in any order, as well as swapped with any other ''Hero Mashers'' figure... which includes figures from [[Marvel Comics]], ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'', and ''[[Jurassic Park|Jurassic World]]'', meaning you can make some pretty freaky combinations.

: His large size is augmented by a large number of accessories and gimmicks. The signature electronic aspect is a light-up mouth, used to illuminate his "flame blast" accessory, or any other transparent accessory you care to stuff into his gaping maw. He also comes with two spring-loaded missile launchers.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/HMGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Hero Mashers'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Platinum Edition''===
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[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Dinobots-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me talk pretty one day!]]
*'''Dinobots''' (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Two-piece spiked maul

:Part of the ''Generations [[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Dinobots 5-pack, Grimlock is a redeco and retool of [[Grimlock (AOE)#Voyager Class toys|''Age of Extinction'' Voyager Class Grimlock]], sporting a Generation-1 inspired deco and a head. This release also suffers from a small degree of mold deterioration: the ''T. rex'' heels that connect with his forearms and the shoulders/''T. rex'' upper jaw halves seemed to connect loosely.

:Grimlock was bundled with Slug, Slog, Snarl, and Strafe.

: This set was initially released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Canada in October 2015, followed by Singapore a month later (although it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular store there or not). Much later, it became available via the Australian Toys"R"Us website (but never found in stores). In the United States, it was initally only available online via [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[BigBadToyStore]] before being found at discount chain Ross a year after its intial release in Canada.
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===''Cyber Series''===
[[File:Generations-Cyber-Battalion-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock having identity crisis!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Cyber Battalion, 2015)

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#PrimeWarsTrilogyAsian|Generations: Cyber Series]]'' Cyber Battalion class figures, this Voyager-sized mold of Grimlock transforms from robot to dinosaur and back. The figure has a far greater range of articulation than many other Cyber Series figure to date. A small switch on the back of his beast-mode head moves his jaw up and down.

:This version of Grimlock is a unique amalgamation of three versions of the character; the robot mode head, torso, and transformation scheme take cues from [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Warrior Class|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' Grimlock]], the coloration is borrowed from [[Grimlock (AOE)#Toys|the toys of the live-action movie Grimlock]], lastly the styling and (scientifically outdated) stance of the dinosaur mode resembles the classic G1 Grimlock look.

:Like all of the ''Cyber Series'' figures, Grimlock initially did not get distribution in the United States, but has been reported showing up in Asian markets and was also solicited to South America. Toy importers did stock this series in a limited capacity and they sold out quickly in 2015 and effectively disappeared at that time. The line was later distributed in larger quantities by [[Walgreens]] stores in parts of the United States.
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===''Titans Return''===
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[[File:TitansReturntoy-Clobber.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Now me Grimlock can take any form me want! Tank, dragon, car, me Grimlock do it all!]]
*'''Clobber''' (Titan Master, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' Dragon/bird/gun accessory

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Titan Master]]s, Clobber is a retool of [[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]] and transforms from a robot into a head compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger figure in the line. Clobber features a new head piece based on ''Generation 1'' Grimlock's animation model. [[Hasbro]] stated at [[BotCon 2016]] that Clobber ''is'' Grimlock himself, leaving the reasons for his name unclear, but some kind of attempt to avoid confusion with the contemporaneous ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Grimlock (WFC)|character]] seems a likely explanation. Clobber features peg holes in his feet to allow him to stand on a variety of ''Titans Return'' figures, and is packaged with a beast accessory with three modes: a dragon for Clobber to ride, a ''T. rex'' formed by combining with Clobber, or a 5mm-compatible gun for larger figures. His new face piece was molded in black plastic, rather than gunmetal.

:As with Crashbash, Clobber's instructions feature the same error for steps 6(5)-8(7).

:This toy also doubles as the independent ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Clobber (BWU)|Clobber]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRClobber/clobber.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Clobber at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
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[[File:TF-Legends-LG-EX-Headmaster-Set-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|WHERE IS CLOB...no, WHERE ME GRIMLOCK'S BODY GO?]]
*'''Headmaster Set''' ([[2017]]-[[February 19|02-19]])
**''ID Number'': '''LG-EX'''

:Released as a Wonder Festival 2017 exclusive, this Grimlock is a redeco of the ''Titans Return'' [[#Clobber|Clobber]] head, featuring plastic color changes and extensive paint apps to resemble his appearance in the cartoon.

:Grimlock is released along with "[[Stylor#Legends|Chromedome]]", [[Brawn (G1)/toys#Legends|Gong]], "[[Duros#Legends|Hardhead]]", [[Flywheels#Legends|Flywheel]], and "[[Arcana#Legends|Brainstorm]]".
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:PotP Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Bandicoots! Me Grimlock can squash Bandicoots.]]
*'''Dinobot Grimlock''' (Voyager Class, 2018)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-15'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[2018]]-[[June 30|06-30]]'''
**''Accessories'': 2 Prime Armor/combiner feet, [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Dinobot Enigma]]

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' "Dinobot Grimlock" transforms into a very Generation 1-inspired, wide-hipped robotic ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. He can combine with his fellow Dinobots to form [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Toys|Volcanicus]] and can attach any ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style Deluxe Class figure. Like the other Dinobots in this subline, he features translucent plastic with gold paint on the inside to give him a 'layered' look reminiscent of [[#Generation 1|his original toy]]. He also includes two pieces of Prime Armor that each can hold a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]] (and by extension, an [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]] or [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix core]]) and attach to his forearms as battle claws. These also double as feet for Volcanicus. Like all the other Voyager Class figures, Grimlock includes an Enigma of Combination (dubbed the ''Dinobot Enigma''), based on a Prime Master, which can attach to him via the previously mentioned Prime Armor. In beast mode, he can carry an Enigma, Matrix core, or Prime Master ''in his mouth'', where Volcanicus's chest would be. If you're particularly creative, you could place a Matrix in his mouth.

:Though designated for a first quarter 2018 release, Grimlock's wave reached U.S. store shelves in December 2017.

:In China, Grimlock was also released along with the other four Deluxe Dinobots as a gift-set, exclusive to Hasbro China's TianMao site.<ref>https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=559183834163&skuId=3853426938808</ref>
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===''Authentics''===
[[File:Authentics_7inch_Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|{{w|Jurassic World|"She is learning where she fits on the food chain, and I'm not sure you want her to figure that out."}}]]
*'''Dinobot Grimlock''' (Alpha, 2018)
**''Accessories'': Dinosaur head, "wing" assembly

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers Authentics|Authentics]]'' Alpha Class figures, "Dinobot Grimlock" is a simplified Voyager-sized toy based on his [[evergreen]] design. He transforms into a robotic ''T. rex'' in just seven steps. His "wings" and dinosaur head come detached in the packaging. Despite the figure's simple engineering, it features over 9 points of articulation. The fists have 5mm holes, though the toy itself comes with no weapons.

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[[File:TF-Authentics-5-Inch-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock's arms are flatter than a pancake!]]
*'''Dinobot Grimlock''' (Bravo, 2018)
:Released in wave 2 of ''Authentics'' Bravo class figures, this version of Grimlock is basically a downscaled version of the 7-inch figure to the size of a Commander/Legends/Scout Class toy, and his ''T. rex'' arms are permanently molded on his "wings"/dinosaur body. Grimlock's dinosaur head comes detached in the packaging. While the neck is painted gold unlike the 7-inch figure, the paint operations on Grimlock's robot torso, the robot legs, and the ''T. rex'' toes are omitted.

:This Grimlock was first found at Australian shops. He was also available at some Malaysian Family Mart shops.
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[[File:TF-Authentics-Titan-Changer-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Why me Grimlock's back hurt?]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Changer, 2020)

:This Grimlock is an all-new mold that scales with the rest of the Titan Hero/Guardian/Changer figures, utilizing a different transformation scheme compared to his previous ''Authentics'' figures.

:The alt mode photo is mistransformed: His legs/T-rex back is supposed to collapse down properly.
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock don't have pesky stickers anymore! Now spend $207 on me Grimlock!]]
*'''Volcanicus''' (Gift set, [[February 27]], 2021)
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''TT-GS11'''
** ''Accessories'': 2 guns, 2 swords, 2 "[[Magma Blade (GS)|Magma Blade]]s", 2 arm-mounted "Volca-Vulcan" cannons, twin 'stunner' laser rifle, 2 foot-plates, left & right fists

:''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Grimlock is a redeco of his earlier ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' toy, but now with a cartoon-inspired deco, which includes his blue visor. He STILL doesn't have his "Energo Sword", but he can more than compensate by using the newly-molded guns or even one of the two "Magma Blades" (based on the sword Volcanicus wields in ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'', itself based on the one used by ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generations|Grimlock]]) that the set comes with. [[TakaraTomy Mall]] gives this figure the [[Function|title]] "Dinobot Commander Grimlock".<ref>[https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810172079/ <nowiki>[Domestic: Limited to TAKARATOMY MALL]</nowiki> Transformer GENERATION SELECTS Volcanicas]</ref>

:The Magma Swords and Volca-Vulcan cannons can be plugged onto his dinosaur mode's back to create his "Wing Dragon Mode".
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-86-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Me Grimlock Hollywood star!]]
[[File:Studio-Series-86-Grimlock-early-stock.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|'''Left:''' ''Stock renders of the toy.'' '''Right:''' ''Hasbro stock photography depicting a [[prototype]] of the toy.'']]
*''' Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie''' (Leader Class, [[2021]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-06'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-64'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 29]], 2021
**''Accessories'': [[Wheelie (G1)#Studio Series|Autobot Wheelie]], slingshot, Galaxial rocket launcher, "Mockery of Justice" backdrop

: Released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' Grimlock is inspired by the ''Masterpiece'' figure, which hybridized the look of his appearance in [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the Generation 1 cartoon]] and his original toy, while sporting multiple aesthetic details unique to the ''Masterpiece'' toy. Because he is also influenced by the concurrently-ran ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'', this Grimlock conforms to the trilogy's concerns for scale, making him the tallest Leader Class figure in the format.

: This figure comes with a non-transforming and slightly articulated [[Wheelie (G1)#Studio Series|Wheelie]] figurine (plus his slingshot) and Grimlock's rocket launcher, which can store on his back in ''T. rex'' mode.

: A common point of breakage lies in the plastic that clicks against the detented dino knee joints, which creates a faux-ratchet joint effect. The problem is that the small plastic piece has had multiple reports of snapping off upon first transforming the toy, though this just turns the faux-ratchet joint to a regular friction one, albeit loose. The joints require just enough clearance to function properly, but unfortunately, the joints' components are frequently attached too close together to do so. Sadly, Grimlock features very noticeable plastic screw holes on the right side of his head.

: Grimlock's colors were subject to multiple changes (see right). Physical samples were not shown on the [[October 16]]th [[Hasbro Pulse#Fan First Friday|Fan First Friday]] due to in-progress color changes by [[TakaraTomy]]. The original renders shown at the time had yellow parts, a clear chest panel, and an opaque dino neck, evoking the Generation 1 cartoon model. [[Hasbro]] stock photography somewhat reflected this, but the dino neck was made translucent-yellow instead to reveal inner details, much like the [[#The Transformers|Generation 1 toy]]. In the end, the final toy (used in TakaraTomy stock photography) featured gold paint instead of yellow, a translucent-black chest panel instead of clear (both of which closer evoke the original toy), and an opaque dino neck. Despite the translucent Generation 1 toy-styled neck feature being scrapped on the final toy, the neck halves are still molded in translucent plastic (the same translucent-black plastic used on his chest panel) and the detailed piece inside the neck assembly still remains, meaning one could remove the gold paint from the neck halves and salvage this feature for a more toy-accurate look.

: Like the other ''Studio Series'' toys, the interior of the package forms a diorama display for the figure. In this case, it is the Dinobots' famous (ahem) ''self-invited'' entrance at [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s execution.
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Voyager Maximal Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock HATE gold plastic and dalmatian spots!]]
*'''Autobot Mirage & Maximal Grimlock''' (2-pack, [[2021]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K40'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD EX-13'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[January 29]], [[2022]]
**''Accessories'': [[Cyber-slash tail weapon#Generations|Cyber slash tail weapon]], sword

:Released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'', ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' "Maximal Grimlock" is a retool of [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Generations|Dinobot]] from the same line, transforming from a robot mode based on Dinobot's ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon appearance into a ''[[Jurassic Park]]''-accurate ''Velociraptor'' in 28 steps. Grimlock features a new head based directly on Grimlock's (and therefore, Dinobot's) original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' figure. Grimlock's hands have a [[5 mm post|5 mm port]] that can hold both his weapons and can close to hold objects. He also has 5 mm ports under his heels and one under his back-[[kibble]]. His tail can detach and split into two components: his Cyber Slash tail weapon, and his sword. If one chooses to, the 5 mm port on the hand or the hand's swivel joint can allow the Cyber Slash weapon to spin in his hand. The sword's tip is molded with the same texture as Grimlock's skin, presumably to better blend in as the tail tip in beast mode. Due to the Cyber Slash weapon connection, the sword cannot be held by other Transformers toys with traditional 5 mm port hands. The Cyber Slash weapon can store in robot mode by attaching to the same port as beast mode.

:Oddly for a modern ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' figure, Grimlock's ''Velociraptor'' mode features a deco that strays from the original ''Beast Wars'' toy and ''[[Transformers: Dinobots|Dinobots]]'' [[Grimlock (Dinobots)#Toys|Grimlock]]'s decoes and includes some particularly odd choices like leaving the fake "eyes" on the chest unpainted, but painting exactly ''half'' the knee section white, despite that portion being mostly concealed in beast mode.

:And in what can be considered a surprise, Grimlock is mentioned in Hasbro's official description for the figure to be inspired by the character's appearance in ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]''!<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-kingdom-battle-across-time-collection-deluxe-wfc-k40-autobot-mirage-maximal-grimlock "Beast Wars: Uprising-inspired Maximal Grimlock toy converts from robot to raptor mode in 28 steps"]</ref> Even though his [[Beast mode#Beast Wars: Uprising|Beast Upgrade]] appearance was never shown.

:Revealed on [https://www.instagram.com/p/COvYKODJgGf/ #TransformersTuesday], Grimlock was released with [[Mirage (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Mirage]] as a part of the "Battle Across Time Collection". Though similar to the ''Siege'' "Final Strike Figure Series", being exclusive multi-packs with package art that combines into a larger piece, the "Battle Across Time Collection" label is printed on the box. The two-pack is exclusive to [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[Hasbro Pulse]] in the US, and in the UK on Hasbro Pulse and several online retailers. Initially set for a [[January 29]], [[2022]] release by TakaraTomy, the 2-pack was delayed to March 2022.
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
[[File:Behold Galvatron Grimlock.JPG|thumb|200px]]
* '''Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack''' (Leader Class, 2022)
:''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' Grimlock is a non-transforming and immobile minifigure, barely 10mm tall, scaled to interact with the immense [[Unicron/toys#HasLab|HasLab Unicron]] figure and its clear display base. This was one of a set of 14 minifigures in the "Unicron Companion Pack" that was included with the [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy|"reformatting" version of Galvatron]]. The set was [[exclusive]] to [[Hasbro Pulse]].
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===''Classic Heroes Team''===
[[File:Classic Heroes Team Rescan Grimlock toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Grimlock''' (All Star Rescan, [[2022]])

: ''[[Transformers: Classic Heroes Team|Classic Heroes Team]]'' Grimlock is a ''Rescue Bots''-style Rescan figure, featuring a simple conversion from robot mode to ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.
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==Merchandise==
===''Decoy''===
*'''Grimlock''' (Decoy, 1986)
**''Decoy ID number:''

: Coming packaged at random on carded ''Transformers'' toys during 1986, ''[[Decoy]]'' Grimlock is a red soft-rubber figure depicting him in his robot mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Decoy Grimlock at TFU.info]''

===''Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:SCF Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock see dead people.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (March 2001)
**''Act'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Brainwave Transfer Device, stand

:A three-inch-tall [[plastic|PVC]] figurine of Grimlock's dinosaur mode was available in the second wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)|Super Collection Figure]]'' line. Like all the figures in the wave, it was available as both a standard full-color figure and a clear plastic version, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures.

: He comes with the [[Brainwave Transfer Device]]<ref>Unnamed here, but later called as such on Takara's ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Grimlock figure.</ref> seen in the cartoon episode "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]", which... ''can'' sit on his head, but it's not a great fit and falls off at the slightest provocation, especially if you keep the hose attached. Speaking of, in the color version of the figure, the post on top of the helmet may be painted over, making it too thick to fit into the ''very'' small hole in the hose.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HoCGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Super Collection Figure'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/ClearGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on clear Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:SCF Grimlock metallic.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (September 2001)
**''Act'': '''4'''
**''Accessories'': Brainwave Transfer Device, stand

: The Grimlock PVC was re-released in the fourth act of the "Super Collection Figure" series, this time painted over entirely in metallics, with more toy-like gold replacing the yellow. He was available only as a rare "[[chase figure|Secret Figure]]", packed at a ''presumed'' ratio of one in every ten cases. (This ratio was given for Secret Figures in later Acts, and it seems unlikely it would change.)

: It is unknown if he replaced a random figure in the lucky case, or was a consistent replacement for a specific one.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/ClearGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on clear Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===''Heroes of Cybertron''===
[[File:HOC Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Me Grimlock join Mechs Without Hats.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2003)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)|Heroes of Cybertron]]'', this version of the ''Super Collection Figure'' Grimlock mold was cast in translucent blue plastic and painted over, leaving his eyes and a stripe on the top of his head unpainted to attempt a [[light-piping]] gimmick. This version lacks the Brainwave Transfer Device from the Japanese release, which, let's be honest, was probably for the best.

: This toy was sold on a blister card rather than blindpacked, and a collector card of the character was included instead of the stand.
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===Hard Hero===
[[File:HardHero Grimlock bust.JPG|upright=1.2|thumb|'''ME GRIMLOCK DEMAND TO KNOW WHERE ME GRIMLOCK'S LEGS ARE!''']]
*'''Grimlock''' (2003)

: [[Hard Hero]]'s Grimlock is a 6.5 inches tall cold-cast porcelain bust, sculpted after his cartoon appearance (complete with blue eyes) and holding a white energo-sword in his right hand. The bust was limited to 2500 pieces, with an additional 100 being specially signed by sculptor [[Jason Ray]]. Grimlock was number 9 in Hard Hero's main series of ''Transformers'' busts.
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===''MyClone''===
*'''Grimlock''' (Takara, 2003)
** ''ID number:'' '''MTF015'''
** ''Accessories:'' Grey display stand

:Released in the second wave of the ''[[MyClone]]'' line of Transformers PVC figures, this [[super deformed]] Grimlock comes with a hexagonal grey 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, though he stands out as rather unique about the Transformers MyClones, as he's the only one in alternate mode.
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===''Generation 1 Figure-Collection''===
[[File:Bottlecap grimlock.JPG|thumb|Me Grimlock in black-and-white movie...me feel like [[Godzilla]]!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2003)
**''ID number:'' '''C-5'''
**''Accessories:'' Display base

:At only one inch in height, this Grimlock "bottlecap" figurine (so named because its display base is the size of a bottlecap) was one of fourteen blindpacked figures available in Kabaya's Transformers [[Generation 1 Figure-Collection]]. The figure was rendered in a "retro" black and white color scheme, and came with a leaflet, personalized with cartoon screen captures.
::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/misc_item/kabaya_bottle.htm More information on the Generation 1 collection at Autobase Aichi]''
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===''Titanium Series''===
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[[File:Titanium RM Grimlock.jpg|125px|thumb|Me Grimlock say boogie down!!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (3" Robot Masters, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, sword, Autobot stand

: ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Grimlock is a non-transforming, three inch die-cast metal figurine based on his toy and comic/cartoon model. He has very limited articulation, in his neck, waist and shoulders. Grimlock is posed squatting and/or dancing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/TitGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Titanium'' Robot Masters Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Titanium cancelled figure checklist.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Grimlock''' (unreleased)
:*''Accessories:'' Autobot stand?
:The final ''[[Titanium Series]]'' catalogue listed a number of "Micro Figures" intended for release, though many of them never saw the light of day. Right at the end of the checklist, after a number of current and (supposedly) upcoming 3" Robot Master toys, was Grimlock's name, with no further information or disambiguation. Was he to be a repaint? A new ''[[War Within (comic)|War Within]]'' or ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' mold? Or was his name just a typographical error? This is just one of life's great mysteries.
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===''Attacktix''===
[[File:Attacktix Grimlock.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Me Grimlock can't move. [[The Last Stand|Seem]] [[Blast from the Past|to]] [[Spotlight: Shockwave|happen]] [[Still Life!|a lot]].]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Booster, 2007)

:Attacktix Grimlock is depicted in his ''Tyrannosarus'' mode, and has a sculpt based heavily upon his original G1 toy. Pressing down on his back will cause his head to extend and presumably hit whatever he's facing.

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===''Transformers - Mini Bust''===
[[File:Grimlock Mini-bust.jpg|thumb|When me Grimlock get legs back, you in ''BIG TROUBLE!'']]
* '''Grimlock''' (Diamond Select, 2007)

: A mini-bust of Grimlock based on his appearance in the cartoon was released by Diamond Select in 2007. The figure includes the upper body of Grimlock, wielding his energo-sword, acting as if rushing into the battlefield. There is the head of his beast mode sculpted into the base of the statue.

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* '''War Within Grimlock''' (Diamond Select, 2007)

[[File:Grimlock sdcc.jpg|thumb|Me Grimlock say no fun to be exclusive all of time.]]
: War Within Grimlock was an Action Figure Xpress exclusive at the 2007 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]. He was sculpted by Chris Lee of Art Asylum and limited to 600 pieces. The sculpt features Grimlock holding his flaming sword. The front of his vehicle mode is sculpted onto the base of the bust.
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:G1 RobotHeroes ShockwaveVsGrimlock.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Gwimwock no cutie, me king!]]
*'''Grimlock & Shockwave''' (Two-pack, 2007)

: Packed with [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Shockwave]], ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Grimlock is a detailed two-inch tall soft-plastic figurine with exaggerated, cartoonish proportions and an amusing "raised eyebrow" look on his face. He is sculpted holding his sword in his right hand. He has swivel joints at his shoulders and neck. He brings cuddly wuddly death.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/RHGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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*'''Grimlock''' (Single-pack, 2008)

: In some countries outside of North America, Grimlock was released individually in a blindpack with no notable changes.
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===''3D Battle-Card Game''===
[[File:3DBattleCard Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|A head to match his ego.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2007)

: A 48-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Grimlock "transforms" into a gray vague approximation of a ''T. rex''. He uses the same parts layout as [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] and [[Cruellock]].
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===Sota Toys===
*'''Transformers Chess Set''' (<s>2007</s>)
:Two identical Grimlock pieces in dino mode were to be the Autobot-side Knights on a [[Chess#Sota Toys|chess set]] based on Generation 1, but the set apparently never saw release.
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===''Mighty Muggs''===
[[File:MightyMuggs Grimlock.jpg|thumb|Me Grimlock am huuge hit with lady-bots!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Energo-sword

: This [[super deformed]], non-transformable PVC figure uses the standard [[Mighty Muggs]] body template, with swivel joints in Grimlock's neck and arms. He comes with a similarly super-deformed version of his trademark energo-sword.

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[[File:MightyMuggs 2018 Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|Me Grimlock not appreciate recurring head trauma.]]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2019]])
**''ID number:'' '''07'''

: Influenced by his [[evergreen]] design, this new Grimlock is part of the second wave of the line's 2018 relaunch. Gently push his precious little head to access one of three different faces: irritable, impatient, and incensed.
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===''Titan Warriors''===
*'''Titan Warrior 5-Pack''' (2013)
:Available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013, this Grimlock is a 6" PVC [[Titan Heroes|Titan Warrior]] figure (similar to Bandai's ''Ultra/Sentai/Rider Hero, Movie Monster Series'') with articulated arms. He was packed with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Soundwave]]. Unlike the other four, Grimlock never received an individual release.
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===''The Loyal Subjects''===
*'''Grimlock''' (2013)
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*'''Grimlock w/ Dino Head''' (2014)
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*'''5.5" Grimlock''' (2014)
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*'''Cybertron Edition 2-Pack''' (2014)
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===''EX Gōkin''===
*'''Grimlock''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Two fists, two open hands, two gripping hands, energo-sword, stunner laser, galaxial rocket launcher, alternate head, display stand

: A 7-inch tall non-transforming Grimlock action figure was produced by [[Art Storm]] as part of their ''EX Gōkin Transformers Series'' line. He comes with a number of extra hands as well as the energo-sword, double-barreled rifle and (non-firing) rocket launcher of the original toy. While his mold and paint details are heavily based on the original Generation 1 Grimlock toy, his proportions are cartoon-based and he includes an alternate blue-eyed headsculpt based on his [[:File:Grimhead.JPG|early cartoon head]].

::*''[http://artstorm.co.jp/exgokin_transformersseries_grimlock.html More information on ''EX Gōkin'' Grimlock at Art Storm's official site]''
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===''Thrilling 30''===
*'''Grimlock''' (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''2 / #19'''
**''Accessories:'' Collector's base

:A super-deformed Grimlock was released among the blindpacked [[Thrilling 30#Collectible Figurines|''Thrilling 30'' Collectible Figurines]] by [[Goldie Marketing]]. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

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*'''Collectible Figurines''' (5-pack, 2014)
**''Series:'' '''2'''
**''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases

:The same Grimlock figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Bumblebee]], [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Shockwave]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Rodimus]].
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===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans-Series6-Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|Me Grimlock say don't eat yellow lightsaber!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''6'''
**''Number'': '''10/12'''

: Part of the sixth and final assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Grimlock is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode.

: He includes a collectible card that renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling. The card includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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===''Magic: The Gathering''===
[[File:MTG-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Tap for mana?" Me Grimlock no just tap, me smash!]]
*'''Grimlock, Dinobot Leader / Grimlock, Ferocious King''' (Hasbro and [[Wizards of the Coast|Wizards]], 2017)

: A [[HasCon 2017]] exclusive, this trading card was released as part of the "2017 ''Magic: The Gathering'' HasCon Collection" three-card promo set, alongside "[[Nerf]] War" and "Sword of Dungeons & Dragons" cards. The card is reversible, depicting Grimlock in robot mode on one side ("Dinobot Leader") and his alternate mode on the other ("Ferocious King"), with each side having different stats and abilities. Each side of the card's flavor text features a different Grimlock quote: one from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', and one from "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]". The card bears a silver border, indicating it is illegal to use in official ''Magic'' tournament play.
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===Kidrobot===
[[File:Kidrobot GIJoe Enamel Pin Series.jpg|thumb|250px]]
====Enamel Pin Series====
*'''Grimlock''' ([[November 3]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 1 in 20
:Released by [[Kidrobot]] in their Enamel Pin Series, this is a flat, enamel pin badge of Grimlock inspired by the art of [[Tom Scioli]]'s ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'', albeit with [[Super deformed|cutesy proportions]]. Unlike the rest of the characters in the series, Grimlock is depicted in dino mode! The pin series was [[Blindpacking|blindboxed]], with some pins being rarer than others.
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*'''Grimlock Blue Metallic''' ([[November 3]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 1 in 80
:And speaking of which, a [[chase figure|chase]] pin of Grimlock was available, decoed in metallic blue. This deco doesn't seem to be from the comic.
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====Vinyl Mini Series====
[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Grimlock mini.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[November 14]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 2 in 24
:The same character design was reused for the Vinyl Mini Series, with Grimlock receiving a three-inch tall, blindboxed figurine retaining the vibrant colours and exaggerated proportions. Grimlock featured articulation in his tiny little dino shoulders.
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[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Grimlock Blue Metallic mini.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Someone at Kidrobot must really like Grimlock.]]
*'''Grimlock Blue Metallic''' ([[November 14]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 1 in 96
:Grimlock received another chase figure in the Vinyl Mini Series, again in metallic blue.
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[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Megatron mini.jpg|thumb|upright=1|...or maybe not.]]
*'''Megatron''' ([[November 14]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 2 in 24
:The Vinyl Mini Series figure for Megatron includes Grimlock's severed head as a handheld accessory, as seen in the issue "[[Everybody Hates Metroplex]]". The head is much smaller than the head of Grimlock's own mini figure.
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====Medium Figure Series====
[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Megatron medium.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
*'''Megatron''' ([[November 14]], [[2017]])
:*''Accessories'': Grimlock's head
:Megatron was scaled up to seven inches for the Medium Figure Series, and his decapitated Grimlock head accessory followed suit.
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[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Megatron medium exclusive.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
*'''Megatron''' ([[November 14]], [[2017]])
:*''Accessories'': Grimlock's head
:Released at the same time as the standard version, this variant of Megatron was limited to 200 pieces and exclusive to the Kidrobot online store. Megatron is now decoed in a lighter grey, as was Grimlock's head.
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====Vinyl Keychain Series====
[[File:Kidrobot GI Joe Grimlock Blue Metallic keychain.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
*'''Grimlock Blue Metallic''' ([[December 1]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 1 in 24
:Grimlock was also released as part of the once again blindboxed Vinyl Keychain Series, now standing at about one to two inches. He included a keychain molded into his head and, due to his small scale, did not feature any articulation. Yet again he was a metallic blue chase figure... but this time, there was no regular grey Grimlock keychain!
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===Bouncing Ball Heads===
[[File:BouncingBallHead Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2017)
:"Bouncing Ball Head" Grimlock is a small, super deformed figurine with a removable head that doubles as a bouncy ball. Despite having a completely round head and a somewhat humanoid body shared by all figurines in this collection, Grimlock's tampographed face is based on a front view of his dino mode head, resulting in a very unsettling appearance. An Autobot logo is tampographed on the back of his head and his name is written under his feet.

:He is (apparently) available in both gacha-style machines and in an 8-pack with the whole collection, and comes inside a spherical capsule with a unique dark gray color.

:Despite clearly representing Generation 1 characters, the collection is advertised as a 2015 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' product.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W1Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock do splash damage.]]
*'''Grimlock, Dinobot Leader''' (2018)
**'''Wave 1'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T21/T40'''
**''Stars: ''10

:'''Grimlock, Dinobot Leader''' is one of forty double-sided character cards available in Wave 1 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]].

:The artwork on the card is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile card game.

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[[File:W2Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock not competitively viable!]]
*'''Grimlock, Powerful Commander''' (2019)
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T27/T46'''
**''Stars: ''9

:Grimlock, Powerful Commander was released as part of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners. Like all other members of [[combiner]] teams released in the set, Grimlock, Powerful Commander is a folding card, with the Bot and Alt modes being depicted when the card is folded in half, and a holofoil portion of the the combined mode depicted when unfolded. The reverse of Grimlock, Powerful Commander depicts [[Volcanicus (POTP)|Volcanicus']] head and torso, which is formed by Grimlock in the artwork.

:The artwork for Bot and Alt Mode is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game.

:Grimlock, Powerful Commander can be used to form Volcanicus, Fiery Champion with the use of the Action card [[Enigma of Combination|Dinobot Enigma]] while he and the other Wave 2 Dinobots are in Bot mode on the battlefield or KO area.
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*'''Clobber''' (2020)
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T15/T46'''
**''Stars: ''4

:This card's set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.
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===''Keshi Surprise''===
*'''Autobots''' (2018)

:The ''[[Keshi Surprise]]'' series by [[Super7]] consisted of 1.75" soft rubber figures in a style deliberately resembling the 1980s [[Decoy]]s. These [[blind-packed]] figures were sold individually or in cases depicting only their faction. Grimlock (in his dino mode) was available in red, yellow, blue, and purple, and included a foil trading card / sticker.
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===McDonald's===
[[File:2018-McD-Authentics-Bumblebee-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Happy Meal Toy, 2018)
:Released as part of the [[McDonald's]] June 2018 Happy Meal Toys along with [[My Little Pony]], Grimlock is a stubby, [[super deformed]] little dino with fire coming out of his mouth. He has a light-up [[gimmick]] where pressing the [[Autobot]] [[insignia]] on his back lights up his eyes and the fire effect.

:This toy was rereleased in the US as [[Grimlock (AOE)#McDonald's|Grimlock]] for the ''[[Bumblebee (franchise)|Bumblebee]]'' promotion.
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===''ReAction''===
[[File:TF-Super-7-ReAction-Figures-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2020)
**''Accessories'' Energo Sword, Twin Laser Rifle

:Released as part of [[Super7]]'s ''ReAction'' Figure line, this Grimlock is a non-transforming 3 3/4 inch toy that features a rather limited articulation akin to the vintage action figures from Kenner. Grimlock also comes with his signature accessories.

*'''Grimlock''' (2022)

:Wave 5 of ''ReAction'' featured Grimlock in his dino mode.
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===Figural Bag Clip===
[[File:FiguralBagClip GrimlockDino.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2020)
:Released by Monogram, this 2.5" 3D foam bag clip takes the form of a chibi dino mode Grimlock running towards you.

:It was available only as part of a [[Blindpacking|mystery blind bag]] collection.

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[[File:FiguralBagClip GrimlockRobot.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock Alt. mode''' (2020)
:A second bag clip was also released, this time based on Grimlock's evergreen robot mode.

:It was one of two "chase" figures in the collection.
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===Mondo===
[[File:Mondo Grimlock Tiki Mug.jpg|upright=1.11|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock Tiki Mug''' (2021)

:Released by Mondo, this tiki mug in the form of Grimlock's dinosaur mode is roughly 6.5 inches high and holds up to 18 oz of your favorite drink.

:The mug is handmade and its design was co-created by [[Ken Christiansen]].
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===''Pop!''===
[[File:Funko Pop Grimlock G1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Nice.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2021)
**''ID number:'' '''69'''

:Released as part of the ''Pop! Retro Toys'' segment and exclusive to both GameStop and the Emerald City Comic Con 2021, [[Funko Pop!|Funko]]'s ''Pop!'' Grimlock is a super deformed vinyl figure based on his original Generation 1 toy.

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*'''Grimlock''' ([[Funko Pop!#Digital Pop! NFTs|Digital ''Pop!'']], 2022)
**''Rarity:''
***''Monochrome:'' '''Common'''
***''Static:'' '''Common'''
***''Glowing:'' '''Uncommon'''
***''Chrome:'' '''Rare'''
***''Original:'' '''Epic'''
:{{W|Non-fungible token|NFT}}s depicting Grimlock in the Funko style.
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File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_GRIMLOCK_STATIC.gif|Me Grimlock mastered ability of standing so incredibly still that me Grimlock become invisible to eyes.
File:TRANSFORMERS_UNCOMMON_GRIMLOCK_GLOW.gif
File:TRANSFORMERS_RARE_GRIMLOCK_REDCHROME.gif|Me Grimlock bulletproof!
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===''ULTIMATES!''===
*'''Grimlock''' (ULTIMATES!, 2021)
**''Accessories'': [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] figure, mind transfer helmet, apron, serving tray, 6 drinking glasses, fish, crown, 6 sets of dino forelimb claws

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers ULTIMATES!]]'' from [[Super7]], Grimlock is a 9-inch-tall non-transforming representation of his dinosaur mode. He includes a non-transforming Wheelie figure to ride him, and also representations of many of the accessories that were also included with the ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock toy above, including his serving tray with drinking glasses, a soft cloth waiter apron, the mind transfer helmet, and a crown. Never-before-seen accessories include 6 different interchangeable dinosaur "hands," and the fish that he held in "Grimlock's New Brain."

: Preorders for Grimlock (and the rest of Wave 2) opened on [[July 29]] 2021, and closed on [[August 27]], with the toys shipping in summer 2022.

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===''Zōteki''===
[[File:ZOTEKI-029-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Grimlock''' ([[2021]])
**''ID number'': '''029'''

:A collaboration between [[Hasbro]] and statue/replica brand [[Jazware]], ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|The Transformers]]'' was added as a part of the ''[[Zōteki]]'' line alongside other iconic brands such as [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]], to recreate some of the main "Generation 1" characters. The 29th figure of the ''Zōteki'' line is Grimlock in his dino mode.

:Each statue of the line features a connection point for it to be connected to the others, in order to form a battle scene.
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===Eaglemoss===
* '''Transformers Gen-1 Chess Set''' (<s>2021</s>)
:In the planned [[Chess#Eaglemoss|Transformers Chess Set]] by [[Eaglemoss]], a relatively large and very well detailed statue of Grimlock was slated to be one of the Bishop pieces on the Autobot side.

:A Kickstarter campaign to raise the necessary funds for this project was launched, but failed to meet its goal by September 24, 2021 and the whole thing was canceled.
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===''Minimates''===
*'''Grimlock''' (Series 2, 2022)
**''Accessories'': Energo sword

:Part of the second wave of Transformers [[Minimates]] from [[Diamond Select Toys|Diamond Select]], this Grimlock is a 2-inch-tall figurine featuring metallic paint, 12-14 points of articulation, and accessories and body parts interchangeable with other Minimates. Due to their small size, all 4 figures in each series are sold in the same blister card.
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===Icon Heroes===
*'''Grimlock X Ironhide Retro Pin Set''' (2022)
: A hard enamel pin based on Grimlock's original G1 package art made by Icon Heroes. It comes carded with an [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Icon Heroes|Ironhide]] pin.

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==Notes==
[[File:G2GrimlockArtwork.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Heavy Metal Greymon.]]
* Grimlock was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "[[:File:DiacloneGrimlock.jpg|Dinosaur Robo Tyrannosaurus]]". The only differences between this incarnation and the ''Transformers'' release is that the ''Diaclone'' version has a silver-chromed sword and a blue crotch piece rather than red, as well as coming with a green-and-black Diaclone pilot figure.
* The original ''Diaclone'' commercial for the mold that became Grimlock showed him spewing fire from his mouth. So much for truth in advertising!
* There is (or ''was'') [[:File:Grimlock Natural History Museum.JPG|a Grimlock toy]] placed in the showcase in the dinosaur section of the {{w|Natural History Museum}} in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]; oddly, this doesn't make him the [[Slag (G1)|only one]]. Sadly, however, he has since been removed from the display. Boo!
* Despite being released in three different color schemes during the ''Generation 2'' toyline, a piece of recolored card artwork—seemingly from the collection of a former [[Hasbro]] employee—has surfaced on [[eBay]] (alongside recolored artwork of [[:File:G2SwoopArtwork.jpg|Swoop]] and [[:File:G2SludgeBoxart.jpg|Sludge]]), showing what may have been an intended fourth version of the Grimlock toy for that line. Being bright yellow with teal stripes, it certainly ''looks'' very [[neon|'90s]].
* [[T-Wrecks]] may have been intended to be a new form for Grimlock, based on the references in his tech spec bio to his ''Beast Wars'' "Attack Specialist" function and other hints. However, T-Wrecks' appearances in the [[3H Productions]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (comic)|Universe: The Wreckers]]'' comics suggest he is a new, unrelated character.
* A working name for the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' Ford Mustang mold which ultimately ended up as Grimlock was "[[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]]", according to various early store listings.
* The [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] toy released in the [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'' toyline]] was originally created by [[Hasbro]] for release as a special new-mold addition for the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|2003 ''Universe'' toyline]], and was intended to represent Generation 1 Grimlock. However, it wasn't and it didn't for the combination of budgetary concerns and keeping the combination gimmick (since he combines with the packed-in [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] to form "[[Mega-Dinobot]]") only in the ''Energon'' toyline, which had combination as a central theme.

==References==
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Atechnogenesis

2022-04-22T02:51:23Z

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Tread & Circuits Part 1

2021-10-14T00:00:06Z

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|title="Tread & Circuits Part 1"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[October 13]], 2021
|coverdate=October 2021
|written by=[[David Mariotte]]
|art by=[[Jack Lawrence]]
|colors by=[[Candice Han]]
|letters by=[[Jake M. Wood]] and [[Nathan Widick]]
|editor=[[Riley Farmer]] and [[Tom Waltz]]
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'''When a terrorist group threatens the most important race on Velocitron, Thunderclash and his high-octane team of Wreckers investigate.'''

==Synopsis==
To the inhabitants of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s myriad colony worlds, there are few [[Transformer]]s as popular or daring as [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] and his team of [[Wreckers]], a troupe of travelling stunt-bots renowned for their livestreamed performances. Broadcasting live as he and his team freefall toward the surface of a barren, rocky world, [[Hot Shot (G1)|Hot Shot]] reveals that today's stunt is a death-defying skydive from their starship ''[[Stuntmaster]]'' without any levitators or safety equipment. The thrilling aerobatic show that ends with all five Wreckers—Thunderclash, Hot Shot, [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]], [[Aileron]], and [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] landing safely on their feet; as they take a bow, strike a pose, and congratulate one another on another successful adventure, however, their broadcast suddenly cuts out...

Having successfully hacked Thunderclash's broadcast, [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]] spokesman [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] and his minions have a message of their own: the time for chaos is now. For too long, the inhabitants of the colonies have been fed a steady stream of mindless entertainment to turn them complacent and incurious, and no world better exemplifies this complacency than [[Velocitron]]. For years, the winner of that planet's [[Speedia|Speedia 500]] race is traditionally appointed head of the planet's senate; currently, [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] leads the senate after [[Blurr (G1)|the previous]] winner chose to abdicate his position. To the 'bots of Mayhem, the Speedia is a fundamentally broken system, one that deliberately locks out the majority of Cybertronians from ever effecting meaningful change. To illustrate this point, Octopunch turns his attention to their prisoner [[Electro|Electrons]]; he ran the race last kilocycle not to help his fellow 'bots, but to seek wealth and glory—and this selfishness earns him a quick execution. Octopunch's demands are simple: if the upcoming Speedia race is ''not'' called off, Mayhem will ensure that ''they'' take control of Velocitron instead. Mayhem might not hold the Wreckers in high esteem, but when it comes to the business of revolution, Octopunch concedes that their famous slogan gets it right: "wreck and rule".

Although Thunderclash initially writes off the outage as an ordinary glitch, their medic [[Minerva (G1 robot)|Minerva]] flies the ''Stuntmaster'' down to meet with the other Wreckers, and informs them what's really happened: terrorists have somehow hjacked their signal and used it to broadcast a threat to the people of Velocitron. With their cameras off, Thunderclash reverts to full business mode and demands a sit-rep from Aileron—because, although the Wreckers ''look'' like civilian thrill-seekers on camera, they're ''really'' top-secret [[Autobot]] agents who operate outside the remits of [[Colonial Security]] and use their travelling stunt shows as a pretense while handling dirty jobs the Autobot government can't tackle. When Circuit traces the pirated signal back to its source, the Wreckers follow it to Velocitron, where Speedia fever is already mounting; although Aileron planned a discreet landing, she's dismayed to see crowds thronging their landing pad. Thunderclash steps up to podium to greet their adoring fans and establish their cover story: the Wreckers have come to Velocitron to show their support for the Speedia; he, Aileron, Ricochet, and Hot Shot will all be entering the famous race as a show of goodwill. As reporters bombard the Wreckers with questions, Circuit takes advantage of the chaos to leave the ship through a back hatch and slip into the city unseen...
While tracking the mysterious pirate signal, Circuit passes the time by recording another one of his ongoing personal logs: since the ''[[Iron Hope (G1)|Iron Hope]]'' disaster, Circuit's struggled to cope with the loss of his [[alternate mode]], and his self-esteem issues are only exacerbated when a [[Road Pig (G2)|Velocitronian passerby]] hurls junk at him for walking in an [[alternate mode]]-only lane.

Aboard the ''Stuntmaster'', meanwhile, Aileron lays into her commander for going against their carefully-laid out plan on the spur of the moment—they were only supposed to monitor the race from afar and intervene as needed. Thunderclash, however, has a reason behind this controversial decision...

Circuit has finally tracked the signal to an alley in a run-down warehouse district, but on an unfamiliar planet that doesn't cater to mode-locked Cybertronians, the timid Autobot is briefly overwhelmed by his own self-doubts. As he pounds a wall and tells himself to pull it together, the roar of an engine and a blinding set of headlights catches his attention...

Thunderclash and Aileron's argument interrupts a gaming session between the other three Wreckers on the ship: Thunderclash's idealism may have served him well during the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], but they're not ''here'' to take stands or make point: they're here to do a job. Thunderclash admits that he might've made the wrong call now, but they'll have to live with it. When Minerva exults at defeating the other two Wreckers, Aileron runs a headcount: why hasn't Circuit returned? As it turns out, Circuit's discovered that the wall he's pounded is a façade, concealing a metal building... but before he can investigate further, a blast from his mysterious pursuer sends him running further down the alley. Pinned against a dead end, Circuit can't believe who's found him: [[Axer (G1)|Axer]]!

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|c1=
* [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] (1)
* [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] (2)
* [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] (3)
* [[Hot Shot (G1)|Hot Shot]] (4)
* [[Aileron]] (5)
* [[Minerva (G1 robot)|Minerva]] (12)

|h2=[[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]]|c2=
* [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (6)
* [[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]] (7)
* [[Skullgrin]] (8)

|c4=
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (9)
* [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] (10)
* [[Electro|Electrons]] (11)
* [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Pig]] (13)
* [[Axer (G1)|Axer]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Organize your chaos. Use your voices and, when it fails, '''your violence'''. Let Mayhem lead the way."
:—'''Octopunch'''

"All I'm saying, Ricochet, is that I could protect '''and''' win the race." 
"Didn't we already establish '''you're''' a slowpoke? How about I win the ''Speedia'' while you cover for me?"
:—'''Hot Shot''' and '''Ricochet'''

"Why is there a '''crowd''' outside the ship? I thought this was a '''covert''' mission." 
"Right. And how do Wreckers do covert?" 
"Poorly."
:—'''Thunderclash''' and '''Aileron'''

"Now, a lot of you weren't back home during the war. Or were forged after Exarchon's downfall. You experienced the death and carnage wrought by the Threefold Spark from a distance of space and time. I have seen '''death''' before, but that never makes it easier. And while I may no longer be a soldier, I will do my '''damndest''' to make sure you never see death again. This is my '''promise''' to you. We show no fear. We don't bend to extremism. We face our problems '''head-on'''."
:—'''Thunderclash'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The floating camera drones used by the Wreckers to broadcast their stunts have cropped up over in IDW's ongoing ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' reboot a few times—for instance, [[Andromeda (G1)|Andromeda]] used several in [[War World: Awakenings|''Transformers'' #26]].
* While hyping up their free-fall, Hot Shot notes that most Cybertronians know someone who's gone skydiving with the assistance of [[levitator]]s or other mechanical aids; in [[Orion Pax: Free Fall|''Transformers'' #6]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] remembered a time when he and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] pulled off such a feat, although unlike the Wreckers they used a levitator disk to slow their descent.
* Although ''Tread & Circuits'' marks Velocitron's first on-panel appearance, the planet received a prior namedrop in [[The Change In Your Nature Part Five|''Transformers'' issue #17]], which featured [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] dancing to a song about the planet.
* In [[The World In Your Eyes Part Three|''Transformers'' #3]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] briefly mentioned Blurr in a conversation with [[Rubble]]. This issue reveals that he won a previous Speedia, but declined the position of leadership and left Road Rocket to rule in his place.
* In his personal logs, [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] notes that, like fellow [[Action Master]]s [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]], [[Catgut]], [[Charger]], and [[Fire Beast]], he was a survivor of the ''[[Iron Hope (G1)|Iron Hope]]'' disaster.
* Aileron sardonically wonders if Thunderclash has [[rust worm]]s in his brain module, destructive pests who were formally introduced in [[Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|''Transformers'' #34]]. Later, she sarcastically wonders if [[Mortilus]] is somehow responsible for her lot in life; [[War World: Prime|''Transformers'' #25]] previously established Mortilus as a folkloric figure whom [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] occasionally prayed to.

===Transformers references===
* The [[Wreckers]] have enjoyed a flexible lineup across multiple continuities: their original appearance in "[[Target: 2006]]" consisted primarily of random toys who hadn't yet appeared in the comic, with a few original characters like [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] thrown in for good measure, and this anything-goes attitude has translated over to most of their other fictional incarnations. In a surprising but welcome return to this grab-bag origin, ''Tread & Circuits'' eschews the traditional Wrecker big names—Impactor, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], etc.—in favor of an entirely new roster pulled from odd corners of the ''Transformers'' mythos: in addition to team leader [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], there's also ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]]'' extra [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]], a Cybertronian version of [[Minerva (G1 robot)|Minerva]] from ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', a "[[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]]" incarnation of [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] protagonist [[Hot Shot (G1)|Hot Shot]], Action Master [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]], and IDW's original character [[Aileron]], whose put-upon dynamic with Thunderclash evokes her combative relationship with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] in the ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' and ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' comics.
* The Mayhem terrorist cell is based on the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]], and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], who ran with the group of the later days of the original ''Transformers'' comic, appears to serve as its spokesman. The group's abbreviated name, and their depiction as a loose-knit group of anti-authority radicals not formally allied with the Decepticons, is lifted from the ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers|Sins of the Wreckers]]'' miniseries.
* While skydiving, Hot Shot calls Thunderclash "Big 'Bot", a nickname [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] used for [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon.
* The planet Velocitron was one of the four Cybertronian colony worlds central to the plot of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' series. Although all previous ''Transformers'' stories have depicted the planet with an arid climate—ranging from a dry desert world in ''Cybertron'' all the way to a Mercury-like hellscape in ''[[The Transformers: Windblade|Windblade]]'', this universe's Velocitron is temperate in nature, with green continents and a liquid ocean.
* The [[Speedia|Speedia 500]] debuted in the [[Beginning|final episode]] of the ''Cybertron'' cartoon; it later cropped up again in ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'' and the ''Windblade'' miniseries. Blurr is shown to be a previous winner of the race, but it's unclear if he's a native Velocitronian or not: ''Exiles'' established him as a native Velocitronian, while in IDW's [[2005 IDW continuity|previous continuity]] he briefly travelled to the planet to race in the [[Benefit 500]].
* Although he's lost his ability to transform on his own, Circuit's shown wearing the transforming [[Action Master Exo-suit|exo-suit]] that came with his original toy. In his monologue, he notes that he used to be a "chronicler" with a camera alternate mode, recalling his role as a news reporter in the pages of ''Robots in Disguise'' and ''[[The Transformers: Windblade|Windblade]]''.
* Circuit's fellow Action Master is shown riding ''his'' original Action Master accessory, the bespoke [[Off-Road Cycle]].
* The graphic fate of [[Electro|Electrons]] might be a reference to how his original [[Laser Rod]] toy is one of the more notable victims of [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]].
* A pair of background Velocitronians sport bodies based on [[Jazz (WFC)#Generations|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)#Generations|"Aligned" Sideswipe's ''Fall of Cybertron'' toys]], although they're both coloured light blue with red highlights.
* In her rant, Aileron namedrops the [[Pit (BW)|Pit]], a hellish location occasionally alluded to in ''Beast Wars'' media.

===Real-world references===
* As the team prepares for their show, Thunderclash counts down from three before crying "Let's jam!", evoking the famous ''{{w|Cowboy Bebop|Cowboy Bebop}}'' [[fandom:cowboybebop:Tank!|theme song]].

===Errors===
* On page ten, the phrase "sit-rep" is erroneously hyphenated.

===Other trivia===
* The opening scene of this comic features Ricochet riding Hot Shot's jeep mode like a skateboard; just a few months earlier, the [[A Real Mother|second story]] of 2021's [[My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron|''My Little Pony/Transformers'' ]] crossover featured Rubble doing almost the exact same thing. It's not clear if this is a ''deliberate'' callback or just a particularly bizarre coincidence, but it's definitely noteworthy!

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A''': The team strikes a pose, by [[Jack Lawrence]] and [[Candice Han]]
* '''Cover B''': Wreckers in action, by [[Anna Malkova]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover''': Skydiving out of the window, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]

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===Reprints===
*'''''Transformers Volume 5: Horrors Near and Far''''' ([[May 22]], 2022 **''scheduled''**) ISBN 1684058066 / ISBN 978-1684058839
**Hardcover.
**Collects ''Transformers'' issues #31–36, ''Wreckers: Tread & Circuits'' issues #1-4, ''Transformers Annual 2021'', and the ''Transformers Halloween Special''.
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==External links==
* [https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2021/10/comic-book-preview-transformers-wreckers-tread-circuits-1/ Preview]

[[Category:Wreckers: Tread & Circuits issues]]

The Probe

2021-09-02T08:51:34Z

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|series=BWtoon
|ep=11
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=9
|prev2=Double Jeopardy
|next2=Gorilla Warfare
|image=Theprobetranswarpprobe.jpg
|caption=There's a probe around Uranus!
|title="The Probe"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[October 15]], 1996
|written by=[[Craig Miller]] [[Marv Wolfman]]
|directed by=[[Ezekiel Norton]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
|packaged with=[[Dinobot (BW)#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Dinobot]]
}}

'''As a probe from Cybertron approaches the planet, the Maximals desperately try to make contact with it, but Megatron has other plans.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Theprobeprimaldinorhinox.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|The Maximals read spoilers for later episodes of the show.]]
Numerous [[temporal probe]]s are launched from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], programmed to search through time for the missing ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. One pod floats through the rift in space-time created by [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and approaches the [[Earth|planet]] on which the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are taking place.

On the planet's surface, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] challenges his [[Maximal]] teammates to a race home. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] does a commendable job in keeping up with the cheetah, but [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] wins the race by using his flight mode. Primal and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] scold Cheetor for letting his own guard down. Once inside, the four [[Maximal]]s meet with [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], who is trying to use the ship's scanners to detect something in space. Rattrap pulls up a visual, revealing that the orbital object is a temporal probe. Rhinox makes an attempt to contact the probe, but it moves out of range before communication can be established. However, there's one more chance to get the probe's attention, by duplicating the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[unspace|transwarp]] signal by the time the probe make its return journey. The Maximals are happy, except for Dinobot.

[[File:Tflocklens&tarantulas.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|An unreleased Tarantulas toy.]]
The next morning, the Maximals begin construction of the signal array they'll use to contact the probe. Although they're in [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] territory, they have [[Tigatron]] protecting them. Tigatron detects a tipsy [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and blasts the insect away easily. But by shooting down Waspinator, he makes himself a target of the [[Transformation Lock Lens|transformation lock lens]], a diabolical machine that [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] has built. Eventually, the device fires a beam that hits Tigatron, trapping him in his [[beast mode]]. Without his blaster, Tigatron is ensnared in an energon web. Cheetor arrives to aid Tigatron, but quickly finds himself in the same situation.

[[File:Theprobedinobot&rattrapagre.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Rattrap and Dinobot compare thumb sizes.]]
At the construction site, Dinobot admits that he imagines that upon returning to Cybertron, he'll be persecuted as a Predacon, but Optimus Primal assures him that this won't happen. [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], spying on the Maximals, films some footage of the device and sends it to Megatron via [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. Once the device is complete, Scorponok begins an attack upon it, but is quickly blasted away before the array can be damaged. All the array needs is a transwarp component, which Rhinox will deliver from the ''Axalon''.

The two cats have been caged inside the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], where Megatron reviews footage of the Maximals constructing their signal array. Cheetor accidentally lets slip that the array is being made to contact a probe. The Predacons rush out of the room, leaving the captives unsupervised. Tigatron begins to swing his suspended cage. Cheetor copies this behavior, and the two cages soon strike each other, knocking their bottom panels open. Tigatron lands on his feet and catches Cheetor, saving him from a lava bath. They then head for the Predacons' restoration chambers to escape the transformation lock.

[[File:Theprobemegsonprimal.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I would have waited an eternity for this! Yes!]]
Terrorsaur attacks the array, but the three Maximals scare off the flier in short order. Dinobot comments that Terrorsaur always was a coward. Megatron agrees, but notes that he still makes a great diversion. He and the two spiders engage the Maximals at closer range, with Tarantulas's device to assist them. Dinobot is locked into his beast mode and is defeated with several kicks from [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], but Rattrap blasts Blackarachnia over the edge of a cliff. With her out of the picture, Rattrap talks to Dinobot, who is experiencing transformational dysfunction. Rattrap figures out what's wrong—an instant before the lock lens strikes him as well. The two Maximals are then blasted by Megatron.

Optimus Primal defeats Tarantulas, but is then locked into his beast mode like the others. Nonetheless, he manages to fend off Megatron's next attempt to destroy the array, but is soon subdued. Megatron prepares to end Primal, but Rhinox arrives just in time, sending Megatron flying with a mighty punch. With the Predacons defeated, Rhinox activates the array. He only needs to enter in the code that will allow the array to mimic the ''Axalon'''s transwarp signal and contact the probe. But at the crucial moment, Tarantulas's evil device strikes Rhinox. Lacking fingers in his beast mode, he can't enter the codes and convinces Optimus he has to do it. But before Primal can input the codes, Megatron destroys the array.

Megatron prepares to finish off Optimus and Rhinox, but Cheetor and Tigatron arrive, destroying Tarantulus's device and driving off Megatron. But the damage has been done-the probe flies past the planet, uncontacted. Megatron boasts that the war will continue until he wins; the Maximals worry that they may never be rescued.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (2)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (3)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (4)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (5)
*[[Tigatron]] (7)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (8)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (9)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (10)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (11)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Don't cats ever get tired of being stupid?"
:—'''Rattrap''' (and later, '''Tarantulas''') to '''Cheetor'''

"C'mon, baby, c'mon, give it up for the rat…."
:—'''Rattrap''' has a unique way with computers.

"Well of ''course!'' We wouldn't want to miss our chance to go ''home.''" 
"HEY HEY HEY, what's biting your sensors, Dino''boob?''"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Rattrap'''. Rattrap just said "boob."

"You're a Maximal now, and we'll see that you're treated as one." 
"And what makes you think that I ''want'' to be?"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Time for you to decorate a cage, Megadork!" 
"I. Think. Not. Cybertron won't find you now, and the war will go on—until ''I'' am the victor!"
:—'''Cheetor''''s threat rings hollow when '''Megatron''' has already destroyed the array.

"Did we get our signal to the probe? Are we goin' home?!" 
"Not today, Cheetor… But someday."
:—'''Cheetor''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* Finalised: 5th April 1996

===Animation and technical errors===
*The panels on Rattrap's elbows slide apart in certain shots, like when he discovers the probe or when he assures Dinobot that Rhinox will get there in time.
*When the Predacons review the footage captured by Scorponok, Tarantulas is either standing on nothing or clinging onto the platform in front of him with just the tips of his feet.
*As Dinobot, Rattrap and Optimus start shooting at Terrorsaur, the pistons on Optimus' right foot are disconnected. Also, for some reason he's trying to hit an airborne target by launching a missile straight in front of himself.
*While using his optic blasts against Terrorsaur, Dinobot's eyes do not glow green.
*When Megatron declares that Terrorsaur was an excellent diversion, the spike-like piece on his left shoulder is sticking straight up, instead of lying flat like normal.
*Scorponok was threatening Optimus Primal with his left claw when Rattrap blew it off. Odd, since his left claw doesn't contain missiles, but his [[Cyberbee]] drones. Perhaps another [[Gorilla Warfare|viral mine]]?
*Right before Scorponok's claw is blasted off, there is a tiny dark speck floating around it.
*As the Preds open fire on Optimus and co., the "shininess" on both the transformation lock lens and Blackarachnia's upper arm keep blinking on and off in sync with her weapon blasts, likely due to the light effects causing something to their textures.
*When the explosion scatters the three Maximals:
**The CG model of Dinobot's shield comes apart; its two tail-halves are open, but one half's inner red part is sticking forward. The tool also clips through Dinobot.
**A triangular piece briefly juts out of Dinobot's left hip as he's blown into the air.
**Optimus' body totally gets mangled; his arms snap back abruptly and his legs are pushed up into his body. As he flips around in the air, his feet remain in a horizontal position, completely clipping through him.
*After the transformation lock lens hits Optimus, Megatron's feet are sunken into the ground.
*Blackarachnia's shoulder plates turn black when Rattrap's blasts hit them, but when she's pushed back to the cliff edge, they're back to their normal color.
*As she's shot over the cliff side and falls, Blackarachnia's feet remain flat and parallel to the ground, clipping through her shins.
*When Optimus lifts up Tarantulas with his arm-cannon, Tarantulas' feet are sunken into the ground.
*Megatron's shoulders turn upside down as he gets up after being decked by Rhinox.
*On the multiple-angle explosion of the Maximal's construct, an arc-panning shot of the explosion is repeated exactly. Also, the characters are strangely absent in these shots.
*At the end, when Cheetor asks Optimus whether they'll be going home, his gun starts clipping into the ground.

===Continuity errors===
*The Maximals are all out in the open in their robot modes for quite a while- long enough for Cheetor and Tigatron to be taken to the ''Darksyde'', escape, heal themselves, and walk back to the tower- but they don't seem to suffer the usual side-effects.
*Right before Rhinox leaves the base to bring the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s duplicated transwarp signature to the array, the ship's computer informs him that the probe will be back in signal range in 1.4 mega-cycles. Two scenes later, the Predacons' space scanner detects that the probe will be over the planet in merely ten cycles. The deadline jumped down from basically 1.4 hours to ten minutes in no time at all. What's worse, a panning shot between these two scenes shows the array being built not very far from the ''Axalon'', yet Rhinox won't get to it until much later. What took him so long to get to the array?

===Continuity notes===
[[Image:The Probe orbiting wotsit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
*This is the first and only time we actually see Cybertron (outside of a dream in "[[The Web]]" and an illustrated description in "[[Law of the Jungle]]"). There's a bustling, neon-lit city with flying cars and an orbiting city-cum-spaceport that launches the probes, complete with a voiceover from an unseen Maximal official (voiced by [[Doug Parker]]).
*Following "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]" and "[[Fallen Comrades]]", we get more hints about what planet the Beast Wars are taking place on. When we first see the probe approach the planet it heads towards a continent that looks like Africa. Later, the probe does a tour of the local solar system and passes by planets that look awfully like Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. When the probe returns towards the end of the episode, we can again see what looks like Africa and Madagascar along with Antarctica, although the locations are a bit off.
*After its creation [[A Better Mousetrap|two episodes ago]], we see [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] in regular use for the first time (unless you're watching one of the home video releases. See "Trivia" below.)
*Dinobot's hesitation towards the idea of being rescued will resurface in "[[Victory (episode)|Victory]]".
*Cheetor may know where the Predacon's CR Chamber is due to the events of "[[Equal Measures]]", when he was chased through much of the Predacon base.
*In a neat little bit of continuity, when Blackarachnia is about to be shot off a cliff by Rattrap, Scorponok's body is barely visible at the bottom. He's even missing the claw that was blown off by Rattrap earlier in the episode!
*Gadgets and powers:
** Scorponok can apparently transfer recordings to the little disk bearing the Predacon insignia on his chest. The disk can be detached and taken back to base. Maybe his cyberbees were being repaired at the time? Or perhaps he was keeping it in reserve in order to fire another viral mine.
**Once again, Cheetor uses his rump gun instead of his normal gun when Tigatron is around.

===Transformers references===
*Tarantulas' Transformation Lock device has a similar function to [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron's]] [[Transfixatron]] device in the G1 episode "[[The Autobot Run]]". However, Tarantulas' device is a step ahead forcing the target back into their [[alternate mode]]. It can also fly on its own. Like in the original episode, the good guys are shown to be slightly useless when stuck in their alt-modes. You'd think a giant robotic ''Velociraptor'' would be good in a fight, but no, Dinobot is taken down by Blackarachnia kicking him a few times and is only saved when Rattrap shoots her. Apparently guns and missiles are the only important thing in a Beast Wars fight. Though to be fair, the Maximals do eventually learn to appreciate their beast forms and put their capabilities to good use [[Call of the Wild|later on]].
*This episode has another reference to the [[Pit (BW)|Inferno]], the (soon to be renamed) Transformers version of Hell.
*After last episodes use of "minutes", this time we're back to using "cycles".
*Tigatron's exclamation of "By the Matrix, what's happening?!" is the first reference to the various meanings of [[Matrix (disambiguation)|Matrix]] to show up in the series.

===Trivia===
[[File:Theprobefbomb.jpg|thumb|Say cheese!]]
*Cheetor's dialogue at this point in the series is always slightly embarrassing, but calling the Predacon leader "Mega-dumb"? That's pretty mega-lame.
*Scorponok's black and white POV shot has purple [[Cybertronix]] text on the bottom. It translates to "f**k".
*A more clever use of Cybertronix comes when Rhinox identifies the probe. The text scrolling on the bottom repeats "ceci est un alphabet tres bizarre et je ne comprends rien", French for "This is a very odd alphabet, and I do not understand anything".
*On home video, the running order of this episode and "[[A Better Mousetrap]]" are consistently switched due to this episode having been the ninth one produced and that episode the eleventh, both having been switched in their original broadcast order.
**The exception is the American [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] DVD release of Season 1, in which this episode appears after "[[Double Jeopardy]]". This is particularly noticeable in the presence of the [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] defense system before its introductory episode. However, the [[Madman Entertainment|Madman]] release for Australia has this episode appearing in the proper place, as does [[Shout! Factory]]'s.
*Many (but not all) scenes with Blackarachnia were omitted in the [[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]] VHS release of this episode, as her [[Double Jeopardy|introductory episode]] was not included on the same cassette.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Sonde'''" ("The Probe")

:*''Title:'' "'''La Sonde'''" (Canada, "The Probe")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La sonda'''" ("The probe")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyōfu no Shin Heiki!'''" (恐怖の新兵器!, "New Weapons of Terror!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 26|26 November]] [[1997]]
:**When Tigatron and Cheetor are swinging the cages back and forth, Cheetor repeats ''wheeee'' and ''yahooooo'' incessantly.
:**With this episode, the Predacons fully adopt the Maximals' habit of making noises whenever they fire their weapons; usually a noise related to their verbal tic (Scorponok says ''orya orya orya'' whenever he fires, Terrorsaur says ''caw caw caw'' whenever he fires, etc.). Blackarachnia, however, not only shouts ''tshaa tshaa tshaa'' whenever she fires her weapon, but whenever she performs one of her kicks.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' '''A Sonda''' ("The Probe")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shíjiān Tànzhēn '''" (时间探针, "A Time Probe")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' '''La Sonda''' (America, "The Probe")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1996 — ''Beast Wars'' — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1996 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — Une Adventure Cybernetique (Alliance Video) — French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — New Weapon of Terror ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 2 ([[Universal]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Maximal Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season (Rhinomation) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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The Change In Your Nature Part Five

2021-08-08T06:26:08Z

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'''Faced with a rogue Titan, a pair of unlikely heroes must lay everything on the line to defend the Winged Moon.'''

==Synopsis==
Their raid on the abandoned [[Titan Net]] subsidiary hub complete, [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] and her cadre of [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] operatives slip away aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. Although Astrotrain is more interested in taking on some more security 'bots, Slipstream warns him that it won't be needed. There's no way for the Autobots to undo what they've just done; all that matters now is that they go to ground as fast as possible.

In the wreckage of the [[Memorial Crater]] beyond [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] continues to sit and stew in his own anger. He brushes off the ceaseless bickering of his ghostly compatriots, ignoring their ideas as to how he should best deal with his emotions...and whether or not he should get [[Paragon]] involved. Only the arrival of [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] shakes the old warrior from his visions; the rescue specialist tells Cyclonus he needs to leave. Cyclonus obliges, but has one question for Hot Spot: who did this? The way Hot Spot's heard it, it's [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] who's to blame; at this, Cyclonus stalks off, grimly announcing that he has a decision to make.

Above Cybertron, on the [[Winged Moon]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] updates [[Lancer]] on his investigations into [[The Rise|Rise]] sabotage: someone illicitly installed an [[energon siphon]] and transmitter and diverted a portion of the moon's output to the now-destroyed Rise base beneath the crater. [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] attempts to disassemble the transmitter, but the explosion accidentally catapults him into space, forcing his mentor [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and a grudging [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] to leap after him and drag him back to the surface. When [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] arrives a moment later, Wheeljack automatically assumes that he's come to rescue Gears too late, but the Chief of Space Security has instead come to ask why there's a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] approaching the Winged Moon. Wheeljack initially believes it to be [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]], the only currently active Titan in Cybertron's fleet... but Cosmos warns Wheeljack that it's ''not'' Lodestar; worse yet, their mystery Titan is coming in fast and picking up speed on a direct collision course with the moon.

Down below, pandemonium reigns in Iacon's central Titan Net hub as [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] tries to ascertain the extent of the damage. The [[data-bomb]] has scrambled the network, knocking out all communication relays between Cybertron and its fleet of slumbering Titans in orbit... all of them except [[Vigilem]], who's somehow come back online and is on a direct course towards the Winged Moon. As [[Gizmo]] runs diagnostics, [[Playback]] points out that there's ''one'' Titan who's still awake and not linked into the network... a Titan who might now be their only chance of stopping Vigilem.

Their tour of Cybertron's colonies cut short, the [[Cityspeaker]] [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] and her Titan Lodestar enjoy some downtime in Cybertron's orbit, until an urgent transmission from Blaster interrupts Lightbright's music. Blaster gets the pair up to speed: with Vigilem's own Cityspeaker [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] missing in action, Lodestar and her Cityspeaker are now the only Cybertronians capable of talking him down... or, if necessary, taking proactive measures to protect the Winged Moon. As Lightbright races to her Titan's bridge, Lodestar confesses her own doubts: Vigilem is an ancient Titan, a veteran of many wars during Cybertron's [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]] who boasts the heavy weapons and combat knowledge to prove it—and there's nothing in her arsenal capable of matching his firepower. Lightbright remains confident as she patches herself into Lodestar's systems; after all, she's ''sure'' that this is all some mistake...

Lodestar catches up with Vigilem as the other Titan continues along his course towards the Winged Moon, but her hails go unanswered: Vigilem is preoccupied with his own ramblings, quoting long screeds that Lodestar immediately recognizes as excerpts from one of [[Codexa]]'s writings. Interpreting this as an ominous sign that Vigilem may be beyond reason, Lightbright orders Lodestar to stand by and prepare to escalate hostilities. Lodestar's more forceful warnings ''do'' finally pre-empt a response from Vigilem... but his response is to ponderously change course and fire on Lodestar! Lodestar struggles to withstand the barrage; as Wheeljack and his fellow engineers glimpse the deadly lightshow and sound the alarm, Lightbright tries to use Lodestar's masers to burn out his sensors and blind their foe. The desperate last-ditch maneuver doesn't work, and in retaliation, Vigilem fires a barrage of missiles that quickly overwhelm Lodestar's point defenses. Fire erupts across the bridge as Lightbright tries to get Lodestar's propulsion systems back online—it only takes a few seconds for Lightbright to activate Lodestar's auxiliary atmospheric jets... but a second is all it takes for Vigilem to transform and touch down on the surface of the Winged Moon, and Wheeljack watches in horror as Vigilem unleashes the full fury of his weapons on the great [[Tether]] that connects the moon to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]!

Wounded but not defeated, Lodestar regains control... but Lightbright has no other choice but to urge her partner into action for one final, do-or-die attack. Fully aware that she most likely won't survive the battle, Lodestar thanks Lightbright for her companionship as the pair swoop in over the Winged Moon—only for a single blast from Vigilem to rupture Lodestar's hull and knock Lightbright off her feet. The second blows the bridge to pieces... Lightbright is unharmed, but her Titan partner is gravely wounded. Surrounded by smouldering debris, Lightbright is paralyzed by horror—not just at the grisly sight around her, but what she hears as Lodestar musters the last of her strength to give one final, urgent warning.

The Tether is collapsing.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in hallucinatory form. 
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* [[Tracer (G1 Decepticon)|Tracer]] (1)
* [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] (2)
* [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] (3)
* [[Blackjack (G1)|Blackjack]] (4)
* [[Shadow Striker (G1)|Shadow Striker]] (5)
* [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] (6)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (7)

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* [[Tempest (G1)|Tempest]]'s corpse (8)
* ''[[Gridlock]]'' (9)
* ''[[Highfire]]'' (10)
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (11)
* [[Neutro|Groundbuster]] (12)
* ?? (13)
* ?? (14)
* ''[[Provoke]]'' (15)
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* ''[[Grudge]]'' (16)
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (17)
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (18)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (19)
* [[Lancer]] (20)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (21)
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (22)
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* [[Vigilem]] (23)
* [[Playback]] (24)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (25)
* [[Wavelength (G1)|Wavelength]] (26)
* [[Gizmo]] (27)
* [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] (28)
* [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]] (29)
{{!}}}
}}

==Quotes==
"What a mess." 
"You talking external or internal, Gridlock? I'm picking up a '''lot''' of anger. Real seething stuff."
:—'''Gridlock''' and '''Highfire'''

"How long you've been this clunker's mentor now? We two orders of magnitude beyond '''normal''' yet?"
:—'''Huffer'''

"Titans built our colonies. They fought our battles. They died for us. They '''were''' us. All our potential possibilities, abilities, continued out of our deepest past into the present. Expressed. Beautiful. But terrible, too. I understand that now. We were too slow to see that not all of the past belongs in the present. Perhaps we always should have been more afraid of ourselves."
:—'''Vigilem''' quotes Codexa

"I have been grateful for your companionship and guidance through all these megacycles." 
"Oh, and I for yours, Lodestar. We've seen some things, no? Maybe more to see if the '''Thirteen''' fly with us."
:—'''Lodestar''' and '''Lightbright'''

"Some say we are lesser for the Titans' absence, and for their sleep. But we should fear what terrible circumstance brings their '''waking'''. And what terrible circumstance might '''follow''' it."
:—'''Vigilem'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Cyclonus's ghostly hallucinations talk about Cyclonus's relationship with the mysterious [[Paragon]] and his time with [[Froid]], which had previously been alluded to in [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two|issue #8]].
* Hot Spot blames [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] for the destruction of the [[Memorial Crater]]; this occurred in [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three|issue #9]] as part of [[The Rise]]'s efforts to scuttle a bunker underneath the surface (although if we're being picky we'd point out that it was really ''[[Shadow Striker (G1)|Shadow Striker]]'' who did most of the demolitions work).
* Wheeljack has found an [[energon siphon]] attached to the Winged Moon, and revealed that it was set to transmit a certain amount of energon to the aforementioned bunker; in issue #9, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] discovered the other end of this operation—several dozen fuelling chambers—although at the time Chromia wasn't sure where they were getting the fuel from.
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] first appeared as a worker on the Tether back in [[The World In Your Eyes Part Two|issue #2]]. This issue reveals that [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] is his mentor, although [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] flags up the fact that he's been a mentee for longer than is customary.
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] makes a cameo in this issue, and Wheeljack assumes that he's there to rescue Gears. Gears and his unlucky habit of drifting off into space (and his need to be rescued by Cosmos) was a running gag in "[[Open Comms]]", which came out only a week before this issue.
* Lodestar previously made an appearance in issues [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four|#10]] and [[Nautica: Home|#12]]; although she wasn't named at the time, she was the ship that [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and his diplomatic retinue commissioned for their tour of Cybertron's colonies. Lightbright also put in an appearance in that issue and used her skills to help [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] and [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] capture a [[Thraal]] saboteur, though this is the first issue that explicitly confirms that she is a [[Cityspeaker]].
* Vigilem's ramblings are derived from a piece of writing by [[Codexa]], entitled ''[[The Way We Were, by One Who Saw It]]''; notably, this work takes a very different look at the past from [[Termagax]]'s rosier perspective and reveals that Codexa held a much more critical opinion of the [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]] that marked Cybertron's heyday.

===Transformers references===
* Blaster's coworkers at the Titan Net hub include [[Playback]], drawn to resemble the unnamed [[Paradron]]ian communications specialist in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee]]" and later named via "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", [[Gizmo]], a one-off character from the [[2005 IDW continuity]]'s ''[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]'', and [[Wavelength (G1)|Wavelength]], who appeared in ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' as one of the many "[[Disappeared]]" bots abducted by a time-travelling [[Mortilus|Necrobot]].
* Lightbright dances along to a song about [[Velocitron]], a colony planet that originated in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'' franchise and went on to feature in the [[Aligned continuity family|"Aligned" continuity family]], [[2005 IDW continuity|the original IDW continuity]], and the ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' cartoon. She mentinons the tune as a "rich [[Powerchord]] beat", referencing the one-off original character from the 2015 "[[Ask Vector Prime]]" Facebook column.
* Vigilem's ramblings namedrop [[Chela]] and [[Tempo]] as Titans from Cybertron's past, who both appeared in the original IDW continuity. Additionally, the issue introduces a new Titan, [[Waypoint]], whose defeat of the [[Szorian]] empire references the race of the same name from [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]] comics.
* Tempo is noted to have carried the "Knights off into legend"; it's a sure bet that Codexa is talking about the [[Knights of Cybertron]], a semi-mythical group that originated in the pages of ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''. In that comic, the Knights were prominently affiliated with Titans and left the planet aboard a fleet of the giants. In the previous IDW continuity, Tempo was not one of these Titans, however; he was affiliated with [[Vector Prime]], left Cybertron after the Knights, and met with an uncertain fate sometime before the present day.
* As she and Lodestar make their approach to the moon, Lightbright mentions the [[Thirteen]]; their existence had previously been inferred through a set of stained-glass windows in [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five|issue #10]] and the existence of the [[Enigma of Combination]] over in ''[[Transformers: Galaxies]]'', this is the first time that they've been specifically named as such.

===Errors===
* On page 15, Lodestar's speech bubble reads "The is reciting some of Codexa's writings."

===Other notes===
* Originally solicited for January 22, this issue arrives almost a month late, arriving instead in mid-February.
* Similar to [[The Change In Your Nature Part Four|#16]], the original solicitation for this issue<ref>https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/NOV190598 " Megatron is faced with the ultimate decision. He can forge ahead on the path he's started down, or he can take the last chance at doing things by the book. Either way, Cybertron is on the verge of change, and after this, nothing will ever be the same."</ref> featured a completely different plot. It focused on Megatron, who doesn't even appear in this issue.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A''': Megatron and Cybertron, by [[Livio Ramondelli]]
* '''Cover B''': Megatron at a tipping point, by [[Brendan Cahill]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover''': Megatron unmasked, by [[Marcelo Matere]]

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===Reprints===
*'''''Transformers Volume 2: The Change In Their Nature''''' ([[September 16]], [[2020]]) ISBN 1684056756 / ISBN 978-1684056750
**Hardcover.
**Collects ''Transformers'' issues #13–18 and ''[[Transformers: Galaxies|Galaxies]]'' issues #1–6.
**Bonus material includes alternate covers.

*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 100: Constructicons Rising''''' ([[November 4]], 2020)
:*Contains ''Transformers'' issues #15–17 and ''Galaxies'' issues #1–4.
:*Bonus material includes a 2-page afterword on the full Hachette G1 collection series, a tiny cover gallery of the Hachette series, a retrospective on the various G1 publishing companies, a cover gallery of the IDW issues and an intro by [[Simon Furman]].

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File:DefinitiveG1Collection v100.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 100: Constructicons Rising''''' cover by [[Don Figueroa]] (Scrapper) and [[Livio Ramondelli]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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Quickstrike (BW)

2021-07-29T06:38:14Z

Zandergb: Undo revision 1531372 by Saix (talk)It's notable because the S2 models DID still take liberties with the toy designs, and nobody but Quickstrike has their robot head exposed in beast mode.

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:''Quickstrike is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BW-Quickstrike-render.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|NOBODY TOUCHES PETE'S PIECE!!!]]

'''Quickstrike''' is a violent, trigger-happy cowboy who rarely thinks beyond the next "keister he's gonna kick." This simple-minded lust for beating others up seems to be his overriding personality trait. While this makes him easy to manipulate, which [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] finds extremely useful, the problem he has found is that Quickstrike is ''so'' easy to manipulate that Megatron's not the only one doing so! Both [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have their hooks in him in some form or another, leading Megatron to consider controlling the vicious little bugger through the good old-fashioned method: fear of death. Quickstrike may be stupidly brave most of the time, but only to a point.

{{bigquote|Well, howdy! Don't bother gettin' up, I'll just kick you while you're down!|Quickstrike|"[[Code of Hero]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)|[[Yao Jude]] (Chinese), [[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian, 2nd dub), [[Fabio Tomasini]] (Portuguese) [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Jorge Ornelas]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Pascal Renwick]] (French)}}
[[File:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Quickstrike intro.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Say howdy to mah head!]]
Quickstrike was originally one of the [[Maximal]] [[protoform]]s stored aboard the ''Axalon'', prior to it crashlanding on prehistoric [[Earth]]. When the [[Planet Buster]] exploded, his [[stasis pod]] was knocked out of orbit and crashed in [[Delta Quadrant]], an unstable region. His malfunctioning [[DNA scanner]] gave Quickstrike a dual scorpion/snake [[beast mode]], however when he was awakened, he had no knowledge of his identity as a Maximal. His first action was to engage his fellow [[Fuzor]] [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] in a sparring match. His aggressive nature made him an easy convert to the Predacon cause for [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and he was soon happily attacking the Maximals. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} He took part in the defeat of the Maximals, but only until [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] was resurrected as a [[Transmetal]]. During the fight against the Maximal leader, he was slagged by one of [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]'s errant missiles. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:MaximalNoMore Quickstrike mid-shot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|" 'Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate'... Ah don't ''like'' you wiki writers no more."]]
A short time later, Quickstrike was sent with [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] on a mission to build a refueling station at a cave full of energon. Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate, as all he was really interested in was a good fight, and possibly relations with Blackarachnia. Quickstrike was overjoyed when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and Silverbolt turned up and threw himself into the battle with his usual gusto. When the cave they'd been sent to build at was apparently destroyed, he only retreated after a lengthy parting shot. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} Taking part in an ambush, Quickstrike got the drop on Rattrap, but Rattrap was able to out-draw him and blasted him off a cliff. Quickstrike survived, and when [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] attempted to change sides, was only too happy to face the much-larger Maximal in one-on-one combat. Though he was defeated, Dinobot refused to terminate him, claiming he'd make a good soldier with some training. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

Quickstrike and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] attempted unsuccessfully to defend a jamming tower against Dinobot and Rattrap. Once they reported back to Megatron, they and the other Predacons proceeded to an alien site which had been discovered in the meantime, and set up a [[refractive web]]. They were unprepared when an [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] appeared and blasted them all. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Quickstrike, due to some Transmetal-like quality of his form, recovered quickly from the blast, and ventured into the construct with Megatron and Tarantulas. Megatron soon used him as a guinea pig to see if the construct's defences would respond to them — luckily for Quickstrike, they didn't. After Megatron had taken control of the ship, Quickstrike and the other Predacons defended it against a Maximal attack. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:CodeofHero Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.34|"Awww, this happens every time Ah try to do a barbeque..."]]
While Blackarachnia and Silverbolt were traipsing around the jungle together, Megatron, Quickstrike and Inferno spied on them using a bugging device planted earlier. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} Perhaps uncharacteristically, while the other Predacons were torching a valley full of [[Protohuman]]s, Quickstrike hung back with Megatron. Once Dinobot had exhausted most of his power defeating the others, Quickstrike leaped into battle, believing Dinobot to be less of a warrior without his weapons. Dinobot responded by physically beating the Predacon and slamming him head-first into the ground. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

Quickstrike took part in a desperate attack on the ''Axalon'' when it seemed as though the Maximals would be receiving help from Cybertron. As it turned out they did, and the Predacons were repelled by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s [[transwarp cruiser]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Once Megatron had convinced Ravage to switch sides, the Predacons mounted another attack on the ''Axalon''. Quickstrike rode triumphantly atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]'s tank mode... only to be blasted off by Cheetor and subsequently run over by his comrade. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Quickstrike worked to reassemble himself as Megatron called on the Predacons to get themselves ready for battle. Apparently he wasn't finished in time to take part in the subsequent destruction of the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[File:DeepMetal Quickstrike firing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|BURRRRRRRRP]]
After Rampage disappeared while on a mission, Megatron sent Quickstrike to look for him. Quickstrike soon found the crab at the mercy of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], and was only too happy to lend a hand by shooting the Maximal newcomer. Sadly he didn't have long to celebrate his victory before a cluster of missiles fired by Primal blew him away. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} When the Maximals attempted to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] from the wreck of the ''Axalon'', Quickstrike helped Waspinator by taking on Rattrap and Silverbolt, while his fellow Predacon headed for home with the computer module. He headed over to finish off the unconscious Silverbolt... only to be flattened when Rampage fell on him. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

While the bulk of the Maximal forces were distracted by Megatron's [[Cyber raptor]]s out in the field, Rampage accompanied the Predacon leader in an assault against the Maximals' home base. Quickstrike was given lead position as they entered the base, arising jealousy from Inferno. The reason as to why Quickstrike was allowed to go first became clear moments later as Quickstrike was taken out by a sequence of booby traps. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}}

Attempting to find out what had happened to the [[Transmetal driver]], the Predacons interrogated Depth Charge, only to be attacked by a strange feral cat creature. After promising to make the creature into a ghost, Quickstrike chased it behind a rock. His snake head came back minus the rest of him. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}} During the construction of the [[disruptor cannon]], Quickstrike was the only one <s>foolish</s> brave enough to be welding ''inside'' the weapon barrel when Inferno plugged it in, and was knocked off his perch by the energy surge. Once they got the cannon working, Quickstrike's prognosis of "lookin' good!" proved premature, as it exploded in their faces. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} Quickstrike and the other Predacons attempted to disrupt the power in the Maximal base during an attempt by the Maximals to remove Blackarachnia's Predacon [[shell program]]. He was swiftly dispatched by Cheetor. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

[[File:MasterBlaster Quickstrike in Optimus suit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Check out mah fancy duds!]]
Using one of Tarantulas's devices, Optimus Primal was able to be controlled using an exo-suit manipulated by Quickstrike. The Fuzor was able to rapidly disable the other Maximals, allowing the Predacons to take control of the Maximal base. Using the [[Teletraan I]] control codes stored in Primal, Quickstrike and Megatron gained entry to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], within which lay the body of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Megatron took his predecessor's spark into himself and, while he was weakened from the struggle of doing so, Quickstrike revealed it was a double-cross. On Tarantulas's orders, Quickstrike used Primal to seize the Predacon leader and throw him into the lava outside the Ark. Unfortunately for both the arachnids, Megatron lived, upgraded into a new form. Quickstrike was defeated by Blackarachnia, losing his link with Primal. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

Furious, Megatron held a trial for Quickstrike, however it was interrupted by an unexpected incursion — the [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. Quickstrike was literally blown away along with his Predacon comrades, leaving Megatron the only one standing to face Tigerhawk. {{storylink|Other Victories}} In the aftermath, Inferno, Quickstrike and Waspinator were sent by Megatron to find a new base. They decided on attacking a protohuman colony, though Waspinator refused and was slagged by the other two. Quickstrike and Inferno charged, only to meet with heavy resistance from the natives. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} They finally got the early humans on the run, and were overjoyed to see the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] appear overhead... until the main [[fusion cannon]] fired on the site, killing them both. Among the parts of him salvaged by the early humans were his cobra tail, used as a trumpet, his claws used as a spit, and his faceplate, used as a mask. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====3H comics====
After Megatron gained his dragon body, a temporal distortion drew the attention of both the Maximals and Predacons to a remote canyon, where Quickstrike and his fellow Predacons met their foes. The Maximals were losing, having been fought into a corner, when suddenly the battle was interrupted. The [[Dark Essence]], the source of the temporal distortion, had possessed the newcomer [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] with the life force of [[Unicron]]. Quickstrike and the others were immobilized by Windrazor/Unicron's psionic force blasts, and the merged creature advanced on the Maximals. {{storylink|Paradox}}

These events would soon be retroactively erased from Quickstrike's timeline with the efforts of the legendary [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]]. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
While waiting for his trial for betraying Megatron, Quickstrike was approached by his leader (who'd seemingly taken to talking to himself of late) and given a new mission. He flew over Maximal territory on a small glider, dropping off a small device into the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] before retiring to a safe position to observe. The device soon caused the Maximals to be at each other's throats, a fact he gleefully reported to Megatron. As his leader proceeded with the rest of the plan, Quickstrike relaxed in the sun, and was subsequently unprepared when the Maximals, having overcome the effects of the device, pounced on him. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
[[File:BWGatherQuickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among these moments was Quickstrike and Silverbolt's initial initiation into the Predacon ranks. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Hearing a commotion at some point after the Predacons acquired Sentinel, a distressed Inferno rushed to where he has last left Megatron, bringing Quickstrike in tow. Both were surprised to see that Megatron had completely vanished. In reality, their leader had been chronologically displaced by Magmatron and his lackeys. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Quickstrike joined the hybrid [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] entity's successful coup against Megatron. Waspscream later released [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] from containment to force Protoform X into his service, but not before Protoform X offlined Quickstrike. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:QuickstrikeMetalsManga01.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He's a tall drink a' water, ain't he?]]
Following the [[Quantum surge]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Quickstrike was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]]. Combining the mutated blood in his body with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s warrior drones, Quickstrike fashioned himself the [[Scorpion Corps]] and [[Cobra Corps]]. With his new army, he proceeded to attack the weakened Maximal base, gradually depleting [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel's]] defenses. When the Maximals were forced to shut Sentinel down to let [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in, Quickstrike's attacks really began to take a toll. Seeing an opening, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] entered the base and confronted the Maximals inside.

After she had finished, she left the base just as Quickstrike's forces caused it to collapse completely. Angry at her "interference", Quickstrike began to berate her. Not in the mood, Blackarachnia proceeded to kick Quickstrike's head clean off. Weeping, Quickstrike's noggin sat helplessly on the ground as his decapitated body scrambled around blindly. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Quickstrike recovered, but was promptly killed alongside his troopers by [[Jaguar]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} When Megatron freed the sparks eaten by Rampage, however, the released energies revived Quickstrike as a mindless zombie. He attacked Optimus Primal along with several other zombies, but was ultimately destroyed for good by Primal's rocket-fists. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

===Legends World===
Quickstrike arrived at Tera-Kura Co. for a job interview with Megatron but was taken aback when Megatron asked no questions but instead produced an hourglass and demands that he "appeal to me" (Megatron had recently watched [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|the third movie]]). {{storylink|Legends Vol. 16#The Results of Mega-chan's Studies|The Results of Mega-chan's Studies}} He made the cut, as he was later among Megatron's employees. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}}

After the [[Legends World]] was restored, Quickstrike watched on as [[T-AI|Ai]] attempted to arrest [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] in [[Tera-Kura Co.]] {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Quickstrike participated in Battle MCMXXIII of the [[Games (competition)|Games]], a three-day long struggle that culminated in a stand-off between him and [[Stinkbomb]]. After a heated hand-to-hand battle between the two, Stinkbomb's chemical gun failed him, giving Quickstrike the opening he needed to fire his tail weapon and kill his opponent, winning the game for the Predacons. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Ian James Corlett]] (English), ? (Japanese)}}

Quickstrike participated in an extensive one-on-one beatdown involving nearly every active participant of the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

{{charstubgame}}

===3D Battle Card Game===
Quickstrike fights under the command of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] once more, this time with several allies from (potentially) different universes and/or timelines. He now possesses a new body; although his [[beast mode]] is an approximation of his original form, his transformation scheme and [[robot mode]] are distinctively different. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Quickstrike-Fuzor.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Quickstrike Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward for the "Transmetals Episode 3" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BW-toy Quickstrike.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Space ship of death hole snake]]
*'''Quickstrike''' (Basic Fuzor, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-45'''

: Quickstrike transforms into a scorpion with a cobra's head on his tail rather than a stinger. The cobra head has a soft-plastic bladder than can be used to store and [[Water-squirting gimmick|squirt water]]. Most of its orange parts are translucent plastic, and make extensive use of [[ball joint]]s, particularly in its tail. While this provides excellent articulation, care should be taken as the joints loosen rather quickly with play.

: [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s version of the toy, released in September 1999 as part of the first wave of ''Metals'' toys, has extra blue paint applications on its face and red paint for its eyes. Its scorpion legs are cast in a darker orange color.

: Oddly, the Hasbro version of Quickstrike, in Hasbro packaging with a large Japanese-language sticker on the back, was available in Japan long before the ''Metals'' release as a prize at Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in December 1998 (yes they have KFC in Japan, why not?) as part of a promotion for the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]'' movie. Kids' meals came with a special token used to activate a "gacha" capsule machine in the restaurants; among a number of ''Beast Wars'' themed goods was a special capsule that won the contestant a Hasbro Quickstrike.<ref>[http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Quickstrike/quickstrike.htm More information on Quickstrike at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|VS45}}{{anchor|VsAirazor}}
*'''Heatwave Showdown: Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (VS Pack, 1999)
**''ID number'': '''VS-45'''

: The Japanese ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWM|Metals]]'' release of Quickstrike was available individually or packaged together with [[Transmetal]] [[Airazor (BW)#VS45|Airazor]].

:Both toys are original to their individual (Japanese) releases.

==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Quickstrike''' (2007)

: A 33-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Quickstrike "transforms" from a gold and green scorpion to a gold and green scorpion standing on its hind legs. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]] [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].
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==Notes==
*Like [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], Quickstrike did not have a Predacon shell program installed in his Maximal [[protoform]] state to turn him bad.
*In the jovial Japanese dub, ''Beast Wars Metals'', Quickstrike's cobra tail could talk and think independently from Quickstrike. It would always end its sentences with either "-ko", "-bura", or "-kobura". Another of Quickstrike's quirks in both the cartoon and the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|manga]] was that he'd constantly end his sentences in ''gitchon/gitchonchon'', which essentially translates to ''snippity/snippity-snip''.
*As revealed at [[BotCon 2011]], the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Decepticon]] [[Darksteel (DOTM)|Darksteel]] is an intentional [[homage]] to Quickstrike. This occurred because designer [[Lenny Panzica]] likes snakes.
*Quickstrike's CGI model has a considerably more toy-accurate beast mode than other non-[[Transmetal]] characters. Usually with organic beast modes, all the gaps, seams, and joints that come with the nature of being a Transformer are filled in or omitted to present a completely enclosed animal body. Quickstrike's beast mode, however, has obvious robotic joints in his claws, gaps in his back, and most notably, ''his visible robot head'' on the underside.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク ''Kuikkusutoraiku'')
*''French:'' '''Cinglant''' (Canada, "Scathing")
*''Italian:'' '''Serpex'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kuài Dāo''' (快刀, "Quick Cutter")
*''Polish:'' '''Szybki Cios''' ("Quickstrike")
*''Spanish:'' '''Sorpresivo''' (Spain, "Surprise"), '''Cobra''' (America)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends World natives]]

Savage Landing Part 6

2021-07-28T19:55:21Z

Zandergb: Undo revision 1531371 by Saix (talk) https://static.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/08/r_grimlock028.jpg This is CLEARLY blue. And was my edit incorrect in any way? No.

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]'' #6
|prev=Savage Landing Part 5
|next=Pod Part 1
|title="Savage Landing Part 6"
|image=BW21 6 cvrA.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 28]], 2021
|coverdate=July 2021
|written by=[[Erik Burnham]]
|art by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Jake M. Wood]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]], [[Tom Waltz]] and [[Riley Farmer]]
|continuity=''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]''
}}

'''Loyalties are tested as the Maximals and Predacons clash in the first battle of the Beast Wars.'''

==Synopsis==
A deadly game of hide-and-seek plays out in the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' as [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] searches for [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and tries to bait the little [[Maximal]] into confronting him. Rattrap's too smart to fall for the trick, however; as he spies on the Predacon from the ceiling in his [[beast mode]], he watches as the Predacon loses interest in the hunt and turns his attention to a nearby science laboratory. Rattrap watches as Tarantulas breaks into their lab, musing that he still might be able to plunder some Maximal science for his own use before he destroys the ship.

As the battle outside rages on, [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] joins the fray and immediately drops [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] by tearing his arms off. As [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] grapples with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] fights [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], the ever-ambitious [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] takes in the fight from above; although he's confident that Dinobot will take out Megatron and leave ''him'' in a position of power, [[Nyx]] takes him by surprise and challenges the Predacon flier to a rematch!

From his vantage point inside the ship's duct system, Rattrap watches as Tarantulas hacks into the Maximal computer network and accesses the flight log. The Predacon scientist discovers that the ship was hauling a cargo of [[protoform]]s; now that they're in orbit around the planet, all he has to do is hack the system, call the [[stasis pod]]s down to the surface, and raise an army for himself! Rattrap can't let Tarantulas get the stasis pods, but knows that he'll come off the worse in any direct confrontation. This gives him another idea, however, and the rat skitters off down the shaft, towards another section of the cargo hold...

Megatron overpowers Optimus, and the Predacon leader gloats that killing Optimus and his crew are just the first step on the road to galactic conquest. Magnanimous as ever, Megatron gives them a bargain: surrender now and die with dignity, and he'll memorialize them in the historical records. Primal has no intention of going down that easily, however, and frees himself from Megatron's grip with his own two fists. As he charges his cannon, Megatron decides that he'll ''still'' immortalize Primal... but as he prepares to fire, Nyx saves her captain by throwing Terrorsaur into Megatron's way!

While Tarantulas wrestles with the uncooperative Maximal security system, Rattrap has just enough time to spring an unpleasant surprise on the Predacon scientist; after goading him into the ship's corridor, Rattrap powers up the ship's [[GCMG-Five|cargo-loading exoskeleton]] and uses it to toss Tarantulas out the window before he finishes repairing the ship's shields force field. As the force field flares to life, the Maximals fall back towards the ship; Nyx encourages Dinobot to fall back with them, as the screen is specifically keyed to prevent Predacons from getting through... unfortunately, that restriction extends to ''Dinobot'', who's left stranded on the outside as the Predacons close in. Although the honorable warrior is confident that he can take them alone, Megatron points out that he only got as far as he did because he had surprise on this side. ''This'' time, however, that advantage is ''theirs''... and no sooner does he say this before Tarantulas leaps from behind and stabs Dinobot through the chest! The warrior promptly collapses, and the other Predacons close in to finish the job; as the grisly beatdown plays out, Nyx shouts that they have to do ''something''. Primal hits on the idea of using their ship's weapons to penetrate the force field—his first volley is a warning shot, and when Primal tells Megatron to gather his cronies and leave before he fires again, Megatron does so... but not before getting in one last kick on Dinobot's prone body. As the Predacons transform and retreat, Megatron warns Primal that he was a fool for not pushing the advantage when he had it; one day, he will pay for that mistake with his life.

A few days later, Optimus and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] hold another sparring match as the Maximal leader tries to clear his head. Megatron's parting words weighed on him heavily—after all, his actions nearly got Nyx killed and his reluctance to trust Dinobot nearly cost them the fight. Rhinox reminds him that nobody's perfect, but Primal can't second-guess himself, not with rogue Predacons breathing down their necks. Rhinox asks how Dinobot's doing, but Optimus admits he doesn't know if he'll pull through; the damage was extensive, and the shipboard [[CR chamber]] can only do so much... but he finds his question answered when Dinobot limps into the gymnasium on an improvised walking stick to deliver the news—although he'll live, the injuries he sustained were severe. Unsure if he'll ever be able to fight the way he used to, Dinobot's stopped by to say his goodbyes before he exiles himself in the wilderness, but Primal stops and asks him to reconsider. The Maximal leader reminds Dinobot that he was named for [[Dinobot (G1)|the original Dinobot]]s; in Dinobot, Primal sees their ferocious brand of heroism. No matter his condition, Primal would be honored if Dinobot joined the Maximals, and after a moment's reflection Dinobot hesitantly accepts the offer.

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashback.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s/[[Autobot]]s|c1=
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (2)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
* [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] (8)
* [[Nyx]] (10)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (11)
* ''[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'' (13)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s/[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (1)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (3)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (7)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (9)
* [[Skold]] (12)
* ''[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]'' (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"The '''history of Cybertron''' is being written, yes! Here and now! But if you '''surrender''' and die with '''dignity''', I shall allow a '''brief mention''' of your pointless '''valor''' in the '''official record!'''" 
"Megatron—nff—'''YOU TALK TOO MUCH!'''"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"This thing has so much power I bet I could chuck you right through the reinforced polymer of the windows! What odds ya give me?" 
"No!" 
"No odds? That ain't very sporting. I don't think I wanna play with bad sports."
:—'''Rattrap''' versus '''Tarantulas'''

"Maximals never did understand the difference between winning a battle and winning a war. You were a fool not to press your advantage, Optimus Primal, and you will pay for it with your life one day! Mark my words—'''Megatron will be victorious!'''"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Nyx is eager for a rematch after her last bout with Terrorsaur in [[Savage Landing Part 2|issue #2]], where he managed to knock her unconscious and capture her.
* Tarantulas gloats that he's finally gotten revenge on Dinobot for destroying his [[Transformation Lock Lens|transformation lock lens]], the device he used to torture Nyx in [[Savage Landing Part 3|issue #3]].
* The first arc of the series closes as it began, with Optimus Primal and Rhinox holding a sparring session in the ship's gymnasium as per [[Savage Landing Part 1|issue #1]].
* The flashback to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] features another glimpse of the unusual "gashed" moon that orbits Cybertron as seen in issue #1, which was itself a reference to a background detail in the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon.

===Transformers references===
* Tarantulas derisively refers to Rattrap as "vermin", the insult-slash-nickname Dinobot frequently used in the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.
* To defeat Tarantulas, Rattrap uses an [[GMCG-Five|industrial exoskeleton]] to overpower and dispose of the Predacon scientist. Visually, this walker takes some inspiration from the mech suit Rattrap briefly donned in the ''Beast Machines'' episode "[[The Weak Component]]"... though it takes a few visual cues from another robot suit famously used to fight space bugs (See "Real-world references" below for more on that).
* Tarantulas swears by the [[Pit (BW)|Pit]], a frequent Predacon curse in the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.
* Optimus namedrops the original [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s as he discusses the inspiration for Dinobot's name. While multiple sources, including ''[[Dawn of the Predacus]]'' and "[[The Hot Rod]]", have ''implied'' that the ever-honorable Dinobot took his name from the legendary Autobot warriors, this is the first work to draw an ''explicit'' connection between the two. Intriguingly, the Dinobots are noted to have "disappeared" at some point during the conflict, a detail which may or may not be relevant down the line...
* The flashback to the Great War features a glimpse of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Although he's wearing a version of his original ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' form, he sports a white, black, and gold colour scheme that matches his [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#War_for_Cybertron:_Kingdom|''Kingdom'' toy]]—fitting livery for a ''Beast Wars'' comic.

===Real-world references===
* Rattrap's exo-walker includes a few details inspired by the famous [[wikia:avp:P-5000 Powered Work Loader|power loader]] from ''{{w|Aliens (film)|Aliens}}'', most prominently the big hazard-striped clamp-hands.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Cry havoc and let slip the Beast Wars, by [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Cover B:''' Nyx and Skold, by [[Dan Schoening]] and [[Luis Antonio Delgado]].
*'''Cover RI:''' The Maximals, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]

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Savage Landing Part 6

2021-07-28T17:30:54Z

Zandergb: /* Transformers references */ Switched BW toy ref to Kingdom toy. The BW toy had blue, not black.

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]'' #6
|prev=Savage Landing Part 5
|next=Pod Part 1
|title="Savage Landing Part 6"
|image=BW21 6 cvrA.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 28]], 2021
|coverdate=July 2021
|written by=[[Erik Burnham]]
|art by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Jake M. Wood]]
|editor=[[David Mariotte]], [[Tom Waltz]] and [[Riley Farmer]]
|continuity=''[[Transformers: Beast Wars]]''
}}

'''Loyalties are tested as the Maximals and Predacons clash in the first battle of the Beast Wars.'''

==Synopsis==
A deadly game of hide-and-seek plays out in the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' as [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] searches for [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and tries to bait the little [[Maximal]] into confronting him. Rattrap's too smart to fall for the trick, however; as he spies on the Predacon from the ceiling in his [[beast mode]], he watches as the Predacon loses interest in the hunt and turns his attention to a nearby science laboratory. Rattrap watches as Tarantulas breaks into their lab, musing that he still might be able to plunder some Maximal science for his own use before he destroys the ship.

As the battle outside rages on, [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] joins the fray and immediately drops [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] by tearing his arms off. As [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] grapples with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] fights [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], the ever-ambitious [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] takes in the fight from above; although he's confident that Dinobot will take out Megatron and leave ''him'' in a position of power, [[Nyx]] takes him by surprise and challenges the Predacon flier to a rematch!

From his vantage point inside the ship's duct system, Rattrap watches as Tarantulas hacks into the Maximal computer network and accesses the flight log. The Predacon scientist discovers that the ship was hauling a cargo of [[protoform]]s; now that they're in orbit around the planet, all he has to do is hack the system, call the [[stasis pod]]s down to the surface, and raise an army for himself! Rattrap can't let Tarantulas get the stasis pods, but knows that he'll come off the worse in any direct confrontation. This gives him another idea, however, and the rat skitters off down the shaft, towards another section of the cargo hold...

Megatron overpowers Optimus, and the Predacon leader gloats that killing Optimus and his crew are just the first step on the road to galactic conquest. Magnanimous as ever, Megatron gives them a bargain: surrender now and die with dignity, and he'll memorialize them in the historical records. Primal has no intention of going down that easily, however, and frees himself from Megatron's grip with his own two fists. As he charges his cannon, Megatron decides that he'll ''still'' immortalize Primal... but as he prepares to fire, Nyx saves her captain by throwing Terrorsaur into Megatron's way!

While Tarantulas wrestles with the uncooperative Maximal security system, Rattrap has just enough time to spring an unpleasant surprise on the Predacon scientist; after goading him into the ship's corridor, Rattrap powers up the ship's [[GCMG-Five|cargo-loading exoskeleton]] and uses it to toss Tarantulas out the window before he finishes repairing the ship's shields force field. As the force field flares to life, the Maximals fall back towards the ship; Nyx encourages Dinobot to fall back with them, as the screen is specifically keyed to prevent Predacons from getting through... unfortunately, that restriction extends to ''Dinobot'', who's left stranded on the outside as the Predacons close in. Although the honorable warrior is confident that he can take them alone, Megatron points out that he only got as far as he did because he had surprise on this side. ''This'' time, however, that advantage is ''theirs''... and no sooner does he say this before Tarantulas leaps from behind and stabs Dinobot through the chest! The warrior promptly collapses, and the other Predacons close in to finish the job; as the grisly beatdown plays out, Nyx shouts that they have to do ''something''. Primal hits on the idea of using their ship's weapons to penetrate the force field—his first volley is a warning shot, and when Primal tells Megatron to gather his cronies and leave before he fires again, Megatron does so... but not before getting in one last kick on Dinobot's prone body. As the Predacons transform and retreat, Megatron warns Primal that he was a fool for not pushing the advantage when he had it; one day, he will pay for that mistake with his life.

A few days later, Optimus and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] hold another sparring match as the Maximal leader tries to clear his head. Megatron's parting words weighed on him heavily—after all, his actions nearly got Nyx killed and his reluctance to trust Dinobot nearly cost them the fight. Rhinox reminds him that nobody's perfect, but Primal can't second-guess himself, not with rogue Predacons breathing down their necks. Rhinox asks how Dinobot's doing, but Optimus admits he doesn't know if he'll pull through; the damage was extensive, and the shipboard [[CR chamber]] can only do so much... but he finds his question answered when Dinobot limps into the gymnasium on an improvised walking stick to deliver the news—although he'll live, the injuries he sustained were severe. Unsure if he'll ever be able to fight the way he used to, Dinobot's stopped by to say his goodbyes before he exiles himself in the wilderness, but Primal stops and asks him to reconsider. The Maximal leader reminds Dinobot that he was named for [[Dinobot (G1)|the original Dinobot]]s; in Dinobot, Primal sees their ferocious brand of heroism. No matter his condition, Primal would be honored if Dinobot joined the Maximals, and after a moment's reflection Dinobot hesitantly accepts the offer.

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashback.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s/[[Autobot]]s|c1=
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (2)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
* [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] (8)
* [[Nyx]] (10)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (11)
* ''[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'' (13)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s/[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (1)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (3)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (7)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (9)
* [[Skold]] (12)
* ''[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]'' (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"The '''history of Cybertron''' is being written, yes! Here and now! But if you '''surrender''' and die with '''dignity''', I shall allow a '''brief mention''' of your pointless '''valor''' in the '''official record!'''" 
"Megatron—nff—'''YOU TALK TOO MUCH!'''"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"This thing has so much power I bet I could chuck you right through the reinforced polymer of the windows! What odds ya give me?" 
"No!" 
"No odds? That ain't very sporting. I don't think I wanna play with bad sports."
:—'''Rattrap''' versus '''Tarantulas'''

"Maximals never did understand the difference between winning a battle and winning a war. You were a fool not to press your advantage, Optimus Primal, and you will pay for it with your life one day! Mark my words—'''Megatron will be victorious!'''"
:—'''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Nyx is eager for a rematch after her last bout with Terrorsaur in [[Savage Landing Part 2|issue #2]], where he managed to knock her unconscious and capture her.
* Tarantulas gloats that he's finally gotten revenge on Dinobot for destroying his [[Transformation Lock Lens|transformation lock lens]], the device he used to torture Nyx in [[Savage Landing Part 3|issue #3]].
* The first arc of the series closes as it began, with Optimus Primal and Rhinox holding a sparring session in the ship's gymnasium as per [[Savage Landing Part 1|issue #1]].
* The flashback to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] features another glimpse of the unusual "gashed" moon that orbits Cybertron as seen in issue #1, which was itself a reference to a background detail in the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon.

===Transformers references===
* Tarantulas derisively refers to Rattrap as "vermin", the insult-slash-nickname Dinobot frequently used in the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.
* To defeat Tarantulas, Rattrap uses an [[GMCG-Five|industrial exoskeleton]] to overpower and dispose of the Predacon scientist. Visually, this walker takes some inspiration from the mech suit Rattrap briefly donned in the ''Beast Machines'' episode "[[The Weak Component]]"... though it takes a few visual cues from another robot suit famously used to fight space bugs (See "Real-world references" below for more on that).
* Tarantulas swears by the [[Pit (BW)|Pit]], a frequent Predacon curse in the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.
* Optimus namedrops the original [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s as he discusses the inspiration for Dinobot's name. While multiple sources, including ''[[Dawn of the Predacus]]'' and "[[The Hot Rod]]", have ''implied'' that the ever-honorable Dinobot took his name from the legendary Autobot warriors, this is the first work to draw an ''explicit'' connection between the two. Intriguingly, the Dinobots are noted to have "disappeared" at some point during the conflict, a detail which may or may not be relevant down the line...
* The flashback to the Great War features a glimpse of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Although he's wearing a version of his original ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' form, he sports a white, black, and gold colour scheme that matches his [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#War_for_Cybertron:_Kingdom|''Kingdom'' toy]]—fitting livery for a ''Beast Wars'' comic.

===Real-world references===
* Rattrap's exo-walker includes a few details inspired by the famous [[wikia:avp:P-5000 Powered Work Loader|power loader]] from ''{{w|Aliens (film)|Aliens}}'', most prominently the big hazard-striped clamp-hands.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Cry havoc and let slip the Beast Wars, by [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Cover B:''' Nyx and Skold, by [[Dan Schoening]] and [[Luis Antonio Delgado]].
*'''Cover RI:''' The Maximals, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[John-Paul Bove]]

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</gallery>

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==External links==
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Anode

2021-04-22T19:02:20Z

Zandergb: /* Notes */ Added confirmation from the artist.

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:''Anode is an unaligned [[Transformer]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:LL5 subcvrA.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|This snowflake becomes her dead girlfriend and that's hardly the weirdest thing on this wiki.]]
'''Anode''' gets into trouble. Originally a [[blacksmith]], Anode was a specialist who is able to—with training—sculpt a malfunctioning [[protoform]] into its intended working order. However, for reasons she long refused to disclose, the sharp-tongued and irreverent Anode fled this life and declared herself instead an archaeologist, treasure-hunter, and adventurer. From [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] and beyond, there's no large, menacing creature she's not willing to tick off (either on purpose or by accident) and no artifact too risky for her to retrieve. Her partner and spouse [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]] can be a calming influence, but, when push inevitably comes to shove, she loves every obnoxious circuit in Anode's body.

{{quote|Welcome to life with Anode. I defy anyone to spend an afternoon with her and not end up '''dead'''.|[[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]|[[An Axe to Break the Ice]].}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|''Lost Light'' #1]]}}

Anode was born assigned male on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While certain members of the [[Primal Vanguard]] began identifying as "she" after off-world missions and encounters with organic races, Anode became bemused by the very concept of gender, and did not understand the significance of the pronouns until she left Cybertron when the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] broke out. After meeting several organic races, Anode decided she felt more comfortable as a "she" and she had her chassis rebuilt into a more feminine form. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

[[File:LL4 sculpt the metal.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2]]
Some time in the past, Anode made her way to Caminus, over five hundred years before [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] reestablished regular interplanetary ties among Cybertronian worlds. A daring risk-taker from an early age, she began honing her natural skills as a [[blacksmith]] in the [[Lighthouse]], helping newborn protoforms by sculpting their [[Living metal|sentio metallico]]. Unfortunately, Anode's brash nature led her into performing a live sculpting on a struggling protoform before she was truly ready, and the protoform subsequently died. Though the other members of the Lighthouse were understanding and forgiving, Anode couldn't bring herself to quit, so instead she fudged the facility's records to make it look like she'd stolen the facility's supplies of sentio metallico, then fled Caminus forever. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

[[File:Anode some other cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|You shall not pass!]]
Five hundred years ago, Anode and Lug travelled to [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] at the behest of the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]] (who she called "Techy") in search of a piece of rare [[Living metal|widowed metal]]. They found themselves on the wrong side of a [[Decepticon]] [[Cybernought]]; although Anode deployed a forcefield, Lug was convinced that they were going to die. Anode was spared by the machinations of the [[time travel]]ling [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]; as part of his efforts to rescue the "[[Disappeared]]", he took Anode to the future and stored her in a [[stasis pod]] until she could recover from the disorienting effects of the time-skip.

In the present day, Anode woke up on the [[Necroworld]] along with the dozens of other refugees the Necrobot had collected. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} However, her senses were still scrambled by the effects of the time jump, and as a result she began hallucinating that Lug had arrived with her, holding regular conversations between herself and "Lug." {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

Anode attended a debriefing held by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] to help bring the disoriented time-travelers up to speed on recent events. Anode was less than impressed by the Autobot's boring delivery. The two then were accosted by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who annoyed them with some nonsensical questions under the pretense of conducting "background checks." When she told Swerve to leave, the red [[Autobot]] sarcastically mentioned that she should see [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] for "timesickness"—remembering Velocity from their time together on Caminus, Anode tried to leave the Necroworld via [[Teleport chamber|teleporter]] before Velocity could track her down. [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] caught her before they could escape; although she received a reprimand for almost wasting the one-use teleporter, Anode was fascinated to see Drift's [[Great Sword]]. Rodimus and his allies decided to use the teleporter to head back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pick up another ship, and Anode stayed behind with the other time-displaced Cybertronians. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

[[File:BadMoonRising-Anodealtmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|I see dead people.]]
Anode and "Lug" later reconvened by the Necrobot's monument to the disappeared, where they discussed recent events and what the future held for them. Though Anode professed an aloofness regarding her new friends, she eventually confessed that she was interested in their quest for [[Cyberutopia]], though "Lug" joked that she would be more interested in plundering its treasures than starting a new life there. Her one-sided conversation was interrupted by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s fight with [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], and over the course of the battle she was sent flying and impaled on a piece of debris. [[Kaput]] tended to her wounds before Velocity arrived to discuss what had transpired when Anode fled Caminus. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}} Anode explained that she'd falsified her records before fleeing; realizing that she'd never heard the story, "Lug" was unable to conceal her sense of betrayal and fled back to the memorial. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode caught up with her, where "Lug" revealed that she'd always thought that ''she'' was the reason why Anode had fled her homeworld. Anode revealed her history as a blacksmith and noted that she needed a reason for her coworkers to hate her, unable to live with the guilt. Anode apologized, but realized that her friend had vanished...{{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

Anode returned to the medibay to search for Lug, only to realize that nobody had any idea who she was talking about. Anode's explanation prompted the staff to reveal security tapes of her emerging alone from her stasis pod; after scanning the list of names on the Necrobot's monument, she realized that Lug hadn't travelled to the future with her, and was merely a timesickness-induced hallucination. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}} Kaput then took her, Nautica, and Velocity to Lug's flower where he explained how Lug had died. Realizing that the Necrobot had preserved some of Lug's Spark energy inside the flower, Anode had a brainwave and rushed back to the fortress. She explained her plan to resurrect Lug by using the snowflake as a receptacle for Lug's Spark. It was touch and go for a second there but the new protoform stabilized and Anode showed off her "new" backpack to [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] when the group returned to their own universe. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} After Lug had fully grown, Anode confessed the truth behind the Lighthouse. The two snuggled up afterwards. As Lug played with Roller, Anode questioned Nautica (since they were now besties!) on her eye-patch. Anode boarded the [[Skip|ship]] when the group left Necroworld. {{storylink|After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|After Megatron}}

[[File:AnAxeToBreakTheIce-survivalpresent.jpg|thumb|upright=2|''Might as well face it/You're addicted to [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]'']]
When the ladies stopped off at [[Troja Major]]'s [[Howling Town]], Anode asked to borrow money from Nautica only to learn ten thousand [[Shanix|shanix]] was still considered a lot of money so she decided to steal the mood pipes she wanted instead. After fleeing from a displeased (and quite scary looking) [[Rust Giant]], Anode began smelling [[Living metal|sentio metallico]] and followed it to a warehouse where she flung open a coffin to try and find the new body. As it turned out, the coffin ''was'' [[Infinite|a mech]]. The mech tried to attack Anode and Lug only for Anode to realize he was a newborn and reacting on instinct. The three were then ambushed by the [[Black Block Consortia]] who demanded Anode and Lug step aside and hand over the mech. Unwilling to do so, the organics opened fire only for Lug to tackle Anode to safety but allowing the newborn to die. As Anode grieved, [[Wipe-Out]] suddenly made himself known and motioned for the two to follow him. As the three escaped, Wipe-Out revealed that the blacksmiths were under threat and being targeted. At a bar, the three compared notes (namely who the Black Block Consortia was and Anode and Lug's genders) before Techy's troops, led by [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] teleported into the bar and cornered them. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

Anode took this in stride and happily greeted Flame...only for Wipe-Out to inform her that Flame ''wasn't'' the Grand Architect. After enduring Flame's annoyingly euphemistic phrases, Anode attempted a heroic punch but soon decided to flee, turning to jet mode while having Lug and Wipe-Out grab her. She flew back to the funeral compound where they'd fist found the coffin mech and procured a leftover sample of his ''sentio metallico'' for Wipe-Out to analyze who found the metal held the blueprints for millions of alternate modes. Suddenly getting a call from Velocity, the trio walked to [[Mengel]]'s compound where Nautica's super-sized alternate mode burst out before the group made a brisk getaway. After said getaway, Anode offered Wipe-Out a place in their adventures but he turned it down. {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}}

Back on Skip, Anode engaged a prank war with Swerve by having Lug repaint herself and pretend to be Swerve's biggest fan. In retaliation, Swerve had Velocity call in Anode for a medical exam and inform her that she had a "second head" in her rear armature. An enraged Anode decided to take things further by getting [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] to plant a fake bomb in Swerve's head before waking him up to make it seem like she was using [[magnetizing spray]] to fuse him to his recharge slab. However, this only succeeded in causing a fire and triggering the ship's sprinklers, which Swerve had already filled with the magnetizing spray so he could trick her into getting stuck onto Ultra Magnus. While Lug succeeded in pulling Anode off of Magnus, she was thrown into an emotionally devastated [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]. Anode was able to avoid the irate Cyclonus' sword thanks to a warning from Swerve, though the blade cut through [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] instead. As the ship erupted into chaos, Anode revealed her full scheme to Swerve just before [[Ten]] interrupted the squabbling by unexpectedly speaking. {{storylink|Sardines}}

On Ten's instructions, the crew modified the ship so they could jump through "compressed space" and get a [[Mederi]] center so they could save the ailing [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]. However, as Skip was contracting in on them as his body returned to regular size, Anode and the others were forced to abandon ship and were subsequently exposed to compressed space, seemingly killing them and bringing them to the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metastasis}} Not entirely concerned or convinced that they were dead, Anode and Lug went straight to stealing soft [[ununtrium]] from a temple, which earned them a scolding from Nautica. The couple then went for the giant [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] floating in the Afterspark's sky to see what they could pillage from it. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}} What they didn't realize however was that the "Afterspark" was in fact the original Mederi center, designed by the [[Omega Guardian]]s to euthanize its patients by generating illusions that made them happy and ready to "ascend". As Anode and Lug gathered under the Matrix so they could "ascend", Rodimus and his group destroyed Mederi's power source, shattering the illusion. Before the team could figure out where to go from there, they were attacked by an army of [[Sparkeater (creature)|sparkeaters]] created from the mutineers of the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}}}
{{--}}

====The Functionist Universe====
[[File:AWorldMisplaced-Anode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
In an [[Functionist Universe|alternate timeline]] where the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] never occurred, Anode was a qualified blacksmith who had abandoned her comfortable life in favor of joining the [[Anti-Vocationist League]] in fighting the totalitarian [[Functionist Council]]. In this capacity she worked alongside rogue Council member [[Nine-of-Twelve]]. Through circumstances untold, she had adopted a feminine identity and chassis like her main timeline counterpart.

When a group of castaways from an alternate universe arrived and immediately ran afoul of the local [[Functionary|Functionaries]], Anode watched as the group returned to their headquarters in [[Kalis|Adaptica]], and later observed a live feed of the Functionist Council revealing the "true purpose" of [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]. The group's musings were interrupted by the sudden return of [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode and Nine-of-Twelve watched in abject horror as the now-weaponized moon began laying waste to their city using tractor beams. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}
{{--}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Anode was one of many Transformers who watched an illegal [[skitter]] race at [[Swindle's]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's}}

==Notes==
[[File:Anode-IDW-Jack Lawrence.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|]]
*An {{w|anode}} is a polarized electrical device.
*Anode was originally going to appear by running into [[Getaway]]'s ''Lost Light'' crew. When ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' became ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'', Roberts changed that to the Necrobot taking her to Necroworld so any new readers could meet the characters and concepts alongside Anode.<ref>[https://boroughcon.com/2017/04/revealing-greatness-with-james-roberts/ Interview with Boroughcon]</ref>
*[[Jack Lawrence]] designed Anode's Cybertronian biplane mode after [[James Roberts]] was inspired by the opening sequence of the 1981 Indiana Jones film ''{{w|Raiders of the Lost Ark}}''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1340725069912416258 Tweet by @jroberts332, 20 December 2020]</ref>
*Anode's [[transformation]] scheme is patterned on ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/JLawrence_Art/status/1078567544636821504 Tweet by @JLawrence_Art, 28 December 2018]</ref>
*Anode appears to have a fear of [[scraplet]]s per her terrified reaction to them in [[Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|''Lost Light'' #19]].

==References==
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[[Category:Anti-Vocationist League]]
[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Disappeared]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]

Anode

2021-04-22T18:50:08Z

Zandergb: Undo revision 1501510 by Escargon (talk) It's not just the legs. The feet, arms, & wing kibble on her back are the same. She debuted soon after the toy, & Lug is based on a TR toy as well.

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{{featured}}
:''Anode is an unaligned [[Transformer]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:LL5 subcvrA.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|This snowflake becomes her dead girlfriend and that's hardly the weirdest thing on this wiki.]]
'''Anode''' gets into trouble. Originally a [[blacksmith]], Anode was a specialist who is able to—with training—sculpt a malfunctioning [[protoform]] into its intended working order. However, for reasons she long refused to disclose, the sharp-tongued and irreverent Anode fled this life and declared herself instead an archaeologist, treasure-hunter, and adventurer. From [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] and beyond, there's no large, menacing creature she's not willing to tick off (either on purpose or by accident) and no artifact too risky for her to retrieve. Her partner and spouse [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]] can be a calming influence, but, when push inevitably comes to shove, she loves every obnoxious circuit in Anode's body.

{{quote|Welcome to life with Anode. I defy anyone to spend an afternoon with her and not end up '''dead'''.|[[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]|[[An Axe to Break the Ice]].}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|''Lost Light'' #1]]}}

Anode was born assigned male on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While certain members of the [[Primal Vanguard]] began identifying as "she" after off-world missions and encounters with organic races, Anode became bemused by the very concept of gender, and did not understand the significance of the pronouns until she left Cybertron when the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] broke out. After meeting several organic races, Anode decided she felt more comfortable as a "she" and she had her chassis rebuilt into a more feminine form. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

[[File:LL4 sculpt the metal.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2]]
Some time in the past, Anode made her way to Caminus, over five hundred years before [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] reestablished regular interplanetary ties among Cybertronian worlds. A daring risk-taker from an early age, she began honing her natural skills as a [[blacksmith]] in the [[Lighthouse]], helping newborn protoforms by sculpting their [[Living metal|sentio metallico]]. Unfortunately, Anode's brash nature led her into performing a live sculpting on a struggling protoform before she was truly ready, and the protoform subsequently died. Though the other members of the Lighthouse were understanding and forgiving, Anode couldn't bring herself to quit, so instead she fudged the facility's records to make it look like she'd stolen the facility's supplies of sentio metallico, then fled Caminus forever. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

[[File:Anode some other cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|You shall not pass!]]
Five hundred years ago, Anode and Lug travelled to [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] at the behest of the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]] (who she called "Techy") in search of a piece of rare [[Living metal|widowed metal]]. They found themselves on the wrong side of a [[Decepticon]] [[Cybernought]]; although Anode deployed a forcefield, Lug was convinced that they were going to die. Anode was spared by the machinations of the [[time travel]]ling [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]; as part of his efforts to rescue the "[[Disappeared]]", he took Anode to the future and stored her in a [[stasis pod]] until she could recover from the disorienting effects of the time-skip.

In the present day, Anode woke up on the [[Necroworld]] along with the dozens of other refugees the Necrobot had collected. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} However, her senses were still scrambled by the effects of the time jump, and as a result she began hallucinating that Lug had arrived with her, holding regular conversations between herself and "Lug." {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

Anode attended a debriefing held by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] to help bring the disoriented time-travelers up to speed on recent events. Anode was less than impressed by the Autobot's boring delivery. The two then were accosted by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who annoyed them with some nonsensical questions under the pretense of conducting "background checks." When she told Swerve to leave, the red [[Autobot]] sarcastically mentioned that she should see [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] for "timesickness"—remembering Velocity from their time together on Caminus, Anode tried to leave the Necroworld via [[Teleport chamber|teleporter]] before Velocity could track her down. [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] caught her before they could escape; although she received a reprimand for almost wasting the one-use teleporter, Anode was fascinated to see Drift's [[Great Sword]]. Rodimus and his allies decided to use the teleporter to head back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pick up another ship, and Anode stayed behind with the other time-displaced Cybertronians. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

[[File:BadMoonRising-Anodealtmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|I see dead people.]]
Anode and "Lug" later reconvened by the Necrobot's monument to the disappeared, where they discussed recent events and what the future held for them. Though Anode professed an aloofness regarding her new friends, she eventually confessed that she was interested in their quest for [[Cyberutopia]], though "Lug" joked that she would be more interested in plundering its treasures than starting a new life there. Her one-sided conversation was interrupted by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s fight with [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], and over the course of the battle she was sent flying and impaled on a piece of debris. [[Kaput]] tended to her wounds before Velocity arrived to discuss what had transpired when Anode fled Caminus. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}} Anode explained that she'd falsified her records before fleeing; realizing that she'd never heard the story, "Lug" was unable to conceal her sense of betrayal and fled back to the memorial. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode caught up with her, where "Lug" revealed that she'd always thought that ''she'' was the reason why Anode had fled her homeworld. Anode revealed her history as a blacksmith and noted that she needed a reason for her coworkers to hate her, unable to live with the guilt. Anode apologized, but realized that her friend had vanished...{{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

Anode returned to the medibay to search for Lug, only to realize that nobody had any idea who she was talking about. Anode's explanation prompted the staff to reveal security tapes of her emerging alone from her stasis pod; after scanning the list of names on the Necrobot's monument, she realized that Lug hadn't travelled to the future with her, and was merely a timesickness-induced hallucination. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}} Kaput then took her, Nautica, and Velocity to Lug's flower where he explained how Lug had died. Realizing that the Necrobot had preserved some of Lug's Spark energy inside the flower, Anode had a brainwave and rushed back to the fortress. She explained her plan to resurrect Lug by using the snowflake as a receptacle for Lug's Spark. It was touch and go for a second there but the new protoform stabilized and Anode showed off her "new" backpack to [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] when the group returned to their own universe. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} After Lug had fully grown, Anode confessed the truth behind the Lighthouse. The two snuggled up afterwards. As Lug played with Roller, Anode questioned Nautica (since they were now besties!) on her eye-patch. Anode boarded the [[Skip|ship]] when the group left Necroworld. {{storylink|After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|After Megatron}}

[[File:AnAxeToBreakTheIce-survivalpresent.jpg|thumb|upright=2|''Might as well face it/You're addicted to [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]'']]
When the ladies stopped off at [[Troja Major]]'s [[Howling Town]], Anode asked to borrow money from Nautica only to learn ten thousand [[Shanix|shanix]] was still considered a lot of money so she decided to steal the mood pipes she wanted instead. After fleeing from a displeased (and quite scary looking) [[Rust Giant]], Anode began smelling [[Living metal|sentio metallico]] and followed it to a warehouse where she flung open a coffin to try and find the new body. As it turned out, the coffin ''was'' [[Infinite|a mech]]. The mech tried to attack Anode and Lug only for Anode to realize he was a newborn and reacting on instinct. The three were then ambushed by the [[Black Block Consortia]] who demanded Anode and Lug step aside and hand over the mech. Unwilling to do so, the organics opened fire only for Lug to tackle Anode to safety but allowing the newborn to die. As Anode grieved, [[Wipe-Out]] suddenly made himself known and motioned for the two to follow him. As the three escaped, Wipe-Out revealed that the blacksmiths were under threat and being targeted. At a bar, the three compared notes (namely who the Black Block Consortia was and Anode and Lug's genders) before Techy's troops, led by [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] teleported into the bar and cornered them. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

Anode took this in stride and happily greeted Flame...only for Wipe-Out to inform her that Flame ''wasn't'' the Grand Architect. After enduring Flame's annoyingly euphemistic phrases, Anode attempted a heroic punch but soon decided to flee, turning to jet mode while having Lug and Wipe-Out grab her. She flew back to the funeral compound where they'd fist found the coffin mech and procured a leftover sample of his ''sentio metallico'' for Wipe-Out to analyze who found the metal held the blueprints for millions of alternate modes. Suddenly getting a call from Velocity, the trio walked to [[Mengel]]'s compound where Nautica's super-sized alternate mode burst out before the group made a brisk getaway. After said getaway, Anode offered Wipe-Out a place in their adventures but he turned it down. {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}}

Back on Skip, Anode engaged a prank war with Swerve by having Lug repaint herself and pretend to be Swerve's biggest fan. In retaliation, Swerve had Velocity call in Anode for a medical exam and inform her that she had a "second head" in her rear armature. An enraged Anode decided to take things further by getting [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] to plant a fake bomb in Swerve's head before waking him up to make it seem like she was using [[magnetizing spray]] to fuse him to his recharge slab. However, this only succeeded in causing a fire and triggering the ship's sprinklers, which Swerve had already filled with the magnetizing spray so he could trick her into getting stuck onto Ultra Magnus. While Lug succeeded in pulling Anode off of Magnus, she was thrown into an emotionally devastated [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]. Anode was able to avoid the irate Cyclonus' sword thanks to a warning from Swerve, though the blade cut through [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] instead. As the ship erupted into chaos, Anode revealed her full scheme to Swerve just before [[Ten]] interrupted the squabbling by unexpectedly speaking. {{storylink|Sardines}}

On Ten's instructions, the crew modified the ship so they could jump through "compressed space" and get a [[Mederi]] center so they could save the ailing [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]. However, as Skip was contracting in on them as his body returned to regular size, Anode and the others were forced to abandon ship and were subsequently exposed to compressed space, seemingly killing them and bringing them to the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metastasis}} Not entirely concerned or convinced that they were dead, Anode and Lug went straight to stealing soft [[ununtrium]] from a temple, which earned them a scolding from Nautica. The couple then went for the giant [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] floating in the Afterspark's sky to see what they could pillage from it. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}} What they didn't realize however was that the "Afterspark" was in fact the original Mederi center, designed by the [[Omega Guardian]]s to euthanize its patients by generating illusions that made them happy and ready to "ascend". As Anode and Lug gathered under the Matrix so they could "ascend", Rodimus and his group destroyed Mederi's power source, shattering the illusion. Before the team could figure out where to go from there, they were attacked by an army of [[Sparkeater (creature)|sparkeaters]] created from the mutineers of the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}}}
{{--}}

====The Functionist Universe====
[[File:AWorldMisplaced-Anode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
In an [[Functionist Universe|alternate timeline]] where the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] never occurred, Anode was a qualified blacksmith who had abandoned her comfortable life in favor of joining the [[Anti-Vocationist League]] in fighting the totalitarian [[Functionist Council]]. In this capacity she worked alongside rogue Council member [[Nine-of-Twelve]]. Through circumstances untold, she had adopted a feminine identity and chassis like her main timeline counterpart.

When a group of castaways from an alternate universe arrived and immediately ran afoul of the local [[Functionary|Functionaries]], Anode watched as the group returned to their headquarters in [[Kalis|Adaptica]], and later observed a live feed of the Functionist Council revealing the "true purpose" of [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]. The group's musings were interrupted by the sudden return of [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode and Nine-of-Twelve watched in abject horror as the now-weaponized moon began laying waste to their city using tractor beams. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}
{{--}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Anode was one of many Transformers who watched an illegal [[skitter]] race at [[Swindle's]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's}}

==Notes==
[[File:Anode-IDW-Jack Lawrence.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|]]
*An {{w|anode}} is a polarized electrical device.
*Anode was originally going to appear by running into [[Getaway]]'s ''Lost Light'' crew. When ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' became ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'', Roberts changed that to the Necrobot taking her to Necroworld so any new readers could meet the characters and concepts alongside Anode.<ref>[https://boroughcon.com/2017/04/revealing-greatness-with-james-roberts/ Interview with Boroughcon]</ref>
*[[Jack Lawrence]] designed Anode's Cybertronian biplane mode after [[James Roberts]] was inspired by the opening sequence of the 1981 Indiana Jones film ''{{w|Raiders of the Lost Ark}}''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1340725069912416258 Tweet by @jroberts332, 20 December 2020]</ref>
*Anode's [[transformation]] scheme is patterned on ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]].
*Anode appears to have a fear of [[scraplet]]s per her terrified reaction to them in [[Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|''Lost Light'' #19]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Anti-Vocationist League]]
[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Disappeared]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]

Anode

2021-04-22T18:34:26Z

Zandergb: Undo revision 1501277 by Cyberlink420 (talk) Restored transformation note AGAIN. Why is it being deleted? The article even has the panel where it's shown.

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:''Anode is an unaligned [[Transformer]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:LL5 subcvrA.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|This snowflake becomes her dead girlfriend and that's hardly the weirdest thing on this wiki.]]
'''Anode''' gets into trouble. Originally a [[blacksmith]], Anode was a specialist who is able to—with training—sculpt a malfunctioning [[protoform]] into its intended working order. However, for reasons she long refused to disclose, the sharp-tongued and irreverent Anode fled this life and declared herself instead an archaeologist, treasure-hunter, and adventurer. From [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] and beyond, there's no large, menacing creature she's not willing to tick off (either on purpose or by accident) and no artifact too risky for her to retrieve. Her partner and spouse [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]] can be a calming influence, but, when push inevitably comes to shove, she loves every obnoxious circuit in Anode's body.

{{quote|Welcome to life with Anode. I defy anyone to spend an afternoon with her and not end up '''dead'''.|[[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]|[[An Axe to Break the Ice]].}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|''Lost Light'' #1]]}}

Anode was born assigned male on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While certain members of the [[Primal Vanguard]] began identifying as "she" after off-world missions and encounters with organic races, Anode became bemused by the very concept of gender, and did not understand the significance of the pronouns until she left Cybertron when the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] broke out. After meeting several organic races, Anode decided she felt more comfortable as a "she" and she had her chassis rebuilt into a more feminine form. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

[[File:LL4 sculpt the metal.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2]]
Some time in the past, Anode made her way to Caminus, over five hundred years before [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] reestablished regular interplanetary ties among Cybertronian worlds. A daring risk-taker from an early age, she began honing her natural skills as a [[blacksmith]] in the [[Lighthouse]], helping newborn protoforms by sculpting their [[Living metal|sentio metallico]]. Unfortunately, Anode's brash nature led her into performing a live sculpting on a struggling protoform before she was truly ready, and the protoform subsequently died. Though the other members of the Lighthouse were understanding and forgiving, Anode couldn't bring herself to quit, so instead she fudged the facility's records to make it look like she'd stolen the facility's supplies of sentio metallico, then fled Caminus forever. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

[[File:Anode some other cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|You shall not pass!]]
Five hundred years ago, Anode and Lug travelled to [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] at the behest of the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]] (who she called "Techy") in search of a piece of rare [[Living metal|widowed metal]]. They found themselves on the wrong side of a [[Decepticon]] [[Cybernought]]; although Anode deployed a forcefield, Lug was convinced that they were going to die. Anode was spared by the machinations of the [[time travel]]ling [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]; as part of his efforts to rescue the "[[Disappeared]]", he took Anode to the future and stored her in a [[stasis pod]] until she could recover from the disorienting effects of the time-skip.

In the present day, Anode woke up on the [[Necroworld]] along with the dozens of other refugees the Necrobot had collected. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} However, her senses were still scrambled by the effects of the time jump, and as a result she began hallucinating that Lug had arrived with her, holding regular conversations between herself and "Lug." {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

Anode attended a debriefing held by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] to help bring the disoriented time-travelers up to speed on recent events. Anode was less than impressed by the Autobot's boring delivery. The two then were accosted by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who annoyed them with some nonsensical questions under the pretense of conducting "background checks." When she told Swerve to leave, the red [[Autobot]] sarcastically mentioned that she should see [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] for "timesickness"—remembering Velocity from their time together on Caminus, Anode tried to leave the Necroworld via [[Teleport chamber|teleporter]] before Velocity could track her down. [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] caught her before they could escape; although she received a reprimand for almost wasting the one-use teleporter, Anode was fascinated to see Drift's [[Great Sword]]. Rodimus and his allies decided to use the teleporter to head back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pick up another ship, and Anode stayed behind with the other time-displaced Cybertronians. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

[[File:BadMoonRising-Anodealtmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|I see dead people.]]
Anode and "Lug" later reconvened by the Necrobot's monument to the disappeared, where they discussed recent events and what the future held for them. Though Anode professed an aloofness regarding her new friends, she eventually confessed that she was interested in their quest for [[Cyberutopia]], though "Lug" joked that she would be more interested in plundering its treasures than starting a new life there. Her one-sided conversation was interrupted by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s fight with [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], and over the course of the battle she was sent flying and impaled on a piece of debris. [[Kaput]] tended to her wounds before Velocity arrived to discuss what had transpired when Anode fled Caminus. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}} Anode explained that she'd falsified her records before fleeing; realizing that she'd never heard the story, "Lug" was unable to conceal her sense of betrayal and fled back to the memorial. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode caught up with her, where "Lug" revealed that she'd always thought that ''she'' was the reason why Anode had fled her homeworld. Anode revealed her history as a blacksmith and noted that she needed a reason for her coworkers to hate her, unable to live with the guilt. Anode apologized, but realized that her friend had vanished...{{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

Anode returned to the medibay to search for Lug, only to realize that nobody had any idea who she was talking about. Anode's explanation prompted the staff to reveal security tapes of her emerging alone from her stasis pod; after scanning the list of names on the Necrobot's monument, she realized that Lug hadn't travelled to the future with her, and was merely a timesickness-induced hallucination. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}} Kaput then took her, Nautica, and Velocity to Lug's flower where he explained how Lug had died. Realizing that the Necrobot had preserved some of Lug's Spark energy inside the flower, Anode had a brainwave and rushed back to the fortress. She explained her plan to resurrect Lug by using the snowflake as a receptacle for Lug's Spark. It was touch and go for a second there but the new protoform stabilized and Anode showed off her "new" backpack to [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] when the group returned to their own universe. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} After Lug had fully grown, Anode confessed the truth behind the Lighthouse. The two snuggled up afterwards. As Lug played with Roller, Anode questioned Nautica (since they were now besties!) on her eye-patch. Anode boarded the [[Skip|ship]] when the group left Necroworld. {{storylink|After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|After Megatron}}

[[File:AnAxeToBreakTheIce-survivalpresent.jpg|thumb|upright=2|''Might as well face it/You're addicted to [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]'']]
When the ladies stopped off at [[Troja Major]]'s [[Howling Town]], Anode asked to borrow money from Nautica only to learn ten thousand [[Shanix|shanix]] was still considered a lot of money so she decided to steal the mood pipes she wanted instead. After fleeing from a displeased (and quite scary looking) [[Rust Giant]], Anode began smelling [[Living metal|sentio metallico]] and followed it to a warehouse where she flung open a coffin to try and find the new body. As it turned out, the coffin ''was'' [[Infinite|a mech]]. The mech tried to attack Anode and Lug only for Anode to realize he was a newborn and reacting on instinct. The three were then ambushed by the [[Black Block Consortia]] who demanded Anode and Lug step aside and hand over the mech. Unwilling to do so, the organics opened fire only for Lug to tackle Anode to safety but allowing the newborn to die. As Anode grieved, [[Wipe-Out]] suddenly made himself known and motioned for the two to follow him. As the three escaped, Wipe-Out revealed that the blacksmiths were under threat and being targeted. At a bar, the three compared notes (namely who the Black Block Consortia was and Anode and Lug's genders) before Techy's troops, led by [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] teleported into the bar and cornered them. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

Anode took this in stride and happily greeted Flame...only for Wipe-Out to inform her that Flame ''wasn't'' the Grand Architect. After enduring Flame's annoyingly euphemistic phrases, Anode attempted a heroic punch but soon decided to flee, turning to jet mode while having Lug and Wipe-Out grab her. She flew back to the funeral compound where they'd fist found the coffin mech and procured a leftover sample of his ''sentio metallico'' for Wipe-Out to analyze who found the metal held the blueprints for millions of alternate modes. Suddenly getting a call from Velocity, the trio walked to [[Mengel]]'s compound where Nautica's super-sized alternate mode burst out before the group made a brisk getaway. After said getaway, Anode offered Wipe-Out a place in their adventures but he turned it down. {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}}

Back on Skip, Anode engaged a prank war with Swerve by having Lug repaint herself and pretend to be Swerve's biggest fan. In retaliation, Swerve had Velocity call in Anode for a medical exam and inform her that she had a "second head" in her rear armature. An enraged Anode decided to take things further by getting [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] to plant a fake bomb in Swerve's head before waking him up to make it seem like she was using [[magnetizing spray]] to fuse him to his recharge slab. However, this only succeeded in causing a fire and triggering the ship's sprinklers, which Swerve had already filled with the magnetizing spray so he could trick her into getting stuck onto Ultra Magnus. While Lug succeeded in pulling Anode off of Magnus, she was thrown into an emotionally devastated [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]. Anode was able to avoid the irate Cyclonus' sword thanks to a warning from Swerve, though the blade cut through [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] instead. As the ship erupted into chaos, Anode revealed her full scheme to Swerve just before [[Ten]] interrupted the squabbling by unexpectedly speaking. {{storylink|Sardines}}

On Ten's instructions, the crew modified the ship so they could jump through "compressed space" and get a [[Mederi]] center so they could save the ailing [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]. However, as Skip was contracting in on them as his body returned to regular size, Anode and the others were forced to abandon ship and were subsequently exposed to compressed space, seemingly killing them and bringing them to the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metastasis}} Not entirely concerned or convinced that they were dead, Anode and Lug went straight to stealing soft [[ununtrium]] from a temple, which earned them a scolding from Nautica. The couple then went for the giant [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] floating in the Afterspark's sky to see what they could pillage from it. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}} What they didn't realize however was that the "Afterspark" was in fact the original Mederi center, designed by the [[Omega Guardian]]s to euthanize its patients by generating illusions that made them happy and ready to "ascend". As Anode and Lug gathered under the Matrix so they could "ascend", Rodimus and his group destroyed Mederi's power source, shattering the illusion. Before the team could figure out where to go from there, they were attacked by an army of [[Sparkeater (creature)|sparkeaters]] created from the mutineers of the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}}}
{{--}}

====The Functionist Universe====
[[File:AWorldMisplaced-Anode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
In an [[Functionist Universe|alternate timeline]] where the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] never occurred, Anode was a qualified blacksmith who had abandoned her comfortable life in favor of joining the [[Anti-Vocationist League]] in fighting the totalitarian [[Functionist Council]]. In this capacity she worked alongside rogue Council member [[Nine-of-Twelve]]. Through circumstances untold, she had adopted a feminine identity and chassis like her main timeline counterpart.

When a group of castaways from an alternate universe arrived and immediately ran afoul of the local [[Functionary|Functionaries]], Anode watched as the group returned to their headquarters in [[Kalis|Adaptica]], and later observed a live feed of the Functionist Council revealing the "true purpose" of [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]. The group's musings were interrupted by the sudden return of [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode and Nine-of-Twelve watched in abject horror as the now-weaponized moon began laying waste to their city using tractor beams. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}
{{--}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Anode was one of many Transformers who watched an illegal [[skitter]] race at [[Swindle's]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's}}

==Notes==
[[File:Anode-IDW-Jack Lawrence.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|]]
*An {{w|anode}} is a polarized electrical device.
*Anode was originally going to appear by running into [[Getaway]]'s ''Lost Light'' crew. When ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' became ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'', Roberts changed that to the Necrobot taking her to Necroworld so any new readers could meet the characters and concepts alongside Anode.<ref>[https://boroughcon.com/2017/04/revealing-greatness-with-james-roberts/ Interview with Boroughcon]</ref>
*[[Jack Lawrence]] designed Anode's Cybertronian biplane mode after [[James Roberts]] was inspired by the opening sequence of the 1981 Indiana Jones film ''{{w|Raiders of the Lost Ark}}''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1340725069912416258 Tweet by @jroberts332, 20 December 2020]</ref>
*Anode's [[transformation]] scheme is patterned on ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]].
*Anode appears to have a fear of [[scraplet]]s per her terrified reaction to them in [[Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|''Lost Light'' #19]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Anti-Vocationist League]]
[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Disappeared]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]

Anode

2021-04-21T20:05:30Z

Zandergb: /* Notes */

{{factions|adaptus}}
{{featured}}
:''Anode is an unaligned [[Transformer]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:LL5 subcvrA.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|This snowflake becomes her dead girlfriend and that's hardly the weirdest thing on this wiki.]]
'''Anode''' gets into trouble. Originally a [[blacksmith]], Anode was a specialist who is able to—with training—sculpt a malfunctioning [[protoform]] into its intended working order. However, for reasons she long refused to disclose, the sharp-tongued and irreverent Anode fled this life and declared herself instead an archaeologist, treasure-hunter, and adventurer. From [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] and beyond, there's no large, menacing creature she's not willing to tick off (either on purpose or by accident) and no artifact too risky for her to retrieve. Her partner and spouse [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]] can be a calming influence, but, when push inevitably comes to shove, she loves every obnoxious circuit in Anode's body.

{{quote|Welcome to life with Anode. I defy anyone to spend an afternoon with her and not end up '''dead'''.|[[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]|[[An Axe to Break the Ice]].}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|''Lost Light'' #1]]}}

Anode was born assigned male on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While certain members of the [[Primal Vanguard]] began identifying as "she" after off-world missions and encounters with organic races, Anode became bemused by the very concept of gender, and did not understand the significance of the pronouns until she left Cybertron when the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] broke out. After meeting several organic races, Anode decided she felt more comfortable as a "she" and she had her chassis rebuilt into a more feminine form. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

[[File:LL4 sculpt the metal.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2]]
Some time in the past, Anode made her way to Caminus, over five hundred years before [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] reestablished regular interplanetary ties among Cybertronian worlds. A daring risk-taker from an early age, she began honing her natural skills as a [[blacksmith]] in the [[Lighthouse]], helping newborn protoforms by sculpting their [[Living metal|sentio metallico]]. Unfortunately, Anode's brash nature led her into performing a live sculpting on a struggling protoform before she was truly ready, and the protoform subsequently died. Though the other members of the Lighthouse were understanding and forgiving, Anode couldn't bring herself to quit, so instead she fudged the facility's records to make it look like she'd stolen the facility's supplies of sentio metallico, then fled Caminus forever. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

[[File:Anode some other cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|You shall not pass!]]
Five hundred years ago, Anode and Lug travelled to [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] at the behest of the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]] (who she called "Techy") in search of a piece of rare [[Living metal|widowed metal]]. They found themselves on the wrong side of a [[Decepticon]] [[Cybernought]]; although Anode deployed a forcefield, Lug was convinced that they were going to die. Anode was spared by the machinations of the [[time travel]]ling [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]; as part of his efforts to rescue the "[[Disappeared]]", he took Anode to the future and stored her in a [[stasis pod]] until she could recover from the disorienting effects of the time-skip.

In the present day, Anode woke up on the [[Necroworld]] along with the dozens of other refugees the Necrobot had collected. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} However, her senses were still scrambled by the effects of the time jump, and as a result she began hallucinating that Lug had arrived with her, holding regular conversations between herself and "Lug." {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

Anode attended a debriefing held by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] to help bring the disoriented time-travelers up to speed on recent events. Anode was less than impressed by the Autobot's boring delivery. The two then were accosted by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who annoyed them with some nonsensical questions under the pretense of conducting "background checks." When she told Swerve to leave, the red [[Autobot]] sarcastically mentioned that she should see [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] for "timesickness"—remembering Velocity from their time together on Caminus, Anode tried to leave the Necroworld via [[Teleport chamber|teleporter]] before Velocity could track her down. [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] caught her before they could escape; although she received a reprimand for almost wasting the one-use teleporter, Anode was fascinated to see Drift's [[Great Sword]]. Rodimus and his allies decided to use the teleporter to head back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pick up another ship, and Anode stayed behind with the other time-displaced Cybertronians. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

[[File:BadMoonRising-Anodealtmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|I see dead people.]]
Anode and "Lug" later reconvened by the Necrobot's monument to the disappeared, where they discussed recent events and what the future held for them. Though Anode professed an aloofness regarding her new friends, she eventually confessed that she was interested in their quest for [[Cyberutopia]], though "Lug" joked that she would be more interested in plundering its treasures than starting a new life there. Her one-sided conversation was interrupted by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s fight with [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], and over the course of the battle she was sent flying and impaled on a piece of debris. [[Kaput]] tended to her wounds before Velocity arrived to discuss what had transpired when Anode fled Caminus. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}} Anode explained that she'd falsified her records before fleeing; realizing that she'd never heard the story, "Lug" was unable to conceal her sense of betrayal and fled back to the memorial. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode caught up with her, where "Lug" revealed that she'd always thought that ''she'' was the reason why Anode had fled her homeworld. Anode revealed her history as a blacksmith and noted that she needed a reason for her coworkers to hate her, unable to live with the guilt. Anode apologized, but realized that her friend had vanished...{{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

Anode returned to the medibay to search for Lug, only to realize that nobody had any idea who she was talking about. Anode's explanation prompted the staff to reveal security tapes of her emerging alone from her stasis pod; after scanning the list of names on the Necrobot's monument, she realized that Lug hadn't travelled to the future with her, and was merely a timesickness-induced hallucination. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}} Kaput then took her, Nautica, and Velocity to Lug's flower where he explained how Lug had died. Realizing that the Necrobot had preserved some of Lug's Spark energy inside the flower, Anode had a brainwave and rushed back to the fortress. She explained her plan to resurrect Lug by using the snowflake as a receptacle for Lug's Spark. It was touch and go for a second there but the new protoform stabilized and Anode showed off her "new" backpack to [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] when the group returned to their own universe. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} After Lug had fully grown, Anode confessed the truth behind the Lighthouse. The two snuggled up afterwards. As Lug played with Roller, Anode questioned Nautica (since they were now besties!) on her eye-patch. Anode boarded the [[Skip|ship]] when the group left Necroworld. {{storylink|After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|After Megatron}}

[[File:AnAxeToBreakTheIce-survivalpresent.jpg|thumb|upright=2|''Might as well face it/You're addicted to [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]'']]
When the ladies stopped off at [[Troja Major]]'s [[Howling Town]], Anode asked to borrow money from Nautica only to learn ten thousand [[Shanix|shanix]] was still considered a lot of money so she decided to steal the mood pipes she wanted instead. After fleeing from a displeased (and quite scary looking) [[Rust Giant]], Anode began smelling [[Living metal|sentio metallico]] and followed it to a warehouse where she flung open a coffin to try and find the new body. As it turned out, the coffin ''was'' [[Infinite|a mech]]. The mech tried to attack Anode and Lug only for Anode to realize he was a newborn and reacting on instinct. The three were then ambushed by the [[Black Block Consortia]] who demanded Anode and Lug step aside and hand over the mech. Unwilling to do so, the organics opened fire only for Lug to tackle Anode to safety but allowing the newborn to die. As Anode grieved, [[Wipe-Out]] suddenly made himself known and motioned for the two to follow him. As the three escaped, Wipe-Out revealed that the blacksmiths were under threat and being targeted. At a bar, the three compared notes (namely who the Black Block Consortia was and Anode and Lug's genders) before Techy's troops, led by [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] teleported into the bar and cornered them. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

Anode took this in stride and happily greeted Flame...only for Wipe-Out to inform her that Flame ''wasn't'' the Grand Architect. After enduring Flame's annoyingly euphemistic phrases, Anode attempted a heroic punch but soon decided to flee, turning to jet mode while having Lug and Wipe-Out grab her. She flew back to the funeral compound where they'd fist found the coffin mech and procured a leftover sample of his ''sentio metallico'' for Wipe-Out to analyze who found the metal held the blueprints for millions of alternate modes. Suddenly getting a call from Velocity, the trio walked to [[Mengel]]'s compound where Nautica's super-sized alternate mode burst out before the group made a brisk getaway. After said getaway, Anode offered Wipe-Out a place in their adventures but he turned it down. {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}}

Back on Skip, Anode engaged a prank war with Swerve by having Lug repaint herself and pretend to be Swerve's biggest fan. In retaliation, Swerve had Velocity call in Anode for a medical exam and inform her that she had a "second head" in her rear armature. An enraged Anode decided to take things further by getting [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] to plant a fake bomb in Swerve's head before waking him up to make it seem like she was using [[magnetizing spray]] to fuse him to his recharge slab. However, this only succeeded in causing a fire and triggering the ship's sprinklers, which Swerve had already filled with the magnetizing spray so he could trick her into getting stuck onto Ultra Magnus. While Lug succeeded in pulling Anode off of Magnus, she was thrown into an emotionally devastated [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]. Anode was able to avoid the irate Cyclonus' sword thanks to a warning from Swerve, though the blade cut through [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] instead. As the ship erupted into chaos, Anode revealed her full scheme to Swerve just before [[Ten]] interrupted the squabbling by unexpectedly speaking. {{storylink|Sardines}}

On Ten's instructions, the crew modified the ship so they could jump through "compressed space" and get a [[Mederi]] center so they could save the ailing [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]. However, as Skip was contracting in on them as his body returned to regular size, Anode and the others were forced to abandon ship and were subsequently exposed to compressed space, seemingly killing them and bringing them to the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metastasis}} Not entirely concerned or convinced that they were dead, Anode and Lug went straight to stealing soft [[ununtrium]] from a temple, which earned them a scolding from Nautica. The couple then went for the giant [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] floating in the Afterspark's sky to see what they could pillage from it. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}} What they didn't realize however was that the "Afterspark" was in fact the original Mederi center, designed by the [[Omega Guardian]]s to euthanize its patients by generating illusions that made them happy and ready to "ascend". As Anode and Lug gathered under the Matrix so they could "ascend", Rodimus and his group destroyed Mederi's power source, shattering the illusion. Before the team could figure out where to go from there, they were attacked by an army of [[Sparkeater (creature)|sparkeaters]] created from the mutineers of the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}}}
{{-}}

====The Functionist Universe====
[[File:AWorldMisplaced-Anode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
In an [[Functionist Universe|alternate timeline]] where the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] never occurred, Anode was a qualified blacksmith who had abandoned her comfortable life in favor of joining the [[Anti-Vocationist League]] in fighting the totalitarian [[Functionist Council]]. In this capacity she worked alongside rogue Council member [[Nine-of-Twelve]]. Through circumstances untold, she had adopted a feminine identity and chassis like her main timeline counterpart.

When a group of castaways from an alternate universe arrived and immediately ran afoul of the local [[Functionary|Functionaries]], Anode watched as the group returned to their headquarters in [[Kalis|Adaptica]], and later observed a live feed of the Functionist Council revealing the "true purpose" of [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]. The group's musings were interrupted by the sudden return of [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode and Nine-of-Twelve watched in abject horror as the now-weaponized moon began laying waste to their city using tractor beams. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

{{-}}
===2019 IDW continuity===
Anode was one of many Transformers who watched an illegal [[skitter]] race at [[Swindle's]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's}}

{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:Anode-IDW-Jack Lawrence.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|]]
*An {{w|anode}} is a polarized electrical device.
*Anode was originally going to appear by running into [[Getaway]]'s ''Lost Light'' crew. When ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' became ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'', Roberts changed that to the Necrobot taking her to Necroworld so any new readers could meet the characters and concepts alongside Anode.<ref>[https://boroughcon.com/2017/04/revealing-greatness-with-james-roberts/ Interview with Boroughcon]</ref>
*[[Jack Lawrence]] designed Anode's Cybertronian biplane mode after [[James Roberts]] was inspired by the opening sequence of the 1981 Indiana Jones film ''{{w|Raiders of the Lost Ark}}''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1340725069912416258 Tweet by @jroberts332, 20 December 2020]</ref>
*Anode's [[transformation]] scheme is patterned on ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]].
*Anode appears to have a fear of [[scraplet]]s per her terrified reaction to them in [[Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|''Lost Light'' #19]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Anti-Vocationist League]]
[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Disappeared]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]

Anode

2021-04-21T20:05:08Z

Zandergb: /* Notes */ restored transformation scheme note

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:''Anode is an unaligned [[Transformer]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:LL5 subcvrA.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|This snowflake becomes her dead girlfriend and that's hardly the weirdest thing on this wiki.]]
'''Anode''' gets into trouble. Originally a [[blacksmith]], Anode was a specialist who is able to—with training—sculpt a malfunctioning [[protoform]] into its intended working order. However, for reasons she long refused to disclose, the sharp-tongued and irreverent Anode fled this life and declared herself instead an archaeologist, treasure-hunter, and adventurer. From [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] and beyond, there's no large, menacing creature she's not willing to tick off (either on purpose or by accident) and no artifact too risky for her to retrieve. Her partner and spouse [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]] can be a calming influence, but, when push inevitably comes to shove, she loves every obnoxious circuit in Anode's body.

{{quote|Welcome to life with Anode. I defy anyone to spend an afternoon with her and not end up '''dead'''.|[[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]|[[An Axe to Break the Ice]].}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|''Lost Light'' #1]]}}

Anode was born assigned male on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While certain members of the [[Primal Vanguard]] began identifying as "she" after off-world missions and encounters with organic races, Anode became bemused by the very concept of gender, and did not understand the significance of the pronouns until she left Cybertron when the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] broke out. After meeting several organic races, Anode decided she felt more comfortable as a "she" and she had her chassis rebuilt into a more feminine form. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

[[File:LL4 sculpt the metal.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2]]
Some time in the past, Anode made her way to Caminus, over five hundred years before [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] reestablished regular interplanetary ties among Cybertronian worlds. A daring risk-taker from an early age, she began honing her natural skills as a [[blacksmith]] in the [[Lighthouse]], helping newborn protoforms by sculpting their [[Living metal|sentio metallico]]. Unfortunately, Anode's brash nature led her into performing a live sculpting on a struggling protoform before she was truly ready, and the protoform subsequently died. Though the other members of the Lighthouse were understanding and forgiving, Anode couldn't bring herself to quit, so instead she fudged the facility's records to make it look like she'd stolen the facility's supplies of sentio metallico, then fled Caminus forever. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

[[File:Anode some other cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|You shall not pass!]]
Five hundred years ago, Anode and Lug travelled to [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] at the behest of the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]] (who she called "Techy") in search of a piece of rare [[Living metal|widowed metal]]. They found themselves on the wrong side of a [[Decepticon]] [[Cybernought]]; although Anode deployed a forcefield, Lug was convinced that they were going to die. Anode was spared by the machinations of the [[time travel]]ling [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]; as part of his efforts to rescue the "[[Disappeared]]", he took Anode to the future and stored her in a [[stasis pod]] until she could recover from the disorienting effects of the time-skip.

In the present day, Anode woke up on the [[Necroworld]] along with the dozens of other refugees the Necrobot had collected. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} However, her senses were still scrambled by the effects of the time jump, and as a result she began hallucinating that Lug had arrived with her, holding regular conversations between herself and "Lug." {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

Anode attended a debriefing held by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] to help bring the disoriented time-travelers up to speed on recent events. Anode was less than impressed by the Autobot's boring delivery. The two then were accosted by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who annoyed them with some nonsensical questions under the pretense of conducting "background checks." When she told Swerve to leave, the red [[Autobot]] sarcastically mentioned that she should see [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] for "timesickness"—remembering Velocity from their time together on Caminus, Anode tried to leave the Necroworld via [[Teleport chamber|teleporter]] before Velocity could track her down. [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] caught her before they could escape; although she received a reprimand for almost wasting the one-use teleporter, Anode was fascinated to see Drift's [[Great Sword]]. Rodimus and his allies decided to use the teleporter to head back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pick up another ship, and Anode stayed behind with the other time-displaced Cybertronians. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

[[File:BadMoonRising-Anodealtmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2|I see dead people.]]
Anode and "Lug" later reconvened by the Necrobot's monument to the disappeared, where they discussed recent events and what the future held for them. Though Anode professed an aloofness regarding her new friends, she eventually confessed that she was interested in their quest for [[Cyberutopia]], though "Lug" joked that she would be more interested in plundering its treasures than starting a new life there. Her one-sided conversation was interrupted by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s fight with [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], and over the course of the battle she was sent flying and impaled on a piece of debris. [[Kaput]] tended to her wounds before Velocity arrived to discuss what had transpired when Anode fled Caminus. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}} Anode explained that she'd falsified her records before fleeing; realizing that she'd never heard the story, "Lug" was unable to conceal her sense of betrayal and fled back to the memorial. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode caught up with her, where "Lug" revealed that she'd always thought that ''she'' was the reason why Anode had fled her homeworld. Anode revealed her history as a blacksmith and noted that she needed a reason for her coworkers to hate her, unable to live with the guilt. Anode apologized, but realized that her friend had vanished...{{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

Anode returned to the medibay to search for Lug, only to realize that nobody had any idea who she was talking about. Anode's explanation prompted the staff to reveal security tapes of her emerging alone from her stasis pod; after scanning the list of names on the Necrobot's monument, she realized that Lug hadn't travelled to the future with her, and was merely a timesickness-induced hallucination. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}} Kaput then took her, Nautica, and Velocity to Lug's flower where he explained how Lug had died. Realizing that the Necrobot had preserved some of Lug's Spark energy inside the flower, Anode had a brainwave and rushed back to the fortress. She explained her plan to resurrect Lug by using the snowflake as a receptacle for Lug's Spark. It was touch and go for a second there but the new protoform stabilized and Anode showed off her "new" backpack to [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] when the group returned to their own universe. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} After Lug had fully grown, Anode confessed the truth behind the Lighthouse. The two snuggled up afterwards. As Lug played with Roller, Anode questioned Nautica (since they were now besties!) on her eye-patch. Anode boarded the [[Skip|ship]] when the group left Necroworld. {{storylink|After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|After Megatron}}

[[File:AnAxeToBreakTheIce-survivalpresent.jpg|thumb|upright=2|''Might as well face it/You're addicted to [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]'']]
When the ladies stopped off at [[Troja Major]]'s [[Howling Town]], Anode asked to borrow money from Nautica only to learn ten thousand [[Shanix|shanix]] was still considered a lot of money so she decided to steal the mood pipes she wanted instead. After fleeing from a displeased (and quite scary looking) [[Rust Giant]], Anode began smelling [[Living metal|sentio metallico]] and followed it to a warehouse where she flung open a coffin to try and find the new body. As it turned out, the coffin ''was'' [[Infinite|a mech]]. The mech tried to attack Anode and Lug only for Anode to realize he was a newborn and reacting on instinct. The three were then ambushed by the [[Black Block Consortia]] who demanded Anode and Lug step aside and hand over the mech. Unwilling to do so, the organics opened fire only for Lug to tackle Anode to safety but allowing the newborn to die. As Anode grieved, [[Wipe-Out]] suddenly made himself known and motioned for the two to follow him. As the three escaped, Wipe-Out revealed that the blacksmiths were under threat and being targeted. At a bar, the three compared notes (namely who the Black Block Consortia was and Anode and Lug's genders) before Techy's troops, led by [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] teleported into the bar and cornered them. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

Anode took this in stride and happily greeted Flame...only for Wipe-Out to inform her that Flame ''wasn't'' the Grand Architect. After enduring Flame's annoyingly euphemistic phrases, Anode attempted a heroic punch but soon decided to flee, turning to jet mode while having Lug and Wipe-Out grab her. She flew back to the funeral compound where they'd fist found the coffin mech and procured a leftover sample of his ''sentio metallico'' for Wipe-Out to analyze who found the metal held the blueprints for millions of alternate modes. Suddenly getting a call from Velocity, the trio walked to [[Mengel]]'s compound where Nautica's super-sized alternate mode burst out before the group made a brisk getaway. After said getaway, Anode offered Wipe-Out a place in their adventures but he turned it down. {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}}

Back on Skip, Anode engaged a prank war with Swerve by having Lug repaint herself and pretend to be Swerve's biggest fan. In retaliation, Swerve had Velocity call in Anode for a medical exam and inform her that she had a "second head" in her rear armature. An enraged Anode decided to take things further by getting [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] to plant a fake bomb in Swerve's head before waking him up to make it seem like she was using [[magnetizing spray]] to fuse him to his recharge slab. However, this only succeeded in causing a fire and triggering the ship's sprinklers, which Swerve had already filled with the magnetizing spray so he could trick her into getting stuck onto Ultra Magnus. While Lug succeeded in pulling Anode off of Magnus, she was thrown into an emotionally devastated [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]. Anode was able to avoid the irate Cyclonus' sword thanks to a warning from Swerve, though the blade cut through [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] instead. As the ship erupted into chaos, Anode revealed her full scheme to Swerve just before [[Ten]] interrupted the squabbling by unexpectedly speaking. {{storylink|Sardines}}

On Ten's instructions, the crew modified the ship so they could jump through "compressed space" and get a [[Mederi]] center so they could save the ailing [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]. However, as Skip was contracting in on them as his body returned to regular size, Anode and the others were forced to abandon ship and were subsequently exposed to compressed space, seemingly killing them and bringing them to the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metastasis}} Not entirely concerned or convinced that they were dead, Anode and Lug went straight to stealing soft [[ununtrium]] from a temple, which earned them a scolding from Nautica. The couple then went for the giant [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] floating in the Afterspark's sky to see what they could pillage from it. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}} What they didn't realize however was that the "Afterspark" was in fact the original Mederi center, designed by the [[Omega Guardian]]s to euthanize its patients by generating illusions that made them happy and ready to "ascend". As Anode and Lug gathered under the Matrix so they could "ascend", Rodimus and his group destroyed Mederi's power source, shattering the illusion. Before the team could figure out where to go from there, they were attacked by an army of [[Sparkeater (creature)|sparkeaters]] created from the mutineers of the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}}}
{{-}}

====The Functionist Universe====
[[File:AWorldMisplaced-Anode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
In an [[Functionist Universe|alternate timeline]] where the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] never occurred, Anode was a qualified blacksmith who had abandoned her comfortable life in favor of joining the [[Anti-Vocationist League]] in fighting the totalitarian [[Functionist Council]]. In this capacity she worked alongside rogue Council member [[Nine-of-Twelve]]. Through circumstances untold, she had adopted a feminine identity and chassis like her main timeline counterpart.

When a group of castaways from an alternate universe arrived and immediately ran afoul of the local [[Functionary|Functionaries]], Anode watched as the group returned to their headquarters in [[Kalis|Adaptica]], and later observed a live feed of the Functionist Council revealing the "true purpose" of [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]. The group's musings were interrupted by the sudden return of [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode and Nine-of-Twelve watched in abject horror as the now-weaponized moon began laying waste to their city using tractor beams. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

{{-}}
===2019 IDW continuity===
Anode was one of many Transformers who watched an illegal [[skitter]] race at [[Swindle's]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's}}

{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:Anode-IDW-Jack Lawrence.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|]]
*An {{w|anode}} is a polarized electrical device.
*Anode was originally going to appear by running into [[Getaway]]'s ''Lost Light'' crew. When ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' became ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'', Roberts changed that to the Necrobot taking her to Necroworld so any new readers could meet the characters and concepts alongside Anode.<ref>[https://boroughcon.com/2017/04/revealing-greatness-with-james-roberts/ Interview with Boroughcon]</ref>
*[[Jack Lawrence]] designed Anode's Cybertronian biplane mode after [[James Roberts]] was inspired by the opening sequence of the 1981 Indiana Jones film ''{{w|Raiders of the Lost Ark}}''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1340725069912416258 Tweet by @jroberts332, 20 December 2020]</ref>
*Anode's [[transformation]] scheme is patterned on ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]]
*Anode appears to have a fear of [[scraplet]]s per her terrified reaction to them in [[Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|''Lost Light'' #19]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Anti-Vocationist League]]
[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Disappeared]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]

Quintesson

2020-08-28T12:54:15Z

Zandergb: /* Cyberverse */ "we don't really do "avoid spoilers"" If this were Shockwave/Prowl's own pages, I'd agree. But this is a page for a completely disconnected subject. If you were just looking at Quint toy info, BAM, random death spoiler.

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 alien race|their home planet which is called "Quintesson" in the Marvel Comic UK continuity|Quintessa (planet)}}
[[File:Quint.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Hahahaha— —hahahahaha— —–hahahahaha— ——hahahahahaha— ——–hahahahahaha!"]]

The '''Quintessons''' are a bizarre and ancient race, whose dark history and shadowy machinations are bound up with the history of the [[Transformer]]s, with connections to both [[Primus]] and [[Unicron]]. They are known galaxy-wide as traders, entrepreneurs and businessmen, but their dealings are very rarely on the level, often laced with intrigue and betrayals. They prefer subtle manipulation, scheming, and advanced technology over brute force, but if those don't work, they can fall back on the legion of deadly [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] and [[Allicon]]s at their command and a fleet of battle-ready [[Quintesson spacecraft|spaceships]] as well. However, the Quintessons themselves have zero fighting abilities and are absolute cowards if they have nothing to hide behind. For example, they are seen to be powerless against a Sharkticon revolt.

Quintessons are also known by the ''adorable'' racial slur 'squids'.<ref>"[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]"</ref>

{{quote|[We] are ''Quintessons''! ''Arrogance'' is our life’s blood, ''ambition'' is our food and drink, but most of all, ''hubris is the air we breathe!!''|[[Al-Badur]] dissin' his peeps|"[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]"}}

{{quote|Deceivers! Betrayers! Five-faced slime of the nebula!|[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] on the Quintessons|"[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]"}}

==Types of Quintessons==
[[File:QuintessonTFMMarvel.jpg|thumb|What? Death is for the guilty ones? You mean I've been doing this wrong the whole time?]]The Quintessons appear to be mostly (if not entirely) mechanical beings. They come in several distinct forms, some of which are identified by their place in the Quintessons' bizarre court system.

{{note|The names given are, when possible, taken directly from the character model sheets.}}

===Judges===
The most prominent and famous type of Quintesson, as well as the apparent "leaders" of the race, are the Judges, also referred to as the Imperial Magistrates. Judges have inverted egg-shaped bodies which float on a beam of energy and possess wiry tentacles for physical manipulation, but their most distinctive physical characteristics are their five rotating faces. Each face represents a different aspect of the Quintesson, though for four of the five faces, there are conflicting accounts as to what each represents.

<gallery perrow="5">
File:Quintessondeath.jpg|'''Death'''
File:Qhead1.gif|'''Rage'''/Wrath
File:Qhead2.gif|'''Laughter'''/War
File:Qhead3.gif|'''Bitterness'''/Wisdom
File:Qhead4.gif|'''Doubt'''/Judgment
</gallery>

{{note|The first names given above for the latter four faces come from Japanese ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' supplements. They are derived from the descriptions given of the faces in the original script for ''[[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]]''—an "angry face," a "smiling face," a "grimacing face" and a "suspicious face"—and the faces were [http://web.archive.org/web/20050206071549/http://hometown.aol.com/silverphoenix12/junkion.html specifically designed] by [[Floro Dery]] to represent these emotions. All the same, this information remained very little-known for a long time, leading to the second set of names being created for use in the 2004 publication, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''. The original names were also used for ''[[Transformers: The Ark|The Ark]]'', published by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] in 2007.}}

In the original animated series, the Judges were all of the same size and were rarely named. (Then again, it was rare for ''any'' Quintesson to get an individual name.) Conversely, in the Marvel Comics continuity, Judges vary in size, including the massive [[Kledji]] and the smaller [[Sevax]]. The order of the faces in the ring varies from Judge to Judge (if not [[Animation error|from shot to shot]], ahem).

Named Judges include:
*[[Brinn]]
*[[Deliberata]]
*[[Derodomontatus]]
*[[Heirodyus]]
*[[Kledji]]
*[[Klementia]]
*[[Pentius]]
*[[Sevax]]
*[[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]
*An unnamed [[Judge (Cyberverse)|judge]]

===Bailiffs===
[[File:Quintbailiff anime.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|None Shall Pass!]]
These snout-nosed creatures were seen serving as guards in the Quintessons' court.
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===Executioners===
[[File:TFU Quintesson Gatekeeper.jpg|thumb|Pokey, pokey!]]
Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' referred to this kind of Quintesson as a "Gatekeeper," suggesting the design was created specifically for a scene that wound up being deleted from the film, in which a Quintesson standing watch at the gate to their citadel sent the Dinobots (searching for Hot Rod and Kup) off in the wrong direction. With the deletion of this scene, the design was instead used for the Quintesson who throws the switch that sends [[Arblus]] plumetting into the Sharkticon pit, earning them the designation of "Executioner."

Named executioners include:
*[[Ghyrik]]
*[[In-Saba Nur]]
*[[Jolup]]
*[[Rexian]]
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===Prosecutors===
[[File:Inquisitor fugly.jpg|right|thumb|Prosecutor and the seldom-seen "wizened" variant.]]
This variety of Quintesson is the second-most common type, often seen in positions of authority. They have also been called "Inquisitors". In court, they are the ones who ask for the Judges' verdicts and occasionally let the defendants say something in their defense, for all it matters.

Named prosecutors include:
*[[Krahulik]]
*[[Vashik]]
*Various unnamed [[Prosecutor (Cyberverse)|prosecutor]]s
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===Scientists===
[[File:Quint scientist.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Yes, I have a question.]]
[[File:Quint dweller.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|I had to walk 15 miles in the snow to school! Uphill both ways!]]
Scientists are somewhat similar to the Prosecutors in construction, though they feature more bulbous heads and bearded, somewhat-more-human faces.

Named scientists include:
*[[Al-Badur]]
*[[Extempaxia]]
*[[Inquirata (G1)|Inquirata]]
*[[Mara-Al-Utha]]
*An unnamed [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|scientist]]
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===Other types===
[[File:Quint two faced.jpg|125px|thumb|My tentacles are on fire!]]
The Judges are not the only Quintessons to have multiple faces, though the only known exception is the '''three-faced scientist''' who was the primary creator of the [[Trans-Organic]]s. One of his faces was grievously damaged, a scar left by the [[Dweller (G1)|Dweller]], which he covered with a mask.

This scientist instigated a plan to get the [[Decepticon]]s to unwittingly release the trans-organics from their prisons deep within [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so they would wipe out all Transformer life. The plan ultimately backfired; the Dweller killed the other trans-organics, and was launched into space by the [[Autobot]]s... where it smashed into the scientist's ship, which was en-route to Cybertron. Presumably, the scientist finally met his end as the Dweller drained the energy from the ship and everyone within it. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

[[File:Quint rentacops.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"Game over, man! Game over!"]]
'''Security officers''' appear to have been an ancient model of Quintesson, and possibly the only kind with built-in offensive capabilities, some having one set of arm-tentacles replaced with over-sized blasters. These blasters availed them naught, however, against the Trans-Organic beasts. It is unknown if any of this model of Quintesson exist in "modern" times. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

[[File:Quint humanoid.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|No one remembers we exist.]]
Non-bailiff, non-executioner '''Humanoid''' Quintessons are exceedingly rare. One accompanied [[Inquirata (G1)|Inquirata]] on his mission to use a [[Time Window]] to change Cybertron's history, stopping the slave revolt that drove the Quintessons off-planet. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

And then there's [[Mirdane]]. A rarity among Quintessons, in that he has a name, and that's ''it''. He has only ever been mentioned by others, never seen, so what body type he has/had is unknown. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}} {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}
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==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Regis Cordic]], [[Roger C. Carmel]] and [[Jack Angel]] (English, primary recurring voices, see [[#Notes|Notes]]), [[Dick Gautier]] ("[[The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar]]"), [[Tony Pope]] ("[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]" and "[[The Dweller in the Depths]]"), [[Paul Eiding]] ("[[The Quintesson Journal]]"), [[Charlie Adler]] ("[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]"), [[Corey Burton]] ("[[Madman's Paradise]]"), [[Aron Kincaid]] ("[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|The Return of Optimus Prime]]")}}
{{quote|We Transformers have looked into the face of our creators... and seen the face of an enemy.|[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]|"[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]"}}

[[File:FFOD4 Early Quintessons.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|The new Powerpuff Girls series never really got off the ground.]]
In ages long past, a race of aliens called the Quintessons existed on the planet-sized factory known as [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Some of their early experiments in creating artificial life resulted in the [[Trans-Organic]]s. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}} Some Quintessons turned to forbidden arts, and were banished to other dimensions. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}} The Quintessons eventually created two lines of sentient robots: one was a line of robots designed for domestic duties and labor (known as [[Autobot]]s), and the other was a line designed for military use (known as [[Decepticon]]s). {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} The Quintessons were exceptionally cruel to their creations, eventually leading to wide-spread rebellion, a rebellion started by the Autobot [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]]. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}} Forced to flee the planet, the Quintessons eventually settled on the small, twisted planet of [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], but fostered an undying hatred of all Transformers for the next eleven million years. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

They also spent this time productively, selling technology to other races, and often manipulating the political and military climate of regions of space to increase their sales, all the while diligently keeping track of their work by recording it in [[Quintesson Journal|journals]]. {{Storylink|The Quintesson Journal}} Occasionally a race as the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]] would arise that could potentially threaten the Quintessons, and they would deal with it by sealing off whole sections of space with [[quadrant lock]]s. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}}

[[File:FFOD2 Quintesson court.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Believe it or not, you really do have better chances in Texas.]]
In 2005, they were shown to capture prisoners for trial and feeding to their army of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]. The mock trials held by the Quintesson Court seemed to have no purpose at all, except maybe for the Quintessons' amusement, as defendants were still immediately fed to the ravenous Sharkticons even when the Judge determined them to be innocent. However, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] managed to rescue the pair of Autobots the Quintessons had captured. Worse, [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] inspired the Sharkticons to rebel... by stomping his foot on the ground and telling them to do so. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|The Quintessons' involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

One year (or possibly five years, [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|depending on whom you ask]]) after the defeat of [[Unicron]], the Quintessons reappeared. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} They first sent a commando team of Sharkticons to abduct various Autobots (as well as [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], though that may have been unintentional). Upon capturing the 'bots, the Quintessons seemed more interested in interrogating their prisoners than feeding them to the Sharkticons. However, they eventually did find the captured Transformers to be guilty of the crime of... being Transformers (Spike was guilty by association). {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

[[File:FFOD4 Quintessons raised tentacles and Galvatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Look out, it's Galvatron! Quick, make yourselves look big and maybe he'll leave us alone!"]]
After [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus]] and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] mounted a rescue for their captive friends, the Quintessons attempted to kill the would-be rescuers by destroying the entire planet of Quintessa. After this plan failed, the surviving Quintessons approached the currently leaderless Decepticons, offering them [[energon]] in exchange for attacking the Autobots who had fled to the planet [[Goo 8739B|Goo]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} When the newly revived [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] arrived intending to reclaim his army, the Quintessons made an alliance with him to attack Cybertron in return for the [[Decepticon Matrix|Decepticon Matrix of Leadership]], an object which didn't actually exist outside the Quintessons' fertile imaginations. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

The Quintessons betrayed Galvatron almost immediately after the battle had been won, sending the Sharkticons to pull a [[Large switch|switch]] which would cause all Transformers the galaxy over literally to freeze where they stood. Though the Sharkticons were fought off, Galvatron pulled the lever anyway. The Quintessons landed on Cybertron, intending to reclaim the planet, however Spike destroyed the switch and the Quintessons were forced to abandon the planet in an escape pod. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Later plots by the Quintessons were no less nefarious. A rogue Quintesson scientist abducted three Transformers and a [[Marissa Faireborn|human]] for behavioral study, a scheme that nearly killed the entire group after they drifted into a black hole. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar}} Later, the Quintessons revived the deceased [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] in an attempt to lure all the Autobots into a trap and destroy them with a supernova. However, the Quintessons did not count upon Hot Rod forcing Optimus Prime to overcome his programming, nor Optimus Prime's ability to sacrifice himself to save the Autobots. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

[[File:ForeverLongTimeComing various Quintessons.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|"Damn it! Who ate my yogurt?!"]]
Later still, the Quintessons attempted to rewrite history by preventing their loss of Cybertron, creating a [[Time Window]] on an asteroid, directed at Cybertron eleven million years in the past. The Autobots attacked the asteroid, occupying it as several of their number passed through the Time Window and resulting in the very fabric of reality starting to unravel the longer the window remained open. The Quintessons made several desperate attempts to retake the asteroid before convincing Rodimus Prime to shut the Time Window down, though their plans were still ruined as the time-displaced A-3 returned to the past to take his part in the rebellion. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

After a Quintesson journal was lost on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], the Quintessons began inserting subliminal messages into the Junkions' [[television]] in an attempt to make them tidy and instill a distrust of other life forms. Unfortunately the equipment sending the subliminal signal was damaged during an attempt to retrieve the journal, resulting in the Junkions transmitting subliminal messages to the rest of the galaxy. In the ensuing battle, the Quintessons again tried to retrieve the journal, only to lose it when a stray shot knocked it loose from their tractor beam. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} The journal resurfaced again in the [[Angarrix sector]] at the same time that the Autobots were conducting peace talks with [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]], two planets whom the Quintessons had manipulated into war so that they could sell weapons. Despite the Quintessons' best attempts the journal reached the conference where their interference was exposed, and the Autobots destroyed the Quintesson ship as it tried to deliver two [[omega bomb]]s intended to destroy the planets. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

The Quintessons would try other schemes to destroy the Autobots. One involved kidnapping [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and hooking him to a device which manifested his dreams in real life. Unfortunately the dream constructs turned on them when Rodimus was able to reach Daniel's sleeping mind. {{storylink|Nightmare Planet}} Another was to manipulate Galvatron into releasing the Trans-Organics. Though Galvatron succeeded, releasing the [[Dweller (G1)|Dweller]], the Autobots managed to expel the creature into space, where it attacked the Quintesson ship. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

[[File:MadmansParadise Mara-Al-Utha.jpg|thumb|left|240px|''"Why not Zoidberg?!'']]
Finding Galvatron interfering with the quadrant lock sealing [[Quadrant X]], the Quintessons entered the lock, taking a number of Transformers through with them. Unfortunately their [[isolator key]], needed to reopen the lock, was damaged, forcing them to obtain [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[universal emulator]]. Perceptor was able to program the emulator so that when the Quintessons used it, it disabled the quadrant lock for good. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}} In another dimension on [[Menonia]], the Autobots found the rogue Quintesson scientist [[Mara-Al-Utha]], and defeated him with the help of local wizard named the [[Golden One]]. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

[[File:ReturnOptimusPrime Quintesson holding tool.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.45|"Right, where am I sticking this?"]]
The Quintessons suggested to Cyclonus that he take Galvatron to [[Torkulon]], believing the experience would prove fatal for the Decepticons. It didn't. {{storylink|Webworld}} A group of Quintessons based on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] made a deal with [[Dirk Manus]] to deliver them the [[Recreator]], while also sending the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] to attack him. Multiple double-crosses ensued until in one final double-cross, Manus set [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] on the Quintessons and they retreated without the Recreator. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

When Rodimus asked [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] to find him a Quintesson, Sky Lynx complained that the Quintessons had gone into hiding in the farthest reaches of the galaxy and would be difficult to find. Nonetheless Sky Lynx managed to find [[Klementia|one being chased]] by [[Hate Plague]] infected Sharkticons, and took him to Earth to restore life to the body of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} The lone Quintesson also restored a number of other Autobots to help Optimus retrieve the Matrix from Rodimus. He did his best to hold off the infected Transformers while Optimus journeyed into the Matrix and found a way to cure the Hate Plague. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}
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=====Japanese cartoon continuity=====
======''Legends'' comic======
Millions of years ago, the Quintessons arrived on the planet that would become Cybertron and discovered the essence of the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] as well as the [[Matrix of Leadership|vessel]] that had once kept it. They subjugated the Oracle by encasing him within [[Vector Sigma]] and creating the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to control his powers, which they used to transform the planet into a metallic world. They went on to use Cybertron as a factory for [[Transformer|robotic slaves]] until their creations rebelled and drove them off the planet, claiming the Oracle's vessel and finding it full of malicious energy after years of accumulating the wisdom of its Quintesson owners. They promptly dumped out the Quintesson wisdom, which would one day go on to become [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

In need of new territory after being driven off Cybertron, the Quintessons opened a portal to another dimension, the [[Legends World]], and invaded it with an army of [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharges]] led by a lone Quintesson. They were beaten back by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], leading to the Quintessons labeling the Legends World dangerous and sealing away its creators, the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]], with a [[quadrant lock]]. However, the Quintessons were unaware that their portal had in fact spanned time as well as space and led to the far future, and the Legends World would only be created ''after'' the Zamojin were released from the lock. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}}

======''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010'' story pages======
Teaming up with the Decepticons, the Quintessons began developing new warriors for their "allies". {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 2}} The [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s were constructed by the Quintessons during this alliance. The Sharkticons, also considered to be part of the Predacon faction, were leased to the Decepticons to bolster their ranks. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 3}} The Quintessons evidently consider the Sharkticons to be "the Pride of the Quintessons" and developed [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] specifically to outdo all previous Decepticon [[combiner]]s. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 4}}

During [[Dark Awakening (episode)|the time they had Optimus Prime's corpse in their clutches]], the Quintessons copied his schematics. They also received schematics of Megatron from their alliance with the Decepticons and developed the Colossal Cannon Soldier [[Gilthor]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 4}}

======''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers'' manga======
[[File:2010manga04-title.jpg|left|thumb|200px|"Great Guns", "Colossal Cannons", it's all semantics.]]

The Quintessons feigned to have created Gilthor as a subordinate for Galvatron, but in reality they had allied themselves with the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who gave the robot life. Gilthor quickly turned on Galvatron during an ambush on Rodimus Prime. He would have won, had Rodimus and Galvatron not worked together to defeat him, foiling the plans of the Quintessons. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #4}}
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======''Macrocosmic Seekers''======
The [[Seeker (United)|Seeker]], during the enslavement of Transformers, realized the potential for Transformer evolution and noted that rebellion was imminent. He was laughed at, but the Seeker got the last laugh when he left Cybertron before the rebellion and evolved beyond his Quintesson origins. {{Storylink|A Treasure's True Worth}}

======Controverse======
When [[Primacron]] was taken into custody for unleashing [[Tornedron]] into the cosmos, the galactic council appointed the Quintesson judge [[Adveraros]] to preside over the scientist's trial. To guard the prisoner, the Quintessons brought along several Bailiffs and Sharkticons. Though Adveraros at first seemed to give a sensible ruling (acquittal by reason of insanity) in truth the Quintessons were planning to harvest Primacron's brain once he had been sent to [[Doruka III]], an asylum planet. The plot was foiled by Primacron himself, who fashioned a high-tech whistle out of his mechanical manacles, and took control of all nearby "[[Primitive]]" Transformers. Having restrained Adveraros with his own Sharkticon guards, Primacron revealed that he had once created bacterial machines, which he proposed was the Quintessons' distant ancestors. Adveraros loudly denounced this claim as the Autobots came in to take protective custody of Primacron. {{storylink|Controverse}}

======''Kiss Players''======
[[File:KPMaximus2.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Do cameos count as canon?]]
[[File:KPQuints.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is all kinds of crazy.]]
The [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]] [[Marissa Faireborn]], [[Atari Hitotonari]], and [[Shaoshao Li]], together with the [[Sparkbot]]s [[Angela]], [[Star Dust]], and [[Zangetsu]], were traveling through time aboard [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] when the space fortress suddenly went out of control.

The six found themselves on a strange, alien world in the year 2011. With their ship ensnared, they were herded by [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] to the Space Tribunal, where the Quintessons put them on trial for time-traveling without their permission.

When Shaoshao asked if being cute was a crime, the Quintessons threatened to charge her with contempt of court. Atari suggested using their Kiss Play abilities to transform into cute costumes and ask the "octopusses" nicely to let them go. But turning into a swimsuit-clad elementary school girl and asking the judge's permission to go to the potty only resulted in Atari and her friends being found "not guilty" and dropped into the Sharkticon pit below.

Rescued by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]], they fled back to Brave Maximus and re-entered the time portal. Sucked into the maelstrom along with them, the Quintessons demanded that the process stop, saying that they were the last of their kind. But it was too late, and the aliens were trapped inside the hole in space-time. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players Position}}
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======Story of Binaltech======
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======''Alternity''======
As a result of a [[quadrant lock]] the Quintessons placed upon the [[BT World]] to trap the [[Binaltech]] Autobots, the planet was frozen in time until the [[Alternity]] were born and broke through it 900,000 years later. During the intervening time, however, a tragic fate befell the Quintessons. {{storylink|Alternation}}

=====''Wings Universe''=====
{{wingsnote}}
Very early in the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobot ship ''[[Van De Graaff]]'' was shot down over [[Beta-Nine]] while transporting a [[Matrix of Leadership|vital cargo]]. The Autobots initially believed that the crash was the result of a Decepticon attack, but [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], a crewmember of the rescue ship ''[[Eight Track (G1)|Eight Track]]'', discovered the truth when he found green tentacled remains alongside the corpses of the murdered ''Van De Graaff'' crew. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

The Quintessons created [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] to lead a new generation of Sharkticons. In [[2010]], they sent Sky-Byte and several Sharkticons to Earth in an alliance with the [[Decepticon Syndicate]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

By [[2984]], Quintesson space had come under the control of the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]]s. In that year, the temporally-displaced pirates known as the [[Star Seeker]]s traveled near former Quintesson space on their way to find the immortal spark of the infamous Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. The Star Seekers eventually gained access to a [[Shut-Up-Tornado-I'm-Trying-To-Think|planetoid]] existing in a pocket of space surrounded by black holes. In a chamber on the planetoid, they encountered a lone Quintesson who claimed to have been betrayed and marooned by Starscream on the planetoid some time earlier. The Star Seekers gave the Quintesson passage off of the planetoid in exchange for telling all that he knew of Starscream's last known destination. However as it turned out, the Quintesson was long dead, and Starscream's immortal spark had been using the Quintesson's body as a puppet. Forming an alliance with the Decepticon Star Seeker [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]], Starscream discarded the Quintesson's body and hijacked Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]]'s body for himself, simultaneously allowing Flamewar to take control of the Star Seekers for herself. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

=====''Transformers: All Spark''=====
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
In an unstable [[Iocus]] universe engineered by the machinations of [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Renegade#Gong|Gong]], the Quintessons on Quintessa were replaced by the [[Master Renegade]] and the [[Monster GoBot]]s on [[Antares 3|Antares III]] during the events of the [[Unicron War]]. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

=====''Deviations''=====
A group of Quintessons were presiding over the execution of Kranix when Optimus Prime and the Autobots intervened, forcing the Quintessons to abandon their kangaroo court and flee. Optimus noted a feeling of familiarity towards the aliens and their planet but could not place it. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

=====Big Looker storybooks=====
[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Rarely do encounters with Autobots work out well for the Quintessons.]]
An Autobot ship crashed on Quintesson, with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] the only survivor. The Quintessons captured him, throwing him in a dungeon. They intended to execute him, taking him to a Sharkticon pit, however he managed to evade them and escaped into the jungles of Quintesson. When Hot Rod's ship also crashed on the planet, the Quintessons tried to mount a sneak attack, only for Wheelie to appear and fight them off single-handed. The Quintessons returned with Sharkticon backup, stalking the Autobots as Wheelie tried to lead them away from the crash site, however as it turned out even with their Sharkticons, the Quintesson were no match for the Autobots and most of them were killed in the battle that ensued. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
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====Beast Era====
=====''Beast Machines''=====
The [[Maximal]] [[Beast Rider]] [[Che]] was encased in a unique Quintessian{{sic}} alloy found in the lower levels of Cybertron.<ref>Che's packaging bio</ref>

=====3H comics=====
Millennia ago, the Quintessons were the minions of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], send out to locate [[Primus]]. The Quintessons succeeded, but rather than turn Primus over to Unicron, they instead constructed barriers around him, intending to make use of him to create consumer product lines. They eventually succeeded in doing so through [[Vector Sigma]], though some of their number such as [[Al-Badur]] warned of the danger of trying to control Primus's creations. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

Out on the arm of the Orion Cluster, [[New Quintessa]] sat awaiting the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutant Beast]]s, Cybertronians without [[robot mode]]s who had been dispatched by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] of [[Vector Sigma]] to regain what they had lost. [[Icebird]] believed they were on a sacred mission; in truth, it was a fool's errand. The Quintesson Supreme Imperial Magistrate [[Derodomontatus]] fed the Mutants to the Sharkticons before continuing his discussions with the free trader, [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]]. Plans proceeded apace, as both the Mutants and the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]s were dealt with by this deadly alliance, and Cryotek assured Derodomontatus that the last Cybertronian team, the [[Wrecker]]s, would soon be extinguished as well. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

Meanwhile the Wreckers encountered Al-Badur on an icy world, and he filled them in on the origin of Cybertron and bargained for his departure from the planet in exchange for information about the [[Divine Light]]. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

The invasion of Cybertron soon began, and [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]], [[Longhorn]], and [[Skydive (BM)|Skydive]] spotted Quintessons herding mass hordes of Sharkticons towards the Cybertronian settlements.

{{Note|The following is unofficial material for the intended script to the Wreckers #4, never published.}}

Derodomontatus cheered on the advancing troops with his fellow Quintessons, before proceeding with Cryotek and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] to complete his part of their bargain. The fighting intensified on the surface as [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] and the Dinobots arrived, shortly before the Wreckers returned to Cybertron as well. [[Primal Prime]] and [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] led a contingent after Cryotek and the Quintessons deeper into Cybertron's core. They arrived in time to see Cryotek had successfully mutated himself into a god-like being with the power of the [[Divine Light]]. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}

{{note|And now, back to the official material.}}
Derodomontatus, realizing the extent to which Cryotek had now surpassed the Quintessons, begged the free trader to remember their contract and honor it. In response, Cryotek sent his pet [[Chro]] to rip the Quintesson's faces off.

As their Imperial Magistrate faced a hostile takeover beneath the planet's surface, the Quintesson troops on open ground found their advancement equally stymied. Expecting the newly reformatted Cybertron to be filled with docile and disoriented cattle, the Quintessons were ill-prepared for the resistance they faced from all corners of the globe and all sectors of the populace. In [[Ankmor Park|Ankmor]], Judge [[Brinn]]'s patrol were stalked by the Maximal techno-organic, [[Night Viper]]. In a deserted city, a contingent led by Overseer [[Rexian]] were overcome by Decepticons criminals recently restored to their bodies. Overseer [[Vashik]] and [[In-Saba Nur]] assaulted the new Predacon capital of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] with predictable results, as Lord [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] squashed them beneath his heel ([[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] helped). Oh yes, and then there were ''Dinobots''. Admiral [[Krahulik]] was prepared to initiate orbital bombardment from the ''Paradigm'' hovering over [[Polyhex]] before [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] and [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] brought down the Quintesson warships as well. The Quintessons began to retreat in hordes, returning to their landing ships and launching out into space...right into the path of the planetary defense systems, recently brought back on-line.

All in all, the invasion of Cybertron was an unmitigated disaster. Judge [[Heirodyus]] watched the annihilation from New Quintessa with a mixture of horror and smugness, silently congratulating himself for escaping the fate of his brothers. He hadn't. The Mutant Beasts Icebird and [[Poison Bite]] had survived their dip in the Sharkticon pools, and returned imbued with the light of Primus himself. Heirodyus and the Quintessons were soon wiped from the surface of New Quintessa. Icebird and Poison Bite assumed control of the planet, spreading the techno-organic plant life made from Cybertron's reformatting, and teaching the Sharkticons the ways of peace. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

=====''Beast Wars: Uprising''=====
Several millennia ago, the Cybertronians bought some surplus [[Terrorbot]] drones from the Quintessons, including the cumbersome and inefficient [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]] drones. {{storylink|Burning Bridges}}

Following the failed [[Great Push]] of [[2033]], a Quintesson court found Galvatron and his compatriots guilty of their many war crimes, sentencing them to death. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} By the 24th century, the Quintessons were among the few species still allowed to travel in and out of the [[Allowed Zone]] due to pre-existing contractual relationships with Cybertron; the [[Human Confederacy]] regarded the Quintessons with suspicion.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3361342 Post by Jim S on the Allspark Forums]</ref>

====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
=====Marvel UK future timeline=====
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Like those creepy little pilotfish that swarm behind sharks, snapping at stray scraps, the Quintessons were vile enforcers for [[Unicron]], savagely hunting down and picking off those who attempted to escape his maw. {{storylink|The Transformers Universe#Issue .234|Transformers Universe}}

In an alternate future of 2005, the Quintessons took Hot Rod, Kup and several other Autobots hostage on their homeworld and chucked them into the Sharkticon pits for punishment. The Autobots were able to escape, however, and the Sharkticons quickly turned on their cruel masters. {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

''In 2008, Quintesson scientists realized that their planet, Quintesson, was threatened with destruction by a time rift that was caused by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]'s time-traveling. Though they scoped out several other worlds to move their civilization to, the [[Quintesson Journal|journal]] containing the records on these planets was lost on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].'' {{storylink|Space Pirates!}} ''In an attempt to retrieve it, they captured [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and had him interrogated by the [[Mister Regan|Galaxy's greatest torturer]]. After being left to the torturer's tender mercies for some time, Wreck-Gar "confessed," in an elaborate story, that the journal was lost in the void of space. The Quintessons quickly deduced that whole tale had been nothing but [[Quintesson#The Big Broadcast of 2006|a fabrication]], and executed the torturer for failing to deliver the journal's true location.'' {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

''Desperate for their race to survive, they launched a surprise attack on Autobot City, capturing it for themselves. Most of the Autobots were deactivated, except for [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], who was outside the city at the time of the attack, and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], who were hidden inside [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s cassette compartment.''

''Using [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] as bait, the Quintessons captured the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] from Rodimus, and he reverted to Hot Rod. Out of options, Hot Rod activated the core of Autobot City, a giant Autobot called [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who transformed and drove the Quintessons off but caused massive damage to the city in the process.''

''The Quintessons fled, but were ordered by Lord Kledji ''not'' to return to Quintesson, but to roam the stars instead to rebuild their forces and seek revenge on the Transformers, since their home planet was doomed beyond hope. How that went for them is unknown, but as they'd managed to cheese off most of the known metallic species by that point, it probably didn't go too well.'' {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
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After a [[Quintesson Journal|journal]] of great importance to the Quintessons was lost on the planet Junkion, the Quintessons sent down a school of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] planet-side to retrieve it. Though the Sharkticons came close to completing their mission, they were chased off at the last moment by the planet's natives, much to the Quintessons' frustration. Deciding to make another attempt at its retrieval through more surreptitious means, the Quintessons sent down a television set the next day, knowing of the Junkions' fondness for Earth broadcasts. Their television set, however, also broadcasted a subliminal message, which caused the Junkions to act aggressively towards all outsiders, and made compelled them to clean up their planet. The Quintessons hoped this would allow them to more easily find their journal amidst Junkion's heaps of garbage, while keeping any other parties who might interfere at bay.

As soon as the Junkions found the Quintessons' journal, the latter moved in. But the Autobots and Decepticons had caught wind that something was amiss on Junkion by this time, and both factions also became involved, forcing the Quintessons to attack them. The Autobot [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] proved too mighty for them however, and the Quintesson were forced to retreat without their prize in hand. Worse yet, during the Autobots' and the Decepticons' scuffle in Junkion's orbit, the Quintessons' transmitter was damaged, ultimately resulting in its broadcast being sent all around the galaxy. Various species gathered around the planet to duke it out between themselves as a result. Seeing another opportunity to seize their lost journal, the Quintessons sent down a shuttle-craft to retrieve it while everyone else was distracted in the melee. But as the journal was captured in the shuttle-craft's tractor beam, a wild shot hit it, sending the journal off into the void of space, and out of the Quintessons' reach. The Quintesson tasked with retrieving the journal was sentenced to death for failing to fulfill his mission. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

====''The Invisibility Factor''====
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In one possible scenario, the Quintessons, currently allied with the Decepticons, sent a messenger craft to Earth. They informed Galvatron that they were ready to send in troops to help in a full-scale invasion of the Earth. Without any Autobots around to interfere with the messages they were relaying the Quintessons and the Decepticons soon turned Earth into one giant refuelling station.{{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}

====''Transformers in 3-D''====
A Quintesson sent two [[Observer|aliens]] to spy on the Autobots and Decepticons, and download the contents of their databases. The two aliens were puzzled, but the Quintesson remained cagy about what the data was for. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
The Quintessons were an alien race which appeared to have conquered Cybertron at some point, but were driven off. However, they continued to maintain watch over Cybertron, and began plotting in earnest after a totalitarian regime headed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was toppled by the Autobots. eventually coming to manipulate the [[Council of Ancients]]. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] claimed this was the reason that he started the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

Megatron's animosity towards the Quintessons did not stop him from making a deal with the aliens, who provided him with the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] and a bunch of [[Piranacon (Quintesson)|Piranacons]]. Knowing Megatron and the Quintessons, both were planning to betray each other when the time was right. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Megatron had promised to deliver Cybertron's core to the Quintessons in exchange for the army they had provided him, but Megatron forestalled on completing the deal once he had conquered Cybertron. The Quintessons grew annoyed, and began to rightly suspect that Megatron planned to renege on their transaction. Little did they know that [[Flash (G1)|Flash]], having been accidently been transported to Quintessa, was eavesdropping on their conversation, learning the true nature of Cybertron's conquest. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}} The Quintessons discovered Flash spying on them, but he escaped thanks to his superior speed. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.5}} The Quintessons then attempted to remotely extract Cybertron's core, only for their efforts to be thwarted by Starscream. Though their plans ended in failure, the Quintessons learned that the power they sought was also contained within Optimus Prime, a target much more attainable than Cybertron's core. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

The Quintessons began plotting further in earnest against Cybertron after a totalitarian regime headed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was toppled by the Autobots. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} Noting that [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] might stand in their way, the Quintessons readied to put into use one of their agents on Cybertron, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who they could use to "distract" him. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} When Arcee informed that Hot Rod would soon be put in a mostly isolated position, the Quintessons excitedly put their plans of conquest in motion ahead of schedule. They called upon [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] to ready herself {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}} and her [[Female Autobots|extraction team]] to invade Cybertron. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One #11}}

{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}

Under the Quintessons' supervision, the extraction team successfully knocked out Hot Rod and retrieved the unconscious Autobot. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}

====''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''====
[[File:Historyofcybertron.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|What order is this read in?!]]
When [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] downloaded information on Cybertron's history from [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s databanks, he saw the Quintessons create the [[Trans-Organic|transorganics]] and the Transformers. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}
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====2005 IDW continuity====
An enigmatic Quintesson historian named [[Pentius]] was shipwrecked on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] for centuries until he was freed by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], who needed a guide to get off the planet. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} During their time together, the Quintesson nurtured Megatron's evil ambitions in order to shape him into a true monster, though his motives for doing so were clouded in mystery. The Decepticon eventually killed Pentius to use his [[spark]]'s energy as fuel, but he was content with his death as it proved Megatron's training was complete. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} After inserting Pentius's spark into [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Megatron accessed the giant's jumbled memories and saw other Quintessons, which he described as "devils" that preyed upon and destroyed entire civilizations. {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}}

Some time after [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s [[Ore-1]] [[Regenesis]] missiles struck the planet [[LV-117]], someone painted the Death face of a Quintesson Judge on top of the [[Decepticon]] insignia adorning it. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} A strange inscription of a Quintesson judge was also present inside the ruins of some unknown ancient civilization on the planet. Through the cracks in the stone it was carved into, its eerie eyes glowed... {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

As [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] began consuming LV-117, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Varta]] planned to flee the planet on a [[Quintesson Cruiser|familiar screw-shaped ship]]. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} {{storylink|Our Darkest}} After crashing the ship on [[LV-118]], Wheelie claimed to have stolen it from someone, but didn't specify who. {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

A similar ship - this one chock full of Sharkticons - was used by Wreck-Gar and [[Rum-Maj|Rum-Maj's]] group of Junkions to travel to Earth. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}

When a trio of Autobots entered Unicron's internals, they found the remains of the Quintesson engraving. [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] questioned its significance only for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] to point out the painting presence's meant they were nearing Unicron's core. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}

====''Kre-O'' online comics====
[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] attacked a Quintesson and spun it around by the tentacles during his rampage. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

====''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''====
The mysterious fifth dimensional beings known only as "the Makers" created the universe and with it [[Daiakuron]], a living planet which they imbued with the power to create life on its own. They went on to merge together, five at a time, into [[combiner|gestalt]] forms, becoming the Quintessons. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} Taking up residence in the [[Transwarp|Void]], the Quintessons were displeased that the life spawned from Daiakuron had developed sentience, something they had not intended. Seizing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Snake-Eyes]], and [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] the three were placed on trial for theft of the body and the soul. Reviewing their memories, acquiring the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], being trained by the Blind Master in martial arts and living at odds with his step-father, respectively the trio was found guilty! Before persecution could be passed they escaped back into reality. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} After learning the identity of their creators, the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] sent a joint crew to [[Quadrant X]] to find the Quintessons. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

====''Transformers/Ghostbusters''====
When [[Gozer]] appeared on Cybertron, the [[Temple of Gozer|temple]] it summoned was adorned with Quintesson visages. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}}

===''Energon'' cartoon===
[[File:Alpha Q Faces.jpg|thumb|150px|left|"Show all five faces? With our budget?"]]
[[Alpha Quintesson]] is a Quintesson. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
Three hundred million years ago, give or take, the Autobots, engaged in a major colonization push, had border skirmishes with the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]]. This conflict ended the Age of [[Expansion]]. The [[Autobot Commonwealth]] and the Co-Prosperity Sphere still border each other, as well as the [[Nebulon Republic]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] received his [[Sonic Jammer 3000]] from the Quintessons. According to him, they are nice folks that give you a good deal and all the oil you can drink. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
[[File:Quintesson aquarius.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Dude.]]

{{quote|We are all one or we are all gone.|[[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]]|[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]}}

This universe's Quintessons are an enigmatic and benevolent species holding sway over a large section of space known as the '''Quintesson Collective'''. They share technology and cooperate with many other species, whether organic, [[technorganic]], or mechanical, using culture as a unifying notion instead of evolutionary origins. They long ago perfected zero-point energy engines, food and parts replication technologies, and advanced biomedics, allowing any individual to change features, organs, and overall designs, eliminating such things as [[Exclusive|scarcity]], and thus material value, "mortality", and even the concept of "species". These technological advances are shared and freely available to all those who join their "ultra-species".

The Quintessons usually rely on [[Federation|cautious observation before making first contact]] with other unenlightened peoples, demanding years of study and careful cultural guidance before even considering allowing membership into the Collective. They rarely use direct means to steer a culture onto the enlightened path, but have been known to occasionally take [[Fortress Maximus (SG)|more direct action]] to protect their interests, doing the "dirty work" themselves. {{storylink|Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass}}
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====Shattered Expectations====
When [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] and [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw]] confronted the evil Autobots [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]], [[Jazz (SG)|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]], Starscream ordered the Autobots to surrender in the name of the '''[[Quintesson Federation]]'''. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (SG)|Shattered Expectations}}

===Aligned continuity family===
The Quintessons were small, organic, squid-like creatures. Physically frail, easily injured, and extremely cowardly, the Quintessons themselves were rarely seen, and did most of their dirty work through various proxies, willing or unwilling. When the Quintessons did need to expose themselves to further their own ends, they frequently encased themselves in mechanical suits styled after their various slave races, often claiming to be representatives of other races.

At some point after the creation of the first Transformers, [[Quintus Prime]] left Cybertron to seed other worlds in the universe with life with the [[Emberstone]], in the hopes that other peaceful, space-faring civilizations would one day contact Cybertron to form friendly alliances. Among his earliest creations were the Quintessons. So that didn't work out too well.

After creating the Quintessons, Quintus Prime was never heard from again; [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] idly speculated that the Quintessons may have killed their creator. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

The Quintessons developed interstellar travel before the Transformers. At some point in the past, the Quintessons stole and reverse-engineered [[space bridge]] technology from an unknown source. They eventually discovered Cybertron toward the end of that planet's Age of Origins. As the first alien beings ever to make contact with the planet, the arrival of their ships awed the young Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} The Quintessons claimed to be benevolent entities sent to "uplift" the Cybertronians from their primitive existence, so that they could join the galactic community. By giving Cybertronians the "gift" of transformation and the power to assume [[alternate mode]]s, the Quintessons won Cybertron's public support. In reality, though, the Quintessons had simply learned to manipulate the dormant [[transformation cog]]s present in every Transformer. The dispersal of Quintesson technology and tutelage turned the feudal, tribe-based planet into a sophisticated spacefaring civilization almost overnight. The Quintessons established rule of law and eventually a global order overseen by the [[Elite Guard]] member [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]] and the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]].

Secretly, the Quintessons aimed to slowly rob the Cybertronians of their individuality, then sell them into slavery as mindless drones. To further this goal, they began implanting various Cybertronians, such as the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], with cockpits intended to house Quintesson pilots. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} The Quintessons organized other Cybertronians into working collectives and attempted to tamper with the Well of All Sparks itself; newborn Transformers began emerging without names or identities, and instead received alphanumeric designations. The Quintesson's twisted, bizarre sense of justice led to the construction of the [[Supreme Court]] on Cybertron, a kangaroo court where innocents could be sentenced to life imprisonment or death. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

Eventually, a resistance movement formed, and the Quintessons were defeated in a rebellion led by Sentinel Prime, who led Cybertron into a subsequent [[Golden Age]]. Traces of their rule, such as the cockpits implanted in many Cybertronians, would remain even as Cybertron slowly rid itself of their influence. Some of the Cybertronians who had lived through this disturbing period- including a young librarian named [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]]- suppressed their traumatic memories of Cybertron's occupation, and eventually forgot about the Quintessons almost entirely. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} Generations later, Orion Pax claimed Sentinel and the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] had enslaved Cybertron with the [[caste system]] instead of having it forced on them by the Quintessons. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

The Quintessons never forgot about their humiliating rout at the hands of their former servants, and for many centuries the embittered race enviously regarded the planet and its inhabitants as rightfully theirs. At some point after Cybertron's [[Golden Age]], the Quintessons discovered and colonized the Transformers's ex-colony world of [[Aquatron]], modifying the bodies of its inhabitants to produce techno-organic monstrosities such as the [[Gamekeeper]] and the [[Hydratron]]. Aquatron was eventually subsumed into the Quintesson Imperium, and the Quintessons used their new [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] slaves as aquatic shock troopers.

When the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' entered the Aquatron system during Optimus Prime's search for the [[AllSpark]], the Quintessons awakened [[Inquirata (Prime)|Inquirata]] and his associate [[Xeros]] to carry out their deception that would eventually lead to the second invasion of Cybertron. Manipulating both Optimus and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to the planet's surface under the guise of a peace treaty, the Quintessons were eventually able to place both Autobots and Decepticons under arrest and take them to court. During the trial, the Quintessons claimed that they had colonized Cybertron and literally built the first Transformers; Optimus quickly saw through their deception and maintained that all Cybertronians were creations of [[Primus]] alone. The Quintesson judges found Optimus innocent, and forced him to duel to the death with Megatron; siphoning energy from the two leaders, they powered a Space Bridge to Cybertron and launched a second invasion force to re-colonize and enslave Cybertron. Their genetically engineered leader [[Tyrannicon]] spearheaded the Sharkticon invasion and was able to swiftly overwhelm the weakened planet. The invasion was only defeated after Megatron, forced into a temporary truce with his archenemy, discovered the [[Sharkticon Matrix of Leadership]] and used it to override Tyrannicon's hold on his troops. In the ensuing fight, Xeros, Tyrannicon, and Inquirata were all killed, and Aquatron itself was freed of Quintesson control. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

The [[Mutacon]]s knew of the Quintessons but considered the law-bound Quintesson way of life to be boring and a worse fate than death. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jeremy Levy]] (Death, English), [[Saskia Marx]] (Judgement and Cruelty, English), [[Dick Terhune]] (Chaos and [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|Scientist]], English), [[Mike Rose]] (Ego, English), [[Billy Bob Thompson]] (Starscream, English), [[Sophia Isabella]] (Gray, English), [[Ryan Nicolls]] (Velgrox, English)}}
The Quintessons were a strange race of aliens, interdimensional beings who travelled the [[multiverse]] using their [[multiverse drive]] and passed judgement on which universes deserved to live or be destroyed. {{storylink|The Trial}} To do so, the Quintessons would create "[[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judges]]", hybrid beings based on the native lifeforms of that universe; if the universe was found guilty, then the Judge would oversee the destruction of the universe by using [[Transwarp|unspace]] to obliterate all matter. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} The [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|Scientist]] traditionally oversaw the process, and in his travels developed a fondness for collecting various iterations of [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] he plucked from the various doomed universes his kind had passed judgement upon. {{storylink|The Scientist}}

When exactly it is that the Quintessons found this particular universe is not clear; hieroglyphs inside the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Croaton]] suggested that the aliens had invaded his colony and abducted his inhabitants long before the present day, {{storylink|Ghost Town}} with [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]] referencing the Quintesson reputation for engineering when affecting repairs to a disused [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|The Crossroads}}

Either way, the Quintessons had established an outpost in a distant region of the galaxy at some point before [[2007]]. Having previously encountered the [[Velgrox]] and the [[Gray]], incorporating a member of both races into their latest Judge, the Quintessons discovered that Cybertronians existed in this universe after Croaton, in search of his missing citizens, flew past the outpost, taking the hapless [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]] with him. Although the current Judge planned to simply judge and dispose of their new prisoner, the ambitious Seeker tried to win over his captors by revealing the existence of the [[AllSpark|Allspark]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Seeing this as a power source to fuel the creation of the new Judge, the Quintessons made for Cybertron and "rewarded" Starscream with their highest honor: assimilation into the next Judge. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}}

Arriving shortly after [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]]'s defeat, the Quintessons quickly conquered the planet and ensnared the city of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] in the tendrils of their command tower. The Cybertronians were rounded up and placed in a virtual reality simulation designed to keep them happy and docile while the Scientist both drained their [[spark]]s and tapped into the Allspark's energy itself to fuel the creation of this new Judge. {{storylink|The Loop}} {{storylink|The Scientist}} Unfortunately, their machinations were upset by [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]], who the Quintessons had overlooked during their conquest of the planet. The ad hoc Cybertronian resistance he assembled operated out of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam]]'s, invisible to Quintesson sensors, and threatened to undermine their control of the planet. Although the Quintesson forces eventually captured Hot Rod, the Autobot leader proved uncooperative and was found guilty. {{storylink|The Trial}}

Soon, the resistance infiltrated the command tower and clashed with the Scientist himself, their battle putting the unborn Judge at risk and severing their hostages' connection to the virtual reality loop. {{storylink|The Scientist}} Freed of their prison, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]], and their respective forces rebelled against the Quintessons, with the conflict escalating into open war between the two forces. Despite their best efforts, the Cybertronians proved unable to breach the force field that protected the Quintesson headquarters, but the partial activation of [[Iaconus]] pushed their [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] warriors into a retreat. {{storylink|The Alliance}}

The Quintessons eventually gained the advantage, primarily by the Judge's rage at Megatron's theft of their multiverse escape pod, disabling nearly all enemy combatants. However, the Judge was attacked and overwhelmed by the resistance leaders and, in their damage and frenzy, they crashed into the command tower, seemingly perishing as it exploded and collapsed. Although the prior Judge was killed, it had survived long enough for the gestation of their new Judge to finish. {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}}

The new Judge Starscream rounded up nearly all his enemies, only to monologue over them while Optimus Prime and Megatron were being located. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} Iaconus was soon awakened and battled the enslaved Croaton under Judge Starscream's command. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe II}} Despite the Scientist being killed off by Wheeljack, Judge Starscream used unspace to slay Iaconus. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe III}}

Despite his victory over Iaconus, Judge Starscream soon lost control of Croaton. As his enemies broke free and rallied, he was soon overwhelmed and seemingly destroyed by the dual [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrices]] of Optimus Prime and a returned Megatron. The Quintesson invasion was effectively overthrown, and the remainder of their forces were subsequently dealt with by the Autobots and Deceptions. No trace of their occupation remained by the time of the factions' split control of the planet. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

====Alternate universe====
In the universe from which [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron X]] hailed from, the tyrant used a [[laser snare]] to destroy the Quintesson flagship as it descended onto Cybertron before salvaging its technology for his own ends. {{storylink|The Other One}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends Quintesson.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.2|You spin me right round baby, right round.]]
The Quintessons put [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]] on trial. Unfortunately [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] arrived and promptly turned the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] on their masters. {{storylink|Mockery of Justice}} Intending to disrupt the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]], the Quintessons allied with [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] and sent her in to cause trouble. {{storylink|The Galactic Games}} They also send [[Skuxxoid]]s to the games to kidnap [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}} When the trio were rescued post-sentencing by the other Autobots, the Quintessons destroyed their own home planet, Quintesson, in an attempt to eliminate them. The Quints then tried to enlist the help of the Decepticons to wipe out the Autobots, only for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to arrive and reclaim his troops. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}} They soon struck an alliance with Galvatron and attacked Cybertron, with the end result that they activated an ancient device to deactivate all Transformers. After the device was destroyed by Spike, the Quintessons were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

The Quintessons observed from afar Ultra Magnus and his Autobots celebrated the activation of a new power core. Enraged by the sight, the Quintessons plotted to get revenge on both Autobots and Decepticons. They then approached Galvatron and gave the Decepticon leader false coordinates to a power core. The Quintessons had in truth led Galvatron to the location of their old creations, the Dweller and the Trans-Organics. After the ensuing battle that took place between the Autobots, the Decepticons and the Quintessons' ancient creations, a faint Quintesson cry for help was broadcast from deep underground... {{storylink|Dweller in the Depths (Legends)|Dweller in the Depths}}
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===Transformers: Forged to Fight===
[[File:Quintessons-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|450px|Like a color-changing lamp!]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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==Toys==
===Energon===
*'''[[Alpha Quintesson]]''' (Mega, [[2005]])
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, base, three tentacles
[[File:Alpha Quintesson toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|I do hope you'll bring these gadgets back in one piece, 007.]]

:One of the last toys in the [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'' line]], Alpha Quintesson is fairly unique in that he is one of the only toys in the history of the main ''Transformers'' line that does not transform in any manner or even come with any kind of transforming accessory (like the [[Action Master]]s).

:Alpha Quintesson requires quite a bit of assembly out of the box, coming in six separate pieces: his main body, a solid "bed of tentacles" that serves as a wheeled base that the body plugs into, a firing missile launcher which plugs into his back (via a standard 5mm peg that also allows other characters to wield it) and points up over his head, and three rubber, wire-poseable tentacles which attach to the base. The tentacles end in a large yellow clamp, a red chainsaw, and a purple energy arc, and spin around via a gear-wheel system when the base is rolled back and forth. The figure features nine circular ports (three on each arm and three on the base), to which either [[Energon star|energon chip]]s or any weapons featuring 5mm pegs can be attached.

:The main body is notably very [[Show-accuracy|accurate]] to the CGI model from the animated series, save for its coloration and the addition of the missile launcher. As a toy that was entirely dull green from top to bottom would not have been a very interesting sight, the figure features several shades of green with yellow highlights, plus a red paint wash on its "underbelly" and arms. The main body contains its own gimmick, involving Alpha Q's spinning faces as seen in the cartoon. Opening the armor's jaws reveals Alpha Q's head, recessed within the body (though unable to move forward into a more prominent position as seen in the show), and pressing the trigger on the back of the body, disguised as one of the spinal fins, causes the head to spin from face to face. The toy only features the character's first three faces (Angry, Whiny and Crazy); the purple, calm face is not featured.

:As an allegiance was needed to brand the figure with for marketing purposes, Alpha Quintesson's toy is sold as a Decepticon, despite that faction not really being where his loyalties lie. There were also many reports of the toy coming misassembled, missing the hard point where the figure connected to the base, making it nigh impossible for the toy to stand up on its own.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/AlphaQuintesson/alphaquintesson.htm More information on Alpha Quintesson at TFU.info]''

===Cyberverse===
*'''Quintesson Invasion''' (Multi-pack, [[2019]])
[[File:CyberverseQuintessonToy.jpeg|thumb|200px|The Big Surprise of 2019]]

:The Quintesson Judge included in this set is a new roughly deluxe-sized mold, with five different faces that rotate when the top of the body is pushed down and released. The molded tentacle base/body has 4 ball-jointed tentacles that can pose freely.

:Also included in the set are the Spark Armor [[Prowl (Cyberverse)|Prowl]] and [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Shockwave]], now ''sans'' the spark armor and with new mind control helmet accessories. Additionally, the mind control helmets can plug into any Battle Class spark armor figure. Ironically, Shockwave and Prowl were some of the few Transformers who never wore the helmets in the cartoon.

:The set was [[exclusive]] to [[Target]], and appeared at retail in December 2019 with no prior announcement by [[Hasbro]].
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Voyager-Quintesson-Judge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"It is a day so long in coming that I am uncertain how to celebrate it."]]
*'''Quintesson Judge''' (Voyager Class, [[2020]])
**''ID number'': '''WFC-E22'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''ER EX-08'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[August 1]], 2020'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster, cage, seat, blast effect
:The first [[show accuracy|G1-accurate]] Quintesson toy, released at the Voyager [[pricepoint]] as part of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' toyline. The Quintesson Judge converts into a modular battle station and prison in 16 steps. The prison cell is large enough to fit a Battlemaster, and the five faces have articulated mouths and a rotating gimmick. The faces Rage and Wrath are disassembled in package, requiring owners to plug them into their respective sides.

:He was originally supposed to be released in the second wave, but was changed to the third wave, with Starscream replacing him. In Japan, the Quintesson Judge was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive.
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[[File:QuintPitOfJudgment.jpeg|upright=1.66|thumb|They've got this case all wrapped up.]]
*'''Quintesson Pit of Judgment''' (2020)
**''Accessories:'' Judge's blaster, cage, seat, blast effect; Bailiff's staff; Sharkticon's tail/mace
:This [[giftset]] represents the "trial" of [[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] during ''The Transformers: The Movie''. The set includes a Quintesson Judge (a brighter [[redeco]] of the ''Earthrise'' toy above); a Bailiff (a [[retool]] of the ''Earthrise'' [[Allicon#Toys|Allicon]] with a new head, chest, shoulders, and axe); a non-transforming Prosecutor; a Sharkticon (a redeco of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Sharkticon (species)#Generations|Sharkticon]]); and a non-transforming Kranix. The interior packaging forms the Sharkticon execution pit.

:This piece was [[exclusive]] to [[Hasbro Pulse]] in the United States. It was announced to the public before the "standard" versions of the Judge and Allicon were released, and was avalible first for people who attended the Hasbro Fans Expo in [[Hong Kong]] and preordered the set.

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==Notes==
[[File:FloroDery originalquintesson.jpg|thumb|Touch the Rainbow, Taste the Rainbow!]]
*The Quintessons were named after a local restaurant.<ref>Flint Dille interview at TFcon 2016</ref>
*An early design for the Quintessons, described in an April 1985 draft of ''The Transformers: The Movie'', gave them spindly bipedal bodies with large heads. Per this draft, the Autobots would have been shocked to discover that, in reality, they were ''all head''; when Hot Rod grabbed one, its head would disconnect from its body, fly off, and link up to another body in waiting. Somewhere along the way, the body idea got dropped, but not before designer [[Floro Dery]] produced a design seemingly based on this early idea, seen at right, revealed through his [https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/FDartstudio?ref=l2-shopheader-name Etsy store] in October 2014. The idea did not disappear completely, however; the mini-series "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" was produced before the movie's script was finalized, and contains a few references to ideas from this early draft, including a scene in which one of [[Deliberata]]'s faces detaches—seemingly derived from the idea of a removable head.
*When asked about the finalized Quintesson design in an interview, Dery stated they were based on a cylindrical toy he designed at some point.<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery]</ref>
*In their first appearance in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', the two speaking Quintessons are voiced by [[Regis Cordic]] (who plays the judge) and [[Roger C. Carmel]] (the prosecutor). These two actors then became the primary recurring voices of the Quintessons in the third season of the cartoon, usually playing judges, with [[Jack Angel]] normally serving as a third in episodes where more than two speaking roles were required. In [[AKOM]]-animated episodes, Cordic's Quintesson (usually designated "Quintesson #1" in scripts) would commonly speak from the Face of Doubt, while Carmel's ("Quintesson #2") used the Face of Laughter; Angel's intermittently-appearing third Quintesson would most often use the Face of Death, but animation errors, and Quintesson face-rotating meant that these were not ''absolute'' rules. In [[Toei Animation|Toei]] episodes, judges usually spoke from the Face of Death regardless of actor, and prosecutors got more screen time, with Cordic, as the "lead" Quintesson actor, voicing most of them. Numerous guest actors also played assorted "guest" Quintesson roles in various episodes.
*Since [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]] never explains what the characters are being charged with, and offers no logical progression to a verdict, it's usually interpreted that Quintesson justice simply operates on reverse terminology for the sake of humor—that the Quintessons ''say'' "innocent", but dohohoho, they're aliens, and to them, that ''means'' "guilty", so the accused is sentenced to death. This was certainly the assumption [[Simon Furman]] was working off of when he first used the Quintessons in the UK-only framing sequence of "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]" and had a Quintesson find [[Mister Regan|an interrogator]] to be "innocent" of things which he is unambiguously guilty of. The 2014 novel ''[[Transformers: Retribution|Retribution]]'' also followed this path, with the note that "innocent" must "mean something different" to the aliens, as the characters on trial are indeed entirely guilty of what they are being accused of. What is consistently overlooked, however, is the one instance in all Transformers canon of the Quintessons actually finding someone guilty, which happens to Kup and Ultra Magnus in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2]]". And they ''are'' guilty of the charges put before them: being Autobots, the race who stole Cybertron from the Quintessons. While it may have started out that way at some point in the script process of the movie, the cartoon universe made clear very early on that Quintesson justice isn't supposed to operate on reverse terminology for humor's sake; the aliens know the difference between the two terms, and the trials are just trivial, for their own amusement, before they kill you anyway.
*In a Q&A, [[Simon Furman]] said he considered making the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] a Quintesson artifact but changed his mind.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032 SIMON FURMAN - Q&A Nov/Dec 2008 at IDW Publishing Forums]</ref>
*The ''Animated'' Quintessons are just off-screen mentions, but as their empire's name is near-identical to [[Japan|Imperial Japan]]'s {{w|Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere}}, we can assume they're ''very nasty''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Quintessa-seijin''' (クインテッサ星人, "Planet Quintessa People"), '''Quintesson''' (クインテッサン ''Kuintessan'')
*''Italian:'' '''Quintessenziali''' ("Quintessentials")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wǔ Miàn Guài''' (五面怪, "Five-faced Monster")

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User talk:Zandergb

2020-06-08T04:03:26Z

Zandergb: /* Quickstrike's visible head */

{{Tagyourpics}}
Suggest formatting the pics you upload in the future correctly. :) It'll look better. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 23:05, 22 January 2013 (EST)
:Examples of mistakes and proper formatting so I can learn from my mistakes instead of going off your awfully generic criticism, please [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] 23:28, 22 January 2013 (EST)
::Generally, when it comes to pictures, be it a partial scan from a comic, screencap, or toy photos, we try to tag them in the appropriate categories. For example, some of your recently uploaded Armada toy photos were fine as they had the correct description and linked back to the correct article. However, you were missing the '''<nowiki>[[Category:Armada toy images]]</nowiki>''', which will put it in the correct category for easier (well, somewhat easier) organizing. Beast Wars II toy photos goes with the Beast Wars-related pic category, Energon with Energon, and so forth. Take the BW Spittor toy photo. Correct franchise, correct character link, and credit on the photo taking - you were just missing '''<nowiki>[[Category: Beast Wars toy images]]</nowiki>''' to categorize it. The best example of a toy photo I could give would be [[:Image:BWtoy-SpittorTransmetals2.jpg|Transmetals 2 Spittor]] as uploaded by [[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]]. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 23:45, 22 January 2013 (EST)
:::Ah, ok. I never even thought about categories for image file pages. Maybe a little reminder should be added to the images help page (unless I missed it)? I'll go back and fix the ones I uploaded. [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] 23:55, 22 January 2013 (EST)

==Triage weapon sound error==
No, I'm saying that the sound we hear as Soundwave straightens his fingers doesn't sound anything like the weapon transformation sound that other characters make. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:52, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elx0GLfCzw4 10m44s
:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69DCfPFnECY 19m31s
:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtRqlapALDo 16m54s
:I would directly link to the right times, but youtube doesn't handle that well with longer videos. [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] 21:15, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
::... Those just prove my point, as there is no rising power-up whine on the Triage clip. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 21:19, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
:::That's not even the sound I'm talking about. I'm talking about the sound the weapons make as they flip out, not when they charge up. [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] 21:22, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
::::Oh! I see. Sorry, I misunderstood what sound we were talking about. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 21:41, 23 May 2012 (EDT)

== Quickstrike's visible head ==

Hey mate, do you happen to have a screenshot of Quickstrike's visible robot head in beast mode? It'd probably be good to have one on the article with the note about it you added, especially since it's not something that anyone else has noticed (as far as I can find). [[User:Grey|Grey]] ([[User talk:Grey|talk]]) 12:59, 7 June 2020 (EDT)
:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI4Lo-O3lbM They leave it out in some shots ("Pain is my friend!"), but it's very visible when Inferno is stepping on Quickstrike. Another instance off the top of my head is in Maximal No More, when Dinobot throws Quickstrike against the rock during their fight. (btw, I hate how all the BW clips on the official Youtube channel are stretched out) [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] ([[User talk:Zandergb|talk]]) 00:03, 8 June 2020 (EDT)

Quintesson

2020-05-27T08:45:55Z

Zandergb: /* Cyberverse */ made it less spoilery

{{factions|quintesson}}
{{disambig2|the Generation 1 alien race|their home planet which is called "Quintesson" in the Marvel Comic UK continuity|Quintessa (planet)}}
[[File:Quint.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Hahahaha— —hahahahaha— —–hahahahaha— ——hahahahahaha— ——–hahahahahaha!"]]

The '''Quintessons''' are a bizarre and ancient race, whose dark history and shadowy machinations are bound up with the history of the [[Transformer]]s, with connections to both [[Primus]] and [[Unicron]]. They are known galaxy-wide as traders, entrepreneurs and businessmen, but their dealings are very rarely on the level, often laced with intrigue and betrayals. They prefer subtle manipulation, scheming, and advanced technology over brute force, but if those don't work, they can fall back on the legion of deadly [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] and [[Allicon]]s at their command and a fleet of battle-ready [[Quintesson spacecraft|spaceships]] as well. However, the Quintessons themselves have zero fighting abilities and are absolute cowards if they have nothing to hide behind. For example, they are seen to be powerless against a Sharkticon revolt.

Quintessons are also known by the ''adorable'' racial slur 'squids'.<ref>"[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]"</ref>

{{quote|[We] are ''Quintessons''! ''Arrogance'' is our life’s blood, ''ambition'' is our food and drink, but most of all, ''hubris is the air we breathe!!''|[[Al-Badur]] dissin' his peeps|"[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]"}}

{{quote|Deceivers! Betrayers! Five-faced slime of the nebula!|[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] on the Quintessons|"[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]"}}

==Types of Quintessons==
[[File:QuintessonTFMMarvel.jpg|thumb|What? Death is for the guilty ones? You mean I've been doing this wrong the whole time?]]The Quintessons appear to be mostly (if not entirely) mechanical beings. They come in several distinct forms, some of which are identified by their place in the Quintessons' bizarre court system.

{{note|The names given are, when possible, taken directly from the character model sheets.}}

===Judges===
The most prominent and famous type of Quintesson, as well as the apparent "leaders" of the race, are the Judges, also referred to as the Imperial Magistrates. Judges have inverted egg-shaped bodies which float on a beam of energy and possess wiry tentacles for physical manipulation, but their most distinctive physical characteristics are their five rotating faces. Each face represents a different aspect of the Quintesson, though for four of the five faces, there are conflicting accounts as to what each represents.

<gallery perrow="5">
File:Quintessondeath.jpg|'''Death'''
File:Qhead1.gif|'''Rage'''/Wrath
File:Qhead2.gif|'''Laughter'''/War
File:Qhead3.gif|'''Bitterness'''/Wisdom
File:Qhead4.gif|'''Doubt'''/Judgment
</gallery>

{{note|The first names given above for the latter four faces come from Japanese ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' supplements. They are derived from the descriptions given of the faces in the original script for ''[[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]]''—an "angry face," a "smiling face," a "grimacing face" and a "suspicious face"—and the faces were [http://web.archive.org/web/20050206071549/http://hometown.aol.com/silverphoenix12/junkion.html specifically designed] by [[Floro Dery]] to represent these emotions. All the same, this information remained very little-known for a long time, leading to the second set of names being created for use in the 2004 publication, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''. The original names were also used for ''[[Transformers: The Ark|The Ark]]'', published by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] in 2007.}}

In the original animated series, the Judges were all of the same size and were rarely named. (Then again, it was rare for ''any'' Quintesson to get an individual name.) Conversely, in the Marvel Comics continuity, Judges vary in size, including the massive [[Kledji]] and the smaller [[Sevax]]. The order of the faces in the ring varies from Judge to Judge (if not [[Animation error|from shot to shot]], ahem).

Named Judges include:
*[[Brinn]]
*[[Deliberata]]
*[[Derodomontatus]]
*[[Heirodyus]]
*[[Kledji]]
*[[Klementia]]
*[[Pentius]]
*[[Sevax]]
*[[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]
*Various unnamed [[Judge (Cyberverse)|judge]]s

===Bailiffs===
[[File:Quintbailiff anime.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|None Shall Pass!]]
These snout-nosed creatures were seen serving as guards in the Quintessons' court.
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===Executioners===
[[File:TFU Quintesson Gatekeeper.jpg|thumb|Pokey, pokey!]]
Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' referred to this kind of Quintesson as a "Gatekeeper," suggesting the design was created specifically for a scene that wound up being deleted from the film, in which a Quintesson standing watch at the gate to their citadel sent the Dinobots (searching for Hot Rod and Kup) off in the wrong direction. With the deletion of this scene, the design was instead used for the Quintesson who throws the switch that sends [[Arblus]] plumetting into the Sharkticon pit, earning them the designation of "Executioner."

Named executioners include:
*[[Ghyrik]]
*[[In-Saba Nur]]
*[[Jolup]]
*[[Rexian]]
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===Prosecutor===
[[File:Inquisitor fugly.jpg|right|thumb|Prosecutor and the seldom-seen "wizened" variant.]]
This variety of Quintesson is the second-most common type, often seen in positions of authority. They have also been called "Inquisitors". In court, they are the ones who ask for the Judges' verdicts and occasionally let the defendants say something in their defense, for all it matters.

Named prosecutors include:
*[[Krahulik]]
*[[Vashik]]
*Various unnamed [[Prosecutor (Cyberverse)|prosecutor]]s
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===Scientist===
[[File:Quint scientist.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Yes, I have a question.]]
[[File:Quint dweller.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|I had to walk 15 miles in the snow to school! Uphill both ways!]]
Scientists are somewhat similar to the Prosecutors in construction, though they feature more bulbous heads and bearded, somewhat-more-human faces.

Named scientists include:
*[[Al-Badur]]
*[[Extempaxia]]
*[[Inquirata (G1)|Inquirata]]
*[[Mara-Al-Utha]]
*An unnamed [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|scientist]]
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===Other types===
[[File:Quint two faced.jpg|125px|thumb|My tentacles are on fire!]]
The Judges are not the only Quintessons to have multiple faces, though the only known exception is the '''three-faced scientist''' who was the primary creator of the [[Trans-Organic]]s. One of his faces was grievously damaged, a scar left by the [[Dweller (G1)|Dweller]], which he covered with a mask.

This scientist instigated a plan to get the [[Decepticon]]s to unwittingly release the trans-organics from their prisons deep within [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so they would wipe out all Transformer life. The plan ultimately backfired; the Dweller killed the other trans-organics, and was launched into space by the [[Autobot]]s... where it smashed into the scientist's ship, which was en-route to Cybertron. Presumably, the scientist finally met his end as the Dweller drained the energy from the ship and everyone within it. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

[[File:Quint rentacops.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"Game over, man! Game over!"]]
'''Security officers''' appear to have been an ancient model of Quintesson, and possibly the only kind with built-in offensive capabilities, some having one set of arm-tentacles replaced with over-sized blasters. These blasters availed them naught, however, against the Trans-Organic beasts. It is unknown if any of this model of Quintesson exist in "modern" times. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

[[File:Quint humanoid.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|No one remembers we exist.]]
Non-bailiff, non-executioner '''Humanoid''' Quintessons are exceedingly rare. One accompanied [[Inquirata (G1)|Inquirata]] on his mission to use a [[Time Window]] to change Cybertron's history, stopping the slave revolt that drove the Quintessons off-planet. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

And then there's [[Mirdane]]. A rarity among Quintessons, in that he has a name, and that's ''it''. He has only ever been mentioned by others, never seen, so what body type he has/had is unknown. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}} {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}
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==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Regis Cordic]], [[Roger C. Carmel]] and [[Jack Angel]] (English, primary recurring voices, see [[#Notes|Notes]]), [[Dick Gautier]] ("[[The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar]]"), [[Tony Pope]] ("[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]" and "[[The Dweller in the Depths]]"), [[Paul Eiding]] ("[[The Quintesson Journal]]"), [[Charlie Adler]] ("[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]"), [[Corey Burton]] ("[[Madman's Paradise]]"), [[Aron Kincaid]] ("[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|The Return of Optimus Prime]]")}}
{{quote|We Transformers have looked into the face of our creators... and seen the face of an enemy.|[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]|"[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]"}}

[[File:FFOD4 Early Quintessons.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|The new Powerpuff Girls series never really got off the ground.]]
In ages long past, a race of aliens called the Quintessons existed on the planet-sized factory known as [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Some of their early experiments in creating artificial life resulted in the [[Trans-Organic]]s. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}} Some Quintessons turned to forbidden arts, and were banished to other dimensions. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}} The Quintessons eventually created two lines of sentient robots: one was a line of robots designed for domestic duties and labor (known as [[Autobot]]s), and the other was a line designed for military use (known as [[Decepticon]]s). {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} The Quintessons were exceptionally cruel to their creations, eventually leading to wide-spread rebellion, a rebellion started by the Autobot [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]]. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}} Forced to flee the planet, the Quintessons eventually settled on the small, twisted planet of [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], but fostered an undying hatred of all Transformers for the next eleven million years. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

They also spent this time productively, selling technology to other races, and often manipulating the political and military climate of regions of space to increase their sales, all the while diligently keeping track of their work by recording it in [[Quintesson Journal|journals]]. {{Storylink|The Quintesson Journal}} Occasionally a race as the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]] would arise that could potentially threaten the Quintessons, and they would deal with it by sealing off whole sections of space with [[quadrant lock]]s. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}}

[[File:FFOD2 Quintesson court.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Believe it or not, you really do have better chances in Texas.]]
In 2005, they were shown to capture prisoners for trial and feeding to their army of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. The mock trials held by the Quintesson Court seemed to have no purpose at all, except maybe for the Quintessons' amusement, as defendants were still immediately fed to the ravenous Sharkticons even when the Judge determined them to be innocent. However, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] managed to rescue the pair of Autobots the Quintessons had captured. Worse, [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] inspired the Sharkticons to rebel... by stomping his foot on the ground and telling them to do so. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|The Quintessons' involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

One year (or possibly five years, [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|depending on whom you ask]]) after the defeat of [[Unicron]], the Quintessons reappeared. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} They first sent a commando team of Sharkticons to abduct various Autobots (as well as [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], though that may have been unintentional). Upon capturing the 'bots, the Quintessons seemed more interested in interrogating their prisoners than feeding them to the Sharkticons. However, they eventually did find the captured Transformers to be guilty of the crime of... being Transformers (Spike was guilty by association). {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

[[File:FFOD4 Quintessons raised tentacles and Galvatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Look out, it's Galvatron! Quick, make yourselves look big and maybe he'll leave us alone!"]]
After [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus]] and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] mounted a rescue for their captive friends, the Quintessons attempted to kill the would-be rescuers by destroying the entire planet of Quintessa. After this plan failed, the surviving Quintessons approached the currently leaderless Decepticons, offering them [[energon]] in exchange for attacking the Autobots who had fled to the planet [[Goo 8739B|Goo]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} When the newly revived [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] arrived intending to reclaim his army, the Quintessons made an alliance with him to attack Cybertron in return for the [[Decepticon Matrix|Decepticon Matrix of Leadership]], an object which didn't actually exist outside the Quintessons' fertile imaginations. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

The Quintessons betrayed Galvatron almost immediately after the battle had been won, sending the Sharkticons to pull a [[Large switch|switch]] which would cause all Transformers the galaxy over literally to freeze where they stood. Though the Sharkticons were fought off, Galvatron pulled the lever anyway. The Quintessons landed on Cybertron, intending to reclaim the planet, however Spike destroyed the switch and the Quintessons were forced to abandon the planet in an escape pod. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Later plots by the Quintessons were no less nefarious. A rogue Quintesson scientist abducted three Transformers and a [[Marissa Faireborn|human]] for behavioral study, a scheme that nearly killed the entire group after they drifted into a black hole. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar}} Later, the Quintessons revived the deceased [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] in an attempt to lure all the Autobots into a trap and destroy them with a supernova. However, the Quintessons did not count upon Hot Rod forcing Optimus Prime to overcome his programming, nor Optimus Prime's ability to sacrifice himself to save the Autobots. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

[[File:ForeverLongTimeComing various Quintessons.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|"Damn it! Who ate my yogurt?!"]]
Later still, the Quintessons attempted to rewrite history by preventing their loss of Cybertron, creating a [[Time Window]] on an asteroid, directed at Cybertron eleven million years in the past. The Autobots attacked the asteroid, occupying it as several of their number passed through the Time Window and resulting in the very fabric of reality starting to unravel the longer the window remained open. The Quintessons made several desperate attempts to retake the asteroid before convincing Rodimus Prime to shut the Time Window down, though their plans were still ruined as the time-displaced A-3 returned to the past to take his part in the rebellion. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

After a Quintesson journal was lost on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], the Quintessons began inserting subliminal messages into the Junkions' [[television]] in an attempt to make them tidy and instill a distrust of other life forms. Unfortunately the equipment sending the subliminal signal was damaged during an attempt to retrieve the journal, resulting in the Junkions transmitting subliminal messages to the rest of the galaxy. In the ensuing battle, the Quintessons again tried to retrieve the journal, only to lose it when a stray shot knocked it loose from their tractor beam. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} The journal resurfaced again in the [[Angarrix sector]] at the same time that the Autobots were conducting peace talks with [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]], two planets whom the Quintessons had manipulated into war so that they could sell weapons. Despite the Quintessons' best attempts the journal reached the conference where their interference was exposed, and the Autobots destroyed the Quintesson ship as it tried to deliver two [[omega bomb]]s intended to destroy the planets. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

The Quintessons would try other schemes to destroy the Autobots. One involved kidnapping [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and hooking him to a device which manifested his dreams in real life. Unfortunately the dream constructs turned on them when Rodimus was able to reach Daniel's sleeping mind. {{storylink|Nightmare Planet}} Another was to manipulate Galvatron into releasing the Trans-Organics. Though Galvatron succeeded, releasing the [[Dweller (G1)|Dweller]], the Autobots managed to expel the creature into space, where it attacked the Quintesson ship. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

[[File:MadmansParadise Mara-Al-Utha.jpg|thumb|left|240px|''"Why not Zoidberg?!'']]
Finding Galvatron interfering with the quadrant lock sealing [[Quadrant X]], the Quintessons entered the lock, taking a number of Transformers through with them. Unfortunately their [[isolator key]], needed to reopen the lock, was damaged, forcing them to obtain [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[universal emulator]]. Perceptor was able to program the emulator so that when the Quintessons used it, it disabled the quadrant lock for good. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}} In another dimension on [[Menonia]], the Autobots found the rogue Quintesson scientist [[Mara-Al-Utha]], and defeated him with the help of local wizard named the [[Golden One]]. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

[[File:ReturnOptimusPrime Quintesson holding tool.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.45|"Right, where am I sticking this?"]]
The Quintessons suggested to Cyclonus that he take Galvatron to [[Torkulon]], believing the experience would prove fatal for the Decepticons. It didn't. {{storylink|Webworld}} A group of Quintessons based on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] made a deal with [[Dirk Manus]] to deliver them the [[Recreator]], while also sending the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] to attack him. Multiple double-crosses ensued until in one final double-cross, Manus set [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] on the Quintessons and they retreated without the Recreator. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

When Rodimus asked [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] to find him a Quintesson, Sky Lynx complained that the Quintessons had gone into hiding in the farthest reaches of the galaxy and would be difficult to find. Nonetheless Sky Lynx managed to find [[Klementia|one being chased]] by [[Hate Plague]] infected Sharkticons, and took him to Earth to restore life to the body of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} The lone Quintesson also restored a number of other Autobots to help Optimus retrieve the Matrix from Rodimus. He did his best to hold off the infected Transformers while Optimus journeyed into the Matrix and found a way to cure the Hate Plague. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}
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=====Japanese cartoon continuity=====
======''Legends'' comic======
Millions of years ago, the Quintessons arrived on the planet that would become Cybertron and discovered the essence of the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] as well as the [[Matrix of Leadership|vessel]] that had once kept it. They subjugated the Oracle by encasing him within [[Vector Sigma]] and creating the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to control his powers, which they used to transform the planet into a metallic world. They went on to use Cybertron as a factory for [[Transformer|robotic slaves]] until their creations rebelled and drove them off the planet, claiming the Oracle's vessel and finding it full of malicious energy after years of accumulating the wisdom of its Quintesson owners. They promptly dumped out the Quintesson wisdom, which would one day go on to become [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

In need of new territory after being driven off Cybertron, the Quintessons opened a portal to another dimension, the [[Legends World]], and invaded it with an army of [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharges]] led by a lone Quintesson. They were beaten back by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], leading to the Quintessons labeling the Legends World dangerous and sealing away its creators, the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]], with a [[quadrant lock]]. However, the Quintessons were unaware that their portal had in fact spanned time as well as space and led to the far future, and the Legends World would only be created ''after'' the Zamojin were released from the lock. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}}

======''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010'' story pages======
Teaming up with the Decepticons, the Quintessons began developing new warriors for their "allies". {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 2}} The [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s were constructed by the Quintessons during this alliance. The Sharkticons, also considered to be part of the Predacon faction, were leased to the Decepticons to bolster their ranks. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 3}} The Quintessons evidently consider the Sharkticons to be "the Pride of the Quintessons" and developed [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] specifically to outdo all previous Decepticon [[combiner]]s. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 4}}

During [[Dark Awakening (episode)|the time they had Optimus Prime's corpse in their clutches]], the Quintessons copied his schematics. They also received schematics of Megatron from their alliance with the Decepticons and developed the Colossal Cannon Soldier [[Gilthor]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (story page)|2010 Part 4}}

======''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers'' manga======
[[File:2010manga04-title.jpg|left|thumb|200px|"Great Guns", "Colossal Cannons", it's all semantics.]]

The Quintessons feigned to have created Gilthor as a subordinate for Galvatron, but in reality they had allied themselves with the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who gave the robot life. Gilthor quickly turned on Galvatron during an ambush on Rodimus Prime. He would have won, had Rodimus and Galvatron not worked together to defeat him, foiling the plans of the Quintessons. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #4}}
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======''Macrocosmic Seekers''======
The [[Seeker (United)|Seeker]], during the enslavement of Transformers, realized the potential for Transformer evolution and noted that rebellion was imminent. He was laughed at, but the Seeker got the last laugh when he left Cybertron before the rebellion and evolved beyond his Quintesson origins. {{Storylink|A Treasure's True Worth}}

======Controverse======
When [[Primacron]] was taken into custody for unleashing [[Tornedron]] into the cosmos, the galactic council appointed the Quintesson judge [[Adveraros]] to preside over the scientist's trial. To guard the prisoner, the Quintessons brought along several Bailiffs and Sharkticons. Though Adveraros at first seemed to give a sensible ruling (acquittal by reason of insanity) in truth the Quintessons were planning to harvest Primacron's brain once he had been sent to [[Doruka III]], an asylum planet. The plot was foiled by Primacron himself, who fashioned a high-tech whistle out of his mechanical manacles, and took control of all nearby "[[Primitive]]" Transformers. Having restrained Adveraros with his own Sharkticon guards, Primacron revealed that he had once created bacterial machines, which he proposed was the Quintessons' distant ancestors. Adveraros loudly denounced this claim as the Autobots came in to take protective custody of Primacron. {{storylink|Controverse}}

======''Kiss Players''======
[[File:KPMaximus2.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Do cameos count as canon?]]
[[File:KPQuints.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is all kinds of crazy.]]
The [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]] [[Marissa Faireborn]], [[Atari Hitotonari]], and [[Shaoshao Li]], together with the [[Sparkbot]]s [[Angela]], [[Star Dust]], and [[Zangetsu]], were traveling through time aboard [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] when the space fortress suddenly went out of control.

The six found themselves on a strange, alien world in the year 2011. With their ship ensnared, they were herded by [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] to the Space Tribunal, where the Quintessons put them on trial for time-traveling without their permission.

When Shaoshao asked if being cute was a crime, the Quintessons threatened to charge her with contempt of court. Atari suggested using their Kiss Play abilities to transform into cute costumes and ask the "octopusses" nicely to let them go. But turning into a swimsuit-clad elementary school girl and asking the judge's permission to go to the potty only resulted in Atari and her friends being found "not guilty" and dropped into the Sharkticon pit below.

Rescued by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]], they fled back to Brave Maximus and re-entered the time portal. Sucked into the maelstrom along with them, the Quintessons demanded that the process stop, saying that they were the last of their kind. But it was too late, and the aliens were trapped inside the hole in space-time. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players Position}}
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======Story of Binaltech======
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======''Alternity''======
As a result of a [[quadrant lock]] the Quintessons placed upon the [[BT World]] to trap the [[Binaltech]] Autobots, the planet was frozen in time until the [[Alternity]] were born and broke through it 900,000 years later. During the intervening time, however, a tragic fate befell the Quintessons. {{storylink|Alternation}}

=====''Wings Universe''=====
{{wingsnote}}
Very early in the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobot ship ''[[Van De Graaff]]'' was shot down over [[Beta-Nine]] while transporting a [[Matrix of Leadership|vital cargo]]. The Autobots initially believed that the crash was the result of a Decepticon attack, but [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], a crewmember of the rescue ship ''[[Eight Track (G1)|Eight Track]]'', discovered the truth when he found green tentacled remains alongside the corpses of the murdered ''Van De Graaff'' crew. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

The Quintessons created [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] to lead a new generation of Sharkticons. In [[2010]], they sent Sky-Byte and several Sharkticons to Earth in an alliance with the [[Decepticon Syndicate]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

By [[2984]], Quintesson space had come under the control of the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]]s. In that year, the temporally-displaced pirates known as the [[Star Seeker]]s traveled near former Quintesson space on their way to find the immortal spark of the infamous Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. The Star Seekers eventually gained access to a [[Shut-Up-Tornado-I'm-Trying-To-Think|planetoid]] existing in a pocket of space surrounded by black holes. In a chamber on the planetoid, they encountered a lone Quintesson who claimed to have been betrayed and marooned by Starscream on the planetoid some time earlier. The Star Seekers gave the Quintesson passage off of the planetoid in exchange for telling all that he knew of Starscream's last known destination. However as it turned out, the Quintesson was long dead, and Starscream's immortal spark had been using the Quintesson's body as a puppet. Forming an alliance with the Decepticon Star Seeker [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]], Starscream discarded the Quintesson's body and hijacked Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]]'s body for himself, simultaneously allowing Flamewar to take control of the Star Seekers for herself. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

=====''Transformers: All Spark''=====
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
In an unstable [[Iocus]] universe engineered by the machinations of [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Renegade#Gong|Gong]], the Quintessons on Quintessa were replaced by the [[Master Renegade]] and the [[Monster GoBot]]s on [[Antares 3|Antares III]] during the events of the [[Unicron War]]. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

=====''Deviations''=====
A group of Quintessons were presiding over the execution of Kranix when Optimus Prime and the Autobots intervened, forcing the Quintessons to abandon their kangaroo court and flee. Optimus noted a feeling of familiarity towards the aliens and their planet but could not place it. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

=====Big Looker storybooks=====
[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Rarely do encounters with Autobots work out well for the Quintessons.]]
An Autobot ship crashed on Quintesson, with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] the only survivor. The Quintessons captured him, throwing him in a dungeon. They intended to execute him, taking him to a Sharkticon pit, however he managed to evade them and escaped into the jungles of Quintesson. When Hot Rod's ship also crashed on the planet, the Quintessons tried to mount a sneak attack, only for Wheelie to appear and fight them off single-handed. The Quintessons returned with Sharkticon backup, stalking the Autobots as Wheelie tried to lead them away from the crash site, however as it turned out even with their Sharkticons, the Quintesson were no match for the Autobots and most of them were killed in the battle that ensued. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
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====Beast Era====
=====''Beast Machines''=====
The [[Maximal]] [[Beast Rider]] [[Che]] was encased in a unique Quintessian{{sic}} alloy found in the lower levels of Cybertron.<ref>Che's packaging bio</ref>

=====3H comics=====
Millennia ago, the Quintessons were the minions of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], send out to locate [[Primus]]. The Quintessons succeeded, but rather than turn Primus over to Unicron, they instead constructed barriers around him, intending to make use of him to create consumer product lines. They eventually succeeded in doing so through [[Vector Sigma]], though some of their number such as [[Al-Badur]] warned of the danger of trying to control Primus's creations. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

Out on the arm of the Orion Cluster, [[New Quintessa]] sat awaiting the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutant Beast]]s, Cybertronians without [[robot mode]]s who had been dispatched by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] of [[Vector Sigma]] to regain what they had lost. [[Icebird]] believed they were on a sacred mission; in truth, it was a fool's errand. The Quintesson Supreme Imperial Magistrate [[Derodomontatus]] fed the Mutants to the Sharkticons before continuing his discussions with the free trader, [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]]. Plans proceeded apace, as both the Mutants and the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]s were dealt with by this deadly alliance, and Cryotek assured Derodomontatus that the last Cybertronian team, the [[Wrecker]]s, would soon be extinguished as well. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

Meanwhile the Wreckers encountered Al-Badur on an icy world, and he filled them in on the origin of Cybertron and bargained for his departure from the planet in exchange for information about the [[Divine Light]]. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

The invasion of Cybertron soon began, and [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]], [[Longhorn]], and [[Skydive (BM)|Skydive]] spotted Quintessons herding mass hordes of Sharkticons towards the Cybertronian settlements.

{{Note|The following is unofficial material for the intended script to the Wreckers #4, never published.}}

Derodomontatus cheered on the advancing troops with his fellow Quintessons, before proceeding with Cryotek and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] to complete his part of their bargain. The fighting intensified on the surface as [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] and the Dinobots arrived, shortly before the Wreckers returned to Cybertron as well. [[Primal Prime]] and [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] led a contingent after Cryotek and the Quintessons deeper into Cybertron's core. They arrived in time to see Cryotek had successfully mutated himself into a god-like being with the power of the [[Divine Light]]. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}

{{note|And now, back to the official material.}}
Derodomontatus, realizing the extent to which Cryotek had now surpassed the Quintessons, begged the free trader to remember their contract and honor it. In response, Cryotek sent his pet [[Chro]] to rip the Quintesson's faces off.

As their Imperial Magistrate faced a hostile takeover beneath the planet's surface, the Quintesson troops on open ground found their advancement equally stymied. Expecting the newly reformatted Cybertron to be filled with docile and disoriented cattle, the Quintessons were ill-prepared for the resistance they faced from all corners of the globe and all sectors of the populace. In [[Ankmor Park|Ankmor]], Judge [[Brinn]]'s patrol were stalked by the Maximal techno-organic, [[Night Viper]]. In a deserted city, a contingent led by Overseer [[Rexian]] were overcome by Decepticons criminals recently restored to their bodies. Overseer [[Vashik]] and [[In-Saba Nur]] assaulted the new Predacon capital of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] with predictable results, as Lord [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] squashed them beneath his heel ([[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] helped). Oh yes, and then there were ''Dinobots''. Admiral [[Krahulik]] was prepared to initiate orbital bombardment from the ''Paradigm'' hovering over [[Polyhex]] before [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] and [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] brought down the Quintesson warships as well. The Quintessons began to retreat in hordes, returning to their landing ships and launching out into space...right into the path of the planetary defense systems, recently brought back on-line.

All in all, the invasion of Cybertron was an unmitigated disaster. Judge [[Heirodyus]] watched the annihilation from New Quintessa with a mixture of horror and smugness, silently congratulating himself for escaping the fate of his brothers. He hadn't. The Mutant Beasts Icebird and [[Poison Bite]] had survived their dip in the Sharkticon pools, and returned imbued with the light of Primus himself. Heirodyus and the Quintessons were soon wiped from the surface of New Quintessa. Icebird and Poison Bite assumed control of the planet, spreading the techno-organic plant life made from Cybertron's reformatting, and teaching the Sharkticons the ways of peace. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

=====''Beast Wars: Uprising''=====
Several millennia ago, the Cybertronians bought some surplus [[Terrorbot]] drones from the Quintessons, including the cumbersome and inefficient [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]] drones. {{storylink|Burning Bridges}}

Following the failed [[Great Push]] of [[2033]], a Quintesson court found Galvatron and his compatriots guilty of their many war crimes, sentencing them to death. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} By the 24th century, the Quintessons were among the few species still allowed to travel in and out of the [[Allowed Zone]] due to pre-existing contractual relationships with Cybertron; the [[Human Confederacy]] regarded the Quintessons with suspicion.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3361342 Post by Jim S on the Allspark Forums]</ref>

====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
=====Marvel UK future timeline=====
{{noteukonly}}
Like those creepy little pilotfish that swarm behind sharks, snapping at stray scraps, the Quintessons were vile enforcers for [[Unicron]], savagely hunting down and picking off those who attempted to escape his maw. {{storylink|The Transformers Universe#Issue .234|Transformers Universe}}

In an alternate future of 2005, the Quintessons took Hot Rod, Kup and several other Autobots hostage on their homeworld and chucked them into the Sharkticon pits for punishment. The Autobots were able to escape, however, and the Sharkticons quickly turned on their cruel masters. {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

''In 2008, Quintesson scientists realized that their planet, Quintesson, was threatened with destruction by a time rift that was caused by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]'s time-traveling. Though they scoped out several other worlds to move their civilization to, the [[Quintesson Journal|journal]] containing the records on these planets was lost on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].'' {{storylink|Space Pirates!}} ''In an attempt to retrieve it, they captured [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and had him interrogated by the [[Mister Regan|Galaxy's greatest torturer]]. After being left to the torturer's tender mercies for some time, Wreck-Gar "confessed," in an elaborate story, that the journal was lost in the void of space. The Quintessons quickly deduced that whole tale had been nothing but [[Quintesson#The Big Broadcast of 2006|a fabrication]], and executed the torturer for failing to deliver the journal's true location.'' {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

''Desperate for their race to survive, they launched a surprise attack on Autobot City, capturing it for themselves. Most of the Autobots were deactivated, except for [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], who was outside the city at the time of the attack, and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], who were hidden inside [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s cassette compartment.''

''Using [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] as bait, the Quintessons captured the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] from Rodimus, and he reverted to Hot Rod. Out of options, Hot Rod activated the core of Autobot City, a giant Autobot called [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who transformed and drove the Quintessons off but caused massive damage to the city in the process.''

''The Quintessons fled, but were ordered by Lord Kledji ''not'' to return to Quintesson, but to roam the stars instead to rebuild their forces and seek revenge on the Transformers, since their home planet was doomed beyond hope. How that went for them is unknown, but as they'd managed to cheese off most of the known metallic species by that point, it probably didn't go too well.'' {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
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After a [[Quintesson Journal|journal]] of great importance to the Quintessons was lost on the planet Junkion, the Quintessons sent down a school of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] planet-side to retrieve it. Though the Sharkticons came close to completing their mission, they were chased off at the last moment by the planet's natives, much to the Quintessons' frustration. Deciding to make another attempt at its retrieval through more surreptitious means, the Quintessons sent down a television set the next day, knowing of the Junkions' fondness for Earth broadcasts. Their television set, however, also broadcasted a subliminal message, which caused the Junkions to act aggressively towards all outsiders, and made compelled them to clean up their planet. The Quintessons hoped this would allow them to more easily find their journal amidst Junkion's heaps of garbage, while keeping any other parties who might interfere at bay.

As soon as the Junkions found the Quintessons' journal, the latter moved in. But the Autobots and Decepticons had caught wind that something was amiss on Junkion by this time, and both factions also became involved, forcing the Quintessons to attack them. The Autobot [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] proved too mighty for them however, and the Quintesson were forced to retreat without their prize in hand. Worse yet, during the Autobots' and the Decepticons' scuffle in Junkion's orbit, the Quintessons' transmitter was damaged, ultimately resulting in its broadcast being sent all around the galaxy. Various species gathered around the planet to duke it out between themselves as a result. Seeing another opportunity to seize their lost journal, the Quintessons sent down a shuttle-craft to retrieve it while everyone else was distracted in the melee. But as the journal was captured in the shuttle-craft's tractor beam, a wild shot hit it, sending the journal off into the void of space, and out of the Quintessons' reach. The Quintesson tasked with retrieving the journal was sentenced to death for failing to fulfill his mission. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

====''The Invisibility Factor''====
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In one possible scenario, the Quintessons, currently allied with the Decepticons, sent a messenger craft to Earth. They informed Galvatron that they were ready to send in troops to help in a full-scale invasion of the Earth. Without any Autobots around to interfere with the messages they were relaying the Quintessons and the Decepticons soon turned Earth into one giant refuelling station.{{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}

====''Transformers in 3-D''====
A Quintesson sent two [[Observer|aliens]] to spy on the Autobots and Decepticons, and download the contents of their databases. The two aliens were puzzled, but the Quintesson remained cagy about what the data was for. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
The Quintessons were an alien race which appeared to have conquered Cybertron at some point, but were driven off. However, they continued to maintain watch over Cybertron, and began plotting in earnest after a totalitarian regime headed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was toppled by the Autobots. eventually coming to manipulate the [[Council of Ancients]]. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] claimed this was the reason that he started the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

Megatron's animosity towards the Quintessons did not stop him from making a deal with the aliens, who provided him with the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] and a bunch of [[Piranacon (Quintesson)|Piranacons]]. Knowing Megatron and the Quintessons, both were planning to betray each other when the time was right. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Megatron had promised to deliver Cybertron's core to the Quintessons in exchange for the army they had provided him, but Megatron forestalled on completing the deal once he had conquered Cybertron. The Quintessons grew annoyed, and began to rightly suspect that Megatron planned to renege on their transaction. Little did they know that [[Flash (G1)|Flash]], having been accidently been transported to Quintessa, was eavesdropping on their conversation, learning the true nature of Cybertron's conquest. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}} The Quintessons discovered Flash spying on them, but he escaped thanks to his superior speed. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.5}} The Quintessons then attempted to remotely extract Cybertron's core, only for their efforts to be thwarted by Starscream. Though their plans ended in failure, the Quintessons learned that the power they sought was also contained within Optimus Prime, a target much more attainable than Cybertron's core. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

The Quintessons began plotting further in earnest against Cybertron after a totalitarian regime headed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was toppled by the Autobots. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} Noting that [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] might stand in their way, the Quintessons readied to put into use one of their agents on Cybertron, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who they could use to "distract" him. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} When Arcee informed that Hot Rod would soon be put in a mostly isolated position, the Quintessons excitedly put their plans of conquest in motion ahead of schedule. They called upon [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] to ready herself {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}} and her [[Female Autobots|extraction team]] to invade Cybertron. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One #11}}

{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}

Under the Quintessons' supervision, the extraction team successfully knocked out Hot Rod and retrieved the unconscious Autobot. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}

====''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''====
[[File:Historyofcybertron.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|What order is this read in?!]]
When [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] downloaded information on Cybertron's history from [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s databanks, he saw the Quintessons create the [[Trans-Organic|transorganics]] and the Transformers. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}
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====2005 IDW continuity====
An enigmatic Quintesson historian named [[Pentius]] was shipwrecked on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] for centuries until he was freed by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], who needed a guide to get off the planet. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} During their time together, the Quintesson nurtured Megatron's evil ambitions in order to shape him into a true monster, though his motives for doing so were clouded in mystery. The Decepticon eventually killed Pentius to use his [[spark]]'s energy as fuel, but he was content with his death as it proved Megatron's training was complete. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} After inserting Pentius's spark into [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Megatron accessed the giant's jumbled memories and saw other Quintessons, which he described as "devils" that preyed upon and destroyed entire civilizations. {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}}

Some time after [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s [[Ore-1]] [[Regenesis]] missiles struck the planet [[LV-117]], someone painted the Death face of a Quintesson Judge on top of the [[Decepticon]] insignia adorning it. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} A strange inscription of a Quintesson judge was also present inside the ruins of some unknown ancient civilization on the planet. Through the cracks in the stone it was carved into, its eerie eyes glowed... {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

As [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] began consuming LV-117, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Varta]] planned to flee the planet on a [[Quintesson Cruiser|familiar screw-shaped ship]]. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} {{storylink|Our Darkest}} After crashing the ship on [[LV-118]], Wheelie claimed to have stolen it from someone, but didn't specify who. {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

A similar ship - this one chock full of Sharkticons - was used by Wreck-Gar and [[Rum-Maj|Rum-Maj's]] group of Junkions to travel to Earth. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}

When a trio of Autobots entered Unicron's internals, they found the remains of the Quintesson engraving. [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] questioned its significance only for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] to point out the painting presence's meant they were nearing Unicron's core. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}

====''Kre-O'' online comics====
[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] attacked a Quintesson and spun it around by the tentacles during his rampage. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

====''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''====
The mysterious fifth dimensional beings known only as "the Makers" created the universe and with it [[Daiakuron]], a living planet which they imbued with the power to create life on its own. They went on to merge together, five at a time, into [[combiner|gestalt]] forms, becoming the Quintessons. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} Taking up residence in the [[Transwarp|Void]], the Quintessons were displeased that the life spawned from Daiakuron had developed sentience, something they had not intended. Seizing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Snake-Eyes]], and [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] the three were placed on trial for theft of the body and the soul. Reviewing their memories, acquiring the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], being trained by the Blind Master in martial arts and living at odds with his step-father, respectively the trio was found guilty! Before persecution could be passed they escaped back into reality. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} After learning the identity of their creators, the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] sent a joint crew to [[Quadrant X]] to find the Quintessons. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

====''Transformers/Ghostbusters''====
When [[Gozer]] appeared on Cybertron, the [[Temple of Gozer|temple]] it summoned was adorned with Quintesson visages. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}}

===''Energon'' cartoon===
[[File:Alpha Q Faces.jpg|thumb|150px|left|"Show all five faces? With our budget?"]]
[[Alpha Quintesson]] is a Quintesson. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
Three hundred million years ago, give or take, the Autobots, engaged in a major colonization push, had border skirmishes with the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]]. This conflict ended the Age of [[Expansion]]. The [[Autobot Commonwealth]] and the Co-Prosperity Sphere still border each other, as well as the [[Nebulon Republic]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] received his [[Sonic Jammer 3000]] from the Quintessons. According to him, they are nice folks that give you a good deal and all the oil you can drink. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
[[File:Quintesson aquarius.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|Dude.]]

{{quote|We are all one or we are all gone.|[[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]]|[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]}}

This universe's Quintessons are an enigmatic and benevolent species holding sway over a large section of space known as the '''Quintesson Collective'''. They share technology and cooperate with many other species, whether organic, [[technorganic]], or mechanical, using culture as a unifying notion instead of evolutionary origins. They long ago perfected zero-point energy engines, food and parts replication technologies, and advanced biomedics, allowing any individual to change features, organs, and overall designs, eliminating such things as [[Exclusive|scarcity]], and thus material value, "mortality", and even the concept of "species". These technological advances are shared and freely available to all those who join their "ultra-species".

The Quintessons usually rely on [[Federation|cautious observation before making first contact]] with other unenlightened peoples, demanding years of study and careful cultural guidance before even considering allowing membership into the Collective. They rarely use direct means to steer a culture onto the enlightened path, but have been known to occasionally take [[Fortress Maximus (SG)|more direct action]] to protect their interests, doing the "dirty work" themselves. {{storylink|Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass}}
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====Shattered Expectations====
When [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] and [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw]] confronted the evil Autobots [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]], [[Jazz (SG)|Jazz]], and [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]], Starscream ordered the Autobots to surrender in the name of the '''[[Quintesson Federation]]'''. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (SG)|Shattered Expectations}}

===Aligned continuity family===
The Quintessons were small, organic, squid-like creatures. Physically frail, easily injured, and extremely cowardly, the Quintessons themselves were rarely seen, and did most of their dirty work through various proxies, willing or unwilling. When the Quintessons did need to expose themselves to further their own ends, they frequently encased themselves in mechanical suits styled after their various slave races, often claiming to be representatives of other races.

At some point after the creation of the first Transformers, [[Quintus Prime]] left Cybertron to seed other worlds in the universe with life with the [[Emberstone]], in the hopes that other peaceful, space-faring civilizations would one day contact Cybertron to form friendly alliances. Among his earliest creations were the Quintessons. So that didn't work out too well.

After creating the Quintessons, Quintus Prime was never heard from again; [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] idly speculated that the Quintessons may have killed their creator. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

The Quintessons developed interstellar travel before the Transformers. At some point in the past, the Quintessons stole and reverse-engineered [[space bridge]] technology from an unknown source. They eventually discovered Cybertron toward the end of that planet's Age of Origins. As the first alien beings ever to make contact with the planet, the arrival of their ships awed the young Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} The Quintessons claimed to be benevolent entities sent to "uplift" the Cybertronians from their primitive existence, so that they could join the galactic community. By giving Cybertronians the "gift" of transformation and the power to assume [[alternate mode]]s, the Quintessons won Cybertron's public support. In reality, though, the Quintessons had simply learned to manipulate the dormant [[transformation cog]]s present in every Transformer. The dispersal of Quintesson technology and tutelage turned the feudal, tribe-based planet into a sophisticated spacefaring civilization almost overnight. The Quintessons established rule of law and eventually a global order overseen by the [[Elite Guard]] member [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]] and the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]].

Secretly, the Quintessons aimed to slowly rob the Cybertronians of their individuality, then sell them into slavery as mindless drones. To further this goal, they began implanting various Cybertronians, such as the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], with cockpits intended to house Quintesson pilots. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} The Quintessons organized other Cybertronians into working collectives and attempted to tamper with the Well of All Sparks itself; newborn Transformers began emerging without names or identities, and instead received alphanumeric designations. The Quintesson's twisted, bizarre sense of justice led to the construction of the [[Supreme Court]] on Cybertron, a kangaroo court where innocents could be sentenced to life imprisonment or death. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

Eventually, a resistance movement formed, and the Quintessons were defeated in a rebellion led by Sentinel Prime, who led Cybertron into a subsequent [[Golden Age]]. Traces of their rule, such as the cockpits implanted in many Cybertronians, would remain even as Cybertron slowly rid itself of their influence. Some of the Cybertronians who had lived through this disturbing period- including a young librarian named [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]]- suppressed their traumatic memories of Cybertron's occupation, and eventually forgot about the Quintessons almost entirely. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}} Generations later, Orion Pax claimed Sentinel and the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] had enslaved Cybertron with the [[caste system]] instead of having it forced on them by the Quintessons. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

The Quintessons never forgot about their humiliating rout at the hands of their former servants, and for many centuries the embittered race enviously regarded the planet and its inhabitants as rightfully theirs. At some point after Cybertron's [[Golden Age]], the Quintessons discovered and colonized the Transformers's ex-colony world of [[Aquatron]], modifying the bodies of its inhabitants to produce techno-organic monstrosities such as the [[Gamekeeper]] and the [[Hydratron]]. Aquatron was eventually subsumed into the Quintesson Imperium, and the Quintessons used their new [[Sharkticon (COP)|Sharkticon]] slaves as aquatic shock troopers.

When the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' entered the Aquatron system during Optimus Prime's search for the [[AllSpark]], the Quintessons awakened [[Inquirata (Prime)|Inquirata]] and his associate [[Xeros]] to carry out their deception that would eventually lead to the second invasion of Cybertron. Manipulating both Optimus and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to the planet's surface under the guise of a peace treaty, the Quintessons were eventually able to place both Autobots and Decepticons under arrest and take them to court. During the trial, the Quintessons claimed that they had colonized Cybertron and literally built the first Transformers; Optimus quickly saw through their deception and maintained that all Cybertronians were creations of [[Primus]] alone. The Quintesson judges found Optimus innocent, and forced him to duel to the death with Megatron; siphoning energy from the two leaders, they powered a Space Bridge to Cybertron and launched a second invasion force to re-colonize and enslave Cybertron. Their genetically engineered leader [[Tyrannicon]] spearheaded the Sharkticon invasion and was able to swiftly overwhelm the weakened planet. The invasion was only defeated after Megatron, forced into a temporary truce with his archenemy, discovered the [[Sharkticon Matrix of Leadership]] and used it to override Tyrannicon's hold on his troops. In the ensuing fight, Xeros, Tyrannicon, and Inquirata were all killed, and Aquatron itself was freed of Quintesson control. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

The [[Mutacon]]s knew of the Quintessons but considered the law-bound Quintesson way of life to be boring and a worse fate than death. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jeremy Levy]] (Death, English), [[Saskia Marx]] (Judgement and Cruelty, English), [[Dick Terhune]] (Chaos and Scientist, English), [[Mike Rose]] (Ego, English), [[Billy Bob Thompson]] (Starscream, English), [[Sophia Isabella]] (Gray, English), [[Ryan Nicolls]] (Velgrox, English)}}
The Quintessons were a strange race of aliens, interdimensional beings who travelled the [[multiverse]] using their [[multiverse drive]] and passed judgement on which universes deserved to live or be destroyed. {{storylink|The Trial}} To do so, the Quintessons would create "[[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judges]]", hybrid beings based on the native lifeforms of that universe; if the universe was found guilty, then the Judge would oversee the destruction of the universe by using [[Transwarp|unspace]] to obliterate all matter. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} The [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|Scientist]] traditionally oversaw the process, and in his travels developed a fondness for collecting various iterations of [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] he plucked from the various doomed universes his kind had passed judgement upon. {{storylink|The Scientist}}

When exactly it is that the Quintessons found this particular universe is not clear; hieroglyphs inside the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Croaton]] suggested that the aliens had invaded his colony and abducted his inhabitants long before the present day, {{storylink|Ghost Town}} with [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]] referencing the Quintesson reputation for engineering when affecting repairs to a disused [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|The Crossroads}}

Either way, the Quintessons had established an outpost in a distant region of the galaxy at some point before [[2007]]. Having previously encountered the [[Velgrox]] and the [[Gray]], incorporating a member of both races into their latest Judge, the Quintessons discovered that Cybertronians existed in this universe after Croaton, in search of his missing citizens, flew past the outpost, taking the hapless [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]] with him. Although the current Judge planned to simply judge and dispose of their new prisoner, the ambitious Seeker tried to win over his captors by revealing the existence of the [[AllSpark|Allspark]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Seeing this as a power source to fuel the creation of the new Judge, the Quintessons made for Cybertron and "rewarded" Starscream with their highest honor: assimilation into the next Judge. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}}

Arriving shortly after [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]]'s defeat, the Quintessons quickly conquered the planet and ensnared the city of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] in the tendrils of their command tower. The Cybertronians were rounded up and placed in a virtual reality simulation designed to keep them happy and docile while the Scientist both drained their [[spark]]s and tapped into the Allspark's energy itself to fuel the creation of this new Judge. {{storylink|The Loop}} {{storylink|The Scientist}} Unfortunately, their machinations were upset by [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]], who the Quintessons had overlooked during their conquest of the planet. The ad hoc Cybertronian resistance he assembled operated out of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam]]'s, invisible to Quintesson sensors, and threatened to undermine their control of the planet. Although the Quintesson forces eventually captured Hot Rod, the Autobot leader proved uncooperative and was found guilty. {{storylink|The Trial}}

Soon, the resistance infiltrated the command tower and clashed with the Scientist himself, their battle putting the unborn Judge at risk and severing their hostages' connection to the virtual reality loop. {{storylink|The Scientist}} Freed of their prison, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]], and their respective forces rebelled against the Quintessons, with the conflict escalating into open war between the two forces. Despite their best efforts, the Cybertronians proved unable to breach the force field that protected the Quintesson headquarters, but the partial activation of [[Iaconus]] pushed their [[Sharkticon (Cyberverse)|Sharkticon]] warriors into a retreat. {{storylink|The Alliance}}

The Quintessons eventually gained the advantage, primarily by the Judge's rage at Megatron's theft of their multiverse escape pod, disabling nearly all enemy combatants. However, the Judge was attacked and overwhelmed by the resistance leaders and, in their damage and frenzy, they crashed into the command tower, seemingly perishing as it exploded and collapsed. Although the prior Judge was killed, it had survived long enough for the gestation of their new Judge to finish. {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}}

The new Judge Starscream rounded up nearly all his enemies, only to monologue over them while Optimus Prime and Megatron were being located. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} Iaconus was soon awakened and battled the enslaved Croaton under Judge Starscream's command. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe II}} Despite the Scientist being killed off by Wheeljack, Judge Starscream used unspace to slay Iaconus. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe III}}

Despite his victory over Iaconus, Judge Starscream soon lost control of Croaton. As his enemies broke free and rallied, he was soon overwhelmed and seemingly destroyed by the dual [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrices]] of Optimus Prime and a returned Megatron. The Quintesson invasion was effectively overthrown, and the remainder of their forces were subsequently dealt with by the Autobots and Deceptions. No trace of their occupation remained by the time of the factions' split control of the planet. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

====Alternate universe====
In the universe from which [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron X]] hailed from, the tyrant used a [[laser snare]] to destroy the Quintesson flagship as it descended onto Cybertron before salvaging its technology for his own ends. {{storylink|The Other One}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends Quintesson.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.2|You spin me right round baby, right round.]]
The Quintessons put [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]] on trial. Unfortunately [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] arrived and promptly turned the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] on their masters. {{storylink|Mockery of Justice}} Intending to disrupt the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]], the Quintessons allied with [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] and sent her in to cause trouble. {{storylink|The Galactic Games}} They also send [[Skuxxoid]]s to the games to kidnap [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}} When the trio were rescued post-sentencing by the other Autobots, the Quintessons destroyed their own home planet, Quintesson, in an attempt to eliminate them. The Quints then tried to enlist the help of the Decepticons to wipe out the Autobots, only for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to arrive and reclaim his troops. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}} They soon struck an alliance with Galvatron and attacked Cybertron, with the end result that they activated an ancient device to deactivate all Transformers. After the device was destroyed by Spike, the Quintessons were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

The Quintessons observed from afar Ultra Magnus and his Autobots celebrated the activation of a new power core. Enraged by the sight, the Quintessons plotted to get revenge on both Autobots and Decepticons. They then approached Galvatron and gave the Decepticon leader false coordinates to a power core. The Quintessons had in truth led Galvatron to the location of their old creations, the Dweller and the Trans-Organics. After the ensuing battle that took place between the Autobots, the Decepticons and the Quintessons' ancient creations, a faint Quintesson cry for help was broadcast from deep underground... {{storylink|Dweller in the Depths (Legends)|Dweller in the Depths}}
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===Transformers: Forged to Fight===
[[File:Quintessons-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|450px|Like a color-changing lamp!]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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==Toys==
===Energon===
*'''[[Alpha Quintesson]]''' (Mega, [[2005]])
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, base, three tentacles
[[File:Alpha Quintesson toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|I do hope you'll bring these gadgets back in one piece, 007.]]

:One of the last toys in the [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'' line]], Alpha Quintesson is fairly unique in that he is one of the only toys in the history of the main ''Transformers'' line that does not transform in any manner or even come with any kind of transforming accessory (like the [[Action Master]]s).

:Alpha Quintesson requires quite a bit of assembly out of the box, coming in six separate pieces: his main body, a solid "bed of tentacles" that serves as a wheeled base that the body plugs into, a firing missile launcher which plugs into his back (via a standard 5mm peg that also allows other characters to wield it) and points up over his head, and three rubber, wire-poseable tentacles which attach to the base. The tentacles end in a large yellow clamp, a red chainsaw, and a purple energy arc, and spin around via a gear-wheel system when the base is rolled back and forth. The figure features nine circular ports (three on each arm and three on the base), to which either [[Energon star|energon chip]]s or any weapons featuring 5mm pegs can be attached.

:The main body is notably very [[Show-accuracy|accurate]] to the CGI model from the animated series, save for its coloration and the addition of the missile launcher. As a toy that was entirely dull green from top to bottom would not have been a very interesting sight, the figure features several shades of green with yellow highlights, plus a red paint wash on its "underbelly" and arms. The main body contains its own gimmick, involving Alpha Q's spinning faces as seen in the cartoon. Opening the armor's jaws reveals Alpha Q's head, recessed within the body (though unable to move forward into a more prominent position as seen in the show), and pressing the trigger on the back of the body, disguised as one of the spinal fins, causes the head to spin from face to face. The toy only features the character's first three faces (Angry, Whiny and Crazy); the purple, calm face is not featured.

:As an allegiance was needed to brand the figure with for marketing purposes, Alpha Quintesson's toy is sold as a Decepticon, despite that faction not really being where his loyalties lie. There were also many reports of the toy coming misassembled, missing the hard point where the figure connected to the base, making it nigh impossible for the toy to stand up on its own.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/AlphaQuintesson/alphaquintesson.htm More information on Alpha Quintesson at TFU.info]''

===Cyberverse===
*'''Quintesson Invasion''' (Multi-pack, [[2019]])
[[File:CyberverseQuintessonToy.jpeg|thumb|200px|The Big Surprise of 2019]]

:The Quintesson Judge included in this set is a new roughly deluxe-sized mold, with five different faces that rotate when the top of the body is pushed down and released. The molded tentacle base/body has 4 ball-jointed tentacles that can pose freely.

:Also included in the set are the Spark Armor [[Prowl (Cyberverse)|Prowl]] and [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Shockwave]], now ''sans'' the spark armor and with new mind control helmet accessories. Additionally, the mind control helmets can plug into any Battle Class spark armor figure. Ironically, Shockwave and Prowl were some of the few Transformers who never wore the helmets in the cartoon.

:The set was [[exclusive]] to [[Target]], and appeared at retail in December 2019 with no prior announcement by [[Hasbro]].
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Voyager-Quintesson-Judge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"It is a day so long in coming that I am uncertain how to celebrate it."]]
*'''Quintesson Judge''' (Voyager Class, [[2020]])
**''ID number'': '''WFC-E22'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''ER EX-08'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[August 1]], 2020'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster, cage, seat, blast effect
:The first [[show accuracy|G1-accurate]] Quintesson toy, released at the Voyager [[pricepoint]] as part of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise (toyline)|Earthrise]]'' toyline. The Quintesson Judge converts into a modular battle station and prison in 16 steps. The prison cell is large enough to fit a Battlemaster, and the five faces have articulated mouths and a rotating gimmick.

:He was originally supposed to be released in the second wave, but was changed to the third wave, with Starscream replacing him. In Japan, the Quintesson Judge was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive.
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==Notes==
[[File:FloroDery originalquintesson.jpg|thumb|Touch the Rainbow, Taste the Rainbow!]]
*The Quintessons were named after a local restaurant.<ref>Flint Dille interview at TFcon 2016</ref>
*An early design for the Quintessons, described in an April 1985 draft of ''The Transformers: The Movie'', gave them spindly bipedal bodies with large heads. Per this draft, the Autobots would have been shocked to discover that, in reality, they were ''all head''; when Hot Rod grabbed one, its head would disconnect from its body, fly off, and link up to another body in waiting. Somewhere along the way, the body idea got dropped, but not before designer [[Floro Dery]] produced a design seemingly based on this early idea, seen at right, revealed through his [https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/FDartstudio?ref=l2-shopheader-name Etsy store] in October 2014. The idea did not disappear completely, however; the mini-series "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" was produced before the movie's script was finalized, and contains a few references to ideas from this early draft, including a scene in which one of [[Deliberata]]'s faces detaches—seemingly derived from the idea of a removable head.
*When asked about the finalized Quintesson design in an interview, Dery stated they were based on a cylindrical toy he designed at some point.<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery]</ref>
*In their first appearance in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', the two speaking Quintessons are voiced by [[Regis Cordic]] (who plays the judge) and [[Roger C. Carmel]] (the prosecutor). These two actors then became the primary recurring voices of the Quintessons in the third season of the cartoon, usually playing judges, with [[Jack Angel]] normally serving as a third in episodes where more than two speaking roles were required. In [[AKOM]]-animated episodes, Cordic's Quintesson (usually designated "Quintesson #1" in scripts) would commonly speak from the Face of Doubt, while Carmel's ("Quintesson #2") used the Face of Laughter; Angel's intermittently-appearing third Quintesson would most often use the Face of Death, but animation errors, and Quintesson face-rotating meant that these were not ''absolute'' rules. In [[Toei Animation|Toei]] episodes, judges usually spoke from the Face of Death regardless of actor, and prosecutors got more screen time, with Cordic, as the "lead" Quintesson actor, voicing most of them. Numerous guest actors also played assorted "guest" Quintesson roles in various episodes.
*Since [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]] never explains what the characters are being charged with, and offers no logical progression to a verdict, it's usually interpreted that Quintesson justice simply operates on reverse terminology for the sake of humor—that the Quintessons ''say'' "innocent", but dohohoho, they're aliens, and to them, that ''means'' "guilty", so the accused is sentenced to death. This was certainly the assumption [[Simon Furman]] was working off of when he first used the Quintessons in the UK-only framing sequence of "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]" and had a Quintesson find [[Mister Regan|an interrogator]] to be "innocent" of things which he is unambiguously guilty of. The 2014 novel ''[[Transformers: Retribution|Retribution]]'' also followed this path, with the note that "innocent" must "mean something different" to the aliens, as the characters on trial are indeed entirely guilty of what they are being accused of. What is consistently overlooked, however, is the one instance in all Transformers canon of the Quintessons actually finding someone guilty, which happens to Kup and Ultra Magnus in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2]]". And they ''are'' guilty of the charges put before them: being Autobots, the race who stole Cybertron from the Quintessons. While it may have started out that way at some point in the script process of the movie, the cartoon universe made clear very early on that Quintesson justice isn't supposed to operate on reverse terminology for humor's sake; the aliens know the difference between the two terms, and the trials are just trivial, for their own amusement, before they kill you anyway.
*In a Q&A, [[Simon Furman]] said he considered making the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] a Quintesson artifact but changed his mind.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032 SIMON FURMAN - Q&A Nov/Dec 2008 at IDW Publishing Forums]</ref>
*The ''Animated'' Quintessons are just off-screen mentions, but as their empire's name is near-identical to [[Japan|Imperial Japan]]'s {{w|Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere}}, we can assume they're ''very nasty''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Quintessa-seijin''' (クインテッサ星人, "Planet Quintessa People"), '''Quintesson''' (クインテッサン ''Kuintessan'')
*''Italian:'' '''Quintessenziali''' ("Quintessentials")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wǔ Miàn Guài''' (五面怪, "Five-faced Monster")

==References==
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Quickstrike (BW)

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:''Quickstrike is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BW-Quickstrike-render.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|NOBODY TOUCHES PETE'S PIECE!!!]]

'''Quickstrike''' is a spasmodic, violent, trigger-happy cowboy who rarely thinks beyond the next "keister he's gonna kick." This simple-minded lust for beating others up seems to be his overriding personality trait. While this makes him easy to manipulate, which [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] finds extremely useful, the problem he has found is that Quickstrike is ''so'' easy to manipulate that Megatron's not the only one doing so! Both [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have their hooks in him in some form or another, leading Megatron to consider controlling the vicious little bugger through the good old-fashioned method: fear of death. Quickstrike may be stupidly brave most of the time, but only to a point.

{{bigquote|Call me... Quickstrike! And good's got nuthin' to do with it.|Quickstrike|"[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)|[[Yao Jude]] (Chinese), [[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian, 2nd dub), [[Fabio Tomasini]] (Portuguese) [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Jorge Ornelas]] (Latin American Spanish)}}
[[File:Coming of the Fuzors 1 Quickstrike intro.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Say howdy to mah head!]]
Quickstrike was originally one of the [[Maximal]] [[protoform]]s stored aboard the ''Axalon'', prior to it crashlanding on prehistoric [[Earth]]. When the [[Planet Buster]] exploded, his [[stasis pod]] was knocked out of orbit and crashed in [[Delta Quadrant]], an unstable region. His malfunctioning [[DNA scanner]] gave Quickstrike a dual scorpion/snake [[beast mode]], however when he was awakened, he had no knowledge of his identity as a Maximal. His first action was to engage his fellow [[Fuzor]] [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] in a sparring match. His aggressive nature made him an easy convert to the Predacon cause for [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and he was soon happily attacking the Maximals. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} He took part in the defeat of the Maximals, but only until [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] was resurrected as a [[Transmetal]]. During the fight against the Maximal leader, he was slagged by one of [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]'s errant missiles. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:MaximalNoMore Quickstrike mid-shot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|" 'Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate'... Ah don't ''like'' you wiki writers no more."]]
A short time later, Quickstrike was sent with [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] on a mission to build a refueling station at a cave full of energon. Both spiders found Quickstrike to be ludicrously easy to manipulate, as all he was really interested in was a good fight, and possibly relations with Blackarachnia. Quickstrike was overjoyed when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and Silverbolt turned up and threw himself into the battle with his usual gusto. When the cave they'd been sent to build at was apparently destroyed, he only retreated after a lengthy parting shot. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} Taking part in an ambush, Quickstrike got the drop on Rattrap, but Rattrap was able to out-draw him and blasted him off a cliff. Quickstrike survived, and when [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] attempted to change sides, was only too happy to face the much-larger Maximal in one-on-one combat. Though he was defeated, Dinobot refused to terminate him, claiming he'd make a good soldier with some training. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

Quickstrike and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] attempted unsuccessfully to defend a jamming tower against Dinobot and Rattrap. Once they reported back to Megatron, they and the other Predacons proceeded to an alien site which had been discovered in the meantime, and set up a [[refractive web]]. They were unprepared when an [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]] appeared and blasted them all. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Quickstrike, due to some Transmetal-like quality of his form, recovered quickly from the blast, and ventured into the construct with Megatron and Tarantulas. Megatron soon used him as a guinea pig to see if the construct's defences would respond to them — luckily for Quickstrike, they didn't. After Megatron had taken control of the ship, Quickstrike and the other Predacons defended it against a Maximal attack. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:CodeofHero Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.34|"Awww, this happens every time Ah try to do a barbeque..."]]
While Blackarachnia and Silverbolt were traipsing around the jungle together, Megatron, Quickstrike and Inferno spied on them using a bugging device planted earlier. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} Perhaps uncharacteristically, while the other Predacons were torching a valley full of [[Protohuman]]s, Quickstrike hung back with Megatron. Once Dinobot had exhausted most of his power defeating the others, Quickstrike leaped into battle, believing Dinobot to be weaponless and "another keister to kick". Dinobot responded by physically beating the Predacon and slamming him head-first into the ground. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

Quickstrike took part in a desperate attack on the ''Axalon'' when it seemed as though the Maximals would be receiving help from Cybertron. As it turned out they did, and the Predacons were repelled by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s [[transwarp cruiser]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Once Megatron had convinced Ravage to switch sides, the Predacons mounted another attack on the ''Axalon''. Quickstrike rode triumphantly atop [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]'s tank mode... only to be blasted off by Cheetor and subsequently run over by his comrade. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Quickstrike worked to reassemble himself as Megatron called on the Predacons to get themselves ready for battle. Apparently he wasn't finished in time to take part in the subsequent destruction of the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[File:DeepMetal Quickstrike firing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|BURRRRRRRRP]]
After Rampage disappeared while on a mission, Megatron sent Quickstrike to look for him. Quickstrike soon found the crab at the mercy of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], and was only too happy to lend a hand by shooting the Maximal newcomer. Sadly he didn't have long to celebrate his victory before a cluster of missiles fired by Primal blew him away. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} When the Maximals attempted to salvage [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] from the wreck of the ''Axalon'', Quickstrike helped Waspinator by taking on Rattrap and Silverbolt, while his fellow Predacon headed for home with the computer module. He headed over to finish off the unconscious Silverbolt... only to be flattened when Rampage fell on him. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

While the bulk of the Maximal forces were distracted by Megatron's [[Cyber raptor]]s out in the field, Rampage accompanied the Predacon leader in an assault against the Maximals' home base. Quickstrike was given lead position as they entered the base, arising jealousy from Inferno. The reason as to why Quickstrike was allowed to go first became clear moments later as Quickstrike was taken out by a sequence of booby traps. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}}

Attempting to find out what had happened to the [[Transmetal driver]], the Predacons interrogated Depth Charge, only to be attacked by a strange feral cat creature. After promising to make the creature into a ghost, Quickstrike chased it behind a rock. His snake head came back minus the rest of him. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}} During the construction of the [[disruptor cannon]], Quickstrike was the only one <s>foolish</s> brave enough to be welding ''inside'' the weapon barrel when Inferno plugged it in, and was knocked off his perch by the energy surge. Once they got the cannon working, Quickstrike's prognosis of "lookin' good!" proved premature, as it exploded in their faces. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} Quickstrike and the other Predacons attempted to disrupt the power in the Maximal base during an attempt by the Maximals to remove Blackarachnia's Predacon [[shell program]]. He was swiftly dispatched by Cheetor. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

[[File:MasterBlaster Quickstrike in Optimus suit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Check out mah fancy duds!]]
Using one of Tarantulas's devices, Optimus Primal was able to be controlled using an exo-suit manipulated by Quickstrike. The Fuzor was able to rapidly disable the other Maximals, allowing the Predacons to take control of the Maximal base. Using the [[Teletraan I]] control codes stored in Primal, Quickstrike and Megatron gained entry to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], within which lay the body of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Megatron took his predecessor's spark into himself and, while he was weakened from the struggle of doing so, Quickstrike revealed it was a double-cross. On Tarantulas's orders, Quickstrike used Primal to seize the Predacon leader and throw him into the lava outside the Ark. Unfortunately for both the arachnids, Megatron lived, upgraded into a new form. Quickstrike was defeated by Blackarachnia, losing his link with Primal. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

Furious, Megatron held a trial for Quickstrike, however it was interrupted by an unexpected incursion — the [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk]] destroyed the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. Quickstrike was literally blown away along with his Predacon comrades, leaving Megatron the only one standing to face Tigerhawk. {{storylink|Other Victories}} In the aftermath, Inferno, Quickstrike and Waspinator were sent by Megatron to find a new base. They decided on attacking a protohuman colony, though Waspinator refused and was slagged by the other two. Quickstrike and Inferno charged, only to meet with heavy resistance from the natives. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} They finally got the early humans on the run, and were overjoyed to see the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] appear overhead... until the main [[fusion cannon]] fired on the site, killing them both. Among the parts of him salvaged by the early humans were his cobra tail, used as a trumpet, his claws used as a spit, and his faceplate, used as a mask. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====3H comics====
After Megatron gained his dragon body, a temporal distortion drew the attention of both the Maximals and Predacons to a remote canyon, where Quickstrike and his fellow Predacons met their foes. The Maximals were losing, having been fought into a corner, when suddenly the battle was interrupted. The [[Dark Essence]], the source of the temporal distortion, had possessed the newcomer [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] with the life force of [[Unicron]]. Quickstrike and the others were immobilized by Windrazor/Unicron's psionic force blasts, and the merged creature advanced on the Maximals. {{storylink|Paradox}}

These events would soon be retroactively erased from Quickstrike's timeline with the efforts of the legendary [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]]. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
While waiting for his trial for betraying Megatron, Quickstrike was approached by his leader (who'd seemingly taken to talking to himself of late) and given a new mission. He flew over Maximal territory on a small glider, dropping off a small device into the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] before retiring to a safe position to observe. The device soon caused the Maximals to be at each other's throats, a fact he gleefully reported to Megatron. As his leader proceeded with the rest of the plan, Quickstrike relaxed in the sun, and was subsequently unprepared when the Maximals, having overcome the effects of the device, pounced on him. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
[[File:BWGatherQuickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among these moments was Quickstrike and Silverbolt's initial initiation into the Predacon ranks. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Hearing a commotion at some point after the Predacons acquired Sentinel, a distressed Inferno rushed to where he has last left Megatron, bringing Quickstrike in tow. Both were surprised to see that Megatron had completely vanished. In reality, their leader had been chronologically displaced by Magmatron and his lackeys. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Quickstrike joined the hybrid [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] entity's successful coup against Megatron. Waspscream later released [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] from containment to force Protoform X into his service, but not before Protoform X offlined Quickstrike. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:QuickstrikeMetalsManga01.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He's a tall drink a' water, ain't he?]]
Following the [[Quantum surge]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Quickstrike was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]]. Combining the mutated blood in his body with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s warrior drones, Quickstrike fashioned himself the [[Scorpion Corps]] and [[Cobra Corps]]. With his new army, he proceeded to attack the weakened Maximal base, gradually depleting [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel's]] defenses. When the Maximals were forced to shut Sentinel down to let [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in, Quickstrike's attacks really began to take a toll. Seeing an opening, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] entered the base and confronted the Maximals inside.

After she had finished, she left the base just as Quickstrike's forces caused it to collapse completely. Angry at her "interference", Quickstrike began to berate her. Not in the mood, Blackarachnia proceeded to kick Quickstrike's head clean off. Weeping, Quickstrike's noggin sat helplessly on the ground as his decapitated body scrambled around blindly. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Quickstrike recovered, but was promptly killed alongside his troopers by [[Jaguar]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} When Megatron freed the sparks eaten by Rampage, however, the released energies revived Quickstrike as a mindless zombie. He attacked Optimus Primal along with several other zombies, but was ultimately destroyed for good by Primal's rocket-fists. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Quickstrike arrived at Tera-Kura Co. for a job interview with Megatron but was taken aback when Megatron asked no questions but instead produced an hourglass and demands that he "appeal to me" (Megatron had recently watched [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|the third movie]]). {{storylink|Legends Vol. 16#The Results of Mega-chan's Studies|The Results of Mega-chan's Studies}} He apparently made the cut as he was later seen among Megatron's employees. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}}

After the [[Legends World]] was restored, Quickstrike watched on as [[T-AI|Ai]] attempted to arrest [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] in [[Tera-Kura Co.]] {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Quickstrike participated in Battle MCMXXIII of the [[Games]], a three-day long struggle that culminated in a stand-off between him and [[Stinkbomb]]. After a heated hand-to-hand battle between the two, Stinkbomb's chemical gun failed him, giving Quickstrike the opening he needed to fire his tail weapon and kill his opponent, winning the game for the Predacons. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Ian James Corlett]] (English), ? (Japanese)}}

Quickstrike participated in an extensive one-on-one beatdown involving nearly every active participant of the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

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===3D Battle Card Game===
Quickstrike fights under the command of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] once more, this time with several allies from (potentially) different universes and/or timelines. He now possesses a new body; although his [[beast mode]] is an approximation of his original form, his transformation scheme and [[robot mode]] are distinctively different. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Quickstrike-Fuzor.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Quickstrike Fuzor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward for the "Transmetals Episode 3" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BW-toy Quickstrike.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Space ship of death hole snake]]
*'''Quickstrike''' (Basic Fuzor, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-45'''

: Quickstrike transforms into a scorpion with a cobra's head on his tail rather than a stinger. The cobra head has a soft-plastic bladder than can be used to store and [[Water-squirting gimmick|squirt water]]. Most of its orange parts are translucent plastic, and make extensive use of [[ball joint]]s, particularly in its tail. While this provides excellent articulation, care should be taken as the joints loosen rather quickly with play.

: [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s version of the toy, released in September 1999 as part of the first wave of ''Metals'' toys, has extra blue paint applications on its face and red paint for its eyes. Its scorpion legs are cast in a darker orange color.

: Oddly, the Hasbro version of Quickstrike, in Hasbro packaging with a large Japanese-language sticker on the back, was available in Japan long before the ''Metals'' release as a prize at Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in December 1998 (yes they have KFC in Japan, why not?) as part of a promotion for the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]'' movie. Kids' meals came with a special token used to activate a "gacha" capsule machine in the restaurants; among a number of ''Beast Wars'' themed goods was a special capsule that won the contestant a Hasbro Quickstrike.<ref>[http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html http://standfactory555.blog41.fc2.com/blog-entry-435.html]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Quickstrike/quickstrike.htm More information on Quickstrike at TFU.info]''

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*'''Heatwave Showdown: Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (Multi-pack, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-45'''

: The Japanese ''Metals'' release of Quickstrike was available individually or packaged together with [[Transmetal]] [[Airazor (BW)#Transmetal|Airazor]].

:Both toys are original to their individual (Japanese) releases.

==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Quickstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Quickstrike''' (2007)

: A 33-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Quickstrike "transforms" from a gold and green scorpion to a gold and green scorpion standing on its hind legs. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]] [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].
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==Notes==
*Like [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], Quickstrike did not have a Predacon shell program installed in his Maximal [[protoform]] state to turn him bad. It's possible the damage done to his stasis pod warped his personality, or that the natures of his beast form(s) caused or increased his aggressiveness. More unsettling is the theory that this IS his true, spark-given personality.
*In the jovial Japanese dub, ''Beast Wars Metals'', Quickstrike's cobra tail could talk and think independently from Quickstrike. It would always end its sentences with either "-ko", "-bura", or "-kobura". Another of Quickstrike's quirks in both the cartoon and the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|manga]] was that he'd constantly end his sentences in ''gitchon/gitchonchon'', which essentially translates to ''snippity/snippity-snip''.
*As revealed at [[BotCon 2011]], the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Decepticon]] [[Darksteel (DOTM)|Darksteel]] is an intentional [[homage]] to Quickstrike. This occurred because designer [[Lenny Panzica]] likes snakes.
*Quickstrike's CGI model has a considerably more toy-accurate beast mode than other non-[[Transmetal]] characters. Usually with organic beast modes, all the gaps, seams, and joints that come with the nature of being a Transformer are filled in or omitted to present a completely enclosed animal body. Quickstrike, however, has obvious robotic joints in his claws, gaps in his back, and most notably, [[Kibble|''a visible robot head'' alongside other mechanical parts]] underneath the rear half of his body. What makes this odder is that the front half of his beast mode has a filled in, organic belly that the toy lacks. A possible in-universe explanation for Quickstrike's "incompleteness" is that the Fuzors are suggested to be partially Transmetal. [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt's]] model, on the other hand, has a completely enclosed beast mode.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Quickstrike''' (クイックストライク ''Kuikkusutoraiku'')
*''French:'' '''Cinglant''' (Canada, "Scathing")
*''Italian:'' '''Serpex'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kuài Dāo''' (快刀, "Quick Cutter")
*''Polish:'' '''Szybki Cios''' ("Quickstrike")
*''Spanish:'' '''Sorpresivo''' (Spain, "Surprise"), '''Cobra''' (America)

==References==
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[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:Fuzors]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Predacons]]

Isaac Sumdac (Animated)

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{{disambig2|the good character from the Animated television show and elsewhere|the evil character from an obscure lithograph|Isaac Sumdac (SG Animated)}}
:''Isaac Sumdac is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:IsaacSumdacFinalModel.jpg|right|200px|thumb|For building so much, he has very tiny arms.]]

What Henry Ford and Bill Gates were to the 20th century, '''Isaac Sumdac''' is to the 22nd. His invention of versatile reliable [[Automaton|automaton]] robots revolutionized every industry and the American way of life, and turned [[Detroit]] into a major manufacturing center once again. The founder of [[Sumdac Systems|Sumdac Systems]], he is also the father of [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]].

Sumdac is a genuinely loving, devoted father who cares deeply for Sari, who has worked hard to craft elaborate gifts for her and to help her make friends. And he is an ethical businessman who sticks to his beliefs as well, staunchly refusing to manufacture military weapons despite the potential revenue they could bring in to his company. But Isaac Sumdac has got one overbearing flaw that constantly lands him in very dangerous situations: he may just be the single ''dumbest'' smart person the world has ever seen. He has virtually no interpersonal skills to speak of, and doesn't understand people in the slightest; Sumdac will believe just about anything anyone tells him, if they act sincere enough when they do so. And it's not just other people that he has trouble dealing with—Isaac is prone to getting so wrapped up in his work, that he hurts ''himself'' as well, actually forgetting to ''eat and drink'' sometimes. When engrossed in a project, he clearly finds it hard to remember that there is a world outside his lab.

And then there were those...''incidents'' involving [[Megatron (Animated)|the big giant head]] in his lab. And the incidents with the robot's [[Decepticon|''real'' friends]], but let's not dwell on the past.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Takashi Nagasako]] (Japanese)|[[Johannes Berenz]] (German), [[Mirosław Neinert]] (Polish), [[Oliviero Corbetta]] (Italian), [[Renato Márcio]] (Portuguese), [[Sergio Schmied]] (Latin American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Gyeong-su Hyeon]] (Korean), [[Petri Hanttu]] (Finnish), [[Vincent Violette]] (French)}}

[[Image:TFAni_TransformAndRollOut_YoungSumdac.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Fast! Close your mouth! Or you'll gulp it.]]
As a youth in the small town of [[Paw Paw]], Isaac Sumdac was working in his makeshift laboratory when what appeared to be a meteor struck the ground close to his home. Investigating, the young Sumdac was shocked to discover that the "meteor" was, in fact, the severed head and arm of a giant alien robot. Sumdac, of course, had no way of knowing that this was the noggin of the evil Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], but that ultimately was of little importance to the boy, as the tyrannical robot was well and truly offline. [[File:IsaacandSparkplug-Dispatches.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]] Sumdac disassembled the head and studied it, eventually learning to reverse-engineer its technology. Using this futuristic alien technology, Sumdac was able to build himself an incredible robotics company, which grew and grew over the next five decades, but which stage it was responsible for mass-producing legions of robot workers that had become a part of everyday life in Detroit. Megatron's head was kept in Sumdac's personal lab in his business headquarters, [[Sumdac Tower]], where the scientist even used the robot's disembodied hand as a chair. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|Dispatches}}

Around forty-three years after he found Megatron's head, Sumdac made another strange discovery. Noticing a flash of light in his lab, Sumdac entered to find a strange metallic pod, containing a small, liquid metal body. Fascinated, Sumdac reached out to touch the small creature, but received an electric shock that knocked him out, and turned a streak of his hair white. When Sumdac came to, the liquid metal being was gone, and in its place was what appeared to be a human baby. Not knowing what else to do, Sumdac "adopted" the child, named her "Sari", and spent the next seven years raising her as his own. {{storylink|TransWarped}} Understandably, Sumdac was reluctant to let Sari out into the world, and mostly kept her confined to Sumdac Tower, using [[Tutor Bot|robot tutors]] to educate her and building [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|other robots]] to keep her company.

Seven years later, Sumdac was in the midst of conducting a school tour around his company labs when a techno-organic experiment ran out of control, creating a creature that the Detroit police proved powerless to stop. The monster was defeated by the surprising arrival of a team of alien robots that introduced themselves as the [[Autobot]]s, who Sari quickly befriended. While Sumdac was genuinely warm and welcoming to the Autobots, and hailed them as Detroit's newest super-heroes, he now knew the true nature of the mysterious robot head that he had built his company upon, and was terrified that the Autobots would find out what he had done to one of their race. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

Sumdac continued to work long hours, day-in and day-out, often forgetting to eat in the process. Thankfully, his dutiful daughter was there to look after him. On one occasion, he caught her trying to sneak into his lab, and had to remind her that it was off-limits, even to her. He still readily gulped down the tea he had brought him though... and let himself be dragged away for some breakfast too. But only for some fruit salad... alright, maybe waffles... with bacon... and a cheese omelet... {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

[[File:Stiletto-FanzoneandSumdacsurveycrimescene.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left]]
''When the industrial saboteur [[Stiletto (Animated)|Stiletto]] broke into Sumdac's laboratory and stole both an experimental alloy and a high-powered laser-scalpel, the professor informed the police, who soon arrive on the scene of the crime. Joining them was Optimus and his Autobots, who promised that they would capture the thief. They did so in short order.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3|Stiletto}}

Sumdac demonstrated the latest model of [[police drone]] he had developed to the Mayor, Fanzone, and other important members of the city council. The drone was supposed to be larger, faster, and have better recognition software (to incidents like what happened with the captain's wife), but the drone exploded instead. Later, Sari called Sumdac to warn him that the drone's malfunction was sabotage. He questioned who would want to do that when the answer melted through his door: his business rival Prometheus Black who has been mutated into the acidic [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]. Meltdown called Sumdac a fraud who only got where he was because of [[Megatron (Animated)|sheer luck]] and was ready to permanently settle the score between them when Bumblebee saved him at the last second. Meltdown kept trying to liquidate Sumdac until the Autobots trapped him in a force field bubble. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

When a jolt of energy from Sari's [[AllSpark]]-empowered [[AllSpark Key|Key]] brought Megatron's head back online, {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}} the evil robot decided to exploit Sumdac's gullibility by posing as an Autobot, suggesting that the other Autobots would be much more forgiving of Sumdac dissecting him if the scientist gave him a new body before revealing the truth. As a sign of good faith, Megatron helped Sumdac rebuild his [[Dinobot (Animated)|robot dinosaurs]]. Unfortunately, a glitch made them rampage twice, and Isaac felt annoyed at the bad job he'd done. However, Megatron took the blame upon himself and claimed to be ashamed to admit that he'd built weapons into the dinosaurs out of his desire to have a body again. Sumdac sympathized with his friend, promising not to tell the Autobots and to restore him one day. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

Isaac was true to his word, but his attempts to build a new body from scratch for Megatron met with failure due to a lack of [[Destronium]]. It just so happened that Sumdac Systems' product line also included a prototype reflex-augmentation suit; when the only working model was mysteriously stolen and the thief then used it to try to retrieve the Destronium Megatron desperately needed, Isaac found that confusing but seemed otherwise untroubled. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}

[[Image:TFA Sound Fury Megatron Sumdac Sparkplug.JPG|right|150px|thumb|For the last time, I don't have a skunk on my head!]]
For Sari's birthday party, Sumdac tried to get some kids her own age (all children of his employees) to hang around with her, but even with the help of the Autobots, this did not really work. Luckily, she was happy with her new present, [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], a musical robot that had been created by Megatron simply to please children. (It turned evil, but surely that was all an accident on Megatron's part!) {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

Meltdown wasn't finished with his vendetta against Sumdac yet and had [[Swoop (Animated)|one of the Dinobots]] kidnap Sari so he could experiment on her to create a transforming organic. Fortunately, Bulkhead, Prowl, and Fanzone were able to save Sari before anything happened to her. {{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}}

[[Image:N00b.jpg|left|150px|thumb|"Total OWNAGE, n00b!"]]
After meeting with Henry Masterson, who showed Sumdac the "[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster unit]]", Sumdac was horrified to discover that Masterson planned to use the technology for military purposes. Things got even worse when the rocket that Masterson's warbot controlled went flying into the city of Detroit. Furious, Sumdac fired Masterson on the spot. Several days later, Masterson stole the Autobot [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]'s body and used it to take control of a solar fusion power plant, demanding 700 billion dollars to be delivered by Sumdac himself. Isaac drove [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] into the power plant with the other Autobots, allowing them to take on Masterson. While Sumdac tried to shut down the reactor, a stray missile from Masterson destroyed the controls. Fortunately, Bulkhead built a drone that managed to shut down the reactor. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

[[Image:Sumdac megatron's body.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Dad! Don't touch it! It's evil!]]
After discovering an energy signature out in the woods near Detroit, he found it was what he had been searching for since he came across Megatron's head: the rest of his body. Sumdac noted that Megatron would be most surprised by the discovery. {{storylink|Nature Calls}}

[[Image:MegrisingSumdacCry.jpg|left|150px|thumb|DO NOT WANT]]
After bringing Megatron's body back to his lab, he commented on how his body had done well in the wilderness for 50 years. As soon as Sumdac apparently finished the body's repairs, [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] arrived, and Megatron revealed that he was a [[Decepticon]]. Depositing Sumdac in his severed hand, Megatron used the Key to restore his body. As wires pulled the hand to the body, it made a fist around Sumdac, taking him with it. When Megatron opened his hand upon being restored, Sumdac was nowhere to be seen. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

Somehow free from Megatron's grasp, Sumdac tried to escape. Blitzwing intercepted his escape, but Megatron's calling of the Decepticons allowed him to flee. Meeting the Autobots in the lobby of Sumdac Tower, Isaac explained his role in what had happened. [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and Bulkhead were a little ticked, but Optimus decided that then was not the time for recriminations. Repairing the Autobots with residual AllSpark Key energy, Isaac accompanied them on the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Autobots' ship]] when they crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Fearing that the end was near, Sumdac said that there was something important that he wanted to tell Sari, but she ran off to find something that the [[AllSpark]] could charge in place of her Key before he could elaborate. Sumdac quickly assembled a device that damaged Megatron's equilibrium sensors, but disappeared in the chaos during the battle between Optimus and Megatron and the dispersal of the AllSpark. In the aftermath, Sumdac had been snatched by Megatron. Now a prisoner of Megatron, the Decepticon leader mockingly asked Sumdac if he was comfortable in his chair. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

Professor Sumdac was held prisoner by the Decepticons deep in a cavern studded in carbon deposits which baffled the Autobot scans of the area. Shown a [[space bridge]] schematic which Megatron had stolen from [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Teletran-1]], the scientist was put to work doing what he does best, reverse-engineering the technology. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}} The scientist was also forced to create signal-dampeners to allow the Decepticons to remain undetected by the Autobots even outside the mines, and a tachyon transmitter that allowed Megatron to communicate with his [[Shockwave (Animated)|double-agent]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} When [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] first came to the Decepticons' lair, they though Sumdac was a pet and Megatron had him show the "Constructobots" the blueprints for the space bridge. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}} Sumdac tried to alert the Autobots to this double-agent by bouncing a transmission to their headquarters, but the garbled message they received sent them off on the [[Wasp|wrong track]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

Professor Sumdac was still hard at work, doing whatever task Megatron demanded of him, when [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] resurfaced. {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

Once the bridge was completed, it was learned that Sumdac had misinterpreted the schematics, leaving the Decepticons with a non-functional bridge. Megatron decided to kidnap Cybertron's top space bridge technician, who turned out to be Bulkhead. Megatron took Sumdac with him both as a hostage and to prevent Sumdac from interfering with the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]]' work. Bulkhead was captured and compelled to help under threat of being body-jacked again with a Headmaster unit. Once Bulkhead was put to work, Sumdac assumed that he was trying to sabotage the bridge and played along. However, Bulkhead actually ''was'' trying to fix the bridge and managed to finish it in short order...just in time for a rescue attempt by the Autobots to be hijacked by an attack by [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and [[Starscream clone (Animated)|his clones]]. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

After trying to shut down the bridge, Sumdac commandeered the Headmaster and used it to steal Starscream's body to try and destroy Megatron. The Decepticon leader was unimpressed and quickly shot the Headmaster off with his [[fusion cannon]]. Then power complications with the space bridge arose, and Megatron tried to fix that by adding Starscream's AllSpark-infused head to the mix, causing an overload. Fortunately, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] arrived, being piloted by Ratchet and Sari of all people. Omega sacrificed himself after ejecting Sari and Ratchet, and the Autobots and Sumdacs escaped before the mine came down around them when the space bridge exploded. Free of Megatron and reunited with his daughter, Isaac Sumdac was relieved to know that the ordeal was at an end. His troubles weren't over, though, as Sari noticed that the skin of her right arm had been torn...revealing robotic circuitry underneath! {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

[[Image:Sumdac Streak.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Origins of a legend. Oh, and Sumdac's hair thingy, too.]]

Faced with a daughter on the verge of a breakdown and five robots who had run out of reasons to trust him, Isaac revealed to Sari what he knew of her origins, but none of them were particularly convinced by his fantastical story of a liquid metal robot that appeared out of thin air. Once Isaac had fired [[Porter C. Powell]], who had taken control of his company during his absence, and Henry Masterson, whom Powell had re-hired, Sari refused to speak to, or even be in the same building, as the man she could no longer even think of as her father. Luckily, Optimus Prime was able to patch the family back together by letting Isaac know that he was going to take Sari to [[Burger Bot]], so he could meet them there (this was accomplished by opening a comm channel to Sumdac's lab and talking very loudly and at length to Sari about Burger Bot, but even then, it's a minor miracle that Sumdac figured out what Prime was doing). While the trio was at Burger Bot, a vengeful Masterson attacked, and Sari and Sumdac both managed to save each other from the villains' wrath. While Prime finished Masterson off, Sari realized that whether or not she was a robot, Sumdac was still her father.

While all this had been going on, Prowl had been conducting some research of his own, and concluded that Sumdac had discovered a Cybertronian [[protoform]] which had scanned his [[DNA]]. Intrigued by the fact that she was part Cybertronian, Sari turned her AllSpark Key upon herself and upgraded her body into an older, more powerful form, only to promptly start running out of control. Once the Autobots had her subdued, Prime revealed the location of the Autobots' base to Professor Sumdac, much to the consternation of the other Autobots, who still did not trust the scientist entirely. Prime vowed that there would be no more secrets between their "family," and Sumdac apologized to Sari for keeping the truth of her origins hidden for so long. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

Working with Bulkhead to construct a new space bridge in Sumdac Tower so that the Autobots could contact Cybertron to warn them about Megatron's double-agent, Sumdac decided to call it a night when several floors of the tower collapsed underneath them thanks to the weight of the equipment. Sumdac was less than impressed when Bulkhead called in the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]] to help repair the building, but his attitude rankled with the Constructicons' new foreman, [[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]]. To protect Sumdac, Bulkhead began ordering him around cruelly, winking all the while, but Sumdac, of course, completely failed to understand that Bulkhead was merely acting to preserve his safety, and rushed off to complete the construction of the [[plasma dynamic thruster]] the Autobot demanded. Sumdac even followed Bulkhead to the Constructicons' warehouse hangout to give him the completed thruster, where Bulkhead was able to make him understand the deception, before having to put the act on again and send Sumdac scampering away. When the other Autobots arrived to help Bulkhead stop the Constructicons' plans to steal all of Detroit's oil, Sumdac was able to bring them up to speed, and his completed plasma dynamic thruster was then used to warp the Constructicons—and an exploding oil tank—off to a safe distance. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}}

On Christmas Eve, Sumdac was featured in one of Powell's ads for his Soundwave toys, which featured him accusing Powell of stealing his toy rights, but Powell stated that he "acquired this toy's patents fair and square" when he owned Sumdac Systems. Later, on Christmas morning, he sat down with Sari to open her Christmas presents, and when she didn't like that he had purchased her a Soundwave toy, he explained that it was made in China, and that it both danced and sang. When Sari opened her last present, which turned out to be a scooter/jetpack, Sumdac warned her to be careful with the thing, but she just blew him off. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

Sumdac was later hypnotized by the Soundwave toy he had purchased, and as such, was commanded to destroy Sari, as she could not be controlled because of her techno-organic nature. Sari eventually trapped him under a bookcase, as she had no other option if she didn't want to hurt him, and he was freed from Soundwave's control after Soundwave was defeated in battle with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

[[Image:TFA-DecepticonAir-SariKnowsStuff.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

He and Bulkhead continued to work on the space bridge, with each often doubting the other's skills. Sari offered to assist, but both Bulkhead and Isaac believed that without her key she wouldn't be much help. She then revealed that, thanks to her upgrade, she now Knows Stuff. {{Storylink|Decepticon Air}}

Sumdac later helped Ratchet and Sari build a jetpack for Optimus Prime to use in battle against Megatron, and witnessed Optimus Prime take a head-first dive into the ground after the first test EPICALLY FAILED! {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} When the Starscream Supremes were attacking the city, armed with bombs, Sumdac was in the process of trying to get the Sumdac Tower forcefield back up, when Prowl asked him if the tower had a bomb shelter. Sumdac was initially puzzled by this question, but when he saw the Starscream Supremes, his questions were answered. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

''When Sari went to Cybertron to learn more about her alien heritage, Sumdac sent her a lunch from Burger Bot via the space bridge which turned out to be crucial for capture the energy being [[Kremzeek]].'' {{storylink|The Return of Blurr}}

===Titan Magazines===

The supervillain [[Crossroads]] was once an employee of Sumdac's. However, Sumdac was forced to fire him when he found out about his illegal robot-fighting side projects. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 3|Crossroads!}}
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===''TransTech''===
{{voiceactor|[[Marty Isenberg]] (English)}}

Despite having a cold, Pr. Sumdac was in an unusually good mood and "remembered to wear pants" the morning he showed Sari, Bumblebee, and Optimus his new [[Bi-directional Unified Transit Terminal]], but no doubt lost his good mood when his BUTT backfired with such power that it flung Sari, Bumblebee, and Optimus into [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''The Cool'' comic===

[[Image:IsaacSumdacTheCoolSerious01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Daughter, I am disappoint.]]

As a boy, Isaac Sumdac discovered Megatron's smoldering remains, after the Decepticon leader had plummeted from the skies, having been defeated by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3}}

For fifty years, Megatron tricked Sumdac into searching for the remains of his body while simultaneously giving him Cybertronian technology. When he at last obtained the [[AllSpark Key|key]], Megatron revealed his ruse to a shocked Sumdac and was reborn. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 5}}

During the battle for the [[space bridge#Animated cartoon|Space Bridge]], Sumdac attempted to best Megatron with a [[Headmaster unit]] latched onto [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'s body. He was handily defeated off-panel. When the battle was over, Professor Sumdac was reunited with Sari. Unfortunately, at that moment Sari discovered robotics beneath her skin, leaving Sumdac with some grim explaining to do.{{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

Back at Autobot HQ, Sumdac finally revealed to Sari how he found her as a tiny robot in a capsule and, after an intense electric shock, discovered the robot was replaced with a human child. [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], after a full body-scan of Sari, determined that the tiny robot was a Transformer [[protoform]] that scanned Sumdac's DNA, resulting in an entirely new lifeform. Sumdac begged for Sari's forgiveness and she was quick to comply, giving her dad a big, snuggly hug. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}
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==Games==
===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Isaac Sumdac is featured as a playable game card. He is a green card, has a value of 4 points, and has the following power: "+1 to any Autobot or Decepticon in play."}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}

==Notes==
[[Image:IsaacSumdacModel.jpg|right|180px|thumb|... a POUCH? On my GLOVE? BRILLIANT! If I ever remembered to eat, I could keep a sandwich there!]]

* "Sumdac" is {{w|Cadmus}} spelled backwards. [[Sam Register]], executive producer of ''Transformers Animated'', explains in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' that this was done on purpose. The name was thought up very early in the making of the show: during [[BotCon 2008]], story editor [[Marty Isenberg]] mentioned that it was in the show development before he signed on.
* A non-finalized character model of Isaac Sumdac was featured in [[Cartoon Network]]'s ''Transformers Animated'' press kit. Compared to the final model, his body's proportions are entirely different, as is his hair. He also had some kind of stylized "S" emblem on his lab jacket, where the finalized Sumdac has a name badge. The "S" appears to be in his hair now (the cause of which is revealed in "[[TransWarped]]").
* This isn't the first time that a [[Koji Onishi|central]] [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|human]] [[Kenneth Onishi|character's]] [[Sparkplug Witwicky|father]] was taken captive and forced to help the bad guys of the series.
* He has an Indian (specifically, Bombay) accent in the English language version and a Chinese accent in the German dub (despite growing up in rural Michigan).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Isaac Sumdac''' (アイザック・サムダック ''Aisakku Samudakku'')

{{DEFAULTSORT: Sumdac, Isaac}}
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Hubcap (Animated)

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:''Hubcap is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Hubcapanimated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I only got two pair. I got a pair of aces... and ''another'' pair of aces.]]
'''Hubcap''' isn't someone you want to get in a card game with. Unless you ''like'' losing your shirt. Seriously. Nice guy and all, but if the subject of three-card monte comes up, just politely decline and walk away, alright? You'll be glad you did.

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==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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[[File:Hubcap-BoS.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75]]
''During the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], Hubcap was stationed as a communications officer. He reported to [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] on the [[Decepticon]]s' attack on the [[Hydrax Plateau]].'' {{Storylink|Bots of Science}}

[[Image:EndgamePart2-Sentinel.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Check out my head!]]
Many years later, Hubcap was part of the crowd cheering for [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and his crew when they returned to Cybertron victorious, with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and the rest of the Decepticons captured. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

''When [[Depth Charge (Animated)|Depth Charge]] chewed out [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]] for his recklessness, [[Stungun (Animated)|Stungun]] was speaking with [[Jackpot (Animated)|Jackpot]] and Hubcap in the next room.'' {{storylink|Moving Violations}}

''Hubcap attended a [[Team Stunticon|Stunt Convoy]] show that turned out to be the cover of a Decepticon operation to break into [[Trypticon Prison]].'' {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

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==Notes==
* Hubcap was revealed along with [[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]] on the cover of ''[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club]]'' [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 26|#26]].
* His name, which had been conjecture when he was first revealed, was finally confirmed in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''.
* Hubcap is a good pal of [[Jackpot (Animated)|Jackpot]], just like his [[Hubcap (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]] is with [[Jackpot (G1)|Generation 1 Jackpot]] in the [[Fun Publications]] stories!
* Hubcap wears the popular [[65356-9292-346]] [[body-type]].
*A proposed [[Fun Publications]] [[BotCon]] [[exclusive]] was a redeco of [[Soundwave (Animated)#Toys|''Animated'' Soundwave]] into a ''Animated'' Hubcap (the increase in size possibly being inspired by the [[Hubcap (MW)|''Machine Wars'' incarnation of Hubcap]]).<ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Animated Autobots]]
[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]

Teletraan-X (episode)

2018-11-14T12:45:19Z

Zandergb: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3.5|the cartoon episode|the titular character|Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' ep 12
|image=Teletraan-X (Cyberverse - Teletraan-X).jpg
|caption="According to the control panel light up there, the entire building's gonna self-destruct in about six minutes. I'm pretty sure it's a problem with the light."
|prev=Sabotage
|next=Matrix of Leadership (episode)
|title="Teletraan-X"
|airdate=[[October 26]], [[2018]] (Xfinity X1) [[November 16]], 2018 (CN app/website) [[November 17]], 2018 (USA)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Kevin Burke]] and [[Chris Wyatt]]
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=[[Jean Texier]]
}}
'''Windblade and Bumblebee trace an Autobot signal and find themselves lured into a trap set by Slipstream and her Seekers.'''

==Synopsis==
Following the destruction of their [[Decepticon scout ship|starship]], [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] are on the run; after a close call involving [[Nova Storm (Cyberverse)|Nova Storm]] and a movie billboard, the pair take shelter at a nearby airport. Windblade realizes that they're too conspicuous together, and to cover more ground in their search for the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' they'll need to split up. Her dramatic monologue about her faith in Bumblebee, however, is cut short when her friend picks up something unexpected: an [[Autobot]] distress signal emanating from nearby!

Abandoning their plan to split up, the pair head to an abandoned missile silo not far away. Clambering down into the depths of the facility, the signal becomes stronger and stronger, until they reach a large and heavily armored door. Windblade pries it open, and after a short jaunt down the tunnel they pair discover the source of the signal: [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]], a robotic [[drone]] designed to act as an auxiliary backup unit for [[Teletraan-1 (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-1]]'s data. Introducing itself, the device quickly identifies Bumblebee as a crew member of the ''Ark'', but not Windblade, and refuses to answer any of her questions unless they're filtered through Bumblebee first. When Bumblebee tries to persuade Teletraan-X to reveal the Ark's location, however, the machine announces that they've been led into a trap... at which point, spotlights flare to life, revealing [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]] and the other [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]]s!

The two Autobots are surrounded, subdued, and quickly brought before Slipstream, who explains her need to bring the Autobots in alive: 'Bee is the only Cybertronian on Earth who can access the drone, and learn the location of the ''Ark''... and Windblade's safety is the incentive to ensure Bumblebee cooperates with Slipstream. Windblade is tortured, then Bumblebee when he refuses to cooperate... but Slipstream has reckoned without Teletraan-X, whose overriding directive to protect the crew of the ''Ark'' spurs it into action, activating a defensive shield which it uses to bowl over the Decepticons. The two Autobots make a run for it, tailed by Teletraan-X and pursued by the Seekers.

Realizing that they need to protect Teletraan-X, the only clue they have to finding the ''Ark,'' Windblade tells Bumblebee to ensure that the drone makes it out safely, seconds before a Decepticon missile splits the party. Windblade defends Teletraan-X by bringing down part of the ceiling on [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]], [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)|Acid Storm]], and [[Thrust (Cyberverse)|Thrust]], while Bumblebee uses his [[stinger (weapon)|stingers]] to paralyze Nova Storm and [[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)|Thundercracker]] before the trio reunite.

Using Teletraan-X's map of the facility, the group escapes to the antechamber where they came in, but their escape up the ladder is compounded when Slipstream and the other Seekers regroup and chase them up to the surface. Windblade falls back to make sure that the Decepticons can't pursue Bumblebee and Teletraan-X up the ladder, but with the silo doors—and their only means of escape—closing, and fast, Bumblebee has no choice but to leave Windblade to her fate. 'Bee escapes just in time to seal the Seekers underground, for the time being... but Windblade is trapped ''with'' them, her fate unknown, and with no other course of action Bumblebee is forced to take Teletraan-X and flee...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] (3)

|c2=
*[[Nova Storm (Cyberverse)|Nova Storm]] (1)
*[[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)|Thundercracker]] (6)
*[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]] (7)
*[[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)|Acid Storm]] (8)
*[[Thrust (Cyberverse)|Thrust]] (9)

|c4=
*Kid (4)
*[[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]] (5)

}}

==Quotes==
"Finally this annoying little ''Ark'' drone is good for something... other than saying 'not crew.'" 
"Well, you're ''not''."
:—'''Slipstream''' and '''Teletraan-X'''

"Look, I'm a diversion! This is a great time to escape." 
"C'mon, 'Bee!" 
"I'm helping! Wait for me!" 
:—'''Teletraan-X''' saves our heroes

"Wind...blade..." 
"The Decepticons will overwhelm her and come after us in a matter of moments. Would you like a list of nearby hiding places?"
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Teletraan-X'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Windblade and Bumblebee lost the [[Decepticon scout ship]] they'd been using as a base, along with the [[cortical psychic patch]] during the events of the preceding episode, "[[Sabotage]]."
*Teletraan-X mentions that he hasn't seen an Autobot for "millions of years," providing some kind of timeframe between the various flashbacks on the show and the events of the present day.

===Transformers references===
*TBD

===Real-world references===
*The billboard at the beginning of the episode features an ad for "[[Return of Sharknator]]," spoofing both the ''{{w|The Terminator (franchise)|Terminator}}'' and ''{{w|Sharknado (film series)|Sharknado}}'' franchises.

===Trivia===
*This episode was originally scheduled to debut on Canadian television on [[October 21]], [[2018]], several weeks ahead of its US broadcast. A re-run of "[[Memory (Cyberverse)|Memory]]" wound up airing instead. It did, however, run on Okto in Singapore on [[November 10]], a week before its US air date.
*This episode was made available OnDemand for subscribers to U.S. cable provider Comcast's Xfinity X1 service on [[October 26]], [[2018]], along with the ninth, tenth, and eleventh episodes of the series, "[[Shadowstriker]]," "[[Maccadam's]]," and "[[Sabotage]]," all prior to their Cartoon Network broadcast debuts. Initially, "Sabotage" was not included in this release, leaving a one-episode gap, but it was added before the end of the same day.
*After ''twelve'' episodes set on modern [[Earth]], we finally get a glimpse of a [[human]], which probably has to be ''some'' kind of record for ''Transformers'' media.
*Given their need to hide from both humanity ''and'' the Decepticons, it's more than a little weird to have the two Autobots casually transforming into robot mode to hold a conversation in the middle of an airport parking lot full of cars.

===Animation and technical errors===
*When Thrust grabs Bumblebee, Thrust's mouth moves, yet he doesn't speak, leaving only Bumblebee's dialogue.
*Thundercracker was the one holding the taser and standing next to Bumblebee when he collapsed, but when Teletraan X comes in to protect Bumblebee, Thundercracker and Nova Storm have swapped places, with Nova Storm being next to 'Bee and holding the taser.
*Teletraan-X's size and [[scale]] is more than a bit cheatsy here; in most of his appearances, he's about a third of the size of the main cast, but during the final scene he's somehow able to fit into Bumblebee's vehicle mode.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Teletraan-X'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 12]], 2018

==Home video releases==
*TBA

[[Category:Cyberverse episodes]]

Talk:How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2

2018-11-12T22:07:22Z

Zandergb:

==Lunarians and the Last Look==
Minimus says that 500,000,000 new sparks have come to term and ''also'' that 500 Lunarians have been integrated into society. The fact that he lists them as separate categories suggests to me that there are mostly "normal" TFs being born, and also a small number of Rung-ites who have never been seen before and got the new name.
Also: I thought the whole point of the last few panels was that it was ambiguous. The LL is flying near a yellow sun - as when earlier that issue it was near one when Magnus said "okay, it's actually time to go home." Rodimus setting a course for peril and adventure was like when Capt. Kirk would say "Second Star to the right and straight on til morning" - no one actually put that into the nav computer, it was a sweet joke and they'd cruise around before going home. I thought the whole point of the sequence was that we DON'T know if it worked and never will. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 09:58, 7 November 2018 (EST)
:I observed the first point and forgot to include it in the article; I actually read it as being an error, and that it was meant to say "500 ''million'' Lunarians," a restatement of the previous fact by Minimus in different words, rather than referring to two separate things.
:But on the other point, no, you've just misread that. That's showing us the other side of the coin. The ship was ''supposed'' to jump back to Cybertron, which "our" crew did; the last pages are the duplicates who instead materialized at some unknown point somewhere off the map. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 10:09, 7 November 2018 (EST)
::I'm gonna hop into this lil' debate - I think the tone of Roberts' letter at the end makes it pretty clear that this other crew DOES pull it off, and WILL be having adventures, and that the universe without a Lost Light that they've jumped into is like, ours, man. Wow. Heavy. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] ([[User talk:Hooper X|talk]]) 12:23, 7 November 2018 (EST)
:::Yeah, it's not showing us a "what if." I feel it's pretty unambiguously showing us the Duplicate Lost Light that was actually successfully created. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:44, 7 November 2018 (EST)
::::The fact that it's explicitly noted the navigation computer is going "404 location not found" pretty much makes it utterly clear, even if everything else does't. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 17:33, 7 November 2018 (EST)

Also, like, on another topic, I didn't get the feeling that ALL the Lunarians were Rung-ish, just the one who took the helmet off. But maybe I'm missing a clue, I dunno. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:44, 7 November 2018 (EST)
:The one who takes his helmet off is separate from the guy flying Rodimus. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 13:50, 7 November 2018 (EST)
::Yeah, there's at least ''two'' Rung-alikes, so it's pretty heavily implied, at least, that Lunarians are "Children of Primus". Which makes you wonder what would have happened if it really had been ''Rodimus'' who had reignited the hotspot... - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 17:33, 7 November 2018 (EST)
:::Oh god no, imagine so many Rodimusses... Rodimii? among the real Rodimus. It will either result in him being proud because "everything has to be in the shape of my face", or he will end up in a depression because there are so many of him, which by extension makes him less noticeable. [[User:Jirr'kel|Shockblaster's Hideout]] ([[User talk:Jirr'kel|talk]]) 04:17, 8 November 2018 (EST)

==Warren time travel==
The idea that Rodimus's team went forward in time in the Warren is a great fix to the time disparity between Lost Light and rest of IDW, but it has a snag of its own. The Scavangers DIDN'T use a time-bendy method to get to Mederi, and it really doesn't feel like they were stuck in that cell for years when Nautica found them. On the other hand, it doesn't feel like years have past since the defeat of the Functionists and Prowl's visit. - [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] ([[User talk:Zandergb|talk]]) 18:37, 7 November 2018 (EST)
:That's not a problem for the Scavengers, though, because they're not the ones claiming only a month has passed. They can have gone through their "Revolution" story, spent a few more years travelling, then go through the events of #14-15. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 18:48, 7 November 2018 (EST)
::Both the Scavangers and Rodimus's team departed for Mederi around the same time. LL #12 had Getaway use Warren to get to "Cyberutopia" and the Scavengers use Agonizer's portal to get to Troja Major. #13 had Rodimus's tracking of Getaway fail, presumably because of Getaway's Warren journey. #14-15 has Nickel trying to call Deathsaurus after being blown into the portal, and then the Scavengers being teleported to Mederi relatively soon after. #16 tells us that Rodimus's team used the Warren right after the events of #13. So both #13/#16's flashback and #14-15 happen right after #12, which brings us back to either the Warren providng a time skip and the Scavengers being trapped for years, or both groups arriving around the same time and there being a (regular) time skip between #24 and the earliest bits of #25. [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] ([[User talk:Zandergb|talk]]) 14:44, 8 November 2018 (EST)
:::You're presuming the Scavengers stuff in #12 occurs concurrently, in the same time period, as the other stuff. Presume it doesn't, and this ceases to be a problem! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 16:22, 8 November 2018 (EST)
::::But it does, the battle the Scavangers stumble upon is the same one that Getaway refuses to respond to in #11. [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] ([[User talk:Zandergb|talk]]) 09:59, 9 November 2018 (EST)
:::::I'm half-kidding in all of this because it's obviously all a balls-up, but to play the game a bit, since we know that the Lost Light makes multiple trips through the Warren, we can't conclusively conclude that it's the Warren transit from #12 that takes them to Cyberutopia that is the one Rodimus loses track of them after. We could, for instance, presume that's simply an unseen Warren jump that moves the Lost Light from the "present" into the "future" in which they are location when they later turn down the distress call from Frayus.- [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 11:07, 9 November 2018 (EST)
::::::https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1062091397271089152 welp. [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] ([[User talk:Zandergb|talk]]) 17:07, 12 November 2018 (EST)

Talk:How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2

2018-11-09T14:59:40Z

Zandergb: /* Warren time travel */

Talk:How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2

2018-11-08T19:45:34Z

Zandergb: /* Warren time travel */

Talk:How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2

2018-11-08T19:44:26Z

Zandergb: /* Warren time travel */

==Lunarians and the Last Look==
Minimus says that 500,000,000 new sparks have come to term and ''also'' that 500 Lunarians have been integrated into society. The fact that he lists them as separate categories suggests to me that there are mostly "normal" TFs being born, and also a small number of Rung-ites who have never been seen before and got the new name.
Also: I thought the whole point of the last few panels was that it was ambiguous. The LL is flying near a yellow sun - as when earlier that issue it was near one when Magnus said "okay, it's actually time to go home." Rodimus setting a course for peril and adventure was like when Capt. Kirk would say "Second Star to the right and straight on til morning" - no one actually put that into the nav computer, it was a sweet joke and they'd cruise around before going home. I thought the whole point of the sequence was that we DON'T know if it worked and never will. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 09:58, 7 November 2018 (EST)
:I observed the first point and forgot to include it in the article; I actually read it as being an error, and that it was meant to say "500 ''million'' Lunarians," a restatement of the previous fact by Minimus in different words, rather than referring to two separate things.
:But on the other point, no, you've just misread that. That's showing us the other side of the coin. The ship was ''supposed'' to jump back to Cybertron, which "our" crew did; the last pages are the duplicates who instead materialized at some unknown point somewhere off the map. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 10:09, 7 November 2018 (EST)
::I'm gonna hop into this lil' debate - I think the tone of Roberts' letter at the end makes it pretty clear that this other crew DOES pull it off, and WILL be having adventures, and that the universe without a Lost Light that they've jumped into is like, ours, man. Wow. Heavy. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] ([[User talk:Hooper X|talk]]) 12:23, 7 November 2018 (EST)
:::Yeah, it's not showing us a "what if." I feel it's pretty unambiguously showing us the Duplicate Lost Light that was actually successfully created. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:44, 7 November 2018 (EST)
::::The fact that it's explicitly noted the navigation computer is going "404 location not found" pretty much makes it utterly clear, even if everything else does't. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 17:33, 7 November 2018 (EST)

Also, like, on another topic, I didn't get the feeling that ALL the Lunarians were Rung-ish, just the one who took the helmet off. But maybe I'm missing a clue, I dunno. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:44, 7 November 2018 (EST)
:The one who takes his helmet off is separate from the guy flying Rodimus. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 13:50, 7 November 2018 (EST)
::Yeah, there's at least ''two'' Rung-alikes, so it's pretty heavily implied, at least, that Lunarians are "Children of Primus". Which makes you wonder what would have happened if it really had been ''Rodimus'' who had reignited the hotspot... - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 17:33, 7 November 2018 (EST)
:::Oh god no, imagine so many Rodimusses... Rodimii? among the real Rodimus. It will either result in him being proud because "everything has to be in the shape of my face", or he will end up in a depression because there are so many of him, which by extension makes him less noticeable. [[User:Jirr'kel|Shockblaster's Hideout]] ([[User talk:Jirr'kel|talk]]) 04:17, 8 November 2018 (EST)

==Warren time travel==
The idea that Rodimus's team went forward in time in the Warren is a great fix to the time disparity between Lost Light and rest of IDW , but it has a snag of its own. The Scavangers DIDN'T use a time-bendy method to get to Mederi, and it really doesn't feel like they were stuck in that cell for years when Nautica found them. On the other hand, it doesn't feel like years have past since the defeat of the Functionists and Prowl's visit. - [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] ([[User talk:Zandergb|talk]]) 18:37, 7 November 2018 (EST)
:That's not a problem for the Scavengers, though, because they're not the ones claiming only a month has passed. They can have gone through their "Revolution" story, spent a few more years travelling, then go through the events of #14-15. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 18:48, 7 November 2018 (EST)
::Both the Scavangers and Rodimus's team departed for Mederi around the same time. LL #12 had Getaway use Warren to get to "Cyberutopia" and the Scavengers use Agonizer's portal to get to Troja Major. #13 had Rodimus's tracking of Getaway fail, presumably because of Getaway's Warren journey. #14-15 has Nickel trying to call Deathsaurus after being blown into the portal, and then the Scavengers being teleported to Mederi relatively soon after. #16 tells us that Rodimus's team used the Warren right after the events of #13. So both #13/#16's flashback and #14-15 happen right after #12, which brings us back to either the Warren providng a time skip and the Scavengers being trapped for years, or both groups arriving at the same time and there being a (regular) time skip between #24 and the earliest bits of #25. [[User:Zandergb|Zandergb]] ([[User talk:Zandergb|talk]]) 14:44, 8 November 2018 (EST)

User:Zandergb

2018-11-07T23:37:53Z

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Talk:How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2

2018-11-07T23:37:19Z

Zandergb: warren time travel point

Proving Grounds (BW)

2018-08-20T05:59:50Z

Zandergb:

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=46
|image=Proving Grounds title shot.JPG
|caption=Quick, before Silverbolt comes!
|title= "Proving Grounds"
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[February 14]], 1999
|written by= [[Arthur Sellers]]
|directed by= [[William Lau]]
|animation studio= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Blackarachnia leaves the Maximals, and is drawn into a dangerous hunt with Dinobot.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Proving Grounds Blackarachnia scan.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Nice curves.]]
The [[Maximal]]s examine [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], using a machine to display her insides. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] is unimpressed with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], but [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] finds the lady's structure to be fascinating. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] finds the location of the [[shell program]] that [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] installed in Blackarachnia's protoform to make her into a Predacon. When the test is over, Blackarachnia responds aggressively to Rattrap's suspicion and Cheetor's infatuation, but [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] orders her to stand down. Frustrated with not yet being accepted, she leaves the [[Maximal]] base using a secret tunnel, but [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]], spying on the Maximals, watches her exit and follows.

In the outdoors, Blackarachnia reflects on her situation to a stray butterfly. Before she can execute the butterfly, she notices Dinobot hunting her. She leaps through trees and starts to hunt the predator. Soon, she ensnares and suspends Dinobot by her webbing. Dinobot cuts himself free and transforms to his [[robot mode]]. He accuses her of being a coward and walks away.

In the Maximal base, Rattrap enjoys a video game, but [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] deactivates the game to use the computers to find Blackarachnia. Rattrap cries over his lost game, while the [[Fuzor]] determines Blackarachnia to be in Predacon territory. Silverbolt convinces Rattrap to not report Blackarachnia's irregular whereabouts to Optimus Primal by mentioning [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]].

[[File:Proving Grounds Dinobot trees.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|What is it with Dinobot and logs?]]
In darker woods, Blackarachnia and Dinobot find each other again. But the spider realizes she has been fooled by a hologram, while the real Dinobot attacks her from behind using a strong tail swipe. The two fire at each other, and Dinobot dodges a falling tree. Blackarachnia runs, but Dinobot blasts down two trees, pinning the widow's legs under two massive pieces of lumber. Before he can carve into her, Blackarachnia is able to grab her gun and fire a shot into Dinobot at close range. With her enemy down, Blackarachnia tries to radio for help, but doesn't notice Dinobot being repaired by his [[Transmetal 2]] energies. Luckily, Silverbolt is already searching for his lady friend, tracing her scent.

The other Maximals figure out that Blackarachnia and Silverbolt are in Megatron's jamming zone.

[[File:Proving Grounds Silverbolt.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Silverbolt was strapped the wrong way around on Goldfinger's table.]]
Blackarachnia keeps her guard up, aware that Dinobot is still hunting her. Silverbolt arrives, and is promptly shot directly in the chest. The two males battle, with Dinobot getting an upper hand. As Dinobot uses his heat vision to slowly burn Silverbolt's face, Blackarachnia fires her machine guns at her lover, announcing the fight is between Predacons.

Blackarachnia tries to convince Dinobot to form a private alliance. Dinobot rejects the idea and stuns her with a beam from his eyes. But Blackarachnia's conversation gives Silverbolt the time to stand up again. Dinobot's attacks, but discovers too late that Silverbolt had created a hologram of himself using the holo-projector. He blasts the Transmetal 2 over the edge of one of those surprisingly common steep cliffs—but Dinobot climbs back up to level. However Blackarachnia fires a missile directly into his face, making sure he won't be able to climb up again.

[[File:Proving Grounds Silverbolt Blackarachnia.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Shoulder massages always help.]]
As the sun rises, Blackarachnia and Silverbolt discuss the conversation about her betrayal that he overheard. She explains it was an attempt to fool Dinobot—a stalling tactic. Blackarachnia decides to leaves the Maximals—no longer desiring to let them distrust her as they do. Blackarachnia tries to leave, but her headbutt harms both Silverbolt and herself. Primal lands and explains that it's up to Blackarachnia if she wants to have the shell program removed. Blackarachnia is surprised to find out Optimus is pro-choice. Blackarachnia agrees to stay with the Maximals, but keeps herself the way she is.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (5)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (7)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (1)
*[[Dinobot II]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"What's the matter? Don't you trust me?" 
"Huh, about as far as an anvil can jump." [''forcibly grabbed by the neck''] "Of course, I mean that in the best possible way."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Hands off the metal, Sir Drools-a-lot."
:—'''Rattrap''' to Silverbolt

"Mood, setting... all I need now is my dance partner."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' on her "hunt"

'''Silverbolt:''' You're going to hear the truth if it... 
[''Blackarachnia turns around and headbutts Silverbolt, knocking him down.''] 
'''Blackarachnia:''' Warned ya... ohh, not such a great idea. 
[''Blackarachnia falls to the ground; she and Silverbolt groan.'']
:—'''Blackarachnia''' learns not to do something stupid the hard way.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Blackarachnia jumps out of the X-ray machine, she's missing her [[beast mode]] legs.
* The way the trees fall on Blackarachnia, her head and torso would have been trapped, with her legs sticking out.
* During the scene where the Maximals work out where Silverbolt and Blackarachnia have gone, a piece of green metal clips through Rhinox's chest.
* Blackarachnia's cyber-venom is blue, as opposed to its usual dark purple.

===Continuity errors===
* Previous episodes established that the Predacon shell program was something installed onto a [[stasis pod]], activated through the [[DNA scanner]]. This episode depicts the shell program as a physical object implanted within Blackarachnia.
* Dinobot displays enhanced healing in this episode, allowing him to shrug off incapacitating damage in a matter of seconds. You'd think that this ability would come in handy in the previous two-parter, after he was repeatedly defeated by Cheetor.

===Continuity notes===
* Like all the other Earth-born Predacons except [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], Blackarachnia derived her personality and allegiance from Tarantulas' shell program.
* Silverbolt brings up Rattrap's rivalry/friendship with the original [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]].
* Blackarachnia downloaded the codes to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' off of the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]".
* Blackarachnia proposes an alliance with Dinobot. It's not explicitly stated, but her comments about him being "state-of-the-art" suggests that she hopes to use him to gain some Transmetal powers of her own, a long-term goal first alluded to in "[[Cutting Edge]]".
* Gadgets and powers:
** Dinobot's left eye has a telescopic function.
** He also carries around an illusion-generating machine.
** After getting blasted by Blackarachnia, Dinobot heals off the damage. This is accompanied by a purple glow emanating from his spark, much like Cheetor's own supernatural abilities back in [[Feral Scream Part 2]].
** In addition to all the other things he can do with his left eye, Dinobot can fire a paralyzing beam.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===
* The video game Rattrap plays has some aspects modelled after ''Street Fighter''. Optimus Primal tosses a projectile similar to [[Ryu]]'s "Hadoken" and performs a spinning kick similar to Ryu's "Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku". The two characters in the game are a miscolored Megatron (Transmetal body) and Optimus Primal (using the body of pre-beast mode Megatron from [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|"Beast Wars" (Part 1)]]).
*The next game Rattrap plays is a first person shooter, a la ''Wolfenstein 3D'' and ''Doom''. It consists of blasting many [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]s.

===Trivia===
*Blackarachnia's scan highlights various skeletal-like structures in her body, including hips and a rib cage. It ''also'' highlights some sort of tube structure smack-dab in the middle of her pelvis. Really, Mainframe Entertainment?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sauvetage'''" (Canada, "Rescue")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''In fuga''' ("On the Run")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Love Typhoon'''" (ラブタイフーン)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 9]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fazendo Escolhas'''" ("Making Choices")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Prueba'''" ("The Test")

:*''Title:'' "'''La Prueba'''" (America, "The Test")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zhēnjiǎ Lìchǎng'''" (真假立场, "Stand between Truth and Fault")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Love Typhoon ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 2 (Universal) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Transformers: Requiem of the Wreckers

2018-05-30T18:07:21Z

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'''An attempt to reconnect with Impactor lands Springer and Verity in the crosshairs of the unholy team-up of Overlord and Tarantulas.'''

==Synopsis==
In the two years that have passed since [[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers|Wreckers' final mission]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Verity Carlo]] have been keeping a low profile, living together in a barn off the grid. Via a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] communications array left to them by [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], they listen in on radio chatter to keep up to date on goings-on out in the world, from the rise of firebrand anti-Cybertronian politician Megan Guiglione, to the shocking news of [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]]'s recent death. Already struggling to process what Verity has told him about his true origins as a creation of [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s, Springer is hit hard by the passing of a 'bot who was like a father to him, and decides to seek out the only remaining link to his past, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]—last seen joining up with the Cybertronian terrorist organization [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]]—for a heart-to-heart talk. Before they hit the road to meet Impactor, Verity, concerned by phantom traces of outgoing communications she has found on the array, runs a diagnostic on the machine. While she waits for a handset to synch with it so she can monitor the results remotely while they are away, Springer tells her the story of how he first met Impactor...

''Millions of years ago on Cybertron, Kup and Springer fight side-by-side against the [[Decepticon]]s. Spotting a supply drone sneaking its way around them, Springer makes a daring leap to take it out... and no sooner has he landed safely than Impactor is standing over him, informing him that he has been chosen to join the Wreckers. Springer excitedly shares the news with Kup, only to see his old mentor's eyes fill with sadness...''

Many hours and hundreds of miles later, Verity and Springer stop at a gas station, allowing Verity to tactfully avoid a conversation about something ''else'' they discovered using the array which she isn't ready to talk about yet. While getting a coffee, her eyes are drawn to a rack of greeting cards, but she only has a moment to glance at them before suddenly, out of nowhere, a bulldozer comes roaring up, smashes into Springer, and drives away with him!

Verity calls Impactor for help, and follows the bulldozer's trail to a nearby town. A day of searching yields no trace of Springer, but Verity's search comes to a sudden and unexpected end when Springer appears in the middle of a Megan Guiglione rally going on in the town square... and opens fire on the politician herself! Springer, obviously, is not himself; the bulldozer, it transpires, was [[Steamhammer (PCC)|Steamhammer]], a member of Mayhem, and Springer's body is now under the control of former Mayhem leader [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]], who is intent on using him to exterminate Guiglione. However, things get even ''stranger'' when Guiglione not only survives Springer's shot, but splits... grows... and ''transforms'', revealing herself to be [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] with a human alternate mode disguise! All around the square, Mayhem members hiding in vehicle mode reveal themselves and engage this unexpected new enemy, but Overlord slaughters them all in seconds. Before he can unleash his sadistic brand of violence on the helpless Springer, Verity steps in, donning her old gauntlets to catch Overlord's attention with a few well-placed blasts. Vividly recalling Verity from their last meeting, Overlord immediately forgets about Springer, snatches her up, and departs in jet mode with her as his captive. Seconds later, Impactor finally arrives on the scene, finding an unconscious Springer, and a shame-faced Carnivac. The furious Impactor vows to kill Carnivac for what he has done, but not before he takes them all back to Mayhem's base and has Springer repaired.

Overlord takes Verity to a dormant volcano, where it is revealed that he is working with Tarantulas. The evil spider explains that he survived the collapse of the [[Noisemaze]] by shrinking down in beast mode and secretly stowing away on Springer's body. Subsequently, he lived in secret with Verity and Springer for over a year, and was the one responsible for the phantom transmissions Verity found on the array. Using it, he contacted Overlord and gathered the resources and funding for his new objectives, which included the continuation of his organic alternate mode experiments, leading to the invention of the "Guiglione" identity for Overlord, created using Verity's own DNA. Overlord, however, is eager to move on to the ''next'' phase of Tarantulas's plan, but the spider testily explains that it is still not yet ready, and the ever-defiant Verity just rolls her eyes as the two giant robots have a tiff in front of her.

''Kup accompanies Springer to the Wreckers' base for his induction, his old body struggling to keep up with the death-defying shortcuts the eager youngster takes on the way. As parting advice, Kup encourages Springer not to lose his optimism. The doors to the base open, and Springer steps inside to be greeted by the team... and by the time he looks back over his shoulder, Kup is already gone.''

In Mayhem's base, an enraged, fully-healed Springer smashes his way out of a [[CR chamber]] and tackles Impactor to the ground, blaming him for everything. Impactor pleads innocence; he explains that he has been under deep-cover as a vehicle in the [[President of the United States|President]]'s motorcade for some time, and in his absence, Carnivac usurped command. Carnivac spits back that the plan to destabilize the peace process by using an [[Autobot]] to kill a human ''was still Impactor's''—he just picked which Autobot to use, and believes Impactor is only angry because he chose his precious Springer. The disgusted Springer rebukes them both, and departs to rescue Verity.

Tarantulas unveils the next phase of his plan to Verity: an upgraded version of the Noisemaze known as the "[[Timemaze]]," which will allow him to send Overlord back in time to key points in history, creating endless divergent timelines and alternate realities for him to experiment with. Overlord, however, chooses this moment to reveal that he's not so interested in the spider's schemes; instead, he intends to use the Timemaze to kill [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] throughout all of time and space. Realizing that such an action would wreak catastrophe upon the space-time continuum, and wounded that once again, a partner he trusted has turned on him, Tarantulas lunges at Overlord. As the pair grapple, Verity leaps up onto the Timemaze's control console and plugs her handset into it, trying to take control of it. Overlord reaches for her, but Tarantulas stops him; the spider, Overlord realizes, is actually ''protecting'' her in hopes of winning Springer's favor. Of course, based on personal experience, Overlord doesn't believe Springer will ever come...

...and is immediately proven wrong when his eye is impaled by Impactor's harpoon, as he and Springer come swooping down into the volcano! While Impactor tackles Overlord and Verity continues trying to damage to the Timemaze, Tarantulas stands down, hoping to reunite with the "son" he created but never knew. Pained, he tries to tell Springer that he didn't abandon him, that he thought he had died, that he can make it right... but before he can do anything, Overlord shoots him in the back of the head. Springer tackles Overlord, and they and Impactor go tumbling deeper into the volcano's caldera. Overlord opens fire as they fall, hitting the ceiling and bringing a landslide of rocks down on top of them; Impactor is left pinned beneath the boulders, with Springer on one side, behind him, and Overlord somewhere on the other. Granted a moment of peace amid the chaos, Impactor and Springer are afforded the chance to talk, but don't know where to start. Impactor asks Springer what he would ask Kup, if ''he'' were there, and Springer replies that he would ask him how they first met, as he doesn't remember. Impactor tells the story...

''Having rescued the young Springer—then "Ostaros"—from Tarantulas's lab, Impactor brings him to Prowl. With neither willing to kill the strange, artificially-created Cybertronian, Prowl has him [[Rite of the Autobrand|Autobranded]] and given a new identity, his memory of his origins expunged, then assigns him to Kup's unit. The old Autobot is told the story behind him and sworn to secrecy, and the pair are introduced in Prowl's office that day.''

Impactor apologizes to Springer for ever bringing him into the Wreckers, but before they can talk through the matter any further, Overlord's shadow appears in the distance. Impactor gives Springer one final order, which he reluctantly carries out: as Overlord draws close, Springer shoots ''through'' Impactor's body, as Impactor once shot through his on the planet [[Pova]], killing him and knocking Overlord off his feet. Crashing through Impactor's flaming remains, Springer races back to the Timemaze gate, with Overlord in hot pursuit.

Verity, meanwhile, has hacked into the bank accounts Tarantulas created to fund the Guiglione campaign and transferred millions to her own. Springer comes crashing back into the chamber with Overlord on his heels, and it looks like the game is up... until Carnivac's howl echoes through the volcano, his sonic powers forcibly converting Overlord into his two composite vehicle modes, jet and tank. In a flash, Springer instructs Verity to activate the Timemaze, and he uses it to end Overlord's threat once and for all, by hurling his jet half into the distant future, and his tank half into the primordial past! The dying Tarantulas then calls Springer to his side, telling him he is happy to see that he has turned out "good," and mourning the fact that they could not be together. "Father" and "son" bid one another farewell, and Tarantulas dies.

With nothing left to tether him to the past, Springer chooses a new path: using the Timemaze, he will go back in time to before the war, and live out his life there, seeing if he can stop the war before it happens by affecting change on the smallest, most intimate level possible, in the way the big, crazy Wreckers never could—individually, person-to-person. Rather than drag out the goodbyes, Verity gives him a greeting card with a "thank you" message. The pair hug one last time, and Springer steps through the gate into history.

With Springer's departure, Verity beams out a final, pre-recorded message he left for all surviving Wreckers, their allies, and even a group of prospective rookie candidates who he had been training remotely. Via [[Shimmer|hologram]], Springer gives them all one last order: destroy down the legacy of the Wreckers. Make it so that the awful things they had to do in secret in the past will never have to be done again. Be there for one another. "Wreck the past, rule the future."

And Verity herself has a future of her own that it's finally time for her to begin—a future that lies with the ''other'' thing she and Springer found through the array. She stands on the front step of a house, rings the doorbell... and when the house's unseen resident opens the door, Verity silently holds another greeting card out to them, which reads: "For My Mom." In silence, the card is taken... and Verity is welcomed inside.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks, or images on the Timemaze's console. 
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*''[[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]]'' (4)
*[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] (5)
*''[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]'' (13)
*''[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]'' (14)
*''[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]'' (15)
*''[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]'' (16)
*''[[Twin Twist]]'' (17)
*''[[Rack'n'Ruin]]'' (18-19)
*''[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]'' (20)
*''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (22)
*''[[Optimus Prime (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime]]'' (23)
*''[[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] (27)
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*''[[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]] (28)
*''[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]]'' (29)
*[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] (31)
*''[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'' (32)
*''[[Pyra Magna]]'' (33)
*''[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]'' (35)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (38)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (39)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (40)
*[[Bulkhead (G1)|Bulkhead]] (41)
*[[Quickswitch]] (42, see Errors)
*[[Breacher (G1)|Breacher]] (43)
*[[Strongarm (BW)|Strongarm]] (44)
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*[[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord/Megan Guiglione]] (2)
*''[[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]'' (21)
*''[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'' (30)
*''[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'' (37)

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*[[Verity Carlo]] (1)

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*[[Steamhammer (PCC)|Steamhammer]] (6)
*[[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]] (7)
*[[Tuskmaster]] (8)
*[[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]] (9)
*[[Smolder]] (10)
*[[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] (11)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (12)
*''[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]'' (24)
*''[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'' (25)
*''[[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]]'' (26)
*''[[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]]'' (34)
*''[[Megatron (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Megatron]] (36)
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==Quotes==
"Kup wasn't just a friend, or a work colleague... he was, y'know, '''Kup.''' He was... kinda... your dad." 
"That doesn't quite work the same way it does for humans, I don't think." 
"It works for every human differently, dude, trust me."
:—'''Verity''' and '''Springer'''

"I can keep an eye on the diagnostics while we trip road and go full-on ''Last Stand of the Jack Kerou-eckers.''" 
"Do other humans think this is a normal way to talk?" 
"You see any around?"
:—'''Verity''' and '''Springer'''

"So, Megatron asked me to come kick your ass again."
:—'''Verity''' greets Overlord

"I'm just... keen to get this started. It feels... right, y'know? Like, 'I can do this.' Dumb, eh?" 
"Maybe... or maybe it's just blind positivity. I remember hearin' about that." 
"Any wise words on it?" 
"Yeah. Don't let 'em kick it out of you."
:—'''Springer''' is accompanied by '''Kup''' on his way to join the Wreckers

"What is it with you needing a buddy all the time, Tarantulas? You're like a hip-hop artist who never has enough ideas and has to give a feat. credit to whoever makes you look good."
:—'''Verity'''

"Why?! Why couldn't it have been enough for you?! Why am I never enough?!"
:—'''Tarantulas''' reacts to Overlord's betrayal

'''Kup:''' "Awright kid, they tell me you got crazy moves, two alt modes, and a jaw that could split rocks. That may impress the desk-flippers, but it won't be enough to cut it in Kup's crew, ya got it?" 
'''Springer:''' "I'm looking forward to serving with you, sir." 
'''Kup:''' "Grea—" 
'''Springer:''' "And to show you that, actually, it's '''more''' than enough." 
'''Prowl:''' "Oh, I forgot to tell you. He's one of '''those.'''"
:—Kup and Springer's first meeting

"What's all this? A one-sided final chat where you make peace with yourself and your wretchedly bad decisions? I'm here, my son. I will grant you the boon of a final confession before I replace your spine with my knuckles. What words do you wish to say?" 
"Wreck and rule, you spawn of a glitch."
:—'''Overlord''' bears witness to '''Impactor's''' final words

"I never meant... for you to be left... alone." 
"I was never alone. I always had someone." 
"Good. It was for... the best that you were taken from me, I think. Your life... would have been worse... but I fear mine would have been better. Maybe then... it would have occurred to me that... instead of unleashing so much harm... [...] ...I... '''''hkk''''' ...could—hh—leave behind... something good—Ostaros—" 
"Goodbye... Mesothulas."
:—'''Tarantulas''' and '''Springer's''' final moment

"Endless war; corruption; crazies who live to harm others—all the stuff that makes the Wreckers a necessity—it's just too massive. But personal responsibility isn't. The ability to enact change, person-to-person. It doesn't take up any room. Sometimes, it's all we have."
:—'''Springer's''' new mission

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*We rejoin our heroes following the events of ''[[The Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers|Sins of the Wreckers]]'', which concluded with Verity and Springer going off the grid for a while and Impactor joining Mayhem. The final panel of the [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 5|final issue]] implied Tarantulas had survived his seeming death in the story by featuring a tiny spider hiding in Springer's wheel well, which ''Requiem'' confirms to have been him. Springer's origins were revealed in that same issue, but not to him; Verity has told him the story off-panel between that issue and this one.
*Kup died in [[Schismatic|''Transformers vs. Visionaries'' #1]].
*Springer references the "[[Shimmer]]," the superstitious name for the hologram normally used by the Wreckers' leader to contact new recruits and inform them they have been inducted into the team, originally introduced in "[[Bullets]]." It is the method by which he contacts the past and future Wreckers at the end of the story. "Bullets" placed focus on the fact that "the Shimmer" was famously green in color, which it was logical to conclude was because Springer himself is green. Curiously, however, we here learn that the hologram-contact method was in use before Springer ever joined the Wreckers; does that mean that it's the hologram itself that's specifically projected in green light, or was it purple while Impactor used it?
*In the flashback portions of the story, Kup appears with his design from his original appearance in ''[[Spotlight: Kup]]''.
*Impactor and Springer's first meeting was previously seen in the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'' strip, "[[Dead Men's Boots]]," complete with dialogue repeated here. However, see "Errors."
*Overlord was last seen in [[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|''More than Meets the Eye'' #55]], in which he concluded that the Autobot Megatron of today was no longer worthy of his attention—hence his desire to travel back in time and confront the Megatron of the past. Numerous references are made to the Wreckers' last meeting with him in [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #5]], including the giant gun Springer used against him, him ripping Springer's face off, Verity telling him Megatron was dead, and Impactor stabbing him in the eye with his harpoon.
*When describing the rationale behind Impactor's plan to kill a human politician, Carnivac notes "a cop killed by an Autobot leaves a scar," alluding the death of officer [[John Powell]] at the hands of [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] in [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|''The Transformers'' vol. 1 #17]], that shadow which has been shown by ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' to still hang over the Autobots.
*The version of Optimus Prime who appears in the Timemaze's monitors showing different times and potential realities is sporting the unique Prime design Roche created for a one-page sequence in [[Sins of the Wreckers issue 2|''Sins of the Wreckers'' #2]].
*Springer shoots through Impactor's body to blast Overlord, just as Impactor shot through his during the infamous battle on [[Pova]], as seen in [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #4]] and 5.
*Among Springer's four prospective Wreckers is Bulkhead, the Generation 1 version of the [[Bulkhead (Prime)|''Transformers Prime'' character]] who has already made several cameo appearances in IDW continuity. This marks his first appearance in the modern era of this universe, his other appearances having been in pre-war stories.

===Transformers references===
*Overlord's human alias, "Megan Guiglione," is named after his [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] partners [[Mega]] and [[Giga]] from ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]''. In "Guiglione's" speech, heard on page 2, "she" refers to "the great American public" as "the real power masters" in an allusion to this, [[Powermaster]]s being the English-language equivalent of Godmasters.
*In addition to Overbite, Stampy, and Roche-original character "Tuskmaster," all originally seen in ''Sins of the Wreckers'', the ranks of Mayhem include two new characters: [[Smolder]] and [[Steamhammer (PCC)|Steamhammer]] from the ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' toyline.
*In addition to various recognizable Generation 1 and [[Beast Era]] characters shown in the Timemaze's monitors, there's a character a little more from left field: [[Optimus Prime (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime]].
*Also visible on the Timemaze's monitors is a forearm with a spiked mace instead of a hand—a nice, safe, non-trademark-infringing cameo appearance by Marvel UK star and longtime Roche favorite [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]].
*One last easter egg on the monitors includes a metal planet, connected to others like it by a huge web. This is [[Hub (G2)|the Hub]], the interlinked network of cyberformed worlds created by the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] and ruled over by the [[Liege Maximo]] in the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic book]], which author [[Simon Furman]] never got the chance to tell the [[Alignment|full story]] of due to the comic's cancellation.
*Springer calls Impactor a "wily old buzzard," Impactor's "loving" insult of choice for [[Xaaron|Emirate Xaaron]], as seen in the Marvel UK story, "[[Target: 2006]]."
*One of the headlines on "Megan" shows "her" holding the decapitated head of Optimus Prime on a spike in her hand with an American flag in the other, paying homage to [[Klaus Scherwinski]]'s cover for [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|''All Hail Megatron'' #1]].
*Verity banks with "Tipton Banking Online," an apparent reference to IDW editor [[Denton J. Tipton]].
*While his head is still the ''Prime'' design, Bulkhead's torso now takes after his [[Bulkhead (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]].
*Two of Springer's prospective Wreckers are Generation 1 incarnations of [[Breacher|the live-action movie universe's Breacher]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Strongarm]].

===Real-life references===
*Verity refers to her and Springer's road trip as "going full-on Last Stand of the Jack Kerou-eckers," referring to the American novelist {{w|Jack Kerouac}} and his famous work, ''{{w|On the Road}}'', based on his travels across the United States in the 40s and 50s.
*Verity gives Overlord the nickname "Lose-Like-Jagger," a double reference to musician {{w|Mick Jagger}} (whose famously pouty lips rival Overlord's own) and the {{w|Maroon 5}} song about him, "{{w|Moves like Jagger}}."
*Verity also calls Overlord "Thunderlips," referring to a character from the movie ''{{w|Rocky III}}''.
*On a hot nickname streak, Verity dubs Tarantulas "P-Didn't," after "P. Diddy," one of the stage names of rapper {{w|Sean Combs}}.
*She also refers to the Timemaze as "Noisemaze Two: Electric Boogaloo," after the 1984 film, ''{{w|Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo}}.''

===Errors===
*Springer's account of his first meeting with Impactor may match the single panel seen in "Dead Men's Boots," but it doesn't quite jibe with the more detailed account given in "[[Zero Point]]." That story had the meeting take place in the [[Toxic Sludge Swamps]], where Springer was tracking a distress call, rather than fighting to hold territory, and Impactor made his entrance by "dropping out the sky" and eliminating eight Decepticons at once.
*The fourth and final of Springer's recruits is [[Quickswitch]]... who died in [[Good Men|''Transformers vs. Visionaries'' #4]]. It doesn't seem plausible that this story could fall between Kup's death and Quickswitch's. ''Maaaaybe'' you could no-prize it as [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] having been wrong about his death?

===Other trivia===
*This perfect-bound one-shot (marketed as an "Annual") is 52 pages in length, containing 40 pages of story. Backmatter includes a look behind the scenes with commentary from Roche, including original notebook pages that outline early ideas for the story, character designs for Guiglione, Verity, and the 'bots with new alternate modes (Impactor, who has dropped his tank mode for an armored car, and Stampy, Overbite, and Tuskmaster, who have shed their animal forms for vehicle ones), and [[character model]]s for Springer, Impactor, and Kup that Roche assembled for [[Geoff Senior]], who draws the three flashback portions of the story.

===Cover===
* '''Regular cover:''' Springer and Impactor clash, with Verity and the memory of Kup caught between them, and Tarantulas and Overlord looming over it all, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
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[[Category:IDW Generation 1 issues]]

White Heat

2018-01-29T11:12:58Z

Zandergb: /* Notes */ added timeframe error

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'''Optimus Prime and Soundwave find themselves a captive audience for Sentinel Prime in the shadow of Prion.'''

==Synopsis==
Having passed out due to the sudden, unexpected [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] transit, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] awakens to find that he and [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] have been transported to the blasted, corpse-laden surface of another world, where the ruined hulk of a [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] lies. [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] tells them that the giant is [[Prion]], one of the colony Titans, who was abandoned by his master [[Micronus Prime]], leaving him and his [[Mini-Con]] populace to be slain by the [[Black Block Consortia]]. Sentinel goes onto explain that he and [[Sovereign]]—[[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]]'s true form—are [[Titan Master]]s, the heralds of [[Nexus Prime]] and [[Onyx Prime]] respectively, and that they have abducted Prime not to battle him, but to invite him to join them. Soundwave points out that Sentinel is not even a true Prime himself; Sentinel is amused to see that the Decepticon, previously such an opponent to the notion of Primes, has become a believer in their power after witnessing the raising of [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Earth's Titan]]. Sentinel declares that Soundwave can at least die as a believer... whereupon Sovereign, controlling [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'s body as its head, slashes his sword deep into Soundwave's body!

Back on [[Earth]], the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s still cleaning up after their battle with [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s troops in the [[Indian Ocean]] come under attack from the newly-restructured [[Earth Defense Command]], staffed now with members of [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]], including an ever-enthusiastic [[Wild Bill]]. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] are keen to fight back, but [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] refuses to let them; [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] tries to run interference instead, but [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] is able to exploit the distraction to slip out of [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]'s grip and make a run for it. Just as he bursts out of the water, however, he is impaled by the wing-blade of [[Zilong Qian]]'s mecha and taken captive. Intent on ending the conflict, the [[Torchbearer]]s merge into [[Victorion]], who uses her gravity powers to interfere with the EDC's weaponsfire. At [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]]'s order, she reluctantly levitates the 'bots and their prisoners away. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Spike Witwicky]] is just as reluctant to let them go, but Qian—now going by the Joe codename "Talon"—is happy, considering the capture of Blitzwing and the remains of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and the routing of the Transformers a victory.

As Sovereign slowly sinks his sword into Soundwave, Sentinel talks about his own humiliation at the hands of the Decepticons millions of years ago, and declares their eradication a "holy duty." But Sentinel does not realize how ''un''-tempting his offer is to Optimus; striking quickly, the Autobot leader tackles Sentinel, knocking him back into Sovereign, who loses his grip on his sword. Soundwave grabs the blade, pulls it out of his body, and uses it to lop Sovereign off of Alpha Trion. With a pinpoint-precise sonic manipulation, Soundwave re-writes the neural signals within Sovereign's neocortex, unlocking and reinstating the little 'bots "Blackrock" personality programming. This does not dissuade Sentinel, however; he snatches up Blackrock and vanishes through Prion's spacebridge, his departing words a warning of the devastation he will bring upon Cybertron, and the chance Optimus had to escape it. Soundwave proves unable to divine his destination from the ancient spacebridge, but Optimus, spying Alpha Trion's decapitated head on the ground nearby, is not interested in following.

A short time later, Optimus and Soundwave arrive on Cybertron and bring Alpha Trion's head and body to [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]], who confirms that the old sage can be safely repaired. Optimus blames himself for not stopping Sentinel right away, but Soundwave and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] urge him to take his victories where he can find them. Prime bids Windblade farewell as he and Soundwave prepare to return to Earth, but just before they step through the bridge, Soundwave lays his hand on Optimus's shoulder and prepares to tell him something. Having sensed the recent death of [[Ravage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ravage]], Soundwave explains, he has been reminded of his first meeting with the cyber-cat—how he saved him, and how he opened his eyes to the need for equality among Transformers. Soundwave compromised his morals in pursuit of that belief as a Decepticon, just as Optimus compromised his when he blackmailed Soundwave into their alliance... but despite this, Soundwave has come to truly believe in Optimus's mission, and understands that equality applies not to just to Transformers, but to all sentient life. Soundwave says that he can never repay this debt, and that the compromises that brought them to this point must be forgotten. Sentinel and Galvatron have both warned them: something from their ancient past is returning, and the Autobots and Decepticons must be ready to face it together.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (4)
*[[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Infinitus/Sentinel Prime]] (6)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (10)
*[[Stormclash]] (11)
*[[Pyra Magna]] (12)
*[[Dust Up]] (13)
*[[Rust Dust]] (14)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]] (15)
*[[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] (17)
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*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (25)
*[[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] (26)
*[[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] (27)
*[[Victorion]] (32)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (33)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] (34)
*[[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] (36)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (37)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (42)
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|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] (3)
*''[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'' (8)
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] (18)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (19)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (20)
*[[Swift (G1)|Swift]] (21)
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] (23)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (24)
*[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] (28)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (29)
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*[[Wild Bill]] (9)
*[[Deep Six]] (22)
*[[Zilong Qian|Zilong Qian/Talon]] (30)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (31)
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*[[Prion]]'s corpse (2)
*[[Sovereign]]/[[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]] (5)
*''[[Nexus Prime]]'' (7)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]] (16)
*[[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] (35)
*[[Aileron]] (38)
*[[Buster (IDW)|Buster]] (39)
*[[Bob (IDW)|Bob]] (40)
*[[D.0.C.]] (41)
}}

==Quotes==
"<nowiki>'</nowiki>'''Sentinel'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> was a persona I adopted—a '''false Prime''' to serve the '''real''', while I awaited Onyx's '''return.''' Then '''Megatron'''—and his '''Decepticons'''—turned me into a... a '''chair.''' Do you '''understand''' what it means to serve a '''higher power''', only to be brought down by the '''lowliest class''' of creatures '''imaginable?''' Your '''Blackrock''' has come to grasp this. He acknowledges his '''holy duty''' to '''kill''' Decepticons. Starting with '''yours'''."
:—'''Sentinel Prime'''

"Sentinel... or '''whatever''' you call yourself. If you think the '''lure''' of joining the Primes '''you''' serve is '''any''' temptation... <big>'''''you don't understand what being Optimus Prime means!"</big>'''''
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"I am '''Sovereign! I''' control my '''future'''!" 
"'''Uncomprehending''' creature. None of us controls '''that'''."
:—'''Sovereign''' and '''Soundwave'''

"Long ago, when I was at my '''lowest''', [Ravage] came to me. And through him I found '''salvation'''... I realized '''all''' Cybertronians were '''one''' in the eyes of '''Primus'''. Together we followed '''Megatron''' into battle for the '''Decepticon cause.''' Along the way, despite our '''intentions''', we '''compromised''' our principles. This is '''not''' something you are '''unfamiliar''' with, Optimus Prime. You '''coerced''' me into joining your cause... but through it I learned all—not all '''Cybertronians,''' but all—are '''one''' before Primus. This is not a '''debt''' I can repay. Whatever compromises we made in the '''past''', Optimus... we '''must''' set them aside. '''Galvatron''' and '''Sentinel''' are warnings from the past... telling us the '''future''' is coming. And it is up to '''us''' to prepare for it... old friend."
:—'''Soundwave''' closes out the series

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The Titan colony founded by Prion was first mentioned in [[The Permanent Revolution|''More than Meets the Eye'' #39]]. It was in that issue that the colony's razing by the Black Block Consortia was recounted, by the sole survivor [[Nickel]], who is also referenced here.
*[[The Transformers: Windblade|''Windblade'' vol. 2]] explained that the colony Titans are each connected to one of the [[Thirteen|original thirteen Primes]]; Prion is here revealed to be [[Micronus Prime]]'s Titan, and thus, that the colony was one populated by [[Mini-Con]]s.
*The question of what became of Micronus Prime is answered in the {{i|Micronauts: Revolution|''Micronauts: Revolution'' one-shot}}, released the same day as this issue, in which—via a one-panel appearance of Micronus himself—it is revealed that he created, and retreated into, [[Microspace]], the sub-atomic dimension that is home to the titular heroes.
*We get a flashback to Galvatron killing Nexus Prime, Sentinel's holographic image being directly lifted from [[The Crucible|issue #34]].
*We knew previously that Blackrock/Sovereign was an agent of Onyx Prime, and we learn in this issue that Sentinel/Infinitus is the herald of Nexus Prime. It would make sense, then, that Sentinel knew about Sovereign and his mission, as issue #34 showed us that Onyx and Nexus had previously conspired together. That issue also showed that Nexus was responsible for creating [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] out of both their followers with his [[Enigma of Combination]], but it is unclear whether or not Sentinel and Sovereign's ability to turn into heads has any connection to that. In IDW continuity, are Titan Masters a natural race with the power to control Titans and turn into heads, or are Sentinel and Sovereign the only two, created by Nexus? Or are they members of a natural race able to control Titans, who were given the power to turn into heads by Nexus? If they are not the only two, does that mean each Prime has a Titan Master herald?
*Sentinel claims that Micronus Prime betrayed both Onyx and [[Liege Maximo]]. It was said in issue #34 that Maximo was responsible for the conspiring to start the war between the Primes; makes you wonder what kind of a guy Micronus was.
*Blitzwing's capture by the EDC leads into his appearance in the [[Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|''Revolution'' prelude]], and his role in the creation of [[M.A.S.K.]]
*Spike remembers Victorion's use of her gravity powers "at the White House last month," as seen in [[All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|issue #51]]. However, see "Errors," below.
*Sentinel recalls how the Decepticons turned him into "a chair," a reference to how Megatron refashioned his [[Apex Armor (G1)|Apex Armor]] into a throne in [[Megatron Origin issue 4|''Megatron: Origin'' #4]].
*Sentinel and Sovereign depart to go and star in the ''More than Meets the Eye'' portion of the ''Titans Return'' crossover, which actually began last month in [[Ten to Midnight|''More than Meets the Eye'' #56]] as part of a deliberate—if a pinch confusing—non-chronological release order.
*Soundwave laments the death of Ravage, which he felt across the stars in [[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|''More than Meets the Eye'' #55]]. He also recalls his first meeting with him, and how Ravage saved him, as recounted in [[Soundwaves (issue)|issue #22]].
*This issue hints at a confrontation between Optimus Prime's forces with Onyx Prime as a future storyline. Further evidence would come with the reveal of the next chapter of the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'', ''[[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]]''.
*Optimus blackmailed Soundwave back in [[All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|issue #52]].

===Real-life references===
*Together with the previous issue, the title of this two-part ''Titans Return'' tie-in is taken from {{w|The Velvet Underground}} album, ''{{w|White Light/White Heat}}''.
*Sky Lynx mentions the planet [[Huizenga]]; {{w|Huizenga|here's a list}} of what that might potentially refer to.

===Transformers references===
*Soundwave's first line is a classic "I still function."

===Errors===
*Kup told Needlenose to "get your brother onta Sky-Byte", which should be '''Sky Lynx''', as even if Sky-Byte was in this issue (which is not), he could not have been a recommended transport for the wounded which, according to Thundercracker, is ''almost everybody''.
*Victorion used her gravity powers at the White House ''the previous day'', not "last month" as Spike describes.

===Other trivia===
*This is the final issue of ''The Transformers''. Following a [[Thundercracker & Buster Save the World|one-shot tie-in]] to the ''[[Revolution]]'' crossover, the series relaunches as ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' in November 2016 and continues from where it left off.
*The print version of this issue, originally solicited for September, arrived a little late, in the first week of October. The digital version, however, was accidentally released a week before it, er, on time.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Optimus and Soundwave, by [[Livio Ramondelli]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Jetfire and Thundercracker come under attack from G.I. Joe, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Sentinel Prime rips his own head off as Optimus Prime stares in horror, by [[Marcelo Matere]] and [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
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[[Category:Titans Return issues]]

Wrath of Karza issue 1

2017-08-30T19:09:47Z

Zandergb: /* IDW continuity notes */ Removed Wraith detector note. The tracker in this issue tracks temporal disruptions, fails to detect the Wraiths, and doesn't look like the Wraith detector over in G.I. Joe.

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|caption=I have waited fifteen years for this, Kirk!
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|title=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 26]], 2017
|coverdate=April 2017
|written by=[[Cullen Bunn]] and [[Jimmy Johnston]]
|art by=[[Andrew Griffith]] (pg 1-15, 17-20) and [[Ron Joseph]] (pg 4-5, 10-11, 16)
|colors by=[[David Garcia Cruz]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]] ([[2017]])
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'''The forces of Microspace descend on Earth after Baron Karza does the unthinkable to save his people.'''

==Synopsis==
{{mainIDW|Wrath of Karza issue 1}}
''In preparation for his invasion of [[Earth]] to save the people of [[Microspace]], [[Baron Karza]] first takes steps to neutralise Earth's defenders: [[M.A.S.K.]], [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], and the [[Transformer]]s.''

In [[Scotland]], [[Scarlett]], [[Rock 'n Roll]], [[Snake-Eyes|Snake Eyes]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] investigate a rural cottage infested by [[Dire Wraith]]s. Though Skywarp arrives to help, they’re intercepted by a mysterious portal and a diminutive craft that disgorges a platoon of Microspace warriors, overwhelming the ex-[[Decepticon]] and forcing him into stasis.

In [[Monument Valley]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]], and [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] arrive at the former resting site of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] to investigate a recent [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] fluctuation in the area. A repentant Optimus muses that if it weren’t for his annexation of Earth into the [[Council of Worlds]], the crisis might never had occurred at all, a notion Jazz tries to disabuse his leader of. Arcee and Jazz argue as Prime realizes that their trip might have been in vain… but he’s interrupted from his philosophizing when a gigantic Baron Karza, wearing the Enerchanged body of [[Micronus Prime]], makes short work of Prime's comrades before crushing the Autobot leader underfoot!

''With the other potential threats taken out of action, only one thing stands in Karza's way... [[Oziron Rael]] and his crew of [[Micronaut]]s.''

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (18)
*[[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] (19)

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*[[Snake-Eyes|Snake Eyes]] (9)
*[[Scarlett]] (10)
*[[Rock 'n Roll]] (14)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] (15)
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*[[Brad Turner]] (2)
*[[Julio Lopez]] (3)
*[[Matt Trakker]] (4)
*[[Gloria Baker]] (5)
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Micronaut]]s|c4=
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (13)
*[[Phenolo-Phi]] (23)
*[[Biotron]] (24)
*[[Microtron]] (25)
*[[Oziron Rael]] (26)
*[[Larissa]] (27)

|h5=[[Ministry of Defense]]|c5=
*[[Baron Karza]] (1)
*''[[Shazraella]]'' (7)
*{{i|Acroyear III}}s (21)
*{{i|Giant Acroyear}}s (22)

|h6=Others|c6=
*"Old Mitch" (6)
*''{{i|Baron Daegon}}'' (8)
*''[[Rom]]'' (11)
*[[Dire Wraith]]s (16)
*{{i|Time Traveler}}s (17)
*[[Micronus Prime]] (20)
}}

==Notes==
===IDW continuity notes===
* Karza previously made a trip to Earth as part of the original ''[[Revolution]]'' crossover, where he worked alongside [[Miles Mayhem]] as one of his main collaborators. Karza remembers his defeat at the hands of the protagonists of that crossover.
* Karza remembers being lost for years within the entropy cloud, as he related to the Micronauts in [[O Ship of State|''Revolution'' #3]].
* Micronus Prime was established as the creator of Microspace in 2016's ''{{i|Micronauts: Revolution}}'' one-shot issue, leading into the ''Revolution'' crossover where the heroes used his spacebridge to travel to Earth.
* Monument Valley was the resting place of [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], temporary base of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], and the site of the ''last'' big battle of the IDW universe: the big crossover dustup in ''Revolution''. The leftover crater was created during this battle as Metrotitan transformed into his spaceship configuration and lifted off.
* Arcee recalls her and Jazz's battle in [[Portland]], which occurred in [[Valley Forge|''Revolution'' #1]].
* Karza has apparently gleaned some of Micronus's own knowledge from his repeated enerchanges with the Cybertronian; he notes that Micronus was apparently a god among "his people", but later "abandoned" them. This certainly fits with what we learned from [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] in [[White Heat|''The Transformers'' #57]]; according to Sentinel, Micronus Prime ruled over [[Prion]]'s colony world of [[Mini-Con]]s for some time before leaving via spacebridge and (presumably) creating Microspace.

===Errors===
*The discussion of Rock 'n Roll's shotgun seems pretty confused: the dialogue seems to be saying it's a regular shotgun, despite it being clearly established as a Cybertronian laser weapon back in [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 1|''G.I. Joe'' #1]], and on top of that it's drawn as his machine gun from the first half of that issue!

===Covers (5)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Baron Karza sits on his throne, by [[Alex Ronald]].
*'''Subscription cover:''' Karza surrounded by mechanics, by [[Michael Golden]].
*'''Retailer incentive cover A:''' Larissa and Phen, by [[Valentina Pinto]].
*'''Retailer incentive cover B:''' Baron Karza, by [[Paul Pope]] and [[Lovern Kindzierski]].
*'''Retailer incentive cover C:''' Colorless version of subscription cover, by Michael Golden.

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===Advertisements===
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*"The Hasbro Tribune" editorial page promoting April's [[Hasbro Universe]] titles, including this issue, [[New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|''Optimus Prime'' #6]], [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 5|''G.I. Joe'' #5]], [[Strange Visitors|''Revolutionaries'' #5]], [[Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|''Lost Light'' #5]], and [[Heavy|''Till All Are One'' #9]].

==External links==
*[http://www.cbr.com/micronauts-wrath-of-karza-1/ Preview]

[[Category:Wrath of Karza issues]]

Anode

2017-08-02T16:18:56Z

Zandergb: /* Notes */ transformation scheme

{{featured}}

:''Anode is an unaligned [[Transformer]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:LL5 subcvrA.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

'''Anode''' gets into trouble. Originally a [[blacksmith]], Anode was a specialist who is able to—with training—sculpt a malfunctioning [[protoform]] into its intended working order. However, for reasons she long refused to disclose, the sharp-tongued and irreverent Anode fled this life and declared herself instead an archaeologist, treasure-hunter, and adventurer. From [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Caminus]] and beyond, there's no large, menacing creature she's not willing to tick off (either on purpose or by accident) and no artifact too risky for her to retrieve. Her partner and spouse [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]] can be a calming influence, but, when push inevitably comes to shove, she loves every obnoxious circuit in Anode's body.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{spoiler|An Axe to Break the Ice|August 26}}

{{ongoing}}

Anode was born assigned male on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While certain members of the [[Primal Vanguard]] began identifying as "she" after off-world missions and encounters with organic races, Anode became bemused by the very concept of gender, and did not understand the significance of the pronouns until she left Cybertron when the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] broke out. After meeting several organic races, Anode decided she felt more comfortable as a "she" and she had her chassis rebuilt into a more feminine form. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

[[File:LL4 sculpt the metal.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Some time in the past, Anode made her way to Caminus, over five hundred years before [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] reestablished interplanetary ties among Cybertronian worlds. A daring risk-taker from an early age, she began honing her natural skills as a [[blacksmith]] in the [[Lighthouse]], helping newborn protoforms by sculpting their [[Living metal|sentio metallico]]. Unfortunately, Anode's brash nature led her into performing a live sculpting on a struggling protoform before she was truly ready, and the protoform subsequently died. Though the other members of the Lighthouse were understanding and forgiving, Anode couldn't bring herself to quit, so instead she fudged the facility's records to make it look like she'd stolen the facility's supplies of sentio metallico, then fled Caminus forever. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

[[File:Anode some other cybertron.jpg|thumb|right|200px|You shall not pass!]]

Five hundred years ago, Anode and Lug travelled to [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] at the behest of prospective client [[Grand Architect|Techy]] in search of a piece of rare [[Living metal|widowed metal]]. They found themselves on the wrong side of a [[Decepticon]] [[Cybernought]]; although Anode deployed a forcefield, Lug was convinced that they were going to die. Anode was spared by the machinations of the [[time travel]]ling [[Censere|Necrobot]]; as part of his efforts to rescue the "disappeared", he took Anode to the future and stored her in a [[stasis pod]] until she could recover from the disorienting effects of the time-skip.

In the present day, Anode woke up on the [[Necroworld]] along with the dozens of other refugees the Necrobot had collected. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} However, her senses were still scrambled by the effects of the time jump, and as a result she began hallucinating that Lug had arrived with her, holding regular conversations between herself and "Lug." {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

Anode attended a debriefing held by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] to help bring the disoriented time-travelers up to speed on recent events. Anode was less than impressed by the Autobot's boring delivery. The two then were accosted by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who annoyed them with some nonsensical questions under the pretense of conducting "background checks." When she told Swerve to leave, the red [[Autobot]] sarcastically mentioned that she should see [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] for "timesickness"—remembering Velocity from their time together on Caminus, Anode tried to leave the Necroworld via [[Teleport chamber|teleporter]] before Velocity could track her down. [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] caught her before they could escape; although she received a reprimand for almost wasting the one-use teleporter, Anode was fascinated to see Drift's [[Great Sword]]. Rodimus and his allies decided to use the teleporter to head back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pick up another ship, and Anode stayed behind with the other time-displaced Cybertronians. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

[[File:BadMoonRising-Anodealtmode.jpg|left|thumb|300px]]

Anode and "Lug" later reconvened by the Necrobot's monument to the disappeared, where they discussed recent events and what the future held for them. Though Anode professed an aloofness regarding her new friends, she eventually confessed that she was interested in their quest for [[Cyberutopia]], though "Lug" joked that she would be more interested in plundering its treasures than starting a new life there. Her one-sided conversation was interrupted by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s fight with [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], and over the course of the battle she was sent flying and impaled on a piece of debris. [[Kaput]] tended to her wounds before Velocity arrived to discuss what had transpired when Anode fled Caminus. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}} Anode explained that she'd falsified her records before fleeing; realizing that she'd never heard the story, "Lug" was unable to conceal her sense of betrayal and fled back to the memorial. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode caught up with her, where "Lug" revealed that she'd always thought that ''she'' was the reason why Anode had fled her homeworld. Anode revealed her history as a blacksmith and noted that she needed a reason for her coworkers to hate her, unable to live with the guilt. Anode apologized, but realized that her friend had vanished...{{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

Anode returned to the medibay to search for Lug, only to realize that nobody had any idea who she was talking about. Anode's explanation prompted the staff to reveal security tapes of her emerging alone from her stasis pod; after scanning the list of names on the Necrobot's monument, she realized that Lug hadn't travelled to the future with her, and was merely a timesickness-induced hallucination. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}} Kaput then took her, Nautica and Velocity to Lug's flower where he explained how Lug had died. Realizing that the Necrobot had preserved some of Lug's Spark energy inside the flower, Anode had a brainwave and rushed back to the fortress. She explained her plan to resurrect Lug by using the snowflake as a receptacle for Lug's Spark. It was touch and go for a second there but the new protoform stabilized and Anode showed off her "new" backpack to [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] when the group returned to their own universe. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} After Lug had fully grown, Anode confessed the truth behind the Lighthouse. The two snuggled up afterwards. As Lug played with Roller, Anode questioned Nautica (since they were now besties!) on her eye-patch. Anode boarded the [[Skip|ship]] when the group left Necroworld. {{storylink|After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|After Megatron}}

[[File:AnAxeToBreakTheIce-survivalpresent.jpg|thumb|right|350px|]]

When the femmes stopped off at [[Troja Major]], Anode asked to borrow money from Nautica only to learn ten thousand [[Shanix|shanix]] was still considered a lot of money so she decided to steal the mood pipes she wanted instead. After fleeing from a displeased (and quite scary looking) stall clerk, Anode began smelling [[Living metal|sentio metallico]] and followed it to a warehouse where she flung open a coffin to try and find the new body. As it turned out, the coffin ''was'' a mech. The mech tried to attack Anode and Lug only for Anode to realize he was a newborn and reacting on instinct. The three were then ambushed by the [[Black Block Consortia]] who demanded Anode and Lug step aside and hand over the mech. Unwilling to do so, the organics opened fire only for Lug to tackle Anode to safety but allowing the newborn to die. As Anode grieved, [[Wipe-Out]] suddenly made himself known and motioned for the two to follow him. As the three escaped, Wipe-Out revealed that the blacksmiths were under threat and being targeted. At a bar, the three compared notes (namely who the Black Block Consortia was and Anode and Lug's genders) before Techy's troops, led by [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] teleported into the bar and cornered them. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

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====The Functionist Universe====
[[File:AWorldMisplaced-Anode.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
In an [[Functionist Universe|alternate timeline]] where the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] never occurred, Anode was a qualified blacksmith who had abandoned her comfortable life in favor of joining the [[Anti-Vocationist League]] in fighting the totalitarian [[Functionist Council]]. In this capacity she worked alongside rogue Council member [[Nine-of-Twelve]]. Through circumstances untold, she had adopted a feminine identity and chassis like her main timeline counterpart.

When a group of castaways from an alternate universe arrived and immediately ran afoul of the local [[Functionary|Functionaries]], Anode watched as the group returned to their headquarters in [[Kalis|Adaptica]], and later observed a live feed of the Functionist Council revealing the "true purpose" of [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]. The group's musings were interrupted by the sudden return of [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} Anode and Nine-of-Twelve watched in abject horror as the now-weaponized moon began laying waste to their city using tractor beams. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

{{-}}

==Notes==
*An {{w|anode}} is a polarized electrical device.
*Anode was originally going to appear by running into [[Getaway]]'s ''Lost Light'' crew. When ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' became ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'', Roberts changed that to the Necrobot taking her to Necroworld so any new readers could meet the characters and concepts alongside Anode. <ref>[https://boroughcon.com/2017/04/revealing-greatness-with-james-roberts/ Interview with Boroughcon]</ref>
*[[James Roberts]] confirmed on Twitter that Anode is not Camien.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/863355520266141696 Tweet by James Roberts, 2017/05/13]</ref> [[An Axe to Break the Ice|''Lost Light'' #8]] finally confirmed that Anode originated on Cybertron and is transgender, transitioning after traveling offworld.
*Anode's [[transformation]] scheme is patterned on ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]].

==References==
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[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Transformers]]

Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists

2017-06-07T12:43:00Z

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'''The Autobots' sojourn on Functionist Cybertron comes to an end, but not everyone makes it out alive... while on Necroworld, Anode risks it all to conquer death.'''

==Synopsis==
In response to [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s challenge, the angry [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] simply slugs him across the jaw, and Rung crumples like a wet napkin. A scolding from [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] snaps some sense into Rodimus, and he takes up Rung's mission, ordering everyone else to evacuate while ''he'' steers [[Cog (base)|The Cog]] into [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]. Unfortunately, outside, down below, [[Terminus (G1)|Terminus]] chooses that moment to open fire on Luna 2 to to save [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] from its tractor beam, and one of his shots blows The Cog out of the sky!

On [[Necroworld]], [[Kaput]] leads [[Anode]], [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]], and [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] through the [[Censere|Necrobot]]'s flower fields. Nautica tries to comfort Anode following her recent discovery that her partner [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]] was just a time-sickness-inducing hallucination, and returns the bloom of [[living metal|sentio metallico]] to her. As the group nears its destination, Kaput reveals Lug's fate; she did indeed die on Luna 2 the day the Necrobot took Anode to safety. As was his practice, the Necrobot preserved a small, flickering portion of her spark energy in one of his flowers—a flower Kaput now plucks from the ground and holds out to Anode, offering her a way to say goodbye. Anode looks back and forth between the flower and the sentio metallico bloom... and suddenly bolts off back toward the fortress with both in hand.

Rodimus and his team haul themselves out of the wreckage of The Cog just as Megatron and the rest of his unit come running up. [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] contacts the group via their communicator to warn them they only have twenty minutes to use Luna 2's teleporter to return to Necroworld before [[Killmaster]]'s teleportational wand runs out of power... but before Rodimus can form a response, he is struck dumb by an awesome sight. By tampering with the [[size changing|mass displacement]] generator the [[Functionist Council]] forcibly equipped him with, Rung has enlarged his robot mode to colossal proportions, and has begun to directly attack Luna 2 with his city-sized fists! [[Clicker]] is most taken aback by this development—fearing that Rung's actions are proof that everyone ''does'' have a grand role to play—but Megatron assures him it is just the opposite, that ''choosing'' you function is the ultimate disproof of the Council's doctrine. Brainstorm tries to get everyone to focus on the problem at hand: they need to destroy Luna 2 to stop the Council, but if they do, they lose the teleporter that will take them home. [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] has a casual brainwave, proposing that they turn Luna 2's teleporter outward, telporting the whole moon away with them as they leave, back to Necroworld. Rodimus worries about the potential destruction that might cause, but Brainstorm reminds him Necroworld is hollow, and can easily contain the moon! With a plan in place, everyone heads off toward the nearest matter transporter that will take them up to the moon... everyone except Terminus, who tells Megatron he is staying in the Functionist Universe to help continue the fight against the Council. Megatron asks Rodimus for a moment to speak to his friend, but Rodimus is immediately suspicious that he is going to stay behind too in order to evade justice. Megatron gives Rodimus his word that he is not, and Rodimus begrudgingly grants his request.

Back on Necroworld, in the Necrobot's fortress, Anode reveals her plan: to release the trace of Lug's spark energy from the spark-flower into the sentio metallico, which will incubate the spark and which she can then sculpt into a [[protoform]], restoring Lug to life. Anode is unsure if her skills are equal to the task, but she boldly commences the process... and things are going well, until the protoform's temperature starts dropping rapidly...

As Megatron is saying his goodbyes to Terminus, Rodimus's team reaches the matter transporter. Unfortunately, it turns out to be non-functional, so they have to make a run to the next-nearest one, and Roller radios Terminus to update him on the situation. What is said between them is unheard, but afterwards—just as the dead body of the defeated Rung falls out of the sky in front of them—Terminus grabs Megatron's arm and leads him to where he needs to go. Time passes... and Megatron does not arrive at the transporter. Rodimus is incandescent with rage and refuses to leave without him... right up until [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Minimus Ambus]] speaks up, agreeing that Megatron should not be allowed to "get away." Reminded of the [[Getaway|true source of his anger]], Rodimus grits his teeth and orders the transporter activated, teleporting the group to Luna 2.

Meanwhile, at the site of the original, broken transporter, a confused Megatron cannot understand why the group is not there. As he runs back out to question Terminus, Luna 2 disappears from the sky overhead, teleported back to Necroworld. Megatron cannot believe the others have left him behind, but Terminus tells him they have given him a second chance.

Brainstorm successfully uses Killmaster's wand to return Necroworld to the Autobots' home universe, and Rodimus's team returns from Luna 2 to the planet's surface, reuniting with their friends. [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] embraces Rung... Roller admires Anode's new "backpack," the successfully-sculpted protoform Lug... and Brainstorm wonders where Megatron is.

Some time later, beneath the surface of Functionist Cybertron, Megatron visits an [[Anti-Vocationist League]] unit hidden in the mines of [[Nova Point]], the latest stop on "speaking tour" as he rallies the organizations scattered cells together. This war, Megatron will fight with words, not violence; under his tutelage, the League will spread truth, and reach out to help those blinded to the evils of Functionism see it for what it is. One day, together, they will all achieve peace—peace through empathy. His speech done, Megatron goes outside, and stares into the night sky with a heavy heart. His reverie is interrupted by the chime of his communicator... and the surprised Megatron cannot stop a smile from forming on his lips as, through the speaker, in response to Roller's previous attempts to reach him... crackles the voice of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]].

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashback. 
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*[[Rewind (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rewind]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]] (4)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] (6)
*[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] (8)
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*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Minimus Ambus]] (17)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Brainstorm]] (19)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (20)
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (21)
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (24)
*[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (25)
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (26)
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* [[Clicker]] (7)
*[[Terminus (G1)|Terminus]] (9)
*[[Anode]] (12)
*''[[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]'' (14)
*''[[Censere|Necrobot]]'' (15)
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*[[Ten]] (23)
*A [[Lunabot]] (27)
*Various [[Anti-Vocationist League|AVL]] members (28)
*[[Tarn (DJD)|Glitch]] (29)
*[[Dominus Ambus]]? (30)
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==Quotes==
"It's '''Brainstorm.''' He says—and I quote: You've got '''twenty minutes''' to get your backsides back to Necroworld before Killmaster's '''miracle stick''' runs out of '''super-juice''' and you're stuck in that nonsense-verse '''forever.'''" 
"What?" 
"Please don't make me say that sentence again."
:—'''Minimus Ambus''' and '''Rodimus'''

"We can't leave until Luna 2's been destroyed! And once it's destroyed, we can't leave! '''Quid pro quo!'''" 
"Actually, Rodimus, I don't know if that's the '''correct use''' of the—" 
"Ah-ah-ah! '''Finger of silence''' and it's pointing at '''you.'''"
:—'''Rodimus''' and '''Minimus Ambus'''

"I liked him better when he was '''useless'''. We believed in him because there was nothing to believe in. He was a nobody. A glorious nobody. But if even '''he''' has a '''greater purpose'''—if even '''he''' is part of some '''primal plan'''... surely we're '''all''' part of the plan? And if that's the case, the Functionists were right all along." 
"No. The opposite of Functionism isn't '''lack of function.''' The opposite of Functionism is '''choice.''' It's about doing what you '''want'''— regardless of what you were '''born''' to do, or what you're '''told''' to do, or what society '''expects''' you to do. No one can decide how you live your life except '''you.'''"
:—'''Clicker''' and '''Megatron'''

"If I stayed behind—if I went back on my word—I wouldn't be the person you think I am. And the person you think I am... that's the person I want to be."
:—'''Megatron''', to Terminus

"They've gone. They left without me." 
"They've given you a second chance." 
"They'd already done that."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Terminus'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Velocity offers Anode "something to cope" with the grief of realizing Lug is dead; she's talking about the [[mood suppressant]]s that [[Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|issue #3]] revealed the rest of the Autobots have been taking to cope with the recent death of [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]. Skids is, of course, the "someone" Nautica refers to having lost, his passing having taken place in [[The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|''More than Meets the Eye'' #54]].
*Anode and Lug are revealed to have been outside the [[Raskol Arena]] when they were attacked by the [[Cybernought]] in [[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|issue #1]]. The arena was previously seen in ''More than Meets the Eye'' [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|#28]]-[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|30]], in which it played host to Megatron's trial.
*Anode is outraged to hear the Necrobot performed a religious ceremony for Lug as she died, since she wasn't religious; as proof, Anode recalls when Lug wore a "Micro-Matrix" on her cheek for one day, and "threw it away because it itched." These symbols of religiosity have previously been seen several times in IDW continuity, first worn by [[Springarm]] back in [[Chaos Theory Part 2|"Chaos Theory," Part 2]], and most notably by Skids in various issues of ''More than Meets the Eye''.
*At the forefront of the crowd of AVL'ers listening to Megatron at the story's end is [[Tarn (DJD)|Glitch]], the once and future [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]] of the "main" universe. His powers mean he has still been a victim of [[empurata]] in the Functionist Universe, and Megatron's words obviously still speak as strongly to him here as they did in our home reality.
*Also part of the crowd is a "flathead"—one of the unfortunate Cybertronians who have received a punishment worse than empurata, having had their head replaced with a flatscreen. We previously saw this practice in [[The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|''More than Meets the Eye'' #35]], in which [[Dominus Ambus]] was subjected to it. Dominus was identified as a rebel in that issue, so it's logical that he'd be among the AVL, but it's not 100% clear if this is supposed to be him; the colors and shape of this 'bot's body don't match with Dominus's in #35... but at the same time, this guy has two long, flat protrusions coming up over his shoulders and is a dullish grey-green in color, which were attributes of Dominus's ''true'' form, as seen in [[The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|''More than Meets the Eye'' #53]].
*This speech scene takes place in the mines beneath [[Nova Point]], the significance of which should not be lost: this, ''More than Meets the Eye'' #28 told us, is where Megatron originally worked—where his story first began, and now, begins again.
*Though the voice coming out of the communicator is not identified on-panel, we know it's Orion Pax because Roller explained last issue how he had been attempting to contact him.

===Transformers references===
*We scarcely need to tell you that "peace through empathy" is an inversion of Megtron's classic motto, "peace through tyranny."

===Real life references===
*This issue takes its title from the {{w|This machine kills fascists|message}} musician {{w|Woody Guthrie}} painted on his guitar.
*As quoted above, Rodimus incorrectly describes the Autobots' situation with the Latin phrase, "{{w|quid pro quo}}," which means to trade one favor for another. Rodimus really wants to be using a term like "{{w|Catch-22 (logic)|catch-22}}" or "{{w|double bind}}," which refer to unwinnable scenarios in which one requirement for victory contradicts the other.

===Errors===
*Kaput is missing the lens on his forehead when he hands the flower to Anode and when he reports the protoform's drop in temperature.

===Other trivia===
*Originally solicited for release in May, this issue continues IDW's ongoing series of delays and arrives in the first week of June.
*Lug's full name is given as "Lug of Celestica Tetracornacapria." As this is not a location that's ever been mentioned before, it remains unclear whether she is from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself or one of its colonies.
*Who tells the fib? Does Terminus not share Roller's information accurately with Megatron, or does Roller not give Terminus the correct info in the first place? Makes you wonder...

===Soundtrack===
For all of "Dissolution":
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEI75kn9FTc Neither Here Nor There]" by {{w|Lost in the Trees}}

For this issue alone:
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1t6m0WruMQ Cloudy Shoes]" by {{w|Damien Jurado}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V__I8QDP8lM Everything You Paid For]" by {{w|Scotland Yard Gospel Choir}}
*"[https://play.spotify.com/album/2ftNPsFN59VTmmiAjVW1a8 Favourite Colour Blue]" by {{w|Tom Brosseau}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRqcAw_I7XgI Wont Share You]" by {{w|Sixpence None the Richer}}

===Covers (4)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Megatron charges into action, by [[Jack Lawrence]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
*'''Subscription cover A:''' Our heroes soar through space, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Subscription cover B:''' Megatron fights the wheels of Functionism, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Rung by [[Marcelo Matere]]
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[[Category: Lost Light issues]]

Sari Sumdac (Animated)

2017-03-19T08:27:19Z

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:''Sari Sumdac is a techno-organic humanoid [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Sari Animated.JPG|thumb|upright=0.85|[[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Daddies]], don't let your babies grow up to be [[Kiss Player]]s.]]
'''Sari Sumdac''', the [[technorganic]] daughter of robotics genius [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], used to not get out much. She spent all her time within her father's laboratories, receiving her education from [[Tutor Bot|robots]]. Despite this, she doesn't seem like a shut-in. She's curious, excitable, adventurous, and knows that crying can sometimes get her what she wants. She's just never known what it's like to be around other kids. Fortunately, she has [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to help with that, and she claims that 'Bee is the best friend she's ever had. In fact, she's become very possessive of all her robotic friends.

It was believed that Sari was a normal human, until it was revealed that she was made from a [[protoform]] and her father's DNA. Hence, the [[AllSpark]] viewed her with great regard, bestowing upon her a [[AllSpark Key|key]] with miraculous powers (though her guardian, the robotic dog [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]], thought it was just another chew toy).

Since discovering her true origin, she has absorbed the power of her AllSpark-powered Key to gain Cybertronian abilities such as enhanced strength, speed, and the ability to create destructive spheres of energy with her hands, as well as the ability to transform into an armored form with several weapons (most of which [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] was forced to seal away after she proved unable to control them). She also owns a scooter which can transform into a [[jet pack]].

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Animated'' cartoon====
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{{voiceactor|[[Tara Strong]] (English), [[Laura Hale]] ([[BotCon 2015]]), [[Jon Bailey]] ([[BotCon 2015]]; burping), [[Satomi Akesaka]] (Japanese)|[[Tanja Schmitz]] (German), [[Agnieszka Wajs]] (Polish), [[Tosawi Piovani]] (Italian), [[Flora Paulita]] (Portuguese), [[Vanesa Silva Santiago|Vanesa Silva]] (Latin American Spanish, season 1 and 2), [[Shirley Marulanda]] (Latin American Spanish, season 3), [[Adeline Chetail]] (French), [[Sin-Hui Park]] (Korean), [[Tiiamari Mikkola]] (Finnish)}}

[[File:TransWarpedProtoform.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Megatron was also a cute little protoform like this once. Makes you think, doesn't it?]]
Sari's origins are shrouded in mystery. She came into existence when a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] [[protoform]] appeared in Isaac Sumdac's laboratory. The baffled scientist reached out to touch the small, liquid metal creature, and received an electric shock that knocked him unconscious. When he awoke, the protoform had scanned his [[DNA]] and reconfigured into a techno-organic creature that appeared to be a human baby. Sumdac "adopted" the robot child and named it "Sari", and raised it as his own daughter over the next eight years. {{storylink|TransWarped}} Understandably, Sumdac was reluctant to let Sari out into the world, and instead kept her mostly confined to [[Sumdac Tower]], educating her with [[Tutor Bot|robot tutors]] and creating robotic companions like her pet Sparkplug to keep her company. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} Precisely ''how'' the protoform that became Sari appeared in Sumdac's lab is unknown; Sari herself seems to believe that she was one of the protoforms stolen from the [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]] by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] millions of years ago and stored aboard the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'', but given that those protoforms were [[blank]]s, and that it was a different size and shape to all the other protoforms seen, this seems unlikely. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

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One day, when Sparkplug stole her security key card, Sari chased it outside and was confronted by the Autobots [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], who hadn't quite yet fathomed what humans were, and spoke to her as if she were Sparkplug's pet. Naturally, she freaked out, but quickly befriended Bumblebee once he saved her from a giant bug that had grown from her father's [[nanite]] experiment gone awry. Stowing away on Bumblebee and coming aboard the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Autobots' ship]], she came across the [[AllSpark]], which infused part of its power into her security key, creating the [[AllSpark Key]]. This allowed her to heal [[Transformer]]s, such as the injured [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], earning her brownie points with the 'Bots. She also managed to talk the police down from shooting the Autobots, saying they were friendly (except [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], who was grumpy, but not evil). Sari later helped teach the Autobots about [[Earth]] and [[human]]s, explaining their method of reproduction to a ''very'' startled [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]].

[[File:Sariprime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Prime was scarred for life.]]
During the unveiling of her father's new transit system, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] arrived and attacked. Bumblebee took a shot meant for Sari, allowing Starscream to capture him, Professor Sumdac, the Mayor, and [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]]. Sari came up with the idea to distract Starscream while she and Prowl rescued the others (even faking some tears to make it happen). The Key later saved Optimus Prime's life when she used it, in concert with the AllSpark itself, to revive his [[Spark]]. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|Dispatches}}

Later Sari, dutiful daughter that she was, came over to her dad's private lab to bring him a cup of tea. She discovered that her key could do more than just fix Autobots as it interfaced with the lock to the lab, granting her access to it. She didn't get far in before bumping into her father, who sleepily reminded her that she wasn't allowed in his private workshop. He still drank the tea though. Sari then dragged her father away for some breakfast when it became clear he hadn't eaten in quite some time.

During her daily session with Tutor Bot, Sari continued to test the abilities of her key, and used it to open a comm-link with Bumblebee... oh, and mess around with Tutor Bot's circuitry to cut class-time short. Her afternoon now free, Sari left to aid the Autobots set-up their secret base. She also helped immerse them in Earth culture through the age-old custom known as the "slumber-party." The numerous activities in which she got her friends to participate in included a game of Twister™ and scary stories told by the glow of a flashlight. She used her key to activate some machinery to amplify the telling of one of her stories, scaring Bumblebee out of his wits. Suddenly, the base's machinery came to life without the influence of Sari's Key. Sari had to scramble for cover as part of the assembly line began firing bolts at her. She was rescued by Optimus, and she in turn rescued Ratchet from the hostile machinery. Bumblebee eventually managed to shut everything down. Certain that her key wasn't to blame for the attack, Sari and the Autobots pondered over who could have orchestrated it. She didn't let the night's events phase her for long, and played another game of Twister™ with Prowl and Bumblebee to relax later on. {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

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''Sari watched the policemen investigating a break-in to her father's company alongside the Autobots. The group learned that the break-in was the handiwork of the industrial saboteur [[Stiletto (Animated)|Stiletto]]. The Autobots captured her after a brief battle, and Sari helped fix her friends with her key afterwards.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3|Stiletto}}

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''Sari and the Autobots had to calm Bulkhead down when Porter C. Powell began to market Bulkhead's alt-mode as a vehicle for the everyday citizen, and further rubbed salt in the wound by using highly-doctored footage to have Bulkhead "promote" the vehicle. When Ratchet discovered that the "Bulkhead" vehicles were road-hazards, Sari and Bulkhead disguised themselves and entered a "Pimp my Bulkhead" contest to expose Powell's lies. Customizing Bulkhead to look like a shrine to Powell, Sari-in-disguise insisted that Powell check out her vehicle's interior. Bulkhead then took off, and had Powell admit on-camera that his vehicles were dangerous. Sari would later watch an announcement on television announcing that the Bulkhead line was being recalled.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}

Sari would go on to be Bumblebee's usual partner in crime, encouraging him to engage in such questionable activities as high-profile wrestling matches. When Bumblebee was matched up against the bio-enhanced [[Colossus Rhodes]], Sari helped him along, healing him as he took a pounding. Eventually, Rhodes went berserk, and Sari was unable to keep up to heal her friend. Thankfully, the rest of Autobots came to Bumblebee's rescue, and ended the fight in short order. The next day, Sari assisted her father in a presentation to the city's representatives, to pitch Sumdac Industries' new model of police drones. The presentation didn't go too well, as the drone exploded before anything could really be demonstrated. Sari suspected foul play, and after the Autobots confirmed her suspicions, headed back to warn her father. Her group's progress was interrupted when they encountered Sumdac Tower’s force-field, erected in response to a business rival, now the mutated [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]], attacking the building. Sari and Bumblebee managed to get inside the shield, though further reinforcements were blocked off from joining the pair due to interference run by the returning Colossus Rhodes. Sari eventually managed to shut down the facility's force-field with her key and was then reunited with her dad... just in time for Meltdown to show up again and threaten them both. The Autobots managed to contain Metldown, using the same force-field that had kept them out of the tower. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

Sari invited the Autobots to visit her father’s new theme-park, "[[Dino Drive]]", which featured robotic dinosaurs. She guided her friends through the park alongside Tutor Bot. The first visit ended in disaster for the animatronics… Though the event didn’t compare to the Autobots’ second visit, which culminated in the animatronics attacking back! Bumblebee and Ratchet teamed up and unleashed an electro-magnetic pulse to shut down the “[[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]].” Intent on helping out, Sari added her Key’s power to that attack, unwittingly granting the trio Sparks. With newfound intelligence, [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]], [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] and [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] rampaged once more, only to be stopped once more by the Autobots. Even as her father made his plan known to melt the Dinobots down to scrap, Sari was oblivious that she had granted them consciousness. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

Sari “borrowed” a couple of rocket prototypes from her father’s laboratories, and offered them up to Bumblebee. Though Bumblebee was thrilled at the prospect of being able to go even faster, Ratchet would have nothing to do with attaching the rockets to his chassis. So Sari used her Key to do it instead. She rode along in Bumblebee’s car mode for his first test drive with the boosters, but the pair soon found themselves driving completely out of control. This caused a heap of trouble, since the Autobots were attempting to apprehend the super-thief “[[Nanosec]]” at the time. After nearly driving off a bridge, and being saved by Optimus, Sari rather sensibly rode with the Autobot leader for the rest of the adventure. Once Nanosec had been caught and Detroit was safe once more, Sari was carried back to Autobot base by Bumblebee, at a decidedly slower pace. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}

[[File:Saricostume.jpg|thumb|100px|Trivia: Transformers [[The Transformers (franchise)|used to]] look like this.]]
As [[Halloween]] rolled around, Sari explained the meaning of the night to her Autobot friends: getting dressed up, eating candy, and pulling pranks... especially on Optimus, when Sari found out that he had a fear of spiders. Before heading out for some trick-or-treating with Bulkhead and Bumblebee, Sari made sure that Optimus saw her costume, a likeness of Prime himself. Before the candy-gathering was in full-swing, the trio encountered Blackarachnia, who stunned both Bumblebee and Bulkhead with her "download" power. Optimus, having been listening in on Bumblebee's comm-link, arrived just in time to stop Sari from handing over her Key to the Decepticon, but was overpowered by Blackarachnia. Blackarachnia grabbed Sari, hauling her off to the top of a building, with Optimus in pursuit. The two robots scuffled anew at this new location, though this time around Blackarachnia succeeded in snatching Sari's Key, and using it on herself. This caused waves of energy to emanate from Blackarachnia, harming all nearby organic life. Including Sari of course, who shriveled up like a prune. In this weakened state, Sari was unable to run from Blackarachnia, who pitched her off the rooftop. Sari managed to grab a flagpole, and hung on just long enough for Bumblebee and Bulkhead to come to her rescue. Sari returned to normal when Optimus removed the AllSpark Key from Blackarachnia's systems. Upon having the Key returned to her, Sari promised Optimus she would try to not over-use the Key's powers anymore. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

On Sari's eighth birthday, the only other kids who turned up were the children of her dad's employees. None of them really wanted to be there and soon focused their attention on the Autobots. Sari was left alone and shunned along with Bulkhead, both morose that the kids didn't like them. Her father's present, a music robot called [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], cheered her up, and she soon began neglecting her friendship with Bulkhead in favour of her new toy. Repeated uses of the Key turned Soundwave into a malevolent, sentient being who tried to enslave humanity, and she learnt she'd been wrong to ignore her friend. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

When the [[Decepticon]]s [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] arrived on Earth, they manhandled the Autobots. Although they survived, it made apparent the fact that more would come looking for the AllSpark, so the Autobots decided to repair their ship and leave Earth. Sari's reaction to this was displeasure (in the form of a high pitch shout of "NO!"). However, they needed the Key to assist Ratchet in repairing the ship. Sari was unwilling to help them leave, and neither was she pleased to work with a grouch like Ratchet (who was not that keen on working with a [[Protoform]]), but they managed to get her to the ship. While alone with the AllSpark, Sari decided to try and sabotage the ship, thereby keeping the Autobots on Earth (and dooming her species to enslavement and/or extinction) but the Key repaired the damage. After that, the AllSpark showed her an image of [[Megatron (Animated)|a giant Transformer]]. In her panic, Sari opened the air lock, nearly drowning, but Ratchet saved her. Ratchet then explained that they were leaving because they couldn't risk anything happening to Earth or her. Swayed by his compassion, Sari used the Key to reactivate the Autobot ship's decommissioned weapons, reducing Blitzwing and Lugnut to pieces. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

Deciding that Sari, as keeper of the Key, would likely be a target for the Decepticons in the future, the Autobots began to train her in combat techniques. Sari was ecstatic about learning "ninja nerve blows" from Prowl, though she did not pick up the techniques quickly, often missing her target by a wide margin. Bulkhead was kind enough to feign injury whenever she kicked him though. When the time came to use what she had learned, Sari was too in awe of her aggressor to put her training to good use; Swoop kidnapped her from her room at night. As it happened, Swoop was forced to kidnap Sari for Metldown. The super-villain planned to transform Sari into a "human transformer," though the experiment was put on hold when Prowl, Bulkhead and Fanzone discovered his secret base on Lake Erie. Sari was left in the charge of Colossus Rhodes. She easily outsmarted her captor by telling him she needed to go to the toilet, only to lock him up in the washroom by giving him the run-around. Sari then used her Key to muck about the facility's security, allowing Prowl and Fanzone to join up with her. The three pals managed to make it back outside, though barely, and get to Bulkhead's side. Bulkhead had been severely injured by Meltdown, but Sari's Key took care of the damage. Meltdown and his goons were defeated, the Dinobots were freed, and Sari promised not to reveal too much as to what had happened to Optimus or the rest of the Autobots, keeping Prowl and Bulkhead's part in the Dinobots' initial escape a secret.{{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}}

After Bulkhead's latest rescue mission ended in destructive disaster, Sari attempted to cheer him up by suggesting he pick up a creative hobby. This way, he could prove that he could create as well as destroy. Bulkhead settled on painting, and Sari proved herself to be extremely supportive of her friend's new calling. She even managed to book Bulkhead an art show at a local gallery... though her announcement came at a bad time, leading to Bulkhead fleeing out of embarrassment. Later, [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Master]], aka "The Headmaster" took possession of Bulkhead's body, and used it to hold the city of Detroit ransom. The authorities pretended to comply to Masterson's demands, though it was a ruse to get the Autobots close enough to battle the super-villain. Sari accompanied her dad into the power plant to help him shut down its systems, and stop the core from overloading. Collateral damage caused by the Autobots' fight with Masterson made this impossible, unfortunately. Once the Autobots finally forced Masterson to flee, Sari reattached Bulkhead's head to his body with her Key, and everyone present brainstormed over how to stop the plant's core from overloading. The Autobots quickly built an "art piece" robot, which Sari animated with her Key, to go into the core to shut it down manually. The city now safe, Sari accompanied Bulkhead to his art show, which proved to be a success judging by the amount of people who attended it. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

When a non-sentient Cybertronian energy signature was detected in the woods outside of Detroit, Sari volunteered to accompany Prowl and Bumblebee on the investigative mission to track it down. She saw this development as the perfect excuse to have a camping trip with the two of them. But Sari's idea of a camping trip was based off what she had seen on television and movies, and she was woefully unprepared for the real experience. The camping trip proved not to be the usual kind anyways, as a "monster" soon stumbled upon their camping ground. The creature, as it turns out, was a mutated colony of "[[space barnacle]]s" that had infected some Earth machinery. Though the group managed to fell the "monster," Prowl was himself infected by the parasites, and begun to chase down Bumblebee and Sari. The pair wound up taking refuge in one of the local mines owned by Sari's father. Within, they found a boiler room, and Sari used the scalding water to kill the barnacles, who now controlled both Bumblebee and Prowl. The splash-back drenched her though. Without any dry clothes to change into, Sari wound up catching cold on her way back to civilization. At least she got the final word when Bumblebee began to argue with Prowl on the subject of nature versus technology, reminding them that the two concepts working together in harmony yielded the best results. {{storylink|Nature Calls}}

Eventually, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] decided that the Key was no longer safe in Sari's hands, and he ordered Ratchet to take it from her. Distraught, Sari ran off crying, only to be captured later by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], who was looking for the Key herself. Sari basically told her "too little, too late," and the two seemed to have a heart-to-heart about their gripes with the Autobots. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[File:Megatron Rising Sari chomp.JPG|thumb|left|Isaac isn't the world's best dad, but he does know a good dentist.]]
While Sari was leading Blackarachnia in circles around the frozen [[Lake Erie]], she was grabbed by Ratchet as he brought the Autobots' ship out of the lake. She was ticked that Ratchet had lost the Key and that her dad had helped rebuild [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], but the blame game ceased after the ship crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Prime told the Sumdacs to stay with the ship while they went to fight off Megatron. Fearing that they might die, Isaac Sumdac said that there was something that he needed to tell Sari, but she was more interested in finding something else the AllSpark could charge. The AllSpark refused to respond, other than cryptically displaying an image of a DNA strand. Suddenly, Megatron and Prime burst through the hull of the ship, and during their fight, the Key once again fell into her hands. Sari tossed it to Optimus Prime, who used the Key to partially destroy the AllSpark and disperse its energy. Acknowledging that he had been wrong in taking it from her, Optimus Prime gave the Key back to Sari, saying that since it was now the most powerful Cybertronian artifact in existence, it was too important to be left in the hands of an Autobot.

Unfortunately, all was not well, for Sari could not find her dad... as he was now a prisoner of Megatron. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[File:Dramatic change in plot.jpg|thumb|The tide has turned!]]
After her father's disappearance, Sari took over running [[Sumdac Systems]]. Board chairman [[Porter C. Powell]] opposed her, saying that she was too young and wasting company resources searching for her father. When the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] arrived, Sari was cut off from the Autobots and her only source of emotional support. She soon needed them, as police drones coming out of a Sumdac assembly line began to malfunction, and Powell was unwilling to do anything about it. Sneaking aboard the [[Sigma Supreme|Elite Guard flagship]], Sari put the fear of god into [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] before Bulkhead explained that Sari was okay (and Bumblebee explained that [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] was a jerk). With Optimus, Prowl, and Jazz's help, Sari managed to get into the plant's assembly line and shut down the systems. When she returned home, she found that she had been locked out of her office, as Powell was now CEO and Chairman of Sumdac Systems. Insisting that it was still her company, Sari was shocked when Powell revealed that she had no birth certificate, no adoption papers, and no social security number. Powell's smug revelation made Sari realize that not only was there no proof that she was Sumdac's daughter, there was no legal proof she even existed. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

After that, Powell kicked Sari out of Sumdac Tower, took Tutor Bot and Sparkplug, and gave her room to [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]] as an office. With nowhere else to go, she went to Autobot headquarters. Bumblebee and Bulkhead tried their best to cheer her up, employing such methods as loud music, inedible food, and unedifying teaching lessons. All they did was make things worse. Eventually, Prowl put the two bots in their place and told them to ''listen'' to her. Sari opened up about all her frustrations, such as her missing father, being kicked out of her home, her fear of Powell ruining her father's company, and the fact that there was no record of her existence. Bumblebee promised that they were there for her, no matter what, and Sari finally started to feel a little better. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

[[File:MissionAccomplished-Fanzoneindressinggown.jpg|thumb|left|Peekaboo!]]
And then [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] decided that the Autobots couldn't be there for her, as the Decepticons had begun attacking the fringes of Autobot space, so Prime's crew were needed elsewhere. The Autobots decided that Captain Fanzone was the best human with whom to leave her. (Granted, their list of known humans was rather short and included [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]] and [[Nanosec]].) Before anything close to adoption could occur, they managed to convince Magnus that there were Decepticons on Earth (mostly because Starscream fell out of the sky and landed about ten feet in front of them), allowing them to stay on planet. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

Sari accompanied her Autobot friends when they worked towards clearing trash from the city streets during a garbage dispute, in an effort to mend strained Autobot/human relations. Their progress was somewhat hampered by Ratchet's sour attitude, so Optimus assigned Sari and Bumblebee to coach the old 'bot towards projecting a more pleasant attitude. During their training, the three encountered the newly created Transformer [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]], who proceeded to cause all sorts of havoc throughout Detroit. The Autobots chased Wreck-Gar across the city to retrieve the experimental nanobots he had in his backpack, but Sari was not present during Ratchet's final confrontation with the confused 'bot. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

Sari amused herself after settling in with the Autobots by hooking up illegal satellite TV, which she used to watch pay-per-view races. (The races were also illegal, as the Autobots found out from Fanzone.) When Bumblebee wanted to join the races to compete against a mysterious blue car, Sari came along with him. Sari discovered that man in charge of the races, [[Master Disaster (Animated)|Master Disaster]], had a remote control containing an AllSpark fragment, which he used to control the blue car. Blitzwing showed up to take the fragment, so and Bumblebee had to run for their lives. Eventually, she used the remote to get rid of Blitzwing, allowing the Autobots to get the AllSpark fragment. After that, Bumblebee severed her satellite connection, saying that he had to set a better example for her. Sari advised him not to try too hard, or she wouldn't recognize him. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}

[[File:Rise Constructicons Sari no pigtails.jpg|thumb|Don't mess the 'do.]]
Sari was awakened from her night's rest by the loud cavorting of the [[Constructicon (Animated)|"Constructobots"]]. A game of flattened-oil-barrel frisbee severed her trademark pigtails, which left her none too pleased. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}} Subsequently she proved that she was still more mature than Bumblebee in a number of ways, warning him off of taking on villains solo just to prove a point. Sadly he wouldn't realize this until the Decepticon behind the villains' success, [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] was revealed. By then it was too late, and she had to team up with those same villains to take his immobilized chassis to Sumdac Tower. Alarmed that the receptionist robot was now declaring it to be Powell Tower, she utilized the Key to rectify that little situation before heading off and successfully disabling Swindle's technology jamming device. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

Thinking that the criminal Meltdown might have some dirt on Porter C. Powell, Sari and Bumblebee visited him in prison, to try and coax some information out of him. Meltdown informed them that Powell was too slick to ever be caught red-handed, though he insinuated that if Sari and her friends found a way to spring him from prison, he could take care of Powell... permanently. Sari turned down the offer, and left immediately. Later, Sari and the Autobots learned that Meltdown had been broken out of prison via a news report. She stayed behind at the Autobots' headquarters while Optimus, Prowl and Bumblebee dealt with the situation. After Meltdown's threat had been neutralized, Sari accompanied her Autobot friends to explain what had transpired to Captain Fanzone. {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}

A while after, Prowl and Sari were honing their agility using the factory's old assembly line. Sari claimed she could complete the exercise at full speed, like Prowl, but it was set to a quarter-speed, which proved to be too much for her at that and got a massive whack upside the head for her pains. After the Autobots discovered the return of the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]], Sari was left at the base at the command of Optimus, who told reminded her that they had almost decapitated her [[Rise of the Constructicons|the last time they met]]. Also, he doubted she would be able to take on a pair of two-story robots. At first Sari sulked at her situation, before realizing that she was completely alone in the base and did what any eight-year-old kid would do in an abandoned factory: raid the vending machines, use cranes as miniature G-force slings and try to take on Prowl's obstacle course at full speed (which went as well as last time).

[[File:SariNoOne'sHome-Mixmaster,ScrapperandSari.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|They're here to kick aft and drink oil. And they're all out of oil.]]
While listening to her music, Sari failed to notice the alarms going off, which heralded the invasion of the Constructicons who were looking for [[Oil|a drink]]. After the two louts accidentally crushed her cell phone and left her with the option of sneaking to the communications room to call the Autobots for help, Sari decided—after a council of war with her teddy bear—to take on the two bots using her trusty hockey stick (which shatters soon after she strikes them with it). She escaped and made it to the communication room, contacting Bumblebee who told her to hide and wait until they finish fighting off the recently appeared [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who was also looking for the Constructicons. Sari concluded that it would be too long and set up a trap for the two invaders, using three barrels of oil to trip them up and the plant's assembly line to knock them around for a while, forcing [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] to flee. The Autobots returned to find the place in ruins, but Sari showed them that she was all right. Optimus both apologized for his previous comments and lauded her for her bravery, and all was well for Sari—if she could just explain away the mountain of candy wrappers Optimus discovered.... {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

Sari later posed for a Picasso-style picture done by Bulkhead. The results were...interesting, to say the least. After criticism by the Autobots, a depressed Bulkhead walked out, and Sari and Bumblebee went to cheer him up. During a walk in the park, Megatron attacked them, carrying an imprisoned Isaac Sumdac with him, and Sari realized that Megatron had kidnapped him all those months ago. (Apparently, that hadn't occurred to anyone else.) While she looked on helplessly, Megatron managed to kidnap Bulkhead. When she returned to the plant, she heard the Autobot [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] reveal that Professor Sumdac was helping the Decepticons build a [[space bridge]] to conquer Cybertron. Sari refused to believe that her father was willingly helping the Decepticons and got a promise out of Optimus Prime to bring him home alive. Heading to Dinobot Island, Ratchet and Sari worked to bring the Autobots' ship back online. Ratchet realized that they would need riskier repairs to bring achieve their goal. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

[[File:TFA ABTC Sari spoilers.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|It's a strange thing when the human companion's story arc is more interesting than the robots.]]
As Ratchet worked, he explained that the ship was an Autobot who had sacrificed his spark two million years ago. Sari was doubtful that it would come back online... until it spoke to her. She proceeded to use the Key on several of the ship's systems, under Ratchet's direction, until it was able to take off. Taking it to the mine where the Decepticons were based, Sari managed to give the ship enough power to transform into its robot mode, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. The massive Autobot turned the tide of the battle, but sacrificed himself to save the others from being sucked into the space bridge. The Autobots managed to escape, with both Sari and Isaac in tow, and Isaac revealed that he had been forced to work with the Decepticons. Overjoyed that her father was safe and still a good guy, Sari dubbed Isaac Sumdac the most honest and trust-worthy guy that anyone could hope to find. It was at that point that everyone assembled noticed that the skin on Sari's elbow had torn away, revealing robotic circuitry underneath. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Although Sari was at first scared by this strange discovery, her fear quickly gave way to anger at her father for having kept the secret that she was a robot from her for years. As they returned to Detroit, Sumdac explained how he had found Sari in his lab years before, but the girl remained incredulous, and things only got worse when the pair confronted Porter C. Powell and Henry Masterson back in Sumdac Tower. When the two men refused to vacate the building, Sari's strained patience snapped, and her hands suddenly transformed into energy projectors, which created a shock wave that knocked the pair of do-badders into the elevator. Struggling to comprehend her true nature, Sari went with the Autobots to their headquarters, unable even to be in the same building as the man she could no longer even think of as her father. Optimus Prime did his best to patch up the damaged family relationship by tricking Sari into meeting with Sumdac at [[Burger Bot]], but it wasn't until Masterson returned with his Headmaster unit attached to Starscream's body that the bonds between father and daughter were repaired, as Sari and Sumdac defended each other from the villain.

[[File:TransWarpedSariFocus.jpg|thumb|left|Okay Sari, focus. Let go of old thinking, focus on the transformation within. The key is finding the balance in yourself. Then, and only then, can you truly say...]]
Sari quickly began to get a handle on her new Cybertronian abilities, learning to project beach ball-sized spheres of pure energy from her hands, but the Autobots still refused to allow her to accompany them into battle against a rock-like alien creature that had just [[transwarp]]ed into the middle of Detroit. Seeking a means to strengthen her abilities, Sari turned her Key upon herself and underwent a surprising metamorphosis: the key upgraded her into a teenager with a wide array of powers and battle armor.

[[File:TransWarpedSariUpgrade.jpg|thumb|150x200px|"...I am transformed!"]]
Although Sari's new abilities amazed the Autobots when she made short work of the rock-alien, things soon started to go wrong, as the Key's energy began overloading Sari's circuitry, causing her to run out of control. Unable to control her own body and causing objects around her to explode with her merest touch, Sari nearly killed Bumblebee by stabbing him with one of her blades before the Autobots were able to remove the key from her system. Even with the Key extracted, Sari's energies were still running wild, and she was in danger of exploding and destroying the entire city before Ratchet knocked her out with his EMP generator. Once they returned to the Autobot base, he bypassed the circuitry responsible for her overload.

As Sari convalesced, her father at her side, Megatron returned to Earth in control of Omega Supreme. Optimus Prime was forced to contemplate undoing the repairs done to Sari and using her to stop the rampaging superweapon as a last-ditch desperation play. When Starscream took control of Omega away from Megatron and locked down all the entrance hatches to prevent the Autobots from infiltrating the robot (again), he came to the point of ordering Ratchet to do so. Fortunately for Sari's (and Detroit's) continued existence, Ratchet refused, and the Autobots ultimately transwarped the threat off Earth. Soon after, Sari awoke and apologized to her friends for her foolishness, while her father apologized to her for holding back the truth for so long. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

[[File:TransWarpedBumblebeeSari.jpg|thumb|left|''You've been hit by/ You've been struck by/ A smooth criminal'']]

After convalescing, she was next seen on [[Christmas]] Eve, making some [[oilnog]] for the Autobots and warning them to stay off Santa's naughty list. When they went to bed early, thanks to a [[Sound Wave]] toy spiking the 'nog, she called them a bunch of party-poopers, but wished them a Merry Christmas and went home.

The next morning, she wasn't happy to receive another Sound Wave toy from her father, given [[Sound and Fury|what had happened with the last one]], and was further disappointed when she was given a motor scooter rather than a car... until she found out that it transformed into a [[jet pack]]. Overjoyed, she transformed to her robot mode and flew off to show Bumblebee. When she arrived at the Autobots' base, she found it apparently deserted, and was further puzzled when the base's scanners showed their energy signatures in the factory itself. The appearance of a [[Laserbeak (Animated)|creepy robot bird]], leading a number of Sound Wave toys from an elevator in the floor (which she'd not known about before), didn't help matters, so she used her palm blasters on them and took the lift down.

In the basement, she found the Autobots wired into a VR machine by a fully rebuilt Soundwave. With most of her weaponry offline, she was no match for him and his instruments when she tried to stop him. She was forced to retreat, promising to come back for her friends.... {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

While she was flying back to Sumdac Tower, Soundwave decided to take over the whole city of Detroit, using the small Sound Waves to carry his hypnotic tunes, since reprogramming the Autobots was taking too long. As such, she arrived back to find a Sound Wave toy blaring hypnotic music at her... and kicked it out of the way. Soundwave deduced that her techno-organic nature made her immune to the music, and he shifted focus to trying to force everyone ''else'' to kill her, starting with her father!

[[File:TFAni Human Error Part2 Substitute Autobots.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Matter-Eater Lass.]]

After reluctantly dropping a shelving unit on her dad to make her escape, she flew to Dinobot Island for help. Her initial foray met with little success, since [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (Animated)|his pteranodon comrade]] refused to help, tried to kill her, then left her alone when she blasted at them. Grimlock's mention that the third member of his group had been kicked out for becoming someone's "pet" raised her curiosity, though, and she soon found Scrapper, separated from the other two Constructicons by [[Three's a Crowd|a big explosion]], on the island's shore playing with "[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]", and she managed to conscript the two into rescuing the other Autobots.

On their way back to the mainland on a makeshift raft, [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] abruptly popped up from the lake's bottom and immediately became the fourth member of the troupe of [[Substitute Autobot]]s. Once they were ashore, Sari's chaotic attempt to get them to transform and roll out nearly had them leave her behind, but it became moot before too long when Soundwave flew out of the ground, followed by the brainwashed Autobots. Initial attempts by her group at fighting them went badly, as the Substitute Autobots proved incapable of working at a team, while the zombie-Autobots acted as a single, elegant machine under Soundwave, and Soundwave could even control her own jet pack. Sari then changed tack, abandoning efforts to co-ordinate her group and ordering them to attack as individuals. Soundwave's single, elegant machine had trouble multitasking, apparently leading to Prowl saving Sari from death at Bumblebee's stingers in an attempt to deliver his own blow.

This lasted until, with four Autobots down, only Optimus Prime remained... whereupon Soundwave could concentrate on controlling just one Autobot properly. As a result, Sari was almost killed by the enslaved Optimus—but was saved again by Prowl, who openly revealed that he'd broken Soundwave's control in knocking Ratbat away from him. Shortly after, Soundwave was again shattered into many pieces, and Sari could once again concentrate on celebrating Christmas with her adopted family and her father. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

[[File:TFA-DecepticonAir-SariHands.jpg|thumb|left|Ghost in the Shell? Don't you mean [[Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine]]?]]
When Bulkhead and her father belatedly completed the space bridge they'd been working on (after the purpose they'd been making it for had been accomplished), Sari objected that they would have gotten it working sooner if they'd let her help. They scoffed and went back to bickering about the final tweaks... so Sari took it upon herself to head over to the console, where her eyes glowed white, her hands separated into wires, and she finished the setup in seconds. When Optimus asked just ''how'' she'd managed that, she replied that she didn't know how, she just... had. Further, when Sentinel Prime sent an encoded message to Optimus that things had gone horribly wrong on the Elite Guard's ship, Sari managed to lock onto the transwarp signature of Swindle's personal storage dimension to get Optimus aboard, after Bulkhead wasn't sure it was even possible.

[[File:TFA-DecepticonAir-SariKnowsStuff.jpg|thumb|right|"I'm Sari Sumdac. I know stuff."]]
Later, after Swindle had departed the ship and Bulkhead wasn't sure he could retrieve Optimus, she claimed she could fix it and that she'd figured out why, guessing she must have upgraded her "processor... or brain or whatever" as part of her wider upgrade. However, putting it to the test wasn't necessary, as the ship dropped off Optimus at Sumdac Tower, safe and sound. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

When Optimus Prime abruptly decided he needed a [[jet pack]] of his own, Sari, along with Ratchet and her dad, was called into service to make it happen, which included Sari diagnosing a problem just by touching it. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} The flight pack soon got its baptism of fire when Megatron unleashed a trio of [[Lugnut Supreme]]s on Detroit. Initially, Sari wanted to confront the giant Decepticons with Optimus and Prowl, but Optimus told her no. As she began to throw a hissy-fit about being kept back for her own safety again, he cut her off and told her he wanted her to help protect her "fellow organics" with the other Autobots. Embarrassed, she backed down.

Later, when Ratchet, Bumblebee and Bulkhead were about to depart for the Moon in an attempt to take back the original Omega Supreme, she insisted on transwarping there with them. Her worried father attempted to forbid her, but she told him that she knew there was something there she needed to do, and flew into the space bridge. Once there, Sari could hardly believe she was really on the Moon, but her amazement was soon tabled when Ratchet spotted Arcee, leading to the quartet being ambushed by [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]. While Bumblebee and Bulkhead held the shape-shifting Decepticon off, Sari and Ratchet headed into Omega Supreme's inactive body with the damaged fembot and found the lab Shockwave had been using. Although slightly freaked out by the female robot's mindless repetition of lessons for young Cybertronian 'bots, Sari was able to use her technopathy to tell Ratchet how to restore her mind. Shortly after Arcee came fully back online, Bumblebee and Bulkhead came in with news for Sari. They took her down into the hold of the [[Nemesis (Animated)|Decepticons' ship]], where several blank protoforms lay. Believing that this was where she had come from, Sari reached out to touch one of the protoforms, confirming for herself that there really had been a reason for her to be there.

[[File:TFA-Endgame-PanAcrossEveryone.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Meanwhile, Ratchet and Arcee had broken Lugnut's hold over Omega Supreme and reactivated the giant Autobot, and Sari joined the others in flying back to Earth aboard the ship. As he fought with his purple duplicates, those inside were shaken about. After a particularly hard hit from the last clone standing, which forced Omega to transform to ship mode and crash-land, he checked that those inside were all right, whereupon Sari noted that "all Autobots, half-bots and almost-bots" were present and accounted for. Shortly afterward, Prowl gave his spark to shield the city from the last Omega-clone's detonation, and Megatron was defeated and arrested. Sari accompanied the Autobots back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to share in their triumphant return and learn of her true origins. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

''Sari used her "tech-savvy" powers to restore Arcee's lost memories. Arcee then took Sari along with her class on a field-trip to Cybertron's Metroplex. Before the fieldtrip was under way, Sari received some Burger-bot take-out from her dad via the spacebridge. She pulled out her meal during the field-trip, grossing out her classmates [[Siren (Animated)|Siren]], [[Hosehead (Animated)|Hosehead]] and [[Nightbeat (Animated)|Nightbeat]]. Embarassed, Sari snuck away from the group to dispose of her soda cup. Though she found a disposal hatch, she lost her balance upon opening it, and tumbled down into the facility's recycling center. There, dormant AllSpark energy within her brought back to consciousness [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], who had previously been crushed into a cube by [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]], something that Sari was informed about over and over by the talkative Autobot. Grabbing the Blurr-cube, Sari poked around for an exit. She found an access panel, but when she used her tech-savvy powers to activate it, she inadvertantly awakened [[Kremzeek]], a Decepticon trojan virus and energy being. Kremzeek activated the center's systems, leading to Sari and Blurr finding themselves strapped down on a conveyor belt, heading towards all sorts of cutting, crushing and melting machinery. Thankfully, Arcee and the rest of the class turned up at the last possible moment and rescued them both. But Kremzeek continued to sow chaos. It jumped from Autobot to Autobot in order to escape, and make its way to Fortress Maximus, where it could deal great damage to Cybertron. Using her scooter/jetpack, (which she pulled out of nowhere) Sari pursued Kremzeek, then in the body of Hosehead. But Kremzeek transferred itself to Sari jetpack, and left the two of them behind. Hit by a sudden idea, Sari plugged the Blurr cube into her back, allowing her to access his super-speed powers somehow. Arcee grabbed hold of Sari before she took off, and both Blurr and Arcee took turns playing backseat driver as Sari made her way to Fortress Maximus.''

[[File:StunticonJob-Maincastbox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right]]
''There, Kremzeek attempted to gain control of Sari herself, but was unable to do so because of Sari's techno-organic nature. Sari contained Kremzeek within her soda cup, saving Cybertron from destruction.'' {{storylink|The Return of Blurr}} ''Sari gave the Blurr cube to Cliffjumper, and accompanied her Autobot buddies to the latest performance of [[Team Stunticon]], where she and her friends were honored with a special box seat.'' {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}} ''Sari was later present when Optimus Prime used the AllSpark Matrix to restore Blurr, and everyone else learned a valuable lesson about not judging someone based on their appearance.'' {{storylink|The Return of Blurr}}

====''Be the Hero'' books====
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=====''Prime Suspect''=====
When Optimus Prime was framed for a break-in at [[HomeTech]], Sari had the idea to break into the police station to look for clues. Teamed up with [[You|another kid]], she was almost caught, but the Autobots rescued them at the last moment. The pair then entered HomeTech's laboratory to look for the security tape on which Prime's image had been captured, and they found a vital clue which led them to HomeTech's main warehouse. There Sari was interested in the [[Pixie-6]] robots HomeTech was due to release, but was menaced by Blitzwing, the real perpetrator of the break-in. She was able to utilize her key to zap Blitzwing via the controller he was using on the Pixie-6 'bots. {{storylink|Prime Suspect}}

=====''Quest for the AllSpark''=====
Distraught after the Autobots went missing without telling her, Sari visited their base on the urging of another kid she'd just met. After being attacked by a rogue cleaning 'bot, she found Bumblebee, who revealed that Megatron had taken control of Detroit's fleet of robot workers and the Autobots had come up with a plan to keep the AllSpark safe, but the rest of the Autobots hadn't reported back. Sari and her new friend helped Bumblebee track down the others and defeat [[Crush-A]], a clearance 'bot Megatron was using to try to obtain the AllSpark. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}

=====''Web of Deception''=====
Sari was testing one of her father's inventions, the [[Sumdac Aquaskimmer Mk 1]], on Lake Erie with a young friend when they were attacked by a [[Sparkseeker]] torpedo. After a quick rescue by the Autobots, the group found the Autobot ship offline and Optimus Prime missing. Ratchet's scans revealed the involvement of Lockdown, and Sari and her friend accompanied Bumblebee, Prowl and Bulkhead in an attempt to rescue their leader. After tangling with Lockdown, the two humans caught up with Blackarachnia, who'd hired the bounty hunter in order to get her revenge on Optimus. Sari used her key to shock the Decepticon before she could complete her plan. {{storylink|Web of Deception}}

====Titan ''Animated'' comic====
[[File:Bumblebeepizza Titan25.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|left|Why said pizza didn't fly out of the box is another story.]]

When Starscream and [[Starscream clone (Animated)|his clones]] seized the Autobot base, Sari immediately went to Dinobot Island to get help. She found out the Dinobots were being made grouchy by the constant rain, so she promised they could stay in the Autobot base until it stopped if they drove out the Decepticons. That made Sari Grimlock's friend and left the Autobots crying when they saw the weather forecast. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Dino-MIGHT!}}

Being present for [[Quake-Maker|Quake-Maker's]] first attack on Detroit, she got to see the arrival of shiny new hero [[Afterburn]]. She was smitten at first sight. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 1|Burnout}} She even got to hang with him on a mission to Dinobot Island! As well as be stunned by his ace moves, she used her Key to heal a wounded Grimlock and suffered emotional abuse when Ratchet faked his death to test Afterburn. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 2|Ratchet & Grimlock Are DEAD?}}

Later, while watching a [[basketball]] game, Sari had to help stop an attack on the city by the villainous [[Crossroads]]. She'd met the supervillain when he'd worked at [[Sumdac Systems]] but his awesome disguise of a blue strip of cloth on his head threw her for a few minutes. Once she'd worked it out, she was able to inform the Autobots he was heading for [[Sumdac Tower]] and helped see to his defeat. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 3|Crossroads!}}

Sari hit on a solution to Bumblebee and Prowl's macho posturing, setting up a race between the two in [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]] to determine who was the fastest. And she drew [[:File:CoyoteCanyonmap.jpg|an adorable little map]] of the race track. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}

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====''TransTech''====
{{voiceactor|[[Tara Strong]] (English)}}

[[File:BeeintheCityPromotionalArtwork.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]

When her father's [[Bi-directional Unified Transit Terminal]] device malfunctioned, Sari, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime found themselves transported to [[Axiom Nexus]], a place where Cybertronians from all sorts of universes sometimes wound up. Officer [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]] hoped to give them a fine and deport them, but Sari and her crew were soon beset upon by [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]]. Hoping to experiment upon Sari, Shockwave took her Key. Bumblebee teamed up with "Joe Convoy" to rescue Sari, but Joe turned out to be [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] in disguise, who was also after the Key. Hijinks ensued, but thanks to the power of bureaucracy, Shockwave was made to send Sari and her pals home.

Upon returning home, all agreed to never speak of the incident again. {{storylink|Bee in the City}}
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====Prevenge====
Sari had discovered everything there was to know about her mysterious origins, and was just about to fill in Arcee about it when Arcee was whisked away to another dimension. {{storylink|Prevenge}}

====''Transformers Legends'' comic====
[[File:LegendsBusinessTrip11-ChromiaTransform.jpg|thumb|right|150px|And in Japan, Sari's been reduced to fodder for Tigatron's imaginary harem. Stay progressive, Japan.]]

Sari, in her teenage form, was among the heroic female Transformers who appeared in one of [[Tigatron]]'s dreams to protect him from the evil female Transformers. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 11|Bonus Edition Vol. 11}}

The real Sari was one of the many women brought to the [[Legends Universe]] by [[Tigatron]] using the [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] in an attempt to get women who liked him better than [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. It did not work out, as all of the women brought over eventually swooned over Springer. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}}
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===''The Cool'' comic===
[[File:PrimeSaritheCoolHuggies01.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Hug Players]]

While roaming aimlessly around the middle of the street, Sari was nearly run over by a fleet of vehicles. To her astonishment, they transformed into robots. Terrified, she asked who they were, and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] introduced them as the heroic [[Autobot]]s. Suddenly, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] attacked, attempting to steal the [[AllSpark#Animated|AllSpark]]. Prime scooped Sari up, protecting her from a violent explosion as the Autobots and the [[Decepticon]]s clashed. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 1}}

Starscream eventually succeeded in stealing the AllSpark from [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and nearly made off with it. Prime, however, stopped him by releasing all the energy within it. Prime plummeted to the ground and died, but was instantly revived by Sari's [[AllSpark Key|key]]. Sari and Prime then properly introduced themselves as Sari wept and gave Prime a big, snuggly hug. Unbeknownst to Sari, though, she was being observed via closed circuit TV by the disembodied head of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], who was very interested in the power of her key. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 2}}

[[File:SariTheCoolSailorScout01.jpg|right|thumb|100px|"In the name of Detroit, I will punish you!"]]

A good deal of time later, as the Autobots fought to keep the [[space bridge#Animated cartoon|Space Bridge]] out of Decepticon hands, Sari joined [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] in piloting the ''[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Orion]]'' into battle, desperate that their allies could hold out until their arrival. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}}

They arrived just in time and transformed the ''Orion'' into [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. They trounced the competition and won the day. After being reunited with her father, Sari suggested they all go home. However, her joy was short-lived, as Bumblebee pointed out to her that she had some robotics sticking out through her flesh. Sari turned to her father, who admitted he had a very important story to tell her.{{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

After a full body-scan at Autobot HQ, and a heart-to-heart with her dad, Sari learned that she was originally a Transformer [[protoform]] that had scanned DNA from Professor Sumdac, resulting in an entirely new lifeform. Sumdac begged for her forgiveness and Sari was quick to give him a big hug, assuring him that no matter what, he'll always be her dad. Then, suddenly, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] attacked in Omega Supreme's body! Sari decided that now was the time to join the fray with her friends and, using her key, upgraded herself into a teenager! Firing an energy-ball from her hands at the Decepticon, she then proceeded to use her newfound powers to flee in mortal terror as Starscream fired missiles at her, completely unaffected by her attack. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}

At an unknown point after that, a gleeful Sari joined the Autobots in defending Detroit from an invasion of [[Lugnut Supreme]]s. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1}}

Upon Megatron's defeat, Sari accompanied the Autobots back to planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they were all hailed as heroes by the citizenry and even [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}
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===''Transformers Generations 2011''===
[[File:Generations 2011 animated illustration.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|left|Something's going down.]]
Sari, along with Optimus Prime, faced against [[The Motor Master|Motormaster]] and her [[Sari Sumdac (SG Animated)|evil counterpart]]. {{storylink|Transformers Generations 2011#Volume 1|Transformers Generations 2011 Vol. 1}}
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===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:KreO_Sari.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Oh, hey, Sazae-san.]]
Sari Sumdac was surprised by a large explosion coming from [[Wheeljack (Kre-O)|Wheeljack]]'s lab. {{storylink|Wheeljack's Bizarre Invention! Optimus Power Up!?}}
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==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[Tara Strong]] (English)}}
[[File:TFAnimated Game Sari.jpg|thumb|96px]]
Sari was at the Autobot base when they decided to do some training, and offered up the services of [[AllSpark Key|her key]] to repair them if need be. She got a call from a [[Sumdac Systems]] factory, alerting them to the fact that the robots there had started going haywire, and accompanied [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to the plant to help them quell the robot resistance. She kept them updated on the drone problems, including when a bunch of them escaped, and let them know there were AllSpark fragments at the factory when they were in need of some to power up Megatron's Space Bridge.

After Bumblebee was accidentally left behind when Optimus and Bulkhead transwarped to Cybertron, she pointed him to some more AllSpark fragments. His fragments were stolen by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], so he and Sari had to hunt the bounty hunter down so he could get them back. Once they'd done so, they went to the Decepticon mine lair, and Bumblebee fought his way to the Space Bridge terminal. Though Sari was keen to see Cybertron, Bumblebee was responsible enough not to let her go, and she had to ride back to base on Prowl, an event sadly not visually recorded. After Optimus's team returned victorious from Cybertron, Sari enticed Bumblebee into some gaming by revealing she had a prerelease copy of ''[[Mage Master Maze Knight]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}

===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Sari is featured as a playable game card. She is a red card, has a value of 4 points, and has the following power: "+2 to any Bumblebee in play."}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFA Sari Sumdac prelim promo.JPG|thumb|120px|NOT show accurate.]]
[[File:Sari tbob trike.jpg|thumb|I d-d-don't think th-this is s-such a g-g-good idea, Scott!]]
*A promotional image of Sari from the [[Cartoon Network]] ''Transformers Animated'' press kit showed her with different shoes, a different Key design, and a slightly darker skin tone.
*In a preliminary version of the [[title sequence]], Sari appeared riding on a tricycle which she used the AllSpark Key to transform into a jet pack. The footage was dropped from the finished credits, but was screened at conventions and was later included on the DVD packaged with the Optimus Prime and Megatron "The Battle Begins" action figure two-pack. The concept was later recycled as a Christmas present from her father in "[[Human Error, Part I]]"; instead of a tricycle, she has an orange scooter which transforms into a jet pack compatible with her robotic body. She may have been gone for four episodes, but now she can fly!
*Sari's pigtails do ''not'' grow back overnight... or do they?
*Sari has a transformation noise shared only with her scooter/jetpack, likely because of her rather unique origin.
*Sari did not appear for four episodes in season 3—between "[[Three's a Crowd]]" and "[[Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising]]"—after her almost-disastrous upgrade, the longest time she had been absent in the series. Well, considering the shift in focus... not to mention [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]'s presence on Earth for three of those episodes, perhaps it's just as well. He'd probably have totally freaked out as soon as he saw her.
*Ever since her "[[TransWarped]]" upgrade, she has what appear to be [[articulation]] lines on her sleeves and stockings/socks.
*Sari's hands can transform into several different modes, two of which pay homage to the anime ''Ghost in the Shell'' and ''[[Iron Man]]''.
*From "[[TransWarped]]" onward, her eyes are an inverted version of Autobot eyes, with the lighter shade of cyan as the "whites" and the darker shade as the "iris".
*Despite the controversial [[AllSpark Key]] being written out of the series, it can be argued that in the third season, Sari was slowly turning into a ''deus ex machina'' just like it in her own right, merely by virtue of [[Decepticon Air|"knowing stuff" crucial to the storyline]] (often ''without'' a proper explanation), as well as being able to diagnose mechanical problems [[Endgame, Part I|merely by touching a given machine]].
*Sari's Cybertronian nature was planned from the very beginning.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/236269-botcon-2009-animating-animated-panel-coverage.html BotCon 2009]</ref>
*Sari is one of the few Transformers with a [[Alice|human alt-mode]] and is one of three techno-organic Transformers in the ''Animated'' continuity, the other two being [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Wasp]]inator.
*In "TransWarped", Sari showed off her skills with twin white energy blades that came from her forearms and an energy hammer. After being knocked out by Ratchet's EMP, those weapons vanished for the rest of the series, leaving her with only her energy sphere-throwing attack.
*According to ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', Sari's post-upgrade weapons and tools include [[Master Blade (Animated)|Master Blades]] (a reference to [[Grand Maximus]]'s [[Master Blade (Masterforce)|weapon]] in ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Masterforce]]''), a [[Hyperspace Mallet]], [[Azusa Skates]] (a reference to the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' [[Azusa|starship]]), and a [[Skyboom (Animated)|Skyboom Shield]] (which, like [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]]'s, is a reference to the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Skyboom (Armada)|macguffin]]). She also uses [[Micron Booster (Animated)|Micron Booster]]s (borrowing the name from an [[Micron Booster|out-of-universe product]]) to make powered jumps.
*Sari makes a cameo appearance in season 2, episode 5 of ''Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated''.
*In the Transformers Animated profile shorts, Sari introduces Bumblebee to the audience in "[[Meet Bumblebee]]."

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sari Sumdac''' (サリ・サムダック ''Sari Samudakku'')

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