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Talk:Safeguard (Animated)

2026-05-11T00:54:32Z

Zonorheso: /* Heterochromia Classification? */

Would it be okay to insert an image of them in a more "X-wingy" form, with the legs rotated all the way out as wings? It is possible to get them to look quite like an X-wing if you do so.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 06:26, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

== Heterochromia Classification? ==

It's a small thing, but should Safeguard be added to the heterochromia list? --[[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 20:54, 10 May 2026 (EDT)

Talk:Safeguard (Animated)

2026-05-11T00:53:49Z

Zonorheso: /* Heterochromia Classification? */ new section

Would it be okay to insert an image of them in a more "X-wingy" form, with the legs rotated all the way out as wings? It is possible to get them to look quite like an X-wing if you do so.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 06:26, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

== Heterochromia Classification? ==

It's a small thing, but should Safeguard be added to the [[Category:Characters with heterochromia|heterochromia]] list? --[[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 20:53, 10 May 2026 (EDT)

User:Zonorheso

2026-04-27T12:49:00Z

Zonorheso: /* The Best of the Best of the Best */ Adding another thing.

Hi, I'm Zonorheso. Some call me Zo and/or Zoey. My full screenname is pronounced "Zo-no-rhe-so," with all long o's, and "rhe" as in "Rhett."

I have too many robots.

== The Best of the Best of the Best ==

* [[Hashtag_(ES)|The Technopathic Terran]]
* [[Lio Convoy (BW)|The Coolest Maximal Commander]]
* [[Onyx Prime|The Lord of Beasts]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|I'm David, Kaye?]]
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|The Magnificent Commander Modesty]]
* [[Soundwave (SG)|A Most Superior Dude]]
* [[Wreck-Gar (disambiguation)|The Guy who's Good for One Thing: GARBAGE!!!]]
* [[Yellow Splendid Convoy|The Really Splendid]] [[Optimus Prime (Universe)|Fire Engine]]

User:Zonorheso

2026-04-26T01:40:57Z

Zonorheso: /* The Best of the Best of the Best */ Adding another.

User:Zonorheso

2026-04-26T01:32:28Z

Zonorheso: /* The Best of the Best of the Best */ Adding another thing.

Hi, I'm Zonorheso. Some call me Zo and/or Zoey. My full screenname is pronounced "Zo-no-rhe-so," with all long o's, and "rhe" as in "Rhett."

I have too many robots.

== The Best of the Best of the Best ==

* [[Hashtag_(ES)|The Technopathic Terran]]
* [[Lio Convoy (BW)|The Coolest Maximal Commander]]
* [[Onyx Prime|The Lord of Beasts]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|I'm David, Kaye?]]
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|The Magnificent Commander Modesty]]
* [[Wreck-Gar (disambiguation)|The Guy who's Good for One Thing: GARBAGE!!!]]

User:Zonorheso

2026-04-26T01:29:42Z

Zonorheso: Adding some stuff to my page.

Hi, I'm Zonorheso. Some call me Zo and/or Zoey. My full screenname is pronounced "Zo-no-rhe-so," with all long o's, and "rhe" as in "Rhett."

I have too many robots.

== The Best of the Best of the Best ==

* [[Hashtag_(ES)|The Technopathic Terran]]
* [[Lio Convoy (BW)|The Coolest Maximal Commander]]
* [[Onyx Prime|The Lord of Beasts]]
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|The Magnificent Commander Modesty]]
* [[Wreck-Gar (disambiguation)|The Guy who's Good for One Thing: GARBAGE!!!]]

Don Figueroa

2026-03-30T17:28:17Z

Zonorheso: /* External links */ Noticed that Don's Instagram account was not listed, so I've added a link to it. I believe this would count as a minor edit; apologies if I am mistaken.

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|''This article is about the nonfictional Transformers artist. Para el técnico oficial de la película de 2007, véase [[Jorge Figueroa]].''
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[[File:Don figueroa.jpg|thumb|The DON, artist, designer and a career batting average of 99.94]]
'''Don Allan Figueroa''' is a Filipino-American artist and a toy designer. In his early years in comics, he was the writer and artist of the fan-comic series "Macromasters," featuring his original ''Transformers'' designs, of which he also built large transformable, scratch-built toys.

When [[Dreamwave Productions]] received the ''Transformers'' comic book license, Figueroa was initially signed on to illustrate packaging art for the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toy line. He went on to pencil ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' miniseries, for which he designed a pre-Earth mode for every single character that appeared in the series (with the exception of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], whose design was done by [[Pat Lee]]). [[Aaron Archer]] took notice of his talents, and [[Hasbro]] hired Figueroa to help design toys for them, most notably the [[Titanium Series|Titanium]] and [[Transformers: Classics|Classics]] series. Since then, he has also contributed art to [[IDW Publishing]]'s at the time new range of ''Transformers'' comics.

Eventually Don became burnt out on ''Transformers'' and left the franchise as his primary creative work, and was said to be taking an indefinite break. He briefly returned to illustrate the ''[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]'' comic and eventually came back to ''Transformers'' full-time, illustrating several works for IDW Publishing, including [[Defiance issue 3|issue 3]] of ''[[Transformers: Defiance|Defiance]]'', half of [[Old Ways|issue 13]] of ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' and serving as an illustrator for IDW's [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing ''Transformers'' comic]], all done in a [[Live-action film series|live-action movie]] style first seen in ''Defiance'' #3. Don illustrated the first 6-issue arc and issues 14 and 15, before leaving to work on other projects, while disappearing from the Transformers fandom for over a decade.

That is until May 2022 when he opened a Twitter Account and is now sharing line arts of his past work as well as behind the scenes anecdotes and many more.

[[Pat Lee]] owes him more than $15,435.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065024/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14886 Comic Book Resources (archive copy)]</ref>{{now|Feb-28-05}}

==Comic book art==
===Interiors===
====Dreamwave Productions====
[[File:DW 20th Anniversary Lithograph image.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Let's hope he got paid for this one!]]
*''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' [[The War Within issue 1|#1]], [[The War Within issue 2|#2]], [[The War Within issue 3|#3]], [[The War Within issue 4|#4]], [[The War Within issue 5|#5]], [[The War Within issue 6|#6]]
*''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Armada]]'' [[Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4|#14]], [[Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4|#15]], [[Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4|#16]], [[Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4|#17]]
*[[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|''Generation One'' ongoing]] [[Generation 1 issue 0|#0]], [[Night of the Combaticons|#1]], [[Black Sunshine|#2]], [[Skyfire (issue)|#3]], [[The Omega Effect|#4]], [[Original Sin|#5]], [[Atonement|#6]], [[Infestation (Dreamwave)|#7]], [[Extermination|#8]], [[Lost and Found (issue)|#9]], [[The Route of All Evil|#10]]
*[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye'' Profile books]] (select pages)
*[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|''Transformers Armada: More Than Meets The Eye'' Profile books]] (select pages)
*[[20th Anniversary Lithograph]]

====IDW Publishing====
*''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' [[The Gathering issue 1|#1]], [[The Gathering issue 2|#2]], [[The Gathering issue 3|#3]], [[The Gathering issue 4|#4]]
*''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' [[Stormbringer issue 1|#1]], [[Stormbringer issue 2|#2]], [[Stormbringer issue 3|#3]], [[Stormbringer issue 4|#4]]
*''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' [[The Gathering Storm|#1]], [[To the Death—and Beyond!|#2]], [[Terror on Two Worlds!|#3]], [[Matrix Quest!|#4]]
*''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]'' [[Movie Prequel issue 1|#1]], [[Movie Prequel issue 2|#2]], [[Movie Prequel issue 3|#3]], [[Movie Prequel issue 4|#4]]
*"[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]"
*''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending|The Ascending]]'' [[The Ascending issue 1|#1]], [[The Ascending issue 2|#2]], [[The Ascending issue 3|#3]]
*[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|''Beast Wars'' Sourcebook, part 1]] (cover and select pages)
*''Beast Wars'' Sourcebook, part 2 (cover and select pages)
*''Beast Wars'' Sourcebook, part 3 (cover and [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]])
*''Beast Wars'' Sourcebook, part 4 ([[Torca (BW)|Torca]])
*''[[Transformers: Defiance]]'' [[Defiance issue 3|#3]]
*"[[Spotlight: Cliffjumper]]" (alternate cover)
*''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' [[Old Ways|#13: "Old Ways"]]
*''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' [[...For All Mankind|#1]], [[Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|#2]], [[Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|#3]], [[Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|#4]], [[Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|#5]], [[Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|#6]], [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|#14]], [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|#15]]
*''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|War for Cybertron]]''

====Titan Magazines====
*[[Transformers Comic issue 4|''Transformers Comic'' #4]]

====Fun Publications====
*''[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]''

==DVD cover art==
===Madman Entertainment===
*''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (2003 Australian DVD release)

===Sony Wonder===
*''The Transformers: The Movie'' 20th Anniversary Edition DVD

===Shout! Factory===
*[[The Transformers (cartoon)#Shout! Factory (US, 2009)|The Transformers — The Complete First Season: 25th Anniversary Edition]]

==Transformers packaging art==
===''Armada''===
{{collist|3|
*[[Adventure Mini-Con Team]]
*[[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]]
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]]
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Powerlinx Hot Shot]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Galvatron]]
*[[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Powerlinx Optimus Prime]]
*[[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]]
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]
*[[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]]
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]
*[[Unicron/toys|Unicron]]
*[[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]]
}}

===''Energon''===
{{collist|3|
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]]
*[[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]]
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]]
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]]
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]
}}

===Timelines===
*"[[Games of Deception]]"

===Universe (2008)===
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] Special Edition (heavily reworked by an unknown artist from an existing piece of stock ''Generation 1/Universe'' art)

==Merchandise packaging art==
===Kinnerton===
*[[Kinnerton|2008 Transformers Christmas Advent Calendar]]

===JayJay's===
*About a billion T-shirts, jackets, hoodies and other assorted clothing

===Hot Topic===
*About a billion T-shirts, jackets, hoodies and other assorted clothing

==Known toy design projects==
===Masterpiece===
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|20th Anniversary Optimus Prime]]

===''Energon''===
* [[Mega-Dinobot]] (with [[Brian Parrish]])<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Marcelo did the packaging art. Don Figueroa did a lot of the kind of design- rough design work, I should say- and then Brian Parrish- uh, I think- ran that through the system with HFE [Hasbro Far East].|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE-MKJDLkNc&t=1651s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title=22 - The CREATION of Transformers Universe|year=2025|month=07|day=09}}</ref>

===''Titanium''===
{{collist|3|
*[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Megatron]] ([[Transformers/G.I. Joe]])
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Titanium Series|Optimal Optimus]]
*[[Scourge (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Scourge]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Soundwave]] with [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Laserbeak]]
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)#Titanium Series|Optimus Prime]] ([[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]])
*[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Titanium Series|Cheetor]] (Beast Machines)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Ultra Magnus]]
}}

;''[[War Within (franchise)|War Within]]''
{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Jetfire]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Thundercracker]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Starscream]]
*[[The Fallen/toys#Titanium Series|Fallen/War Within Fallen]]
*[[Megatron (G1)/toys#TiWarWithin|Megatron]]
*[[Sunstorm (G1)#Titanium Series|Sunstorm]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#TiWarWithin|Ultra Magnus]]
}}

{{note|Hasbro-Galoob's adherence to his concept designs varied '''''wildly'''''.}}

===''Classics''===
{{collist|3|
*[[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Classics|Astrotrain]] (with [[Takashi Kunihiro]])
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Classics|Grimlock]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Classics|Rodimus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Classics|Optimus Prime]] — Voyager class (with [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Alex Kubalsky]] the latter of whom designed the transforming smokestack gun, which was not a part of Don's design)
*[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Classics|Ramjet]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Classics|Starscream]] (with [[Shogo Hasui]])
}}

{{note|Despite popular opinion to the contrary, Don did not actually design [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' Jetfire]]. According to him, he had seen the design some time before the public did, and decided to use it in IDW Publishing's ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' mini-series.}}

===''Transformers'' (2007 toyline)===
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Protoform|Protoform Optimus Prime]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Protoform|Protoform Starscream]]

===''Universe'' (2008)===
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Cyclonus]] and [[Nightstick (G1)#Universe (2008)|Nightstick]] (with [[Bill Rawley]] and Takashi Kunihiro)
*[[Ravage (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ravage]] (with Bill Rawley and Alex Kubalsky)

===''Crossovers''===
*[[Hulk#Crossovers|Hulk]]

===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
*[[Bludgeon (ROTF)#Voyager|Bludgeon (Voyager)]] (concept)

===''Generations: Thrilling 30''===
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#T30Deluxe|Megatron (Deluxe)]] (uncredited)

===''Legacy: United''===
*[[Bludgeon (G1)#LegacyUnited|Bludgeon]] (original concept)

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
File:WorldsCollide3 MegatronVsGalvatron.jpg|
File:IDWG1Movie TheGatheringStorm UnicrondevoursLithone.jpg|
File:Lio V Ravage.jpg|
File:Jazz-g1-shout-dvds.jpg|
File:Defiance3 OptimusPrime battle.jpg|
File:NewArrivalsOldEncounters_Brawn_HotRod.jpg|
</gallery>

''[[:Category:Images by Don Figueroa|Extended Don Figueroa gallery]]''</center>

==Notes==
*Don developed a very early concept of [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|20th Anniversary]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary/Masterpiece|Optimus Prime]] that transformed similarly to the original Optimus Prime, though with plenty of modern design elements to better resemble his cartoon and comic appearances.
[[File:DonJoeTFConcepts.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|We suffer from a depressing series of rejections!]]
*Don came up with his own ''Transformers''/''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' story pitch back when the [[Transformers/G.I. Joe|original Dreamwave ''G.I. Joe'' crossover]] was in production. Dreamwave did not approve this pitch, instead going with ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]''. After Dreamwave's bankruptcy—when Don was under contract with [[Devil's Due Press]]—he tried pitching his story again, including designs for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] as the Rolling Thunder and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] as [[Destro]]'s Dominator; Devil's Due instead opted to continue their own crossover universe. Don was subsequently assigned to pencil the third Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe/Transformers'' crossover, at the time a [[Cobra-La]]-centric story; however, Hasbro then told them that Cobra-La could not be used. Don tried submitting his pitch again to fill the apparent story-void, but it was once more rejected... and then on top of that, Devil's Due was told that they could not publish another ''Transformers'' crossover until 2006. Don would leave for [[IDW Publishing]] not too long afterward.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/people/interviews/view.php?interview_id=13 Don Figueroa interview at Seibertron.com]</ref>
*According to ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]], the surname of [[Jorge Figueroa]] refers to both a friend of the writer and Don Figueroa.<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=361118&postcount=4280 Orci at the Transformers Movie boards]</ref>
*The origin of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Voyager Class Bludgeon is older than one may expect. Figueroa submitted a concept for a [[Unicron Trilogy]] Bludgeon toy that looked ''very similar'' to the final product way back during the development of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' or ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toylines. Obviously, the concept wasn't put into production as a toy at the time, so Figueroa used it as inspiration for his [[IDW Publishing]] "[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]" [[Bludgeon (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|rendition of Generation 1 Bludgeon.]] However, Hasbro evidently resurrected the concept for the ''Universe'' and then the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' lines. Figueroa notes that his contribution on this toy is very small, as his work on it ended when he submitted the concept to Hasbro way back when.
*Don also still creates [http://robotjapan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=fancustom&action=display&thread=12538 amazing gigantic scratch-built transforming robot toys] in his spare time.

===Stealth bomber Megatron controversy===

[[File:DonFigStealthMegatronPitchedDesign.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|The editor was a real piece of [[Andy Schmidt|schmidt]].]]

*According to Don Figueroa via his now-defunct DeviantArt account, he designed the stealth bomber Megatron which appeared in IDW's ''[[Heart Like a Wheel|The Transformers #13]]'' comic. However, he originally designed it as part of a story pitch which editor [[Andy Schmidt]] rejected. Schmidt later told Figueroa he wanted the pitched concept and the two made plans to work out a deal at the Long Beach Comic-Con. Schmidt stood Figueroa up, not attending the Comic-Con, and then proceeded to use the pitched design in ''The Transformers #13'' with no compensation to Figueroa whatsoever. When Figueroa heard about this, and that Hasbro would be turning the design into a toy (again, with no compensation or credit), Figueroa was less than thrilled.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/don-figueroa-designed-idw-s-stealth-bomber-megatron-but-wasn-t-compensated--t96022s0.php DeviantArt message from Figueroa, archived via Seibertron messageboard post]</ref>
{{-}}

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [https://twitter.com/SketchyFig Twitter account]
* [https://bsky.app/profile/sketchyfigs.bsky.social Bluesky account]
* [https://www.instagram.com/sketchyfigueroa Instagram account]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120304094833/http://donfig.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt account] (deactivated)

===Interviews===
*September 2002—[https://www.seibertron.com/people/interviews/view.php?interview_id=2 Seibertron]
*February 2003—[https://tformers.com/article.php?sid=1015 Tformers]
*January 2004—[https://www.seibertron.com/people/interviews/view.php?interview_id=11 Seibertron]
*February 2004—[https://tformers.com/transformers-interview-comic-artist-don-figueroa/2584/news.html Tformers]
*November 2005—[https://www.seibertron.com/people/interviews/view.php?interview_id=13 Seibertron]
*May 2006—[https://www.unicron.us/tf2006/interview/donfigueroa.htm Unicron]
*June 2007—[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/don-figueroa-the-cybertron-philippines-interview.140836/ Cybertron Philippines]
*December 2007—[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/don-figueroa-interview.159034/ TFW2005]

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Brawl (G1)

2026-03-17T22:34:48Z

Zonorheso: /* Combiner Wars */ Hulk is named in the caption for the image of the toy, but it did not link to his page. Given that this is the only time he is named on this page, I have updated his name to be a link.

{{factions|decepticon|decepticong2|autobot|eliteguard|ascenticon|exarchon}}
{{disambig3|Brawl}}
:''Brawl is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEBrawl.jpg|upright=2.4|thumb|"I wouldn't need the pistol, but I don't wanna have to bend over to aim..."]]

If '''Brawl'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s on the battlefield and you can't hear him coming, it's time to check your audio receptors, because chances are you've gone deaf. Brawl's main distinguishing characteristic is '''VOLUME'''. No matter if he's talking (yelling), moving (clanking and rattling), or fighting (yelling, clanking, rattling, and blasting) you're sure to hear him doing it, as is anyone else in the county. As if that wasn't enough, he is also a ball of barely contained rage and violence with a hair-trigger temper. This makes even his comrades wary, but it does make him a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield... as long as the mission doesn't require stealth. Or zero casualties.

Brawl combines with his fellow Combaticons to form [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tony St. James]] (English), [[Toshiro Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Fritz von Hardenberg]] (German, "Fight or Flee"), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Starscream's Brigade" and "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Ulf Jürgen Söhmisch]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Fight or Flee"), [[Nilton Valério]] (Portuguese), [[Paulo Pinheiro]] (Portuguese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Carlos Seidl]] (Portuguese, "Fight or Flee"), [[Serge Lhorca]] (European French)}}

[[File:StarscreamsBrigade Starscream Brawl.jpg|thumb|"It's YOUR fault I'm not more toy-accurate!"]]
Brawl was one of the five [[renegade Decepticon]]s liberated by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] in the Air Commander's latest attempt to unseat [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. As an element of their imprisonment, they had been reduced to mere [[personality component]]s, so Starscream installed them into abandoned [[World War II]] military vehicles. The transplant caused the vehicles to immediately reconfigure themselves: Brawl in particular went from being an {{w|M4 Sherman}} tank<ref>"Starscream's Brigade" shooting script</ref> to being a... different tank, before turning into a robot. Starscream called them "Combaticons" and announced their names as they transformed, but they didn't recognize him. Nor did they feel particularly indebted to him for their release; Brawl even threatened to pound him into scrap for no apparent reason. In the end, Starscream only guaranteed their loyalty through having given them bodies bereft of [[energy absorber]]s, so they would be dependent upon him to refuel. While their first missions for Starscream were initially successful, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]' intervention meant the brigade's defeat, and Megatron exiled all six to a remote asteroid. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:RevengeBruticus BlastOff Brawl.jpg|left|thumb]]
The Combaticons managed to tow the asteroid to Cybertron and evict [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Brawl would have preferred just to shoot the hell out of the Decepticons and [[Earth]], but [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] managed to rig the [[space bridge]] to drag Earth into the sun. However, the Combaticons were later attacked by mysterious aggressors. Although the Combaticons were confused by their appearance, Brawl figured that they should just annihilate them. As it turned out, the aggressors were holograms created by Starscream and Shockwave, whom the Combaticons captured. Once Megatron, as well as the [[Autobot]]s, arrived, the Combaticons merged into Bruticus, but [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] deactivated him. The Combaticons were then reprogrammed to serve Megatron. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

During a Decepticon operation in the [[Middle East]], Brawl and the Combaticons attempted to ambush the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] in a canyon, but were driven off. Later, Brawl provided ground support against the Aerialbots and merged with his comrades into Bruticus to take on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], but the Decepticons were again defeated. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[File:BOT RepairingBrawl.jpg|right|thumb|Only a fierce backrub could cure Brawl's rage. Megatron happily loaned out Soundwave for a few hours just to get some peace and quiet.]]
When Onslaught ordered the Combaticons to transform in a street, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] knocked into Brawl, who in turn made his displeasure very vocal. They then transformed into Bruticus, who was immediately shot to pieces by [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Swindle was the sole survivor, and he sold his partners' deactivated forms to various humans such as [[El Presidente]]. Under threat of death by Megatron, Swindle stole back the parts of his unit. However, he was unable to find Brawl's personality component, leaving Brawl a silent shell requiring to be guided over to the rest of the group when ordered to form Bruticus. It turned out that the Combaticons couldn't merge at all without that particular piece of technology, much to Megatron's dismay. Swindle was sent out to retrieve the personality component, which had been used by [[Martin and Roland|some]] [[Elise Presser|kids]] to build [[B.O.T. (G1)|a robot]] for a school project. Of course, this made the robot extremely violent, and it destroyed the school lab and fought some Autobots before Swindle found it and recovered the component. This whole ordeal does pose a question: why does Bruticus depend on the personality component of a loud, homicidal maniac to form? {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

By [[2005]], the energy-starved Decepticons had taken refuge on the planet [[Chaar]] and were approached by the [[Quintesson]]s, who provided them with energon in exchange for attacking the Autobots on [[Goo Number 8739-B|Goo]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} Brawl was among those troops that later traveled to Earth to stop the Autobots from delivering a new [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]] to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], but they ultimately failed. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:FightorFlee RazorclawBrawl.jpg|left|thumb|This makes perfect sense in context. Really.]]
During the Decepticon attack on [[Paradron]], Brawl teamed up with [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to capture [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], and together they managed to make him fall off a bridge. Later, he manned a [[molecular cannon]] alongside [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]], but the cannon was destroyed in an Autobot attack. At the same time, Brawl was ''also'' part of Bruticus, who was accompanying [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} Some time later, the Combaticons were sent by Galvatron to assassinate the Decepticon exile [[Octane]]. Because bringing Brawl along when you need to sneak up on someone is a good idea. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}

The Combaticons later performed a hit-and-run attack on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in order to mess up an upcoming peace conference. Brawl got a good shot at [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] in the ensuing battle, but [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] jumped in and took the blast. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} Brawl was part of Galvatron's surprise attack on the Autobots in the [[Netherlands]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}} As part of Bruticus, Brawl took on Defensor in [[Japan]], but the Combaticons were forced to separate and scatter when [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lnyx]] arrived on the scene. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

[[File:ReturnOfOptimusPrime1 BrawlHeadstrong.jpg|right|thumb|oh no brawl's become angry and violent]]
When the [[Hate Plague]] was brought to Earth, the Combaticons were infected by the disease when Bruticus was (rather ineffectively) punched by an infected Ultra Magnus. Bruticus apparently split apart later on, as Brawl was seen rampaging through a human marketplace, crushing various stands beneath his tracks. Soon afterwards he infected Headstrong. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

During a Decepticon invasion of Cybertron, the Combaticons were tasked with installing a giant rocket engine on the planet. Brawl then helped transport defeated Autobots to it, intending on removing their [[power pack]]s to fuel the engine. The Combaticons later held Optimus Prime and a group of Autobots at gunpoint, but were suddenly caught in the middle of a battle between [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====Scramble City=====
When the Stunticons were dispatched to hinder the Autobots from constructing [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]], they were attacked by the Aerialbots and did not fare too well. Brawl and the Combaticons arrived to help, and together Bruticus and Menasor easily overpowered Superion. However, Scramble City itself soon drove up and blasted both combiners into the distance. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:SOSfromSandra Terrorcon Brawl.jpg|thumb|200px|left|"NO MERCY! RIP 'EM APART! I'LL MURDERIZE 'EM! I'LL —" "Your squad's over there, Brawl." "RIGHT! I KNEW THAT!"]]
Brawl and the Combaticons participated in an all-out Decepticon attack on Cybertron, {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} until [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] arrived and drove them away. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Shortly afterwards, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] set out to find the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and bring it to Optimus Prime, and the Combaticons were among the troops sent out to stop him. They were ambushed by the Protectobots, and defeated when Defensor buried Bruticus in a rockfall. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Not long after that, the Combaticons defended [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] against [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]]'s attempted infiltration, but failed when the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] arrived and distracted them. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

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The Combaticons were later part of ''another'' attack on Cybertron, during which they killed plenty of [[Generic|soldiers]] before getting into another fight with Defensor. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} They lost. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} When the Decepticons planted a giant carnivorous plant in [[San Francisco]], the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] were stationed to attack any Autobots who arrived to kill it. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} When the Autobots were preparing [[energon cube]]s to aid the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], Brawl attacked them alongside the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], taking [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]'s place for [[Animation error|reasons unknown]]. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] later sent all the Combaticons, Terrorcons and [[Horrorcon (G1)|Horrorcons]] to attack an Autobot energy facility in [[Florida|Miami]], in order to lure Autobot troops away from [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Combaticons also later unleashed Bruticus as Sixshot continued his reign of terror over the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

Brawl was present when [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] held a speech about Galvatron's recent death and took control of the Decepticons. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}} Bruticus was later part of a small group of Decepticons who tried to lead Fortress Maximus away from the Decepticon base on [[Master (planet)|Master]]. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} The combiner then stood by and laughed as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] sank the luxury liner ''[[Queen World]]'' in the Atlantic Ocean, before being ordered to defend a [[Death Tower]] in [[Australia]]. Bruticus easily took care of Defensor when the Autobot tried to destroy the tower, but was ordered to retreat when the machine activated. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As Bruticus, the Combaticons participated in the final battle with the Autobots at the North Pole, and retreated into space when Scorponok's energy-absorbing satellite started tearing the Earth apart. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
When the Combaticons were hosting an illegal arms trading market, Brawl was annoyed to find his gun and combiner extremity among Swindle's wares. {{storylink|Shopping at the Dark Bazaar!}}

=====''Zone''=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Brawl was of those summoned, but only as part of Bruticus. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Bruticus and the Decepticons joined the revolution of the [[Selector]]s against their human masters. The [[Quintesson]]s and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s sided with the humans, and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] attacked all while craving Angolmois Energy. In battle with a scrambled version of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], Abominus crashed into Bruticus and Menasor and stole some of their limb components to make an even stronger version of himself. Brawl was left abandoned on the battlefield as [[Abomenaticus]] charged back into the fight. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}} Later on, however, he appeared on the [[Precursor World]] and helped [[Turtler]] form the [[Scramble 7]] combination. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[File:Manga8 Brawlshootsadog.jpg|left|thumb|FWUMP]]
When Menasor's baseball stadium/command base was attacked by Superion and Defensor, Bruticus came to his aid. He quickly took out Defensor, damaging [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and preventing the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] from combining again. However, Superion blasted Brawl and Swindle away with his [[electrostatic discharger rifle]], allowing [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] to steal their places as Bruticus's legs and fly away with him. Brawl followed them, meagerly yelling for his enemies to wait up. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

The Combaticons were later sent to hunt down an escaped [[Battle Dog|puppy]] that Megatron had experimented on. Brawl was pretty happy when he got a few shots in on the fleeing animal, but was reprimanded by [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] as they were supposed to capture it alive. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] soon showed up to save the dog, and using its energy, he and the [[Mini-Vehicle]]s defeated the Combaticons. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In the year [[2010]], Brawl participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia. He and his team merged into Bruticus in order to battle alongside Menasor and Devastator against their Autobot counterparts Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme. The fight was fairly evenly matched until Galvatron called up his ace-in-the-hole, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Bruticus and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
{{note|Brawl only appears as a component of Bruticus}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
Galvatron kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton]] of [[Eran]] to upgrade the might of his combiner warriors. When the Autobot combiners arrived to save Dalton, Brawl and his teammates were deployed at high speeds from Onslaught's launcher mode. They met Superion in mid-air, and the force of their deployment enabled the combiner teams to tear him apart. The Combaticons then merged into Bruticus to move in for the kill. They were ultimately outwitted by the Autobots, however, who rescued Dalton and safely returned to Metroplex. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic=====
Brawl formed the right leg of [[Scramble 7]], a Decepticon combiner using various combiner team members in a supposedly "ideal" configuration. Scramble 7 attacked the Autobot base on [[Athenia]], but was defeated by [[Ginrai (human)|Super Ginrai]], [[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]] and [[Ranger]] thanks to their use of [[Chōkon Power]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}}

=====''Zone'' comic=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Brawl was of those summoned, but only as part of Bruticus. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
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Brawl was part of an Autobot [[Elite Guard]] special ops unit created by [[Magnum]] to take out the various [[Decepticon Warlord|leaders]] of the new Decepticon faction, in the hopes of ending the war quickly. He was assigned to the "Combaticons" as their Ground Assault specialist. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}

Before they could get started on their primary mission, however, the [[Autobot High Council]] had a more...diplomatic mission for the Elite Guard. Teamed with their fellow squad, [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]]'s Strike Team, Brawl and the Combaticons were to make contact with an archeological team heralded by [[Alpha Trion]] as responsible for one of the greatest finds of recent history. Brawl had little interest in the old bot's preaching, and he spent the mission briefing drawing little cartoon bombs and explosions on the sheet in front of him. When the Councilbot started talking about demolition work, though, Brawl suddenly became more interested in the job.

Out at [[Median]], they found the mission was even more complicated than Alpha Trion let on. Dig coordinator [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flipsides]] explained how they had uncovered a massively powerful artifact known as the [[Heart of the Dragon]], and the Decepticons had already become aware of it. Brawl and the Elite Guard began fortifying the town to [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]'s specifications to resist attack. Although he preferred DEstruction over CONstruction, Brawl still got to make a lot of noise setting up the barricades, so he enjoyed the work immensely. When [[Dion (G1)|Dion]] of the Strike Team commented how he sometimes missed his truck mode after seeing Brawl in action, the gruff Combaticon laid out his credo for life: ''Reformatting's for wimps.'' Oh, and ''"Aim for the mouth, so's you don't have to talk to them."'' One bot, many credos.

When the attack came, Brawl operated on the second line of defense with Onslaught, [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] and the Strike Team's weaponry expert, [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]. Once the Decepticon [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtrooper]]s made it through the first line, however, it became a game of cybercat and ironmouse, as the 'Cons split up and used sensor ghosts to send the Elite Guard chasing their tails. By the time Brawl even got a clean shot at one of 'em, the Decepticons had already secured their objective and were speeding back to base.

The Elite Guard pursued them and managed to infiltrate the Stormtroopers' transforming mobile fortress, the [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]]. They were forced to confront [[Brimstone (G1 Decepticon)|Brimstone]], a tiny but powerful Transformer brought to life by the Heart of the Dragon. His fiery breath decoupled molecules, sending even Brawl scurrying for cover. Despite said scurrying, Brawl was uncomfortable with leaving Brimstone to burn himself out like the turncoat Stormtrooper [[Drench (G1)|Drench]] suggested. One can only hope the massive explosion that consumed Brimstone and leveled the Metrotitan was enough to satisfy Brawl's battlelust. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

Over the following weeks, the Combaticons and Strike Team continued working together on co-assigned missions against the Decepticon hierarchy. Although they bonded on a personal level, the Combaticons were aware Metalhawk's team was a bit more...squeamish about the duties of war than they were. When they captured a [[Warrior|Decepticon cubeformer soldier]], for instance, Brawl tortured the unwilling informant away from the Strike Team to get the information they needed, and Onslaught concocted a story about a suicide implant to explain the Con's demise. After successfully assassinating Decepticon field leader [[Shadowcaster]], the Combaticons remained in the field to search for more information. They got more than they bargained for and were captured by [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]'s forces. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

Brawl and the Combaticons were isolated behind Oan energy bars, although Brawl was stubborn enough to constantly try and force his way past the unbreakable bars, until his exo-structure was smoldering with the feedback. They were brought before Deathsaurus, who slyly began to manipulate the Special Ops Team into becoming true "Combaticons" under the Decepticon banner. A personal touch was added to sway every Combaticon, but for Brawl he needed to do little more than suggest he ''needed'' help from the Elite Guard in order to fight. That was all it took to make Brawl determined to destroy the Elite Guard just to prove Deathsaurus wrong. Brawl...not very bright. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}}

The Combaticons led an assault on Elite Guard headquarters with Deathsaurus's forces and unveiled the modifications their new commander had fitted them with: combination technology to form the big, bad, battlin' [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]! {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}} Bruticus managed to slaughter pretty much all of the Guard before [[Dion (G1)|Dion]] blinded the giant, forcing them to separate. They headed back to Deathsaurus's base for repairs. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

Repairs proceeded, but the Combaticons were startled to learn that Deathsaurus could force them to combine into Bruticus at will. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}} {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} They still turned out to help defend the base against the remnants of the Elite Guard. Brawl started bashing [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] around, and finally the moment he'd been waiting impatiently for came — the Combaticons began to merge... and were promptly blasted. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}} When it turned out they'd been blasted by more survivors of the Elite Guard massacre, Brawl announced they'd have to have another go at killing them all, but sadly Blast Off was indisposed, so they couldn't form Bruticus. During the end of the battle retreat, Brawl pointed out that Blast Off was still missing, and it delayed the team long enough for the Elite Guard to capture them. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}}

In the hands of the compromised [[Gyronian Sentry|Gyronian Sentry Team]], the Combaticons were whisked away to Deathsaurus's fortress, now under Megatron's control. Though Megatron gave them the option, none of them cared to help Deathsaurus, and they were imprisoned and their personality components subsequently interred in the Decepticon Detention Center. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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''[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], who had held the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] inside his mind, once experienced nightmares of strange new Transformers, [[Special Teams]] with the ability to merge into a giants. Brawl and his Combaticon teammates appeared in one of Buster's earlier dreams, before he sought help from the Autobots. In order to process the information his subconscious was feeding him, Buster linked his mind with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], so that the next dream came through far clearer than the previous ones. Together, they saw into the near future, where Brawl and the Combaticons encountered the Autobots at the [[Pullen Power Plant]]. Here, the Combaticons joined forces with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] against their Autobot counterparts, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. The Combaticons fought together as Bruticus, but were defeated by the teamwork shown by Autobot gestalts [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. After Prime and Buster awoke, the Autobots immediately went to work designing these new warriors. Thanks to [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s hacking skills, however, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] also saw the visions and began working on their own Special Teams.'' {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}} {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

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On his first mission on Earth, Brawl was sent with the Combaticons and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] to steal a [[hydrothermocline]] device from [[Energy Futures Industries]]. When they arrived, they were met by Optimus Prime and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], laying in wait for them. Brawl combined with his team to form Bruticus, but before the giant got a chance to brawl with [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Ethan Zachary|a human]] suggested that they'd play a [[Multi-World|video game]] over the plant instead. Optimus Prime and Megatron both agreed, and Brawl was sent into the video game along with the other Combaticons, Protectobots, and faction leaders. Brawl teamed up with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to destroy [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] in the "Vineland" area of the game. However, they were tripped up by a bunch of vine creatures, [[Decrystallizer cannon|crystallized]], and blown to smithereens. Game over. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

[[File:GonebutNotForgotten Brawlheadcrush.JPG|thumb|"MEGATRON... PLEASE, NO!! I... CAN'T BREA... WAIT!! I... HAVE A... MOU..." *krunnk*]]
Unluckily for him, Brawl learned nothing about caution from this experience. A few days later, he mouthed off at Megatron, telling him to get over the fact that Optimus Prime had died by someone else's hands. Megatron proceeded to pop Brawl's head like a ripe melon and throw his deactivated body into a wall. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

''He got better. On a later mission, Soundwave and the Combaticons were commissioned with destroying the inactive super-Decepticon known as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], who had been trapped inside the lava flow of an active volcano, preserving him like a fly in amber. Shockwave, who had been commanding the Combaticons ever since Megatron was believed dead in a [[space bridge]] accident, nevertheless saw Galvatron as a potential threat to his command, and wanted him eliminated permanently. Vortex and the others were to set up explosive charges around the mouth, burying the future warrior forever. Their plans were waylaid by a group of human females, who used up most of the explosives against the Combaticons. The Decepticons were then forced to retreat once [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and the [[Throttlebot]]s arrived to back-up the humans, but they swore vengeance for the interference.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}}

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After chasing the Throttlebots around, the Combaticons eventually attacked them in a car lot, and Brawl got into another fight with the Protectobots as they arrived on the scene. Blaster stopped him from shooting [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] in the back, and the Combaticons were eventually forced to retreat. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} Shortly afterwards, the group decided to ambush the Protectobots on their way to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. They failed to take the Autobots completely by surprise as Hot Spot recognized Brawl's tank tracks on the ground, and the ensuing battle quickly led to the groups combining. Bruticus claimed victory over Defensor with his brute strength, but was soon tricked and broken into his component parts by Blaster. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

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Brawl was amongst the large number of Decepticons who ambushed the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], only to be beaten back by Blaster and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''Eventually, the Combaticons fell under the command of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. On his orders, Brawl's team staged a raid on the [[Rutter U.S. Military Base]]. There, they secured two armed warheads and components from an advanced guidance computer. The Protectobots intervened part-way through the theft, but once Blast Off cleared the area with the loot, the rest of the team used hit-and-run tactics to fend their rivals off, eventually managing their own getaway.''

''Afterwards, the remaining Combaticons went to check on [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]'s progress at [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]], where Scorponok had likewise tasked them to steal a [[floppy disk]] containing a back-up copy of Optimus Prime's mind. They found [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] about to shoot the jets out of the sky, and blasted the Combiner in the back, crippling him before he could pull the trigger. With the mission a success, Brawl's group then made themselves scarce.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
When the Decepticons engaged in many attempts at obtaining Earth's energy resources around the globe, Brawl and the Combaticons joined forces as Bruticus to battle Superion. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
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Brawl was among the Decepticons preparing to charge into battle against the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. The skirmish ended with the Decepticons soundly defeated. {{storylink|New Dawn}} He was later with his fellow Combaticons attempting to defend the [[Warworld]] against boarders. The enemy managed to overrun the vessel. {{storylink|Total War!}}

===The Special Teams===
Brawl and the rest of the Combaticons were created by Starscream on a remote Pacific island, by combining military vehicles with Energon cubes. They then drove to the [[Pullen Power Plant]], passing Optimus Prime en route, though the Autobot leader was none-the-wiser to the Decepticons in disguise. Onslaught, Brawl and Swindle arrived first on the battlefield, coming upon Menasor already engaged in battle with Defensor. Onslaught then ordered to rest of his team to merge with him to form Bruticus. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
Brawl was damaged trying to breach [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s defenses. He was towed in for repairs by Onslaught and the Decepticon recovery crew. {{storylink|Decepticon Hideout}}

===Battle Beneath the Ice===
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Brawl joined his fellow Combaticons, Vortex and Blast Off, in searching for a city the humans had found hidden beneath the ice. After a brief battle with the Aerialbots, both sides learned that the [[city-dweller]]s were dangerous to Autobot and Decepticon alike, and joined forced against the [[Watcher]] and his ilk. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and the Aerialbots complied with the truce, allowing Brawl and the Combaticons to leave unmolested once everything was over. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===St. Michael ''The Transformers'' Sticker Book===
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Brawl and the rest of the Combaticons served under [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] on a Decepticon ship, when they managed to shoot down the ship being captained by Ultra Magnus. After the Autobots crash-landed on planet [[Barrenikon]], the Decepticons landed their ship nearby to finish off their enemies. In the many possible adventures that followed, Brawl and the other Decepticons often underestimated you, which often led to them losing to the Autobots, leaving them either stranded on Barrenikon, or fleeing after they received too much damage. That is, if you somehow didn't get yourself killed at their hands. {{storylink|The Transformers Sticker Book (St. Michael)|The Transformers Sticker Book}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Brawltww.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|This... is my BOOMSTICK!]]
Brawl participated in [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s siege on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} and, upon arrival, quickly shifted to his tank mode to rain down firepower onto the Autobot stronghold. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} He was joined by fellow heavy-artillery 'bots, [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] and [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] in his assault. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Brawl was on the front lines of the Decepticon army when they finally managed to penetrate the last of the Autobots' defenses. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

During the Dark Ages, when Optimus Prime and Megatron both disappeared into a prototype space-bridge, both factions splintered into several sub-groups. During this time, footage of Brawl's part in the Iacon attack was reviewed by Prowl in preparation for attacks on multiple fronts. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} As part of a combiner group, Brawl's actions were somewhat limited by the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]]; it is unknown how he occupied his time while the Accord was in place. {{storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}}

Millions of years later, the Combaticons were considered war criminals and held in the detention blocks on Cybertron. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Starscream arranged to have them released and brought to Earth as his own private brigade, absconding from Cybertron as Shockwave's regime was being overthrown by the Autobots. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Returning to the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' via an uncooperative [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], Starscream realized he needed to take parts from the Autobots' [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] if he ever hoped to get the ''Nemesis'' flying again, and for that he needed considerable firepower. Fortunately, there was a nearby abandoned military testing ground from which the Combaticons could scan Earth-based alternate modes. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} When the attack on the ''Ark'' was launched, the Autobots had little problem defending against the first wave, successfully capturing [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], but several of the Autobots were soundly beaten when the Combaticons showed up and combined into the mighty Bruticus. The behemoth attacked the ''Ark'' freeing his Decepticon compatriots before going after [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. Unfortunately, the Autobots activated their ship's self-destruct before escaping, damaging the Combaticons in the resulting explosion. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

Damaged or not, the Combaticons soon had to face a powerful enemy when the crazed zealot [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] appeared on Earth, but before they could attack him, Bruticus' head was blown apart by [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] in the Autobot supply ship ''[[Orion]]''. In the aftermath, Bruticus's barely-conscious body was battered upon by an angry Brawn. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Starscream was forced into an alliance with the Autobots to save his neck, and the Combaticons were partially recharged as released as part of the arrangement. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}}

[[File:Onslaught G1DW routeofallevil.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

The repaired Combaticons were brought to Guadalcanal where they could hone their somewhat lackluster combat skills and listen to Starscream's long-winded aspirations of glory. When Swindle commented on Starscream's mental state, Brawl agreed, stating that he'd like to pull the Air Commander's cerebro circuits straight out of his faceplate so they could get a better look at them. Starscream overheard their conversation, but let it pass in order for them to fight the magnificent Autobot [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Unfortunately, the Combaticons did not fare well when the crafty Autobot split into his two forms, with Brawl and Onslaught nearly crushed by the Lynx's right paw.

This was the least of their troubles, however, as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] showed up as soon as Sky Lynx was deactivated. This encounter also did not end well. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Brawl defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===''The Beast Within''===
During an all-out Decepticon offensive, Brawn helped the Predacons battle the Dinobots. When the Dinobots combined into their gestalt form, Brawl combined with his fellow Combaticons in order to square off against [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]]. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{First|[[Spotlight: Arcee]]}}
[[File:Autocracy12-BrawlOnslaughtSkullgrinBlitzwing.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"C'mon! Us tank 'Cons gotta stick together!"]]
Early in the war, Brawl defended the [[Citadel (building)|Citadel]] from the Autobots as part of Blitzwing's unit and was ordered with [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and [[Skullgrin]] to contain the Autobot forces. He got crushed by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] soon after the order. {{storylink|Endgame}} Together with the other Combaticons he left Cybertron rather than suffer [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s leadership, and they made their way to the [[Presidium (planet)|Presidium]] to steal a weapons cache for their own use. Inside the vault was not weapons, however, but [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] who offered the Combaticons payment to return to the fold now that [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] was back. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}} They accepted and returned to Cybertron to participate in Megatron's attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Primacy issue 3|Primacy #3}}

[[File:Spotlight Arcee Arcee hits Brawl.jpg|thumb|right|It was the easiest way to kick Bruticus in the shin.]]
Brawl was a member of the Combaticon tactical unit under the command of [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]]'s [[Decepticon Secret Service]] and helped capture the [[Pretender Monster|"gestalt" transformers]] being held in the [[Garrus-9]] detention facility. He loved killing things: "''We aim to maim!''" Presumably, he was not particularly keen on being maimed himself, as he was impaled by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]'s twin saber blades. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

After a deal was negotiated between Arcee and Banzai-Tron, Brawl and the other Combaticons later helped her in an attempt to recapture [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (who had been stolen by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime's]] forces), though the insane Autobot disappeared mid-battle. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[File:Land Ironclads Brawl misses Swindle.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|"Seriously, I'd give up my personality component to have him back."]]
Years later, most of the Combaticons were left stranded and energon-less on Earth following a failed invasion. They were hired by [[North Korea]]n leader [[Kim Jong Du]] to lead an attack on the [[South Korea|South]]. Brawl, Onslaught and Vortex destroyed a South Korean outpost on the border of the DMZ to this end. {{storylink|International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"|The Land Ironclads}} They chafed under Kim's leadership, but unlike them, the Koreans knew how to produce [[energon]], so they had no choice but to obey. Inevitably, the Autobots showed up to stop the Combaticons from getting involved with human conflicts, but were forced to stay in their vehicle modes for the battle. Car modes and [[Skywatch]] [[crash suit]]s were hardly a match for a tank like Brawl, and the Combaticons got away. {{storylink|International Incident Part 2: "Ranks of Bronze"|Ranks of Bronze}}

While Brawl and his teammates were celebrating their victory, the Autobots returned, and this time they had no problems with transforming. Without exclusive access to robot modes, the Combaticons were outnumbered, with Brawl having to deal with [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] and [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] simultaneously. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} He soon found himself defeated and tied up whilst the Autobots dealt with both the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and a [[Russia]]n [[Nuclear weapon|nuke]] sent to wipe them all out. While they made sure to destroy the North Korean energon facilities, the Autobots couldn't take prisoners at the time, and so the Combaticons were presumably set free. {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|All My Sins Remembered}}

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Several months later, Brawl and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] attacked Prowl as he investigated some sensitive issues. He wasn't worried when [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] came to Prowl's rescue, since the Autobots could never penetrate his armor plating in tank mode, but was defeated and captured after Prowl fired a shot straight through his barrel. Stuck in a state of mid-transformation, he was brought to the Autobot base and interrogated as to who sent him. Brawl insisted that it was all him, but when pressed for information, a failsafe installed in his body by Swindle activated and fused the Autobots' [[Suppressor (device)|suppressors]] to his neural net, sending him into nigh-[[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|Only Forward}} {{storylink|Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|A Second Chance at Eden}}

Brawl was eventually cured and brought home to a reformatted Cybertron, where he was brought by Starscream with a bunch of other Cybertronians to pressure Prowl into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground. Later underground, they witnessed a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterwards with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} When Megatron returned from a long absence only to be captured by the Autobots, Brawl and the other Decepticons started a riot and assaulted the Autobot prison, rescuing him. {{storylink|The Verge}}

In the wake of Megatron's defection to the Autobots, [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] took command of the Decepticons and led them back to Earth, where they formed an alliance with [[Earth Defense Command]] against the Autobots. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} Once [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s arrived with a team of Autobots, Brawl and the others confronted them at the town of [[Poverty Flat]], passing themselves off as United States military vehicles to the locals. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} This attempt at secrecy was foiled when the Autobots brought in a defected [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], forcing the EDC to teleport the Decepticons out of there. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} The Decepticons clashed with the Autobots again at the EDC's [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]] base in a battle that ended with massive damage to their [[Nemesis (G1)|ship]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

[[File:SouthOfHeaven-BrawlLaserbeakBuzzsaw.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|Brawl's secret love for the song "I'm Like A Bird" is revealed.]]
Brawl joined Soundwave's group in visiting the satellite commune that the humans were building for them near Jupiter, but found himself the source of many of [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]'s jokes due to his unease floating around in zero-gravity. {{storylink|South of Heaven}} He took a shuttle back to Cybertron with [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] to make contact with the disgruntled Decepticons and teamed up with [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]], and proceeded to whip up anger and intimidate Camien evangelists. Brawl told Dreadwing that Galvatron was the leader they should've ''always'' had, but during a bar conversation with their new ally, Brawl found himself increasingly angry that Needlenose kept talking about negotiations, soft power, and communes. He overturned their table and got cheers from the crowd as he yelled that the Decepticons should just ''take'' "what is ours", from equality to whole planets. (Then, being a dick, he asked Needlenose to buy replacements for the drinks he'd just spilled.) {{storylink|The Transgressors}}

Remaining on Cybertron, Brawl started hanging out with his fellow Combaticon teammates again as they stewed over Starscream's leadership and his attempts to sweep the past aside. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} On [[Chosen One Day]], Brawl and the guys bought Onslaught a brand new grenade to show him they cared. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

[[File:Perihelion-BrawlShoulderTackleArcee.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|That's for [[:File:Spotlight Arcee Arcee hits Brawl.jpg|THIS]]!!!!]]
Following a Decepticon rally, Brawl and his fellow Galvatron loyalists approached Starscream about getting unfettered access to the space bridge for their people. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} That night, they led a Decepticon march through Iacon Spaceport 1. After blasting Needlenose's interfering brother [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], Brawl and the other Decepticons used the bridge to travel to the ''Ark-7'', where they confronted the Autobots trapped inside Blackrock's force field. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} Brawl battered Arcee into shutdown, then walked into the captured bridge and casually shot the defeated [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]. Then he cut into Needlenose's call to Soundwave and explained the ''real'' reason for all this: Galvatron wanted them to invade Earth and all that "peace" and "alliances" talk was bunk. The ''Ark-7'' was crashed into [[Shanghai]] and the Decepticons all fell into line with Galvatron, with Brawl cheerily telling Needlenose he was glad the guy hadn't gone soft after all. NOW LET'S KILL SOME HUMANS!

When the Autobots abruptly arrived {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} Brawl ecstatically threw himself into the fray. However, the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s "[[mindbomb]]" felled him within the first minute, the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force|Chinese Mecha Force]] began tearing through the Decepticons, and all his team either fled to Soundwave or, in Galvatron's case, teleported out. Brawl was taken through the space bridge by [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], but began fighting his way through the Autobots in a panic and reignited the fight at the other end. Barely surviving an attack by Devastator, he was able to slip away. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

While Onslaught was busy trying to find Swindle's body, Vortex and Brawl took several odd jobs to pay for their home and Engex. He showed particular annoyance when Blast Off went out as well, given that their client was found by Blast Off. {{storylink|07:00:00}} During the riots, Vortex and Brawl took Engex bets on whether or not Blast Off was alive; Vortex won the bet and added that today was a good day for the Combaticons as a whole. When Onslaught took Blast Off for debriefing, Vortex threatened that he and Brawl would go on without them, though it proved just to be hot air. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}}

[[File:TheLineBetweenUs CombaticonsAntespace.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
When Blast Off eventually found the location of Swindle's body, he and Onslaught went after Rattrap. They soon met up with Blast Off and Vortex, who had learned from Wheeljack that Swindle was brain dead and his body was being held deep inside Metroplex. After being led to Swindle, {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} Onslaught used the [[Enigma of Combination]] to fuse all of the Combaticons into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. However, due to Swindle's brain dead mind, Bruticus was incredibly unstable, and Brawl initially panicked from Swindle's pain of being shot. Regardless, Brawl, Vortex and Onslaught all began reveling in their new-found power despite Blast Off's reservation regarding their actions. Soon the gestalt was defeated, and Brawl passed out on the pavement. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

Brawl and the other Combaticons were imprisoned and awaiting trial, though Ironhide was reluctant to prosecute them if their mental scarring proved too great. {{storylink|Ping}} The Combaticons were still comatose when Starscream told the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukarian]] [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] to turn them to his side as one of his combiners. Because the Combaticons' minds had imprinted on each other during their combination, Airachnid found them more susceptible to the process, and thus had them believe that they had always been working for Starscream, using the aware-of-the-manipulation Blast Off to cover any holes in the story. As a result, Brawl and the others were made to believe that they had been Starscream's secret and loyal bodyguards, and that their forming of Bruticus had been a last-ditch attempt to save Swindle's life with Starscream's approval. {{storylink|The Price of You}} Soon the Combaticons "resumed" their work of protecting Starscream, and on Onslaught's first day back Brawl prepared to take the night shift. {{storylink|If I Know You}}

[[File:TAAO Annual Brawl Fears.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Brawl singlehandedly doubles his character development within a single page.]]
Brawl was among the security detail for the ceremony to welcome Earth into the Council of Worlds. When [[Iron Ring|a group of human assailants]] attacked, he mobilised to fight back and evacuate Starscream. {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}}

During her campaign for the role of Cybertron's leadership, Windblade invited people to speak with her one-on-one, Brawl was an unexpected speaker. Admitting that he was now afraid of dying because of the near-death experience caused by the forming of Bruticus, Brawl told Windblade he didn't want the war to start over and that she was the best candidate to prevent that from happening. During the final debate, Starscream revealed all of his crimes to the public, including the manipulation of the Combaticons. As a result, Brawl and the other Combaticons were imprisoned for their rampage as Bruticus. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
Summoned by Starscream to act as his elite squad (whose first mission, of course, was to overthrow [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]), Brawl rolled onto the scene alongside [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], and a repainted [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]. When Onslaught boasted that they could leave the strategy to him, Brawl declared that he'd handle the destroying. Like Onslaught and Swindle, Brawl was irritated when Vortex offered to stay behind and guard the base. When the Combaticons combined into Bruticus, Vortex constant worry for the base's safety compelled the team to withdraw. Shortly after, Starscream, under imminent threat of a beating from Megatron, contacted the team to demand to know where they were, Brawl joined his teammates in happily informing their illustrious leader they were all protecting the base together. Aww. {{Storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
The Combaticons infiltrated [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] disguised as their vehicles, with Brawl taking on the form of a [[MOBAT]] tank. During the Decepticon-[[Cobra]] attack on the [[United Nations]], the Combaticons revealed themselves and combined into Bruticus to fight [[GIJONIN]]. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The [[Combaticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Combaticons]] fought multiple tours together. It's likely that the first one of these was when they all changed their alternate modes to Earth-based ones. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}

Brawl was often needled and frustrated by his fellow Combaticons in order to make better use of his focused battlefield fury. He often needed to be told important information multiple times, but he ''was'' learning from [[Onslaught (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Onslaught]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Brawl's bio}}

The other Combaticons knew better than to trust [[Swindle (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Swindle]] with ''anything''. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Swindle's bio}}

Bruticus as a combined form was created by [[Shockwave (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Shockwave]] for the express purpose of pummeling Autobots. {{storylink|Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Decepticon Shockwave's bio}}

[[Blast Off (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Blast Off]] was captured at one point, leaving the team unable to form Bruticus. Eventually, they were reunited. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}

The Combaticons were posted on Cybertron during the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Swindle's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Vortex's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Brawl's bio}}

===''Combiner Wars'' cartoon===
Brawl was among the Decepticon troops who bore witness to a pivotal duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron, one meant to end the war before the never-ending arms race between the two factions spiralled further out of control. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Optimus Prime}}

===''Win If You Dare''===
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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Constructicons Rising, Part 4|''Galaxies'' #4]]}}
[[File:WarsEndPartTwo Brawl.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8]]
At some point, Brawl posed in a group photo with many Cybertronians, including [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. {{storylink|Open Comms}} As a member of [[The Rise]], Brawl came to pickup the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] along with the [[Energon]] cubes they had produced off of [[Mayalx]] with [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], and Blast Off. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 4}}

Back of Cybertron, [[Exarchon]] the Threefold Spark returned and recruited his old collaborator Shockwave at the Rise base. Brawl and the Combaticons decided to throw in with Exarchon rather than become smaller fish in the Decepticon army. {{storylink|War's End Part One}} The Combaticons deployed to meet a second Threefold Spark body, possessing [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]], at a hidden base he had never shared with Shockwave. They agreed to serve as deterrence for any invaders while Exarchon finished his plans. Sure enough, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and a force of Decepticons led by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] soon assaulted the canyon. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} A group of Autobots became involved as well, but they all pulled back once the Combiner [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] arrived from deep space at Shockwave's call. Brawl and the others cautiously welcome Devastator, along with the Rise's other lieutenant [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] as reinforcements. Exarchon became greedy, however, and tried to impose his spark on Devastator rather than using him as an ally. {{storylink|War's End Part Three}} He failed, but it left the Constructicons disabled and useless as support. The Combaticons soon faced a united attack from the Autobots and Decepticons again. Exarchon was defeated, trapped in a Titan spark cage, which was then destroyed. Brawl and his cohorts were taken into Decepticon custody. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
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===Energon Universe===
[[File:TF2023 no. 9 – Onslaught & Brawl.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.12|''10 Haunting Photos Taken Moments Before Disaster'']]
Brawl and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] chased down [[Elita One (G1)#Energon Universe|Elita One]] through a [[space bridge]], as [[Onslaught (G1)#Energon Universe|Onslaught]] commanded the team to form [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], the fembot shot the space bridge terminal with Brawl halfway through, bisecting the Combaticon at the waist. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9|Transformers #9}}

After the Autobots retreated and the Decepticons began repairing the space bridge, Onslaught dragged Brawl out of the way, assuring his comrade that he would be made whole soon. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 10|Transformers #10}} Following the battle, a huge chunk of Cybertron fell into the ocean, but Brawl and Onslaught were rescued from the ensuing carnage by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. After being pulled aboard, Brawl corroborated Starscream's assertions of the Combaticons' penchant for violence. Later, the group returned to the crashed section of Cybertron and reunited with the remaining Combaticons. Brawl and Onslaught agreed with Starscream's assertions that [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] was an ill-fitting leader, Brawl asserting that he was a traitor for his plotting against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. The group then watched as Starscream slaughtered most of his human rescuers. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 14|Transformers #14}}

Once the Combaticons were repaired, Starscream led them into battle against Soundwave, the quintet combining into Bruticus, {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} who was then defeated by [[Devastator (G1)#Energon Universe|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 18|Transformers #18}} With [[Megatron (G1)#Energon Universe|Megatron]]'s return, Brawl fell in line, and later brought forth a badly-wounded Astrotrain so that the newly repaired Starscream could execute the triple changer as punishment.{{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 20|Transformers #20}}

He then reformed Bruticus for an attack on the [[Ark (G1)#Energon Universe|Ark]]{{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 21|Transformers #21}} Later, After a final battle with the Autobots in [[Chicago]], Brawl, as a leg, was seen torn off Bruticus.{{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 24|Transformers #24}}

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==Commercial appearances==
*Brawl, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] were part of a Decepticon attack force that assaulted the Autobots' launch site. All three were rammed by Ultra Magnus in his vehicle mode as he entered the fray. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus commercial}}
*Brawl and the rest of the Combaticons charged down a ravine to face-off against [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. As they neared him, the Combaticons combined into Bruticus and took to the skies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Bruticus and Metroplex|Bruticus and Metroplex commercial}}
*Brawl was part of a massive battle between Kreons. He and the Combaticons combined into Bruticus to gain the advantage in battle, and then chased the Autobots off alongside [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O Transformers Micro Changers and Combiners Construction Sets commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Brawl was active in the Decepticon/Autobot war when [[Doctor Arkeville]] created [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]. He didn't take an active role when the Doctor's creation went on a rampage and was stopped by the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] however. {{storylink|Nemesis Rising}} Brawl assisted [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Apeface]] in attacking the Autobots on Earth in an attempt to obtain the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], but even with his help, the mission was a failure. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Earth Defense Command}}
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|King Pig#As Brawl}}
Brawl appears as one of the first unlockable characters. He is portrayed by King Pig. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsBrawl.jpg|thumb|400px|left|I could bend over to use my tank cannon, but this oversized gun is ''way'' better!]]
Brawl participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal. He was also a starter character for all players at a later point in the game. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file: BrawlEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Hey, no need for a giant gun on my back. I got a Grenade Launcher. And '''LOUD ROCKETS'''.]]

Whether he be talking, blasting or even just walking, Brawl lives to be loud. A constant clank and bang of rattling metal emanates from his frame on any battlefield he's on, the cacophony of noise annoying any of his fellow Decepticons nearby, Combaticons included. Furthermore, he's volatile and quick to explosive anger, and is just all around an unpleasant fellow, though this reputation at least serves to terrify his foes.{{storylink|source:Transformers:_Earth_Wars/2016#Brawl|Brawl Bio}}

Brawl is one of warriors on Earth alongside his fellow Combaticons. He's probably jealous that [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] got to Earth first before him. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

When Swindle gets wind that the Autobots are on the move to a signal in the Arctic, he and Brawl try to head there themselves. Brawl, as usual, makes himself REALLY loud by shouting, As usual. Swindle tells him to shut up or at least be more quiet, until Starscream comes and finds out about Swindle's plan, and leads the operation himself. Brawl calls for them to wait up.

When they arrived, he shouted what in the [[Anatomic euphemism#Lugnuts|lugnutz]] had they found. Megatron, who was already there, told him that it was a [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. Brawl wanted to blast the entrance open, but Megatron told him that their presence must remain secret to the Autobots on the surface. After Shockwave suggested an alternative, Megatron ordered Brawl to bring in the Constructicons.
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Arctic Saga - Frozen Fortress}}

While the Constructicons were drilling through the fortress. Brawl made himself extremely noisy, And Long Haul complained that "Brawl has to '''SHOUT''' continually!". He set up the high explosives to break though the main chamber, and he and Starscream went in first, but retreated upon seeing Deathsaurus. For once he was speechless. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Arctic Saga - What Lies Beneath}}

He appropriately yelled, "LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" when the fortress was about to self-destruct.
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Arctic Saga - Monster Within}}
*'''Added''': [[April 6]], 2016
*'''Autobot Counterpart''': [[Prowl (G1) #Transformers: Earth Wars|Prowl]]
*'''Class:''' Gunner
*'''Star Ratings:''' 2 - 5 stars
*'''Weapons''': Brawl uses a standard issue grenade launcher, but with grenades that make a larger BOOM. And it's loud. VERY loud.
*'''Ability: '''Rocket Barrage - Brawl fires off 4 rockets dealing damage around the target.
**'''Cost''': 6 ability points +2 for reuses.
*'''Level 11 Bonus''': Explosions created by rockets have twice as large a radius.
*'''Compatible C.O.M.B.A.T.s:'''
**Companion
**Ranged
*'''Collection Group''': Combaticons
*'''Combiner''': Bruticus

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:brawl Brawl at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
[[File:Brawl TFO.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Don't worry, my friends! I will be your shield!"]]
{{bigquote|I'm just wild by default.}}

When it comes to notoriety amongst the Decepticons, Brawl is considered the bully of the bunch. Brawl's hot-headed demeanor causes him to easily lose his temper. Regardless of faction, he will relentlessly attack anyone who gets in his way. Despite his wild, militaristic disposition, Brawl is still an exemplary soldier in combat. He is often assigned to serve in a Decepticon vanguard unit. No one knows Brawl's brash shouting was to keep himself sane, because if he keeps quiet, he feels like nothing but a lowly coward.

In battle, Brawl wields the "[[Giant Fists of Fury]]" and a double barreled, semi-automatic "[[Eye of the Thunderstorm]]" submachine gun. His active skill is "Smart Cover":
*'''Smart Cover''' — Brawl projects a transparent wall in front of him that only he and his allies can pass and shoot through. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}} <ref>[http://tfol.qq.com/act/a20160726data/hero12.shtml Brawl on the Transformers Online website]</ref>
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBOBrawl.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]
Brawl was in command of the fifth Decepticon base attacked and destroyed by the Autobots during a series of raids. He pursued the invaders in tank mode launching several bombs and missiles against his target, but foolishly ran over his own bombs and blew himself up. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Brawl was a member of the Combaticons. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

On Earth, Brawl and the other Combaticons acted as a liaison between the Decepticons and the forces of [[Cobra]], offering them advanced alien technology in exchange for their full cooperation. While meeting with [[Chameleon (G.I. Joe)|Chameleon]] in southern [[France]], the Autobots attacked and only narrowly escaped after Onslaught wounded Bumblebee. The Combaticons, minus Swindle, spent days pursuing the battered Autobots across southern France before bumping into a [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] encampment; leery of their advanced weapons and unable to form Bruticus, the Combaticons retreated. {{storylink|Cobra/Con Fusion}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1Brawl toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Available in space camouflage.]]
*'''Brawl''' (Combaticon, [[1986]]/[[1987]])
**''Team ID number'': '''C1'''
**''Takara/GiG ID number'': '''D-67'''
**''Accessories'': [[electron gun]], twin [[sonic cannon]]
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Brawl transforms into a green Leopard 1A3 main battle tank. In vehicle mode his armament is supplemented by a large dark gray anti-aircraft gun mounted of the back of the tank's hull. In robot mode Brawl is armed with a small dark gray gun. Brawl normally operates as Bruticus' left leg, but as a [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, he can also act as any other limb for any other combination of robots who share the connection design. Bruticus's package art has Brawl face forwards when latter becomes one of the legs while the instruction manual has Brawl face backwards like his in-show appearance. Forward-facing Brawl ''seems'' to be the intended configuration, as the back of his tank turret has a gap that fits perfectly around the back of Onslaught's leg, but neither option affects the combiner's overall stability and, let's face it, Bruticus having a turret on his knee is goddamn ''awesome''.

:The initial release of Brawl had [[die-cast]] metal treads on his legs, but like several other 1986 toys, later releases replaced this with colored plastic. In 1987, he came packaged with a random Decepticon [[Decoy]] and accompanying mini-comic/checklist.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Brawl/brawl.htm More information on Brawl at TFU.info]''
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*'''Bruticus''' (Gift set, 1985)
**''Takara ID number'': '''D-69'''
**''Accessories'': electron gun, twin sonic cannon
:In addition to his single release, Brawl was also sold in a "Bruticus" [[giftset]] alongside the other Combaticons. The gift set was never available in the USA or Canada, but only in [[Japan]] and [[Italy]].

:In 1988, [[GiG]] also re-released the Bruticus set in Italy, with five random "Exogini Transformers" ([[Decoy]]s) added.

{{anchor|1991Classic}}
*'''Decepticon Brawl''' ([[1991]])
**''Accessories'': electron gun, twin sonic cannon
:Brawl was re-released in 1992 as part of the [[Europe]]an-market ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' line. This version uses the plastic treads, and his [[rubsign]] indent has been filled in.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy Brawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Before [[Megaplex]] came about, Megatron disguised Brawl as himself to draw fire away.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Brawl''' (Combaticon, [[1994]])}}</ul>
:*''Team ID number'': '''C1'''
:*''Accessories'': "Electron gun", "twin sonic cannon"

: Released in the second year of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', the original Brawl toy was [[redeco]]ed into bright green with purple camo (sans any customer-applied stickers). Presumably this is so he can hide in the same green and purple forests as [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Megatron]]. This version uses only plastic parts, no die-cast metal.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Brawl/brawl.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Brawl at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Generationstoy-G2Brawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"I don't care what "G" it is, I'm staying green."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Bruticus''' (Box set, [[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Rifle
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Franks]] (deco artist)}}

: A redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Brawl (WFC)#Generations|Decepticon Brawl]], available only as part of an Amazon.com/[[BigBadToyStore]] shared exclusive "Decepticon Bruticus" [[giftset|gift set]], with all the Combaticons' colors based on their 1994 ''Generation 2'' counterparts.

: Brawl's [[alternate mode]] is a green "[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]]" hover tank with a twin-barreled turret. Unlike most other Transformers toys with tank alternate modes, Brawl sports ''no'' wheels whatsoever. His robot mode rifle can be attached to the turret (between the two cannon barrels) and thus serve as an additional weapon. In robot mode, Brawl can hold his rifle (which features a [[5 mm post]] as its handle) in either hand.

: In addition to his robot and vehicle modes, Brawl can also combine with his fellow Combaticons into Bruticus and serve as any of the gestalt robot's four limbs, though his official configuration shown in the [[instructions]] is the left leg.

: This toy was [[retool]]ed into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Twintwist#Toys|Twintwist]].
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe-ROTF-toy Brawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| BRWL!]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' ([[2008]])
**''Series'': '''G1 Series'''
**''Accessories:'' Energon Gun-radar/hand, Decepticon-type [[energon star]]
:''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Brawl is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Kickback (Energon)|Kickback]]/[[Blight (Energon)|Blight]] sculpt, transforming into a green [http://www.army-technology.com/projects/gepard/gepard1.html Gepard] anti-aircraft tank. His tank mode is adorned with the text "1MJ9" in a font that says "brwl" when read upside-down. When combined with the other Combaticons, Brawl is nominally Bruticus Maximus' left leg, though he can be used in any other limb position.

:He was only available as part of the ''Universe'' Bruticus Maximus [[giftset]], which also contains [[Blast Off (G1)#Universe (2008)|Blast Off]], another redeco of the same sculpt used for Brawl. The ''Universe'' version of the giftset was initially intended to be released as a [[Target]] exclusive in the United States, but ultimately ended up being only available in some non-American markets such as Australia and Singapore. Instead, American markets eventually received a [[rebranding|rebranded]] version of this giftset (with no changes to the toys themselves) in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' packaging (thereby creating a new version of the pre-existing [[live-action film series]] [[Brawl (Movie)#Exclusive figures|Brawl]] character as well as a new [[Blast Off (ROTF)|Blast Off]] character), exclusively available at Target stores in the United States and at Zellers stores in Canada.

:This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], as well as the ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' versions of Brawl (see [[#United|below]]) and [[Blast Off (G1)#United|Blast Off]]. Another planned redeco, ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Gunbarrel (Movie)#Tiys|Gunbarrel]], was canceled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TargetBrawl/brawl.htm More information on ''Universe'' Brawl at TFU.info]''
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===''Encore''===
*'''Bruticus''' ([[2009]])
**''ID number:'' '''16'''
:A reissue of the original G1 Brawl toy at first sight, this toy is actually a redeco of the ''Robots in Disguise'' Armorhide retool of the sculpt. This version of Brawl was only available as part of a Bruticus gift set released under [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line of reissues.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy Scout Brawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Ooh, I feel dizzy...]]
*'''Decepticon Brawl''' (Scout Class, [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' cannon
:A redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Hunt for the Decepticons'']] [[Breacher (TF 2010)#Toys|Breacher]], ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Brawl transforms into a Land Systems OMC {{w|Ratel IFV}}. His cannon uses the [[C joint]] system, so it can be clipped onto multiple places on his robot mode, as well as on other figures with appropriate mounting points. (The [[instructions]] completely neglect to mention this, instead insisting on keeping the weapon attached to the vehicle roof mount in robot mode, thus keeping his weapon on his back even though he comes packed with the gun clipped onto his fist.) His arm-panels also utilize 3 mm clips, therefore they can be equipped with assorted C joint accessories. They can also be removed and used as shields as they too are attached to his wrists with C-joints. The side of Brawl's alt mode is decorated with "D67", the Japanese ID number of his original toy.

:Originally developed by Hasbro Asia for release in their territories, Brawl was brought over with many other toys as [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusives for the 2012 holiday season.

:This mold would also have been used for the canceled ''Reveal the Shield'' [[Bodyblock (TF 2010)#Toys|Bodyblock]] toy.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/GDOBrawl/brawl.htm More information on ''Generations'' Brawl at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Generationstoy-RetailBrawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Decepticon Brawl''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Series/number'': '''01/#007'''
**'''PART 5 OF 5!'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''TG05'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[January 26]], [[2013]]
**''Accessory:'' rifle
{{note|The Aligned [[Brawl (WFC)#Retail|Brawl]] toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Brawl in many continuities.}}
:A [[redeco]] of Decepticon Brawl from the [[Bruticus (WFC)#FOCDeluxe|Decepticon Bruticus]] [[giftset]] was available individually alongside his fellow Combaticons as part of the second [[wave]] of the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]''-themed 2012-onwards Deluxe Class ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' assortment. These versions of the Combaticons replace the [[Show-accuracy|game-accurate]], Generation 1-inspired decoes with more "flashy" colors apparently homaging the color scheme of [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]].

:Aside from the colors, mass retail Brawl is identical to the version from the Decepticon Bruticus gift set.

:Unsurprisingly for an Aligned toy inspired by Generation 1, ''Fall of Cybertron'' Brawl was used in multiple Generation 1-based stories. The Hasbro deco appeared in IDW's ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comic series<ref>Brawl's first appearance in "season 1" of ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' came in the the 2012 [[Primus: All Good Things|''Robots in Disguise'' annual]], wherein artist [[Andrew Griffith]] drew him according to the contemporary High Moon Studios [[:File:WFC Brawl.jpg|game model]] that debuted in ''War for Cybertron''.</ref> while the TakaraTomy deco [[Brawl (G1)#Transformers: All Spark|appeared]] in the ''[[Transformers: All Spark]]'' manga series and the ''[[Transformers Cloud]]'' illustrated text stories.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Brawl/brawl.htm More information on ''Generations'' Brawl at TFU.info]''
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===''United''===
[[File:UnitedBrawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Bruticus''' ([[November 7]], 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Energon gun-radar/hand, Decepticon-type [[energon star]]
:Released exclusively by TakaraTomy in non-Japanese Asian markets, this redeco of the ''Energon'' Bruticus Maximus set has colours similar to the previous ''Universe''/''Revenge of the Fallen'' release, but with a greater emphasis on G1-accuracy. Brawl trades in the olive coloured plastic for dark green and grey. Additionally, the gun-radar/combined mode foot/hand previously cast in translucent coloured plastic is now opaque grey, though his energon star remains orange.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Brawl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Decepticon Bruticus''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A2225'''
**''Pieces'': '''79'''
**''Accessories'': pistol, bazooka, 2 clip-on treads
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:Brawl comes as part of the [[Bruticus (G1)#Kre-O|Bruticus]] [[Micro-Changer]] combiner set, and can be rebuilt from his robot mode into a tank. He can also contribute his bricks to form Bruticus. Unlike [[Swindle (G1)#Kre-O|Swindle]] but like [[Onslaught (G1)#Kre-O|Onslaught]], and [[Vortex (G1)#Kre-O|Vortex]], he is based on his [[#Toys|Generation 1 toy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OBrawl/brawl.htm More information on Brawl at TFU.info]''

{{anchor|Combiner3pack}}
*'''Combiner Robot Mega Pack''' (3-pack, [[2016]])
**''Set number'': '''???'''
**''Pieces'': '''245'''
:3 years later, the 3 Micro-Changer combiners Superion, Bruticus, and Menasor were reissued and released as a 3-pack. The toys were unchanged from their individual releases.

===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:BotShots 5packBrawl.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Combaticons''' (Team 5-Pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''T0??'''
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}
:**''Fist strength'':
:**''Blaster strength'': '''307'''
:**''Sword strength'':

:A gray and green redeco of the [[Brawl (Movie)#Bot Shots|original Brawl mold]], this figure was to have been part of a 'Combaticons' Team 5-Pack alongside [[Onslaught (G1)#Bot Shots|Onslaught]], [[Blast Off (G1)#Bot Shots|Blast Off]], [[Swindle (G1)#Bot Shots|Swindle]], and [[Vortex (G1)#Bot Shots|Vortex]]. Ultimately, the ''Bot Shots'' line was cancelled before the set saw release.
{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CWDlxBrawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Third party? I don't need no slaggin' third party!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Brawl''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Barrel/rifle, gun/hand/foot
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxes, Brawl transforms into a military tank of some kind. Though the turret cannot rotate, the barrel can hinge up and down. Said barrel can also pop off for Brawl to wield in robot mode as a rifle. The gun/hand/foot accessory can also be attached to the turret to homage to his tank mode with [[Sonic cannon|twin sonic cannon back in G1]].

:Brawl has a slight engineering problem: his waist isn't designed to completely collapse into itself to attach to the hips, so he literally has no stomach (stock photography tends to hide this issue by showing Brawl from a high angle). Additionally, due to tolerance issues on many copies of the figure, the waist doesn't click in in its intended configuration—leading his chest to often flop backward. Later samples of Brawl and all subsequent uses of the mold however appear to have the remedied the issue for the most part allowing the waist to at least stay tabbed in. Additionally, his robot mode legs do not peg very firmly together, resulting in them separating frequently in arm configuration. Particularly, the tab on the hardpoint for the combined mode hand does not fit snugly into the slot. The tab and slot on his knees is similarly loose, but to a lesser degree.

:As Brawl is a ''Combiner Wars'' figure, he can combine with his fellow [[Combaticon (G1)#Combiner Wars|Combaticons]] to form [[Bruticus (G1)#Combiner Wars|Bruticus]] as either an arm or a leg. He can also combine with any ''Unite Warriors'' Voyager class figure or even form one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs.

:Brawl comes with a copy of "''Combiner Wars'' #2" (actually [[Night and the City|''Robots in Disguise'' #9]]), while regional versions outside of the United States come with a collector card. He and the last three waves of ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe and Voyager figures later showed up at TJ Maxx at reduced prices with the collector card.

: This mold was retooled to make [[BotCon 2016]] [[Ram Horn#Combiner Wars|General Ramhorn]], [[Nosecone (G1)#Generations|Nosecone]], [[Drillhorn (G1)#Generations|Drillhorn]], and [[Killbison#Generations|Ironbison]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWBrawl/brawl.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Brawl at TFU.info]''
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[[File:CW-toy Brawl G2.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I am [[Hulk|HULK]]!!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bruticus''' (Collection Pack, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': barrel rifle, gun/hand/foot

: The entire ''Combiner Wars'' Combaticon team was redecoed into close approximations of their ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' colors; honestly Brawl turned out pretty spot-on, maybe a slight shade darker but nothing especially egregious.

: This release seems to have the more secure waist from the original deco's later runs.

: This version of the team was only available as a large boxed set, which also included a ''Generation 2''-ish version of [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#CWG2|Shockwave]]. This was the fourth of five different combiner "Collection Pack" box sets, which were "shared exclusives" sold by numerous online retailers... though many ultimately ended up at US discounters like Ross and TJ Maxx.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWG2Brawl/brawl.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Generation 2 Brawl at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-UW07-Brawl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Ironically, his favorite ''Super Smash Bros.'' game is ''Ultimate''.]]
*'''Bruticus''' (giftset, [[June 25]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-07'''
**''Accessories'': Individual Combatron Weapons, Combatron extremities
:''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Brawl is a redeco of the ''Combiner Wars'' mold in a color scheme based on his cartoon appearance, including changes such as giving him a gray head with yellow eyes and red faceplate and a hand-foot-gun cast in the same brown as his body. Brawl was sold only in a multi-pack with the other Combatrons.

:As a Deluxe Class ''Unite Warriors'' figure, he can combine to form the leg or arm of any combiner from Hasbro's ''Combiner Wars'' subline or any ''Unite Warriors'' figure, but would usually be associated with Bruticus.
{{CWBrawlMold}}
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP-Brawl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The official return of his long lost abdomen.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Combaticon Brawl''' (Voyager Class, [[2026]])}} </ul>
:*'''3 of 5: [[Bruticus (G1)#Age of the Primes|Bruticus]]'''
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Brawl''' (ブロウル)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AOTP-30'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2026]] [[April]]
:*''Accessories:'' 1x small blaster, 2x cannons
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (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 first 2026 wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', Combaticon Brawl converts from Sunbow accurate robot mode to tank. Unusually for a Scramble City limb released throughout ''Legacy'' and ''Age of the Primes'', he is a Voyager, not a Deluxe, to give him a little more bulk and complexity, and ratchets to provide ankle articulation for the Combaticons' combined mode…. or so the designers said, as the actual toy includes no such ratchet. This price point bump does allow him to come with a pair of large cannons in addition to his handheld blaster, like his original toy.

:He, of course, combines with his fellow ''Age of the Primes'' Combaticons (or, at least, Onslaught's frame) to form [[Bruticus (G1)#Age of the Primes|Bruticus]]. In line with other "frame" combiners made in recent years, he forms only the leg, with the ankle joint restricting him to the left, with no arm mode.

:Word of warning: the instructions tell you to lift the feet up farther than is possible on the toy. Several copies of this figure have also been reported coming with stress marks on the leg mode's ankle joint out of the box.

:Brawl was revealed at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2025.

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==Merchandise==
===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 Brawl was slated to be one of the Pawn pieces on the Decepticon 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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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Bruticus and Defensor.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
*'''Guardian & Bruticus Set''' ([[December]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''71 & 72'''

:Released as part of the tenth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "[[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]" (with his components [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]) and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (with ''his'' components [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and Brawl) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#71|Translation of Defensor's Transformers Character Card]]''
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===''Blokees''===
[[File:Blokees-TF-Galaxy-Defender-04-Brawl-Vehicle.jpg|thumb|200px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Brawl (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version Defender 04- Tyrant's Fury'''

:Released as part of the fourth wave of the ''Defender Version'' line of blind boxes, this ''Blokees'' kit of Brawl is molded in his tank form. Like the Constructicon vehicles, Brawl features two combiner hardpoints for Bruticus.

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==Notes==
*The [[character model]]s of the Combaticons are kinda... okay, ''heavily'' made-up. Brawl has a lot of extra bits, and his arms are completely different from the toy. Early models of the team which were a bit more accurate to the toys—except for the heads, oddly enough—have shown up in various sourcebooks, though Brawl's is still off in some very odd ways. Even his final vehicle-mode model is off-kilter, resembling a British {{w|Centurion tank|Centurion}} more than a German Leopard 1.
*The packaging of the 1990 European [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] release of the original Onslaught toy depicted the Combaticons in new color schemes, despite the fact that the actual toys looked identical to their original releases. While it may never be known for certain, it has been theorized that these colors originated from a packaging printing error rather than a legitimate attempt to [[redeco]] the Combaticons.
*Brawl's animation model was used multiple times (in both robot and tank modes) as [[generic]] Decepticons in the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon]].
*According to the [[Walmart]] computer database, there seemed to have been plans at some point for a ''[[War Within (franchise)|War Within]]'' version of Brawl in the 6" ''[[Titanium Series]]'' line. No other evidence of these plans has come to light.
*In the ''Wings of Honor'' continuity the Combaticons are swayed to the Decepticon side by Deathsaurus appealing to their darker natures, represented by one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Shockingly, Brawl's Wrath was his undoing (though one might also make an argument for Lust. Battlelust, that is.)
*Interestingly, Hasbro documentation pertaining to the alternate [[Ironclad]] head for ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe Class [[Rook (CW)#Toys|Rook]] labeled it as a "Brawl" head.<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/145413-the-second-annual-petes-robot-convention-and-dab-academy-june-9-10-2018/page-14#entry3744333 Comments by Pete Sinclair and Jesse Wittenrich]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Brawl''' (ブロウル, ブロール ''Burōru'')
*''French:'' '''Baggareur''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Huligán''' ("Hooligan")
*''Italian:'' '''Bomber'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zhēngchǎo''' (Taiwan, 爭吵, "Brawl"), '''Chǎonào''' (China, 吵闹, "Brawl")
*''Russian:'' '''Grom''' (cartoon, Гром, "Thunder")
*''Polish:'' '''Awanturnik''' (TM Semic Comic, "Troublemaker")
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:G1OddCombat.jpg
File:EuroClassicsCombaticons.jpg
File:WFC Brawl.jpg|High Moon Studios concept base which inspired Brawl's 2012 IDW robot mode
File:WFC-Brawlvehicle.jpg|High Moon Studios concept base which inspired Brawl's 2012 IDW vehicle mode
File:CW Brawl cvr.jpg|''Combiner Wars'' comic packaging art
File:EW-skin-Brawl-G2.jpg|''Earth Wars'' ''Generation 2''-themed skin
File:Transformers 2023 15 2nd Ptg Cover A.jpg
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Age of the Primes Decepticons]]
[[Category:Amazon exclusives]]
[[Category:Combaticons]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Earth Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Elite Guard]]
[[Category:Encore]]
[[Category:Energon Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Generations Selects Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Character Card Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Decepticons]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Decepticons]]
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Sunstreaker (G1)/toys

2026-03-16T18:44:24Z

Zonorheso: /* Universe (2003) */ Tigertrack is named in the caption for the image of the toy, but it did not link to his page. I have updated his name to do so.

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[[File:G1boxart-Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|Hi, my box art is better than yours.]]
'''Sunstreaker''' is pretty in plastic!

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1-toy Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yellow, I love me, let me jump in your game.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (Autobot Car, 1984-1986)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right fists, 2 "rocket boosters", 3 rockets
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Jeffrey Mangiat]] (packaging artist)}}

: Sunstreaker was released as part of the first year of the ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' line in the US, transforming into a "Super Tuning" customized Lamborghini Countach LP500S with an exposed rear-mounted engine. Each robot mode arm has a spring-launching mechanism to fire his fists, his chrome missiles, or his "rocket boosters" (once the boosters' main body was pushed forward to lengthen the connection peg), but the springs were severely neutered or removed outright in the US [[for safety reasons]]. The boosters fit very ''very'' loosely in the holes in his rear bumper/robot shoulders, making them pretty dubious additions to either mode.

: As with all his 1984 brethren, a heat-activated [[rubsign]] was added to Sunstreaker in 1985, appearing on his left door. Removed from toystore shelves in 1986, he was then made available as a mail-away item in several different promotions, among them a "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (G1)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]" flier packed with most boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $8 and two [[Robot Point|robot points]].

: When Hasbro released the original ''Transformers'' toys in continental Europe through then-recently-acquired [[Milton Bradley]] in 1985, several toys were actually pre-existing stock originally intended for [[Joustra]]'s version of ''[[Diaclone]]'' acquired by Hasbro and put into MB-branded ''Transformers'' packaging. For some reason, the Sunstreaker toy (sporting its yellow Hasbro ''Transformers'' colors due to being produced during the ''Diaclone''/''Transformers'' transitional period) was released in packaging intended for [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Toys|Sideswipe]], an entirely different sculpt. The packaging even included Sideswipe's instructions and sticker sheet, neither of which were of much use for the toy.<ref name="mbsunswipe">[http://20thcenturytoycollector.com/mb-transformers-part-6/ "MB Transformers: Part 6"] at 20th Century Toy Collector.</ref>

: Sunstreaker inherited some red [[sticker]] details from the original red-colored ''Diaclone'' version of the toy (see [[#Notes|notes]]): most obviously the shoulder stickers, but more subtly the vents on his chest stickers (numbered "1" in the instructions). The instructions show these being placed on the wrong sides; the red vents are supposed to show through from beneath the exposed engine in vehicle mode.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://tfsquareone.blogspot.com/2020/04/sunstreaker-sticker.html|name=Maz|site=Transformers Square One|title=Hasbro G1 Sunstreaker - Figure & Sticker History|year=2020|month=04|day=10}}</ref> Also, the engine sticker (numbered #3 in the instructions) was reversed. The Diaclone instruction shows that the proper placement is to apply it with the rainbow graphics facing the back. However, Sunstreaker omits the headlight stickers from the ''Diaclone'' release, leading many owners to misinterpret the small black rectangles that continue the stripe past his front wheels in vehicle mode as being headlights—our photo on the right is one such example!

: Sunstreaker is generally considered to be one of the harder early-generation toys to find complete and unbroken. Following its later [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]] in the European [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] sub-line (see below), the toy's mold has been stated by [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] representatives to be one of several whose original molding is either lost or in a state of disrepair too extensive to justify the cost of re-casting, meaning that chances of any future reissues are slim.

: The stock photography on the box shows a prototype; you can tell because the tabs on the arms/launchers are red, as opposed to yellow on the actual toy.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-autobot-cars-sunstreaker/219/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Sunstreaker at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Sunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1toy vsz set.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker & Skids vs Buzzsaw''' (Multi-pack, 1985)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VSZ'''
:*''Accessories'': Left & right fists, 2 "rocket boosters", 3 rockets

: Sunstreaker's only [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release was in this [[giftset]], which was also the only way to get [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Buzzsaw]] and [[Skids (G1)#Toys|Skids]] in Japan. This sounds unfair, but then one must remember Buzzsaw is an unstoppable killing machine.

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[[File:G1toy classic heroes sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (Classic, 1990)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right fists, 2 "rocket boosters", 3 rockets

: Sunstreaker was made available again in European markets in 1990, coming in nice new golden packaging as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classic Heroes]]" range of [[reissue]]s. He featured no notable changes from his original release, complete with a lack of rubsign.
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===''Transform Block''===
{{anchor|Block}}
[[File:G1toy TFBlock sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (1985)}}</ul>

: Only available in Japan, this small, monochrome representation of Sunstreaker transformed by disassembling and reassembling his vinyl component parts. Hence, the name "Transform Block". The toy was first released as part of the Diaclone line alongside another toy representing the Diaclone version of Skids. The toy was simply put in new packaging for its Transformers release, which resembles that of [[Transform Jr]] toys.

::*''[http://homepage3.nifty.com/redalert/toybox/tf/g1/TFGM04/TFGM04.html More information on Transform Block Sunstreaker at a Japanese fan site]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Uni03-toy Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sideswipe in yellow? Dear Primus, I've become [[Tigertrack]]!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right rocket boosters, 2 flame-missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Dan Khanna]] (packaging artist)}}

: A [[retool]] of the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Prowl (RID)#Toys|Prowl]] sculpt, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Sunstreaker transforms into a Lamborghini Diablo; the roof-mounted police lights from the original mold were removed, leaving this area bare. Unusually for non-vintage Transformers at the time, he has rubber tires. In either mode, he is armed with two pressure-launch missile launchers with two flame-shaped projectiles. These launchers are mounted upon his right arm in robot mode. In vehicle mode, they can be mounted on two pegs located on his spoiler as "rocket boosters".

: It is notable that the part that connects the toy's windshield to the main body uses a yellow decal rather than paint, as that part is made out of [[unpaintable plastic]].

: Sunstreaker was the "hotel [[exclusive]]" toy at [[OTFCC 2003]], available only to those who booked their room at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare at the convention rate, the official hotel for the convention, with one toy per night booked, capped at two toys. Unfortunately, he and mold-mate fellow convention exclusive [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|Sideswipe]] often had the wrong missiles packed in their boxes: Sunstreaker is supposed to have blue and white flames, Sideswipe yellow and white. Lot of part trading going on over that weekend.

: This mold was also used to make the ''Universe'' incarnation of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Inferno (BW)#Universe (2003)|Inferno]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Sunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on BotCon Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Binaltech Asterisk''===
{{anchor|BTA}}
[[File:Btasunstreaker toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Lemony fresh new-car scent.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker feat. Dodge Viper meets Junko''' (2005)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''BTA 02'''
:*''Release date'': [[September 29]], 2005
:*''Accessories'': "Junko" driver/figurine, engine-block rifle

:In 2005, Takara and Hasbro released near-simultaneous and significantly different takes on Sunstreaker as a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] ''Binaltech/Alternators'' toy (itself a [[retool]] of [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators|''Binaltech'' Lambor/''Alternators'' Side Swipe]]). The first to the market was the ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' version of the toy, including a PVC driver figurine, a girl named [[Kelly (RID)|Junko]]. Sunstreaker transforms into a 1:24-scale licensed "street performance" Dodge Viper with opening doors and hood, and an open passengers' compartment. His engine block becomes a rifle for his robot mode. Like the rest of the ''Binaltech Asterisk'' line, he was packaged in robot mode instead of vehicle.

:As a matter of fact, Sunstreaker was originally intended as the ''first'' retool/redeco of Lambor/Side Swipe: Early [[prototype]]s that were leaked to the public sported a sculpted Autobot logo, and development concept art and color maps detailed in ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide]]'' show a black-decoed figure. A store listing from March 2004 stated the figure's name as "'''Blackstreaker'''",<ref name="alternatorstfa">[http://www.tfarchive.com/community/showthread.php?t=22083 TFArchive news thread about Alternators store listing from March 2004.]</ref> suggesting that he was still intended to be Sunstreaker despite sporting different colors, possibly at the request of the car manufacturer. For reasons unknown, however, the toy was ultimately released as the [[Decepticon]] [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] instead, possibly to satisfy fan demands for Decepticons in the line, but this is mere supposition. It took more than a year until Sunstreaker would see shelves as originally intended.

::*[[Source:Transformers Binaltech Asterisk bios#2|Archive of ''Binaltech Asterisk'' Sunstreaker's bio and tech specs]]
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/AltSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on ''Binaltech Asterisk'' Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Alternators''===
{{anchor|Alternator}}
[[File:Alt-toy Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|When girls disappear, their cars gain racing stripes. This is SCIENTIFIC FACT.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Dodge Viper Sunstreaker''' (Alternator, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''18'''
:*''Accessories'': Engine-block rifle
{{toydesigner|[[Steve Bono]] (Hasbro)|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: A few months after the release of ''Binaltech Asterisk'' Sunstreaker, the Hasbro ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' version was released as part of the standard retail line, in the redesigned "bubble" packaging (the third version of ''Alternators'' packaging). Though both are yellow redecos of the mold, the detailing between the two is ''very'' different, with the Hasbro version sharing many paint masks used for Dead End, adding red to the robot mode parts, as well as a pair of black racing stripes in car mode. Drastically put, the only two details virtually identical on both versions at first sight are the [[paint operation|paint mask]] for the head and the [[tampograph]]ed license plate. (This is particularly remarkable since a stolen [[prototype|pre-production sample]] of Hasbro Sunstreaker actually sported a license plate tampograph more in style with previous ''Alternators'' license plates, whereas the final version is dead on identical to the ''Binaltech Asterisk'' toy's tampo.)

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/AltSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Sunstreakeruniverse2008toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He's got Mirage's legs, and he knows how to use 'em better than Mirage does.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, 2008)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': Classics Series
:*''Accessories'': "[[Pulse rifle|Electron Pulse Blaster]]", engine supercharger intakes
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] Deluxe Class toys, Sunstreaker transforms into a modified {{w|Lamborghini Gallardo}} (featuring a rear end that is basically a cross between a {{w|Lamborghini Murciélago|Murciélago}} and a {{w|Lamborghini Diablo|Diablo}}, split side windows and door vents from the {{w|McLaren F1}}). Like the original Sunstreaker's Lamborghini Countach form, the 2008 ''Universe'' vehicle mode features customized engine supercharger intakes mounted just behind the roof of the car. Sunstreaker's license plate is [[tampograph]]ed "WE R 84", referring to the year the ''Transformers'' franchise was launched. (Early Hasbro [[prototype]]s of ''Universe'' Sunstreaker had the [[license plate]] say "WE R 8'''2'''" instead.<ref name="unisunstreaker1">[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/universe-classics-20-autobots-262/sunstreaker-1596/ Various Hasbro stock photos for ''Universe'' Sunstreaker], all featuring a "WE R 82" license plate.</ref><ref name="uniprowl2">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/185434-classics-henkei-sunstreaker-prowl-comparison-pictures.html Scans from ''Dengeki Hobby Magazine''], also depicting ''Universe'' Sunstreaker with a "WE R 82" license plate.</ref>)

:[[File:SunstreakerSideswipeSDCC2007.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|One of the cases where the result turned out even ''better'' than the original idea. Well, except maybe for the weapon.]]
:Like many other new-sculpt ''Universe'' toys, Sunstreaker has a "dramatic head reveal" when transforming him to robot mode: when his chest is rotated into place, his head rises into position and his ears spring out. In robot mode, his supercharger engine accessory can be attached to his back, but it can also be attached to the "Electron Pulse Blaster" to create a larger weapon by wrapping the intakes around it, and the gun can be mounted in either of the holes on his shoulders, though Sunstreaker's "ears" get in the way. Most of this is not shown in the [[instructions]], which only instruct the owner of the toy to put the gun in his hand and attach the supercharger to his back.

:Though not specifically a [[quality control]] issue, the yellow paint used for Sunstreaker's roof does not precisely match the bright yellow plastic used for his car body panel parts. The dark tinted windows cause the yellow paint to take on a greenish tinge.

:Sunstreaker uses the same base mold as ''Universe'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Sideswipe]], but with his robot mode turned 180 degrees at the waist, and factory-swapped fists. Hasbro's early plans for Sunstreaker and Sideswipe had the two as straight [[redeco]]/retools of each other using the hood-chest configuration. [[TakaraTomy]] designer [[Hisashi Yuki]] suggested turning the upper body 180 degrees, making Sunstreaker's robot mode resemble his [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] design more.<ref name="generations2009">Interview with Hisashi Yuki in ''[[Transformers Generations 2009 Vol. 1]]'', [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/223379-takaratomy-staff-interview-generations-2009-vol-1-translation.html English translation] at TFW2005.</ref> Based on the release order, Sunstreaker is considered the original iteration of the sculpt and Sideswipe the [[retool]], even though the two were designed concurrently. In addition, Hasbro originally intended the [[alternate mode]]'s supercharger to split into two halves which would then become the handgun and a spring-loaded shoulder launcher for the robot mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on Universe Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:Henkei Sunstreaker toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Gape at my awesome bling!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, [[2008]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[September 19]], 2008
:*''ID number'': '''C-07'''
:*''Accessories'': "[[Pulse rifle|Electron Pulse Blaster]]", engine supercharger intakes
{{toydesigner|[[Naoto Tsushima]] (packaging artist)}}

: Released in the fifth wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' toys, this version of ''Universe'' Sunstreaker is a redeco of Hasbro's release, featuring a deeper shade of yellow with a much greater consistency between the painted yellow roof and the yellow plastic. He also replaces some of the ''Universe'' figure's gray paint with black. The orange paint is replaced with red, and the maroon Autobot symbol is now the more standard red.

: Like all ''Henkei! Henkei!'' toys, he features [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] plastic, including his Electron Pulse Blaster, his supercharger and his spoiler.
{{UniverseSunstreakerMold}}
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm a better mechanic than [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|him]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
:*''Accessories'': Logo brick, scoped pistol

: Part of the sixth regular assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s, Sunstreaker is a [[Kreon]] minifigure that can be rebuilt into a race car with back-mounted "engine". While clearly based on the Generation 1 character, the details of his deco are much more based on the stylings of the [[live-action film series|live-action movie series]] and ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]''. He sports [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Wheeljack]]'s helmet.

: Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, this series does not have any sort identification code for the bags' actual contents, meaning you'd best be good at the feel-though-the-bag method.

:This assortment was originally slated to be a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]], but US stores dropped the line before its release. It was still available in Canada, Australia and Chinese/Asian markets. In 2015, the Collection appeared in US Dollar Tree stores, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop. They didn't last long.

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[[File:KreO-Toy SunstreakerC84.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|right]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, 2014)}}</ul>
:*''Voted'': Best Looking
:*''Accessories'': Wrist-blaster, 2 clip-on blasters

: This version of Sunstreaker has [[tampograph]]s based heavily on the original toy. He even has a wrist-blaster to replicate the wrist-rocket of the original box art. His arm-blasters are pointed upwards to simulate the toy's shoulder-rocket-thingies.

:He was only available in a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014 [[exclusive]] pack of 30 Kreons dubbed the "[[Kreon Class of 1984]]". Remaining stock was to be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online, only there ''was'' no remaining stock after the show.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/SDCCKre-OSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on Class of 1984 Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Q-Transformers''===
[[File:QTransformers Sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hi. I'm fatter than you.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' ([[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 21]], 2015
:*''ID number:'' '''QT-12'''

: Part of the third wave of Takara's ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' toyline, Sunstreaker transforms from a [[super deformed]] licensed Mazda RX-7 FD3S to a cute little robot (though his legs, molded to resemble his usual footsies, still evoke a Lamborghini Countach hood).

: He comes with a code for unlocking Sunstreaker as a playable character in the ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'' game.

:This mold was retooled into ''Q-Transformers'' [[Drift (G1)#Q-Transformers|Drift]].
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===''Combiner Wars''===
{{anchor|Combiner Wars}}
[[File:CWDlxSunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Bob (IDW)|Insecticon companion]] sadly not included.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "highly polished cyber machete", double-barreled "high-yield [[Pulse cannon|electron pulse]]" cannon/fist/foot

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Sunstreaker is a [[retool]] of [[Breakdown (G1)#Combiner Wars|Breakdown]] sporting a brand new headsculpt. The hand/foot/gun can peg on top of the car mode to form an engine block, and can be either held in his hand or mounted on his back in robot mode via [[5 mm post]]s. His other weapon can be held as either a sword or a gun in robot mode, and can peg into a slot in the side of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].

: Being a ''Combiner Wars'' figure, Sunstreaker can form a limb for any ''Combiner Wars''-style Voyager figure, but would usually be associated with [[Optimus Maximus (G1)#Combiner Wars|Optimus Maximus]]. He is also officially associated with [[Betatron (CW)|Betatron]].

: Sunstreaker comes with the comic book "[[The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati]]". In Canada, Latin America, and Europe, he was available in different types of [[multilingual packaging]] including a character card featuring his comic book cover/[[package art]] instead. He and the last three waves of ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe and Voyager figures later appeared in the USA at TJ Maxx at reduced prices with the collector card.

:As a part of the third and fourth wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s and [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, Sunstreaker was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2015/08/28/transformers-combiner-wars-sticker-sheet-for-wave-3-and-4-figures-300471 Protectobot and Optimus Maximus sticker promotion on TFW2005]</ref>

: This mold was differently retooled as [[Jumpstream#Toys|Jumpstream]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Wheeljack]], and [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ravage]]. It also served as the model for the non-toy ''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' incarnation of [[Turbo (GoBots)#Timelines|Turbo]], and was ''[[Inferno Combiner#Of Masters and Mayhem|strongly implied]]'' to be used for the ''[[Of Masters and Mayhem]]'' incarnation of [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Notes|Sideswipe]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on Combiner Wars Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-UW05-Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hi, I'm painted better than you.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Convoy Grand Prime''' (Multi-pack, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 27]], 2016
:*''ID number'': '''UW-05'''
:*''Accessories'': Sword, cannon/fist/foot

: ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Sunstreaker is a redeco of the ''Combiner Wars'' mold with numerous changes in deco to better match his look in the Generation 1 cartoon: His lemony yellow plastic is now replaced with a more orange hue, and his unpaintable joints are also replaced with the same color. The paint operations on the arms and chest panel are swapped, with additional black paint added on the feet. The paint operations on the rocker panels/rear sides & the sword/gun has been removed as well.

: He was only available as part of the [[Optimus Maximus (G1)#Unite Warriors|Convoy Grand Prime]] set, packed with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Convoy]], [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Ironhide]], [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Ligier]], and [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Prowl]]. This set was [[exclusive]] to [[TakaraTomy Mall]], the second of six sets exclusive to the outlet.
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:TF-MP-39-Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Presenting the ''only'' Masterpiece you'll ever need.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' ([[2017]]-|12-22]])}}</ul>
:*''Releas date'': [[December 22]], 2017
:*''ID number'': '''MP-39'''
:*''Accessories'': "[[Pulse rifle|Electron pulse gun]]", "[[Flare gun]]" rifle, "[[Chip Chase#Masterpiece|Chip Chase]]" figure, crying alternate face, smiling alternative face, [[Attack of the Alien Robots|Alien Robot mask]], spare side mirrors
{{toydesigner|[[Yuki Ohshima]] (concept artist)}}

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Sunstreaker transforms from robot to a licensed Lamborghini Countach LP500S mode, just like his brother [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Sideswipe]], but is of course a completely different mold.

:In vehicle mode, the rear electronic propulsion engine cover can be folded into the rear of the car for a more realistic Countach, and the rear combination tail-lights can be switched between realistic and toon modes. The doors and hood open, and the front headlights can be popped up. His spoiler can split in half to deploy a small barrel, the likes he used in [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]. Early magazine adverts showed him with a yellow spoiler, but subsequent photos depicted the spoiler in a silver chrome, as found on the released figure.

:To preserve cartoon accuracy, the windows on the chest are "[[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake]]", however the main panel of the chest is formed by turning the roof of the car mode inside out, with the extra windows folding out from inside.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/05/23/takara-mp-39-masterpiece-clear-pictures-designer-team-interview-translation-339374 TFW2005.com: Takara MP-39 Masterpiece Clear Pictures, Designer Team Interview Translation]</ref>

:For accessories, he includes his small Electron Pulse Pun that can be stored inside an opening compartment on his leg (underneath the engine bay in car mode), and a Flare Gun, an exact replica of Sideswipe's rifle he used on the episode "[[Dinobot Island, Part 2]]" that can be stored on his backpack. In addition to the standard face, he comes with an additional smiling face and shouting face, and an alien mask from the episode "[[Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood]]"—for an additional homage to the episode he can stand on one leg too.

:Also included is a Chip Chase minifigure that can be removed from his wheelchair and placed on Sunstreaker's shoulders to recreate the episode "[[Roll for It]]". If purchased from a seller supplied by Hasbro Asia, Sunstreaker includes a [[collector coin]], mounted on a folding card that resembles his robot mode chest panel.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/12/20/takara-masterpiece-mp-39-sunstreaker-packaging-collectible-coin-hand-images-355639 Takara Masterpiece MP-39 Sunstreaker Packaging, Collectible Coin And In-Hand Images]</ref>

:This figure was [[retool]]ed to make MP-42 [[Cordon (G1)#Masterpiece|Cordon]] and MP-39+ [[Spin-Out (G1)#Toys|Spin-Out]].
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===''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''===
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-E-Deluxe-Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Better than ever. (Where's my shiny finish, Takara Tomy?)]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]]/[[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-E36'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''ER-11'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[December 19]], 2020
:*''Accessories'': Rocket boosters/gun
{{toydesigner|[[Michael DiTullo]] (vehicle mode concept) <ref>{{citesocial|quote=Squad goals. Some of my latest work for the Transformers War For Cybertron line. I'm so excited this will be an animated series on Netflix! Can't wait to see these guys in action. #cardesign #toydesign #conceptart #conceptdesign|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331175244/https://twitter.com/Michael_DiTullo/status/1245034203583934464|name=Michael DiTullo|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=03|day=31|(defunct=)}}</ref>}}

:Part of the third wave of [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'']] Deluxes, Sunstreaker transforms into an unlicensed approximation of a Lamborghini Countach LP500S and shares some engineering with [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Wheeljack]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=一番気になってたサンストリーカーをホイルジャックと比較。変形機構はほぼ同じなのでリデコなのかと思いましたが、変形時のパーツ移動用のアームとか関節部のパーツとか、形状はほぼ同じなのにモールドが違ってってどうも新規っぽい。使いまわせそうな胴体フレームも別物だし・・・なんか不思議 https://t.co/ZQLF7vRyJa|link=https://twitter.com/Ishikawa_sunday/status/1312596933219770372|name=Ishikawa_sunday|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=10|day=04|(defunct=)}}</ref> His engine block can be used as a pair of rocket boosters or as a gun, though his forearms prevent the weapon's peg from fully settling inside his hands. Alternatively, the definitely-not-intended-for-potential-future-spoiler-use 5 mm holes that end up on his forearms in robot mode can accommodate the weapon comfortably.

:Similar to his ''Universe'' figure, Sunstreaker's chest is actually darker translucent plastic painted yellow. Although the yellow paint does not entirely match the yellow plastic, it is much less conspicuous than the earlier figure. Due to the pegs on the chest underside being painted, it can be very difficult to slot in place for car mode. This can be resolved by lightly sanding the front portions of the pegs until the gap can be cleanly closed.

:This mold was also used to make ''Selects'' [[Spin-Out (G1)#Generations Selects|Spin-Out]] and slightly retooled, with a new chest, into Spin-Out’s two-pack mate, [[Cordon (G1)#Generations Selects|Cordon]]. Due to COVID-19 supply disruptions, Sunstreaker and his fellow wave 3 Deluxes reached store shelves in Singapore before wave 2 was released.

:He comes with a map piece and decoder. Unlike the wave 2 Deluxes, his piece is not misprinted. It is part of Cybertron showing one of the moons. The moon is unlabeled, so which moon it is remains unkown.

:Sunstreaker was [[reissue]]d through [[Target]] and [[Hasbro Pulse]] at the end of 2025, as his status as a [[tail-ender]] made him difficult for many fans to obtain.
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF_Gen_Selects_Sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm better than you because I have better color matching.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobots Stand United''' (Multi-pack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': ''[[Transformers: Legacy#Legacy: United|Legacy United]]''
:*''Accessories'': Rocket boosters/gun, blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Matthew Cohen]] (photography)<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Here's my photos of the Transformers Generations Selects Legacy United Autobots Stand United 5-Pack. Up for pre order right not on Hasbro Pulse! I've been getting my hands on more and more transformers now. Hoping to keep it going and b|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/C33FPq-Ol91/|site=Instagram|name=Matthew Cohen|year=2024|month=2|day=27}}</ref>}}

: Released as part of the ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' "Autobots Stand United" multi-pack, Sunstreaker is a redeco of the ''Earthrise'' Sunstreaker above, in a more cartoon-accurate deco, with brighter yellow plastic and dark-charcoal plastic and paint instead of black. His roof, windshield and side-window parts are now the same opaque yellow plastic as the rest of his body, with light-blue paint for his "glass" portions. He also comes with an extra accessory, a light-gray version of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Elita One (G1)#Legacy|Elita-1]]'s rifle.

: Unlike the mold's original release, Sunstreaker's vehicle mode features two Autobot sigils, one on the car roof in the same manner as the original, and a new one on the car's hood, in an effort to reconcile the sigil's shifting location in the G1 cartoon. Due to the transformation engineering, the second sigil is only visible in the vehicle mode.

: This set also includes similarly-more-cartoon-based versions of [[Hound (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Hound]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Jazz]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Trailbreaker]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Wheeljack]].

: The "Autobots Stand United 5-pack" was officially revealed on [[February 27]], and went up for pre-order the same day for a July 2024 release.
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===''Missing Link''===
[[File:MissingLinkSunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm more dynamic than you.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (June [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''ID Number'': '''C-05'''
:*''Accessories'': "Flare-Gun" rifle, Left and right "Punch" fists, 2 "Jet Boosters", 3 Missiles, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Missing Link|Spike Witwicky]] pilot figure
{{toydesigner|[[Hironori Kobayashi]] (TakaraTomy)<ref name=Gens24>[https://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/interviewhironorikobayashi.html Interview] with [[Hironori Kobayashi]] on the ''[[Missing Link]]'' toyline for ''[[Transformers Generations 2024]]'', translated at Soundwaves Oblivion</ref>}}, [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] (packaging artist)

:''[[Missing Link]]'' Sunstreaker is a direct recreation of the [[#The Transformers|above Generation 1 toy]], only this time with mechanical tweaks that give him a much wider range of articulation, including rotation at the neck and elbow, outward leg movement, double-jointed knees, and an ankle tilt. In addition to all the accessories included with the original G1 toy, Sunstreaker comes packed in with a new rifle matching his brother [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Sideswipe]]'s, and a ''teeny-tiny'' [[Diaclone|Dianaut]] figure based on [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], which can sit in Sunstreaker's driver seat. Most of Sunstreaker's original [[sticker]] detailing is now sculpted in and picked out using metallic [[paint operation]]s, including for the very first time the headlights from the original ''Diaclone'' release, but he also includes a sticker sheet with various options: the original release's "COUNTACH" spoiler sticker has been removed (as this toy lacks a [[Licensed vehicle alternate modes|license]] from Lamborghini) and swapped for a second set of shoulder stickers, to replace his erroneous red shoulder coloration with the originally-intended yellow, while the waist sticker has been updated to include the "CAR ROBO" text from the ''Diaclone'' release.

:A prototype of ''Missing Link'' Sunstreaker was unveiled at [[TakaraTomy]]'s [[Our Origin: 40th Anniversary Transformers Exhibition|40th Anniversary expo]], and he later went up for pre-order in December 2024 for a June 2025 release.

:This figure was also retooled into Sunstreaker's wavemate, ''Missing Link'' [[Cordon (G1)#Missing Link|Cordon]]. In a crazy bit of attention to detail, the sticker detail under Sunstreaker's engine block has been sculpted to match the incorrect, flipped orientation of his original ''Transformers'' release, while Cordon flips the detailing back to match the original ''Diaclone'' toy.

::*[https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/tf_missinglink/c-05 Official TakaraTomy website of ''Missing Link'' Sunstreaker]

===''Studio Series''===
[[File:SS TFTM Sunstreaker.jpeg|upright=0.66|thumb|Can’t top perfection!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''Accessories'': Rocket boosters/gun

:Fresh off the heel of the ''[[#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' version getting reissued just months prior, ''[[#Generations Selects|Generations Selects]]'' Sunstreaker was also re‑released as a [[package refresh]] in the 31st wave of ''[[Studio Series]]'' Deluxes, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

:Unlike his wavemate and fellow package refresh [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#SSTFTM|Wheeljack]], he omits the grey [[Minerva (G1 robot)#Legacy|Minerva-styled blaster]] from his ''Selects'' multi-pack release. Aside from that and the new packaging, the toy itself has no notable changes.
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==Merchandise==
{{anchor|TakaraDecoy}}
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 22''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1985)

:In Japan, a red rubber mini-figure of Sunstreaker was available in part of a [[Decoy (G1)|massive multi-pack of similar mini-figurines]]. The number etched into his back is the sum total of his [[Tech Spec|tech spec]] ratings, as these figurines were used as game pieces for a variety of ''Transformers'' board games in which this number had some meaning to how the game was played or something. Sunstreaker mixes the [[Character model|cartoon model]] with elements from the original toy.

{{anchor|HasbroDecoy}}
*'''Sunstreaker''' (Decoy, 1987)
**''Decoy number'': '''11'''

:The [[Hasbro]] [[Decoy (G1)|Decoy]] release of the Sunstreaker game piece is almost identical to the Japanese version, except the number on his back is a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Sunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on Decoy Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''Titanium Series''===
[[File:Titanium-toy RMSunstreaker.JPG|thumb|Too good to be released, apparently.]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (Robot Master, unreleased)
**''Accessories'': Engine-blaster, display stand

:A planned redeco of ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Side Swipe, which was based on Sideswipe's ''Alternators'' toy. Sunstreaker would have been partially constructed of die cast metal with limited articulation located in his shoulders and neck. His accessories would have been a removable engine blaster and an Autobot symbol display stand.

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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:RobotHeroes Galvatron Sunstreaker.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb|Hi, I'm cuter than you.]]
*'''Sunstreaker & Galvatron''' (Two-pack, 2008)
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the first wave of ''Universe [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' toys, Sunstreaker is an adorably sociopathic non-transforming figure articulated at the neck and shoulders. He was available only in a two-pack with [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Galvatron]], making this the most mentally-unbalanced ''Robot Heroes'' set ''ever''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/RHSunstreaker/sunstreaker.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Sunstreaker at TFU.info]''
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===''The Loyal Subjects''===
[[File:Sunstreakertls.jpg|thumb|Sadly, I'm too hard to find for everyone to know I'm better than them.]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (2014)
:[[The Loyal Subjects]] Sunstreaker is a Wave 3 chase figure with standard articulation. He is based on his original toy design, and has no special gimmicks. For every 24 figures, there is 1 Sunstreaker.
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[[File:Sunstreakertlsdia.jpg|thumb|I'm even harder to find!]]
*'''Sunstreaker "Diaclone" Ed.''' (2014)
Sunstreaker Diaclone edition is a variant based on the Countach LP500s Police Type from the Diaclone toy line.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W2Sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Sunstreaker, Bold Warrior''' (2019)
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T42/T46'''
**''Stars: ''7

:Sunstreaker, Bold Warrior 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, Sunstreaker, Bold Warrior 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 Sunstreaker, Bold Warrior depicts the upper right portion of [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus']], of whom Sunstreaker forms the right arm.

:The card's Bot Mode artwork uses the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] Sunstreaker figure's packaging art.

:Sunstreaker, Bold Warrior can be used to form Optimus Maximus, Ultimate Defender with the use of the Action card [[Enigma of Combination|Sentinel Enigma]] while he and the other Wave 2 Sentinels are in Bot mode on the battlefield and/or KO area.
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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 Sunstreaker was slated to be one of the Pawn 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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===Jada Toys===
[[File:JadaNanoMetalfigsG1-18pack.jpg|upright=1.44|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Series 1 18-pack''' (4 cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2022)
:Released by [[Jada Toys]], ''Nano Metalfigs'' Sunstreaker is an incredibly small die-cast figurine molded in an action pose. He has a little base attached to his feet for balancing reasons.

:He comes in an impressive multipack with [[Jada Toys#Nano Metalfigs|seventeen other figurines]]. This mold was later redecoed as [[Spin-Out (G1)#Jada Toys|Spin-Out]] in the Series 2 18-pack.
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===Blokees===
====Galaxy Version====
[[File:Blokees-TF-GV06-Sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|250px|I have a ''better'' pull rate than the others.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version 06 - Parallel Universe'''
:*''Accessories:'' Spare balljoint piece, figure stand, 2 pairs of hands (holding, splayed), blaster

:Released in the sixth wave of ''Galaxy Version'' line of blind boxes, [[Blokees]] Sunstreaker is a roughly 4-inch tall, highly-articulated, and non-transforming snap-on model kit of the Autobot Sports car Warrior. He is built on a "Standard Body" skeleton shared with other Blokees figures in the line, but with different body pieces to make them distinct. As advertised in the box, Sunstreaker has a pull rate of 1 in every 9 boxes, or three times across four cases. Sunstreaker comes with a pair of closed weapon-holding and open splayed hands, and a blaster. The barrel of the weapon is compatible with the blast effects included with other kits.

:Like the other ''Galaxy Version'' kits since Wave 2, Sunstreaker features a slightly upgraded suite of standard body parts, notably the multi-colored head piece with color-coded eyes, and he also features two pairs of sturdier pre-assembled hinge joints introduced in the fifth wave.

:If you're a speed builder, be mindful when attaching the pre-assembled joints; Unlike the symmetrical joints from earlier waves, the pegs on both ends of these joints are designed to connect to specific pieces; The tabs with slightly smaller holes are intended for the upper arms and thighs, while the regular tabs are meant for the forearms and lower legs. While an incorrect knee joint assembly may cause it to very slightly lean when standing straight or in an A-stance, an incorrect elbow assembly won't be noticeably affected unless you're looking very closely.

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====Defender Version====
[[File:Blokees-TF-DV05-Sunstreaker.jpg|thumb|250px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sunstreaker''' (2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Defender Version 05 - Traitor to Tyranny'''
:*''Accessories'': Blaster

:Released for the fifth wave of the ''Defender Version'' line of blind boxes, this Sunstreaker is a 2.2-inch (5.5cm) kit, a few inches smaller than the ''Galaxy Version'' kits, but still articulated. He only comes a blaster differing from other Defender kits.

:Like most of the larger Galaxy Version kits, Sunstreaker features a simple neck joint that is colored to match his optics, allowing it to be see-through from his head's eye holes.

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==Notes==
[[File:Sunstreaker-diaclone.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Before he was a Transformer.]]
*According to Hasbro, the pre-''Transformers'' ''[[Diaclone]]'' version of Sunstreaker was the first transforming car-to-robot toy ever designed, namely by [[Kōjin Ōno]].<ref name="hof2010">[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/movie-news/TRANSFORMERS-HALL-OF-FAME-INAUGURAL-MEMBERS.cfm Hasbro press release for the 2010 Transformers Hall of Fame inductees]</ref> His alternate mode, a modified Lamborghini Countach with a rear-mounted supercharger engine, is actually based on an older [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] toy from their ''[[Microman]]'' line, the "Cosmo Countach" from 1978, which could also transform, albeit only into a weird half-robot, half-car hybrid.<ref name="cosmo">[http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~mikuro/sub1-6.htm The Cosmo Countach, Sunstreaker's ancestor]</ref><ref name="spencer">[http://www.spencer1984.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/49-Sunstreaker-The-Missing-Link.html Spencer 1984 discovers the connection between the Cosmo Countach and Diaclone Sunstreaker]</ref> The ''Diaclone'' version of Sunstreaker, officially called Lamborghini Countach LP500S "Super Tuning", was originally only available in red and black/white police decos. This is one of several items that have led to the fan speculation that Sunstreaker and Sideswipe's colorations and [[bio]] texts were swapped around before their final release. Another factor being that, according to his ''[[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|Transformers Universe]]'' profile, Sunstreaker feels that Sideswipe's design is "spoiled by the rear-mounted engine in his automobile mode", when in fact Sunstreaker is the one with said engine. The fact that the engine ends up on his back in robot mode could be the inspiration for the "rocket backpack" from Sideswipe's bio. Finally, Sunstreaker's spring-loaded missile-launching forearms are more reminiscent of "powerful pile drivers" as mentioned in Sideswipe's bio. The yellow "rocket boosters" that were most often shown on his shoulders also had an adjustable connector peg that allowed them to attach to his arms, this was most likely the inspiration for the pile drivers. The [[Tech Spec|statistics]], however, are correct. This change would also explain Sunstreaker's otherwise inexplicable red shoulders/car panel decals, which were originally used to cover up the black plastic on the red Diaclone version.
**Unlike the red and police versions of Diaclone Sunstreaker, there is little evidence of yellow Sunstreakers packaged as Transformers wearing the factory decals representing his park lights (assumed to be headlights by most).
*The red ''[[Diaclone]]'' version of Sunstreaker was sold by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in North America as the ''[[Diakron]]'' "DK-1" Car/Robot in 1983, seemingly just a few months before he would be rebranded as a Transformer.
*In 2003, an entry for a ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' "Sunstreaker" [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]] was found in Canadian and Australian [[Toys"R"Us]] computers. The public Canadian Toys"R"Us website later even illustrated their listing with a non-[[stock photography|official photo]] of the Generation 1 Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark. Ultimately, however, the listings for "Sunstreaker" transformed into listings for ''Commemorative Series'' [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]], leading to some confusion among fans.
* A mock-up of a "Sunstreaker Police Type" redeco of the 2008 ''Universe'' Sunstreaker mold, an homage to the ''Diaclone'' toy pictured above, was shown in ''[[Transformers Generations 2014 Vol. 1]]'' as one of ten potential exclusives for Vol. 2. The mock-up promised that the final product would feature less of a placeholder name, as well as a lightbar, presumably the one from the [[Red Alert (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|''Henkei!'' Alert]] version of the mold. In the end, it didn't win the [[Fan polls#Generations Magazine Exclusive Character Popularity Vote|poll]] to determine which of the ten would be produced, receiving only 3.8% of the fan votes.<ref>[http://millionhero.sblo.jp/article/101898683.html Poll results at Hero-X]</ref>
* The red and police decos eventually inspired the characters of [[Spin-Out (G1)|Spin-Out]] and [[Cordon (G1)|Cordon]], respectively.
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[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
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[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Autobots]]

Transformers Tribute

2026-01-10T01:39:10Z

Zonorheso: /* Toys */ Correcting a link: changed "Deluxe Class toys 4" to "Deluxe Class toys 5"

[[File:Transformers Tribute logo.jpg|center|upright=2.2]]
 

'''''Transformers Tribute''''' is a small [[2017]] toyline meant to be in tribute of the tenth anniversary of the [[Transformers (film)|first live-action film]]. Serving as something of a successor to ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'', ''Tribute'' consists of redecoes of existing molds. Hasbro design lead [[John Warden]] called it "an opportunity to bring fans the 2007 Optimus Prime that they might've remembered when they were kids."<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/07/25/tfw2005-interview-john-warden-lenny-panzica-sdcc-2017-345259 TFW2005 interview] with John Warden at [[San Diego Comic-Con|SDCC 2017]]</ref>

In the United States and Canada, the line was exclusive to [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]]. The figures were also listed on the United Kingdom and German Amazon websites, but ultimately never stocked. In Spain, meanwhile, the line was exclusive to department store chain El Corte Ingles.

==Toys==
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Leader Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Tribute|10th Anniversary Optimus Prime]] (redeco of [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|2007 ''Transformers'']]
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Optimus Prime]])}}

|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Evolution 2-Pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Tribute|Autobot Legacy 2-Pack]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Tribute|Orion Pax]] (redeco of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Recoil (G1)#Generations|Flintlock]] & [[Kup (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Sergeant Kup]] with retooled head)}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Tribute|Optimus Prime]] (redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Generations|Cybertronian Optimus Prime]])}}

|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Evolution 3-Pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Tribute|Bumblebee Evolution 3-Pack]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Tribute|1977 Camaro Chevrolet Camaro Bumblebee]] (redeco of [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|2007 ''Transformers'']] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Classic Camaro Bumblebee]])}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Tribute|2016 Camaro Chevrolet Camaro Bumblebee]] (redeco of ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ThirdTLKDeluxe|2016 Concept Camaro Bumblebee]])}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Tribute|1967 Camaro Chevrolet Camaro Bumblebee]] (redeco of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 5|High Octane Bumblebee]])}}
|}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*The unused 2007 preproduction [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] [[:File:Movie Megatron olduglyface.jpg|head design]] is ''still'' in circulation even ten years later, being present in the backgrounds of the boxes for the ''Tribute'' series along with stylized versions of many other 2007 promotional stills.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tribute}}
[[Category:Exclusive toylines]]
[[Category:Live-action film series toylines]]

Skydive (BM)

2026-01-04T04:24:39Z

Zonorheso: /* Universe (2003) */ Wingfinger is mentioned in this page, but the mention did not link to Wingfinger's page. A link has now been added.

{{factions|maximalbm|autobot|maximal|liegemaximo|unicron}}
{{disambig3|Skydive}}
:''Skydive is a [[Maximal]] or [[Autobot]] from the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Skydive-universe-packageart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|But he's not The Veteran. Promise.]]

'''Skydive''' (aka '''Sky-Dive''') acts all stoic and composed, but he relishes his flying skills to the point of occasionally buzzing his fellow Maximals just to get a reaction. Not only has he got the speed and maneuverability, but unlike many fliers his [[technorganic]] hide is actually incredibly resilient to damage. Combined with his energy-gathering wings that suck up [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] blaster-fire to give him a constant supply of fuel, Skydive is an aerial terror.

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
[[File:Skydive-beastmachines.jpg|left|400px|thumb]]
Less than three [[Units of time|deca-cycles]] after the [[reformatting]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Skydive ran recon for [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] and [[Longhorn]], bringing them news of the new [[Quintesson]] invasion of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}} After [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] sensed the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] calling him away from the battlefront, Snarl continued to rely on Skydive's reports to retain a fighting chance against the invaders. Skydive continuously supplied vital information even as he himself tore through his fair share of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Sky-Dive was a general in the army of the [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] during the [[Grand Uprising]]. His unit, the [[Tol-Tech]], warred against the Micromaster 56th in [[Ky-Alexia]]. Unfortunately, the big push ordered by [[Lio Convoy]] proved disastrous, and the remaining Tol-Tech were on the run from [[Hydraulic]]'s forces. They tried to pull back through the [[Toxic Sludge Swamps]] to rendezvous in [[Hyperious]]. While guiding some of his surviving troops from the air in his [[quetzalcoatl (animal)|quetzalcoatl]] [[beast mode]], Sky-Dive spotted the relentless horde of the Vehicons moving towards Iacon. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Skydive was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals who joined forces with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. He was among the Maximals who invaded [[Toronto]] in advance of Unicron's arrival.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=As far as the battle yeah that's full of nods to certain characters. Some of the BW characters I used for reference in panel 1 are BW Snarl (foreground), Transquito (center left), Soundwave (bat), and Skydive (mid-right.)|link=https://twitter.com/glovestudios/status/1063207113193742336|name=Andrew Griffith|site=Twitter|year=2018|month=11|day=15|(defunct=)}}</ref> {{storylink|Ceremony}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:BM-toy Skydive.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Skydive''' (Deluxe, 2000)}}</ul>
:*''Known designers'': [[Shogo Hasui]] (Takara), [[Tim Bradley]] (concept artist)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' deluxes, Skydive transforms into a technorganic ''{{w|Quetzalcoatlus}}''. His [[beast mode]] head and neck are spring-loaded to "snap" his beak when pushed.

: In [[robot mode]], his wings are also spring-loaded to form quick-snap melee weapons attached to his forearms.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Skydive/skydive.htm More information on Skydive at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-SkydiveDeluxe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Wingfinger]] before the meteor.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Skydive''' (Deluxe, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Known designers'': [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)

: Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' deluxes (and the only new toy in it!), Skydive is a [[redeco]] of his ''Beast Machines'' toy, changing the orange and purple to a somewhat more [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobotty]] gray and red scheme. An Autobot symbol was [[tampograph]]ed over his [[spark crystal]] for this release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Skydive/skydive.htm More information on Universe Skydive at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

==Notes==
* The Skydive toy's lunging-neck gimmick is a bit at odds with actual ''Quetzalcoatlus'' physiology, as the real creature had a very stiff, straight neck. Well, he ''is'' an alien technorganic approximation, so hey. There's your fun trivia about ancient beasties for today, kids!
* In ''Beast Wars: Uprising'', Sky-Dive's Resistance unit, the Tol-Tech army, is named for the {{w|Toltec}} civilization, a precursor to the {{w|Aztec}}s, since Sky-Dive's alt mode is a Quetzalcoatlus, named for the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. It all makes sense!
* In what may be possibly one of the most obscure inspirations in a ''Transformers'' line, or just absolutely the most absurd coincidence ever, Skydive appears to be directly based on the minor enemy character "[[fandom:vampirehunterd:Gimlet|Gimlet]]" from the 1985 animated ''{{w|Vampire Hunter D (1985 film)|Vampire Hunter D}}'', with Skydive's particular sculpted slash across the torso even referencing exactly how Gimlet ''dies'' in the film. [[Shogo Hasui]], you so crazy!
*According to packaging cross-sells, Skydive had the preliminary name of Airraptor.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Skydive''' (スカイダイブ ''Sukaidaibu'')

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Beast Machines Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Maximals]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]

Talk:Thrash (ES)

2025-07-04T22:30:00Z

Zonorheso: /* Smash Changer Caption */ new section

His altmode looks a lot like 1973 Ducati 750 Super Sport [[User:Roverlord|Roverlord]] ([[User talk:Roverlord|talk]]) 02:45, 8 June 2024 (EDT)
:I don't see it. Certainly not enough to add it to the page. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 03:06, 8 June 2024 (EDT)

== Smash Changer Caption ==

For the image of his 1-Step Smash Changer toy, would a caption referencing [[Bulletbike_(G2)|Bulletbike]] be agreeable? They're pretty similar in shape/transformation, save for the fact that this is the one Thrash toy that doesn't include a gatling-gun-sidecar. -- [[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 18:30, 4 July 2025 (EDT)

Rubber Ducky

2024-05-18T13:44:00Z

Zonorheso: /* Generations */ Added a direct link to the referenced Botcon 2016 Megatron figure.

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{{disambig2|Megatron's little friend and co-conspirator originally from ''Beast Wars''|the Beastformer|Duck Diver}}

[[File:Transmetal rubber ducky.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You make conquest lots of fun!]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is awfully fond of the '''Rubber Ducky'''; it is one of his closest allies and associates. Though it seems to lack any combat capabilities, Megatron often confers with it on unknown but presumably important matters.

It is cute and yellow and chubby.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:Rubber ducky cotf2.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Sadly, does not change into a robot.]]
The Rubber Ducky was seen among Megatron's hoard of personal possessions, such as [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s head and a model airplane, guarding them perhaps. It was unable to stop [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] from ransacking the cabinets, however; all it could do was squeak in protest as she cast it aside. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

When [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] discovered that Megatron had used half of his [[Spark]] to give life to [[Dinobot II]], he threatened to rip it from the new Predacon's chest, only to find that Dinobot II wasn't about to let that happen. The Rubber Ducky observed all this in silence from the comfort of Megatron's CR tank hot tub, apparently content that the Predacon commander had the situation under control. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1|Feral Scream Part 1}}

Later, the Rubber Ducky was apparently changed into a [[Transmetal]] (or possibly even a [[Transmetal 2]]), perhaps as a result of Megatron's experiments with the technology. When Megatron decided to attack the [[Maximal]] [[Mount St. Hilary|base]] to disrupt an attempt to reprogram Blackarachnia, the Rubber Ducky emphasized the scheme with a resounding squeak. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon|Crossing the Rubicon}}

Shortly after, the Predacons evacuated their base, seconds before Tigerhawk's arrival obliterated it. Perhaps hindered by its lack of a means of locomotion, the Rubber Ducky was not seen escaping with them, and likely became a casualty of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. {{storylink|Other Victories|Other Victories}}

====''TransTech''====
Among many other souvenirs of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], a Rubber Ducky wound up in [[Packrat]]'s collection of loot. {{storylink|Collections}}
{{-}}

===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:Ultra Magnus Skybyteduck.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Now to fill the hole with water.]]

A being similar in appearance to the Rubber Ducky had been hibernating underground before being excavated by [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], who, uncaring of its fortitude, casually tossed it aside. Whether the same creature or a duplicate, it was still able to let out a defiant squeak. It seemed to be a lot bigger than you might expect for a rubber ducky (bigger than the bomb Sky-Byte found) but it may be about the right size for Megatron. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}}

===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
The Rubber Ducky was seen having a party around [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]]'s head with all his other Rubber Ducky buddies. Somehow he managed to revert to his non-Transmetal and/or Rubber form. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was probably quite pleased that he lived. Yessss..... {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}}

===Aligned cartoon continuity===
====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====
[[File:FourBotsBaby rubber ducky in sewer.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Little do they know, the duck intended to destroy Griffin Rock with the sinkhole. Little bastard.]]
[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]'s [[Robo-Baby]] came with a Rubber Ducky. After [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] found it, it was handed to the Robo-Baby, who promptly threw it into the nearest sink. The Rubber Ducky was washed down the drain into [[Griffin Rock]]'s sewer system, where it blocked a sewer line, causing a rupture that created a sink hole under the bank. During the course of saving the bank and its customers, [[Graham Burns]] fished the Rubber Ducky out of the pipe, rescuing it. {{storylink|Four Bots and a Baby}} [[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]] kept it. Hopefully he cleaned the sewage off. {{storylink|The Other Doctor}}

A second Rubber Ducky belonging to [[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] later caused problems at the [[Griffin Rock Community Pool]] when it was accidentally knocked over and fell into the water. Jerry went to retrieve it, only to be encased in ice when the pool was inadvertently set to freeze over. The Rubber Ducky was left floating atop the broken ice after Jerry was pulled out, allowing it to make amends by body-checking the [[Morocco virus]] off into the water, at which point the pool was set to freeze once again. While the Morocco virus was retrieved, the fate of the Rubber Ducky was not revealed. {{storylink|Back to Virtual Reality}}

[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] had yet another Rubber Ducky in his pool with him while he watched the election returns. Luskey was so startled by the results that he did a spit take; Ducky was in the line of fire, eliciting a squeak of protest. {{storylink|Mayor May Not}}
{{--}}

====''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon====
When [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] felt that his luck had deserted him, [[Cody Burns]] let him borrow his lucky rubber duck, [[Luke (RBA)|Luke]]. The rubber duck gave Hot Shot a new-found confidence that helped him carry out a tricky rescue with the other recruits, however when they returned to base, Cody revealed he'd pick-pocketed the duck before the recruits left and the confidence had been in Hot Shot all along. [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] still opted to take the rubber duck on their next mission. {{storylink|Lucky Ducky}} Assigned the task of training [[Scraplet]]s, [[Medix (RB)|Medix]] discovered that they responded to the sound of a rubber duck squeaking. He created the [[Ducktaphone]] and was successful in using it to direct the Scraplets to help in a rescue. {{storylink|How To Train Your Scraplet}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:NotAllMegatrons-newbodies.jpg|thumb|150px|"Soon..."]]

Rubber Ducky sat in a CR bath in [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s mansion; [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] caught a glimpse of it when he led a raid on [[Darksyder]] headquarters. Rubber Ducky was later in the background as the Darksyders underwent the [[Beast mode|Beast Upgrade]]. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

===2021 IDW ''Beast Wars'' comic===
Following the ''Darksyde''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash, Megatron's Rubber Ducky kept him company as the Predacon leader worked to decode the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]]. When [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] entered, the Rubber Ducky took the brunt of its owner's anger at being disturbed. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 2}}

When Megatron hit another wall in decoding the Golden Disk, he furiously shattered Rubber Ducky before the Maximals attacked. The bath toy stitched itself back together when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] entered Megatron's chamber only to be tossed aside by the Maximal as he began looking for the Golden Disk, much to its ire. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 2}}
{{--}}

==Merchandise==
===''Generations''===
[[File:BotCon2016toy RubberDucky.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb]]
*'''BotCon 2016 Megatron's Rubber Duckie''' (2016)

:A human-scaled rubber ducky, this souvenir was first released at the Club Store at [[BotCon 2016]], intended as an autograph item for fans to have signed by [[David Kaye]], ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s voice actor. As it is an ordinary rubber ducky, it is not intended to [[scale]] with any Megatron figure. However, shortly before BotCon began, it was discovered that the BotCon 2016 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Combiner Wars|Megatron souvenir figure]] could hold the ducky in the palm of its Hand Mode, making for some degree of (admittedly coincidental) interactive playability between the two.
:The rubber ducky was limited to 400 pieces. A second run was later produced after BotCon for sale on the Club's online store. The initial run [[variant]] of the duck sported a burgundy "BotCon 2016" logo on its front, while the second run version changed this logo's color from burgundy to blue.
{{--}}

===''Transformers: Kindergarten Series''===
[[File:Kindergarten-MegatronBW.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Megatron is inside me.]]
*'''Megatron''' (2023)
:A childlike nontransformable figurine of Megatron in a Rubber Ducky inner tube brushing his ''Tyrannosaurus'' head's teeth was available as part of ''[[Transformers: Kindergarten Series]]'', a crowdfunded [[Blindpacking|blindpackaged]] toyline available exclusively in China. Megatron's figure was the "Big Secret" of the line and was the most rare, and unlike the "Small Secret" chase figure which got an individualized box, Megatron's box was unremarkable. The figurine included a translucent plastic stand and a small chrome foil character card.

{{-}}

==Notes==
*Rubber Ducky—he's the one.
*Since Hasbro has announced no plans to produce this character in toy form, [[Fun Publications]] decided to do so in 2016, as seen above.
*Voice actor [[David Kaye]] has been known to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9iXlC6mwPc oblige requests at conventions] to sing the ''{{w|Sesame Street}}'' [[Wikia:muppet:Rubber Duckie (song)|Rubber Ducky song]] in his Beast Wars Megatron voice. And to this day, it's very catchy.
*Megatron's affinity for duckies may or may not be an inspiration for [[Ego (TransTech)|Ego]]'s affinity for [[plush lizard]]s, though the lizard is known to also squeak "Hi!" at frequent and annoying times.
*The noise the Rubber Ducky made when squeezed would later be recycled as a stock sound effect for ''[[Wikia:mlp:My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''.
*Lo and behold, we got [[Quackles]].

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Talk:Crashbar

2023-08-10T16:55:33Z

Zonorheso: Created page with "== Similarities in Appearances == In the notes of this article, it's (currently) mentioned that "Crashbar shares facial hair with his designer, Mark Maher." This isn't en..."

== Similarities in Appearances ==

In the notes of this article, it's (currently) mentioned that "Crashbar shares facial hair with his designer, [[Mark Maher]]." This isn't entirely accurate; during the reveal stream in which they showed off Crashbar, Mark specifically made his appearance match that of Crashbar: he wore clothes that matched Crashbar's color scheme, and he shaved his facial hair to match Crashbar's. I know this is a little pedantic, but given that Mark's usual facial hair ''doesn't'' match Crashbar's, I feel that it's worth revising the sentence in the article. I decided I'd bring it up here before making any changes. --[[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 12:55, 10 August 2023 (EDT)

List of female Transformers

2023-06-01T19:55:07Z

Zonorheso: /* EarthSpark */ Fixing a broken link.

{{suite|root=Female Transformer}}

Following is a thorough list of the various [[female Transformer]]s in canon thus far. Many of these characters were Japan-exclusive, featured only in fiction, or exist as limited-run exclusive toys. Female characters who had multiple toys are listed only once.

==[[Generation 1 continuity family]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (1)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (2)
*[[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] (3)
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] (4)
*[[Greenlight]] (5)
*[[Lancer]] (6)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Beta (G1)|Beta]] (8)
*An [[Autobot rebel]] (9)
*[[Paradron Medic]] (11)
*[[Nancy]] (12)
*[[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] (13)
*[[Clipper (G1)|Clipper]] (14)
*[[Karmen]] (18)
*[[Glyph (Universe)|Glyph]] (20)
*[[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] (21)
*[[Discharge (G1)|Discharge]]<ref name="retcon">Initially had no gender declared before being revealed to be female at a later date.</ref> (22)
*[[Windy (G1)|Windy]]<ref name="retcon"/> (23)
*[[Vibes]] (24)
*[[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]] (25)
*[[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]] (32)
*[[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]] (34)
*[[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] (35)
*[[Windrazor (G1)|Windrazor]] (38)
*[[Thunderblast (G1)|Thunderblast]] (46)
*[[Cassiopeia]] (47)
*[[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] (51)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (52)
*[[Victorion]] (61)
*[[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] (62)
*[[Javelin]] (63)
*[[Proxima (G1)|Proxima]] (64)
*[[Roadmaster]] (65)
*[[Acceleron]] (66)
*[[Override (BWU)|Override]] (69)
*[[Rust Dust]] (70)
*[[Pyra Magna]] (71)
*[[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]] (72)
*[[Stormclash]] (73)
*[[Jumpstream]] (74)
*[[Dust Up]] (75)
*[[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]]<ref name="retcon"/> (76)
*[[Eos]] (80)
*[[Lifeline (G1)|Lifeline]] (83)
*[[Quickslinger (G1)|Quickslinger]] (84)
*[[Hotwire (G1)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Hotwire]]<ref name="dual"/> (98)
*[[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]] (99)
*[[Slide#2005 IDW continuity|Slide]]<ref name="dual"/> (104)
*[[Crush-Bull#Beast Wars: Uprising|Crush Bull]]<ref name="dual"/> (107)
*[[Oiler#Beast Wars: Uprising|Oiler]]<ref name="dual"/> (108)
*[[Broadside (G1)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Broadside]]<ref name="dual"/> (109)
*[[Sky High (Micromaster)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Sky High]]<ref name="dual"/> (110)
*[[Circuit (G1)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Circuit]]<ref name="dual"/> (116)
*[[Pyro (G1)#TransTech|Pyra Ignatia Spark]]<ref name="dual"/> (118)
*[[Scorchfire]] (122)
*[[Orthia]] (126)
*[[Smashdown]]<ref name="dual"/> (128)
*[[Burn Out (Diaclone)|Burnout]] (141)

|c2=
*[[Esmeral (G1)|Esmeral]] (15)
*[[Lyzack (G1)|Lyzack]] (16)
*[[Clio]] (17)
*[[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]] (19)
*[[Shadow Striker (Universe)|Shadow Striker]] (26)
*[[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]] (31)
*[[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] (33)
*[[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]] (34)
*[[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]] (39)
*[[Freezon]]<ref name="retcon"/> (44)
*[[Nightracer (G1)|Nightracer]] (49)
*[[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] (50)
*[[Twirl (G1)|Twirl]] (54)
*[[Nickel]] (60)
*[[Swift (G1)|Swift]] (77)
*[[Killjoy]] (79)
*[[Blackout (G1)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Blackout]]<ref name="dual">Male in first appearance but female in another continuity.</ref> (81)
*[[Spaceshot#Beast Wars: Uprising|Spaceshot]]<ref name="dual"/> (82)
*[[Crash Test (G2)|Crash Test]] (85)
*[[Trickdiamond]] (92)
*[[Moonheart]] (93)
*[[Megaempress]] (94)
*[[Flowspade]] (95)
*[[Lunaclub]] (96)
*[[Megatronia]] (100)
*[[Buckethead]]<ref name="retcon"/> (103)
*[[Diveplane]]<ref name="retcon"/> (112)
*[[Seawave]]<ref name="retcon"/> (113)
*[[Mindgame]] (114)
*[[Tracer (Micromaster)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Tracer]]<ref name="dual"/> (115)
*[[Devastator (G1)#Timelines|Devastator]]<ref name="dual"/> (117)
*[[Cindersaur (G1)#Generations|Cindersaur]]<ref name="dual"/> (125)
*[[Shadow Striker (G1)|Shadow Striker]] (127)
*[[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]]<ref name="dual"/> (129)
*[[Termagax]] (133)
*[[Kaskade]] (135)
*[[Heavywait]] (138)
*[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] (143)

|h3=Other|c3=
*[[Cheesecake robot]] (10)
*[[Roulette and Shadow Striker's sister]] (27)
*[[Path Finder]] (28)
*[[Small Foot]] (29)
*[[Devcon's galpal]] (30)
*One of [[Optimus Prime's rescuees]] (36)
*[[Angela]] (37)
*Four members of the [[Kaon upperclass]] (40-43)
*[[Ma-Grrr]] (45)
*[[Red waitress Transformer]] (48)
*[[Windshear]] (53)
*[[Solus Prime]] (55)
*[[Female protester]] (56)
*[[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] (57)
*[[Strafe (IDW)|Strafe]] (58)
*[[Mistress of Flame]] (59)
*[[Exocet]] (67)
*[[Vertex]] (68)
*[[Aileron]] (78)
*[[Gnash]] (86)
*[[Slice (G1)|Slice]] (87)
*[[Thrashclaw]] (88)
*[[Shred]] (89)
*[[07:00:00|A pair of Devisen twins]] (90-91)
*[[Maxima]] (97)
*[[Sieg]]<ref name="intent">Not clarified in fiction but intended as such by [[authorial intent]].</ref> (101)
*[[Kari]] (102)
*[[Anode]] (105)
*[[Lug (IDW)|Lug]] (106)
*[[X-Throttle]] (111)
*[[Rum-Maj]] (119)
*[[Praesidia Magna]] (120)
*[[Fastbreak (G1)|Fastbreak]] (121)
*[[Crash Test (G1)|Crash Test]] (122)
*[[Stardrive]] (123)
*[[Magrada]] (124)
*[[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]] (130)
*[[Codexa]] (131)
*[[Gauge]] (132)
*[[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]] (134)
*[[Shutter]] (136)
*[[Sharpclaw]] (137)
*[[Cargohold]] (139)
*[[Cryak]] (140)
*[[Spindle]] (142)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Alana]], turned into a Transformer for a [[Sea Change|short time]].
*[[Aunty]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer.
*[[Combination granny and attack-dog-bot]]s, human-sized drones supposedly based on Transformer technology.
*One of [[Maccadam's bartenders]]
*[[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]]
*[[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], has a [[Mega|female side to him]].
*Some of the [[Teletraan (disambiguation)|"Teletraan"]] computers like [[Teletraan 15|15]] and [[Teletraan 10|10]] are female.
*There appears to be a female design among a [[Early war history records Transformers|group of old generics]].
*Bayonet, the fake female Decepticon disguise of [[Britt]].
*In the French dub of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] are considered female. Shrapnel is also female in the Russian dub, as is Starscream in the Turkish one.

==[[Beast Era]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (2)
*[[Kitte Shūshū]] (5)
*[[Rage (BW)|Rage]] (6)
*[[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] (7)
*[[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]]<ref name="retcon"/> (13)
*[[Crystal Widow]] (14)
*[[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] (15)
*[[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] (16)
*[[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]]<ref name="retcon"/> (18)
*[[Binary]] (19)
*[[Wedge Shape]]<ref name="retcon"/> (24)
*[[Aura]] (25)
*[[Legend Convoy]]<ref name="retcon"/> (26)
*[[Stockade (Universe 2003)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Stockade]]<ref name="dual"/> (28)
*[[Rav (BWU)|Rav]] (29)
*[[Hammerstrike (BM)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Hammerstrike]]<ref name="dual"/> (31)
*[[Triceradon (BM)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Triceradon]]<ref name="dual"/> (35)
*[[Skimmer (Kre-O)|Skimmer]] (36)
*[[Nyx]] (44)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]/[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]|c2=
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (1)
*[[Scylla]] (3)
*[[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] (4)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (8)
*[[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]]<ref name="retcon"/> (17)
*[[Ser-Ket (BWU)|Ser-Ket]] (20)
*[[Dead End (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Dead-End]]<ref name="dual"/> (27)
*[[Jai-Alai]] (30)
*[[BB (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Max-B]]<ref name="dual"/> (32)
*[[Gaidora (BWU)|Gaidora]] (33)
*[[Soundbyte|Soundbyte/Soundbite]] (34)
*[[Liftoff]] (37)
*[[Freefall (Kre-O)|Freefall]] (38)
*[[Snarl (Classics)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Snarl-blast]]<ref name="dual"/> (39)
*[[Vertebreak (Kingdom)|Vertebreak]] (43)
*[[Skold]] (45)

|h3=[[Covenant (group)|Covenant]]|c3=
*[[Libras]] (9)
*[[Virgol]] (10)
*[[Cancix]]<ref name="retcon"/> (11)
*''Possibly [[Sagittarii]]'' (12)

|h4=Others|c4=
*[[Dipole]] (21)
*[[Vamp]] (22)
*[[Cerebros (RID)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Plasma]]<ref name="dual"/> (23)
*[[Deep Blue (BWU)|Deep Blue]] (40)
*At least two bridge officers of the ''[[Terrastar (BWU)|Terrastar]]'' (41-42)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Predacon computer|NAVI-ko]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer
*[[NAVI (Yukikaze)|NAVI]] (''[[Yukikaze (BW)|Yukikaze]]''), female Cybertronian intelligent computer
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (''[[Gung Ho]]''), female Cybertronian intelligent computer
*[[DNAVI]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer
*[[Medusa]], an [[Intruder]]-built robot modified with Cybertronian technology

==[[Robots in Disguise continuity family]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Universe)|Optimus Prime]]<ref name="dual"/> (1)
*[[Nightcruz (RID)|Nightcruz]]<ref name="retcon"/> (3)
|c2=
*[[Scourge (RID)#Spy Changer continuity|Scourge]]<ref name="dual"/> (2)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[T-AI]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer.

==[[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]] (5)
*[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (9)
*[[Autobot nurse]]s (10)
*Two [[Velocitron band|Velocitronian band members]] (11-12)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]<ref name="dub">Was male in Japan, but altered to female in the English dub.</ref> (13)
*[[Joyride (Cybertron)|Joyride]]<ref name="dub"/> (15)
*[[Quickslinger (Cybertron)|Quickslinger]] (16)
*[[Crystal Widow]] (24)
*[[Treadbolt]]<ref name="retcon"/> (33)
*[[Chromia (Cybertron)|Chromia]] (34)

|c2=
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (14)
*[[Spacewarp]] (30)

|h3=[[Mini-Con]]s|c3=
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (1)
*[[Combusta]] (2)
*[[Falcia]] (3)
*[[Twirl (Armada)|Twirl]] (4)
*[[Sunburn]] (6)
*[[Cliffjumper (Armada)|Cliffjumper]]<ref name="retcon"/> (7)
*[[Ironhide (Armada)|Ironhide]]<ref name="retcon"/> (8)
*[[Spiral]]<ref name="retcon"/> (9)
*[[Offshoot (Cybertron)|Offshoot]]<ref name="retcon"/> (17)
*[[Breakage]]<ref name="retcon"/> (18)
*[[Kickflip]]<ref name="retcon"/> (19)
*[[Mudbath]]<ref name="retcon"/> (20)
*[[Heavy Metal (Energon)|Heavy Metal]]<ref name="retcon"/> (21)
*"[[Disco ball]]" (22)
*[[Road Rebel]]<ref name="retcon"/> (23)
*[[Guardian Speed]]<ref name="retcon"/> (25)
*[[Mugen]]<ref name="retcon"/> (26)
*[[Bingo|Bingo/Triac]]<ref name="retcon"/> (27)
*[[Wedge Shape]]<ref name="retcon"/> (28)
*[[Sprite]] (29)
*[[Boom Tube]] (31)
*[[Windrazor (G1)|Windrazor]] (32)
*[[Rán]] (33)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Landmine (episode)|A possible scooterformer]]
*[[Dark Nitro Convoy]], evil clone of a character whose gender was switched in translation
*[[Red Alert (Universe)|Red Alert]], minimally-altered release of a toy that was female in Japan
*[[Midnight Express (Universe)|Midnight Express]], unaltered release of a toy that was female in Japan
*[[Hourglass]], a female character who might be a Cybertronian
*[[Bombshell (Cybertron)|Bombshell]], a female character who might be a Cybertronian
*[[Carillon]], a female character who might be a Cybertronian
*[[Vector Prime]], the former multiversal entity who was female in some universes

==[[Movie continuity family]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] (1)
*[[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] (2)
*[[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] (4)
*[[Perihelion]] (8)
*''[[HMS Alliance]]'' (9)
*[[Windblade (BB)|Windblade]] (13)
|c2=
*[[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]] (3)
*[[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]] (5)
*[[Shadow Striker (ROTF)|Shadow Striker]] (6)
*[[Override (TF 2010)|Override]]<ref name="intent"/> (7)
*[[Diabla (BB)|Diabla]] (10)
*[[Howlback (BB)|Howlback]] (11)
*[[Shatter]] (12)
|h3=Other|c3=
*[[Nightbird (ROTB)|Nightbird]]
*[[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]]
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] claims to have a mother who may or may not have been a Transformer.

==[[Animated continuity family]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] (2)
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (3)
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] (4)
*[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] (6)
*[[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] (8)
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] (10)
*[[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]] (11)
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] (12)
*[[Lickety-Split (Animated)|Lickety-Split]] (13)
*[[Lightbright (Animated)|Lightbright]] (14)
*[[Chromia (Animated)|Chromia]] (16)
*[[Clipper (Animated)|Clipper]] (17)
*[[Quickslinger (Animated)|Quickslinger]] (18)
*[[Kappa Supreme]] (19)
*[[Override Prime]] (20)
*[[Windy (Animated)|Windy]] (21)
*[[Road Rage (Animated)|Road Rage]] (25)
*[[Flashpoint]] (26)
*[[Minerva (Animated)|Minerva]] (27)
*[[Sureshock (Animated)|Sureshock]] (28)
*[[Nightbeat (Animated)|Nightbeat]] (29)
*[[Sunstreaker (Animated)|Sunstreaker]] (30)
|c2=
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (1)
*[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] (5)
*[[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] (7)
*[[Flip Sides (Animated)|Flip Sides]] (9)
*[[Antagony (Animated)|Antagony]] (15)
*[[Wingthing (Animated)|Wingthing]] (22)
*[[Beta (Animated)|Beta]] (23)
*[[Drag Strip (Animated)|Drag Strip]] (24)
|h3=Others|c3=
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Teletran-1]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer

==''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]''==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blackarachnia (TransTech)|Blackarachnia]] (5)
|c2=
*[[Strika (TransTech)|Strika]] (3)
|h3=Neutrals|c3=
*[[Withered Hope|Unnamed medic]] (1)
*[[Andromeda (TransTech)|Andromeda]] (2)
*[[Cyclis]] (4)
*[[Sonar (TransTech)|Sonar]] (6)
*[[Hammerstrike (TransTech)|Hammerstrike]] (7)
*[[Scorpia (TransTech)|Scorpia]] (8)
*[[Proxima (TransTech)|Proxima]] (9)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Axiom Nexus News]] [[Editor]], a 'bot with one male and one female personality

==''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Decepticon]]s|c1=
*[[Crasher (SG)|Crasher]] (1)
*[[Esmeral (SG)|Esmeral]] (6)
*[[Howlback (SG)|Howlback]] (7)
*[[Flamewar (SG)|Flamewar]] (11)
|h2=[[Autobot]]s|c2=
*[[Arcee (SG)|Arcee]] (2)
*[[Andromeda (SG)|Andromeda]] (3)
*[[Elita-One (SG)|Elita-One]] (4)
*[[Strongarm (SG)|Strongarm]] (8)
*[[Windblade (SG)|Windblade]] (9)
*[[Nautica (SG)|Nautica]] (10)
|h3=Unknown|c3=
*[[Beta (SG)|Beta]] (5)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Teletraan-X (SG)|Teletraan-X]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer.

==[[Aligned continuity family]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Akiba Prime]]
*[[Apax]]
*[[Arc]]
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]
*[[Arcee Blade]]
*[[Assault Star]]
*[[Brushfire (RB)|Brushfire]]
*[[Cameo]]
*[[Catapult]]
*[[Chevalier]]
*[[Chromia (Prime)|Chromia]]
*[[Deep Blue (Prime)|Deep Blue]]
*[[Ether Walker]]
*[[Firestar (Prime)|Firestar]]
*[[Galaxy Flare]]
*[[Galaxy 'Questrian]]
*[[Glow]]
*[[Matronly Docent]]
*[[Quickshadow]]
*[[Rocket Plume]]
*[[Slash (RBA)|Slash]]
*[[Solus Prime]]
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]
*[[Tempest Spin]]
*[[Thunderclap (Prime)|Thunderclap]]
*[[Upkeep]]
*[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]]
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]

|c2=
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]
*[[Astraea]]
*[[Aurora Speeder]]
*[[Balewing]]
*[[Coldstar]]
*[[Crimson Phantom]]
*[[Cyberwarp (RID)|Cyberwarp]]
*[[Cyclone Dancer]]
*[[Diabla (Prime)|Diabla]]
*[[Duststorm (Prime)|Duststorm]]
*[[Fallen Angel (Prime)|Fallen Angel]]
*[[Filch]]
*[[Flamewar (Prime)|Flamewar]]
*[[Flash Runner]]
*[[Glowstrike]]
*[[Hoverbolt]]
*[[Helter-Skelter]]
*[[Hurricane Hunter]]
*[[Ida]]
*[[Lensflare]]
*[[Metal Thunder]]
*[[Nebula Ripper]]
*[[Night Dancer]]
*[[Overhead]]
*[[Retrofit]]
*[[Rollcage]]
*[[Scatterspike (RID)|Scatterspike]]
*[[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]]
*[[Slink]]
*[[Slipstream (WFC)|Slipstream]]
*[[Spiral Zealot]]
*[[Supernova Flame]]
*[[Variable Star]]
*[[Void Pulse]]
*[[Zizza]]

|h3=[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]]|c3=
*[[Ser-Ket (Prime)|Ser-Ket]]
*[[Ripclaw]]

|h4=[[Neutral]]s|c4=
*[[Azimuth (COP)|Azimuth]]
*[[Cogwheel]]
*[[Elita One (COP)|Elita One]]
*[[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]]
*[[Moonracer (COP)|Moonracer]]
*[[Nightra]]
*[[Override (Prime)|Override]]
}}

==[[Bot Shots (franchise)|Bot Shots]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]]|c1=
*[[Buzzclaw (BS)|Buzzclaw]] (1)
}}

==[[Kre-O]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (1)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (3)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (4)
*[[Minerva (G1 robot)|Minerva]] (5)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (6)
*[[Paradron Medic]] (10)
*[[Strongarm (RID)#Kre-O|Strongarm]] (12)
*[[Skimmer (Kre-O)|Skimmer]]<ref name="retcon"/> (13)
|c2=
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (2)
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (7)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
*[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstrike]] (9)
*[[Ida]] (11)
*[[Liftoff]]<ref name="retcon"/> (14)
*[[Freefall (Kre-O)|Freefall]]<ref name="retcon"/> (15)
}}

==[[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Stella (AB)|Stella]] as:
** Arcee (1)
** Airachnid (2)
** Chromia (4)
** Novastar (10)
** Moonracer (11)
** Greenlight (12)

*[[Silver (AB)|Silver]] as:
** Windblade (3)
** Energon Windblade (5)
** Elita-One (8)

*[[Matilda]] as:
**Energon Nautica (6)
**Nautica (7)
**Strongarm (9)

*[[Zeta (AB)|Zeta]] as:
** Nightbird (13)

*[[Rosanna (AB)|Rosanna]] (15)
|c2=
*[[Zeta (AB)|Zeta]] as:
** Slipstream (14)
}}

==''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]]
*[[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]]
*[[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]]
*[[Jazz (Cyberverse)|Jazz]]<ref name="intent">Not clarified in fiction but intended as such by [[authorial intent]].</ref>
*[[Swoop (Cyberverse)|Swoop]]
*[[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]
|c2=
*[[Alpha Strike]]
*[[Nova Storm (Cyberverse)|Nova Storm]]
*[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]]
*[[Skywarp (Cyberverse)|Skywarp]]
*[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]]

|h3=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c3=
*[[Blackarachnia (Cyberverse)|Blackarachnia]]

|h4=Other|c4=
*[[Cosmos (Cyberverse)|Cosmos]]
*[[Nightbird (Cyberverse)|Nightbird]]
*[[Operatus]]
*[[Solus Prime]]
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*In the Japanese dub of ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', [[Thrust (Cyberverse)|Thrust]] was female, and went by the name '''[[Red Wing]]'''.
*Due to an animation error, [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)|Acid Storm]] fluctuates between the male and female Seeker animation models in the cartoon. Writer [[Mae Catt]] would later offer an in-universe explanation on Twitter that changing body types is "just something Acid Storm likes to do" and that pronouns are "up to Acid Storm", implying Acid Storm is non-binary gender fluid.

==[[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=BotBots|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Aday]]
*[[Agent Smartlit (BotBots)|Agent Smartlit]]
*[[Angry Cheese]]*
*[[Anty Farmwell]]
*[[Arctic Guzzlerush]]
*[[Bankshot]]
*[[Batsby]]**
*[[Big Cantuna]]
*[[Bok Bok Bok-O]]
*[[Bonz-Eye]]
*[[Bot-T-Builder]]
*[[Bottocorrect]]
*[[Bratworst]]
*[[Brock Head]]
*[[Chef Nada]]
*[[Clawsome]]
*[[Crabby Grabby]]
*[[Cuddletooth]]
*[[Dingledeedoo]]
*[[Disaster Master]]
*[[Disgusto Desserto]]*
*[[DJ Fudgey Fresh]]
*[[Doctor Flicker]]
*[[Dr. Flaskenstein]]**
*[[Drama Sauce]]
*[[Drillit Yaself]]
*[[Face Ace]]
*[[Fail Polish]]
*[[Fit Ness Monster]]
*[[Flare Devil]]
*[[Flood Jug]]
*[[Fomo]]*
*[[Fottle Barts]]**
*[[Frohawk]]
*[[Frostfetti Frostyface]]
*[[Game Over]]**
*[[Glam Glare Fancy Flare]]
*[[Glitch Face]]
*[[Goggly Spy P.I.]]
*[[Gold Dexter]]
*[[Goldface]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Goldiebites]]
*[[Goldie Terrortwirl]]
*[[Goldito Favrito]]
*[[Goldpin Baller]]
*[[Gold Punch]]
*[[Grampiano]]
*[[Grandma Crinkles]]
*[[Grave Rave]]
*[[The Great Mumbo Bumblo]]
*[[Greeny Rex]]
*[[Grrr'illa Grimes]]
*[[Halloween Knight]]
*[[Handy Dandy]]
*[[Hashtagz]]
*[[Hawt Diggity]]
*[[Hawt Mess]]
*[[Highroller]]
*[[Hiptoast]]
*[[Ice Sight]]
*[[Jacqueline]]
*[[Javasaurus Rex]]
*[[Jet Setter]]
*[[Kikmee]]**
*[[Knotzel]]
*[[Laceface]]**
*[[Lady Loofah]]
*[[Lady Macaron]]
*[[Latte Spice Whirl]]
*[[Leafmeat Alone]]
*[[Loadoutsky]]
*[[Lolly Licks]]
*[[Lolly Mints]]
*[[Miss Mixed]]
*[[Movie Munchster]]
*[[Ms. Take]]
*[[Must Turd]]
*[[Nanny McBag]]
*[[Nomaste]]
*[[Nope Soap]]
*[[Ol' Tic Toc]]
*[[Ollie Bite]]
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Outta Order]]
*[[Overpack]]
*[[Pop N. Lock]]
*[[Pop O' Gold]]
*[[Pressure Punk]]
*[[Professor Scope]]
*[[Rebugnant]]
*[[Ring-A-Ling]]
*[[Roarista]]
*[[Sandy Shades]]
*[[Scribby]]
*[[Sheriff Sugarfeet]]
*[[Shifty Gifty]]
*[[Sippyberry]]
*[[Sippy Slurps]]
*[[Skippy Dippy Disc]]
*[[Slappyhappy]]
*[[Smooth Shaker]]
*[[Smore N' More]]
*[[Sour Wing]]
*[[Starscope]]*
*[[Sticky McGee]]
*[[Sugar Saddle]]
*[[Super Bubs]]
*[[Sweet Cheat]]
*[[Technotic Sonic]]
*[[Terror Tale Torch]]
*[[Tidy Trunksky]]
*[[Tricitrustops]]
*[[Tropic Guzzlerush]]
*[[Tutu Puffz]]
*[[Twerple Burple]]
*[[Unilla Icequeencone]]
*[[Ulf the Orange]]
*[[Venus Frogtrap]]
*[[Vigitente]]
*[[Waddlepop]]
*[[Wasabi Breath]]
*[[Whirlderful]]
*[[Whoopsie Cushion]]
*[[Wristocrat]]
{{!}}}
}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Presented as female in the toyline and male in the cartoon 
<nowiki>**</nowiki>Presented as male in the toyline and female in the cartoon

==[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c2=
*[[Tyrannocon Rex]]
}}

==''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]]''==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] (1)
*[[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]] (5)
|c2=
*[[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]] (4)
*[[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]] (6)
*[[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] (7)
|h3=[[Terran]]s|c3=
*[[Twitch]] (2)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (8)
|h4=Other|c4=
*[[Solus Prime]] (3)
}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Female Transformers| ]]
[[Category:Lists]]

Talk:Smith (disambiguation)

2023-01-07T13:34:23Z

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==Incomplete Disambiguation Pages==
So I've noticed that there are some disambiguation pages, like this one, that are (as of my writing this) incomplete/underdeveloped. There's [[Sam Smith|more]] [[Ron Smith|articles]] [[Robin Smith|that]] [[Robert O. Smith|could]] be included here, and of all the ones that are, [[Samantha Smith|not all of them have the tooltip that links back to here.]] The [[Snake (disambiguation)]] page is in a similar state. Would anyone be opposed to me going through and fixing these up? Considering that there's probably a lot of these, and since I'm not an admin, I figured I should at least bring this up before running through and making changes to a bunch of articles. [[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 08:34, 7 January 2023 (EST)

Talk:Bumblebee (ES)

2022-12-17T23:19:52Z

Zonorheso: /* G1 vs Earthspark */

[[File:BumblebeeEarthspark-atSDCC.jpg|unused|thumb|]]

== G1 vs Earthspark ==

So are the Earthspark characters going to have their own pages? I thought Earthspark had been officially stated as being part of the G1 continuity family. Shouldn't this article be a sub-article of [[Bumblebee (G1)]]? -[[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 15:21, 17 December 2022 (EST)
:No. EarthSpark is its own continuity. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:23, 17 December 2022 (EST)
::I mean, okay, but the show's producer, Ant Ward, referred to it as "G1.5" at NYCC 2022. That sounds to me like it's a new continuity within the G1 family. -[[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 15:34, 17 December 2022 (EST)
:::It's G1 inspired for sure, but very much its own thing. Besides, at this stage the G1 character pages are so long that continuing to add to them has simply become untenable in many cases. It's simply easier to treat any new major media franchise as its own thing unless it's a direct continuation. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:40, 17 December 2022 (EST)
::::Fair enough, can't really argue with that. -[[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 18:19, 17 December 2022 (EST)

Talk:Bumblebee (ES)

2022-12-17T20:34:06Z

Zonorheso: /* G1 vs Earthspark */

Talk:Bumblebee (ES)

2022-12-17T20:21:46Z

Zonorheso: /* G1 vs Earthspark */ new section

Shadowstrip

2022-12-03T14:28:39Z

Zonorheso: Adding back in the site info on the citation cause I accidentally removed it.

{{factions|decepticong2|velocitron}}
:''Shadowstrip is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Shadowstrip-packagingart.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Shadow the Striphog]]
'''Shadowstrip''' is a determined athlete who'll obliterate any obstacle in his path to victory, including other athletes.

{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===''Legacy''===
{{anchor|Velocitron}}
[[File:TF-Legacy-Velocitron-Speedia-500-Shadowstrip.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Looks like you're going to the Shadowstrip, Jimbo.]]
*'''G2 Universe Shadowstrip''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])
**''Accessories'': 2x Gravito-blasters
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro)}}
: ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection]]'' "G2 Universe Shadowstrip" is a redeco of [[Drag Strip (G1)#Legacy|''Legacy'' Decepticon Dragstrip]], done in the colors of [[Drag Strip (G1)#Generation 2|the cancelled ''Generation 2'' figure from 1994]]. The differences between the ''Generation 2'' toy and Shadowstrip are the increased usage of gold paint, less usage of blue paint, and golden flag tampographs on his sides. Shadowstrip comes with two blasters, like Dragstrip. Despite not being called out in the instructions, Shadowstrip can still form an arm for [[Menasor (G1)#Legacy|Menasor]].

:While the ''Transformers'' team considers Shadowstrip a new character,<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Shadowstrip has a new name for a new character.|link=https://tformers.com/transformers-legacy-evolution-studio-series-media-roundtable-qa-report/47655/news.html#:~:text=Shadowstrip%20has%20a%20new%20name%20for%20a%20new%20character.|site=Tformers|year=2022|month=10|day=20}}</ref> Shadowstrip's designer acknowledges that the toy also works as the ''Generation 2'' version of Drag Strip.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Okay, let’s talk G2 Shadowstrip! If this character doesn’t look or sound familiar, it is likely due to the fact that he is based on an unreleased G2 toy redeco of Dragstrip. [...] What do you think of Shadowstrip? Do you enjoy his as an entirely new character? Or do you just think of him as being G2 Dragstrip?|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck1PzYKOmcD/|name=Sam Smith|site=Instagram|title=VELOCITRON SPEEDIA 500 G2 Universe Shadowstrip|year=2022|month=11|day=11}}</ref>

: The ''Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection'' was exclusive to [[Walmart]] in the US.
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck1PzYKOmcD/ Design notes on Shadowstrip from Hasbro designer Sam Smith on Instragram.]''
{{--}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Athletes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legacy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Stunticons]]
[[Category:Velocitron]]

Shadowstrip

2022-12-03T14:25:20Z

Zonorheso: Fixing an external link; the previous one (https://tformers.com/transformers-legacy-evolution-studio-series-media-roundtable-qa-report/47655/news.html%C2%A0on) went to a "that page was not found" page on TFormers.

{{factions|decepticong2|velocitron}}
:''Shadowstrip is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Shadowstrip-packagingart.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Shadow the Striphog]]
'''Shadowstrip''' is a determined athlete who'll obliterate any obstacle in his path to victory, including other athletes.

{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===''Legacy''===
{{anchor|Velocitron}}
[[File:TF-Legacy-Velocitron-Speedia-500-Shadowstrip.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Looks like you're going to the Shadowstrip, Jimbo.]]
*'''G2 Universe Shadowstrip''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])
**''Accessories'': 2x Gravito-blasters
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro)}}
: ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection]]'' "G2 Universe Shadowstrip" is a redeco of [[Drag Strip (G1)#Legacy|''Legacy'' Decepticon Dragstrip]], done in the colors of [[Drag Strip (G1)#Generation 2|the cancelled ''Generation 2'' figure from 1994]]. The differences between the ''Generation 2'' toy and Shadowstrip are the increased usage of gold paint, less usage of blue paint, and golden flag tampographs on his sides. Shadowstrip comes with two blasters, like Dragstrip. Despite not being called out in the instructions, Shadowstrip can still form an arm for [[Menasor (G1)#Legacy|Menasor]].

:While the ''Transformers'' team considers Shadowstrip a new character,<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Shadowstrip has a new name for a new character.|link=https://tformers.com/transformers-legacy-evolution-studio-series-media-roundtable-qa-report/47655/news.html#:~:text=Shadowstrip%20has%20a%20new%20name%20for%20a%20new%20character.}}</ref> Shadowstrip's designer acknowledges that the toy also works as the ''Generation 2'' version of Drag Strip.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Okay, let’s talk G2 Shadowstrip! If this character doesn’t look or sound familiar, it is likely due to the fact that he is based on an unreleased G2 toy redeco of Dragstrip. [...] What do you think of Shadowstrip? Do you enjoy his as an entirely new character? Or do you just think of him as being G2 Dragstrip?|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck1PzYKOmcD/|name=Sam Smith|site=Instagram|title=VELOCITRON SPEEDIA 500 G2 Universe Shadowstrip|year=2022|month=11|day=11}}</ref>

: The ''Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection'' was exclusive to [[Walmart]] in the US.
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck1PzYKOmcD/ Design notes on Shadowstrip from Hasbro designer Sam Smith on Instragram.]''
{{--}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Athletes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legacy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Stunticons]]
[[Category:Velocitron]]

Sam (disambiguation)

2022-11-28T03:38:57Z

Zonorheso: I realized that, when I added Sam Smith to this page a weekish ago, I failed to match the already-present alphabetical organization by surname. I (believe) I have now fixed that (assuming he shouldn't be listed before Samantha Smith).

The names '''Sam''', '''Sammy''', '''Samuel''', and/or '''Samantha''' can refer to several different people in or involved with ''Transformers''

Fictionally...

{{disamb|y=[[1985]]|[[Sammy Harker]], the young English boy who dreams of the [[Man of Iron (Autobot)|Man of Iron]] (and gets kidnapped by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in [[Man of Iron (issue)|the story of the same name]]) from the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 comics]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[1987]]|[[Spacehikers|Samuel Wainwright]], spacehiker.}}
{{disamb|y=[[1988]]|[[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]], whom [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] rescued from the Decepticons, from the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' cartoon.}}
{{disamb|y=1988|[[Sam (producer)|Sam]], a producer for [[CNM TV]], from the ''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon.}}
{{disamb|y=[[1989]]|[[Sam (Victory)|Sam]], a young boy from the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' cartoon.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2006]]|Samuel Clemens, aka [[Mark Twain]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2007]]|[[Samuel Walker]], ill-fated captain of the ''[[Ghost 1]]'' from ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2007|[[Sam Witwicky|Samuel James Witwicky]], the main character from the first three [[live-action film series|live-action films]].}}

And in the realm of real people...

*[[Sam Helbling]], illustrator for [[Fun Publications]].
*[[Samuel Warren Joseph]], writer for ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.
*[[Samantha Lomow]], VP of Boys Toys Marketing and Boys Toys Design at [[Hasbro]], and the inspiration for the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' supervillainess [[Slo-Mo]].
*[[Sam Montes]], storyboard artist on ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]''.
*[[Samantha Newark]], voice of [[Elita One (G1)|Ariel]] and [[Elise Presser]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]].
*[[Sam Palmer]], colourist for Titan Magazines.
*[[Sam Register]], former Vice President of [[Cartoon Network]] and executive producer of ''Animated''.
*[[Sam Riegel]], voice of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]''.
*[[Samantha Smith]], who played [[Sarah Lennox]] in the live-action movie.
*[[Sam Smith]], the current Hasbro Design Manager for many of the ''Transformers'' toylines.
*[[Sam Vincent]], the voice of ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]], and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'''s [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] and [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]].

{{disambig}}

Slo-Mo

2022-11-19T18:42:28Z

Zonorheso: /* Notes */

:''Slo-Mo is a [[human]] from the [[Animated continuity family]].''

[[Image:Slomo.jpg|right|200px|thumb|In terms of fashion, this is the Yin to [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black's]] Yang. The light to the dark. Good to the bad.]]

Working a nine-to-five job as a wage slave sure sucks. It's a drag, baby. A downer. A bummer. Yesterday's scene. Which means that when you discover a fragment of an [[AllSpark|ancient life-giving alien artifact]], it's time to clock out for the last time and launch a career as a super-villain! No? Well, '''Samantha Lomow''' or '''Slo-Mo''' seems to think so.

This dishy dame's timepiece has the power to slow down machines, even stop 'em cold. In their tracks. Company halt. Fullstop. Do not pass go. It even works on those annoying [[Autobot]]s!

Amusingly enough, she seems to have a mutual attraction with the speedster [[Nanosec]].
{{TOCclear}}
==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Tara Strong]] (English), [[Takako Honda]] (Japanese)|[[Silvia Mißbach]] (German), [[Alessandra Karpoff]] (Italian), [[Marcela Solervincens]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Minna Tasanto]] (Finnish), [[Anne Plumet]] (French), [[Letícia Quinto]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[Image:Clock hideout.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"He did worse than that! He made me '''late!'''"]]
Slo-Mo first appeared on the scene as a mysterious benefactor who helped out [[Angry Archer|several]] [[Professor Princess|of Detroit's]] [[Nanosec|B-List villains]], saving them from capture by the Autobots with an Allspark-empowered timepiece. Gathering these three "also-rans" at her former place of employment, she introduced herself. Formerly a production line worker, she one day discovered what would prove to be an AllSpark fragment mixed into the quartz crystals she fitted into clocks. When it was installed in a clock-like housing, she found it slowed down all electronic and mechanical systems, from automobiles to automatons to Autobots. She realized this was a chance to make it big, she set out on a career in crime, but she also had the sense to recognize she was an amateur at the game, so she proposed that the gathered crooks could
restyle themselves as a crime syndicate. She also revealed that it was her AllSpark-powered timepiece that had undone Nino Sexton's premature
aging, and this favor seemed to kindle a potential relationship between the two.

The as-yet-unnamed syndicate's first bust quickly went south on them, however, when they became cornered not only by the Autobot [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (who was quickly defeated by Slo-Mo's timepiece) but also by the flesh-and-blood officers of the DPD. Fortunately, an anonymous caller on her watch-phone quickly offered them the services of a nearby [[Swindle (Animated)|Sports Utility Vehicle]] as a getaway car, complete with 4-wheel-drive, inbuilt weaponry, and comfortable seating for four (complete with a booster seat for Professor Princess). Speeding away, she was nonetheless unimpressed by their patron's attempting to undermine her authority and didn't feel indebted to him for just a truck. After finding out that it was a truck ''with a ridiculously large turret'', she was far more tractable. Now liking what the man was saying, her eyes lit up with dollar signs as their benefactor described the ultimate heist.

Unfortunately, once all the items were gathered, her sugar daddy mentioned one niggling detail: The final part of the device they were going to sell was the very source of her superpowers. The deal soured, forcing the unseen voice to reveal that [[Swindle (Animated)|he ''was'' their getaway car]]. Slo-Mo was a quick thinker, realizing she could blast him with her timepiece. Unfortunately, the Decepticon was a quicker thinker, using first a handy-dandy forcefield, and subsequently an even handier, dandier [[tractor beam]] to steal the timepiece. Slo-Mo was out of luck. Gathering her similarly depowered cartel members, she teamed up with the [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|little girl with the pigtails]] to haul the yellow Autobot to Sumdac Tower. It was all just a ploy to get her timepiece back, though, and she double-crossed the white hats as soon as she was able. Sadly, she was unable to recognize the effects of her own timepiece on the getaway car, and thus was hauled away by the black and white. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Slo-Mo was one of the many women brought to the [[Legends World]] 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}}

==Notes==
* Slo-Mo's name and appearance are based on [[Samantha Lomow]], a former Vice-President of Marketing at [[Hasbro]].
* Slo-Mo's dialogue is based on that of various fast-talking dames from '30s screwball comedies.
* The pupils of her eyes appear to be shaped like clock hands, as well as her fragment of the AllSpark.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Samantha Lomow''' (サマンサ・ロモー ''Samansa Romō''), '''Slo-Mo''' (スロー・モー ''Surō Mō'')

[[Category:Animated humans]]
[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Legends humans]]
[[Category:Supervillains]]

Sam Smith

2022-11-19T18:37:13Z

Zonorheso: Adding a tooltip link (I think that's what its called) to the Sam (disambiguation) page.

{{disambig3|Sam}}
[[File:Sam Smith.jpg|thumb|right|He learned [[Thrust (Movie)|Thrust]] can be green.]]

'''Sam Smith''' is the current [[Hasbro]] Design Manager on the ''[[Studio Series]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'', and mainline ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' (the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'', ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'', etc) toylines. Whether by choice or as a practical consequence of the sheer breadth of modern ''Generations'' product, he seemingly utilizes a more horizontal command structure than past department heads, taking point on the primary [[live-action film series]] component of the ''Studio Series'' line and largely leaving the more traditional [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] flavored fare to Associate Designer [[Evan Brooks]] and current overall ''Generations'' design lead [[Mark Maher]]. Smith's status as the resident gearhead of the design team may or may not constitute an ulterior motive for this particular division of labor. He used to work on ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]''.

In March 2022, Smith began his "From Screen to Toy" posts on his [https://www.instagram.com/king_samlock Instagram page], showcasing digital renders and development notes on his recent and upcoming ''Studio Series'' figures, later showcasing his works from other lines as well.

==Known design projects==
===''Dark of the Moon''===
;The [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive Scan Series<ref>[[Mark Maher]]'s [https://www.instagram.com/p/CcUAy5jMpES/ Instagram post] discussing his and Smith's work on the Scan Series</ref>
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Ironhide]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Autobot Ratchet]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Sideswipe]]

===''Generations''===
====''Studio Series''====
;Deluxe Class
{{collist|3|
*[[Dino#Studio Series|''Dark of the Moon'' Autobot Dino]]
*[[Jolt (ROTF)#Studio Series|''Dark of the Moon'' Jolt]]
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)/toys#SS78|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sidewipe]]
*[[Sideways (ROTF)#Studio Series|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Sideways]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS87|''Dark of the Moon'' Bumblebee]]
*[[Hot Rod (DOTM)#SS93|''The Last Knight'' Autobot Hot Rod]]<ref name ="August22">*[[August 16]], 2022's [https://youtu.be/mxRrhLJ1KH0 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Delaney Norris]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Isabella Weiss]], and [[Mark Maher]].</ref>
*[[Crosshairs (AOE)#Studio Series|''The Last Knight'' Crosshairs]]<ref name = "August22"/>
}}

;Voyager Class
*[[Megatron_(Movie)/toys#SS90|''Age of Extinction'' Galvatron]]

;Leader Class
*[[Grindor (ROTF)#Studio Series|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Grindor]] & [[Ravage (ROTF)#Studio Series|Ravage]]
=====''Bumblebee''=====
;Core Class
*[[Shockwave (Movie)#SSBB|Shockwave]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)#SSBB|Ravage]]

;Deluxe Class
{{collist|3|
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SS70|B-127]]
*[[Brawn (ROTF)#Studio Series|Brawn]]
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)#Studio Series|Wheeljack]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#SS82|Autobot Ratchet]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#SS84|Ironhide]]
*[[Arcee (Movie)#SS85|Arcee]]
}}

;Voyager Class
{{collist|3|
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#SS72|Starscream]]
*[[Thrust (Movie)#Studio Series|Thrust]]
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#SS83|Soundwave]]
*[[Thundercracker (Movie)#SS89|Thundercracker]]
}}

====''Legacy''====
*[[Metroplex (Cybertron)#Legacy|Titan Class Cybertron Universe Metroplex]]
*[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Legacy|Leader Class Transmetal II Megatron]]<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/07/21/san-diego-comic-con-2022-transformers-reveal-panel-461255 SDCC 2022 Hasbro Transformers Product Reveal Panel report] at TFW2005</ref>

=====''Wreck 'N Rule Collection''=====
*[[Springer (G1)/toys#Legacy|Voyager Class Autobot Springer]]

=====''Speedia 500 Collection''=====
;Deluxe Class
{{collist|3|
*[[Crasher (GoBots)#Legacy|Decepticon Crasher]]
*[[Drag Strip (G1)#Velocitron|G2 Universe Shadowstrip]]
}}
;Voyager Class
*[[Hauler#Legacy|Road Hauler]]
;Leader Class
*[[Scourge (RID)#Legacy|Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe Scourge]]

====''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''====
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Voyager Class N.E.S.T. Bonecrusher]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Deluxe Class N.E.S.T. Autobot Ratchet]]

===''Masterpiece Movie Series''===
*[[Blackout (Movie)#Masterpiece Movie Series|Decepticon Blackout]] & [[Scorponok (Movie)#Masterpiece Movie Series|Scorponok]]
{{creatorstub|credits from [[Hasbro Pulse]] livestreams, [[:Category:Hasbro designers|Hasbro designer]] instagrams, etc etc}}

==Hasbro Pulse livestream appearances==
*[[November 13]], [[2020]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZKZAAh79Ok "Hasbro Pulse | Fan First Fridays: Transformers & Ghostbusters | Event One"] on YouTube, with [[Rachel Fleming]].
*[[February 4]], [[2022]]'s [https://youtu.be/8_jRsZDV9FI "Fan First Friday | Transformers Livestream"] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Isabella Weiss]], [[Mark Maher]], and [[Evan Brooks]].
*[[August 16]], 2022's [https://youtu.be/mxRrhLJ1KH0 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae, [[Delaney Norris]], Evan Brooks, Isabella Weiss, and Mark Maher.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.instagram.com/king_samlock/ Sam Smith on Instagram]
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/bowditchsmith/ Sam Smith on LinkedIn]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Sam}}
[[Category:Bumblebee designers]]
[[Category:Generations designers]]
[[Category:Hasbro designers]]
[[Category:Masterpiece designers]]

Sam (disambiguation)

2022-11-19T18:34:36Z

Zonorheso: Adding Sam Smith to this disambiguation page.

The names '''Sam''', '''Sammy''', '''Samuel''', and/or '''Samantha''' can refer to several different people in or involved with ''Transformers''

Fictionally...

{{disamb|y=[[1985]]|[[Sammy Harker]], the young English boy who dreams of the [[Man of Iron (Autobot)|Man of Iron]] (and gets kidnapped by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in [[Man of Iron (issue)|the story of the same name]]) from the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 comics]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[1987]]|[[Spacehikers|Samuel Wainwright]], spacehiker.}}
{{disamb|y=[[1988]]|[[Sam (transport boss)|Sam]], whom [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] rescued from the Decepticons, from the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' cartoon.}}
{{disamb|y=1988|[[Sam (producer)|Sam]], a producer for [[CNM TV]], from the ''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon.}}
{{disamb|y=[[1989]]|[[Sam (Victory)|Sam]], a young boy from the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' cartoon.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2006]]|Samuel Clemens, aka [[Mark Twain]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2007]]|[[Samuel Walker]], ill-fated captain of the ''[[Ghost 1]]'' from ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2007|[[Sam Witwicky|Samuel James Witwicky]], the main character from the first three [[live-action film series|live-action films]].}}

And in the realm of real people...

*[[Sam Helbling]], illustrator for [[Fun Publications]].
*[[Samuel Warren Joseph]], writer for ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.
*[[Samantha Lomow]], VP of Boys Toys Marketing and Boys Toys Design at [[Hasbro]], and the inspiration for the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' supervillainess [[Slo-Mo]].
*[[Sam Montes]], storyboard artist on ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]''.
*[[Samantha Newark]], voice of [[Elita One (G1)|Ariel]] and [[Elise Presser]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]].
*[[Sam Palmer]], colourist for Titan Magazines.
*[[Sam Register]], former Vice President of [[Cartoon Network]] and executive producer of ''Animated''.
*[[Sam Riegel]], voice of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]''.
*[[Samantha Smith]], who played [[Sarah Lennox]] in the live-action movie.
*[[Sam Vincent]], the voice of ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]], and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'''s [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] and [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]].
*[[Sam Smith]], the current Hasbro Design Manager for many of the ''Transformers'' toylines.

{{disambig}}

Talk:Drag Strip (G1)

2022-11-12T16:59:19Z

Zonorheso:

Should the Menasor toys be listed under the individual Stunticon's toy sections? The Titanium Series Menasor distinctly mentions in his bio that he's made out of the individual stunticon's bodies. [[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] 14:53, 31 March 2010 (EDT)
: Out of the bodies, no. If the character is still in there, maybe. --[[Special:Contributions/67.149.225.86|67.149.225.86]] 15:04, 31 March 2010 (EDT)

== Yellow Tyrrell ==

Would it be worth mentioning that there never was a Yellow P34? There were a few Yellow details but it was mostly Blue not even Pivateers entered Races in that color as far as I can find. The car was also driven by South African Jody Scheckter(1976 with Number 3), French Patrick Depailler(1976 and 1977 with Number 4) and Swede Ronnie Peterson(1977 with Number 3) ([[User:AutoTrooper2801|AutoTrooper2801]] ([[User talk:AutoTrooper2801|talk]]) 18:17, 26 January 2022 (EST))

== Shadowstrip vs. Dragstrip ==

So it appears that the Hasbro Pulse Con 2022 Roundtable QnA has confirmed that Shadowstrip is meant to be a new character and it just making use of the G2 Dragstrip color scheme: [https://tformers.com/transformers-legacy-evolution-studio-series-media-roundtable-qa-report/47655/news.html#:~:text=Shadowstrip%20has%20a%20new%20name%20for%20a%20new%20character. "Shadowstrip has a new name for a new character."] Time for a separate page, I guess? ([[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 8:08, 5 November 2022 (EST))
: Agreed. The write-up in the toy section for Shadowstrip totally misconstrues Samlock's Instagram post. He's not saying "these are two options and you can choose," he's saying "He's a new guy! Do you choose to disagree? That's fine." --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 23:21, 11 November 2022 (EST)
::Agreeing with Wada in the editing comments that we should both make a new page and also keep it on this one as well. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 10:55, 12 November 2022 (EST)
::: That makes sense to me, could be similar to how the Siege Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime figure is listed under both [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|G1 Optimus Generations Toys]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Armada Optimus Toys]]. ([[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 11:59, 12 November 2022 (EST))

Talk:Drag Strip (G1)

2022-11-05T12:08:53Z

Zonorheso:

Talk:New Avengers/Transformers

2022-09-29T16:57:40Z

Zonorheso: /* Crossoververse or not? */

Can we truly consider that series in continuity? I mean, Ironman would most certainly not ignored the Autobot, once the registration law was voted. And even if we assume the events in devastion had taken a different direction in the pant of time where the registration law wouldn't have passed, those events in question couldn't have been ignored by the other superheroes.

This raise question anyway.--[[User:81.241.201.131|81.241.201.131]] 21:09, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

: I don't think this wiki needs to concern itself on whether this crossover really works with Marvel 616. This isn't the Marvel 616 wiki. The only thing we should be concerned with is how it fits into IDW Transformers. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:13, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
:: -As I think I've pointed out somewhere else, it can't even be Marvel 616, because Doctor Doom was dead-in-hell at the time the story occurs, and Carol Danvers wasn't using the codename or costume seen in the series.- [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:34, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

:: -Well, I am raising a point about that too: Why do the super heroes from Marvel do nothing during devastation?--[[User:81.241.201.131|81.241.201.131]] 21:41, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
:::That kind of thing isn't something exclusive to this. Why did nobody but the X-Men do anything about Xorn-affected-by-the-Scarlet-Witch-to-disguise-as-Magneto-disguised-as-Xorn when he attacked New York? Why did nobody in other titles note Asgard above New York City? Comic books have selective continuity. Just the way it is. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:46, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
::::This is probably the most autistic thing I've done ,but XabtSwtdMdaX as you call him was said to send he other teams off on a "wild goose chase." This ends my almost seven year reply

[[User:Lush City|Lush City]] ([[User talk:Lush City|talk]]) 15:19, 19 November 2015 (EST)

As far as I know, Marvel confirmed any TF crossovers are AU, because the Tf war is too big an event, and would have a major effect on the main marvelverse(some encyclopedia or something confirmed it). in continuity with Tf, I don't see how? There's really no time for it to work, and Ramjet's spotlight seems to take place during Escalation(all flashs to Megs are Escalation events). Plus, it's kinda hard to believe, AHM can occur and the super hero types didn't feature. Add the fact TF isn't really that hero friendly a series...I've the feeling Ramjet's SP was intended to boot this miniseries out of the continuity. Just my opinion though [[User_Talk:GWolfv2]]

:616 universe is blown up in their new event "Secret Wars" now. IDW TF universe still exists, so this crossover is of course not canon to 616.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 15:15, 28 July 2015 (EDT)

== Crossoververse or not? ==

The Marvel Handbook may say it exist, but for all I know, it says nothing about Transformers or IDW. Does anybody actually have anything from the handbook that says so? Cause otherwise, I don't buy into this Crossoververse thing. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 20:08, 11 December 2015 (EST)
:They're citing "a Marvel Handbook" but won't say which one so it can be verified. I think that's all we'd need. I frankly doubt there's such a reference. [[User:Chip|Chip]] ([[User talk:Chip|talk]]) 06:48, 12 December 2015 (EST)
::According to [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Marvel_Database Marvel Database], this comic series does take place in the Crossover Verse, [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Earth-7642 Earth-7642]. Of course, this universe contains all kinds of characters from many other franchises, including DC Comics. That doesn't gel very well with the main IDW05 timeline, so if this is taken as fact, then this would have to be a universe that is adjacent to the IDW05 continuity, not the main one. I don't know whether or not this warrants any mention on the main page, though. I know this is a pretty old conversation, but it seemed worth bringing up. [[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 12:57, 29 September 2022 (EST)

Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)

2022-08-10T03:11:00Z

Zonorheso: Fixing a grammar/spelling error (changing "an" to "a")

{{disambig3|Lift-Ticket}}
:''Lift-Ticket is a [[Diaclone (faction)|Diaclone]] vehicle from the [[Diaclone]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BotCon2015 Lift-Ticket CardArt.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|No parking means No parking!]]
'''Lift-Ticket''' is [[Cline]]'s mech, part of the [[Diaclone project]] begun to combat the [[Waruder]] invaders. It is primarily equipped for rescue and repair. Its tow-truck mode serves it well for this purpose. In humanoid mode, the mechanisms in its arms enable the mech to lift twice as much as it can tow.

Unlike [[Burn Out (Diaclone)|Burn Out]], Lift-Ticket's AI is not based on Cline, being cautious and alert as opposed to Cline's methodical approach. Still, the AI's wariness has saved Cline many times from the Waruders' clutches.

==Fiction==
===''TransTech''===
[[File:Lift-Ticket Diaclone.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb|left]]

Crossing dimensions in pursuit of the [[Waruder]]s, Lift-Ticket/Cline and Burn Out/[[Dia]] found themselves stranded on [[Axiom Nexus]]. Following a Waruder signal underground, the team bumped into a group of Cybertron's most wanted criminals. Startled, they fled the scene. The groups reconvened as they both wound up within the Waruder hive. Joining forces with [[Megatron (Movie)#TransTech|C-81]]'s group, as well as [[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]] and [[Hound (G1)#TransTech|Sergeant Hound]], they did their best to hold the insectoid invaders at bay. During the battle, the Lift-Ticket mech took a severe blow, disabling it. Thankfully, Cline escaped unharmed, and the Waruders were led off-planet thanks to the collaborative efforts of everyone involved. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Timelines''===
[[File:BotCon2015toy-Lift-Ticket.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The text on his doors doesn't signify that he's a [[Wrecker]], only that he is a "Wrecker Type."]]
*'''Lift-Ticket''' (Souvenir set, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Towing hook/blaster

:''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Lift-Ticket is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Deluxe|Hoist]], itself a retool of ''Generations'' [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Trailcutter]]. Lift-Ticket transforms into an off-road truck, and comes with a towing hook that can transform into a blaster and peg via [[5 mm post]] onto any of his numerous ports. This figure was available only in an at-show "Diaclone 2-pack" souvenir set with [[Burn Out (Diaclone)#Timelines|Burn Out]] at [[BotCon 2015]].

:In terms of assembly error, at least a small number of units have his towing hook assembled backwards. This seems most common in ones bought from the Transformers Collector's Club's web shop sales.

:The original tooling of this toy also served as the basis of the non-toy characters [[Flatline (G1)|Generation 1 Flatline]], [[Turbofire#Wings Universe|''Wings Universe'' Turbofire]], and [[Trailbreaker (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Trailbreaker]] and [[Lockdown (SG)|Lockdown]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Diaclone/Lift-Ticket/lift-ticket.htm More information on Lift-Ticket at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneHoist.jpg|thumb|]]
* Lift-Ticket is based on 4WD Hi-Lux Wrecker Type, the ''[[Diaclone]]'' mecha whose toy mold was used to create [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Hoist (G1)/toys|Hoist]]. It goes unstated whether Lift-Ticket's home reality has multiple or only one Wrecker Type mecha. This coloration (and the mech's ''Timelines'' name) would go on to be used for [[Lift-Ticket (G1)|a Cybertronian character]].
* Lift-Ticket's name is taken from a [[Lift-Ticket (G.I. Joe)|''G.I. Joe'' character]], as [[Fun Publications]] also held the ''G.I. Joe'' Club license at the time.
* '''Salvage''' was a preliminary name for the character in homage to the [[Salvage (Movie)|the similarly colored Autobot]] from the 2007 movie toyline, and that name could still be found on BotCon Lift-Ticket's individual polybag.

[[Category:Diaclone]]
[[Category:Mechanical suits]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:TransTech characters]]

Talk:Burn Out (G1)

2022-07-28T03:23:05Z

Zonorheso: Proposing a minor link change.

So this is a very minor thing, but since Lift-Ticket was split into [[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)|Diaclone]] and [[Lift-Ticket (G1)|G1]] versions in concurrence with Burn Out, should the first link in the [[Burn Out (G1)#Legacy|image caption]] for Burn Out's Legacy toy now go to G1 Lift-Ticket, or should it remain as a link to Diaclone Lift-Ticket? --[[User:Zonorheso|Zonorheso]] ([[User talk:Zonorheso|talk]]) 23:22, 27 July 2022 (EDT)

User:Zonorheso

2022-07-28T03:22:20Z

Zonorheso:

Hi, I'm Zonorheso. Some call me Zo and/or Zoey. My full screenname is pronounced "Zo-no-rhe-so," with all long o's, and "rhe" as in "Rhett."

I have too many robots.

User:Zonorheso

2022-07-28T03:13:36Z

Zonorheso: Just adding a bit of basic info to my user page.

Hi, I'm Zonorheso. Some call me Zo and/or Zoey. It's pronounced "Zo-no-rhe-so," with all long o's, and "rhe" as in "Rhett."

I have too many robots.

Skipjack (ROTF)

2022-02-15T02:04:04Z

Zonorheso: /* New Devastator information */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Skipjack}}
:''Skipjack is a [[Decepticon]] [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Skipjack SS Packaging Art.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|"Whoever says I look like [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] next is gonna get a tread-whip to the face!"]]

'''Skipjack''' is a [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] who looks a lot like [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]. Because of this, he can form the left leg of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] whenever Rampage is [[Bumblebee (Movie)|preoccupied]] in battle. Sometimes, he requires some [[Unknown Constructicon dump truck|extra help]] if he is low on mass and height for his combiner component mode.

==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
[[File:ROTF-RampageandUnknowndumptruck.jpg|thumb|250px|"No, I just saw you! You switched hats and called ''yourself'' a different name." 
"Ohhh, y'know who does that? My brother, [[fandom:avatar:Dock/Xu/Bushi|Dock]]... ''He's'' crazy."]]

During the climactic battle in [[Egypt]] between the Autobots, their human allies and [[The Fallen]]'s Decepticons, Skipjack appeared in a quarry with the other Constructicons before merging into [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] to attack former [[Sector Seven]] agent [[Seymour Simmons]], [[Leo Spitz]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]. As Devastator smashed away at the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] after shrugging off Skids and Mudflap, Simmons called upon the [[United States Navy]] to fire upon the giant Decepticon. The [[USS Kidd|USS ''Kidd'']] fired her experimental [[rail gun]], destroying Devastator. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Skipjack’s involvement in the events of the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]] film are very controversial at best. For more on this, See: [[#Who is Skipjack?|Who is Skipjack?]] below.}}

===Toy bios===
Skipjack was present in [[Egypt]] during [[Operation: Firestorm]]. He combined with his fellow [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] to form the mighty [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], forming the left leg. {{storylink|#Generations|''Studio Series'' Constructicon Skipjack}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
{{main|Rampage (ROTF)#Toys}}
{{note|As of 2020, Hasbro's stance on the yellow bulldozer forming Devastator's leg appears to have changed; [[retcon]]ning Skipjack in place of [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] (see [[#Who is Skipjack?|below]]). This would mean that the combining Rampage toys from the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline [[Repurposing|could also be considered]] Skipjack.}}

===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:EZOrangeSkipjack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|They say the chance of an average person finding a yellow lobster is one in 30 million. For this yellow lobster, the chances of finding him seem similar.]]
*'''Skipjack''' (EZ Collection, 2010)

:Skipjack is a Japanese exclusive yellow redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)#HFTD|''Hunt for the Decepticons'']] Legends Class [[Rampage (ROTF)#Transformers (2010)|Rampage]]. Because he is not encumbered with the need to combine, both his robot and vehicle modes are much more accurate and detailed.

:His "jackhammer" mode can be achieved by connecting his legs together and flipping his cab-feet down as the tip (as per the [[stock photography|stock photos]]), although he will not be able to stand up well. Meanwhile, his [[instructions]] depict a more stable biped configuration, with his legs spread out and his cab-feet folded back in their vehicle mode position as his "heels".
{{-}}

===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-67-Voyager-Constructicon-Skipjack.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|The Jerkhammer: Yellow Edition.]]
* '''Constructicon Skipjack''' (Voyager Class, [[2020]])
**''Movie'': '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''67'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-EX'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November 28]], 2020
**''Accessories'': 2 hand blasters, base, "[[Operation: Firestorm|Pyramid Desert Battle]]" backdrop (2nd version)

:''[[Studio Series]]'' "Constructicon Skipjack" is a yellow redeco of [[Rampage_(ROTF)#Generations|Rampage]], replacing the red with yellow and darkening the grays, along with changing his eye color from orange to red.

:He comes with two blasters, made from the pistons of his vehicle mode, that can be placed inside his hand, and a cardboard backdrop display depicting [[Operation: Firestorm]]. Owing to Skipjack's unique monopod design, the figure also comes with a small black plastic base to help him stand, which can be stored between his treads in vehicle mode. In combined mode, the stand plugs into Devastator's rump.

:Skipjack can be combined with the other ''Studio Series'' [[Constructicon (ROTF)#Generations|Constructicons]] to form [[Devastator (ROTF)#Generations|Devastator]]. Though Rampage was the first to use the mold, [[Hasbro]] originally intended for him to be displayed alongside [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], rather than being Devastator's leg. Skipjack's involvement in the combination had been the original intent for Devastator, but since both Skipjack and Rampage share the same design it gave fans the option to use Rampage instead if they wanted.

:The first run of this release also had the same incorrectly-assembled waist from his predecessor, but the second run fixed this problem, with the figure now featuring a correctly-assembled waist. The figure shown in official stock images used on most online retail websites still had the incorrect assembly present.

:Skipjack's existence was revealed via official full-color images of Devastator, before renders of his own figure were even drawn up. Rather than regular retail release, Skipjack was only available to Japanese fans as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive, and is the first ''Studio Series'' figure to be released this way.

:Like the majority of the ''Studio Series'' Constructicons, he lacks a Decepticon symbol. Oddly enough, his hand blasters in his official render are colored incorrectly. The one on the left hand is colored black... and the one on the right is colored yellow. While this is incorrect in and of itself (as both guns are displayed as black on the bulldozer render), the real toy has them in gunmetal-gray.

{{-}}{{anchor|SSBoxset}}
*'''Devastator''' (Gift set, 2020)
**''Movie'': '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
**''ID number'': '''69'''

:This boxset contains 8 of the ''Studio Series'' Constructicons seen in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' film. In order to keep Devastator accurate to his on-screen appearance, Skipjack is included in the set, completely omitting [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]], as he was busy [[Bumblebee (Movie)|elsewhere]].

:This release of Skipjack features additional dirt paint applications to the sides of his vehicle mode.

:The gift set first saw release in Thailand without any announcement from Hasbro, with it later being officially revealed on the [[October 16]]th [[Hasbro Pulse#Fan First Friday|Fan First Friday]].
{{--}}

==Who is Skipjack?==
{{note|The identity of this [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] being a component of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] is fairly suspect and should be taken with a grain of salt.}}

===Name origin===
"Skipjack" was originally a preliminary name for Rampage during production of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Similar to [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]'s working name "Wheelbot", the "Skipjack" name was used in the credits for the [[Kevin Michael Richardson|actor who voiced him]]. However, this can be considered ''definitely'' inaccurate in Rampage's case, as [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] addresses Rampage by the toys' name in a subtitle during the film itself. Therefore, the "Skipjack" name in the credits becomes the odd one out.

===Old Devastator information===
All Devastator toys released in the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' toyline named the yellow bulldozer "Rampage". Even earlier publishings released around the same time, such as ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe|The Movie Universe]]'' backed this up. This seemed plausible as most of the Constructicons forming Devastator in the film had a doppelgänger or identical drone. This results in there being some individual Constructicons present during [[Operation: Firestorm]] while also having lookalikes concurrently part of Devastator. However, the individual Rampage that was present fighting [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] was colored reddish-orange, while the one forming Devastator's leg was yellow like his earlier deluxe class toy.

[[:File:Rotf-scale-decepticons-original-1-.jpg|Original concept art for Rampage]], which also served as the basis for his original deluxe class toy, depicted the character as being colored yellow. As most of the earlier movie toys were based off of concept art so that the toys were released around the same time as the film was screening in cinemas, it is safe to assume that Hasbro made the connection between Rampage (who was yellow to their knowledge at the time) and the yellow bulldozer used in Devastator's combination as being the same character.

However, after the film had been released, [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] both made efforts to re-release earlier Deluxe Rampage toys in a more [[Show-accuracy|accurate color scheme]].

Later in the ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers (2010)]]'' toyline, a Legends class Rampage was released in orange.

===New Devastator information===
In [[2020]], the ''[[Studio Series]]'' toyline introduced a yellow bulldozer replacement named "Skipjack" to give fans a more movie-accurate yellow leg for the toyline's version of Devastator. While this wasn't the first toy released under the name "Skipjack", it was however the first to imply a possible [[retcon]]. The packaging bio for Skipjack mentions that he combines with his comrades to form Devastator, completely replacing the yellow Rampage unit previously used in that place. Rampage's bio on the other hand, only mentions him luring [[Sam Witwicky]] into a trap to force him to give up the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. The Devastator gift set, which was released later that same year, only had Skipjack packaged in with the other components, leaving Rampage as an individual outside of the combination. As most of the ''Studio Series'' figures and bios are based heavily on what appears on-screen, this further implies that Skipjack may actually be the bulldozer that forms Devastator's left leg in the film.

Mike B., a Hasbro employee who worked on the ''Studio Series'' Devastator, went on to mention in an interview posted on [[Hasbro Pulse]]'s website that "in the movie, Skipjack and Rampage both have the same build or form but are colored differently, [with] Skipjack being yellow and Rampage being orange." This further reinforces the idea of the retcon being present.<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/behindthedesign-transformers-devastator Behind the Design on Hasbro Pulse]</ref> The same interview makes note that despite Rampage being the first release of the mold, Skipjack was the original intention for the combined mode in the toyline and that ''Studio Series'' Rampage was specifically made to display beside Bumblebee, though because they share the exact same engineering, one could use either in their [[Personal canon|personal]] Devastator.

As a result of the latest information from 2020, Skipjack and Rampage appear to be a similar case to fellow Constructicons, Demolishor and [[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]], who share the same [[body-type]], but are two entirely different characters.
{{--}}

==Notes==
*The stock photography (seen above) for both EZ Collection Skipjack and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] depicts them in shades that hew closer to orange than the yellow they came out in. Whether this was an artifact of the photographic process or an intentional plastic color-change is uncertain. Additionally, [[TakaraTomy]]'s website calls the toy Rampage rather than Skipjack.
*Due to his small size, Skipjack combines with a [[Unknown Constructicon dump truck|yellow dump truck]] to form Devastator's leg in the film. Another [[Unknown Constructicon shovel|yellow bulldozer]] forms the left hand, with [[Hightower (ROTF)|Hightower]] as the arm.
*In the scene where all the Constructicons wait aboard the barge for [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and the [[AllSpark]] shard to arrive, a red bulldozer is visible in the flyover shot. But in the next scene where Ravage crash-lands into the bulldozer upon arrival, said bulldozer is suddenly recolored yellow. When the Constructicons transform into robot mode and dive into the water, the bulldozer is colored red again.
**Therefore, Rampage (and not Skipjack) is the one present in [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s resurrection. Trying to distinguish how many Constructicons appeared in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' only continues to get harder with each watch.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Skipjack''' (スキップジャック ''Sukippujakku'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Constructicons]]
[[Category:Studio Series Decepticons]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]

Twitcher F451

2022-01-19T13:07:39Z

Zonorheso: /* Transformers (2007) */

{{factions|decepticonfilm}}
{{disambig2|the movieverse Decepticon|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Decepticon|Twitcher}}
:''Twitcher F451 is a [[Decepticon]] [[Real Gear Robot]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Transformers]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Mov-toy RGR TwitcherF451.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|So one day Donkey Kong and King K. Rool ran afoul of Dr. Robotnik...]]

'''Twitcher F451''' is a bastard. After a few minutes of observation, he can formulate a target's complete psychological profile, including all of their weaknesses, hang-ups, and frailties. He then exploits all of those weaknesses to the best of his abilities, an act in which he takes immense pleasure. He likes it so much that he "practices" on his fellow Decepticons, ensuring that even his teammates treat him like [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]].

{{bigquote|Pressing your buttons.|Twitcher F451's packaging tagline}}

==Fiction==
===''TransTech''===
When faced with a seemingly-delusional [[Bulletbike (TransTech)|Bulletbike]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] tried to recommend Twitcher F451 as a mental health technician. This suggestion was ignored. {{storylink|I, Lowtech}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
*'''Twitcher F451''' (Real Gear Robots, [[2008]])

: Part of the sixth and final wave of ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Real Gear Robot]]s, Twitcher is a [[redeco]] of [[High Score 100]], transforming into a (non-functional) wireless video game console controller of made-up model. Several companies have produced actual working controllers at a [[scale]] only slightly larger (though considerably thicker), but Twitcher F451's lack of a pair of analog triggers beneath his shoulder buttons means he is incompatible with the [[Xbox 360 robot|Xbox 360]].

: Twitcher is one of the few Real Gear Robots to contain an [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]] gimmick; when you press up the switch on the controller's front, the robot's head raises and its pectoral plates rotate into place. Like all [[Real Gear Robot]]s toys, his robot mode is supposedly at 1:1 scale.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/TwitcherF451/twitcherf451.htm More information on Twitcher F451 at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Twitcher F451's name may be a reference to ''{{w|Fahrenheit 451}}'', a 1953 science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury and the temperature at which books burn. This guy doesn't want to see you not playing video games.
* Twitcher F451's green color scheme, along with the fact that he turns into a generic version of an Xbox controller, seems to point to him being a homage to Master Chief, the protagonist of the ''{{w|Halo (franchise)|Halo}}'' video game franchise.

[[Category:Movie Decepticons]]
[[Category:Real Gear Robots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Wideload (Classics)

2022-01-12T02:13:22Z

Zonorheso:

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{{disambig3|Wideload}}
:''Wideload is a [[Decepticon]] or [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] and [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]].''

[[Image:Classics Wideload Club art.jpg|thumb|300px|Tire Titties.]]
'''Wideload''' (aka '''Wide Load''') is a member of the [[Demolition Team]], a trio who use their engineering skills and raw strength to destroy [[Autobot]] installations with ease. He is somewhat of an oddity, exhibiting none of the behavioral patterns typical associated with a Decepticon; he's not ambitious, he doesn't have any real craving for material gain or the accumulation of power, and he's not emotionally unhinged either. He simply performs his assigned task as though being a Decepticon was any old day job. If he has any hidden reasons for doing what he does, no one's been able to get it out of him as he's not much of a conversationalist either.<ref>Wideload's profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 18|Club magazine #18]]</ref>

==Fiction==
===''Classics''===
Wideload was one of the innumerable Mini-Cons entrusted by the [[Last Autobot]] to restore Cybertron in the Autobots' absence. He began his career on the Autobot-aligned [[Heavy Hauler Team]], but soon fell in with the scheming [[Broadside (Classics)|Broadside]]. Broadside grew paranoid about the Mini-Cons eventual fate once the [[Bulk]]s would return on-world, and along with Wideload and other followers, conspired to claim Cybertron as a Mini-Con-only planet. To this end, they met at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] and concocted a plan to assassinate the current Mini-Con leader, [[Modus Prime]].

Wideload was placed as part of a team escorting Modus Prime and Broadside to [[Altihex]]’s abandoned Energon refinery. The conspirators then assassinated Modus Prime, covering their tracks with an explosion and using a cobbled-together Bulk carcass to blame the incident onto. Wideload and Sledge then destroyed the body before it could be properly examined, under the pretense that it might contain a contagious "madness-disease." Though the plan was to have Broadside assume command, Hacksaw took charge as Modus's second-in-command. Hacksaw was disposed of as well, but those loyal to him uncovered the full extent of Broadside's conspiracy.

Wideload acted as one of Broadside's body-guards while he made a planet-wide announcement. The broadcast was interrupted by members of Hacksaw's cabinet, who revealed to the masses Broadside's plot. As the aggressors closed in, Wideload clashed with Firebot. Ultimately, many more Mini-Cons were swayed to Broadside's way of thinking, and the once peaceful Mini-Cons began fighting among one another. {{storylink|The New World}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Aurex 615.03 Epsilon]], Wideload was one of several Decepticon-aligned [[Mini-Con]]s dispatched aboard the ''[[Doomsday]]'' to the [[Beast Wars (event)#Ask Vector Prime|Beast Wars]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/23}}

===''Beast Wars Uprising''===
{{note|In the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' continuity, [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] the Autobot and Wideload the Decepticon are one and the same.}}

During [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]'s lackluster tenure as Autobot leader, Wideload quit the Autobots and became a Decepticon. [[Throttlebot]] leader [[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]] denounced him as a traitor.

Much much later, after the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] which ended the [[Grand Uprising]], Wideload had downsized, becoming a [[Micromaster]]. He was one of several bots to try out for a spot on the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] under [[Buckethead]]. He made the cut and, during the commencement address (given by Hot Rod of all people) managed something of a reconciliation with his old Throttlebot commander. He united with his new teammates into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] as a symbol of Builder hope and pride. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Wideload, Broadside, and Sledge were a group of Decepticons who had chosen not to return to Cybertron at the conclusion of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], making a home for themselves in a crashed [[Worldsweeper]] vessel and becoming a long-range informant for [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s government. In [[2018]], they were approached by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who recruited them and hundreds of other Decepticon deserters into the "[[Decepticon Vengeance Division]]" to take on [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

The Decepticon Vengeance Division ended up getting converted into [[Maximal]]-like forms after Bludgeon revealed himself to be in league with Unicron. As the DVD invaded Cybertron, Wideload got cleaved by [[Victorion]] {{storylink|Our Finest}} but eventually recovered in time for the invasion of Earth. {{storylink|Road's End}}

As the fleet began their final approach over Earth, the Demolition Team noted that both [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] had vanished before the two [[Titan (group)|Titans]] [[space bridge]]d atop their ship. {{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}} At Bludgeon's command, they set course for the Eastern Seaboard of the United States to wreak mindless destruction before the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] boarded the warship. Even with his durability augmented by the Ore's power, Wideload was most likely burnt alive by the Autobot commandos, dying soon after when the Worldsweeper crashed on the [[White House]]'s lawn. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

==Toys==
===''Classics''===
[[File:Class06 toy Wideload.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"My legs look silly backwards."]]
*'''Demolition Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2006)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Mini-Cons, Wideload transforms into an "earth-mover" dump truck. He was only available with his teammates [[Broadside (Classics)#Toys|Broadside]] and [[Sledge (Classics)#Toys|Sledge]].

: This mold was used to make [[Refuser]], ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Knockdown (Universe)|Knockdown]], [[Mighty Dozer]], and [[Heavy-Liftor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/Wideload/wideload.htm More information at Wideload at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/classics/wideload/1096/1/ Image gallery of Wideload at Seibertron.com]''{{ClassicsWideloadMold}}
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==Notes==
* Wideload, like all of the ''Classics'' Mini-Cons, was originally intended to be released in a ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]''-series Mini-Con two-pack. It is currently unknown what his original name and affiliation was going to be.
* The hand-painted sample pictured on the back of the Demolition Team's card has different [[Paint operation|paint applications]] than the actual final product, most notably giving him a purple helmet (watch it) and painted vehicle-mode headlamps.
* The stock photo has also mis-transformed his lower half, showing the backs of his legs. Oopsie.

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Classics Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Demolitions specialists]]
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Engineers]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Micromasters]]

Smashdown

2022-01-12T00:51:02Z

Zonorheso:

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:''Smashdown is an [[Autobot]] [[Battle Master]] from the [[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:WFC-Siege-Smashdown-Card-Art.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] ''wishes'' he looked this good!]]

As the mascot of the [[Wrecker]]s,<ref>Hasbro presentation at New York [[Toy Fair 2019]]</ref> '''Smashdown''' is exactly what you'd expect from someone who transforms into a hammer used to... well, "smash down". He's very loud, he's very proud of his ability to hit things real real hard, and he leaves a trail of destruction behind him.

Smashdown doesn't know the meaning of the word "subtle" and would probably punch you if you tried to explain it to him. Most Autobots feel the need to cover their audio receptors and leave his presence in fairly short order. But for the Wreckers, his ability to always be a bull in any china shop suits them just fine.<ref>''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' bio</ref>

Sometimes, he is a mass-produced body-type of [[Selector]]s.

==Fiction==
===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
During the war for Cybertron, Smashdown was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Ground Command Artillery Private]]. {{storylink|#Generations|''Siege'' toy packaging}}

After Cybertron fell, the Autobots left their homeworld aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', traveling through space in pursuit of the [[AllSpark]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' website]</ref> During this period, Smashdown was an Air Command Artillery Private. {{storylink|#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' toy packaging}}

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

One Smashdown stood by Selector leader [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] as he denounced [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s treatment of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, and later watched as the new combiner [[Volcaticon]] announced his intent to find a solution that would benefit both humans and Selectors, moments before the [[Quintesson]]s and their [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] servants invaded. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}} The Terrorcons were hungry for Angolmois Energy inside the Selectors, and began to feed. A Smashdown was among the first victims of Hun-Grrr. {{storylink|Abominus comic 1}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
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==Toys==
===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
{{anchor|Generations}}
[[File:Siege-toy Smashdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Red bull gives you dings.]]
*'''Smashdown''' (Battle Master, [[2019]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-S31'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-29'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[September 30]], 2019
**''Accessories'': Hammer handle, impact "[[Fire Blast effect]]"

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

:Smashdown comes with a "Fire Blast" effect part, which can be attached to the "face" of the hammer mode, to simulate smashing against objects. This effect can also be attached in reverse to small pegs on other figures in the line.
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===''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''===
[[File:WFC-E2 Smashdown Packaging Stock.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7]]
*'''Smashdown''' (Battle Master, [[2020]])
**''ID number'': '''WFC-E2'''
**''Accessories'': Hammer handle, "Fire Blast" impact effect

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

:Like all ''Earthrise'' toys, the cardboard back of the ''Earthrise'' version of Smashdown's package includes an exclusive cut-out collectible piece of a larger star map. Unlike most larger toy size classes, this piece does not include a named location. Sadly, if you already bought Smashdown in ''Siege'' but you want to collect the whole ''Earthrise'' star map, you'll have to buy another one, or at least the package.
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W3PPrivateSmashdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Private Smashdown, Ground Command-Artillery''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3P: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''P3/2019'''
**''Stars: ''5
:Private Smashdown, Ground Command-Artillery was released as an in-store play promo for the Transformers Trading Card Game's Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I release. As a [[Battle Master]], when Smashdown is KOd, the card is played on the '''Airquake Hammerclaw''' side as an Upgrade - Weapon onto another character. The art on the robot mode side reuses Smashdown's stock art.
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==Notes==
*Smashdown's gender was unclear for a time. The character was referred to as male by [[Hasbro]] representatives at [[Toy Fair 2019|New York Toy Fair 2019]] but female by a member of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] crew in a YouTube interview, neither of which were accompanied by any narrative fiction. A solid answer would not come until the ''Earth Wars'' mobile game released a bio in an October 2020 update.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TFU_INFO/status/1316391647278755841 Press release tweet by @TFU_INFO, 14 October 2020]</ref>

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

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

Shatter

2022-01-09T03:29:58Z

Zonorheso: /* Killerbody */

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

[[File:BumblebeeMovie Shatter.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Inspired by [[T-800|the Terminator]], but better in every way.]]

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

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

{{bigquote|You’re a brave warrior. You deserve a better death. ''[scoffs]'' Then again...|Shatter|''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Bumblebee'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Angela Bassett]] (English), [[Aoi Yuki]] (Japanese)|[[Emy Letertre]] (European French), [[Claudine Chatel]] (Canadian French), [[Anke Reitzenstein]] (German), [[Mercedes Montalá]] (Spain Spanish), [[Verónica López Treviño]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Antonella Giannini]] (Italian), [[Paolla Oliveira]] (Portuguese), [[Özlem Abacı]] (Turkish)}}
Shatter was among the Decepticons under the command of [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in their conquest of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s absence. After [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was attacked by [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]], Shatter and the other Decepticons closed in to attack the Autobot leader. Following the apparent failure of the Autobot resistance effort, Shatter was paired with [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] and the two began hunting Autobots who escaped the planet.

By [[1987]], Shatter assisted Dropkick in following Autobot lieutenant [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] to one of [[Saturn]]'s moons, where they tortured him in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of Optimus Prime. Though the Autobot refused to cooperate, they received a signal from Autobot scout [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] on the nearby planet [[Earth]], prompting the pair to change course for the planet but not before Shatter decided to grant Cliffjumper an "honorable death" by having Dropkick fatally bisect him.

[[File:ShatterDropkickhologram.jpg|thumb|300px|left|''"Prepare for trouble!"'' ''"And make it double!"'']]

Upon their arrival near a trailer park, Shatter acquired a muscle car [[alternate mode]] (which she coincidentally crash-landed on). The two then headed towards the West Coast in the direction of B-127's signal, with Shatter picking up a {{w|Harrier Jump Jet|Harrier jet}} alt mode whilst driving through Texas. They were then intercepted by Agent [[Jack Burns]] and his team of [[Sector Seven]] agents, accompanied by [[Dr. Powell]]. Rather than let Dropkick dispose of the humans, Shatter came up with the idea of them masquerading as a "Decepticon peacekeeping patrol" pursuing the "dangerous escaped criminal" B-127. The Decepticons were escorted to a Sector Seven outpost and given limited access to their satellites, thus creating [[Internet|a global system of interconnected computer networks]] to track B-127.

[[File:Shattersmirk.jpg|thumb|"[[Joker|All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day]]."]]

A brief [[energon]] surge in [[California]] attracted the Decepticons' attention, and they accompanied Sector Seven in capturing B-127, now calling himself "Bumblebee". As Dropkick tortured Bumblebee to find out Prime's location, he accidentally triggered a video message from the Autobot leader revealing his plans to retreat to Earth from Cybertron. Upon seeing this, Shatter immediately resolved to inform their comrades on Cybertron of this information via a radio tower at a nearby harbor. Once Powell overheard their conversation and informed Burns of the Decepticons' true colors, Shatter thanked the human for his cooperation before letting Dropkick terminate him. From there, they departed and left the critically injured Bumblebee for dead.

While Shatter was busy transmitting the message to Cybertron, Bumblebee appeared and opened fire on the radio tower, provoking Dropkick to engage the scout. While Bumblebee battled and destroyed Dropkick, the Autobot's [[Charlie Watson|human friend]] sneaked her way towards the radio tower when Burns appeared in a helicopter attempting to take Shatter down. Even though she was able to shoot down the helicopter and kill the pilot, Bumblebee saved Burns from certain doom. When Charlie managed to disable the tower, Shatter became enraged and attempted to kill both Bumblebee and Charlie. Before she could finish off Bumblebee, the Autobot blew a hole in the wall of the adjacent dock, flooding the area and causing the giant cargo ship docked there to crash into them. While Bumblebee safely escaped, Shatter was destroyed, exploding as the ship crushed her against the dock. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{note|Shatter's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, was also chronicled in the novel ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee: The Junior Novel]]''.}}

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

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

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[[File:Bumblebee-Mission-Vision-Shatter.jpg|thumb|300px|Shadoobie, shattered, shattered.]]
*'''Shatter''' (Mission Vision, 2018)

:Mission Vision Shatter is an all-new Voyager-sized toy that transforms into a mostly screen-accurate Harrier Jet. Like her <s>enemy</s> wavemate Bumblebee, Shatter features a slide viewer-like gimmick (activated with a dial molded on her right waist), which can be viewed on both robot and jet modes. Activating the switch changes three different translucent targeting plates: Jet Vision, Tracker Vision, and Decepticon Vision. In terms of articulation, Shatter features ball-jointed arms and 5mm-compatible hands. Unlike the rest of her toys, Shatter's head is unpainted.
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====''Energon Igniters''====
[[File:Bumblebee-Energon-Igniters-Power-Plus-Shatter.jpg|thumb|300px|Look at me, I'm in tatters!]]
*'''Shatter''' (Power Plus Series, 2018)
**''Accessories'': "Energon Core"

:Part of the second wave of Power Plus Series Energon Igniters, Shatter is a [[retool]]ing of the "Power Series" [[Dropkick (Movie)#Bumblebee|Dropkick]] toy, transforming into a muscle car loosely based on the first generation Chevrolet Camaro in four steps. Flipping up a pair of huge cannons from her windshield also reveals a space to plug the included "energon core" into the back of her car mode, which uses a pullback-type motor to propel the vehicle forward after a lever is pressed.

:This mold was also used to make [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]].

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

:Part of the second wave of Power Series Energon Igniters, Shatter transforms into a jet that's ''closer'' to her film form than the above Titan Changer, but not by a lot. The rear end of her vehicle mode can be opened up to reveal missile pods and a socket for an energon core (not included). Interestingly, while this toy uses Shatter's final head design from the film, the packaging art depicts her initial face mask design.
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===''Movie Edition''===
[[File:Movie-Edition-Tiny-Turbo-Changers-Series-4-Shatter.jpg|thumb|300px|Life's just a cocktail party on the street.]]
*'''Shatter''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series:'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code:'' '''P'''

:Released in Series 4 of [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Shatter is a red and black [[redeco]] of the Series 3 [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Movie Edition|Barricade]] figure, although her instructions depict her as the original ''The Last Knight''-style Barricade instead. This small soft-plastic figurine transforms to car mode in a single step, two if you consider each arm an individual step.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-MVBB-40-Deluxe-Shatter.jpg|thumb|300px|Don't think of her being Brock Samson's ride.]]
*'''Shatter''' (Deluxe Class, [[2019]])
**''Movie'': '''''Bumblebee'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''40'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-29'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[April 27]], 2019
**''Accessories'': 2 blasters, "Decepticon Arrival" backdrop

:''[[Studio Series]]'' Shatter is a Deluxe Class mold that transforms into the most screen-accurate version of her 1971 Plymouth GTX mode, complete with rally lights and rollcage. Though her robot mode is based on the pre-Triple Changer body she assume when arriving on Earth, the panels on her back superficially resemble her Triple Changer body's wing placement while her head is modeled after the battle mask she wore during the Cybertron scenes. She comes with two blasters and a cardboard backdrop display depicting her and Dropkick's arrival on Earth.

:Though coincidental, the muzzle on Shatter's blasters are compatible with any [[Fire Blast effect]]. However, she suffers from both [[quality control]] issues and a design flaw: her ball-jointed shoulders and her pair of rear "wing" kibble/front car shells are prone to popping off very easily, while her stomach panel's hinge joint tends to disconnect before you could attempt to lock in place in robot mode. By design, her outward leg articulation is very restricted; what is demonstrated in the stock photos is about as wide as the legs will allow.

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[[File:SS-toy Shatter Jet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Does not live up to her name: this version does not break into pieces once transformed.]]
*'''Shatter''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])
**''Movie'': '''''Bumblebee'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''59'''
**''TakaraTomy name'': '''Shatter 2'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-52'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 27]], 2020
**''Accessories'': Left & right blasters, "Sector 7 Deception" backdrop

: The second ''Studio Series'' Shatter toy is a ''mostly'' screen-accurate version of the character, transforming from a robot accurate to her Triple Changer body (complete with an unmasked face) into a fighter jet resembling a Yak-38 yet designed to evoke the onscreen Harrier jet mode. Said jet mode has modified wings to (presumably) avoid copyright laws, additional winglets on the intakes, and modified intakes to make the robot mode physically possible. Like the previous ''Studio Series'' toy, she comes with two blasters that can either slip over her hands to simulate her forearm-blasters or be mounted on the undersides of her jet-mode wings. She also comes with a cardboard backdrop display depicting the interior of [[Sector Seven]]'s [[Hoover Dam]] headquarters, as shown in ''Bumblebee''.

:In an undocumented feature, Shatter's jet mode features an accurately designed VTOL configuration; the intake scoop panel behind the cockpit can be opened to reveal the tops of the lift engines with the bottoms of the engines also sculpted into their corresponding place under the jet complete with panels that are molded open, and the two thrusters beneath the tailfin can also be rotated downward. Said thrusters, which form her heels in robot mode and are compatible with ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' 'Fire Blast' effect parts, can be flipped down to give her 'rocket boots' or a flight mode of sorts. Buyers must take caution, however - some copies have two of either the left or right heel thrusters, preventing them from sitting flush in jet mode.

:As Shatter carries a large wing kibble backpack, it has been slightly mistransformed to fit within her packaging. Her instructions feature a section that shows how to transform the kibble into their correct orientation after taking the figure out of the box. Unfortunately, an integrated ball joint prevents this figure's head from being detached, foiling anyone hoping to easily [[Customizing|kitbash]] the previous figure into having a more screen-accurate appearance.

:Caution should be exercised when moving Shatter's shoulders, as the turbines right behind them are made of soft plastic that may be scratched if the hard plastic edges of the shoulders collide with them too much. Shatter's thighs are also prone to stress, with stress marks forming over time. Fortunately, no cases of actual breakage have been reported.
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===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
{{Anchor|BuzzworthyBumblebee}}
[[File:TF-Buzzworthy-BB-Studio-Series-40-Shatter.jpg|thumb|upright=0.99|She wants your lunch money. ''All'' of it.]]
*'''Shatter''' (Deluxe Class, 2020)
**''Series'': '''''Studio Series'''''
**''Movie'': '''''Bumblebee'''''
**''ID number'': '''40BB'''
**''Accessories'': 2 blasters, "Decepticon Arrival" backdrop

:The first ''[[Studio Series]]'' Shatter figure was re-released under the ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' line, with no changes to the figure, and yellow backdrop instead of red.

:Much like the rest of ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'', the box is in the style of the 2018 ''Bumblebee'' toyline, with additional renders of the [[evergreen]] Bumblebee design, and illustrations of "G1" Bumblebee. Also, like the rest, Shatter was first revealed in online listings with no prior announcement from Hasbro and eventually saw release at [[Target]] on [[December 25]], 2020.

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==Merchandise==
===Killerbody===
[[File:Killerbody Baby Figurine Shatter Normal.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.11|Ant-Man, but evil.]]
*'''Shatter''' (High-end Baby Figurine, 2019)
**''Accessories'': Stand

:Released by [[Killerbody]], this non-converting super deformed car mode Shatter features a shaking head, light-up eyes, shoulder articulation and a Bluetooth speaker stand.

:Unfortunately, she comes with her almost non-existent battle mask permanently deployed on her face.

*'''Bumblebee (War Version) & Shatter''' (Dual Set, 2019)
**''Accessories'': Stand

:This Shatter was also released in a 2-pack with [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#KillerbodyWarVer|Bumblebee (War Version)]].

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[[File:Killerbody Baby Figurine Shatter War Version.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.11|"Squirrel!"]]
*'''Shatter (War Version)''' (High-end Baby Figurine, 2019)
**''Accessories'': Stand

:This version of Shatter comes in her Triple Changer body and has the same features as above, except for the stand which is now non-functional.

*'''Bumblebee (Sword) & Shatter (War Version)''' (Dual Set, 2019)
**''Accessories'': Stand
:This Shatter was also released in a 2-pack with [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#KillerbodySword|Bumblebee (Sword)]].

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==Notes==
[[File:ShatterConceptArt.jpg|thumb|250px|If I pull that off, will you die?]]
*Shatter was the first Decepticon revealed for ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'', when a promotional photo of director [[Travis Knight]] posing with Shatter's car mode was released. Both the character's name and gender weren't revealed until months later.
*According to Travis Knight, Shatter's design is partially inspired by [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] from the "Generation 1" cartoon.
*Most of Shatter's toys (notably her car mode ''Studio Series'' figure) base their head design on initial concept art by [[Mark Yang]], which has her wearing a battle mask (inset right). This design was used in the final film during her background appearance on Cybertron scenes, and later when she first transformed when confronting Sector 7. So far only her jet-mode Energon Igniters figure and the jet mode ''Studio Series'' figure use her final head design.
*Behind-the-scenes material (right) from [[Industrial Light & Magic]] shows prototype designs for Shatter labelled '''Fracture'''<ref>[https://www.ilm.com/visual_development/bumblebee-developing-an-epic-set-piece "''Bumblebee'': Developing an Epic Set Piece"]</ref>—the name of [[Fracture (Movie)|a character]] from the 2007 movie toyline who (like Shatter) is a red-and-black female Transformer with a sports car alternate mode. In fact, [[:File:BBRangerHarrierConcept.jpg|pre-production images]] [[:File:BBShatterFractureHarrierRender.jpg|of Shatter's jump-jet mode]] revealed on the movie's Blu-Ray release show it with what appears to be a dead ringer for Fracture's deco.
**Shatter's partner, Dropkick, similarly seems to [[Dropkick (Movie)#Notes|share conceptual DNA]] with [[Dropkick (Movie)#Toys|another 2007 movie character]], which lends some credence to the idea that the pair were at least partially inspired by those characters—although there's been no official word on the matter.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese'': '''Shatter''' (シャッター ''Shattā'')

==References==
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[[Category:Bumblebee Decepticons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Studio Series Decepticons]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]

Airazor (disambiguation)

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Bots named '''Airazor''' are swift in flight.

==Major Airazors==
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==Full list of Airazors==
{{disamb|y=[[1996]]|[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], the female falcon [[Maximal]] from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2003]]|[[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]], the female falcon [[Autobot]] turned herald of [[Unicron]] from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2008]]|[[Airazor (Universe)|Airazor]], the Autobot [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] via the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|[[Airazor (ROTF)|Airazor]], the Autobot jet from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2014]]|[[Airazor (Prime)|Airazor]], the Autobot bird/axe from ''[[Construct-Bots]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2015]]|[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], the Decepticon Mini-Con from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' franchise]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2017]]|[[Airazor (SG TransTech)|Airazor]], the morally ambiguous Autobot from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]''.}}

==Not to be confused with...==
* [[Windrazor (disambiguation)|Windrazor]]
* [[Airraptor]] the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] ''Archaeopteryx'' from ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]''.
* [[Razorbeast]]
* [[Razorclaw (disambiguation)|Razorclaw]]

Optimus Prime (Animated)

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:''Optimus Prime is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:OptimusPrimeAnimated.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|"Freedom... [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Yeesss]]..."]]

A washout from the [[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]], '''Optimus Prime''' was reassigned to [[space bridge]] repair duty under the supervision of [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]. He is a relatively naive and idealistic young leader, prone to long-winded "inspirational" speeches who leads a small and inexperienced Autobot space bridge maintenance team. Recently, his crew has landed on [[Earth]], adopted jobs as semi-official superheroes and currently live in an abandoned Sumdac Systems warehouse.

Despite his humble "Bot Next Door" persona, he performs his job with a dedicated seriousness. He transforms into a red truck cab that can be fitted with many kinds of "[[trailer]]" attachments (most notably one that makes him look like a fire engine) and wields a kick-ass, rocket-propelled, extendable battle axe, as well as multiple arm mounted modifications, including grappler cables, fire extinguishers and bola-whip throwers. Despite his formidable abilities and skills, not everyone thought so highly of the young Prime. [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] sneers at Optimus's lowly repair job, and [[Supreme Commander]] [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] once held the young officer in low regard. More than anything, Prime wanted to be a hero. He's had the speeches, he had the moves...but what was he missing? Maybe [[Stan Bush|The Touch]]?

But since coming to Earth, Optimus has learned the truth about heroism. It's not about glory and destiny, it's about doing the right thing and going to your limit and beyond. Ratchet, for all his cynicism, knows that Prime is a hero, and after seeing him in action, Ultra Magnus himself admitted that Optimus has excellent leadership skills.

{{Quote|So, this is what it feels like to be a hero...|Optimus upon his death|"[[Transform and Roll Out]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English), [[Hiroki Takahashi]] (Japanese)|[[Bernd Vollbrecht]] (German), [[Krzysztof Korzeniowski]] (Polish), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian), [[Alexandre Marconatto]] (Portuguese), [[Frédéric Popovic]] (French), [[Carlos Carvajal]] (Latin American Spanish, 1st and 2nd season), [[Javier Rodríguez Castellanos]] (Latin American Spanish, 3rd season), [[Seok-jeong Yang]] (Korean), [[Hesham Hamada]] (Arabic), [[Sami Kuronen]] (Finnish), [[Niclas Ekholm]] (Swedish)}}

[[File:Arrival5-Optimusvehiclemode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|TRUKK NOT ... other... truck...]]

''Optimus did his [[Autobot boot camp]] training under [[Kup (Animated)|Kup Minor]], who gave him the name "Optimus" because of his cheery, optimistic outlook. Sentinel and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] were also in this training platoon. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II‎|The AllSpark Almanac II‎}}''

''During his later training days at the [[Autobot Academy]], Optimus impressed Ultra Magnus with his performance in a computer simulated battle against [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Although Optimus "died" in the battle, causing his boisterous pal Sentinel to make a crack at his expense, Magnus pointed out that Optimus had just scored higher on the test than anyone in Academy history, and let Optimus know he had great hopes for him.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 5#Survival Skills|Survival Skills}}

[[File:Alongcameaspiderthreefriends.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Whoa-oh! Surprise hug from Mr. Freaky-Big!"]]

A thousand stellar cycles ago, Optimus and Elita-1 accompanied Sentinel on an unpermitted mission to [[Archa Seven|a forbidden organic planet]] in search of a lost [[Decepticon]] [[Twilight (Animated)|ship]] rumored to be carrying a huge payload of [[energon]] [[energon cube|cubes]]. The mission was declared a wash when the trio discovered that the planet was infested with [[Archa Seven arachnid|giant spiders]], but the trio found that their retreat was not an easy one. Separated from Sentinel in the chaos of a spider attack, Optimus and Elita found the Decepticon ship and its coveted energon cubes, only to be surrounded by another swarm of spiders. Optimus had Elita download his grappler abilities so that they could bring a giant stalactite down on the creatures, causing the energon cubes to explode in the process. As they attempt to swing their way to safety, however, Elita's download timed out and she plummeted back down into the heart of the conflagration, just as Sentinel arrived to bear witness. Knowing that to go after her would mean death, Optimus held Sentinel back from pursuing Elita and forcibly dragged him back to the surface just before they were caught in the explosion. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Sentinel never forgave Optimus for making him leave Elita behind, {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}} and bore a grudge against him for the next thousand years, constantly belittling him and sniping at him. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}} When the failed mission came to the attention of Ultra Magnus, the two were brought to a military tribunal. Sentinel gladly placed the blame for Elita-1's death at Optimus' feet, and gallantly, Optimus took the fall for leading the mission. He was discharged from the Academy, never to join the Elite Guard. Luckily for Optimus, Magnus thought that maybe the bot he once had such high hopes for still had some potential, and gave him the rank of "Prime" and his own ship... a [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|rusted out junker]] filled with the incompetent young bots [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], plus a crotchety old medic, [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]].

During one of their routine [[space bridge]] terminal repair missions, Optimus Prime's crew stumbled upon a bot named [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] who was trying to complete his [[Cyber-Ninja Corps|Cyber-Ninja]] training. Unfortunately, an [[energon cube]] explosion destroyed his ship, so Optimus offered Prowl a place on his crew. The would-be cyber-ninja expressed frustration at the constant curveballs life had thrown at him thus far, and Optimus noted that he could easily relate to that sentiment.
{{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

[[File:Ani crew.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Call me Captainimus Prime!]]

Fifty years ago, Prime and his crew came across the [[AllSpark]] while repairing a space bridge and brought the artifact aboard their ship. During transport, they were discovered by the [[Decepticon]]s, and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] came after them. He proved too strong to take head on (in spite of [[Starscream (Animated)|his subordinate]] planting a bomb on his chassis), but when [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Teletran-1]] neared [[Earth]], Prime knocked Megatron overboard. The Autobots stayed in stasis for the next 50 years until they were accidentally awakened by an apparent intruder. Optimus and the Autobots took on Earth vehicles as alternate modes in an attempt to assimilate with what they believed to be the local dominant culture. Prime and his team were able to dispatch a bio-mechanical insectoid that was attacking Detroit. They were hailed as heroes for it. They also befriended the human [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]], their first new friend on this strange world.

[[File:Sariprime.jpg|120px|thumb|Insert what where?!]]

Over the next several weeks, the Autobots got to learn human culture and customs, doing their best to prevent disasters and save lives. Eventually, Starscream came for the AllSpark, and Optimus found that the schemer could pack quite a punch. The Autobot officer was still able to keep Starscream from getting the artifact, though at the cost of his life. However, he was quickly revived by Sari Sumdac and her AllSpark-influenced [[AllSpark Key|key]]. Later, the Autobots helped rebuild parts of Detroit that were destroyed in their battle with Starscream. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|Dispatches}}

Optimus responded to an emergency call concerning the Angry Archer. As he arrived on the scene of the crime, the Archer attempted to hitch a ride atop of his vehicle mode, confident that the police wouldn't stop a fire truck speeding to an emergency. Optimus pointed out one flaw in the Archer's reasoning; HE was the emergency! Optimus then transformed and squared off against the criminal, eventually apprehending him with the help of his bolas projectiles. Optimus's heroic deed was captured on camera as the police caught up to arrest his captive, and later watched on TV by the other Autobots. Later, when Sari came over to have a slumber party with the Autobots, Optimus mostly stood aside, confused at her many antics. As Sari was telling scary stories to the perturbed Autobots, the machinery around them inexplicably came to life and attacked them. Optimus attempted to rescue Bulkhead from being crushed on the assembly line, only to be captured by an electro-magnet. Thankfully, Bumblebee was able to shut all of the haywire systems down. One last act of sabotage was foiled by Prime and his troops, when they noticed a leaking fuel tank about to blow. Optimus, Prowl, Bulkhead and Ratchet worked in tandem to get rid of it. Optimus then noticed a [[pocketbot]] scrambling around, and figured that whoever was responsible for the chaos was using it to observe them remotely. Unfortunately, Bulkhead smashed the little bot in his attempt to grab it. Nevertheless, the danger had passed, and so Optimus sat back and watched on as Bumblebee, Prowl, and Sari played a game of Twister™ to relax. {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

In an attempt to learn more about Earth customs, Optimus, Ratchet, Prowl and Bulkhead gathered around their television set and began flipping through the channels. They happened upon a wrestling program, wherein [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]] pitted his bio-enhanced experiement, [[Colossus Rhodes]] against Bumblebee. Optimus and the others were forced to intervene when Rhodes began to run amok. Working together, the Autobots managed to defeat Rhodes. Later, Optimus led his troops out once more, this time to rescue Professor Sumdac from a vengeful Prometheus Black, now mutated into the corrosive "Meltdown". As the Autobots drove to Sumdac Tower, however, their progress was halted by the facility's force-field. As the Autobots figured out how to bypass the shield, Colossus Rhodes showed up, and began to wreak havoc once more. Optimus, Prowl, and Bulkhead fought off Rhodes while Bumblebee and Sari managed to enter the tower to rescue the professor. Rhodes had been upgraded since their last encounter, but the Autobots managed to defeat him nonetheless. By striking church's bell to mess with Rhode's sound-sensitive enhancements, he was forced into unconsciousness. The Autobots then rushed in to help rescue Bumblebee and the Sumdacs, the force-field surrounding the tower having since been deactivated. Optimus took the bell along, and tried to use it to trap Meltdown. It didn't work, but Optimus realized that the force-field that had kept the Autobots at bay would work just as well against their opponent. With it, the Autobots managed to finally put a stop to Meltdown's rampage. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

[[File:AttentionSurplusDisorder-OptimusandWraith.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|In another life,]] [[Darkness Rising, Part 5|he did remember.]] Who says [[Multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]] are gone?]]
''Optimus and the rest of the Autobots watched a news broadcast featuring Prowl and Bumblebee, where the pair inadvertently exposed the [[Wraith]]'s modus operandi. When Bumblebee asked why the Wraith couldn't just "scan a new alt-mode", Optimus helped clarify that it wasn't that simple for humans. Later, when Bumblebee apprehended Colossus Rhodes, Optimus Prime helped sign autographs for the grateful Detroiters. Later still, when the Autobots saw "Bumblebee" attack Michigan Stadium, Optimus helped clear the little Autobot's name by halting what was really a plot by the increasingly jealous and irrational Wraith. Though the Wraith nearly got away, using his holographic projections to misdirect the other Autobots, Optimus was able to grab him as he fled the stadium.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 2|Attention Surplus Disorder}}

[[File:Stiletto-OptimusNowMissStiletto.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|right]]
''Optimus learned that Sumdac's laboratory had been broken into and the thief, going by the name "[[Stiletto (Animated)|Stiletto]]", had taken off with a powerful laser-scalpel and a new experimental alloy. Optimus assured Professor Sumdac that his Autobots would be on the case, despite Fanzone's insistence that the police work should be left to the police. Sure enough, the Autobots soon entered a confrontation with the industrial saboteur on Michigan's Ambassador Bridge. Though Stiletto proved herself skilled enough to slip out of the grasp of the other Autobots, Optimus managed to apprehend her, using her own stiletto heels to pin her down.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3|Stiletto}}

''Optimus and the other Autobots had to calm Bulkhead down when Porter C. Powell began to market Bulkhead's altmode as a vehicle for the everyday commuter, and further rubbed salt in the wound by using highly-doctored footage to have Bulkhead "promote" the vehicle. Thankfully, Sari and Bulkhead proved that the vehicle was a road hazard, and Optimus would later be seen watching an announcement on television declaring that the Bulkhead line was being recalled.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}

Sari invited the Autobots to visit her father's theme-park, "[[Dino Drive]]", which featured robotic dinosaurs. Though their first visit ended in disaster for the animatronics, the Autobots' second visit to the park was even more eventful, as the animatronics attacked back! Though the "[[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]]" were subdued, something changed within them during the confrontation... And when Optimus and his team faced them once more, they appeared to have gained some hint of cunning to go along with their sheer brute strength. Little did Optimus suspect that the Dinobots had been granted sparks by Sari's Key. Optimus's fire-extinguishing foam proved useful against the Dinobots’ fire-breathing ability, but it wasn't until he had the idea to trap them in a tar pit that the peril they posed to Detroit was negated. Optimus, unaware that [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]], [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], and [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] were more than mindless machines, offered no objections to Professor Sumdac's plan to melt them down to slag. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

Unfortunately for Optimus, he had gained a reputation outside of Earth's atmosphere—not as a hero, but as the slayer of Megatron. The Decepticon [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] placed a large bounty on his head, and pretty soon, [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] came to collect. He captured Prime and stole his axe and grapplers. Fortunately, Ratchet saved him, finally getting the old bot to open up more. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

After Optimus was forced to step in and capture the petty thief [[Nanosec|Nino Sexton]] when Bumblebee and Bulkhead botched the job, he decided that the both of them could use some training on fighting smarter. He tasked Prowl with teaching the pair on how to better blend in with their environment. True to form, Bumblebee wasn't able to see the training through, and got distracted by a crime-in-progress. When Optimus caught wind that Sexton, now going by the moniker "Nanosec", had robbed Sumdac Laboratories of a highly volatile sample of [[Destronium]], he sped out with his team to intercept the thief. Getting to Nanosec first, Optimus attempted to use negative-friction lubricant and his grapplers to hinder Nanosec's escape. But Nanosec used his incredible speed to run circles around Prime, eventually turning Optimus's own grapplers against him. Though Optimus regained control of the situation, Bumblebee, himself out of control due to an ill-advised rocket booster upgrade, crashed into him, allowing Nanosec to get away. Once Bumblebee regained control of himself (running over Prime in the process), the little Autobot caught Nanosec, and took hold of the Destronium. But Ratchet's scans revealed that the substance could blow at any moment. To prevent Detroit's destruction, Bumblebee was sent up into the upper atmosphere, where the Destronium detonated harmlessly. Optimus and Ratchet worked together to slow down and cool down Bumblebee as he plummeted back down to Earth. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}

[[File:TFA ep9 Optimus and Blackarachnia rooftop.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Optimus Prime is all left feet, but that's still not as many as Blackarachnia.]]
During the Autobots' first [[Halloween]] on Earth, the Decepticon [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] ambushed [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and kidnapped Sari. When Optimus Prime tried to fight Blackarachnia, she dodged all his moves, as she had trained with him. Prime was shocked to learn that Blackarachnia was his old Autobot Academy classmate Elita-1, who hadn't died but been mutated while fighting off the giant arachnids those many years ago. Blackarachnia tried to use Sari's AllSpark key to remove the organic aspects from her biology, but the key began to drain the life from everything organic around and nearly killed Blackarachnia herself. Prime removed the key, saving Blackarachnia and the organics. Still calling her Elita, Prime tried to convince her to return to the Autobots so they could try and help her. She repaid that kindness by injecting him with venom and telling him that she would never trust him again. Prime was left to reflect on the friend he'd failed not once, but twice. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Optimus and the other Autobots attended Sari's eight birthday party. As usual, Optimus found himself confused as to the significance of the many activities the children partook in. Though he wound up entertaining Sari's guests, Sari herself was left behind with Bulkhead. In Optimus's absence, Sari received totally cool dancing robot from her father as a birthday gift. Optimus soon noticed that Bulkhead felt alienated from Sari, as she spent more and more time with her new toy. Optimus consoled the big lug, insisting that a toy and a friend weren't the same thing. Bulkhead nonetheless grew suspicious of the musical 'bot, and Optimus had to intervene when it appeared that Bulkhead was trying to smash Soundwave out of jealousy. As it turns out, Soundwave had been transformed into a malicious Decepticon through repeated uses of the AllSpark Key. Soundwave took control of Detroit's automatons in an attempt to subjugate the human population, and Optimus and the Autobots had to intervene. But between the automatons' sheer numbers and Soundwave interfering with the Autobots’ comm-links, they found themselves being overwhelmed. Once Bulkhead smashed Soundwave, the automatons returned to their normal state, and the fighting came to an end. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

When the Decepticons [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] arrived on Earth, the Autobots were quickly bested by the duo. Prime realized that the AllSpark was no longer safe on the planet and decided that they should leave Earth. When the Autobots headed to fix their ship at the bottom of lake Erie, they encountered Blitzwing and Lugnut once more, and went toe-to-toe with the Decepticons underwater, where their enemies’ advantage of flight was null and void. Optimus kicked up dirt from the bottom of the lake, which the Autobots used as cover for quick sneak attacks on their opponents. But the cover only lasted so long, and the Autobots were forced to retreat back to their ship... which had thankfully been armed by Ratchet and Sari while Optimus and the others had bought them time. The Decepticons were blown away, and Optimus returned to the factory the Autobots called home for some quick repairs. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

Seeing as Sari would likely be a target for the Decepticons in the future, the Autobots decided to train her in combat techniques. The nerve blows she learned from Prowl did little to help her, however, when Swoop abducted her from her room. Receiving a distress call alerting them of Sari's disappearance, Optimus and his group raced off to help search for the girl. Looking over security tapes, Optimus was bewildered to spot the Swoop taking off with her. Prowl and Bulkhead went off on their own to rescue Sari, and did so in short order. In the process, both Fanzone and Sari came to learn that the two Autobots had spirited the Dinobots away to their island in lake Erie, but they all agreed to keep this information from Prime for the time being. {{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}}

After his latest rescue mission ended in destructive disaster, Bulkhead attempted to pick up painting, to prove he could create as well as destroy. Unfortunately, Optimus didn't "get" the purpose behind reproducing an image with "primitive tools". The rest of the Autobots were as equally confused over Bulkhead's new hobby.

Later, Bulkhead's body was stolen by [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]], aka "the Headmaster", who threatened to overload the local [[Sidney Biggles-Jones Memorial Solar Fusion Plant|power plant]]. Optimus advised Professor Sumdac, Captain Fanzone, and Mayor Edsel to pretend to comply to Masterson's demands, while his Autobots snuck in as "ordinary" emergency vehicles. The sneak attack worked, only as so far that the Autobots were able engage Bulkhead's body, controlled by Masterson. The Headmaster was able to use the big lug's body to its full destructive potential, proving himself a daunting opponent for the Autobots. After an arduous struggle, Masterson fled, leaving Bulkhead's body behind. But at this point, the power plant was ready to blow. Prime volunteered to go in himself to replace the reactor's dampening rods, despite it being a one-way trip. Bulkhead had a better idea; the Autobots worked in tandem to quickly construct an "art-piece" robot that did the job for them, saving the city. Optimus later accompanied Bulkhead to his art show, where he got some inkling of understanding over what art "meant", stating that a portrait of the Autobots standing together made him feel... proud. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

When Teletraan I detected a non-sentient energy signature outside of Detroit, Optimus sent Sari, Bumblebee and Prowl to investigate it, under the additional pretense that the trip could be a "character-builder" for the trio. When they returned, they reported that the signature had been coming from a colony of mutated space barnacles, that had proved to be a dangerous adversary. Optimus congratulated Sari for her ingenuity during the mission, as she was the one who ultimately had brought an end to the brouhaha that had ensued. {{storylink|Nature Calls}}

When Decepticon energy signals were detected near the city, the Autobots quickly realized that their options were limited. Bulkhead mentioned that the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] might help, forcing [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] to reveal how the two moved them to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Prime's reaction was...displeased, to say the least. Ranting that all he had to command were insubordinate malfunctions, Prime also concluded that the Key was no longer safe with Sari, and he ordered Ratchet to take it from her. As Sari ran off crying, Bumblebee mouthed off that their situation was an indication that Prime was unfit for command.

[[File:Megatron Rising Optimus rant.JPG|upright=0.95|thumb|{{w|Red Forman|Dumbasses}}!]]

Heading to Dinobot Island, Prime did not get off to a good start with [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]], mostly because Grimlock considered him lunch. After Prowl smoothed things over, Prime tried to convince them to help the Autobots fight the Decepticons, but Grimlock was uninterested. Receiving word from Ratchet that the Key had been stolen, Prime ordered Ratchet to guard the AllSpark while the Autobots headed back for the mainland. Prime himself also began to wonder if he was fit for command, seeing as all his decisions had blown up in his face. When Bumblebee contacted the Autobots to inform them that Starscream was at [[Sumdac Tower]], he refused Prime's order to hold back and went to attack the Decepticon on his own. Prime dryly noted that the day just kept getting better and better.

Then everything pretty much went to Hell when Megatron burst out of Sumdac Tower, to the shock and horror of just about everyone. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

Quickly regaining their composure, the Autobots attacked. Megatron beat the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of them. Though Optimus fared slightly better, Megatron still brought him down fairly quickly. They were only able to escape when Megatron punished Starscream for his betrayal. Taking refuge within Sumdac Tower, [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Professor Sumdac]] explained his role in Megatron's revival and helped repair the Autobots with residual key energy. After Bumblebee called Prime to answer for his earlier assessment of them, Prime admitted he was wrong and asked them for forgiveness. When Ratchet and Sari showed up with Teletran-1, the Autobots took flight, hoping to lure the Decepticons away from Earth to prevent human casualties. Unfortunately, the Decepticons shot down the vessel and caused it to crash on Dinobot Island.

[[File:Megatron Rising Optimus Megatron Key shove.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Now, light our darkest hour!"]]

As the Autobots took on the Decepticons, Optimus faced down Megatron, which went as well as the first time. When Megatron got into the Autobots' ship, he took the AllSpark and placed the powerful artifact within him, using it as a weapon against Prime. However, Megatron had dropped the key, and Sari threw it to Prime. The Autobot officer used the key to send a surge of energy through the AllSpark, causing it to disperse while still in Megatron. With the threat passed, Prime apologized to Sari and returned the key, saying it was too important to be trusted with an Autobot. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

After the battle with the Decepticons, the [[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]] arrived to take the AllSpark back to Cybertron. Optimus explained that the AllSpark had been dispersed and that the Decepticons had been defeated. Sentinel Prime accused Optimus of lying and took every chance he could to belittle his former friend, but [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] decided to investigate their claims. Optimus took them to Dinobot Island, but the Autobots did not make a good impression on the Dinobots. Before they could investigate, they received a message from Ratchet, saying that [[police drone]]s had gone haywire at a Sumdac Systems manufacturing plant. Optimus managed to get Sari inside and shut off the assembly line, but the key was stuck in the console. Before Optimus could help, Sentinel pushed him aside and promised to see Optimus charged for high treason. Tired of Sentinel's slag, Optimus finally stuck up for himself and told Sentinel where to shove it, destroying the console the key was stuck in and revealing an AllSpark fragment. Ultra Magnus accepted the shard as proof of Optimus Prime's claims. Though Sentinel still refused to believe him, Magnus said that Optimus Prime displayed many qualities that Sentinel himself could use. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

[[File:Returnofheadmaster optimuslaughs.jpg|thumb|Ha ''Ha!'' [[Decapitation]].]]

When Sentinel and Optimus were at a press conference with [[Augustus Edsel|Mayor Edsel]], they received a call about a Decepticon sighting in old Detroit. After Sentinel mangled the roads en route, he told Optimus to split up and search on his own. Hours later, Optimus received a communication to from Sentinel to dismiss the police and come to Sentinel's location alone—and not to laugh when he got there. What Optimus found was Sentinel Prime's severed head, with his [[Structure|body]] having been stolen by the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]]. He promised to help Sentinel find his body without letting Ultra Magnus or the other Autobots know, but not before taking a moment or two to enjoy the situation.

Heading for Sumdac Tower, Optimus confronted [[Porter C. Powell]], who denied knowing where Masterson was and told him the Autobots were no longer welcome at the facility. Optimus left, but immediately tapped in on Powell and Masterson's phone conversation, letting Optimus track Masterson to the docks. After encountering mini-Headmasters in the form of [[Tutor Bot]] and [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]], Optimus was able to get aboard the ship before it sailed away. Finding the Headmaster with Sentinel Prime's body, Optimus Prime proceeded to beat the living slag out of his attacker, much to Sentinel's discomfort. Finally defeating the mad scientist, Optimus reattached Sentinel's head to his body, but Masterson walked away due to legal technicalities. When Ultra Magnus asked them about it the next day, Optimus covered for Sentinel, saying that Sentinel had volunteered to use himself as bait to capture Masterson, and Magnus praised their bravery. In an awkward moment, Sentinel thanked Optimus for all he'd done, and the two shook hands amicably. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

[[File:Sentinel vs Optimus, with Jazz in the middle.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Jay Leno VS. Bruce Campbell, Battle of [[chin]]s.]]

When word of Decepticon attacks came after learning that Megatron was still alive, Ultra Magnus decided that Optimus and his Autobots would be needed elsewhere repairing damaged space bridges. The Elite Guard also wanted Optimus to...leave out that whole destruction of the AllSpark and Megatron's survival thing for the time being. When they detected an AllSpark shard energy signature in a human train, the Elite Guard went to retrieve it. Detecting Starscream, Optimus realized it was a trap and was forced to place stasis cuffs on Sentinel Prime to leave the Elite Guard's ship. Meeting up with his crew, he helped them remove the shard and save the humans. Magnus and Sentinel, who by now had broken out of his cuffs, were about to rip Optimus a new one for insubordination, assault, and the lack of evidence over the Decepticons—at which point Starscream's body crashed mere meters away from them, having been offlined by Megatron (again). When Starscream knocked out Ultra Magnus, Optimus took command (much to Sentinel's displeasure). He managed to place the stasis-cuffs on Starscream, and Ultra Magnus decided that Optimus Prime and his team would be allowed to stay on Earth, locate the remaining AllSpark shards, and arrest the remaining Decepticons. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

Optimus helped clear trash from the city of Detroit during a garbage dispute, in an effort to mend strained Autobot/human relations. Noting Ratchet's unpleasant attitude during the job, he assigned Bumblebee and Sari to coach the old 'bot towards projecting a more pleasant disposition. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

During the search for an AllSpark fragment, the Autobots encountered the Speed Demons, a group of illegal street racers. A [[Blurr (Animated)|mysterious blue car]] caused two of the racers to crash, leading Optimus to pause the search in order to aid the crash-victims. But Bmblebee became fixated on out-racing the blue car. He asked Optimus to allow him to re-attach rocket-boosters to his alternate mode to compete against it. Optimus denied Bumblebee's request, but the little 'bot went and raced behind Optimus's back anyways, rockets and all. Bumblebee managed to get a hold of the AllSpark shard the Autobots had detected earlier, a component of a remote control [[Master Disaster (Animated)|Master Disaster]] used to fix his Speed Demon races. Optimus confiscated it, and put it away in a safe place. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}

Later on, when Bulkhead brought [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] back to Autobot headquarters, Optimus was not impressed with their antics and demanded that they leave. Optimus warned Bulkhead that the duo were not worth spending time with and that they were not capable of learning the ways of an Autobot. After the Constructicons were 'persuaded' by Megatron that their talents would be better utilized in the Decepticon ranks, Prime was furious and despite Bulkhead's insistence that they were his friends, Optimus questioned that they didn't know any better.

Unfortunately, he was proved right when Mixmaster and Scrapper showed up and demanded that they hand over the AllSpark fragments, to which Prime naturally refused. A struggle ensued (in which Ratchet and Bumblebee insisted Prime was 'their dipstick') and Mixmaster held Bumblebee hostage and demands the AllSpark. Prime tried to stall for time and Bulkhead handed over the fragments, to Prime's dismay. Bulkhead then 'had one for the road' and his scheme came to light. With the fragments retrieved, Optimus consoled a distraught Bulkhead and assured him that as long as the Constructicons (now having lost their memory due to the explosion caused by the tainted oil) were not wearing Decepticon badges, they still had a choice. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

After reports of the Dinobots rampaging came to Optimus's attention, he sent out Prowl and Bulkhead to deal with the situation. While the pair were in the field, Optimus received a transmission from Ultra Magnus informing the Autobots that Starscream had escaped from Elite Guard custody. Prowl, also listening to the message, decided to try and capture Starscream on his own, despite Optimus telling him not to do so. Though Prowl eventually managed to capture his quarry ([[Clone number 3370318|kind of]]) he got mixed up with Lockdown along the way. Then, Optimus and the others found Prowl tied up in the middle of a street, having been ditched by the bounty hunter. Optimus continued to show concern over Prowl recent brash behavior, but agreed to pursue Lockdown nonetheless. The Autobots ran into [[Clone number 2716057|another Starscream]] en route, captured this one for themselves, and brought him along when they confronted Lockdown, then meeting with Megatron. Turns out, both Starscream were sparkless clones, rigged to blow and take half the city with them. Optimus and the others watched Prowl use his newly acquired Samurai armor to launch the clones into the sky, right into the flight path of the fleeing Decepticons. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

Optimus took part in a pursuit to catch the villain Nanosec, but the chase came to an end when Bumblebee mysteriously slowed down to a stop... Optimus, Bulkhead and Prowl returned to base afterwards for repairs. Later, Bumblebee alerted the rest of his team that [[Swindle (Animated)|a Decepticon]] had built a machine that could freeze any electronic machine within its range,just as he had been earlier that day. Optimus and the others sped out to take on the threat. They were all affected by the device's power before they could reach their destination, and were only able to take on Swindle once Sari had deactivated his weapon. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

Optimus and the other Autobots gathered to listen in on an all-points bulletin from Ultra Magnus, alerting them that the criminal [[Wasp]] had escaped from prison. Later, Bumblebee told the rest of his team that he had stumbled upon a Decepticon transmission, and they reported his findings to the head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]], [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

[[File:Animated Black Friday Prime Meltdown.jpg|thumb|At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall melt.]]
After learning that the Dinobots helped Meltdown escape, Prime took Prowl and Bumblebee to investigate Dinobot Island. There, he learned that Blackarachnia was manipulating the Dinobots, and had struck a deal with Meltdown to remove her organic half. However, Meltdown needed a [[genetic modifier]]. Blackarachnia, having poisoned Prowl and Bumblebee with her venom, told Prime to help Grimlock get the modifier in exchange for the antivenom that would save his Autobots. Though Prime tried to convince Grimlock of Blackarachnia's evil intentions, Grimlock would hear none of it. Returning to the mainland, Prime revoked his "protector of humanity" title long enough for Grimlock to "convince" [[Porter C. Powell]] to tell them where the modifier was. When Powell realized it was valuable, Prime was tempted to let Grimlock finish him off, but decided the Autobots didn't have time. On their return to Dinobot Island, however, Meltdown turned the tables on them. He revealed that he planned to remove Blackarachnia's NON-organic half, creating the all-organic Transformer he desired, and sicced [[Fusion creature|his earlier experiments]] on Prime and Grimlock. With the other Dinobots' help, they sent the mutants packing. Prime then removed the modifier before Meltdown could finish his experiments, and exposure to the modifier caused Meltdown to break apart. Blackarachnia urged Optimus to come closer, but Grimlock's jealousy caused him to attack, allowing Blackarachnia to flee. When Prime went to Prowl and Bumblebee, he found the anti-venom, and saved their sparks. Although Powell tried to have Prime arrested, Fanzone refused to do anything about it. Because she left the anti-venom, however, Optimus Prime was hopeful that somewhere beneath the anger and betrayal of Blackarachnia, there was still something left of Elita-1. {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}

When Scrapper and Mixmaster resurfaced, Optimus led the Autobots out to track down the duo before the Decepticons got to them. Though Sari wanted to tag along, Optimus felt that the mission would be too dangerous for her to accompany them. The Autobots looked high and low throughout Detroit for the Constructibots, but without Sari's key to track their AllSpark signatures, the search proved fruitless. Then, Blitzwing dropped out of the sky and took on the whole crew. During the fight, the Autobots learned that Sari was dealing with the Constructibots on her own back at headquarters. Knowing this, Optimus didn't pause to question the Autobots' good fortune when Blitzwing suddenly decided to ditch the battle, and headed back to help Sari immediately. Returning to base, Optimus found out that Sari had taken care of the intruders all by herself. He commended Sari for her bravery... and then found out the girl had pigged out on candy and made a mess in their absence. {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

When Bulkhead was kidnapped by Megatron, Bumblebee brought home [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], an Elite Guard intelligence agent who had been assigned to monitor the Decepticons and investigate Optimus Prime's crew (good odds on [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|the one]] who gave Blurr his orders). When Blurr revealed where the Decepticons were, and that they were building a space bridge with Isaac Sumdac's help, Prime ordered Ratchet and Sari to get the ship back online, while he and the others went to rescue Bulkhead and stop the Decepticons. Before he left, he admitted that he wasn't sure if Professor Sumdac was willingly cooperating with the Decepticons, but promised Sari that he would bring him home alive. Heading to the mines, they were ambushed by Blitzwing and Lugnut, who were incapacitated by Blurr. Reaching the control room, the Autobots were incapaciated by the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]]. Fortunately, the Decepticons were too busy with the sudden arrival of Starscream and [[Starscream clone (Animated)|his clones]] to immediately kill them. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Managing to free himself, Optimus found himself in the odd position of fighting side by side with Megatron. But the battle went against the Autobots, with Blurr and a pair of clones sucked into the space bridge and the other Autobots incapacitated. In typical Decepticon fashion, Megatron used Prime as a human (er, 'bot) shield against the clones. After the battle, Megatron decided to use Prime as a test to see if the space bridge worked, where Prime would be eliminated by [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] if it did. Fortunately, Prowl managed to get free from his stasis cuffs and shatter Optimus Prime's, allowing him to grapple Megatron. However, the power cut out, forcing Megatron to use the severed head of Starscream to further power the bridge, causing an overload. Prime managed to slap stasis cuffs on Megatron, taking him into the bridge, but the Autobots were nearly sucked in themselves before [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] arrived and sacrificed himself to save them. As the bridge self-destructed, the Autobots managed to escape before the mountain came down on top of them. Though mourning the losses of Omega and Blurr, Megatron's plot was foiled, and the Autobots could breathe a collective sigh of relief.

Sighs of relief which turned to gasps of shock and horror when Sari noticed that the skin of her arm had been torn...revealing robotic circuitry underneath! {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Leaving the mine, Optimus carried Sari and Isaac with him as the Professor explained what he knew of Sari's origins: years ago, Sumdac found a body of liquid metal, which he touched, and Sari emerged. Remembering all too well the horror story of human manufacturing, Optimus pointed out several flaws in Isaac's story. Optimus provided the necessary muscle to prevent Porter C. Powell and Henry Masterson from trying anything funny when Isaac returned to Sumdac Tower and fired the two, and was on hand to witness Sari activated some sort of weapons system to eject them. Horrified, Sari decided she was better off with her "fellow machines", and Optimus promised to keep her safe until she was ready to talk. Realizing that she wasn't going to talk, Optimus tricked Sari into going to [[Burger Bot]], alerting Sumdac that they were heading there. Unfortunately, the Headmaster had found his Headmaster unit and Starscream's body, and attacked the trio. After a short battle, Optimus tricked Masterson into transforming, saying that a "n00b" like him couldn't do it. The attack managed to reconcile Isaac and Sari, and Optimus took them home, where Prowl revealed his theory that Sari was a protoform merged with Sumdac's DNA.

Later, Ratchet turned up with an unconscious Bulkhead and claims of a missing Bumblebee. Bulkhead theorized that Bumblebee had activated the [[plasma dynamic thruster]], sending him across the universe, and used a homing beacon generator to bring him home. Unfortunately, Bumblebee was swallowed by a [[Rock Lord|rock-like alien]]. As the Autobots tried to figure out how to stop the creature without harming Bumblebee, Sari used the Key to upgrade herself into a more powerful mech. She defeated the monster, but overloaded and was unable to control her movements, seriously injuring Bumblebee. The Autobots were able to remove the Key, only to discover Sari kept going and the Key had been drained. Ratchet was forced to deactivate Sari with his EMP generator.

Returning to the plant, Optimus informed Isaac of Sari's condition, deciding that this family was done keeping secrets from each other. Unfortunately, Megatron arrived, commanding Omega Supreme. Optimus and the others led Megatron out of the city, where he and Prowl boarded Omega, removing Megatron's influence. Unfortunately, Starscream took over Omega Supreme, and decided to conquer Cybertron. Optimus latched aboard the departing vessel, and shoved the plasma dynamic thruster into Omega, sending him warping across the galaxy randomly, ending the threats of Megatron and Starscream for a while. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

While Bulkhead and Professor Sumdac began constructing a space bridge, Optimus and the other Autobots focused on hunting down the remaining Decepticons on Earth. The first one they found was Lugnut, who was defeated and [[stasis cuffs|stasis cuffed]] after a drawn-out battle. Unfortunately, this left the Autobot force trying to pull the massive Decepticon out of the deep crater he had caused during the fight—a daunting task that they spent the rest of the night working on. Before any real progress could be made, Optimus and the others were called away to help Bulkhead, who had been dragged into an oil-stealing scheme by the Constructicons. Upon arriving at the [[Fossil Fuel]] oil refinery, Optimus was informed by Professor Sumdac on what was going on. A collision between Scrapper and Mixmaster led to a spark setting fire to a large pool of oil, and the Autobots were forced to transwarp an entire oil tank (with the Constructicons on it) out to Lake Erie, where it exploded. They then returned to finish hauling away Lugnut, only to find he had escaped in their absence. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}}

After reprimanding Bumblebee for playing video games while on monitor duty, Optimus led the Autobots out on a search mission when they detected a Cybertronian energy signature. While Optimus was away, he received an emergency call from Bumblebee, revealing that Wasp was at the plant. By the time the Autobots returned, Wasp had switched places with Bumblebee. Unable to convince his teammates of the ruse, Bumblebee fled, and just as Optimus and his remaining Autobots gave chase, Sentinel Prime and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] cut them off. Sentinel was unwilling to listen to Optimus's claims that Wasp was innocent and Longarm Prime was the real traitor, and he took off for Wasp. Optimus had their group split up to try and find Wasp first, ordering Ratchet to come with him while Bulkhead and Prowl went to check another section of the city. While searching, Optimus and Ratchet discovered two Cybertronian fliers and assumed they were Decepticons. Only after fighting with the pair did they learn that [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] were Elite Guard members who had been upgraded with flight protocols duplicated from Starscream.

As Optimus, Ratchet, and Jazz watched Sentinel flail about on the wet roads, still ignoring pleas to warn Cybertron about Longarm, Optimus asked how Jazz was able to stand the obnoxious Prime, and was surprised to learn that the Elite Guard ninja ignored "only half" of what Sentinel said. When the jet twins reported to Sentinel that Bulkhead and Prowl were working with Wasp, Sentinel ordered all of Optimus's crew arrested, despite Optimus putting it as simply as possible: Wasp wasn't a double agent, so Bulkhead and Prowl couldn't be his fellow double agents. Once they reached the others, Optimus had to deal with Sentinel's insistence on arresting them all to let Ultra Magnus sort them out, despite Prowl and Bulkhead now believing that Wasp and Bumblebee had switched places. Overruling Sentinel's demands, Optimus had everyone return to the plant, as that's where Wasp had to be if 'Bee's story was true. By the time they returned, Wasp had read up on Bumblebee's files and so was able to relate a number of 'Bee's adventures to "prove" he was the real deal. When Bulkhead had Bumblebee and Wasp play ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' to see who the real one was, Prime had no better suggestion. Wasp choked under the pressure and fled, and Jazz finally realized that Optimus had been telling the truth about Longarm being a double agent. An oblivious Sentinel asked why they hadn't told him this in the first place, and Optimus sighed in exasperation. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

With the Elite Guard remaining on Earth, the Autobots began a search for the rest of Megatron's Decepticons. During one search, Optimus saw an unfamiliar shadow with a strange helmet. Following it, Optimus, Prowl, and Jazz discovered Sentinel Prime had captured [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] without making a sound. Despite his notorious ego, Sentinel refused to elaborate on the capture, and even bolted the clone's mouth shut when he started to talk. Returning to the Elite Guard ship, Optimus discovered that Sentinel had also captured Blitzwing and Swindle, as well, and was equally vague on the details. After helping Prowl investigate the mysterious helmeted figure, Optimus returned to the ship where he, Jazz, and Prowl were shocked to discover that Sentinel had captured Lugnut. Now convinced that Sentinel was lying to them, Optimus and the others eventually followed him to [[Tigatron Stadium]], where they discovered a stasis-cuffed Sentinel, the [[Ramjet (Animated)|Liar Starscream]], Lockdown (wearing the mysterious helmet), and that Sentinel had been having Lockdown capture the Decepticons in exchange for parts of the Elite Guard ship. After a battle, the clone was captured, but Lockdown escaped. Returning to the Elite Guard ship, the Autobots made contact with Cybertron, learning that Shockwave had attacked Ultra Magnus and stolen the [[Magnus Hammer]] in the process. Optimus decided not to inform Cybertron Command of Sentinel's misconduct, but instead gave Prowl all the credit for the captures. Sentinel expressed annoyance that he didn't get any credit for the captures, and Optimus told his former friend that when the smoke cleared, there would be a reckoning between the two Primes. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

[[File:PredaconsRising-BASentinelOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Hail hail, the gang's all here!]]

However, Sentinel remained on Earth, convinced that Wasp knew something about the attack on Ultra Magnus. Efforts to locate Wasp were hampered by Sentinel's refusal to recognize Optimus's authority on Earth, claiming he was the ''primer'' Prime. Things came to a head when the Dinobot Swoop captured Wasp and took him to Dinobot Island. Realizing that Blackarachnia might be involved, Optimus tried to warn Sentinel about her, but he refused to listen, as usual. Reaching the island, Optimus found Blackarachnia draining Sentinel of his powers, and offered himself in Sentinel's place. Blackarachnia didn't care; as far as she was concerned, she had every right to slag them both for abandoning her. She also revealed that she had made Wasp into the technorganic Waspinator in the hopes that if she could change him back, she could change herself back into Elita-1. However, Waspinator heard this, and tried to attack Blackarachnia. Reaching critical mass, Blackarachnia wrapped herself and Waspinator into a cocoon to contain the transwarp explosion. The Autobots were barely able to avoid the blast radius, which appeared to destroy most of Dinobot Island. Optimus concluded that Blackarachnia sacrificed herself to save them, but Sentinel thought that she sacrificed Waspinator to escape. Although Sentinel did not press the issue, Optimus could see that he was deeply hurt by what he had experienced.

A short time later, the Elite Guard were preparing to leave, and Optimus Prime's crew were seeing them off. Optimus actually defended Sentinel when the twins poked fun at him, saying that for all his flaws, Sentinel was a good bot at spark. Sentinel later came out to talk to Optimus privately, and Optimus apologized, both for not telling Sentinel about Elita's survival, and for not letting Sentinel go back to try and rescue her. In turn, Sentinel apologized for coming up with the idea to go to the planet, but admitted that the time was past for apologies. Optimus ended the conversation on a lighter note, saying that Cybertron needed a leader, and for better or worse, Sentinel Prime was that leader. Sentinel agreed, and the two Primes finally appeared to bury the hatchet. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}}

Optimus Prime's mood soon soured as the [[Christmas]] season rolled in, and the latest must-have product from Porter C. Powell was advertised all over the city—the all-singing, all-dancing [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]! After following a lone Soundwave and almost getting decapitated by a train, he decided he was obsessing over nothing and rejoined the other Autobots for some [[oilnog]]... not realizing it had been spiked by another Soundwave, forcing Optimus and the others into taking an early [[Stasis lock|stasis nap]].

[[File:TFAni Human Error Part 1 Optimus Human.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Worst. Hangover. ''Ever!'']]

As Optimus woke up the next morning, he discovered, to his horror, that he and the others had inexplicably become human. Despite his hopes, Ratchet could find no rational explanation for their transformation. Deciding the best course of action was to head to Sumdac Tower, the Auto''men'' set off into the city. A quick stop at the Burger Bot turned to them fleeing from an attacking Decepticon armada, followed by Optimus and Prowl saving a woman and [[Gary|her son]] from a burning building, to (badly) fighting off an attacking Starscream and finally—perhaps worst of all—having to take public transportation to Sumdac Tower. However, no sooner had they arrived at their destination then they witnessed the tower blasted to ruins... by a Megatron-controlled Cybertron!

But just as the Autobots seemed on the brink of destruction, Optimus came to a realization—none of what they had experienced was real, but a virtual reality simulation! They took out the Decepticons together with superhuman feats, Optimus destroying Megatron himself with a well aimed axe into his cannon. As the dust settled and the Decepticons disappeared, they "imagined" themselves into their real forms once again. But as soon as they had made the transformation, a giant Soundwave scooped them up into the sky, blasting them all with energy.

In the real world, Optimus and his crew were all prisoners of the real Soundwave in the basement of the Autobot hideout, as part of the sonic warrior's plan to reprogram them into being Decepticons. As their captor started to accelerate the reprogramming, Optimus opened his eyes to reveal them glowing red... {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

[[File:PrimeReadyToRock.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1| "I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!"]]

A wire from an attack Sari had made on Soundwave disrupted the connection, but after a failed escape attempt by Prowl, Soundwave reverted all the Autobots to their human forms and used his toy replica drones scattered around Detroit to begin hypnotising the human population.

Looking for a way to interface with Soundwave to escape and locating it in the form of his vehicle mode, Optimus gave the order to pursue the Decepticon utilizing the conveniently placed vehicles on which their own alternate modes were based. Unfortunately, Optimus didn't know how to drive extremely well. He still was able to pursue Soundwave, albeit with the fire hose out of control.

When Optimus and his group finally cornered Soundwave, it was revealed to be a trap: Hundreds of Soundwave's vehicle modes surrounded the Automen, and when the Autobots attempted to escape, their vehicles' seat belts wrapped around them as Soundwave began to reprogram them again.

Controlling the reprogrammed Autobots like puppets, Soundwave used them in a battle with Sari and the [[Substitute Autobot]]s, whom at first they soundly defeated. When Sari ordered the Substitute Autobots to attack all the Autobots at once, however, Soundwave began having trouble multitasking, until he decided to use just Optimus against them. Optimus soundly defeated the Substitute Autobots again and was about to kill Sari when the freed Prowl used his [[shuriken]] to blast Ratbat out of Soundwave's hands, liberating the rest of the Autobots. Optimus then grabbed Laserbeak, forced him into guitar mode, and engaged in a brief (''epic'') Battle of the Bands scenario before using Laserbeak to slice Soundwave and Ratbat in half, destroying the Decepticon's control over the citizens of Detroit. He and Sari then exchanged mutual new appreciation of each other's daily difficulties, Sari better understanding the stresses of command, Optimus now realizing the rigors of being human. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

[[File:TFAni Decepticon Air Swindle Optimus Hand.jpg|thumb|"GIVE ME YOUR FACE!"]]
Optimus later congratulated Professor Sumdac and Bulkhead for completing a space bridge terminal in record time, and he was amazed when Sari single-handedly and expertly recalibrated the transwarp sequencers. However, he soon received a message from Sentinel Prime, who had accidentally freed several Decepticon prisoners on the Elite Guard ship, which decrypted to "[[Broken Lance]]", the coded distress call Sentinel used to use in their Academy days. Using the space bridge terminal to get to the ship, Optimus promptly emerged from Swindle's chest, having arrived in the pocket dimension which Swindle used to hold all his stock. Taking an elevator to the ship's energon storage chamber, Optimus slightly destabilized some energon cubes by perforating them with his axe, then put them in the elevator car and sliced the cables, so it exploded near the bottom just as the Decepticons pried open the doors. Slightly charred from the backblast, Optimus entered one of the service ducts and worked his way back to the brig area, grumbling as he did so.

Soon after, Prime freed his fellow Autobots and told Jazz to rewire the decontamination unit on the bridge as a freezing chamber to trap the Decepticons. At the same time, taking a cue from Sentinel's coded transmission, he made his Autobot symbol blink in [[Cybertronian optical code|Cybertronian Optical Code]] to tell Jazz that the decontamination chamber would be the only part of the bridge ''not'' to get frozen. After convincing the Elite Guard to surrender to the Decepticons (but not before using Sentinel as a slingshot against Lugnut), he endured Blitzwing locking them in the decontamination chamber and gloating all the while—until Blitzwing pressed the button and all the Decepticons on the bridge were frozen. Sentinel offered Optimus the Elite Guard spot that would be left when Sentinel became Magnus, but Prime declined, saying that he still had plenty to do on Earth. Optimus then returned to Earth on the Elite Guard's ship, and he and Sentinel traded salutes before they went their separate ways.
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[[File:Endgame2-OptimusPrimeInArmor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Optimus cannot fly! [[To sell toys|What is happening?]]]]

When Bulkhead detected Omega Supreme on the Moon, Ratchet tried to convince Optimus to use the [[Magnus Hammer]] against Megatron to rescue Omega and Arcee. Optimus felt unworthy due to his discharge from the [[Autobot Academy]] and ban from the Elite Guard, and instead requested that Ratchet build him a modification to [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Wingblade|let him fly]]. As part of a counter to Ratchet's protest that "Autobots don't fly", Prowl volunteered his boosters to use as a basis for Optimus's mods. When Ratchet ran into trouble on the jetpack, Sari used her Allspark powers to find the problem, and Ratchet soon had an attachable winged jetpack for Optimus to test out. Optimus loved the new ability to fly, shouting "Yessssss!" as he slipped the surly bonds of Earth, but he was shot down by [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]]. With a jetpack that didn't even give him an advantage over a Starscream clone, and with Megatron's [[Lugnut Supreme]]s fast approaching, Optimus decided he no longer had a choice and picked up the Magnus Hammer, ready to stand up in this [[darkest hour]]. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

Though hesitant about taking to the air given his previous performance, Optimus took to the skies with Prowl to drive the Lugnut Supremes away from Sumdac Tower while Ratchet, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Sari went to the Moon to sever Megatron's access to Omega Supreme. After a little trouble, Optimus was able to use the Magnus Hammer to cause a tornado that threw the clones to Dinobot Island, damaging one and rendering the other two unable to fly. However, they were still online and resumed their march to Sumdac Tower. Optimus instructed Prowl and Jazz to enter the clones and remove their AllSpark fragments while he himself fought Megatron. Unfortunately, when Omega was severed from the clones, it activated their hidden function as ''Starscream'' clones, complete with bombs capable of destroying everything within one hundred square miles. Omega returned in time to destroy one clone, and Prowl and Jazz used processor-over-matter to assemble stray AllSpark fragments and power a shield strong enough to contain the remaining clone.

[[File:TFA-Endgame-PanAcrossEveryone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Not bad for ol' what's-his-name.]]

Meanwhile, Optimus and Megatron continued to duke it out mid-air; Megatron, having apparently recognized Optimus as a worthy foe, finally called the Autobot by his proper name, to which Prime bitterly responded that the Decepticon leader could remember his name after all. Eventually, the dueling pair were encased in the shield with the third clone. As the final clone's bomb began to detonate, a flash of light removed Optimus from the blast. He was found minutes later by the Autobots, and they were exultant until they saw the price of victory: Prowl had merged his spark with the AllSpark fragments to save them all. As Optimus ran toward his fallen comrade, Megatron appeared and blasted the Autobot captain. Ratchet tossed the Magnus Hammer to Optimus, who beat the Decepticon leader down. Megatron goaded Optimus to finish him, but Optimus instead destroyed Megatron's fusion cannon, saying that the Decepticon leader didn't deserve the "easy way out". Instead, Optimus Prime and his crew, along with Sari and Omega Supreme, returned to Cybertron with Megatron, Shockwave, and Lugnut as prisoners, before cheering crowds (and a not-so-cheery Sentinel Prime) who hailed them as heroes. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

''Optimus Prime's victory over the Decepticons led to him being celebrated as "Cybertron's greatest hero". Sentinel Magnus kept up good relations with Optimus in public, even inviting him as a personal guest to [[The Motor Master]]'s Stunt Convoy, a daredevil stunt show performed under Megatron's watchful eye right outside [[Trypticon Prison]].''

[[File:StunticonJob-Optimusdisguise.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
''Optimus was interviewed by Iacon Central officers [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] and [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]] about the alleged theft of his ultra-axe, only to learn the "thief" was peddling a knock-off reproduction from the Stunt Convoy. Iacon's finest annoyed Sentinel with their questioning of Motor Master's crew, but Optimus's suspicions were raised as well. He used electronic paint to pose as the Convoy's member [[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]] and infiltrate the show. Optimus learned the Stunt Convoy were actually StuntiCONS planning to break Megatron out of prison. After learning the truth, Optimus brought the house down on the Stunticons. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}''

''Optimus Prime and Jazz came to the [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]] to use the [[AllSpark Matrix]] to restore the [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr cube]] to his normal body. {{storylink|The Return of Blurr}}''

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===Toy bios===
Optimus Prime prefers to fight fairly and in the open. At the same time, he knows bad guys ''don't'', so he utilizes his "night mode" to sneak up on them without being seen. Good lesson, there. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#BumperBattlerNightwatch|Nightwatch Optimus Prime}} When the Autobots were preparing for an all-out assault on the Decepticons, Optimus ordered everyone to get their armor upgraded. Ratchet helped him install armor so strong that it can take fusion blasts with ease. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#ActivatorArmorUp|Armor Up Optimus Prime}}

===''Be the Hero'' books===
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====''Prime Suspect''====
After saving a [[You|human child]] from being run over by an out-of-control truck, Optimus found that he was being pursued by [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] and a squad of police. Some investigation turned up the fact that he was accused of breaking into [[HomeTech]]'s laboratory, and they had him doing so on security tape. Rendezvousing at the laboratory, Prime got [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] and the kid from earlier to go in and look for the footage. Though ultimately unsuccessful, a clue was found that led the Autobots to HomeTech's main warehouse. Within, Prime encountered the Decepticon who had framed him, [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], and the two battled at length until the other Autobots helped him taken Blitzwing down. With the deception exposed, Prime was confident his name was cleared. {{storylink|Prime Suspect (Animated)|Prime Suspect}}

====''Quest for the AllSpark''====
Optimus and [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] came up with a surefire plan when [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] took over [[Detroit]]'s robot workforce in an attempt to get his hands on the [[AllSpark]]. The Autobots made false AllSparks and went to hide them around the city. Prime was intercepted by the clearance 'bot [[Crush-A]], and called in the rest of the Autobots, ultimately defeating their foe. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}
====''Web of Deception''====
When the Autobots' ship on the bottom of [[Lake Erie]] was struck by [[Sparkseeker]] torpedoes, Optimus was knocked offline and abducted by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]. He found himself strapped to an explosive device alongside one of the giant spiders from [[Archa Seven]]. Fortunately Ratchet was able to track him down and rescue him before the bomb could be triggered. {{storylink|Web of Deception}}
====''Time-Quake''====
Optimus and the other Autobots scoured Detroit, searching for the source of some strange temporal anomalies that had begun plaguing the city. Eventually they were able to track down the time machine that was responsible for the disturbances, and Optimus led his team in apprehending the culprit. {{storylink|Time-Quake}}

===Titan Magazines===
[[File:SPROK!.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|No Country for Old Toys.]]
Optimus was swiftly overpowered by Starscream and [[Starscream clone (Animated)|his army of clones]], as were all the Autobots. The Dinobots arrived to save the day in return for lodgings during a rainy spell, leaving Optimus to ask Ratchet desperately for the weather forecast ''every day'' (the forecast being rain, rain, rain...). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17#Dino-MIGHT!|Dino-MIGHT!}}

Later, Detroit was hit by severe earthquakes, and Optimus led the Autobots in a rescue operation, personally holding up a collapsing bridge all by himself. These earthquakes turned out to be the work of the supervillain [[Quake-Maker]]. Optimus fought him but was easily beaten up—but forget Optimus, because the ''awesome'' Elite Guard operative [[Afterburn]] arrived, swiftly taking control of the Autobots and taking the villain down. Optimus was left a bit upset that Afterburn was so much better than him. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 1|Burnout}}

He was apparently so upset that he didn't bother turning up afterwards, letting Afterburn dominate things. Prime's big contribution was to give everyone the day off. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 3|Crossroads!}}

Later on, he ran afoul of the angry and impressively moustached [[Macadam|General Macadam]], who was throwing a fit over Swoop buzzing a [[United States Air Force|USAF jet]]. Optimus gave the Dinobot a grilling over this...realising too late that Swoop, having been booted from Dinobot Island, had come for a job. Later on, Prime was ''very'' amused when Macadam angrily asked for help stopping the hijacked [[Wraith-X]], and had Bumblebee bring in Swoop for it.

There was no time to celebrate, though, as ''Megatron'' assaulted their headquarters! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Divebomb}} It turned out Afterburn, whom Megatron slaughtered, was a Decepticon infiltrator—and a sparkless drone one, at that—and he'd given their location away! Optimus and the gang held off a full Decepticon assault. In the aftermath, Optimus tried to boost Bumblebee's spirits by telling him he'd been a true hero in fighting Megatron, and that Afterburn hadn't been a ''real'' Transformer, so his death was no biggie. It was quite dodgy how easily Optimus wrote the guy off, to be frank... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Megatron's Revenge}}

Optimus later went to watch a race at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]] to find the "King of Speed", and he permitted Bulkhead to join in if he wanted. He probably regretted this when Bulkhead won and Prime had to carry him in a victor's lap... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}
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===''TransTech''===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English)}}
Isaac Sumdac presented his newest creation to Optimus, Bumblebee, and Sari; the "[[Bi-directional Unified Transit Terminal]]". The professor explained that his B.U.T.T. could easily shoot them all off to Cybertron... in theory. Though Optimus wasn't particularly eager to return to his home world, he agreed to test drive the device anyways. The B.U.T.T. malfunctioned, sending Optimus, Sari, and Bumblebee to [[Axiom Nexus]] instead of their intended destination. The trio soon encountered officer [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], who informed them that Optimus was breaking the law by virtue of simply being a "Prime" in Axiom Nexus. After being through 17 grueling hours of processing, Optimus and Sari were put in the care of [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]]. The morally-ambiguous scientist planned to operate on them to assess their planetary threat-level. Though Optimus was chained to a table and put through an invasive "Matrix check", he did get the chance to exchange some witty banter with his captor, so there's that.

Bumblebee, Flareup, and their newfound ally "[[Megatron (BW)|Joe]]" eventually burst in to rescue Prime and Sari. Unfortunately, Joe then betrayed the group, revealing himself to be a "Megatron" with plans of conquest! Using Sari's Key, Megatron turned Shockwave's lab equipment into a miniature army. Unable to take on the newly awakened robots through force, Optimus, Sari, Bumblebee, Flareup, and Shockwave instead devised a means to turn them against their master; bureaucracy! They convinced Megatron's army that the amount of paperwork they'd need to go through for simply being born was a huge hassle, causing the robots to turn on their master.

Shockwave was so annoyed by Optimus and his friends that he decided to use his authority to quickly deport them from his dimension. Relieved to be back home, Optimus made everyone promise to never speak of their inter-dimensional adventure again. {{Storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Upon meeting an [[Optimus Prime (G1)|alternate-universe version of himself]], Optimus explained to his counterpart that he found his own battle axe to be a more versatile weapon than the other's blaster. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''The Cool'' comic===
[[File:PrimeSaritheCoolHuggies01.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"You're welcome, spaceman!"]]

Upon discovering the Allspark, Optimus Prime and his crew fled from Megatron's ship into a space bridge gate and wound up before the planet Earth. Unfortunately, Megatron was already aboard the Autobots' vessel, and although he had gotten one of his arms mutilated in combat, had managed to take down the entirety of the ship's crew, with the exception of Optimus himself. Engaged in fierce melee combat with his foe, Optimus jettisoned the Decepticon out of the cargo bay day just, decrying Megatron's wish to rule the universe. Visibly strained from combat, Optimus then put himself and his crew in stasis to await the day he would have to face Megatron once more. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3|The Cool Extra #3}}

To protect the [[AllSpark]], Optimus Prime led his crew of Autobots to the [[Earth]] city of [[Detroit]]. The Decepticons [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] followed and attacked. Prime rescued [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] from an explosion, protecting her with his body, then pitted himself against Starscream. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 1}}

[[File:TheCoolMegatronChokesPrime01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|GIVE ME YOUR CHIN!]]

Starscream succeeded in seizing the AllSpark, but Prime refused to let him keep it. Driving off a ramp and attacking him in the sky, Prime opened the AllSpark, dispersing its energy, killing himself in the process. Luckily, Sari's [[AllSpark Key|key]] was able to revive him. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 2}}

Prime then led the Autobots in defense of [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], but was unable to counter [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]'s sonic attacks and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]'s aerial bombardments. The [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s arrived and drove the villains off, but then attempted to drive the Autobots off, too! Prime and [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] sorted their issues out and parted on good terms. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 3}}

Back in Detroit, Prime was attacked by Blackarachnia, who demanded to know why he'd abandoned her to die years ago. Prime explained that he and [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] had immediately formed a rescue party but could not locate her. Freeing himself from her webbing, Prime vowed to help her restore her body no matter what. Their touching moment was interrupted by an attack from [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]], which buried Prime in rubble. By the time the other Autobots could free him, Blackarachnia had already retreated with the other Decepticons, asking never to be called "Elita-1" again. Prime screamed furiously at this. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 4}}

Optimus was present outside [[Sumdac Systems]] headquarters to greet the revived Megatron, who politely remembered Prime's name. Megatron made short work of Prime, slamming him to the ground by the throat and blasting away the Autobots with his [[fusion cannon]]. Refusing to give up, Prime drew his axe and clashed with Megatron's swords. Later, Prime survived the battle to greet [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Elite Guard]], who were demanding an explanation for why he and his crew had yet to return to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 5}}

Optimus Prime later joined Prowl in a battle against [[Clone number 2716057|Clone #2716057]]. Though Prowl defeated the clone, Optimus berated him for being "too flashy" about it and destroying an entire park in the process. Prime then escorted the clone to a warehouse where [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] was meeting with Megatron. Optimus demanded Megatron hand over ''his'' clone, but sang a different tune after it was revealed that the clones were packed with explosives. Prowl managed to send the explosives flying into the sky, and Prime complimented him on his quick thinking. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 6}}

[[File:PrimeAllSparkGlowTheCool01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Only 6 more Chaos Emeralds and Prime can go Super Saiyan.]]

Some time after that, Prime managed to find the location of the near-complete Decepticon space bridge and launched a surprise attack. After kicking [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] in the stomach, Prime once again clashed melee weapons with Megatron. The foes were forced to fight together, however, when Starscream arrived with his [[Starscream clone (Animated)|Clone Army]]. The pair fought well side by side until [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] fired a shot at Megatron's head. The Decepticon leader blocked the shot by using Prime as a living shield, injuring the Autobot near-fatally. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}}

As the Space Bridge overloaded, sucking everything into itself, Optimus Prime recovered. Rushing the distracted Megatron, Prime slapped a pair of stasis cuffs on him and then kicked him square in the jaw, sending the Decepticon hurtling into the vortex. After the battle, Prime joined the other Autobots in bidding farewell to the fallen [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

When Starscream attacked Detroit in Omega Supreme's body, Optimus went off...''somewhere'', and when he came back, he had his Wing Blade armor and the [[Magnus Hammer]], having received the hammer as per Ultra Magnus's wish {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1}}. Optimus combined his power with Megatron's to defeat Starscream. After ordering Prowl to remove all traces of Starscream from Omega's body, he set his sights next on Megatron. Optimus and Megatron agreed to conclude their rivalry with a final battle and flew off into the sky, clashing hammer with sword. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}

Outmatched, Megatron fought back by powering his fusion cannon with Starscream's AllSpark fragment. The humongous blast shredded Optimus, who was then impaled through the [[spark]] chamber by Megatron's sword. Refusing to die, Optimus declared that his spark would shine until his last breath. Somehow, this caused the AllSpark fragment to be drawn to Optimus, where it immediately powered him up. Now endowed with a Heavenly aura and apparent invincibility, Optimus choke-slammed Megatron into unconsciousness. Later, Optimus and his crew returned to Cybertron with the shackled Megatron in tow, where they were hailed as heroes. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}

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===''Legends'' comic===
[[File:LegendsBizTrip5 TFs of today.jpg|thumb|right]]
In the [[Legends World]], Optimus Prime was a fictional character featured in a popular cartoon and toyline. An actor dressed as him was present at [[Tokyo Toy Show]] 2014, where he would play soccer with children. Those who scored a goal against him would win a toy of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|another Optimus Prime]], a feat [[Optimus Minor]] succeeded at. {{storylink|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report}} When [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] turned into [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and tried to revert the world back to how it was in the '80s, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] attempted to stop him by telling him there were plenty of great modern-day Transformers, such as ''Animated'' Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}}
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===''Generations Selects'' comic===
Optimus Prime was a member of the [[Red Order]]. He was present when [[Terrormander]] invaded the Order's [[Red Planet]] and stole the [[Red Matrix]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 2}}

==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English)}}
[[File:TFAnimated Game Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|134px]]
Optimus decided that [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] could do with some more training, despite Bumblebee's assertion that video games counted. He had [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] turn the Autobot hideout into an obstacle course for himself, Bulkhead and Bumblebee to practice on. Not long after, word came in that the robots at a [[Sumdac Systems]] factory had gone haywire, and the three Autobots headed there to investigate. While they were bashing their way through the drones, [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and Prowl got hold of a [[Decepticon Transmitter Drone]], which they used to intercept a transmission indicating that Megatron was looking for [[AllSpark]] fragments to power his Space Bridge. Though Optimus was keen to stop the Decepticon, Sari pointed out there were still rogue drones at the factory. After finding the AllSpark fragment that was causing the drones to malfunction, Prime had to take to the road to hunt down some more drones that were heading for Detroit.

Another transmission indicated that Megatron had all the fragments he needed to power his Space Bridge, so Optimus returned to the factory, where he, Bumblebee and Bulkhead tracked down another fragment. Optimus then chased the Transmitter Drone back to its point of origin — Megatron's mine lair. The three Autobots fought their way into the mine and confronted Megatron at the mouth of his Space Bridge. After a short battle, Megatron transwarped out, and the three Autobots attempted to follow him. Only Optimus and Bulkhead arrived on Cybertron, and had to search fruitlessly for Megatron until Bumblebee arrived. A transmission led them to the Space Bridge Nexus where they found Megatron. A protracted fight ensued, at the end of which Megatron transwarped out to parts unknown. Optimus was commended by [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and offered a place in the [[Elite Guard]]. He turned it down in favor of returning to Earth, where Ratchet wondered if he needed to examine Optimus's processor. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}

===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Optimus Prime is featured as a playable game card. He is a red card, has a value of 10 points, and has no additional powers.}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}

===Transformers Battle Universe===
At the edge of time, when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] needed a new host, Optimus Prime was among several warriors (and [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Prime]]s) summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}

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==Toys==
{{main|Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*The twin cylinder-shaped protrusions connected to Optimus's small antennae are inspired by the head design of the [[Transformers (film)|2007 movie]] rendition of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], as opposed to the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|traditional]] single cylinder.
*Optimus Prime features design elements from two different incarnations of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]. The "skin" color of his face (and to a lesser extent, the presence of a retractable faceplate) is taken from Primal's first ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' body, while the way his lips are drawn is inspired by Primal's ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' body. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] thought since Prime is more of an inexperienced leader, he wanted to infuse some elements from Primal's design, who had a similar role in his series.<ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html#cutid1 Derrick Wyatt Q&A at the tf_animated livejournal community]</ref>
*His chest windows resemble those of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Star Convoy]], the incarnation of Optimus in ''[[Transformers: Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]'', while his jetpack wings look like [[Ginrai (human)|God Ginrai]]'s.
*His Cybertronic form, on the other hand, bears a strong resemblance to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Orion Pax]]. The toy takes this even further, with large shoulder-mounted wheels that also pay homage to Optronix.
*Optimus was killed off after only [[Transform and Roll Out|one episode]] (three if you want to get technical) ''and'' revived 1 minute and 15 seconds later. That's gotta be [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|a new record]].
*At the end of "Transform and Roll Out", Prime's spark is contained in the same place ordinarily reserved for the [[Matrix (disambiguation)|Matrix]] in other continuities.
*Despite nominally being a fire truck, Prime's alt mode features a detachable cab that can mount a number of different trailers, such as [[Headmaster (episode)|a lookalike of Generation 1 Optimus's trailer]] and a [[The Elite Guard|dump truck]]. Presumably, this would make his alt mode not a fire truck, but a semi-truck ''outfitted'' as a fire truck. Score one for the old fans!
*Like his Generation 1 counterpart, this Optimus's trailer almost invariably disappears COMPLETELY when he transforms, assuming it's there to begin with. This even happens when it isn't his trailer, such as in "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]". Even Prime himself is just as confused as to where it goes, as evidenced by "[[Career Day]]". [[Transwarp|Subspace]] shunting? [[Unicron Singularity]]? Or...something more?
*Optimus Prime's bio on his Happy Meal toy at McDonald's says he is a '''FIRE TRUCK CAB'''.
*None of Optimus' toys ever came with his trademark 'grappler launcher' weapons.
*According to the packaging call-outs for Cybertron Mode, DVD two-pack and Voyager Optimus Prime, his weapon is an "Ion-Axe" (or "Ion Axe"). However, on Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, Optimus's weapon is an "Ultra-Axe". ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' labels it a [[Solitarium]] weapon. The Japanese dub not only embraced the term "Ultra-Axe", but also added the "Ultra-" prefix to Prime's net (now the "Ultra-Net"), grappling hook (the "Ultra-Anchor"), and... jumping ability ("Ultra-Jump").
*[[TakaraTomy]] marketing director, [[Masahiko Yamazaki]], has claimed that the Japanese version of ''Transformers Animated'' takes place within the continuity of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film franchise]], thus making ''Animated'' Optimus Prime the same character as Movie [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Some of Yamazaki's other statements regarding this have been contradicted (primarily regarding [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]), so take with a grain of salt.
*A round of punny Japanese. During the "next episode" preview at the end of "[[Transform and Roll Out|A New Chapter! Transformers]]", Bumblebee complains that the name "Oputimasu Puraimu" (as the natives pronounce it) is too long and difficult to remember. His renaming suggestions include: "[[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]", "Oputi", "Opura", and "Pupu". Obviously, Optimus rejects all of them, saying that "Oputi" is more suited for a cute dog, "Opura" just sounds weird, and "Pupu", while cute, would be hard not to laugh at.
*According to <s>David Kaye</s> [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], he (like any Autobot) sucks at golf.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQsjGclmVQ&feature=related David Kaye at BotCon 2008]</ref>
*In the Transformers Animated profile shorts, Optimus is introduced to the audience by Ratchet in "[[Meet Optimus Prime]]" and likewise introduces both Bulkhead and Megatron in "[[Meet Bulkhead]]" and "[[Meet Megatron]]" respectively.
*Optimus is normally depicted with his faceplate up in official artwork, even though in the cartoon he only wears it in battle.
*Had season 4 been produced, Prime's colors would've had flames on his ankles, the thighs and crotch reversing colors, a gold chest star not unlike [[Star Convoy]]'s and a new unique shoulder insignia. He would've worn the Magnus Hammer on his back. Additionally, he would have gained a new set of God Ginrai-styled armor.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマスプライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Qíng Tiān Zhù''' (擎天柱, "Pillar that Support the Sky")

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/CybModeOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]

==References==
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[[Category:Animated Autobots]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Primes]]
[[Category:Red Order]]
[[Category:TransTech Autobots]]

Wildrider (disambiguation)

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'''Wildrider''' / '''Wild Rider''' is the resident insane [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (disambiguation)|Stunticon]].

==Major Wildriders==
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File:MTMTEWildrider.jpg|[[Wildrider (G1)|"Generation 1" Wildrider]]
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==Full list of Wildriders==
{{disamb|y=[[1985]]|[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] Ferrari from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Wild Rider]], the Decepticon sports car from ''[[Speed Stars]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2011]]|[[Wildrider (Animated)|Wildrider]], the Decepticon [[Team Stunticon]] muscle car from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2012]]|[[Wildrider (Prime)|Wildrider]], the Decepticon race car from ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]]''.}}

==Not to be confused with==
* "Wildride", the Japanese ''Car Robots'' name for ''Robots in Disguise'' [[X-Brawn]].
* "[[Brake-Neck (disambiguation)|Brake-Neck]]", several of whom are based on the original Wildrider.
* [[Wildbreak]], the Decepticon [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] from ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
* [[Wildfire]], the heat-resistant Decepticon from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.
* [[Wildwheel]], the [[Autobot]]-turned-Decepticon outlaw from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]''.

Wildrider (disambiguation)

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'''Wildrider''' / '''Wild Rider''' is the resident insane [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (disambiguation)|Stunticon]].

==Major Wildriders==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:MTMTEWildrider.jpg|[[Wildrider (G1)|"Generation 1" Wildrider]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Wildriders==
{{disamb|y=[[1985]]|[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] Ferrari from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Wild Rider]], the Decepticon sports car from ''[[Speed Stars]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2011]]|[[Wildrider (Animated)|Wildrider]], the Decepticon [[Team Stunticon]] muscle car from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2012]]|[[Wildrider (Prime)|Wildrider]], the Decepticon race car from ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]]''.}}

==Not to be confused with==
* "Wildride", the Japanese ''Car Robots'' name for ''Robots in Disguise'' [[X-Brawn]].
* "[[Brake-Neck (disambiguation)|Brake-Neck]]", several of whom are based on the original Wildrider.
* [[Wildbreak]], the Decepticon [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] from ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
* [[Wildfire]], the heat-resistant Decepticon from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.
* [[Wildwheel]], the [[Autobot]]-turned-[[Decepticon]] outlaw from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]''.

Overload (ROTF)

2020-02-09T17:57:04Z

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{{factions|decepticonfilm}}
{{disambig3|Overload}}

:''Overload is a [[Decepticon]] [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Overload-RiseoftheDecepticons.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This may be the only time you ever see me in robot mode!]]

'''Overload''' transforms into a red modified Komatsu HD465-7 articulated dump truck. Sometimes, he combines with his fellow [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] to form [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]'s lower waist. And no, he's not [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]].

==Fiction==

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
[[Image:Constructicons-ROTFcanyon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|He looks pretty big until you notice [[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]].]]
During the climactic battle in [[Egypt]] between the Autobots, their human allies and [[The Fallen]]'s Decepticons, Overload arrived in a quarry with the other Constructicons before merging into Devastator to attack former [[Sector Seven]] agent [[Seymour Simmons]], [[Leo Spitz]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]. Later, as Devastator smashed away at the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] after shrugging off Skids and Mudflap, Simmons called upon the [[United States Navy]] to fire upon the giant Decepticon. The [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Kidd (DDG-100)|U.S.S. ''Kidd'']] fired her experimental [[rail gun]], smashing one of his arms to pieces and destroying Devastator. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Overload’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "[[The Last Prime]]"; the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]"; and the storybook "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]."}}
{{--}}

===IDW comics===
Overload's body type was one of the early "construction drones" used to build [[Star Harvester]]s. One of the Overloads joined [[the Fallen]]'s original Decepticons. He tried to battle the turncoat [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] and was quickly taken out. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}

==Toys==
[[Image:ROTF Overload Legends toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|But he ''does'' hate that you think he's Bonecrusher.]]
===Revenge of the Fallen===
*'''Decepticon Overload''' (Legends, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D1'''

:Overload and the six other Legends class Constructicons combine to form Devastator. In Japan, the Legends class Constructicons are sold individually. He transforms into an articulated dump truck. He forms the lower torso/hips of Devastator.

*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Legends figure multi-pack, 2010)

:In [[Hasbro]]'s markets, the Legends Constructicons are sold together as a [[Walmart]] store exclusive.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/WMOverload/overload.htm More information on Overload at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:ROTF Overload Legend toy G1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Swap parts with the original to make Christmas Overload.]]
*'''EZ Collection Devastator - G1 Colors Version''' (Legends, 2010)
:Takara also released Overload along with the six other Legend class Constructicons in G1 inspired green and purple color schemes.

{{-}}

===Transformers (2010)===
[[Image:TF2010-toy_Legends_green_Overload.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Legends, 2010)

:A [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive Generation 1-themed redeco of Legends Devastator and his components. Unlike Takara's go at the same idea, Overload and the other Constructicons are mostly just lime green and gray, with the only bits of purple being their windshields. They do, however, have brown [[paint operation]]s on and around their wheels to simulate dirt.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/TRUOverload/overload.htm More information on "Toys'R'Us" Overload at TFU.info]''

{{--}}

===Movie Advanced Series===
*'''Devastator''' (Legends, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD13'''

: Released as part of Takara's [[Movie Advanced Series]] Devastator set, Overload is a redeco of the ROTF Legends Overload to closely resemble his on-screen portrayal.
{{-}}

===Generations===
====Studio Series====
[[File:Studio-Series-MV2-Leader-Overload.jpg|300px|thumb|Losing half my legs was worth it for this.]]
*'''Overload''' (Leader Class, [[2020]])
**''ID number'': '''??'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''SS-54'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2020'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Operation: Firestorm|Pyramid Desert Battle]]" backdrop, Devastator neck armor
:Released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' Overload is an all-new Leader Class-sized mold that transforms from an articulated dump truck into a robot mode based on [[:File:ROTF Overload concept art.jpeg|a piece of concept art]]. He comes with a cardboard backdrop display depicting [[Operation: Firestorm]] and an armor piece for Mixmaster's head mode, but unfortunately, only has 2 legs (similar to his Legends-class toy and his appearance in the IDW comics) instead of four compared to the initial concept art (not to mention a ''puny'' fifth clawed arm on his back).

:Overload can be combined with the rest of the ''Studio Series'' [[Constructicon (ROTF)#Generations|Constructicons]] to form [[Devastator (ROTF)#Generations|Devastator]], becoming the giant's chest, lower torso, thighs and waist, though the transformation leaves the back of his head exposed in combined mode, right in the middle of Devastator's stomach.
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
*'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, 2009)

[[Image:rotf_desertdevastation_rh.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Thrusty!]]

:Overload is the sculpted crotch of "Desert Devastation" Devastator, a super-sized ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' figure. He is only available in a multi-pack with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] in their vehicle modes and [[William Lennox]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RHConstructiconDevastator/devastator.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Devastator at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
[[Image:ROTF Overload concept art.jpeg|thumb|right|275px|"People would probably remember me if this was my robot mode."]]
[[Image:Rotf-overload-wip-two-legs.jpg|thumb|right|275px|"Yeah, they'd definitely remember me more."]]
* Like several recent Japanese ''Transformers'' toys, [[TakaraTomy]] has incorporated Overload's faction with his name in an effort to strengthen his [[trademark]]. Hasbro, however, has not had such problems to date with the name [[Overload (disambiguation)|Overload]] in their markets.
* Being the seventh Constructicon, Overload technically hasn't got a G1 counterpart, but he is a (albeit articulated) [[Long Haul (G1)|dump truck that forms Devastator's lower torso]].
* One of [[Ben Procter]]'s concept art studies for Overload's robot mode is a monstrous—and awesome—four-armed quadruped with claws and hooks up the ying-yang.<ref>[http://conceptartworld.com/?p=2772 Ben Procter's concepts for ''Revenge of the Fallen'']</ref> Unfortunately, this was too complex for toy engineering, so the extra legs were cut and replaced by a more bipedal design which would be used for his toys and comic appearances. There are concept art bipedal variants<ref>[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Rotf-overload-wip-two-legs.jpg]</ref> of his quadruped design, from which his toy and comic depictions appear to have taken inspiration.
* His robot mode is shown—obscured, but it's there—in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Overload''' (オーバーロード ''Ōbārōdo'')

==Footnotes==
<references/>

[[Category:Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Constructicons]]
[[Category:Studio Series Decepticons]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Overload (ROTF)

2020-02-09T17:55:20Z

Zonorheso:

{{factions|decepticonfilm}}
{{disambig3|Overload}}

:''Overload is a [[Decepticon]] [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Overload-RiseoftheDecepticons.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This may be the only time you ever see me in robot mode!]]

'''Overload''' transforms into a red modified Komatsu HD465-7 articulated dump truck. Sometimes, he combines with his fellow [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] to form [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]'s lower waist. And no, he's not [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]].

==Fiction==

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
[[Image:Constructicons-ROTFcanyon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|He looks pretty big until you notice [[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]].]]
During the climactic battle in [[Egypt]] between the Autobots, their human allies and [[The Fallen]]'s Decepticons, Overload arrived in a quarry with the other Constructicons before merging into Devastator to attack former [[Sector Seven]] agent [[Seymour Simmons]], [[Leo Spitz]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]. Later, as Devastator smashed away at the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] after shrugging off Skids and Mudflap, Simmons called upon the [[United States Navy]] to fire upon the giant Decepticon. The [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Kidd (DDG-100)|U.S.S. ''Kidd'']] fired her experimental [[rail gun]], smashing one of his arms to pieces and destroying Devastator. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Overload’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "[[The Last Prime]]"; the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]"; and the storybook "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]."}}
{{--}}

===IDW comics===
Overload's body type was one of the early "construction drones" used to build [[Star Harvester]]s. One of the Overloads joined [[the Fallen]]'s original Decepticons. He tried to battle the turncoat [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] and was quickly taken out. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}

==Toys==
[[Image:ROTF Overload Legends toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|But he ''does'' hate that you think he's Bonecrusher.]]
===Revenge of the Fallen===
*'''Decepticon Overload''' (Legends, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D1'''

:Overload and the six other Legends class Constructicons combine to form Devastator. In Japan, the Legends class Constructicons are sold individually. He transforms into an articulated dump truck. He forms the lower torso/hips of Devastator.

*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Legends figure multi-pack, 2010)

:In [[Hasbro]]'s markets, the Legends Constructicons are sold together as a [[Walmart]] store exclusive.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/WMOverload/overload.htm More information on Overload at TFU.info]''
{{-}}
[[Image:ROTF Overload Legend toy G1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Swap parts with the original to make Christmas Overload.]]
*'''EZ Collection Devastator - G1 Colors Version''' (Legends, 2010)
:Takara also released Overload along with the six other Legend class Constructicons in G1 inspired green and purple color schemes.

{{-}}

===Transformers (2010)===
[[Image:TF2010-toy_Legends_green_Overload.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Legends, 2010)

:A [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive Generation 1-themed redeco of Legends Devastator and his components. Unlike Takara's go at the same idea, Overload and the other Constructicons are mostly just lime green and gray, with the only bits of purple being their windshields. They do, however, have brown [[paint operation]]s on and around their wheels to simulate dirt.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/TRUOverload/overload.htm More information on "Toys'R'Us" Overload at TFU.info]''

{{--}}

===Movie Advanced Series===
*'''Devastator''' (Legends, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD13'''

: Released as part of Takara's [[Movie Advanced Series]] Devastator set, Overload is a redeco of the ROTF Legends Overload to closely resemble his on-screen portrayal.
{{-}}

===Generations===
====Studio Series====
[[File:Studio-Series-MV2-Leader-Overload.jpg|300px|thumb|Losing half my legs was worth it for this.]]
*'''Overload''' (Leader Class, [[2020]])
**''ID number'': '''??'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''SS-54'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2020'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Operation: Firestorm|Pyramid Desert Battle]]" backdrop, Devastator neck armor
:Released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' Overload is an all-new Leader Class-sized mold that transforms from an articulated dump truck into a robot mode based on [[:File:ROTF Overload concept art.jpeg|a piece of concept art]]. He comes with a cardboard backdrop display depicting [[Operation: Firestorm]] and an armor piece for Mixmaster's head mode, but unfortunately, only has 2 legs (similar to his Legends-class toy and his appearance in the IDW comics) instead of four compared to the initial concept art (not to mention a ''puny'' fifth clawed arm on his back).

:Overload can be combined with the rest of the ''Studio Series'' [[Constructicon (ROTF)#Generations|Constructicons]] to form [[Devastator (ROTF)#Generations|Devastator]], becoming the giant's chest, lower torso, thighs and waist, though the transformation leaves the back of his head exposed in combined mode, right in the middle of Devastator's stomach.
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
*'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, 2009)

[[Image:rotf_desertdevastation_rh.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Thrusty!]]

:Overload is the sculpted crotch of "Desert Devastation" Devastator, a super-sized ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' figure. He is only available in a multi-pack with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] in their vehicle modes and [[William Lennox]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RHConstructiconDevastator/devastator.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Devastator at TFU.info]''

{{-}}

==Notes==
[[Image:ROTF Overload concept art.jpeg|thumb|right|275px|"People would probably remember me if this was my robot mode."]]
[[Image:Rotf-overload-wip-two-legs.jpg|thumb|right|275px|"Yeah, they'd definitely remember me more."]]
* Like several recent Japanese ''Transformers'' toys, [[TakaraTomy]] has incorporated Overload's faction with his name in an effort to strengthen his [[trademark]]. Hasbro, however, has not had such problems to date with the name [[Overload (disambiguation)|Overload]] in their markets.
* Being the seventh Constructicon, Overload technically hasn't got a G1 counterpart, but he is a (albeit articulated) [[Long Haul (G1)|dump truck that forms Devastator's lower torso]].
* One of [[Ben Procter]]'s concept art studies for Overload's robot mode is a monstrous—and awesome—four-armed quadruped with claws and hooks up the ying-yang.<ref>[http://conceptartworld.com/?p=2772 Ben Procter's concepts for ''Revenge of the Fallen'']</ref> Unfortunately, this was too complex for toy engineering, so the extra legs were cut and replaced by a more bipedal design which would be used for his toys and comic appearances. There are concept art bipedal variants<ref>[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Rotf-overload-wip-two-legs.jpg]</ref> of his quadruped design, from which his toys appear to have taken inspiration.
* His robot mode is shown—obscured, but it's there—in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Overload''' (オーバーロード ''Ōbārōdo'')

==Footnotes==
<references/>

[[Category:Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Constructicons]]
[[Category:Studio Series Decepticons]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]