Energy weapon

This article is about the vaguely defined class of weapon from the original Generation 1 franchise. For the campaign items from Wild King, see Energy Weapon{{#switch:{{#sub:Energy Weapon|-1}}

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Energy weapons are weapons infused with nonspecific energy to make them more powerful. Example include the energy sword, the energy saber, and the energy axe.

Fiction

Marvel The Transformers comics

Megatron's energy axe appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.

Megatron badly injured Sunstreaker with an energy axe during the Games on Cybertron before the war. When Optimus Prime intervened, Megatron turned the axe on him, managing to crease Prime's chestplate with it, before Prime levelled the playing field by drawing his photon pistol. State Games

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Springer carried an energy saber that could slice through concrete. Springer's More than Meets the Eye profile In robot mode Wreck-Gar carried an energy axe and shield. Wreck-Gar's More than Meets the Eye profile

Animated cartoon continuity

Rodimus Prime's weapon of choice was an energy bow of his own design. The AllSpark Almanac II The 'Bots

Toys

Generation 2

• Grimlock (Dinobot, 1993)

• Accessories: energy sword, twin laser gun

Grimlock's original toy was redecoed for release in Generation 2, lacking the rocket launcher and rockets and with his remaining weapons more generically labelled as an energy sword and a twin laser gun in the instructions. While the packaging bio reflects this name change for his sword, it maintains that he carries a galaxial rocket launcher in "Dinobot mode".

Notes

• Optimus Prime's Energon-axe is occasionally referred to as an energy axe.
• While it's understandable that the Dreamwave More than Meets the Eye writers might have decided to replace Springer's light saber with a more generic energy saber for trademark reasons, it's less clear why they similarly genericised Wreck-Gar's armor axe.
• While Rodimus Prime's profile in The AllSpark Almanac II (written by Kup) calls his weapon an energy bow, the accompanying illustration is labelled as an Energon bow.

See also

• Energo weapon