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Scavenger is a Decepticon Constructicon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
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You can't help but feel sorry for Scavenger. He wants so badly to be liked and needed, to feel like a useful and valuable member of his team. His self-esteem is so low he'd do just about anything to get the approval of the others, but his simpering, doting eagerness to please just reinforces the other Decepticons' opinion of him as a worthless loser. He's constantly excavating everywhere he goes in the attempt to find something of worth and prove his value, but it's invariably just some piece of garbage or scrap he excitedly finds, and that just sets him up for more derision and mockery. If it wasn't for his shovel's unique ability to detect needed materials, Megatron and the others would likely have dumped the poor scrub long ago—Scavenger is sadly not the sharpest shovel in the shed.<ref>Scavenger's Tech Specs give him a whopping 2/10 in Intelligence.</ref>

Scavenger combines with his fellow Constructicons to form Devastator, where he serves the useful function of right arm.

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Generation 1 cartoon continuity

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The Transformers cartoon

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Voice actor: Don Messick (English), Takurō Kitagawa (Japanese), Yoku Shioya (Japanese, "Heavy Metal War"), Masashi Ebara ("The Core"), Keiichi Nanba (Japanese, "The Movie"){{#if: Wang Wèi (Chinese), Roberto Alexander (Latin American), Thomas Rauscher (German, "The Movie" TV Dub), Thomas Albus (German, Generation 2, "Heavy Metal War" & "The Core"), Crock Krumbiegel (German, Generation 2, "The Master Builders"), Francis Lax (European French), Pierre Garin (European French, "The Core"), Georges Atlas (European French, "The Master Builders"), Unknown actors (European French, "Microbots" & "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5"), Mário Monjardim (Portuguese), Older Cazarré (Portuguese, "City of Steel"), Carlos Seidl (Portuguese, "The Core" & "Trans-Europe Express"), Ayrton Cardoso (Portuguese, "The Master Builders"), Carlos Marques (Portuguese, "Microbots"), Ronaldo Magalhães (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub)|, Wang Wèi (Chinese), Roberto Alexander (Latin American), Thomas Rauscher (German, "The Movie" TV Dub), Thomas Albus (German, Generation 2, "Heavy Metal War" & "The Core"), Crock Krumbiegel (German, Generation 2, "The Master Builders"), Francis Lax (European French), Pierre Garin (European French, "The Core"), Georges Atlas (European French, "The Master Builders"), Unknown actors (European French, "Microbots" & "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5"), Mário Monjardim (Portuguese), Older Cazarré (Portuguese, "City of Steel"), Carlos Seidl (Portuguese, "The Core" & "Trans-Europe Express"), Ayrton Cardoso (Portuguese, "The Master Builders"), Carlos Marques (Portuguese, "Microbots"), Ronaldo Magalhães (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub)}}

Millions of years ago, the evil Scavenger and the Constructicons built Megatron for the Decepticons. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 Out of gratitude, Megatron would later turn the Constructicons evil with his Robo-Smasher device, The Secret of Omega Supreme and eventually built them on Earth. Heavy Metal War

Nothing in the preceding statements is confusing. These aren't the droids you're looking for.
"This shovel of mine glows with an awesome power!"

For their first mission on Earth, the Constructicons raided an experimental power plant for the energy disc components and power converter on-site. The humans were using the components to tap into Earth's magnetic field for an infinite power supply and all the energy they'd ever need. Such a simple-minded (and straightforward) scheme was too unimaginative for the mighty Megatron, however—he had the Constructicons (1) build a strength transfer machine so that he could (2) utilize the powers of his fellow Decepticons to (3) best Optimus Prime in personal combat and (4) force the Autobots into exile in deep space as a matter of honor, which would (5) leave Earth's resources open for plunder by the Decepticons in order to get (6) all the energy they'd ever need. An evil scheme without at least five unnecessary steps is fodder to Megatron.

To ensure his treachery went undetected, Megatron sent the Constructicons to destroy Teletraan I, and prevent the super-computer from alerting the Autobots to his strength transfer. While all the Autobots left the Ark to watch the combat, Scavenger and friends tunneled into the volcanic caverns underneath Mount St. Hilary. Using his shovel's sensors, Scavenger pinpointed Teletraan I's location so that Mixmaster could burn his way through the floor of Autobot headquarters. They thought the mission would be as simple as destroying a computer console...but nothing is simple when the Dinobots are on guard duty. The dim-witted but battle-hardened Dinobots forced the Constructicons outside and away from Teletraan I. To compensate, the Constructicons assumed their Devastator mode and turned the tide. With Teletraan I still active, though, the Autobots quickly uncovered Megatron's deception, and came to lend their dino-buddies a hand. Hound used his holograms to distract Devastator long enough for Optimus Prime to blast him to pieces. Fleeing from the Dinobots' wrath, Scavenger and his teammates tumbled into a lava fissure opened up earlier by Sludge's groundquakes, and were temporarily deactivated. Heavy Metal War

"But Megatron, sir, we just built this base—" "Shut up and SMASH!!"

During a plan to turn New York City into New Cybertron, Megatron employed the Constructicons for...urban renewal. Several landmark buildings in Manhattan were loosened at their foundations and lowered into underground caverns by the Decepticons, allowing Cybertronian towers to be raised in their place. While Scrapper and Hook argued over whose creative contribution was greater to the overall plan, Scavenger dutifully used his shovel to break the foundation of the Empire State Building, and quickly jumped to safety as the building fell onto the lowering platform. When the Autobots arrived to stop the Decepticon plan, Megatron arranged to kidnap Optimus Prime with Scavenger's help. After Laserbeak reported the Autobots would be at a rendez-vous in Central Park, Megatron and Scavenger travelled to that location in their underground lair and, reviving the trick he used on Teletraan I earlier, Scavenger pinpointed when they were directly underneath Optimus Prime in the park above. Scavenger then slammed his shovel with enough force to shatter the ground under Prime's feet, causing the Autobot leader to fall into Megatron's awaiting arms. Later on, Scavenger and the Constructicons joined forces to form Devastator, but were once again taken down by a single shot from Optimus Prime's laser rifle. And his arm wasn't even attached this time! City of Steel

When next employed by the Decepticons, Scavenger and the Constructicons built a transfixatron for Megatron to freeze the Autobots in vehicle mode. After rendering the Autobots helpless, a second (and elaborate) Constructicon device would crush the Autobots into chunks. In a turn of events no one could possibly see coming, the initial plan failed and Megatron was forced to rely on his back-up strategy: initiate Devastator and crush everything. This time, Wheeljack and Cliffjumper defeated Devastator by turning the transfixatron on its own creators, causing Scavenger and friends to lose their "transformation identity" and revert helplessly back to vehicle mode. The Autobot Run

"I thought I told you kids to clean out the gutters!"

In their next endeavor, the Constructicons were charged with building a drill to tunnel down to Earth's molten core, unleashing the energy for Megatron's use and consumption. Scavenger nearly upset the entire project, however, after a malfunction in his geological sensors guided the drill to an unstable part of the mantle—the resultant rock fracture nearly upset the entire drill site. What's worse, when Scavenger was having his circuits checked out by Mixmaster on the surface, they were spotted by a group of Autobots. This in part led to the Autobots temporarily gaining control over the Constructicons and Devastator, although Megatron would tell you that was part of his plan all along. In the end, Megatron's plan inevitably went wrong and threatened all life on Earth. Devastator was the only one who could fly to the center of the earth to stop the drilling in time. In their group huddle before combining, Scavenger actually started tearing up, telling his fellow Constructicons how great it was being part of the team. Bonecrusher essentially told him to grow a robo-spine, and then they saved the world. The Core

Sometime later, Scavenger and the Constructicons exploited Grapple's artistic nature for their own ends. Grapple had designed a solar power tower that could produce limitless energy, but couldn't get the plan approved by Optimus Prime without an explanation of how he'd keep it from the Decepticons. The Constructicons came upon Hoist and the distraught Grapple, and offered their services for the "greater glory of art." Scavenger was right there with the other Constructicons, manipulating Grapple's pride as an engineer. The Autobots eventually destroyed the tower and saved Grapple and Hoist after the Constructicons turned on them, but this outing proved that—despite his easy-to-please nature and team player attitude with his fellow Constructicons—Scavenger was ultimately a Decepticon at heart. The Master Builders

"Nice shootin'... if you were aimin' for the sky!"

When searching for the Nemesis after it was unearthed in Central America, Scavenger and the Constructicons aided the Decepticons in clearing a path to the lost ship. Scavenger enjoyed some bonding time with Rumble, destroying the foliage and making fun of Starscream. Later, he used his sensors to track down the ship's stardrive by locating the Cybertroid alloy inside. Microbots

When Shawn Berger announced Decepticon Day after getting the Autobots ostracized, Scavenger was the only Constructicon not seen participating in the parade. Guess not even Megatron's edited propaganda could make people like him. When the Autobots returned to Earth, Scavenger was seen lying in a smoking wreck courageously battling alongside his fellow Decepticons. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2

Nearly all the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth began suffering from a Cybertonium deficiency, losing their fine motor control and proper operating status without this necessary element. Scavenger and the Constructicons were among the few Transformers on Earth unaffected (which actually makes sense under any of their origins), and were awaiting a shipment of Cybertonium from Shockwave via the space bridge when the Dinobots attacked. Scavenger missed the call-to-arms to become Devastator, though, and was knocked aside by Sludge before he could merge with the others. This left Devastator a handicapped southpaw, and the Dinobots made their way through the space bridge to Cybertron. Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1

Scavenger was listening to his iPod while digging, and didn't hear the call to battle. Look what happened. Remember, kids—don't excavate and iPod.

While mining an asteroid in low orbit for Megatron, Scavenger and the Constructicons confronted Omega Supreme for the first time since leaving Cybertron. They only managed to avoid his vengeance because Optimus Prime forced Omega Supreme to put his duty before revenge—it was clear that a mad Omega Supreme would easily outmatch Devastator in a fight any other day of the week. The Secret of Omega Supreme

When Blitzwing became temporary co-leader of the Decepticons, Scavenger helped build his "zone defense" in the form of a highway maze. According to Scrapper, he later got lost in said maze, along with most of the other Constructicons. When Blitzwing refused to uphold his end of the deal and share Decepticon leadership, Scavenger and the Constructicons combined into Devastator and began to beat him up. Unfortunately, Devastator was distracted by the arrival of Astrotrain and several tons of water, allowing Blitzwing to topple him over. A chaotic mess of a battle between the Decepticons then ensued, with Devastator threatening Blitzwing, then tossing aside Megatron after trying to usurp him, then swatting Starscream out of the air, then grabbing Megatron again and absolutely dunking him into the ground, then somehow getting plastered by Megatron off-screen so hard he de-combined. After Megatron told everyone their place, the Constructicons re-combined for some reason before flying home. Triple Takeover

Scavenger and the Constructicons built Megatron an energy transductor on top of his Sky Platform. Unfortunately, it would only work if Megatron could glean the energy formula from some human woman. It didn't go very well. The Girl Who Loved Powerglide

Scavenger's sensing abilities enabled the Decepticons to precisely locate and excavate the Pearl of Bahoudin. His digging uncovered the Pearl and its weather-altering powers for Megatron. Shortly afterward, he joined almost a dozen of his teammates in surrounding and firing on three Autobots who had captured the Pearl. Trans-Europe Express

"I'm tired of being a doormat! It's time for Scavenger to shine!"

After Starscream finally engaged in open rebellion against Megatron, the Decepticon commander gathered Scavenger and the other Constructicons to his side in order to battle the traitor and his brigade. Megatron considered Devastator his ultimate weapon to use against Starscream, but Starscream had prepared his Combaticons with a combined form of their own: Bruticus. Bruticus made remarkably short work of the Mighty Devastator. Starscream's Brigade

The Constructicons built Megatron's next weapon, the next in a long list of super-powerful beams, which required several stolen components: laser lenses, an experimental generator, and the world's largest, most perfect ruby. After the weapon had been completed, the Constructicons were dismissed and flew back home. Masquerade

"Welp, back to the doormat!"

In preparation for the Decepticon assault on Autobot City, the Constructicons helped Megatron and Starscream board an Autobot shuttle. Prowl, one of the crew members, attacked Scavenger, who returned fire and killed him with a single shot. And he still gets no respect. The Decepticons subsequently flew the shuttle to Autobot City, where the Constructicons wrecked things both separately and as Devastator until Megatron was defeated and Starscream called for a retreat. On the train ride home, a fight for leadership broke out, but the Constructicons didn't win. Instead the victory went to Starscream, and Scavenger and his comrades were content with playing horns at his coronation. However, Starscream was soon killed by Galvatron, a reborn Megatron who immediately took back control of his troops. Scavenger followed Galvatron to the planet of Junk to hunt down Ultra Magnus, but ended up being knocked over by Daniel Witwicky alongside Shrapnel. The Transformers: The Movie

Scavenger’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "Transformers: The Animated Movie."
""Cannot answer now?" Son of a-"

Following Galvatron's defeat, the Decepticon army was forced to live on the barren world of Chaar, where they fought each other over the small scraps of Energon they could find. When Astrotrain arrived with a shipment of three or four energon cubes, Scavenger punched Bonecrusher in the back and grabbed his share, despite Bonecrusher calling dibs on it. Scavenger doesn't care for the rule of dibs. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 When the Quintessons arrived with more Energon, Scavenger was among the Decepticons who dogpiled onto it after seeing it was safe. While gorging themselves, the Decepticons heard out the Quintessons' offer: Destroy the Autobots, and they get unlimited Energon forever. Scavenger was presumably among the overwhelming majority who accepted the offer. Upon arriving on Goo, the Decepticons began firing on the Autobots. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3 Scavenger was at the tail end of this assault, albeit colored all white. After being fired upon by Galvatron, the Decepticons quickly switched back to his side. During Rodimus Prime's Matrix flashback, Scavenger was seen with the other Constructicons creating Megatron. Remember, it's not confusing. Oddly enough, Scavenger was not present when the other Constructicons built and activated Trypticon. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 Scavenger watched with the other Constructicons as Trypticon destroyed Autobot Headquarters. They then watched Trypticon advance on Autobot City, and fired on Sky Lynx when he entered the atmosphere, though Trypticon was the one who hit him. Scavenger, Mixmaster, and Bonecrusher tried to grab Wheelie, but were outpaced. Scavenger was then knocked offline by Galvatron back on Cybertron, then quickly returned to normal. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5

Scavenger and the Constructicons later constructed a giant engine on an asteroid, in order to send the giant rock crashing into Metroplex. When a group of Autobots came to destroy the engine, Scavenger formed the right leg of Devastator, which should not be possible. Regardless, Devastator was immediately defeated by Broadside, and the Constructicons soon crashed onto the planet Eurythma. There, Scavenger stole Scrapper's position on the combiner again, and Devastator was defeated by a single blast from Perceptor. Perceptor. Carnage in C-Minor

When the rest of the Constructicons participated in the attack on Paradron, Scavenger was again nowhere to be seen. They must really not like him. Fight or Flee As part of Devastator, he later helped Predaking fight Broadside in the sea of Japan. The Burden Hardest to Bear Alongside the other Constructicons, Scavenger was very briefly seen joining in on the attack on the Plasma Energy Chamber. The Rebirth, Part 1

Japanese cartoon continuity

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Scramble City
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When the Decepticons learned of the Scramble City project being secretly assembled by the Autobots, Megatron sent his henchmen to interfere with their work. The Constructicons joined Starscream and his flying partners in an attack on the Autobots. Optimus Prime and a task force of Autobots held their position until Scavenger and the Constructicons inevitably joined forces into Devastator. The Aerialbots gave Devastator a good whippin', though, and the Decepticons retreated. Scramble City: Mobilization

The Headmasters cartoon
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Scavenger and the Constructicons were stationed on Earth in 2011, under the command of Sixshot. They attempted to prevent Ultra Magnus from sending reinforcements to Cybertron to help the Autobots fend off Galvatron's siege on Vector Sigma. Scavenger and his squad were ganging up on the Trainbots until Metroplex arrived and shooed them off with his superior firepower. Having failed to stop the Autobot reinforcements from departing, the Constructicons followed them to Cybertron. As Devastator, they tried to shoot Superion in the back, but Optimus Prime foiled their aim, making them hit Abominus instead. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky Devastator was involved in a combiner shootout on Cybertron until the Battleship Maximus arrived and annihilated the Decepticon combiners. The Mystery of Planet Master

Scavenger and the Constructicons were guarding the Decepticon space bridge on Earth, but failed miserably when Twincast single-handedly fought them off and stole a ride on the bridge. The Great Cassette Operation

Unite Warriors
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Around the year 2021, the Constructicons rebuilt the Crystal City on Earth and tricked Grapple and some other Autobots into helping out. Crystal City Reconstruction Project!

Zone OVA, manga, and story pages
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Seeking to create a Decepticon Zone to counter the Autobot Zone, 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. Scavenger was among those summoned, but only in the form of Devastator. Zone Part 1 Transformers: Zone Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!

TV Magazine comic continuity

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On an island paradise, Scavenger and the Constructicons were performing excavation work for Megatron's new fortress, at the cost of the natural resources and precious animals. The Autobots arrived to stop the Decepticons. Despite their vast power, Trypticon and the combined Devastator failed to defeat the Autobots due to their lack of teamwork, and the Constructicons were knocked back into their component parts. The Autobots forced Scavenger and his comrades to undo the damage they had done to the island. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6

The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers
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In the year 2010, Scavenger participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia. He and his team merged into Devastator in order to battle alongside Bruticus and Menasor 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, whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the Omnibots, who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Devastator and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits. The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5

Wings Universe

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Wings Universe is based on the Generation 1 cartoon, but deviates from it in cosmetic ways and continuity points.

Nine million years ago, Scavenger was a member of the construction team that built Crystal City. It was during this project that he and his fellow Constructicons were introduced to Omega Supreme. Hauler's Wings of Honor profile The Constructicons rose to prominence thanks to their immense architectural skills, and formed their own faction under the leadership of Hook. They were forced to align themselves with the Decepticons in order to maintain access to Kaon's smelting pools, which granted him access to the raw building material they needed to continue their work. Unhappy with this arrangement, seven renegade Constructicons went underground, building Megatron in an attempt to take power for themselves. Unfortunately for them, Megatron turned on them and formed his own group of Decepticons, eventually brainwashing Scavenger and the others into his service with the Robo-Smasher. Devastator's Wings of Honor profile Among their first acts as Decepticons, the Constructicons destroyed Crystal City. Hauler's Wings of Honor profile

Scavenger was part of Hook's team when Megatron ordered the creation of Devastator. Battle Lines, Part 5 During the third Cybertronian war, the Constructicons were ambushed at Elevation Recostalus by a group of Autobots including Hauler and Erector, who disabled them before they could form Devastator. The group remained offline until 1984, when Megatron rebuilt them on Earth. Transformers I.Q. last issue review

During the Battle of Autobot City, Devastator was blasted apart by Ultra Magnus's team. Scavenger and the other Constructicons began pursuing the Autobots, gunning down Red Alert in the process. A Flash Forward

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The Scavenger of "OG001 Spacetime" was ordered by Megatron to combine with his fellow Constructicons into Devastator to face off against the Megatron of Cloud World. The foreign Decepticon easily defeated the combiner, sending his components fleeing in terror. Rampage

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In a universe created by Gong and Sideways, the Constructicons participated in the siege of Guardian City by forming Devastator. Echoes and Fragments

Marvel Comics continuity

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Marvel The Transformers comics

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Scavenger is the green and purple one.

Early in the Transformers' war on Earth, Shockwave used the stolen power of the Creation Matrix to give life to the first of a new generation of Decepticon warriors, the Constructicons. Scavenger and his Constructicons were immediately given a mission upon their coming online: to construct a communications tower to transmit a message to Cybertron. A truck stop was raided for raw materials, which attracted the ire of trucker Bomber Bill, who, with the aid of the Autobots, managed to destroy the tower Scavenger and the other Constructicons had built. The Next Best Thing to Being There!

With both Shockwave and Megatron out of action, Scavenger fell under Soundwave's command and assisted him in capturing the rogue Dinobot Sludge as well as the hapless Cliffjumper, Windcharger and Gears. By setting Sludge against Grimlock in the human town of Doonstown and booby-trapping their own shuttle against Optimus Prime's Autobots when they arrived, Soundwave, Scavenger and Skywarp managed to inflict significant casualties on the enemy and won the day for the Decepticons. Dinobot Hunt!

Scavenger and the Constructicons, after troubleshooting their union as Devastator, were sent by Shockwave to abduct Buster Witwicky. After tracking the boy down to a demolition derby, and merging into Devastator to fend off the Autobots they found there, the Constructicons' attack was suddenly called off. While Devastator battled, Soundwave had discovered that Buster held the rest of the Creation Matrix in his head, and considered this too great a revelation to proceed as initially planned. Devastation Derby!

After Megatron's retaking of Decepticon command, Scavenger and the other Constructicons were charged with building perimeter defenses around their headquarters located at the base of a coal strip mine in eastern Wyoming. Devastator's services were again required when the Autobots staged a surprise attack, but they retreated once they had what they needed; data on the Constructicons' combining process. Command Performances!

While the Decepticons were searching for their errant captive Robot Master, Soundwave picked up a signal of Joy Meadows appearing on Between the Lines threatening to expose the truth of the Transformers' war on Earth. Following Swoop thanks to a Triple I tracer, Megatron, Soundwave, Scavenger and the rest of the Constructicons located the human reporter being sheltered by the Dinobots and proceeded to beat the snot out of them. The battle was turned against the Decepticons by the arrival of Centurion and so Soundwave decided to end it by incinerating the humans' footage. Once more victorious, Scavenger and the others left the Dinobots to lick their wounds. In the National Interest

The Constructicons were sent into frigid Yukon territory to work on a secret project. They were discovered by Jazz and Hoist, only for the two Autobots to accidentally betray their presence with an accidental weapons discharge. The Constructicons chased down the interlopers, blasting at them through a nearby forest. During the chase, they merged into Devastator in an attempt to overtake the pair. While in this form, they were duped into blasting a hydro-electric dam. Realizing what was coming, the Constructicons only had time enough to separate before the concrete structure collapsed, unleashing a torrent of water. The Constructicons were submerged in the flood, allowing the Autobots to escape. The Mission

When the time travelling Decepticon leader Galvatron returned to the past, he incapacitated Megatron and Soundwave and had the Constructicons build a giant weapon for him, though this would ultimately be destroyed thanks to the efforts of Ultra Magnus and the similarly time travelling Hot Rod, Kup and Blurr. Target: 2006

Stories featuring G.I. Joe do not fit into the normal Marvel UK continuity. See G.I. Joe and the Transformers for details.

Scavenger and the other Constructicons were called upon to defend the Decepticons' base in the Florida Keys from a joint attack by G.I. Joe, Cobra, and the Autobots. Forming Devastator once again, they brawled with Superion until a blast from Superion's rifle caused a malfunction in Devastator's coupling links and he broke up into his components. ...All Fall Down!

They call me "Hell"
They call me "Stacey"
They call me "her"
They call me "Jane"

During Ratbat's command, Scavenger and the Constructicons (without Mixmaster, oddly) raided a building site in downtown Atlanta, Georgia for raw materials such as girders. Toy Soldiers! He was then seen aboard the Decepticons' island base in the Caribbean when it was attacked by the Autobot Targetmasters looking to rescue Buster Witwicky. The Desert Island of Space!

Ratbat ordered an attack on the combined Autobot forces on Earth's moon while Blaster and Grimlock dueled for leadership. Under cover of battle, Scavenger and the other Constructicons retrieved the remains of several fallen and captured Decepticons. Totaled!

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When Megatron launched an all-out offensive against Autobot City in the year 2005, Scavenger was among the troops who besieged the outpost. He and the other Constructicons combined into Devastator at Megatron's command to breach Autobot City's outer defenses. When the Decepticons were eventually forced to retreat inside Astrotrain, the Constructicons were relatively unscathed from the battle. As such, they voted that all injured Transformers be jettisoned when Astrotrain complained he didn't have the energy necessary to carry them all back to Cybertron. The Planet-Eater!

After a brief substitution in leadership, the Decepticons fell back under the command of Megatron, now reborn as Galvatron. Scavenger and Shrapnel accompanied him when he traveled to the planet of Junk to snatch away the Matrix of Leadership from Ultra Magnus. Scavenger and Shrapnel went after an easy target in Magnus's group, attacking the young human Daniel Witwicky. The boy managed to outpace the pair by converting his exosuit into its vehicular mode and driving off. The Final Battle!

Earthforce
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These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.

Scavenger, like most of the Constructicons, served under Megatron's command during the Earthforce saga. He was first seen talking to Rampage from Shockwave's camp during the Enclave, a peace-talk called for when the fighting between Megatron and Shockwave's factions reached its zenith. He was presumably swept into the brawl that resulted from the Autobots faking an assassination attempt on Megatron. The Bad Guy's Ball! Later, he was present when Soundwave and Starscream successfully took over the factions and united the Decepticons. Internal Affairs! Scavenger joined the majority of the Decepticon forces in a major attack on Autobot Earthbase under Soundwave's command, hoping to draw attention away from Starscream's raid on an off-shore oil tanker... and maybe kill a 'Bot or two. Instead, they ended up with no oil, and Scavenger got roasted by Slag's flame breath. Divide and Conquer!

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Scavenger was seen on board the Warworld among the Decepticons rallied by Megatron against Jhiaxus's Cybertronian Empire. New Dawn

Classics

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Thanks to partial schematics culled from Shockwave's data-tracs, Megatron was able to rebuild Scavenger and the Constructicons in his efforts to rebuild his power base. As a side effect of Megatron's reconstruction work, the meek Scavenger was now the largest of the Constructicons. Scavenger and his team assembled aboard Astrotrain to help Megatron lay claim to a source of Rarified Energon. Crossing Over, Part 2

Facing the Autobots in battle over the new energon, Scavenger and the Constructicons merged into their new Devastator form. Devastator was tougher than Grimlock in battle, but also proved tougher than the ground beneath his feet. Crossing Over: Part 3 Only the individual Constructicons emerged from the cave-in, and they proved the definition of "gestalt" by being incapable of beating Grimlock as five when they succeeded as one. Scavenger and his teammates dogpiled on Grimlock, but could not hold him back. Crossing Over: Part 5 Where strength failed, Scavenger and Hightower tried guile. Scavenger struck down Grimlock in a surprise attack using his shovel, but the Dinobot commander still managed to overpower the Constructicons. Crossing Over: Part 6

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Marvel Storybooks continuity

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Under the guise of the Global Corporation, Scavenger and his fellow Constructicons created sophisticated buildings all around the world. Within each building, however, was hidden a mechanism that would trap underground all within the structure. When the scheme was put into motion and the Autobots responded with an attack, Scavenger and his fellow Constructicons merged to become The Devastator. Though in this form, the Constructicons were able to overpower the Autobots, that changed when the Dinobots arrived. Scavenger and Mixmaster died when Swoop sliced through both of The Devastator's legs with his sword. Battle for Earth

As Devastator, Scavenger and the other Constructicons stumbled upon Sunstreaker admiring his reflection in the wilderness, and managed to capture the vain Autobot. The group revealed their individual components to their prisoner once he was safely locked up within Decepticon headquarters. They rejoined forces to combat an Autobot rescue party that attempted to storm Decepticon base, and captured Slag, Sludge and Sideswipe as well, putting them in Sunstreaker's cell. The Constructicons were once more prompted to combine into Devastator to contemplate an Autobot peace offering; a life-sized statue of the gestalt! The peace offering turned out to be an Autobot ruse, and reinforcement burst forth from within the statue. The Autobots forced Devastator to break up into his component pieces by thoroughly dividing his attention, and so Scavenger joined the fight against the Autobots as an individual. The Decepticons ultimately lost the battle to the Autobots. The Autobots' Secret Weapon

In "The Autobots' Secret Weapon," Scavenger is never portrayed in any of the illustrations, nor is he called out by name in the text. However, he must be present for Devastator to be formed. Besides, the narration specifically refers to there being six Constructicons, despite only ever showing five.


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Shockwave led the Constructicons in an attack on a human village, intent on razing the town and building a fuel plant in its place. The Constructicons, blindly loyal to Shockwave, obeyed all his orders as he dispensed them. As he worked, Scavenger boasted that the Autobots wouldn't learn about the Constructicons' handiwork until it would be too late. Little did the Decepticons know, they were being spied upon from orbit by the Autobot Cosmos. Cosmos relayed what was happening to his teammates, who rolled into action to put an end to the Decepticons' plot. Scavenger was attacked by Sludge, who made the Constructicon "go crunch" by shoving him down a pit. After the rest of the Decepticons had been made to join Scavenger in his pit, the Autobots pored quick-drying cement on them to hold them in place, keeping them out of further trouble. The Autobot Spy in the Sky

Find Your Fate Junior

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The following summarizes one or more multipath adventures. Details vary depending on the paths taken in-story. See the book's page for information on alternate paths.

Autobot Alert!

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In one possible scenario, the Constructicons were responsible for building the Decepticons’ command centre in the evil robots’ latest plot of taking over the Earth. They also were responsible for stocking Astrotrain with explosives and weapons before the Decepticon shuttle launched into space to further sabotage Earth's satellites.

In a different possible scenario, the Constructicons joined Galvatron on his campaign to retrieve an ancient cybertite sphere containing the secret of an ancient Autobot power-booster. Discovering that the sphere was within a sunken ship off the California coast, the Constructicons merged into Devastator in order to retrieve it. Autobot Alert!

The Invisibility Factor

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In one possible scenario, Scavenger accompanied Galvatron on a patrol in a desert at night. Upon spotting a spaceship that flickered in-and-out of sight, the patrol investigated. Finding the Autobots Kup and Hot Rod conversing with a woman at the ship's landing site, Scavenger and the others fired upon them, causing them to scramble away. Galvatron then ordered his troops to stay and scrutinize the spaceship instead of pursuing the Autobots.

If Hot Rod and Kup decided to attack immediately, the Autobots were easily defeated and destroyed by the Scavenger and the other Decepticons.

If Hot Rod and Kup silently followed the Decepticons back to their hide-out in a nearby canyon, they managed to tricked Scavenger and the others into thinking that they were being ambushed by a whole squadron of Autobots. Panicking, the Decepticons attempted to retaliate by firing in all directions.

If Hot Rod snuck down and successfully snatched the Invisibility Device from Shockwave, the Decepticons gave chase to the young Autobot. They were unable to catch him before Kup fired down onto the canyon's walls, causing it to collapse and burying the Decepticons under an avalanche of earth and rocks.

In an alternate scenario, Scavenger and the other Decepticons decided to take off into space in Sarah Sanders's ship after acquiring the Invisibility Device. Whether the Decepticons succeeded in mastering the Invisibility Device and subsequently destroyed the Autobots, or were destroyed or defeated themselves depended on what choices the Autobots made from this point on.

In yet another alternate scenario, the Decepticons were to first to make contact with Sarah Sanders. While the rest of his squadron dragged her spacecraft away, Scavenger himself held Sarah captive.

If the Autobots decided to rescue Sarah immediately, Scavenger was at first ready to fight them off, but upon seeing how outnumbered he was, he dropped the woman, and cried for help while attempting to flee.

If the Autobots pursued Scavenger, the Decepticon still managed to rejoin his squadron of Decepticons. He quickly informed them of his situation, and pointed them towards his pursuers. In whichever scenario that followed, the Autobots managed to steal the Invisibility Device from the Decepticons, either dazzling Scavenger and the others with their headlights while Hot Rod took the device right out of their hands, or tricking most of the other Decepticons into leaving the spaceship behind while they pursued the young Autobot on a wild goose chase. Now greatly outnumbered, Scavenger quickly fell to the Autobots’ firepower. The Invisibility Factor

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Dreamwave Generation One continuity

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Events from The Transformers Trilogy novels are in italics.

Nine million years ago, Scavenger was involved in the early days of the Decepticons, and specifically Megatron's plan to turn the planet into a cosmic dreadnought. He eagerly defended the project from Autobot invaders... right up until the point Ironhide shot him in the face. Without looking. The War Within #6 He and the other Constructicons later created the gestalt process, giving them the power to merge into Devastator. After the technology was widely distributed, however, the Crisis Intervention Accord came down banning the use of Special Teams as too dangerous. The Constructicons were the first to break the Accords during the Dark Ages, joining up with Ratbat and his Ultracons. Escalation As Devastator, they attempted to seize control of the Tagan Heights from the Wreckers, and also had an epic battle with Defensor. Ultimately, Devastator was taken down by the Protectobots who overloaded him with electricity. This not only shut Devastator down, but also forced him to split into his component 'bots. Devastation

Although they were apparently not part of the crew of the Nemesis, Scavenger and the Constructicons did somehow wind up on Earth in the 1980s, fighting alongside Megatron and his crew against the Autobots. In 1998, Scavenger was captured and deactivated along with the rest of the Decepticons following Operation Liberation. Roughly a year later, after the explosion of the Ark II, Scavenger's body was recovered by the mercenary known as Lazarus, who attempted to reprogram many of the Transformers into controllable soldiers. Once Megatron overcame this programming, however, he freed his fellow Decepticons and they began to terrorize the Earth once more. Scavenger and the Constructicons attacked a city in California shortly after being freed, using their Devastator form to cause horrendous amounts of property damage. Prime Directive #5 It took some daredevil maneuvering by Optimus Prime himself to bring them down. Prime Directive #6

Scavenger and the Constructicons were later reactivated by Starscream, during a time when Megatron was missing and Decepticon leadership was changing hands. They took up residence in Las Vegas, converting the city for Decepticon use. Needless to say there was some resistance, and a small army of humans and Autobots led by Grimlock soon invaded the territory. Scavenger did not personally engage in battle, although he may have been responsible for pulling four of his deactivated teammates to safety while Long Haul distracted the Autobots. Hardwired

Megatron eventually returned to Earth, but Scavenger and the Constructicons owed Starscream for reconstructing them, and so remained loyal to him when the Decepticons split into two factions. Of course, this only meant they were among the first to be captured by the Keepers when those aliens took over Las Vegas and turned Starscream into their puppet. Trapped behind an impenetrable force dome, Scavenger and the Constructicons attempted to batter their way out as Devastator using sheer brute force, until Skywarp offered a better idea. Reconverting into their separate modes, Bonecrusher dug a tunnel out beneath the force field and Scavenger excavated it, enabling Starscream's faction to join the final battle against the Keepers. Acting as Devastator, they were too far away from Optimus Prime and his Matrix-induced force shield when the American nuclear assault was dropped on the Keepers, and were blasted into pieces. Annihilation

The nuclear blast left Devastator fused into his singular robot mode, leaving him unable to split back into Scavenger and his other components. Eventually, Devastator fell into the Void along with Omega Sentinel in the final conflict with the Keepers, and was left in stasis lock, drifting in the vacuum of space, after the Sentinel destroyed the Keepers' power source and shattered the Void back into real space-time. The starship Bounty, on a secret space mission from Earth, came across Devastator's remains and planned to tow him back to Earth. Fusion

The pieces of Scavenger and the Constructicons fell under the control of Earth Defense Command, and were held in their Roswell facility for study. Generation 1 #0

Kre-O cartoon

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Spinister whistled up the four Constructicons to form Devastator, to help with the robbery of the Autobot City Bank. Quest for Energon, Part 1 As the Decepticons worked to make Megatron a grilled cheese sandwich, Scavenger carried energon around. He and the other Constructicons were later splattered with molten cheese and tied up in a net by the Autobots. Quest for Energon, Part 2

When Mixmaster received a yellow card during a soccer game, Scavenger and the rest of the team merged to form Devastator, so the combiner could block Bumblebee's penalty kick. Ultimate Defender

Kre-O online comic

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Scavenger and his fellow Constructicons infiltrated the construction site of the Autobot base and promptly started wrecking it and stealing energy blocks. Once the ruse was up they combined into Devastator to menace the Autobots, but were felled when Optimus Prime led a tickle attack on the underside of the giant's foot. The Constructicons were subsequently subjected to "special training" by Megatron, who had them tied up and tickled repeatedly to rid them of their weakness. A New Menace! The Giant Soldier Devastator Appears! Scavenger was later responsible for unearthing the legendary Red Bucket for Bludgeon. Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power! He was among the Decepticons who attacked and conquered the completed Autobot base, Metroplex. Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

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The ruthless terrorist organization known as Cobra dug dozens of Autobots and Decepticons out of their four-million-year resting place and began rebuilding them into a Cobra-controlled army. However, with Wheeljack and Bumblebee's help, the mind-controlled Transformers were awakened just as Doctor Mindbender expressed surprise at the Constructicons' meticulousness. Scavenger kindly offered to "meticulously" tear the doctor to pieces. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3

He ultimately didn't get to have any fun with maiming, as Soundwave arrived and took Mindbender for his own purposes before ordering the Constructicons to defend the SPS Satellite controls from the Autobots and G.I. Joes that were assaulting Cobra Island. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4 Scavenger and his comrades went outside and formed Devastator, but were defeated by the attackers soon after killing Hound. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5

The Beast Within

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During a particularly violent battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Scavenger watched on in horror as The Beast, the Dinobots’ gestalt form, dispatched Predaking in one sword strike. Brought out of his stupor by Onslaught, Scavenger joined with the other Constructicons to form Devastator. The Beast Within

2005 IDW continuity

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After getting laid off due to the Senate "reforms" being championed by Ratbat, Scavenger and the other Constructicons sought out new work—with Megatron. The secrecy necessary for operating the underground gladiator sports of Kaon meant that the combat arena needed to be mobile. As a result, the Constructicons were given the unique and challenging job of building a new arena from scratch before every battle, using only the scrap and other materials on-site. Megatron Origin #2 They also worked with repairing Megatron and other injured gladiators after their battles. Megatron Origin #3

The Constructicons witnessed Optimus Prime recruit an army of Autobots to overthrow the Decepticon tyranny of Cybertron. Broadcast As the war began in earnest between the Autobots and Decepticons, the Constructicons remained loyal followers of Megatron. At one point they were stationed on Varas Centralus alongside Swindle and Sky-Byte, where they committed some atrocity that was enough to cause Sky-Byte to abandon the Decepticon cause. A Better Tomorrow

In modern times, Scavenger and the Constructicons came to Earth for Megatron's major offensive against the planet. Using the newly acquired gestalt technology, they merged into Devastator and easily swept aside the Autobot forces, leaving Earth ripe for conquest. All Hail Megatron #7 The Constructicons were involved in the opening strike on New York City, bringing down buildings and causing massive civilian casualties. All Hail Megatron #1 Later, they formed Devastator and destroyed all the underground tunnels leading in and out of the city, cutting it off from the outside world. All Hail Megatron #2

Bumblebee just failed the same leadership test Scavenger gave to Hot Shot.

Scavenger joined Starscream's side during the Seeker's revolution, combining with the other Constructicons to form Devastator and attacking Megatron. Megatron put up a good fight, but was eventually defeated and only survived due to the arrival of human jets from the European Union. All Hail Megatron #10 After spending some time swiping at the attacking planes, Devastator was attacked by Omega Supreme All Hail Megatron #11, who defeated him by shooting him through the chest. All Hail Megatron #12

Following the Decepticons' defeat, Scavenger was separated from the other Constructicons and went on the run from Skywatch. Two years later, after he had successfully avoided capture for a while, the humans decided to focus on hunting down Blurr instead. Apparently, not even Skywatch considered Scavenger particularly important. The Hanging Sword In an attempt to escape from Skywatch, Scavenger painted himself in less conspicuous colors and spent a week trying to sneak aboard a cargo ship going out of the country. However, he was found by Bumblebee, who wanted the Autobots and Decepticons to work together in order to prove to the humans that they were equals. This enraged Scavenger, who strictly considered the "meat bags" lesser beings to be ruled over, and lashed out at Bumblebee with his shovel. As the Autobot fled, Scavenger taunted him and went back into hiding. The Impossible Knot

After the war ended, Scavenger worked for the Autobots on Cybertron until he spotted Bombshell being chased by the Autobots. Coming to Bombshell's defense, the Constructicons beat up Blurr and fought with Arcee until Prowl showed up, threatening to detonate their I/D chips. They just taunted him since Ratbat had disabled their chips, but Prowl used a secret passcode to override the disabling and detonate them anyway, seemingly killing all the Constructicons. Devisive In fact, the Autobot had fallen under Bombshell's mind-control, allowing the Insecticon to fake the Constructicons' deaths and hide them away for the purpose of perfecting Devastator. The Verge Once Megatron returned from a long absence, Scavenger combined with his fellows into the new Devastator—with Prowl serving as the head—who was then deployed to conquer Iacon. Before the Dawn Devastator was taken apart when Prowl fought back and rejected the combiner, which would have allowed Megatron himself to take his place had the Decepticon leader not been defeated in the process of combining. Heavy Is the Head

The Decepticons were exiled from Iacon following their defeat, but Scavenger and the Constructicons, impressed by the terrible things they'd seen in Prowl's mind, left the others to join their new idol in the similarly exiled Autobot forces. After a brief battle with the Dinobots, they were allowed to stay at the Autobot camp, where they promptly picked a fight with Arcee before the Dinobots calmed them down with camaraderie and energon. Second Exodus They were caught in the Necrotitan's "death wave", but were healed from its effects when the Titan was brought down by Metroplex. Finis Temporis As the Transformers got together to celebrate the defeat of the Necrotitan, Scavenger and his teammates only had praise for Prowl, much to his discomfort. The Becoming As Cybertron was attacked by 70 billion Ammonites sent by Shockwave, the Constructicons followed Prowl into battle and convinced him to form Devastator again for the sake of defeating Monstructor. Black Planet

Convinced that the Constructicons were a useful resource, Prowl made them his own personal strike force and took them with him on a mission to Earth. On arrival they saved the Ark-7 from burrowing human drone-missiles, then formed Devastator to fight Galvatron's Decepticons. Detonation Boulevard When the Autobots located where Earth Defense Command was holding Alpha Trion, Prowl had Scavenger become a double agent and leak the information to the Decepticons. The Mind Bomb He and the Constructicons subsequently participated in the attack on the EDC base, using stealth paint to sneak into the battle zone before forming Devastator and destroying the base. I Dream of Wires Back aboard the Ark-7, Prowl and the Constructicons listened in on Optimus Prime's conversation with Alpha Trion. The Crucible

When the Autobots began hunting for the Enigma of Combination, Prowl and the Constructicons went in serach of Spike Witwicky. Signals, Calls, and Marches Their search took them to Tokyo, where they secured their asset but ran afoul of Galvatron. Vs. Feigning a truce with their mutual nemesis, the team stormed the Onyx facility by forming Devastator. Devastator ultimately went berserk due to his loathing of Spike and ruined the mission, allowing Scoop to abscond with the Enigma. The team was forced to retreat to the Ark-7. The Obliterati

After Prowl learned that Optimus Prime had helped Starscream form a permanent alliance with Caminus, the team hijacked the ship's new spacebridge to travel to Cybertron The Possible Light, where they formed Devastator. Superion and Defensor ultimately brought down Devastator, and the Constructicons were sent to a secret prison - Starscream wasn't done with them yet. Mistakes and Mayhem Seeking a new edge, Starscream drafted Scoop into the team, knowing that Scoop's fanaticism would force Devastator to obey his orders. You, Me, and the Universe Ultimately, however, Devastator wound up losing control. After Optimus Maximus and his fellow combiners felled the giant, the Constructicons went back to jail. All That Remains

Although the individual Constructicons were still considered criminals, Starscream made allowances for releasing his own loyal combiner when necessary. The Constructicons reformed Devastator at Starscream's command to thwart a group of Decepticons commandeering the space bridge, Once Upon a Time on Earth and to siege the colony ship Carcer when Elita One refused to transform her Titan in defense of Cybertron from Sentinel Prime's zombie fleet. Desperate Measures

Following the impeachment and arrest of Starscream, the Constructicons received pardons, and later watched from a nearby rooftop as Onyx Prime and Liege Maximo arrived on Cybertron and joined Optimus and his retinue for a meeting in the Spire. Though the other Constructicons initially laughed off off Scoop's renewed faith in his "Chosen One," who had seemingly foreseen this series of events, Another Mine the team wound up forming Devastator to break an indignant Starscream out of prison. The Ground

With Onyx Prime unmasked as none other than Shockwave, the Constructicons wound up battling against Victorion on Starscream's orders. The Hallowing Though they were initially able to withstand her gravity powers, Endless Forever this was soon revealed to be the work of Liege Maximo, using supplies of Ore-4 to buffer them against Victorion's attacks. When Arcee destroyed this ore, Victorion was able to unleash a devastating gravitational onslaught which fatally crushed Scavenger and the other Constructicons. Unforgivable

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

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Scavenger and the other Constructicons formed Devastator to attack the G.I. Joe starship Defiant, successfully destroying one of its two modules. Devastator was blown back into his components when Wild Bill rammed the other module straight into him. Targetmasters

Later, once the Decepticons and Cobra had merged to become "Decepticobra," Scavenger participated in a coordinated, multi-front attack on the Autobots' city of Metroplex. He and his allies were eventually forced into a tactical retreat by the combined efforts of G.I. Joe and the Autobots. Everybody Hates Metroplex


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Scavenger, Long Haul and Scrapper all battled Megatron in the ruins of an old coliseum, but he easily overpowered them all. Upon overhearing Windblade say that Starscream possessed the Enigma of Combination, Long Haul signaled a plan to Scavenger and the other Constructicons, and they later formed Devastator in an attempt to take the Enigma for themselves. Unforgotten In the aftermath of the Combiner Wars, Scavenger was among those assisting with the reconstruction efforts. Aftermath and Rebirth He died when Rodimus Cron shot him off of Devastator. Volcanicus

Beast Wars: Uprising

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Half of the original Constructicon team survived the Great War, including Skavenger. Hot Rod helped reform the team in the days after the Armistice, creating a two-thirds Autobot roster and convincing the Constructicons to undergo Micromaster downsizing, losing social hierarchy among the Builders but retaining their mobility in the energon-depleted era. Micro-Aggressions Cultural Appropriation

During the Grand Uprising, Skavenger and the Constructicons served the Builders against the Resistance. They ran a prisoner transport through Proximax to Iacon when they were attacked by Resistance fighters. The prisoner, Snapper, escaped, but Skavenger's team found themselves in a prolonged battle with the Resistance which lasted over a day. They retreated to the Sights & Sounds casino for defense. Meanwhile, one of their members—Buckethead—had formed an alliance with Snapper and a motley crew of other bots to deal with the alien threat of the Antares Eight. Buckethead and Rampage of the Resistance eventually reached both sides and got them to join forces against the Renegade invaders.

At the trans-hyperwave caster the Renegades seized, Skavenger and the Constructicons joined Buckethead's "Ex-Bots" in attacking the invaders. The Constructicons formed Devastator, fighting the Monster Renegade combiner Monsterous. After the fight, all Cybertronians retired to Sights & Sounds for a summit. The Ex-Bots ultimately convinced Skavenger and the Constructicons to leave the Builders and act as part of an independent faction to protect the innocents of Proximax and defend the city from the horrors of war. Cultural Appropriation

A year later, the Ex-Bots prevented Tarantulas from using a Robo-Smasher to brainwash all the people of Proximax. They also recovered the Autobot-turned-Maximal Grimlock from his control. As the Vehicon Apocalypse began, the Ex-Bots chose to get involved with the other armies of the proto-races. Skavenger and the Constructicons salvaged a lobotomized Sweep and retrofitted and detailed it as the team's new Ex-Jet.

On the march to Nova Cronum, the Constructicons formed Devastator to wade through the hordes of Vehicons. At the Grand Mal itself, Devastator joined forces with the Maximal combiner Magnaboss. Their combined assault weakened the Grand Mal's force field enough for Lord Imperious Delirious to take note of them, and fire a massive optic ray at the combiners. Devastator pushed Magnaboss out of the way. Magnaboss lost an arm, a fifth of his gestalt mind, but Devastator suffered worse. Half his components were damaged beyond repair, and the Builder combiner was out for the rest of the fight.

Although the war was won, and peace finally came to Cybertron, the Constructicons were in mourning. With the death of Hightower, Long Haul, and Bone Crusher, Skavenger was the last survivor of the original team. Derailment

Time marched on. The Constructicons emerged as heroes of the Vehicon Apocalypse, and so it was decided to hold auditions to fill the gaps in their roster. Rubbish's Scrapyard in Hexima became the Constructicon training grounds as Skavenger, Buckethead, and Quickmix supervised the new potential recruits. Eventually, Wideload, Road Hauler, and Steam Hammer were chosen. Devastator, champion of the Builders, would live again! The Inexorable March

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2019 IDW continuity

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First appearance: Galaxies #1

Scavenger was forged at or around the end of the War of the Threefold Spark. An era of rebuilding and renewal, Scavenger came together with five other newly forged 'bots to form the Constructicons and help shape the Cybertron to come. They were recruited by the visionary architect Termagax to help build in the ruins of Iacon. Scavenger was incredibly eager to please, quickly looking for approval from Termagax and his team. They promptly clashed with Termagax's conservative second-in-command Wheeljack—for while Wheeljack sought to merely rebuild Iacon, Termagax saw the potential for something bigger and better to take its place. While excavating in Rivets Field, Scavenger detected an object of immense power trapped beneath the surface. The team had inadvertently discovered the Enigma of Combination. Urged on by Termagax, Scavenger and his team agreed to expose themselves to the energies of the artifact, transforming themselves into a new combiner: raw power which Termagax hoped to harness and reshape into the ultimate building tool. Constructicons Rising, Part 1

Despite this new strength and power, Scavenger and his team struggled to master their combination, fighting against a seventh, destructive personality that surfaced whenever the team combined... and whose love of indiscriminate destruction jeopardized their reconstruction efforts. Finally, however, Termagax encouraged the team to work with this anger, rather than against it, and harness the powerful emotion to unite them in their shared purpose of rebuilding Iacon. Although the team would eventually complete their goal of turning the ravaged cityscape into a beautiful metropolis, they would not enjoy the fruits of their labor for long—Wheeljack brought his concerns to the attention of Nominus Prime, and the Prime arranged matters so that the team would be reassigned to the distant colony of Mayalx to oversee the construction of a new energon refinery. Constructicons Rising, Part 3 There, the Constructicons labored for many years, deliberately kept under-fueled and tired so they couldn't combine, while they grew increasingly resentful of the world that had abandoned them while reminiscing about their glory days. Constructicons Rising, Part 1

With their future on Cybertron uncertain, Scrapper eventually came to believe that the team's future lay elsewhere and began training his teammates in the ways of combat, holding regular sparring sessions in an improvised gladiatorial arena. Long Haul and Scavenger struggled to adjust to being warriors, mixing with Scrapper's patient advice and Bonecrusher's brutality in the ring. During one particular session, the team was interrupted by the Insecticon Bombshell, who, after a brief misunderstanding, told them his story: like the Constructicons, Nominus Prime had also banished the Insecticons for fear of their unique matter-eating abilities. Knowing that the team could be of use to The Rise, Bombshell manipulated the team into unknowingly aiding the cause, encouraging them to recapture their glory days. Constructicons Rising, Part 2

After some deliberation, the six builders agreed to help the Insecticons, and after filling up on Bombshell's provided energon cubes the team combined for the first time since their banishment—but instead of uniting based on their shared urge to create, the Constructicons combined to destroy Mayalx and everything it represented to them, a spiteful, destructive rampage that ended with every 'bot in the colony slaughtered and the statue of Nominus Prime toppled. Unaware that the Insecticons had deliberately goaded them into such wanton slaughter so that the energon they processed from the many remains could be secretly shipped back to Cybertron to fuel the rise, Scrapper told his team that, for the first time in their lives, they were finally free to do and build whatever they wanted. Constructicons Rising, Part 4

Eventually, Shockwave called the Constructicons back to Cybertron and the Rise. When they arrived, however, Shockwave's former superior Exarchon had laid claim to the Rise and their bases. The Threefold Spark was eager to take a new body as powerful as Devastator, and tried to usurp the combiner. Together, Scavenger and the Constructicons were strong enough to prevent Exarchon from possessing their collective spark or sparks, though the effort forced them apart and left them out of action. War's End Part Four With Exarchon soon destroyed, the Rise were fully absorbed into the Decepticons, and Shockwave provided the Constructicons to Megatron's cause. Scavenger and the others were happy to be home, and to be wanted as Devastator. They saw themselves as heroes destined to end the war, and were happy to oppose the legacy of Nominus Prime. Fate of Cybertron

Energon Universe

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Scavenger and the other Constructicons were revived by Starscream to destroy the Autobots attempting to retake the Ark from Decepticon control, Scavenger in particular chopping off Ratchet's leg with his scoop in excavator mode. Starscream then commanded them to merge into Devastator.Transformers #5

Devastator was eventually defeated by Optimus Prime, and separated into his individual components. Scavenger then retreated with the Decepticons. Transformers #6 Scavenger, along with the other Constructicons, was present for the fight between Starscream and Soundwave over leadership of the Decepticons. He and the other Decepticons cheered Soundwave's name to honor him after he won. Transformers #7


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Commercial appearances

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  • Scavenger and his teammates were masquerading as construction vehicles, when they suddenly decided to horrify their human operators by revealing their true nature. As their human drivers bailed out and fled, the team combined into Devastator, who crashed his fists together, creating a surge of energy that crackled all the way through his gigantic body. Constructicons commercial
  • After being upgraded into their "Generation 2" bodies, the Constructicons went about causing "really big destruction" by driving through a construction site and then merging into Devastator. Their fun came to an end when Grimlock emerged from the ground and trounced the combiner. Generation Constructicons and Dinobots commercial

Games

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Transformers Legends

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At some point Omega Supreme was friends with the Constructicons, but they had a falling out. Years later, the Decepticon team took over an asteroid orbiting Earth, however when Omega Supreme got wind of it, he launched a massive attack. Hook and Scavenger escaped his initial wrath when a space beast was released from the asteroid, however once the Autobots had saved San Diego from the creature, they captured the pair. The Secret of Omega Supreme

Transformers: Devastation

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Transformers: Battle Tactics

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I'm too low-ranked and the easiest Construction to obtain to be of use to anyone...
I'm marginally more useful.

Scavenger participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in two different bodies:

  • Scavenger—This Rare character could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal.
  • Scavenger (G2)—This Rare character could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal. Transformers: Battle Tactics


Transformers: Frontiers

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Transformers: Earth Wars

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I'm useful! Don't mind that I'm short!

Megatron tolerates Scavenger for one reason: on rare occasions, he unearths something of real importance. Most of the time, however, his obsessive excavation yields little of practical value, doing nothing to help his already fragile self-esteem. Driven by a manic need to prove himself, he sees recycle potential in every scrap of junk he encounters, and will do anything it takes to obtain it, in the hopes that it'll be something of use. Scavenger bio

He combined to form Devastator to destroy Autobots bases. He is very useful in his arm mode, seeing as it shoots out a GIANT LASER.

  • Added: June 2, 2016
  • Class: Special (Scout)
  • Star Ratings: 2 - 5 stars
  • Weapons: Scavenger uses a "Stun gun" of the same make as that short yellow runt and that motorcycle chick which he uses to shoot and stun enemy defenses. And he can also usefully dodge Cannon and Mortar Fire.
  • Ability:Artillery Support: Calls in an incendiary artillery strike and deals damage in a large area over 10 seconds. This is probably one of the few times Scavenger is actually useful!!
    • Cost: 4 ability points +4 for reuses.
  • Level 11 Bonus: The range of Scavenger's AOE is increased.
  • Compatible C.O.M.B.A.T.s:
    • Companion
    • Ranged
  • Bot Specific Power Cores:
    • G1 Scavenger: Applies a cell-shaded look. Increases ability damage. Every enemy unit killed by ability heals Scavenger 4% of his health.
  • Skins:
    • G2 Scavenger: Gives Scavenger the colours of the yellow-and-purple version of the G2 Constructicons.
  • Collection Group: Constructicons
  • Combiner: Devastator

Scavenger at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki

Transformers Roleplaying Game

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Scavenger was a member of the Constructicons. Decepticon Directive

Toys

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Notes

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  • The original The Transformers cartoon series bible features two descriptions of Scavenger, one typed with the name "Scavenger" and one with "Scrounge". Oddly, "Scavenger" is the one that's crossed out by hand and relabeled "Scrounge".<ref>Post by Jim S on the Allspark Forums, 2007/12/25 (via the Internet Archive)</ref> This would make it onscreen once, when Scrapper referred to him as "Scrounge" in their introductory episode. Writer Bob Budiansky would apparently later reuse the name for the comic-only character Scrounge.
  • Scavenger's character models have a couple of discrepancies due to poor toy references:<ref>1985 Hasbro briefing binder scans</ref>
    • The first is the rear view of his vehicle mode. The toy reference photos used to design the model had his robot head left flipped out, thus resulting in a green block protruding from the rear of his vehicle mode animation model.
    • The second is his gun. The toy references had Hook's gun in the toy's hand, thus leading to Scavenger's animation model having a gun based on Hook's toy gun. Additionally, Hook's reference photos also used this gun, meaning that both characters' animation models have different takes on Hook's gun, while Scavenger's gun design is left unused due to it not being present in any reference photos. Scavenger doesn't mind though; his pistol kills in ONE SHOT.
  • On the subject of the animated movie, Don Messick, who did the voice for both Scavenger and the Autobot Gears, was credited for the wrong character in the movie. Gears did appear near the beginning of the film sitting next to Ironhide on Moon Base I, but Gears himself did not speak, yet Messick was still credited for voicing the character. However, Scavenger DOES have a line in the movie, when he encounters Daniel on the Planet of Junk. Yet, he was not credited as Scavenger.

Foreign names

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  • Japanese: Scavenger (スカベンジャー Sukabenjā)
  • French: Excavo (Canada)
  • Hungarian: Dögevő
  • Italian: Braccio ("Arm")
  • Mandarin: Ch'īng-tào-fū (Taiwan, 清道夫, "Street Cleaner"), Qīngsǎojī (China, 清扫机, "Sweeper")
  • Portuguese: Vingador (Portugal comic), Predador (Brazil comic)
  • Russian: Musorshchick (Мусорщик, "Garbage Collector")
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  • IDW All Hail Megatron concept art (right)
    IDW All Hail Megatron concept art (right)
  • Generation 2-themed skin in Earth Wars
    Generation 2-themed skin in Earth Wars

References

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