Symbiote

Taking "covering your back" too seriously.

A symbiote<ref>Accelerating from the vicinity of the Nemesis, a partially repaired Blackout hurriedly rushed to the rescue of his vulnerable symbiote. Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday p279 (2007)</ref> or symbiont<ref>...succeeded in slipping the ferocious symbiont aboard the Ark. Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday p279 (2007)</ref> is a class of Transformer that spends much of its existence living within the exostructure of another Transformer.

Though sometimes displaying minimal intelligence, symbiotes are fully sparked Transformers in their own right.

Known characters with symbiotes

• Blackout and Grindor with Scorponok
• Ravage with Scalpel and Reedman<ref>Clinging like the symbiote he was to the front of Ravage, the smaller but exceedingly advanced Decepticon held the shard... Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen p86</ref>
• Soundwave with Ravage and Laserbeak
• Barricade with Frenzy

See also

• Powerlinx
• Mini-Cassette
• Deployer (WFC)
• Multi-component Transformer

References

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