Editing Kremzeek

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[[File:Kremzeekkp.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Let's ignore the obvious reaction here and instead pose this: Why does he cast ''shadows''?]]
'''Kremzeek''', an electrically-charged energy being, is quite the sneaky bastard. It doesn't take much for [[Blaster (G1)|some]] [[Bumblebee (G1)|people]] to like him or think he's cute, at least until you find out how mischievous he can be. With his abilities to jump through screens and teleport, frazzle the circuits of [[Autobot]]s, and even multiply if given enough energy, [[Megatron (G1)|others]] may find use for him as a weapon.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Wally Burr]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)|[[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German), [[Kai Taschner]] (German ''Generation 2'')}}

[[File:Kremzeek.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Louie the Lightning Bug's nastier cousin.]]
Kremzeek was accidentally created by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] whilst experimenting in the lab of the Decepticons' crashed starship-base. Kremzeek immediately began making the electrical equipment aboard the ship malfunction, giving Megatron the idea to use him as a weapon against the [[Autobot]]s. Kremzeek succeeded in damaging most of the Autobots (leaving only [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] functional) before entering [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] and traveling to [[Japan]] by riding through the computer's connection to [[Sky Spy]] satellite.

[[File:Kremzeek multiple Kremzeeks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Kremzeeks come in various flavors...]]

The remaining Autobots followed in Omega Supreme, after being made invulnerable to Kremzeek's effects by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s (patent pending) Magical Insulating Spray, but no sooner had they set down on the shores of Tokyo than the electrical imp took down the unprotected Omega. Kremzeek proceeded to wreak havoc through the city, terrorizing a bullet train, a hapless passer-by's walkman and a video arcade, before the Autobots cornered him in the [[Shibuya Manufacturing Corporation]] building. The chief engineer there, Doctor [[Sōji Yoshikawa]], suggested that Blaster try weakening Kremzeek with radio waves, but the little gremlin tried to fight back by leaping into Blaster's chest compartment. Blaster figured to "fry him with his own juice", but he only wound up feeding Kremzeek with his own energy, and caused him to multiply.

[[File:Kremzeek Autobots create giant Kremzeek.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|...and sizes.]]

The Kremzeek swarm began tearing through Tokyo, but Prime and Yoshikawa quickly put their heads together and deduced to a way to reunite the individual creatures. Jury-rigging a tower and charging it with all the energy from a local power plant, the Autobots drew all the Kremzeeks in, but the flaw in their plan was revealed when they merged into a ''giant'' Kremzeek! As the ''kaiju''-sized Kremzeek stomped through the city, both it and the Autobots began to feel the effects of the Decepticons' [[energy magnet]]—the energy-draining device the villains had created while the Autobots were distracted dealing with Kremzeek. Finally hitting on a plan to stop both threats, the Autobots used a nearby radio tower to broadcast Kremzeek straight to the energy magnet, which he destroyed. 

As Kremzeek cavorted amongst the remains of the energy magnet, the Autobots approached on a boat with Yoshikawa and some equipment that the scientist could use to disperse Kremzeek's energy and effectively destroy him. Bumblebee spoke out against the plan, dubbing Kremzeek "cute", but Optimus Prime solemnly pressed the fateful button that eradicated the little critter. Reflecting on the whole adventure as they prepared to return home, Blaster remarked that he couldn't help but miss Kremzeek somehow... at which point a solitary Kremzeek, which had previously jumped inside his body, burst from his chest compartment, and the hilarious pursuit antics restarted. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}
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====''Kiss Players''====
[[File:Kremzeek bullet.jpg|thumb|225px]]
Over the next twenty years, Yoshikawa began breeding Kremzeeks in captivity (perhaps after studying the lone remaining creature following its recapture by the Autobots), and weaponized the technology behind the belligerent beasties, creating the "Yoshikawa Type 5 Auto-Kremzeek Launcher" for the [[Earth Defense Command]]. These guns, wielded by the E.D.C.'s [[Autorooper]] mechanoids, fired "Kremzeek bullets": ceramic shells that each contained a Kremzeek, which would be released when the shell shattered on impact to absorb the electrical energy of any mechanoid it struck. The bullets even had a limited paralytic effect on the nervous systems of humans.

When the hapless EDC [[Kiss Player]] [[Atari Hitotonari (KP)|Atari Hitotonari]] wound up swallowing a [[Legion (KP)|Legion]], her Autorooper shrunk down to enter her body and destroy the beast, but when it tried shooting its Kremzeek bullets inside her, she violently protested. The Autorooper didn't listen, but it depleted its ammo reserves before doing Atari any damage. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Atari's Close Call?!}}

[[Kayu Michikusa (KP)|Kayu Michikusa]]'s Autorooper was seen firing a Kremzeek bullet at [[Marissa Faireborn]], who was partially paralyzed by the little creature. {{storylink|Kiss Players issue 2|Kiss Players #2}}

{{note|Kremzeek was not shown doing much of anything within the actual ''Kiss Players'' fiction, but packaging illustrations depicted him getting up to more mischief, such as getting under Atari's skirt and blowing bubbles into [[Shaoshao Li (KP)|Shaoshao]]'s drink.}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Kremzeek yum.jpg|left|thumb|"Tastes great!" "Less filling!"]][[File:OriginalSin PushButton.jpg|100px|thumb]]
After a long day at work, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] enjoyed sneaking off to the [[Alpha Preserve|nature preserve]] and sippin' on cans of delicious, oily Kremzeek-brand refresher.

Ironhide carelessly discarded one of his cans, allowing it to dribble into the preserve's unsullied waters. [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] probably shed a tear, just off-panel. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}}

[[Push-Button]] was later seen serving these Kremzeek beverages and [[Energon goodie]]s in the [[Autobase]] war room, just before Prowl briefed the assembled Autobots on threat [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] posed to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Original Sin}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:MO1 Kremzeek.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Friendliest he ever looked. Kaon indeed is the worst place on Cybertron.]]
Kremzeek appeared as a billboard-image in [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}}

[[File:Shadowplay Roller feet up.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
The Kremzeek drinks exist in this universe as well, where they are enjoyed by many Cybertronians, from [[Drift (G1)|homeless robots]] {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}} to [[Roller (IDW)|police officers]] {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}.
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===Live-action film series===
[[File:Kremzeek lamp movieadaption2007.jpg|thumb|Just hope the [[AllSpark]] doesn't give life to this lamp.]]
[[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]] has a desklamp with a light-up figure based on Kremzeek. {{storylink|Movie Adaptation issue 1|Movie Adaptation #1}} {{storylink|Movie Adaptation issue 3|Movie Adaption #3}}

The floors of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s home on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] featured Kremzeek-shaped images as well. Kremzeek must be some sort of intergalactic celebrity in this continuity. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}} Later, [[Starscream (Movie)|Lord Starscream]] was holding a can of Kremzeek as [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] reported that he had found another test subject. Even tyrants with noble ambitions need that extra boost. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream #4}}
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===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[File:Animated kremzeek.JPG|thumb|Please stand by as this annoying electric lifeform causes havoc with our machinery.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Susan Blu]] ([[BotCon 2015]])}}

Kremzeek appeared on the "please stand by" screen of the local television news station when their feed was interrupted. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}
 
Kremzeek was an ancient Decepticon weapon, inadvertently unleashed by [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] when she found herself in the bowels of [[Metroplex (Animated)|The Metroplex]] in a school field trip gone wrong. Kremzeek tried to use the machinery of the [[Central Cybertronian Recycling Plant]] to dispatch Sari and [[Blurr (Animated)|the Blurr cube]], but was foiled by the arrival of [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] and the rest of Sari's classmates. Kremzeek then revealed itself and possessed each of Sari's classmates in turn; [[Nightbeat (Animated)|Nightbeat]], [[Siren (Animated)|Siren]], and [[Hosehead (Animated)|Hosehead]] before appropriating Sari's jetpack and flying towards [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]]. It attempted to destroy [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], but Sari's quick thinking enabled her to trap it in a soda can and save the day. {{storylink|The Return of Blurr}} 

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Devastation''===
Kremzeeks dotted the landscape of The City and the Proudstar, bouncing about and repeating their name and not doing much harm beyond being a pain in the aft to catch. Counter to this Teletraan-1 observed the could be quite the menace that that they named themselves, though they always named themselves Kremzeek. 
The reward for snatching up the would be menaces is art for the in game gallery
{{Storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

==Toys==
===Kiss Players===
*'''Autorooper X Atari''' (2006)

:A figurine of Kremzeek comes with this package to menace [[Atari Hitotonari (KP)|Atari]].  

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===Masterpiece===
[[File:MP05 megatron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (2007)

:[[Megatron (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary.2FMasterpiece|Megatron]] comes with a Kremzeek figurine of his own. Sweetness.

[[File:MPSkywarp stickers.jpg|100px|thumb|And our most tenacious scouts just may receive the much-sought-after Kremzeek badge.]]
*'''Skywarp''' (2007)

:[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Skywarp]] comes with some Kremzeek stickers. 

*'''Thundercracker''' (2008)

:As does [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Thundercracker]], only in different colors.

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Kremzeek''' (クレムジーク ''Kuremujīku'')

==External links==
* [http://seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=1142&amp;size=0&amp;start=26 Kremzeek figure gallery at Seibertron.com]

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