Editing Icepick (G1)

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{{disambig2|the Monstructor Six member|the Power Core Combiner|Icepick (PCC)}}
:''Icepick is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Icepick-mtmte.jpg|thumb|Despite appearances, he's not Perceptor.]]
'''Icepick''' doesn't believe in "survival of the fittest" so much as "destruction of the obsolete." He follows the concept of [[Wikipedia:Planned obsolescence|planned obsolescence]] with the fanatical devotion of a true believer, signing up for his role in demolitions because of it and preaching to all who will listen how the destruction of today will be recycled into a newer, brighter, and more advanced Decepticon tomorrow. Icepick is as endlessly cheerful and enthusiastic a Decepticon as you'll ever find, and though his endless attempts to win new recruits through moving, heartfelt oratory have had very limited success, his superiors appreciate the limitless fervor behind them.

He can combine with his fellow [[Pretender Monster]]s to form [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. 

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Icepick-rhythmsofdarkness1.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Ice, ice, bladey.]] 
In [[Primax 490.0 Gamma|an alternate future]] where the Decepticons had conquered much of Earth, Icepick and his fellow Pretender Monsters were led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to the remains of [[New York City]] in an attempt to root out the last remaining vestiges of Autobot and human resistance. Icepick stood next to Galvatron so he seems to have gone up in the world since 2005.

When [[Wildfly]] made an offhand observation about Galvatron's insanity, Icepick threatened him with lethal retribution if he endangered the group again. After Galvatron sent them on their way, Icepick himself reflected on how Galvatron was "as loony as they come" and risking their lives on what amounted to a waste of time. He thought a bit about how he might run the Decepticon empire if he were in charge...and while doing so, absent-mindedly walked right into the tripwire of a human-made booby trap, setting off an explosion that buried him under tons of debris. [[Slog (G1)|Slog]] exited his Pretender shell to dig him out.

It appears that he survived relatively unharmed, as the silhouette of his distinctive claws was seen when the Pretender Monsters rejoined the Decepticons to defend the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] against an Autobot attack. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Icepick was among a group of Decepticons who made a deal with [[Cobra-La]], receiving power-enhancing organic shells in exchange for defending Cobra-La's underground kingdom. During Cobra-La's scheme to summon [[Unicron]] to Earth, the Pretender Monsters were sent to attack a trio of Autobots aboard the submerged [[Arc II]]. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}} Later, they combined into Monstructor to defend Cobra-La's kingdom against surface attack by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], but were defeated by the [[Laser Squad]]. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]

{{Note|Thus far in the IDW continuity, Icepick and his partners are not Pretenders.}}
[[File:Spotlight Optimus Prime Monstructor Six.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Millions of years ago, Monstructor was the first gestalt, constructed from a group of six individuals. Created by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] under the direction of [[Nova Prime]], they were intended to be the ultimate fusion of mind and body, a vast amount of intellect combined with unparalleled strength. Unfortunately, this "Monstructor Six" were driven into insanity by the merging process and became monsters. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} After Nova Prime departed Cybertron in the ''Ark'', [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] locked them in a dimensionally displaced prison to live out the rest of their horrid existence. Eventually, they escaped and tracked down and attacked Omega Supreme, but were defeated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] and split apart into their individual bodies. Despite Omega Supreme's protestations about the dangers of gestalt technology falling into Decepticon hands, Prime had them taken into custody in an attempt to repair their shattered minds. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

Icepick and his comrades were incarcerated at the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary where [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] attempted to carry out Optimus Prime's orders despite [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s misgivings about the whole endeavour. Thanks to a tipoff from the double-agent [[Doubledealer|Dealer]], [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron's]] [[Decepticon Secret Service]] attacked the facility and absconded with the monsters. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} 

The breakout of the "Monstructor Six" eventually made its way to the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]], and from there to Optimus Prime. Although Earth was currently facing the threat of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] and [[Sixshot]], Prime decided that they couldn't risk allow the Decepticons to gain gestalt technology, and ordered [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s team to abandon Earth and head to Garrus-9. {{storylink|The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation}}

However, the Decepticons were later attacked in turn by the minions of Jhiaxus and Nova Prime (now Nemesis Prime), who took the gestalt Transformers for the purpose of making Monstructor a guardian of a [[Nega-Core]], a device crucial to Nemesis Prime's grand plans. The Autobot Arcee and the Decepticon survivors struck a deal to capture Monstructor. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} They engaged Monstructor on [[Rotan]], but Arcee left mid-battle to confront Jhiaxus. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[File:Syndromica 1 Monstructor Six.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
Falling back into the hands of the Decepticons, Icepick and the others came under the command of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. While hunting down [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]], they were confronted by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s elite Autobot team, and combined into Monstructor to do battle with them. After Monstructor was downed by a precise shot from [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], his components fled the scene with Bludgeon. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Lost & Found}} On Gorlam Prime, Icepick and his comrades fought Orion Pax's allies again to seize possession of Ore-2, the death ore. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}}

Bludgeon later patched up the weak spot and went to [[Arduria]] after learning of Jhiaxus's capture and used Monstructor to distract the Autobots while Bludgeon freed Jhiaxus. The plan worked and they retreated in their separate components and continued Jhiaxus's mission of finding all of the [[Regenesis]] missiles. {{storylink|Syndromica (1)}} They eventually brought all their accumulated ore supplies back to Cybertron, in order to help Shockwave complete his ultimate machine. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} Although they formed Monstructor and fought [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] to a standstill while Shockwave put his plan into motion, the gestalt was ultimately smashed to bits by the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

The team apparently managed to escape in the chaos, as months later [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] noted that the Monstructor Six were still at large. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

===''Timelines''===
A statue of Icepick's Pretender shell was kept in the [[Cybertropolis Maximal Data Archive]]. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Icepick was presumably present as part of Monstructor when the combiner became one of [[Violen Jiger|Bio Ranger Iga]]'s [[Thirteen Great Demon Generals]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/27}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
On a fuel-starved Cybertron, Icepick was an immobile [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]] who oversaw the southern city of [[Protihex]]. This all changed during the [[Grand Uprising]] when his flunky [[Psycho-Orb]] turned on him, using his psionic powers to lock Icepick and his fellow Builders out of their own computer network. {{storylink|Derailment}}

==Commercial appearances==
Icepick, [[Scowl (G1)|Scowl]], and [[Wildfly]] were granted Pretender shells by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. After the process was complete, the three newly empowered Decepticons leaped forwards, ready to charge into battle. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretender Monsters|Pretender Monsters commercial}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Icepick-toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The scale doesn't quite do justice to the design concept.]] 
*'''Icepick''' (Pretender Monster, 1989)
**''Team ID number:'' '''PM1'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun, shell, Monstructor foot

: Icepick's Pretender shell is an upright, hunchbacked monster seemingly composed of crystalline shards. His inner robot shares a [[Transformation|transformation scheme]] with [[Scowl (G1)#Generation 1|Scowl]] and folds up to become a leg for Monstructor. He comes with his shell plate, a small gun, and a footplate for Monstructor.

: The inner robot mold and combiner [[kibble]] were also used to make [[Goryu (Victory)#Victory|Goryu]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Icepick/icepick.htm More information on Icepick at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*In "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]", [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] grabs a statue resembling Icepick's Pretender shell.
*Icepick was [[homage]]d by a version of [[Blight (Prime)#Target2pack|''Prime'' Blight]] decoed in Icepick's inner robot colors.

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Frigo''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Pipistrello'''

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